![]() ![]() Would it be near a holiday? Maybe it’ll be close to their anniversary, or birthday? Is it years, or will it be weeks? Knowing a timeframe made the whole thing much more real. One of the nurses turned around from her station, walking closer to the edge of Hange’s bed. ![]() Pieck quickly picked up a cup of water, guiding it towards their mouth to help them drink, before letting Hange continue. “Excuse me?” Their voice came out croaky, clear that they hadn’t consumed much fluid that day. They needed to get things ready for the inevitable, no matter how close or far away it was. But they knew that wouldn’t be fair to others. Hange would rather just go to sleep and not know that they probably wouldn’t wake up. Not that they wanted to know, it’s like having a time bomb strapped to their chest. They didn’t even ask how long they had left. Through the fogginess of their mind, they almost forgot to ask. It was the only way they could continue the days without breaking down. They looked stone cold, devoid of any emotion. Their will, their job, what will happen to Pieck, how long can they stay at home?Īll the questions were swirling around Hange’s head, but they never dared to show it on their face. Hange knew there would be a lot to sort out. They didn’t want to overwhelm the two, occasionally peering in their room to see if there was anything they needed. The doctors would come in and provide them with support groups that they could go to, both for terminal illnesses and for grief. Cancer would continue to grow, spread, and consume, squashing the very organs that work to sustain it. Their body would self-destruct, day by day. What they resented was how their death would be more painful than it needed to be. The ending of life is expected, Hange knew this. Whether it was in 6 weeks, months or years. Hange would die, and Pieck would be alone. Nothing was said between the two, there wasn’t much either could say to make the other feel better. Pieck stayed in Hange’s arms until she could cry no more, holding onto them tightly, afraid they would be taken from her. The medical team took this as their sign to leave, allowing the couple to have some alone time after the devastating news. With her eyes welling up with more tears, Pieck wrapped her arms around Hange, crying into their shoulder as Hange stroked her back. “It’s okay, Pieck.” Despite their body looking cold and frail, Hange’s smile was warm, smiling at their wife to provide her with some form of comfort. They were scared to look her in the eye, the sadness they would see would kill them faster than any disease could. Hange focused on their wife, kissing her palm before they put their hands over hers. “Hange… Hange please look at me,” Pieck held Hange’s face in her hands, trembling as she caressed their cheek using her thumb. Whether it was through shock or processing the information, their face remained stoic. Pieck was the one asking questions though, Hange remained silent. ![]() The medical team were fantastic, staying with Hange and Pieck to answer any questions either might have. That being said, continuing treatment does generally keep a person alive for longer.” Whereas stopping treatment will be able to give them some of their life back. They would be dealing with the side effects of chemotherapy until they die. However, we must think about the quality of life Hange would have. “There is always the option of continuing chemotherapy and seeing where that gets us. Pieck was begging, the tears stained her face with no sign of stopping. Anything? Please, there has to be something”. “That can’t be right, there must be something you can do? Radiation therapy, immunotherapy, more chemo. Hange’s life will likely be four walls and pain medication until they die. Hange stared at the doctor as his words began to splinter inside them, causing more pain than cancer. (of a disease) predicted to lead to death, especially slowly incurable. ![]()
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![]() ![]() For each aroma and flavor descriptor, tasters were asked to write-in the perceived strength of that particular characteristic on a 0-9 scale where a rating of 0 meant they did not perceive the character at all and a rating of 9 meant the character was extremely strong. Participants were instructed to focus only on the aromatic qualities of the beer before evaluating the flavor. The beer was burst carbonated overnight and then the CO2 was reduced to serving pressure where it sat for a few more days before data collection commenced. ![]() I started cold crashing the beer 24 hours later, fining with gelatin once it dropped below 45☏/7☌ then allowing it to sit for 3 days at 35☏/2☌ before kegging. I then weighed out and added the dry hop charge to the beer. Once signs of activity had dwindled, I took a hydrometer measurement that showed the beer had reached the expected FG. Once the wort was at 64☏/18☌, I pitched a rehydrated pack of Safale US-05, which took off by the next day, the fermenting gloriously over the following week. Hops were added throughout the 60 minute boil at the times listed in the recipe, after which I quickly chilled the wort and pulled a sample to measure the OG, it was barely higher than I expected. While waiting, I measured out the kettle hop additions. I put a mash cap in place and kicked my pump on for continuous recirculation. I pulled a small sample of wort for a pH measurement 15 minutes into the mash rest and was pleased to see I hit my target.