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Convict Gunther is forced to sacrifice himself to dispatch the guards at the cost of his life. During the prison break, the group runs into guards that secretly gamble at night. The guard responsible for checking contrabands cannot bring himself to break open the pastries since Mendl's pastries are works of art. Convinced to join the prison break, Gustave has Zero place hammers, chisels, and sawblades inside pastries made by Agatha, an apprentice Mendl's baker and Zero's fiancée. After extensive research of the prison, one of Gustave's cellmates, Ludwig, tells the gang that they can escape via a storm-drain sewage system. He befriends a gang during his imprisonment and provides them with pastry from Mendl's, a well-known bakery. Henckels for Madame D.'s murder Serge then goes into hiding. Gustave and Zero abscond with the painting, hiding it in a safe in the Grand Budapest.Īfter a testimony by Madame D.'s butler Serge X, Gustave is arrested by Inspector Alfred J. Madame D.'s son and an agent of the regime, Dmitri, refuses to let it happen. There, her attorney, Deputy Vilmos Kovacs, announces a recent codicil which bequeaths famous Renaissance painting Boy with Apple to Gustave. Gustave and Zero visit her estate, where relatives come for the reading of her will. She mysteriously dies a month after her last hotel visit. Gustave strikes up affairs with old, wealthy clients, including dowager Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe-und-Taxis (known as Madame D.), who secretly owns the hotel. He is hired as a lobby boy supervised by Monsieur Gustave H., the hotel's concierge. In 1932, Zero is an illegal refugee escaping a war waged by a fascist regime, which killed his entire family. There, he meets its owner, Zero Moustafa, who tells his rags to riches story at dinner. The book, written in 1985, recounts his 1968 vacation at the once-grand, then-drab hotel. In a cemetery in the former nation of Zubrowka, a woman visits the shrine of a renowned writer, known simply as "Author", reading his most-cherished book: The Grand Budapest Hotel. Since its release, The Grand Budapest Hotel has been assessed as one of the greatest films of the 2010s and the twenty-first century. The film was nominated for nine awards at the 87th Academy Awards including Best Picture, winning four, and received numerous other accolades. It earned $173 million in box office revenue worldwide, Anderson's highest-grossing feature to date. Critics distinguished the actors and the film's craftsmanship for praise, though occasional criticism centered on the film's approach to subject matter, fragmented storytelling, and characterization. The Grand Budapest Hotel received highly positive reviews in the press. The French theatrical release on February 26 preceded the film's global rollout, followed by releases in Germany, North America, and the United Kingdom on March 6–7. The Grand Budapest Hotel premiered in competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on February 6, 2014. The film explores themes of fascism, nostalgia, friendship, and loyalty, and further studies analyze the function of color as an important storytelling device. French composer Alexandre Desplat composed the symphonic, Russian folk-inspired score, which expanded on his early work with Anderson. Filming took place in eastern Germany from January to March 2013. The Grand Budapest Hotel draws visually from Europe-set mid-century Hollywood films and the United States Library of Congress's photochrom print collection of alpine resorts. They initially struggled in their brainstorming, but the experience touring Europe and researching the literature of Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig shaped their vision for the film. Fox Searchlight supervised the commercial distribution, and The Grand Budapest Hotel 's funding was sourced through Indian Paintbrush and German government-funded tax rebates.Īnderson and longtime collaborator Hugo Guinness conceived The Grand Budapest Hotel as a fragmented tale following a character inspired by a common friend. Anderson's American Empirical Pictures produced the film in association with Studio Babelsberg, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Indian Paintbrush's Scott Rudin and Steven Rales. When Gustave is framed for the murder of a wealthy dowager ( Tilda Swinton), he and his recently befriended protégé Zero ( Tony Revolori) embark on a quest for fortune and a priceless Renaissance painting amidst the backdrop of an encroaching fascist regime. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a twentieth-century mountainside resort in the fictional Eastern European country of Zubrowka. The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson.
