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Rose art magnetix6/4/2023 On February 1, 2006, Rose Art submitted a Full Report which again lacked incident and product information. The report contained no other product or incident information and Rose Art attributed the magnets falling out to unusually abusive play by the toddler’s older siblings. Child Died After Ingesting MagnetĪccording to the CPSC, in December of 2005, Rose Art filed an “initial report” informing the commission that a 22-month-old child from Washington state had died, due to ingesting multiple magnets that fell out of pieces from a Magnetix set. One report involved a 3-year-old boy receiving medical treatment to remove a magnet from his nasal cavity and one report of an 18-month-old boy with a magnet in his mouth, which was not swallowed. Pre-school Magnetic Toys, and 1.3 million MagnaMan Magnetic Toy Figures after receiving 19 reports of magnets coming loose. Last March, Mega Brands recalled 1.1 million Magtastik and Magnetix Jr. By then, injury reports had reached 1,500. In April 2007, the CPSC expanded the recall to include all Magnetix sets sold before March 2006. Magnetix Building Sets were subject to a large scale recall in 2006, following the death of a toddler who swallowed a magnet that had come loose from its casing. This can cause intestinal blockages, bowel perforations and even death. As a result, the magnets clump together, causing the intestines to twist. If a child swallows more than one of these powerful magnets, they can be attracted to each other while in the intestinal tract. The magnets in toys like Magnetix are high-energy neodymium iron boron magnets. Magnet toy sets are considered by many consumer advocates to be among the most dangerous toys on the market. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), Mega Brands America, formerly Rose Art Industries Inc., failed to provide the government with timely information about dangers to children posed by Magnetix magnetic building sets, as required under federal law. Magnetix Toys Manufacturer Pay Civil Penalty. The maker of recalled Magnetix toys will pay a $1.1 million civil penalty for selling the dangerous toys.
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Special movie effects6/4/2023 He thus considers how, even as they mystify audiences, cinematic illusions also inspire them to learn more about the technologies and techniques behind moving images. To answer these questions, Colin Williamson situates film within a long tradition of magical practices that combine art and science, involve deception and discovery, and evoke two forms of wonder-both awe at the illusion displayed and curiosity about how it was performed. What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as “movie magic,” to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a “trick”? The heyday of stage illusionism was over a century ago, so why do such performances still serve as a key reference point for understanding filmmaking, especially now that so much of the cinema rests on the use of computers? ILM’s style, on display in the most successful films of the 1980s and beyond, was so convincing that other studios were forced to follow suit, and today, ILM is a victim of its own success, having fostered a cinematic monoculture in which it is but one player among many. In the context of digital imagery, however, these aesthetic strategies had the opposite effect, heightening the sense of realism by calling on tropes suggesting the authenticity to which viewers were accustomed. Turnock finds that ILM borrowed its technique from the New Hollywood of the 1970s, incorporating lens flares, wobbly camerawork, haphazard framing, and other cinematography that called attention to the person behind the camera. The Empire of Effects shows how the effects company known for the puppets and space battles of the original Star Wars went on to develop the dominant aesthetic of digital realism. It is a realism invented by Hollywood-by one company specifically: Industrial Light & Magic. But the realism of digital effects is not actually true to life. The results are obvious in superhero fantasies, yet dramas like Roma also rely on computer-generated imagery to enhance the verisimilitude of scenes. Just about every major film now comes to us with an assist from digital effects. Integrating aesthetic, historical, and theoretical analyses of digital visual effects, Digital Visual Effects in Cinema is an essential guide for understanding movie-making today. He offers a detailed exploration of each of these tools, from lighting technologies to image capture to stereoscopic 3D. Stephen Prince argues for an understanding of digital technologies as an expanded toolbox, available to enhance both realist films and cinematic fantasies. Some critics, however, fear that this digital revolution marks a radical break with cinematic tradition, heralding the death of serious realistic movies in favor of computer-generated pure spectacle.ĭigital Visual Effects in Cinema counters this alarmist reading, by showing how digital effects–driven films should be understood as a continuation of the narrative and stylistic traditions that have defined American cinema for decades. Not only are these some of the highest-grossing films of all time, they are also prime examples of how digital visual effects have transformed Hollywood filmmaking.
