![]() Sherlock is not yet another Sherlock Holmes brand rip-off. Sherlock CREATOR: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat CAST: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman & Rupert Graves The main attraction luring me in to watch this show was its creator Steven Knight, the writer of Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises (2007) about Russian gangsters. Peaky Blinders is about a local Birmingham Irish gang run by the Shelby family (one of the brothers is played by the terrific Cillian Murphy) who were controlling the city with relative ease until a new Chief of police is installed, who is not afraid to fight back. The story and the setting are incredible, so there is a lot there to be developed. Season 2 is up for release in 2014, and it would not surprise me if the show will really pick up from there. That being said, I did really enjoy this classic more slow-paced British gangster series, and seeing that it only has six episodes in the first season of the mini-series, you can understand that it did not hit as hard as a Boardwalk Empire. Simply put, it does not quite live up to its promise of becoming the ‘Brummy’ version of the American Boardwalk Empire. Peaky Blinders CREATOR: Steven Knight CAST: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson & Helen McCroryīBC made something special, but despite that it looks terrific, and really takes you back to the Birmingham just after World War 1, it is also a bit clumsy and messy at times.
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![]() They crossed the Bering Land Bridge sometime between then and 15,500 years ago, said David Meltzer, an archaeologist and professor of prehistory in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and author of the book " First Peoples in a New World, 2nd Edition" (Cambridge University Press, 2021).īut some archaeological sites hint that people may have reached the Americas far earlier than that.įor instance, there are fossilized human footprints in White Sands National Park in New Mexico that may date to 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. Genetic studies suggest that the first people to arrive in the Americas descend from an ancestral group of Ancient North Siberians and East Asians that mingled around 20,000 to 23,000 years ago. So who were the first Americans, and how and when did they arrive? For nearly a century, researchers thought they knew how this wild journey occurred: The first people to cross the Bering Land Bridge, a massive swath of land that connected Asia with North America when sea levels were lower, were the Clovis, who made the journey shortly before 13,000 years ago.Īccording to the Clovis First theory, every Indigenous person in the Americas could be traced to this single, inland migration, said Loren Davis, a professor of anthropology at Oregon State University.īut in recent decades, several discoveries have revealed that humans first reached the so-called New World thousands of years before we initially thought and probably didn't get there by an inland route. During the last ice age, humans ventured into two vast and completely unknown continents: North and South America. ![]() This meant using the MacBook outside could cause color inaccuracies on the display. Since the glowing Apple logo was a transparent cutout that allowed the display’s backlight to shine through, but also allowed external light to enter. Since the display was so thin, two problems arose.įirst, if there was a strong light source behind the display, you could actually see a subtle hotspot in the center of the screen. But another compromise of the 12-inch MacBook was the non-illuminated Apple logo. It was extremely faulty and resulted in a class action lawsuit, with Apple eventually reverting back to the scissor keyboards. They claimed the new keyboard was an improvement, but that didn’t turn out to be the case. For example, Apple had to create a new super-thin keyboard that featured butterfly mechanisms instead of the traditional scissor design. But that dramatic improvement didn’t come without compromises. In fact, at 13.1 millimeters, it was 24% thinner than the MacBook Air. So when the 12-inch MacBook was introduced, it was the thinnest model in Apple’s history. So why was the illuminated Apple logo removed? Well, that’s exactly what I’ll explain right now. This caused some controversy, since the glowing Apple logo has been around for over two decades and has become an iconic design element of Apple’s notebooks. And since then, the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air have also received the same treatment. The first model ever to feature an Apple logo that didn’t light up. ![]() Back in 2015, Apple introduced the 12-inch MacBook. You can now browse and edit (be careful!) your SQLite database.Ĭheck out more resources on Kirby’s blog, Swift Coder. We’ll use the pipe command | to pass the output from find to the input of the xargs command. ![]() $ cd ~/simDevicesīut we don’t want to just find the file, we want to open it, too. sqlite file in finder and set sqlitebrowser to always open files of this type.Īs you create more apps and more databases, how do you easily find and open them in SQLite Browser?