![]() We mainly use Royal Mail Tracked 48 Service for goods which weight less then 2kg, all other goods will be delivered by a Courier. ![]() If you need your goods quicker, please select our Express Services and your order will be priority picked, dispatched and sent via one of our premium couriers. If value is important to you we recommend our Standard UK delivery service but your order may take longer to receive. As such we focus on minimising our delivery costs. We pride ourselves on being able to offer unbelievable prices and promotional offers on a massive range of products. If we cannot refund via the original payment then a cheque will be raised to the address on the order. If a refund or reimbursement is payable to you, we will transfer the money using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. We will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case within thirty (30) days of the day we confirm via e-mail that you are entitled to a refund for defective goods. If you return goods claiming they are defective, we will examine the returned goods and will notify you of your refund via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. Our returns policy does not affect your statutory rights. ![]() This applies to all goods that are returned. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the goods while they are in your possession. The goods do not need to be in their original packaging however in a sellable condition, and at your own cost and risk. If a refund is payable to you we will process the refund as soon as possible, and, in any case within fourteen (14) days. However you will be responsible for the cost of returning the goods to us. If a full refund including original delivery costs is required then the entire order needs to be returned back to us within fourteen (14) working days. Please note that this does not affect your statutory rights. Some goods are non-returnable for hygiene reasons. Please clearly state on the invoice the reason for return and whether you require a refund or exchange, We are only able to exchange items for the same product. We would recommend that you return your items via tracked post. To return an item(s) firstly write a covering letter with your order reference number and return it with your invoice and goods to: We do our best to ensure all of our customers enjoy a happy shopping experience with however occasionally you may need to return an item.
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![]() This is especially true if your computer relies on your CPU’s native graphics instead of using a dedicated GPU. If you’re using an older system, the WinX ripper won’t be able to perform to its full capacity. Keep in mind that this assumes you’re using a reasonably new computer. This means a 2-hour DVD will take a little over an hour and 15 minutes to rip. For now, we’re discussing the standard version, which converts at roughly 48 FPS. How long the actual conversion process takes will depend on the version of the software you’re using. Choose where you want to save your video, and click the “Run” button. ![]() Select the one you want, and you’ll see a button that says “Browse.” Click the Browse button, and you’ll be able to choose from a list of folders. However, there are a range of other choices to choose from. By default, you’ll see the option you’ve last selected. You’ll see a list of file format options, which will depend on which version of the DVD Ripper you’re using. After a few seconds, you’ll be able to rip the DVD to video. During this time, the software is determining which title to read from the DVD menu. Once you choose your video source, you’ll see a short loading screen. So if you’re just backing up physical DVDs, you’d want to use the “Load DVD” option. Folders and images are ways of storing a DVD that has already been ripped. You can choose to load a physical DVD, as well as a DVD folder or an ISO image. When you first launch the program, you’ll have a number of loading options. So if you’re a Mac user, you can skip everything in the section labeled “Premium Features.” For Windows users, you’ll be able to unlock the platinum version at any time. At the time of this writing, there’s no platinum version available for Mac. The first is the basic, free version, and the second is the paid, or “platinum” version. That said, there are also two different versions of the software. However, you can also download a Mac install package. The default link will take you to the Windows version of the software, which works with Windows 7 and later. ![]() The first step to using the WinX DVD Ripper is to download the install package. After that, we’ll sum up what we’ve learned, and deliver our verdict! Now, let’s talk about how it works, and what kind of files it can work with. It comes from the same company that makes the WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe, so we were eager to look closer. ![]() This is a powerful software designed for converting your DVDs into digital files you can take anywhere. We’re about to review the WinX DVD Ripper. And to digitize your DVDs, you’ll need the right software. If they’re saved on DVD, now is a good time to think about digitizing them. Without a disc drive, you’re going to need a digital copy. So for true fans of a given movie, discs certainly retain a certain special status.