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Next insurance7/6/2023 ![]() In addition, the insurtech just acquired data analytics provider Juniper Labs in December to get an even better picture of a business's risks, which enables it to offer even more competitive pricing. Next Insurance's workers' compensation coverage, for example, starts at $14 per month, whereas insurtech Insureon charges $47. Leveraging AI, the insurtech tailors policies to over a thousand types of business, which usually produces more affordable terms than do the industry's traditional one-size-fits-all policies.
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Wild 9 artwork7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The animations were rendered manually, instead of by the increasingly prevalent motion capture technique. ![]() And imagine if George Lucas then codirected it with Tex Avery." Kevin Munroe, designer and lead animator on the project, stated that the development team aimed for the feel of the game to be as ".if George Lucas co-wrote Star Wars with Lewis Carroll. Shortly after, Perry posted online that development on the Saturn version would resume if and when he was satisfied that Sega of America were making the Saturn a commercially viable platform. Perry's disillusionment with Sega of America's Saturn strategy was cited as the reason for the cancellation. The game initially started up development for the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation, however, the Saturn version was cancelled early in development. From there, the idea progressed to an item that could do hand-like motions, only with 1,000 times the strength of a typical human, before it finally evolved into the game's final premise of a male character, Wex, who controlled the "Rig". Initial ideas for the game included having a female character who possessed a special glove that could instantly vaporize enemies. Development for the game started in 1996, shortly after the release of Shiny's Earthworm Jim 2, and spanned three years. Developer Shiny Entertainment, publisher Interplay Entertainment, and key staff members, such as designers David Perry and Tom Tanaka all worked on the Earthworm Jim series and Wild 9. The game shared many key parties involved in Earthworm Jim series of video games. Karn kidnaps the rest of the "Wild 9" crew, leaving it up to Wex to rescue them and ultimately defeat Karn. The evil Karn, a being who is 376 years old, desires to use the "Rig" item as a method of enslaving and controlling the inhabitants of the universe. The "Nine" consists of "Nitro", who has serious allergy problems and explodes once coming across said allergens "Pokkit", who has a special jacket with an infinite amount of pockets full of an infinite number of things "Pilfer", a lizard with thousands of separate personalities "Volstagg", a strong person with gorilla and gazelle DNA "Crystal", who is solar-powered and has a body made of crystal with living hair "Boomer McTwist", who has powers from wearing the kilt of her Scottish superhero father, "MacSheen", who is adept with tools but is rather hormonal "Henry", a being made entirely out of living water and "B'Angus" (B is silent), who looks similar to a chihuahua and lives inside the Rig item, providing advice for Wex. ![]() He eventually meets up with eight other off-beat, strange adventurers, and becomes the leader of the group, which they dub the "Wild 9". The game stars Wex Major, a young male who gets lost in an unfamiliar galaxy. Common scenarios involve bashing them into the floor or walls, or carrying enemies and moving them into other parts of the environments, like pits or spikes. The "Rig" latches on to enemies, allowing the player to whip around or thrash enemies. Wex's main weapon is called the "Rig", which is an electrical beam coming from Wex's back, used to defeat enemies. The player controls the movements of the main character, Wex Major, manipulating him around obstacles through to the end of the level. While the game has 3D, polygonal graphics, gameplay only takes place on a 2D plane, although occasionally, the game does allow for the player to move the character into the foreground or background. The game plays as a run and gun platformer sidescrolling video game. The game was released in North America and Europe in September 1998. The game was designed by David Perry, developed by Shiny Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions all of which were parties involved in Earthworm Jim series of video games. Wild 9 is a 2.5D platform video game for the PlayStation. ![]()
