These are large fish, so they need a large tank that can accommodate them. The ideal Oscar fish tank size should be at least 55 gallons. Providing them with the best possible living environment should always be the goal. While a large part of keeping this fish happy revolves around managing their temperament, you need to get the basics right first.Īlthough these fish are hardy, you never want to rely on that. If you want to provide good Oscar fish care, there are a handful of things you’ll need to do. We cover tank size in the following section. When in their natural habitat this fish can exceed the 14-15 inch mark.ĭue to their large size, you need to make sure Oscars have the proper space to thrive and live a comfortable, low-stress life. The average Oscar fish size is somewhere between 10 and 12 inches long when in captivity. The color patterns on their sides follow the same kind of rhythm, it’s just done with different colors. The Lemon Oscar fish is basically the same thing as the red Oscar, just yellow. They have a very similar side pattern to the Albino but instead, the colors are 100% stealth.īlack and grey are the dominant colors and it gives them a unique look especially when compared to the louder alternatives that other types offer. We’ve had the opportunity to see a few of these over the years and they definitely steal the show when you’re observing a tank! Black Oscar Fishīlack Oscar fish are another neat type that is on the rise lately. It’s also more of a “large shape made of dots” kind of design as well.Īs you probably guessed, the main body color of albino Oscar fish is white. With albino Oscars, the red coloring on the side is typically more scattered than the orange on the Tigers. Like many other species in the aquarist community, albino Oscar fish are highly sought after due to their unique look. They are mostly solid red on the side with no color on any of their fins. The red coloring is mostly on their sides and unlike the tiger variation, is hardly patterned. Red Oscar fish are pretty much exactly that, red. Their body is usually free of color from their upper lip to the start of their dorsal fin. It kind of looks like a mix between a Rorschach test and a maze. They have a black body with orange lines and blotches that extend in random directions. Unlike tigers, they don’t have orange stripes (or is that black stripes?) and instead have a more sporadic pattern. As you can probably tell by the name, tiger Oscar fish are black and orange. This is the classic color pattern that you see with most Oscars. Types Of Oscar Fishīelow we list the different kinds of Oscar fish and what they look like. Their eyes are large and are typically surrounded by an uncolored patch on their bodies that extends up to the start of their dorsal fin. This makes them look kind of like chunky torpedoes in the water. The same thing goes for their anal fins as well. Their dorsal fins run all the way down to their caudal fins, giving them a sort of beefy look. Just like many other cichlids, their caudal fins are pretty symmetrical and standard, not sticking out too far. The general body type of these fish is rather long and egg-shaped. The beauty of this tropical fish is something that can’t be said enough! The appearance of Oscar fish can vary between the types, but all of them look fantastic. In our experience, the bond and attachment you build when having a fish for that long really makes the experience that much more rewarding! Appearance We love the idea of owning and caring for them over a long period of time. In our opinion, this is one of the biggest benefits of getting an Oscar fish. When you compare this to other related fish like the African cichlid there’s a big difference in age. Their lifespan is often overlooked by potential owners, and once they learn this they are often blown away. However, an Oscar with great genetics and good care can live to be over 15 years old! The average Oscar fish lifespan is somewhere between 10 and 13 years. They are known for their stunning looks, unique personality, and aggression. Oscars that are found here have either escaped during fish trade transit or dumped by owners who could not take care of them. Large numbers of these fish can be found in the Amazon River basin, and prefer slow-moving water with lots of rocks and debris.Īlthough they are naturally from this area, you can also find them in Australia, China, and even Florida. Their scientific name is Astronotus ocellatus (if you’re curious about that sort of thing). Oscar fish come from South America, namely Peru, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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Some samples leave all the emotional weight and cultural signifiers of an existing piece of music intact - a colloidal particle that floats inside a piece of music yet maintains its inherent properties. Through sampling, hip-hop producers can literally borrow the song that influenced them, replay it, reuse it, rethink it, repeat it, recontextualize it. Sampling, however is a uniquely post-modern twist, turning folk heritage into a living being, something that transfers more than just DNA. It’s similar to the way folk musicians update the storyline of a popular murder ballad or put their unique pluck on a familiar set of chords. Influenced by Jay-Z’s unknockable hustle, Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy flipped Jigga’s rock-hard version in 2005 on “Bottom of the Map” with “I do it for the.Snoop was surely the influence when the line went back to New York in 1999, when Jay-Z started “Jigga My N-” with a salute to his Roc-A-Fella record label: “Jay-Z, motherfucker, from the-the-the Roc.”