![]() I knew I was lying in the scuppers with my head cut must have struck it against the davit when I fell. I doing there with my head in the scuppers, inches away from the davits? My head was lying in the scuppers, inches away from one of the lifeboat davits. The lifeboats from the Titanic had been taken off first, the davits had been moved into place, and the boats lowered as they had been when they left the sinking ship four days before, only this time the boats were lowered with only a single seaman in each, as the survivors stood at the rail and watched while lightning bolts lit up the night sky, and thunder exploded overhead.Īs for the boat, some of the crew the murderer or murderers had cut it from the davits and tied it to the stern by a painter. ![]() Small groups of men were uncovering each of the lifeboats at random, and tossing in lanterns and tins of biscuits, but the crowds were still holding back as crewmen moved to the davits and began turning the cranks that swung the lifeboats out and then lowered them to where they could be boarded by the extremely hesitant group that stood and watched them. Worse yet, supposing she asks for Davits and he still stands there like a video extra or something elsesay, some yellowbellied embodiment named Cringe? I am climbing down from the davits in haste when I hear Billy Lanney beseeching Hammerhead Jack. He did not bring those uncouth vermiculations to a stop until he was well back in the shelter of a rusty capstan, cut off from the light by a lifeboat swinging on its davits.ĭeparting from Nukualofu just ahead of the carriers was a group of high-sided gray transports, their decks green with Marine fatigue uniforms and ringed with small landing craft hanging from their davits. He found a tin can - possibly left in a leaky boat before its final boist to the davits - and gave her a drink, to which he had added a few drops of the whisky.īilly climbed aboard, and he and Durant hoisted the yawl-boat on her davits. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.Although this was a shore-to-shore operation which required only one night spent in the English Channel, big transports with landing craft on davits were employed in addition to beaching craft. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. ![]() Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. ![]() Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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![]() That’s the finding of a study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cyprus University of Technology, University College London and Telefonica Research. In fact, alt-right communities within 4chan and Reddit are veritable hatcheries from which crawl a surprisingly large number of the headlines that eventually infest Twitter. Reading the output of what the Guardian once dubbed the “ lunatic, juvenile, brilliant, ridiculous and alarming” 4chan community can melt your brain.īut you’ve got to hand it to them: the site that persuaded web users to microwave their iPhones has always been good at clogging up the internet with its memetic fatbergs. PizzaGate is only one of a long lineage of fake news spawned on 4chan’s message boards. Trump and 4chan’s far-right fringe message board… and which wound up confabulated into PizzaGate by somebody on 4chan who connected the phrase “cheese pizza” to pedophiles, who use the initials “c.p.” to denote child pornography on chat boards. It started with hacked emails on WikiLeaks… which got scoured for political wrongdoing in the Clinton campaign staff by a popular Reddit forum dedicated to Donald J. But it wasn’t luck that planted the so-called “PizzaGate” conspiracy theory in his head: we can credit a particularly dark corner of 4chan for that. The judge said at the time that it was “sheer luck” that Edgar Maddison Welch didn’t kill anybody. Ebola-chan: a jokey cartoon “mascot” for Ebola that, in the hands of some particularly unprincipled 4chan users, became a hoax directed at vulnerable West Africans.In June, a 29-year-old man who fired a military-style assault rifle inside a popular Washington pizzeria, wrongly believing he was saving children trapped in a sex-slave ring, was sentenced to four years in prison.Needless to say, that’s one of many 4chan news hoaxes. Apple Wave: an alleged “feature” of the iPhone 6, hyped by 4chan users on Twitter, wherein people can charge their phones by microwaving them.Bikini bridge: an invented beauty/fitness trend that encouraged women to lose enough weight to create a gap between the bones of their hip and pelvis the trend, though fake, eventually caught on in online eating-disorder communities.#Leakforjlaw: a similar social media prank that encouraged women to post their nude photos in support of Jennifer Lawrence.