Dynamic HDR Cubemaps to ensure proper lighting across the whole level ![]() Speedcameras unlocking, with personal bests, conditions and progress tracking Reverb and slap delay sounds in tunnels Full traffic support with more than 200 kilometers of ai roads A lot of PBR materials made from scratch or with the help of an AI Full night and weather condition support with emissive materials and lights across whole level loading dynamically as you drive LOD system making this big map work smooth even on integrated GPUs by loading much less assets at the same time in comparison to other ports Oh well, ok, This is the Shuto Expressway around Tokyo, Kawasaki, and Yokohama, about 100 kilometers of japanese highway to explore. Want to get the most out of extended physics on your server?ġ.First and for most: I did not made any of the assets in this map, all of them were converted by NFM from the Xentax forum to assetto corsa. "ACDC | AiO.Street #XX" will be the server listings. I have 17 up now if you'd like to test them there. Servers w/ extended physics enabled will show these cars at the highest ability. Moving Camber and Toe to the Suspension Screen so you won't have to switchīack and forth when you change ride heights.) "Extended physics can enhance the realism and immersion of Assetto Corsa on both dry and wet tracks, but they require more attention and adaptation from the driver."Īll New Setup Menu Condensed to Facilitate Easier Tuning process. (Install Into Documents\Assetto Corsa\setups) ~Setups For Each Car Pack Default Setup Included ~ Upgraded Every Car Pack To EXTENDED Physics Download it today and get ready to drift! Don't miss this opportunity to try the new car pack for Assetto Corsa, and join the growing community of fans who are enjoying the best drifting simulator ever. Whether you are a casual drifter or a hardcore enthusiast, this car pack has something for you. You can also choose from a range of engine options, from 200 to 1500 horsepower, and unleash the full potential of your car. Plus, these cars have the new body and frame flex feature, which adds more realism and immersion to your drifting experience. ![]() You can customize your car with 20 different tire options and 10 physics options, and feel the difference in handling, performance, and drift angles. They also use extended physics, which means they have realistic and dynamic behavior on both dry and wet tracks. These cars are not from any existing packs, but they are retextured with stunning graphics and details. Prepare to experience the ultimate thrill of drifting in Assetto Corsa with the new AiO.Street car pack, With Focus on Bringing the Drift Communities from Every Carpack together for Doors and Competition.įeaturing custom cars that will make you slide sideways with style. Think You Are The Best Drifter in Assetto? Well Now You Can Prove It! They Will Appear under Generic In Setup Screen Install Into Documents\Assetto Corsa\setups. Setups For Each Car Pack Default Setup Included. | Pod's | DCGP | Tsujigiri | CNDS | D1GP | Redid Powercurve and Boost Profiles to Facilitate High HP Launches Small Size Patch Updates (If Installed Before 12.27.23).
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![]() Granser, the speaker, portrays the spread of the plague as quickly moving from major city to major city. “And on the same day, it was made public that London, the greatest city in the world, next to Chicago, had been secretly fighting the plague for two weeks and censoring the news despatches-that is, not permitting the word to go forth to the rest of the world that London had the plague.”Įx. “Within twenty-four hours came the report of the first case in Chicago.”Įx. How does Granser (the speaker) portray the spread of the plague?Įx. ![]() Then, write at least 2 sentences explaining how the evidence could be used to answer the question. Here is an example of a citing evidence activity for an excerpt from Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague!ĭirections: Write down 2 pieces of evidence from Passage 1 (excerpt from The Scarlet Plague) that support the answer to each question. The longest is not always correct, nor should it be assumed that it is more valid because it is long. Then, for the second activity (like a quiz or state test), students have a choice of five phrases. You will see that students are asked to locate the evidence and underline the phrases for the first activity. Look at the 2 examples below for how to provide and how to cite textual evidence. Cite the evidence by embedding a quote and referencing the source for a written response.Locate the specific word, phrase, or sentence that answers the question/supports your response.Reread the passage go back to the text!.Simply put, we need to teach our students how to cite textual evidence almost every time we want them to use evidence… How to Cite Textual Evidence in 3 Steps: Instead, we want concise evidence directly from the passage. Too often, we as teachers get either incredibly general details or we get super long paragraphs in quotation marks. Substantiate your claim and move on!