Wishing stone from the shores of northern Maine. Click here to subscribe! Story by Jim Brace-Thompson. This story about wishing stones previously appeared in Rock & Gem magazine. We have two wonderful kids and a healthy new grandson in far-off Scotland and a wise old cat and energetic Australian shepherd to keep us company. The very best Wishing Stone has a single continuous line wrapping around it, a line unbroken and uninterrupted by other lines or streaks.Įver since that chance encounter, whenever we go beach combing-whether in northern Maine, southern California, or the shores of Scotland-we look not only for rocks with pretty colors but for those drab but magical Wishing Stones.ĭo they work? Well, I can’t say, but Nancy and I have been traveling this Earth for over 60 years. ![]() Make a wish on behalf of a person other than yourself then ALL your wishes come true. If you trace your finger around the line while closing your eyes and making a wish, then throw the stone into the sea as far as you can or give it to another person, your wish will come true. Synopsis It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. Legend has it that if you find a rock with a white or pink line all around it, you have found a Wishing Stone. The Wishing Stone (2002) Plot Showing all 1 items Jump to: Summaries (1) Summaries A poignant and inspirational story that tests the power of will and perseverance of a young friendship in tumultuous times. She bent and picked out a drab gray rock with a belt of white quartz. She then asked, “Then why are you leaving behind all these Wishing Stones?” “Wishing Stones?” we asked. “Beachcombing for pretty rocks,” we replied. When one of the other passengers tells him that they can get there using his magical Hawaiian wishing stone, Dave balks at the notion. One autumn, on a particularly overcast, cold and windy morning that hinted of winter, we walked along the steely gray North Atlantic with eyes glued to the pebble-strewn beach.Ī local greeted us and asked what we were doing. One of the passengers, musician Dave Apollon, is concerned about the money he will be losing if he doesn't get to New York to perform in his scheduled gigs. (Update: November 11, 2022) (Marvel-FILM) Heres options for downloading or watching Black Panther Wakanda Forever streaming the full movie online for. ![]() Pin this post to save this information for later.Īlthough we live in California, my wife has a family homestead on the northern coast of Maine, which we visit often. What happens next This choice: The movie Mean Girls. When Loogie holds the wishing stone, one of his brothers suggests feeding the. Wishing stones may be drab gray rocks with a belt of white or pink but they are rumored to have the power to grant wishes. The Wishing Stone by Crocodile Rated: 18+ Interactive Adult 2170851 A magical stone that grants any wish finds its way to various worlds. The film follows the adventures of a group of children living in the.
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![]() Similarly, she very active nowadays and working as a supermodel for different brands. In 2015, Wilde got signed as the spokesmodel and face of the international brand Estee Lauder. Gabriella Wilde on the cover of Marie Claire She has also appeared on the cover of magazines for InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Nylon. This blonde model has featured in ad campaigns for Lactose, Burberry, Topshop, Abercrombie & Fitch, and many more. She was found by the legendary Victoria’s Secret model Naomi Campbell.Ĭonsequently, she had signed with Premier Model Management, and her career took a pace. Gabriella Wilde commenced her career in modeling at the age of 14. Both Isabella Calthorpe and Olivia Llewellyn has also stepped up as an actress in Hollywood. Surprisingly, some of her sisters are also famous as her. She has a younger sister named Octavia as well. They are Olivia and Arabella Llewellyn from her mother’s side as well as Jacobi, Georgiana, Isabella from her father’s first marriage. This model has five half-siblings from her parents earlier marriage. ![]() Later, she decided to leave school when she got into acting. The model chose to study Fine Arts at the City of Guilds in London art School. Later, she transferred to another school names Swithun’s Scholl Winchester. The famous lingerie model studied at Heathfield St Mary’s School. Her father is a real estate tycoon and former chairman of Watermark Property Group while her mother was a model and a socialite. The model grew up with her father John Anstruther Gough Calthorpe and mother, Vanessa Mary Theresa. Her birth name is Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther Gough Calthorpe and is from a lineage of aristocrats. Gabriella Wilde was born on 8th April 1989, in Basingstoke, Hampshire County, England. Let’s get started with some quick facts about her. Today, we are going to talk about Victoria’s Secret model who has excelled in different areas of the entertainment industry. Like many models such as Coco Rocha, Zuri Tibby, and Doutzen Kroes, Gabrielle has also created waves as the world’s top models.īesides, she has appeared in the film, such as The Three Musketeers, Carrie, and Endless Love. Gabriella Wilde always wins the heart of many fans with her slaying walk in the ramp of Victoria’s Secret and Playboy. ![]() So is Shift+click.