Īs we saw above, the find command gets us to the file. characters and the AppName.sqlite filename from the tail. NOTE: When you cut and paste the text from your find result, remove the leading. Now cd into that directory and open the finder at that location. Use the find command to search through all of our Simulator devices looking for the database file associated with our app. sqlite file in our new simDevices shortcut. We want the Database Browser for SQLite application to be the default application for opening. Lrwxr-xr-x 1 kirby staff 52 Aug 28 17:24 -> /Users/kirby/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices $ ln -s /Users/kirby/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices simDevices To make it easier to get to the root of Devices, use the ln command from the Terminal command prompt.įirst, cd into your home directory, and then create a symbolic link between the real Devices directory and a name of your choosing, e.g. You guessed it-the directory names are intentionally unpredictable for security purposes. Not something that you want to try to remember or waste your time hunting for as you install and reinstall apps. The path to the SQLite database file will look like this: /Users/kirby/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/402FCD3E-7A98-4B5A-9CB1-83B1A3F85B47/data/Containers/Data/Application/AB4D98C4-B86A-4FE3-B557-CFC60C83893E/Documents/App.sqlite The filename will be your AppName.sqlite. When you use the simulator to test your app, all of the sandboxed files are written to the device directory. Please report your bugs or any feature request via addon's homepage, bug report form.Step One: Install Database Browser for SQLiteĭownload and install Database Browser for SQLite.Ī little bit of prep work from the command line will save you time later. Note #2: this add-on is still in beta and may work as expected. This add-on is only suitable for reasonable database size. Please note that, for very large SQLite database, you still need the native application. DB4S uses a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, and complicated SQL commands do not have to be learned. DB4S is for users and developers who want to create, search, and edit databases. However, using it is very easy comparing to the native SQLite application. DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) is a high quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite. Note #1: since this add-on runs SQLite commands within the browser, it runs slower than the native SQLite application/library. Simply press on this button and then click on the - Execute SQLite - button to see the results. Moreover, there is also a button to insert a "sample" SQLite code. I cannot open this file with an sqlite browser only with a text editor of course. The app is generating 3 files: ShazamDataModel.sqlite ShazamDataModel.sqlite-shm ShazamDataModel.sqlite-wal The data is stored in ShazamDataModel.sqlite-wal. Shazam for Mac is storing them in a sqlite 3 database. You can also save the database by pressing on the - Save Database - button at the top. The app does not offer any export options. The result is rendered in the result section (section III) within the app UI. Please note that, executing any command may take some time depending on the SQLite database size. Simply add/edit the code and then click on the - Execute SQLite - button at the top left corner (the green button). Once the SQLite is fully loaded, you will see the commands in the text-area (middle section) within the UI. In order to work with this add-on, just open the app UI and drag a SQLite file to the designated area in the app (top section). ![]() Emscripten is a source-to-source compiler that can compile native C/C++ codes to JavaScript language. This add-on uses SQLite library which is compiled from C language to JavaScript with Emscripten compiler. You can execute any SQLite command that you would like (SQL and SQLite have many differences but SQLite has most of the SQL standard). ![]() SQLite Reader is an add-on that help you easily browse, edit and render SQLite database. ![]() ![]() Temporary exposition – it varies with the season of the year.Permanent exposition – the same all year long.The Lisbon Oceanarium presents two different expositions every year. It might also be interesting to see 9 things to do with kids in Portugal. Permanent expositionĪs said above, the Lisbon Oceanarium presents a permanent exposition all year long. This can be seen in the Central Aquarium and it is impressive! About 5 million liters of salted water and 4 different habitats leave you with the impression that you are contemplating the ocean. ![]() It presents two levels: the “above the ground” level, where you can see species like penguins and sea otters, and the “subaquatic” level, where you see numerous types of sharks, sea stars, algae, plants and fishes in their natural habitat. The temporary exposition, as the name implies, takes place only for a limited amount of time each year. Usually, it varies with the season of the year, therefore, the species presented are different from time to time. The mains scope, however, is always to show all the biodiversity one can find in the oceans. You can see the current temporary exhibition here.