#Cutforbieber: a Twitter hashtag that encouraged young Beliebers to cut themselves to demonstrate their love for the performer.Fake bomb threats: a vast number of hoaxers have posted mass bomb and shooting threats to 4chan, prompting several arrests and evacuations.4chan has successfully gotten a swastika to trend on Google. Google- and poll-bombing: voting or searching for the same terms en masse, to either sabotage an online vote or make a topic trend artificially.The cyberbullying of Jessi Slaughter: one of the earliest high-profile incidents of cyberbullying, in which 4chan members sent death threats and calls to an 11-year-old girl who would later make multiple suicide attempts.Gamergate has since wrecked the lives of several female gamers and commentators and spawned a larger discussion about the way that industry treats women. ![]() ![]() Gamergate: an ongoing movement to expose “corruption” in video game journalism, which was (purportedly!) drummed up by 4chan users.Celebgate: the leak of dozens of stolen celebrity nude photos, which - while no longer available on 4chan - still exist as downloadable torrents across the Web. ![]() Try to finish all 80 levels by bouncing the ball off your paddle and collecting awesome power-ups like the power ball, laser cannon, or fast fireball. This contemporary brick-buster version will appeal to everyone, not just Breakout fans! The goal of the game is to quickly eliminate every glass brick on the field. There are many more interesting online games that you can explore here. It’s a wiki about wikis – which is pretty meta.Shards is a browser game developed by Famobi and now.gg allows playing game online in your browser. If you’re playing the game and see something missing from this community-driven wiki, become a contributor and help us expand the wiki – you can learn how by visiting our Help Wiki. Of course you can also learn about the different Sentinels by visiting the official Shards of War Wiki. Each week they’ll be swapping out their different Sentinels for you to try, and as the game continues along in its development you can be assured that you’ll see even more playable Sentinels being added to their expanding roster. Shards of War is now in open beta, meaning that all you have to go is register an account, download the client, and jump straight in. This not only keeps the action frantic, but also ensures that you will be able to more easily commit to a game than, say, sitting down for a solid hour at a time. Unlike a number of other MOBAs, which can clock in at between 35-60+ minutes per contest, each match in Shards of War is rigidly timed at 20 minutes. It’s not just the enemy team that’s working against you, though – it’s time itself. You can turn the tide of battle in your favor by gaining control over neutral drones at the center of the map – the team which controls these neutral drones will have a distinct advantage in pushing their lines forward and overwhelming the enemy base. ![]() Of course, the opposition is attempting to do the same, and when the two teams meet it will be the squad that works better together who will ultimately come out on top. ![]() But saying this and doing this are two very different beasts, as you will have to push three different waves of battle-ready drones towards the enemy base. The goal of each battle in Shards of War is simple: destroy the enemy base. While it has become accepted to control your champion’s movements through mouse clicks, Shards of War gives you complete control over your Sentinels with the WASD-movement configuration made popular in so many games. ![]() Shards of War is a five-on-five team-based MOBA that streamlines the formula and deposits players into a science-fiction world filled with diverging realities, fantastic technology, and ever-present chaos. Now, as the world we knew crumbles, powerful Sentinels have risen some pledging to defend our world, and others vowing to conquer it. With these roadways opened, humans from hundreds of different timelines have spilled into ours, sending Earth into chaos as each dimension struggles for control over the Earth, and the gateways to the other realities. In the future humanity has unlocked the science to open “Shards,” gateways into parallel dimensions. They’ve just recently announced their beta, and we’re excited to be able to support them with the official Shards of War Wiki. Bigpoint Games comes on the scene with Shards of War, offering a unique take on the genre while keeping the gameplay familiar to what MOBA fanatics expect. It takes a lot for a MOBA to stand out nowadays. ![]() Supported cameras are:ġD-x | 5D mark II | 5D mark III | 6D | 7D | 60D | 70D | 100D / Rebel SL1 | 600D / Rebel T3i | 650D / Rebel T4i | 700D / Rebel T5i | 1100D / Rebel T3 Camera Shutter CountĬamera Shutter Count – Even though Canon doesn’t have shutter count included on the EXIF information of an image file, as opposed to Nikon, utilizes the latest unedited image to give an approximate number of shutter clicks. With the ShutterCount app you can test whether a new camera is actually new or just check an already used camera to see if the pre-owner claims are true and there is no count limit with this app but it counts only still photos taken – (no video recordings counted). ShutterCount is an iOS App which gets it all very simple. The shutter count can be read from a USB-connected camera and it provides accurate data that can not be attainable by for example reading the EXIF. Magic Lantern shutter counter as Magic Lantern in whole is completely FREE. The shutter count will appear at the bottom of the screen. All you need to do is install Magic Lantern on your EOS, press MENU and then DISP. ![]() Magic Lantern– may work for some EOS, including the 550D (Rebel T2i). Google Chrome can also be used to utilize EOSCount, but you’ll have to browse