![]() ![]() We think that experienced modelers and OS X users will feel right at home.” Rhino has become the platform for so many creative projects and we are excited to bring it to the Mac. Support is free and human-scale - no silly tickets and bureaucracy - not to mention the user community that has built up over the years. It’s compatible with so many different products.the go-to software for interoperability. It has stylistic display modes that make it clear, fast, and fun to get things visualized. It has a robust set of solid, mesh, and analysis tools. Some notes from the Rhino for Mac Product Manager - Dan Belcher, McNeel - “Rhino is used in so many different industries where there’s freeform shapes, there’s Rhino. Besides the 3D environment, Rhino has a full set of 2D tools suitable for both initial design layout and production drafting. Rhino’s non-prescriptive workflow ensures that designers can model in an individual and unencumbered manner whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy. Work freely with 2D or 3D curves, surfaces solids and meshes import existing models, geometry, photographic references or sketches via a vast range of file types. Unrestrained modelling tools allow the user to model anything that can be imagined regardless of shape, complexity or size. The interface of Rhino3d for Windows and Rhino for Mac are purposely very different - a real 3D working environment is accessible within the comfort of the Mac interface. Rhino for Mac has been designed from the outset to look and feel like a true Mac application. Rhino natively supports 3D printing and rapid prototyping and all 3D printers or 3D print bureaus will accept output from Rhino. Highly accurate technical surfaces and solids shared with customers and colleagues via a wide range of common file types and Rhino has all the tools required to create 2D production documentation when necessary. Rhino is popular across a broad range of industries including architecture, jewellery, marine design, product design, film and TV, exhibition design, point of sale and transportation. Watch our video in which our Senior Rhino trainer Phil Cook takes a look at some of his favourite features in Rhino v6 for Mac: ![]() Now this powerful modelling application is available for Mac OSX. Popular with designers, architects, engineers, artists and manufacturers - there is simply nothing to equal Rhino in terms of price and performance. Rhino3d for Windows is one of the most widely used 3D modelling applications in the world. Rhino for Mac, sometimes referred to as Rhino for OSX, differs in some key areas to the Rhino3d for Windows product, please contact us for details. Rhino3d for Mac Rhino for Mac v6 now available Buy Now
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![]() What you'll need to get started with direct mail That's not to say you won't get calls or even deals from your first wave of mailers, but I wouldn't bet all your chips on that happening. The bulk of your responses and deals will come from mailer 3 - 5. Don't spend your last $1,500 on a direct mail campaign hoping and praying you'll get a deal out of it.Ĭhances are, you won't. When setting your budget, be sure to factor this in. ![]() You should plan on mailing to the same list at least 3 - 5 times. Now, before we get started, there is one thing you must understand about direct mail.ĭirect mail is a numbers game. You can buy a list of individuals who own a house in one city but live out of state (Absentee Owners).Īnother great example would be a list of individuals who have recently received a Notice of Default letter (Pre-Foreclosure).Īs discussed in Chapter 1, this is the reason it is so important to choose a niche before you start marketing.Īn even better strategy is to start stacking these lists, and really pin-point sellers who NEED to sell their property.įinding a list of out-of-state owners, who are also behind on payments, or taxes, is a much more valuable list because you are now stacking "motivations". With direct mail, you can generate a target list of motivated sellers from sources such as REI Printmail, Listability, ListSource and Mellisa Data, and send them a piece of mail that speaks directly to their needs. Note: We do not offer technical support for developing or debugging scripted downloading processes.Despite what you may have heard, direct mail is still one of the most effective methods for generating seller leads for real estate investment businesses of any size. Note that this policy may change as the SEC manages SEC.gov to ensure that the website performs efficiently and remains available to all users. This SEC practice is designed to limit excessive automated searches on SEC.gov and is not intended or expected to impact individuals browsing the SEC.gov website. Once the rate of requests has dropped below the threshold for 10 minutes, the user may resume accessing content on SEC.gov. If a user or application submits more than 10 requests per second, further requests from the IP address(es) may be limited for a brief period. Current guidelines limit users to a total of no more than 10 requests per second, regardless of the number of machines used to submit requests. 