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Cast iron money bank2/20/2023 ![]() The tiny Mediterranean country's economic crisis over the past three years is the result of decades of corruption, wasteful spending, and nefarious financial planning at the hands of its ruling political parties and partners in the private sector. Ever since, Ive had a serious smell in the. But a tug-of-war between the government, Central Bank, commercial banks, and private businesses has held the country down from making substantial progress with the IMF since negotiations began over two years ago. JEGS Intake Manifold for 1996-2002 Small Block Chevy 350 Vortec with 元1 Cast Iron Heads, Dual Plane Satin 6. Lebanon is scrambling to reform its wasteful and unproductive economy to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout program, and unlock billions of dollars in loans and aid from the international community. However, it has scrambled to properly implement the program since receiving a World Bank loan to fund it a year ago, targeting hundreds of thousands of families in need and ultimately leaving them without any safety net to soften the blow of price hikes. Lebanese authorities for years have also been working to replace subsidies on fuel, medicine, and wheat with a targeted cash-assistance program which would cost a small fraction annually.
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Veusz manual2/20/2023 Also, you can work with this free software on multiple platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. It is an essential network analysis and visualization application for computer science and biological research projects. Gephi is one of the most popular and open source plotting tools to create all kinds of graphs and networks. Besides the normal graphs, it also provides complex plotting capacity to the users.Allows many built-in and also third-party themes for smoothing plot appearance.Ggplot2 provides an active mailing list with many users.Whether it changes with any functions or arguments, it doesn’t impact on the behavior of existing functionalities.It is a part of an ecosystem of packages (tidyverse) designed with common APIs and a shared philosophy.You can add, remove, and alter components in a plot, at a high level of abstraction through Ggplot2.It will take care of the further steps itself. Just provide the data to map variables to aesthetics and what graphical primitives to use. Ggplot2 is a tremendous scientific plotting software for declaratively creating graphics which is based on The Grammar of Graphics. It is one of the most popular plotting tools licensed under GNU GPLv2. This powerful tool is written in the R programming language. Ggplot2 is another data visualization package for Linux. Matplotlib is a cross-platform application that runs on both Linux and Windows systems.It is an entirely open-source platform and free to use. ![]() Matplotlib has several higher-level plotting interfaces like seaborn, ggplot, and holoviews.It provides a Qt interface and allows to exchange data with Microsoft Excel.You can use this Linux command line plotting tool in Python scripts, IPython shells, several toolkits, and other web application servers.With an object-oriented interface, Matplotlib provides you the full control of line styles, axes properties, and font properties.With just a few commands, you can create a simple plot and almost any visualization. You can generate histograms, plots, bar charts, error charts, and more using Matplotlib. It is a Python 2D plotting library and designed to be usable as Matlab. Matplotlib is a scientific plotting software that can produce publication-quality figures for your research. Offers cross-platform compatibility that runs on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.Supports for PLOT3D data and VTK dataset.You can import simple VRML and 3D Studio scenes.Provides Pythonic API which takes the advantages of Traits(used for Python object attributes).Offers extended functionality by adding sources, components, data filters, and modules.Can visualize scaler, tensor, and vector data in both 2D and 3D.It can be the right choice as an alternative to Matplotlib or Matlab. Also, it lets you save the rendered visualization in several formats. You can make publication-quality graphs or plots through Mayavi. The program is written in Python and distributed under the BSD license. It provides a rich graphical user interface which uses VTK. Mayavi is a modern and free scientific data visualizer to create interactive 3D plots. Provides good support and documentation to make the use more comfortable.Using scripts, Gnuplot can be used interactively and also in batch mode.Generate two and three-dimensional plots and functions.Produce output directly on the screen in different formats, including PNG, JPEG, SVG, GIF, EMF, and EPS. ![]()
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Raft survival ocean nomad explosives2/20/2023 Have you ever wondered if there is a lost land with forests, jungle and animals in this endless ocean? An awesome feature of our island survival games is now implemented in this one. There’s also a lot of upgrades for fishing, storage space extension, that you can improve the floating shelter with to help you survive in the ocean. ![]() Be creative and expand the raft in height and width, because the only limit for building in survival simulator games is your imagination. It’s not enough to tie together a couple of wooden planks without a roof or even walls to feel safe. Pay attention to the condition of your raft on the water in survival RPG games in the ocean. No man can tame a shark and there’s nowhere to escape, so prepare for shooting and swinging all night and day long! Craft a perfect arsenal and always be ready for the battle.īe ready to evolve and fight for survival in the sea with a double effort, now that you’ve got one more problem to deal with. Make a hard choice among hundreds of guns, two-handed blade weapons and armor parts to defend you floating base and hunt sharks. You might even find items, tools and weapons for defense of the raft, so keep on throwing the hook!Ī prey can easily change the rules and become a hunter in shark games. □ Catch items and resources with you hookĬhests and barrels floating around always contain vital resources for survival in the sea, and wreckages are really good material for raft building in ocean games. You will have to try hard to survive in the post-apocalypse: hunting for sharks and extracting resources from the ocean, building and improving the Raft and creating armor to protect against the dangers of the ocean. Many adventures are waiting for you: survival on the island, exploration of the ocean by boat, fishing and much more. Fight enemies in the ocean, craft all kinds of items and weapons, explore new territories and uninhabited islands. Raft Survival: Ocean Nomad – is an adventure survival game on a raft in the ocean. ![]() Welcome to the raft, survivor! Ready to test your survival skills in the vast expanses of the ocean?