.In 1993, to show respect to his West Coast paterfamilias, Snoop Dogg vocally emulated the Dre-tweaked stutter on his debut single, “Who Am I (What’s My Name),” rapping he’s “funky as the-the-the Doc.” As the centerpiece of a multiplatinum album, Snoop’s version of the line ended up being the most popular one of all.Dre manipulated Moe Dee’s record, giving his self-assured baritone a case of the hiccups, making him stutter out “ the-the-Doc, the-the-the-Doc” on “Mind Blowin’,” a single by Dre’s protégée The D.O.C. In 1986 in New York, Kool Moe Dee told careless Casanovas to “Go See the Doctor.”. Check the technique and see if you can follow it: Melodies, motifs, stories, cadences, slang and pulses are all handed down among generations and micro-generations, evolving so rapidly that it’s easy to lose track of exactly where anything actually began. Does a sample on a record work in the same way? Can the essence of a hip-hop record be found in the motives, emotions and energies of the artists it samples? Is it likely that something an artist intended 20 years ago will re-emerge anew? A 68-year-old woman suddenly craves the favorite foods of her 18-year-old heart donor, a 56-year-old professor gets strange flashes of light in his dreams and learns that his donor was a cop who was shot in the face by a drug dealer. The examples read like "Twilight Zone" episodes. Parapsychologist Gary Schwartz told the New York Post that living cells have memory cells that store information that can be passed along when the organ is transplanted. Scientists say they’ve documented more than 70 cases of organ transplant recipients who adopt the personality traits of their donors. Eventually, he too killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Exactly like the previous owner of the heart beating in his chest, he fell in love with her. When he met her, he felt like he had known her for years. Grateful for his new lease on life, Sonny tracked down the widow to thank her. His heart was salvaged and donated to a man at risk for congestive heart failure, 57-year-old Sonny Graham. In 1995, her 33-year-old husband, Terry, had committed suicide, ending his life with a single shotgun blast. In the spring of 2008, the strange story of a Georgia widow was tearing up the AP wire. Reprinted with permission from Bloomsbury Publishing. Excerpted from " Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" by Christopher R. In the excavation, which took place in the northwestern residential quarter of the ancient city of Banias, the remains of buildings, water channels and pipes, a pottery kiln, bronze coins, and fragments of many pottery, glass, and metal artifacts, were found. One can actually follow his sons growing up – from childhood until their image appears the same size as their father, who is depicted with a long beard.” Bijovsky, “and what is particularly interesting is that in his early years as emperor, only his portrait was depicted on the coin, whereas after a short time, the images of his sons also appear. “Most of the coins are of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius,” adds Dr. In retrospect, we know that he was less fortunate.” Lerer adds, “The discovery of the coin hoard may also shed light on the economy of the city of Banias during the last 40 years of Byzantine rule.” The discovery reflects a specific moment in time, when we can imagine the owner concealing his fortune in the threat of war, hoping to return one day to retrieve his property. Yoav Lerer, Director of the excavation on behalf of the the Israel Antiquities Authority, “The coin hoard, weighing about 170 g, was concealed within the base of an ashlar stone wall at the time of the Muslim conquest. The latest coins of Heraclius date the coin hoard to the time of the Muslim Conquest of Byzantine Palestine in 635 CE.Īccording to Dr. Gabriela Bijovsky, Israel Antiquities Authority numismatic expert, examined the coin hoard, composed entirely of gold solidus coins, and identified some coins of Emperor Phocas (602–610 CE), and many coins minted by Emperor Heraclius (610–641 CE). The excavations, funded by the Israel Electric Corporation, were carried out before connecting the adjacent Druze holy site Maqam Nabi Khadr to the national electricity grid.ĭr. Yoav Lerer, “the person who hid the coins between the stones of the wall probably fled, hoping to later retrieve his property, but he failed to return.”