![]() A common cause of thermal pollution is the use of water as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers.Ĭontrol of water pollution requires appropriate infrastructure and management plans as well as legislation. Heat can also be a pollutant, and this is called thermal pollution. ![]() Contaminants may include organic and inorganic substances. Pollution may take the form of toxic substances (e.g., oil, metals, plastics, pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, industrial waste products), stressful conditions (e.g., changes of pH, hypoxia or anoxia, increased temperatures, excessive turbidity, unpleasant taste or odor, and changes of salinity), or pathogenic organisms. Pollution is the result of the cumulative effect over time. Non-point sources are more diffuse, such as agricultural runoff. Point sources have one identifiable cause, such as a storm drain, a wastewater treatment plant or an oil spill. Sources of water pollution are either point sources or non-point sources. Water pollution reduces the ability of the body of water to provide the ecosystem services (such as drinking water) that it would otherwise provide. Water pollution can also lead to water-borne diseases for people using polluted water for drinking, bathing, washing or irrigation. For example, releasing inadequately treated wastewater into natural waters can lead to degradation of these aquatic ecosystems. It can be grouped into surface water pollution (either fresh water pollution or marine pollution) or groundwater pollution. Water pollution can be attributed to one of four sources: sewage discharges, industrial activities, agricultural activities, and urban runoff including stormwater. Water pollution results when contaminants are introduced into these water bodies. : 6 Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, so that it negatively affects its uses.
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![]() Sometimes, if you play with a guitar player or a bass player, they have the ability to bring it down very quiet, the dynamics. They can get sounds out of it that are just. Also, with improvising, with free improvising, drummers that really interest me are ones who can do things without really having to strike the drums in a traditional way. When I sit down, I really do love to play the drums, just I like the idea of making music. I like that more and so the drums… I don’t know… I wish sometimes that I could play piano better. No, no, no, you have to pay attention, ‘cause there’s things that you need to do while the band is happening or that could happen so that we’re all participating all the time. That instead of being soloists obviously there’s always a solo, that is one of the big parts of jazz music, but like with the quartet, with People, Places and Things, I never wanted the band to be where one guy takes a solo while another guy goes over there and stands and waits. And I also think that way for jazz and improvising. I really like the idea of having a unit, a team. And so it kind of worked with my personality, too, and the way that I think about things. They were like, “ no, you serve a function, you keep time, you support the rest of the band”. When I finally started to take real lessons, people didn’t teach me that way. I just wanted to play in the music and share in it, you can hear it in most of the records on which I play. I like being part of the band instead of being the focal point. Had I started with nothing I’d probably be playing keyboards or something else, but I just had drums already so I didn’t have to buy an instrument (laughter) If you listen to the music that I make for my bands, I don’t solo very often and so the music is not “drummer’s music”. So, why I really played the drums was because when I went to the University and I met people who were really into music, some of them were really good musicians and we shared some musical interests like jazz and blues records and some rock records and stuff like that and I thought, “ I want to play! And you know what? I have these drums. I thought for a second, “ Oh, it would be great to be a DJ, or be in a hip-hop group”, or whatever. Sometimes, every three or four months, I’d play a little drums for a couple of days. And then, like most teenagers, you’re thinking about driving cars and playing sports and it was just another thing that I had. Very much into country music, like Waylon Jennings, like Willie Nelson. ![]() Finally when I was going to high school, you know, you have a celebration and people give you money, so I had this money and they couldn’t stop me from buying a drum set! I took a few lessons and kind of knew how to do some things and my older brother is a musician who played guitar and my grandfather was very much into music. Maybe they’d give me a little toy drum here and there, but I really wanted a drum set and they were like, “ No”. I think I was watching the Muppets Show, and Buddy Rich was on it… and so that’s how I think I discovered I was into drums! And then, I was always telling my parents, “ I want to play drums, I want to play drums”. One, this