9/5/2023 0 Comments Devour songs![]() ![]() Or, my personal favorite, Christian Marclay’s 1985 Record Without a Cover, which is just that: an LP of improvisational sound collage intentionally shipped without protective packaging so that any physical damage done to it would augment the recorded piece, which would ultimately make every copy a unique listening experience. Take for instance Tristan Perich’s 2016 masterstroke Noise Patterns, which was released as a pitch-black circuit board inside a gutted CD jewel case, listenable via sideloaded headphone jack. I understand why many noise artists choose to handle their oeuvre like this, the same way I understand why it’s the norm for vaporwave artists’ output to become buried underneath hours of forgotten online recordings from other vaporwave artists the same way I understand how, as Tim Hecker pointed out when discussing the inspiration for his 2011 album Ravedeath, 1972, the Kazakhstan government combats piracy by bulldozing millions of CDRs and DVDs into mountains of literal “digital garbage.” Noise is a genre whose mission statement of pointless chaos, traceable to the societal commentary and aesthetic theories of the Futurists and Dadaists during the early 1900s, is informed not just by the way it sounds, but by the ways its practitioners “create” it and their decisions (or lack thereof) in showcasing it to consumers. Other than Prurient or Merzbow, I can’t think of many noise musicians whose new albums feel like events in the world of independent music rather than churned-out ephemera written, recorded, and uploaded to Bandcamp over a brooding afternoon’s muse. In an endless sea of amateur noise music releases, often distributed on obsolete mediums like cassettes, Margaret Chardiet’s records as Pharmakon are a treat.
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9/4/2023 0 Comments F1 2020 car setups![]() Mick Schumacher made his Formula One debut with Haas.įour-time World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel left Ferrari at the end of the 2020 Championship after racing with the team for six seasons. Renault became known as Alpine, taking on the name of Renault's sportscar brand. The name change was brought about by the team's part owner Lawrence Stroll investing in the Aston Martin marque. Racing Point became known as Aston Martin. McLaren announced that they would change from using Renault power units to ones built by Mercedes, resuming the McLaren-Mercedes partnership that ran between 19. Zhou Guanyu drove for Alpine at the Austrian Grand Prix. Callum Ilott and Robert Kubica drove for Alfa Romeo Racing at two and three Grands Prix respectively, while Roy Nissany and Jack Aitken drove for Williams at three Grands Prix and at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, respectively. Teams and drivers that competed in the 2021 World Championship EntrantĪcross the season, five drivers drove as a test or third driver in free practice sessions. Each team was required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars. ![]() All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. The following constructors and drivers were under contract to compete in the 2021 World Championship. The season was also the final season in the sport for 2007 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen. This was the first season since 2008 where the champion driver was not from the team that took the constructors' title. A review of the incident led to key structural changes to race control, including the removal of Michael Masi from his role as race director and the implementation of a virtual race control room, who assist the race director. Verstappen overtook Hamilton in a late restart, after which Mercedes initially protested the results, and later decided not to appeal after their protest was denied. Both drivers entered the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tied on points, which ended with a controversial finish, as it was deemed that race control did not handle a late safety car period fully according to the regulations. ![]() The two drivers exchanged the championship lead multiple times during the season, and the title contenders were involved in major collisions at the British, Hungarian and Italian Grands Prix. The season featured a close year-long battle for the title between Verstappen and Hamilton, with BBC Sport's Andrew Benson describing it as "one of the most intense, hard-fought battles in sporting history". Mercedes retained the Constructors' Championship for the eighth consecutive season. Four-time defending and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished runner-up. Honda became the second engine supplier in the turbo-hybrid era to power a championship-winning car, after Mercedes. Verstappen became the first-ever driver from the Netherlands, the first Honda-powered driver since Ayrton Senna in 1991, the first Red Bull driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2013 and the first non-Mercedes driver in the turbo-hybrid era to win the World Championship. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing- Honda won the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, having claimed 10 race wins across the season. Mercedes won their eighth consecutive Constructors' Championship. 