![]() ![]() I change bags a lot and even wallets! Therefore, I try to keep as little as possible in my packing. Gorgeous I’m sorry to disappoint you, but it doesn’t get any more interesting than this! No weird or embarrassing content to show, nothing that will give you any deeper insight to who I am other than this: I am quite neat. Not only did I get to unpack my new amazing bag but as we all know: when we switch bags, it takes a little bit of time before the junk inside starts to pile up! So, this is where the universe decided to do me a favour. I loved the golden chain and the fact that I can wear it as a bag or a clutch. Now, as a part of a few chosen VIP guests, I had the luxury of picking out my own, favourite bag from the SS16 collection and have it shipped to my door! I felt like a little girl in a candy store and had huge trouble deciding between something bright and fun in coral or yellow for the summer or something more sensible? A bag or a clutch? These are important decisions!Īfter a good two hours in the store asking hundreds of questions to the Store Manager (who by the way is a wonder when it comes to knowledge, details and customer service) I came to my senses and opted for a squared black leather bag with sides and inner trimming of caramel suede and the signature gold squared buckle. Hopefully, this will soon be corrected so that everyone can enjoy the brand and its history. It is quite hard to find great information about the company, as both the website and all interviews are in Spanish. This lady, such a legend, was already in 1985 a part of the Antwerp Academy of Fashion! I was very intrigued when I received my invitation to the grand Store Opening! What I loved the most about the brand is that it feels very European but with a colourful touch the store itself is sleek and beautiful which let the bags and clothes really be at centre stage!ĭuring the opening, Miss Purificación herself was attending and it was very exciting to meet with her and talk to her about the brand. The collection is divided into Woman and Men’s ready-to-wear together with a large section of accessories, which is the part that I was familiar with. She holds a Master Degree in Textile Engineering and is known for her timeless design and the squared form that is seen on the amazing silk scarves, on bags and details on her accessories. Purificación herself lives in Barcelona after having moved and lived all over the world. Being a well established brand launched in 1981 we have been able to follow the collections though all major fashion shows of course present at the Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion week. Jeehan Qadir, Executive Chairperson of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital.Earlier this spring, Spanish fashion designer and brand Purificación Garcia opened the first shop in GCC right here in Dubai. Joining the evening’s moderator, TV presenter Shereen Mitwalli, was Vogue Arabia Beauty Editor Alexandra Venison, German Board Certified Specialist Dermatologist Pegah Ceric-Dehdari, and Dr. Mauricio de Maio then conducted an enthralling live injection procedure for the audience while a panel of experts took over to continue the conversation. Guests were enlightened with the effects of Juvéderm’s hyaluronic acid fillers which activates the natural plumping action to make up for lost volume while it replenishes the body’s own natural production of hyaluronic acid.ĭr. Since hyaluronic acid, which is a naturally occurring sugar present in the skin, has replaced collagen as a component, fillers have never been safer. He shed light on the fact that biodegradable fillers such as Juvéderm’s are the key to safe treatment. Mauricio de Maio, took the stage to start the discussion on facial aesthetics and explain the correct uses of dermal fillers like correcting lines, restoring volume, or lifting the face. Guests listened intently as the event’s keynote speaker, world-famous plastic surgeon Dr. On April 25, Vogue Arabia teamed up with Allergan, the world-leading developer of medical aesthetic treatments such as the Juvederm fillers, on an insightful event breaking down all apprehensions surrounding aesthetic procedures.Īt the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, the evening took off with a cocktail reception that brought together some of the beauty and fashion industry’s biggest entrepreneurs and influencers like Juhi Godambe, Sisi, Reham Khalifa, Ryle Tuvierra, Nouran Khalifa, Nehal Khalifa, StreetStyleDubai’s Amira Ashoor, as well as Palestinian-Algerian actor Nesreen Tafesh. ![]()