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The way back machine2/20/2023 ![]() If the inputs change the system should normally be able to download updated versions of the inputs, apply the process and produce good outputsģ. The system archives the original inputs and the process to create refined data outputsĢ. My central use case is that I might 'scrape' content from sources such asĪnd have the process be "repeatable" in the sense that:ġ. To please everyone (other than the owner) you'd need to look at the content across time, versions, alternate world views. ![]() Some consumers will want the latest and greatest content. I also probably wouldn't run it on every build because it would take a while, but once a week or once a month would probably do it. I think it would probably need to treat redirects like broken links given the prevalence of corporate sites where content is simply removed and redirected to the homepage, or geo-locked and redirected to the homepage in other locales (I'm looking at you and your international warranty, and access to tutorials, Fender. What I can see, and I don't know if it exists yet (a quick search suggests perhaps not), is some build task that will check all links and replace those that are broken with links to WayBackMachine, or (perhaps better) generate a report of broken links and allow me to update them manually just in case a site or two happen to be down when my build runs. ![]() Similarly, when I link to other content, I want to show its creators the same courtesy by linking directly to their content rather than WayBackMachine. Apart from anything else linking to WayBackMachine only drives traffic to WayBackMachine, not my site. ![]() I can see it for corporate sites where they change content, remove pages, and break links without a moment's consideration.īut for my personal site, for example, I'd much rather you link to me directly rather than content in WayBackMachine. It's called the world wide web for a reason, and this isn't helping. Tweets & Share Links - Search Twitter for information regarding your current page, or share archived links on social media.I'm not sure I'm a fan of this because it just turns WayBackMachine into another content silo.My Web Archive - Save URLs to your public archive page on the Internet Archive.Annotations - Provide a list of annotations for the current web page and domain, provided by Hypothes.is.Site Map & Word Cloud - Present a sunburst diagram for the domain you are currently viewing, or create a Word Cloud from the link's anchor text of the page you are on.URLs & Collections - Show a list of URLs captured under the current website, and what collections they are saved under.Relevant Resources - View research papers and books while visiting Wikipedia, archived digitized books while visiting Amazon Books, and recommended TV News Clips while visiting news websites.Contextual Notices - Check for contextual information from fact checking organizations and origin websites.Checks against 4xx & 5xx HTTP error codes. 404 Not Found - When an error occurs, automatically check if an archived copy is available.Wayback Machine Count - Display a count of snapshots of the current page stored in the Wayback Machine over the toolbar icon, and the date of last save in the popup.Can also use by right-clicking over a page or link. Or view a calendar overview of all archived pages. Oldest, Newest & Overview - View the first version of a page or the most recently saved in the Wayback Machine.Works while logged out, or log in for additional options. Turn on Auto Save Page in settings to save pages that have not previously been saved. Save Page Now - Instantly save the page you are currently viewing in the Wayback Machine.Turn on Private Mode to prevent automatic sending of data and to protect your privacy while browsing. Some features must be enabled from Settings. Most features will work without requiring an account including Save Page Now. Save websites, view missing 404 Not Found pages, or read archived books & papers. Welcome to the Official Internet Archive Wayback Machine Browser Extension! Go back in time to see how a website has changed through the history of the Web.