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Your Request Originates from an Undeclared Automated Tool ![]() Your game is saved automatically every time you take an action while landed. The safe way to make money in a Sparrow is by mining asteroids, which is described later. Once you earn a reputation in combat, you can find a more steady income as an escort for merchant caravans, but even so, life at the helm of a Sparrow is risky and uncertain. or by turning pirate and attacking civilians. With enough luck or skill, a Sparrow pilot can earn income by disabling and boarding small pirate ships. The Sparrow is the cheapest interstellar ship you can buy that is designed for combat. Unfortunately, Star Barges are a favorite target of pirates because they often carry valuable cargo and are hardly ever able to outrun their adversaries. Or, a captain without much hunger for variety can earn a stable living on a Star Barge just by finding a decent trade route and running it over and over again. The Star Barge is a slow ship, but with ample cargo capacity, enough to be able to take on multiple simultaneous delivery jobs. Shuttles are classified as “transports” because they have relatively small cargo holds, and instead their most common use is ferrying passengers: a great way for more gregarious captains to meet interesting people while exploring the galaxy. Nearly as nimble as a fighter, shuttles can easily escape from slower pirate ships and even dodge missiles, which is a good thing because they are otherwise useless in combat. The Shuttle is the cheapest and most versatile option. Each one is suited to a slightly different personality: Will you take on the quiet, steady work of a merchant captain? Or join the Navy and fight to keep the galaxy safe? Will you choose the glamorous life of a bounty hunter and fight pirates for a living? Or will you become a pirate yourself? Or will you journey beyond the edge of known space, seeking friends among the strange and powerful aliens that inhabit the other corners of the galaxy? Starting a New GameĪs a new pilot, only a handful of ships are within your price range. You are about to purchase your first ship and set out to make your fortune among the stars. In the weeks when you were working so deep in the bowels of the factory that you could not even see out the windows from where you sat, you would tell yourself: one day, I will take to the sky, and be free. ![]() To own a starship: that is the dream that has kept you sane since you began working at the mill at the age of fifteen, saving up money little by little to pay for a captain’s license. Polygonal collision detection algorithms. ![]()
Wherever that may include an image in your page, can also define a slideshow. Slideshow anywhere: Its head is the only part of the page can include a slideshow.You can turn the light table and off in the picture options ('Preview'). Now viewers can click on the image to see a larger version of the image superimposed on top of the page. Estilo Lightbox: When you insert an image, Artisteer automatically adds the class attribute “art-lightbox” the label to create a style of image Ligthbox.You can also add shapes to your pages if you add a slideshow to your content, as overlapping with text image. You can use them to add geometric patterns that can be textured style, highlights, etc, Like other parts of the pages. Text blocks: Need more options of text in the header? With Artisteer 4.0 You can add more text blocks (Forms), besides style with masks, textures, highlights, etc.There are also additional options mask to select where and how to apply the mask. In Artisteer 4.0, transparent masks are selected separately so now you can add a mask, but also select and add another texture to the header. You could add another texture, and if you wanted a different effect had to create their own custom texture. In Artisteer 3.1, transparent masks were only available as a special texture effect you selected from the gallery of the texture. You can use a mask to add interesting patterns based on their background, or use patterns style header edges. Masks texture: Masks allow transparent make part of your header transparent so the background shows through your page.Create photo collages: Want to add a picture to your header photo? In Artisteer 4.0 Now you can add and organize many photos or images as desired.Rotate and move text whenever you want in the header, and then the style you want to appear. New selection tool: Interactive change the appearance of text and images using the new selection tool. ![]() If an image, Slideshows can also be added to the contents of the page, footer and sidebar. Decide how you want each slide to transition to the next. Add a slideshow at his head: Define each slide as if it were a separate header.New visual designer headerĪrtisteer 4.0 now has a new designer header that can be used to add features that were not possible before. More information about licensing attribution here. Note that the images you select on Flickr under Creative Commons license. ![]() No need to find out from Artisteer Artisteer gets it. Wherever you can insert an image into your template, and in the bottom of the page or in the header, Now you can choose from thousands of Flickr images on the web. You can choose from hundreds of sources for free Google, open source and developed for the web. Now you can build a website that looks great on any device. No need to adjust your layout or styles to work on tablets and phones. Support for mobile devices – responsive web designĪrtisteer 4.0 now generates templates to scale the design of their websites for mobile devices and laptops. You can add your own rich user experiences, as animation, directly in Artisteer. ![]() Ultimately, is exported to the type of template you want (HTML, Joomla, WordPress, etc.) HTML5 and CSS3 supportĪrtisteer is now compatible with the latest evolving standards of best websites structured. It works with the design in the same way for each type of project. In fact, you do not select a template type for your project. In version 4.0, can design the template and create pages with content for any CMS. Previously, in Artisteer 3.1 could only create content for your web pages if you were creating a “Website or Blog” insole. This is the summary of the new features in Artisteer s 4.0 Foose says that people often get excited by a ”good deal” when it comes to a project car, but that in the end, it’s often worth paying more for a rust-free car with a straight body. In these cases, it’s important to keep your eye out for a few specific concerns.