![]() A group of wading birds, however, is just a flock if there are herons, godwits, egrets, flamingos, storks, and plovers all mixed in the crowd, as all these birds have different collective nouns for their species. A flock of sparrows, for example, can still be called a knot, flutter, host, quarrel, or crew even if several sparrow species are part of the group. The exception is when all the species that make up the flock are still in the same related family. The more unique, specialized terms, however, are only used for single-species flocks. Species: Any large group of birds, no matter how many different species make up the group, can be called a flock if only a general flock term is used.Less social birds, however, such as hummingbirds or grosbeaks, would be considered a flock if there were only a few birds since they are much less likely to gather in larger groups. For example, gregarious birds such as gulls, ducks, and starlings are often seen in very large groups, so just a half dozen of these birds together would not usually be called a flock. In general, larger groups are always considered flocks, while smaller groups may be flocks if the birds are not often seen in groups. But there is no set minimum number of birds that are needed to call a group a flock. Just two or three birds are not usually a flock. ![]()
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Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve in The Last Metro. Watching the film again, I was reminded of how in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire local theatres such as the Gate and the Playground in west London stressed that their doors were open for those who needed a safe space for reflection.Ī space for reflection. Against the perpetual atmosphere of dread, distrust and suspicion fostered by the occupation, the illuminated stage is shown to be a refuge from the bitter streets. The prologue tells us that Parisians flocked to the theatre “for warmth” – literally so, in the cold winter of that year with fuel scarce and queues for food.īut Truffaut’s film also emphasises theatre’s potential to stoke emotional warmth, whether it’s an audience’s shared experience or, despite their bickering, the coming-together of cast and creatives putting on the show. The second world war saw a boom in theatregoing 800,000 people went to the theatre in one month alone in Paris in 1942, the year in which the film is set. Please note that the inter-union group is also calling for locally defined union rallies, as the movement continues to be supported by a large majority of the population.The title of The Last Metro refers to the wartime curfew in occupied Paris, where theatres remained open but audiences had to rush home after the show. Will this appeal be heard again by the French? The answer will be given in the next few days. Deputies and unions intend to obtain a majority of votes this time. ![]() A motion of censure of the law, filed in March 2023, failed by only nine votes. □ Inter-union press release ⤵️ /JKFSVPMeBxįrench people opposed to this reform have high hopes for this proposed law. This bill will allow for the first time the national representation to vote on the pension reform," wrote the unions in a statement published April 6 on social networks. The next demonstration is organized two days before the examination of a proposal to repeal the law: " the inter-union welcomes the bill to repeal the pension reform that will be on the agenda on June 8 at the National Assembly. Unions and demonstrators are still hoping to have this reform cancelled thanks to their mobilization. The interunion does not wish to stop there and the French are therefore called to renew their actions on June 6, 2023. A recourse that has aroused the anger of the opposition, unions and citizens who have not hesitated to demonstrate spontaneously since. The government preferred to use the 49.3. Remember, on March 16, the bill on pension reform took a new step, since there was no vote of the deputies in the Assembly, the government having preferred to use the 49.3. ![]() Free museums and monuments in Paris this Sunday, June 4, 2023.The Week Ahead from May 15 to 21, 2023 in Paris: free or cheap outings.News and information this sunday in Paris and Ile-de-France.This May 1st, the mobilization was very important: the CGT counts 2.3 million demonstrators, the Ministry of the Interior counts 782,000. Each day of demonstration is widely followed in France: on April 6, the CGT counted 2 million people in the streets of France (570,000 million according to the Ministry of the Interior). ![]() The struggle continues: the eight trade union organizations have again called for a new day of strikes and interprofessional demonstrations, scheduled for Tuesday, June 6, 2023.įor more than two months now, social movements of protest against the pension reform have been multiplying in France. The latest, the May 1 demonstration, brought together 2.3 million people throughout the country, according to the unions. The days of strikes and protests follow one another in France. Following the use of the 49.3 by the government, the demonstrations continue against the pension reform. ![]() Note:Ensure the alpha channel of the rectilinear object carried through to the final merge, so that there’s minimal filtering hits on the other parts of the frame. Similar to the RotoPaint toolset, the Latlong_Comp toolset in CaraVR, allows you to merge a rectilinear object into a 360 environment. The Merge node in the toolset uses the alpha channel you painted into to merge your paint back over the source 360 shots, so you get fewer filtering hits for the majority of the image. To view you paint in latlong space, connect the Viewer to the second SphericalTransform node. If necessary, you can increase the field of view of the rectilinear projection by decreasing the output focal length of the first SphericalTransform node.