Fixed sticky bombs from getting attached to the front of the payload cart.Updated pl_rumford_event to fix missing models/materials.Updated ctf_frosty to fix various exploits.Fixed missing sounds and smoothed the loop point for the Taunt: Roasty Toasty.Fixed a materials problem with the Taunt: Tailored Terminal.Fixed the Battle Bear not using the correct skin for team BLU.Fixed a server crash related to the Spy sapping buildings.Fixed snowman bombs not respawning properly.Fixed bullet holes poking through soft snow.Fixed snow displacements poking through the roof.Fixed a client crash caused by failing to decode MP3 files.Fixed duplicate lights on the rope entities.Fixed some sounds clipping the Pyro's lines.Updated Taunt: Russian Rubdown to fix some sounds being clipped.Updated Taunt: Tailored Terminal to fix a problem with the briefcase materials.Updated Colonel Kringle to fix some clipping and alignment issues.Updated Tainted Frost unusual effect to fix a problem with the material.Fixed missing smoke effect for The Salty Dog's second style.Fixed Oktoberfester's third style using the smoke effect.Fixed Huntsman registering headshots when arrows go through other entities.Fixed Particulate Protector not using the BLU team skin.Added another way to get out of the trench.Enhanced the snow pile in the water trench.Reduced length of metal gate in the middle court.Added spawn camp prevention/covers (both A and B paths).Updated the Taunt: Roasty Toasty to add missing marshmallow ignite sound.Updated the Taunt: The Boiling Point and Taunt: The Table Tantrum items to add missing voice lines when flipping the table.Team Fortress 2 Update Released DecemTF2 Team Fixed clearing script hooks on level transition.Exposed a MaxClients function to get the current value of maxplayers.Fixed crashes related to null strings being passed to functions.Fixed clients being able to run certain script_* debug commands on the server.nut files being valid files for download/upload Fixed being able to stand in the cliff wall near control point 2 in stage 1.Updated the equip_region settings for The Onimann and the Cranial Cowl.Fixed entities being considered static props after long server times.Fixed The Original using the default reload sound instead of the intended sound.Fixed syringes triggering false hits on the client when minimal view models are enabled or a custom view model FOV is set.Fixed some instances of syringes being invisible around corners and in transitions between water and air (both directions).Fixed a memory leak when firing syringes as Medic.Team Fortress 2 Update Released JanuTF2 Team Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy to adjust clipping throughout the map.Reverted the previous change to the equip_region for the Cranial Cowl. ![]()
She says yoga has brought her peace, calm, gratitude & compassion for herself and others. Cynthia says it’s so important for mom’s to take care of themselves without feeling guilty. She says her family is everything to her and yoga makes her a better person. She is the mother of three grown children, Tyler, Miranda and Madison and wife to Tom. Deep breathing, flexibility and mental focus are just a few of the many benefits of yoga. ![]() ![]() Cynthia has combined her love for teaching (a former teacher) and yoga as she goes into the schools teaching pre school, elementary, high school, adults and sports teams. Shortly after she received her 200 Hour Certification in Power Vinyasa and also Hot Power Fusion. Cynthia decided to take her practice to a new level and deepen her knowledge by getting her Yoga Sculpt certification in June, 2014. She was a college tennis player and then a USPTR certified tennis pro teaching tennis to children and adults of all ages She fell in love with yoga in the 90’s as a great workout for the mind, body and spirit. In this new world we find ourselves in, we need yoga now more than ever.”Ĭynthia Morel-Pence has always been active. I know what it has done for my mental health, and I want to share that benefit with as many people as possible. “Teaching yoga, for me, is my way of paying it forward. “I kept telling myself, ‘I’m a Phoenix’ and I’m going to rise from this.” A friend suggested she try yoga to help ease anxiety and depression, and Angella believes that was a pivotal part of her emotional recovery. Two years ago, she lost her husband and home in a fire, and lost everything but the clothes in her back. Yoga again shifted to meet her needs and offered some therapeutic benefits during treatment.Īndrea holds heartfelt gratitude for good health and hopes to inspire others to discover how yoga can meet them at their level and reveal it’s ever-evolving beautiful benefits and gifts.