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Shopping sites1/16/2024 Chicwish – Vintage-inspired, feminine clothing, online boutique.ġ4. Express -Fashion-forward workwear and daily outfits for women & menġ2. Zaful – Affordable, trendy online fashion and swimwear retailer.ġ1. ASOS – Global online retailer of trendy clothing, accessories.ĩ. & Other Stories – sustainable clothing, bags and accessoriesģ, Temu – Online marketplace for affordable products, including clothes & fashionĨ. Boohoo – fashion forward affordable clothing for womenħ. MANGO – Contemporary, modern women’s fashion online storeĦ. Pretty Little Thing – Trendy, affordable fashion for young womenĥ. UNIQLO – Japanese retailer offering casual wear and great basicsĤ. Oak + Fort – chic but affordable clothing company with minimalist styleģ. SHEIN – cheap & trendy clothing, shoes, accessories and makeupĢ. TLDR: here’s a quicklist of all my best online clothing stores for women grouped into 3 price ranges for you, but keep strolling to read the full review and get the discount codes! Affordable & Budget Friendly Online Storesġ. Plus, I threw in some bonus insider shopping tips to help get you the best deals! Where to Shop for Clothes Online This list includes websites for clothing, shoes, accessories, as well as beauty and skincare, a little home decor. You’ll find a range of shopping sites for women from cheap deals to designer luxury splurges. Fortunately for you online shopping is what I love most! I’ve round up the top 45 of best online shopping sites for women so you can spend less time searching and more time shopping! These days are so many places to shop online, it’s hard to know which websites are actually worth it. A roundup of the best online shopping sites for women’s clothing, makeup, shoes, bags and accessories from budget friendly finds to designer deals.
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Lion and zebra of madagascar1/16/2024 Alex mistakes it for a dance-off, and when another lion roars "Fight!" he starts doing the gang dance from "West Side Story". It leads to a misunderstanding when the pacifist, show-tune-singing son is sent into battle with rival alpha males. Alex the Lion : I'm swimming back to New York I know my chances are slim, but I have to try Gloria the Hippo : Alex, you can't swim Alex the Lion : I said my chances are slim Gloria the Hippo : Okay, let's make a good impression on the people. In the clips previewed Wednesday, Mac's character is overjoyed to find his long-lost son, but thinks the title of "King of New York," bestowed by the zoo as a marketing gimmick, means Alex is a fearsome warrior. "We loved Bernie, and there is a heart and a soulfulness that he brought to the role of Zuba." "Every day we are animating, and every day we are living with the creative contribution he made," Katzenberg said. He noted that animators were still putting the finishing touches on some of Mac's scenes when he died unexpectedly last week at age 50. The sequel to the sequel and franchise of the 26th film Madagascar, it continues the expedition of Alex the Lion, Marty Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria Hippo. It tells the story of four lifelong friends, Alex the lion, Marty the zebra. "And to have a sudden loss like this, it has been really, really hard on all of us." Madagascar film franchise starting with the 2005 movie Madagascar. The sequel to 2005s 'Madagascar', in which New York Zoo animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, still stranded on Madagascar, start to leave the island. "Somebody you spend time with and get to know becomes a part of your family," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation chief. Mac voices a new character, Zuba, who turns out to be the wild father of Stiller's zoo-pampered lion, Alex. 7, and this time the foursome - a lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), a hypochondriac giraffe (David Schwimmer), a restless zebra (Chris Rock) and a hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) - make their way through Africa's Serengeti plains. The sequel to the 2005 comedy about zoo animals lost in the wild comes out Nov. Were lucky to have two male zebra Hugh, our cheeky Grants zebra and Parsley, our Chapmans zebra. It was a bittersweet morning Wednesday at DreamWorks Animation, as the makers of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" showed off the first footage of the film - much of it highlighted by a lion voiced by the late Bernie Mac. A lions roar can be heard from five miles.