using the IE tab plug-in. Internet Explorer (32 bit) is the recommended browser for EOSCount, from which you will need to install the ActiveX control which will read the data directly from your camera which needs to be connected to your PC via USB. To make is easy for you, the EOS models that will most likely work with EOSCount are:ġ100D (Rebel T3) | 1000D (Rebel XS) | 650D (Rebel T4i) | 600D (Rebel T3i) | 500D (Rebel T1i) | 550D (Rebel T2i) | 450D (Rebel XSi) | 60Da | 60D | 50D | 40D | 7D | 5D Mark III | 5D Mark II | 1D X | ID Mark IV | ID Mark III | IDs Mark III If you’re not sure what kind of sensor your EOS has, then you can check it out on Astro Photography Tool’s “Canon EOS models matrix“. ![]() It can also sync a camera clock to your PC’s clock.” “…allows you to read a shutter counter from a Canon EOS DSLR (DIGIC III and later) camera. Nonetheless, based on the statement, the compatible EOS models are:ġ100D (Rebel T3) | 1000D (Rebel XS) | 650D (Rebel T4i) | 600D (Rebel T3i) | 500D (Rebel T1i) | 550D (Rebel T2i) | 450D (Rebel XSi) | 60Da | 60D | 50D | 40D | 7D | 5D Mark III | 5D Mark II EOSCountĮOSCount – is was a freeware utility developed by Sergey Vasilevskiy that: Though this disclaimer is given, users have reported that the utility has worked with the EOS-1D Mark IV model. “The shutter count information is available *only* on Canon DIGIC III/IV DSLRs *except* the 1D* series.” Advertisements It is stated on the Astrojargon website that: The utility is free and will work on most EOS models. Mac users can utilize this version, and the newer version, EOSInfo, is currently only for Windows users. Freeware Utilities for finding shutter count: 40DShutterCount & EOSInfoĤ0DShutterCount Utility (Version 2) – developed by Astrojargon, was originally for the EOS 40D, but it can work with other EOS models. They’ve helped us photographers out a lot. All Most of these utilities are free, and if you can spare, donate to the developers. But for the most part, there’s a utility available for your EOS model. There’s no tool that works seamlessly for all EOS models, let alone on both Windows and Mac platforms. Interestingly, there’s no official Canon based application to find the shutter count for an EOS DSLR, however, there are a few free online tools that may help you to do this. There you can find out the average life expectancy for your EOS model(s). In fact, the Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database is a really neat user-based site for DSLR models of several brands, including Canon. Typically this count is between 100,000 and 300,000 shutter actuations, with the latter limit associated with the EOS-1D models. Usually, you’ll have to take a couple hundred thousand photos before this happens though, and Canon has allegedly released a particular shutter actuation threshold to indicate the number of shots expected for each EOS model before the shutter fails. At this point, you may either need to have the shutter replaced or purchase a new camera. Sooner or later, your DSLR’s shutter will wear, slow down and eventually stop functioning. Just as with any piece of mechanical equipment, a camera has a lifetime that is based on the number of shutter actuations otherwise known as shutter clicks or the shutter count. Shutter Count Number is important – A DSLR’s shutter will eventually fail ![]() This event will provide a unique opportunity to hear primarily about the current trends in saltmarsh and mangrove management with a specific focus on the complex issues faced by conservation and rehabilitation efforts in urban environments. The annual AMSN conference will be held in Sydney from Tuesday April 17 – Friday April 20, 2018. The Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network conference (AMSN) bought together professional researchers, managers, officers and. Since then, she has worked as a bedside educator with both experienced staff and nurse residency with. An understanding of how urban estuarine wetlands survive will be critical to the development of strategic conservation management in the future. Your company will enhance its product exposure while increasing sales, bringing in new leads, and strengthening existing sales relationships by exhibiting at the AMSN Convention.\r About AMSN:\r The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) is the only specialty nursing organization dedicated to the practice of medical-surgical nursing.\r. The annual AMSN conference will be held in Sydney from Tuesday April 17 Friday April 20, 2018. Laura obtained her MSN in nursing education in 2018. Urbanisation, climate change and sea level rise are just three threatening processes but these wetlands thrive in urban environments. The unique ecosystems found in mangrove and saltmarsh communities around Australia face many challenges. The Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network is an informal independent network for people and organisations concerned about mangrove and saltmarsh tidal wetland habitats around Australia, and elsewhere including professional researchers, managers, industry officers and environmental consultants, as well as community enthusiasts. AMSN Annual Convention 2018 Closed 27th Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Annual Convention Dates: - Venue: Disney's Coronado Springs Lake