![]() And high dynamic range (HDR) images, which consist of two or more photos combined, require that those pictures be perfectly aligned. Similarly, if you want to turn multiple shots into a panorama (stitched together in software), you need a tripod to keep everything evenly placed in the frame.
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![]() Caffeine pills are free from coffee oils and may not have these same effects.Ĭaffeine can cause adverse effects, especially if people consume it in large quantities, or if they have a caffeine sensitivity. These oils may increase cholesterol levels in people who drink a lot of coffee. On the other hand, coffee contains coffee oils, such as cafestol and kahweol. People taking caffeine pills instead of drinking coffee will miss out on this antioxidant boost. Other beneficial componentsĪside from caffeine, coffee contains high levels of antioxidants that may be responsible for some of its health benefits. Caffeine pills may be a better option for those prone to reflux, but caffeine can still cause heartburn in some people. AcidityĬoffee is acidic and can cause heartburn and exacerbate the symptoms of GERD. While this may be beneficial for some people, it also increases the risk of caffeine overdose, which causes anxiety, rapid heart rate, and other symptoms. While caffeine in any form acts a diuretic and increases urine output, coffee may cause a more significant increase because it is liquid.Īlso, caffeine pills make it easier to take in more caffeine faster. ConvenienceĬaffeine pills may be more convenient for those who do not have access to a bathroom for long periods, including bus drivers and security personnel. Some people prefer to take their caffeine in pill form, while others would rather consume it through coffee or tea.įactors to consider when choosing between caffeine pills and coffee include: Tasteįor those that do not enjoy the taste of coffee, caffeine pills could provide some similar benefits. Reduced symptoms of Parkinson’s diseaseĪccording to a 2012 study, the caffeine in coffee may help control movement in those with Parkinson’s disease. ![]() They also suggest that those who have frequent headaches avoid caffeine altogether. It appears that consuming caffeine three or more times weekly could increase migraine frequency. However, according to the American Migraine Foundation, people should limit caffeine to a maximum of 2 days per week for treating headaches. Some migraine medications contain caffeine, such as Excedrin and Midol. The FDA has approved caffeine for use with pain relievers to treat migraine headaches. Headaches and migraine reliefĬaffeine may alleviate both migraines and tension headaches, possibly because it reduces a person’s perception of pain. Taking approximately 500 mg - or 6 to 8 cups of brewed coffee - between 2 and 3 hours before a competition is enough to result in a positive urine drug test. However, the NCAA has banned the use of caffeine before competitions.
![]() No assurances can be given that the transaction between Constellation Brands and The Wine Group will occur or will occur on the contemplated terms or timetable. The forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur or will occur on the timetable contemplated hereby. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. These statements may relate to business strategy, future operations, prospects and plans, and objectives of management, as well as information concerning expected actions of third parties. The word “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. This news release contains forward-looking statements. A live, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be available on the company’s investor relations website at ir. under the News & Events section. The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1-87 and entering conference identification number 13732540, beginning at 10:20 a.m. In turn, The Wine Group is acquiring great brands that complement its current strategy of continuing to build a premium wine portfolio.”Ĭonstellation’s remaining wine and spirits portfolio contains a more focused set of leading, powerful brands aligned with consumer preferences, spanning mainstream, premium, fine wine and craft spirits segments, including Meiomi, Kim Crawford, The Prisoner Wine Company, The Robert Mondavi family of brands, High West Whiskey, Casa Noble Tequila, Schrader Cellars, Double Diamond, To Kalon Vineyard Company, SIMI, My Favorite Neighbor portfolio of brands, Lingua Franca, Nelson’s Green Brier and others.Īdditional commentary related to this transaction will be provided during Constellation’s second quarter fiscal 2023 financial results conference call to be held today, Thursday, October 6, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. ![]() ![]() This transaction will enable us to focus and shift our portfolio towards the higher end, positioning ourselves to continue delivering industry-leading growth and shareholder value with the right portfolio for our ambitions. “Over the past three years, we reshaped ourselves into a higher-end wine and spirits division with intentional, strategic mainstream plays and are moving our business towards becoming a leading global Premium/Fine Wine & Craft Spirits portfolio. “A key driver of our success has been our relentless focus on consumer preferences, including long-term consumer-led premiumization trends, and remaining agile in our approach to stay ahead of evolving marketplace dynamics,” said Robert Hanson, EVP & President, wine and spirits division. Constellation divested the majority of its popular and mainstream wine and spirits portfolio in 2021 and is focused on competing predominantly in premium and fine wine and craft spirits segments, while continuing to invest in the growth of its remaining strategic mainstream wine and spirits assets. This decision builds on the company’s efforts to establish a bold and innovative, higher-end wine and spirits portfolio with distinctive brands and products, delivering exceptional consumer experiences. This transaction is expected to close later today. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today that it has reached an agreement with The Wine Group to divest a portion of its mainstream and premium wine portfolio, including Cooper & Thief, Crafters Union, The Dreaming Tree, Monkey Bay, 7 Moons, and Charles Smith Wines. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Constellation Brands, Inc. Company to Divest a Portion of its Mainstream and Premium Wine Brands to The Wine Group Bedrock Realms Plus includes an array of Marketplace packs and supports user-created content, while Java Realms includes community-created content but does not support the Minecraft Marketplace. If you are a Java Edition PC player, you cannot join the Realm of a Bedrock Edition Xbox Series X or PC player, for example.Īnother point to note is that Minecraft Realms - for either Java and Bedrock editions - do not support mods. Be aware that while Minecraft Java Edition also has Realms, crossplay does not work between the Bedrock and Java Editions of Minecraft. Crossplay is also enabled in Minecraft Bedrock Edition Realms, so friends on any of the above platforms can join the same Realm. Minecraft Realms is available on PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices, and you can access your Realm from any of these provided you have signed in with the same Minecraft account. However, with the optimizations the Realms team made in preparation for the 1.18 & 1.19 terrain changes, that is no longer the case.Learn about the different Minecraft Editions that you can download and which one is best for you At the time, it was a no brainer decision since Realms performance had been lacking for a while. While performance was nearly perfect, and we could set our server render distance to 24+ without issue, we certainly paid for it. So all in all, with tax we were spending about $40 a month to host our 20-slot Bedrock server and accompanying BedrockConnect node. This meant renting another separate VPS for $4/mo. BedrockConnect has to run it’s own modified instance of BDS, and due to a bug in BDS or technical limitations, you cannot run several instance of BDS on one machine. There are a few good options out there, and we found the best option for us was to host our own private BedrockConnect node. If you plan on letting console players connect, you’re gonna need a workaround. However, Realms allows players to connect from any Bedrock-supported device. Now that we’ve covered the server hosting fees, let’s talk about how players will actually connect to your server, eh? If you’re just looking to run a server for mobile and PC users, you’re home free. Now that’s just for performance similar to Realms… To get the seamless experience we were searching for, we were paying four times the cost of Realms! ![]() We also had to do all the setup ourselves since we opted for a VPS to guarantee performance. So for those counting, to get performance similar to Realms, we were paying twice as much. To get the seamless experience we were searching for, we were paying four times the cost of Realms! However, to get the seamless experience we wanted, we had to spring for the 5-vCore/8GB $32/mo option. We started out renting a 4-vCore/4GB VPS from them at $16 a month, and the performance was at least comparable to Minecraft Realms, if not slightly better. I opted to rent a plain VPS from them instead, and do the BDS setup myself. Bisect offers Bedrock hosting directly, but it made no mention of “dedicated” specs anywhere, which almost always means it’s a shared hosting solution. I was recommended to BisectHosting by another server operator. However, do you remember what I said earlier about Bedrock being very CPU-bound? Well even at 3 times Shockbyte’s recommended spec, we had unplayable lag, worse than we ever saw on Realms.Īfter our mistake with Shockbyte, we quickly migrated to a new host. This cost us around $15 per month, nearly twice Realms’ price already. We wanted to overspec for optimal performance though, and reduced the slot cap down to 20. We chose their 6GB option, which they claim is sufficient for 60 player slots. When Evercraft migrated to our own BDS server, we initially went with a “shared” solution through Shockbyte. This bundle also comes with a slew of Marketplace content, but for the purposes of this comparison we’ll ignore that since it may not be a compelling feature for many people.Įven at 3 times Shockbyte’s recommended spec, we had unplayable lag… ![]() Minecraft Realms Plus, which is effectively a 10-slot BDS server hosted on Azure VMs, comes in at just $7.99 (US). Okay with that little preamble out of the way, let’s get down to brass tacks. In my experience though, this simply isn’t the case with Bedrock Edition. When it comes to Java servers, it is not uncommon to find many hosts with well optimized servers that will perform better than Minecraft Realms, for a cheaper price. This means hosting is almost always either more expensive than a similarly sized Java server, or worse yet, very poorly optimized by the host who is used to speccing their VMs for Java servers. Bedrock Edition, on the other hand, is very very CPU-bound. Processing power is no doubt important, but most hosts will generally focus on their RAM allocation in marketing since that’s what people look for. ![]() In modern versions of Java servers, like Paper, many resources are tied to RAM availability. Change Joint Space to increase or decrease the number of rivets used to connect the joints. Change Hole Radius to make the holes bigger. Change Tick Radius to change the height of the ticks.Ĭonnect joint by riveting ticks to one another. Change Tab Fraction to change the width of the ticks (tabs).Ĭonnect joint by fitting pieces together. Change Tick Radius to change the height of the ticks. Change Tick Radius to set the distance of the rivet holes from the edge of the sheet.Ĭonnect joint by fixing ticks together. ![]() Change Joint Space to set the spacing between rivets used to connect the joints. Change Tooth Scale to set the height of the teeth.Ĭonnect joints by lacing sheets together. Change Tick Spacing to set the spacing between the cutouts. Change Tooth Radius to set the distance from the edge of the sheet for the cutouts. The dark areas of the image need to be cut out. Change Tick Radius to set the width of the ticks.Ĭonnect panels by folding and affixing (gluing or welding) the rectangular ticks. Joint TypesĬonnect panels by folding and affixing (gluing or welding) the triangular ticks. We are going to focus on the tab and tongue types. Same are useful for paper, others can be used for sewing or lacing. Here you can select how you want to connect your unfolded object after production. You can also split all panels for the final cut plan. If you still want to edit your model you can adjust the count of vertices in these panels or add new seams to your object. From Slicer Help (within Application) (Folded Panels) Optimize Panels/Add Remove Seams ¶ These segments (panels) are folded multiple times, then attached using one of ten different joint types. Separates your 3D model into 2D segments of triangular meshes. When you done with setting up your material choose from the Construction Techniques “Folded Panels”. You also can save some presets for your material. You can set all of these settings by pressing the little wrench and then adjusting them on the bottom of the application window. For cutting grey cardboard around 0.5 to 1.5 mm you can set this to <=1 mm. This is the amount of material the laser will take away. There is also another setting we need to take in account. ![]() This will determine how narrow/wide the holes for tongues and tabs are we are going to produce later on. What’s more important is to set the “Thickness” of your material. if your desired object size exceeds you material size the application will allow you to export several cut sheets. Another way is adjusting the size based on your material size. You can set the “Object Size” when you need a defined size. This can be set to a fairly huge size (the laser cutter at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (Germany) has a size of 1200 mm to 900 mm). The manufacturing settings allow you to set the size of your material. When you import your 3D model you first need to set some options. ![]() We will cut them with different settings leaving a visual mark where to fold your material. The marks for the folding lines are enough to. You need an Autodesk account for exporting your plans.In there you’ll find the PDF under /Applications/SlicerForFusion360.app/Contents/ On Mac OSX you can extract the Help PDF by opening the application package.Splitting the panels can save you a lot of material.Use the Right Mouse Button and paste from the pop up menu. ![]()
![]() Rab and Jamesie ‘s contracts both end (for very different reasons!) while Mary and Ella’s performance on ‘Govan’s Got Talent’ night is a disaster despite the presence of an international celebrity fan in the audience – Susan Boyle. Success both in showbiz and hunkbiz proves shortlived, however. Thanks to a highly misleading picture in their local advert they both get bookings too. Meanwhile Rab and Jamesie set themselves up as ‘Hunks for Hire’, sexy male cleaners for bored housewives. Their first gig at the local pub is a hit, success goes to their heads and soon it’s a case of from J cloths to J.Lo and from Marigolds to Maria as the prima donna tantrums kick in. Mary and Ella decide to put their singing talents to good use by forming themselves into a new girl band called ‘The Scrubbers’. ![]() The entrepreneurial spirit isn’t quite dead, however, even in Govan. Meanwhile Rab and Jamesie find the bottom is falling out of their business, too, as the benefit office also threatens to ‘let them go’. The recession is biting hard and Mary and Ella find the bottom has fallen out of the cleaning business as their last client reluctantly has to ‘let them go’. Richard E Grant stars as Chingford Steel, and John Sessions as the police inspector, help the regular cast make the most of an unforgettable comic situation. With the military and the SAS involved things are getting out of hand until some surprise bonding between Rab and Chingford over a shared medical problem saves the day. This seems too good an opportunity for Rab and Mary to miss so they ‘demand’ a heated towel rail and a better bus service to the town centre. ![]() As a full scale siege situation develops the police inspector in charge mistakenly decides the kidnappers are terrorists and asks for their demands. When Chingford Steel activates his official panic alarm to summon the police Rab and Mary realize they will be arrested as soon as they let him go, so they decide to keep him. There’s not much goodwill in the Nesbitt house, however, as Mary has just lost her job and decides to discuss the matter with the Minister by dinging him over the head with a frying pan. Listeners can hear all the action live on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Sounds from 6.30pm BST on Friday 22 September.Rab returns home to find that his wife, Mary, has kidnapped Chingford Steel, the Government Minister for Work, who is on a goodwill tour of Govan. It’s set to be another incredible night of Dance music." This year eleven stations are taking part across ten countries and we welcome Spain and Estonia who we are partnering with for the first time. What better way to showcase how powerful this genre is by bringing together each of our amazing scenes and sounds for one huge party, probably the biggest party on the planet!"Īled Haydn Jones, Head of Radio 1, says: "Europe’s Biggest Dance Show continues to evolve and unite listeners from around the world through the power of Dance music. Europe’s Biggest Dance Show represents exactly what I believe Electronic music is all about, connection. Now a highly anticipated feature of the Dance music calendar, Europe’s Biggest Dance Show unites stations from across the European Broadcasting Union to bring the very best in Dance music to an audience of millions.ĭanny Howard says: "I’m delighted and slightly overwhelmed to be representing the UK to an entire continent. Radio 1 has a rich history of championing Dance music in the UK and around the world, with the first show of this kind taking place in 2019. Danny will play 30 minutes of the hottest Dance music from some of the biggest UK acts before handing over to the next Country. Radio 1 will be joining forces with eleven stations across ten countries for a mass simulcast with Radio 1’s Danny Howard kicking off the celebrations at 6.30pm. ![]() At this point, our work should look like the following: Add a link for each to their desired destination pages, and change the color, font, and icon to suit your style. Change their titles to “Save”, “New game”, and “Exit”. Repeat the same process for the three remaining icons to finish our social bar. After that, drag and drop an icon and then duplicate it four times (I’ve decided to insert the icons representing Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Delicious). Then, drag and drop three small rectangular buttons from the “Buttons” category (the first shape from the left). First of all, we have to duplicate the shape of our mobile phone. Let’s see how we might create a mockup for the last page of a game in which the final score is displayed, icons are offered to share the score via social media, and three continuation options are presented: save, go back to the homepage, or exit the game. For images, we can show or hide a border, crop the image, and hyperlink the chosen image to lead to a new URL or screen. You can also set the background color, set the border color, add a scrollbar, and play with opacity and focus. You can modify texts selecting size, text alignment, format, and color. ![]() When you click on the title/headline or on the text box, you’ll see a typical text editor, where you’ll be able to specify the characteristics or content. Once you’ve dragged and dropped the elements, you’ll see that each element has extensive editing options. At this point, your design concept should look something like this: So, drag and drop each of these into your mockup. ![]() For the first components of our page, we have to open the category called “Big.” Here, we’ll find the following elements elements: title/headline, the text Area, and the image box. Just like in Codiqa, the program offers a simple, intuitive drag-and-drop system that easily adds everything you want with a few clicks. Generally, we might find a header, a footer, a menu-list, a text box for some content, an image, or some Links, for example. Now, let’s work on the style of the main page and determine which elements we want to show on our brand new homepage. In this case, you can choose the orientation of the device, the background pattern, if you want the top toggle bar to be present, and the layering. You’ll see that on the right side of the picture is a box with all the tools you need to edit the selected element. As first step, I placed the iPhone shape (it’s the only one available, so it represents the profile of all modern smartphones) and set its size using slight adjustments with the mouse. Let’s see what we can do using the elements of Balsamiq Mockups. ![]() The other categories are: Big, Buttons, Common, Containers, Forms, iPhone, Layout, Markup, Media, Project Assets, and Text. The first one, called All, as you might guess, contains all the elements that you can use during your work. When you open the software, you’ll find several main categories that will help in the creation of your design mockup. The trial version lasts only seven days, but you can use it with full functionality for the whole time period. Balsamiq Mockups is also available as a plugin for Google Drive, Confluence, JIRA, FogBugz, and XWiki. Much like Codiqa, Balsamiq can assist you in creating interfaces using simple drag and drop components the program supports 75 built-in user interface components and 187 icons, with the addition of a whole lot of additional components created by the community. The tool offers multiple ways to share and solicit feedback on the design concepts: mockups can be exported to PDF, and common PNG images and also copied to the clipboard so that you can send them by e-mail or within other document formats. Luckily, you can work with it using the operating system of your choice it runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.īalsamiq can help you quickly tweak designs in real time, proposing a design that is intentionally rough and low-fidelity (with sketchy UI elements and a hand-drawn font) to encourage as much feedback as possible. Unlike Codiqa, Balsamiq is offline desktop software. What’s Balsamiq Mockups?īalsamiq Mockups is a tool that helps developers to create wireframes and communicate with clients and coworkers with visual representations of their design plans. In this article, I’ll review another very well-known online tool called Balsamiq Mockups, compare it with Codiqa, and highlight their main differences. In my previous article, I described how to tweak and rearrange a digital project using the Codiqa toolset. A good designer knows that before starting work on a new project, it’s best to do some sketches of it. ![]()
![]() ![]() Whether you require an extremely protective phone case to defend against drops and shocks or prefer a super slim and sleek aesthetic with our ultra-thin cases, we have you covered. Explore our wide range of Mous phone cases, catering to all your needs. New health features like body-temperature sensing and a new hearing test system are also in the works, though Gurman says Apple's likely to release them later on.At Mous, you can find high-quality phone cases designed to match the standards of your beloved tech. At the top of that list are the AirPods Pro, though we could see its standard AirPods and AirPods Max upgraded to USB-C charging as early as next year.īeyond switching out the charging port, the earbuds will get a software update that adds the ability to mute and unmute from the AirPods themselves, improved automatic device switching, and a new feature called Conversation Awareness that silences media automatically when it detects people speaking to the wearer. Last but not least, we can expect to see the iPhone 15 line's USB-C charging capabilities make their way to AirPods as Apple shifts its Lightning-based accessories over to the new standard. Several sensor and internal component upgrades are also in the works, including a new version of Apple’s optical heart rate sensor. As with the iPhone 15, the Series 9 and new Apple Watch Ultra will pack a U2 ultra-wideband chip for enhanced Find My capabilities. The biggest upgrades are under the hood, as the watches are set to get their first new chip since 2020's Series 6. Though Apple is planning new materials and colors, including using more recycled metals and a black Ultra option. On the wearables front, Gurman says Apple has two announcements in store: the Apple Watch Series 9 - available in the current 41-millimeter and 45-millimeter sizes - and the second iteration of its more rugged Apple Watch Ultra, which sticks with the 49-millimeter size.Īesthetically, these new Apple Watches aren't likely to appear very different from their predecessors. ![]() As for color options, Gurman said the regular models will come in pink, black, white, blue and yellow, while the Pro phones will come in gray, black, dark blue and white. As well as feature a U2 ultrawide-band semiconductor to enhance location capabilities for more accurate tracking in the Find My app. The iPhone 15 Pro Max is set to get the biggest camera upgrade of the bunch: an updated periscope-style telephoto system capable of up to 6x optical zoom.Īll four iPhone 15 models are expected to finally make the switch from Apple's proprietary Lightning port to USB-C in accordance with EU regulations. The Pro phones will also ditch the ring/mute switch in favor of an Action Button, which users can program with handy shortcuts such as enabling Do Not Disturb or Low Power Mode and more. The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max will reportedly pack Apple's lastest-and-greatest A17 Bionic chip for a massive boost in terms of performance and especially battery life. "The titanium on the Pro phones has a brushed look and replaces the fingerprint-prone steel used since the iPhone X line," Gurman said.īut a new look isn't the only upgrade in store. Meanwhile, the high-end options, the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, are set to switch from stainless steel to titanium frames that are more durable and lighter. The camera upgrades we saw with last year's high-end models are also coming to the standard iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, which will move from a 12-megapixel main camera sensor to a 48-megapixel version. It's one of the iPhone's latest and most novel features, replacing the traditional iPhone notch with an interactive way for users to access their notifications and mini-players in an instant. The non-Pro models will also get the Dynamic Island first introduced with the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. ![]() So when that happened, I was like “Okay, well yeah, I probably should start working on a project.” After I got with Guru to work and the “Funk Vibe” thing took off, the first thing he did was go in the studio and record “Total Wreck” and in the process of that, I didn’t have time to plan or think of anything. Do you remember where you were when you first decided to record your debut LP? What are some of the events which allowed for such an undertaking to take place?īahamadia: Well in ’93 I put out “Funk Vibe,” and that’s what led to the situation with Gang Starr in the first place. It’s been a ride.”Īmbrosia for Heads: This month signals the 20th anniversary of Kollage. So I’m going from watching them on TV to now we’re in the studio. So I’m working with people I’ve always loved. So imagine you’re coming from doing a single and then working with Gang Starr. First of all, I have to wrap my head around the fact that I ever even accomplished that goal, you know, coming from a basement somewhere and next thing you know…my first tour was with The Fugees. The stuff that has happened to me in my life in terms of my artistry and stuff like that, I am just now coming down off the high. As she tells it, “I’ve been in a dream state since 1993. Rather, she is only now able to fully grasp her own achievements. It was crazy.”īahamadia’s legacy is something that she thinks about often, but not because she’s ready to give it any finite meaning. We went to the studio where Thrillerwas recorded. I wound up staying at Teena’s house for like three weeks. “I was supposed to be at her place for like, three days. “We thought it was like a prank call or something,” she recalls while laughing. Like the time Teena Marie called her mom’s house and ended up flying her out to record. However, the major milestones in her career are not always the ones she remembers most distinctly rather, it’s the tapestry comprised of divinely ordained interactions along the way which resonate most profoundly with her today. From her early success on radio to arriving where she is now, Bahamadia carries along with her the observations made along the way. On April 2, the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MC known as Bahamadia celebrated the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Kollage. |
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