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Peace be with you in arabic2/3/2024 ![]() The common reply is “Marhaban bik”, “Marhaban biki”, and “Marhaban bikum” to a male, female, and more than one person respectively. Marhaba (Welcome) It comes from the word “rahhaba” which means “to welcome”.To reply to more than one person, say, “Ahlan bikum. The most common reply is “Ahlan bik” to a male or “Ahlan biki” to a female. “Ahlan Wa Sahlan” (welcome) is the more formal version of “Ahlan”. This also depends on the relationship between the people. Traditionally, ladies will only kiss ladies and men kiss men. Put your hands together as you approach them, and kiss them on the cheeks saying “Ahlan”. This can be used for anyone at any time of the day. For non-Muslims, I’d recommend using it with Arabs they know well.If you are greeted this way, the reply is “Wa ‘alaykum as-salaam” meaning, “peace be upon you too.” For Muslims, the greeting expresses their religious identity and is supposed to send the message that the other person is Muslim. You’ll note that the greeting has the same ring as “Muslim”, “ Islam”, and “salaam” all of which have their root in “sallima”––meaning, “to surrender (to the will of God)”. As-salaam ‘alykum – This is arguably the most common greeting.This will go a long way in terms of politeness. It’s fine to address a group of people, but make sure you give everyone a personal greeting as well. The most common way to say hello in Arabic is ' ' (pronounced 'as-salamu alaykum'), which translates to 'peace be upon you. Here’s is more about how to greet properly in Arabic: Some people here just believe men and women should not greet each other with physical contact. Quick note: if someone of the opposite gender refuses to shake your hand, don’t worry, you didn’t do anything wrong. The right hand is always used, as the left is considered unclean. So, if you want to be able to reciprocate the hospitality of the good people of Dubai, knowing a little Arabic doesn’t hurt.įor instance, when men greet one another with a handshake, they often come face-to-face to let their noses touch. ![]() It’s the Arabic coffee greeting and the offering of rose water. You’ll especially want to know some of the key phrases when you experience the famous “Arab hospitality”.įrom the minute you meet someone until the time you say goodbye, you’ll feel the hospitality here. Having a little bit of Arabic under your belt is a great way to do that. You’re visiting Dubai and you want to talk the talk and walk the walk. Marhaba Hello Maasalama Good-bye Assalam alaykum Peace be upon you (response Wa alaykum assalam) Ahlan wa sahlan various translations: welcome.
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Sugar rush team wreck it ralph2/3/2024 ![]() Lee was one of the writers for the film, and Malone is Director of Development at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The 22-page comic is $1.99 on iTunes.įinally, if you just can't get enough of the look of Wreck-It Ralph, then you should definitely take a look at this book: The Art of Wreck-It Ralph, by Jennifer Lee and Maggie Malone. The "interactivity" is limited to panels that are animated as they appear - sort of a partial motion comic. I should note that there is some PG language in it (and, of course, giant robotic bugs and lots of gunfire). The comic is done as a straight sci-fi adventure without reference to it being inside a videogame. Brad Scott, the guy in Calhoun's flashbacks. The comic shows her first encounter with the bugs, and also goes into their origins - and, of course, we get to meet Dr. The Hero's Duty Interactive Comic is a prequel of sorts, telling the backstory behind Sergeant Calhoun and the cy-bugs. I haven't been able to figure out how to delete any of the karts my kids have made, but so far that's not much of an issue. Also fun is the bake-your-own kart feature, which lets you pick a chassis, wheels, spoiler, and then decorate it with icing and sprinkles. (Yes, Vanellope has a glitch.) The third racetrack includes portions of the track from the movie, with the gumball canyon and swirling layered cake, although you don't race against King Candy in the game. As racing games go, it's not fantastic - the tilt controls are pretty mushy - but you do get to play as a few of the prominent racers in the movie (Vanellope, Candlehead, Taffyta, and so on), each with their own power-ups. The Sugar Rush racing game has been my kids' favorite lately.