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![]() you seldom get a shot over 50 yards here, and that's one of the reasons you can hunt over feed/bait, and one of the reasons there are some places you can run dogs on deer (but as far as I know, that's not a statewide thing yet.) kinda reminds me of hunting ground birds with a pointer, and then flushing them to shoot.Įdit: browsed a few comments above, re the difference between Northern forests and Southern jungle. I know that in some group camps/hunts, where people took a whole week to hunt, guys who'd filled their tag in the first couple days would help out unsuccessful hunters by driving for them.Įthically, I don't think it's wrong. It never worked, but it did instill a sense of responsibility in me to look first, make sure it was a deer and not Bill, and then shoot.Īt the time, you could only shoot 1 buck, and doe tags were very scarce. I had a stand in a hedgerow alongside a cornfield out behind our house, and sometimes he'd make a big circuit of the meadow next to the cornfield and attempt to drive something toward me. When I was first starting out, the neighbor who helped me out was an old retired man named Bill. To the best of my knowledge, it's illegal here in my part of LA. I’ve hunted with a couple of clubs where the shooter gets The whole deer, other clubs where the meat is pooled into piles and everyone who participated gets meat. One of those don’t knock it until you’ve tried it kind of things. I realize it sounds like absolute mayhem if you have never done it and with an idiot or two it could well be but with responsible experienced hunters it is safe, efficient and effective. It’s a group effort and the joys of success are spread out amongst the group. It forms bonds and ads an element to deer hunting that many solo hunters will never know. Hunting with people you trust that are good at what they do is a real pleasure. If you think it is a lazy way to hunt I would say in some ways it is a lot more involved than hunting solo and a well orchestrated drive can be a thing of beauty.kind of like a battle plan. I’ve seen a few drives where no deer in the patch gets out alive and I’ve seen others where no one gets a shot because of poor set up or timing issues. ![]() Making sure everyone knows the plan is a must. Giving the standers plenty of time to get into position is a must. Knowing the lay of the land and where deer will go is critical to successs. I understand that If you are living where shotgunning deer with buckshot is not legal or the norm, some of this is not going to make sense to you. ![]() Not unusual for a guy to drop two as they pass. ![]() Quite often deer will cut back and drivers will get shots as well as deer try to run by them. Drivers are wearing plenty of orange and making enough noise to where their general location is detectable by standers. Deer are shot as they run past the stander with knowledge of where the next closest standers are located. The standers don’t shoot towards the drivers, at least they shouldn’t. ![]() ![]() ![]() Final word about the M-Audio Keystation 49es MIDI keyboard If you’re a traditional pianist who enjoys heavier keys, you might want to skip the Keystation line, however, if you need a cheap temporary option and plan on upgrading in the future, the M-Audio Keystation should hold you over for a while and last for years to come with proper care. They keys are semi-weighted, and when I say semi, I definitely mean semi, because it’s almost hard to tell that they have any weight or springback in them at all. I would not recommend the M-Audio Keystation 49 for a live performance, however, opting for the 61 or 88-key variant of the Keystation would suffice. M-Audio Keystation keyboard for live performance This keyboard is very portable and could be taken on the road or set up in your studio in just a few moments. If one were to drop the keyboard from a keyboard stand, it would probably not hesitate to break fairly easily. Weighing in at just under 5 pounds out of the box, the Keystation 49es is extremely portable, however, due to the light weight, the plastic housing of they keyboard has a cheap feel to it. Is the M-Audio Keystation MIDI keyboard durable and portable? The same technique applies to all variants of the Keystation keyboard. I’ve managed to get all of the features working properly except the volume fader, and you can check out my tutorial video on how to configure the M-Audio Keystation MIDI Keyboard inside FL Studio below. One thing I noticed about the M-Audio Keystation 49es keyboard is that it has some slight compatibility issues with FL Studio 12. I’ve used this keyboard inside FL Studio 12 on my desktop PC and I’ve used it on my MacBook Pro with the new FL Studio 12 alpha beta for Mac. The keyboard is simply plug-and-play… well, for the most part. M-Audio’s Keystation keyboards are extremely compatible with PC, Mac, and even iOS devices (with an adapter kit sold separately). How compatible is the M-Audio Keystation MIDI keyboard? What’s best about the keyboard is that it is practically plug-and-play! Turn it on and you are ready to go in most digital audio workstation software programs. Octave switches, transport controls (up, down, left, right, select), play, stop, record, volume fader, pitch wheel, and a modulation wheel all come in handy when using the Keystation keyboard. Sure, it doesn’t have 8 knobs, 8 pads, and 8 faders like I want, but it gets the job done in a pinch. While the Keystation 49 is quite simplistic with only 49 keys (4 octaves), it doesn’t fall short of the necessary features I typically look for in a MIDI controller. I rated the keyboard a 4 out of 5 due to its cheap feel and some slight compatibility issues I experienced (most