ĭirect textual evidence includes words, phrases, sentences, or even paragraphs from a passage. This use of evidence is good practice for the real world, where most people appreciate brevity. When we cite, we may only need one, two, or ten words to prove our point. We know this practice is not the best, so we need to teach our students to only use the detail, word, phrase, or sentence that is essential. We have all tried to extend our papers with evidence. Because of this requirement, I was tempted to use a longer sentence or even a full paragraph in a paper. I don’t know about you, but in college, I had a ton of professors who had a word or page limit. Essential: We only need to cite the evidence that is the most essential.As teachers, we can help our students become critical thinkers who know the facts and the actual research! Specificity is necessary when teaching our kids how to cite textual evidence! People are lazy and/or uninformed, and instead of doing the hard work of researching, we are content to know generalities. The textual evidence might still be relevant and related, yet it might not be specific enough to connect to the student’s response. Specific: Sometimes, the evidence is vague. ![]() Students need to practice rereading, skimming, and annotating, so they can locate the best and most relevant textual support. And the toughest part is the time it takes to find the best support. If there is better evidence, then students need to learn to choose the BEST evidence possible. ![]()
![]() Perhaps what most sets off Stone Eaters from other fictional races is that they are not working towards the same goal. The nuances of human behavior in what appears to be a nonhuman race keep the Stone Eaters grounded where they easily could have been viewed mythologically. This was corroborated when Alabaster says, “they’re people too Essun … They need things, want things, feel things, same way we do”. ![]() Hoa reaching out for Essun’s hand and Antimony singing to Alabaster and holding him upright provide these small humane actions that largely frame the way I view them. I couldn’t view Stone Eaters as mythological creatures because I unknowingly was viewing them as another group of humans that we just didn’t know a lot about. Hoa is the one we get to know the best and his childlike appearance and seeming affection towards Essun suggests that there is something human in him. There is no pack of Stone Eaters going around hunting, nor is there a community of them that we come across in the first book. What is most important, however, is that the Stone Eaters we initially meet are always by themselves. They are usually in the periphery of the main events so that it is hard to ever form a full understanding of how they should be viewed. With a clean slate, there isn’t enough known to give a strong first impression as to what Stone Eaters are and they are not enough of a constant presence to frame a full picture in my head. The lack of familiarity is the first thing that separates Stone Eaters from these other races. If elves represent a desire for humanity that can’t be reached, orcs represent the corruption of this impossibility.Īfter reflecting on why I view elves and orcs the way that I do, it became very apparent why I didn’t associate Stone Eaters with these other fictional beings. Since elves are inhuman because of what they represent, orcs are inherently inhuman because they represent the opposite of that. One of the only bits of information that is given about them is that they originated as elves before they turned evil. Their familiarity sets them apart from Stone Eaters because enough is seen to label them simply as monsters. However, due to their common presence in the story, there is not a lot of mystery surrounding the orcs. Always presented as an obstacle on a greater journey, there is not a lot of room to flesh them out as a race. What makes the orcs similar to the Stone Eaters is that not a lot is personally known about their society. Using Lord of the Rings again, the orcs are the common villain that the heroes face off against. The only other way they could be viewed mythologically is if they are seen as monsters. The Stone Eaters lack any attached preconceptions and not enough is known about them to fully separate them from humanity. They aren’t human simply because they don’t act as humans would, giving them a mythological aura as a group that could never be real in our world. This is what gives the elves a mythological status even before my preconceptions were formed. The elves usually agree as a collective, they don’t betray one another, they don’t feel greed, etc. By presenting a view of humanity we wish we could reach, many of the true qualities of humankind are lost. As an ideal mold for humankind, however, they become something wholly unhuman when I look at them. They serve to be what humans ideally want to be: immortal, free of temptation, skilled fighters, wise, and magical. Many of these preconceptions stem from Lord of the Rings so it is those elves in particular that I usually think of. As Jemisin says, “ mythological creatures cash in on existing cultural capital” meaning that when an elf appears on a page, I have preconceptions about how they should act. Initially, this had to do with the fact that little information was given about what Stone Eaters are. I never equated the Stone Eaters to other fictional races like elves, orcs, or any other fantasy races that frequently appear in novels. Now it’s clear to me that I saw them the way Jemisin was hoping, as humans, even if I continued to be wary of their motivations. While I didn’t see the Stone Eaters as mythological, I didn’t know what category to put them in. It was only when we read a post by Jemisin where she said “ the stone eaters aren’t ‘mythological’” that I finally confronted why I wasn’t sure of how to view them. In hindsight, it’s clear that Jemisin deliberately wanted to keep me as uncertain as I was in