Ī treasure of 44 pure gold coins was recently discovered in archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority at the site of Paneas (later known as Banias), within the Hermon River Nature Reserve. According to Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologist Dr. The hidden coin hoard provides evidence for a dramatic moment in the country’s history – the Muslim conquest of the Byzantine Empire and the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 65 crew. Astronaut photograph ISS065-E-220417 was acquired on August 4, 2021, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a 116 millimeter focal length and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. Geological Survey and GOES 17 imagery courtesy of NOAA and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. It is still less than half the size of the August Complex, which burned more than 1 million acres in 2020. Overnight (August 5 to August 6) the Dixie fire grew by about 70,000 acres (110 square miles/280 square kilometers) to become the third-largest fire on record in California. GOES-17 is operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NASA helps develop and launch the GOES series of satellites. is visible in this image, acquired on August 6, 2021, with the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17) (above). The enormous blanket of smoke from the Dixie fire and dozens of others burning across the western U.S. Wind blowing down the canyon carried some of the smoke toward the Sacramento Valley. Smoke, which can sink toward the ground during a temperature inversion, is especially apparent in the Feather River Canyon. Notice that while most of the smoke is being carried toward the north, some smoke hangs in the valleys and canyons south of the active fire areas. It burned through the historic Gold Rush era town of Greenville. With wind gusts as high as 40 miles per hour (65 kilometers per hour) that day, the fire quickly advanced across the dry mountain vegetation. In this view, the hottest and most active parts of the fire are orange-yellow. It combines natural-color with shortwave-infrared light to cut through some of the smoke and highlight the active fire fronts. The second image, also acquired on August 4, shows the fire as observed by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on Landsat 7. On August 4, 2021, an astronaut on the International Space Station shot a photo of the Dixie fire’s thick smoke plume (top). As of August 6, 2021, the Dixie fire had charred more than 432,000 acres (675 square miles/1,750 square kilometers). Unfortunately, every year proves to have more fire incidents, so be ready to evacuate and harden your home.The Dixie fire in Northern California has surpassed the Bootleg fire in Oregon to become the largest fire so far this year in the United States. Madera Mariposa Merced Counties Fire (MMU) Live Dispatch Radio Audio Feedĭuring the off season the information in the feeds will mostly be from the last fire season, or prescribed burn activity, and current events.įor a fire to reach incident level, the fire has to have grown to the point of needing a command center. Lack of incidents is good!! You want this page to be inactive!
I was a tool for pleasure, but let’s be honest. I was not happy, and to them, I was not human. “Fuck, yes.” “God, tighten up.” “Say you want it.” My ears filled with those things… things lovers must tell each other during the most intimate of moments, I was beautiful to them - at least, my body was. Sensations of my own fluids, warm with my life force,Īnd the men! They were the best of all. That was the period in which I allowed my own soul to escape its fortress. I was afraid and the fear had returned, and I wanted to die again. It entered my bloodstream and transformed my reality. I recall the dry relaxation overtaking my system as the poison filled my lungs. Why are you alive again? I don’t remember.”įor happiness? That continues to elude me. If you wish to read this poem in its intended format, please inquire about a print copy of Tahoma West Volume 25 at our office in MAT 151, or view a PDF of the poem once it becomes available on the Library Digital Commons. I am no less of a human than you.”Įditor's Note: This poem was written and printed in our physical book with a unique stanza layout, which we unfortunately could not reproduce with our website's rich text editor. Happy and content with the world, it is sad "It's not that simple." is met with scoffs. The world is full ofīut others only mock her for it. If only her gender was irrelevant in relation to her capability. She sees a world full of wasted potential If only people would only look past his skin color. Of the generation refusing to die drowning We will not fall prey to the lie of tradition Just because you were taught to cut them down. Of a world built on letting wildflowers bloom, To pick up reality and ignore that favored fantasy Our hands grip onto the light we were promisedīuilt with bleeding, thrown bricks and torn up flannelsīy broken lips, chapped, bleeding, grinning and bruised. Of this cage built by church pew pamphlets. These people you’ve never failed to scrutinizeīuilt by bending and scratching at these bars Or I don’t put stock into what you’ve been through. Provides much more flexibility compared to Affinity Photo's standard naive methods of sharpening (Unsharp Mask, Clarity, High Pass). The download bundle does however include a ZIP called "Legacy V1 Macros" which contains V2 of the macros that can be installed with Photo V1 (1.10). Please note: V3 and future versions will only be compatible with Affinity Photo V2 and above, as they take advantage of functionality not present in V1. These macros however will let you tone map 360 imagery with no seam when the image is projected.