![]() ![]() Open-source library used by Aegisub, Avidemux, GStreamer, HandBrake, MPlayer, Totem, VLC media player, XBMC, and many other open-source programs to render/process SSA subtitles Supports rendering external subtitles as SSA on devices that don't support external or embedded subtitles. Open-source video transcoder (video converter) that can process SSA subtitles (either soft-subbing or hard-subbing them, depending on the user's preference)Ī media server and organizer for Windows. Open-source multimedia framework that supports SSA subtitles through its plugin architecture The proprietary DivX Plus software supports this subtitle format Open-source video editing and processing software productĪ DirectShow codec for displaying SSA subtitles in Windows Media Player or other Directshow player (there is also a fork of it called xy- VSFilter). ![]() Main article: Comparison of video player software: Subtitle ability Title It is used to attach/merge subtitle and/or audio files to a video file. Subler is an open-source GPL-licensed for the MP4 media container format. XMedia Recode is a free All-In-One video converter and audio converter tool See also MKVMerge, a part of MKVToolNix, which is often used to attach/merge subtitle and/or audio files to a video file. ![]() MKVToolNix is a collection of tools for the Matroska media container format. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform video transcoder ):įFmpeg can also encode and convert subtitles in video containers including 'Subtitles Character Encoding Conversion' for plaintext files and special characters Įncoding of soft subtitled movies for Apple gears Software tools to encode subtitle files into video containers (mkv, mp4, mov. Ī mobile subtitle editor app that supports importing, exporting, converting, editing, and hardsubbing of SSA/ASS files and other formats. įorked from VisualSubSync, which was abandoned in 2013. Not recommended because it is not a fully dedicated SSA/ASS editor, because it doesn't follow the strict rules about SSA subtitles, and it erases any style put in with another program. Unicode is supported from version 7.7, UTF-8 is preferred, other encodings are internally converted to UTF-8. Supports 250+ subtitle formats, translation, audio waveform preview Supports SSA/ASSA formats, text style and colors, unsupported SSA styles are ignored. Translation mode, subtitle comparison, audio spectrum / waveform with karaoke autosplitting toolįocused mostly on timing. Splitting, joining, time shifting, translation mode, styles (in SubStation or SRT formats) īuilt-in video preview, times synchronization/shifting, translation, spellcheck, subtitle merge/split. Has partial support for Sub Station Alpha and Advanced Sub Station Alpha subtitles. Main article: Comparison of subtitle editors Title Title: Neon Genesis Evangelion - Episode 26 (neutral Spanish)įormat: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, Primar圜olour, Secondar圜olour, Tertiar圜olour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, AlphaLevel, Encoding ![]() For Sub Station Alpha info and downloads, 1 Principal sections in an SSA subtitle. ![]()
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What's surprisingly gone from the Dreamcast Bust-A-Move 4 is a four-player mode. ![]() The problem is, it's just as easy to construct a simple puzzle that brings bubbles smashing down in two moves as it is to build an extremely difficult puzzle by alternating colors and never grouping two together - which can be disappointing. The interface for constructing puzzles is basic and intuitive, and it is actually pretty fun to try to determine what makes for a good puzzle - easy or difficult. The screen can be adjusted for wide-screen or regular play, and you can save your puzzles to a memory card. You select from a handful of primary and secondary colors then throw in clear bubbles, stars, block bubbles, and so on. The edit mode doesn't really offer anything exceptional. Your success will be evaluated at the end, and you'll receive a letter score for how well you played in terms of strategy, speed, and technical skills. someone else" contest, and the challenge mode is a single-player match where you solve about 25 increasingly difficult puzzles in sequence. player, challenge, and edit modes are more of the same for the BAM series. In this challenge, you compete for the number of match wins, not necessarily for points. the CPU" without the theatrics - more arcade-like. computer mode also features a win contest level, which is the standard "you vs. You must beat each character in one match to move on to the next, and if you're successful, you'll "collect all the scattered bubbles and bring light back to the world." The player vs. computer mode contains story levels in which you play against the CPU characters. Within this mode, there's an arcade challenge, in which you play increasingly difficult pulley-style levels a story section, which is essentially the same as the puzzle mode but displays a storyline