![]() ![]() With numerous game modes, epic campaigns, persistent character progression, and an arsenal of overwhelming firepower including land mines, mortars, mobile MG-42s, and a silenced sniper rifle, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory will have players battling in the trenches for hours. Additionally, Splash Damage has created a new terrain foliage system that allows players to hide or take a sniper position in the cover of long grass or snowy mountaintops. In addition to objective and campaign modes, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory introduces a team-based Last-Man-Standing game mode, where squad-mates cooperate to ensure their team has the last surviving man on the battlefield. The 28 enhanced abilities range from higher ammunition capacity and faster power-bar recharge times, to the ability to see land mines, revive fallen teammates at full health, or use a machine gun instead of a pistol as your secondary weapon. As players reach higher levels in each of the seven categories, they are awarded with enhanced abilities as well as battlefield promotions that are represented as ranks on each players helmet. Throughout a campaign, players gain experience in categories like battle sense and light weapons as well as their class-specific abilities, each of which persists and accumulates over the course of the campaign. In Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, multiple objective-based scenarios are linked together over the course of three maps to form a campaign where teams struggle for successive victories. No longer does winning a single battle win the war. Each Axis or Allies team can divide itself into smaller fire teams for quick and easy communication using an intuitive messaging system and dynamic command map of the entire battlefield. Medics provide health and revive fallen teammates, as Field Ops use their binoculars to mark enemy positions for a Soldier's mortar barrage. The Covert Ops can steal the uniforms of fallen enemies and perform covert reconnaissance behind enemy lines, while Engineers can plant and defuse land mines, as well as construct battlefield structures including bridges, guard towers, and forward-operations bases in the midst of combat to gain advantages for their team. Players join the fray as one of five distinct character classes each with unique combat abilities. The only way to complete the objectives that lead to victory is by cooperation, with each player covering his teammates and using his class's special abilities in concert with the others'.įeaturing multiplayer support for up to 32 players, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is the ultimate test of communication and teamwork on the battlefield. It's a team game you will win or fall along with your comrades. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ETL Ice v.Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a downloadable, free-to-play multiplayer game in which players wage war as Axis or Allies in team-based combat. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ETL Frostbite v.14 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Stiglitz (new MP map) v.1 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory offers gamers a unique, squad-based single player game, enlisting players as the leader of an elite Allied force throughout a. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ETL Supply Depot (MP map) v.5 ![]() Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ETL Bergen (new MP map) v.7 r/EnemyTerritory: Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free and open-source multiplayer first-person. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Dingenskirchen (new MP map) v.b9 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - multiplayer test Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Enhancement Pack Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Map Editor Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Wolfzone v.16.02.02 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - multiplayer shooter, with class system and. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ET: Legacy v.2.80.2 Download Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for Free Through or Without Torrent PC Game. Of course this affects the course of the fight and the very variety to the gameplay. During the game, in individual meetings, participants must rely only on their own skills, however, during the struggle within the campaign, individual players gain experience (four levels of experience) and promoted in the military structure (from private to Colonel), and hence to develop special skills of combat. There are two campaigns, located in North Africa and Europe – matches that make up the African campaign take place successively in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, and matches forming part of the European campaign underway in Germany, Sweden and in the vicinity of the Black Sea. Players can play single matches or entire campaigns consisting of three powerful consecutive games. It created a team of Splash Damage in cooperation with companies id Software and Activision, with a view to team competitions. Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a stand-alone, free game action/shooter set in the realities of World War II, dedicated exclusively multiplayer game over the Internet and local network. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It gets tricky when you only need to add 2.5 lbs because you need to manually place the adder weights on the core, which could potentially slow down your workout. This will be quite easy and quick since it only involves moving the selector pin down one level. Let's say you want to increase your weights from 20 lbs to 30 lbs. On our experience, the time it takes to increase or decrease weights depends on the how large or small the change you need to make. It’s printed on the side, and within a few seconds, you should be able to pull out the pin and place it in the right slot. ![]() The only thing you need to get used to in PowerBlocks is the color coding for the weight settings. The ability to change weights quickly is one of the best features of adjustable dumbbells, which can be beneficial when performing fast-paced workout routines. This means less tripping over them and fewer arguments. If you choose to get the largest set, you are saving so much space with having to store around 28 pairs of fixed weight dumbbells (that's more than 2,500 pounds in total!).īut even on the standard stand, they should only take up about 2 square feet of floor space, allowing you to keep them out of the way. Speaking of space, if you’ve ever ended up in a heated discussion with your significant other about another piece of training equipment taking up space, then PowerBlocks or any other brand of adjustable dumbbells could be a great peacemaker. 2 - You Won’t Need A Load Of Storage Space ![]() Once you get to the PowerBlock Pro Series adjustable dumbbell set, you could be saving on 28 pairs, which for a quality brand would likely cost you thousands of dollars (and a ton of space!). When you then consider that the smallest set of PowerBlocks Elite could replace 16 pairs of dumbbells, then you start to see how much savings there could be. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Celestia speaks softly and smiles often in order to imitate Victorian mannerisms and etiquette as a lady. She despises her real self as she dislikes ordinary and common things and considers her real identity and name to be one of "a loser". Her mannerisms are strict, refined and her spoilt nature emphasizes this due to her aspiring to be like European royalty. In reality she was lying about having to adapt and more than anyone wanted to leave the school, showing how easy it is for her to hide her emotions. After the death of Chihiro, she coldly remarks that people who disobey the rules pay the price. She often reminds others to obey the curfew and is often annoyed when people such as Byakuya Togami violate the curfew, showing her authoritative and commanding nature. She also has a lot of pride, refusing to surrender no matter how far into a corner she's pushed, as long as the chance for victory remains.Ĭelestia believes adaptability to be the key to survival, rather than strength or intellect, and she acts upon this by setting up measures such as the voluntarily imposed night-time curfew to protect the other students, as well as herself, from potential killers during the Killing School Life. She is extremely selfish and values her life over the lives of others, stating she has no problem sacrificing others in order to save herself. Her intelligence is also shown in previous cases in which she, alongside Kyoko, Byakuya, and Makoto are the ones to bring up crucial points and is also capable of keeping up with Byakuya and Kyoko's train of thought during the trials as well.Ĭelestia is a very ambitious girl, as she declared that she will do anything it takes to win, and is ready to go as far as murdering someone or manipulating others in cold blood. She is shown to be fairly intelligent, referencing several aspects of game theory such as Prisoner's Dilemma or Zero Sum Game and her manipulative and coercion skills are shown in Chapter 3, being able to deceive the majority of the students, including Byakuya up until the class trial. She possesses the ability to manipulate others to do her bidding and can lie with a straight face this is shown when she is able to manipulate Hifumi to make her royal milk tea and further be her accomplice during Chapter 3. Celestia also wears black nail polish.Ĭelestia wears a gothic lolita-style outfit, consisting of a white blouse with a Peter-Pan collar, a black jacket that includes white ribbon lacing down the sleeves, fastened by a simple white ribbon across her chest to reveal her red tie (consisting of a butterfly pattern layered on top of various spears with skulls attached to it) and the waist of her skirt, which is many-tiered and features white lace.