īut let’s say you want to watch that same movie on your smartphone, or on a Chromebook. But you don’t get the behind-the-scenes footage, the cast commentary, or any of the other extras. Yes, you can watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Netflix for no extra charge. Not only that, but DVDs provide a lot more than the actual movie. If you want to own a copy of your favorite movie, a disc is still usually the only way. If the copyright holders negotiate a deal with a different service, you can lose access to that movie. After all, a movie on a streaming service may only be there temporarily. Whether you’re watching YouTube videos or enjoying The Mandalorian on Disney+, there’s no physical media. But as Blockbuster learned the hard way, technology continues to advance. Suddenly, Blockbuster could fit more than twice the number of movies on a shelf. Better yet, you didn’t have to rewind when you were done! Rental companies also rejoiced. Instead of clunky, low-resolution VHS tapes, we had slim optical discs with HD video. When they first rolled out, DVDs promised to change everything we knew about home video. ![]() distichum, older trees may form wide buttresses on the lower trunk. While the bark and foliage are similar to another closely related genus of redwoods, Sequoia, M. glyptostroboides differs from the coast redwood in that it is deciduous, like Taxodium distichum (bald cypress). The cones are globose to ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm (0.59–0.98 in) in diameter with 16-28 scales arranged in opposite pairs in four rows, each pair at right angles to the adjacent pair they mature in about 8–9 months after pollination. The pollen cones are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, produced on long spikes in early spring they are produced only on trees growing in regions with hot summers. Metasequoia glyptostroboides leaves are opposite, 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) long, and bright fresh green, turning a foxy reddish brown in fall. Hua's collecting trip returned with several kilos of seed that were distributed over the next few months for growth trials to Chinese institutions the Arnold Arboretum, Missouri Botanic Garden, and elsewhere in the United States botanic gardens at Kew, Edinburgh, and other locations in the United Kingdom as well as botanic gardens in continental Europe and worldwide. In July 1947, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University provided $250 to fund an expedition by Zheng Wanjun's assistant Hua Jingchan (Ching-Shan Hwa 1921- ) to collect seeds for the arboretum from the Metasequoia type tree in Moudao, and trees in the nearby Metasequoia Valley (Shuishaba Valley). ![]() Professors Zheng Wanjun (Cheng Wan-Chun) and Hu Xiansu (Hu Hsien-Hsu) made the pivotal connection between Miki's fossil genus and the living samples in 1946, and provided the specific epithet " glyptostroboides", after its resemblance to the Chinese swamp cypress ( Glyptostrobus). The samples were determined to belong to a tree yet unknown to science, but World War II postponed further study. In 1943, Wang Zhan (Chan Wang, 1911–2000) of the National Bureau of Forest Research, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Chongqing, collected samples from an unidentified tree in the village of Moudao ( 谋道 镇 formerly Motaochi, Maodaoqi or Modaoxi) in Lichuan County, Hubei province-now believed to be the same tree Kan discovered. This tree formed part of a local shrine, where villagers called it Shuǐshān 水杉 or "water fir". Unfortunately, while he collected some plant material, he did not attempt to identify or publish his findings. Though unaware of Miki's new genus, he recognized the unique traits of the tree. In the same year, Kan Duo (Toh Kan, 1903-1961), professor of Forest Management, National Central University, Chongqing, (formerly Chungking) observed an enormous living specimen while performing a survey in Sichuan and Hubei provinces. He realized he had discovered a new genus, which he named Metasequoia, meaning "like a sequoia". Shigeru Miki from Kyoto University identified a divergent leaf form. While studying fossil samples of the family Cupressaceae, Dr. When the genus Metasequoia was first described in 1941, it was from Mesozoic Era fossils, none of which were less than 150 million years old. Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) bonsai treeĪlthough it was commonly known from the fossil record from across the northern hemisphere, the dawn redwood was considered extinct until the mid-twentieth century. If the species had been discovered later, it might have become extinct before being investigated. The tree faces considerable risks of extinction in its wild range due to deforestation, however it has been planted extensively in arboreta worldwide, where it has proved a popular and fast-growing ornamental plant. It is a particularly well-known example of a living fossil species. In 1941, the genus Metasequoia was reported by paleobotanist Shigeru Miki as a widely distributed extinct genus based on fossils, before attracting considerable attention a few years later when small populations were found alive in central China. Although the shortest of the redwoods, it can grow to 120 ft (37 m) in height. It now survives only in wet lower slopes and montane river and stream valleys in the border region of Hubei and Hunan provinces and Chongqing municipality in south-central China, notably in Lichuan county in Hubei. It is the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer.
