![]() ![]() You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes. And I was in 60 feet of water with a 60 pound pack on, so I let it all go. We were supposed to be able to walk into shore but they didn't bring us far enough. First guy the ramp went down, the guy fell and I tried to leap over him and I stumbled and we both slipped into the water. I was the second man off my barge and the first and third men got killed. Even the guys who had seen a lot of action before, and this was my first time, they were just as ashen as I was, and I was frightened to death. You're not thinking about anything, you're just thinking about you hope that shell that just went off isn't going to hit this boat. This guy in the boat, he turned to me and he threw up all over me, and I got seasick. My sergeant said 'are you scared, son?' and I said 'yes, I am', and he said 'that's good, it's good to be scared', he said 'we all are'. It's hard to describe what we all went through that day, but those of us who were there will understand. All around me people were being shot at, I saw bodies all over the place but you didn't know if they were alive or dead, they were just lying there. Nobody knew where we were supposed to go, there was nobody in charge, you were on your own. I hit the beach, the guys pulled me in who were already there, I'd lost everything but they said 'you'll find plenty of them on the beach, rifles, helmets, that belong to nobody'. I came up and I didn't have a helmet, a rifle, nothing. I heard an explosion, and I turned around, and his torso was here, and his body was over there. I asked the sergeant 'you want me to go first or you go first?' He said 'you go first, I'll be right behind you'. We got behind this tank to protect ourselves we're holding our own when they called us over to them. A lot of that is released through acting. That place no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. There's terror and repulsion in us, the terrible spot that we don't talk about. There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about. But they rarely blame the second or third banana. They say: "He couldn't carry it." They always blame him. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director. I'll go downstairs to get the mail, and when I come back I'll say, "Any calls for me?". If I'm not in a part, I drive my wife crazy. It's the love of the theatre - the horror, the heartbreak, the disappointments. When that girl starts singing 'What I Did for Love', it has nothing to do with sex. 'A Chorus Line' is an actor's play about actors. Plus you've got to work with the talented beginner too. If you're going to learn anything, you've got to learn from the masters. The thing to do is to keep taking chances. And five or six years later, the critics took note. Five years after that, the public found me. ![]() Then it took another five years before the agents and producers noticed me. I was in the business ten years before the actors began to notice me. ![]() When people ask me, I tell them I didn't go to school. I think I learned much of what I know about acting from watching James Cagney movies. James Cagney is probably the reason I became an actor. they're all comics, and they're all great. Right away, when they say 'burlesque,' you think of Bert Lahr, Phil Silvers, Red Skelton. When I first got into this business and told people that I was in burlesque, they immediately characterized me. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The honey seems to have a bit of something resembling growth hormone already in it. It's just that some fleshy softwoods (like African Violet, for example) can be rotted via increased bacterial activity spurred on by the honey's sugars in the soil. I've used it on softwood cuttings of Cnidoscolus chayamansa ("Chaya") with great results. " Honey seems to work great as a "rooting hormone" for any plants except those rooted from softwood - and even then you may have some success. Here is information on both terms if you are interested: (08/23/200 " *Editor's Note: We have been informed that the correct term for the cell-feeding that is mentioned above is phagocytosis instead of pinocytosis. All in all, I *much* prefer using honey over other commercially available preparations. You'll want to keep the cutting a bit on the wet side for a bit (if the plant will normally tolerate it, that is), otherwise the concentrated sugars in the honey, once absorbed, may crystallize and choke the plant cells and cause a rather mystifying, frustrating and *sudden* wilt and plant death. Poking a hole first before planting is moderately important, as you will not want to disturb the honey coating. I just prepare the slip in my usual way, dip the end into honey poke a hole in the soil, drop the slip in and water *well*. It's also nice that honey is also antibacterial, for a short while. As well, the viscous honey seals off the stem fibers, preventing immediate wilt from a sudden drop in vascular pressure, and also starts a bit of pinocystosis* ("cell-feeding") by giving the plant immediately available sugars. ![]() ![]() Most plugins can be installed by following the simple steps above, however certain plugins require some additional steps. Additional instructions for installing plugins The first installation will take quite a long time, however, subsequent installations should be significantly faster.