is like the typical answer for people: when I was young, I became fascinated with the drums. Jason Roebke + Mike Reed Ziga Koritnik©2010įrancis Hofstein: So, straight on, why are you a drummer? Interviewed by Alexandre Pierrepont and Francis Hofstein M-Audio has some 4x4 interfaces, as well. I purchased, then returned that unit last year as the clockworks software would not work with Mac OSX. MOTU just came out with new drivers for the MIDI Express 128, so good luck. ![]() Read the manual, you can see how antiquated this thing is. As a matter of fact, I installed the driver from M-Audio and the Remote software did not even show on my computer. It lists drivers for OSX but this does not mean the patchbay configuration routing (Remote patching software) will work on modern OS's. The patching software is useless on Mac OS X so it does me no good, either. I also own the MIDIman Midisport 8 x 8 which is now owned by M-Audio. I have two Patchbays, which I still need but get around by just routing from MIDI out to IN to THRU on all my hardware and using one keyboard controller to my sequencer. ![]() It works as an 8x8 MIDI interface, allowing you to map real physical or virtual MIDI ports to its internal inputs and outputs. Too bad, the convenience of a patchbay cannot be understated in a studio that is running soley external sequencers, drum machines and synths and is not computer DAW based. MIDI Patchbay is quite a simple, yet powerful MIDI merger/splitter/filter. Since music is so computer-centric it seems the manufacturers have pretty much sent rack MIDI patchbays out to pasture. Hook up MIDI software and hardware and pass MIDI data between them, applying assorted filters on the way. Midisport 2x2 and 4x4 series are a good example. Midi interfaces are of course, still around. An interface usually allows MIDI In/OUT messages to route to and from a computer based DAW to your hardware outboard synths, etc.no patching usually We must differentiate between MIDI interfaces and MIDI Patchbays.Ī patchbay allows any MIDI in to route to any MIDI Out. MIDI patchbays are pretty much a thing of the past and I really wish the were not.įinding a good one, with great patching software that is useable on a modern operating system, is difficult. Even though the province had been reunited, the two areas were still being treated differently in some ways and the idea of dividing Holland remained alive. When the province of Holland was re-established in 1814, it was given two governors, one for the former department of Amstelland (area that is now North Holland) and one for the former department of Maasland (now South Holland). ![]() However, the division was not totally reversed. One of the ministers on the constitutional committee (van Maanen) suggested that the old name "Holland and West Friesland" be reintroduced to respect the feelings of the people of that region. Zuiderzee and Monden van de Maas were reunited as the province of "Holland". ![]() When the 1814 Constitution was introduced, the country was reorganised as provinces and regions ( landschappen). Amstelland and Utrecht were amalgamated as the department of "Zuiderzee" ( Zuyderzée in French) and Maasland was renamed "Monden van de Maas" ( Bouches-de-la-Meuse in French).Īfter the defeat of the French in 1813, this organisation remained unchanged for a year or so. In 1810, all the Dutch provinces were integrated into the French Empire. This time the two departments were called "Amstelland" (corresponding to the modern province of North Holland) and "Maasland" (corresponding to the modern province of South Holland). This reorganisation had been short-lived, but it gave birth to the concept of breaking up Holland and making it a less powerful province. In 1801 the old borders were restored when the department of Holland was created. The first three of these lay within the borders of the old Holland the latter two were made up of parts of different provinces. Holland was split up into five departments named " Texel", " Amstel", " Delf", " Schelde en Maas", and " Rijn". The republic was reorganised into eight departments ( département) with roughly equal populations. In the Constitution enacted on 23 April 1798, the old borders were radically changed. In 1795, the old order was swept away and the Batavian Republic was established. This was a time of bewildering changes to the Dutch system of provinces. The province of North Holland as it is today has its origins in the period of French rule from 1795 to 1813. Government house of North Holland province, Villa Welgelegen, in Haarlem Emergence of a new province (1795 to 1840) The busiest airport in the Netherlands and Europe's third-busiest airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, is in North Holland. There are 45 municipalities and three (including parts of) water boards in the province. The King's Commissioner of North Holland is Arthur van Dijk, who has been serving since 2019. The province's largest city and also the largest city in the Netherlands is the Dutch capital Amsterdam, with a population of 862,965 as of November 2019. In 1855, the Haarlemmermeer was drained and turned into land. In 1840, the province of Holland was split into the two provinces of North Holland and South Holland. In the 17th and 18th century, the area was part of the province of Holland and commonly known as the Noorderkwartier (English: "Northern Quarter"). ![]() During this period West Friesland was incorporated. In November 2019, it had a population of 2,877,909 and a total area of 4,092 km 2 (1,580 sq mi), of which 1,430 km 2 (550 sq mi) is water.