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![]() They are generally thought to involve a process called plastic deformation that distorts their molecular structures. The exact processes that create red diamonds still remains a mystery. Type IIB contains no nitrogen but does contain boron. Type IIA are chemically the purest, with no measurable nitrogen or boron impurities. These are the most sought by collectors and investors. Pure Type IaB diamonds are very rare because they usually mix with Type IaA in the same stone. The nitrogen atoms are paired in the matrix of Type IaA diamonds and clustered in Type IaB. Types IaA and IaB comprise around 98% of all gem diamonds IaA are largely found in Cape Province, South Africa while IaB are found in Buffalo Hills, Namibia, and Eurasia. There are nine grades in the intensity scale :Įach natural color has its own perfect storm of minerals, ambient pressures and temperatures, incubation time (usually eons), gases, elements and other factors as the diamonds form deep within the earth.ĭiamonds are scientifically classified as either Type I or Type II, depending upon whether nitrogen is present, and how it is configured within the matrix. Intensity refers to a stone's level of color saturation. Very High Pricing - the rarest diamond color: Red.High-Range Pricing - Pink, Purple, Violet, Green, and Blue Diamonds. ![]() Mid-Range Pricing - Intense and Vivid Yellow Diamonds and Orange Diamonds.More Affordable Pricing - Grey, Brown, and Fancy Yellow Diamonds.Other factors can also affect the overall value of diamonds. Other popular cuts include Rose, Asscher, Hearts and Arrows, and Modified Brilliant (in Pear, Heart, Marquise and Triangular shapes). The most common type of cut is the Round Brilliant cut. VVS1 and VVS2 (Very, Very Slightly Included).This C measures the amount of inclusions (other materials)on a 6-point scale at 10x magnification. One carat is the average weight of a carob bean. D is colorless, while Z has yellow or brown tones. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) sets the worldwide standard for the color-grading of diamonds. consider the diamonds with the highest overall 4C averages.average out the remaining Cs for each stone. ![]()
![]() And if he does have any direction for the actor, he’ll come up to them and whisper it to them. Full PVC Leather Gimp Suit: Embrace Your Desires, Be Audacious, Be Adventurous Taking a page from the unabashedly kinky handbook of American Horror. On the set, he doesn’t use a playback, so he’s behind the camera and looking at what the camera is seeing. “I’d look over at him and he’d shrug, he’d give me a thumbs up, and that was it. ![]() The gimp is also a representation of SM that circulates throughout fashion and film and other forms of popular culture. “ gave me very little, actually,” Hibbert said. The gimp is a clothed or cost umed Sadomasochistic (SM) body, frequently a submissive that often wears a leather or rubber costume that covers and effectuates the entire body including the face. Being cramped up in a small space for hours on end also factored into the movements Hibbert gave the Gimp. The character emerges from a small room, a tidbit Hibbert held onto to theorize that the Gimp was probably not the first prisoner for Maynard and Zed. The actor spoke to Vulture in 2014 to mark the 20th anniversary of “Pulp Fiction” and revealed he was clueless as to the Gimp’s backstory. The Gimp is played by Steve Hibbert, who spent three days on the “Pulp Fiction” set in leather bondage gear filming the memorable sequence. In terms of backstory, he was like a hitchhiker or somebody that they picked up seven years ago, and they trained him so he’s the perfect victim.”Ĭhristopher Nolan: Quentin Tarantino Has a ‘Very Purist’ Approach to Retirement Butch knocked him out and then when he passed out he hung himself. ![]() ![]() Tarantino’s script doesn’t provide any information about the Gimp, which is why diehard “Pulp Fiction” fans have long wondered who he is, where he came from, and what happened to him after Butch escaped and knocked him out with a punch.Īn interview with Tarantino published online by Empire magazine this month solves the mystery of the Gimp, as the director responds to a fan question about the character: “It doesn’t quite play this way in the movie, but in my mind when I wrote it, the Gimp’s dead. The embroidery is a fundamental element of the Ukrainian folk costume in both sexes.: 16 Ukrainian vyshyvanka is distinguished by local embroidery features specific to Ukrainian embroidery: The vyshyvanka not only speaks of its Ukrainian origin but also of the particular region in which it was made. The storeowner is accompanied by his security guard Zed (Peter Greene) and the Gimp, a mute character dressed head to toe in a leather bondage suit. One of the signature scenes in Quentin Tarantino’s Palme d’Or winner finds Butch (Bruce Willis) and Marsellus (Ving Rhames) being tied up and held prisoner in the basement of a pawnshop owner named Maynard (Duane Whitaker). Who is the Gimp? It’s a question that’s long been asked by “ Pulp Fiction” fans. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most convenient features of the S49 MKII is the ability to seamlessly integrate with your selected digital audio workstation, and Maschine software/hardware. This makes controlling, accessing and selecting sounds and parameters easier than ever before. It also features a 4-directional push encoder for easy sound browsing and navigating through projects. The eight touch-sensitive encoders directly below the screen, provide you with the means to assign and control parameters as you see fit. The two high-resolution colour screens allow you to easily navigate and browse through your sounds, projects and more. The intuitive layout provides you with everything you need right at your fingertips. The layout of the S49 MK2 has been vastly improved to provide a more ergonomic design that will improve your overall workflow. Intuitive Layout & Dual, High-Resolution Screens ![]() In addition to the professional-grade keybed, the S49 MK2 also boasts ergonomic pitch and modulation wheels for changing the way your sounds react while being played. The Aftertouch features provides added realism when playing, delivering a nuanced sound for added performance value. This premium-grade keybed reacts like a traditional piano, with its semi-weighted keys providing a natural touch and feel. At the heart of the S49 MKII’s design is the semi-weighted, touch-sensitive Fatar keybed with Aftertouch. ![]() The S49 MK2 retains all the functionality that made the original so sought-after while boasting a range of upgrades and improvements. The Komplete Kontrol S49 MK2 is the latest addition to the Komplete Kontrol series from Native Instruments. Semi-Weighted Fatar Keybed With Aftertouch ![]() ![]() You can read and see more about their work via previous articles from The Glam Pad by clicking the links below… And for ongoing inspiration, please follow Instagram. We also love their book, Prints Charming by Madcap Cottage: Create Absolutely Beautiful Interiors with Prints & Patterns. We hope you enjoyed this video tour! To learn more about Madcap Cottage and their line of fabrics and wallpapers, please visit. Madcap Cottage has been featured in InStyle, People, Apartment Therapy, House Beautiful, HGTV, the Food Network, Hamptons, Country Living, Coastal Living, House & Garden UK, Traditional Home, Architectural Digest Russia, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and New York magazine, among many others. Please click here to enjoy the video tour! We have also included some of our favorite images of Madcap Cottage interiors below…Ĭo-Founder John Loecke says, “At Madcap Cottage we create products that are absolutely fun-but also fresh today and tomorrow. And stay tuned: There are many more categories in the works! Madcap Cottage encompasses numerous lifestyle-driven product categories that range from rugs, lighting, and fabric to wallpaper, tabletop, bedding, dog products, candles, custom furniture, and more sold through robust retail channels-all based upon John’s original paintings and sketches. ![]() ![]() John and Jason capture a passion for a life well lived that is always on trend and yet forever timeless. Madcap Cottage is a global lifestyle brand known for its whimsical, sophisticated use of color, prints, and patterns paired with an overarching spirit of accessible, approachable fun. The Glam Pad is delighted to welcome John Loecke and Jason Oliver Nixon, co-founders of Madcap Cottage, for a very special “Day in the Life” video tour! Join Jason and John as they take you inside their enchanted world, full of whimsy and wonder, and learn what the life of an interior designer really looks like. Tour the Exuberant Home of the Designers Behind Madcap Cottage Designer Homes Tour a Celebrated Design Duo’s Exuberant North Carolina Home Filed Under: Decorating Ideas Home Tours Tastemakers A fter 27 years in Brooklyn, Jason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke, the designing duo behind the celebrated firm Madcap Cottage, were ready for a change. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this move, Black surrenders fighting for the center and instead opts to let White have it.īlack will then try to weaken White's center pawns to gain an advantage in the ensuing endgame or White an isolated pawn on d4 weakness – which can be used to counter attack during the middlegame.Īs White, if we want to take back the pawn on c4 immediately, we can only do so by pushing this pawn one square forward to e3. The Queen's Gambit Accepted is the third most popular option against the Queen’s Gambit (with the Queen's Gambit Declined being the most popular and the Slav Defense coming in second). The Queen’s Gambit Accepted is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: Then black should swinging his dark squared bishop to b4 to further attack the d1-a5 diagonal.Īnd finally bringing the King’s knight over to e5 to really exploit this pin and launching a dangerous attack. So the Queen can swing out to the a5 square and attack the d1-a5 diagonal. This is done by first pushing the queen’s bishop pawn on c7 forward one square to c6. So normally, White place his Queen’s Knight on the c3 square to try and attack and win the d5 pawn.