5/17/2023 0 Comments Opus one 2001She says, “I don’t think you would ever mistake these wines for a top Bordeaux – they’re too ripe and sweet for that,” yet Opus One also never tastes too fruity or alcohol-heavy either. Jancis Robinson explains that Opus One wines have a drier flavor profile that is similar to Bordeaux. However, even the biggest Opus One wines still aren’t as fruit-driven as the ones made by many other prestigious Californian producers. Some of the best vintage years for Opus One produced wines that are rich and opulent in style, with intense flavors that make a memorable first impression on the palate. Our guide to the best Opus One vintages will help you narrow down your choices and build a rewarding collection of these iconic wines. To pick the best vintages for your own collection, you’ll want to consider which of these two styles you prefer as well as whether you plan on reselling your bottles on the secondary market in the future. Some vintages are fruit-driven and intense in flavor, while others are delicate and bright. I’d never had such an acidic example of Opus One before and it proved just how diverse in flavor these wines can be.ĭesignating one year as the best vintage year for Opus One is a difficult and subjective task wines from two different years may both be fantastic in completely different ways. When the sommelier revealed the wine to be a bottle of 1981 Opus One, we were both surprised. Neither of us was sure who the producer was. This wine was racy, acidic, and so lively that I almost thought the sommelier had served us a much younger Cabernet by mistake. I managed to identify three of the wines ( Harlan Estate, Hundred Acre, and Dalla Valle ), but we were both stumped on the fourth wine. We decided to challenge ourselves to see whether we could guess which producers made each of them. A few months ago, I went to a blind tasting with a colleague and we were served four bottles of aged California Cabernet Sauvignon.
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5/17/2023 0 Comments Youtube larry the looterIn one mission, I even had to resort to smashing all the TVs in a house because the vampires use them to broadcast creepy propaganda to convert more cultists to their side. Not only does the town of Redfall look like a realistic seaside town (you know aside from the crimson skies and vampires flying around), it's also spooky and atmospheric, and actually gave me chills and goosebumps. Then there’s the world itself, which feels alive and fleshed out in a way that many open-world games fail to. In Redfall, Arkane Studios paints an enchanting but also eerie depiction of a northeastern seaside town that's now overrun with vampires. But more importantly, the mashup of sci-fi and supernatural in a contemporary setting has some really neat impacts on gameplay as well. This gives high-ranking vampires powerful psionic abilities that elevate them to near god-like status, which they’ve used to convert some of the surviving townsfolk into a cult. Instead of ancient monsters, these vampires are the result of a science experiment gone wrong. However, these aren’t your standard bloodsucking ghouls. Set in the fictional island town of Redfall, Massachusetts, your goal is to cleanse the land of the growing vampire invasion. After getting a chance to go hands-on with a preview build of the game, I’m really excited to see more of how Arkane is adding its own flavor to that formula. But with Redfall, by drawing inspiration from a number of its previous titles, alongside other standouts in the genre, Arkane Studios has added fun new twists to the typical fps survival game. Subscribe here.It seems like every major developer is working on an open-world shooter with co-op and RPG elements. Stay informed! Receive breaking news directly to your inbox for free. According to Colorado Judicial Branch Court Executive Shaun Clark, Craig is being held without bond and is not allowed to have contact with his six children. “James said he felt if they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her when she was alive he wouldn’t let them poke her more when she was dead,” she said.Ĭharges are expected to be formally filed against the dentist on Thursday. She added that after her sister’s death, Craig told her that he did not want an autopsy to take place. Like in your lips even,” Craig replied back to his wife.Īccording to Angela’s sister, Craig had allegedly drugged Angela in the past because he wanted to commit suicide and did not want his wife to be able to stop him, revealing the couple’s troubled marriage. “Given our history I know that must be triggering. Screenshots of what the affidavit claimed to be texts between Angela and James Craig on March 6 th revealed that Angela had texted her husband, “I feel drugged” after she had felt dizzy, was unable to focus her eyes and felt that her body was slow to respond. Oleandrin, a poisonous plant extract, had also been bought by Craig, but it was later revealed that the delivery was “intercepted by FedEx” at the request of the investigators. These included “undetectable poisons,” “how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human” and YouTube searches for “how to make poison” and “top 5 undetectable poisons that show no signs of foul play.”