įrom the 9th to the 16th century, the area was an integral part of the County of Holland. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland, pronounced ( listen)) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. ![]() The returned TimeZone instance is printed and the output is String starting with [id="America/Los_Angeles"., which is the expected output. We again pass it to the TimeZone.getTimeZone() method.
When he needs to knock out an evil version of Kirk in " The Enemy Within", he uses a Vulcan nerve pinch. The earliest appearance of Spock in the series as broadcast was " The Man Trap", the first such episode. During the events of that pilot, Spock became concerned at the risk to the ship posed by Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell ( Gary Lockwood) and suggested possible solutions to Captain James T. Spock did appear in the second pilot, " Where No Man Has Gone Before", but this was broadcast initially as the third episode. Spock was one of the members of the away team who joined Captain Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter) on a mission to Talos IV in order to investigate a distress call. This was not shown on television at the time, but the events of the episode were shown in the two-part episode " The Menagerie" of the first season, and Spock's previous 11 years of service on the Enterprise were described. 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In Star Trek: Discovery, it is revealed that Spock has a human, adopted sister, Michael Burnham. For a time, he grew up alongside his older half-brother Sybok, until the older brother was cast out for rejecting logic. Full-blooded Vulcan children repeatedly bullied Spock on their home world to incite the emotions of his human nature. ![]() Spock had a troubled childhood due to his mixed heritage. Spock was born to the Vulcan Sarek ( Mark Lenard) and the human Amanda Grayson ( Jane Wyatt). Spock's backstory has been explained during the course of several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 2009 film Star Trek and the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode " Yesteryear ". His public profile as Spock was so strong that both his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock (1975) and I Am Spock (1995), were written from the viewpoint of coexistence with the character. Nimoy's portrayal of Spock made a significant cultural impact and earned him three Emmy Award nominations. Īside from the series and films in the Star Trek franchise, Spock has also appeared in numerous novels, comics, and video games. Although the three films are set in the aforementioned parallel timeline, Nimoy appears in the first two as the original timeline's Spock. ![]() Additionally, Zachary Quinto played an alternate reality version of Spock in the feature films Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). Peck has reprised the role, this time as a main character, in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which acts as both a Discovery spin-off and a prequel to the original Star Trek series. Multiple actors have played the character since Nimoy within Star Trek 's main continuity the most recent portrayal is Ethan Peck, who played Spock as a recurring character in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery and in Star Trek: Short Treks. Spock was played by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, eight of the Star Trek feature films, and a two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. After retiring from active duty in Starfleet, Spock served as a Federation ambassador, and later became involved in the ill-fated attempt to save Romulus from a supernova, leading him to live out the rest of his life in a parallel universe. Leonard "Bones" McCoy ( DeForest Kelley), he is one of the three central characters in the original Star Trek series and its films. Spock's mixed human- Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the character's appearances. He first appeared in the original Star Trek series serving aboard the starship USS Enterprise as science officer and first officer (and Kirk's Second-in-command) and later as commanding officer of two iterations of the vessel. Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. 