![]() That’s why you might switch sides with your instructor several times. Good driving instructors understand that you learn not just by listening through your ears, but also by observing skills and actions performed correctly. You will not just be “driving around.” Instead, there will probably be lots of pulling over, where the car will turn into your classroom. You’ll probably only cover 4-6 miles during your first in-car driving lesson. You’ll get to try out a few basic maneuvers and will learn some important techniques that will set you up for a lifetime of safe driving. Bonus - during your first lesson, you won’t have to worry about other cars or traffic. It’s what you’ve been waiting for! During your in-car lessons, you WILL get behind the wheel. So important that you can expect your instructor to discuss it in great detail during the first lesson and every other lesson. And, you’ll discover why the mirror is important. You’ll Look in the Mirrorĭuring your first in-car driving lesson, the instructor will discuss the car’s instruments and controls. You’ll soon find yourself enjoying the drive. Your instructor is trained to put you at ease, so you’ll be able to soak in everything you learn. It’s normal to feel anxious about your first lesson. The Instructor Will Ease You Into Driving That way, you don't have to worry about navigating traffic your very first time behind the wheel. Your instructor will drive you away from your pick-up location to either a parking lot or another quiet residential area. Make sure to bring it with you to every lesson. To legally be allowed to drive during your first in-car driving lesson, your instructor will need to see your learner’s permit or student license. You’ll Need to Bring Your Learner’s Permit Here are ten things that are likely to happen during your very first in-car driving lesson. Excited? Nervous? A mixture of the two? However you’re feeling about your first in-car driving lesson, it might help to have an idea of what to expect. ![]() Tip # 4 - Undo the Last Operation with your Mouse Next, select the eraser tool and wave it across the image while you hold the right-click button. Now choose the replacement (background) colour by right-clicking in the color palette. You could use the Fill bucket command to fill that patch with Blue but since the shape is not uniform, lets use the Eraser tool to only replace the color that we want.įirst use the colour picker tool to pick the (foreground) colour that you want to replace (in this case, left-click anywhere that has yellow). Say you have an uneven patch of yellow color on an image that you now want to replace with blue. Tip #3 - Use the Eraser as a Color Replacement Tool Simply use the Select tool in Paint to select an area of the image and then use the CTRL shortcuts to change the size of the selection. The above shortcuts (CTRL + & CTRL -) can also be used to resize image selections in Paint without having to drag the selection. This shortcut works for the pencil, brush, airbrush and the line drawing tool. These are universal shortcuts: CTRL + NumPad (+) increases the size of tip while CTRL + NumPad (-) decreases the size. Here are a couple of Paint features and tips that might just help you take a second look at this old performer. However there are lot of things that go in favor of Paint - it’s light on resources, can open and save popular image formats, has a clean (minimal) and consistent user interface and is almost always present in any Windows installation. ![]() Most Windows users think of Paint as a software that should be used only in a pinch when there’s no other alternative. Interestingly, MS Paint will be part of Windows 7 as well though with a slightly revamped interface. ![]() Well, both these images are from the Rialto Bridge in Venice but the one on top was captured using a digital camera while the one below is a drawing done entirely in MS Paint, the free and often neglected image editor that Microsoft has bundled with every edition of Windows since v1.0. Do you find anything similar between the following two images? ![]() The association with chavs or neds in the UK developed around this time, as their popularity rose with that specific demographic. īy the 1990s, the hoodie had evolved into a symbol of isolation, a statement of academic spirit, and several fashion collections. The rise of hoodies with university logos began around this time. Most critical to the hoodie's popularity during this time was its iconic appearance in the blockbuster Rocky film. ![]() Hip hop culture developed in New York City around this time and high fashion also took off during this era, as Norma Kamali and other high-profile designers embraced and glamorized the new clothing. The hoodie became popular in the 1970s, with several factors contributing to its success. ![]() The term hoodie entered popular usage in the 1990s. The earliest clothing style was first produced by Champion in the 1930s in Rochester and marketed to laborers working in freezing temperatures in upstate New York. The hooded pullover is a utilitarian garment that originated in the 1930s in the US for workers in cold