“I mean, if we were selling a million a day it would be the deal of a century for a designer to work with us,” he says.īetabrand isn’t close to that. Typical buys are three to four times the total number crowdfunded, so if 100 reflective hoodies are bought, Betabrand will manufacture 300 to 400 to sell on its site and in its store.ĭesigners get a 10 percent cut, which Lindland says is a more than a fair shake. If it reaches its goal in 30 days (the goal usually equals enough inventory sold to justify actually manufacturing the product) then they’ll be able to estimate how many garments to make based on total number purchased. It went up on the crowdfunding page of Betabrand last week. Take the anti-paparazzi clothes for instance. This not only lessens the financial risk for Betabrand but conceivably it cuts down on waste, too. “Ultimately as a business it’s smart to product the things that people are really into and not sorta into,” says Lindland. Even with everyone working together, there’s still a degree of blind soothsaying at play. ![]() What you see in stores isn’t the product of naturally-occurring trends, they’re the result of a highly-engineered, year-plus process where designers, stores, buyers and marketers all try to figure out how to get us to buy stuff. This model-confirming demand before creating supply-is smart, particularly for a clothing company. ![]() The CEO likes to say his company is the Quirky or Kickstarter of clothes, and it’s a pretty apt description. And without all the negative connotations that are usually tacked onto trendy, poorly-made garments, he adds. Three weeks later, the pieces are now on sale.īetabrand isn’t fast fashion. After just a day or two in the Think Tank, Lindland already knew it was going to be popular enough to merit a prototype, so Wheeler began working on sketching up designs. Holmes presented the idea to Betabrand in early January, and it burned through the internet, grabbing more than 550 votes (a better than decent showing on the site). In the case of the Flashback collection, the entire process-idea conception to building a prototype-took less than a month. If a piece sells enough during crowdfunding (usually 50 to 100 pieces in the first 30 days) and they’ll go into wider production.ġ2 Most Ancient and Magnificent Trees From Around the World That prototype then goes into the crowdfunding. Any idea that garners enough votes during the Think Tank round will then become a prototype that’s refined by Wheeler and his colleagues then crafted by the in-house Betabrand sewing team. ![]() Betabrand does this by crowdsourcing ideas and concepts into their Think Tank. ![]() The company’s whole business is based on knowing what consumers want before manufactures sew a single stitch. He’s confident because this is what Betabrand does. Neither are the other items in the line, for that matter, but Lindland figures they’ll probably sell well anyway. In the photo the model is wearing a tailored suit designed by Wheeler in less than three weeks. “It’s taking light and shoving it right back into the camera, which is what blows up the exposure,” Wheeler explains. Glass nanospheres are bonded to the fabric and act as little reflective lenses, which gives the clothes their shine. Dreamt up by DJ Chris Holmes, the hoodie, hat, scarf and suit are made from the same reflective material you find on the side of tennis shoes and safety gear. The team-two photographers, Wheeler, Betabrand CEO Chris Lindland and a handsome bearded model- is in the middle of a shoot for the Flashback collection, a series of clothes that turn whoever wears them into invisible, ghostly silhouettes.
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![]() Even liquid spilt on the phone a week ago could now be preventing it from turning on. The next important step is to check your phone for any obvious damage that could be causing a hardware problem. If the slider appears on the screen or the screen dims, keep holding them down until the Apple logo appears on the screen. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds. Press and also hold down the Top (or Side) button and the Volume Down button until the Apple logo appears on the screen. Force Restart iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus.After that, press and hold the Side button until the Apple logo appears on the screen. Press and then release the Volume Up button, then press and release the Volume Down button. The process varies depending on which version of iPhone you have. Don’t worry, it won’t delete any data or info off your phone. ![]() If there is a software glitch, and your iPhone is frozen, hard resetting your iPhone will force it to restart. If your iPhone screen is black, you may find this doesn’t work. The normal process to restart is to hold down the Sleep/Wake button on the top of the phone and slide the slider to restart your iPhone. The next step if your iPhone won’t turn on, is to restart it. You could even try charging a friend’s phone to see if there is a problem with your charger. Inspect your cable and adapter for any obvious signs of damage that could be causing a problem, such as a frayed cord. If your phone still won’t turn on, try using a different USB cable and power adapter and check the jack (where the charger plugs into the phone) in case that’s where the problem lies. You can leave your phone connected for up to an hour before deciding it is indeed not working (as recommended by Apple). It usually comes up within a few minutes if there is no issue. Plug your phone in and wait to see if the charging screen comes up. This seems like an obvious step, but may save a lot of trouble in the long run. If your iPhone won’t turn on, the first step is to plug it in to charge. Follow these steps to troubleshoot this problem. When you find that your iPhone won’t turn on or charge you will need to determine if there is a software or hardware problem. 