Ĭtrl+G = Move the current layer, or selected layers, into a group. Shift+arrows allows to select consecutive layers. When focus is on layers, arrow works too. Note: when I write “current layer”, it often applies to a selection of layers. Once a selection is made, you can make one with Shift pressed: it adds to the selection with Alt pressed: it removes from selection. When making a rectangular or elliptical selection, press Alt to move the selection instead of grow / shrink, and Shift contraints to 1:1 aspect ratio.Īlso works for rectangular / elliptical drawing tools, BTW. I mostly use the Outline Selection Tool (freehand), I assigned it the S shortcut. Play with options for tolerance, growth, feathering, etc. Fill the selection and / or the current color with the FG color. I rather use the Ctrl key to go into color picking mode.į = Fill Tool. G = Gradient tool, between FG and BG colors. You can quickly group & ungroup layers to do that (or just keep these useful groups!)Ĭ = Crop Tool: cut the bounds of the image to what is selected. Moreover, if you select a group of layers, it will move the whole group at once. T = Move Tool: move the current layer ou the selection, depending on optionsĬtrl+T = Transform a layer or selection: beside rotating, inverting or deforming capabilities, allows to move the selection. H = Show color history (below the palette colors used in the current picture) U = Show common colors (on the left of the palette allows quick selection alternative: right-click…) Shift+Backspace = Fill selection with FG color.Ĭtrl+Backspace = Fill selection with BG color (opacity).Ĭtrl+Shift+Backspace = Fill selection with FG color (opacity). Defaultĭ = Default foreground (FG =black) and background (BG = white) colors.Ĭtrl+I = Invert colors on current layer(s).īackspace = Fill selection with BG color. V = Hold this key, press mouse and hold it, it will trace a straight line between the press point and the release point. You can hit Ctrl+G to group the selected layers, for example… Shift+R = Idem, but add the layer to the selection of layers. Hold this key, click on a pixel, you select the layer holding this pixel. Shift+Space+left mouse button for fine canvas rotations.Ĭtrl+click = Color pick the pixel under the cursor.Ĭtrl+Alt+click = idem, but only if on current layer. Also with middle button (mouse wheel) click and drag. ![]() Shift+left mouse drag in Brush mode = resize brush (large when dragging to right, small when dragging to left). Right-click = Show a palette of brushes, color history and other tools. Note: FG = foreground (color), BG = background (color) Mouse shortcuts I've created shortcuts under Custom Shortcuts KMenuEdit.There are tons of shortcuts, I list here those I use often while drawing. I've removed the global shortcuts for them Ģ. Whilst Zeal and Free42 are ELF 64-bit executables, the other application is a shell script.įor Zeal and Free42 which didn't work, this is how I've circumvented:ġ. I suspect (just a wild guess!) that the trouble has to do with the file contents. ![]() I've created the desktop file just like in the case of Free42 described above, but Free42 fails whilst this other application works fine. Strangely enough, another application which I've installed via a shell script, this works fine. Meta+C conflicts with Application Custon Shortucts Service for action Free42 * Free42, which I've installed via a shell script : a global shortcut is created. A message warns that Meta+Z for application Zeal conflicts with action Zeal. Using KMenuEdit for defining shortcuts fails in these cases: Using KMenuEdit for defining shortcuts works well, creating global shortcuts for them: I don't know the root cause, but I can enumerate some cases which works well and some cases which fails. In particular, it seems that assigning shortcuts from KMenuEdit works in many circumstances but fails in other circumstances. the keyboard shortcuts don't do anything. ![]() But for things like Open File, Save, Close Document, Select All, Deselect, Select Opaque, etc. At least, most of the tools which I can select by clicking a button in the Tool Box panel have working keyboard shortcuts. I've noticed many (if not most) of the broken shortcuts seem to be for functions that you have to pick from the menu bar. I'm not sure if there's a pattern to the bug or not. It's like for this for about half of every keyboard shortcut in all of Krita. The only way to Undo is from Edit menu, or the Undo History docker. But when I press Ctrl-Z, nothing happens. The Undo function, for example, is still set to Ctrl-Z. When I open up the keyboard shortcuts dialog ( Krita Settings > Configure Shortcuts), the shortcuts I've customized or left at the default setting are still there. In the past (in Krita 2.8.x) I had problems where Krita would completely forget my custom shortcuts. Some of the default keyboard shortcuts, and some of my custom shortcuts don't do anything. ![]() ![]() Toya only told her that it was going to be a surprise, leaving her with doubt. Soon, in the Paranormal Liberation War arc, Toga notices that Dabi had some paint remover with him, she then asks him the reason of that. He could not stop, as he said that every kid from his school wanted to be a hero too and that he was Endeavor’s son, after that he started on showing his power by attempting on attacking Shoto, who was on Rei’s arms.