In any event, I for one will now look at Celestron with a much more critical eye. Celestron has a long history of making quality products, especially the US made scopes (which include the SCTs they are famous for). Tasco has a reputation of making near fraudulent performance claims for many of their telescopes, and Tasco scopes are for the most part among the most cheaply made scopes available. ![]() I do not know the details of this merger but it is amazing to me that a company like Celestron would want to be even remotely associated with Tasco. For one, Tasco (a marketer of telescopes that are generally considered the bottom of the barrel) has acquired Celestron (a company that has a reputation for making some good to excellent telescopes). There have been some changes in the low end telescope market. This is actually the better way to go, the downside is that the cost of the diagonal is about $35, something that you would not have to get if quality. Orion has dropped this line of eyepieces, so the only path is to get what is known as a "hybrid diagonal" (described below) and some good quality 1.25" eyepieces. Below in this article you will see that magnification is one of the least important factors to consider when purchasing a telescope!Īlso: Previously, I had recommended Orion (as a source for good quality replacement eyepieces in the. Tasco continues to claim preposterous maximum magnifications for many of their scopes (Tasco does this because they know that most people equate magnification with the "power" of the scope). Many of the model numbers appear to be some combination of the lens (or mirror) diameter in millimeters, the focal length, and the maximum advertised magnification. ![]() Tasco markets a huge number of telescopes with all kinds of model numbers. Although the change to 1.25" eyepieces on some scopes is a step in the right direction, this alone is not enough to make Tasco a recommended brand (in my opinion). However, the eyepieces supplied are still of generally low quality. For example, some of them now come with 1.25" (diameter) eyepieces. Some of the Tasco models have shown signs of improvement recently. ![]() Tasco scopes continue to be marketed widely however. Tasco filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, and Celestron has been "bought back" by some of the founders of Celestron. Updated Amateur Astronomer's Notebook Tasco Telescopes: Why they are to be avoided (and how to fix them up)
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![]() The message seems to be that a single album wouldn’t be big enough to contain these musicians’ multitudes, which might seem self-aggrandizing if it weren’t mostly true. ![]() Each also expands the band’s sonic palette a bit beyond its antecedents, culminating in Dragon, an ambitious project that aims to document every facet of the band’s sound and songwriting. (2019), but each album offers some of those songs that seem open- tuned to a special frequency that the FCC (or the RIAA) set aside solely for Big Thief. I’ve worn out Masterpiece and Two Hands more than the moodier, more experimental Capacity (2017) or U.F.O.F. It’s less that the band got better over its first four albums than that the world caught on to how singular and self-possessed it was from the first song on. In that time, the group has gone from low-profile favorite of indie aficionados to headliner that sells out midsize venues and gets Grammy nominations, albeit without Grammy wins or close-to-top-line festival-poster placement. The group has both the chops and the stature to justify a really long play.ĭNWMIBIY-actually, let’s leave it at Dragon-is Big Thief’s fifth album, and review aggregators show a steady climb in critical acclaim from Masterpiece to the most recent release. Big Thief established itself as one of the most exciting and inventive acts in indie rock-and quite likely your favorite band’s favorite band, whether or not your favorite band is Big Thief-during a four-album run bookended by the aforementioned Masterpiece (2016) and Two Hands (2019). You also have to have the juice to sell a label (and an audience) on a plus-size musical marathon. You have to be deluded or firing on several cylinders to want to spread your wings wider than one record or compact disc allows. Regardless, it’s usually a sign of an artist who’s feeling themselves. You never know where an inaugural double album will slot into an artist’s discography, if it ever arrives-sometimes it’s a debut album, sometimes a 10th. It’s a sweeping, high-concept statement that sounds like an impromptu, private performance, and its range of instruments, musical styles, and production techniques suits its size, approximating the platonic ideal of a double album. But the extra time it took to map the many musical avenues of Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (not to mention memorize its name) was well worth it, because Big Thief’s biggest album also happens to be their most richly rewarding. Thus, it’s taken me almost a month to achieve a few familiarity milestones: the point where I recall the names and sequencing of songs the point where I can sort of sing and air drum along to intonation and instrumentation without necessarily knowing every word and most important, the point where the opening seconds of the next song start to tickle my brain during the closing seconds of the current song, creating an itch that gets scratched in satisfying, reassuring fashion as soon as the