Īngella Kanger has been teaching Yoga Sculpt for two years, and loves to bring an element of fun…Always up for the challenge, she has created classes that invite students to bring out their inner child to play…costumes, glow sticks, and mouse ears are always welcome in her class! She believes that music is imperative to helping students push themselves to their limit, and the right beat can inspire to push even further.Īngella discovered how healing yoga can be for the heart through a personal tragedy. In 2019, Andrea completed the 200-hour teacher training program at Yoga By Degrees and during the training was herself diagnosed with breast cancer. Five years later yoga became not only a space to build physical strength, but evolved to be a solace for grief as her mom passed away in 2018 from breast cancer. Vinyasa yoga felt familiar, energetic and inspiring as a former gymnast and restorative Yoga revealed a spiritual connection she had been longing for. ![]() After a week of trying yoga, “I found it met me at my level, it embraced me and I felt empowered, strong and graceful”. Having been a fitness enthusiast most of her life she now found that pain limited daily physical activities and felt defeated. Andrea Leppert found yoga in 2014 soon after leaving her orthopedic surgeon’s office with a brochure on knee replacement. ![]() I later found a tool to check HDD/SDD performance that measures spin-up time, and yes that was the culprit. The SDD is taped to the rear of the iMac's aluminium stand which helps with heat dissipation. Apps launch immediately and a beachball hasn't been seen since. Note that if your iMac has Thunderbolt ports, for the best possible performance get a Thunderbolt SSD but they are pricey.Ģ) Used SuperDuper to clone the internal HDD to the external SSD (name it something like Macintosh SSD)ģ) Changed the startup drive to the SDD and reboot (System Preferences | Startup Disk). ![]() Here's what I did:ġ) Purchased an external SSD (WD 1TB, USB-C). The highest cost solution is a new iMac the next highest is to have the HDD professionally replaced with a SSD the cheapest solution is the simplest and very DIY and requires no open heart surgery. I had a hunch that it was nevertheless the HDD. After 4 years it became almost unbearable to use with slow app starts and beach-balling aplenty. If your iMac has a HDD what is almost certainly happening is that the HDD performance has degraded, especially the spin-up time. If you want 32GB, then choose between the Mac Studio (M1 Max) and the MacBook Pro (M1 Pro/Max). If you mostly use Lightroom Classic, you are probably not going to need more than 32GB unified memory, even though some models can go much higher. Mac Studio M1 Max: $1999 (base model has 32GB unified memory) The $3999 Mac Studio (M1 Ultra) gets all the press, but it is not worth the price for most people.īoiling it down, if we configure 16GB unified memory and 512GB storage across the board, we get: And it will be faster than any of the other options above. It already has 32GB unified memory and 512GB storage, so many people will not need to buy any upgrades they can simply pay the base price and be happy for several years. The base model of the new $1999 Mac Studio (M1 Max) represents great value. ![]() If you need 512GB internal storage, some base models already have enough. If it’s getting full, get the next size up next time. In all cases, storage depends on how much you have free on your current iMac 27". The base M1 Pro is enough for many people the M1 Max/Ultra processor upgrades are usually not necessary for Lightroom Classic. The base models of the MacBook Pro 16" and Mac Studio will perform better than the current M1 iMac and M1 Mac mini, especially during bulk import and export processing where the additional CPU cores help. The M1 Mac mini is a year and a half old, so many are waiting for an updated model that is a better match to the more recent releases. The M1 iMac is currently 24" only, there is no 27" option at this time. The M1 iMac and M1 Mac mini are basically the same computer inside configuring to the maximum 16GB unified memory is recommended for Lightroom Classic. There is usually no need to look at the high end Macs, for Lightroom Classic. The low end performs well enough but might need a memory upgrade, the base models of the mid-range are sufficiently equipped that upgrades beyond that are not always needed. Now, thanks to Apple Silicon, all M1 Macs, from the cheapest to most expensive, run Lightroom Classic well. A few years ago, if you wanted good Lightroom Classic performance, you couldn’t bother with the low-end models and usually had to pay a lot more for a discrete GPU and more memory. But I spend hours a day in LrC, and I want it to zoom like it used to, and to do so for maybe a decade to come. But how much would I actually need for LrC, as opposed to having bragging rights, which I truly don't care about. I could blow my retirement totally upscaling all the options. Again, how beefy do you have yours configured to get good LrC performance? Obvious advantage to