īlack should try and launch a counter attack on this Knight on c3. That way if White takes the Knight on f6, Black can place his other Knight back on f6 and still keep d5 protected. To counter this: Black should move his Knight to d7. Then White normally move his Bishop to g4 to try and pin the Knight on c6 and make it so it can’t defend the d5 pawn anymore. Use Queen’s Knight To Backup Kings Knight on d7īlack place his King’s Knight on c6 to defend the d5 square and pawn. That way, White’s bishop will directly attacks Black’s King. Since Black normally will castle Kingside, so what So white should do is first push his king pawn forward one square, and then swing his bishop to d3. Point light squared bishop to attack Black’s Castled King ![]() Doing this leaves Black’s knight pinned and can’t defend the d5 pawn anymore, since if it moves, the Queen is under attack. When Black does this, White should move his Bishop to g4. Use dark squared bishop to pin Black’s kingside knightīlack will try and place his King’s Knight on f6 to protect the pawn on d5. If White can load up enough attackers on d5, then the d5 pawn will fall. Use Queen’s Knight To Put Pressure on d5 pawnĪs White, we should place our Queen’s Knight on c3 with the idea being to attack Black’s d5 pawn. The Queen's Gambit Declined has the reputation of being one of the best defenses against the Queen’s Gambit and is played at the highest levels of chess. When the "Queen's Gambit Declined" is mentioned, it is usually assumed to be referring to the Orthodox Line. This is known as the Orthodox Line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. The Queen's Gambit Declined is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: The idea of getting rid of the defender for the e5 pawn. Typically Black should exchange his light squared bishop and try to trade it off for White's kingside knight if he gets a chance. Try and exchange bishop for White's knight With enough pressure, from enough pieces, this e5 pawn can fall. This is normally done with Blacks Queen's Knight. Black's job is to attack and put pressure on this e5 pawn. The job of White's knight is to defend the pawn on e5. The idea being to attack Black's Queenside when Black castles that way. So typically, White will place his bishop on this long diagonal. The Knight on d2 can just take its place. So if we White places his Queenside knight on d2, even if his Knight on f3 is traded off. With the idea of getting rid of the defender for the e5 pawn. Typically Black will place his light squared bishop and try to trade it off for White's kingside knight. Replace Kingside Knight with Queenside Knight in case of trade So what White does, is place his other Knight so in case of an exchange, the pawn on e5 is still defended. So black normally tries to remove the defender of this pawn with his bishop. The job of this knight is to defend the pawn on e5. Normally in the Albin Countergambit, White castles kingside to protect his King, While black castles Queenside. That way this pawn can be used as a wedge for Black's counter attack. In the Albin Countergambit, Black lets White take a pawn with the idea of pushing his d pawn one square forward. The Albin Countergambit is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: ![]() ![]() But most importantly, you can perform color correction using the built-in LUT editor. For instance, in VSDC, you can manually adjust brightness, contrast, gamma, and other values, or you can use color scopes, channels, and wheels. However, one of its most prominent features is the extensive color correction toolset. VSDC offers dozens of customizable video and audio effects, transitions, and color filters. It brings an array of tools that will help you apply minor edits like trimming a video, adding text, and removing the soundtrack – as well as more in-depth montage techniques like color correction, FX, and blending. VSDC is a free video editor for Windows PC users. In other words, regardless of what you’re using, we’ve got you covered. The roundup below features video editors for Windows OS, Linux OS, Mac OS, and a couple of web-based tools. We’ve personally tested each editor on the list to make sure there’s no company logo stamped all over the video after export. ![]() ![]() However, most times, those watermarks catch you by surprise.įor creators who have been in this situation and those who want to avoid it in the future, we’ve put together a list of free video editing software with no watermarks. ![]() Originally, there’s nothing wrong with watermarks – as long as you know they will be there after you export your project. Yet a few video editing software developers are still using this practice to limit the free usage of their products. Seeing a watermark on your video after spending hours editing it feels infuriating. ![]() ![]() ![]() Regardless of its consistency, Stadia's launch marks the beginning of a new generation of cloud gaming. Stadia can successfully stream large, visually demanding games to tiny devices, making them playable without frustration - at least, when the service is provided an ideal streaming environment. We tested out Stadia and found it to be the best in-home cloud-gaming experience to date, following years of failed experiments like OnLive, Gaikai and PlayStation Now (just because it's still active doesn't mean it's a success, folks). The company promises imperceptible latency and resolution reaching 4K, even when playing games like Destiny 2 and Mortal Kombat 11. Stadia is Google's video game streaming service, offering the ability to play a library of titles on your phone, tablet, laptop or Chromecast Ultra, without a dedicated console and without downloading. It's a solid, T-for-Teen introduction to both horror and adventure games - which is precisely what Google Stadia, its launch platform, needs. Gylt isn't a revelation in terms of mechanics or style, but that's part of its charm. Simple spatial puzzles and fetch quests pad out the gameplay as Sally investigates the gray, spooky world and confronts truths about her younger cousin. As is common in adventure games, items are littered around the world to help Sally on her quest - keys for locked doors, inhalers for health, and batteries for her