Īs soon he disappeared and was implied to be dead by the family itself, he joined the LOV and dyed his hair black. When Shoto was born, he felt a bit away from his father while trying to say to look at him, because he did an improvement to his flames making them more powerful. It is revealed that Toya trained hard for surpassing All Might, to the point that he always came back with injuries and burn marks with the training that Toya did even without his father. His hair was crimson, but with his father's training with time it became white with red. At first, he was the first one on being born in the family, and soon Enji started on training him so Toya could be the perfect creation he wanted. His quirk is Blueflame, which consists of blue flames like those of the Todorokis’. ![]() Toya is a member of the League of Villains and a part of the Todoroki family, even though he does not live with them. ![]() But it does have one advantage over its predecessor: it has not been banned – yet. It is unclear at this point whether flakka is more dangerous than the “bath salts” that came before it. These are “people who are already disadvantaged in terms of chronic disease and access to health care,” he added. Dealers often target young and poor people and also try to enlist homeless people to buy and sell, Hall said. A dose can go for $3 to $5, which makes it a cheap alternative to cocaine. Like most synthetic drugs, the bulk of flakka seems to come from China and is either sold over the Internet or through gas stations or other dealers. Experts worry that some survivors of flakka overdoses may be on dialysis for the rest of their life. ![]() The drug can cause muscles to break down, as a result of hyperthermia, taking a toll on kidneys. And because flakka, like bath salts, hang around in the brain for longer than cocaine, the extent of the destruction could be greater.Īnother serious, potentially lingering side effect of flakka is the effect on kidneys. Not only does the drug sit on neurons, it could also destroy them, Hall said. Cocaine and methamphetamine have similar modes of action in the brain, but the chemicals in flakka have longer-lasting effects, Hall said.Īlthough a typical flakka high can last one to several hours, it is possible that the neurological effects can be permanent. The result is to “flood the brain” with these chemicals, Hall said. It is unclear why the Sunshine State is a hotbed for flakka abuse “it’s a major question in our community,” Hall said.Ĭases have also been reported in Alabama, Mississippi and New Jersey.įlakka, which gets its name from Spanish slang for a beautiful woman (“la flaca”), contains a chemical that is a close cousin to MDPV, a key ingredient in “bath salts.” These chemicals bind and thwart molecules on the surface of neurons that normally keep the levels of mood-regulating neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin, in check. Hall said that there are about three or four hospitalizations a day in Broward County in South Florida, and more on weekends. Authorities in the state are warning people about the dangers of the drug.įlorida seems to be particularly hard hit by flakka overdoses. A girl in Melbourne, Florida, ran through the street screaming that she was Satan while on a flakka trip. A man in South Florida who broke down the hurricane-proof doors of a police department admitted to being on flakka. Probably what has brought flakka the most attention is that it gives users what feels like the strength and fury of the Incredible Hulk.ĭeadly High: How synthetic drugs are killing kidsįlakka stories are starting to pile up. It’s that critical.”Ī small overdose of the drug, which can be smoked, injected, snorted or injected, can lead to a range of extreme symptoms: “excited delirium,” as experts call it, marked by violent behavior spikes in body temperature (105 degrees and higher, Hall said) paranoia. “Just a little bit of difference in how much is consumed can be the difference between getting high and dying. “It’s so difficult to control the exact dose ,” said Jim Hall, a drug abuse epidemiologist at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But like “ bath salts,” a group of related synthetic drugs that were banned in 2012, flakka has the potential to be much more dangerous than cocaine. The man-made drug causes a high similar to cocaine. In some parts of the country, it is also called “gravel” because of its white crystal chunks that have been compared to aquarium gravel. LPSS lasers offer several different advantages over other laser types. Flash lamps, operated in pulsed mode, are able to produce microsecond and millisecond duration pulses at high repetition rates. Additionally, they can produce light of high radiant intensities and generate light over a continuous spectrum from ultraviolet to infrared. Lamps filled with noble gases, such as Xenon and Krypton, are the most efficient at radiating wavelengths of light that the crystal can absorb. In flash lamps, noble gases are the most efficient at radiating wavelengths that the laser crystal is able to absorb. Nd:YAG, a type neodymium-doped crystal, is the most common type of gain medium in LPSS designs. The plasma radiates intense light which is then coupled into a laser crystal, thus exciting the laser media. Flash lamps operate using an electric current discharged through a gas-filled quartz tube, resulting in the generation of hot plasma. The flash lamp design allows for the production of extremely intense and full-spectrum white light for short periods of time. Excited electrons rising and falling energy levels result in the emission of photons, which allows the laser to function. While several different methods of optical pumping exist, one of the most familiar is lamp pumping via arc or flash lamp. ![]() Using this method, the medium absorbs the energy and produces excited states in its atoms. Most solid state lasers require pumping to transfer energy into a gain medium. The ruby laser, invented in 1960 by Theodore Maiman, employed lamp-pumping as a fundamental operating principle.