the beginning as the story progressed and I still did not have a satisfying view of what they were and what they were doing. During most of The Fifth Season, I wasn’t sure what to make of the Stone Eaters. What's more, with Google the ultimate arbiter of good and bad ads, the search giant may be seen as wielding too much power – more so than it does now – in the online advertising game. However, there's sure to be push back as publishers rely on ad revenue in order to display their content for free. It's no surprise Google is introducing this ad "filter" as it ensures some ads are served up to users rather than no ads at all. ![]() The best free ad blocker roundup has been won by AdBlock Plus. Supported Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Edge (Beta), Opera, Maxthon, Yandex. Transactions will be completed through another new tool called Google Contributor.įunding Choices is already available in North America, the UK, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, Ramaswamy said, with a roll out in more countries planned for later this year. The Best Ad Blockers of 2023 for Chrome, Safari, IE, etc. Users will have the option to either allow ads or make a payment to bypass all ads. This lets publishers post a customized message to users coming to their site with an ad blocker turned on. Google provides examples with screenshots and videos of annoying ad experiences as well as a best practices guide for what constitutes acceptable ads.Īnother tool Google introduced is called Funding Choices. The company has published an Ad Experience Report to help website owners identify whether ads they serve violate the Better Ads Standards. Google is also providing resources for publishers so they don't suddenly lose all their advertising (and associated revenue). Google is treating the new tool more like a filter than a proper ad blocker, the Wall Street Journal says. ![]() The publication reports ad blocking will be on by default, and will stop all ads from appearing on websites that have too many that result in a negative user experience. Google is giving publishers at least half a year to ready themselves for the ad blocker tool roll out, according to sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal. ![]() ![]() Originally posted by BeneathThePlass:There's nothing wrong with wanting a way to disable the shark. Would getting ore and rare peices of crafting materials underwater be just as worth it and rewarding without some form of resistance in the way? I still have to pay attention, and sometimes it gets one too many annoying bites in and ends a diving trip early (requiring me to swim back to the raft), but otherwise it is another thing in the background.Ī thing that is filling up a chest with shark heads, and gives a heck of a lot of food.Īs cliché as it sounds, it is the journey, not the destination, that is the important part. Heck, reading the above could kill the fun of figuring it out yourself.Īfter 24 hours of casual play, I've gotten to the point where the shark isn't that stressful. Fighting the shark isn't at some Dark Souls level of difficulty here. Really, the shark is pretty simplistic and rather forgiving for something that is assumed to be out to kill you. A pretty nice, and somewhat spoiler resist, way of saying "git gud". The bigger enemy ended up being my ignorance of how to find various materials, but I overcame that as well. After I figured out how to joust the shark in the water, the game became immediately less difficult. So besides playing in creative, in survival there are ever-present dangers that you must avoid. The shark is sort of a "tension-mule" until the game gets finished. Before long, you'll be diving even with an active shark around. The only time it can hit you this way is when it slams into you due to dying. When the shark charges at you, simply attack it the same moment it opens it's mouth. ![]() If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. 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The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. ![]() Download the zip file titled "Basemental-Alcohol-5.0.zip".It is however recommended that you turn off her drunk effects if you use Slice of Life to avoid getting double drunk effects. You can buy these traits through the rewards store.Īs of version 4.1 this mod no longer conflicts with KawaiiStacie’s Slice of Life mod. If your Sim is not under the influence while the buff is active, he or she might get a lot of negative debuffs until he or she drinks more alcohol.Īs of version 4.1 tolerance traits has been implemented to the mod. This buff lasts for 5 days and is refreshed every time your Sim drinks more alcohol. Sims who keeps on drinking a bunch of alcohol might end up with an "Addicted to Alcohol" debuff. ![]() What this does is change all the juice names to real drink names. I have however tried to stay clear of brand names and also tried to stay true to the Sims lore.Īs an example McDillian's Single Nect is most likely based on Macallan Single Malt, so with this package it is called McDilian's Single Malt.