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It’s the part where I’m most likely to give up. ![]() I like doing the color combos, but I don’t like the blending and shading. My whole art style is coloring, like the way it’s colored… but I hate the coloring process, haha. What is the hardest part of your process? I made 13 of those, and they kind of took off! I wasn’t expecting that at all. So, a faerie with a spiked club or a butterfly faerie with a katana. Yeah! I did this Weapon Faerie series where I took three prompts: a weapon, a winged insect, and an herb, which I combined to make different characters. Have any of your projects surprised you with their outcome? They make me feel a certain type of inspiration to create something, so that’s kind of like what I’m hoping to leave behind. For example, I have been inspired by a Japanese RPG called Chrono Cross on PlayStation 1. I create art because I’m inspired by things around me, like certain video games. If there is one thing you want your audience to remember about your work, what would it be? I’m like failing, but you know, you get there. I’m trying to get into actual impressionistic art with oils and oil pastels. I used to do a lot of acrylics, but I haven’t done it in years, and now I’m kind of bad at it. Yeah, actually, I currently am! I’m trying to do more traditional painting. Have you ever wanted to dive into another medium before? I mean, of course Van Gogh…I’m really inspired by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, so I would invite Van Gogh, Monet, and Julie Dillon to a dinner party. Which three famous artists (dead or alive) would you invite to your dinner party? If I really want to draw something, then I just flip through those and try to steal some ideas. I have one right now! Honestly, with time, and I also collect art books I think I have a couple hundred. Have you ever had an art block? If so, how did you overcome it? I was like, well, I can draw things that aren’t horses, and then it was just kind of all I did. People started asking me to draw things because they saw me drawing horses. It started because I wanted to draw better horses than my sister, and it just spiraled from there. I’m going to say yes because that’s all I’ve known how to do. Very cool,” Zangewa said.Geneva Bowers is inspired by the wonders of the natural world around us, and enjoys manipulating colors to create art full of mood and feelings.Ĭheck out our interview with Geneva below! How did you get started with art? Did you originally have a background in art? It’s like engaging in a collaborative performance piece, where those carrying the bag are the players executing it. “The thought of it being carried by different women all over the world is so exciting for me. Sending the bag out into the world is the ultimate satisfaction. What I do is really quite basic but I have some understanding of surface and texture and conveying ideas through the exploration of them,” she added. “I have deep respect for the Louis Vuitton team and enjoyed the process immensely. I learned that there are super-efficient people out there that can realize just about every vision and I was shown that just about anything was possible in terms of rendering,” she recalled. “The process of realizing the bag was so educational for me. It sparked my imagination and creativity,” she said in a Q&A provided by Vuitton.įor her Artycapucines design, she worked with the Vuitton artisans to recreate her work “The Swimming Lesson” using a combination of high-definition, trompe-l’oeil printing, embroidery and intentionally visible hand-stitching. I loved looking through fashion magazines, full of color and crazy shapes. I missed having color and variety around me. “I remember that at that time in Poland the streets were gray. “When I first began this project, I immediately considered the bag as a moveable sculpture, which is designed to be seen from every angle, creating a continuous image,” she explained.įor Juszkiewicz, who grew up in Poland in the ‘80s and ‘90s, fashion was a portal into her art practice. With details like mint candy feet made of resin, and an enamel gingerbread man with LV monogram flower buttons, it’s a three-dimensional project designed to engage the senses. The smallest bag in the collection so far, her mini Artycapucines uses leather patchwork and marquetry in vivid colors to evoke the saccharine hit of a sweet treat. It is definitely a liberating and exciting opportunity for my work to go beyond the context of gallery walls to everyday environments,” said Wang, the Chinese-born, U.S.-educated artist whose paintings and drawings are inspired by the visual overload of the digital era. ![]() “I am excited to see how people wear it, style it, and see people interact with it. Ziping Wang’s Artycapucines design at her studio. Thank you for all the hard work on you programs. The one thing I would like to see the sleep mode portion of this app have a way to have it remember what you don't want it to put to sleep so you can push it and it run its process and not have to choose every time you want to run it. Love this app and all the avast software and apps. Edit: seens to be fixed now! (battery notification originally didn't work) I was very upset that my phone battery keeps draining very fast but now I have tons of space and my battery lasts hours! 