Įnable the plugins you want and restart the editor if needed.Ĭertain plugins require some additional steps. In the Aximmetry menu, click Install Plugins. \Plugins\Marketplace\PluginName\PluginName.uplugin (make sure there are no extra directories in the path). ![]() The path to the uplugin file should look like. Create a Marketplace folder, if there is no such folder under the Plugins folder. By default, the install location is: C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_x.x\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace. Open the Epic Games Launcher and install the desired plugins from the Marketplace.įor manually downloaded plugins, for example from GitHub:Ĭopy your plugin into the Marketplace plugin directory of the Unreal Engine installed by the Epic Games Launcher. In Step 5 - Select Unreal Engine installer from the Games and Graphics section and Windows 10 SDK (1.0) from the SDKs, libraries, and frameworks section.In Step 4 - Choose workloads: select Game Development with C++.In Step 2 - Download Visual Studio: choose Visual Studio 2019 Community edition. ![]()
![]() TXG's 2 major product lines are its Chromium platform, which enables single-cell analysis, and its Visium platform, which looks at spatial analysis - the "what" and the "where" of biological cell research. Company Overview: Visium and Chromium platforms If you take the viewpoint that the market has seen the worst of coronavirus and will continue to recover, then TXG ought to display stronger-than-average share price growth in the near term, and over the longer term can potentially trade above $100 on its strong growth prospects amid increasing demands for its products. It may take more than one year for TXG to deliver positive EPS, and there are some further caveats to take note of - chiefly, ongoing litigation with sector rival Bio-Rad Laboratories ( BIO ) over patent infringement which could damage sales of TXG's old and newer product lines, how much the company can grow its installed instrument base by, and whether its "halo-user" business model can work.īased on the potential future adoption of the company's products and services (and as a bonus, its attractiveness as an acquisition target), I would assign it a fair value price at a premium to current stock price ($57 at the time of writing), at ~$75. I believe that the company is well-placed to both increase revenues and reduce its overall cost burden in 2020, and that makes the current depressed stock price a tempting entry point into owning some TXG stock. In order to achieve profitability, TXG will need to increase its operating and net profit margins significantly, and there are already signs that this is happening - total operating expenses as a percentage of sales decreased from 156% in 2018 to 88% in 2019. The company has forecast sales of $350-360 million and growth of 42-46% for 2020, and is targeting a near-term market it says is worth $13 billion as well as a wider $50 billion+ global market for life sciences tools. ![]() ![]() Research derived from its products was featured in over 700 peer-reviewed publications in 2019, including important studies and breakthroughs in the fields of Alzheimer's, cancer treatment, autoimmune and age-related diseases, and HIV and antibody discovery and vaccine development. TXG has sold more than 1,660 of its instruments since mid-2015, adding another 645 sales in 2019, and estimates that it pulls through ~$150k in consumables revenue from each instrument. Similarly to bigger players in this sector such as Illumina ( ILMN) and Qiagen ( QGEN) - recently acquired by Thermo Fisher ( TMO) in an $11.5 billion deal, TXG sells instruments, consumables and software to a broad range of clients, including 19 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies and 96 of the top 100 global research institutions, according to a recent company presentation. The company posted a strong set of full-year financials with sales up by 68% from 2018 to $245.9 million, with its consumables division driving $206.9 million of this figure and instrument sales $34.9 million - a 4% yearly drop. 10x Genomics ( NASDAQ: TXG) looks like a promising play within the expanding gene sequencing sector. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m a fan of iA Writer, the app sits prominently in my dock and I use it for most of my writing. It isn’t without its flaws though and if the negative reviews in the App Store are any indication, most folks will skip this upgrade and stay with the original iA Writer. The new app adds some interesting pro features to iA Writer such as workflow and structure and retains some of the best qualities of iA Writer its gorgeous fonts and minimal interface. Given that the program exports to RTF, it could presumably handle such features.Writer Pro is a professional writing app from the creator of the very popular iA Writer. Finally, I’d like to be able to apply basic formatting without adding Markdown’s control characters. I’d also like to be able to export files to plain text, rather than only RTF or HTML. The pale gray of iA Writer seems a bit insipid, and different people’s eyes react in different ways to colors and contrasts-I prefer a sable background when I write in BBEdit, and I know others who like a pale-blue background. First, I’d prefer a few choices for background colors. In keeping with the minimalist philosophy, there are only a few actual features I’d add. I’d like to be able to view more text at once, especially when I’m working on a long document and need to move things around. I appreciate Writer’s focus on simplicity, though I do wish it offered at least three font sizes-given that each line is limited to 64 characters, regardless of your screen size, there’s not a lot of text on the screen at any given time. Documents you save to iCloud or Dropbox using the Mac version can be accessed from the iPad version, and vice versa. When saving a document, you can choose to save locally on your Mac, or, if you plan to work on the document on other Macs or on an iPad, save to iCloud or Dropbox. IPad-app roots in support for cloud storage. The latest Mac version of iA Writer shows its Unfortunately, they fade away as you type-the whole distraction-free thing again-and you need to click the mouse somewhere else in the window to view them. If, like me, you often write to word counts, these numbers are great information to have. You’ll find the usual word and character counts, along with a metric called reading time, which is an estimate, based on the number of words in the document, of how long it would take someone to read it. ![]() Writer supports OS X’s built-in spell checker, and in the footer of the Writer window are a few basic document statistics. And if you want formatting without Markdown, you’re out of luck. Formatting characters disappear only when you export a file to RTF and open it in another program. The drawback is that while surrounding text with asterisks, for example, does indeed underline it, the asterisks remain visible, as well, which can be confusing. The advantage of using Markdown for an app such as iA Writer is that you can apply formatting without having to use any menus or buttons (though you can use standard formatting keyboard shortcuts-Command-U for underline and Command-B for bold-and Writer will apply the asterisks for you). Markdown syntax for, for example, underlining (asterisks around text), bold (double asterisks around text), and headers (one or more # symbols)-add these control characters and the formats are immediately applied to the designated text. ![]() If you must have formatting, iA Writer uses I would prefer if focus mode would at least highlight several sentences before and after the active one, if not the entire paragraph containing the active sentence. Just as atoms have value only when they form molecules, individual sentences are meaningful mainly when combined with other sentences-they depend on the surrounding text for context. To use a chemistry analogy, a sentence is an atom and a paragraph is a molecule. Few writers that I know actually write sentence by sentence. Personally, I wasn’t a fan of focus mode. ![]() The program even provides keyboard shortcuts (Command-Option-left arrow and -right arrow) to navigate from sentence to sentence. According to the developer, this mode allows you to focus on the specific text you’re actively writing. In other words, the sentence you’re typing is displayed in black, with the rest of the text in a medium grey. The second feature is “focus mode,” which, when active, dims all the text in your document except the current sentence. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() The Wubble Bubble is made of “super-thermo-stretchtacular stuff” and/or engineered synthetic rubber. Denise Cunningham and her kids saw it on TV, and they wanted one. The company claims it can hold up to a lot. The Wubble Bubble Ball is a giant bubble that you are supposed to be able to play with, without fear of it floating away or popping. Wubbles are very strong but will pop if you poke them with sharp objects like tree branches, thorns, animal claws, pencils, zombie teeth, vampire bats, fences and the like…IF you happen to pop your Wubble ball, the inside surface will feel oily.