element between each level and a collection challenge, which is a huge, endless stream of homemade puzzles you play in sequence. Puzzle mode is the arcade conversion of Bust-A-Move 3, in which a single player works through the levels without an opponent, neither human nor CPU. ![]() If you haven't ever played the arcade-based series or haven't played it in a while, the latest BAM incarnation offers a bevy of puzzle collections, a pulley system, an edit mode, and one of those charmingly benign storylines that sends you off on puzzle challenges supposedly heightened by your newly found sense of purpose in having to win puzzle matches to bring back the stolen daylight. If you've played the Bust-A-Move 99 games, you'll find that this version is basically the same. The game hasn't adopted any stunningly new and original traits or features, and the much-needed four-player mode is mysteriously missing, but the high-res graphics and predictably amusing and addictive gameplay make Bust-A-Move 4 a decent puzzle game to own for your Dreamcast. Please see our "Help" page for return shipping charges.Last year, Acclaim released Bust-A-Move 99 (technically Bust-A-Move 4) on the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation - and now the Dreamcast version has rolled into town under the name Bust-A-Move 4. They may be returned to you upon request at your expense. All rejected trade-ins will be discarded unless we receive an instruction at the time of order placement. If for any reason your trade-ins are not meeting our quality standards, your trade-in value can be changed or voided at our discretion. 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(1) Intro Paragraphs (2) introductory phrases (1) Italics (1) items in a series (1) Jessica Bell (1) Lay/Lie (1) metaphors (1) Misc. ![]() (1) Exclamation Points (3) fanboys (1) Give-away (1) Grammar Checkers (1) Grammar Myths (3) Hyphens (3) i.e. (1) Ellipsis (1) Email Etiquette (3) Emoticons (1) Ending a sentence with a preposition (1) Etc. ![]() (1) acronyms (1) added detail (1) Adverbs (1) Apostrophes (9) auto correct (1) awards (1) Awesomeness (1) because (1) Capitalization (12) cliches (1) Colon (2) comma splices (1) commas (15) commas with and (1) commonly confused phrases (2) commonly confused words (27) Commonly misused words (6) Contest (2) coordinating conjunctions (1) Dangling Partciple (1) dashes (1) Dialogue (1) e.g. “Compound Words: When To Hyphenate.” Get It Write. Until then, what is the sound of one hand clapping? Is it different from the sound of one hand-clapping? More will be revealed in next week’s post. We have only scratched the surface of the hyphen’s infinite mysteries. Without the hyphen, it would appear that he is a large person who loves time: If I want to express that Don Juan is a prominent lover, I would use the hyphen: Without the hyphen, the reader might think that Karen loves movies but hates showers: So, basically, we should add a hyphen if it’s needed to clarify our meaning.įor example, if I want to express to my reader that my friend Karen loves porn, I would write the following: It advised that we should join two words with a hyphen “if doing so will significantly aid the reader in recognizing the compound adjective.” I found it in the good old Texas Law Review Manual of Style. So I delved deeper into the grammatical sea of knowledge, and I found an explanation that was a bit more satisfying. The consensus is this: when in doubt about whether or not two words should be hyphenated, consult the dictionary.Īs you can imagine, that response did not quench my thirst for the knowledge I was seeking. “To understand the hyphen,” the grammar gurus said, “one must first contemplate the sound of one hand clapping.” ![]() I texted him, left him three voicemails and tweeted him, and he never got back to me-so I consulted some grammar gurus instead. I attempted to reach Buddha in hopes that he might answer the following question: Is there a rule that explains when to express words as two words, one compound word, or a hyphenated word? Okay, fine, the monks didn’t ask Buddha about the hyphen, but they might as well have the hyphen is as elusive as the mysteries of the universe. The monks’ questions were fancy metaphysical ones like whether or not the world is eternal, whether or not the soul is identical with the body, whether or not a perfectly enlightened being exists after death, and whether or not a hyphen is required in between Buddha and belly. That’s also how I respond to my students’ questions when I don’t know the answers.) Buddha claimed that knowing the answers to such questions only hinders our advancement toward liberation. He refused to answer these ten questions, and, consequently, they have become known as the unanswerable questions. One day, Buddha was asked ten questions by some monks. ![]() ![]() Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo.Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field.She asked for his birth data and it really is the one posted on your site." In November 2014, Markku Manninen wrote per email: "A musician friend of mine once met Iggy Pop when he was visiting Finland. Best notes that the name at birth, the date and place also appear in the musician's biography, "Open Up and Bleed" by Paul Trynka. The time may be authentic but caution is advised. The time of birth can be clearly seen as "11:34 a.m." However, as Best notes, the name on the birth certificate is "Iggy Pop" and not his birth name of James Newell Osterberg. Nick Dagan Best submitted a copy of the birth certificate that he says was: "taken from a TV commercial Iggy did for an insurance company last year, and it shows a giant image of his birth certificate projected behind him. Social : Joined group 1967 (Rock band, "The Stooges").Notes: Watt plays bass for the re-formed Stooges associate relationship with Watt, Mike (born 20 December 1957).associate relationship with Mascis, J.associate relationship with Hardy, Françoise (born 17 January 1944).associate relationship with Bowie, David (born 8 January 1947).Link to Wikipedia biography Relationships He penned an autobiography entitled, " I Need More" (early 1980s) ![]() A talented musician, he plays keyboard, guitar, drums and provides vocals. Known for his wild antics onstage, he has released several solo albums as well as collaborations on various recording labels. In 1968 the group signed a contract with Elektra Records.In 1972 he and David Bowie made a recording together and Iggy Pop became well known in punk rock circles. He was the lead for the band The Stooges from 1967-1974. All rights reserved.Photo: Yves Lorson, license cc-by-2.0 BiographyĪmerican musician, a punk rocker. Iggy still rocks, at the tender age of 66. Pop’s solo career continues to be prolific, and he’s collaborated with artists including Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme and buzzy Italian rockers Måneskin.Ĭopyright © 2022, ABC Audio. 04.21: On this day in 1947 James Osterberg, aka Iggy Pop, was born. Following Ron Asheton’s death in 2009, The Stooges were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, and Williamson rejoined for one final album, 2013’s Ready to Die. In 2003, Pop and The Stooges reunited, and released a new album, The Weirdness, in 2007. In 1990, Pop found commercial success with “Candy,” a duet with The B-52s‘ Kate Pierson that reached the Billboard Hot 100’s top 30, while the 1996 film Trainspotting brought new popularity to the song “Lust for Life.” Iggy has released a steady stream of solo albums since then. While there, they wrote and recorded Pop’s debut solo albums: 1977’s The Idiot and Lust for Life. The Chats opened the show, the honour of which the band mentioned had them feeling like they were ‘ready to retire tomorrow’. It was the legends 72nd birthday that day, and he still belts loud enough to wake up sweet baby Jesus a day early. ![]() Pop’s relationship with Bowie continued as they moved to Berlin in an effort to get sober after years of drug abuse. Iggy Pop returned to Festival Hall in Melbourne over the Easter long weekend 2019. Like the previous two Stooges records, Raw Power was not a commercial success, but ended up being hugely influential on the soon-arriving punk explosion of the ’70s. Soon thereafter, a revamped Stooges lineup, featuring new guitarist James Williamson and Ron on bass in place of Alexander, came together to record a new album produced by David Bowie, resulting in 1973’s Raw Power. The band, which became known for their raucous live shows, released two albums, 1969’s The Stooges and 1970’s Fun House, before they broke up amid heavy drug use. ![]() Pop formed The Stooges in the late ’60s in his home state of Michigan alongside bassist Dave Alexander, guitarist Ron Asheton and Ron’s brother, drummer Scott Asheton. In fronting the seminal proto-punk band The Stooges, Pop became known as the Godfather of Punk. The music legend was born James Newell Osterberg Jr. ![]() ![]() ![]() I will start working on this mod right after TSPUE. The mod appears to be designed in a similar aesthetic to that of the Not Stanley Ending, with various models, world geometry, and textures augmented in weird ways.Ī note from Maxik34 (the creator): This mod will have its own full storyline, at least 30 endings, and most importantly: a real ending. Additionally, serving as a repack will allow players to launch any other Stanley Parable mods thrugh an in game launcher within TSPUE, such as those previously mentioned.