Įxample #2 The drink Ridgeport is most likely based on a Manhattan, Bridgeport is a town in Sims 3, so the name is changed to Bridgeport. The mod also comes with this optional package (if you do not wish to have it installed, simply delete it from your Mods folder). This feature was bugged and is fixed again in version 5.0 This might end up in a relationship loss between your Sim and the recipient of the text or it might end up in them inviting you over for a party. The reply your Sim will get in return depends on the additional buffs your Sim has from being drunk. If your Sim is drunk or wasted he or she can click on the phone and send a drunk text. It costs 1500 Simoleons and will appear in your Sims inventory after purchase. To purchase a Fake-ID, click any computer in game and order it through the "Order" menu. Teens may also get drunk, but if your Teen Sim tries to get drunk on a lot with the Bouncer Trait on it, the Bouncer will ask for ID. If your Sim has the hot-headed trait this ordeal might end up in a fight. If your Sim gets wasted on a lot with a bouncer on it the bouncer might notice and tell your Sim to leave the premises. This will make a randomly generated townie appear on the lot to make sure everyone is behaving. You can add a Bouncer Lot Trait to any nightclub or bar venue. The drunker he or she was, the heavier the hangover. Your Sim will get hangovers the day after drinking. Your Sim will also get a few random additional buffs and moodlets dependant on how drunk your Sim is. The effects will be declining eventually if your Sim stops drinking. This is a gradual thing where the Sims will become more drunk the more they drink. Order drinks from bars like you normally would. Type in “bma_cheats” to access the cheat list. It can however be unblocked through cheats (if you think double drunk buffs is a swell idea, for some reason). It doesn’t matter if you remove her Alcohol system or not, it will be blocked (to prevent you having double drunk buffs, but still be able to play with Stacie's mod). As of version 5.0 this mod blocks KawaiiStacie’s Slice of Life drunk buffs. ![]() When evaluating Windows antivirus utilities for malware protection, I rely on a wide range of testing apps that I've coded and refined over the years. That’s not a big loss, as it’s a snap to drag the USB icon onto Avira for scanning. You can turn off the Real-time Protection system, but don’t do that! USB protection, meaning automatic scanning of any mounted USB drive, is unavailable unless you upgrade to the feature-complete cross-platform Avira Prime suite. You can adjust those schedules, or schedule additional scans, quick or full, on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.Ĭlicking Protection Options in the left-rail menu brings up a very simple page with two options: Real-time Protection and USB Protection. Out of the box, Avira schedules a weekly quick scan and a bi-weekly Smart Scan. On the MacBook Air I use for testing, a quick scan finished in less than a half-minute, and the full scan took 52 minutes, slightly longer than the current average of 41 minutes. However, Avira also offers Avira Free Security to Windows users, with significantly more features, so there’s really no reason to use the free plain antivirus on Windows. Note that this program is also available for free on Windows. Like AVG AntiVirus for Mac and Avast, it's totally free. As for Avira, you don’t have to pay one red cent. The most common pricing plan among products we've reviewed is $39.99 per year for one license and $59.99 for three. Norton goes way beyond the features offered by a simple antivirus utility. At the high end, Intego Mac Internet Security X9 lists at $99.99 per year to protect three Macs, and Norton 360 Deluxe for Mac asks $104.99 per year for five cross-platform licenses. There's a big range of prices for Mac-based antivirus support. Just as in the Windows edition, the rest of the window features oversized icons representing Security, Privacy, and Performance, with a button to run what Avira calls a Smart scan. ![]() But where the Windows product just has Status, Security, Privacy, and Performance down the left side, the macOS edition adds two or three submenu items below each. The main window features a simple menu down the left, like Avira Free Security. Avira Free Antivirus for Mac doesn't cost a thing, and it earns excellent scores in tests by the independent labs.Ī redesign a few years ago brought the macOS product closer in appearance to the Windows version. It’s not so bad, though, as you can get effective protection for free. Much as you may not like to hear it, you need antivirus protection on your macOS devices. Macs get hit by malware, even ransomware. It’s true that macOS is better secured and doesn’t have quite as many users, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to attacks. Malware coders love Windows and Android because both have a big user base and imperfect security. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Software. ![]() The YA-10 had an additional fly-off in 1974 against the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D Corsair II, the principal Air Force attack aircraft at the time, in order to prove the need to purchase a new attack aircraft. General Electric was selected to build the GAU-8 cannon in June 1973. After trials and a fly-off against the YA-9A, the Air Force announced its selection of Fairchild-Republic's YA-10A on 18 January 1973 for production. The YA-10A was built in Hagerstown, Maryland and first flew on. General Electric and Philco-Ford were selected to build and test GAU-8 cannon prototypes. Six companies submitted aircraft proposals to the USAF, with Northrop and Fairchild Republic selected to build prototypes: the YA-9A and YA-10A, respectively. ĭuring this time, a separate RFP was released for A-X's 30 mm cannon with requirements for a high rate of fire (4,000 round/minute) and a high muzzle velocity. The A-X would be the first Air