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Optimage piv7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Phys Fluids T Cambonie 26 10.1063/1.4891850 Cambonie T, Aider JL (2014) Transition scenario of the round jet in crossflow topology at low velocity ratios. J Turbomach G Bidan 135 2 021037 2012 10.1115/1.4006599 Bidan G, Vezier C, Nikitopoulos DE (2012) Study of unforced and modulated film-cooling jets using proper orthogonal decomposition-part I: unforced jets. J Fluid Mech G Bidan 7 10.1017/jfm.2012.482 Bidan G, Nikitopoulos DE (2013) On steady and pulsed low-blowing-ratio transverse jets. J Heat Transf 135(1):011010Įxp Therm Fluid Sci M Ben Chiekh 46 89 2013 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.11.024 Ben Chiekh M, Michard M, Guellouz MS, Bera JC (2013) POD analysis of momentumless trailing edge wake using synthetic jet actuation. J Heat Transf S Acharya 135 1 011010 2012 10.1115/1.4007667 Acharya S, Leedom DH (2012) Large eddy simulations of discrete hole film cooling with plenum inflow orientation effects. II-Hairpin vortices generated by fluid injection. I-Hairpin vortices generated by a hemisphere protuberance. Whether you prefer PIVving or VEPping, they are light-hearted neutral terms that lack the baggage of patriarchy and aren’t too soft and romantic or too direct and crude, and they say it like it is – two sets of genitals joining together.J Fluid Mech MS Acarlar 175 10.1017/S0022112087000272 Acarlar MS, Smith CR (1987) A study of hairpin vortices in a laminar boundary layer. Or as a participant in a recent couples retreat said – VEP: vagina enveloping penis. So, I tell women, when you’re ready for some PIV, invite him in and give his penis a good cuddle with your vagina. Making love is good, but sometimes too romantic… (I feel I’m on a one-woman crusade trying to change the language of my profession.) It’s a bit dry for personal use though, so what else do we have? Fucking, shagging, bonking are more casual, sometimes a bit crude depending on the mood. So, what else can we call it? Intercourse is a fairly dry term, but definitely useful in clinical and medical settings, I’d much rather we use that term in those situations, rather than ‘penetrative sex’. Their bodies relax and their faces open up with smiles of delight when they realise how their language has led to an attitude that is counterproductive to the experience they want, and how it can be changed so simply. It sounds much more equal and so much more pleasurable that way. ![]() Rather than conceptualising it as something done to them, they realise that it is something they invite when they are ready and that the act is one of them enveloping and holding their partner’s penis with their vagina. I’ve had women with vaginismus (a condition of tight pelvic muscles which prevent the penis, or even fingers or tampons, entering the vagina) recover simply by changing the language they use for sex. When you hear those terms, your body softens and opens, as opposed to the word penetration, which makes the body contract. Don’t the last two terms feel softer, welcoming, and give equal or more agency to the woman. Think of the difference between ‘penetrative sex’ and ‘invitational sex’ or ‘envelopment sex’. Now you might say it’s just a word and it’s not meant in that way. ![]() Is this really the concept of intercourse we want to be perpetrating these days – that it’s something done to a woman by a man? Of course not, yet we still use the term. Worse still, the term ‘penetrative sex’ gives agency to the ‘penetrator’ - the man - who does it to a resistant, or at least passive, recipient – the woman. But now, in 2020, do we really want to think of sex as an aggressive act? Which might have applied to sex in the bad old days when a wife was supposed to just submit to her husband whether she wanted to or not, so it may well have been an act of breaking through resistance. Penetration means ‘breaking through resistance’. How do you describe the act of intercourse? Do you call it ‘penetrative sex’? If you do, which wouldn’t be surprising as it’s such a common term, have you ever thought about what the word actually means and symbolises? ![]()
