![]() " posted to Check Out 6 Cool Camporees From Around the Country. It is a collaborative event involving multiple districts in the Cascade Pacific Council, the National Park Service, and Cowlitz Tribe. There have been camporees there every two years since 2018 (except 2020 due to the pandemic) leading up to the 200th Anniversary of Fort Vancouver and the settlement of the Pacific NW in 2024.
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![]() ![]() The local jewelery repair shop had a similar assessment. I talked with the jeweler where I bought it and they told me that they would have to send it away for repair and thought it might cost $65 or more to replace the battery. I never had taken the watch apart and looking at the back of it, I didn’t think it would simply pop off like my previous watches that had user-replaceable batteries. I started reading a few of the websites that talked about replacing the battery as a DIY project, but wasn’t sure if I was up to the task or had the necessary tools. I hated the thought of replacing it, especially because I felt it had many more years of service. ![]() But once you become attached to a watch, and this one is water proof so I hardly ever take it off, it sort of becomes a part of you. In our disposable society, I’m sure this issue could have been an excuse to go shopping for a new watch. However, I found that it could be purchased from vendors on Ebay or other on-line websites like for around $20. The problem with changing it is that the Seiko Kinetic battery is not one of those standard watch batteries that you buy in a store and easily change by yourself. All rechargeable batteries eventually lose their ability to hold a charge and after 8 years, this one had simply worn out. After a web search, I found out that the watch does have a battery, which is sometimes referred to as a capacitor, but it is indeed a battery. I figured there was something wrong with the energy storage system, possibly a dead battery or bad capacitor. ![]() ![]() ![]() This program sought to develop ostensibly only space stations that were intended solely for civilian and scientific use, but ended up being a dual-use project. It was against this background that the Soviet Union began its Salyut program in 1971. With the scientific progress of the Cold War era being overshadowed by the looming threat of planetary-scale annihilation, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty sought to prohibit space-based weapons of mass destruction, as well as regulate access to space as being essentially a public good. What the ISS also demonstrates – tragically – is that expensive space exploration programs tend to be heavily linked into politics, and by extension military objectives. This latter point is becoming ever more pertinent now that the goal is to have refueling stations in orbit around Earth as part of NASA’s new Moon landing program. Another essential feature is the convenience of having a spot to dock to outside of Earth’s gravity well. Space stations also form an excellent location to gather information on how to keep human beings alive with and without artificial gravity before we venture further into space and onto other planets. This is demonstrated by the International Space Station (ISS), which performs a range of experiments every single day, both inside and outside the station.īy removing gravity as a factor, its effect on everything from the way fluids behave during an experiment to how lifeforms grow can be examined and quantified. ![]() Why even put a habitat in orbit, whether it’s in low-Earth orbit (LEO), around the Moon or the massive space colonies in O’Neill cylinders, as popularized in sci-fi? Although less flashy than a daring trip to the Moon to perform experiments on its surface, there is a lot of practical use for having a constantly habitable space in microgravity. ![]() Sense And Nonsense Of Space Colony in an O’Neill cylinder, with a clear view of nearby planets. These Salyut space stations also served as cover for the military Almaz space stations that were intended to be used for reconnaissance as well as weapon platforms.Īlthough the US unquestionably won out on racing the USSR to the Moon, the latter nation’s achievements granted us invaluable knowledge on how to make space stations work, which benefits us all to this very day. The Soviet Union established a near-permanent presence of cosmonauts in Earth orbit since the 1970s as part of the Salyut program. Perhaps ironically, considering the portrayal of space stations in Western media, virtually all of the space stations launched during the 20th century were Soviet, leaving Skylab as the sole US space station to this day. The first space stations were being launched following or alongside Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and countless other books and movies during the 1960s and 1970s such as Moonraker which portrayed people living (and fighting) out in space. ![]() As the first artificial satellites began zipping around the Earth, this was soon followed by manned spaceflight, first in low Earth orbit, then to the Moon with manned spaceflights to Mars and Venus already in the planning. When the Space Race kicked off in earnest in the 1950s, in some ways it was hard to pin down where sci-fi began and reality ended. ![]() ![]() ![]() Information Provision and Modification.