portability, though I usually run with a few external drives, where the photos all live. Is it beefy enough to keep LrC zipping along? Are you happy with yours? How's it configured? BTW, this one has 1TB of disc and 24GB of RAM, just to offer my baseline. The monitor is in perfect shape even if the computer itself is dying, so I now feel I'm in effect abandoning good components since it's all in the same box. While I've loved my current one until lately, I'm now a bit skeptical of the all-in-one format. To some extent, my question is independent of which particular form of Mac, though clearly some offer larger RAM choices and such. So here's my question: how much Mac is plenty without unnecessarily blowing the budget? How much RAM? How much CPU? And so on. This year performance is starting to suck badly, and not just in LrC, so I think it's about time for a new Mac. ![]() I've been running LrC (even before they added "Classic") on the same iMac 27 for about nine years. ![]() If you’ve played on a 9-foot pool table, you’ve likely played on a 3-piece table.ĭue to their size and robustness, slates are heavy and hard for handling and transport, so many manufacturers are cutting slates into three pieces, which makes them easier for transportation and assembly. What is a 3 piece slate pool table?ģ piece pool tables are the most popular among manufacturers. However, if you look under the table or reach into the table pocket you can see if it’s slate or non-slate. If you’re new to the game at the beginning it can be hard to tell from which type of material the pool table is made.Īs they are covered with cloth, only an experienced eye can notice the difference. How to tell if a table is a slate or non-slate? So, many manufacturers came up with the conclusion that one-inch slates are perfect for their tables. On the other hand, if it’s too thin, it may crack. If it’s too thick, it will be too heavy for transportation and handling. Pool table slate thickness varies between three-quarters of an inch and one inch. What is the thickness of the pool table slate? Some manufacturers are offering slate cutting in three pieces to ease transportation all around the world. If needed, manufacturers are drilling additional holes for screws and that’s the final stage in slate creation. Then, they drill holes where pockets will be installed. Cutters usually cut slates 5 inches larger than the final dimensions.Īfter the slate is transported to manufacturers, they’re cutting it into exact dimensions, polishing and grinding it to get a smooth, flat slate. Then, miners cut rocks into “rough cuts”, or large slates a bit larger than the final dimensions. Slate pool table creation starts in mountains, where huge rocks are being mined and excavated. These stone rocks are usually excavated in large pieces and then cut into proper dimensions to be transported to table manufacturers. Slate pool tables are made of solid rock, which is, usually, a combination of sand, calcium, quartz, and other minerals. Also, moving the table will cost you extra money because of its weight. Slate is an expensive material to use for making pool tables. One more drawback of a slate bed table is its price. They are most suitable for permanent game rooms, so if you’re dealing with limited space, a slate table isn’t a good option for you. Slate tablets are extremely heavy and require a strong table frame to support them. What are the Drawbacks of Slate Bed Tables?.They’re not affected by temperature or humidity.Īlso, slate bed tables are the most popular choice among professional players because they give the true surface for maximum control and straight shots. They won’t warp unless you hit them with something hard. The main benefit of slate bed tables is their durability. What are the Benefits of Slate Bed Tables?. ![]() This process takes time and effort, but when it is finished, you get a perfect slate to play pool with. To polish these pieces, they need to be brought up to a high temperature and then slowly cooled down. Slate is a very hard stone that splits easily into large flat pieces. Pool tables need a perfectly flat slate surface. It was discovered as a better replacement for wood in 1826 by John Thurston.įor all those years better material isn’t found for pool tables. This rock contains minerals like quartz, clay, and mica with a fine grain which gives it strength and durability.īecause of its characteristic, slate is used for tabletops, tombstones, tiles, electrical panels, etc.įor more than 200 years slate is used in the pool table-making industry. Slates are used as building materials because they are easy to work and split. The rock is easily split along its bedding plane. ![]() The original open structure of the rock is compacted into a mudstone or shale. Slate is a type of rock formed by sedimentary processes. ![]()
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