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I am fish release date7/6/2023 ![]() We won’t dwell on grizzly fish death, but should your fish fall too far in whatever make-shift fishbowl it finds itself in, run out of air or generally flounder you will be popped back to the most recent checkpoint to refine your approach. With its idyllic coastline and quaint villages Barnardshire might seem like a perfect slice of quintessential tranquility, but to our aquatic adventurers it’s alive with the very real threats presented by crossing roads, traversing rooftops, dodging deep fat fryers, avoiding wildlife including the cantankerous locals, not to mention fragile fishbowls and the very real problem that fish can’t breathe out of water. A simple, intuitive control scheme leaves no excuses should your fish perish leaving you feeling very gill-ty. ![]() Swim, roll, glide, chomp, flip flop, inflate, fly and bite your way through enthralling challenges. ![]() Flying Fish – a little aloof at times but a real softy at heart, with the ability to glide through the air! These plucky heroes will leave no bowl unturned, putting their heart and shoal into the mission to re-unite! Piranha - wild, chaotic, loud, unpredictable, and loves to bite - obviously. Meet our heroes! Goldfish - cheerful, brave, and adventurous, a natural born swimmer! Pufferfish – a little slow but kind-hearted who can also puff up into a ball and roll across land. Over the course of the game you join them as they swim, fly, roll and chomp their way to the open ocean from the far-flung corners of Barnardshire (the smallest county in England) in their bid for freedom and to re-unite once again. ![]() I am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. ![]()
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Download batchphoto7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The setup file is a fully-featured version of BatchPhoto that will apply a visible watermark on each photo processed. ![]() Instead of enhancing and adjusting pictures individually, BatchPhoto lets you select a group of images, define a series of edits, and apply them in a single operation. Just click on the 'Try it Free' button below to download the setup file on your computer. Every filter you can imagine is available in BatchPhoto"ĭo you have hundreds of photos on your Mac waiting to be sorted out and edited? With BatchPhoto it doesnt matter if you have just a few or thousands of them, it will be just as easy & fast to edit them! Features in editing your batch are very, very extensive. We send you directly to the developer's site, to make sure you download the latest, original version of the program. "Filters and effects are really what make BatchPhoto special. Bits&Coffee BatchPhoto Pro Screenshot Batch Image Software Screenshot Bits&Coffee. ![]() "If you need time/date stamps, image type conversion, size changes, basic touch-up, or watermarks applied to your photographs, BatchPhoto will allow you to do this simply." See the version-comparison page for the differences between BatchPhoto and BatchPhoto Pro.Photography Graphics & Design Photo & Video
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Flexiglass light fuse7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Each piece contains multiple panels that evoke a nuanced and evolving universe. By simultaneously layering and removing paint with rags instead of brushes, my hand is directly involved with the process. The interplay of these elements drives the work and provides a platform for constant change and narrative. My paintings merge the detailed textures and colors found in the natural world with the linear and geometric patterns visible in industrial and architectural structures. These panels hang flush to the wall by resting on two nails on either side of the panel, and can be arranged in any number of ways, highlighting the work's sculptural element. The 2 inch deep sides are cleanly painted white for a seamless finish. This unique surface spreads all the way to the very edge of each panel with its delicate, cross hatched motif. It appears as though a light source is originating behind the panel, glowing softly in a pale, dreamy green palette. ![]() The artist's work is inspired by patterns found in nature such as tree rings, rock lines, ethereal horizons, or water ripples. Overall measurement for horizontal install with 1-2 inch recommended spacing, 24" X 43" X 2" inches horizontallyĪrtist Ginny Fox achieves multiple flawless layers of acrylic paint, wiping it on and off with cotton cloth, to create a subtle yet distinctive woven texture on a smooth surface. Nature-Inspired Minimalist Abstract Color Field painting on three wood panels in shades of