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Modern spore game6/4/2023 Pero al final no encuentro gran cosa para decir que sea atroz. Aunque fue echo para niños, en ese caso supongo que es entendible volverlo todo simple. Algunas personas no les gusta y puedo entenderlo, vuelve la historia de la evolución en unos 5 mini-juegos, mas o menos. Por lo que eh oído traía mucha esperanza, que seria un gran juego con mas posibilidades que los Sims o algo así. Aunque fue echo para niños, en ese caso supongo que es entendible volverlo todo No se mucho de la historia de este juego. No se mucho de la historia de este juego. And, oh yeah, the fact that this still costs 20€ on Steam is absolutely laughable. Let's see if I can muster up the motivation to retrace my steps up to the point where it crashed. When I booted it back up, I was back in the tribal phase! And not even the last time I saved there, but before that! WTF dude? How about an auto-save, at least when you enter a NEW PHASE IN THE GAME? Would that be too much to ask? Up to that point, I had some fun wth Spore, but it's really not all that special. I had just entered the civilzation phase. When I booted it back up, I was back in the tribal phase! And not even the last time I saved there, but before that! WTF dude? How about an auto-save, at least when you enter a NEW PHASE IN THE GAME? Would that be too much to ask? Up to that point, I I had some fun with this, but the game just straight up crashed on me after hours of playing. I had some fun with this, but the game just straight up crashed on me after hours of playing.
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Unintended as it may be, it made me cringe a little due to being a man and well, that is a sensitive spot on the male body to state the obvious.Īnother time, I was sure enemies were inbound on me, I had not been the most efficient in sneaking down a road and so I threw one of my grenades, it literally obliterated a foe, tearing off limbs like it was nothing, yeah, this is that kind of game! Realistic as fudge but damn, what a rush to get out of situations by blowing up your enemies. A clear hit to the nads took down my enemy. It just felt like I was playing a very serious movie at times.Īlso talking about realism in this game, at one point, I was discovered and had the sniper in hand. I felt like parts of this game had his hand in design as well. John Woo being the real hero of heroic bloodshed cinema, if you do not know him, check out his work, you can thank me later. I also enjoyed sneaking up behind people to take them out by hand and not just shoot a bullet through their head in pure John Woo style. The feeling of being in total control, from setting the visor to tagging enemies with their respective distance and well, your first real mission involves shooting a walking target at 1000+ meters. I went through the tutorial thinking it was going to be a similar experience, but I restarted the tutorial twice, just to get that feel. Sniper Elite is more a casual game series and SGW Contracts are more realistic feeling.īut that is a great thing if you want the next best thing. SGW Contracts 2 is very realistic, the wind, the drop of bullets, … it all matters. Maybe I do love them a bit more than SGW Contracts 2 due to the its physics, allow me to explain. SGW Contracts 2 is one of few games in the realistic sniper genre, even more, realistic than the Rebellion hit of Sniper Elite, another game series I just love. Pull off ultra-realistic stealth kills, captured in viscerally graphic detail thanks to the cinematic bullet cam. Replay the mission with a different approach to complete all objectives, ready to spend your earnings on improved gadgets and weaponry.Ĭontracts 2 introduces new levels of fidelity, with optimized visuals, improved FPS, and an enhanced game engine, resulting in the best-looking entry to the series yet. Developed by the same studio behind the original game, Contracts 2 pushes new boundaries with its hyper-realistic sniping experience master a wide arsenal of weaponry based on realistic military equipment explore vast terrains with an enhanced level of detail and confront the series’ most lifelike enemies to date.Įquipped with all-new equipment, each highly replayable contract can be completed in a variety of ways.