of which were easily resolved) while using the keyboard with FL Studio 12. If you’re a musician on the go, the portability also makes great for traveling. ![]() My favorite feature of the M-Audio Keystation MIDI keyboards is the fact that they are incredibly light weight and can be moved without much hassle. They usually ring up for about $100, but I got mine on sale at Guitar Center for only $50, so I couldn’t pass up the 50% off deal. The M-Audio Keystation 49 is the ultimate bang for your buck when it comes to bargain MIDI keyboard controllers. In the next window, click “OK.M-Audio Keystation 49ES Full review: M-Audio Keystation 49ES MIDI keyboard If you get a message to switch AppleTalk on or off, you may choose either option, as this will not affect the OMS Setup. Product Features Ports: Opcode folder > OMS Applications folder > OMS Setup. Though the Keystation line is class compliant and features true plug-and-play operation under Windows XP and Mac OS X, we recommend that you spend a few minutes reviewing this manual to learn about proper operation, advanced functionality, and programmability. Ideal for a multitude of music creation and education applications, the Keystation line offers modulation and pitch bend wheels, plus assignable buttons and a slider for hands-on control. ![]() The Keystation 61es and 88es offer semi-weighted keys that give you the feel of a piano in a compact, affordable MIDI controller. The Keystation line offers 49-, 61- and 88-note velocitysensitive USB keyboards designed to easily integrate with your PC or Macintosh computer. Introduction Congratulations on purchasing an M-Audio Keystation keyboard. 13 Appendix B - Standard MIDI Controller Numbers (MIDI CC’s). 13 Appendix A - General MIDI Instruments. ![]() ![]() ![]() I printed a bracket to mount all the electronics. I designed a compact 2-stage planetary gearbox with an 80:1 reduction and printed it all out. I did some prototypes with cycloidal gearboxes, but it was a dead end. ![]() Printing became my hobby for a few years, and last year I started over with primarily 3D printed components. I started it before I got into 3D printing. My half-decade hobby project has been to build a force feedback steering wheel from scratch. I can run the same gcode files from previous years. I made a sharpie egg plotter a few years ago. I made a new encoder wheel for a Logitech force feedback joystick. 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I need to walk quite a bit before being on the street and also like to take a break somewhere at a restaurant. Sometimes it is best to design and 3d print something.Ĭurrently designing and printing protection for my racing bike shoes those shimano cleads wear quickly when walking. I'm actually working on a blog post about this now! īesides TensorFlow Lite, the key pieces of technology in the computer vision stack are gstreamer, gstreamer's Rust bindings, and nnstreamer. Īlso yep, I run a TensorFlow Lite model and post-processing directly on the Pi. If you're curious, I gave a talk about PrintNanny's print quality model. I have ideas about how to use stereoscopic cameras to run an automatic calibration routine, but haven't had time to roll out experiments. Your camera, printer, and slicer object rotation must all be very carefully calibrated and anchored. 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John Galt and chuckosmund both solved my question.īy copying this command line (from John Galt) in Terminal I can view TM-history-logs to a couple days back ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Requirements for the Category Additional Information Bluetooth Low Energy v5.0 Advertising Extensions, GATT Services, and L2CAP Channels are all features of Bluetooth Low Energy v5.0.The tent beacon is equipped with an accelerometer, which allows it to extend battery life by activating when the accelerometer detects an incident. The plan is to rebuild the circuits so that they can accommodate a bigger battery. In addition to having a tent form factor for prolonged battery life and a waterproof housing, this Bluetooth Smart 5.0 proximity beacon is powered by one CR2477 Lithium battery. Manual de l’utilisateur The RadBeacon Locator Tent has the following model number: RBT-003. RBT003 RadBeacon Locator Tent User Manual Radius Networks. Date of creation: 11:51:22 Date of modification: 11:51:22 Microsoft® Office Word 2007 was used as the producer. Microsoft® Office Word 2007 is the program that created this document. Sky123.Org is the author of this article. Photographs of the EUT are shown in Appendix B. Yes, it is a PDF file that has been tagged. PDF Version: 1.5 Linearization: Not applicable 4 pages are included in this report. pdf is the file extension for the pdf file type. Īppendix B: Photographs of an EUT Product: RadBeacon Locator Tent Model: RBT-003 Internal Photos Appendix C: Photographs of an EUT Product: RadBeacon Locator Tent Model: RBT-001 of 4 (of 4 total pages) Antenna of 4 (included) Page three of four of 4 (included) Document IDĮxif Data from the source: PDF is the file format used. RBT003 RadBeacon Locator Tent Teardown Internal Photos Appendix B: Photographs of EUT Radius Networks. ![]() ![]() Worms Armageddon is a 2D artillery turn-based tactics video game developed by Team17 and part of the Worms series. You can also associate your torrent client with magnet links and torrent files so that they open automatically when you click on them.