4/30/2023 0 Comments Grim reaper scythe tattoosSome other reaper tattoo ideas include: suns, a heart, small birds, flowers, and vines. If you are determined to have a grim reaper tattoo design inked onto your body, one idea is to combine a reaper with two other images – the last things we see before our souls depart from this world. The reaper’s wings symbolize the soul that will eventually be reborn into another world hence the connection to death and rebirth. Usually, a candidate would be one who is close to death – perhaps a close relative or friend, perhaps a member of an immediate family member, perhaps even a pet. Many people often wonder if they are suitable candidates for the reaper tattoo. However, this article will show you the best reaper tattoo drawing of the reaper that can be used as a head reaper tattoo or arm reaper tattoo, so you can have some input when choosing your new reaper tattoo! The reaper tattoo is a popular choice among many people who decide to get a reaper tattoo, but does the grim reaper tattoo consist of only one image? Most reaper tattoo fans would tell you that the reaper is an image that goes hand in hand with the bird of death and most likely represents the soul that has passed over. With this information you should be able to make an informed decision on which reaper tattoo design you want to get yourself inked with. In this article we will be discussing the different types of meanings reaper tattoo can have for both men and women. They can mean different things to different people. Think that small reaper tattoo is just for Halloween fanatics and Gothic enthusiasts? Think again! While it is famous Halloween symbol, reaper tattoos also have a lot of symbolism.
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4/30/2023 0 Comments Using swinsian to burn cdsThat feature uses airplay, which isn’t something mission critical. iTunes was accessible by remote using the remote app. I have a specific folder that my downloaded music goes to, and when specified as a watched folder, those songs are added to my library.ĭespite Swinsian exceeding my expectations as a music player and organizer. You can tell Swinsian to watch a specific folder for new tracks and they will automagically be added to your library. Another feature I really enjoy is watched folders. It’s been a couple of years and I really like Swinsian While there is a license cost for it, Being able to have my library not crash the app is worth it. ![]() Music downloaded from AmazonMP3 has no DRM requiring logins to share music across platforms withou needing my iTunes password to be known. I did this through several highly curated playlists and a series of smart playlists of artists, genres or other criteria, I can’t remember the last time I purchased music through the iTunes Music Store, because for over 10 years I’ve exclusively bought music through Amazon’s digital music service. The main uses I had for iTunes was to listen to and organize my music. I can’t remember if there’s a Windows version, nor can I speak to any functionaliy While not free, (license fee per installation), it fit the bill for running “thin” without hogging resources like iTunes/Music would do even when not active, and could handle a large library like mine without taking a galf hour to open. With that in mind, he recommended I try Swinsian. I asked him if he could recommend an alternative to iTunes that could handle a massive sized library and similar playlist functionality. Specifically the size of my library (around 6 terrebytes, and the second being my smart playlists. As he used his diagnostic tools to assess why my Mac became unresponsive so often and found the primary problem to be with Mac Music. I started having so many issues with my Mac that I was in over my head at knowledge and skill with MacOS, that I engaged with a local Mac specialist. At some point, iTunes became “Music” and was built in to Mac OS. I always had it installed on both work and home machines. ![]() iTunes was the first application I downloaded and installed on a new computer along with Chrome. Once Apple launched their store, I found it almost too easy to purchase music that I didn’t have in my piles of CDs. I used it to build hundreds of playlists and a simple mechanism to burn a playlist to a CD. In fact, I’d go as far to say I was a power user of iTunes. I’d been an iTunes power user since early on when it became compatible with Windows in the mi-2000s. The title of this post is a play on the title of Elvis Costello’s book How To Play Guitar & Y, of which I recommend the audiobook 4/30/2023 0 Comments On a clear day barbra streisand![]() However, it’s abundantly clear from the numerous hair and costuming credits in the sequence that the real star of the show is, as always, Miss Streisand. The cold open does nothing to diminish the impact of Fitzgerald’s titles, which remain a powerful and sweeping intro to this tale of reincarnation and romance. ![]() Streisand opens the movie minutes earlier with a musical number in which she serenades a garden full of tulips, geraniums, roses, and daffodils growing in time-lapse. Ultimately – and like most of the film's co-stars – On a Clear Day’s spectacular main titles