![]() We’ll be announcing our products of the year in November, so I’m going to let the cat out of the bag now – this is our 2020 budget component of the year. And if you own the Andover Model-One, it’s the icing on the cake. It sounds fantastic, easily better than what we were paying a few hundred to nearly a thousand bucks for 20 years ago. There’s not much else I can say about a $129 DAC/streamer. Wanna be a great friend? Send your favorite vintage hifi lover a Songbird as a gift. So many of my friends have second or third systems, mostly vintage (or at least centering around a vintage receiver or amplifier) who aren’t going to drop money on a DAC, or a streamer. Great of a match as the Songbird is with the Andover Model-One, it really stole my heart in the context of a vintage system. Even with my head under the hood, I could hear the reverb trailing off more smoothly on Tommy James and the Shondells “Crimson and Clover.” I couldn’t be sure, but a long set of Porcupine Tree tunes sound damn good too. Keep in mind that years ago, this was a $1,000 dollar (maybe a little more expensive) player.Įspecially with the cymbals on Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild,” the Songbird offers a distinct advantage in its lack of high frequency graininess that’s there in spades with the Sony player. Getting all audiophile-y for a few minutes, I did a quick head to head comparison between some 16/44 files streamed through the Songbird and the vintage SONY ES disc player I used to have in the garage. ![]() It’s amazing that digital can sound this good for $129. Using the Songbird with a couple of budget integrated amplifiers, and a few powered speakers lacking internal DACs, all provide excellent results. It shouldn’t take you more than about 60 seconds to be playing music. Power it up, locate it on your network, and go. Thanks to the Songbird being about the size of a 2000 grit 3M sanding block, it fits anywhere. The match is perfect, and for anyone with a Model-One, aching for digital/streaming playback, this is the way to roll. The obvious hookup for the Songbird is to attach it to the Andover Model-One in the living room, now under review. Elbows deep in an engine rebuild isn’t exactly the sweet spot anyway. This proves the way to rock in my garage system. While it is not a Roon endpoint (yet) you can work around this by using it as an AirPlay device, if you just want the sheer functionality that your Roon infrastructure offers. Thanks to an optical input, and an Ethernet port, you can use the Songbird as a straight up DAC, Ethernet renderer, or a streamer via Bluetooth or WiFi. Not a lot, eh? What the Andover Songbird does is sound great, and plug in to just about any device you might have, with zero fuss. As the Blues Brothers once said, “What do you want, Rubber Biscuit?” Seriously, think of all the exciting audio products you can buy for $129. And, it’s only $129.ĭigital purists will snipe that the Songbird only has 24/192 maximum resolution, and complain about all the stuff it doesn’t have. Now, with the release of the Songbird streamer, you can – and it’s outstanding. If you happen to own the Andover Model-One music system for your house, you’ve probably realized the only thing missing is a way to stream digital music to it. ![]() I’m in my happy place, thanks to the Andover Audio Songbird hi-res streamer. I’ve got my head under the hood of my car, changing radiator hoses, and I’m streaming my favorite tunes (in this case about 4 hours of XTC, spanning the entire catalog) on my old Marantz 2220B receiver on top of my tool box.
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![]() ![]() Complete the spinal application of essential oils. Download stock pictures of Rain drop therapy on Depositphotos Photo stock for commercial use - millions of high-quality, royalty-free photos & images. Place the palm of your left hand on the bottom of the recipient’s left foot. Place the palm of your right hand on the bottom of the recipient’s right foot. Next, drop 3–6 drops of Valor blend in the palm of your left hand and rub it on the bottom of the recipient’s left foot. ![]() Employ the fanning sequence.ĭrop 3–6 drops of Valor blend in the palm of your right hand and rub it on the bottom of the recipient’s right foot. This is done after every oil listed below. Next, perform feathering strokes along the full length of the spine three times, alternating hands. Next, divide their back into two equal horizontal sections and repeat feathering strokes three times in each section. Divide their back into three horizontal sections and use your fingertips to apply a “feathering stroke,” gently brushing up each section three times, following the length of the spine and alternating hands as you move. Apply 2–4 drops of Oregano to the recipient’s spine. Before beginning the feathering sequence, apply a light coating of V-6 oil on the recipient’s entire back. Raindrop Therapy is an essential oil massage treatment that incorporates these nine oils: valor, oregano, thyme, basil, cypress, wintergreen, marjoram. A “MIDI Map & Merge Matrix” lets you route and merge MIDI notes and control messages over MIDI or USB to particular outputs.Į-RM is a neighbor of mine – in Berlin and this week at Messe – so I’m curious to give this a try. I can really imagine dialing in something more life-like and human with this. That can allow you to fine-tune sync or even create your own grooves. You can tweak timing on everything – each channel has two knobs for shifting and shuffling. This is all fine and well, but I think it’s the adjustment that makes this interesting. ![]() Or, of course, the multiclock – like the midiclock+ before it – can simply be your stable clock source for everything else. If you really must use a USB MIDI connection, fine – that works. You can use clock signals from analog modular gear. So you can use MIDI or DIN (from more reliable MIDI gear that isn’t a computer, that is). You still retain the versatility to use what you want. That’s my explanation, not E-RM’s, so I hope they approve. Remember when you could use a phone to tell what time it was? A lady’s voice would intone from the other end, “the time is now… 7:45 and 33 seconds pm.” Think of a MIDI stream as giving you those time indications a little irregularly – not quite on the right tick – and an audio stream giving