Anaconda filmleri1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() Despite the ropey CGI, I actually like some of the practical effects work. I admire the cheesy monster movie aspects of it, and the cheesier moments, like a half-digested crew member taking the time to wink at Jennifer Lopez as he dies. I kinda like it, despite the fact that it’s trite and predictable, and that none of the characters feel like characters, and the CGI is dodgy. In the same way that The Expendables felt more like an actual crap eighties action movie, rather than a nostalgic throwback to one, Anaconda feels like a proper B-movie, rather than a more conventional movie with similar elements. All the elements are there, from the dodgy set-up to the poor special effects (the CGI looks terrible) to the contrived and arbitrary conclusion. The very definition of a B-movie is that it doesn’t have any of those characteristics.Īlthough it does feature Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight and Owen Wilson, Anaconda feels much closer to the actual level of those B-movies, rather than an attempt to graft some of their more recognisable elements onto a summer blockbuster. They might borrow story elements or the occasionally cheesy shot or reference, but they are all well-produced movies with high-quality production and top-tier talent. However, as much as we might look at these films as something like an evolution of the B-movie, their genetic code seems quite different. We look at films like Star Wars and The Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park, and point out how directors like Spielberg and Lucas are “reclaiming”that sort of campy and corny old entertainment, producing it for a new audience. ![]() Film fans talk about those kind of films with a strong whiff of nostalgia, and we flock readily to any number of affectionate homages and throwbacks. We tend to look back rather fondly at B-movies. His dodgy ponytail and strange inflection seem to say, “Look, Jon Voight is just going along for the ride and enjoying it, you should too.” Voight’s performance is the one you remember after the film is over, and the guys seems to be having so much fun that it’s infectious. It’s a bad performance that would ruin any other film, but it’s so incredibly one-dimensional, so clearly focused on illustrating that this guy is the bastard ill-begotten of Dick Dastardly and Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, that it kinda works. He makes sure that, even before he’s revealed as a dangerous sociopath, he’s glowering and grimacing his way through the film, making sure that you know he’s relishing shooting poor innocent monkeys (supposedly for bait.) Of course, the script calls for him to kill a woman with his thighs (while she’s standing and he’s sitting), so I suspect Voight looked at the script and just decided to jump in with both feet.Īnd, to be honest, I kinda like it. He gives his incredibly one-dimensionally-evil character a Cuban accent for some reason, perhaps because he’d been watching Scarfacein his trailer and thought it was a good idea. His work here would have him declared “emperor of the gleefully terrible bad actors association.” In fairness, I kinda respect how far out into the realm of an awful performance he goes. Owen Wilson and the British guy from The Mummy are along for the ride, but neither of them does anything memorable.Īnd then there’s Jon Voight. ( Favourite random silly moment #1: During an early enough fight sequence, Lopez’s character proves “feisty” by biting the guy they’re overpowering.) Ice Cube isn’t a good actor in most cases, and here he’s reduced to stating the obvious. I quite like Jennifer Lopez, and she’s proven herself capable when the right script comes along, but here she’s just crap – though there isn’t a lot to work with, to be frank. On any objective level, it’s easy to criticise Anaconda. Voight leaves no acting muscle untwitched with his over-the-top and slyly humorous villain.I always had a crush on Jennifer Lopez. Thus the stage is set for the title character's revenge. As the boat heads down a tributary, Sarone blows up a tangle of vines and trees blocking their passage, causing a downpour of creepy, crawly snakes. Soon enough, Cale is in a coma, Sarone is in charge and the lost tribe is going to stay that way. Along the way, they pick up stranded snake poacher Paul Sarone (Voight). Steven Cale (Stoltz) leads a small documentary film crew down the Amazon in search of a lost tribe. Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, Karl Wuhrer and Vincent CastellanosĪ well-paced thriller. Verna Harrah, Leonard Rabinowitz and Carole Little Updated Febru| Infoplease Staff Director:
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Spooky fishdom1/3/2024 ![]() In Fishdom: Seasons Under the Sea, you can build up your Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas aquariums. If you like Match-3 games, like Sweet Tooth or Bejeweled, you might just get totally hooked on the Fishdom series because as you play you’re able to decorate your tank, which you can then use as your desktop wallpaper or screensaver. Here are the Halloween games that I’m playing and enjoying: No matter what kind of games you like, you’re sure to find something to love at Big Fish. Their customer support is top-notch, their download games come with at least a 1-hour free trial, and their game catalog is HUGE. It’s no secret: I love Big Fish Games about as much as I love Pogo. In the game 1 path you will operate a green ball and perform various tasks, passing all obstacles in the way.I love the creepy, spooky, things-that-go-bump-in-the-night part of Halloween, so last month I went in search of some Halloween download games to play to get into the season. Keep uncover the differences and move ahead to next levels Find out odd one and tap on image in this puzzle picture game. Spot out odd one image puzzle Game - The simple puzzle game for kids, have to spot the difference between the four images. Craft twisted underwater mazes full of various obstacles, deadly traps and other dangers In this original Android game you can demonstrate your imagination and constructing skills. Take the hero across the crafted dungeons. Board formation rules and duel results give clues about the position of important chessmenīQM: Block quest maker - craft your own dungeons, use many blocks of different types for this. 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Welcome to Dice Life - the new life simulation game that offers an exciting mixture of the old classic farming games you know and love - with a vibrant seasoning of casual luck games. Dice game fans - Are you ready to build your own dream town? The townsfolk could surely use your crafting and building skills, city planning abilities, and of course - a dash of your luckiest dice rolls! □ Raspberry pi ftp server1/3/2024 I am sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes but I am not a native english speaker.Install and Configure FTP Server on LinuxįTP is awesome, you can even access it outside your home network if you configure free dynamic DNS and set up port forwarding on your router to the Linux device. If you can point out where the problem is in one of my solution trials I would be really happy. It would be cool if I could plug the IP camera directly into the ethernet port of the raspberry. Is there a NVR (Network Video Recorder) under 100$ that is capable to save the cameras 2560x1440p video when motion is detected? I couldn't finde one but if somebody happens to know one please tell me.Īny other ideas on how I can record the video from the camera when motion is detected? I don't want to spend more than 100$ but I already have a hard drive, router, ethernet cables and so on. Is there something special to do if I use the FTP server in a local network? Is there a possibility that something is wrong with my Raspberry Pi ProFTPD server? As I wrote it works fine using FileZilla. However everytime the camera was supposed to upload a video a text file was created so the connection works. I suppose this is because I only used the test-trial of the website and didn't pay anything yet. But when I connected to it with FileZilla I saw that there are only text files instead of the camera videos. After creating the account there and typing in the new settings like ftp server address, username, password and so on I got the message "Login sucessful". In order to eliminate the possibility that my Raspberry FTP server is the problem I created an account on which is an online ftp service specially for camera ftp-uploads. However when I typed in the same settings into the Reolink Client I got an error message when pressing "FTP-Test". Other than getting disconnected when not doing anything for a while it worked fine. Using FileZilla I connected to the FTP server and moved some files back and forth to test it. I only want to connect to it in my local network so that should be fine. I installed ProFTPD as described but left out the last step which was to make it accessible over the internet. I followed this tutotial on how to set up an FTP server using the raspberry (I am sorry it is written in german). Since this didn't work neither I installed Raspbian again and tried a different approach. See the mail from the Reolink support here Solution Trial 4 (Use Raspberry as FTP server) Here is the RSTP-URL: rtsp://(user address):554//h264Preview_01_main. When I tried to stream the video using VLC-Player I only received audio from the camera, the screen was black. ![]() Solution Trial 3 (Utilize RSTP stream from camera)Īs the camera supports RSTP I asked the support for the RSTP-URL. The guy in the tutorial uses a USB webcam but I didn't find any tutorials with IP cameras. I followed a tutorial but got stuck where I had to add my IP camera to the motioneye software. Next try was to install the motioneye-OS on my Raspberry which is a special OS build for camera surveillance. Neither is there 3d-party software that works (or at least I didn't get it to work). However I realized that the Reolink Client is not available for Raspbian/Linux. Solution Trial 1 (ONVIF Software on Raspberry) I never worked with a Raspberry before but eventually I installed Raspian on it (Pi 3B+) and connected it to my network. Since I don't want my laptop running 24/7 I had the idea to use a Raspberry Pi instead. ![]() Using the "Reolink Client" I was able to set up motion-detection and stream+record video onto my laptop. ![]() I gave it a static IP in the same subnet as my routerĪfter I connected the camera to my router I was able to access it via its webinterface and via the "Reolink Client" on my Windows Laptop that is connected to the same network.It supports HTTPS, SSL, TCP/IP, RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) DHCP, FTP, ONVIF