flashlight, whose beam injures the big bad beasties. The main gameplay conceit involves ducking behind low walls and overturned desks to avoid the detection of the black, cone-headed creatures patrolling the town. ![]() Gylt takes things slow, introducing mechanics like walking, looking around, ducking and interacting with objects one at a time, with clear on-screen prompts and plenty of space for players to test out their new tools. Eyeballs peer from the tops of tentacles growing out of the goo. Eyeballs peer from the tops of tentacles growing out of the goo, and bipedal beasts with long claws and inverted faces stalk the walkways. ![]() Sally's hometown is abandoned and looks like an earthquake hit it, while its corners and doorways are infested with black sludge monsters. Sally searches for Emily, who's been missing for a month, through the desolate rooms of their school as monsters stalk her footsteps. Gylt is a third-person horror title that follows tween Sally into a twisted, Upside Down style world that has also consumed her young cousin, Emily. ![]() Stylistically, it's different than anything the studio has created so far it's narratively thin, though its world is rich and eerie, filled with creeping beasts and light emotional turmoil. Tequila Works' latest release, Gylt, fits this mold perfectly. Overall, the studio's strength lies in building moody worlds bursting with emotional intrigue, rather than completing a single, clear narrative arc. The studio's approach to storytelling works best in The Invisible Hours, a non-linear VR experience that sacrifices player input in order to resolve multiple narrative threads. They're slightly creepy, with a touch of ennui and too much story for a single game to contain. After that, Tequila Works released a murder mystery set inside a trippy mansion casino, a heartwarming platformer about a long-lost civilization, a narrative-driven VR title, a world-building app for iOS, and the official VR project for Sony Pictures' Groundhog Day.ĭespite the differences in mechanics, a common thread runs through many of Tequila Works' titles. It starts with Deadlight, a dark, side-scrolling action title set in a lonely zombie apocalypse. At least, that's how it seems after scrolling through a list of games the independent Spanish studio has released since 2012. The developers at Tequila Works get bored easily. ![]() ![]() It is therefore no surprise that the design of television sets, automobiles, and highways, too (as in the cloverleaf interchanges shown on the backdrop), was shaped by the new interest in vital forms, even though their technical requirements neither demanded nor suggested such treatment. Both broke down the boundaries of regionalism, unified diverse populations in the country-and also began the process of creating a more homogeneous American design aesthetic. ![]() Indeed, two principal factors in the acceleration of this mobile society were the automobile and the television set, both of which existed before the war but came fully into their own only afterward, with the interstate highway system and the affordable home TV set. The visual language of vital forms expressed the conflicts and complexities inherent in this remarkable period of America’s history.Īs suggested by the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette shown here, the increasing speed of transportation, as well as of communications, helped spread the vital forms vocabulary in the postwar years. In this era, the country witnessed many cataclysmic events, from World War II-with the Holocaust and the atomic bomb-to postwar McCarthyism and the Cold War, yet also saw a burst of optimism with the prosperity, and the growing consumerism, of the 1950s. ![]() The language of vital forms expressed the dualities of its times: the hopes and fears, the dreams and nightmares, of the middle years of the twentieth century were reflected in organic forms that were highly mutable, seemingly as changeable as life itself. The exhibition features paintings, sculpture, photography, architecture, ceramics, fashion, and graphic and industrial design.Įvery period has its own visual vocabulary, which it partly borrows from the past and partly invents to meet new needs. “Vital forms” are shapes inspired by nature innovative artists and designers used them in the 1940s and 1950s to evoke living entities, ranging from amoebas and plant life to the human figure. This automobile serves to introduce an exhibition on view on the fourth floor, Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940–1960. Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940–1960.© Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonĮarrings, designed by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins, 1966 – 7, England. Optik Art Jewellery, pair of earrings, designed by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins, 1963 – 5, England. ![]() Ornament for clothes or body, Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins, 1966 – 7, Museum no. Target, ring, designed by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins, 1963, England. Married in 1962 after they met at Reading University, the pair collaborated on their first project the following year: 'Optik', a series of bold, Op Art-inspired pieces made from screen-printed Perspex. Combining backgrounds in industrial design and fine art, Ramshaw and Watkins were well placed to exploit this new landscape. Their idiosyncratic work suited the times: in the early 1960s, the often rather formal stone-set jewellery on offer in the first half of the century began to be superseded by a wide variety of styles, many made from plastic. Jewellery designers Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins made their first technically innovative pieces in the 1960s. ![]() Jewellery by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins RIP, glasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1967, England. Koko, sunglasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, about 1960, England. Oliver Goldsmith courted publicity by creating deliberately more unusual frames, but the firm could also design for the mass market: its chunky RIP frame became one of the decade's bestselling looks.