9/4/2023 0 Comments Pc tattletale free download![]() here and here) from people who somehow found they had pcTattletale on their computer and wanted to know how to remove it, and it wasn’t a simple task. There have been a few threads over the years (e.g. ![]() To remove the Windows version, you’ll probably need some kind of antivirus software like Kaspersky, as I couldn’t find any way to find and remove it otherwise. has a guide for uninstalling pcTattletale on Android here. If the device your installing pcTattletale on has antivirus software that will find it, you may be able to tell the antivirus software to ignore it ( here’s an example with Kaspersky). ![]() Kaspersky Realtime Protection, for example, will pick it up. The Android version is similar - it doesn’t show any indications at all that it’s installed or it’s doing anything.Īs far as I know, the only real way to detect pcTattletale is with certain antivirus software. Ctrl+Alt+Del and looking at Task Manager and all processes came back with nothing at all related to pcTattletale, it doesn’t appear as a program anywhere that you can uninstall, and I of course couldn’t find any icons or windows of it anywhere. pcTattletale claims to be undetectable, and during my testing of the Windows version, I couldn’t find any indications at all that it was running. Is pcTattletale detectable?Īn important question. If you click on any activity segment (such as the red bar in the screenshot above), you can see the whole recording of what was done. If you’re using this to monitor employees, it’s very useful, because you’ll know if they just took a 1 hour break for example. You can also click on the “Reports” link at the top to get some more statistics: I thought the search feature here worked quite well.įurther down on the dashboard screen you can also get a log of activity and what apps have been used for how long: You can therefore type any software in here or any keywords you like, and you’ll probably find what you’re looking for. If it’s a webpage, it’ll be the title of the webpage and browser such as “What was your ‘F*** it, done helping others’ moment? AskReddit – Google Chrome” (as in the above screenshot), or if it’s a document it may be something like “TPSReport.doc – Microsoft Word”. Activities here are titled by the name of the window. On the right, you can see an “Activity” column, which shows what software has been opened. This is showing everything on the screen. Here’s what the members dashboard looks like (click the image for the full screenshot): Once you’ve signed into your pcTattletale account on the website (you’ll be taken to ), any devices you’ve installed pcTattletale on will be visible to you, and you can watch them live. Then, for monitoring Android devices, it works the same way as Windows devices below. See pcTattletale’s own guide for installing on Android. While I’m using Windows for the purpose of this review, the process of installing pcTattletale on an Android phone is the same: you get a custom install link, go to that link on the phone, and it’ll download and then you can run it. Once you see a success dialogue box, pcTattletale is active on the device, and all its activity will be recorded. This will install pcTattletale on the device automatically - you will not need to click through any windows. At the time of writing this is less than 1MB in size. Upon going to the link you’re given, a download for a. You’ll then get a unique URL to download the software, like this: You’ll be asked to add a device, Windows or Android. To install pcTattletale on a device you want to monitor, go to and register for an account: So to be clear, you only install pcTattletale on devices you want to monitor, not the actual device you’ll be using to look at what’s happening. You can then view the activity on that computer or phone - including a live screen recording - on an online dashboard at. How to install pcTattletaleįirst, here’s how pcTattletale works: you install the software on the computer or phone you want to monitor, and then it’ll run in the background without showing any signs that it exists. Click here to skip to my verdict or continue reading for a walkthrough of the software and answers to the most common questions people have asked about it. In this review I’ll test it for myself and give my own unbiased opinion. Today, it’s far from being the most popular tool in its industry, but it holds a respectable position and many people have praised it. PcTattletale is one of the veterans of the monitoring software space, having been first conceived in 2002 and regularly coming out with updates since then. Go to the latest pcTattletale website (2021) 9/4/2023 0 Comments Word work journal![]() As you might imagine, the questions are focused on what high-priority items you plan on completing in the upcoming day. Morning: Forward-lookingįirstly, you can fill out an entry in the morning, ideally before you start work. There are two common flavors of a work journal, listed below. While this can be difficult to avoid, a work journal forces you to be more thoughtful about how you work on a daily basis. Instead of being proactive and planning your day, you react to whatever lands in your email inbox. personal life.Īt work, it's easy to be reactive. 