Ĭelestia wears knee-high stockings trimmed in ladder lace, red Mary janes with a thick heel held on her feet by three grey buckles, a white lace Mob cap and a silver, Gunmetal plated ring (reminiscent of a Gunmetal Armour ring designed by Vivienne Westwood) layered in overlapping sections on her index finger which is likely her gambling lucky charm.Īs an experienced gambler, Celestia appears to be a collected, cold and cunning girl. ![]() She has red eyes and gold circular earrings which have an image depicting the cross engraved into them with a red gem placed in the center of each. She has black hair in two large twin-drill pigtails however these appear to be clip-ons as mentioned in the art book and evidenced in the event of the girls bathing in Chapter 2, where she is seen without them. In the anime, she is voiced by Hekiru Shiina in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Lindsay Seidel in the English version of the anime.Ĭelestia is 5'5" and weighs 101 lbs. In the game, she is voiced by Hekiru Shiina in the Japanese version of the game, and by Marieve Herington in the English version of the game. However while the fire is enveloped around her, a fire truck appears from the distance and mounts a ramp in order to crash into her and kill her instantly. A Monokuma lights the flammable wood with a flaming torch causing the fire to spread and surround Celestia, her choosing not to run. Her execution, The Burning of the Versailles Witch, shares the same similarities to that of a witch-hunt, something that seems to be preferred by Celestia given her love of the Gothic. She is executed by being stood in front of a large crowd of Monokumas, standing stationary on a large pile of flammable wood. It comes down to who can adapt.Ĭelestia Ludenberg is one of the characters featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. Survival is not based on who is the strongest or the smartest. A lack of adaptability.is a lack of survivability. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s a very cool switch mechanic that allows you to press one button to change between Mordecai an Rigby, both of whom are equipped with different abilities. Since this is a mostly straightforward platforming affair, the core gameplay is where 8-Bit Land shines. The 3D effect is also fairly minimal, but like 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure it adds a tiny bit of personality to the art style to give it a much-needed boost.īut as retro fans often know, graphics aren’t everything. ![]() I hope you weren’t expecting something that plays out like an analog of the show, complete with signature drama and friendship-testing conflicts, as 8-Bit Land‘s setup is basically “Mordecai and Rigby get sucked into a game console and have to fight their way out.” The visuals and presentation will most likely underwhelm as soon as you boot up the game, mostly due to the fact that there’s no voice acting, and no ancillary characters outside of Benson (who shows up for around 10 seconds). Publisher: D3 Publisher (NA) / Namco Bandai (EU) Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land (3DS) ![]() After playing it that excitement has been tempered considerably, but it still has a few tricks up its sleeve to offer the most hardcore of retro fans a good time. Imagine my excitement when I found out that WayForward would be handling an old-school 3DS platformer called 8-Bit Land with the Regular Show IP it’s a perfect fit. It took the simple Beavis and Butthead setup of two slackers getting through their day-to-day routine, and added a bit of ’80s and retro sheen to it, alongside a cast of likable characters. To learn more, see the privacy policy.Regular Show is one of my favorite shows on TV right now. Please note that Urban Thesaurus uses third party scripts (such as Google Analytics and advertisements) which use cookies. Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: and you might like to check out the growing collection of curated slang words for different topics over at Slangpedia. There is still lots of work to be done to get this slang thesaurus to give consistently good results, but I think it's at the stage where it could be useful to people, which is why I released it. Please also note that due to the nature of the internet (and especially UD), there will often be many terrible and offensive terms in the results. Or you might try boyfriend or girlfriend to get words that can mean either one of these (e.g. The search algorithm handles phrases and strings of words quite well, so for example if you want words that are related to lol and rofl you can type in lol rofl and it should give you a pile of related slang terms. The higher the terms are in the list, the more likely that they're relevant to the word or phrase that you searched for. Note that this thesaurus is not in any way affiliated with Urban Dictionary.