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Aura app1/16/2024 Headspace is efficient and to-the-point, and that’s what’s made them my favorite and the team to beat in this space. Should you choose to subscribe to Headspace ($12.95 for one month to $419.95 for a lifetime), you’ll get access to hundreds of hours of content…specific meditations for sleep, creativity, etc., “emergency” meditations for times of severe stress, and options to interact (social media-like) with other users. If you’re motivated to start a practice, this is an easy and approachable way in. To start, Headspace offers you ten 10-minute guided meditation sessions as a way of introduction and helping establish a daily practice, and they’re all free. While there may be some Eastern, Buddhistish feeling to some language, imagery and music, there’s nothing that’s rooted in any organized theology.)Ĭhances are, you’ve at least heard of Headspace as it is the most visible, “mainstream” industry leader when it comes to meditation apps. (Note-all the aps discussed here are secular in their approach. The best apps help with all three, and here’s a look at some of the most popular and effective. Sometimes we need basic instruction, other times we need a way to track progress, and almost always we need inspiration to keep us invested and accountable. on Zen nuances? Most definitely.Īs with so much of contemporary life-the ever-growing Health and Fitness industries being an early adopter-apps for our smart devices make accomplishing goals not only simpler, but with a much higher probability of success. Is meditation a form of mindfulness? Sure thing. Is mindfulness a form of meditation? Yes. There’s no hard and fast definitions here, but the generally accepted idea is that meditation is a purposeful set of specific actions designed to relax, recharge and realign the mind, where mindfulness is the state of being where one tries to be more present in each moment of the day. And for the record, the reason for the “/” when discussing mindfulness and meditation is that, while they’re similar, there is a slight difference. "Meditation is a purposeful set of specific actions designed to relax, recharge and realign the mind, where mindfulness is the state of being where one tries to be more present in each moment of the day."Īs lifestyle guru Tim Ferris relayed in his amazing book Tools of Titans, an overwhelming majority of the “titans” he interviewed employed some kind of mindfulness/meditation practice in their daily routines, so we should all get in on the action. True, the granddaddy of them all, Transcendental Meditation (TM), has been a constant throughout those years (more on TM in a bit), but today’s variations on mindfulness/meditation practice have been embraced by not only the usual touchy-feely-trend-of-the-month-club suspects, but by everyone from moms, to the grown, unemployed children living in their basements, to our most successful thought leaders, cultural influencers, and industry mavericks. While the popularity of meditation has ebbed and flowed since the spiritual awakening of the late 1960’s, the practice having an extra special moment as we speak. In addition to exposing me to the merits of Critical Thinking and stocking my bookshelf with Eastern Philosophy’s Greatest Hits, the class also introduced me to the concept of mindfulness and the practice of meditation. Trouble is, I ended up learning something-a lot actually-and with all of the courses I took during my very liberal arts education, it’s one of the handful I remember and actually apply in my daily life years later. That’s a very “senior year of college” thing to do, as I suspected it would be an easy way to breeze through my last semester with the minimum of academic rigor and maximum of navel gazing/napping at the back of the class. In my senior year of college, I took a course in Zen Buddhism.
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Spike cowboy bebop jacket1/15/2024 So if you’re one of those aforementioned weebs then you might want to throw down some of those hard earned woolongs. I hadnt been feeling very enthused about making this at first but its ended up being one of my favorite coats Ive made. While it’s not for costuming, it’s for those hardcore fans of the classic anime franchise. The two piece suit can be ordered via the Super Groupies website through December 17th, 2017 for 40,000 yen ( $360 US) with a late March 2018 release planned. Both the jacket and pants features a Cowboy Bebop themed lining and custom Swordfish II buttons. Spike is tall, lean, and handsome in appearance as is often seen with a cigarette hanging between his lips. He’s called the cowboy because he’s a bounty hunter who travels through space on his ship, Bebop. Channel Spikes iconic look and stand out with confidence. With fine stitching and one side waist pocket, this Spike Spiegel Blue Jacket combines durability with functionality. Spike Spiegel is the one who goes by that name in the Japanese manga movie and series, Cowboy Bebop. It’s perfect for when you want to look good while hunting down those bounties during the 20th anniversary of the series in April of 2018. Rock timeless style with the Cowboy Bebop Spike Spiegel Blue Suit. Let’s Jam! Yep! We’re getting an official ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Spike Spiegel suit! From the Japanese fashion label Super Groupies you can soon suit up in a Spike inspired outfit which is available for pre-order right now.