ĪCTi will provide this Information for User to access and use on the Web Pages.ĪCTi is entitled to add, delete, amend or modify any part of this Information without notice and without liability.ģ.1 User shall comply with these terms and conditions of this Agreement when accessing or using this Information.ģ.2 User shall spare no efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of this Information by using the commercially reasonable manners, including but not limited to safekeeping of your account and password of Web Pages which shall be used by you only. 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Speaking of communication, another huge improvement the Zing Air is boasting is the fact that it now uses RTS/CTS flow control signals.įor those of us not fluent in computer lingo, this essentially means that jams, delays and overruns will become a thing of the past. One of the pretty cool things about the Zing Orbit is that you can choose to communicate directly with the machine in standalone mode or via your computer software with the WiFi connection. Joining the ranks of most other hobbyist vinyl cutting machines, the latest KNK Zing can be connected to your computer via either USB cable or WiFi - goodbye, pesky cables! ![]() The Zing Orbit is still dwarfed by the power of the KNK Force, however, which clocks in with a massive 4,000 grams of force. ![]() KNK advise that it can tackle a slew of materials, including:īy way of comparison, the Zing Air enjoyed 750 grams of cutting force and hobbyist machines like the Silhouette Cameo have just 210 grams. With an upgraded 1,000 grams of cutting force, the Zing Orbit is seriously powerful. One thing that’s always stood out among the Klic-N-Kut cutters is just how much more powerful they are than your average hobbyist desktop craft cutter. The Zing Orbit from KNK certainly does not disappoint. The most exciting thing about getting to know a new cutter upgrade is all the new features included. Head straight down to the Review section to hear our thoughts. UPDATE: Our Zing Orbit has arrived and we’ve been playing with it for a few weeks now. In the meantime, we thought we’d compile a guide to the brand new cutter from Klic-N-Kut USA to get you up to speed on the details. We’ll spend a few weeks testing it out for you guys before we bring you an in-depth and impartial review of the cutter, to help you decide whether or not it’s right for you. Our Zing Orbit has been ordered and will hopefully be on the way to our craft room shortly. Which is why we’re so excited about the brand spanking new KNK Zing Orbit (available now on Amazon) - an upgrade on their budget cutter, the Zing Air. It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of the KNK computerized cutters. There is a learning curve to this machine, but it’s well worth investing your time and energy in. It offers exceptional cuts, incredible Print & Cut function and there are some awesome accessories on the way too. The brand new KNK Zing Orbit is a fantastic computerized cutting machine - the perfect stepping stone between an entry level machine and a commercial one. ![]() ![]() Houdini MC is listed as one of the Best Escape Room Software in 2022 No monthly fees! You Pay once and you own the license. per group (up to 6) Air Rifle Shooting, come and have great fun, try a new experience ideal for all. This means that if you are a registered Houdini MC user, you will get all further versions and updates free of charge. per adult (price varies by group size) Unravel the Secrets: Nottinghams Robin Hood Treasure Hunt 11. Houdini FX Procedureal node based 3D animation software, download free apprentice version. Every and any license you purchase is a pay-once lifetime license. As a potential apprentice to Harry Houdini himself, you need to prove that your skills are worthy of the escape master’s time. ![]() You can’t escape education, even if you’re a student of the art of escaping. Our main goal is to offer you high-quality software that fully meets escape-room industry standards and your needs. All games are private, only your team is allowed in the room, NO strangers. Houdini MC is a highly reliable multilingual offline solution. ![]() Send clues, display countdown timer, orchestrate the soundtrack, trigger ANY of the digital props within the room, control the lights, connect physical buttons, interact with QR Codes, display scoreboards on your lobby, and more, using one software. Houdini MC is a complete escape room management software that allows game masters to monitor, communicate and interact with their players. Setting up a control room is one of the most challenging tasks of the escape room business. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He justifies elbowing on to the top table, stretching out across the disco track with breezy banter before passing the mic to Lil Wayne for an equally enjoyable longform verse. It’s a measure of Drake’s supreme confidence that this track from his breakthrough mixtape So Far Gone uses a Jay-Z beat that features a sample the Notorious BIG made famous. ![]() But the bridge is stronger, then Drake jumps off the end with the biggest punchline moment in his catalogue.