7 Tips to Try When your Apple iPhone is Dead. ![]() One popular way to get the plaster back up against the lath is to install "ceiling buttons", they are small perforated washers that are screwed through the plaster and into the lath to draw the plaster up tight. Over time, with the drying out of the wood lath and the inevitable building movement and vibration, the plaster would lose it's mechanical bond to the wood and cause loose areas and cracks. Often the plaster ground along the floor was actually a board just slightly shorter than the height of the intended baseboard trim and this board provided a good nailing surface for the baseboards. ![]() Additional strips of wood, called plaster grounds were nailed around each opening and along the floor to provide a gauge surface which ensured a uniform thickness (usually 3/4 of an inch) of the plaster job which was very important since the depth of door and window jambs had to come up flush with the plaster job in order to apply casings. The wood lath was nailed to the studs and a horse hair plaster was troweled on and the plaster would key into the spaces between the the wood lath. The plaster over the wood is called plaster and lath finish. It is usually about making the most of what you have, and doing the best job you can with what you've got. If a job is well done, most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about it. I have seen old houses restored with drywall where you couldn't tell it from plaster, and I have seen plaster jobs that cost a lot and didn't look very good in the end. I did find the sheetrock in my garage to be depressing BTW, until I did a two tone paint job with a double stripe. Nobody ever knows it all, and the day you think you do know it all is usually the day you make a mistake. Good drywall is not depressing, and if the idea tha America is dumbing down makes you sad, consider that a good all around carpenter has to have mastery over a huge number of skills, working from the basement to the roof. I thought she was nuts, but we all have our preferences.īTW, it still takes a good amount of work and skill to do sheetrock, especially the guys who are so good they don't really have to sand. ![]() I recently had a client who chose to have all her old walls reskimmed rather than do the kitchen over for the same cost. A few years back a lot of my clients wanted plaster, but many nowadays do not care, and would rather spend the money on fancy wood work. Fresh plaster is amazing, but when it gets buried under multiple coats of paint, it sort of loses it's effect. Your temps seem a little high but not dangerously high. ![]() The ECT sensor is at engine outlet so that is the peak temp with the temp being a few degrees lower in most of the engine. At idle and lower throttle the temp should be 105-107 or even a degree or two more. Higher temp at low load contributess to evaporating fuel diute and condensation of out oil through crankcase vent system which is needed when recommended oil service interval goes to 15000 miles. DME adjusts temp lower for higher thrrottle (high engine loading) to reduce spark knock likelihood. The Tstat is a 105C unit but electric heating allows it to regulate to a lower temp if heating of the wax tstat bulb is switched on. I have another same model car can have Engine temperature maintained at 101C max, even at slow traffic it runs beautifully.īMW does use an electrically heated thermostat on that engine. (Radiator? Auxiliary dump? How do I know it is clogged somewhere?) ![]() I do believe the transmission oil cooler is clogged, but I need some advice if anything else from the cooling system to be looked at first. Transmission temperature continue to climb and reach 230F, which is about 110c. Then after a while, temperature drops to 89-90c when hear the full fan blaze. Water temperature climbs to 107c and max 110c. ![]() Monitor the temperature in long journey and found below: He also fixed oil leakage then I took the car back. He said there is no leak and temperature seems down a bit after replaced the valve. I first ask my mechanic to change the "heater valve controller", and check the leak. I think it is caused by high fluid temperature. 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At a glance (You will soon be able to read our guide to the best OLED TVs). We’re leaving OLEDs out of this review because they’re still very expensive. You’ll find an explanation of these and other TV terms at the bottom of this feature. Those refer to how the screen is illuminated, rather than the number of pixels that make up the image. Remember, 4K is not a competitor to LED, OLED and QLED. 4K uses over 8 million pixels, which is four times as many as Full HD. “4K is the next step up from Full HD, which itself improved upon the original HD TV that came in around the turn of the century. “4K (also known as Ultra High Definition or UHD) gives an indication of a TV’s picture clarity,” says Dylan Squire, purchasing director at Richer Sounds. We’re looking at 4K here, which is unusual in small TVs but has become the standard in 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch and 75-inch TVs. So who’s telling the truth?įirst, let’s step back and define some terms. 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An addition for v6.4 is the ability to use DxO Wide Gamut and simulate papers and inks when soft proofing. This new working space has been designed to accommodate the widest possible colour range so that no colours are lost or clipped during processing. What’s significant is that the DxO profiles are also calibrated to correct for lens softness near the edges of the frame, and the fact that PhotoLab can crop to the full captured image area, which is often slightly larger than the default image crop in regular processing software.