![]() There is some irony in the fact that Game of Thrones struggled with an ending that the course material may never reach, while The Expanse might wrap up before it can realize the ending depicted in the books. While Franck has described this as “ a very natural pause point,” it seems likely that the ending of The Expanse might prove just as frustrating to book fans as that of Game of Thrones. ![]() Of course, The Expanse is reportedly ending after adapting only six of the planned nine books. This all suggests a series aiming for a more comfortable endgame than that of Game of Thrones. Franck and Abraham seem much happier to use a hedge trimmer. Martin famously described his writing style as that of a “ gardener” rather than an architect. The Expanse is a much neater and a much less sprawling series. ![]() However, The Expanse also seems to have learned from the challenges facing Game of Thrones and adjusted accordingly. The Expanse learned a lot from Game of Thrones, importing a lot of the more interesting and radical ideas from that game-changing series. Both The Expanse and Game of Thrones cleverly play with genre, casting these characters as detectives unravelling a mystery that organically introduces the audience to these fantastical worlds. Game of Thrones had Sean Bean playing Ned Stark, while The Expanse cast Thomas Jane as Detective Joe Miller. Both Game of Thrones and The Expanse open with a decoy protagonist, played by the most recognizable name in the cast. This is obvious looking at the first books and seasons in each saga. However, the comparisons run deeper than that. For his part, Martin provided the Expanse books with enthusiastic pull quotes that seemed to suggest similarities to his own sprawling epic. Corey, famously worked as an assistant for A Song of Ice and Fire author G.R.R. Click here for a complete archive of recaps. Ty Franck, who co-wrote the Expanse novels with Daniel Abraham under the pen name S.A. It is the first book in the Expanse series, followed by Calibans War (2012), Abaddons Gate (2013) and six other novels. All season long, we’re watching Syfy’s new space opera series The Expanse and comparing it to the book upon which it is based, James S.A. Even beyond the basic concept of a deconstructionist epic working in a familiar genre, The Expanse seemed destined to be compared to Game of Thrones. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Interestingly, Sykes spent her first five years out of school working for the NSA. Wanda Sykes is a very successful American comedian and comic actress. Oom-pah-pah … 34 “History of the World, Part II” actress/writer Wanda : SYKES “Tuba” is the Latin word for “trumpet, horn”. The tuba is the lowest-pitched of all brass instruments, and one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra (usually there is just one tuba included in an orchestral line-up). The movie won three Oscars, and “Sly” Stallone had arrived … 33 Source of a low blow? : TUBA Stallone persevered and “Rocky” was eventually made with him playing the title role of Rocky Balboa. His efforts to sell the script went well but for the fact that the interested studios wanted a big name for the lead role, and Stallone was determined to be the star himself. Stallone was a struggling actor in 1975 when a Muhammad Ali fight inspired Stallone to write a screenplay for a boxing movie, which he did in just three days. If ever there was a movie that defined a career breakthrough for an actor, it would have to be “Rocky” for Sylvester Stallone. 31 Fruity pastry made by a movie boxer? : ROCKY’S TART (from “rocky start”) The Esso brand was replaced by Exxon in the US, but ESSO is still used in many other countries. The Esso brand has its roots in the old Standard Oil company as it uses the initial letters of “Standard” and “Oil” (ESS-O). The idea is that one player provides a list of words which are then inserted into blank spots in a story, usually with hilarious results (they say!). Mad Libs is a word game, one mostly played by children in America. The “quads” are actually a group of four muscles in the upper leg, hence the use of the prefix “quad-”. It is the strongest muscle in the human body, and is also the leanest. The quadriceps femoris is the muscle group at the front of the thigh. Best Buy services include the famous “Geek Squad”, a band of technical experts that will help solve your computer and other consumer electronic problems. Sometimes the term “geek” is used today for someone regarded as foolish or clumsy, and also for someone who is technically driven and expert, but often socially inept.īest Buy is a retailer specializing in the supply of consumer electronics. ![]() Originally, a geek was a sideshow performer, perhaps one at a circus. 17 Leg muscle of a mathlete? : GEEK’S QUAD (from “Geek Squad”) ![]() Back in Jamaica, Bolt was really into cricket, and probably would have been a very successful fast bowler had he not hit the track instead. Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter who won the 100m and 200m race gold medals in the 2008, 20 Olympic Games. He is remembered annually here in California on his birthday, March 31, which is a state holiday. 5-6 years after returning from the military, back working as a farm laborer, Chávez became politically active and rose to national attention as an articulate union leader during some high profile strikes. In 1944, at 17 years of age, he joined the US Navy and served for two years. He never attended high school, dropping out to become a full-time migrant farm worker. Chávez was born in Yuma, Arizona, but moved to California as a child with his family. 9 Labor leader Chavez : CESARĬésar Chávez was a Mexican-American farm worker, and co-founder of the union today known as the United Farm Workers. Mayer could merge all three studios and run them himself as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Later in 1924, Loew also purchased Louis B. Loew was already a successful movie theater owner when he purchased Metro Pictures Corporation in 1919, and then Goldwyn Pictures in 1924. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio was founded in 1924 by Marcus Loew. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across ![]() ![]() If you have more questions, email call 86. The audience connected to a projector or second monitor will only see the slide. Here, you’ll be able to choose your desktop for screen sharing. This will open a new window on your screen. Once you’re in an active meeting, click on the Share Screen option from the bottom menu, as shown in the screenshot below. The presenter will also see navigation arrows, the next slide or event, and the notes. Launch Zoom on your Mac and host or join a meeting. On a Mac, the Presenter View looks like this. Control the slide show Control media in the slide show Pointer and annotations in the slide show Rehearse the presentation Maneuver in Presenter View Frequently used shortcuts This table lists the most frequently used shortcuts in PowerPoint for Windows. Besides zooming in on a slide while editing it, you can also use the CTRL + mouse spin wheel shortcut to zoom in on the thumbnail images of your PowerPoint. If you click on Slide Show, Presenter View, the presenter view will open on the current slide. Click Share Screen in the meeting controls. Open the PowerPoint file you want to present. If you are using Mac PowerPoint, the options are very slightly different. Follow these steps if you are using multiple monitors and want to present your PowerPoint in one monitor, while viewing the presenters notes in another monitor. Powerpoint How to Share a PowerPoint on Zoom End Powerpoint Presentations With a. You can also navigate through your desk using the normal mouse/keyboard options. PowerPoint for Mac works a little differently than the Windows version. Under those tools, you will see arrows to allow you to go forward or backwards through your deck. If you’re using dual monitors, you’ll need to click the screen that your presentation will be shared on. If you’re using a single monitor, you will immediately start sharing your screen. On the left, under the slide, you will see some tools to show all slides (so you can quickly change slides without going through all of them), zoom to a part of a slide, annotate (write on your slide), temporarily black it for your audience, three dots for more options. At the bottom of the Zoom meeting window, click Share Screen. You will see the slide show on the left, the next slide in your deck on the right, and your notes in the box on the lower right. With Presenter mode turned on, your audience will see just the slides in slideshow mode (via the projector or monitor you are sharing). To begin the Slide Show, click on the projector icon on the lower right side of the screen. This was never necessary, but at least now I know how to do it. ![]() Switch back to Powerpoint and click the Slide Show tab. With your PowerPoint presentation open, click on Slide Show and click on the box beside Presenter View. Click Share Screen in the meeting controls. This will work on campus any time you have your laptop connected to a projector or second monitor. Included are your notes, the next slide, zooming, inking, and more. Presenter mode in PowerPoint allows you to see the slide you are showing to your audience along with some additional information your audience does not see. ![]() ![]() ![]() This would be a way to get rid of the ugly current fonts and menus. ![]() Network in LW5 is somewhat buggy and hard to use, improvements wouldn't harm. However, here's a list of what "could be" in the next Liquid War 5.x.x releases, although it might never be implemented there and come later with Liquid War 6: It's all right to debug it and code minor evolutions, but that's all. However, most "major" evolutions are now planned for Liquid War 6, since the code in Liquid War 5 is bloated as hell. ![]() Of