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The free version can delete an unlimited number of duplicate files, and you can always upgrade to the PRO version to unlock additional features. With the help of this powerful app, you can find duplicate and similar files, merge two folders into one, preview duplicates by file type, use automatically select duplicates for deletion, and much more.ĭespite offering so many useful features, Duplicate File Finder Remover remains accessible even to Mac users who don’t consider themselves tech-savvy. Duplicate File Finder RemoverĮxact Duplicates: Yes | Similar Files: Yes | Automatic Cleanup: Yes | System Requirements: macOS 10.12 or laterĭuplicate File Finder Remover is a feature-packed duplicate file finder for Mac that’s perfect for advanced users who wish to go beyond simple duplicate deletion. Plan for 5 Macs – $119.75 for one-year subscription or $244.75 for one-time purchaseįree Download 3.Plan for 2 Macs – $47.90 for one-year subscription or $97.90 for one-time purchase.Plan for 1 Mac – $23.95 for one-year subscription or $48.95 for one-time purchase.Free version – can clean only up to 500 MB data.Speaks your language – Besides English, Gemini 2 is also available in German, Spanish, French, Ukraine, Russian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, and Japanese.Smart Cleanup – Gemini 2 can intelligently tell original files from their copies, and it remembers your choices to save you time during future cleanups.Gemini 2 has been translated into many different languages, and you can use it to clean up to 500 MB of data for free. The user interface of this duplicate file finder is so well-designed that it received the Red Dot award for UI design in 2017. The app excels at finding duplicate photos thanks to its ability to find not just exact duplicates but also photos that merely look similar (think how many times you typically press the shutter button to get a good shot). Gemini 2 is the best duplicate file finder for Mac because its pretty user interface elegantly exposes a lot of intelligent features that enable you to quickly and painlessly delete all kinds of duplicates, from photos to documents to apps. CleverFiles Duplicates Finder costs $2.99Įxact Duplicates: Yes | Similar Files: Yes | Automatic Cleanup: Yes | System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.10 and higher.Multi-language support – The developer of CleverFiles Duplicates Finder has translated the app into multiple languages, making it accessible to users from around the world.Symlinks for deleted duplicates – The software can automatically create symlinks for deleted duplicates to prevent apps that depend on them from breaking.Fresh user interface – CleverFiles Duplicates Finder has a modern user interface that makes it fit right in with native macOS apps.You can even preview duplicates without leaving the app to confirm that you’re about the delete the right files. The application will automatically find all copies of the same files and make it easy for you to get rid of them. To use CleverFiles Duplicates Finder to get rid of duplicates, all you have to do is add all folders you want to scan and press the Start Scan button. Developed by CleverFiles, the famous software company behind data recovery software Disk Drill, this duplicate file finder has all the hallmarks of a polished software application, so you won’t be distracted by UI quirks, strange bugs, and glaring feature omissions. If you’re looking for a straightforward Mac duplicate file finder that you can download directly from the Mac App Store, then CleverFiles Duplicates Finder is a stellar choice. CleverFiles Duplicates FinderĮxact Duplicates: Yes | Similar Files: No | Automatic Cleanup: Yes | System Requirements: macOS 10.12.6 or later Top 15 Best Duplicate File Finders for MacĪre you wondering how to remove duplicate files on your Mac without wasting money on apps that don’t actually work? Our list of the top 15 best duplicate file finders for Mac is here to help! 1. Best Duplicate File Finders for Mac: Summary of Our Picks That’s because you can use a duplicate file finder for Mac to get rid of all unnecessary copies of your files with a few simple clicks. Is your Mac running out of available storage space? The chances are that you don’t need to spend your hard-earned money on a new hard drive (or a new Mac) just yet. How do I find duplicate photos on my Mac? How do I find and delete duplicate files on my Mac? Why do I have so many duplicate files on my Mac? What is the best duplicate file finder for Mac? How to Choose a Mac Duplicate File Finder That Really Works?.