įuz, sunglasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1964, England. What changed in the following decade was how big and bold frames became – Oliver Goldsmith's 'TV set' and 'giant O' designs were a memorable expression of the 1960s' love affair with exaggerated Modernism. At the beginning of the 1960s, the popularity of stand-out eyewear was well established, having been influenced by the glamour of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and other Hollywood stars wearing 'shades'. They supplied eyewear to most of the decade's cultural icons, including Audrey Hepburn, Michael Caine, Jackie Onassis and Peter Sellars their sunglasses were also the first to appear in the pages of Vogue. Leading eyewear company Oliver Goldsmith was one of the first to recognise the fashion potential of glasses and sunglasses. Glasses and sunglasses by Oliver Goldsmith ![]() ![]() ![]() Our server will automatically purge all uploads and conversions after one hour. If you are nervous about uploading your sensitive information, you don’t need to worry. You can do this as much as you need to as long as you stick to 20 uploads at one time. Need to convert more PDFs? Hit the “CLEAR QUEUE” button and repeat the process. Alternatively, you can hit the “DOWNLOAD ALL” button to download a ZIP file with all the compressed PDFs collected together. When the conversion is complete, you can hit the “DOWNLOAD” button under each PDF in the queue to grab the newly compressed version. Larger files will take longer than smaller ones, but it should only be a moment before all of them are converted. Once uploaded, your PDFs will automatically start compressing. 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PDFs, on the other hand, can get quite large, especially if there are many images inside. However, DOC files are usually pretty small when it comes to file size because they pull information from the system on which they are opened, such as installed fonts, for example. In fact, it will also look the same on your smartphone or even your TV. This means you can create a PDF on a macOS computer and it will look exactly the same on a Windows computer. This makes them very versatile because they look the same across various systems. However, unlike DOC files, PDF files are more like a snapshot of an existing document. It is very similar to the DOC format in that they both contain text, links, and even images. I think I'll stick with the two much shorter commands that are easier for me to remember.A PDF is a type of document file. To learn about the parameters not included in the man page, refer to the Ghostscript online documentation. dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dColorImageResolution=150 \īut, looking at the gs man page, I don't think there is any way I would have come up with this on my own. ![]() I also learned that I can use the gs command to accomplish everything in one go: gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook \ In this example, the compressed PDF was 715KB, about one-fourth the size of the original. I find using the /ebook setting for the compression is a good compromise between file size and quality. If you want, you can specify another name for the new PDF with: ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile=Lesson5b.pdf Lesson5.ps This overwrites your previous Lesson5.pdf with a smaller file (a good reason for making a backup). Next, enter: ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook Lesson5.ps For example, this example file was 3.1MB as a PDF and ballooned to 29MB as a PS file! Have faith. This creates a file named Lesson5.ps, and if you look at its size, you might be alarmed. The first step is to convert it to a PostScript file by entering: pdf2ps -dLanguageLevel=3 Lesson5.pdf In this example, I'll show you how to shrink a file named Lesson5.pdf. How to shrink a PDFįirst, make a backup of the original PDF file with a different name (in case you make an error somewhere). So I pieced together the following by combining information from the man pages with various other bits of advice I found on the internet. The man pages for these commands are terse, and it was challenging to find good documentation for them and their settings. This solution shrinks the size of PDF files, making them easier to share via email. I found an answer to the latter problem using the commands pdf2ps and ps2pdf, which are part of the Ghostscript package. Unfortunately, the quality of the scans-the words, numbers, and graphics-is unsuitable using the Text setting, but the files are quite large-up to 5MB for just a few pages-using the Image setting. Simple Scan has two resolution settings, Images and Text, and saves files as PDFs. Free online course: RHEL Technical Overview. ![]() |
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