Buena Vista, Orlando FL, United States The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) provides the premier educational event for the med-surg specialty - the AMSN Annual Convention. DATE: Tuesday April 17 – Friday April 20, 2018 Download the AMSN 2022 Conference Program Tuesday 4 October 8:30 - 9:00 Registration (tea, coffee, catch-up) 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome to Country - Jali LALC 9:30 - 9:45 Keynote - Russell Reichelt 10. ![]() “I’m so tired” was already a status symbol, but burnout and it’s long-lasting impact on our health, has increased. Last year, the world went into lockdown and our lives changed dramatically. Use these last 10 minutes for self-reflection and, if you believe in a higher power, for communicating with God, the Universe, your spirituality, or whatever you prefer. This part of the practice allows you to harness your calm during stressful situations and mindfully choose to stay out of negativity.Then, use the remaining 10 minutes to write down a summary of what you just read by hand to strengthen your ability to process the information, and learn something new. Spend the first 10 minutes of this step reading a chapter of your book.Spend the next 20 minutes reading a book, something that teaches you new things or enriches your mind with practical knowledge.Use the final 10 minutes to take note of any unmet goals and assess the reasons why you have not achieved them. This will motivate you to focus on moving forward.Then, dedicate the next 10-minute set to assessing your progress on the goals you set the previous day. Spend the first 10 minutes writing your short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. The first half hour is broken down in three 10-minute segments.There is one ground rule: Follow the below steps in complete silence. This practice, called the Sphere of Silence, is a 60-minute routine that can help you stay grounded, focused, and most importantly, remain hopeful when your mind wants to spiral. A world wherein our daily routines are inundated with distractions and responsibilities. ![]() ![]() We live in a world full of noise and chatter. Many of us have forgotten (or even fear) quiet. ![]()
Ghostscript has a notion of 'output devices' which handle saving or displaying the results in a particular format. "display device" window will still appear). And the "c" suffix indicates a Windows console based binary (note that the Gswin32.exe is for x86 Windows systems, whilst gswin64.exe is for x86_64 Windows On Windows, the two digit number indicates the word length of the system for which the binary was built (so Gswin32.exe gswin32c.exe gswin64.exe gswin64c.exe On other systems the executable may have a different name: System The message shows for that version of the Ghostscript executable: You can get a brief help message by invoking Ghostscript with the Please see the reference sections on options and devices for a more complete listing. The most important are described in detail here. Many of them include " ="įollowed by a parameter. An option may appear anywhere in the command line, and applies to all files named after it on the line. The interpreter also quits gracefully if it encounters end-of-file or control-C. The -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE options in the examples above disable the interactive prompting. After processing the files given on the command line (if any) it reads further lines of PostScript language commands from the primary input stream, normally the keyboard, interpreting each line separately. The interpreter runs in interactive mode by default. The interpreter reads and executes the files in sequence, using the method described under " File searching" to find them. (EPS), DOS EPS (EPSF), and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Ghostscript is capable of interpreting PostScript, encapsulated PostScript You can use the 'ps2' set with eps files. These just call Ghostscript with the appropriate There are other utility scripts besides ps2pdf, including pdf2ps, ps2epsi, pdf2dsc, ps2ascii, There are also a number of utility scripts for common to convert a PostScript document to PDF: ps2pdf file.ps dTextAlphaBits=4 -sOutputFile='paper-d.pgm' paper.ps To rasterize a whole document: gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pgmraw -r150 \ To render a figure in grayscale: gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pnggray -sOutputFile=figure.png figure.pdf To render the same image at 300 dpi: gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=png16m -r300 \ To convert a figure to an image file: gs -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=png16m -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 \ You'll be prompted to press return between pages. To view a file: gs -dSAFER -dBATCH document.pdf The details of how these work are described below. Ghostscript on unix-like systems type: gs. The command line to invoke Ghostscript isĮssentially the same on all systems, although the name of the executable Please refer to the documentation for those applications for using Ghostscript in other contexts. Ghostscript is also used as a general engine inside other applications (for viewing files for example). This document describes how to use the command line Ghostscript client.
