Needless to say, I was scared as hell because Close to the Sun was both huge and expensive. When the time came, after three smaller projects, I decided that the fourth one was going to be the big one. The company was started knowing that the first projects had to be part of a preparation for something bigger. I knew it would be difficult and tiring, but I decided that was the path to follow at that specific moment in my life. Once home, I faced some different opportunities and among them was the chance to open my own game company. I had been working abroad for several years with companies like Ubisoft, Metricminds, Crytek, and Square Enix and I decided to go back home to Rome for family reasons. Tell us how the studio came together and why you wanted to pursue indie development. Storm in a Teacup is a relatively young studio with three other games under its belt within a six-year period. Sitting down with Storm in a Teacup founder Carlo Ivo Alimo Bianchi, who has worked at companies like Ubisoft, Crytek, and Square Enix, we discussed his reasons for venturing out on his own as an indie developer, the benefits of developing the game using Unreal Engine 4, and what the Unreal Dev Grant meant to him and his team. Emphasizing intelligent play over straightforward action, Close to the Sun pushes to stand tall on its own. As there are no weapons in the game, Rose, the game’s largely defenseless protagonist, will have to rely on her wits and puzzle-solving skills if she wants to survive a creepy voyage on Nikola Tesla’s fictional floating ship. Sporting a brooding steampunk aesthetic, you’d be forgiven for thinking Close to the Sun is torn right from the pixels of BioShock, but apart from their similar art deco backdrops, that’s where the similarities end. A horror adventure loosely centered on the works of Nikola Tesla, Close to the Sun showed immense potential early in development and was a recipient of an Unreal Dev Grant. By Shawn Petraschuk Italian studio Storm in a Teacup hopes to turn heads with its ambitious fourth title, Close to the Sun.
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Fire ball racing7/31/2023 Torregrande breeze and Sardinian sunshine deliver picture-perfect conditions Four wins out of five races from Saturday's session will give Qibin Huang a lot of confidence going into Sunday's Medal Series in the Formula Kite Youth European Championship.SEVEN DINGHIES FOR SEVEN DECADES with David 'Dougal' Henshall : Fireball - The Dinghy of the Sitxties Posted on 27 May Formula Kite Youth European & Masters Worlds day 4 Tied at the top at Southport Yacht Club The first day of the 2023 International Etchells Class Gold Coast Championship was sailed Saturday 27 May from the Southport Yacht Club in what is the start of a large line up of regattas leading into two World Championships in Australia next year. Posted on 28 May Etchells Gold Coast Championship Day 1 The Challenger of Record and Defender (COR/D) have announced that Predictwind, the world's leading marine forecast organisation aimed at sailors at all levels, will be establishing the Common Weather Program for Barcelona. Predictwind will be establishing the Common Weather Program for Barcelona. Posted on 28 May America's Cup: Predictwind sets up in Barcelona The Swiss sailed their AC75, including a photoshoot for F1. The British and Italian teams also got solid training days on the Med, with both doing speed and match race testing. After losing a day to no wind, the Kiwi two-boat testing started on Thursday. The British and Italian teams both had solid training days on the Med. Posted on 28 May Cup Spy May 25-26: Solid day for Med based teams The Italian team planned an emotional reunion at sea with the Amerigo Vespecci, sail training ship of the Italian navy Emirates Team New Zealand did some damage believed to be electronic related, and their session stopped early. Posted on 28 May Cup Spy - May 27: Emotional reunion for ItaliansĮmotional reunion at sea with the Amerigo Vespecci, sail training ship of the Italian navy. Posted on 28 May Women's World Match Racing Tour Normandy day 1Ī fresh breeze in Le Havre tested the eleven teams A fresh breeze in Le Havre Normandy tested the eleven all-women international teams yesterday competing at the Normandie Match Cup, Stage 3 of the 2023 Women's World Match Racing Tour. Skipper Rufus Brand is expected to lead the team to great success Adventure sailing company, Allspice Yachting, is excited to announce that Rufus Brand will be the skipper of their yacht, Sterna, for the upcoming Ocean Globe Race (OGR). Posted on 28 May Allspice Yachting sets sail for Ocean Globe Race Posted on 28 May 18ft Skiffs: The BeashelsĪn incredible sailing family The 18 footer class has a rich tradition of family generational competition and one of the most prominent families in all skiff racing is the Beashel family which, for five generations, also has an incredible history right across the sailing world. Pressure on as leaders duel into Aarhus 11th Hour Racing Team is looking for its second consecutive leg win and the overall lead in The Ocean Race. Posted on 28 May The Ocean Race Leg 5 Day 8 If you would like to try sailing a Fireball please contact the Fireball Association.