ĭue to the way the algorithm works, the thesaurus gives you mostly related slang words, rather than exact synonyms. The official Urban Dictionary API is used to show the hover-definitions. These indexes are then used to find usage correlations between slang terms. The Urban Thesaurus was created by indexing millions of different slang terms which are defined on sites like Urban Dictionary. ![]() ![]() Nothing truly beats eventually finding that rare film on your list after what feels like a never-ending search, especially when you managed to snag it from an unsuspecting seller…It’s not really your fault the rental store going out of business didn’t know the copy of Mona Lisa in your hands is listed for $286 new on Amazon, right? (Sorry, Queen Video).
![]() ![]() The Grainfather app uses 0.32 gal/lb so if you glance at the numbers you may think they don't match.īy this point you should have completely setup BeerSmith. This value was taken directly from the Grainfather app, but watch out for the units. Within the Mash Step settings the Water/Grain Ratio should be 1.280 qt/lb. ![]() If your specific recipe has a grain weight higher or lower Beersmith will automatically adjust. This makes some of the other calculations easier. I used 10.00 lb to as the Grain Weight Basis for my mash profile. You can make multiple mash profiles and there are a lot of variables here but only two have an effect on consistency. The default Loss to Trub and Chiller in the Grainfather app is 0.53 gal. The amount of wort left behind in the Grainfather and the chiller. Maybe it's a bug? What I have done is set the value to 0% to make sure the calculators match, then set it to 4% just to account for this small loss. However, the Grainfather app, best I can tell, doesn't use this. BeerSmith accounts for this by adding more water so you will hit your Batch Volume. The Grainfather app calls it Wort Shrinkage and the default value is also 4%. I have gone back and forth between 0.00% and 4.00%. Cooling ShrinkageĬooling Shrinkage is an interesting field. Same as the Boil Volume if you change your Boil Time you will want your Boil off as an hourly rate checked so it calculates automatically. ![]() For now I used the Boil Off value in the Grainfather Equipment profile 0.53 gal. I've measured mine anywhere between 0.5 - 1 gal/hr. Boil OffĪ lot of variables can influence your boil off rate. If you use something else your Boil Off volume may not match your Total Boil Off. Enable Calculate Boil Vol Automatically so you don't have to change the Boil Volume manually. Sometimes I change my Batch Volume or Boil Time depending on my recipe. I calculated my losses to be 0.33 gal and entered it in the Mash Deadspace Losses then I unchecked Adjust Mash Vol for Losses so the loss would be added to the sparge water. I use a kettle to heat my sparge water and it doesn't drain completely. I used the Recoverable Deadspace defined in the Grainfather App 0.92 gal. This is the volume of water not included in the mash below the false bottom. I used the Mash Tun Volume in the Grainfather App 7.93 gal. This is the maximum size of your mash tun. On the hot side, the Grainfather app doesn't account for Fermenter Loss and Bottling Volume. I want a 5.00 gal bottling volume and I normally lose 0.5 gal in the fermenter so my Batch Volume is 5.50 gal. The Grainfather default is just below at 0.0959 gal/lb, but the Grainfather Mash And Sparge Water Calculator default is 0.1 gal/lb.Ĭreate a new Equipment profile for the Grainfather. The BeerSmith default is near the middle of this range at 0.12 gal/lb. Most sources suggest a ratio of 0.1 - 0.2 gal/lb. This constant can vary depending on a number of factors. The Grainfather uses gal/lb so these numbers shouldn't match between the two applications. Watch the units and convert if when needed. I used the default value in BeerSmith 0.9600 fl oz/oz of grain. We are only interesting in the Grain Absorption value. Go to Advanced Options in the BeerSmith Preferences Menu. If a BeerSmith setting isn't called out, it's not believed to have an influence on the consistency. This document is intended to get the same results between the two applications. Note: The Grainfather website can also be used, but some fields are in a different sections and some default values vary between the website and the app.