ĭue to their high intensity and brightness at short wavelengths, flash lamps are ideal for optically pumping solid state lasers. Basics of Lamp-Pumped Solid State (LPSS) LasersĪs the trailblazer for many modern day laser designs, LPSS lasers are a mature technology that have been around since the invention of the first laser. Visit unitedwayofacadiana.LPSS lasers utilize flash lamp pumping as the act of energy transfer from an external source into the gain medium of a laser. “With United Way of Acadiana’s longtime commitment to education, we are excited to continue the tradition of Teacher Awards and add to it with a week of activities highlighting the education profession and the opportunity to grow our impact,” said Heather Blanchard, President and CEO of United Way of Acadiana. United Way of Acadiana is honored to host the Teacher Awards for the third consecutive year as part of Education Week festivities. Then, to be considered for selection as a finalist honoree, nominated teachers will be asked to complete a post-nomination form, which provides the selections committee with additional insight into their educational achievements.Īll nominated teachers and finalists will be celebrated at an in-person ceremony to be held on March 16, 2023. ![]() ![]() All nominated educators will be recognized at a surprise Pin Patrol. Selections for the 2023 Honorees will include two parts. Nominees must be an active, full-time educator in a Lafayette Parish public, charter, private, or parochial school system.Ĭategories include Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and Inspirational. These awards seek to recognize educators who are academically inspiring, dedicated to all students’ growth and achievement, and who are resilient and creative in their chosen profession. Nominations will be open from November 7th to December 16th, 2022! United Way of Acadiana announces nominations are now open for the 2023 United Way of Acadiana Teacher Awards. ![]() ![]() The main reason for this is that abandoned malls have a feeling of being frozen in time. However, these places can be pretty interesting for photographers. When people think of abandoned malls, they usually think of them as mysterious places that are best avoided. In this article, real estate developer Damon Becnel will look at five fun facts about abandoned malls. Whatever the case, there is something undeniably eerie about these decaying shopping centers. Some malls have been abandoned for years, while others have only been deserted recently. They can be found in small towns and large cities and come in all shapes and sizes. The mall was demolished in 2016.Abandoned malls are all around us. The new complex will consist of 700 rental apartments, roughly 250,000 square feet of office space and another 225,000 square feet of retail. New plans call for demolishing much of the mall complex while renovating a handful of the existing Fashion Mall buildings. In March 2015, the property was bought by Encore Capitol Management for $37.7 million. ![]() ![]() Then in October 2014, The developers of the Fashion Mall in Plantation voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, placing the mall in the hands of professional fiduciaries. In May 2014, the majority owner, Chinese company Tangshan Ganglu Iron & Steel Co., accused project manager and minority owner Wei Chen of misappropriating $48.7 million of its funds. Finally, after a Chapter 11 restructuring in late 2012, ownership was ready to move forward again. Through 20, legal issues further plagued the project. However, the recession in South Florida during late 20 brought the project to a halt. The plan was approved in November 2008 and renovations began. The plan called for the demolition of a large portion of the mall, and the retail portion to be renovated into street-front stores. Capital announced plans to redevelop the property into a mixed-use lifestyle destination called 321 North. Without an amicable resolution, the city informed the mall’s tenants that they would be required to vacate their locations in the mall by October 15, 2007, and that any occupational licenses held by tenants of the center were revoked. Capital considered the cost of the upgrades excessive and unwarranted unless they were part of the mall’s renovation. Capital Holdings Group considered plans to renovate the property, the city pressed to have the upgrade installed, since the deficiencies were noted as far back as 2003. To add to the troubles the mall was experiencing, there was still the hurricane damages and an agreement signed by the previous owners with the city of Plantation to install upgrades to the mall’s fire safety systems. On Jit was announced that the Macy’s store would permanently close.Īfter the closure of the mall’s two anchor stores, the occupancy dwindled to fewer than 20 stores. Macy’s remained opened until 2005, when the mall sustained significant damages during Hurricane Wilma. After a series of sales, the property was acquired by U.S. Lord and Taylor closed in 2003, when the chain exited the state of Florida. Macy’s opened as the mall’s second anchor store, just before the 1988 holiday season and before the completion of the rest of the mall. Fashion Mall opened in early 1988 with Lord and Taylor as an anchor store. ![]() The reason? Halogen isn't exactly synonym to efficiency and, to better understand why, we'll explain how such a light bulb works.