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Supermarket mania journey walkthrough1/15/2024 Even if you do buy the cashier, etc you will have to buy her again in the next level, purchases don’t transfer from level to level, it’s very frustrating. You get crystals by winning but you can’t win without upgrades and you can’t upgrade without crystals. There isn’t an option to watch videos to get free crystals. It’s a fun game, but it doesn’t seem possible to win unless you spend actually real money to buy upgrades. Impossible to win without in app purchases If you don't you lose a life and have to start all over □ Sadly I will be deleting this game soon if I cannot win some more gems because I'm sick of playing the same levels over and over only to lose because I didn't make enough money or because I lost an impatient customer and don't have the gems to buy more customers. I also dislike that after you lose you can "buy" back a list customer or pay off a failed goal with 8 gems. or playing in the casino ☹️ The event is fun but you only get so many butterflies and you have to clear all levels with them until more are revealed and the rest are behind a locked store gate that I need 100 gems to access □ I'm not a fan of games that require you paying real money to win, I didn't think this one was like that at first as I'm in the 9th store, but since I can't win without gems for upgrades/powerups and the casino isn't giving me any gems I think buying them is the only option. Unfortunately coins only help you out with the first upgrades on a food/device/etc. I think the casino is rigged because I used to play it all the time to get much needed gems - you basically NEED them to buy upgrades/powerups to get through higher levels - but for the last day I haven't won any gems and I've played at least a few hundred times and have only won coins. A bit annoying that you have to play a level 4 times to get a "gold" score as its not based on points like other games. Those are the flaws and great thing about this game You never just have your character sit in one place unless they are waiting for someone to finish shopping so you can restock, even then your doing something. And last, I love how your always can be doing something. As I said before though they add something however you never do it again. Every level they add something new that is so fun and fits perfectly with the game. Second, you can get a cashier that makes it sooo much easier and enjoyable. Some ways this game is amazing is first, it helps out a lot that your main character speeds around your shop. This game has many flaws yet is sooo addicting as I mentioned before. Last, they do not explain very well about how to do stuff such as make a milkshake. Also, when they introduce a new person they never use them frequently ever again. This game is addictive, however it's really difficult to get 3 stars in every level. Visit us: Watch us: Find us: Follow us: G5 End User License Supplemental Terms: Sign up now for a weekly round-up of the best from G5 Games! _Ĭollect them all! Search for "g5" in iTunes! Game available in: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
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Enclave power armor eva foam1/15/2024 To create the pattern for the shoulder detail, I cut a flat 'O' a little bigger than the one I wanted to create and then sliced it on two sides and taped it back together in a cone. I decided wanted to cut-out the foam over the shoulder where the circular shoulder detail was going to sit. Since my design was going to consist of several topographic layers of foam I just drew the outlines of the layers onto the base piece and fiddled around until I had something I liked. I also tried it on my own body to make sure the shapes and proportions were working on an actual human. I cut out two copies of the shape to see what the outline of the whole thing looked like on the form, and then refined it to get a shape I really liked. Then I took the paper off, edited my lines a little and traced the shape onto a piece of oak tag with my spiky tracing wheel. To pattern my shoulder piece I started by pinning a piece of pattern paper to my form and drawing the basic shape of my piece while referring to my sketch, I also marked important points like the shoulder seam. This is saran wrap trick a very popular and effective method for creating patterns for both foam and Worbla accessories, and I'll show you a version of it in our lesson on Worbla. If you are making something more fitted, like a breastplate, you can use the tape and saran wrap method, like ErikaT5 uses in this great Leather Corset Instructable. This method is good for pieces like this shoulder armor that don't have to fit as precisely against the body. If you don't have a dress form you can just use yourself, or get a friend to act as your mannequin while you get some basic shapes and proportions. My go-to patternmaking method for most accessories is to make a mock-up in paper and oak tag (thin cardboard used for pattern drafting) using a dress form and my own body. There are many ways to create patterns for EVA foam accessories, and the best methods for patternmaking will vary depending on what kind of accessory you're creating. For my shoulder piece I used 8mm and 4mm foam, and for the core of my Worbla headpiece (which we'll talk about in the next lesson) I used 2mm. To create costume pieces with both structure and details you'll need to have a few thicknesses on hand. My go-to site is TNT Cosplay Supply - they sell large sheets of smooth, dense high quality foam in both black and white and a variety of thicknesses. This awesome EVA Foam Armor Instructable by Towering Props has a great description of these different types of foam and links for where to buy them.