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![]() I am pretty busy, so I don’t always have the time to play games on my computer. You can also download different Wheely games to your smartphone. I played many hard and challenging games in the past – and never gave up. I like completing games myself – even if that means spending twice as much time. I persoanlly never use this kind of videos. I will embed one of them here so you won’t waste your time searching for one. ![]() Since Wheely 7 is a popular game, there are many walkthorugh videos of it on YouTube. ![]() You can try completing the game yourself, and only if you encounter a really hard level – use YouTube. Now, I know that some of you will say this is cheating, but in my opinion – there is nothing wrong with getting some help. Many people use YouTube walkthrough videos nowadays to complete hard games. This game is not as challenging as Wheely 6 for example, but still – it sis really fun and will take you some time to complete. Wheely 7 came out a year or two ago, and became super popular. The first levels are always pretty easy, but don’t get used to that – there are many hard ones. In my opinion – these games are super addicting because they are very challenging. Wheely 3 was the first game I played, and after that – I finished all of them. Millions of people all around the world already played these games. Together they make the serpent and the rainbow of Vodou. He does not communicate in spoken language.ĭamballah is married to Ayida Wedo. He is a connection to our ancient heritage, and the assurance that no matter what, life will go on. The daily trials of man are of no concern to him. He is so old he is not bothered by trivial human experiences. People seek Damballah’s aid in matters of wealth, prosperity, good health, and fertility.ĭamballah is ancient, wise, and patient. He is often depicted as a great white serpent. He is the primordial creator, not only the world, but all the other gods as well. Damballah is one example of a creator serpent.ĭanballah, Damballah or Damballah-Wedo is the oldest and most powerful god in Vodou. Positive snake references are also seen in Buddhist texts, the Hindu Vedas, Hellenistic, Assyrian, Sumarian, Minoan, Aborigonal, Mayan, African, and Native American mythologies. This symbol is also found in Roman, Norse, Greek, Germanic, South American, and Indian cultures. The oldest record of this symbol was a text located in the grave of Tutenkhamen dating from the 14th century BC. It is the continuous circle of life, death, rebirth and fertility. This is the image of a serpent eating its own tail. Whether you’re familiar with the term Ouroboros or not, you’ve seen the symbol. One of the most prevalent cross cultural images of this is the Ouroboros. We see this symbology around the world from different cultures and throughout time. The shedding of skin signifies continuous renewal. With this show of power both their stature in society and treatment improved.Īt its most ancient core, serpents are a symbol for death, life, rebirth, and fertility. They were a display of the increasing power they had in their communities. Patrick’s Day parades were a display of Irish solidarity. ![]() As the Irish population in the States increased, they began using their numbers to improve their standing in politics and society. Upon arrival in America, Irish immigrants were not treated very well. It happens that there is a very good reason for this. Patrick’s Day is far more about being Irish than being Catholic. People, of Irish descent or not, celebrate Irish pride. Patrick’s Day means the green beers and rivers flow freely. This is very different from how America observes St. Patrick’s Day, the morning is spent in church followed by an afternoon feast. March 17th is the presumed anniversary of St. Why hasn’t Hollywood taken this story up yet?įor over 1,000 years the Irish have celebrated St. Now, he shares the honor of being the patron saint of Ireland with St Brigid of Kildare. He was so successful he later became a bishop in Ireland. ![]() Patrick followed these instructions and returned to the Emerald Isle as a missionary. The man told him to spread his faith amongst the Irish natives. This man was calling him back to the land of his captivity. Patrick began having a vision of a man that came from Ireland. It does not, however, end here.