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![]() When you're learning animation, it's important to understand the universal nature of these principles that they can be applied to any animation medium, and so that's how we're going to learn them in this course. The animation principles should never be learned in the vacuum of a single software. I've been a professional animator for the last 10 years, working on movies like Disney's Aladdin, Avengers: Infinity war, Ready Player One, and video games like The Last of Us Part II. My name is Lucas Ridley, and I'll be your instructor. Welcome to this class, Principles of Animation: The Art of Appealing Motion for Beginners. Principles Of Animation: Let's learn to animate. ![]() I look forward to seeing you in class and seeing your projects from the course.ġ. The concepts covered here are not only for beginners but for every animator to apply in their daily work and be a resource for any time you're stuck on how to add more appeal to your animations. I will also share my insights working as a professional animator on big movies like Avengers and Ready Player One and how I use these principles every day in my work. "It's not about what moves, it's about how it moves!" You can complete this course even if you're not good at drawing. * Each assignment could be completed in any of these mediums so there's no need to have a fancy computer, expensive software, or an iPad. Animating in After Effects (project file provided).The History of the Animation Principlesĭuring the course our assignments will cover*:.The famous "12 Principles of Animation" are the foundation for all animation learning and since they're universal principles we will learn to apply them to many animation mediums in this course by drawing, stop motion, claymation, and puppeteering in After Effects.Īfter each lesson, you will have a demonstration and an assignment that you can follow along with free tools online or with items around your house and a free stop motion app on your phone.
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Age of empires iii expansions2/20/2023 It was released almost 13 years after The Conquerors. Luckily I was not fooled into buying their second expansion which looks like it, once again, was just adding civs that were already in AOE II and ITS expansion, both of which could be found at the dollars store, sometimes packaged together.Comments Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten Download Full Game Mobile Free About Age of Empires II HD – The ForgottenĪge of Empires II – The Forgotten is the second expansion to the 1999 actual time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. Personally, I wouldn't pay any more than $10 for this. All in all, if you got tricked into buying the original AOE III, this may alleviate your pain, but only slightly. So, stupidly, I bought a "shipment of some stealthy sneaky spies" Excited, I cloaked by guys, planning to send them into his base and assassinate his leader (Which was a faulty plan anyways, they still haven't made the enemy AI smart enough to not send their explorers on suicide missions, ransom them back, or make any attempt to rescue them once they've gotten killed by a stray kitten) Turns out "Turn invisible to enemy sight" means "Turn invisible until you walk within the line of sight of any of his units" So apparently at the generous price of only walking at half speed, I get to turn invisible until I reach the spot where I would have been spotted without the cloak anyways. The game also adds a new ability called stealth. At least these campaigns don't have magic in them like that "Fountain of Youth" s*** we got in AOE III. The war chief game also adds 2 new campaigns, but once again, it's predecessor had lots more than that, and those were actually historically accurate. Native embassies (Basically an easy way to train native soldiers) and a saloon, which lets you train mercenaries. Kinda makes the native american tribes pale in comparison, right? In addition, the europeans get 2 new buildings. That's right, as soon as you age up, you can have infinite forts. Since you are cut off from your home city, your cards are replaced with 4 new ones: The ironclad, a combo between the frigate and the monitor, a medium shipment of militia, 4 Gatling guns (Which can also be trained at foundries) or a fort wagon. For the cost of the age up price (1000 of each resource) you instantly have a huge army. It turns all your villagers into militia, which I actually found pretty useful in 1v1. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Revolting basically shuts down your economy, meaning that if you do it without at least 2 forts and 5000 of each resource, you're an idiot. Now, I know your colonists are already pretty gross. I mean, sure, you can have your barracks that shoot (Exactly like the russian civ in the original) but it doesn't make up for the fact that you can't build forts, which become even more powerful in the expansion as you can now have as many as you want via the alternative option to going Imperial age, revolting. In a colonial american game, should native american civs have been there already? You shouldn't have to pay extra! They did a nice job of making the civs unique, however, I still prefer the european races because they are BETTER. This adds a lot to the game, but I can't give it anything higher than 1 point above my original review of AOE III because a lot of the things This adds a lot to the game, but I can't give it anything higher than 1 point above my original review of AOE III because a lot of the things introduced here should have already been included.