![]() Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. We will always aim to give you accurate information at the date of publication - however, information does change, so it’s important you do your own research, double-check and make the decision that is right for your family. We try our very best, but cannot guarantee perfection. We strive to recommend the very best things that are suggested by our community and are things we would do ourselves - our aim is to be the trusted friend to parents. Cannot hover in the water (lack a swim bladder) – they have to swim to stay off the bottomĬome visit the Aquarium to learn more about the wolf eel at Winter Fishtival.At Kidadl we pride ourselves on offering families original ideas to make the most of time spent together at home or out and about, wherever you are in the world.Are shy and retiring, in spite of their name and appearance.Do not have scales like most other fish –their scales are very small and imbedded in their skin giving them a leathery feel and appearance.Sometimes get “itchy” skin and can be seen swimming upside down rubbing their backs on rocks to scratch the itch.Have a thick slime coating on their skin that helps protect them (works like an immune system).Can live more than 20 years in an aquarium setting.These spots allow biologists to individually identify our different wolf eels at the aquarium. Each individual has a unique pattern of dark spots on its head and body.Octopus and wolf eels often compete for den space.Only one parent at a time will go out to feed. They are guarded by both parents who wrap themselves around the egg mass for protection. Female lays about 10,000 eggs in the den, which take between 13-16 weeks to mature and hatch.Inhabit dens, crevices and caves in the reefs.Gentle, slow-moving creatures and are often very friendly with divers. ![]() ![]() Females keep the younger looking more streamlined face and are typically a bit darker in color.
![]() A recent rain triggered a mass exodus of the mites from the ground around her home and she had the pleasure of introducing her grandson to the delightful Summer Rain Bugs. Nancy and Tess would watch for the mites every summer. In Cadiz, my friend Nancy Lawson introduced her daughter Tess to the little red charmers while she was growing up. Children are especially delighted by the plush little bugs and let them crawl on their hands and arms. In years without good rains, the mites don’t come out at all. They only appear for a matter of hours after warm-season rains. In the United States, the Giant Red Velvet Mites are considered to be a rare novelty of nature. The oil is sometimes referred to as “Indian Viagra.” Considering how distasteful the mites are, I suspect the partakers are quite desperate. More often the dried mite oil is sold as an aphrodisiac, particularly for men. There is anecdotal evidence that the dried mite can cure paralysis. The dried mite powder or oil is sold in the bazaars. In India, the Giant Red Velvet Mites are collected, dried, and used as a medicine. Presumably, the red color evolved as a warning to predators that they were not good to eat. They evolved the antifungal oil to protect themselves in the world of decomposition in which they live. Red Velvet Mites are distasteful because their bodies contain an antifungal oil. The odd individual that chomps down on a mite soon spits it out. Scientists have experimented by putting the mites in the path of lizards, birds, and other predators. It turns out that almost nothing preys on Giant Red Velvet Mites. You would think a fancy, bright-red mite would be easy picking for a predator. When the eggs hatch, the tiny larvae began to feed on small insects in the soil. There, she sits on one of the sperm bubbles and fertilizes her eggs. ![]() When she is convinced that he is a suitable mate, the female mite follows the silken trail to the garden. If the trail is not enough to entice the female to enter the bower, then he does a special little dance. He waits for a female mite to happen by and be charmed by the silken trail. Then he goes out and lays a trail of silken fibers leading to the garden. He deposits sperm packets in bubble-like dollops around on the twigs. The male mite builds a “love garden” of small twigs and grass stems. Much of the time they hibernate in those burrows, but when conditions are right, they come out to engage in a remarkable mating ritual. The Giant Red Velvet Mites feast for a few hours after rains and then return to their own burrows. The mated termites drop to the ground, bite off their now-useless wings, and proceed to bury themselves in the soil as fast as they can. The desert termite is a favorite food item for the Giant Red Velvet Mites, but the mites have to hurry. The reproductive, winged stage of the desert termite emerges to mate in nuptial flights after such monsoon rains. Adult mites have fang-like mouthparts they use to kill and eat insects, particularly those that come out after a heavy summer rain, like the desert termite. The mites’ larval forms are parasitic blood-suckers on insects like grasshoppers. ![]() Giant Red Velvet Mites are completely harmless to people, pets, and plants. The India species, Trombium grandissimum, can get to 0.8 inches long! Our species is called Dinothrombium magnificum and the adults max out at about 0.5 inches. But in India and here in the southwest United States, we have Giant Red Velvet Mites. Most are tiny, less than a tenth of an inch across. There are a number of species of Red Velvet Mites found around the world. But unlike any other arachnid I know of, these Summer Rain Bugs were cute! They reminded me of tiny “Beanie Babies” covered in red plush fabric.