Īfter the 60 minute mash rest, I pulled the bag of grains and lit the flame on by burner to bring the wort to a boil. When strike temperature was reached, I lowered my fabric filter filled with grains into the kettle full of water, gently stirring to ensure no dough balls, then checked to makes sure I hit my desired mash temperature. I weighed out and milled my grains as the water was heating. My brew day began by gathering RO water for the full volume BIAB batch, which I began to heat after adjusting with minerals to hit my target profile. I stuck with a simple recipe for this batch in order to let the Bru-1 take center stage. ![]() I spent some time searching for examples of Bru-1 being used by other brewers, but perhaps due to its novelty, there wasn’t much to be found, the few reviews I stumbled on tending to corroborate the Yakima Valley Hops description of it as a tropical fruit forward variety. With so little experience brewing with experimental hops, I was really excited for this edition of The Hop Chronicles! | MAKING THE BEER | While perusing the huge selection at Yakima Valley Hops recently, I noticed an experimental variety I’d never heard of with a description that seemed right up my alley.
![]() ![]() The original fake Thanksgiving trailer was also written by Roth, along with Jeff Rendell. Actually, according to Deadline, the director had to hand off directorial duties for reshoots on his adaptation of the video game Borderlands to Deadpool director Tim Miller in order to get started on Thanksgiving. This will actually be the first horror movie Roth has directed in nearly a decade - the last being 2015’s Knock Knock, which he followed with a remake of Death Wish starring Bruce Willis in 2018, a family movie called The House with a Clock in Its Walls the same year, and a Discovery+ original documentary about sharks called Fin in 2021. Anyway, we are happy to know that the self-proclaimed horror obsessive and filmmaker behind Cabin Fever and the Hostel movies - the latter of which Tarantino produced - is, indeed, returning to helm the feature-length version of his original short. Eli Roth Is Directing ThanksgivingĪs established above, the director of Grindhouse’s Thanksgiving segment was Eli Roth, who also has a cameo in the trailer as a very convincing looking teenager who loses his head while receiving… well, the same thing. Only took 13 years for it to escape development hell and get fans excited to see blood hit the screen again. It was in the same year that Rodriguez’s first Machete movie came out when Roth confirmed a feature-length version of his trailer was in the works. Thanksgiving will, technically, be the third fake Grindhouse trailer to be made into a real movie if you count both 2010’s Machete - which spawned the 2013 sequel, Machete Kills - and 2011’s Hobo with a Shotgun, which is based on a short only shown with Grindhouse in Canada. See a taste of how this movie might “scare the stuffing out of you” by checking out the original, over-the-top short on YouTube. The upcoming slasher is actually a feature-length adaptation of a faux teaser that was made specifically for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s tribute to B-movie double features, Grindhouse, and shown in between the filmmakers’ respective, full-length segments, Planet Terror and Death Proof. While Thanksgiving was only confirmed to be going into production in January 2023, fans have been waiting to see the movie since they saw the trailer… in 2007. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've done my best to recreate the 3rd century accurately. changed starting legions to proper ones (II Parthica, V Macedonica, I Minervia, etc) as well as their date of formation. Roman army will be able to upgrade from the pre-Diocletian army (legions, auxilia, etc.) to the post-Diocletian army (comitatenses, ripenses, etc.) via tech. New menu and loading screen backgrounds, as well as new quotes during loading. New music from epic movies to hopefully immerse the player more fully, including Gladiator and the Eagle (In Eras of Rome music pack). Proper historical figures added (Gallienus, Postumus, Diocletian, etc.) Roman tech tree reworked to unlock units via tech of Empire Divided campaign. 