ġ45 Finn Masters set for a Finn-tastic week in Greece Some 145 sailors from 30 nations have completed registration and are ready for the 2023 Finn World Masters to begin, at Nea Itaklitsa, near Kavala, in Greece. What a great time to get into a Fireball! Australia will send another strong team of competitors as we continue to build for the 2012 Fireball Worlds in Mandurah, WA. The official web site (will continually be updated with the latest information. This has created a lot of excitement amongst the Australian fleet. The Fireball Worlds will be held in Barbados in May 2010. If you haven’t booked your accommodation yet then get to it! As always we are sailing in a popular holiday location, and accommodation over the Christmas period will be hard to come by if you leave it too late. Port Stephens in NSW will be a fantastic venue. Preparation for the upcoming Australian Championship is progressing well. Check the SA Fireball website (for dates and to register your interest. Both Adelaide SC and Largs Bay SC will be conducting winter races. While the official racing has ended for another season, there are still those keen to get an edge on the competition by sneaking in a few training sessions and racing over the cooler months. In fact, save for a handful of interrogation droids and a pair of AT-STs, the only enemies you'll run into at first are storm troopers, and the repetitive task of gunning down these white-clad soldiers will quickly wear thin. And storm troopers-lots of them, especially during the first five missions. You'll encounter swarms of angry rodians and other assorted bounty hunters. Of course, not all the characters you'll meet in Jedi Outcast will be friendly. What are you waiting for, him to shoot first? The story moves along through the use of good-looking prerendered cinematics, as well as in-game cutscenes that tend to focus close in on characters' faces, most of whom make use of believable facial animation and lip syncing. Included in this notable cast of characters are Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian, the latter voiced by none other than Billy Dee Williams himself. You'll also run into many new faces, as well as a handful of familiar ones who will undoubtedly please fans of the source material. Other levels are quite new, such as a mining facility on Artus and the innards of a massive capital ship called the Doom Giver. Some of the exotic locales you'll visit, like Yavin and the cloud city of Bespin, will be very familiar to Star Wars fans. The single-player game is relatively long compared with the single-player modes in recent shooters, and it's also quite tough at the default difficulty. In your quest to put a stop to this army of cybernetic soldiers, you'll fight your way through 24 single-player levels that span eight different environments. Now Playing: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Video Review There, Katarn and Ors uncover a plot by the remnant Imperial forces to create an army of dark warriors who are technologically infused with the force.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's They receive an urgent call from Mon Mothma telling the pair to investigate a distress call from the surface of a planet that was thought to be uninhabited. The game opens with Katarn and his trusty pilot, Jan Ors, on one such mission. The force is strong in Katarn, and he's no slouch with a lightsaber either, but after nearly falling to the dark side during the events of Jedi Knight, he's chosen to shun his Jedi ways in order to return to his life as a smuggler and mercenary for the Alliance. Katarn has a storied past that has been well chronicled in the original Dark Forces and its sequel Jedi Knight, and fans of the series will be glad to know that his moody manner and subtle pessimism remain intact in Jedi Outcast. You'll see some familiar faces in Jedi Outcast.Īs in the two previous games in this series, Jedi Knight II casts you in the role of Kyle Katarn, a gruff mercenary who lends his smuggling skills to the Rebellion during its uprising against the Empire. However, Jedi Outcast soon transforms from a typical first-person shooter to an exceptional Star Wars action game that contains some of the best combat sequences since Half-Life, the most distinctive control mechanics since Max Payne, and the most involving plot in a Star Wars game since Jedi Knight. Instead, the third game in the long-running Star Wars-themed shooter series initially gives the impression that it's a flashy but basic action game that isn't as ambitious as its highly acclaimed predecessor, Jedi Knight. Surprisingly, LucasArts and Raven Software's Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast doesn't really give one. A good first impression is always important. Grid autosport images7/31/2023 They typically sign those drivers to multiyear contracts, financing them in feeder series such as F2 and F3. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)į1 teams began creating driver development programs to attract and groom future racing talent. Jak Crawford's first podium finish in Formula Three came at Spa-Francorchamps on Aug. Jak transitioned to full-time formula racing shortly after and at 13 began competing in Formula Four in Mexico in the summer of 2018.įormula One powerhouse Red Bull stepped into the picture in 2019 when Helmut Marko, the head of its illustrious driver development program, invited Jak and Tim to Red Bull Racing’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, about 50 miles north of London. Tim was charting Jak’s path to become a NASCAR driver, but after the second-place finish in Italy, Ferrari’s storied Formula One team reached out to express interest in Jak, sparking the boy’s interest in an F1 career. Tim, who owns a go-karting track in a suburb north of Houston, financed his son’s racing career, and by 10 Jak had finished as the runner-up in one of the biggest international karting competitions. Over time, the activity progressed from hobby to craft after Tim began entering his son in races and Jak began beating older children, displaying a precocious talent for maneuvering karts through corners. Tim Crawford remembers the day he surrendered the ability to guide his son’s journey.Ī decade earlier, Tim had taken 4-year-old Jak Crawford to empty parking lots to practice driving a kid kart. After that, only a select few will be chosen to fill any openings in Formula One.įormula Two driver Jak Crawford. If they improve and play their cards right, they may earn one of 22 seats in Formula Two. Generally, drivers progress from a Formula Four or regional Formula Three series up to the Formula Three championship, in which Frederick currently competes for a French team called ART Grand Prix against 29 other drivers. Neither cost accounts for additional expenses, including coaches, trainers and insurance policies to cover race damage.įrederick is traversing the “global pathway,” a series of minor league racing tiers leading up to F1. A seat in F3 costs around $1.3 million per year, depending on the team. Where most F1 drivers are paid to race, F1 hopefuls typically pay teams to race in feeder series. That funding helped sustain his career as he became skilled enough that Formula One dreams evolved into discussions about making them a reality. He’s been great supporting us because otherwise we wouldn’t be able to do it.” He’s been following my journey since karting and has been helping us out a lot. Frederick describes him as “an investor who’s been a family friend of ours and is really into racing. Frederick’s parents benefit from a family friend who is the principal investor of Pilot One Racing, which sponsors their son. To finance professional ambitions, some young drivers sell a percentage of their potential F1 earnings to family friends or acquaintances in exchange for immediate funding. “The cars are very different the knowledge of how you drive the cars and even the culture around the simulator and how heavily you have to use that is a lot different in Europe.” “In order to make it to F1 under the current circumstances, you have to be over here,” he said before referencing the virtual technology drivers use to prepare for races. Kaylen Frederick stepped up to Formula cars at age 13 before moving to Europe four years later. Trackingtime downgrade7/31/2023 Analyze your productivity and profitability. You will need to set the password again, however.Īdding users and devices. 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Syncing Issues Date/Time Issues Camera Issues How to restore and upgrade/downgrade a deleted user Cover wall with fabric7/31/2023 An example of a fabric wallpaper with a simple design, suitable for a bedroom index wall The cost of fabric wall coverings In addition to all this, fabric wall coverings can also act as insulation to some extent. Another feature of these wall coverings that makes them a good choice is the fibers that prevent the impact from hitting the wall. Installing and applying fabric wall coverings is much easier than painting and wallpaper installation is almost easy. Of course, when you use fabric wall coverings, you will experience more durability than other types of wallpaper or paint. Fabric wall hangings have a long life and will be your guest for a long time. If you are looking to use a wallcovering for a long time and do not have to replace it any time soon, you can go for these wallcoverings. 