play second fiddle to Babs. Fitzgerald would later use a similar technique for another sequence, the eerie opening of Rod Serling’s cult anthology series Night Gallery. The sequence was designed to give viewers the “illusion of moving through space," according to Fitzgerald. The impressive effect was achieved by filming a series of brightly coloured rectangular screens in succession. The opening titles of Rod Serling's Night Gallery Of course, it could have been worse: co-star Jack Nicholson also sang in scenes cut from the movie and thankfully not included here. Then, as the voices of a dreamy choir surge, the film’s title is ushered into being one word at a time, “FOREVER” fading into itself. Streisand, of course, is in typically strong voice, especially on the title track, but her non-singer co-star Yves Montand also gets a lot of space on the record, making this almost a complete waste. The credits type, anchored to the event horizon, travels with the camera through a seemingly infinite spectrum of concentric rectangles. Even on the small screen the sequence remains spellbinding to this day. The film's main titles are an equally sumptuous affair, a grand, hypnotic trip clearly riffing on the psychedelic “Star Gate” sequence from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (released two years prior).Ĭreated by prolific film and television title designer Wayne Fitzgerald and the team at Universal Title, the On a Clear Day title sequence is basic in its design but spectacular in execution – a stunning coordination of music and imagery that must have been completely overwhelming for cinemagoers of the time. Starring Barbra Streisand and directed by Vincente Minnelli, the lavish song and dance production was made at a time when such films were largely on the outs with audiences. The mesmerizing opening of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a high point of this mostly forgettable 1970 musical. The dulcet voice of French actor Yves Montand rouses us from an entrancing journey through time and space, a voyage into memory and past lives, quickly casting a spell on yet another willing volunteer as we awake in a lecture hall. Your eyelids now are heavy, your arms are numb and heavy, your legs are dull and heavy, and you give yourself to sleep, a deep sleep." "And now the window opens, it gently, gently opens, and night steals softly in. 4/30/2023 0 Comments Stick em up meme![]() Those who ate the bigger portions consumed 77% more calories. In another study published in January in Food Quality and Preference, Wansink and his co-authors offered volunteers three snack foods - chocolate, apple pie and potato chips - in either small or substantially bigger portions. In a study published in August in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Iowa researchers found that volunteers who were asked to eat pizza until they were comfortably full ate up to 15% less food when they increased the number of chews before swallowing.ħ. Eat slowly to allow the body and brain to signal satiety.Ħ. People consume up to 30% more calories when eating from bigger plates.ĥ. Replace platter-sized dinner plates with dessert plates. Article content Replace platter-sized dinner plates with dessert platesĤ. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Start at the healthier end of the buffet table, or pass healthier food first at the family dinner table, Wansink says. What’s more, when less healthy foods are served first (for example, cheesy egg casseroles, potatoes and bacon at a Boxing Day brunch before low-fat granola, yogurt and fruit), people take 31% more foods. In a study published in October in the journal PLOS ONE, Wansink’s team found that people fill two-thirds of their plate with the first three items they encounter at buffet tables, regardless of whether they are high- or low-calories foods. “Skinny people are almost three times more likely to scout out the buffet before they take a plate than heavy people,” Wansink says. At holiday buffets, scan the buffet table before picking up a plate. ![]() Don’t “pre-load.” Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., says that pre-dinner snacks – chips, cheese, nuts and other store-bought foods – account for nine per cent of calories consumed over a holiday meal.ģ. Article content ‘Skinny people are almost three times more likely to scout out the buffet before they take a plate than heavy people’Ģ. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. The lesson here is humility in the face of immortal forces. Chihiro is constantly (and riotously) told that she reeks she fumbles around and incites fury. But maybe we, as human beings, are stranger. The world is strange let’s not fool ourselves. But as brilliantly woven together by Hayao Miyazaki (at the peak of his creative gifts), the movie is basically a story about growing up. ![]() Even more thoroughly, Spirited Away is a compendium of ancient folklores – the secret lives of radishes and other gods, the sins we commit against nature, her punishments. The plot is a stew of essential anxieties: dislocation, separation from one’s parents, fear of disappearing forever. It’s a movie that emboldens children to embrace weirdness and wonder, and adults to remember how they once did. The apex of Japanese animation – to fans worldwide, all animation – is one of cinema’s finest tales of untrammeled imagination. Moving is a drag for ten-year-old Chihiro, until she discovers she’s meant to work in a bathhouse for the spirit world.