24 Roman legions to choose from (12 pre-Diocletian, 12 post Diocletian reforms) late Roman cavalry units and late Roman auxilia units to unlock as well. Vanilla units for Germanic tribes, Eastern factions, and Romans reskinned. Complete sets of new equipment (helmets, shields, etc.) modeled after 3rd century equipment, as well as relevant models from other fantastic mods Requires parts 1 and 2, and building mod to play. You must reverse the fortunes of the waning Empire and return her to her former glory! Roma Victrix! However, Gallienus is left in a precarious position. Rome, having been humiliated in the East by the capture of Valerian by the Persians, must have her vengeance. The frontiers are beset by German, Steppe, and Persian enemies. and the Empire is split, divided by the Gallic Empire of Postumus in the west, the Macrian rebellion under Macrianus and his sons and the semi-autonomous city of Palmyra led by Odaenathus in the East. The mod moves the Roman Empire into its time of crisis. This is based off of our original Pax Romana mod originally made for the Imperator Augustus campaign, now made for Empire Divided. The Eras of Rome team is back with our next mod called Restitutor Orbis. ![]() ![]() ![]() The 5D and 7D are the “industry standards” of HDSLR video as it stands today. The D90 pioneered the field, for which kudos are due Nikon, but this primitive pioneer serves as a warning to the unwary about most of the things that can go wrong when a still camera is repurposed for video. The GH1 is Panasonic’s MFT (micro-four-thirds), electronic-viewfinder still camera specifically optimized for video.The 7D is the DX/APS-C/4-perf/35mm-mopix-sized follow-on to the 5D Mk II. ![]() The 5D Mk II is the 35mm-still-full-frame/8-perf/Vistavision-sized video-capable DSLR that really set the category on fire.The D90 was the first video-capable interchangeable-lens DSLR.These four cameras run the gamut of “first-wave” versacams: Like any powerful tool-a chainsaw, an Aston-Martin One-77, a bazooka, a trained shark with a head-mounted laser raygun-versacams can yield excellent results when wielded well, but may equally deliver disappointment and disaster to those not conversant with their peculiarities.Īs of the time I write this, I’ve had a Nikon D90 for 16 months, a Canon 5D Mk II for 11 months, a 7D for 8 months, and a Panasonic DMC-GH1 for 4 months. There are grains of truth in both viewpoints versacams expand the mopix toolkit in surprising, exciting and affordable ways, but they come with considerable compromises in image quality and practical usability. Others reject them out of hand for their technical shortcomings and unsuitable ergonomics. Some proclaim them the revolutionary future, doing to RED what RED did to the industry before it: bring large-format, shallow depth-of-field motion imagery to the masses at a price point previously inconceivable. Hybrids, HDSLRs, VDSLRs, EVILs, DSMCs, DILCs? There’s as much confusion about what to call these highly-affordable, large-sensor, interchangeable-lens, video-capable still cameras as there is about their actual usefulness. Features auto scan mode for sequencing up to 4 cameras.Art Adams wrestles a fully kitted-out Canon 5D Mk II with 85mm f/1.2 Canon prime. It even can operate USB and RCA type AV/Out SIMULTANEOUSLY. VERSATILITY PLUS RECEIVER: VersaCam receiver also includes standard RCA A/V out cable and AC adaptor for connection to a VCR, time/lapse, or DVR. 30 super high power IR illuminators and Sony CCD, 430 LOR camera invisibly allow 150 ft. The receiver is even powered via the USB connection. range) 2.4Ghz wireless weatherproof video security IR camera, but the tiny, metal case, 4-channel receiver and included software allows for direct USB connection to your computer for monitoring, motion activated recording, scheduled recording, and real time internet viewing from any Inet computer. The VersaCam/SIR offers features only imagined by other camera systems. Camera can be located as far away as 2000 ft. Plug & Play Wireless Cameras: No messy wiring, simply plug & play. Motion Activated Recording on PC - Recordings can be set for motion activation or continuous recording for up to 4 cameras to your PCs HDD. ![]() You can even pan and zoom each camera as well as view previous recordings and motion activated "events". LiveView Real Time Video via Internet - Simply type in IP address and password from any internet active computer or cell phone, and view real time video from up to 4 cameras simultaneously. ![]() ![]() ![]() To get a Mac cursor on Windows, you need to download and install a cursor pack from any third-party resource. This will change the entire mouse cursor scheme for Windows. Once the insallation is complete, navigate to Control Panel.