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The Avira Antivirus for Mac software is our simple and elegant solution for your online security. To Teddy, the concept goes beyond his art, it means empathy, connection, using music to serve a greater good, and staying true to your people." You can listen to even more of Teddy Swims' music right now. But it’s even bigger than the Atlanta singer and songwriter’s rich baritone. "There’s the fact that his voice sounds cozy and rich over any of the many genres he loves to mix up, from the pop and soul most have heard, on to gospel, hip-hop, and hard rock. "Swims is an acronym for 'Someone Who Isn’t Me Sometimes,' and it’s a kind of shorthand for everything he stands for," his website says. ![]() However, once he ventured into the music industry, he began performing with a name that has a touching meaning On his website, the artist explains that he's a preacher's son who was born and raised in Georgia with the given name Jaten Dimsdale. Teddy Swims' stage name has a deeper meaning. So much so that we've done a deep dive to find out everything we can about the singer. Speaking of Swims, we just couldn't help but notice his indisputable talent during the performance. "What an absolute honor and privilege to have played with the great the incredible legend himself Mama we made it❤️," he wrote in an Instagram caption. ![]() ![]() The musical prodigy, who is blind and has autism, played the piano while singing Journey's 1981 classic "Don't Stop Believin.'" Backing him up on guitar was none other than Journey founder himself, Neal Schon, while soul artist Teddy Swims accompanied him on vocals. And he reminded us all of exactly why he won. Season 14 winner, Kodi Lee, returned to the America's Got Talent stage once again during August 24's Live Results Show. ![]() Just found my bresser 10x50s (Lidl or Aldi? I can't remember!). I just need to add some 15x70s and a pair of top quality Nikons as a benchmark.Īstronomy with binoculars? - It's good fun!. I keep a pair of vintage Olympus 6-15x35 zoom binoculars at work - despite the poor reputation of zooms they are very good. To the edge of field, but have a significant barrel distortion, but not really noticeable for casual astro observing. The 12x50 Tohyohs(middle pair) are the latest addition, second hand. I chose the best of 10 pairs and got some that are very good indeed. The quality of these ranged from just OK (for the price) to very good. The smallest are the zeiss, I've owned these for about 25 years. I don't know if was just lucky but the optics on these are superb. Next is the 11x80 Celestron Comet Hunter, light enough for hand held use, so gets more use than the big one. I can say that Manfrotto do make good tripods, and they are expensive, but well worth the money. I have a Meade and a Manfrotto tripod for them. They need a tripod at almost 4kg, however the views are surprisingly good on deep sky objects. George H.The largest are the Celestron Skymaster 25x100. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Spatial orientation: The spatial control of behavior in animals and man (C. Ed.), Stevens' handbook of experimental psychology: Vol. Listening in the dark: The acoustic orientation of bats and men. Sensation and perception in the history of experimental psychology. Additional auditory cues for depth are amount of reverberation, spectral characteristics (atmospheric absorption is greater for higher frequencies), motion parallax, and relative loudness of known sounds.ĭepth cues provided by other senses include proximity detection because of the strength of a familiar odor, thermal detection in pit vipers, and the electric field sensitivity found in some fish. Echolocation in bats and cetaceans represents an elaboration of this capability. This region, when viewed with a stereoscope, appears to stand above or below the rest of the pattern.Īuditory depth cues are used by blind people who can approach and stop before colliding with a wall by (unconsciously) attending to reflected sounds. A later development has been Bela Julesz's invention (1971) of random-dot stereograms: computergenerated patterns of random dots with pattern pairs that are identical except for a laterally displaced region. Three-ĭimensional perception can be provided by the stereoscope, which presents two nearly identical views separately to the two eyes. The visual cliff (a platform device with a glass floor extending out over an apparently deep side and shallow side) can be used to test depth perception in human and nonhuman subjects by ascertaining the amount of preference for the shallow side. One approach is to have the subject (under binocular or monocular conditions) adjust a rod or needle such that it is equally distant relative to a standard. Visual depth perception is studied in several ways. It is difficult experimentally to identify which cues are operating at a given time. ![]() Several of these cues may be simultaneously operating, each one corroborating the others. Pupillary constriction occurs as an associated third response with the increased depth of field possibly serving as an additional depth cue. Both of these provide kinesthetic feedback indicating depth. Asecond physiologically linked response is that of accommodation (mentioned previously as a monocular cue). This is the binocular cue of convergence. Specifically, as the distance to an object is reduced, each eye rotates inward through the activation (mainly) of the medial rectus