times that are always exactly correct, many times per second (44,100 times per second for a regular CD audio setting, for instance). That allows you to use a computer as a clock source without some of the nastiness that can often ensue. Whereas MIDI and MIDI over USB from a computer are inherently susceptible to jitter, E-RM claims that the audio synchronization gives them sample-to-sample accuracy. The most important thing to know about the multiclock is that it takes this obsession with getting sync right directly to your computer’s audio card. Just announced, the multiclock is the follow-up to the midiclock+, the clever MIDI sync box introduced by Berlin’s boutique E-RM Erfindungsbüro back in 2012. But the E-RM multiclock claims to do it even with a computer as the clock source – without jittering. We’ve seen boxes that claim to sync everything you have to everything else you have. ![]() ” Team formation for the first weekend of Worlds Clash will be open starting on September 26 and the tournaments will be on October 1 and 2. To celebrate Worlds 2022, clash is coming back! Riot have described this times’ clash as the follow: Some upcoming skins to highlight include the return of Ashen and the inaugural Worlds 2022 skin, these include: However the servers are still live as the patch is expected to be live tomorrow, so grab the goodies leaving the store before they do! Mythic Chroma Ashen Slayer Sylas (Emberwoken).New mythic goodies are coming to League! What will be available in the store tomorrow is: Now you can run it back with those you’ve already enjoyed playing with!” New Mythic Content “Players you have recently honored or who have recently honored you will show up in the suggested party members menu with an honor icon next to their summoner name. Riot Games have continuously looked to address a robust behavioural system, here is what they’ve had to say for the newest patch: This means that being autofilled will be less likely and penalised to ones that had to endure a game getting a role they didn’t want, hooray! Behavioural Systems With support being one of the least favourite roles and putting more priority over those that need it! The patch notes consist of a plethora of notes however, you can access the full patch notes below to read in your own leisure!įew changes are coming to competitive queue due to popularity. Maokai, Udyr and Hecarim have also seen considerable different changes to their kit too. This is no surprise, seeing as Lula has a 49% win rate currently! This comes to no surprise, with Riot mentioning that ‘Lulu has been the best enhancer on the Rift as of late’. ![]() Lulu, as mentioned before has seen a huge nerf! With her ‘W’ ability being decreased, with disable duration decreased alongside a longer CD (cooldown) Base Stats: Health Growth from 99 to 105.This is huge for junglers and Lee Sin lovers who can sustain themselves in fights even longer! Notably, changes to Lee Sin stood out the most, as he has now been given a health growth, extending his survivability.Īlongside this, his W life steal has increased with even more survivability. This was quite obvious to spot as prior to Worlds, a look at most champions was needed to revised to have a healthy pool of champions prior. Quite notably, there are thirteen champion adjustments, whether buffed or nerfed or general changes. Learn more / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API / Last updated on Champion Adjustments When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. ![]() First aid may include soaking the burned area in clean, cool (not cold) water for a few minutes to stop the burning process and then drying gently. Burn creams and ointments, and special burn dressingsįirst degree and smaller second degree burns are usually managed well at home.Intravenous (IV) fluids to keep you hydrated.If possible, loosely cover the burn with a clean or sterile cloth or bandage. By running or pouring water over the burn, the chemical may be pushed off and away from the skin. If a chemical causes the burn, rinse the area with clean running or poured water to try to flush the chemical away. Remove any clothing or fabric that is stuck to the burned area.Apply any ointments or creams to the burned area.Seek emergency help or call 9-1-1 if you have a third-degree or a second-degree burn that covers more than two to three inches in width or is on your face, hands, feet, a major joint, groin, genitals, or buttocks. Major burns must be treated as medical emergencies. 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They may cause blistering and breaks in the skin, increasing your risk of developing an infection. ![]() Second degree burns are usually painful and cause redness and swelling. Second degree burns are also considered major if they are on the face, hands, feet, a major joint, groin/genitals, or buttocks. If the burn is small, less than two to three inches wide, it is considered minor, but more extensive second degree burns are treated as major burns. These injuries are deeper than first degree burns, affecting the epidermis and the second layer of the skin, called the dermis. ![]() Mild sunburns are a common type of first degree burn. ![]() They can be painful, causing redness to the skin and some swelling. They are minor injuries that affect just the outer layer of skin, called the epidermis. These are the types of burns that most people experience at some time. Types of burnsīurns are categorized according to their severity: Many who survive are left with life-changing effects, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain and fatigue, organ dysfunction (organs don’t work properly), and/or amputations. Worldwide, one-third of people who develop sepsis die. Sepsis and septic shock can result from an infection anywhere in the body, such as pneumonia, influenza, or urinary tract infections. Sepsis kills and disables millions and requires early suspicion and treatment for survival. Sepsis, which was often called blood poisoning, is the body’s life-threatening response to infection. They range from minor to severe, and while serious injuries can be life-threatening, any burn that causes a break in the skin can result in an infection, which can lead to sepsis. Burns can also be caused by chemicals, heated objects, or even electricity. A burn is damage to your skin, most