![]() So, you can try other things on the net to try get it working better. If you uninstall 3Dmigoto and run in true-3D, you'll get the same performance. We need true mode to work properly.Īlso, just a note, this performance doesn't have anything to do with 3Dmigoto at all. Use Ctrl-Alt-Ins to see what mode it is in. That runs the cleanest.Īlso be certain that you are running in true-3D mode, the latest drivers are kind of sketchy with 3D here, and always try to do fake-3D mode. Then choose "Disable SLI" in the main section. The thing to do is to go to "Configure SLI, Surround, PhysX" in the NVidia Control Panel, on the left side. The 'forced' part sounds like something else. I don't know what "Forced Single GPU" mode means. You should be able to see everything in 3D, and be able to change depth and convergence.įirst launch will be slow, like a minute, as it caches shaders. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Watch_Dogs\bin"Ĥ. Get the fix as a zip file from here: Latest_VersionĪnd unzip all of the files and ShaderFixes folder into the Watch Dogs exe folder.Į.g. If you are running recent drivers, and Compatibility Mode is kicking in, do Ctrl-Alt-F11 to disable it.ģ. Run the game once to make sure it's installed, resolution and refresh are like you want.Ģ. 0.4 is less depth, -0.2 will pop out the screen etcġ. You can adjust the overall HUD depth using settings in the d3dx.ini file: We do recommend though "Max Detail" and "Max shaders" Aside from MHBAO all other settings seem to work, though you will suffer performance wise if you set your sights too high.Ģ. Later drivers and profiles actually make things worse.ġ. On any driver above 320.49, SLI is broken on this game, and causes stuttering when driving. ![]() Even with this, it doesn't always engage true-3D properly, and will have one-eye stuck, or only small elements of the scene in 3D. You want to disable the Compatibility Mode by enabling the Advanced in-game settings in the 3D control panel, then ctrl-alt-f11 in game. Recent drivers can introduce problems getting 3D to activate at all. We are pretty sure there will be lots of little effects we missed, there are so many shaders it's not been possible to catch them all (e.g. MHBAO does not work, must use Off, or HBAO Pretty sure this works now.Ĥ. We know we have not tracked all these down.ģ. There are issues with water rendering (haloing) on the main river in particular, that occur at certain times of day when particular shaders are turned on and off. Some areas are too dark at night between specific times, as certain shaders are active.Ģ. (If it's not there, go to (C:)/windows/system32 and copy paste it from there.)ģ. go to your games folder (usually Program Files (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines)Ģ. It's definitely caused by visual updates to the game.ġ. ![]() I managed to piece together this solution by talking to people who make Skyrim porn mods on the SweetFX forums. After hitting "ok" a million times, the game starts normally, but can crash at any time.Ĭaused by: Something about SweetFX, textures/retexturing, I'm not sure. Problem: When launching the game using a mod or unofficial patch, the error "the procedure entry point createDXGIFactory2 could not be located in the dynamic link library c:\Windows\SYSTEM\d3d11.dll" starts spamming the screen. I'm gonna post this here in case someone in the future has the exact same problem as me, because I just fixed it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() There’s a reason why fast-paced music gets you pumped up at the gym, after all. In this way, “Weightless” can be used as both a tool for anxiety relief and a way to create a calm environment in moments of discomfort. Listening to relaxation music is a passive form of stress relief that you can employ while working in a stressful environment, traveling, or even during birth and labor. Thus, calming relaxation music has a number of practical applications, beyond just making you feel good. It’s also the reason why seemingly every spa plays atmospheric, nature-inspired instrumentals in the background of their treatment rooms.)” (This is why fitness instructors play uptempo music in their classes and transition to slow ballads for stretching. Music with faster beats-per-minute (or BPMs) stimulates the release of endorphins that enhance athletic performance.Ĭonversely, music with fewer BPMs can calm nerves before competition. Sports psychologists have long used music to consciously manipulate mental states, as well. Together, immunoglobulin A and killer T cells form the cornerstone of the immune system that keeps us from getting sick. the hormone responsible for weight gain), and increase blood levels of antibody immunoglobulin A and natural killer T cells. ![]() “ Research from McGill University has shown that music can reduce anxiety, regulate the stress hormone cortisol (e.g. ![]() But many people don’t realize the profound effect that ambient sounds can have on one’s mood, temperament, and the human psyche.Īs we previously wrote in our viral article, How Mental Health Became Pop Music’s Biggest Muse: Because “Weightless” is so relaxing, the composers actually caution against listening to it while driving, operating machinery, or doing anything where acute relaxation could pose a risk. “The world’s most relaxing song” works by slowing the listener’s heart rate to induce a feeling of calm. The only context in which this kind of relaxation music would be inappropriate, researchers say, is while driving a car. Ultimately, whether you’re looking for passive stress relief– or some calming background music for work, travel, or sleep, this song works wonders. But there’s a notable purposefulness to the melody here that undergirds the song’s effectiveness at inducing a state of calm. In terms of relaxation music, it all sounds vaguely familiar. These elements layer together in waves to create a truly immersive soundscape. The song’s dreamy rhythms sample natural soundscapes and feature hints of soothing piano and gentle guitar strums. In fact, neuroscientists claim that listening to this song can actually reduce anxiety by up to 65%! But sound therapists are quick to point out that the most calming song in the world works