New York warehouses. Its appearance was known in England at least as early as the 12th century, possibly an import with the Norman conquest of England, as the capa was "a short hooded cloak which was common in Normandy." The garment's style and form can be traced back to Medieval Europe when the preferred clothing for monks included a hood called a cowl attached to a tunic or robes, and a chaperon or hooded cape was very commonly worn by any outdoors worker. The word hood derives from the Anglo-Saxon word hōd, ultimately of the same root as an English hat. “Everything was a bit blurry in my mind-it was a moment of uncertainty of the future,” she says of the symbolism.This 19th-century book illustration copies a 12th-century English image of a man wearing a hooded tunic. Mahdavi intentionally made the patterns a bit hazy, with colors and geometry seemingly melting into each other. When the designer closed her eyes, kaleidoscopic colors popped into her mind, and it was those bright shades that made their way onto the home goods. The palette was derived from an afternoon spent under the spring sun-one of the few mood-boosting activities that could be done during the pandemic. She dreamed up the Biden Let’s Go Braindead Shirt in addition I really love this line during lockdown, acknowledging the emotional desire for joy and optimism amid tumultuous times. However, today at 10 a.m., Mahdavi’s signature rainbow style, interpreted on everything from throws, to plates, to cushion covers, to rugs, is available to everyone via H&M. Biden Let’s Go Braindead Shirt, hoodie, tank top, sweater and long sleeve t-shirt Indeed, while the star designer has a legion of fervent admirers-high profile projects like London’s Sketch and Ladureé Beverly Hills as well as a profile in The New Yorker will do that to you-most of them have only been able to appreciate her work from afar: most of Mahdavi’s previous work has been high-end, limited edition, or made to order. “I love that circle of life.” “It is important to democratize my work,” India Mahdavi says of the underlying motivation for her new home collection with H&M. (“It’s very jolly.”) She’s also working with some of the sons and daughters of the artisans who originally produced the line for Monsieur Givenchy. site and MatchesFashion, Zoë has brought back the original emerald green (“it’s not a typical green that one finds in nature”) and added two more colorways: a blue and multicolored version with spots of violet and mauve. For the Biden Let’s Go Braindead Shirt in addition I really love this new Camaïeu incarnation, available now in a range of plates, saucers, and serving dishes at the Z.d.G. Your original post basically states "Don't disagree with me", your supporting evidence is "Guy on YouTube" and your closing statement is "I won't discuss it." It would be entirely unbalanced with 1 player mode, many things would be unobtainable, several quests would be uncompletable and several bosses that drop the best gear in the game require 2-10 players to kill locking solo players out from max level gear.Įntire quest chains that took months to code in the first place would need to be recoded, bosses that are released once a year (several months dev time to create) would need to be almost entirely redone and even then a large amount of items and achievements would still be unobtainable. Or I've played 15,600+ hours of the game and experienced the content. Guy must be employed by company 3000 miles away. everyone wants a single player version of multiplayer games and a multiplayer version of single player games. Fallacy rejected, and I'm not interested in discussing this further, as I've heard the whole list of excuses for GaaS. I have no idea how any human being could think this is "the way it is", but that doesn't makes sense in reality. I've been aloof from gaming for about ~12 years, and I'm getting a bit back into it now first by watching news and (good) gaming videos online, and your fallacy is one that has come up quite a bit, i.e. I'm not sure if you're one of the marketers or part of a PR team for the gaming industry or a naive consumerist, but what you're saying is false. And I already addressed this with my inb4 comment.Īnd no, the cost to make it offline is not astronomical. ![]() I played it when it was a brand new game. The amount of Dev time required to make an offline version work would be astronomical and unfeasible. Originally posted by TyraelRS:The game is MMORPG as it has been for 20 years. ![]() While creating Python visualizations, you will often encounter situations where your subplots have axis labels that overlap one another. title ( 'Citric Acid plotted against Fixed Acidity' ) Traces of most types can be optionally associated with a single legend item in the legend.Whether or not a given trace appears in the legend is controlled via the showlegend attribute. title ( 'Total Sulfur Dioxide plotted against Fixed Acidity' ) boxplot (datadf, x' team ', y' assists ', axaxes0,1). boxplot (datadf, x' team ', y' points ', axaxes0,0) sns. subplots (2, 2) create chart in each subplot sns. define dimensions of subplots (rows, columns) fig, axes plt. Also note that to be sure of the order of the labels. Then, the new legend can be created starting from some handles. To recreate the legend, first the existing legend needs to be removed. Since this