new number starts. ![]() The cumulative commitment amounts to 80 minutes, long enough that no matter when or where I try to carve out time to listen straight through, I’m inevitably interrupted somewhere on Side 4. The second hurdle is that it contains 20 tracks-only three of them longer than five minutes, granted, but only three of them shorter than three. The first hurdle is that more than one of its 20 tracks fall into mandatory-repeat territory. You can imagine, then, the trouble with listening to the latest release by Big Thief, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, a double album so expansive that even its title sounds overstuffed. Only then can I accept, with some regret, that I still need other songs in my life, starting with the one waiting patiently on the playlist for me to overplay its predecessor. If I hammer it hard enough into my brain, I can gradually demagnetize it until the hold it has on me loosens. The only way for me to push past “ Paul” to reach the rest of Masterpiece, or to escape the pull of “ Not” midway through Two Hands, is to listen to it too much. Much as you might want to follow instructions and dutifully stay seated with your ears inside the vehicle for the duration of the ride, there’s no choice but to back up, put the culprit on repeat, study the lyrics, marvel at a live version, and hopefully figure out how a song can simultaneously sound as if you were born knowing it and as if you’ve never heard anything like it before. The problem with listening to albums by Big Thief is that at some point between the first and last tracks, there always comes a song so arresting that it forces you to stop. ![]() Some of the most common acupuncture points used in treating lattice degeneration include: It also triggers spontaneous healing reactions in the body, boosting overall visual acuity, reducing sensitivity to light, reducing or eliminating eye floaters, and reducing blurred vision. By doing this, an acupuncturist manipulates the flow of Qi and thus restoring balance. It involves several Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) modalities, including acupuncture, Chinese herbs, supplements, and nutritional counseling.Īcupuncture, as one of the most widely used TCM practices, is a technique in which a practitioner stimulates specific points on the body by inserting fine, sterile needles through the skin. We will proudly present the individualized, natural treatments of eye thinning in this post. Also, some risk factors are associated with it, like myopia, Wagner, Marfan, and Stickler syndrome. The exact development of retinal thinning is not completely understood, but some research says it is linked to problems in blood flow to the eyes. The prevalence of lattice degeneration is at the peak level by the second decade of life. Lattice retinal degeneration is very common and occurs in about 6-8% of healthy individuals of both sexes. If not treated, retinal detachment can lead to permanent vision loss. It is often present in both eyes and can increase the risk of a more serious condition – retinal detachment. ![]() Lattice degeneration of the retina is characterized by straight or oval patches of thinned tissue that is sometimes accompanied by pigment clumps, usually in both eyes. The retina is a tissue on the back of the eye that is crucial for clear vision. Lattice degeneration is a form of retinal damage. Lattice Degeneration – Symptoms, Causes, and Proven Natural Treatments (Acupuncture, TCM and Herbs) ![]() Your go to for gaming Free UK Delivery Finance available. Sigma, you should have studied the blueprints closer There is only one ZeroZero, after destroying his copy The fake Zero is a copy of Zero that appeared briefly in Mega Man X2, where if X collected all three of Zeros parts from the X-Hunters, a Zero created by Sigma appears in the last stage, and Sigma tries to convince X that he is the real Zero. ![]() txt inside for the new locations of many RAM values used since most of the original Game Genie codes will no longer function due to some major structural changes. I was mostly thinking of the original Rockman X, where the copy protection was allegedly so touchy that they ended up having to add a bodge resistor to the cartridge to make it reliable, and Demon's Crest, where they made the game run normally for a while and then throw an invincible boss at you. Buy and Pre-Order Video Games, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PSN Gift Card, FIFA FUT. Mega Man X3 - Zero Project V4.6 (Base Mod) Hack of Mega Man X3 EDIT ENTRY EDIT CREDITS FLAG AS NONCOMPLIANT Share Tweet Description: Note: The project comes with a separate. There wasn't really any point if a copier went to the trouble of supplying Cx4 functions, correctly masking/mirroring SRAM would have been trivial by comparison. Zero can only be used for no more than 1/3 of a stage at a time and cannot fight any bosses excluding the miniboss in Dopplers second stage. It is the final X game (though not the final Mega Man game) to be released on the SNES. Press start and you will contact him to come assist. Mega Man X3 (known as Rockman X3 in Japan) is the third entry in the main X series, released in 1995-1996 on the SNES and ported to the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows at later dates. I doubt that the developers really put something more insidious into these games. On the pause menu, use the L and R triggers (or whatever you have them assigned to) and you will switch