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Personal budget excel template2/20/2023 ![]() Components of a Family BudgetĪfter considering monthly income, the next step is to plan out your categories, or as I like to call them “line items” on your budget spreadsheet. Try working with a budget of $3000 or $2500, that way you leave yourself a little wiggle room. ![]() For example: Let’s say on a good month, your monthly income is $4,000. If your family’s income fluctuates each month, err on the side of caution and pick a baseline number to work with. The most important factor here is to start with monthly income and then work backwards from there. As a student in the course, you’ll be invited to join our private SAHM Facebook group! There’s an entire module dedicated to Home Management Systems (AKA running your home on autopilot). If you’re all about step-by-step help, I teach a course called the Ultimate Stay at Home Mom Course that will help you take your stay at home mom life from chaos to control. – Hi! I’m Marla, full-time SAHM to 3 little girls. Your family’s division of responsibilities may look different, but at the end of the day, establishing a monthly budget and sticking to it, is essential for any family. This strategy will change your life when it comes to budgeting.īut first, you should know I am not a financial planner, expert, or anything of the sort! Just a mom like you who has to wear a million hats while managing a family.Īs a stay-at-home mom, I am responsible for various aspects of our daily lives:Īnd my husband is responsible for a different set of duties: I’ll walk you step by step through how I created my monthly excel spreadsheet in Google Sheets, to how I maintain our family’s budget once a month. Today I’m going to share my simple budget strategy with you. ![]() Get my free printable excel budget template to help keep you on track. Inside: Learn how I do our family’s monthly budget ! Keeping track of household expenses is essential.
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Escape from la2/20/2023 That's not to say I didn't enjoy this movie's dystopian depiction of New York City being turned into a maximum security prison where all of the criminals are sent. Though this movie has more in common than with the last two than it does with the first one. This movie is obviously very different from The Thing, They Live and Big Trouble in Little China, but I enjoyed all of those movies more than this one. Anyway, having said all of that, and having been a fan of most of the Carpenter movies from this era, I've gotta admit that this falls just a little short of that mark, in my opinion. Now that I watched this, as luck would have it, Escape from LA has been removed. This is why I decided to watch this movie last night (I hadn't actually seen it in its entirety) and not to mention the fact that Escape from LA (this movie's sequel) had been available on Netflix, but I didn't wanna watch that without having seen the original, which wasn't available on the aforementioned streaming site until just recently. During the 80s, it seemed that Carpenter was working at his highest capacity. Carpenter, but those are his most known works. From Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog (which I wasn't that high on), The Thing (one of my favorite horror movies of all time), Christine, Big Trouble in Little China (which I greatly enjoyed) and They Live (another movie I really fucking liked). Let's be honest here, from 76-88, John Carpenter was a pretty high quality genre filmmaker. You know, I've reviewed a few John Carpenter movies on here and they've all been movies that I've enjoyed, with the minor exception of The Ward. And most of all, I just didn't care for any of the characters or the story they were in. Donald Pleasance doesn't get much to do, and neither does anybody in a supporting role. It's not the fault of the film, but I've seen plenty that are better since. Of course, these aren't necessarily the film's fault, but sometimes the reach shouldn't exceed the grasp by that much of a margin. That and the green screen effects were difficult to watch. I think a lot of my frustration comes from the fact that this film was made close to 40 years ago, and therefore, there's plenty of dated qualities to it. Though, I will say Carpenter's original score made for this film is brilliant. ![]() I think Carpenter is a masterful director, but Escape From New York felt kind of like a cheap side project for him. Those are two opposing tones butting heads, and you never get a grasp on the type of film John Carpenter wants to make. On one hand, you have Plissken taking on dozens of criminals who look like they are wearing Mad Max cosplay, but then you have the issue of the President's life being on the line. It's one thing if the film embraces its silliness and makes all of the dialogue, action, and performances cheesy, but they don't. Even in criminals past references, they never mentioned anything specifically which would warrant him a spot to save the President. The weirdest part, however, is we never get to see him to anything of value. ![]() Apparently Plissken is like the boogeyman for these Manhattan criminals, since they all know who he is but didn't seem to know he actually existed or where he's been. Manhattan is now a security prison for criminals of all variety and after the President crash lands in the middle of the city, Plissken is hired to rescue him. Snake Plissken is known as one of the most iconic sci-fi characters in film history, but why? Kurt Russell is a fine actor in just about everything he does, but Escape From New York never gives him anything to do besides hold a gun which he uses maybe once the entire film? It's safe to say I wasn't impressed with this film.