Ĭraig had also reportedly ordered arsenic online using a fake email account which was delivered the day of the alleged poisoning incident at his dental office. In the arrest warrant affidavit, it was found that the dentist had made a number of suspicious internet searches in the weeks leading up to his wife’s death. This prompted a launch to the investigation of Angela Craig’s death.Īuthorities claimed that Craig “has shown the planning and intent to end his wife’s life by searching for ways to kill someone undetected, providing her poisons that align with her hospitalized symptoms, and working on starting a new life” with his mistress. One of Craig’s business partners had tipped off the police about Craig’s delivery of potassium cyanide at their medical practice, noting there was no need to have the chemical in the office. There, she suffered a severe seizure, was placed on a ventilator, declared medically brain dead and then taken off of life support. The 45-year-old was detained on suspicion of first-degree murder soon after what would be his wife’s third and final visit to the hospital. Police have called the alleged plot a “heinous, complex and calculated murder.” This was reportedly so that he could finally be in union with another woman he was having an affair with. UPDATED 5:04 PM – Tuesday, March 21, 2023Ĭolorado dentist James Craig has been accused of lacing his wife’s pre-workout protein shakes with arsenic and cyanide, killing her. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images) 5/16/2023 0 Comments Thyme herbThere are some key differences between fresh thyme and dried thyme to keep in mind before you start cooking.Īs with most herbs and other ingredients, dried will last much longer than fresh thyme. They are also very easy to grow indoors so having a thyme plant your kitchen is a great idea! You can choose to buy your thyme dried and in packets at the grocery store or you can also get them fresh. It has a subtle enough flavor so it blends very well with other herbs, making it a staple in any spice rack. It is earthy with floral hints and is a little bit sweet and a little bit peppery. Generally, thyme will have a sharp, almost minty flavor. There are many different varieties of thyme that all have subtle differences in flavor. 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The origin of thyme can be traced back to ancient communities in and around the Mediterranean. 5/16/2023 0 Comments Simcity 4 deluxe edition gogThe fact that they’re selling a copy that gets blocked by it would be rather hilarious, if it didn’t mean that there were a ton of users who were unable to get a refund from Origin, forcing them to buy the game for a second time from another retailer, in order to get what they thought they were getting from Origin: a properly updated digital retail copy. The NAM installer’s “anti-piracy” side-effect should be a boon for their business. EA and Maxis have been previously quite supportive of the NAM Team in the past, and the availability of a wide array of mods is often seen as one of the things that has kept the game turning a profit for them. Given that Origin is owned by EA, and is effectively a first-party distributor, the fact that they would be selling an outdated version–and one that is unpatchable–is incomprehensibly absurd. Origin’s digital version of SimCity 4 Deluxe is not just unpatched, it’s unpatchable. It is not, as one Origin representative put it, “working is intended and not broken”. In effect, this forces the user to remain at Version 1.1.610, deprived not only of the full function of the wide array of custom content available for the game, but of basic fixes to the game that have been available for 10 years. This modification, however, changes the checksum of the executable, just as the NoCD hacks did, which not only causes it to be rejected by the NAM installer, it also prevents the EP1 Update 1 patch and the BAT Nightlight patch from being installed, as well as the official first-party content creation tools, like the Lot Editor and the Building Architect Tool (BAT). Unfortunately, this is not the case, as Origin modified 1.1.610, to swap out the original SafeDisc copy protection system, which required the disc to be in the drive, for Origin’s digital rights management (DRM) system. Users could just apply the standard patches their disc counterparts did, and all would be fine. If the digital Version 1.1.610 copy that Origin is selling was capable of being properly patched, like its retail disc counterpart from 10 years ago, this would merely be a minor inconvenience. These hacked executables have a different checksum, and thus, the NAM installer rejects them. dat files), and don’t want to promote piracy. That version check also has the side-effect of blocking the NAM from being installed on installations that use NoCD hacks, including pirate distributions of the game, which, while not an originally intended feature of our installer, was left in, as we can’t properly support unofficial copies