Ĭonnect the Viewer to the RotoPaint node and paint as required. Tip:You can Adjust the Angle control to rotate the image relative to the directionInput widget to get the view you need. Move the directionInput widget to the area you're interested in to move around the image. Autopano Video 3.0/5 Review by Andrei Fercalo Panoramic videos provide you with an incredible experience, offering you a 360° view of any captured scenes. 3.Ĭonnect the Viewer to the first SphericalTransform node and open its Properties panel to activate the directionInput Viewer widget. ![]() Apply any paint required in the RotoPaint node and it’ll be mapped back to 360, and then merged back into the original image. The toolset contains two SphericalTransforms converting the image into a rectilinear preview, so you can add your paint, and then back into latlong space. The toolset is added to the Node Graph at the specified node. Select the point in the node tree you want to apply the paint to, and navigate to CaraVR > ToolSets > Latlong_RotoPaint. Painting in Latlong SpaceĬaraVR, with NukeX or Nuke Studio licenses, ships with a toolset to make these conversions quick to perform, but you can recreate the node tree shown manually. SphericalTransform allows you to work on 360 material quickly and easily, taking care of the required projection changes for you. Nuke nodes often work under the assumption they are applied to rectilinear shots, and as an artist, you might prefer working with material in rectilinear space, for example when rotoing. ![]() Randeep Guleria, a government health expert, said he believes that a total lockdown is needed like last year, especially in areas where more than 10% of those tested have contracted COVID-19. Three justices called on the government this week to impose a lockdown, including a ban on mass gatherings, in the “interest of public welfare.”ĭr. It ordered the federal government to increase the supply of medical oxygen to New Delhi after 12 COVID-19 patients died last week after a hospital ran out of supplies for 80 minutes. ![]() His government has countered that it is doing everything it can, amid a “once-in-a-century crisis.”Īmid a shortage of oxygen, the Supreme Court has stepped in. Modi has so far left the responsibility for fighting the virus in this current surge to poorly equipped state governments and faced accusations of doing too little. “If I had to choose between dying of the virus and dying of hunger, I would choose the virus,” said Shyam Mishra, a construction worker who was already forced to change jobs and start selling vegetables when a lockdown was imposed on the capital, New Delhi. Some who remember last year’s ordeal remain against a full lockdown. The national restrictions caused the economy to contract by a staggering 23% in the second quarter last year, though a strong recovery was under way before infections skyrocketed recently. But the lockdown, imposed on four hours’ notice, also stranded tens of millions of migrant workers who were left jobless and fled to villages, with many dying along the way. The government provided free wheat, rice and lentils to the poorest for nearly a year and also small cash payments, while Modi also vowed an economic relief package of more than $260 billion. Those measures, which lasted two months, included stay-at-home orders, a ban on international and domestic flights and a suspension of passenger service on the nation’s extensive rail system. Over the past month, nearly a dozen of India’s 28 federal states have announced some restrictions, but they fall short of a nationwide lockdown imposed last year that experts credit with helping to contain the virus for a time. Experts say even those dramatic tolls are undercounts. That brings the total to more than 21.4 million COVID-19 infections and over 234,000 deaths. The official daily death count has stayed over 3,000 for the past 10 days. On Friday India reported a new daily record of 414,188 confirmed cases and 3,915 additional deaths. ![]() Infections have swelled in India since February in a disastrous turn blamed on more contagious variants as well as government decisions to allow massive crowds to gather for religious festivals and political rallies. India’s surge has served as a warning to other countries with fragile health systems - and also has weighed heavily on global efforts to end the pandemic since the country is a major vaccine producer but has been forced to delay exports of shots. ![]() The alarming picture has gripped the world’s attention, just as many developed countries are seeing vaccinations drive down infections and are beginning to open up. “The lockdown will help everyone, and coronavirus spread will also come down.” “Only if our health is good, will we be able to earn,” said Aruna Ramjee, a florist in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. The situation is so dramatic that