![]() Sometimes there are a couple of ways a word can be segmented. Here’s a list of words which contrast initial open and closed syllables. I just use a post-it note when I need a spelling that’s not in my alphabet, like the ‘”ti” in “motion” or the “sc” in “science”. In general terms, this is how multi-syllable words are tackled in the excellent Sounds Write program, but I use my movable alphabet instead of a post-it note for each grapheme, for what could variously be called recycling or stinginess reasons. This helps learners to eyeball each syllable in turn, and say it very crisply, eliminating the blurriness that too often seems to happen in word middles.Īlternatively, I ask learners to assemble each word in two chunks using my movable alphabet (I provide the necessary spellings), then copy it, then write it themselves, saying each syllable as they write. Sometimes it’s useful to give learners each word written on a little slip of paper, and ask them to cut it in half between the syllables, then copy the two syllables with a space between them. Anyway we together decide what each spoken syllable is, and if there is an unstressed vowel in the word (like the “er” in “butter” or the “ar” in “dollar”) I ask learners to pronounce it as it is spelt. Many kids start clapping as soon as you mention the word “syllable”, and this can sometimes be helpful, but sometimes takes their attention away from what’s happening in their mouths. The first step is to say each word one syllable at a time. Next, I ask learners to break up words that look similar, but some have a “closed” first syllable, and others have an “open first syllable e.g. In compound words, both syllables are usually stressed and said as they are written – there are no complications from unstressed vowels/weak syllables. This gets learners in the habit of stopping at the end of each syllable to blend, before proceeding on to the next syllable, and then putting the two syllables together. We start off with compound words made out of words they can already spell, like “catfish”, “suntan”, “dishcloth”, “himself” and “uphill”. However, most of the students I work with are being encouraged to tackle long words at school well before they get up to my Workbook 7, so I’ve started introducing some input on tackling long words earlier, when they are studying vowel spellings in Workbooks 4 and 5. In my Workbook 7 and Workbook 8, I break multisyllable words up using little dots, so that learners get to practice writing lots of different syllable types in multisyllable words before they have to figure out where the syllable boundaries are for themselves. When learners start reading and spelling multi-syllable words, it’s useful to get them to practice reading and writing words which contrast “closed” and “open” syllables. ![]() The first syllables in words like “paper”, “being” “final”, “hoping”, “brutal” and “future” end with a “long” vowel, and are sometimes called “open” syllables. These are sometimes called “closed” syllables. The first syllables in words like “atom”, “centre”, “filter”, “shopping”, “rubbish” and “pullet” contain a “short” vowel, which must be followed by a consonant in English. ![]()
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![]() I was mocked, especially by the guy who drafted Leinart, for only drafting one QB who wasn’t even his team’s starter or so they thought. With the 160th and final pick of the 2008 draft, I selected our leagues Mr. To add insult to the league, I chose to select a defense in round 14 and a kicker in round 15. I bit my lip, hard, when another owner selected his “breakout QB of the year”, Matt Leinart. I coyly smiled and tucked my phone back into my pocket. Roughly halfway through, my phone buzzed with an ESPN alert: Cardinals name Kurt Warner Week 1 starter. By random draw, I was assigned the first overall pick and I was fully intent on waiting to draft a QB towards the end of the draft. Draft day for my main league was that memorable Saturday. However, ESPN had a newsfeed text messaging system and I was tuned in. In August 2008, the adoption of smartphones wasn’t yet in full swing and fantasy sports information was not being pushed out to phones as quickly as the Rotoworld blurb writer hit submit. For those that forget how quickly times change, the very first iPhone was released in June 2007. I’ll never forget my very best wait on QB moment: August 30th, 2008. I recognized early in my fantasy career, as early as 2006, that a good enough QB could be drafted late. I like to consider myself a bit of a forerunner for the wait on QB strategy. This strategy focuses on drafting a QB strictly for Week 1 and then use the waiver wire as your QB bench each week to pick