Īn Internet search turned up the real name for these bugs: Red Velvet Mites. Well, that cinched it: these bugs were arachnids, cousins to spiders, ticks, and mites. ![]() You wouldn’t even know they were bugs until you saw them moving around on tiny legs. They looked like little red velvet sacks with dimples. Each bug was about a half-inch across and it was covered in bright red fuzz. Children of all ages are delighted by these tiny animals. These mites come out of the soil after heavy warm-season rains and are thus nicknamed Summer Rain Bugs. It looks like a dimpled velvet sack with eight legs. This is not a “Beanie Baby” but an actual bug! This half-inch-long creature is called a Giant Red Velvet Mite, because regular mites are much smaller. Recently after a hard rain shower, a bunch of strange red bugs crawled out of the ground on a ranch in Cadiz, Texas (which is pronounced “KAY-dees” as you probably know.) The soil in the Cadiz community is mostly sandy, and these small creatures came out of silk-lined tunnels in the sand. ![]() Just when I think I have seen every weird thing in nature, something new surprises me. By Karen Benson, certified Texas Master Naturalist ![]() ![]() Automatic Google Earth startup and object location.Up to 256 curvature corrected image tiles with maximum close-up zoom can be obtained to cover large areas. Get high- resolution Images at no extra cost.Entities contained in blocks and nested blocks can now be exported to Google Earth or a KMZ file. Option to save the image in the drawing to avoiding empty images when the file path is not found. The grid cell width and height, shrinkage percent, strip topsoil depth, and net cut/fill areas and volumes are also shown. 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To search for a block type a search phrase " Furniture Blocks" or " toilets blocks" in to the search text box and click ‘Search’. You can start browsing by selecting one of the profession tabs and one of the subcategories. ![]() Blocks are divided into profession categories and subcategories. DWG (AutoCAD), RFA (Revit) and IPT (Inventor). DwgFree.COM is a free cad block exchange website that allows users to share useful CAD blocks (components, symbols and other drawing parts) in the following formats. ![]() ![]() Additionally, closing the hands limits options the user can only really punch. Closing the hands to punch tends to tighten up the arms, which creates tension and slows things down, both of which lessen impact potential. The use of open hands also allows the arms/hands to stay relatively relaxed, which facilitates greater speed and power, and better reactive use. This situation can result in an infection in the hand of the user, analogous to gangrene if not treated properly. In addition to breaking the hand during the impact of striking with a closed fist, there is also the possibility of cutting the knuckles on the teeth of the recipient, a highly likely possibility if punching to the head. Open hand strikes facilitate this latter best case option. Ideally, what the user wants is low risk/high success, such that trauma is caused to the recipient without any undue trauma to the user. ![]() ![]() This is usually the result of unpredictable body dynamics during actual confrontation (such as a moving target) and the fact that, in the emotion of a fight, people tend to ‘lose it’ and simply flay away at the target in general, usually the head.Ī hard ‘weapon’ (fist) against a hard ‘target’ (skull) creates a high risk/high success situation (high success = effect on target, high risk = effect on user). The risk of closed fist strikes to the user in terms of self-trauma is quite high, as evidenced by the number of instances of people breaking their hands when punching (including ‘professional’ fighters such as boxers and mixed martial arts practitioners). Open hand strikes are more instinctive and require less training time to become effective in an operational context. Closed fist strikes (that is, punch) require extensive training to be effective in actual combat, something which most officers do no receive nor do they dedicate the time to learn. The hand is comprised of many small bones positioned end to end, designed for dexterous manipulation, not blunt force trauma. To express this logically, the rationale will be broken into several categories. With regard to the open hand versus closed hand striking debate, open hands are a highly effective strategy when used correctly and in appropriate circumstances, having more positives and fewer negatives than closed fist strategies. However, with the increased incidence of severe and sometimes lethal consequence of closed hand attacks, there is little logic in officers using closed hands for control when open hands are far safer and more versatile. Many operational safety training programs still teach closed fist strategies to officers for resolution of violence and subject control. ![]() |