often caused by fire/flame or steam and hot liquids. ![]() 50.08 should be together in a few days, featuring baby animals, more crop pictures, more boulders, autosave fix, and the return of legends XML export! Then we'll turn to logs/reports and archer fixes as well as gearing up for adventure mode.Here's the report to start May and also the Future of the Fortress reply.And 50.09 is also in progress - the return of the game log and we're working toward report/announcement persistence and some archery fixes/changes as well. We're having our first meeting for the adventure mode sound effects tomorrow, and I'll need to get an adventurer running around soon for that and for upcoming artwork, so that's a simultaneous thing going on. Putnam got me through setting up the Windows Subsystem for Linux and it's mostly playing nice with everything, so there's some hope that I'll just be able to compile from within MSVC itself to make the Linux builds. This week has been going well! The experimental SDL2 branch is stabilizing after a few patches, and this should pave the way for some speed increases as well as the Linux and Mac versions. Here's a two hour stream we did with Salford Sal, going on a tour of a twenty year fortress and generally talking about the game.And we've got additional tree and plant graphics coming down the line, as well as graphical improvements to engravings, bookshelves, and more. Between the adventure work I should have a chance to look at ammunition issues this month as well. Over in fortress mode, Putnam's almost ready with a menu to review old reports and announcements and is working on making filterable-sortable lists more consistent. ![]() This will be a long process, but it'll be fun to watch it come together, and we'll be able to update regularly on our progress there now that adventure work has finally begun. As with fortress mode, the game already exists, but now we need to work through the interface for every possible action and event, as well as creating the sound landscape with our new audio engineers. The update to SDL2 was the most important change for ports, so Linux and Mac versions are much closer now.Īdventure mode work is underway! I have an adventurer running around in the graphical play area. It's off by default until we get some more testing done on the experimental branch, but the speed gains are significant, so it will be available in the settings as well. The update of the engine from SDL to SDL2 is stable, and there will also be a multithreading option. We're going to start by getting the experimental branch moved over to the main line.
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![]() Scientifically-proven means of reducing stress include controlled breathing, mindfulness meditation and reframing negative thoughts into more positive ones. Signs that one is stressed include racing heart, experiencing changes in the stomach or bowel and having difficulty concentrating. In order to reduce stress and anxiety, developing emotional awareness is key. This is one of the reasons why some of the most successful methods for battling anxiety and intrusive thinking involve curbing stress before it becomes a problem. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the genetic factors that cause sleep problems when some people are stressed are the same that can make people with intrusive, ruminative thoughts have a higher rate of insomnia. Strategies to Reduce Intrusive ThoughtsĮxperiencing a high level of stress can cause intrusive thoughts. These can vary from compulsive handwashing, checking locks or switches or the repetitive pulling of hair (trichotillomania) or compulsive skin picking. This mistrust may cause intrusive urges, images or thoughts to arise, resulting in behavioral rituals, also known as compulsions. As such, their environment seemed consistently unpredictable. The findings showed that participants with higher levels of OCD symptoms were less trusting of past experiences. In this study, the researchers asked 58 participants with various levels of OCD symptoms to complete a decision-making task by thinking about their reaction to past experiences and comparing them to more recent ones. This can be distressing and take a toll on anxiety levels.Ī 2020 study published in the journal PLOS showed that people with OCD may place less trust in their past experiences, leading to greater uncertainty, indecisiveness and explorative behaviors. Another way in which intrusive thoughts affect people who have depression is that they can sometimes try to predict what someone is thinking, even if there’s no rationale for it. The person may focus more on problems instead of solutions, and this may stop them from undertaking important tasks.Įxamples of intrusive thoughts that accompany depression include seeing situations as “black- and-white,” assuming it will end disastrously because of past bad outcomes or viewing small mishaps in a magnified way. ![]() In this case, when a person has a problem, they may find themselves thinking about it repeatedly and analyzing it for hours. Rumination can also accompany depression. These thoughts can be concerning to loved ones, especially when they start controlling the person’s behavior. However, they can seem very real and probable to someone who ruminates on them. These thoughts are not based on facts or past results - rather they are irrational and unlikely. They may worry that they will lose their job. For instance, they may have repeated worrisome thoughts about someone getting hurt or developing an illness. People with generalized anxiety disorder can battle impaired concentration, difficulty sleeping and excessive worry when intrusive thoughts pop into their minds. To address these often-debilitating thoughts and advance the conversation on mental illness, we need to understand how they manifest themselves in each mental health condition. They can be a symptom of common mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Their repeated occurrence can make it hard to focus on daily tasks and sustain healthy relationships. Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts that can pop up in our minds unannounced, at any time. It's my own thoughts that lock me up!” – V.C. “Yes, I am a prisoner of sorts, but my prison isn't the house. |
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