up the QB with the best matchup of the week. As more owners bought into waiting to draft a QB, an even more obscure strategy came out: streaming QBs. Since then, QB ADPs have slowly declined as more and more owners are buying into the “wait on QB” strategy as they recognize that the QBs available later in drafts are just as viable as starters as the mid-round QBs. After a terrible year for QBs, 2013’s first two QBs came off the board in the mid-third round, but still saw eight drafted by the end of round six. In 2012, three QBs had first round ADP’s and eight in the first five rounds. Single QB Strategy HistoryĪs little as five years ago, the “wait on QB” strategy was an obscure strategy for those crazy people who were trying to buck a trend. Editor’s Note: Find out Andy, Mike, and Jason’s premium QB projections in the Ultimate Draft Kit. Pre-order before it releases on June 1st. ![]() ![]() ![]() Our favorite is GIPHY, a well-known GIF platform. But, there’s a range of online tools that you can use to turn a video into a GIF. Technology hasn’t advanced enough to give iPhone users the ability to create a GIF from a video. This way it’s easier for a wider audience to see and share your new creation. ![]() If you’ve created a GIF to share on social media, upload it to a platform like GIPHY. Select Loop or Bounce to turn your photo into a GIFĪnd that’s it! Now, you can share your newly created GIF through iMessage or AirDrop. If you’re on iOS 14 or below, swipe up to see the menu optionsĦ. If you’re on iOS15, tap Live in the top left corner to open a drop-down menu. Select the photo you want to turn into a GIFĥ. ![]() Open the Photos app and scroll down to Live PhotosĤ. Take a live photo on your iPhone of the object, person, scene, etc., that you want to turn into a GIFģ. Open the camera app, then tap the round circle in the top right corner to switch on Live photosĢ. GIPHY has a whole range of GIFs available for you to browse, but if you feel like getting creative, here’s how to make a GIF on iPhone.ġ. You’ll likely be dropping GIFs into social streams and sharing them with your contacts via iMessage. What more could you ask for! How to make a GIF on iPhone Allow you to showcase your brand personality.Other things you’ll love about GIFs are, they: The cool thing about GIFs is that they don’t take up valuable page-load speed on a webpage because they are so short. They are a fantastic way to communicate a thought, feeling, or emotion in just seconds. Thanks to the rise of social media, emojis, and memes, however, GIFs made a comeback. There was a time on the Internet when GIFs were… well, a little cringe. A GIF file always loads instantaneously, unlike an actual video where you have to click on a play button. Invented in 1987, GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format. What is a GIF?Ī GIF is an animated series of images or soundless videos that loop continuously. Save time and look professional while promoting your brand in style. They were selected by the writer as examples only.Get your free pack of 72 customizable Instagram Stories templates now. None of the media used in this blog post is endorsed by Microsoft. Sign up for the Office Insider newsletter and get the latest information about Insider features in your inbox once a month! Learn what other information you should include in your feedback to ensure it’s actionable and reaches the right people. If you have any feedback or suggestions, you can submit them using the Help Improve Office (□) button in the top right corner of PowerPoint. Though this is rare, we also reserve the option to pull a feature entirely out of the product, even if you, as Insiders, have had the opportunity to try them. Sometimes we remove elements to further improve them based on your feedback. We highlight features that you may not have because they’re slowly releasing to larger numbers of Insiders. We typically release features over some time to ensure that things are working smoothly. This feature is not available for Office 2019 or 2016.This feature is currently available for users running Insider builds on Windows and Mac.This feature respects all media supported in Slideshow (shapes, text, images, SVGs, videos, Animated GIFs, 3D Models, etc), PPT Animations and PPT Transitions.Ī good way to preview your Animated GIF before export is to view your slides in Slideshow Mode. ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, the liche\'s guild offers a few spells that you can use to zap single or multiple enemies (for a price, of course!). With each guild, you can research a power to aid your heroes. Each guild has to be upgraded a couple of times to offer better attacks and spells. The guilds include rat men, spear men, archers, liches, minotaurs, and werewolves. Moral Warnings: Violence, swearing, multiple deities, magic use Weak Points: The last mission is incredibly buggy no active servers to join Most of your defenses however, will be from guilds. ![]() You can build guard towers that will come with a guard to help defend against nearby monsters, skeletons, and big sewer rats. The peasants will pay taxes and build the buildings for you. When you start a mission, you have some money, your castle, a guard, as well as a tax collector and some peasants who are still human. Some units may do the requested action free of charge, while others will require a monetary incentive. To direct your units, you\'ll have to place flags over objectives and enemies. Some units prefer to fight, while others prefer to explore or protect things. Just like Majesty 2, you do not have absolute control over your units they have a mind of their own. That\'s right: all of the monsters you have been battling against are your only hope at regaining your kingdom back after being wrongfully expelled from it. What makes Monster Kingdom stand out is that you have to learn a new battle system since you\'ll be training monsters to fight for you. ![]() It offers ten new single-player campaigns, with half of them being on advanced difficulty and the remainder are expert. Monster Kingdom is the third expansion pack available for Majesty 2. Thank you Gamers Gate for giving us this game to review!
![]() ![]() It plugs into any compatible games console, such as the PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, or Steam Deck via HDMI input and then outputs via USB-C to USB-A in 1080p60 to devices such as a gaming TV or gaming monitor. The Genki ShadowCast is a full-featured screen capture and mirroring device that’s the size of a typical USB thumb drive. Have you ever wanted a pocket-sized capture card? If so, you can search no longer. While an investment, there’s no denying the quality and versatility here. Should you want to plug into a PC, the capture card features USB 3.0 connectivity and full support for the likes of OBS Studio and direct access to Twitch and YouTube. What’s particularly impressive about the 4K60 S+ is the HEVC chip which allows for lossless encoding for reliable picture quality with little to no artifacts over the native picture. We can only recommend this to seasoned streamers looking for an upgrade or those with serious cash to burn. With its asking price of $399.99 / £389.99 / AU $628, this isn’t going to be the capture card that you start with. These innovations don’t come cheap, though ultimately, that’s what stops the Elgato 4K60 S+ from taking the top spot. However, its biggest selling point is that you can record entirely without a computer, as it can record footage to an SD card. Setup was quick and easy and so far have not run into any issues while testing all sorts scenarios I might use this device for.In terms of raw features and resolution support, the Elgato 4K60 S+ can certainly be considered the best capture card for 4K. I cannot but speak highly enough of this device. Whether you are a gamer or want to stream video from a quality camera, you can do so without giving up on mobility or running into any latency issues. ConclusionsĪfter all the Elgato HD 60s performs perfectly in the field it was built for. when playing on the same computer that you are streaming from, you might want to consider purchasing the PCI express version which has a hardware encoder. If you rely on the codec, however, for eg. For Me, running a two graphics card system, this is not an issue at all as either the Nvidia Quadro or the Nvidia GeForce 950 manage gaming and video compression at the same time quite well. ![]() The very expensive Magewell Dongle can do it but it really is over most people’s budget.Ī bit of a downside is, that the HD 60s does NOT have an encoder running on the device itself, so It will be compressed by using your graphics card. This is in the nature of this concept to not deliver the signal for skype. And as the Elgato is meant to deliver compressed H.264 video, ready for streaming. After doing some more research on this topic, I found Skype only taking uncompressed video signals. Unfortunately, the Elgato does not register as a video device to use with Skype. Initially, I was looking for a device allowing me to stream and to use a better camera for my skype sessions. For capturing a camera signal, this is perfect! What’s missing? To my surprise, there is even an option to change the device’s color profile from a standard (multimedia purposes) to an enhanced color profile, which is more flat-looking but preserves more of the details in shadows and highlights. Its main features are:Īfter checking all the settings and advanced features in the hardware setup, I was pretty amazed by what you can actually change. The Elgato streaming software is pretty intuitive. Surely you can use the Elgato software to stream but I often record from a camera and am super happy with the setup I use with OBS.