ĮVA foam has now become such a popular material that now there are some dedicated sites selling foam specifically for costumes. Craft foam sheets and rolls, which are thinner and smooth on both sides, are sold at places like Michaels. The first two can often be found at hardware stores and will usually have a texture, which can be nice if you are creating certain kinds of armor, but if you want a blank slate to work on it can be annoying. In order to get EVA foam, you used to have to buy products intended for other uses like thick tiles used for floor covering, softer floor mats that come in rolls, and smaller sheets or rolls of thin craft foam. Some kinds will be denser or softer than others, some will have a texture on one or both sides, and you will find it in a wide variety of thicknesses. Painting and Finishing Worbla and EVA Foamīecause EVA Foam is used for so many purposes besides costumes, it can be sourced from a lot of convenient places in slightly different forms. Check out the rest of this collection for instructions on how to create more pieces of the costume. This instructable is also part of my How to Become a Superhero collection which is a series of tutorials that walk you through designing and constructing your own superhero costume. If you are intrigued after this instructable and want to dive deeper, check out this collection of superhero related projects where you'll find a lot of other great EVA foam tutorials. The world of EVA foam costuming is a rabbit hole, and many foam armor projects are ridiculously complex and take hundreds of hours and a lot of patience to build, but this is an beginner lesson designed to introduce you to some of the basic techniques through the creation of a relatively simple shoulder piece for a superhero costume. With enough skill and the right tools and patience, it can be finished to look like almost any material. It is especially beloved by cosplayers and prop makes because it is lightweight, cheap, and can easily be cut, carved, and even heat shaped to create interesting forms. EVA Foam is a great material for constructing costumes and props of all different kinds, from period armor and swords to slick futuristic robots.
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I did a fresh install in a machine and they forced this on me. Just don't think that v5 is better than v4 coz it's not. They have really crippled this program with v5. Quote by ZoidJust a heads up for those new to this and blindly downloading: Arturia v4 is far far superior. This amazing software instrument also features perfect integration with Arturia controller keyboards, and seamless compatibility with other brands too. It helps you hit the stage Featuring a Concert mode and Stage view, Analog Lab lets you organize your sets and sounds so you can use legendary synths and keyboards playing live. If you own V Collection, you can also open up presets in their dedicated instrument to get full access to all the controls and parameters. Combine sounds you love into a dynamic “Multi” patch mix levels and add studio quality effects set split points to play multiple sounds at once. It's Creative Analog Lab is both fun for beginners, but also has huge depth for professionals to explore. You can even use AI to find similar sounds to your current preset. This means you can search for any term, or select the exact phrases you want. Every preset has been tagged and categorized, with descriptions, cool titles. You might think that trying to find the right sound from thousands of options might be an impossible task, but the preset explorer is your gateway to discovery. It's Fun Analog Lab isn’t a static instrument, it helps you explore your creativity, and can be personalized to bring out the best in you. Simple, effective, intuitive, and ready to help you make music. We analyzed the way people actually use software instruments, and created Analog Lab to inspire your creativity, not get in its way. Key parameters are mapped to a simple selection of controls browsing sounds makes sense there’s no guesswork. You wouldn’t know it by just looking, though. Analog Lab is a marvel of software design, combining every synth and keyboard audio engine from the instruments of V Collection in one place. It's Easy to use Analog Lab doesn’t blind you with knobs, faders, patch cables and drop-down menus. Analog Lab puts of all our modelling expertise to work in one deceptively simple instrument, so no matter what type of synth or keyboard sound you love, Analog Lab has exactly what you need. If you’re after classic sounds from yesterday’s hits, it has them. If you’re into quirky, niche patches, it has them. If you like cutting-edge chart sounds, it has them. It sounds incredible First and foremost, the sounds in Analog Lab will absolutely blow you away. Discover inspiration at every step on your musical journey. Immediate access to dozens of faithfully modelled instruments, combining awe-inspiring sound with exceptional ease of use and awesome features. Whether you’re a music producer, a live performer, a sound designer, or just a fan or vintage synths and keyboards, Analog Lab will blow you away. Analog Lab gives you streamlined access to thousands of the hottest preset synth and keyboard sounds from our award-winning V Collection. Looking for that perfect keyboard sound? Look no further. Over 6500 amazing presets, from over 30 classic keyboards, intuitive controls, and seamless integration. Team V.R | 18 February 2022 | 1.8 GB Analog Lab KEYBOARD ANTHOLOGY Your go-to choice for inspiration, creativity, and performance.