Ī few years after returning home, St. ![]() Now this story could end here and would make a very satisfying movie. He then further dedicated himself to his Christian devotion. After a rather arduous journey, he returned to his family. Six years later, he began hearing a voice that told him how to escape. During his enslavement he found his spirituality and converted to Christianity. At the tender age of 16 he was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a slave. Others place it somewhere in Scotland, or even Wales. Some claim his birthplace to be in modern day England. The precise location of his birth is under much debate. Switching back to Delsin for some arena challenges took a lot more adjustment than I expected at first. The changes to how she plays compared to Delsin are small, but they add up through the course of the game and she ended up feeling relatively unique. The city of Seattle has also been sprinkled with neon "boosts" that Fetch can zoom through to get an extra burst of speed. Fetch gets new abilities (such as homing missiles) and also has a lengthy skill tree full of options to tweak both new and pre-existing abilities. However, Sucker Punch has wisely plumped up the offerings of this single set. Second Son gave Delsin access to a whole suite of different power sets to swap between, whereas Fetch is stuck with neon powers alone from the beginning to the end. It's more of a distraction than a replacement for real missions, but it's fun primarily because Infamous' fast-paced, superpowered combat is still fun.įirst Light's gameplay seems limiting at first. The faster and more skillful you are, the more points you get, allowing you to climb the leaderboards and try to beat your friends. Arena challenges task you with killing waves of enemies and rescuing hostages by, well, killing waves of enemies before they kill the hostage. ![]() Most of First Light's story missions are also retreads, though the game offers something new in a handful of interludes: arena challenges. But given how recently I devoted hours to clearing out activities on the exact same map, I didn't feel the same pull here. These activities are a lot of fun, just like they were last time around. ![]() The majority of First Light takes place in the first half of Seattle from the core game, and the city is filled with recognizable missions - from APCs full of enemies to platforming challenges that reward upgrade points. Graffiti isn't the only repeated side activity from Second Son. Even her graffiti - yeah, she does that too - is a little harder to just laugh off. While both main characters share a similar rebellious attitude, Fetch's seems rooted in a more developed and painful past compared to the almost snotty anti-authoritarianism of Delsin. ![]() And no Grimace shake tableau is complete without the contents of the shake dribbling out of the victim’s mouth like vomit, or spilled on the ground like purple blood.It also helps that Fetch herself is a great character, more interesting and nuanced than Second Son lead Delsin Rowe. But as soon as the person takes a sip, the camera cuts to the horrifying aftermath, with the person pretending to be passed out, dead, or dying - sometimes in a strange location, like inside a trash can, or draped over the hood of a car - as a result of drinking the shake. The Grimace shake trend, also known as the Grimace shake incident, has skyrocketed on TikTok, with #grimaceshake generating 689 million views as of publication.Ī typical video starts with someone excitedly declaring that they’re going to try the Grimace shake, and wishing the living taste bud a happy birthday. It’s all part of the genuinely funny - and sometimes brutally visceral - Grimace shake trend. TikTok humor just operates on a whole other level of absurdity. ![]() However, only two weeks later, a search for Grimace on TikTok doesn’t surface people honoring “ mother Grimace.” Instead, it brings up videos where Grimace’s shake isn’t a purple treat, but rather a deadly concoction that kills or incapacitates all who dare drink it. The energetic response from fans turned the promotion into a celebration of Grimace as a queer icon, with people dressing in blursed cosplay for social-media posts about the birthday, and creating fan art of him and the Hamburglar attending Pride. On June 12, McDonald’s released the berry-flavored Grimace shake as part of the extensive marketing campaign to celebrate the mascot’s birthday. The line between hero and villain is paper-thin - something Grimace (and McDonald’s) is learning first-hand. ![]() ![]() and whole watercolor spectrum of dilute and caramelised colors, including blues, lilacs, fawns, apricots and creams.Most of these started out as a chance mutation, which breeders fell in love with and deliberately captured in later generations too. These are the same colors as the wild cats they descended from, and offer the best camouflage for sneaking up on prey, and also evading larger predators.