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Con il rilascio di iOS 8.2 e iOS 8.3, Apple ha chiuso tutte le possibilit di installare codice non firmato all’interno di iOS. ![]() This means they are evading the normal App Store installation process, although the details are not clear. In order to install Popcorn Time on our device, first of all we must know that is only available for computers based on Windows XP or higher. Users will have to download “iOS installer” software to their Windows or Mac desktop (Mac support is arriving in the coming weeks), connect their iOS device using a USB cable and follow onscreen instructions to complete the installation. The new iOS version goes beyond what was previously available on jailbroken Apple devices adding support for Apple TV and Chromecast streaming and a free built-in VPN that users can use to browse and watch movies anonymously. Emoji Meaning The buttery-white snack of popcorn brimming in a classic red-and-white-striped carton, as enjoyed at a movie theater. ![]() PopcornTime, the controversial torrent client for movies disguised as a Netflix-like streaming service, is today making its way to iOS without the need of a jailbreak, albeit without Apple’s official blessing and therefore using a workaround to get onto your device outside the App Store.Įver since we released iOS for jailbroken devices in September 2014, we’ve been wrecking our brains to find a solution that will enable iOS users who don’t want to jailbreak their device and use Cydia to also enjoy Popcorn Time on their iOS device. Our relentless pursuit for a solution led us to a fruitful collaboration with another group of brilliant developers who came up with the awesome solution of making an iOS installer. In such a case you can add a 5 or 10 second countdown timer to reveal the special slide. Let’s take a look at how this can be done. Let’s say you want to introduce a new product at an event and want to add a timer before the product slide appears. Create Animated Countdown Timer in PowerPointĪnother interesting way to create a timer can be using squared shapes with numbers. You can also play around with shapes and animation effects to create custom timers. The point is you can add and animate a circle for each slide and time it according to the time you have designated for each slide. 1 minute for the first slide 5 minutes for the second and so on. You can also time the circle to complete differently for each slide, e.g. Making such a timer can prevent you from getting embarrassed with automatically switching slides, since you can control when your slides are switched and get an alert when your designated time for the slide is complete. We set the animation to 1 minute to play out, so the circle is completed in a minutes time. The below screenshot shows the circle animation playing out in Slide Show mode. You can pick various colors for your shape, as well as turn it into a 3D shape. Once done, select the shape and use formatting options to stylize it. Place the shape at a convenient location on the slide. To demonstrate this process we will use the Oval shape in PowerPoint. You can pick shapes by going to Insert -> Shapes. In the first step, select a shape to create your timer. Therefore, setting a timer to alert yourself might be a better idea. In such a case if your slide randomly changes, it can be quite embarrassing for you. While you can always switch a slide automatically in PowerPoint and also use add-ins like PowerPoint Timeline Control to time slides sometimes you might need to spend more time on a slide than you might have planned. To ensure that you can keep an eye on the time without looking at your watch every now and then and to perfectly time slides, you can create a countdown timer for each slide. Create a Timer for Each Slide in PowerPoint Once done, click Add New and select TM Timer PPAM. By default you can find the PPAM file via: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns.ģ. now, select PowerPoint Add-Ins from the Manage drop down menu and click Go. To reveal the tab go to File -> Options -> Add-Ins. ![]() Note: If you are using PowerPoint 2013, TM Timer tab might not show up by default. Whether you need to set timer for 15 minutes or want to display the current date & time on your slides, TM Timer can be a handy add-in to present your slides like a pro. You will be asked to select the timer formatting, which can be done using PowerPoint Drawing Tools. You can select the type of timer you intend to add via the TM tab once the add-in is installed. This add-in is quite easy to use and is more than just a countdown timer. ![]() Using TM Timer you can add a countdown to the slideshow. We have already reviewed one of them in the past, the TM Timer. There are a couple of add-ins available for Microsoft PowerPoint that can embed a timer on the screen during the presentation slideshow. It is also useful for presenters requiring to make activities during a presentation and configure a timer bomb in your PowerPoint slides. The Google Timer widget offers a very easy way to set a timer online to any specific time from now. If you don’t want your audience to know you are using a timer, don’t forget to turn off the speaker. Once the timer ends, it will beep on the speaker, like a real timer. There is a sound (speaker) icon available. Make sure to enable it or turn it off, accordingly.This can be