to an image of Zero. Yeah, as far as I remember (it's been about 20 years since I've seen it fail, after all.), the main copy protection in Cx4 games is that the Cx4 is gratuitously involved in basic functions like loading sprite data, similar to protection microcontrollers in arcade games. As for this case, only 2 games ever were made with Cx4 so it's not like we wouldn't find out very quickly if something was wrong. MottZilla wrote: ↑ Wed 2:56 amI'm not sure if any SNES games with coprocessor/enhancement chips also featured any sort of basic copy protections. But Swiss tourist shops often have a wall full of them and will very happily sell you a Cuckoo Clock with a Swiss flag on it. They come from just over the German border in the Black Forest. ![]() One side point is that Cuckoo Clocks are not Swiss in origin. I once took the train from St Moritz to Chur sitting near to a group of American tourists who spent the whole trip, passing through stunning mountain landscapes, staring at their phones deciding which watch to buy in duty-free at Zürich airport. The extent to which people take buying a watch whilst visiting here is often a little crazy. ![]() Every tourist shop sells at least a Swatch, watchshops/jewelers are everywhere, you can even buy watches in Jungfraujoch at 3446m. You will never be short of a chance to buy a watch (or chocolate, or an Army Knife). At major sites like Grindelwald First and Glacier 3000 you can do free platform walks sponsored by Tissot, likewise most cable car stations double as ugly high-altitude billboards. Geneva airport especially feels like a giant watch shop/advert. As soon as you enter the country there are adverts everywhere at the airport. In any case the image and association has certainly stuck and the watch companies market hard and do everything possible to push watches on you. I am sure there is plenty of room to argue over this, but that seems to be the general gist. See this article for a more indept version. Before WW1 whilst they did produce some very good work there were also other high quality industries in England and the USA amongst others, indeed it seems the Swiss were mass producers of poor quality watches too like the China of the time. It seems that the Swiss golden-age was only really for 20-30 years between WW2 and the Quartz Crisis. The whole watchmaking history gets a little over romanticised. Plenty of good watches are made elsewhere but the association with Switzerland really sticks in the popular mindset. So here is what I learned going from idiot to a state somewhere between liking watches and wondering how people spend so much money on things. As I tend to do I then got rather too involved and came out the other side knowing far too much. Wanting to get something nice without paying too much I decided to do my homework on the matter. I moved here knowing next to nothing about watches beyond a few obvious brand names (I had to google what Breitling was because I saw their fancy building in Grenchen so often). Having lived in Switzerland for a few years and owning everything Swiss but a watch (Army Knife, Aromat, Swiss Pass, Fondue caquelon, Raclette grill….), I decided to get one before they kicked me out for failing to integrate. I wonder if some of the things might tread on a few toes here, but is meant in good spirit or at least as tongue-in-cheek. Though I imagine many users on here know far more than me. I wrote this for /r/travel but thought it might be of some use or interest here.
![]() Hubs allow viewers to click through different Hulu shows. Its on-demand library makes it shine in the live TV market, where on-demand content is an afterthought and original series are rare. Hulu’s on-demand service is competitive with other platforms like Max and Netflix. ![]() In addition to its live TV content, Hulu + Live TV offers all of Hulu’s great on-demand content - including Hulu original series like “Only Murders in the Building” and Hulu original films like “Prey” - giving Hulu + Live TV a big advantage over the competition. That extra content moves Hulu + Live TV to the top of the pack when it comes to streaming services. What sets Hulu + Live TV apart from other livestreaming services is that it includes a dedicated library of on-demand content in its full-feature form. Like other live TV streaming services, Hulu + Live TV seems to take programs from recent TV broadcasts and make them available on an on-demand basis - albeit still in their edited-for-TV versions. 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How to Watch Hulu + Live TV: You can use Hulu + Live TV on most modern streaming devices - but which one works best? For ease of use and top-notch performance, our experts recommend Roku devices. On the next page, you can download the MP4 file or share it on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. When you’re finished editing the song and visual, select Export as MP4 when you bring up the drop-down menu options next to Export Video. If everything looks good, you are ready to export! Step Four: Export and Download as an MP4 File When you're finished arranging your videos, watch the clips to make sure they are playing correctly. Some Pexels videos will include audio, so if you want to mute the audio from the video, select it and move the Volume slider to zero. ![]() Try using the trim tool if you want the videos to match each beat of the song. You can arrange each clip by dragging them to the beginning, middle, or