course I do not have enough time to implement them all, so they land in my "todo" list. I regularly receive requests for new features in Liquid War. Tim Chadburn spontaneously contributed the first midi files, and it really pleased me 8-) Musics (in midi format) are also appreciated. This could really make the game better I think. I used the textures I had but it would be nice if one could have a "space" ambiance, an "ocean" ambiance or a "desert" ambiance. So if you feel like adding some theme support to Liquid War, this could *really* help. Artists are indeed pretty rare, at least artists who wish to create stuff freely. It's hard to find people to do that kind of thing. I always welcome bug-reports and patches, as making Liquid War W 5.x.x as stable and bug-free as possible is really important to me - and most of the time players also appreciate stable programs 8-) I'm aware of these bugs and I'm trying to fix them but this does really take time. However there are still some issues with network under Windows for instance. In its latest releases Liquid War is quite stable IMHO. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Capping the FPS will reduce GPU and CPU load and The Ascent won’t crash anymore. Caping the game to 30 FPS will also allow players to bump up the graphics settings a bit. If you are currently playing at 60 FPS and the game is crashing, cap The Ascent to 30 FPS. If you are playing at an unlock FPS, cap the game to 60 FPS. Enable “Max FPS Limit” and set the value for the maximum FPS you want for the game. Open Nvidia Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings > select The Ascent from the list. If the above fixes for the GPU aren’t acceptable, then players can cap The Ascent’s max FPS to reduce GPU and CPU load and stop it from crashing. ![]() ![]() Ideally, players won’t have to reduce the GPU clock by more than 200 MHz. If the GPU isn’t overclocked, reduce the graphics settings or use MSI Afterburner and reduce the GPU clock by 100 Mhz. If the GPU is overclocked, revert it to its default GPU clock. The GPU is either overclocked or isn’t capable of handling the game’s load. Your GPU could be the reason why The Ascent is crashing. Apply these settings and The Ascent in-game crash issues will be fixed.Īs I mentioned above, The Ascent is a demanding game. In the option below, set “Low Latency Mode” to Ultra and set “Tripple Buffering” to Off. There isn’t much players can do about it, but a couple of tweaks might help. Chances are, your CPU might be causing The Ascent to crash due to it being or not having less than 6 cores. The Ascent is very demanding in terms of GPU and CPU. Disable any third-party software you are using and also disable Steam overlay and Geforce Experience overlay. This will force the game to launch with DirectX 11 and won’t crash anymore.Īnother reason for The Ascent to crash while playing is the use of third-party tools and software. However, if the game isn’t launching after DirectX 12 crash, then right-click The Ascent in Steam > Properties > type ‘-dx11’ under Launch options and hit OK. So switch to DirectX 11 and the game will stop crashing. Those of you facing The Ascent crash after switching to DirectX 12, at launch, the game is not optimized for DirectX 12. Here is how to fix The Ascent in-game crash issue. If you can stay on top of the baby spider situation, and keep your distance for most of the fight, you should come out on top.A lot of PC players are reporting that they are unable to play the game as it crashed while playing or after changing DirectX from 11 to 12. You need to deal as much damage as possible to the Megarachnoid as you can to eliminate it before it overwhelms you. If you do manage to keep your distance, don't stop firing your weapon. Try hacking the canisters instead to eliminate them as a threat and keep the field less cluttered with enemies. These have their own health bars and will turn red if you shoot them before they turn into yet more baby spiders. The Megarachnoid will also send out small yellow canisters that lodge in the ground. Try to use your Tactical and your Augmentations to keep the mini-spiders at bay when they approach, and if they get close enough to start jumping, make sure you have a dodge roll or two saved up because that will likely be the only thing to save your HP when they decide to jump. Once they do, they explode as soon as they pounce, dealing a decent chunk of damage. While easy enough to take out, when they get close enough, they become invulnerable as they prepare to lunge your way. The real danger with the Megarachnoid is the explosive little baby spiders it sends your way. The Megarachnoid also seems to be impervious to any particular damage type bonus, so you will just need to focus on putting down as much damage as you can, preferably from long range. It also closes the distance to you very fast when it is not attacking, so you will need to make the most of the limited about of