among those calling for a strict lockdown are merchants who know their businesses will be affected but see no other way out. As deaths soar, crematoriums and burial grounds have been swamped with bodies, and relatives often wait hours to perform the last rites for their loved ones. ![]() ![]() The company conducts most logistics needs in-house, only resorting to third-party couriers to reach areas that its network does not extend to. JD has over 700 warehouses that allow it almost full coverage of all of China’s districts. Front distribution centers are located not only in top-tier cities but also in less-populated cities like Lhasa. JD’s logistics networks are not solely focused in high-income cities. For the last Single’s Day promotion, “90% of China's administrative districts and counties achieved same- or next-day delivery speeds, the number of orders fulfilled by automated warehouses increased 108% YoY, and 92% of first-party orders were delivered same- or next-day.” JD has superior logistics, probably the best of its class, with the ability to deliver nearly all products on the same or next day. JD.com has 321.3 million annual active customer accounts.” JD now has about 362 million active accounts as of Q4 2019. “Pinduoduo reported 483.2 million active buyers at the end of June. However, JD lags behind Pinduoduo for active accounts. During the Single’s Day promotions, “nearly 40% of new customers to JD came from Jingxi, while over 70% of Jingxi users came from lower-tier cities users placing orders increasing 60% YoY, and over 70% of new users on JD living in lower-tier cities.” JingXi has already shown signs of being a key driver of traffic for JD. ![]() Since JingXi targets lower-income cities, the ability to test a product before buying can be vital, especially if the product is expensive (phone or tech) and constitutes a large portion of the discretionary income of the consumer. Pinduoduo does not mention any product trial ability on its platform, while JingXi has a tab allocated to the different products that users can try for a limited period of time for free or a very reduced cost before actually making the purchase. It’s almost a first-hand watch-and-review session in which users can earn feedback instantaneously to understand products and drive purchases after seeing it tested by someone else. During the livestream, potential customers can ask the host questions and buy the product in real-time after the stream ends, other uses can replay the videos. Livestreaming is huge in China, and JingXi has a livestreaming function in which influencers stream themselves using and trying new products to help raise purchases of those products. Duo Duo Orchard allows users to play to earn free fruit rewards, while Duo Duo Farms helps farmers to boost customer interaction and chains, farmer incomes and sales of products by selling straight to the consumer. Pinduoduo has pioneered itself as the fun, social way to shop, and has incorporated games on its platform to earn rewards and boost engagement. (Source: About Pinduoduo) Differences in the Two For Single’s Day, JingXi offered of these ¥1 deals to draw in customers. For JingXi, new users are offered different deals for ¥1 by getting friends to join the purchase. For Pinduoduo, prices for both and individual purchase and team purchase after a team purchase has been initiated and invitations sent, the purchase must be made within 24 hours to receive the team discount. Unlike other platforms, Pinduoduo and JingXi allow users to create “teams” of other users, friends or family and purchase an item “in bulk” to receive a discount. (Source: About Pinduoduo) Team Buying Discounts When looking for products, a user can see if friends had shopped there, what other discounts or promotions are available with the item, and more. Pinduoduo’s platform looks very similar - although a bit more personalized in the top promotion space, the opening page has links to popular and other categories on the top, promotions and team buying in the middle, and recommendations and search at the bottom. The image below shows the link between WeChat to JingXi, and how the platform looks upon opening. Opening interface shows promotions, categories, and deals of the day (¥1 RMB for JD.com). Platform Overviewīoth Pinduoduo and JingXi are accessible through WeChat’s shopping portal and standalone apps. After watching Pinduoduo’s huge revenue growth, JD.com launched JingXi, an almost identical platform, to capitalize in the same lower-income target cities as Pinduoduo, and JD.com’s impressive logistics could propel JingXi growth beyond Pinduoduo. The personalized interactive interface for customers and team buying discounts targets customers in lower-income areas to fill in gaps left by Alibaba ( BABA) and JD.com ( NASDAQ: JD). Pinduoduo’s ( PDD) meteoric growth in the past few years has been incredible, with revenues increasing from $268 million in 2017 to $4.32 billion in 2019. In addition, you may not (i) tamper with the Program, (ii) act in an unfair or disruptive manner, or (iii) use any system, bot or other device or artifice to participate or receive any benefit in the Program. 