and inhibition of the lateral rectus extraocular muscles of the eye. when the two eyes are directed toward and become focused upon objects at varying distances, several changes occur. In human visual development this cue becomes effective (on average) at an age of 4 months (although in cases where there is a failure of the eyes to work together, as in uncorrected strabismus, the child may, if not functionally blind in one eye, nevertheless become stereoblind). These different views form slightly different images on the separate retinas of the eyes and serve as the basis for the cue of retinal disparity. Two eyes separated in space receive different views of the visual field. ![]() It's a few steps away from feeling official, but if fangames keep the growth pace they are having right now, they'll catch up to within 5 years of Nintendo quality very soon!Īnd might I just say, it would be awesome if DJ Coco made an engine for Paper Mario style platforming. You wanna see an original concept of mixing the Paper Mario style and 3D Land style? Here you are and it is really done well! But the hard level design can make some happy and some other frustrated. One of my favorite MFGG fangames, Dj Coco, you NEED to make a sequel fixing the bad things of this game, i would recommend you to make the next game with a 1280x720 resolution. If you're willing to put more time into this game, I think it could be a real gem.Ī stylish game that is marred by unfortunate problems with the fundamentals, this could have been a classic.ĭj Coco, great job on this fangame! It's rare to see some create an indie game that has tight movement, visual eye candy, good sounds, and great gameplay. It's an enjoyable experience and I definitely commend you for your efforts. ![]() I think that you set a very lofty goal deciding to try to make a 3D Mario platformer and the paper Mario elements are visually appealing. While the game delivers the graphics and music, it does not deliver much on the gameplay, and that seems to be the focus here rather than the graphics. This has to be one of the best 3D games on the site that looks and feels like an actual Nintendo game. ![]() I'm dead serious! If you have a good computer, you owe it to yourself to play this one.Ī quality and fun 3D platformer, but it lacks in a few perspectives. This game is better than Paper Mario Sticker Star. ![]() Overall, if your a big fan of both series, then you should download this game! Great job again, DJ Coco! :) This game looks very fun, however once you actually start playing it, you'll quickly find that the gameplay is not fun and not fair. This is the best paper craft I've ever seen, and it's also alive! Just a few changes is all it could take to make this game excellent. If you're looking for an original Paper Mario game, This is your place to go. It has great spritework, a charming soundtrack, and good gameplay. Paper Mario 3D Land is a love letter to any Paper Mario fan out there. The levels are fun, enjoyable, if there's any paper mario fan game on MFGG that deserves a 10/10 it's this one.Ī lot of people say the Paper Mario + Super Mario 3D Land = this.īut its actually Paper Mario + Super Mario 3D Land + Super Mario Bros The Lost Levels + Super Mario Land 2 = this. Overall this game is challenging, fun, and it has great replay value if you go through the game and failed to collect all the stars. This game combines all the Paper Mario games into a fun platformer that rivals some of the other Mario platforming games. It is a million times better than that hunk of garbage for the 3ds. In conclusion, this isn't Sticker Star and it shouldn't be written off as just that. Honestly, this doesn't feel like a Nintendo game at all, it's just an okay game. What? I Don't Understand What "Final Words" Mean So Rank It Random Number The graphics and the sound are a chef's kiss, but the gameplay feels like it relies on luck rather than skill. Overhaul the camera and spice up the enemy variety, and it will be there. Spiked balls slowly swing toward the screen, a piranha plant spits ink at the player (similar to another enemy, the famous Blooper) and Mario bounds through each environment, sometimes in full 3D (ala Super Mario 64 DS), and other times from a more traditional side scrolling viewpoint that harks back to those classic 8-bit NES efforts.This game has the potential to be great. Nintendo has done masterful work integrating feature, adding a newfound sense of depth never before experienced in Mario's 25 plus year history.Īdjust the portable's 3D Slider, and suddenly, everything takes on a different perspective. Taking all of this into account, Super Mario 3D Land feels instantly familiar, and yet it's a brand new adventure.įor starters, and as its name implies, the game makes excellent use of the handheld's glasses free 3D better than previous titles that have come before it. Even more similarities exist, such as Mario's endless pursuit of the kidnapped Princess Peach, as well as his battle with arch villain, Bowser, complete with bratty children, the Koopalings, in tow. |
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