Īfter the trouble I went through with another device, this quickly raised my level of satisfaction and I was keen on exploring all the HD60S’s features. You go HDMI out to HDMI in on the device, connect the USB cable to your computer and (if you don’t need pass-through to output your signal to another screen) YOU ARE ALREADY DONE!. I was just testing with my Canon G5x (knowing it was set to capture 1080p and 59fps). Done! Setting Up The DeviceĪs for setup, this is as straight as simple as it gets. It just takes just a few minutes of your time, then, perform a reboot when asked to do so. The installation process is simple, easy and hassle free. Installing Driver and SoftwareĪs stated on the package’s quick start guide, I went straight for the Elgato’s website to download the driverdriver and the provided software package. ![]() The USB3 and HDMI cables, as well as an ‘Elgato Gaming’ Sticker, are hidden but you will get there with one flip. Software allows to stream to common video streaming platforms, manage audio and commentary and usage of graphics overlaysĪfter opening the well-designed package, You are immediately presented with the semi-matte device and on the other side of the package has the quick start guide printed right on the package.USB 3.0 Interface (up to 40Mbps for lag free gaming experience). ![]() ![]() ![]() TikTok says it now has more than 1 billion monthly active users TO GO WITH "Interview: How TikTok works to connect creative talents with relevant industries" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa via Gerrt) (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa via Getty Images) Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/Getty Images 1, 2020 - Photo taken on Dec, 1, 2020 shows a mobile phone running the TikTok app in Cairo, Egypt. In most of his clips, he lampoons videos of people doing overly complicated hacks by responding with a simplified, more logical way of doing the same task.ĬAIRO, Dec. Lame is a slender Senegalese man with long limbs and an expressive face. I thought of a way to reach as many people as possible. “The type of gesture came by chance, but the silence didn’t. “I came up with the idea because I was seeing these videos circulating, and I liked the idea of bringing some simplicity to it,” Lame told CNN in a recent video interview. The only other person ahead of him is dancer Charli D’Amelio, a California teen who posts playful videos, often with her older sister Dixie.Īnd Lame, 21, does it all without saying a word. Now Lame (prounouced Lah-MAY) is the most popular man on TikTok, with 114 million followers. Then, earlier this year, he began making fun of the life-hack videos that flood social media platforms – reacting to them with a wordless shrug or a look of exasperation – and he struck a chord. And gradually, a surprising career was born.Īt first, like a lot of TikTokers, he created clips of himself dancing, watching video games or doing comedy stunts. One day, he downloaded TikTok and started tinkering with it in his bedroom, posting videos of himself under the name Khaby Lame. ![]() He spent his days holed up at his parents’ home in Chivasso with his three siblings, looking for other jobs. When Italy first went into a coronavirus lockdown last year, Khabane Lame had just lost his job at a factory near the northern city of Turin. ![]() ![]() ![]() We’re turning the clock back.įor the three of you, what was your experience with NASCAR growing up?Įdi Patterson: I grew up in Texas, which you would think, “Oh yeah, this bitch has seen some NASCAR.” I never went anywhere close to it. McBride: Yeah, the Winston ad right there too. Miller, and we just have people starting the show fucking smoking. scrubbed cigarettes out of the poster for McCabe & Mrs. Danny, was that an ordeal to try to figure out?ĭanny McBride: I think we fly just under the radar, where you do this shit and you’re like, “Oh, no one’s allowed to do that.” I know that Warner Bros. One thing I wanted to bring up first, because it just made me laugh: I think you’re the rare show set in modern times that has cigarette smoking. After all, McBride says, “What this show is really about is family, and it’s about power and wealth and the passage of that to the next generation.”