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![]() We identified the need to enable our creators to access the world’s largest social network with our camcorders, even before the dire circumstances with the virus began, which led to our product development of the GY-HM250 camcorder. Yanagi: Audiences are diversifying as video content viewing devices expand. And right now in history, streaming has moved from a secondary function of many church production teams to the primary production element of importance. Church Production: Social media and JVC product development and offerings are tightly intertwined. This is extremely important and powerful for current and future financial operation and infrastructure planning. ![]() In the event the industry changes from the current H.264 platform to HEVC/H.265, you can continue to use our current IP bridge products without the need for modification. “… all JVC Professional streaming camcorders can be controlled via IP through our RM-LP100 Camera Controller, IP streaming switchers, or individually by using any smart device or computer.” Craig Yanagi, National Marketing Manager, JVC Professional Video Division, Wayne, NJ If you add on additional camcorders in the future, our system devices will support them. In addition, the solutions, like our Connected Cam concept as an example, are flexible and scalable, so the system can be expanded in accordance to the needs of church customers.Ĭraig Yanagi, National Marketing Manager, JVC Professional Video Division, Wayne, NJįor instance, all JVC Professional streaming camcorders can be controlled via IP through our RM-LP100 Camera Controller, IP streaming switchers, or individually by using any smart device or computer. ![]() Yanagi: The path that JVC Professional has chosen is based on having numerous streaming distribution solutions to match the sophistication desired by the operator. This has never been more critical than now. Church Production: Tell us about JVC's process of creating camera technology that makes life simpler for church end users. Yanagi reported on the importance of church streaming outreach, especially in our current reality, and shared the company’s focus for the future. JVCKenwood USA works hard to be that somebody within the sphere of professional video for churches.Ĭhurch Production connected with National Marketing Manager Craig Yanagi with JVC's Professional Video Division to get a feel for the company's newest initiatives and its commitment to church end users and systems designers. It’s even more reassuring when you know they’re thinking ahead a step or two. In the professional video world and especially in the world of church tech right now, it's critical to know that somebody's looking out for the end user. Cameras like the GY-HC550, shown here, enable that in a camcorder design that accommodates operators of all abilities and experience levels. Here are some closer looks at the HMQ30 in concept form back at CES 2012.With JVC's GY-HC500 Series, church tech teams gain the ability to record ProRes 4K 4:2:2 at 10-bit. While the HMQ10 4K camcorder was introduced at $5,000, the HMQ30 looks to be around $18,000 (going on the 1.7M yen conversion). Additionally, you can’t work with the footage until you combine the 4 streams into one using JVC’s 4K Clip Manager program, which will convert files to 4K footage in ProRes 422. While the max data rate is 144Mbps for 4K capture, it doesn’t sound quite as good when you consider it is actually pulling from four separate HD streams at a max 36Mbps data rate. In my look at the HMQ10 at CES 2012, the compression from the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264(.MP4) files were obvious on a 4K TV. The HMQ30 features dual XLR inputs with phantom power, a 920k-dot res 3.5-inch LCD touch panel, and a 260k-dot res EVF. Native 4K resolution is 4096 x 2160 pixels. To be clear, the 4K signal is actually quad-HD at 3840 x 2160 (aka 4K Ultra HD). Four Mini HDMI outputs allow you to view full res footage on a 4K TV. It will also capture AVCHD at 60p/60i/50p/50i at a max data rate of 28Mbps. Instead of a single video file recorded to a single memory card, the HMQ30 will record 4 streams to 4 separate SDHC or SDXC cards.įrame rates range from 24p to 60p at 4K. ![]() As mentioned above though, the 4K recording method is different from what everyone else is doing. The JVC JY-HMQ30 looks like it will use the same multi-stream 4K recording that is found in the JVC GY-HMQ10 fixed-lens 4K camcorder, which was officially announced at CES 2012.Īs it was teased in concept form last year, the HMQ30 features a 8.29MP 1.25″ CMOS sensor and uses JVC’s Falconbrid processor. JVC is bringing its Nikon F-mount, 4K concept camera from CES 2012 to market. ![]() ![]() “Trump broke Ted Cruz,” Cheney said in a clip aired on CNN. She’s lashing out at Trump and Republicans and everything, and she’s become a Democrat, and it’s sad to watch what has happened,” he added.Ĭheney later responded, saying that Cruz was “desperate for political approval.” “She hates Donald Trump so much that it just has overridden everything in her system. “ think she falls into the category of people who Donald Trump just broke, just shattered,” Cruz said, according to Yahoo News. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) sparred with one another in television appearances this week, each saying that former President Trump “broke” the other.