Īlthough not much is known about this mod, except for some development screenshots, the developer has released a trailer for one of the mods developed for the pack, known as The Stanley Parable Restart Again. The mod promises "more narrator voiceovers, new content, more variety, optimization, more atmospheric and slightly improved graphics", and will contain English, Russian, and Turkish voice acting. However, it will consist of multiple, different mods in its final release, as opposed to the usual standalone mod releases in the community. The Stanley Parable Ultimate Edition is a repack for The Stanley Parable currently in development on . Like The Raphael Parable, Experiment 427, and the Escape Pod Ending Overwrite Mod, it is created by a member of the community and is non-canon. You can help The Stanley Parable Wiki by expanding it. No! No, no! Line TM, You TM do know we're looking for The Stanley Parable, right? The story? A lot of humor, funny situations and sudden changes in the game environment will be able to cheer up even the most serious players.This page details content that was made by the community (Mods, machinimas, fangames, etc…) The content on this page is not canon to the series and is not included within the core game. Once you start diving into history, it will be almost impossible to break away. With this, The Stanley Parable has won the hearts of many players. The more unpredictably the player acts, the more unpredictably the announcer will respond to his actions. In case of further ignoring, he will begin to threaten, and in some situations will openly interfere with the player, blocking passages, locking him in rooms, forcibly transferring him to the beginning of the game and committing other nasty things and dirty tricks. The narrator will also not sit still, first he will persuade the player to return to the main storyline. Any action can lead to an unexpected development of the story and the end of the game. If you completely ignore the instructions, you can greatly anger the person leading the narrative, or get into a situation that simply cannot happen in an ordinary office. But the player can decide for himself where he wants to go, because there are a lot of other places in the game where he wants to look.Īs soon as the player does something wrong, goes through another door, the narrator begins to wonder why the character in his story did such a stupid thing. Following the instructions of an unknown voice, you can move along the plot and learn new details of the story. The narrator will tell about the main character and will give instructions for the player - where to turn at the turn, what to do in the room. ![]() ![]() But there is no one in the office, not a single living soul.Īll of Stanley's adventures are commented on by an invisible narrator. He is puzzled by this, decides to go and find out what to do next. The main character, Stanley, is sitting in his office at the computer and discovers that he has stopped receiving instructions for work. A rather banal title hides a very unusual narrative that ridicules various plot cliches, banal situations and silly restrictions in video games. The Stanley Parable is an interactive novella from the independent developer Galactic Gate, telling about a simple office worker named Stanley. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe just a bad run." So I bought a replacement. right? I must have had bad luck on these. The first couple I thought "A battery is just a battery. Not a single one lasted much more than a year. Joined: Member: #113940 Messages: 9,546 Gender: Male First Name: John Denver Vehicle: 97 reg cab, v6 5sp 300hp supercharged, Methonal Injection, 710,001 plus miles, Original Owner V6 5sp,RegCab,TRD Supercharger, 1.I bought several of the cheap batteries from Advanced auto parts. You pays your money and you takes your chances. Actually I think that most batteries are identical, and that the more you pay, the longer the guarantee is. Over the years, I've noticed that battery life in my vehicles has been gradually decreasing. Then I went to a place that sells batteries and other stuff to commercial companies and picked one up for $90 tax included. So I told the store manager that his store cheated me, that Autozone has always sold the cheapest crap they can get away with (like a garage droplight for $24.99 that I found later at Walmart for $15.00 (same brand and type) and like motor oil, also much cheaper at Walmart for the same exact brand and type), and that it doesn't honor its warranties, and that the current price of $124.99 for a standard 84-month battery like the one I paid $89 for in 2014 is nothing but a ripoff. Last month it died so I took the battery and my receipt to Autozone and was told that Autozone doesn't handle Interstate batteries anymore and that I would have to go directly to the manufacturer. (To me, that means that if I got 84 months out of it I was lucky enough to get the cream of that batch's crop). I bought an Autozone battery in 2014 for $89 with an 84-month "guarantee". Have you dealt with a particular store with ridiculous battery warranty eligibility process like Advance? I hope I don't have to go through this with Everstart batteries, though my Gold is well outside the warranty period (4+ years old). This battery was dropping well below that and not recovering.