Īnd who better to expound on that transition than the Gemstone children themselves? Yet as joyfully absurd as the series can be, the absurdity never fully hijacks the narrative. And a bewigged Steve Zahn even emerges as the comedy’s latest agent of chaos, the leader of a faction of fundamentalist doomsday preppers. Stephen Dorff plays a Falwellian preacher. Shea Whigham pops up as a chain-smoking, grizzled NASCAR driver sponsored by Winston cigarettes. There are monster trucks, militias, moral panics, and … pickleball. This season of The Righteous Gemstones is, unsurprisingly, full of ultra-specific, zeitgeisty humor and ridiculously committed performances. It is hilarious to watch the trio attempt to run the church without their daddy helping them. There’s a lot of TV out there. We want to help: Every week, we’ll tell you the best and most urgent shows to stream so you can stay on top of the ever-expanding heap of Peak TV. This is just what they were given, and, for better or worse, they’re left to flounder in front of everyone.” “And I think it’s weirdly a tragic element, because they didn’t choose this. “They have none of the life experience or anything to earn this spot, and it affects each of them differently,” McBride says. Sunday’s premiere picks up where the Succession finale left off: with a bunch of rich kids desperately attempting to prove that they’re not actually a failson or faildaughter. If last season was the story of how Eli built and maintained his empire, this one is about whether his progeny have what it takes to lead his kingdom into the future. “And now they have to step up and do it.” “It’s so easy to talk shit on the bench when everybody else is doing the work,” says McBride, who created the HBO series. But Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) is retired now, and his offspring have no choice but to try to keep the family’s massive collection plate overflowing. The large adult Gemstone children-wannabe mogul Jesse (Danny McBride), budding Christian rock star Judy (Edi Patterson), and youth minister Kelvin (Adam Devine)-know that they’re not powerful or beloved like their father is. “Nobody’s rooting for born-wealthy people to become more wealthy,” Jesse says, correctly. 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When you use Ravin, you'll notice a high level of safety features, and quality attributes and they're easy to use and understand for any level hunter or target competitor. Is it difficult to use, or does it have a large footprint? Safety FirstĬrossbow hunting requires extreme caution, not just for your own safety but also for the protection of others. Is it simple to put together, how easy is it to cock and uncock the sight, and how easy is it to adjust and use the sight? When using a crossbow, we consider user comfort in addition to ease of usage. We at Hunting Giant evaluated how straightforward Ravin's crossbow is to operate when studying his alternatives. If you have a bow that is difficult to wield or control, you are more likely to miss shots that you would have taken otherwise. Bowhunters can be overwhelmed with overly complicated bows and crossbows that require a master's degree in engineering to use. ![]() Simplicity is the key to the best crossbowĪnd through archery season and beyond, Ravin has very few complaints. The amount of expected maintenance and upkeep has also been evaluated, and we will notify you if we believe a model requires excessive attention. The construction equipment and component quality were considered in each evaluation. We at Hunting Giant wanted to make sure that every component of each great crossbow was in good operating condition so that there was no doubt that it would survive for several seasons. 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There is, however, a dark side to always having the goods to make mole poblano or papri chaat at the drop of a hat. this Don't want to make or have time to make the mint and almond pesto Cool - just throw the frozen peas straight into the braised lamb pot around 7 minutes before serving to make this dish a bit easier. Having a well-stocked pantry has many benefits since a couple of special ingredients can be all you need to transform a simple weeknight meal into a complex and flavorful dish. Toast cup pine nuts on a rimmed baking sheet (or quarter-sheet pan), tossing once halfway through, until golden brown, 57 minutes. Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs offer up more flavor to the dish.Searing the chicken on the stove first gives you crispy skin, while finishing in the oven makes the thighs fall-apart tender.Slightly sweet and fatty coconut milk balances the chile's heat.Bright and fruity ají amarillo paste brings both heat and acidity to this rich braise. ![]() |
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