īest quote: ‘There must be some mistake: None of these pigs are my parents!’ĭefining moment: Tea and cakes with the monstrous Yubaba and No-Face – a moment in the same surreal league as Lewis Carroll. Pinocchio will remain immortal as long as we draw, paint, tell tall tales and wish upon stars. A swirling adventure flecked with shame, rehabilitation, death and rebirth, the movie contains a universe of feelings. But those readings are like cracking open a snow globe to see that it’s only water. Cultural theorists have, for decades, discussed Pinocchio in psychosexual terms or as a guide to middle-class assimilation. The takeaway is hard to argue with: Don’t lie, to yourself or others. (Pinocchio’s extending schnoz is animation’s most sinister and profound metaphor.) It’s staggering to think of this material as intended for children, but that’s the power here, a conduit to the churning undercurrent of formulating identity. Disney’s second feature – originally a box-office bomb – begins with a sweetly singing cricket, yet plunges into scenes from a nightmare: in front of a jeering audience on a carnival stage into the belly of a monstrous whale beyond all human recognition. Its influence on fantasy is massive: Steven Spielberg quotes the soaring ballad ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ in his dream project Close Encounters of the Third Kind (and remade the whole picture with his aching robot-boy adventure, A.I.). Pinocchio is the most magical of animated movies, a high point of cinematic invention. Heeīest quote: ‘Always let your conscience be your guide.’ĭefining moment: Playing pool, drinking beers, smoking cigars: Who knew it could transform kids into jackasses? (Literally.) □ The 50 best fantasy movies of all-timeĪ wooden puppet yearns to be a real boy he must prove himself worthy.ĭirectors: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson and T. □□ The 20 best anime movies of all-time Written by Trevor Johnston, David Ehrlich, Joshua Rothkoph, Tom Huddleston, Andy Kryza, Guy Lodge, Dave Calhoun, Keith Uhlich, Cath Clarke and Matthew Singer Take a look and massage your nostalgia receptors – and maybe find something mindblowing you’ve never seen before. Our list incorporates everything from Disney to Studio Ghibli, stop-motion nightmares to psychedelic headtrips, illustrated documentaries to however-the-hell you classify the work of maverick Jan Švankmajer. ![]() In composing this list, we polled Time Out writers and experts including Fantastic Mr Fox ’s Wes Anderson and Wallace and Gromit’s Nick Park, and the results show just how expansive the genre can be. On the contrary, the best animated movies work on multiple levels, for broad audiences. Of course, that doesn’t mean that animation is only a realm for children. Whether it’s a classic of Disney’s Golden Age, a more recent Pixar heart-tugger for the young’uns or something weirder that your parents thought was age-appropriate when they picked it off a video store shelf, most first cinematic loves are animated. And we’re going to bet that, in most cases, it starts with a cartoon. No matter how snooty and highfalutin their taste in movies gets, every cineaste has to start somewhere. 4/30/2023 0 Comments Shakthi soundar rajan![]() Late Actor Puneeth Rajkumar revealed in an Audio Launch of his project Natasarvabhouma in which the music was composed by D. His songs continued to enthrall music lovers. He recently won the Kalaimamani Award from the Tamilnadu Government and also The National Award for Best Music Direction in terms of Songs for Viswasam. Imman had also composed for not just Tamil but also in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi Movies. He later went on to compose for more movies. His breakthrough as a musician was Mynaa which was directed by Prabhu Solomon. D.Imman worked on movies that fit into B and C Grade. The movie starred Vijay who had become a star. Imman's 1st released film was Majith's film Tamizhan. Though the movie had not released, The movie discovered an audio launch. He was noticed by Kutti Padmini who gave him his chance as a composer for a film titled Kadhalae Swasam that starred Karthik in the lead role. ![]() He was born as a son of J.David Kirubakkara Dass who was a headmaster and would later serve as his manager and Manjula Dass who died on 2008. ![]() Imman started out as a composer for TV serials running in Sun TV. His next Film Naaigal Jaakirathai had Sibi Sathyaraj playing the lead role with music by Dharan Kumar.īorn on January 24th 1983 as Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran, D. This film had music by James Vasanthan who composed the album songs while the background score was by Sai Sreenivas Thaman. Shakthi got a start with Naanayam, a heist thriller in Tamil cinema that starred Prassana and Sibi Sathyaraj with S.P Balasubramanyam. Rahman as well as Gautham Vasudev Menon and Harris Jayaraj.