īody condition is foremost to consider, regardless of whether you’re planning on a patinated project or a flawless restored example. If it’s the latter, make sure you’re not overinvesting and leave room for unexpected costs.įor some, a project car is handed down or stumbled upon, but for others, finding the perfect vehicle is a challenge - sometimes one spanning several years. Ask yourself if this project is your dream car, or if it’s a stepping-stone to your dream car. When it comes to the practical stuff like a budget, he suggests considering what your project means to you. ![]() They can consult with you on your ideas, provide feedback, and maybe above all, render your finished car. If you have trouble visualizing your project, Foose suggests hiring a designer to help you. These are not only monetary hits, but also setbacks that make driving your finished project car a more distant future. As an illustrator, Foose likes to start his projects with a visual of the build, as that part of the process assists him in defining the finished product.įrom that visual, he says you can “devise a theme, plan your future steps, and make a parts list.” Without a plan, you run the risk of ordering parts that won’t get used, or having to do costly work over again as it didn’t turn out right the first time “in that case, you just doubled the cost of that project,” he says. He notes that envisioning what you’re going to build helps you save time and money, as it allows you to plan the project’s path. Today, Foose-designed customs are sought after by collectors and enthusiasts, noted for their uniqueness and attention to detail.Īccording to Foose, the first step in starting a project is “knowing what you want to build before you build it.” This step may seem relatively simple, but for Foose, having an end goal to work toward is vital. The firm specializes in illustration, graphics, and ideation, as well as model-making, surfacing, and, of course, the design and construction of cars and automotive products.įoose has created vehicles for films like “RoboCop,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “Blade Runner.” As host of the popular show “Overhaulin’,” he completed more than 170 cars. Foose graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in 1990, and after working for private design firms and even OEMs, founded Foose Design in 1998. ![]() By age 12, he had already painted his first car and was well on his way to becoming the builder he is today. To help make sense of the process, we sat down with the king of custom cars, our friend Chip Foose.įoose started his career at age seven by helping out at his father’s custom shop, Project Design. ![]() For true enthusiasts, however, this labor of love is worth it. The path from finding the right car to seeing the finished product is often long and arduous, marked by late nights, oil-soaked clothes and bruised knuckles. ![]() The process of starting a project car build is both a rewarding and daunting task. You're on the london underground (we have free wifi at stations now) and you come across a link on twitter which looks interesting as you're rocketing through the tunnel. How often do we stop to reconsider our best practices? We solve a problem but does it really benefit our users? Let's talk about first world problems: If your site had a Flash of Unstyled Text it was considered a poor implementation of font-face. ![]() Somewhere along that path it became a best practice to place web fonts on the critical path. We had a problem and, as front end developers love to do, we set about to race to be the fastest to fix it. It was shiny, fancy and it brought with it its own challenges: namely that in certain browsers there would be a flash of the fallback font until the browser had finished downloading the resource. ![]() When font-face landed we had this new tool at our disposal. This is the main reason why web fonts are deemed critical to web pages: to avoid the flash of unstyled text which is then later repainted. The story behind FOUTĬSS is justified critical due to the flash of unstyled content which would ensue if we deferred it. His blog corresponds to my May 2013 talk The slides for that talk can be found on slideshare. Alternatively, it can be integrated as a new set of scenarios for owners of the original Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations Game of Year Edition!Ĭlick here for the Command: Northern Inferno teaser trailer.Twitter Github Web Fonts and the Critical Path This is great opportunity, both for newcomers and for hardened veterans of CMANO: Northern Inferno can be played as a separate game ( with the possibility to upgrade it to the base game with all the available database and scenarios at any point in time). With a very detailed unit and weapon database at their direct control, you will get the chance to lead the most lethal and advanced armed forces at sea, on land and in the air! Bridge, active Royal Navy officer and Falkland’s veteran, you are cast into a fictional conflict between the Soviet Union and the West, shortly escalating to a full conventional war. Through 15 scenarios accurately written by Paul A. The countdown has started! Warfare Sims, award-winning developers of Command Air/Naval Operations – the extraordinary real time wargame that changed the face of modern warfare simulations – today announce a new, stand-alone game that uses the latest version of CMANO: Command Northern Inferno! Get more information about the game from its official product page.