Ĭan you fill a Wubble bubble with water? Can a Wubble bubble pop? Wubble balls are made of super-thermo-stretchtacular stuff, as you know. Can you fill Wubble ball with water?ĭO NOT fill your Wubble with water! It gets WAAAAAY too heavy to have any fun with. Use the battery-operated air pump (included) to inflate your Wubble bubble ball in just two minutes and when you’re finished playing, just deflate the Wubble with the deflation tool (included) and stick it in a drawer for next time. How long does a Wubble bubble take to inflate? Add lots of air for a larger, more firm Wubble, or simply add a little bit for a squishier experience. With a parent’s help, kids can use the inflation nozzle to inflate their cuddly companion to the desired size. Secure the inflation guide to the nozzle.If you squeeze the ball and feel air coming from the nozzle, you have successfully inserted the nozzle.Keep working the nozzle in, until it’s in as far as the end of the neck of the nozzle.Push the nozzle into the hole of the valve.How do you inflate a Wubble bubble without a pump? Why does my Wubble Bubble Ball have scratches on it?.Is the giant Wubble Bubble balloon ball never pops?.How to fill a Wubble Bubble Ball on YouTube?.How do you inflate a Wubble bubble without a pump?.It contains one or more of the following items marbles small ball or small parts. This toy is not suitable for ages under 3 years. Warning - Choking Hazard - Children Under 3 ![]() Product Dimensions : 6.6 x 22.6 x 18.2 cm Comes with new, slimmer battery-operated pump that inflates the Super Wubble Bubble Ball in minutes.You can kick it, whack it, throw it, bounce it and even sit on it without worrying about deflating it.This bubble ball floats, wobbles, dribbles, spins, smashes and even makes really wacky sounds.When you're finished playing, you can even deflate Wubble bubble ball and put it away for next time.Includes 1 Wubble bubble ball, 1 Wubble pump, 1 nozzle, 1 pack of petroleum jelly pouch and instruction sheet. Wubble pump requires 4 AA size batteries sold separately. When you're finished playing, you can even deflate your Wubble and put it away for next time. Fully inflate your Wubble in just minutes with the included Wubble Pump. It's squishy, super soft and light-weight. It looks like a bubble and moves like a bubble but won't pop like a bubble! Kick it, whack it, throw it and bounce it. This is the strongest Wubble Ball ever made. The Super Wubble Bubble Ball with Pump looks like a bubble and plays like a ball. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vader orders the port boarded up, but only once price estimates are obtained.īack on Tatooine, Threepio and Artoo are sold with other droids to the Lars moisture farm owned by Owen and Beru Lars (Carter and Barbara Pewterschmidt). At this time, on board the Death Star, Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin (Mayor West) and a group of other Imperial officers are discussing the Death Star's weakness: a small exhaust port that, when fired into with a proton torpedo, could destroy the entire station. Artoo cautiously makes his way through the Jundland Wastes, where he is captured by Jawas and taken aboard their sandcrawler, where Threepio is also being held. Meanwhile, on the planet Tatooine, Threepio asks Artoo if he'd prefer to have sex with Jabba the Hutt after a shower or a service droid Artoo takes the remark personally, since his father was reportedly a service droid, and leaves Threepio in disgust. ![]() After choosing the $5 briefcase, Vader orders Leia taken away. Vader demands to know where she hid the Death Star plans Leia claims that she hid them in one of 26 briefcases accompanied by the models from Deal or No Deal. The two are then spotted by Stormtroopers Leia is captured while Artoo and Threepio board an escape pod and make their way to Tatooine below.Īfter her capture by Imperial Stormtroopers, Leia is brought before Darth Vader (Stewie). Artoo then decides to just carry the message himself. Artoo finds himself with Princess Leia (Lois), who tries to record a holographic message to "Obi-Wan Kenobi," but encounters complications that Artoo tries to help her through. During the chaos, Artoo and Threepio are separated. Imperial Stormtroopers begin boarding the ship, overwhelming the Rebel troopers on board. On board the rebel ship are the droids C-3PO (Quagmire) and R2-D2 (Cleveland), who are visibly shaken when their ship is being fired upon. The film's opening crawl gives spoilers on the relationship between Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, then goes off on a tangent about Angelina Jolie and her relationship with her brother before showing the starship being chased by the Star Destroyer over Tatooine. Peter then decides to retell the story of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. She asks Peter to tell the story of her birth, but Peter rushes through the demeaning story. After Brian's