specifically by stimulating parts of the brain associated with conscious emotions. Most people have gut feelings that music can be calming and used to regulate both mood and affect. The gentle pulsing baseline and carefully arranged harmonies in “Weightless”, moreover, induce a feeling of calm that scientists can actually measure. In 2011, British ambient band Marconi Union worked with sound therapists and researchers from Mindlab International to specifically design an 8-minute song that induces a feeling of relaxation by stimulating brain waves through calming neural tones that they engineered to create what might be the world’s most effective, clinically-backed relaxation music. Hunting for relaxation music and want to get really clinical about it? Marconi Union’s “Weightless” is literally the most calming song in the world– at least according to neuroscientists. ![]() ![]() Provide the information required and if possible, give additional details that you believe will be necessary to produce as much help as you need. 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![]() ![]() I write these posts in advance, so I’m guessing that my wife, Alex, might have broken her Internet silence to comment on yesterday’s post and reveal that while, yes, she did have a crush on piano man Paul O’Shea, it paled in comparison to the crush I had on massage therapist Aihnoa Gallardo. If not, please disregard the previous paragraph. Chorus C E7 Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby F G Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around C E7 And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby F G When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still C C7 I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin' F Fm You know that I have from the start C G So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, F G C Don. ' Build Me Up Buttercup ' is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals. One of the perils of the piano bar is getting caught singing along to a song you don’t really know. Young had replaced Clem Curtis during 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit on which he sang. Everyone is surprised and amused, but unlike Geico’s other motorcycle ads, they also sing along. Intro: C E F G C E F G G C E7 Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby F G Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around C E7 And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby F G When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still C C7 I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin' F Fm You know. Of course, we cut anyway and realize that she’s just waiting at the repair shop. ![]() She’s riding her motorcycle through the mountains singing along to Build Me Up Buttercup. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1969. Geico: This Motorcycle Enthusiast Sings Build Me Up Buttercup. Such was the case with The Foundations’ ‘Build Me Up Buttercup,’ a song that sounds incredibly familiar in the way a lot of oldies do but one that was at the same time utterly foreign to me. Build Me Up Buttercup by Tyler Joseph guitar, ukulele, bass, piano chords. This is a song that has several ‘hey hey heys’ and ‘ooo ooooos’ and ‘bah-dah-dahs’ and I was wholly unprepared to deliver any of them, even when prompted. C E7 Why do you fill me up Buttercup, baby F G Just to let me down and mess. Dont break my heart, he sings, but she already has. Incidentally, when we first discovered Paul O’Shea, after a day of me pining over Aihnoa, Alex declared, “Well, it looks like now I have a cruise boyfriend to match your cruise girlfriend.” It made for a tense two-and-a-half minutes each time this song came up on the tracklist.Īnd that’s a tension that could only be assuaged by the prettiest Spanish masseuse on the high seas. 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It’s about family and voodoo and “Hopscotch.” It is more than paper and ink and digitized text. It’s about fierce women who are raw and have a strong sense of self. It’s about people working through differences to find commonalities. This book is so much more than a romance. These are the kinds of stories I want to read. Kennedy is fast becoming one of my favorite authors because she’s not afraid to dig deep, and that’s the kind of work I really respect. In fact, all the books in her HOOPS series involve characters who battle demons-abuse, mental illness, body image, trauma. This is not the first time Kennedy has brought up painful subjects. She knows that her words have power, so she keeps her weapon sharp. She wants people to know they’re not alone. It’s because she wants to help people heal. After I gasped out loud and dropped my Kindle, I took a breath and thought about why she was doing this. Kennedy’s writing is so impactful, so meaningful. What she describes is so real, I felt for Lotus and for every other person who has undergone such trauma. Reliving it through this book was the toughest reading experience I’ve ever had, but I want to give Kennedy credit because she really went for it. Without getting too much into it (for fear of giving anything away), I will say, I experienced some of what Lotus experienced. I’m not big on trigger warnings, but there is one for this book, and there’s a reason why it’s there. It’s about many things, and they all work and blend and flow together. What I mean by that is it’s layered and full of substance. I loved how authentic it felt-the characters are so real, I found I was putting myself in their shoes to process what they’re processing, to decide on what they’re deciding between. Different…and yet they’re completely in synch. One lives on the East Coast, while the other lives on the West Coast. One likes to text, while the other likes to handwrite notes. One is an extrovert, while the other is an introvert. One likes “mumble rap,” while the other likes classic jazz. Lotus, who works in the fashion industry, and Kenan, who is an NBA player, could not be more different from each other. I don’t want to take away from Iris and August ( Long Shot), Banner and Jared ( Block Shot), and Avery and Decker ( HOOPS Holiday), but Lotus and Kenan steal the show with their opposites-attract chemistry