end of the song. Add a VideoĬreate a video with the SoundCloud song by uploading your own clips to the timeline or using the Plugins tool to search for free videos on Pexels. You can add some finishing touches such as the song title and artist by using the Text tool. On the right-hand side panel, you can change the style of the waveform, fill color, and size. Now click on the audio file in the timeline and select Convert to waveform. If you need to trim the song, click and drag the beginning or end of the audio file. If you would like to add a waveform to the new visual, the song must be 15 minutes or less. You can upload your own album cover art or search for an image using Plugins and search for free to use photos in Unsplash or Pexels. It's a great way to share snippets of your song leading up to the day that you release it. If you’re an artist on SoundCloud, one way to showcase your songs on Instagram or Facebook is to add album cover art and the song in one video. There are a few ways that you can use the converted SoundCloud song: 1) adding an engaging album cover or 2) adding a video. If you don’t add any visuals to the blank canvas and want to export and download as an MP4, Kapwing will save it as a blank video. Step Three: Add Images, Videos, or Waveforms However if you create a free account, you can upload a file that is longer than 7 minutes. If you don’t have an account in Kapwing, you are able to upload files up to 7 minutes long. In your browser, head over to the Kapwing Studio and paste the SoundCloud song link in the box next to the upload button. ![]() Kapwing is a free online collaborative platform where you can edit video, photo, and audio files. Step Two: Open Kapwing and Paste the Song Link Once you have found a track that you would like to convert, copy the link in the address bar. You can search for a song and artist or you can view some of the trending tracks located below the search bar. SoundCloud offers a variety of music that you can browse right in the home feed. Step One: Go to SoundCloud and Copy the Song Link Add Images, Videos, or Waveforms: Add an Engaging Album Cover or Add a Video.Go to SoundCloud and Copy the Song Link.Here’s how you can convert SoundCloud songs to MP4 files with Kapwing in four steps: MP4 files, otherwise known as the MPEG-4 video file format, are the most popular container format for videos on the internet. If you’re a SoundCloud artist or an avid listener, then you may have wondered how you could convert those songs to MP4 files. SoundCloud is home to a large community of rappers, singers, DJs, bands, and podcasters. ![]() If you want to convert SoundCloud songs to MP4 files to use in videos, follow this tutorial. ![]() SoundCloud is home to a large community of artists. ![]() The following table gives example values for channelId and channelUri and what they mean. The -channelUri is otherwise known as the update channel or the source location of updates. Using the latest installer, it's possible to configure where Visual Studio looks for updates. add -includeRecommended -nickname VSforNode Install a second instance of Visual Studio Professional using a nickname on a machine with Visual Studio Community edition already installed, with support for Node.js development: vs_professional.exe -installPath C:\VSforNode ^ Start an interactive installation of all workloads and components that are available in the Visual Studio Enterprise edition: vs_enterprise.exe -all More layout creation examples can be found on the Create a network installation of Visual Studio page. Using -layout to create a network layout or a local cacheĬreate a layout that includes only the Visual Studio core editor (the most minimal Visual Studio configuration) and the English language pack. The -PassThru parameter is used by Start-Process to use the installer's exit code for its return value. The first -wait is used by the Visual Studio bootstrapper, and the second -Wait is used by 'Start-Process' to wait for completion.$startInfo.Arguments = "-all -quiet -wait" $startInfo.FileName = "vs_enterprise.exe" The following command is an example of using -wait with the PowerShell script command Start-Process: $process = Start-Process -FilePath vs_enterprise.exe -ArgumentList "-installPath", "C:\VS", "-passive", "-wait" -Wait -PassThru start /wait vs_professional.exe -installPath "C:\VS" -passive -wait > nul The -wait parameter is only supported by the bootstrapper. Some command utilities require other parameters to wait for completion and to get the installer's return value. ![]() For batch files, an %ERRORLEVEL% environment variable contains the return value of the command, as documented in the Use command-line parameters to install Visual Studio page. ![]()