īorn on March 10 1982, Shakthi served as an assistant to filmmaker Venkat Prabhu who was well known for making comedy thrillers. Shakthi Soundar Rajan and D.Imman are referred to as the next amazing collaborations of the late 2010s and early 2020s after the legendary combo of Mani Ratnam and his collaborations with Illaiyaraja and AR. Imman- An amazing Combo between an Urban filmmaker and the saravedi musician: 4/30/2023 0 Comments Wide complex ivcd![]() Any ST depression in V2 and V3 is posterior OMI un.A man in his 40s with epigastric pain and a dynami.See search here.Īnother case of Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia A Southeast Asian with Tachycardia and Hypotension after taking a dangerous herbal medication (Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia from Aconite Poisoning) Propofol has been reported as a treatment for VT caused by catecholamine surge. VT can be caused by catecholamine surge in an otherwise relatively healthy heartĤ. Stress cardiomyopathy can be caused by a catecholamine surge, which has many etiologies including Subarachnoid hemorrhageģ. In combination with elevated troponins (250 ng/mL - NOT high sensitivity), these findings were thought to be due to stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo).ġ. coronary vs noncoronary mechanisms-is unclear on this study). There is definite akinesis of the mid-lateral and basal anterior segments. Regional wall motion abnormality-anterior akinetic Regional wall motion abnormality-lateral akinetic Normal estimated left ventricular ejection fraction The estimated left ventricular ejection fraction is 59%. The patient was intubated for his mental status and additionally so that he could be put on a propofol infusion in order to blunt the catecholamine surge, after which the rhythm stabilized. SAH often causes a catecholamine burst and this can result in stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo), and/or ischemia, with associated VT. With the combination of headache after exertion, followed by sudden collapse with altered mental status, in a previously healthy patient, subarachnoid hemorrhage was strongly suspected. Smith's ECG Blog ) - among potential mechanisms for explaining variation between a limited number of QRS morphologies during VT include: i) A single VT circuit with more than a single exit site ii) More than a single VT circuit and/ or, iii) Shifting conduction properties that alter the activation sequence ( Liu & Josephson - Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 4:2-4, 2011 ). As in the case of pleomorphic VT that I presented ( in the Jpost in Dr. Pathway of VT reentry may vary - that at times part of the pathway mayĬontain one of the bundle branches - and I suspect that may be what is This to continue if this was bidirectional VT with 2 different Suspect this may reflect retrograde P waves - and I wouldn’t expect Vertical lines that I drew in V1, V4) that continues precisely on time! I This being bidirectional VT - is that there is a deflection ( RED The QRS is wide - and looks to be of ventricular etiology. 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Select the Tools menu Select Internet Options Select the Privacy tab then click Advanced To enable cookies, select Accept for both First-party Cookies and. 4/29/2023 0 Comments Rebook basketball shoes![]() The two struck up a deal that saw Paul walk away with the exclusive rights to licence and distribute the brand in North America. ![]() When Joe Foster travelled to Chicago in 1979 to attend the city’s NSGA (National Sporting Goods Association) Show, he met Paul, who, at the time, was an outdoor gear wholesaler. How did Reebok explode onto the footwear scene? The globalisation of the brand can be credited to a Brockton-born man named Paul Fireman. The two enjoyed a certain level of steady success for over two decades. From inception, Jeff took charge of the production side of the business whilst Joe was responsible for the marketing and sales aspects. Ergo, they decided to christen their company ‘Reebok’ instead, after flicking through a South African dictionary and discovering the Afrikaans word for a grey rhebok (a speedy species of antelope). A few years later, the brothers cut their teeth at the company before leaving to start their own venture in 1958.Īlthough they originally entitled their brand ‘Mercury Sports Footwear’, The Foster brothers ran into issues when attempting to register the brand name. When Joseph passed away in 1933, Joe and Jeff’s father Jim, along with their uncle Bill, took over the family business. From 1900 onwards, Joseph dedicated his life to creating running pumps for athletes (he was one of the first shoemakers to produce trainers featuring track spikes) and, during wartimes, boots for soldiers. The brand was officially established in Greater Manchester by brothers Joe and Jeff Foster – the grandsons of Joseph William Foster of J.W Foster and Sons. Like most popular footwear labels, Reebok comes from humble beginnings. So, whatever you require from a pair of trainers, we ask you, why look any further than Reebok? How was Reebok founded? Naturally, each silhouette is so meticulously made that it transcends its raison d’être - it’s not