very useful if you need to share the timer with your audience or present a countdown before opening your presentation. You can open the timer in full-screen.You can run a countdown on the screen or keep it private for the presenter view.There are some points worth mentioning here regarding the Google Timer Widget: Here is a real example we configured to demonstrate the timer set for 15 minutes. You can set the timer to any specific duration and then click ‘Start’ to start running the countdown. There are plenty of online timer tools, but if you run this simple search, ‘set timer for 15 minutes’ on Google, you’ll notice there is a timer widget ready to be used. Related: Countdown PowerPoint Template With 10 Minutes Timer 1. For the purpose of this post we have used PowerPoint 2013 for demonstrating the use of PowerPoint timers. ![]() Here are a few recommended widgets and tips that you can use to set timer for 15 minutes presentation from now or according to some other desired time range. 9/3/2023 0 Comments Gap finances![]() To increase official development assistance (ODA) from the current flat trend of around $160 billion per year.To aggressively pursue efforts aimed at reducing or eliminating trade barriers that inhibit access to markets, impede the movement of goods and services across borders, and discourage foreign direct investment.1 While that represents an enormous opportunity, it also prompts the question of what options exist to bridge the current gap in financing.Īt least four options exist for filling that funding gap: It also estimates that achieving those goals could open up as much as $12 trillion of market investment opportunities in four categories-food and agriculture, sustainable cities, energy and materials, and health and well-being. For legal advice, you should consult with an attorney concerning your specific situation.įorbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.The Business and Sustainable Development Commission, Chaired by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown and comprised of business leaders from around the world, reports that it will likely require around $2.4 trillion a year of additional investment to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030. The information provided here is not legal advice and does not purport to be a substitute for advice of counsel on any specific matter. Consequently, it’s wise for filmmakers to understand their options as they navigate the financing and legal logistics for their film. As I mentioned above, even minor missteps can be costly, laborious and, in some cases, lethal to the project. While filming a movie is a creative process, it is also a complex business endeavor with which many producers might not be familiar. There are film commissions in most jurisdictions that will work with producers to ensure these conditions are met. ![]() In order to qualify for the incentive, each state or country will have certain requirements for filming in that state, such as hiring local talent. ![]() Many states and foreign territories provide tax incentives to productions that film in their state or country, which can come in the form of a tax credit or deduction and vary by territory. Bridge loans are the riskiest and most expensive option, with some interest rates reaching as high as 1% per week and upfront fees of around 10%. They can also charge upfront fees and may require a completion guarantee.Ī bridge loan, on the other hand, does not require a completion guarantee and can lend preproduction expenses until such time as a presale or gap financing comes through, at which point the bridge loan is paid off. (Banks typically loan half the amount of that estimate, in my experience.) Gap loans are often riskier than loans secured by presales, so banks can demand that they be senior to all other funding until fully recouped. A gap loan covers the shortfall between what a film costs to produce and what it secures in presales these loans provide between 10% to 20% of a film’s budget against an estimated value of all the distribution territories that remain unsold. Two other types of loans are gap loans and bridge loans. Banks require a completion guarantee prior to giving a producer a loan to ensure the completion and delivery of the film to distributors (thus triggering the payments). When the finished film is delivered to distributors, the payments are due, and the bank loan is paid off from the amounts paid under the presale agreements. Once a producer has presale commitments from distributors, they can then leverage those contracts to secure bank loans, which may constitute up to 75% of the minimum guarantee (the value of the presale contracts). In addition to other financing received, a producer might choose or need to take out bank loans to finance production. However, a contract that commits a distributor to pay a certain amount when the film is complete is “bankable,” which means it can be used to apply for a bank loan. In that case, the deal is usually known as a “negative pick up” because the filmmaker is paid upon delivery of the completed film negative. A distribution deal might include cash advances to be paid upfront or in increments during the production process, with full payment made upon delivery. |
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