Ī younger Drake performing in Austin, Texas, in 2009. Songs live and die on the strength of said melodies, and the one in God’s Plan’s verses is a little dreary. In the past decade, rap has streamlined – and in the worst cases, devolved – its songwriting to deliver lyrics in a single melody line over and over again. With a beat that offers a nice tropical twist on Hotline Bling, this isn’t Drake’s finest lyrical hour – ah, how relatable the tribulations of having to deal with insincere people when you’re famous! But the chorus is karaoke-strong, Drake singing forcefully in his higher register, as if doing an impromptu performance on a banquette in a busy club. Hopefully, the new album Certified Lover Boy will expand on this. Demons (feat Fivio Foreign and Sosa Geek) (2020)įor someone who attaches himself – some have said parasitically – to all sorts of global music styles, Drake has done relatively little drill, though this track from the water-treading Dark Lane Demo Tapes suggests he’s well-suited to its bass lurch and asymmetric cymbals. But he closes the album with a beautifully jazzy take on a particular Drake mode: executive slam poetry, as if delivered conversationally to businessmen around the Nespresso machine in a first-class airport lounge. The collaborative album with Future, What a Time to Be Alive, is overrated, Drake wanting to tick off an Atlanta trap project but struggling to write hooks that find purchase in the cold snares (the club-igniting Jumpman is dumb, boring and rips off Gucci Mane, do not me). ![]() ![]() ![]() OL488852W Page_number_confidence 96.36 Pages 222 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201104212558 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 559 Scandate 20201103022828 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 1571740481 Tts_version 4. It is the second in a series of three books capturing a conversation with Deity which has lasted well over five yearsand continues to this very day. This book is an actual dialogue with God. Urn:lcp:conversationswit0000wals_e0t0:epub:e1ef1f64-bfcb-4598-9aae-6ef6ee594939 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier conversationswit0000wals_e0t0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2t539988 Invoice 1652 Isbn 1571740481ĩ781571740489 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19707 Openlibrary_edition Conversations with God an uncommon dialogue book 1 Neale Donald Walsch 1992 -1994 1 ALSO BY NEALE DONALD WALSCH Conversations. God says yes, and that all it takes is for us to really choose to do it. Home Study Course 8, Walter and Lao RUSSELL, Pdf. With an early interest in religion and a deeply felt connection to spirituality, Neale spent the majority of his life thriving professionally, yet searching for spiritual meaning before beginning his now famous conversation with God. ![]() Urn:lcp:conversationswit0000wals_e0t0:lcpdf:e0761388-eee3-4dc6-b239-ffca6aade8d9 Each of the Conversations with God books have made the New York Times Bestseller list, the original Conversations with God occupying that list for over two and half years. Neale Donald Walsch is a modern day spiritual messenger whose words continue to touch the world in profound ways. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:51:39 Boxid IA1993009 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() Maximum flying ranges are used here for consistency. The distance a missile can be effectively targeted can be less than how far the missile can travel. ![]() Another elastic factor is the maximum effective range of a weapon, which is not the same as the maximum flying range. For the sake of consistency in the graphics used here, it is assumed that all missiles of the same type are using the same flight profile in linear attacks. ![]() This variability of flight profiles adds another dimension of complexity to combining fires. These factors make range rings more elastic than they appear. 3 It is often unclear in publicly available information what kind of flight profile is associated with the published range of the missile. Different flight profiles can be programmed into missiles depending on the tactical circumstances, and many anti-ship missiles can be programmed with non-linear flight paths and waypoints. Low altitude sea-skimming flight maximizes the element of surprise at a significant cost to range and fuel economy. 2 But this comes at the expense of being more detectable and potentially less survivable. Missiles and aircraft that fly higher earn longer range, partly through the thinner air at higher altitudes. The specific ranges of missiles are strongly affected by their flight profiles and are not always a linear, set amount in practice. These reverse range rings show how longer-range weapons allow for the broader distribution of launch platforms, and how shorter-range weapons, especially versions of the common Harpoon missile, force much tighter concentration around a target (Figure 2). Launch platforms using different weapons with different ranges must have the rings overlap with one another, at least by the time their fires are combining over the target. ![]() Range rings centered on a target illustrate the scope of distribution that is possible with various weapons while still being able to combine fires. By comparison, platforms using SM-6 or Harpoon have to distribute within much tighter spaces to combine fires (Figure 1). 