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Sweet good morning texts for him2/3/2024 ![]() Funny Messages For Dating or When Interested in Someone More messages to show her how much you appreciate her. Who has two thumbs and the power to teleport into your bed? I don’t know.I’m so grateful that I get to wake up and know that I have you in my life.I woke up thinking about how lucky it is that we’ve found each other. Just want to say good morning and that I love you.The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and you are a hot tamale! I wish I were there to hit the snooze button with you.It might be raining outside, my love, but you fill my heart with sunshine.Maybe you should quit your job and just hang out with me all day every day for the rest of your life? I would make cinnamon rolls (if I had the ingredients). ![]()
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That being said, we have to wonder how this works. We switched Parallels Desktop to universal binary and optimized its virtualization code and the version that we are eager to try on these new MacBook Air, Mac mini and MacBook Pro 13″ looks very promising.” According to the developers, “Since WWDC, our new version of Parallels Desktop which runs on Mac with Apple M1 chip has made tremendous progress. There is no word from other developers of virtualization software if they’ll be developing an M1 version as well, so for now it looks like Parallels will be the only one. There’s no word on when this new M1-supported version of Parallels will be released, but if you do rely quite a bit on Parallels, then this is good news. The company has announced that they are working on this new software designed for the M1, so it should be noted that the current version of Parallels will not work on Apple’s new Mac computers. However, there is some good news on that front, in which Parallels has announced that they’ll be developing a new version of their software that will support Apple’s new M1 chipset. There were some limitations, such as how Rosetta 2 would not work with Virtual Machine apps that virtualize x86_64 platforms, which meant that tools like Boot Camp and Parallels, which is one of the more popular programs that people use to run Windows apps on macOS, would not work. When Apple Silicon was first unveiled earlier this year, it was revealed that to help developers make the transition, they would release the Rosetta 2 translation software that would allow x86 apps to run on their chipset.
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Empire of sin character creation2/3/2024 ![]() I rolled a 93, which resulted in my character being covered in thousands of tiny scars. Going for a Psyker apparently had its own set of complications, as I had to roll on a Sanctioning Side Effects table to show what kind of horrid effects Imperial Sanctioning had on my character to make him a productive member of Imperial society. That said, the Void Born have a smaller subset of these Careers to go into, but I decided to bank on my advantages and go for Imperial Psyker. No Space Marines or such since they’d be out of the scale of this game, which is just how I like it. There are several more Career Paths available in the supplements, I believe, but overall this is a pretty good spread. Tech-Priest – Eerie cultists who worship technology.Scum – Cunning and practical agents with questionable morals.Imperial Psyker – Enigmatic wielders of psychic power.Guardsman – Able soldiers of the Imperial Guard.Cleric – Agents of the the Adeptus Ministorium, keepers of the faith.Assassin – Trained killers in the service of the Inquisition.Arbitrator – Courageous and tireless peacekeepers of the Adeptus Arbites.Adept – The scholars, learned men and aomen of the Administratum. ![]() Just off the corebook, the following Careers are outlined: There’s a good number of Careers available in the corebook, and again I expect that there’s a bunch more in the supplements. They’re a package of skills and talents, as well as an advancement scheme that dictates where a player can spend his character’s experience points when improving his character. Smooth sailing so far, and my Void Born is looking pretty dapper with his above-average Willpower, something that will serve him well in the next stage of character creation.Ĭareer Paths are sort of like classes in D&D. According to the book the average imperial citizen’s characteristics falls in the range of 26-35. The Player gets to roll once for each of his nine characteristics ( Weapon Skill, Ballistics Skill, Strength, Toughness, Agility, Intelligence, Perception, Willpower and Fellowship) and gets to reroll one of these, keeping the second result even if it is lower.Īfter a bit of rolling, this is what I came up with: There are those who don’t like this sort of method, but I find that it’s not too bad. This value in turn is applied to a baseline value determined by the character’s Home World. Players basically roll 2d10 and add the results together. Already I had a few ideas as to how such a character would behave planetside.Ĭharacteristics are determined by a semi-random roll. Being someone with no home to call his own adds a nice bit of depth to the character. ![]() They are also generally seen as “strange” and are generally held at arms length from most others who do not trust them completely.įor my character, I opted a Void Born, as the concept intrigued me. Void Born – Born within the darkness between the stars, these characters are strange and enigmatic, and possessed of a familiarity with Psyker phonemena.Imperial Worlders are the “best” of the lot, benefiting from access to education, who choose to fight the Heretic out of a true sense of purpose. Imperial World – Countless worlds of infinite variety pledged in service of the Imperium, from Agrarian Planets whose produce feeds the countless masses, to Cardinal worlds that house the agents of the Church.Hive World – Overpopulated metropolitan planets filled to the brim with toxic pollution and crime, Hive Worlds tend to reward those with quick wits and feet.Feral World – Primitive planets whose societies are pre-black powder technology, whose harsh conditions and savage customs breed excellent physical specimens.The available Home Worlds for the Dark Heresy corebook were: Each of these Home Worlds were presented with a lot of information, and gave a fairly even spread of starting points for most character types. That said, I dove in right away into trying to put together a character for the game, picking some options, and rolling for the Characteristics.Ī Dark Heresy Character’s Home World determines a starting suite of benefits and penalties that they carry over from their lives before they came under the employ of the Inquisition. Nobody can be excellent in everything after all.) (Honestly I don’t mind random rolls since they give texture to characters. That said, the Dark Heresy Character Creation is pretty efficient, with room for both random character generation, and enough wiggle room to hash together Point Buy variants if you have players who abhor the random characteristics rolls. This also comes in handy when I have to teach players to build their characters as well. One of the first things I like to do when checking out a new game is to build a character to see how easy it is to pull off.