Ĭruz appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Tuesday and said the Wyoming representative had “Trump derangement syndrome.” Associated Press writers Dan Christian Rojas in Cancun, Mexico, Darlene Superville in Washington and Acacia Coronado in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report.Sen. “A lot of Texans are hurting and this crisis is frustrating. The senator was accompanied by a Spanish-speaking man wearing a black polo shirt with the name and logo of The Ritz-Carlton hotel chain.Ĭruz told reporters that he planned to “go home and keep working to get the grid reopened, to get power restored, to get the water back on.” He wore a golf shirt, jeans and a face mask in the style of the Texas state flag. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises people who have traveled during the pandemic to get a coronavirus test three to five days after their return and to quarantine for a full week, regardless of the test results.Ĭruz checked in for his return flight Thursday afternoon in Cancun and walked briskly through the terminal pulling a roller bag to security. Capitol Police officials and the Senate sergeant-at-arms have encouraged lawmakers and their staff to be conscious of potential threats and to consider advising law enforcement about their travel at airports and other transportation hubs.Ĭruz’s office did not immediately say whether the senator would self-quarantine. Silva could not say whether such requests are typical for Cruz’s travel or whether his staff had made a similar request for his return flight. She said officers “monitored his movements” while Cruz was at the airport. Ted Cruz nor does anyone at the White House,” Psaki said, adding that President Joe Biden’s administration is focused on “working directly with leadership in Texas and surrounding states on addressing the winter storm and the crisis at hand.”Ĭruz’s office declined to answer specific questions about the family vacation, but his staff reached out to the Houston Police Department on Wednesday afternoon to say the senator would be arriving at the airport, according to department spokesperson Jodi Silva. “I don’t have any updates on the exact location of Sen. “Instead of focusing on relief, they’ve chosen to go on Fox News to spread lies or to board a plane to Cancun.”Įarlier in the day, White House press secretary Jen Psaki leaned into a question about Cruz’s “whereabouts.” “So many elected leaders in Texas have failed their constituents,” the New York Democrat wrote in an email. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, encouraged her supporters on Thursday to volunteer for a “welfare check phone bank” to help Texans affected by the storm. ![]() One of Cruz’s most aggressive critics on the left, Rep. Still, Democrats across Washington were eager to talk about the controversy. ![]() ![]() I had some pretty advanced Q2 scripts that would let me use half the keys for changing weapons. ![]() Removing them just felt like dumbing down the experience.Ħ) Finally, iD's attitude about binding scripts. They added a lot of complexity to the matches. I have a great story about how a teammate survived a quaded rail hit and got a flag capture because I fed him a rune, an energy belt, and a bunch of energy cells.ĥ) Removal of runes. That was something that competitive CTF players should have been using if they weren't. The attitude towards situationally useful, non-gamebreaking skills like this is what stuck in my head, tho.Ĥ) No more weapon/ammo/equipment dropping. I think, in the end, they let it stay because it messed up the physics when the removed it. then he mows you down before he blinks blue).ģ) Removal of strafe-jumping (I get why (they didn't feel it was realistic), but it was still one of those tricks that wasn't hard to learn and would separate the people who put the time into the competitive game from the casuals). That quad bug I mentioned gave the blue team a HUGE advantage (ie, "I heard someone quadded around here.better watch out! Phew, he's red.I'm safe.". Honestly.the stock Q2CTF was pretty unplayable. Bugs he complained about in CTF that had been removed by every major CTF mod for years (slow weapon/grappling hook switching, blue quake guy glowing red when he had the quad.those were the big ones). Bounce pads didn't give you the freedom or maneuverability a grappling hook did.Ģ) According to an interview when Q3A came out, the guy in charge of CTF (Zoid) had lost touch with the CTF community regarding the state of CTF during the development of Q3A. Arguably, the same could be said about the grappling hook, but if you were good with it, you used it to constantly change directions/velocities to avoid this.īounce/Accelerator pads just felt like an excuse to make the game more 2D. A few things happened to get me here.