Īnyways, don't get a battery from Advance unless you're cool with the manager. When I turn on the headlights for a good battery, usually the voltage drops and settles to 11.8 or so under that load, then when headlights shut off it will go back up to 12.5. It is obvious to me that Advance has their tests conducted in such a way that the battery is not properly checked for good or poor health, instead just slapping it onto a trickle charger and reading the surface voltage, and not applying any kind of load to it whatsoever. It took a manager override to get the new battery, because their stupid "test" said the battery was "good". According to this "test", the battery was not eligible for a replacement. I'm going to assume they didn't put any kind of load on it at all. They put the battery on a CHARGER, and then read the voltage. So when he got there I told him to turn his lights on for a minute and then we'll go in the store.Īgain, they come out and test the battery. The battery had a 1/17 sticker on it and was within warranty (barely). We tried to start it again, but it required jumping. Obviously there was a surface charge but it couldn't handle any kind of load. Stuck it on the charger, and it said it was done after 5 minutes. Turning the lights back off, the resting voltage went back up to about 12.2. Immediately the voltage dropped to sub 10 range after 30-60 seconds. So I came back over and checked voltage again. He had to use it to get to work and then again to go home. ![]() I left my jump pack with him anyways just in case. So it just needed to be charged back up from driving. I thought okay, he must have left a light on or something. It said the voltage was good, it had 550 CCA, and the alternator was fine. They tested it with their little diagnostic tool. Then we jumped it (when running it was 14.3ish volts) and drove to the store. We tried to start it, and got nothing, just the rapid clicking. Resting voltage was at 12.4 or so, enough to start a car. My friend was having battery problems, so I brought my multimeter and jump pack over. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This occurred to me while I was still at the House of Wax, but it wasn't confirmed for me until, a number of gelatos later, I arrived at the Palazzo Strozzi. Courtesy: Wellcome Library, LondonĪnd as if that wasn't enough, the waxworks anticipate modern art by over a hundred years. Richard Ennis, anatomical head based on the wax models at La Specola, Florence, 2001, oil on wood, 1.4 x 1.2 m. Susini's full-scale women seem at once Marianic and erotic as they recline guts akimbo in their vitrines, but any lone brainstem or kidney remains a spectacle in itself. The waxworks are not merely mimetic objects they are tours de force of texture, colour, composition and imagery. 'Italian waxes are imbued with a real sense of beauty,' writes the art historian Roberta Ballestriero, in contrast to 'specimens from northern countries such as the UK, the Netherlands or Germany are usually more realistic, almost brutal, preferring anatomical accuracy rather than artistic flair.' If the sculptors of La Specola had really just wanted to reproduce the human body as accurately as possible, their work would not have developed any formalist qualities, and yet you can detect an exuberant local style jostling against the utilitarian demands of the job. One of the things that makes these waxworks so dazzling is that their creators clearly couldn't help but revel in their mastery of this very specific art. Courtesy: Science Museum, London, and Wellcome Images It's more than you ever wanted to know about your own insides.įemale wax anatomical model, attributed to Clemente Susini, c.1771-1800. So you're presented with torsos butterflied, heads cross-sectioned, glands under glass like chokers in a jewellery shop. 'It will be of infinite use in providing a perfect knowledge of all organs of the human body, allowing all and sundry to learn without any feeling or disgust or hesitation the more intricate details of anatomy,' declared Felice Fontana, the first director of the museum. In theory, the waxworks at La Specola are not artworks they are educational tools. Courtesy: Science Museum, London, and Wellcome Images Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body, attributed to Clemente Susini, c.1776-1780. I toured La Specola with a dropped jaw, but what made the day even more revelatory was that I inadvertently curated a perfect two-part exhibition for myself, beginning at La Specola and ending ten minutes across the Arno at the Palazzo Strozzi's ‘From Kandinsky to Pollock: The Art of the Guggenheim Collections’. The model was on display at La Specola, a museum that holds the largest collection of anatomical waxworks in the world, produced between 17 in the workshops of great sculptors including Clemente Susini and Gaetano Giulio Zumbo. I didn't bother to go to the Uffizi or the Accademia or the Palatine, but I did see a wax model of a dissected woman that gave me more pleasure than any Renaissance painting possibly could have. Recently I made my first ever visit to the city of Florence. ![]() |
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