of the game (especially ones that mix a 1.1.638 executable with 1.1.610. Given some of the bugs that were fixed with 1.1.638, it ultimately did the unpatched users a favor to update, giving them a more stable and enjoyable game experience. That version check in the installer blocks the NAM from being installed on unpatched 1.1.610, and its European counterpart, 1.1.613, in order to avoid issues with users blaming the NAM Team for things Maxis fixed with 1.1.638, which had become a considerable annoyance for us. It also runs fine on the two higher versions, 1.1.640 (disc copy with BAT Nightlight Update), and 1.1.641, the digital equivalent that Steam, GOG.com, Amazon, GamersGate and pretty much everyone but Origin is selling. EP1 Update 1 fixes a number of transportation-related issues and other fairly serious game bugs. The NAM, of course, requires at least Version 1.1.638, the version number that results from applying EP1 Update 1 to the retail disc copy, and the installer checks to ensure that the user is running this version at minimum. Screenshot provided by Simtropolis member JurisicSantiago, showing that Origin is selling unpatched Version 1.1.610. 5/16/2023 0 Comments Hypercube surface areaSquare for a while, and if the hypercube comes through our space If a cube comes through the horizontal plane square first, we see a But just as the slices of an ordinary cube depend on the orientation of the cube with respect to the slicing plane, so too do the slices of the hypercube. This is analogous to the appearance of the slices of an ordinary ball passing through Flatland. No matter which way the hyperball is rotated, we will get the same sequence. The slicing sequence of the hyperball has already been compared to the inflation and deflation of a spherical balloon. How will the appearance of the slices change as the water level rises to cover the objects? 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In 1147–49, the Second Crusade, championed by the Cistercian abbot Bernard of Clairvaux ( 1975.1.70b), attempted to take Damascus in Syria. Precious works of art fashioned for the churches of Europe celebrated their links to the Holy Land ( 2002.18 Toulouse Cathedral Limoges Reliquary). Some pieces even bear an inscription indicating that they were made by an Islamic goldsmith for a Christian. Indeed, metalwork from this period sometimes combines an Islamic aesthetic with Christian subject matter ( 1971.39a,b). The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, for example, became the seat of a Western Christian bishop in 1110 ( 1988.1174.9).Īrtists from different traditions met in the city of Jerusalem, with, for example, Syrian goldworkers on the right of the market near the Holy Sepulcher, and Latin goldworkers on the left (Conder 1896). The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem established by the Crusaders boasted fifteen cathedral churches. For the Crusaders, the Dome of the Rock was the Temple of Solomon the Aqsa mosque was converted to use as a palace and stables. The Crusaders took over many of the cities on the Mediterranean coast and built a large number of fortified castles across the Holy Land to protect their newly established territories ( 28.99.1), while also establishing churches loyal to Rome. Ralph of Caen, watching the city from the Mount of Olives, saw “the scurrying people, the fortified towers, the roused garrison, the men rushing to arms, the women in tears, the priests turned to their prayers, the streets ringing with cries, crashing, clanging and neighing.” Eyewitness accounts attest to the terror of battle. In June 1099, the Crusaders began a five-week siege of Jerusalem, which fell on J( 92.1.15). With the support of the Byzantine emperor, the knights, guided by Armenian Christians ( 57.185.3), tenuously marched to Jerusalem through Seljuq-controlled territories in modern Turkey and Syria. Nobles and peasants responded in great number to the call and marched across Europe to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine empire. Absolution from sin and eternal glory were promised to the Crusaders, who also hoped to gain land and wealth in the East. At their core was a desire for access to shrines associated with the life and ministry of Jesus, above all the Holy Sepulcher, the church in Jerusalem said to contain the tomb of Christ ( 2005.100.373.100). Considered at the time to be divinely sanctioned, these campaigns, involving often ruthless battles, are known as the Crusades. Most historians consider the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at Clermont-Ferrand in November 1095 to have been the spark that fueled a wave of military campaigns to wrest the Holy Land from Muslim control. 