subplot will overlap the first, the plot (and its axes) previously created, will be removed plt. To get the handles, you can do legend ax1.getlegend () handles legend.legendHandles. import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plot a line, implicitly creating a subplot (111) plt.plot( 1, 2, 3) now create a subplot which represents the top plot of a grid with 2 rows and 1 column. title ( 'Density plotted against Fixed Acidity' ) You can use the following basic syntax to create subplots in the seaborn data visualization library in Python. At least for the current (0.11.1) version of seaborns histplot (). title ( 'Alcohol plotted against Fixed Acidity' ) title ( 'Quality plotted against Fixed Acidity' ) If False, no squeezing at all is done: the returned Axes object is always a 2D array containing Axes instances, even if it ends up being 1x1. for NxM, subplots with N>1 and M>1 are returned as a 2D array. title ( 'Chlorides plotted against Fixed Acidity' ) for Nx1 or 1xM subplots, the returned object is a 1D numpy object array of Axes objects. When it reaches the end of a row, it will move down to the first entry of the next row.Ī few examples of selecting specific subplots within a plot grid are shown below: It starts at 1 and moves through each row of the plot grid one-by-one. The nrows and ncols arguments are relatively straightforward, but the index argument may require some explanation. index: The plot that you have currently selected.ncols: The number of columns of subplots in the plot grid.nrows: The number of rows of subplots in the plot grid. ![]() We can create subplots in Python using matplotlib with the subplot method, which takes three arguments: New to Plotly Plotly is a free and open-source graphing library for JavaScript. Seven examples of how to move, color, and hide the legend. How To Create Subplots in Python Using Matplotlib Legends in JavaScript How to modify the legend in D3.js-based javascript graphs. We will work through the process of creating subplots step-by-step through the remainder of this lesson. title ( 'Facebook (FB) Stock Price' ) #Plot 4 ![]() title ( 'Amazon (AMZN)) Stock Price' ) #Plot 3 title ( 'Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) Stock Price' ) #Plot 2 Google = tech_stocks_data Īmazon = tech_stocks_data įacebook = tech_stocks_data sort_values ( 'Period', ascending = True, inplace = True ) ![]() You won't see reviews like this one in regular gaming publications, which depend upon pre-releases of games - that review was written before Myst III was officially released, and if a gaming pub. (My source for most user reports are the forums at ). I'm now afraid to uninstall the game, since many people have reported the complete destruction of their Windows system upon uninstallation of Myst III. Probably the retailer will throw a fit about taking back an opened box, although, hey, isn't Safedisc supposed to prevent people copying the discs and returning the game, and since the company admits that their game won't run, there would be no point to keeping a copy of the game anyway. Ubisoft has been stringing customers along about a promised patch for the video problem (no patch is planned for the fact that many of their customers can't use the game due to Safedisc - that's a "feature") - the expected date for the M3 patch (named due to the error message) has slipped four times now, the latest being another week into the future. On a huge number of machines, perhaps a third of all desktops and an even larger percentage of notebooks, all of which nominally support the requirements listed on the box, Myst III simply won't run. ![]() Most crippling of all, if you have an Intel, S3 or SiS video card or video chipset, your game won't run at all (similar problems have also been reported with several other video chipsets, such as ATI Rage cards). Many people have also reported problems with choppy/broken video - this problem occurs on numerous different setups and even very fast machines. Nor could you play the game if your CD-ROM was lettered higher than H: - after all, no one has a drive higher than H:, right? (Ubisoft has released a patch for this problem.) Nor could you play the game in hardware mode if your card doesn't support 32-bit color, even though the game box prominently proclaims support for 16-bit. The Safedisc copy protection caused problems with dozens of models of CD-ROM drives - players' CD-ROMs weren't compatible with the purposeful errors caused by SafeDisc, and so they weren't able to play the game at all. To be more specific, Ubisoft shipped a game with a massive number of crippling bugs. The reason for the above ratings is that as far as I can tell, they shipped a set of drink coasters rather than a set of CDs with an actual game on them. So here's my evaluation of the game itself: ![]() No instruction manual, no installation guide, nothing to get you into the spirit of Myst, no handy journal to write down your thoughts, just a CD case rattling around inside a box that is about 10 times larger, by volume, than necessary to hold the case. Here's what you get when you order Myst III: I've now had the game for two weeks, and my review is below. I've been a fan of the Myst series since its inception, so we pre-ordered Myst III shortly before its release a few weeks ago. |
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