and nobody’s-gonna-bring-us-down respect they have for each other. And I gotta say, Kennedy saved the best for last. Hook Shot is the fourth and final book (third full-length novel) of the HOOPS series. I need to say that upfront because what you’re about to read is a little different from previous reviews we’ve written. This is the hardest review I’ll ever write because this book was personal to me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yancy Academy is where his troubles seem to be worse than usual. Percy is a troubled 12-year-old boy who has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief To see this text, hit the "Expand" link to the right. In the fifth grade, Percy accidentally fired a war cannon, which hit the school bus when he was on a field trip at the Saratoga Battlefield. When he was in fourth grade on a trip to an aquarium, he accidentally hit the wrong lever on the catwalk when his school was visiting the Sea World Shark Pool and made his class take an "unplanned swim". ![]() However, nobody believed Percy when he said that the man had just one big eye. ![]() When he was in third grade, a large man followed Percy around when he was at school, but by threatening to call the police, the teachers eventually got the man to leave. It is said in The Blood of Olympus that Percy has been kicked out of several military academies where they believed that paddling is good for the soul. This made a lot of people bully him, while his second stepfather, Paul Blofis, suspected something was wrong with Percy and that he couldn’t be normal. Strange things often happened around Percy, including a school bus exploding, and an aquarium being flooded, which often resulted in his getting into trouble: he was kicked out of more than six schools over the course of six years. Gabe spent much of his time playing Poker with his friends. Percy nicknamed him "Smelly Gabe", since he smelled like “moldy garlic pizza wrapped in gym shorts”. Percy despised Gabe, as Gabe would frequently bully Percy and abuse his mother. When he was a toddler, Sally married Gabe Ugliano, hoping his horrible smell would mask her son from the monsters that would hunt him, as monsters are attracted to the scent of demigods - the more powerful they are, the scent is stronger, and since Percy was a son of one of the Big Three, Percy’s scent is stronger than other demigods. As Percy grew older, his mother would tell him that his father had been “lost at sea” not dead. Percy described his father's warm smile and a hand on his head as a "golden glow". However, Poseidon occasionally visited Percy when he was in his cradle. When he was just a baby, Percy was attacked by a snake but managed to strangle it to death, just like the famous Roman demigod Hercules. When Percy was a baby, his father left, as it was usual for the gods, and to protect him and his mother from Zeus, who could get angry if he discovers that his brother broke the oath, as children of the Big Three are too powerful for the gods' comfort. ![]() He was named after the famous Greek hero Perseus by his mother for good luck because his namesake was one of the few heroes who had a happy ending and died a peaceful death. Perseus "Percy" Jackson was born on August 18th, to Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, storms, and the creator of horses, and Sally Jackson, a mortal who could see through the Mist. 15.1 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.7 Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods.3.1 Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo.2.5.3 Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades.2.5.2 Percy Jackson and the Bronze Dragon.2.5.1 Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is important to note that the degree of lift achieved with pre-lightening will directly affect the vibrancy and intensity of the final result. 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Research by Russian crystal growers on synthetic pink quartz has demonstrated a color-causing mechanism, which can cause results very similar to the natural material. Material from some of these deposits will fade when exposed to natural light, but its color can be restored by irradiation. This specimen measures 15.5 x 8 inches (39 x 20 cm) and features a core of smoky quartz that resembles a human form surrounded by a glittering halo of transparent pink quartz crystals. In 2013, a superb example called La Madona Rosa (the Pink Madonna) sold for $662,500. The best are often left as mineral specimens, which can command high prices at auction. The finest examples are from Brazil, especially a deposit near Galiléia, located near Governador Valadares in the state of Minas Gerais. It might occur as beautiful clusters of transparent, well-formed crystals. Some in the trade call it “pink crystalline quartz,” “crystalline rose quartz,” or simply “pink quartz.” Compared to massive rose quartz, it’s exceptionally rare. – Robert Weldonīesides the typical cloudy rose quartz, which is colored by inclusions, there’s a type of transparent quartz that owes its pink color to a different mechanism. This adorable piglet was carved by Gerd Dreher from rose quartz mined in Madagascar. The fibers likely crystallized out as the host gem cooled, and they’re aligned according to the crystal directions of the rose quartz. Advanced testing has shown that they’re generally similar-but not identical-to the mineral dumortierite. Research has shown that rose quartz owes its delicate pink color to microscopic inclusions of aligned silicate mineral fibers. It’s typically found in pegmatites, but also occurs in hydrothermal veins. Rose quartz is always found in massive form, so it lacks regular, flat crystal faces. The most appealing color typically occurs in larger sizes, and small rose quartz specimens with good color tend to be rare. It gets its name from its delicate pink color, which ranges from very light (almost white) to medium-dark. Rose quartz is one of the many quartz varieties used as a gem material. The oval gem-fourth from the right-is rose quartz, one of the less abundant gems in the quartz family. There are many attractive and well-known quartz varieties. Comprehensive CAD/CAM For Jewelry Certificate ![]() |