unusual for us to rock a pair of Reebok tennis shoes at a Sunday brunch, or utilise the technology of a trail running Reebok crep at the gym. For decades, the British sportswear label has provided us with dapper, dependable trainers for every activity and motive imaginable we’ve copped then rocked Reebok trainers specifically designed for tennis, CrossFit, hiking, basketball, trail running and more. He already had three J Wall shoes in his signature line with Reebok when he made the big leap to the Three Stripes.Reebok trainers have yet to let us down. Reebok him the face of Reebok in 2010 before he was even drafted. John Wall was with Reebok before he become a representative of Adidas. It proved to be a wise decision, as his well-received Shaq shoes are still making rounds in the market up to this day. ![]() ![]() A business-minded individual, he demanded creative control over all his commercials and perhaps even his basketball shoes, and he dreamed of trademarking his signature logo. Retired basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, or more famously known as Shaq, is also a Reebok athete. He signed with Reebok while in college, getting five million dollars a year for five years. BIG3 is a basketball league founded by Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz. In the present time, he is the captain and coach of BIG3 along with other former NBA basketball players. The On-Court Greats: NBA Stars and their Reebok basketball shoesīowing only to the famous Michael Jordan signature line, Allen Iverson’s line of Reebok Answer basketball shoes is the second all-time best. The company boasts materials and technologies that make their shoe models of the same league as the shoes produced by the formidable Swoosh and the steadily rising Under Armour. Reebok has several basketball signature lines such as the Answer, the J Wall, and the Shaq. The two huge companies united, but the two brands still continue to operate independently. In 2005, Reebok was acquired by the industry leader Adidas. Reebok was founded by Joe and Jeff Foster in 1895. 4/29/2023 0 Comments Bitwig studio parallel computingHowever, Bitwig’s creators started from scratch with the goal of creating a program that got out of your way so you could make music as painlessly as possible. With a couple key members of the eight-person Bitwig staff having worked at Ableton, and with much of the software’s look and feel noticeably reminiscent of Ableton Live, it’s reasonable to wonder: Is Bitwig Studio just a glorified Live clone? It takes some amount of substantial firsthand experience, but after a few solid days of straight Bitwigging, I can answer with a definitive “not quite.” Bitwig Studio with the Central Panel in Arrange view.Īll DAWs share an enormous amount of common characteristics and workflow conventions, and Bitwig Studio is the first one to successfully borrow heavily from Live’s Session & Arrangement view/clips & tracks/linear & non-linear composition paradigm. SPLITTIN’ ABLETON’S WIGSĪfter a couple of years of steady teasing, Bitwig Studio, the latest digital audio workstation (DAW) to hit the scene, is now for sale. It looks at Ableton Live and says “anything you can do, I can do better.” Aimed squarely at electronic music producers, performers, and sound designers, it’s a one-stop shop for production that helps you create your musical ideas fast. The Bottom Line: Bitwig Studio 1.0.5 storms out of the gate to immediately become a heavyweight contender in the crowded DAW space. The included sound material collection weighs in on the small side compared to many other DAWs. The Bad:Very limited MIDI controller support for users without one of the 18 natively supported controllers or Javascript skills for writing a controller API script. Well-rounded starter set of instruments, effects, and sound material. Accurate and simplified audio stretching. Great bouncing to audio and audio-slicing features. Unified Modulation System and incredibly powerful nested device chains. ![]() Eight mappable Macro controls per device. Integrated clip launcher and arrangement view. The Good: An intelligently flexible user interface built from the ground up for a speedy workflow, intuitiveness, and customization. Linux: Ubuntu 12.04 or later multi-core, 64-bit CPU 2 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) 5 GB free hard disk space. Mac: OS 10.7 or later multi-core, 64-bit CPU 2 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) 5 GB free hard disk space. Windows: Windows 7 or later, multi-core CPU, 2 GB RAM (8 GB recommended), 5 GB free hard disk space. Supported Audio Formats: WAV, MP3, Ogg, AAC, WMA, FLAC (audio export is WAV-only). But can it hang with the veterans of the industry? Is it just a re-designed Ableton Live copycat? We’ve sweated the details to let you know. The whole point is to unleash your musical creativity. ![]() This comprehensive music production and performance platform goes heavy on user-friendly workflow features and light on clutter. After much anticipation, Bitwig Studio, the DAW software that takes Ableton Live’s ball and runs with it, has arrived to reinvigorate your music-making life. |
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