īut modern mackerel tabbies come in a huge range of colors! The first mackerel tabby cats had stripes in black, browns and grays. Of course, the other thing they might like to try and guess in advance is what color they will be! Mackerel Tabby Colors This is of interest to cat breeders who might want to predict what patterns their litter of kittens might have. So the T m gene will only produce the mackerel tabby pattern in a cat’s coat if they don’t also carry the gene for ticked tabby patterning.īut if they carry the the T m gene and the T b gene, the mackerel pattern will win out over the blotched pattern. Or in other words, the gene for ticked tabby pattern masks the gene for mackerel tabby pattern, and both of them mask the gene for blotched tabby pattern. These three genes have an order of dominance which goes T a > T m > T b. and T b, which is responsible for the blotched tabby pattern.T m, which makes the mackerel tabby pattern.T a, which produces the ticked tabby pattern.The genes for the three types of tabby pattern are The genetic instructions for tabby patterns are located at the tabby locus on their DNA.Ī locus is a specific point or location in the genetic code, where instructions for a particular trait are held. Next let’s see which genes are responsible for deciding whether a cat gets one pattern, or another. Mackerel tabbies have narrow stripes all over, with even spaces in between them.Īnd blotched tabbies have wider stripes, organised into whorls, blotches, circles or spirals, with uneven gaps in between them. The fur on their body is light with dark tips, but it isn’t organised into stripes. Ticked tabbies only have stripes on their legs, tail and forehead. So how can you say for sure whether you’re looking at a mackerel tabby, or one of these other types? The three main types of tabby pattern in cats are: ticked, mackerel and blotched (also known as classic, or marbled). At one time this was thought to be what happens in spotted cats like the Ocicat, but a separate spotting gene has now been identified. Their stripes can also be broken into dotted or dashed lines. Mackerel tabby cats have an ‘M’ pattern of stripes on their forehead, and ‘eyeliner’ stripes from the outer corner of their eyes to the edge of their face. ![]() On their flanks, the stripes are vertical, with a slight curve in them – on the legs and tail they switch to horizontal bands. Mackerel tabbies have even, regular stripes in their fur. So what is so special about the mackerel tabby pattern?Īnd how can you recognize a mackerel tabby cat when you see one? Tabby patterns are unique to domestic cats. Ancient Egyptians were among the first civilisations to keep pet cats, and the paintings of their cats clearly show mackerel tabbies.But the modern mackerel tabby pattern is genetically unique to domestic cats – no other species also has it!.It is similar to patterns of the wild cats from which they descended from around ten thousand years ago. Mackerel tabby is the original and the oldest coat pattern on domestic cats.The mackerel tabby pattern is so-called because it resembles the striped pattern in the scales of mackerel fish.Some of the cats most associated with mackerel tabby patterning are Maine Coons, Norwegian Forest Cats, American Curls, domestic shorthairs and domestic longhairs. Since mackerel tabby is a type of coat pattern, it can appear in lots of different domestic cat breeds. They can also present in a huge spectrum of colors. ![]() Flairs, Spoilers, and Rumors Flair is required on all posts. Log-in and Account Support Posts must include "Country:". Account and Technical Support Post Requirements Technical Support Posts must include the following words/phrases followed by a colon: "Device:", "Country:", and "Steps Taken:". Have Integrity Do not request, advocate, or facilitate the following: piracy, ad blocking, location spoofing, account selling/sharing, or breaking Terms of Service agreements.Ħ. 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Under the GTK+ category, the user can enable a dark theme if available. The font size may also be increased in real-time within the editor by holding the Control key while moving the mouse’s scroll wheel. The font selection dropdown and the associated size text box allows the user to adjust the fonts used in Simply Fortran. Under the colors drop-down, an Import Theme… button allows the user to select and import Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2010-2013 color themes. The default light and dark theme buttons will set the editor colors to sensible light and dark colors respectively. Because Simply Fortran features syntax highlighting, the user can configure keywords, comments, and variables to stand out from each other. A drop-down box specifies which color component to change, and the Select… button opens a selection dialog. The