Īdds several non-destructive implementations of sharpening methods, including multi-bandpass sharpening, local contrast enhancement, gaussian mask sharpening, bilateral sharpening and more. Seamless 360 tone mapping: these macros are a great solution for 360 imagery! Tone mapping via the Tone Mapping Persona will leave you with a visible seam because the process is not seam-aware.Natural result: compared to Affinity Photo's Tone Mapping Persona, these macros will present a result that is more natural and closer to how the human eye would have perceived the scene.Run the macro and see your tone mapped result straight away. Instant application: no delay required before the tone mapping can be applied.Easily change the base exposure or add more adjustments to control the tone mapping effect. Completely non-destructive, applied as a group that you can simply show or hide.Version 3 includes two additional tone compression methods which apply one non-destructive layer with straightforward sliders, and revises the logarithmic tone mapping method to improve rendering speed. JR HDR Tone Mapping Macros v3 (32-bit only)įast, non-destructive macros that apply natural logarithmic tone mapping to your HDR images using procedural functions. See the included PDF for installation instructions and a detailed explanation of how to use the macros. RGB luminosity layers: boost channel detail e.g.Various sharpening methods: gaussian subtractive sharpening, gaussian kernel edge-mask sharpening, weighted intensity ('background') sharpening, non-linear sharpening to avoid 'panda eyes' around high contrast star detail.Easily reduce background luminosity and star luminosity with additional macros that utilise these live masks so you can adjust them non-destructively. Add live, non-destructive star and background masks.
However, it’s easier to make reading a habit when it is done from a young age. It’s no surprise that some of the most successful innovators in the world today are readers. The best part is that hardcovers and eBooks allow you to read in both online and offline settings. You get to learn from characters in stories as they witness life situations that are quite relatable at times. Reading is an excellent pastime not only does it enable you to shake off stress, but it also benefits you cognitively by increasing your knowledge, attention span and memory. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by problems piling up in your life, you can become someone else, be a part of someone else’s story and escape the real world, if only for a little while, simply by picking up a book. Reading is like taking an inexpensive yet fulfilling vacation. Helping Kindergarteners Become Better Readers Many times, a student is lacking in a few of these qualities and that is not an alarm, but a subtle caution that they may need more time to develop their skills. Ready kindergarteners can almost always retell their favorite story that they heard or saw. They also inheritably understand that everything should be observed from the top to the bottom. Students that are ready understand that they should read a cover of a book from right to left. They can easily hear a rhythm whether it be in a song or a voiced sentence. They may know some sound that letters make, but not all. Hopefully, they know their alphabet and can recite it from memory. They should be able to recognize and even read their name. When a student is prepared for kindergarten there are several skills that are often present as far as reading goes. What Reading Skills Do Kindergarteners Need? Which goes to show, one person's utopia is another's dystopia. About the only aspects I can see as positive are the (relatively) egalitarian relationships between the sexes, the (relative) religious tolerance, the idea of keeping laws few and simple so that all could understand, and elected leadership. It sounds closer to China during Mao's cultural revolution than anyplace I'd want to live in. There's even slavery-prisoners of war and people who have violated any of the republic's tyrannical laws. Where people live and their work is chosen by the state there's no private ownership, no privacy, internal passports, sexual mores are legally enforced. But like Plato's ideal republic it's one where lives are very tightly controlled. Utopia is a republic that elects it's leaders. I mean c'mon, the slaves' chains are made of gold, children use jewels as playthings? Even the surname of the narrator, Raphael Hythloday, means "spreader of nonsense." Anyone really think More meant this all seriously? It's certainly not my ideal. I think it's more satire, more fanfic of Plato's Republic, than serious prescription. I can't imagine from all I know of the man that what he presents is his ideal. And it's a state without lawyers imagined by a man for whom that was his profession. There's equality between the sexes (sorta), divorce, married and women priests, sanctioned euthanasia and religious tolerance (sorta). Moreover, this ideal state seems notably radical for a man who was famously a very orthodox Catholic. Given not just the name of no place but things like the explanation of why the island is not reachable (someone coughed when the location was announced) I suspect the later. The word "utopia" was coined by More for his book from Greek for "no" and "place." There's some controversy as to whether this work is meant as serious or satire.