and some more.I want to set up a small home surveillance system that records video to a hard drive if it detects motion. I have been trying for two weeks to solve this problem and now I am quite desperate. Marine corps mos list officer1/3/2024 ![]() There is one Communications Battalion subordinate to each MEF Information Group (MIG): 9th Communications Battalion aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, CA (I MIG) 8th Communications Battalion aboard MCB Camp Lejeune, NC (II MIG) and 7th Communications Battalion aboard MCB Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (III MIG). A typical first tour assignment for a Communications Officer may be within a Communications Battalion as part of the CE of the MAGTF. The support provided by Communications Officers is required aboard every major Marine Corps installation and in units across the MAGTF. What is it like being a Communications Officer? This is accomplished by familiarizing the student with the operational characteristics of communications systems and the techniques for their employment at the battalion and squadron communications platoon level. This course stresses leading a platoon of communications Marines in the planning, installation, operation and maintenance (PIOM) of communications systems organic to the battalion and squadron units within the Operating Forces. The course covers the duties and responsibilities of the Communications Platoon Commander and S-6 staff officer to include the preparation of command and control plans and orders used by the MAGTF. Primary emphasis is given to the mastery of fundamental techniques and skills required for the planning and employment of Marine Corps communications systems in both the tactical and garrison environment. The purpose of the course it to provide leadership and technical training in communication and data systems in order to prepare company grade officers for entry level billets at the battalion and squadron level. Where do I go after TBS?Īfter TBS, officers must complete the 129 day Basic Communications Officer Course (BCOC) at the Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School (MCCES) aboard MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, CA. (2) Must be eligible for a Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI access eligibility. Are there any prerequisites to becoming a Communications Officer They are responsible for directing Department of Defense Information Operations and Defensive Cyberspace Operations planning and implementation in support of operations and exercises. They are responsible for all aspects of the planning, installation, operation, displacement and maintenance of network, transmission and data systems to support the command and control of the MAGTF. What is an 0602?Ĭommunications Officers command or assist in commanding, a communication unit or element in the MAGTF. Additionally, some MOSs within the 0600 occupational field qualify for apprenticeship or certification credentials provided by the Department of Labor Apprenticeship or the Marine Corps COOL program. The opportunity to participate in the Northern Virginia (NOVA) Community College advanced standing credit program in order to achieve a Cybersecurity Associate of Applied Science degree is available in some MOSs within occupational field 0600. Marines serving in the communications field face the challenge of operating in a technological innovative environment where emerging capabilities and requirements demand highly skilled operators. Additional responsibilities include, to operate and perform preventive maintenance on both hardware and software systems including radio, telephone, cryptographic, network and data systems, which are essential links in the overall functions of communication and command and control. The Communications occupational field includes the design, installation, interconnection, operation and defense of networks in support of data systems to provide secure, nonsecure, and coalition information exchange requirements in a tactical or garrison environment. Please let me know if you have any further questions about the VelocityOne Flight and I’ll do my best to answer and give you as much information as I can. “…our entrance with these first products is the start of an expanding portfolio into other adjacent PC simulation hardware categories” so there will be plenty more exciting news on the way.įinally, congratulations to those of you who were successful in pre-ordering their VelocityOne Flight! Next available stock is expected to be. If you’re new to flight sim I’d recommend making use of the ‘auto-rudder’ setting in MSFS2020 until you get used the controls.Īs teased by our CEO Juergen Stark at the FSExpo San Diego ‘21, if you’re looking for an additional peripheral and prefer using your feet for rudder, one of the exciting products we’ve got in the pipeline might be of interest! He also very rightly said that this is a rapidly growing market. The idea is that on a single unit, you’ve got everything you need to taxi out and get into the sky. The VelocityOne Flight does have integrated rudder controls in the form of triggers on the back of the yoke. These are designed to minimise the time needed to remap the entire controls set when you switch between single engine prop and passenger jet / airliner, so you can focus on the flying! They are customisable and the intention is to expand this collection and release more aircraft profiles along with software / firmware updates for the product in the coming months. It will ship with two profiles, the Single Engine Prop (based on C152/Bonanza) and Twin Engine Jet, based on the Airbus A320. The in-built aircraft profiles are designed for MSFS2020. ![]() Examples of these are Star Wars: Squadrons, and Elite: Dangerous. Xbox: For it to be compatible, the title must support the MS flight stick controller type. We intend to work with developers soon to integrate other simulator programs to allow the same easy plug-and-play setup we have with Microsoft. Currently, other simulators such as X-Plane and DCS World will require manual control mapping just like any other sim controller. However, some features such as the aircraft profiles (which auto-map the controls) are only set up for MSFS2020. PC: The controller is compatible and will work with Windows PC sim titles, like X-Plane. The VelocityOne Flight is compatible with Windows 10, 11, Xbox Series S, X and Xbox One. Who would you most like to see review our product? The review samples are being shipped out to the YouTube and Influencer community very shortly, so I imagine there will be some unboxing and usage content coming in the near future. When can we expect to see reviews on YouTube? If you were not able to reserve a unit via pre-order, there will be additional quantities available in waves following VelocityOne Flight’s 14 Nov ’21 launch These are some of the best and quickest selling figures ever from Turtle Beach. The stock for the Rest of World sold out within an hour. We had an amazing reception from the community! Initial pre-order stock for US, UK and Germany was sold out within 15 mins. ![]() Although I haven’t been involved in the design process behind the VelocityOne Flight, I am excited to be involved in some more new developments coming soon… exciting times ahead! Hopefully this thread will help answer some FAQs – thank you all for being so patient thus far. Having joined the company a week before they announced the VelocityOne Flight pre-orders, I’ve been spending every waking moment I can getting to know the controller. I’m very excited to join the sim community and more specifically the Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) community.
Illuminate in a sentence1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() The series would end with Magic overdribbling the Lakers into a Game 7 defeat in Boston, where Bird’s triumph over Johnson was illuminated like a darkened Garden full of victory cigars. ![]() More to the point: In Hollywood techspeak, a “gobo” (one b) is a small disc placed directly between a key light and the actor being illuminated, so as to diffuse the glare.Where downhill skiers have slopes illuminated by flood lamps to boost their vertical mileage, snowshoers and cross- country skiers rely on moonshine.Daniel, Kitchen Witchery, Weiser, ISBN 9781578631896, page 236 : Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite. In his second work, “Jérôme Bel,” four naked performers detachedly examine and manipulate their bodies, illuminated by a single light bulb, and eventually urinate onstage.Schenkar illuminates her subject by drawing on a range of disciplines, "among them: astrology, social anthropology, the panoply of psychologies, literary theory, chirology, psychometry and ambulomancy.".He has written a book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.her novel illuminates the general situation facing all children of postcolonial immigrants across the West, from the banlieue of France to the Islamic neighborhoods of New York to the Hispanic ghettos of Los Angeles."Virgil" translated by Charles R Kennedy 1861 For Phoebe ever reddens in the wind : A fourth time risen, then surest monitress, If she with unobtuse and unblench'd horn illuminates her path.Evans would be gone - but as a postconcert interview illuminates, it was just one stop along the road. It’s tempting to view the performance as a last gasp - a month later, Mr."The system integrates a single camera into the robot's end- effector, and adds a specialized, durable lighting unit that moves with the robot to illuminate the parts." - "Eyes on the Line," Mechanical Engineering, August 2005.The dilemmas engendered by the absence of a biological tie between a child and co- mother illuminate the centrality of familial rights and obligations in American kinship.Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down. Casanova memoires1/3/2024 ![]() It is a lot more unusual, however, to get a glimpse of Giacomo in a more familial context. The popular perception of Casanova is one thing but what more do we learn about him from this letter?