įirst of all, it is made of a glass envelope capable of resisting very high temperatures, plus a gas, usually a combination of argon and nitrogen, along with a tungsten filament. However, halogen bulbs are becoming the second option for more and more car companies around the world. Basically a halogen light bulb has a lifetime of about 1,000 hours under normal conditions, while replacement costs are usually very low comparable to the other types bellow (around 30 bucks for a decent set). HALOGEN HEADLAMPS Halogen headlights are currently the most popular in the automotive world and, in case you're wondering why does this happen, it's mostly because of their primaryĪdvantage: they're simple and cost effective. So, let's take one at a time and see what this is all about. Some of you will agree with our statements, others won't, but either way, each of the four types of headlamps has its very own pros and cons. We'll thus try to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of them, although people generally believe, and it sometimes happens to be true, that the newest is also the best. We won't talk about the headlamp history today because we already did that, but instead we'll try to focus on the four major headlamp configurations of today and see what they're up to. Laser headlights is an example, but before discussing them, we have to go through more common systems available for a larger use. Furthermore, researchers are continuously working on the whole "headlamp" idea, trying to find new breakthroughs that would obviously make their products better than the rivals'. Although the whole automotive industry uses them, only a few people actually know how they evolved from simple acetylene lamps in the 1880s to very complex LED assemblies nowadays. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. ![]() ![]()
![]() And even more so if he can help lead Alabama toward a deep run in the Tournament. As a freshman, Miller is averaging 19 points and eight rebounds on 45 percent shooting from the field and 43 percent shooting from 3-point range.ĭue to his measurements and overall offensive ability, Miller’s hype is likely only going to grow heading into the official draft season. Miller has already garnered some unfair comparisons to Kevin Durant, but that just goes to show just how special of a player many believe he can be at the next level. The hype surrounding Brandon Miller is growing heading into the 2023 NBA Draft And one that seems to be gaining some growing hype is Alabama’s Brandon Miller. Now that the NBA Trade Deadine is officially over and the regular season is entering its final stretch (once the all-star weekend is over), the intrigue surrounding the NBA Draft is only going to rise.Īnd while the headlining prospect is Victor Wembanyama, there are many other prospects that deserve their attention. The NCAA College Basketball season is in the thick of its season and the NCAA Tournament is a month away. Just like that, the 2023 NBA Draft is just a few months away. In the latest edition of our NBA Mock Draft, we break down the Brandon Miller hype and take a closer look at Scoot Henderson. Hopefully, after Agarwal’s Melbourne bow, O’Keefe will have a much better understanding of the Ranji Trophy and the calibre of batsmen it can produce.NBA Draft prospect Scoot Henderson (Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports) The apology might have come a little too late from the Australian with most of the damage already done. There are lots of runs scored so apologies if anyone out there took offence,” the Aussie stated later in his commentary stint. There was no way I was demeaning the standard, it was tongue in cheek. “I was mentioning the runs Agarwal got in first-class cricket in India and there’s been a reaction. In the end, the irony of Agarwal, who came into the team on the back of his Ranji performances, shutting down O’Keefe with a fine show against Australia’s best bowlers was hard to miss. O’Keefe’s remarks smacked of arrogance and his choice to equate the Railways first-class team to ‘canteen staff’ was shocking to say the least. There is no doubt that O’Keefe’s comments were made in poor taste given the fact that the Ranji Trophy has been serving India’s first-class needs since 1934 and has thrown up hundreds of performers for the national team over the years. Although his 161-ball innings was brought to an and by Pat Cummins at the stroke of tea, Agarwal had put the tourists in a strong position on a pitch which was showing some alarming signs on day one.Īll in all, it was a splendid display from a batsman who supposedly can register triple centuries only against an opposition filled with ‘canteen staff’. Opening the batting along with Hanuma Vihari, Agarwal was fearless in his approach as he played some delightful strokes in front of a packed MCG crowd. I thought we’d got rid of this rubbish with 9 losing the gig.- Adelaide Barmies 26 December 2018 Strong competition providing an excellent breeding ground for test cricket. That diatribe on the #RanjiTrophy competition was a. New Zealand commentator apologises for using mock Asian accent Posted 8 m minutes ago Sat Saturday 3 Apr April 2021 at 4:18am. |
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