![]() So what about those weapons, huh? Perhaps they meant "No effective weapons". "Humanity had no weapons with which to repel the invaders" - while this gem is sonorously narrated, we are treated to footage of guys weaponed to the hilt firing furiously at aliens. It seems as if it's been rewritten several times by several different authors - winding up with something that makes less and less sense the more you examine it. I myself am 46 i suspect most of your audience is at least 25+. For christs sake capcom it's 2007 and we've been playing video games for more than 20 years now. There's the cliches - the teenage would-be-hero Wayne, prevented from showing his mettle by an over-protective dad. When will game makers learn that it takes more than great graphics to make a great game? Lost planet looks great, but as soon as it opens it's mouth, it begins to sound stupid. As soon as I started playing Lost Planet, that was what it seemed to me. There's the cliches - the teenage would-be-hero Wayne, prevented from showing his "Full of sound and fury, yet signifying nothing". ![]()
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![]() ![]() So it won't be a shock to encounter some problems while driving your Honda Odyssey. Honda Odyssey Common Problems & Maintenance TipsĪfter all Honda Odyssey is made of steel, and steel would rust, wear and tear as time goes by. 3.5 L V6 engine also gets retained and a new 6-speed automatic transmission was available since 2013. Besides trim levels carried over, a new Touring Elite was added. Then at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, Odyssey concept was unveiled and it went on sale for 2011 model year in June, 2010, which is the fourth generation Honda Odyssey (2011-2017). And Honda Odyssey had been powered by the 3.5 L V6 engine, which was coupled with a 5-speed automatic transmission. There were LX, EX, EX-L, and Touring trim levels available for it. When the third generation Honda Odyssey (2005-2010) was released in 2005, it was wider and weightier than previous generation and introduced ACE body engineering for the first time. Until now, Honda Odyssey has been manufactured for five generations. Though it was not received in North America as well as in Japan, many authorities still affirm it as a good-quality vehicle and it has received Car and Driver's "5 Best Trucks" and Consumer Reports' "Top Pick Minivan" for several times. ![]() ![]() The first Honda Odyssey introduced in 1995 was meant to answer the wake of economic crisis of the 1990s, which requires more minimal vehicles. Honda Odyssey, as a 5-door minivan, has been produced by the renowned Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ![]() ![]() ![]() RRR(R) indicates the guitar's place production for that year. RRRRRRR is the number in product for the model year (starts at 0000001)ġ952-1960 Les Paul, Explorer, Flying V, and Futura reissues (since late 1992): It is not uncommon for a new model year model to be produced during the previous model year (example – a 2015 model may have been built in late 2014). The new model year typically launches in the fall as the current model year winds down. Gibson USA 2014 to present – These serial numbers cannot be dated to a specific day of the year. In 1994, Gibson's Centennial year, many instruments have a serial number that begins with "94" for the year, with the remaining 6 digits indicating the ranking number. *Note – For Les Paul Classics made in 2007 and later, “MADE IN USA” was added to the back of the headstock The 1st and 2nd indicate the year of manufacture for the 6 digit serial numbers which we've been using since 2000.ĩ xxx = 1989 (4 digit number beginning with "9" used only in 1989) The 1st digit indicates the year of manufacture for the 4 & 5 digit serial numbers, these were used from 1989-1999. There should be a space after the 1st digit with the 4 and 5 digit serial numbers, and no space with the 6 digit numbers. Most will be 5 to 6 digits in length, but the earliest examples feature 4 digit serial numbers. Les Paul Classic 1989-2014: This model features an ink stamped serial number with no "MADE IN USA" (just as we used on the original 1952-1960 Les Pauls). There are always exceptions to these rules, the two listed below are worth noting: The only difference is the addition of this batch indicator. The first 5 numbers remain the same, the last 3 numbers will remain the same. The sixth number is now a batch number- batch 0 starts at the beginning of the day, and once we stamp 699, the batch number will change to 1. NOTE - Gibson USA goes to a 9 digit serial number in early July 2005. 3, 1985, in Nashville and was the 1st instrument stamped that day. 10, 1978, in Kalamazoo and was the 276th instrument stamped that day.Ĩ2765501 means the instrument was produced on Oct. Ranking numbers for Bozeman start each day at 001 and the electrics may start as low as the 300s.Įxamples: 70108276 means the instrument was produced on Jan. Since 1989, all Gibson acoustics are built in Bozeman, MT and all Gibson electrics are built in Nashville or Memphis. Ranking numbers 500-999 continued to indicate Nashville production through 1989. Prior to 1984 when the Kalamazoo, MI factory was closed, the numbers 001-499 indicated Kalamazoo production. ![]() RRR is the factory ranking/plant designation number. The serial number will be an 8 digit number impressed into the back of the headstock with "MADE IN USA" below. In 1977, Gibson introduced the serialization method that we primarily use to this day at Gibson USA, Gibson Acoustic, and the Gibson Custom facility in Memphis, TN.This should be an 8 digit number that can be dated by the 1st and 2nd digits as follows: Gibson USA, Gibson Acoustic, Gibson Memphisįrom 1975-1977 the number is typically found on a decal on the back of the headstock. ![]() ![]() ![]() Under the EPA cycle, the range in EV mode is 19 mi (31 km). The P1 has an all-electric range of at least 10 km (6.2 mi) on the combined European drive cycle. The car can be operated using either the petrol engine, the electric motor or with a combination of the two. The battery can be charged by the engine or through a plug-in equipment and can be fully charged in two hours. Power for the electric motor is stored in a 324-cell lithium-ion high-density battery pack located behind the cabin, developed by Johnson Matthey Battery Systems. The car has rear-wheel-drive layout and is equipped with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission developed by Graziano Trasmissioni. This gives the powertrain an effective powerband of almost 7,000 rpm. The electric motor can be deployed manually by the driver or left in automatic mode, whereby the car's ECUs 'torque fill' the gaps in the petrol engine's output, which is considered turbo lag. ![]() ![]() The electric motor and the petrol engine in the P1, produce a combined power output of 674 kW (916 PS 903 hp) and 900 N⋅m (664 lb⋅ft) of torque. The twin turbos boost the petrol engine at 1.4 bar (20.3 psi) to deliver 542 kW (737 PS 727 hp) at 7,500 rpm and 531 lb⋅ft (720 N⋅m) of torque at 4,000 rpm, combined with an in-house-developed electric motor producing 132 kW (179 PS 177 hp) and 192 lb⋅ft (260 N⋅m) of torque. The P1 features a 3.8 L 231.8 cu in (3,799 cc) twin-turbocharged V8 engine. A number of these 21 test cars have been refurbished, modified and sold to customers. ĥ8 units of the track-oriented P1 GTR and 5 units of its road legal counterpart, the P1 LM were produced after the initial run of 375 cars.ġ3 experimental prototypes 'XP', 5 validation prototypes 'VP', and 3 pre-production 'PP' cars were produced by McLaren before the production of the P1 started. Parts of the car were inspired by a sailfish that Frank Stephenson saw when on holiday in Miami. They are all similar in specifications and performance, and in a race around Silverstone circuit they were all within half a second of each other, the P1 finishing first at 58.24 seconds and the LaFerrari finishing last at 58.58 seconds the 918 was in-between with 58.46 seconds. ![]() Its main competitors are the LaFerrari and the 918 Spyder. The P1 has a mid-engine, rear wheel drive design that used a carbon fibre monocoque and roof structure safety cage concept called MonoCage, which is a development of the MonoCell first used in the MP4-12C and then in subsequent models. It was later confirmed that the Speedtail served as the actual successor to the McLaren F1. It is considered by the automotive press to be the successor to the McLaren F1, utilising hybrid power and Formula One technology, but does not have the same three-seat layout. The United States accounted for 34% of the units and Europe for 26%. It was first shown at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, with sales of the P1 beginning in the United Kingdom in October 2013 and all of the limited run of 375 units sold by November 2013. It is a plug-in hybrid with a mid-engine layout. As a result of these efforts, the race-built McLaren can pull a neck-snapping 2.15 worth of lateral Gs, all while staying relatively composed and stable.The McLaren P1 is a sports car produced by British marque McLaren Automotive. Knowing this fact, McLaren decided to keep the car at a fixed height of 4.4 in and placed the body on "race-prepared suspension." Further, they also mounted all of this onto a very wide set of 19-inch rims that are adorned with tailor-made Pirelli slicks. Obviously, no amount of aero upgrades are worth a thing without a proper racing chassis. Not only does it push 1,455 lbs worth of air down onto the car, but it even features a fully operational Formula One style drag reduction system (DRS). More importantly, however, is the gigantic fixed wing at the back. At the front, everything had been constructed to allow the car to slice through the air as efficiently and easily as possible. As you can imagine, the P1 GTR has plenty to offer in this department. One of the key hallmarks of any good track car of today is aerodynamics. ![]() ![]() Then you can quickly look up calories and nutrients for any food AND track it all to see the impact of food on your health and fitness goals. MyFitnessPal isn't another restrictive diet app. This all-in-one food tracker and health app is like having a nutrition coach, intermittent fasting tracker, meal planner, and food diary with you at all times. Sign up for a free account and download the app. Track progress toward your nutrition, water, fitness, and weight loss goals with MyFitnessPal. Calorie Counter App app calorie cards chart colors diet fitness food gradient health interface ios. If you want to know how many calories are in the foods you eat, or how many calories you eat each day, the MyFitnessPal app makes it easy. However, when it comes to tracking calories and macros, this app is one of the best. Discover 37 Calorie Counter designs on Dribbble. The calculating of the calories you take in is fairly simple, as long as you accurately weigh and record your food. Unfortunately, the app doesn't offer other features like a community of workouts like other apps on the list. Sure, it isn't cheap, but it might be more affordable in the long run.īesides that, the app offers many different plates and recipes you can use to keep track of what you eat in a flash. A cool feature about Calory is that not only will it ask you a lot of questions to get to know you better, but it also asks you the time you have in mind to reach your goal.Īnother great thing that sets Calory apart is that, while it does have a subscription available, you can also buy a lifetime subscription for $29.99. When we eat and drink, we consume calories, which our bodies use to fuel our daily. And that's where Calory comes in.Ĭalory is another effective calorie counter that's really easy to use. With this amazing calorie calculator app, you can find food calories simply by taking a snap of your mealAll you need to keep fit is to follow your calorie counter during the day. Calories are a unit of energy that measures the amount of energy in food. Contains adsIn-app purchases 4.1 star 2.62M reviews 100M+ Downloads Editors Choice Everyone info Install playarrow Trailer About this app. ![]() Sure, you can use one of the best goal-tracking apps, but if you really want to focus on losing weight, you also need to count your calories. MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter MyFitnessPal, Inc. When it comes to goals that are as hard as losing weight, you need all the help you can get. ![]() ![]() ![]() It also sheds light on competition structure analysis of the global Ski Gear market that provides valuable information about the prominent companies operating in the industry, along with their financial status, revenue share contribution, key developmental strategies, growth milestones, key offerings, and market positioning. The report offers details of key market players. The report showcases an all-embracing study about production capacity, consumption, import, and export for all the key regions across the world. This ultimately helps for successful business growth which can be accomplished only with such an excellent market research report. The research endows you with absolute insights and awareness of the greatest market opportunities available within the global Ski Gear market. ![]() The report sheds light on a deep-dive understanding of the market scenario, as well as thorough and extensive market insights. The report underlines a host of factors that are influencing the performance of the market. I'm inclined to say, stick with them for at least 5 or 6 more days, anyway.The recently released report entitled Global Ski Gear Market is a compilation of factual and critical market data about the market. If you are not primarily interested in bumps, enjoy up to about 10" over groomed (who doesn't?), want a ski that's quick edge to edge and can carve well on hard pack or icier conditions, you might be best off with something around 88-92mm underfoot. I would say hang on for a bit, to get used to all the new inputs. IME, boot center over recommended on a ski like this is best. The first time I got out on the Freeride NTN at the beginning of the season when they first came out, I literally thought I would hurt myself getting off the lift at Brighton! And no, I'm not was embarrassing and alarming! It took me about 6 days to get to the point where I was starting to get used to them.ĭid you mount the bindings at the same place as on the Atomics? I can empathize if it's a combination of new gear. I think you might break the code after a few more days. I'm guessing it's the new boots/bindings. 18m, I think, at the same length) and similar rocker profile and width, based on my research. The 172 R10 has a turn radius pretty close to the Atomics you had (16m Vs. If that is the case, it could be that it's not just the skis. As Woods observed, it sounds like you've changed up boots, bindings and skis at the same time. I'm on a pair of 172cm Rustler 10's that are from the year before they added more metal, so there may be some differences between them and the ones you are on. You'll be able to dump the skis, but will you find something else to St Alum I'm hoping MT ST Alum checks in, he's on the Rustlers, NTN, and loves them. I'm a big proponent of detuning the rockerized portion and then some, but this is highly personal and YMMV. I get aggressive with it, but you can go progressively and see how it goes. Did you de-tune the tips and tails? I usually round off the edge from an inch after the rocker ends (skis flat together), going forward and back. I find skis with rocker right out of the factory are squirrelly, especially with tele. I've been telemarking for over 30 years and have always been able to dial in to a new pair of skis, but I just couldn't get it this time. The Rustlers seemed to get pretty shaky before I got any real speed and transferring edges felt awkward. I've been skiing Scarpa boots since the unveiling of the original and life changing T1s, but the NTN bindings were new to me, admittedly. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well assess your Transportation Spend Management challenges and provide a plan to implement the perfect solution for you. LexisNexis Risk Solutions offers data and analytics to deliver a current, confident, and consistent level of care and service. Initiating and maintaining cross-office/group interaction. Implement an effective big data infrastructure that manages growing amounts of data for better insights, mitigating risk, and identifying key opportunities. Daniel Cohen is the Chief Operating Officer at Trax. Recover overpayments and optimize debt collection to maintain your agency revenue and use of taxpayer resources. ![]() Regi is responsible for the financial management of the company including finance, accounting, investor relations and corporate development. 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Craig Musgrove is the Managing Director of Americas at Trax, responsible for strategy, sales, marketing, business development and customer success. ![]() ![]() ![]() Note blackening of pedicels (flower stems) In susceptible hosts or young trees the disease may travel rapidly down branches causing girdling and death of the branches or sometimes the main trunk.īlossom blight on pear. When shoots attached to scaffold limbs or trunks are attacked, the pathogen may spread into the structural wood causing cankers. Blighted leaves may remain attached to the tree throughout the winter. During warm and humid or rainy weather drops of milky to amber coloured bacterial ooze frequently appear on the blighted shoots and fruit. Infected shoots (or "strikes") wilt rapidly, and often form a shepherd's crook at their tips. Fruitlets quickly turn brown to black and eventually shrivel up.īlighted pear shoots are black in colour, while infected apple shoots are usually a lighter shade of brown. Young fruitlets are also very susceptible and appear water soaked and slightly off-colour soon after infection. Blighted blossoms appear wilted, shriveled and brown. This will help protect your trees and your tools.Fire blight symptoms may appear on the blossoms, shoots, branches, trunk and rootstock. Be sure to wipe clippers dry to prevent corrosion.Īlternately, use alcohol wipes to clean your clippers between cuts instead of bleach solution. Sterilize the tools in a household bleach solution (ten parts water to one part bleach). Burn and destroy the affected branches if possible.ĭuring any season, be sure to also remove tree suckers and watersprouts. Since this growth is fast-growing and tender, it is vulnerable to infection.īecause fire blight is highly contagious, take care to disinfect pruning tools. Prune off all infected branches at least 8 inches below the blighted area (some experts even recommend pruning to 12 inches below blighted areas). ![]() Remove the blighted wood from infected shrubs and trees, as this helps prevent the disease spreading. Move them away from the trees and destroy them – do not add to compost! This will prevent the bacteria from overwintering in the debris and then spreading. Be sure to do a complete cleanup around your trees when fall rolls around. Collect all pruning debris, mummified fruit, and fallen leaves. Fertilizers should only be used to supplement nutrients in soils that are lacking them.Ĭleanup. A soil test will help you determine whether or not your soil even needs a fertilizer application. To avoid this susceptibility to fire blight in your trees, especially if you live where fire blight is a known issue, it is recommended that you use a low-nitrogen fertilizer during the growing season (stopping before July) – and only fertilize when necessary. ![]() Any excessive amount of new growth on your tree is easily susceptible to fire blight infection. In high-pressure areas, your best defense is likely going to be a combination of cultural practices, cleanup, and manual/chemical control methods.Ĭultural practices. Managing Fire Blight in Affected Fruit Trees *Learn more about the symptoms and life cycle of fire blight in this Fire Blight Fact Sheet via Cornell University. To avoid turning this into a science lecture*, let's move on to how to control fire blight. When the spring temperatures begin to climb between 60°-80☏, optimal conditions are created for spreading the disease and the bacteria is brought out of dormancy. Bees, insects, birds, splashing rain, and wind easily spread the bacteria and the resulting fire blight disease.įire blight commonly affects apple and pear trees (both fruit-bearing and ornamental types), but can also affect quince trees and other members of the Rosaceae family – even including some common rose varieties and raspberry plants. These areas may appear black, shrunken, and cracked. Blossoms will turn brown, wilt, and die about 1-2 weeks after infection occurs.įire blight may also exhibit an amber-colored ooze (which is heavy with bacteria) from the bark of the tree. What is Fire Blight?įire blight is a contagious, systemic, bacterial disease. Bacteria ( erwinia amylovora) attack the blossoms in early spring and then move up the twigs and branches through the tree's system. The name "fire blight" comes from the scorched appearance of the infected leaves, stems, and bark. Since the weather can stimulate certain bacterial diseases, I thought you backyard fruit gardeners might like some background on, and ideas on how to control, one of the most prevalent bacterial diseases affecting fruit trees (like apples, pears, and quince) – fire blight. Of course, these are ideal conditions for fungal and bacterial diseases to infect fruit trees, as well as other trees and shrubs. Hello, my fellow fruit-lovers! It has been very cool and wet here this past spring and summer. What is fire blight? Fire blight is a contagious, systemic, bacterial disease and is prevalent on apple and pear trees during cool, wet springs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On Decemthe Xbox version was released for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Originals download service. Most of the more complex mods such as Halo 2 PC are made using Halo Custom Edition rather than the original port. In two levels of Halo 3s campaign (The Storm and Floodgate), one can find a Missing Person Poster lying around. Gearbox later released Halo Custom Edition, a multiplayer-only and modding-friendly build of the game while free to download it requires a Halo CD key to install, unlike similar re-implementations such as Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. Halo Combat Evolved box art (PC).jpg 532 × 768 108 KB Halo Combat Evolved cover.png 640 × 918 961 KB Halo Fleet Battles Fall of Reach.jpg 900 × 763 506 KB Halo Reach (Standard with ESRB).png 1,599 × 2,240 6.48 MB Halo Reach box art.png 256 × 326 125 KB Halo-wars-limited-edition-box-art. Halo has been released in several iterations on the Xbox, and later came full circle when it was brought back to Windows and Mac by Gearbox Software. The Windows and Mac versions of the game features six new multiplayer maps, and new weapons and vehicles to the multiplayer mode, some of which were previously available only in certain parts of the single player missions. Pillar of Autumn Theres an elegance to Halos opening cutscene: it imparts a lot of information without overloading you. While the single player mode offers some unique and interesting storyline to players, it is the game's multiplayer mode is what really powers the steam-engine behind the hype of Halo. This is a Halo: Combat Evolved retrospective. ![]() ![]() ![]() They also found themselves prey to the hunter, and an unfortunate number appear as nature morte, as in Édouard Manet’s Dead Eagle Owl (1881), painted when he was convalescing from a serious bout of illness.Īpart from appearing as themselves, owls are a not uncommon painterly device for indicating the time of day, or rather night. Édouard Manet (1832–1883), Dead Eagle Owl (1881), oil on canvas, 97 × 64 cm, Private collection. So owls may have been painted simply as another bird, giving some interest and variation to the fauna of a painting. Wikimedia Commons.Ī hundred and fifty years later, though, works such as Melchior d’Hondecoeter’s Concert of the Birds (1670) may be more fanciful, but could also be expected to be more accurate and specific representations. Melchior d’Hondecoeter (1636–1695), Concert of the Birds (1670), oil on canvas, 84 x 99 cm, Private collection. We should not, therefore, sit with a modern bird guide next to Bosch’s paintings and follow modern identification techniques to try to determine exactly what he was representing. Wikimedia Commons.Īlbrecht Dürer’s delightful watercolour of a Little Owl (1508) may not be what you and I would now call a little owl, but shows the increasing care that was being taken to paint owls and other species more true to life. Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Little Owl (1508), watercolour, dimensions not known, Albertina, Vienna. ![]() In an effort to gain a little more clarity, this article and the next consider some notable examples of owls in painting and print-making, to try to help resolve Bosch’s owls better.īosch was painting at the time that both the arts and sciences were getting better grips on the differences between the many species of birds (animals, and plants, too). Sometimes they might signify wisdom, other times ignorance they may bring the comfort of sleep at night, or be harbingers of murder and the occult. This is not helped by the seemingly multiple and contradictory meanings which have been associated with owls. Like so much of Bosch’s imagery, there has been frequent speculation as to what his owls ‘mean’, and how they should be read. By the time of his intricate triptychs, the owls are coming thick and fast. Starting with just one tucked away quietly in his Ecce Homo, one steps almost into the limelight of Saint Jerome at Prayer, while a hidden sibling keeps a watchful eye. If you were to count the owls in all his paintings, I suspect that Hieronymus Bosch was probably the most owlish major artist of all time. ![]() |
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