Ĭlick Mouse option and go to Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties window.Ĭlick the option Scheme and choose Capitaine cursors from the drop-down menu. In the extracted folder, double click on Install file to get cursor package on your system. Click Extract files from the drop-down menu. ![]() Once done, open the downloaded folder and right click on the RAR folder. The download is an x-cursor theme inspired by macOS. To begin, download the Mac-style mouse cursor pack for Windows 11/10 from Github. Select the Capitaine cursors from the Scheme drop-down list.Search for Control Panel in the Taskbar search box.Extract the content and place it somewhere.To get Mac mouse cursor on Windows 11/10, follow these steps: In this article, we explain how to get Mac style Mouse cursor or pointer on Windows 11/10 using Capitaine mouse cursor. The Mac-style cursor is supported by both 32 bit and 64-bit Windows version. Additionally, the cursor animations of Mac style cursor is quite cool as that of the default Windows Mouse Pointer. The Mac-style cursor pack for Windows gives a refreshed look for your Windows laptop with a bunch of colorful mouse cursors and a responsive keyboard. If you want to get rid of the old default mouse cursor and looking for personalizing your Windows with Mac style mouse cursor, then you are in the right place. Mac has some bunch of colored and animated mouse curses that will make your system look unique. If you have used Mac before, you may know that Mac focuses mainly on aesthetics. One of the viable ways to make your boring desktop look visually appealing is using some bunch of colorful mouse cursors. If you are unhappy with the Windows user interface, there are many personalization options to improve the visuals of your computer. While Windows is popular and is known for its great performances at an affordable price, Mac is known for its stylish design. Both Windows and Mac have their own pros and cons, making both viable choices. When it comes to choosing a computer, whether to pick a Mac or a computer running Windows OS is overwhelming. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike some of our others here though, it has a killer headless mode ideals for NAS devices, home servers, HTPCs, and even Raspberry Pis, and it’s customisable to completely automate your downloads. Like our other contenders, it supports encryption, sharing your own files, IP filtering, download scheduling, and remote management. It’s since gone cross-platform, with variants both first-party and third-party available for macOS, Linux, and even Windows. ![]() It’s lightweight, and for the longest time was the best torrenting app available for the Mac. Transmission (Windows/Mac/Linux): Transmission is in this roundup for an unfortunate reason (more on that later), but also because we’ve often recommended it in the past - and for good reason.It, too, is cross-platform, and works flawlessly on just about every system you throw it at. IP filtering, sequential downloads, built-in search, encrypted downloads, web-based remote control, port forwarding, it’s all there. Its interface may look sparse, but under the hood you’ll find just about everything you need, whether you’re heavy or a light downloader. qBittorrent (Windows/Mac/Linux): Free, open-source, and designed to pick up the community that µTorrent left behind, qBittorrent has garnered a huge following for being slim, trim, and super fast without skimping on the features that matter.Plus, it’s cross-platform and is simple to use whether you need the advanced features or not. It can schedule downloads, supports port forwarding, and it can even throttle itself depending on your overall bandwidth usage. Like any good torrenting client, it can resume stopped downloads, merge trackers, download items in sequential order, supports encrypted files, and lets you manage downloads remotely via mobile apps. It’s cross-platform, free, easy to use, and is packed with useful features. µTorrent (Windows/Mac/Linux): µTorrent has, for the longest time, been your favourite BitTorrent client.The world of BitTorrent clients is vast and infinite, but of the most popular apps out there capable of downloading torrents, scheduling downloads, remotely managing those downloads, and more, three apps stand out pretty clearly: ![]() It’s time to check in on a few of our favourites to see how they fare, which deserves your downloads and which ones you can trust. There are more BitTorrent clients than we could possibly compare, but some of the most popular - and best - have been under the spotlight lately for sleazy ads and bad behaviour. ![]() |