suggestion that they turn to reading is met with laughter from the rest of the family, Meg suggests they should tell stories. The family is left to wonder what to do for entertainment now that they are without television. The Griffins are watching a golf tournament on TV, in which the announcers speculate on the possibilities of a sexual encounter with Phil Mickelson's wife, when the power goes out. Storyboarders: Steve Fonti, Phil Langone, Bao Nguyen, Michael Rundle, Joe Vaux Musical Numbers: (I've Had) The Time of My Life Alan Rumack, Clark Griswold, Magic Johnson, Redd Foxx, Simply Red, Red Buttons, Helen Reddy, Judd Nelson, Phil Mickelson, Amy Mickelson, John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, Danny Elfman, Tom Baker, Pignose, Scott, Coach McGuirk, Xenomorph, Imperial Stormtroopers Stewie Griffin as Himself and Darth VaderĬhris Griffin as Himself and Luke SkywalkerĪlso Appearing: Jake Tucker, Tom Tucker, Diane Simmons, Ollie Williams, Fouad, Evil Monkey, Al Harrington, Terry, Roger, Watto, Dr. Lois Griffin as Herself and Princess Leia Jon Benjamin, Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, Rush Limbaugh, Helen Reddy, Judd Nelson ![]() Peter retells Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope to his family during a blackout. ![]() ![]() Not because I didn’t get the game, far from it. Wreckfest, for example, is banger racing: cars go fast, try not to crash into things. This is to either “sell” the product to you, or heed you off of buying a potential dumpster fire. Now, the whole point of being a critic is to try and explain to you, dear reader, what the core concept of a game is. The cold and emotionless computer against Pierce’s optimism plays an amusing part as you navigate the increasingly weirder and convoluted corridors that Superliminal offers.Īnd that’s not exagerration, either. Pierce, who’s doing a good cop/bad cop with an overseeing program that doesn’t sound too far removed from Aperture Science’s rogue AI, GLaDOS. Thankfully, you’re guided through these dreamscapes by Dr. That is until something goes a bit wonky, and we find ourselves trapped in what appears to be a reoccurring nightmare of a hotel room… or is it? Well, yes and no, as Superliminal enters that Inception territory of dreams within dreams as events start taking weirder turns. ![]() These simple logistical puzzles (that we’ll come into) start to shape an experience akin to Portal, in that you have to work these chambers out to continue. The experience starts off relatively easy, with you subjected to a series of trials in rooms that wouldn’t be out of place in 2017’s Prey reboot. That is, you are part of a dream therapy study, headed up by a Dr. What I can tell you, though, is that it’s based in the land of sleep. There isn’t really a story to Superliminal, and what little there is I don’t really want to spoil. *also, brownie points if you immediately thought of the Simpsons’ “Yvan Eht Nioj” episode when you heard that word. So, what is Superliminal* and why should you invest in this beautifully short yet mind-blowing puzzler? Let’s find out, shall we, as we do an Inception in the world of dreams and logic puzzles… Because if I’ve had to have my perception of what’s real turned upside down and my grey matter threatening to vacate my brain-case on several occasions, then I want to at least confuse you and pique your interest at the same time. Superliminal, however, sees that as both mantra and instruction.Ī new take on first person puzzle games, in the wake of greats like Portal and The Witness, Superliminal offers something new that may have been dabbled on in some games, but never has been fleshed out like this.Ĭryptic enough for you? Good. Or perhaps approaching something from a different angle, or take on something with an improved or refreshed mindset. Getting a “new perspective” on something tends to mean you should see things from a different point of view other than your own. But is its run time and linearity enough to justify the price of admission? The Finger Guns review. ![]() All Rights Reserved.An absolutely mind-blowing new puzzler from the brains behind Antichamber, Superliminal is a treat. His artificial intelligence assistant, however, is having trouble understanding exactly how you’re here at all, and has other plans for you.ĭEVELOPER COMMENTARYWe’ve added an extensive developer commentary throughout the game, so you can learn the secrets and history behind the game’s development.