colors utilized by the editor can be modified by the user. The options are divided into tabs, each described below: Appearance If Simply Fortran is using header bars, these options will appear when the “diskette” button is clicked next to this window’s title. ![]() Because many users have Simply Fortran installed on multiple machines, the Import Settings and Export Settings buttons can be used to save these settings to a file and load them into Simply Fortran from these files respectively to maintain consistent appearance and behavior settings on multiple machines. The Appearance and Behavior Options window allows the user to configure the look and feel of Simply Fortran and the features of its editor. Purchasing and Activating Simply Fortran.Now I prefer to program in capitals, which is how I learnt Fortran 50 years ago, so why the format codes in lower case, and the captions with an initial capital? Because (a) the format codes could be in capitals, but lower case does make them stand out, and as for the captions, that’s pretty standard in Windows. It will have the value 0 if the close box was clicked, and 1 for the button. So what does IA have to do with it? passes a code back to IA to say how the window was closed. But I could have added another directive OPTIONS (INTL, DREAL) to make the source code override any other setting. I’ve configured by version of FTN95 that way by default. I usually only make 32 bit apps, so I need 4-byte INTEGERs and 8-byte REALs. Now a further refinement is that you could make a 32 bit or 64 bit application. LGO incidentally could be /LGO, and simply means compile, link, and execute (‘GO’). Press either, and the window closes.Amazing! I didn’t actually need the Quit button, because the standard caption bar has an ‘X’ close button. Also, my Windows 10 theme doesn’t differentiate the colour of the caption bar. The black border is a bit I grabbed from the background, but if I moved this window to a white background I would see the shadow. So you run it from a command line – I use a text editor to create my Fortran cource codes which has a ‘DOS box’ or ‘Command window’ that is black. %ca sets up the caption bar, with in this case a title enclosed in square brackets, while %bt sets up a button, complete with its label, again in square brackets. You could have IMPLICIT NONE and declare IA to be INTEGER, if you wished.īut the clever stuff is in the INTEGER FUNCTION The first parameter (and the only one in this example) is a string, that contains 2-letter ‘format codes’, each prefixed with the symbol ‘%’. FTN95 will accept this or the free format style. If you prefer to use modules, you could, for example, use USE MSWIN instead.Īnd, you probably detected that I like Fortran 77 style, in which the variables have implicit type, and the card layout is used. 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Thanks for sharing, it'll really come in handy for screencast demos. It's pathetic.ĪPNG is at least a chance to wipe the slate clean.Īnyway, nifty animator there. I don't know if one actually exists - I gave up on GIF long ago, after a string of horrendous failures similar to yours, where even the simplest animations would result in 1 MiB outputs and have horrible dithering banding throughout.Īdd to that the similar disregard in decoding in browsers - where a 256 KiB GIF takes a full 45 seconds to load (stuttering and freezing for 20 seconds at a time) on a 50mpbs connection running on an i7 CPU as a result of the combined failure of encoders and decoders alike. There's no reason a good GIF encoder couldn't do what you did in your post. The problem is with the crappy-ass encoders that take the laziest approach possible, rendering each frame separately, literally not cross-optimizing anything, applying random dithering in hopes it'll look OK on the pathetic monitors that were the best the 80s had to offer, and trying to do it all with as little RAM and CPU time as possible with no regard for searching for similarities across frames and finding ways to optimize the results appropriately. It has the potential to be decent (color space issues aside). GIF itself (from what little studying I've done of the spec) isn't such a terrible "codec" to work with, and it has features comparable to basic, decent video codecs. It seems all the GIF encoders out there just take the easiest way out. The problem is with shitty encoders and shitty software that was all written during the late 80s and early 90s then never touched and improved since. From my experience with GIF back in the day (with the file type, not the protocol, I did not do any GIF-related development), the problem is not with the specification. |
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