ĭxO has reengineered its colour processing algorithms and there is a new extended working colour space called DxO Wide Gamut with a broader colour range than its Classic colour space. Thousands of camera/lens combinations are available. In v6.5.1 the software now works with Fujifilm’s most recent fifth generation models, the X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5.īefore getting to the test, I should first cover the other key changes in version 6 and also say that PhotoLab 6 is fully supported by DxO’s renowned Optic Module correction profiles that enhance sharpness and cure distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberrations. In PhotoLab 6, the technology has been advanced further with the addition of DeepPRIME XD (eXtreme Detail) and that technology is also now available in DxO’s dedicated denoising software, PureRaw 3.Īs a regular and keen user of DeepPRIME, I was keen to check out the benefits of XD, especially as DxO made that mode fully compatible with Fujifilm X-Trans CMOS sensors in v6.4. The denoising technology journey began with DxO Prime and that evolved to the even more effective DeepPRIME, and those skills were available in PhotoLab 5. But if your focus is on image quality and control rather than novelty and special effects, DxO PhotoLab has a lot to offer.ĭxO PhotoLab is a combined image browser, raw processor and photo editor, combining basic image organizing tools – not, perhaps, in the same league as Lightroom’s but functional enough – with probably the best raw demosaicing and denoising technology available in any software. further with AI masking and AI Generative Fill and Generative Expand features. DxO uses AI for its renowned denoising technologies, but rival Adobe is going a whole lot. Photo editing is advancing quickly with the introduction of AI technologies. ![]() The updates to PhotoLab v6.5.1 from the previous version aren’t huge but they are significant you want the best image quality, especially from high ISO images. DxO, the company with PureRaw and the Nik Collection in its stable, has revamped its flagship editing and workflow software.Essential edition, $139, £128, outright purchase.Elite edition, $219, £199, outright purchase.Part of the issue may be related by running non-native through Rosetta2.īesides fixing the memory issue - DxO should release a truly native version for Apple Silicon Macs (universal app) as soon as possible as a free update at least for all owners of PL5. I would strongly recommend to look into this memory issue as DxO PL5 would appear to be not usable in production on an M1Pro Mac with 16GB of Shared Memeory. Someone may say that one could further reduce the number of simultaneous processed images - but then DxO would not use the full processing power of the M1Pro anymore. While processing D750 RAW images (24MP) PL5 uses all 16GB of available memory and swaps about 3GB to SSD - and finally crashes after some time - ridiculous. Activity Monitor reports 3GB memory usage for the App alone plus 2-3GB for each simultaneous processed image (set to only 4). Recently I upgraded to PL5 and tried it on a new MacBook Pro M1Pro with 16GB. I am using DxO PL since 2006 (Optics Pro at that time). DxO PL5 unusable on an M1Pro - more than 16GB of memory required … ![]() ![]() The rise of social media also contributed to its success, as its catchy jingle “Fireball! The new branding was successful beyond expectations, especially among college-aged people who loved its sweet taste and easy-to-drink nature. It was originally marketed as a flavored schnapps but did not gain much popularity until after Sazerac Company acquired it in 2007 and rebranded it into a cinnamon-flavored whiskey. ![]() In this article, we will explore what proof is in relation to alcohol and how it specifically relates to Fireball Whiskey.įireball Whiskey’s history dates back to the late 1980s when it was first developed in Canada by a man named Seagram’s. However, one aspect that often confuses many people is the proof of this popular spirit. The rich, sweet taste of cinnamon combined with the smooth finish of whiskey has made it a favorite among both casual drinkers and whiskey enthusiasts alike. With simple but definitely challenging gameplay, rewarding experience, and an everlasting reputation as an everlasting game, Galaga will continue to embellish arcades, bars, cinema lobbies, and anywhere else that will have them for the significant future.Fireball Whiskey is a popular cinnamon-flavored whiskey that has been gaining popularity over the past few years. Also we have to thank for the video game market that we have today as there is no doubt that it was a heavy contributor to the global growth of the video game market. Still in today’s wide spread range of games available Galaga is still an exciting experience regardless of age or previous knowledge of the game. The graphics and sound effects are exactly what one would expect from a 1981 arcade game, but they are animated to perfection and present a timeless look that will never grow old. At least in the early stages of the game anyway, as later on enemies will fire upon the player as soon as they enter onto the screen meaning if the players reactions aren’t on point at all times you can quickly find yourself a crumpled blown up mess at the bottom of the screen – and a life down in next to no time with only two left remaining. Throughout the game the enemies will move into view from both sides of the screen in perfectly choreographed ovals before moving into a military style formation from the top from where the main attack starts. The player controls a little spaceship of their own which can move left