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These tracks are not to be converted to rFactor or any other format. Permission will not be granted for alteration. These tracks (including the track.ini) are to remain as they were at the time of release. NOTE: DIRT/GRASS SURFACES GENERATE NO TIRE HEAT OR WEAR I do NOT create setups or configure my tracks for ARCADE MODE Leagues however can set pitting rules for their members on their own. With that in mind I am trying to keep things as realistic as possible. Saturday night bullrings have heat races and feature races without pitting unless a car has damage or tire issues. My short tracks are also setup for less AI/Player pit stops. Paved tracks over 1/2 mile will have a Cup setup designed for that track. I include a basic Cup setup with each short track but that is not their intended use. You need an Internet connection for multiplayer games.Most of my tracks are short (under 1/2 mile) These short tracks do not host Cup races so the AI and setups are geared more towards GNS, CTS, and PTA.The demo only allows you to play for 60 minutes.Compete against players worldwide in single races or even in championships over time.Įnjoy as never before driving a virtual car.Īfter downloading rFactor, the players will be able to enjoy one of the most incredible sensations of realism at the controls of one of the most important competition cars. The player will have to take part in different championships included in the game, all of which are based on real championships from all over the world. The player will be able to test different cars on the test tracks included in the game. 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Download rFactor: mirror rFactor rFactor - El Cubilete (Rally Guanajuato Mexico) Track name: Colorado Springs West Country: USA Distance: 14,2 km, 13,6 km, 13,9 km, 13,9 km Surface: Gravel 65, Tarmac 35 Track type: Looped and 'point to point' Progress: 100,0 Download rFactor: mirror rFactor <-d'load all 4 stages in one. The first noteworthy thing about rFactor when tried out is the sense of realism that it offers due to the detailed graphics that it includes as well as for the car's response to the player's movements, because if there is a sharp turn applied to the controls, it will be reflected directly on the car on the screen. have a older machine its is the best racing game with the dirt track mods. And after developing simulators with such great level of detail and accuracy it wasn't at all strange for them to launch rFactor. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for rFactor V. Over the years there have been many different racing simulators on the market, with one of the most important being the F1 championship simulators distributed by Electronic Arts and developed by Image Space Incorporated (ISI). If Lego has been your favorite game, then this one’s for you. You can also choose the clock format and switch between the 12 and 24-hour format. You can enlarge and reduce this awesome screensaver to any size you want. The black background looks great on modern monitors and shows you the current time too! ‘Beauty with a clock’ is what this simple-looking screensaver for Windows 10 gives you. This clock screensaver is a favorite amongst many users, and the lovely animation makes it even more popular. The perfect flip clock and one of the best screensavers for Windows 10. The beautiful, high-quality images of bright stars in the night sky motion blur and cosmic charts are a visual treat. This is one of the best screensavers for Windows 10 and requires Adobe Flashplayer. ![]() The 3D screensaver comes with breathtaking images of space that were taken by that telescope. It features beautiful images and permits you to venture out and explore the far reaches of space. It is a chronicle narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio about the scientists on a mission to repair a Hubble Space Telescope. IMAX Hubble 3D is a pretty amazing Windows 10 screensaver inspired by a film called Hubble 3D. So, the next time your screen is inactive for a few minutes, you can be rest assured that it won’t be dull. We have put together a list of the best screensavers for Windows 10 that are bright and full of eye-popping colors. How about personalizing Windows 10 and making your PC represent who you are? Be it movie buffs using 3D screensavers related to films and nature lovers putting up beautiful screensavers, lego lovers putting lego themed screensavers to space screensaver options – the choice is all yours! 27 Best Screensavers For Windows 10: Your Desktop Delight is Ready The cool screensaver we’ve listed provides aesthetic value and can be used as visual treats. So it is the ideal time to give a shout-out to the best screensavers for Windows 10 and use them when our computer screens are idle. These days they are used less and are slowly becoming a forgotten art form. NET Framework that's supported by your version of Windows, as shown in the following table.In the past, screensavers were used to prevent our monitors from screen burn. If you still cannot run the application, install the latest version of. Select the Finish button to send diagnostic information to Microsoft. NET Framework Repair Tool displays a dialog box like the following. If your application runs successfully, select the Finish button. NET Framework Repair Tool has identified and corrected a corrupted. Leave the dialog box open while you to try rerun your application. NET Framework Repair Tools displays a dialog box shown in the following figure to indicate that changes are complete. NET Framework Repair Tool recommends any additional