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![]() setdexterity xx = Sets Dexterity Skill Level.setstrength xx = Sets Strength Skill Level.settreatinjury xx = Sets Treat Injury Skill Level.setsecurity xx = Sets Security Skill Level.setpersuade xx = Sets Persuade Skill Level.setawareness xx = Sets Awareness Skill Level.setstealth xx = Sets Stealth Skill Level.setdemolitions xx = Sets Demolitions Skill Level.setcomputeruse xx = Sets Computer Use Skill Level.Also for addlightside or adddarkside to work, your Charisma can't be more than 50. Note: xx is used as a variable and stands for any integer. These work the same as the Spawn Item list. They can sell for 1800 credits each and break down for 200 parts when creating other items. You can do this as many times as you want. You will see that there are two in your inventory list instead of one. ![]() When you leave the Hawk one more time, remove the robes again. Return to the Ebon Hawk and talk her into wearing the robes again. Whenever, you leave the Ebon hawk with her, Take the robes off and leave her without clothes. When you talk her into putting something on, she uses her mother's robes. Once you goto Telos/Citadel Station for the Second time, you can use the Workbench at the 'merchant area' in the Entertainment Module, to get rid of any unwanted/unneeded Datapads.Īfter you have sparred with Handmaiden, she will be wearing only underwear. Another example is after you goto Nar Shadda, Dantooine, Telos (the first time), Dxun/Onderon, and Korriban. Only breakdown Datapads from missions that you have completed, or even better, Datapads from Peragus. You don't get a lot of Components, but it is a way to get rid of unwanted Datapads. Of course it has to stay on the person to work and it works for all Jedi in your party including you.Īre you tired of carrying around OLD and UNNEEDED Datapads? Simply go to a Workbench, and break them down to get 1 Component(s). Kill them, and then repeat the process over and over again for infinite experience.įollowing the duplicating lightsabers trick, if you do that trick a number of times on the same lightsaber, youu'll see that the base maximum attack power of the weapon increases incrementally with each duplication. When you do this, hatchlings will materialize and attack. Instead, press start and switch characters, and then begin to walk back towards the entrance. Defeat Kinrath and its hatchlings, but don't advance to find Master Vrook. Head to Dantooine and enter the Kinrath Nest. Here's a way to score infinite experience points. Submitted by: IGN Staff Infinite Experience This is an easy way to build up Dark Side points and EXP, if desired. If you backtrack, the guard will have returned, and you can repeat the process. You can then kill him, which grants you Dark Side points. All rights reserved.On the planet Telos, before you kill the exchange boss, you can find a guard who refuses to allow you entry. LucasArts, the LucasArts logo, STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks in the United States and/or in other countries of Lucasfilm Ltd. The choices you make will affect your character, those in your party and those who may join you in your quest.Choose the light or the dark side of the Force as you progress through the story.Choose from three different classes of Jedi, each with access to specific Jedi abilities.Follow up to the acclaimed and original Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.Players continue to enjoy the title's emotionally compelling and story-driven theme, additions to features such as new characters, classes, locations and force powers as well as a deeper look into the founding lore. Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II: The Sith Lords™ is a sequal to the blockbuster RPG Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. You must make the choices that turn The Exile to either the light side or the dark side of the Force™, and travel to six planets picking up additions to your party along the way, to either help or hinder the Republic's efforts to bring peace and stability to the galaxy. ![]() A brutal civil war has all but destroyed the Jedi Order, leaving the ailing Republic on the verge of collapse.įive years after the events of Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™, in a time when the Jedi have been brought to the edge of extinction, a former Jedi Knight exiled from the Jedi Order embarks on a tribulous journey to restore their connection to the Force™.