Light Green and BluesĪcrylic on 3 panels (2 panels are 24 x 18 x 2 inches each, center panel is 24 x 6 x 2 inches) Valencia’s work has been exhibited in The Boca Raton Museum of Art (2013) Little Haiti Cultural Center (2015) Bridge Red Studios (2015) Miami Biennale (2016) The Cultural Conservancy, San Francisco, CA (2016) and most recently at the Cisneros-Fontanals Art Foundation in Miami, FL the South Florida Art. He attended Miami Dade College (2009-2013) and New World School of the Arts (2013-2017) where he received a BFA in Painting. Often referencing ritualistic practices, architecture and ceremonial objects, his work attempts to open spaces of contemplation and connection, as an alternative to reconcile divisions within social structures.īorn in Pereira, Colombia, 1990. DĬrossing between various disciplines, Valencia’s practice explores the transformative qualities of objects, language, and the built environment. DĮtapas 1-3 individual dimensions: 9.25 in. Etapas 1-4 and black box by Alejandro Valencia ![]()
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Terraria 1.3 mythril anvil7/6/2023 ![]() Gathering resources to craft things like a workbench can help you as you explore the game, but it’s completely up to you. It’s an open-ended game, so you can explore or collect whatever you want. Terraria doesn’t have any set goals or quests for players to follow. New recipes are updated to your Crafting menu as they become available to you. If you’re curious about a specific crafting station recipe, you can always look in the Crafting section of your Inventory menu or go to an existing station. Each crafting station type makes specific items.u003cbru003eFor example, a furnace crafts bars from the ore mined around Terraria while Anvils are responsible for crafting armor, tools, and weapons.u003cbru003eYou’ll need a collection of different types of crafting stations as you explore the world, but there are too many to list here. There are 20 possible crafting station types available in pre-Hardmode and eight upgraded stations in Hardmode. But as you explore the game, you’ll be able to improve upon the furnaces and eventually make forges. You start the game making a basic furnace to smelt ore into bars. You need to venture into the Underworld and explore the Ruined Houses to find one, and you need a Nightmare or Deathbringer pickaxe or higher or higher to collect one.įurnaces and forges smelt ore in Terraria. No, you can’t craft a Hellforge at any crafting station. The bars are then used to make higher-quality tools, weapons, and armor. The furnace is used to craft bars from ore mined around Terraria.
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Brownian motion7/6/2023 ![]() By analogy with microcantilever-based sensors 11, 12, our results reveal that the particle–fluid–trap system can be considered a nanomechanical resonator in which the intrinsic hydrodynamic backflow enhances resonance. Furthermore, we demonstrate different strategies to achieve peak amplification. We show that hydrodynamic correlations result in a resonant peak in the power spectral density of the sphere’s positional fluctuations, in strong contrast to overdamped systems. ![]() Here we measure the spectrum of thermal noise by confining the Brownian fluctuations of a microsphere in a strong optical trap. One hundred years after Perrin’s pioneering experiments on Brownian motion 7, 8, 9, direct experimental observation of this colour is still elusive 10. This hydrodynamic ‘memory’ translates to thermal forces, which have a coloured, that is, non-white, noise spectrum. The entrained fluid acts back on the particle and gives rise to long-range correlations 5, 6. ![]() However, as the particle receives momentum from the fluctuating fluid molecules, it also displaces the fluid in its immediate vicinity. The friction is assumed to be given by the Stokes drag, suggesting that motion is overdamped at long times in particle tracking experiments, when inertia becomes negligible. Conventionally, the thermal force is assumed to be random and characterized by a Gaussian white noise spectrum. Second, the friction between the particle and the viscous solvent damps its motion. First, the particle is driven by rapid collisions with the surrounding solvent molecules, referred to as thermal noise. Essentially, two counteracting forces govern the motion of the Brownian particle. Observation of the Brownian motion of a small probe interacting with its environment provides one of the main strategies for characterizing soft matter 1, 2, 3, 4. ![]()