action, such as those shown in the following figure, select Next. The tool runs automatically when the download completes. NET Framework Repair Tool (NetFxRepairTool.exe). To address this issue so that you can run your application, do the following:ĭownload the. In that case, you can try contacting the app publisher or post a question to Microsoft Support Community or Microsoft Q&A for more help. ![]() If you still can't run the application after completing all the steps in this article, then the issue may be caused by some other reason, like a corrupted file system, missing dependencies, or a problem with the application. NET Framework being corrupted, use this article to try to solve that problem. When this error is caused by an installed version of. NET Framework application, you may receive the "This application could not be started" error message. But those who have looked deeply into the agonized life that lay behind her criminal act see it differently. The move was enthusiastically endorsed by the US justice department which has argued under Trump that Montgomery is guilty of an “especially heinous” crime. ![]() On Friday, a US appeals court cleared the way for the execution to proceed. This is the woman, now aged 52, whom the Trump administration intends to put to death in seven days’ time on grounds that she is such a cold-hearted murderer that even being locked up for the rest of her natural life would be insufficient punishment. These were her formative experiences which doctors, psychologists and social workers have all concluded amounted to torture endured across years. Her mother got in on the act too, selling Montgomery’s body to the plumber and the electrician whenever she needed odd jobs doing. Montgomery’s stepfather invited friends round to gang rape her in the room – ordeals that would last for hours and end with the men urinating on her like she was trash. Judy was so incensed she fetched a gun and held it to her daughter’s head, screaming: “How could you do this to me?” One day, her mother Judy happened to enter the room while the child was being assaulted by her husband. When she resisted, he slammed her head so hard against the concrete floor that she suffered traumatic brain injury, MRI brain scans would later show. ![]() He would rape and sodomise her, often with a pillow smothering her face. It had its own entrance, so that he could come and go as he desired and nobody would know or hear her screams. The assaults became such an important part of Jack’s life over the next four years that he built a room for the girl on the side of their trailer, deep in the Oklahoma woods. ![]() Once it reaches full height within the next 18 months, it will be the largest hedge maze in NSW, covering 10,000square metres and with 2000 metres of pathways. From above, the maze resembles a bunch of grapes on the vine. ![]() It is expected to open within three years. Part of the Bago Vineyards, this native lilly-pilly hedge maze was planted on Christmas Day 2006 and is still growing. Adults $12, children and concession $10, families $36. And in the tradition of mazes the world over, riddles are provided to keep adults entertained, while games for children involve puzzles and statues of fairies, dragons, crocodiles and gnomes scattered throughout the paths. People visit as much to admire the maze's construction as they do to explore its nooks and crannies. The lattice effect was achieved by meticulously weaving together thousands of ornamental fig trees. It is the only such open-structured maze in the world, according to its owners. ![]() Maze building in NSW has a much shorter history and the warmer, drier climate dictates the use of different materials and ideas from enormous patterns carved in fields of sunflowers, to timber constructions whose gates can be opened or closed periodically to change their layout, to alleys of interwoven ornamental figs that are a horticultural curiosity in their own right.Īt around 2000 square metres, Amaze 'n' Place's see-through, open-structured maze is ideal for families: children can tear along the maze's gavelled pathways to reach the centre tower, while their parents can take a more leisurely approach to penetrating the maze's secrets. It replaced an orchard planted by Henry VIII with almost a kilometre of winding paths enclosed by tall yew hedges. Probably the most famous maze, however, is the one at Hampton Court Palace near London, which was planted more than 300 years ago by William of Orange. There are pavement mazes on the floors of medieval churches, including one in Chartres Cathedral near Paris. Mazes have appeared on coins and on the walls of caves, and featured in crime novels and film noir. Since King Minos built a labyrinth to imprison the mythical minotaur at Knossos on the island of Crete, mazes and labyrinths have drawn thrill-seekers and fired the imaginations of artists. Then we hear our children's screams of delight and realise they've returned to the chase. the vast hedge maze at Amaze 'n' Place.Īs we dive into the narrow alleys between hedges in hot pursuit of our children for the umpteenth time, we begin to understand why mazes have been so popular for so long: the delicious thrill of getting lost, the strange silence in the heart of the maze and that rush of relief when you eventually emerge blinking into the sunlight. |
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