īetter’ is the enemy of ‘Good Enough – Sergey Gorshkov, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union We are also going to offer a free Steam key to anyone who bought a copy from the Matrix Games or Slitherine store, once the game is available on this digital platform! Easing newcomers to the game is a full series of 7 tutorial scenarios plus a whole new series of tutorials videos by the infamous Baloogan.Ī special 10% launch discount is available for a limited time period. ![]() ![]() Fans of the series can now save the free world and repel the Soviet offensives during massive air, surface and underwater battles. Bridge, active Royal Navy officer and Falklands veteran. Set in a what-if WW3 context, the game offers a suspenseful campaign, featuring 15 realistic nightmare scenarios written by Paul A. Today, award-winning Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is getting a first standalone expansion called Northern Inferno. The world is plunging towards another global conflict – but this time, there will be no post-war recovery, only nuclear disaster. The year is 1975, the Cold War is omnipresent and beneath the veneer of détente, the tension between the two superpowers irreversibly escalates towards the ultimate confrontation.Īs an at-sea “accident” results in the sinking of a Royal Navy frigate and the Warsaw Pact is mobilizing, events rapidly spiral out of control. ![]() ![]() The table with the text is first loaded to power query when we press refresh. This table is then loaded into power query where it is transposed and the columns combined to return the check output table on the main sheet. This is then used to create the check column (column m) with the use of VLOOKUPS. Columns J & K reverse the shift used on the alphabet. The transformed table is then loaded back into Excel as the output table. In power query, the transformations transpose the text from rows to columns and then merges all the columns together. This same table is the also loaded to Power Query (on the second refresh). This VLOOKUP is combined with other functions to account for spaces, punctuations, and errors. This table is loaded into Excel.Ĭolumn G, Return, then carries out a VLOOKUP, referencing the Alphabet table, returning the shifted letters. Each character of text is now in a cell going down a column. It then splits the text by character and transposed it from a column to a row. we created this table by loading the Text table from the inputs into power query on refresh. In column E we have a table returned by Power Query. In this model, you can both encrypt and decrypt a text string using an alphabet shift. So, to modernize the resources out there, I have created a Caeser Cipher using Excel and Excels Power Query in Office 365. (before I go on and try some more complicated ones), that could both encryptĪ Google search did turn up some good results, however, these were rather old and did not make use of Excel Power Tool functionalities. See if I could create a Shift Caesar Cipher in Excel without the use of VBA Programming languages and many ciphers require multiple iterations and even However, it has lead to more secure encryptions such as Vigenère cipher and ROT13. Now a day’s early school kids crack codes like this with ease. It’s a basic form of encryption where the letters were simply shifted by 3 back down the alphabet. Julius Caesar used this to hide military messages. One of the earliest known ciphers is Caesar Cipher. Encrypting and decrypting messages is a lot of fun.Ī cipher is a series of steps taken to encrypt or decrypt a message that you might want to hide. Often solving clues involves decrypting some sort of hidden message. Cryptography is the art of writing and solving clues. Over the last few months, I have found myself interested in cryptography. ![]() Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely. 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![]() ![]() Their Oberon, all in blue from hairline to hemline, was stiff and unimposing. Looking back, the entire effect was very well done, but at the time, overfull of coursework on medieval texts and a deep disdain for the Victorians, I was livid. The college production had made liberal use of an airbrush, and the fairies emerged onto the stage in gossamer and pastels, looking like the flowers they wear as their namesakes. But at the end of the day, every time, my feelings about the production hinge on the choices it makes about the fairies. At the slightest provocation I’ll go on about staging and delivery – the mistreatment of Hippolyta, the relative likeability of the lovers, the decisions to elide or lean into Shakespeare’s ribald humor. What I know is that I have spent a large portion of my life watching different versions, weighing them against each other and against some prime version that exists only in my head. At this point, if someone told me that I’d been watching Midsummer since I was an overserious child checking VHS out from the library, I would probably believe them. I don’t remember when I first read the play, or what version I saw first. More