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Cloudwing hippogryoph7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Leywoven Flying Carpet - Nightfallen Cache Highmountain Elderhorn - Highmountain Supplies Ironhoof Destroyer - Blackrock Foundry - Blackhand (only Mythic)įelsteel Annihilator - Hellfire Citadel - Archimonde (only Mythic) Solar Spirehawk - Spires of Arak - Rukhmar Garn Nighthowl - Frostfire Ridge - Nok-Karosh Swift Breezestrider - Shadowmoon Valley - Pathrunner Mottled Meadowstomper - Nagrand - Luk'hok Spirit of Shinri - Shadowmoon Valley - Shinri (only in Draenor)Īsh-Covered Horn - Timeless Isle - A couple of Raresīloodhoof Bull - Nagrand - Nakk the Thunderer Spawn of Horridon - Throne of Thunder - HorridonĬlutch of Ji-Kun - Throne of Thunder - Ji-Kun Reins of the Astral Cloud Serpent - Mogu'shan Vaults - Elegon Reins of the Cobalt Primordial Direhorn - Isle of Giants - Oondasta ![]() Reins of the Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent - Isle of Thunder - Nalak Son of Galleon's Saddle - Valley of the Four Winds - Galleon Reins of the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent - Kun-Lai Summit - Sha of Anger Life-Binder's Handmaiden - Dragon Soul - Deathwing (Heroic - 10/25) Reins of the Blazing Drake - Dragon Soul - Deathwing Smoldering Egg of Millagazor - Firelands - RagnarosĮxperiment 12-B - Dragon Soul - Ultraxion Reins of the Drake of the South Wind - Throne of the Four Winds - Al'Akirįlametalon of Alysrazor - Firelands - Alysrazor Swift Zulian Panther - Zul'Gurub - High Priestess KilnaraĪrmored Razzashi Raptor - Zul'Gurub - Bloodlord MandokirĪmani Battle Bear - Zul'Aman - Timed Reward Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake - The Stonecore - Slabhide Reins of the Drake of the North Wind - The Vortex Pinnacle - Altairus Invincible's Reins - Icecrown Citadel - The Lich King (Heroic - 25) Mimiron's Head - Ulduar - Yogg-Saron (No Watchers - 25) Reins of the Onyxian Drake - Onyxia's Lair - Onyxia Reins of the Twilight Drake - The Obsidian Sanctum - Sartharion (3 Drakes - 25) Reins of the Black Drake - The Obsidian Sanctum - Sartharion (3 Drakes - 10) Reins of the Blue Drake - The Eye of Eternity - Malygos Reins of the Azure Drake - The Eye of Eternity - Malygos Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth - Vault of Archavon - All 4 Bosses Reins of the Bronze Drake - The Culling of Stratholme (Heroic) - Infinite Corruptor Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake - Utgarde Pinnacle (Heroic) - Skadi the Ruthless Swift White Hawkstrider - Magisters' Terrace (Heroic) - Kael'thas Sunstriderįiery Warhorse's Reins - Karazhan - Attumen the HuntsmanĪshes of Al'ar - The Eye (Tempest Keep) - npc=19622] Reins of the Raven Lord - Sethekk Halls (Heroic) - Anzu Red Qiraji Resonating Crystal - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj - Trash (not mountable outside) Yellow Qiraji Resonating Crystal - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj - Trash (not mountable outside) Green Qiraji Resonating Crystal - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj - Trash (not mountable outside) I will show my farms numbers and you can take your own conclusions (farming with 3-4 alts).ġx Warden's Supply Kit - got the toy Sira's Extra CloakĢx Farondis Chest - got the mount Cloudwing HippogryphĢx Legionfall Chest - got the pet Orphaned Felbatħx Valarjar Strongbox - got the mount Valarjar StormwingĢ4x Gleaming Footlocker - got all 3 mounts and the toyĤ4x Nightfallen Cache - got the mount Leywoven Flying Carpetģ7x Highmountain Supplies - got the mount Highmountain ElderhornĤ6x Dreamweaver Cache - got the mount Wild DreamrunnerĬomment by KochplatteHere is a list of mount drops from Instances, Raids, and World Bosses to save some looking around.