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Examples of this cover can be seen in various home appliances such as furniture and curtains. What is a fabric wallcovering?įabric wall covering is a type of final coating for the surface of interior walls, which is made of natural materials used in fabrics and viscose fibers. Apart from the special beauty of fabric wall coverings, their unique properties can also be another reason for their choice. These wall coverings are also options that can help you make your home decoration look more distinctive and beautiful. Of course, for those who want to give their home decoration a special touch and beauty, trying new and different options can be very interesting. vertisol rugs : it is the latest addition, a wide range of vinyl rugs with a large variety of personalized options, which are based on the same five collections as v ertisolf loor: Chroma, Wicker, Panama, Memphis and Pobo.What is a fabric wallcovering? 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Due to its composition, vertisol floor is a product without phthalates and antimony and at the same time prevents the spread of fungi and bacteria. vertisol is a product which is woven from PVC-coated polyester yarn, wherein the PVC is prepared at vertisol. With the vertisolfloor, we position ourselves on the market as a manufacturer of woven vinyl covering by developing solutions for flooring and wall covering. Ogp smartscope flash7/31/2023 Overall Equipment Size and Footprint Max Height:ħ30 mm (28.74 in) Width: 600 mm (23.62 in) Max Depth: 860 mm (33.85 in) Weight: 100 Kg (220.46 lbs) Features And Bene[ts: Designed-in accuracy – Patented “elevating bridge” design eliminates errors common to other designs Multi-sensor versatility – Optional touch probe, off-axis DRS™ laser or on-axis TTL interferometric laser, and /or micro-probes. For more information about the OGP products we offer, or to get a quote for new equipment, contact a local team member today. As a distributor for OGP, our precision measurement group offers the full line of SmartScope Flash systems throughout our sales territories in the U.S. SmartScope Flash 200 – a compact, automatic measurement value. Add touch probe, laser and micro-probes and it’s a full-Uedged multisensor measurement system. SmartScope Flash 200 is a great video measuring machine. SmartScope Flash 200 is multisensor capable and comes standard with a high quality Zoom 12 AccuCentric® zoom lens that autocalibrates with every magni[cation change. SmartRing™ light is standard for the ultimate Uexibility in surface illumination. The computer controlled LED array backlight tracks X-axis motion of the optics with no moving parts. The SmartScope Flash 200 has patented innovations that let you do more, and do it faster. Innovative design features offer Cross customers an “elevating bridge” and an embedded computer which means the system takes up little space on a benchtop while providing an ample 8″ x 8″ x 6″ inch measuring range and extensive measurement capabilities. SmartScope Flash 200 Product Overview The SmartScope® Flash™ 200 is a full-featured benchtop automatic measurement system, and the smallest member of the SmartScope Flash family of digital measurement systems. This is a used SMARTSCOPE FLASH 200 MULTISENSOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS CMM. Contacts cleaner iphone app7/31/2023 To choose which name appears on the unified card, tap one of the linked cards, tap the contact’s name on that card, then tap Use This Name For Unified Card. Tap Link Contacts, then the other contact you’d like to link to the first one.Īpple notes that when you link contacts with different first or last names, the names on the individual cards don’t change, but only one name appears on the unified card.Next, select a category to start cleaning up your iPhone’s photos. First, specify a cleaning time period for the app to consolidate your photos from. If you identify two contact cards that are for the same person, and they aren’t automatically offered for linking in the above steps, then you can still link them manually by performing these steps: With high ratings and more than 90,000 reviews, Smart Cleaner is one of the most popular photo deleting apps for an iPhone user. You can also ignore cards individually by swiping right to left on a contact card in the duplicates list and select Do Not Merge. This will merge the contact cards into a single card, removing the duplicate cards. Tap Merge All or Ignore All ( Figure B).įigure B Figure B: Choose to either merge or ignore duplicate contacts.If this option isn’t available, then no duplicates were found. Let’s see how simple it can be to merge a duplicate contact card in the Contacts app in iOS 16: When found, the duplicates will display them in the app under your My Card at the top of the Contacts list ( Figure A), ready for you to merge or ignore the merge for that contact completely.