It was this that to a great extent created the painting’s mood. A key factor in its success was the careful gradation of saturation in the colors from the foreground cliffs to the background cliffs. It won a top award at the Carmel Plein Air Painting Competition, an event attended by America’s top plein air painters. The above landscape painting of the Big Sur coastline in California was done by the author of the Virtual Art Academy® Apprentice Program early in his career. When painting landscapes use this change in saturation to create a feeling of depth. You will only see muted grays, or colors with low saturation, or low chroma. For example, you might see bright reds and yellows in the foreground of your landscape painting.īut in the far distance of your landscape, the colors will be very different. Artists sometimes refer to these colors as high chroma colors. In the foreground colors are more saturated or intense. This means that the colors in the landscape change from the foreground to the distance. One of the important ways you can create a sense of depth, or atmospheric perspective, in your landscape paintings is to follow the principle of chromatic perspective. When painting landscapes, you can create emotion in your viewer by evoking a sense of the vastness and expanse of the landscape. Please share this guide using the social media buttonsīarry Landscape Painting Tip #1: Use Chromatic Perspective To Create Depth And A Sense Of Distance In Your Landscapes Here are my top ten tips for painting landscapes in oils, acrylics, or watercolor that will transform your work to a new and higher level. So, don’t be afraid to start this new hobby.( Get free painting tips and techniques sent straight to your inbox or on my social media.) My Top 10 Tips For Painting Landscapes What’s more the gradual mix of colors is very seamless and easy. The truth is, painting with acrylics doesn’t necessarily require straight lines. Therefore, it seems like they are painted by professionals. Many people seem to be scared of trying it because the final results are usually very beautiful. Painting with acrylics is not that hard actually. Take a look at our gallery and step-by-step tutorials of gorgeous acrylic painting ideas and try to do as many as you can yourselfĮasy acrylic painting ideas for beginners on canvas – cute things to paint This makes you more aware of your surroundings and the little things in life that you may have missed before. In every painting there are some small details that you need to add in order to achieve the desired effect. And by seeing the final result and feeling this sense of accomplishment, you realise that perseverance is very important.ĥ. This teaches you to persevere and have the will to go on. You don’t give up, though, you keep mixing colors, and try to solve the problems in order to achieve the best results. Needless to say, that also happens while you are painting. Maybe you can’t figure it out, or you are at some sort of a dead end. There is always that moment when something just isn’t working out. Improves self-confidence and develops your will power. Here’s a few more benefits if you decide to try these easy things to paint for beginnersĤ. Every line that you draw, every color you use tells the story of the way you were feeling at the moment of painting.īy playing with different color combinations you improve your creativity Which is where painting or drawing comes in. Many people nowadays have trouble expressing their feelings, thoughts and emotions verbally. Therefore, by painting you push your imagination and creativity to the maximum. Is there a need for further explanation? So, what are you going to draw? What colors are you going to use? What shapes are you going to draw? The answers to all of these questions require creativity. Painting is great even for people with serious mental disabilities. Moreover, by having your brain occupied by an activity, provides an escape from everyday problems and troubles. By being super concentrated on the painting itself, physical pain disappears. First and foremost, painting is one of the most relaxing activities. What are the benefits of painting? Simple painting ideas to kickstart your creativity |
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