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Uni formz flash2/2/2024 ![]() Organized just like the authors workshop courses taught for over 8 years at the University of California at Berkeley, form*Z 4.0 brings Lachmi Khemlani's expert instruction in the world's most popular 3D modeling program right to your desktop.Somehow I missed that with Green Arrow, we said goodbye to Carlos Pacheo's run as designer of the Heroes of the DC Universe Mini-Bust series from DC Direct. Relax, pour a cup of coffee, and pull up a chair, because you've just discovered the most enjoyable way to acquire professional skills with form*Z 4.0. It's a method that's tailor-made to teach you tools and techniques in the order you want to use them, not the arbitrary sequence of program manuals.īoth the book and the convenient CD lead you through an easy-to-follow workshop, showing you how to: * Create any 2D or 3D objects you can imagine, transform objects into desired configurations, and derive 3D objects from 2D shapes in a number of ways * Conceptualize dimension and scale, work at multiple topological levels, and create custom textures, reference planes, views, and symbol libraries * Model free-form shapes with Nurbz, patches, metaballs, and controlled meshes * Create sketch renderings as well as realistic lighting and rendering effects with multiple light types, radiosity-based rendering, texture mapping, and decals * Generate walkthroughs, QuickTime VR movies, and animations for interactive presentations of design conceptsįorm*Z COMPLETE - easygoing workshop style Before you know it, you've explored and mastered the full range of form*Z 4.0's capabilities! This hands-on approach - evolved over many years of instructing architecture, engineering, and design professionals and students, and based on their feedback - lets you jump right into creating with form*Z. Work through Khemlani's interesting exercises and assignments at your own pace. Organized just like the author’s workshop courses taught for over 8 years at the University of California at Berkeley, form*Z 4.0 brings Lachmi Khemlani's expert instruction in the world's most popular 3D modeling program right to your desktop. form*Z COMPLETE - easygoing workshop style Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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Fabfilter volcano overdrive2/2/2024 ![]() We end up with less hi-hat and a snare that’s still bright and awesome. No high-cut during the snare, but high-cut during the rest of the part. The apQualizr settings make it so that when the snare hits, the high band rises in gain to 0. That cut alone makes the snare sound very dull and lifeless. The result is that for most of the playback, there is a deep high end cut that reduces the leakage of the hi-hat. The Compression module controls the gain of a high band. I have a midrange band that feeds a compression module. In the image above I’m cleverly and cleanly solving a common issue: hi-hat leakage in to the snare mic. The modulation system is unequaled in Pro-Q 2. Compensated analyzer (I LOVE this feature!).It has some functionality that I find superior to Pro-Q 2 for most general use work, and after forcing myself to use it as my ‘first try’, I’ve grown to love it even more. I already used it a lot, and during this test I used it the most of any plugin (according to Timesink). I know I was biased towards apQualizr 2 going in to this. I suggest reading this post about what I want in an EQ. Also using - Tone control and Tiltshift.P.s.: Next 30 days is coming soon… □ Contents ![]() Note: Pro-L 2 came out the day I released this, so it’s not considered. I think it goes without saying that I wouldn’t choose a product that I feel is sonically inferior. I won’t be talking about the sound quality of these products unless there’s some exceptional aspect of them worth mentioning. I’ll discuss if there’s any products I felt were superior for my uses, if there’s any products I found a new respect for, and if I feel that the fabfilter option is simply the best in its class. This post is to help wrap this up and show my conclusions. I felt like I rely on them perhaps too heavily. So a little over a month ago, I decided to not use any Fabfilter products for 30 days. |