Force aircraft designed exclusively for close air support. The RFP also specified an aircraft with a maximum speed of 460 mph (400 kn 740 km/h), takeoff distance of 4,000 feet (1,200 m), external load of 16,000 pounds (7,300 kg), 285-mile (460 km) mission radius, and a unit cost of US$1.4 million. Now included in the requirements was that the aircraft would be designed specifically for the 30 mm cannon. The threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious. In May 1970, the USAF issued a modified and much more detailed request for proposals (RFP) for the aircraft. Sprey required that the biography of World War II attack pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel be read by people on the A-X program. The specifications also demanded that each aircraft cost less than $3 million. Sprey's discussions with A-1 Skyraider pilots operating in Vietnam and analysis of the effectiveness of current aircraft used in the role indicated the ideal aircraft should have long loiter time, low-speed maneuverability, massive cannon firepower, and extreme survivability an aircraft that had the best elements of the Ilyushin Il-2, Henschel Hs 129, and Skyraider. However, his initial involvement was kept secret because of Sprey's earlier controversial involvement in the F-X project. In 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force asked Pierre Sprey to write the detailed specifications for the proposed A-X project. The objective was to create a design study for a low-cost attack aircraft. On 6 March 1967, the Air Force released a request for information to 21 defense contractors for the A-X. In 1966, the USAF formed the Attack Experimental (A-X) program office. The effective, but aging, A-1 Skyraider was the USAF's primary close air support aircraft. Fast jets such as the F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief and F-4 Phantom II proved for the most part to be ineffective for close air support because their high speed did not allow pilots enough time to get an accurate fix on ground targets and they lacked sufficient loiter time. ![]() ![]() In addition, the UH-1 Iroquois and AH-1 Cobra helicopters of the day, which USAF commanders had said should handle close air support, were ill-suited for use against armor, carrying only anti-personnel machine guns and unguided rockets meant for soft targets. In the Vietnam War, large numbers of ground-attack aircraft were shot down by small arms, surface-to-air missiles, and low-level anti-aircraft gunfire, prompting the development of an aircraft better able to survive such weapons. Air Force did not take close air support (CAS) seriously prompted a few service members to seek a specialized attack aircraft. With a variety of upgrades and wing replacements, the A-10's service life has been extended to 2040.Ĭriticism that the U.S. Aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10. It also has a secondary mission, where it provides airborne forward air control, directing other aircraft in attacks on ground targets. The A-10 is more commonly known by its nicknames "Warthog" or "Hog". The A-10's official name comes from the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II, a fighter that was particularly effective at close air support. The A-10's airframe was designed for survivability, with protective measures such as 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of armor to enable the aircraft to continue flying after taking significant damage. ![]() The A-10 was designed around the GAU-8 Avenger, a rotary cannon that is the airplane's primary armament and the heaviest such cannon mounted on an aircraft. The only United States Air Force aircraft designed solely for close air support of ground forces, the A-10 was built to attack tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets with limited air defenses. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. Honolulu has the most regular direct flights from continental America, making it the most accessible island (and often, the cheapest). Oahu is the most inhabited of the Hawaiian Islands, although it isn’t the largest. On the island of Oahu, there are all three. Oahu means “the Gathering Place.”Most people associate Hawaii with Waikiki Beach, the North Shore, and Honolulu. The best family-friendly resorts on big island are In every section, there are lots to select from, and the rates are affordable. If you are on a budget and want to visit The Big Island, staying in a family-friendly Airbnb is among your best options. Your family will need to rent a four-wheel-drive vehicle to travel around various sites. Given that this island is almost twice as big as all the others combined, it will have its own unique set of challenges. There are some excellent natural spots close to Hilo that you may visit while visiting there.Īdditionally, Akaka Falls State Park, Rainbow Falls, Boiling Pots, and Wailuku River State Park are also worth visiting. ![]() The most convenient areas to stay with family are Hilo, the capital, and Kona, one of the two largest cities. If you are world schooling and seeking educational opportunities, this is the most fabulous Hawaiian island to visit with kids. Choose from black, white, or green sand beaches and begin your adventure on the first day.Ĭhildren aged five to twelve can earn a Junior Ranger badge while learning about these intriguing locations’ history, culture, and natural history. ![]() There are a variety of beautiful beaches in this area.
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