ĬHALLENGE MODEThe overwhelming response from the speedrunning community to Superliminal inspired us to add a new Challenge Mode, which will score you per-level on metrics such as time to finish, grabs, and jumps. MAN VS MACHINEIn this fully-voiced adventure, Dr Glenn Pierce is doing his questionable best to guide you home and out of the dreamscape. What you see isn’t always precisely what you get. Tread carefully as the world slowly unravels around you and subverts your expectations. PERCEPTION IS REALITYExplore a dream world where everything is exactly as it seems. ![]() By the time you open your eyes, you’re already dreaming - beginning the first stages of this experimental program. Pierce’s Somnasculpt dream therapy program. WAKE UPAs you fall asleep with the TV on at 3AM, you remember catching a glimpse of the commercial for Dr. ![]() Players need to change their perspective and think outside the box to wake up from the dream. Puzzles in this game give you a sense of the unexpected. Superliminal is a first-person puzzle game based on forced perspective and optical illusions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quick connect is an alternative to collect calls. With Prepaid Calls you can set up your account so that the inmate can only call you and/or you can just deposit money in their account and they can purchase prepaid phone cards through their commissary and call whoever they choose, provided the Mecklenburg Detention Center Central approves of the phone number. Additional fees, costs, restrictions may apply. This means that if you accept your call from your inmate, all the charges for that call will then be billed to your land line phone account and will show up and be listed on your next local phone bill. You can also leave an inmate a short voice message for a flat fee of $1.25.Ĭollect calls allow you to accept and pay for calls to your land line (only) phone account. There is a fee of $3.00 every time you add money to your account online, and it costs $5.95 if you add funds over the phone with a live agent. International calls are $0.95 per minute. Prepaid calls between North Carolina and other states costs $0.21 per minute. GettingOut charges $0.25 per minute for all phone calls, prepaid or collect, within North Carolina. Mecklenburg County Services that are provided by GettingOut, a GTL company: Last, select Mecklenburg Detention Center Central, and then the inmate you wish to communicate with. This account can be controlled by just you, or by both you and your inmate.Ĥ. In the meantime, you can create an account here for GettingOut.ģ. Start by confirming that Mecklenburg Detention Center Central has the phone service you need to communicate with your inmate by the facility lookup here. To receive phone calls from inmates in Mecklenburg County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:ġ. How Do Inmates in Mecklenburg Detention Center Central Make or Receive Phone Calls? Call 70 to get the Facility Locator Number. To do this you will need the inmate's offender # (inmate ID #), full legal name, and Facility Locator Number. Option 4 - Make an Inmate Deposit over the Phone by calling Touchpay at 86. NOTE: Call the Mecklenburg Detention Center Central at 70 to see if they are still allowing money orders to be mailed. Always send a Money Order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank or Western Union. Mailing a deposit takes more time to process than the other methods but can be done if you live too far away to bring it in person and you don't have a debit/credit card for online deposits. Option 3 - Mail the Inmate Deposit to the Jail The company charges you a small fee for doing so, but the fee probably isn't as much as gas and parking would cost to take it to the jail in person. Mecklenburg Detention Center Central uses Touchpay to process all online deposits to an inmate's account. You will use a Touchpay self-serve kiosk in the lobbies that accepts cash, debit or credit cards. Resources Frequently Asked Questions (you must have an inmate chosen in order to review these FAQs for Mecklenburg Detention Center CentralĬontact Info: 88AM–9PM ET, 7 days a week.Ĭommissary Deposits using Touch Pay Options for putting money on an inmate's books in Mecklenburg Detention Center Central: … with many gift packs priced in between. … to $104.99 for a box of 85 snack and food items… ![]() They range in price from $10.49 for ten pre-stamped envelopes, 2 pens and a pad of writing paper… There are a total of fourteen (14) pre-determined icaregift packs available to choose from. You will receive a confirmation email when it is delivered. Mecklenburg Detention Center Central has up to 30 days to give your icaregift pack to your inmate. Confirm the order in your confirmation email. ![]() Select the icare gift you want to send them. When the information is entered correctly, click the “Search” button to confirm they are in the system. Click the "Find an Inmate" button and enter your loved one’s first name, last name, or inmate number. The service they use is called icaregifts.ġ. Mecklenburg Detention Center Central Inmate Commissary Information Mecklenburg Detention Center Central allows pre-determined commissary packs to be purchased by friends and family of inmates. ![]() |
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