or right all along the bottom of the screen. The way you earn these points are by annihilating as many bug looking spaceships before they inevitably try to destroy you. The sole objective of the game is to earn as many points as physically possible, and to beat the current high scorer on the leader board. Developed by Namco in 1985, Galaga is a direct sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979 and was created as a direct competitor to the highly successful and well known Space Invaders. While this may not sound as exciting as the ever expanding open-world design found in many AAA titles today, back in the 80s when Galaga was released, this game design created one of the most successful shooters to this very day. Fixed shooters restrict the player to a single axis of motion, enemies attack from one direction all on one plane. Shooters are categorized by viewpoint and movement in particular, as well as design elements. Nowadays we have the popular first person shooters everyone knows such as Call of Duty and Counter Strike, but fixed axis shooters are something else they are where it all began, what shooters all began with. Galaga is part of the rarely found fixed shooters genre. ![]() We offer more Shoot ’em up, Arcade and Namco games so you can enjoy playing similar titles on our website. Here, at My Emulator Online, you can play Galaga for the NES console online, directly in your browser, for free. Release year: 1985 | Players: 1 player | Developed by Namco ![]() Otherwise, a representative from SporeWorks’ team will contact you. After submitting your order, you’ll receive an invoice, which has all the important information you need such as your Order ID Number.įrom there, you have to contact SporeWorks’ phone support team at (80) to finish off the payment. ![]() First, you need to finalize your order, and after clicking “Checkout,” choose “Credit Card” as the method of payment. That being said, the process is still the same as the other payment methods. If you want to pay through a credit card, note that your payment will only be completed after you call SporeWorks’ customer service team. An invoice will be sent to you through email, which you can print and then mail to the respective address along with your payment. Once you’ve chosen the service you want, select “Mail Order: Cash, Money Order, Cashiers Check” for the Payment Information. Then, type in your shipping address to see all the available services and rates. ![]() Once your order is ready, tap the “Checkout” button like usual. Once your wallet is all set up, simply click the “Checkout” button and choose “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency” when the site asks you to input your payment information. SporeWorks doesn’t just accept Bitcoin, though, it also accepts the other electronic currencies like DASH, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Monero, and others. The company personally recommends CoPay or Exodus, according to its FAQ page. Before you can finalize your order, however, you’ll first need a Bitcoin wallet in order to use this alternative. Yes, it may or may not come as a surprise, but SporeWorks accepts cryptocurrency as a payment method. Listed below are the different methods: Illuvis (CC0), Pixabay Bitcoin or CryptoCurrency Simply choose the method you’re the most comfortable with, and you can use it upon checkout. If you’re interested in purchasing culture material or spores for Microscopy or whatever reason, SporeWorks offers several payment methods for you to choose from. The root chakra is the energy point responsible for stability and grounding. Obsidian is aligned with the root chakra, which is located at the base of your spine. Being in harmony with yourself is a foundation of a healthy relationship. It can be used to learn more about yourself and make peace with it. This stone is said to let you see the innermost truth in you. Improve relationshipsįinally, obsidian can be used to strengthen your relationships. It is also believed to have detoxifying properties used to flush out unwanted elements in the body. 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Keeps you groundedĪs a stone connected to the root chakra, obsidian helps keep us grounded. It also offers psychic protection, clearing psychic smogs that have accumulated due to stressful and traumatic events in our lives. They are also believed to protect us from harmful EMFs emitted from our phones, TV, and other gadgets. Many use it to defend themselves against evil spirits, bad luck, and misfortune. Obsidian is highly valued as a protection stone. The obsidian meaning and the use as a healing stone comes from its properties that can affect our spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being. Obsidian has a wide range of metaphysical benefits is used as a protective crystal in Feng Shui and is aligned to the root Chakra. Those with high enough reflective properties are also transformed into beautiful glass mirrors. Today, this rock has become a popular gem to use in jewelry and other artisan crafts. The stone was often turned into knives and arrowheads used for hunting. ![]() In ancient times, obsidian was used as a weapon because of its edges. When broken down, obsidian usually forms very sharp yet smooth edges. Thus, it’s not a true mineral but a mineraloid made of natural glass. While obsidian is often thought to be a crystal, it is actually a glass-like igneous rock that solidified without crystallization. The stone is also known for being brittle. As a type of volcanic glass, it has a glassy texture and a vitreous luster. It is naturally dark in color due to the presence of magnesium and iron. Obsidian is a natural stone that formed from quickly cooled volcanic lava. |
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