Īpart from his Mémoires, there is a rich correspondence showing Casanova’s ability to move successfully through eighteenth-century society, entertaining relationships with the nobility and building a network of contacts across Europe. Working on the Crewe Collection – and indeed in the Wren Library generally – it truly feels like working in a treasure trove. Richard Monckton Milnes, who amassed the Collection, was always on the lookout for peculiar books with some extra added value. However, in the context of the Crewe Collection and the ongoing cataloguing project, we come across letters, documents and other items inserted in the books fairly often. So there wasn’t much reason to doubt Giacomo’s identity. We were lucky in the sense that the letter, simply signed ‘Giacomo’, was addressed to his nephew, who was also a Casanova, and the full address, including the surname, was present, as well as the date and place. ![]() Generally speaking, this is quite a rare find. How rare is it to find an unknown letter written by a well-known literary figure? I had a stint in journalism during my university years in Italy, which helps with spotting a good story and communicating it in an engaging way. I have a background in Italian literature, palaeography and cataloguing and it is a privilege to be able to use these skills and knowledge in such a fascinating environment. When the Crewe Collection was bequeathed to the Wren Library by the Duchess of Roxburghe – more than 7,500 books – I got involved in cataloguing them, completing work on the Italian collection and helping whenever my language skills were useful.īeing a native speaker of a European language is always an advantage in the world of rare book collections. Currently, my focus is creating content for the Library’s social media. Sadly, he wasn’t enjoying his role as much as I enjoy mine! But this was due to the lack of esteem he was shown by other people living in Duchcov Castle and working for the Count of Waldstein at the time.Īs Library Assistant at Trinity since 2014, I undertake a variety of tasks. This was a chance for him to settle down, live near his family, and have the time to write his autobiography. Researching his life for my blog post, I was intrigued to discover he was a librarian for the last 13 years of his life. What is most interesting to you about Casanova?īefore coming across this letter, I knew as much as everybody else about him: an eighteenth-century Venetian adventurer famous for his many romantic encounters (some of which today would be considered predatory and abusive), who travelled extensively around Europe and wrote an autobiography which, apart from being a literary sensation at the time, was also important in shedding light on one of the most turbulent times in the history of the Continent. As a librarian working with special collections, I always try to picture the ‘real life’ stories behind the written words or objects that I am privileged to work with. Hence the desire to research the context further, and the identification of the addressee, who was an unknown member of the Casanova family until now. When the letter emerged from a book in the Crewe Collection, with my Italian native speaker hat on I was asked to translate it I think we were all hoping for a love letter! 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I primarily love the music of the song, but one lyric has always stood out to me in particular, that being “We are all of us in the gutter/But some of us are looking at the stars.” That lyric meant something to me it’s actually a quote from Oscar Wilde. I saw this as one of the band’s more upbeat songs about relationships. Unless you read about it in interviews or hear the band’s trivia on the radio or something, you never know what a song may really mean. Songs like this stand out to me because they contain something personal about the band members themselves. Given the lyrics “The powers that be/That force us to live like we do/Bring me to my knees/When I see what they’ve done to you”, it makes sense to view those lyrics as a heartfelt goodbye. I read in this New York Times article that “Back on the Chain Gang” was Chrissie’s way of saying goodbye to a friend-specifically, one of The Pretenders’ original band members, James Honeyman-Scott, who passed away of a drug overdose. It reminds me of that teenage angst when you love someone but they don’t even know you exist-something along the lines of the way things were with Samantha Baker and Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles initially. I also see it in a teen movie Chrissie Hynde is basically singing about how she’s going to demand the attention of the person she’s interested in, no matter what. One of the things that comes to mind is my mother’s recollection of this song being played in a school dance or two, so I suppose that’s the setting that comes to mind when I listen to the song. “Brass in Pocket” is another Pretenders classic. If the lyrics happen to be intricately woven into the music the way “Don’t Get Me Wrong” is, it just makes that song appear higher up on my playlist. I love creative lyrics, one of my favorites in this song being “Don’t get me wrong/If I split like light refracted/I’m only off to wander/Across a moonlit mile…”ĭespite being a writer, it’s the music that draws me in first, and later the lyrics. The music, the lyrics, and the music video I just love them all. I have to be honest-this is my favorite Pretenders song. It makes the song flow better, in my opinion, and the fast-paced music throughout matches the tone of the song in its entirety. ![]() The way the lyrics were geared, most ending with “precious” is both clever and innovative. Disco music was out, music like “Precious” was totally in. It was a stark contrast to the time period, and I think it portrays the shift in music at the time, given “Precious” was released on The Pretenders’ self-titled album in 1980. ![]() I’ve always considered “Precious” to be among the more racy songs the band produced, but it’s still a classic nonetheless. 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