The best environment for breeding cockatoos is accomplished in an aviary. It is best to have several young birds together and let them pair naturally. Establishing any harmonious cockatoo pair can be difficult. Pet cockatoos have a very difficult time getting used to a mate so are very hard to use for attempts at breeding. Some basics for breeding cockatoos include: The best success in breeding cockatoos in captivity started with the greater sulphur-crested, lesser sulphur-crested, and the rose-breasted cockatoos, though several others are now also being breed successfully. Breeding/Reproductionīecause the cockatoos are threatened with extinction, successful breeding is helping to preserve the species and reduce the number of wild caught birds.īreeding cockatoos can be difficult and it is in not recommended for a beginner. The Rose-breasted Cockatoo should be fed a less oily diet (sunflower seeds and other oily seeds) than other cockatoos since they can develop fatty tumors known as lipomas. They eat a variety of seeds, nuts, fruits, and commercial pellets, as well as the same nutritional foods humans eat. ![]() Many birds can spend most of their time on a play pen or parrot perch. Care and feeding of Goffin’s Cockatoo For SaleĪ cage of at least 20″ x 20″ is required unless the bird is to be let out for extended periods. Acrobatic tricks often become second nature to them. They will hop straight up and down and love to dance. ![]() ![]() Goffin’s Cockatoo For Sale, the Tanimbar corella ( Cacatua goffiniana) also known as Goffin’s cockatoo or the blushing cockatoo often have the peculiar habit of putting things on their backs, or tossing them over their heads. As in any business, real estate experts will want to look at: ![]() Real estate professionals, in particular, may face specific and unique challenges with revenue projection. Are you running a lean organization? Do you need to scale up to manage more clients and sales? Headcount per client – The number of people in your company can directly affect your profit margins and revenue projection. Operating profit margin – Subtract your total operating expenses from total revenue to determine your operating profit margin. You can make aggressive or conservative projections that can change your gross margin projections dramatically. Watch out for discrepancies over different periods of time. Gross margin – Review historical data and income statements, including accounts receivable, to calculate the difference between operating expenses plus direct costs, and total revenue to see your gross margin. Consider several key financial ratios to create more accurate revenue projections: Inaccuracies may also skew projections in your cash flow statement. It can be hard to be objective about the likelihood of deals in a sales funnel closing within a specific period of time. It is a function of financial statements, historical data, operating expenses, and profit margins.Īccurate financial projections, in both cases, depending on how well your sales team estimates its success. On the other hand, revenue projections relate directly to the revenue a business expects to bring over a period of time. Business owners or sales managers may use a sales forecast template to help the sales team set realistic goals and make adjustments if it looks like monthly sales goals won’t be met. These figures may be based on the cost of goods sold and gross profit without considering operating expenses.īusinesses may use sales forecasting to predict their company’s monthly sales and expected growth rate. Revenue projection differs from sales forecasting because sales forecasting relates specifically to sales of specific products or services over a period of time. Let’s explore some free revenue projection template tools as well as various ways of forecasting revenue in different industries. ![]() Considering introducing new products or servicesĪs with any financial planning, your revenue projection is only as accurate as the tools you use and the data you enter.Completing business planning for an upcoming financial quarter.Accurate revenue projections can assist business owners who are: Projecting business revenue can help business owners know what to expect in the months ahead. Accurate revenue projections matter because they help indicate the estimated income your company may expect to receive over a specific timeframe. Your balance sheet serves as a starting point for revenue projection and other financial projections. Revenue projection, sales projection, burn rate, and your cash flow statement represent data that can give you a clear idea of how well your business is doing now and how well you can expect to do in the future. The files can be downloaded from the Google Drive and used with Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers.Financial projections play an essential role in the success of any large, medium, or small business. Simply drop your numbers into the blank cells and the formulas auto-calculate for you. The Financial Topline Tracker worksheet will help you track your financial results throughout the year, in a simplified one-pager snapshot.īoth worksheets are editable “plug & play” Google Sheets. Revenue Projection - This financial forecast spreadsheet helps you develop a monthly & annual forecast of how money will flow INTO your business by product, service, or clientĮxpense Projection - This financial projection template helps you create a monthly & annual forecast of how money will flow OUT of your business, including total operating expenses and expenses by categoryįinancial Goals - A snapshot of your financial targets, ranging from “minimally acceptable” to the “big hairy audacious goal” The Financial Annual Projection worksheet will help you develop an educated & informed forecast for how money will move through your business this year. These financial forecasting templates will help you develop an understanding of your cash flow, which empowers you to make better decisions for your business. No more hiding your head in the sand and hoping for the best! If you want to build a wildly successful and sustainable business, you have to know your numbers. 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