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Synonym for highlight2/19/2023 And you should make an appointment with your doctor. But if you notice a headache that awakens you from sleep, that seems to be at its worst in the early morning hours, along with dimming of your vision, this could be a sign of increased intracranial pressure. That doesn't mean if you have a headache or even a headache with these other symptoms that you have a brain tumor. These may include: seizures, difficulty thinking or speaking, changes in personality, anxiety, depression, disorientation, fatigue, abnormal eye movements, numbness or tingling on one side of the body, weakness on one side of the body, loss of balance, vision changes, memory loss, nausea, generalized pain, trouble swallowing, trouble walking, drooping on one side of the face, loss of appetite, weight loss, and slurred speech. Usually, the first sign of a brain tumor is a headache, generally in conjunction with other symptoms. It's not common, but sometimes a brain tumor can be the first indication of cancer elsewhere. And the cause of that original cancer, depending on where it started, could have resulted from genetic or external factors. When it comes to secondary tumors, we know that they spread from cancer in other parts of the body. But they're not really predictable nor preventable. And there are some rare inherited syndromes that seem related to brain tumor development. Exposure to some kinds of radiation, including prior cancer treatment, can increase your risk. And they are more common in women than men. Statistically, in adults, age increases your risk of having a primary brain tumor. We often just don't know why primary brain tumors form. More often, the tumor is known as a secondary or metastatic brain tumor - the result of cancer from elsewhere in the body that is spread to the brain. Tumors that originate in the brain or surrounding tissues are known as primary brain tumors. This means the mass is composed of abnormal cells that will continue to spread and invade to other tissues. In other words, it's an overgrowth of cells that produces a mass. And since the brain is the control center for the rest of our bodies, this can affect all kinds of other functions. These cells collect into a mass, in this case, in various parts of the brain. Sometimes this DNA mutates and tells cells to duplicate abnormally, dividing rapidly and living longer than healthy cells are supposed to. First, let's talk about what a brain tumor is. Whether you're looking for answers for yourself or someone you love, we are here to give you the best information available. ![]() In this video, we'll cover the basics of brain tumors: What is a brain tumor? Who gets it? The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Alyx Porter, a neuro-oncologist at Mayo Clinic.
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Contra returns best weapons2/19/2023 ![]() These consist of a machine gun that fires rapidly when the fire button is held down, a laser gun that shoots a powerful beam, a fireball gun that shoots its rounds in a corkscrew pattern, and a spread gun that shoots five individual bullets in individual directions. These can be obtained by destroying the pill box sensors and flying item capsules containing them, or by defeating the red-clad guards in the enemy bases. The player's default weapon is a rifle with unlimited ammunition that can be upgraded into one of four other guns. When the jump button is pressed while crouching on a higher platform, the character will drop down to a lower level. ![]() Pressing the joystick downwards while standing will cause the character to lie down on his stomach, allowing him to avoid enemy fire and shoot low targets. The player can also shoot in any of eight directions, including downwards, while jumping. During side view stages, the player can shoot leftward, rightward or upward while standing, as well as horizontally and diagonally while running. ![]() The joystick controls not only the player's movement while running and jumping, but also his aiming. When one of the protagonists jumps, he curls into a somersault instead of doing a conventional jump like in other games. The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two action buttons for shooting (left) and jumping (right). Up to two people can play simultaneously, with one player as Bill (the blond-haired commando wearing a white tank top and blue bandana), and the other player as Lance (the shirtless dark-haired commando with a red bandana). In-game screenshot, showing Bill and Lance attacking the game's second base.Ĭontra employs a variety of playing perspectives, which include a standard side view, a pseudo-3D view (in which the player proceeds by shooting and moving towards the background, in addition to left or right) and a fixed screen format (in which the player has their gun aimed upwards by default). |