5/16/2023 0 Comments Flowstate microdoseMicrodosing is being used to reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, and to combat the effects of PTSD, addiction, and various mood disorders. A trip dose of mushrooms for a person of average height and weight is approximately 2 grams. This dose is designed to be sub-perceptual, you will not trip, hallucinate, or feel high, but you should feel a “glow.” For example, in our Reset capsules, we use 100 mg of Vancouver Island grown golden teacher psilocybin mushrooms. But I’m confident that you’re going to find the newsletter an engaging and indispensable tool for navigating the crosscurrents of the psychedelic renaissance.Microdosing is the act of taking a very small dose, often 5%-10% of a normal “trip” dose of a psychedelic substance. I hope you’ll give The Microdose a try and subscribe. I will also be involved, contributing my perspective and the occasional item. Overseeing The Microdose is Malia Wollan, the Berkeley Center’s editor-in-chief, a long-time colleague of mine at the Graduate School of Journalism and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. Before becoming a journalist, Jane was a psychology researcher she holds a Ph.D. Her work has appeared in national publications such as Slate, WIRED, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Outside, Science, and High Country News. Hu is an award-winning science journalist living in Seattle. I’m pleased to introduce you to the head writer of The Microdose. Psychedelics is not yet a full-blown journalistic beat but it deserves to be one, and Berkeley aims to help make that happen. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, the public education program aims to do what independent journalism does best: inform, enlighten, and hold the burgeoning new field accountable. The newsletter is just the first initiative in a program that will eventually include a massive online course (“Psychedelic Science 101”) a fellowship to fund journalists working on important stories about psychedelics a podcast and a website rich with resources on psychedelics. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, which in addition to conducting basic and social scientific research into psychedelics and training psychedelic guides, has committed itself to a robust program of public education. The Microdose comes courtesy of the newly established U.C. Our goal is to keep you up-to-date and informed, whether you’re in the field or simply curious. On Mondays, an installment will offer a Q & A with a newsmaker in the field-it might be a person you’ve heard of or someone you need to know about. Which is precisely why, on behalf of Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, we’re delighted to welcome you to our twice-weekly newsletter, The Microdose.Įvery Friday, The Microdose will bring you a handful of brief takes on developments in the field of psychedelics, covering everything from scientific research and policy to business and culture. Things are moving so quickly on so many different fronts that keeping up with developments in the field has become challenging. If proof of the promise and legitimacy of psychedelic research were still needed, it has arrived. Since 2018, a dozen universities-including Johns Hopkins, NYU, Berkeley, Yale, and Harvard-have launched research centers dedicated to studying psychedelics, all funded by private philanthropy.īut then in October 2021, the National Institute of Health (NIH) made its first substantial grant for a psychedelic drug trial in more than fifty years to John Hopkins, for a study of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for tobacco addiction. (A handful of these companies have already gone public, with billion-dollar valuations.) FDA approval of MDMA and psilocybin may be only a few short years away. That research has already spawned an entirely new industry, with hundreds of startups, all with different ideas of how best to commercialize psychedelics. What just a few years ago was an obscure corner of clinical and neuroscientific research has blossomed into a vibrant scientific field, yielding promising new treatments and important insights about the mind and brain. There has never been a more exciting-or bewildering-time in the world of psychedelics. 5/16/2023 0 Comments Bluestacks alternativeIt is a mostly used and old emulator which you can use on your Mac, iPhone to enjoy the features of Android. You can install and run this free emulator with At least 512MB memory, and the resolution of the system should be 1024×768. Although there may be some bugs in this emulator but it is the best for gaming as compared to several others emulators. It is superior to Bluestack and can be its best alternative. You can record your gameplay and can upload it online using the built-in feature of this emulator. There are various features which allow you to enjoy the amazing gaming experience at its highest level. It is specially built for gamers to fulfill their different gaming needs. KoPlayer is the best Android emulator for gaming. KoPlayer – Gamers’ First Choice of Android Emulator You will need at least 2GB RAM memory, free space on hard disk should be at least 100MB and screen resolution greater than 1024 x 768 pixels.