Īfter installing your torrent client, you can start downloading Worms Armageddon by adding the magnet link or the torrent file that you obtained from SolidTorrents.Download Worms Armageddon for free on PC – this page will show you how to download and install the full version of Worms Armageddon on PC. You may need to adjust some settings such as download location, bandwidth limit, encryption mode, etc. Then, run the file and follow the instructions on the screen. To install a torrent client on your PC, you can visit its official website and download the installer file. 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One way to do that is to use a torrent file, which is a small file that contains information about the game files and where to download them from other users. ![]() If you want to relive this nostalgic game or try it for the first time, you might be wondering how to download Worms Armageddon for free. and has been praised for its gameplay, humor, and multiplayer mode. It was released in 1999 by Team17 Digital Ltd. Worms Armageddon is a classic turn-based strategy game that features hilarious and destructive battles between teams of worms. How to Download Worms Armageddon for Free ![]() ![]() ![]() “That line about being big in Japan has been misinterpreted by all sorts of people who like the song. You can analyse it like this, but there’s something magical about every good song which is unexplainable. “It is very catchy and it is a very lucky coincidence of a few really good ideas: the intro, the bassline, and the refrain, it’s all very catchy and people can memorise the song quite easily. We had a studio in the basement and we had all this equipment that we needed like the Korg sequencer…”Īlphaville performing live in 2005. At this time we had a small home studio, we had moved from Berlin to a provincial town. He was responsible for some of the melody of the song, so it was a collaboration between the three of us. Marian: “Frank (Mertens) also played an important role. I thought this actually could fit with Big in Japan as well, and so we changed the rhythm and found two matching melodies for the song.” When we did a serious demo for the production we decided to go for this half-time rhythm because at that time I was a DJ in a small club and was playing Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. When the song first was written the drum rhythm was also double-time, so much faster than you know it. It’s a fictitious story about a pair of lovers that are trying to get away from the drugs but they never succeed, they imagine themselves in a kind of dreamland where they are drug-free, but they never succeed in getting there and it’s quite a tragic story.”īernhard: “Marian always had the basic musical ideas, this rhythm that goes through the whole song but then in the middle of the song the chord changes and goes in double-time. This song is about that drug scene in the late 70s. They lived in the heroin scene around the Berlin Zoo and I started to write about them. I had a couple of friends and we were living under very serious conditions in West Berlin at that time, basically living on the street and some of our friends were drug addicts. I created a lot of the verses for Big In Japan on my way to that dentist. I had an appointment with my dentist and I had this rhythm of the bassline in my mind as I was walking along. “At the same time, I was thinking about writing the lyric for the song. We created the bassline and I really liked it because we now had a device that could play polyphonic chords, but because of the two oscillators, this bassline gave you the imagination of chords. Marian: “We had this new Roland System 100M and it had two oscillators, a sequencer and an arpeggiator, which was inside this device. Songwriter(s): Bernhard Lloyd, Marian Gold, Frank Mertens ![]() It’s over to Marian and Bernhard for the full story… It might surprise people to learn that this 80s power anthem has quite a dark origin. Topping the charts in their homeland, it made a similar splash across Europe as well as cracking the Billboard Hot 100 across the pond. ![]() Of all Alphaville’s tracks, it’s Big In Japan which has been their most successful. Such is the album’s appeal that the band will soon be touring across Europe to celebrate Forever Young’s coral year. Backed by huge singles such as Big In Japan, Forever Young and Jet Set, the trio of Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens flew out the traps to launch a career which has endured to this day. This year marks the 35th anniversary of Forever Young, the debut album by German synth-rock masters Alphaville. “It’s a fictitious story about a pair of lovers that are trying to get away from the drugs…” Pic: Thomas Reutter A synth-rock anthem inspired by Berlin’s heroin scene, we learn all about a classic 80s track with a surprising origin ![]() |