ĭeathcharger's Reins - Stratholme - Lord Aurius Rivendareīlue Qiraji Resonating Crystal - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj - Trash (not mountable outside) My guess about the drop rate of the special itens is about 5~10%. Legionfall reputation - Legionfall Chest - small chance to receive this pet Orphaned FelbatĪrmy of th light reputation - Gleaming Footlocker - small chance to receive 1-3 mounts = Avenging Felcrusher Glorious Felcrusher Blessed Felcrusher and a toy Holy Lightsphere Warden's reputation - Warden's Supply Kit - small chance to receive toy = Sira's Extra Cloak Valarjar reputation - Valarjar Strongbox - small chance to receive this mount Valarjar Stormwing Nightfallen reputation - Nightfallen Cache - small chance to receive this mount Leywoven Flying Carpet High mountain reputation - Highmountain Supplies - small chance to receive this mount Highmountain Elderhornĭreamweaver reputation - Dreamweaver Cache - small chance to receive this mount Wild Dreamrunner Just like Farondis, all other legion reputations have this "special farm sistem" and each 10k reputation farmed you get a box with a small chance to get a mount/toy/pet - depending the box you open, its one special reward. In this chest there is a small chance to get the Cloudwing Hippogryph. Comment by NaThuReAfter you get exalted with Farondis reputation, you need to farm more 10k reputation through farondis world quests/tokens in order to receive a: Farondis Chest. ![]()
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Sanford law firm chimex lawsuit7/6/2023 ![]() “You would expect a real plaintiff motivated to file a lawsuit affecting his civil rights to show up in court at some point,” Abraham said. The complaints also never demand that plaintiffs correct deficiencies cited under the ADA. The named plaintiffs never attend hearings and negotiate with defendants via email, instructing them to send settlement checks to Chang, Michaels said. Stephen Abraham, a Newport Beach attorney who last year represented more than 120 Southern California businesses sued for ADA violations, said each of the lawsuits follows the same pattern, even containing the same boilerplate language and identical typographical errors “All evidence points to Simon Chang being behind the entire scheme,” he said. What makes Chang’s lawsuits different, Michaels says, are his clients - not one has been found to exist. Prolific serial plaintiffs, scattered throughout California with ties to a handful of law firms, typically are wheelchair-bound activists who purport to have the best interests of the disabled in mind.īut critics say the lawsuits essentially amount to legal shakedowns, designed to encourage settlements with plaintiffs to avoid fines of up to $4,000 under California law federal law caps fines at $1,000 for ADA violations. Those figures do not include state court filings that Shaw doesn’t track. The number of ADA lawsuits filed in federal court in 2018 hit a record high of 10,163 - up 34 percent from 2017, when the number was 7,663, according to Seyfarth Shaw, one of the nation’s largest law firms specializing in defending against such cases.Ĭalifornia led the nation in federal ADA cases last year with 4,249 filings compared to 2,751 in 2017. But the legislation has given rise to a cottage industry of so-called drive-by lawsuits, often targeting improper handicap parking accommodations or signage visible outside businesses. The Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990 to ensure the disabled have access to public accommodations. ![]() “We did help some of the plaintiffs in ADA lawsuits with the settlement process, which is why there were settlement checks written to our office.” Serial ADA plaintiffs proliferate “Our office never filed those ADA lawsuits,” he said in an email to the Southern California News Group. Please help stop this enterprise, remove all those involved from the bar, and forward this information to the proper authorities for criminal prosecution.” “I have contacted over 200 defendants in person or by telephone who are victims of crimes. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I cannot stress enough the urgency this matter must be given,” Michaels wrote in his 2018 letter to the State Bar. Michaels has filed a complaint with the State Bar of California urging swift action to stop the harassment of businesses, which typically offer up to $4,000 to settle complaints alleging such ADA violations as faded paint on a handicapped parking spot or a bathroom mirror that rests perhaps an inch too high. Simon Soo Kil Chang, who operates the K&C Law Firm, has for at least the past three years allegedly targeted vulnerable mom-and-pop establishments that don’t have the financial resources to fight the civil rights claims in Orange and Los Angeles county courts, according to Placentia attorney David Michaels. In a new twist on an old ruse that some call legal extortion, a Los Angeles attorney is suspected of creating “ghost” clients who file hundreds of lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act to extract settlements from Southern California businesses. ![]() |