![]() the spiciest tuna roll ever with sticky rice. Yummy deliciousness wrapped in a sushi roll!Then ended my time with. If you want some serious competition to your typical sushi place, this is it! I started out with a new kind of crab, called blue crab with California roll. Lunch for one was $136 plus tip, so it would be a waste to eat Americanized junk. As I said, this is a place where you can get old school sushi and you can get Americanized stuff if you really want, but I would send you to somewhere cheaper for that. For example, the waiter will deliver a small plate with gari (ginger) and the fake wasabi (horseradish with green food color) most sushi bars serve these days when the chef figures out you are savvy he will give you some real, freshly grated wasabi. He will quickly figure out if you know what you are doing and adjust service accordingly. If you sit at the sushi bar you can order directly from the chef. How to order: sit at the sushi bar, order off the “Today’s Fresh Fish” menu, and please don’t order a California Roll. There are a great selection of sakes, Japanese beers and fine wines available. I had a karakuchi (very dry) sake with the sashimi, and an Asahi beer with the sushi. ![]() I wanted to have one of the three varieties of Snapper offered and some Uni but I was regretfully too full.īeverage selections were excellent too. Again, two pieces for $22 was not cheap, but you don’t get this opportunity often. O’s Wagyu is certified as Grade 5 (the highest grade) and the certificate even goes so far as to specify not merely the farm where the beef was raised but even the sex and serial number of the victim of my culinary desires (he was a steer). I also had the Wagyu beef sushi, which is essentially raw but seared with a blowtorch before serving. The taste was incredible, although it was so good that it could have gone with a little less embellishment. Switching to sushi, I had to go with the Bluefin O-toro despite the hefty price tag of $21 for two pieces and despite any guilt about the uncertain fate of Bluefins in the wild. My third sashimi choice was Shima Aji, a variety of mackerel, that was also very fresh, although not my very favorite. When you get the entire clam you get a variety of textures, including the engawa or edge portion that is chewy and the more tender body. Orange clams are about the size of Mirugai (giant clam) but without the long foot sticking out of the shell. Next up was a whole orange clam which was extremely fresh, although not live as advertised. ![]() Again, it is not something you ever see in central Pennsylvania. I had no problem taking care of it myself. It was a very large portion (five slices) for $15 and could have been shared at a table. That was the case here.įirst up was Onkimo, which is steamed monkfish liver with Ponzu sauce. At a great sushi bar you stop eating when you are too full to eat more with a feeling of regret that there isn’t room for more. At the sushi bar service was rapid and friendly. I came at lunch and it was not crowded so I can’t comment on others’ mentions of slow service. Also, I speak Japanese (badly) and enjoy being able to order everything in Japanese. You can tell by the rice, which is at the correct temperature (approximately room temp.) and properly seasoned. But the chefs are all Japanese or at least Japanese-American and trained in Japan or by Japanese. In that regard it reminds me of Morimotos. is large and very modern looking, few of the traditional Japanese touches. (No such thing exists in central Pennsylvania, the nearest thing is Morimoto’s in Philadelphia, a couple of hours away). O Fine Japanese Cuisine in Irvine is the real deal: the Old School sushi I look for whenever and wherever I can find it.
![]() Propagation: The iris will self-seed and spread through its rhizomes, but may be divided in the summer after the flowers have bloomed. ![]() Maintenance: Little maintenance is required. And with no known pest or disease problems, the blue flag iris is a low-maintenance beauty to consider in a damp spot of the garden this spring. They are a great plant to help with soil erosion alongside the banks of ponds, streams and rivers. Native plant: Sturdy, versatile white pine's history includes use during Revolutionary Warīlue flag irises are poisonous to livestock, and many of our garden visitors, such as rabbits and deer, will avoid them. Gloves are recommended when dividing Blue flag irises, as the rhizomes may irritate one’s skin. To divide the irises, simply dig them up after they have finished flowering in the summer, and gently separate the rhizomes. The flowers will thrive in partial-shade to full sun, and spread on their own, both through self-seeding and the spread of rhizomes that grow just below the soil. But they will grow anywhere where the soil stays moist and can even be grown in containers. The sepals (or falls) of each purple flower are marked with prominent dark veining and a central yellow stripe that is a guide for insects, directing them to the nectar at the center of each flower.īlue flag irises prefer to grow in damp conditions, beside a pond, or in a rain garden. The flowers start to bloom in May, attracting pollinators such as hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Blue flag irises grow to be 2 to 3 feet tall, with beautiful violet-blue or purple flowers, surrounded by green sword-like leaves. Native Plant: Woodland phlox 'a symbol of love and pleasant dreams for young ladies'īlue flag iris (Iris versicolor) is a relative of the showy bearded irises blooming in many Midwestern yards during the springtime months. However, here in central Ohio, there is a native flower that absolutely thrives in wetlands. Most of the perennial plants found in garden centers prefer full sun, and simply won’t grow in standing water.
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