space in this arena to stay out of the line of (literal) fire. When you are close to it, it will spew fire out at you, which is very hard to dodge. The Megarachnoid is here to be a massive pain. ![]() ![]() ![]() The house where he and Masha lived has since been sold to a new family. ![]() He also pleaded guilty to the horrible sex crimes he committed against Masha and was sentenced to serve 35 to 70 years in prison. ![]() Two years ago, Matthew Mancuso was sentenced to 15 years on federal pornography charges. Sergeant Zaglifa says that to gain proper perspective on the severity of child pornography, it's important to call them "child sex abuse images." "When those images are being made," says Sergeant Zaglifa, "that's sex abuse in progress." He offers his expert advice for how parents can protect their children: "The number one thing is: No chat rooms." Her rescue, says Sergeant Zaglifa, was an unexpected reward for what he calls the "physically and emotionally draining" work of capturing child predators. Working with other agents, he traced Mancuso's Internet address to a location near Pittsburgh, where he was later arrested.ĭuring their investigation, police officials had no way of knowing that the little girl in the photographs was Mancuso's adopted daughter. Sergeant Zaglifa says his instinct told him this man was an absolute danger to children. Posing as a pedophile, Chicago area police officer Mike Zaglifa discovered Mancuso in an online chat room. Back in the states, Masha expected a nice American home with a bedroom all her own. No phone calls were made to his ex-wife or to his biological daughter. What she didn't know was the adoption agency failed to properly check her new father's background. But nothing could have been farther from the truth. Mancuso seemed like her knight in shining armor. He visited Masha several times at the orphanage, took her to nice dinners, and bought her candy. After months of waiting, Mancuso traveled to Russia to meet his new daughter. He contacted a New Jersey adoption agency requesting information on 5-year-old Caucasian girls, and chose Masha from a videotape. Meanwhile, 41-year-old Matthew Mancuso, a divorced father in Pennsylvania, was looking for a little girl to adopt. Soon after recovering from her traumatic ordeal, Masha was sent to an orphanage where she prayed that a good family would come to rescue her. Her own mother tried to kill her when she was only 4 years old by stabbing her in the back of the neck with a kitchen knife. She was born in southern Russia to an alcoholic mother and a father she never knew. At 13 years old, Masha has already survived the unthinkable. ![]() ![]() ![]() Demoĭemo programs have a limited functionality for free, but charge for an advanced set of features or for the removal of advertisements from the program's interfaces. In some cases, ads may be show to the users. Basically, a product is offered Free to Play (Freemium) and the user can decide if he wants to pay the money (Premium) for additional features, services, virtual or physical goods that expand the functionality of the game. This license is commonly used for video games and it allows users to download and play the game for free. There are many different open source licenses but they all must comply with the Open Source Definition - in brief: the software can be freely used, modified and shared. 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Speed of Sound in Water - in SI units Seawater with salinity S 35 (35.17 g/kg) 1 m/s 3.28 ft/s Speed and Velocity of Sound - Speed of sound in air, fluids and solids. Salinity also varies by depth, although the specifics of this are less well mapped out across the globe because satellite imagery can only estimate salinity at the surface. The above equation for the speed of sound in sea-water as a function of temperature, salinity and depth is given by Mackenzie equation (1981). An interactive globe of ocean salinity levels with monthly data can be found here. Speed of sound wave is about 331.4 (m/s) in air and this value is between 4.5 to 5 times the above value for seawater. While ROVs and other underwater systems frequently come equipped with depth and temperature sensors, salinity sensors are less common.Īverage ocean surface salinity levels are 35‰ (parts per thousand), but can vary by global location and proximity to fresh water inflows. Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars. The calculators are described in more depth here, including the equation coefficients, their development history, a discussion of their uncertainty, and the references they were compiled from. Go to NPL Speed of Sound Calculator Learn More Underlying Physics Technical Reference - Products and Software.At 20 C (68 F), the speed of sound in air is about 343 metres per second (1,125 ft/s 1,235 km/h 767 mph 667 kn ), or one kilometre in 2.91 s or one mile in 4.69 s. ![]()
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