ġ) I didn't care for accelerator pads, and bounce pads just made you railbait (predictable speed and trajectories). Q3A is what finally made me quit multiplayer Quake (I played Q2CTF competitively for a couple of years). On June 6, you will be able to download Quake II RTX here.Apologies for this slightly off-thread post, but since other people are mentioning other early Quake games and I'm feeling nostalgic. Cylindrical projection mode for wide-angle field of view on widescreen displays.Support for the old OpenGL renderer, enabling you to switch between RTX ON and RTX OFF.High-quality screenshot mode that makes your screenshots look even better.Caustics approximation to improve water lighting effects.Dynamic lighting for items such as blinking lights, signs, switches, elevators and moving objects.Updated effects with new sprites and particle animations.All 3,000+ original game textures have been updated with a mix of Q2XP mod-pack textures and our own enhancements.Improved ray tracing denoising technology.Real-time reflectivity of the player and weapon model on water and glass surfaces, and player model shadows, for owners of the complete game (the original Shareware release does not include player models).Better physically based atmospheric scattering, including settings for Stroggos sky.New dynamic environments (Stroggos surface, and space).Time of day options that radically change the appearance of some levels.Improved Global Illumination rendering, with three selectable quality presets, including two-bounce GI.If your computer is up to the job, you will be able to enjoy: Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or higher.Processor: Intel Core i3-3220, or AMD equivalent.OS: Windows 7 64-bit or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit.You'll need a pretty decent system to enjoy Quake II RTX, with NVIDIA recommending the following minimum specs: The trailer for the game gives you an idea of what you can expect: Quake II RTX demonstrates the possibilities of ray tracing, and offers a glimpse at the future of gaming, with realistic real-time lighting, shadows and effects. We're massive fans of the original, and even-bigger fans of technology, so when presented with the opportunity to remaster a classic game with all that ray tracing can offer, we jumped at the chance. Quake II RTX is a joint project between NVIDIA and Bethesda, and the graphics card company says: NVIDIA explains that "if you own a copy of Quake II, you can play the campaign in its entirety, and play against others in online multiplayer". There's even better news for anyone who already has a copy of Quake II. Once the game is launched, anyone with a GeForce RTX graphics card - or other hardware up to the task - will be able to play the first three levels of the game for free. 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While it’s not to be expected on any drill press, let alone one this competitively priced, I do wish the WEN came with a couple of clamps that mount to the included table. I took out two of the three handles and found it much easier to operate this way, and the lone handle never got in the way. The three handles on the feed (which lowers the drill) were more than I needed, but luckily the manufacturer realized not everyone will like having all three, so you can easily unscrew one or more. If you mount it on a workbench, it will no doubt be plenty of cord for you, but in my situation, even another foot of cord would’ve been nice. In several instances, I had to run an extension cord to plug it in. I also wish, since I had the press mounted on a cart, that the power cord was a tad longer. Having a combination square will help once you have the press built in order to check the alignment of the chuck and if the table is perpendicular to the drill. 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To see if its reputation for being the budget choice of serious hobbyists held up, I tested its 12-Inch Variable Speed Drill Press over several weeks in my home garage workshop in Colorado. WEN is a nearly 70-year-old, Illinois-based company that sells power tools online and through big box home improvement stores. Despite newer models and options being available, we still feel confident that this product is one of the best choices, and therefore have included it in The Best Drill Presses. ![]() To make sure we are still recommending the best products for your needs, we recently reviewed this story to make sure it is still accurate and that we stand by what we wrote. ![]() The Spruce Home Improvement Review BoardĮditor's Note (September 2023): This product review was originally written and published in 2020. ![]() Year, including two stainless steel cars built for Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation. The record, a total of 80,983 Thunderbird Hardtops were made during the We have provided separate productionįigures here to clear up a myth that has circulated for years about theĮxistence of a Special Edition Gold Roof Hardtop. Roof is to locate the original ROT or build sheet, which would indicateĪ code of "5" in the TOP section. The only way to verify a car left the factory with the Sun With 400 hp at 5200 rpm and 480 lb-ft of torque at 3200 rpm, the 430 CID beast is easily among the most powerful engines offered by the Motor City in the ’50s.*Production figures for 1960 do not break out production of the Hardtop Its exploits in racing were few but noteworthy: Johnny Beauchamp’s 430-powered ’59 Thunderbird nearly won the 1959 Daytona 500 in the famous photo finish with Lee Petty, while the team of Rodney Singer and Karol Miller took Top Eliminator honors at the NHRA Nationals in Detroit in 1959 with their Lincoln-powered dragster.