įigure A When duplicate contacts are found, a card will appear at the top of the Contacts app list. SEE: Hiring kit: iOS developer (TechRepublic Premium) How to link contacts automatically in iOS 16Īfter installing iOS 16, the Contacts app will begin automatically scanning for duplicate contact cards. Apple is using smart intelligence features to automatically match up contacts that seem familiar, then offer up the ability to merge duplicate contact cards into a single card. If it isnt, tap it and try to connect again. Find the Bluetooth symbol and verify its lit up. Hidden in plain sight is the ability to merge contacts that have duplicate records in the app. 2 days ago &0183 &32 Swipe down from the top of your iPhone screen and look for the Connectivity box in the top corner. IOS 16 has many hidden secrets behind every corner, but one that you might have been wanting for a while has finally come to the Contacts app. ICloud Usage Policy (TechRepublic Premium) How to boost your iPhone’s battery chargeĬlean your Mac before you break down and buy a new one The Contacts app in iOS 16 can now find and merge duplicate contacts to ensure your contacts are organized. How to find and merge duplicate contacts in iOS 16 Trine enchanted edition with controller7/31/2023 3 Heroes – Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight and Zoya the Thief, each with their own skills:.Note: The original Trine is only included in the Windows and Mac versions. All Trine purchases have been automatically updated to Trine Enchanted Edition. The different versions are selectable from the game launcher. Stunning new graphics based on the Trine 2 engineīoth Trine Enchanted Edition as well as the original Trine are included in the Enchanted Edition.Mid-level saving: Save anywhere to play as long or short sessions as you like.Online and local co-op with up to three players. Trine Enchanted Edition Trine Enchanted Edition is a remake of the original Trine with dazzling new visual effects and numerous gameplay improvements! The player can at any time freely choose whoever is best suited for the upcoming challenge or puzzle: The Wizard is able to summon objects to help solve puzzles and create new ways to overcome obstacles, the Thief uses her agility and dead-on accuracy to swiftly surprise the monsters, and the Knight unleashes mayhem and physical destruction wherever he goes. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics - each character's different abilities help the player battle an army of undead and defeat hazardous contraptions. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil. While these titles offer co-op, they do not all support split-screen therefore, if two players are specifically interested in that feature, they should double-check it is supported before purchasing a Lego game.Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Traveller's Tales has fine-tuned the general gameplay and expanded the scope with each new entry, but someone's preference is likely to come down to their preferred license. Similar to Trine, Lego games are always a reliable choice for local co-op.
Hip fracture7/31/2023 Pain when you rotate your hip in or out.Pain in your hip or groin and can even pain in the thigh.Note: Hip fractures should be assessed by an orthopaedic specialist immediately. Together, we put our patients on the path to a pain-free, more mobile life.Īs one of the oldest and most well-regarded orthopaedic units in the United States, we can offer you several surgical options and, should you need it, physical rehabilitation services that are second to none. As part of the U-M Comprehensive Musculoskeletal Center, we work in concert with everyone who is involved in bone and joint health, such as our award-winning Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit. That's why if you have fractured your hip - or suspect that you have - you should know that the University of Michigan Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has successfully diagnosed and treated hundreds of patients with hip fractures. Hip fractures are most common in people 65 and up because as we get older, our bones naturally lose some strength and are more likely to break.Ī hip fracture can really interfere with the quality of your life, and it can take a long time to recover. Hip fractures can be caused by a fall, a direct blow to the side of the hip (such as in a vehicle accident, for example), and medical conditions such as osteoporosis, repetitive stress or cancer. A hip fracture occurs when any part of the structure breaks and the bones separate. The hip joint is a ball and socket joint made up of the top of your femur (the ball) and the bottom of the pelvis (the socket). AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |