![]() ![]() Giant says that its tests demonstrate that the new TCR is significantly quicker than the previous version, saving 34secs over 40km (25 miles) at 200 watts of pedalling power. Giant has incorporated aerodynamic features on its TCR for the first time to minimised drag. It says that it achieved this, although both the Specialized and the Trek have since been updated. In developing the top-end TCR Advanced SL Disc, Giant set out to create a stiffness-to-weight ratio higher than that of three key rivals, the Specialized S-Works Tarmac Disc, Trek Emonda SLR Disc, and Cervelo R5 Disc. > Giant launches 2021 TCR Advanced – the “fastest TCR ever” TCR Advanced SL Starting at the top, these are TCR Advanced SL, TCR Advanced Pro and TCR Advanced. The main idea behind the redesign is that the TCR climbs as well as ever while being faster to descend and sprint.Īll the TCR models are made from carbon fibre (of differing grades), and they come in race geometries. Giant also says that the TCRs have been aero-optimised for the first time. Giant has given the TCR bikes a major redesign for the 2021 model year, saying that they are now lighter, stiffer than ever before, with the top-level Advanced SL models offering the highest stiffness-to-weight ratio in their class. ![]() The TCR Advanced models are performance road bikes that are designed to be lightweight, stiff and agile, roughly the equivalent of a Trek Emonda or Specialized Tarmac. This article refers to the range that Giant/Liv distributes in the UK, not to models available in other regions. Giant also has a women’s brand called Liv that offers an impressively large range. The TCR Advanced Pro Disc 1 has a higher spec than the TCR Advanced Pro Disc 2, for example, and the TCR Advanced Pro 0 Disc has a higher level again. The lower the number included in a bike name the higher the quality of the components. All of Giant's road bikes feature groupsets from Shimano and SRAM. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Practical problem-solving orientation is followed, whereby learners create artifacts and solve puzzles. Learners are encouraged to practically engage as they develop the behaviors that go with being numerate, critical collaborative problem solvers.Īt the elementary school level, the scope of STEM typically includes an introduction to coding, counting, mathematical operations, rudimentary physics, and topics in natural science. STEM is not a subject itself, rather it’s method of teaching that blends the four categories together (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.)Įlementary school STEM is an immersive education in science and design. There is no single STEM curriculum, and both content and approach vary between schools, based on interpretations and implementations of the core principles and outcomes sought. ![]() In elementary school, it involves preparatory programs either integrated into the core curriculum or as extracurricular offerings. STEM takes the form of integrated, stand-alone programs offered at all educational levels. Let’s explore: What Is STEM In The Elementary School? To see how and why this is done, we need to explore the scope of STEM, the constraints of elementary school education, and the social demand for technicians. The emphasis is on interaction rather than rote study. It equips young children with a numerate sense of scientific inquiry and design orientation. STEM for elementary school involves teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in the three phases before high school. How and when (and in some cases – if) to start STEM education can be a challenge for parents and educators. An anxiety-provoking aspect of parenting regards choices to prepare children for a future world that we can only vaguely imagine through a curriculum that parents sometimes do not understand. ![]() ![]() ![]() So yeah, if you play a game with Maori, Brazil, America, Greece, Spain, Australia, Zulu and Cree, you won't hear a flute. I don't remember flutes in Brazil, Spain, Australia, Zulu, Cree, either, and that's just from the top of my head, so there could be more. In fact, if you play Maori vs Maori, you won't hear a flute in the game at all. There are no general flute themes for all civs. Aside from that, all files belong to certain civs.Īll civs have their own ambient themes, and they start as soon as you settle your first city. There were some files that had no sound at all, and I don't know what they were for, but they also don't have any corresponding name in the bank. ![]() I have -all- files coded by name (there is a bank file for that too, you can't miss anything that way), and there are no files left. while driving), I can't say I recognise what you're saying. That narrows it down greatly as well.Īt nearly 1800 hours in the game, and many hours digging through the files and listening to them without playing the game (e.g. Busy can mean classical era, busy can mean information era.Īlso, next time you hear it, write down which Civs are in the game. "when things start getting busy in-game" is not really anything. If you can tell us around which era it would be, it would make the search MUCH easier. So if it starts to play later in the game, it's most certainly not an ambient song (they stay the same), so it must be a theme. This way I have made the whole of CIV VI as a soundtrack for myself : )Īlternatively, you can elaborate on your description by using instruments to clarify your search a bit more : )Īlso, songs change upon era change. This sounds like a lot of work, but it really isn't. wem files in the same folder, which are the songs. If you go to "\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Platforms\Windows\audio" and open Music_bank.xml in Note Pad, and use ctrl F to find "France", you can find all the numbers corresponding to France's themes. The ambient themes for France are less lively than the regular theme for France, so I doubt that's it to be honest. ![]() ![]() ![]() Suitable keywords of each tool are also explained to get a hand in this software. Tools like Selection tool, ripple tool which is used for trimming some part of audio or video clips, rolling tool use for fine editing and adjustments, rate stretch for slowing or fasting the clip, razor used for cutting some part of the video, slip tool for changing the entry and exit point of any clip, slide tool for keeping entry and exit point same, pen tool for adding keyframes, hand tool for navigating forward and backward in the clips and zoom in and out tools are explained with their examples. Moving forward it is explained about all the tools in-built in this software and their uses with the suitable and required examples.This has been clearly explained in this tutorial. We can set a specific time for any audio and video clip and change its period. ![]() We can edit the time frame of any audio and video clips in this software.
![]() ![]() Each imager will play a new message until you have heard all three. This is the first of three imagers you will find (one in each Age). In this small room is an imager that you can approach and press the button to play a message from Saavedro. Click on the handle and it will open allowing you access to a ladder leading down to a small room. Now turn and go back down through the wheel hub to the previously locked door which is now glowing green. If you have done everything correctly up to this point it should look like this. Step down and check out the indicator panel. From here you can reach through and manually open the waterwheel vanes, which starts the wheel spinning and power flowing to certain systems. Just before you drop down into the room with the indicator panel turn right and look through the broken portal shown in the left image. You will need to return to the top of the ladder and spin the red wheel to turn the waterwheel off temporarily until you raise this gear.Ĭlimb back up the ladder and return down the blue tunnel. Note: If you've gotten ahead of me and already started the waterwheel spinning then you cannot raise this gear. Turn the crank on the left to raise the large gear up into the floor. Climb down and press the red button on the wall to access a gold mechanism. Ignore it for now and turn right to locate the ladder leading down into a vertical shaft. In the next room is another locked door much like the first one you encountered on the small island. Now you can climb back down the ladder and turn left to go down the blue-tinted tunnel that leads through the center hub of the giant waterwheel. The left control wheel is missing but you can still spin the right wheel to open the sluice gate and redirect the water under the waterwheel. Turn around and locate the ladder leading up to the tower overlooking the sluice gates and climb up. Currently everything is OFF since there is no power being generated by the power plant. This panel shows the status of several devices on the island. When you step down into the small room turn right and examine the indicator panel on the wall. For now, turn right and head down the blue passage leading toward the hydroelectric power plant. The door to the left leads to the lava control room and is sealed from the inside - you will open it later. For now head down the red-tinted hall and collect the missing journal pages lying on the walkway shown in right image.Ĭontinue until you reach a junction. Make a mental note of the catwalk that continues into the chasm, as you will return here shortly. You can check out the immediate scenery and when you are ready to get started head across the walkway shown in the right image.Ĭontinue along the path and through the opening in the cliff until you reach a passage leading to the right. The sphere to the left of the door contains a J'nanin linking book you can use to return to J'nanin if you so desire. If you circle around to the left you will arrive at a large circular door, which is locked and cannot be unlocked until you restore power to the island. You start the level on the circular wooden platform shown in the right image. Your ultimate goal in Voltaic is the very island on which you stand, but unlocking the secrets of this island is going to take a lot of exploration and puzzle solving. ![]() ![]() ![]() They ain’t holding your hand in here, that’s for sure. This is the first actual boss fight in the game. This is a very fair progression system that lets you buff your gear according to your immediate necessities. It feels a bit like Monster Hunter, as you’re basically wearing the “carcass” of your enemies, and it works perfectly. Dismembering them results in either earning a blueprint to a brand new piece of equipment or materials to improve your current gear. They can either be armored or unarmored, but that doesn’t mean that aiming at a more protected limb is useless. In a great example of how to implement a risk and reward system, you can target different limbs when attacking enemies. The dismembering system, one of the main highlights of the previous game, is still present in The Surge 2. All of this without ever feeling too overpowered, as everyone around me has access to the same tools to try to kill me. In The Surge 2, I feel as powerful and nimble as a boss, with a ton of weapons, implants, and combos at my disposal. In many other Souls-inspired games, you do feel the burden of being a lot weaker than the enemies around you. Each weapon features tons of different combos that allow you to inflict a ton of damage onto your foes with speed and style. Your character is a lot faster this time around, with a slightly bigger stamina bar, quicker dodges, and an overall increased responsiveness, even when wielding a heavy weapon. I wasn’t completely wrong, but there’s a lot more to it than just being “more aggressive”. Back at E3 2018, I mentioned that The Surge 2‘s gameplay was the Bloodborne to The Surge‘s Dark Souls. The combat system was already great in the previous game and it’s even better this time around. Wearing a car door as a shield just like a Transformer would. The entire map isn’t completely open per se, with some gateways acting as loading buffers to another zone. The level design is stupendous, with lots of secret paths leading to bonus items and shortcuts that connect the map in ingenious ways. From urban alleys to docklands and even a huge national park with a ton of greenery, there is a lot in here. The Surge 2 is now set in a big city with a lot more variety than I could have ever expected from a post-apocalyptic setting. The Surge 2 ups the ante by fixing what is wrong in its predecessor, as well as adding new features to make it look less like just another Souls clone with no personality of its own.ĭeck13 did hear everyone’s complaints about The Surge‘s environments looking too repetitive and devoid of life. Things such as repetitive locales and an overall lack of polish. I really enjoyed it, with most of my complaints revolving around issues caused by its obvious small budget. It has great gameplay set around dismembering enemies and using their bionic limbs to improve your gear. The Surge is notable for being a mid-tier Dark Souls clone set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic environment. Wear this suit and you’ll get all the babes while clubbing. ![]() ![]() ![]() While I do value local multiplayer a lot, the fact that Mario Kart 64's online play is, put simply, atrocious makes it a lot less attractive. The controls are simply tighter and there are 48 tracks to race on. Smart steering is the only way I can make it through 200 CC, and that's OK! The more accessible a game is, the better. I'd say the game is the most accessible it's ever been, with features like motion steering, auto-acceleration, and smart steering that help younger, disabled, or inexperienced players have fun. It also introduced a lot of strategy to the series, including weight classes, karts, wheels, and gliders that can affect your speed, acceleration, handling, among other things. The addition of 200 CC also put my skills to the test - never did I think that I'd actually have to use the brake button in a Mario Kart game. The backgrounds, character models, and music make the game a joyful, colorful experience that becomes even more fun when playing with friends. The original and retro tracks in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are gorgeous in both handheld and docked mode. Though I was one of the five people who owned a Wii U, I didn't buy Mario Kart 8 until the Nintendo Switch version, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. My Mario Kart journey started with Mario Kart DS, and then I moved on to the Wii and 3DS versions. If I had to choose, I'd say that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the definitive Mario Kart game. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Yoshi Driving (Image credit: iMore) Mario Kart 64 is good for light-hearted, local multiplayer, and while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe offers robust online play and more options. While drifting is a bit tricky at first in the N64 game, the sheer number of variables in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe means that there are a lot of opportunities to be at a disadvantage.Įach game has its place depending on the experience you'd like to have. I may be alone in this, but I feel like Mario Kart 64's difficulty is a lot lower than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. But for single-player and multiplayer experiences, Mario Kart 64 is still just as great as it used to be. ![]() Until the lag issues in the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack are resolved, I'd recommend leaving online play to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. However, now that both of these games, along with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, are on the Switch, I'd say they each have their place. ![]() A smaller subsection of those fans prefer Mario Kart 64, the series' first foray into the third dimension. You'll hear lots of die-hard Mario Kart fans claim that Double Dash is the best game in the series. Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Nintendo 64 Multiplayer Mario Kart Gameplay (Image credit: iMore) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was completed in 2009 at over $2 billion and serves as the global headquarters of Goldman Sachs. The Goldman Sachs Tower at 200 West Street is the sixth-tallest office building in Lower Manhattan. The property offers excellent views of Manhattan and incorporates a theater/cinema, an outdoor plaza with a sunken Japanese garden, and state-of-the-art event space on the 60th floor. The NYC Landmark resembles Chicago’s Inland Steel Building, also designed by Bunshaft. It was completed in 1963 and continues to be one of the tallest buildings in Lower Manhattan. This Class A, 2.2 million-square-foot office tower at 28 Liberty Street was designed by world-renowned architect Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Today, 40 Wall Street is one of the most desirable addresses in Manhattan for financial services companies. In 1995, the Trump Organization invested $200 million in renovations, bringing much-needed upgrades to offices and common areas. The Chrysler BuildingIt eventually surpassed it in height. This 1930-built tower at 40 Wall Street, also known as the Trump Building, competed with the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the Woolworth Building for the title of New York City’s tallest structure. It has also earned LEED Gold certification from the USGBC for its energy-efficient features. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, the 72-story property houses the headquarters of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, online music streaming giant Spotify, Morningstar, and Eataly. This 2.5 million-square-foot office tower at 4 World Trade Center was completed in 2013 and is currently the third-tallest office property in Downtown Manhattan. The tenant roster at 3 WTC includes various high-profile names, including GroupM, which occupies 700,000 square feet of office space, Uber, Diageo, and McKinsey & Co. The 80-story tower offers state-of-the-art Class A office space, as well as a 5,000-square-foot terrace on the 17th floor, providing beautiful views of the city. 3 World Trade CenterĬompleted in 2018, the 2.8 million-square-foot tower dubbed 3 World Trade Center is the second-tallest office building in Lower Manhattan. It is home to major tenants, including Conde Nast, Moody’s, CBS, Cushman & Wakefield and Ameriprise. The 3.1 million-square-foot office tower incorporates column-free office space with floor-to-ceiling windows that offer breathtaking views of New York City. It was completed in 2014 on the former 6 World Trade Center site and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere. Additionally, visitors can take advantage of various recreational activities and cultural destinations in the area. These buildings offer spectacular river and city views, state-of-the-art amenities and unrivaled prestige. Lower Manhattan’s office skyscrapers offer some of the most exquisite views in the city due to their location on ‘the tip of the island.’ Moreover, below is a round-up of the ten tallest office buildings in Lower Manhattan. It’s also home to some of the tallest, and most innovative office towers in the world, including One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States. Lower Manhattan is home to some of the largest multinational corporations in the world which receive local service from major law firms, financial services companies, or technology startups. Luckily, there is no shortage of supertall buildings in the city, especially in office-heavy submarkets like Downtown or Midtown. Abundant natural light, outdoor space, and expansive views are some of the most sought-after amenities for companies seeking office space for rent in Manhattan. Office spaces featuring breathtaking city, park, or river views command a premium in New York City. ![]() ![]() ![]() Using an overlay filter will remove the white background. If you do not have the PNG image, make sure you use an image with a white background for the overlay process.If the image is in PNG format with a transparent background, it will take only a few seconds to create the GIF overlay. The next step is adding an image to the GIF background.One can also provide the URL of the GIF to upload it on the tool. First, you have to upload the GIF file on the tool interface from your local drive.To add an image to the GIF, follow the steps mentioned below. One can add filters, texts, images, and watermarks to the GIF files using the website. These features and tools ensure quick and easy image overlay on GIF files. The website has arrays of tools and features for the users. Kapwing is another online GIF editor tool that one can use to overlay images on a GIF file. Nevertheless, the free version has a default watermark, while the premium version does not come with watermarks.Īlso Read: 4 Best GIF Speed Changer Websites 3. The premium version, ImgFlip Pro, offers more custom settings for creating GIFs. ImgFlip is a free online tool, though it has a premium version too. You can also share the GIFs on your social media platforms, blogs, etc. After finishing the GIF overlay process, users can download the files on their local computer.You can easily adjust the speed of animation. The tool offers a feature to change the GIFs’ height, width, and resolution.Users can create GIFs with images, videos, URLs, etc. ImgFlip offers a user-friendly interface.There is no option for saving the GIF online. Once you create a GIF after overlaying the image on the GIF background, you should download the file. The major drawback is the old and primary interface of the tool. Some positive things about the EZGIF are no watermarks, zero subscription, and high-quality GIF developing features. Multiple options for customizing animation speed are there. After creating a GIF through image overlaying, you can decide the animation speed.You can optimize, edit, and cut the length of your current GIF. From an existing GIF, you can remove the unwanted part.It will save each frame of your GIF file in separate JPG and PNG file formats. ![]() You can upload and split the existing GIF on your computer.Some of the critical features of this tool are: Nevertheless, you can also edit your existing GIF through this tool. Users can deploy the tool for creating GIFs from images and videos. EZGIFĮZGIF is one of the oldest online tools for creating GIF files and overlaying images on GIFs. Let’s now explore these best GIF overlay tools. Find the most highlighting features of these tools. In the following section, some of the best tools for image overlay on GIFs have been listed. For creating such image overlay GIF files, you need to find a GIF editor that comes with such a feature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two years later, however, he enrolled in the arts program of Munich University. At the age of 17 Marc wanted to study theology, as his older brother Paul had. His father, Wilhelm Marc, was a professional landscape painter his mother, Sophie, was a homemaker and a devout, socially liberal Calvinist. Early life įranz Marc was born in 1880 in Munich, the then capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria. When up for auction, his major paintings attract large sums, with a record of £42,654,500 for Die Füchse ( The Foxes). His work is now exhibited in many eminent galleries and museums. However, most of his work survived World War II, securing his legacy. In the 1930s, the Nazis named him a degenerate artist as part of their suppression of modern art. He was drafted to serve in the German Army at the beginning of World War I, and died two years later at the Battle of Verdun. His mature works mostly are animals, and are known for bright colors. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it. According to him, only animals had preserved a “chaste majesty.Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. 154.Īnimals in a landscape were, for the artist, a bridge between man and nature, whose vanished unity he wished to restore. (…) an animal’s unadulterated awareness of life made me respond with everything that was good.įranz Marc in: Dietmar Elger, Expressionism: A Revolution in German Art, s. On the whole, instinct has never failed to guide me… especially the instinct which led me away from man’s awareness of life and towards that of a “pure” animal. For Marc, animals were the ideal subject matter for depicting truth, purity, and beauty. The image of animals continued to become ever more prominent in his art, almost entirely replacing the human form. ![]() Through rigorous and disciplined study, he created a general concept of animal and human forms. When living in Berlin, he spent countless hours at the Berlin Zoo studying and sketching the forms of animals from every conceivable angle. He devoted himself to the study of the anatomy of animals.įranz Marc, Resting Horses, 1911-1912, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA. His works embody the heightened anxieties of early 20th-century Europe, as people struggled with a rapidly changing urban world on the precipice of war. He suffered from severe depression, and nature was something calming for him. ![]() His analysis of color associated blue with the masculine, yellow with the feminine, and red with the physical – often violent – world.įranz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky, Der Blaue Reiter Almanach, 1912, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA. Not only did he understand the potential for color to affect mood, but he also developed a specific theory of color symbolism. The color was also extremely important for Marc. Kandinsky wrote 20 years later that the name derived from Marc’s enthusiasm for horses and Kandinsky’s love of riders, combined with a shared love of the color blue.įor Kandinsky, blue is the color of spirituality: the darker the blue, the more it awakens human desire for the eternal. The name of the movement is the title of a painting that Kandinsky created in 1903, but it is unclear whether it is the origin of the name of the movement, as art historians found out that the title of the painting had been overwritten. He then met August Macke and Wassily Kandinsky, with whom he formed the group Der Blaue Reiter. In 1910, Marc’s first solo show was held at Kunsthandlung Brackl in Munich, Germany. Franz Marc, Blue Horse, Red House, and Rainbow, postcard from Sindelsdorf to Paul Klee in Munich, 1913, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany. ![]() |
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