1 Other platforms using the same weapon must also be within this ringed area, highlighting the extent of distribution that is possible while still combining fires. In other words, to strike a target within the range of the Tomahawk missile, a launch platform must be within a 1,000-mile ring of the target. In this different method of using “reverse” range rings (for lack of a better term), the ring is centered on the target, and shows the area from where the target can be hit by a given weapon. Range rings are typically used to show the range of a weapon and are centered on the weapon’s launch platform. This dynamic can be illustrated using range rings that show the area forces must reside within if they are to combine their fires against a shared target. Longer-ranged weapons allow for the broader distribution of launch platforms, while shorter-ranged weapons will force greater concentration. This core tension between distribution and aggregation has a strong influence over the tactics and dispositions of a distributed force. The range of weaponry is a critical factor that limits the extent to which forces can distribute from another while still being able to combine their fires. There is a fundamental tension in looking to spread forces out yet still combine their firepower. How Mass Fires Define Limits of Distribution But new game-changing weapons are on the way, and DMO is the concept that is poised to harness a major transformation in the U.S. The consequence is a force with few good options for sinking ships with missiles, and how this could remain the case through the next decade. military’s current anti-ship missiles are lacking crucial traits that are essential for massing fires. In the following breakdowns of tactical dynamics and weapon capabilities, it should become clear that virtually all of the U.S. These traits offer a valuable framework for defining the aggregation potential of individual weapons and the broader force’s ability to mass fires. The ability to combine fires against warships heavily depends upon the traits of the weapons themselves. Read Part 1 on defining distributed maritime operations.Īs navies look to evolve during the missile age, much of their ability to threaten other fleets will come down to how well they can mass missile firepower. ![]() ![]() ![]() For a free chat app to make this list, it had to be able to support group messaging. A lot of text messaging doesn't happen one-to-one. ![]() If you want to send something over text message, you should be able to-at least as long as it's digital. They can be long essays, but also photos, GIFs, voice notes, YouTube links, documents, and lots of other forms of multimedia. Text messages are no longer 140 characters long (at least if you're not using SMS). Support for pictures, video, and other multimedia. It also helps that it's easier to convince your friends to sign up for a new service if they don't have to pay. Part of this is because most people aren't prepared to pay for them, but it's also because large corporations actually make surprisingly decent apps sometimes. There are a handful of circumstances where end-to-end encryption isn't appropriate, like with public group messaging and some kinds of business communications but across the board, I favored services that cared about your security and privacy. ![]() The best chat apps all have end-to-end encryption enabled by default, or at a stretch, they allow you to quickly turn it on. Do you know who can read your SMS messages? Pretty much everyone. Text messaging should be about the person, not the device they use. We don't want any green bubble/blue bubble drama here. If, however, you're starting a friend group, desert island colony, or fan club from scratch and you get to pick the tools you use, this is what you should be looking for in messaging apps:Īvailability on both iPhone and Android. (The only app I'm sorry isn't included is Discord, but it's just not a texting app.) The big reason to use any of those apps is that your friends do. Twitter, despite badly adding end-to-end encryption to its direct messages, isn't here either. Nor did whatever Google is calling its latest messaging foray. IMessage, SMS, and Android Messages didn't make this list. So when it came to putting together this list, that freed me up to be pretty strict about the requirements for inclusion. If that's SMS or smoke signals, you have my full permission to use it-as long as you aren't talking about anything super sensitive. Especially after testing all the texting apps out there, I believe the best texting app is normally the one people will actually reply to you with. ![]() |
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