ĭownload Genymotion 6. You have to install it, and you are free to use your new Android-based device exactly according to your wish. It works smoothly and efficiently, and there is not a single processing delay because of its OpenGL 2.0 technology. You can select this emulator for 2.3 version to the Oreo 8.0. It is available for different versions of Android and allows you to test your different apps in the safe virtual environment. Although most of the users buy its paid version, but you can enjoy its free version too. It is another fantastic Android emulator which you can use for free. You can consider installing this emulator today with the RAM of 4GB.ĭownload Nox Player 5. You can use this emulator for script recording, gesture support and its speed for gaming purposes. This emulator is entirely free, and there will be no adds after installing this Nox App Player. This emulator is best used to play different Android games on your iPhone and Mac system. You need to install it, and you are ready to go using a start button. Its installation process is also very easily understandable. It is a powerful emulator which you can use on the lowest configurations. Nox Player – The Perfect Android Emulator To use this emulator, you will need Windows 7 (64-bit) or latest, 4GB RAM and 8GB Storage.ĭownload Remix OS Player 4. It will give you many advantages, and you are free to enjoy multiple apps at the same time. Using this emulator, you can run two different tasks at the same time. You don’t need to worry about the resources because this emulator works using low sources. You can use all Android-based applications on your PC and iOS-based mobiles. It is available for different Android versions. It is a fabulous Android emulator which knows everything of your need. Remix OS Player – Advanced Android Game Emulator for PC It requires 3GB RAM and Up to 20GB Free Disk Space.ĭownload Andy Emulator 3. You can download it from the Google Play store, and it supports X86 native apps. You just need to take care of the available storage space of your device and Andy emulator storage, then you are ready to install as many apps as you want. You can install and use any social media apps on the fastest speed, and there is no need to install any other supportive app. 5/16/2023 0 Comments Little flockIn Revelation 7:1-8 we see the numbering and designation of the 144,000. The large flock come in through great suffering and torment. However their method of entry is quite different to the 144,000 who come in singing. These are the sheep of the “other fold” who will come into God’s kingdom and there will then be one flock. Let us then look at the larger flock and compare the differences. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.” (Revelation 14:3) They truly have reason for joy in the Lord and they sing a new song that only they will learn. What we also see about these people is that when they enter God’s kingdom they enter singing for it says, “…they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. It is no wonder that it would be the Father’s good pleasure to give this flock the kingdom. There is no lie in their mouth, they are spotless and it says they “follow the Lamb wherever he goes,” and to be a true follower you must be like Jesus in every way. These people have reached the completed state of being transformed into the image of Christ. It says, “Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.” (Revelation 14:1) Also it says of these people that, “…it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb, and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.” (Revelation 14:4-5) In my opinion this sounds like the 144,000 spoken of in Revelation. These are those who have reached a place of perfection in Christ Jesus and follow in His footsteps. Thus they must have achieved the highest possible standing of righteousness, holiness and godliness in Jesus Christ. We see in this section that it is the Father’s good pleasure to give this little flock the kingdom. In terms of size this is a relatively small number of people. And there is evidence in the Bible of two such groups who are the people of the Lord that seems to fit this description. So how many are there in this second or other flock? Lots! The description of one flock as a “little” flock immediately suggests that the other flock must be a “big” flock. So there is the little flock spoken of in the section of Luke we are looking at today, and then there are the sheep of this “other fold” that will be brought in. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.” (John 10:16) He says, “I have other sheep, that are not of this fold I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. Jesus talks about two flocks which will be combined together so that there is one flock. Jesus talks about a little flock in this section of scripture saying, “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Verse 32) Now I don’t know about you, but if the little flock is going to be given the kingdom, and it will be the Father’s pleasure to do so, then that’s a flock I’d like to aim to be in. Did you know that there are two flocks that follow Jesus? At least there are or will be until all is accomplished and the two are combined into one flock. 5/16/2023 0 Comments Midi monitor ipadOnce clicked, the scrolling and zoom is as smooth as native Apple apps. The app does have a “Scroll and Zoom” option icon.
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