specifically, I was excited to see their Puck. It wasn’t just passing the time – already, by then, I had a deep love for the play and I was excited to see a new version. I remember that I was visiting a friend, and while she was busy one evening I took myself to her college’s production. The first version of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream that really made me angry – or, at least, the first one I remember – was from my undergrad. ![]() In another part of the galaxy, you can forget the puny Death Star of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – the First Order is now perfecting an entire planet as the Starkiller Base. Part of the land is now a public park with a cycle path but, although you can clearly see three of the six huge concrete bunkers used in the film, once the missile silos, they’re securely fenced off. ![]() The runway, once the longest in Europe, was broken up and used in the Newbury bypass. In 1997, after the base closed, a group of businessman bought the land from the Ministry of Defence, formed the Greenham Common Community Trust and transferred 750 acres to the council. The Resistance Base, to which everyone returns, where Finn is reunited with the presumed-dead Dameron, and C-3P0 with the sleep-mode R2-D2, is the old RAF base at Greenham Common on the A339 south of Newbury in Berkshire – this time, those looming mountains were digitally added.īuilt in 1942, the air base was used by British and American planes during WWII and the Cold War, but for anyone over the age of 30 in the UK, the words Greenham Common conjure up the Women's Peace Camps which grew up outside the perimeter fence in the early Eighties as a protest against the use of cruise missiles on UK soil. The Resistance fighters arrive to save the day, headed by General Leia Organa ( Carrie Fisher) and C-3P0 ( Anthony Daniels) – barely recognisable with his new red arm. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: the planet 'Takodana': Lake Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria | Photograph: Tadas Zvinklys Stormtroopers attack at the usually peaceful Derwentwater, (where the hills of the Borrowdale Fells have been digitally removed), while the X-wing fighters of the Resistance arrive over Thirlmere, to the south. They’re inevitably spotted and when Kylo Ren sends forces to re-capture the map, the fight is on. Here, Rey is mysteriously drawn to the old light sabre that once belonged to Luke Skywalker. The lakes and the shoreline of ‘Takodana’ are just south of Keswick, in Cumbria’s beautiful Lake District. “I didn’t know there was so much green in the whole galaxy!” exclaims Rey as two outstandingly beautiful UK locations replace the barren sands of Abu Dhabi. It’s on 'Jakku' too that Finn ( John Boyega) deserts the ranks of the Stormtroopers after witnessing a massacre and hooks up with scavenger Rey ( Daisy Ridley), who lives by trading recycled junk for food.Īlong with BB-8, the spherical droid who’s carrying a vital section of the sought-after map, Rey and Finn commandeer the rusting, near-abandoned Millennium Falcon, unwittingly finding themselves alongside Han Solo ( Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca ( Peter Mayhew) and heading to the lush green planet of 'Takodana' for help from Maz Kanata ( Lupita Nyong’o) at her multi-cultural, multi-species cantina. Fast And Furious 7, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and even rival franchise Star Trek Beyond also seem to have found the offer irresistible. ![]() And it’s no longer Tunisia but the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert, near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, thanks perhaps to 30% rebates provided by the government to encourage film production. No, that desert planet isn’t Tatooine, it’s Jakku. Advance ticket sales on both sides of the Atlantic have obliterated previous records, leading to speculation that Abrams’ film might challenge Avatar for the mantle of highest-grossing movie of all time.Luke Skywalker has vanished, the First Order has replaced the Empire and the Resistance is once again striking back.ĭameron Poe ( Oscar Isaac) has been given a secret map to the whereabouts of Skywalker, now the last Jedi, but the First Order is hot on its trail in the person of sinister Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver). The latest and reportedly final trailer for The Force Awakens was viewed more than 112m times during its first 24 hours online, according to Lucasfilm. I just cannot wait for the movie to be out in the world.” “We still have another scoring session with John Williams, who’s a god when it comes to music, so it’s been an ongoing, surreal experience. “My guess is we’ll probably be doing visual effects for the next three or four weeks, even though the cut will be done,” he said. Skywalker’s absence has inspired such frenzied speculation not only because Hamill was the ostensible star of the original Star Wars trilogy, but also because Abrams has previously revealed the question, “Who is Luke Skywalker?” inspired him to sign on for the long-running space opera.Ībrams also revealed he has not yet completed work on The Force Awakens, which is due to debut in UK cinemas on 17 December, and arrives in the US a day later. I can’t wait for you to find out the answers.” Asked by the Associated Press at the GLSEN Respect Awards if there was a reason for Skywalker’s omission from the trailer and other marketing, Abrams admitted: “It’s no accident.” He added: “These are good questions to be asking. |
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