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Kill shot king 131/14/2024 Even if some of the aerial shots of Afghanistan mountains feel like stock footage, there’s a refreshing patience to the way the film captures this girl’s improbable journey. The wide lens outdoor photography of her stepping through the wilderness has a scope and ambition rarely seen in these kinds of films. After the opening text screen educates you on the amount of money being made in Afghanistan’s drug trade, you’re treated to an opening scene in which a young Afghani girl walks through miles of snow to deliver a briefcase of money to a group of gunmen in an armored truck. The first few minutes suggest a more interesting film. Sadly, local-car-dealership-level acting and sloppy direction keep it from ever rising above being a Z-Grade time waster. This is a shame, because it has a solid concept and even some fun narrative ideas in its last act. It’s uniquely horrible, flying in far below the already-low bar set by recent direct-to-streaming action releases. Surprisingly, Kill Shot does actually find a way to stand apart from its contemporaries: The cover, featuring generically attractive actors dressed up like special forces operatives, didn’t do a ton to help distinguish it from the dozens of other similarly titled movies about ex-Navy Seal badasses. In fact, when I was asked to review Ari Novak’s upcoming action thriller, I had to check to make sure I hadn’t already seen it. On August 23, 2013, a jury found Hasan guilty of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, and he later was sentenced to death for his crimes.Cast: Rib Hillis, Rachel Cook, Bobby Maximus, Mara O’hara, Mark Murphy, Xian Mikol, Joe Cebula (Hasan had previously told a judge that in an effort to protect Muslims and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, he had gunned down the soldiers at Fort Hood who were being deployed to that nation.) For the rest of the trial, Hasan called no witnesses, presented scant evidence and made no closing argument. During his opening statement, he admitted he was the shooter. In 2013, Hasan, who was left paralyzed from the waist down as a result of shots fired at him by police attempting to stop his rampage, was tried in military court, where he acted as his own attorney. Among other things, Hasan stated publicly that America’s war on terrorism was really a war against Islam. Senate panel found Hasan’s superiors had continued to promote him despite the fact that concerns had been raised over his behavior, which suggested he had become a radical and potentially violent Islamic extremist. In the aftermath of the massacre, reviews by the Pentagon and a U.S. At the time of the shootings, more than 50,000 military personnel lived and worked there, along with thousands more family members and civilian personnel. Located near the city of Killeen, Fort Hood, which includes 340 square miles of facilities and homes, is the largest active-duty U.S. In May 2009, he was promoted to the rank of major in the Army, and that July, was transferred to Fort Hood. He went on to work at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., treating soldiers returning from war with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Virginia-born Hasan, the son of Palestinian immigrants who ran a Roanoke restaurant and convenience store, graduated from Virginia Tech University and completed his psychiatry training at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2003. The massacre, which left 12 service members and one Department of Defense employee dead, lasted approximately 10 minutes before Hasan was shot by civilian police and taken into custody. military installation.Įarly in the afternoon of November 5, 39-year-old Hasan, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for “God is great”) and then opened fire at a crowd inside a Fort Hood processing center where soldiers who were about to be deployed overseas or were returning from deployment received medical screenings. The deadly assault, carried out by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was the worst mass shooting at a U.S. Army officer goes on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in central Texas. On November 5, 2009, 13 people are killed and more than 30 others are wounded, nearly all of them unarmed soldiers, when a U.S. |