Īmong production MEL V8s, the ultimate in looks and muscle might well be the 1958 Mercury Super Marauder, a special package with three two-barrel Holley carburetors and a fabulously styled cast-aluminum air cleaner assembly (below). Another novel feature was the power steering hydraulic pump, which mounted on the timing cover on some versions and was driven directly from the crankshaft.ĭespite its multiple virtues, the MEL V8 never gained a foothold in the high-performance world. (We haven’t seen one, anyway.) However, we can see that the production Edsel engines (410 CID E-475, above right) did use thermostatic air control, ducting exhaust heat into the air cleaner housing. While a press photo was released, it doesn’t seem the remarkably modern-looking engine cover ever made it into production. ![]() For example, check out the elaborate engine shroud with thermostatic air intake shown above left on an Edsel E-400 V8 (361 CID, FE series). The MEL and 385 engine families share 4.90-inch bore centers, suggesting that the 385 was designed to run on the MEL’s tooling.Īs we’ve seen, Ford wasn’t afraid to try new things in this period. + 462 CID: 4.38-in x 3.83-in bore and stroke, used by Lincoln from 1966 to 1968, when it was replaced by the 460 CID V8 from the Ford 385 engine family and the MEL series was discontinued for good. Marketed as the E-475 V8 in accordance with its 475 lb-ft torque rating. + 410 CID: 4.20-in x 3.70 bore and stroke, used in 1958 Edsel Corsair and Citation. Applications for the MEL V8s break down as follows: While the MEL V8 resembles the big SD V8 in some aspects, it shares no major components with the SD, the FE, or any other FoMoCo engines-it’s a lone ranger. This unusual construction, engineered in part to provide manufacturing flexibility, was a Motor City fad of the late ’50s that was also found in the Chevrolet 348/409 V8 (read our feature on the 409 here) and Ford’s SD series large-displacement gasoline truck engines. Instead, the block deck was machined at a 10-degree angle, forming a wedge-shaped combustion space in the top of the cylinder bore. There were no combustion chambers in the cylinder head. All were built on the same basic architecture with 4.90-inch bore spacing, and they all shared the unusual design feature shown above. But that doesn’t mean the MEL isn’t an interesting engine and worthy of a closer look.īetween 19, the MEL V8 was produced in four displacements: 383, 410, 430, and 462 cubic inches. (There was a new SD truck V8, too.) The FE (short for Ford-Edsel) went on to glory at Daytona, Le Mans, and elsewhere, while the MEL V8 (Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln) is largely forgotten today. Next, there were two distinct new passenger-car V8 engine families heading into production, the FE series and the MEL series. First, there was the rollout of an entire new car division, the ambitious but unfortunate Edsel. The Ford Motor Company had a plenty on its plate for the 1958 model year. ![]() Ford’s MEL V8 might not have a famous racing record, but it’s worthy of a closer look. ![]() The firm claims the loveable character has a brand recognition of 90 percent around the world - “one of the most recognized on the planet.” Pac-Man,” “Pac-in-Time” and “Pac Panic” - a massive money spinner for creators Bandai Namco. It has spawned several spin-offs, including “Pac ‘n Roll,” “Ms. The idea of Pac-Man turning the tables on his spooky tormentors came from the cartoon series Popeye, where the nautical hero is only able to take on his nemesis Bluto after a healthy dose of spinach, Iwatani explained.įrom these humble beginnings, Pac-Man would go on to be recognized by Guinness World Records as the most successful coin-operated arcade game of all time. ![]() Hard-core gamers turned up their noses but “it was for people who didn’t play games on a daily basis - women, children, the elderly.” They came up to it and put their hands on it, so we thought that our target concept had been very much in sync and correct,” he said. ![]() “The women and couples were very happy about the machine, very excited. The first edition was placed in a cinema in the trendy Tokyo district of Shibuya rather than a male-dominated arcade to test the target audience, he said. Pac-Man was aimed at women and couples - a different audience to the violent alien shoot-em-ups popular in Japanese arcades at the time, Iwatani explained in a 2010 interview with Wired magazine. Game designer Toru Iwatani came up with the shape for the adorable hero when he took a small slice from a pizza and realized the remainder looked like a wide-open mouth. The game was originally called Puck-Man (an onomatopoeic play on the Japanese word “paku,” meaning to gobble) but it was changed when it launched in the United States for fear gamers would inevitably change the “P” to an “F.” The hero - shaped like a mouth opening and closing - races around a maze noisily gobbling dots and occasionally fruit for extra points, all the while avoiding four cunning ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.Īs every Pac-Man player knows, the greatest joy comes from turning the tables by munching a power pellet, sending the ghosts fleeing in all directions as they suddenly become edible themselves. It would become the most successful arcade game of all time. TOKYO: Forty years ago, a new video game featuring a bright yellow, dot-chomping, ghost-dodging character called Pac-Man appeared in Tokyo. |
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