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Anime kite liberator rape6/4/2023 In movie time, they form some kind of bond by working together once and meeting together a couple of times to talk afterwards. Someone who is just as skilled as her, but is detached and wants out. (Or is it?) How? She meets an assassin boy named Oburi. Now, this is a movie about Sawa escaping her sexual grooming and assassin job. Don’t you think that subversive thing doesn’t mean anything anymore? This film gave her some agency in the opening moments and then decidedly took it away without a second thought with her getting some of it back before it doesn’t. Now you can see why this is rated R-18 as a hentai. She has also been sexually abused by Akai since she was little and Sawa is a college student now. Her job? Eliminating whatever targets Akai and Kanai want to get rid of to cull the world and police’s image. Sawa was an orphan girl taken in by corrupt police detectives by the name Akai and Kanie at a young age and has the blood of her parents in her earrings as keepsakes. Kite is a story that has police corruption and sexual grooming in it. This is movie with a horrible under current behind it. It’s a very Joss Whedon kind of subversion that thinks just making that a gender subversion is enough to carry a story. It introduces the world of this show, gives us a cool female assassin lady with exploding bullets so we instantly know her job, and it breaks the usual narrative of what would happen quite a bit. Now, that intro is very cool and I like it a lot. Surprise! Sawa turns out to be an assassin that has a special gun with exploding bullets and the TV Star is one of her targets. A tv star goes on a date with a girl named Sawa and tries to make some big moves on her in a hallway. Kite starts out by trying to be somewhat cool and subversive. I think I might be out of my depth, but I’m going to try writing about Kite anyway. That is what the films that I have watched from Tarantino try to do and that is what Kite tries to do in an even worse way. I think I understand why I don’t like Tarantino’s films at all, because indulging in violence in a tone deaf way while attempting to say something just doesn’t work for me at all. What about being confused about why something is considered a cult classic to a lot of people? Especially famous people like Samuel L. Did you ever watch a series that made you open up the R-18 ranking on an anime listing website to show that you’ve watched it? Yeah, Kite made me do that because there is some bad sexual content in this film.
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Dayz launcher keeps crashing6/4/2023 BANNED : DayZ banned first in Australia, now. shark stratos - Your source for MMO games and MMORPGsThe game if now free on the Xbox Game Pass, but with such a complex game, new players need to know about the map and where they could spawn in. A few months back in October 2021, ScottyB was asked what sort of support the game would receive in 2022. advertisement .A detailed interactive map for the latest version of DayZ showing loot spots with tiers for several maps, including Chernarus, Livonia, Banov, Chiemsee, DeerIsle, Esseker, Iztek, Melkart, Namalsk, Rostow, Pripyat, TakistanPlus, Valning, Vela and YipritDayZ 2022 Roadmap Content So far we don't have a firm content roadmap for DayZ in 2022, but once again, ScottyB the PR & Brand Manager for the game has given a fairly decent outline of what we can expect in the meantime. Always …A detailed interactive map for the latest version of DayZ showing loot spots with tiers for several maps, including Chernarus, Livonia, Banov, Chiemsee, .Different maps can be found around the world. Join a group with your friends and coordinate your gameplay with shared markers and shapes on the map. More News & Guides for DayZ DayZ Roadmap 2021: New Dangers, Smart Zombies & MoreiZurvive provides you with DayZ and Arma 3 maps including loot spawns, landmarks and city names. Now I will explain to you what exactly awaits you in Takistan. “Standalone”, I mention so directly because this map is a veteran of the DayZ Mod. New map, old game: DayZ Takistan is finally playable on various servers of the DayZ Standalone. Actually, the Livonia scenario set in summer, which you can make out from the lush green. The terrain originally created for the military simulation Arma 3 was also implemented for DayZ at the end of 2019. The mountains are so beautiful: You should already be familiar with the DayZ Livonia map.
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Goofy goober6/4/2023 SpongeBob: Never! (jumps to Hasselhoff's other foot dramatically) Yeah! I did it!ĭennis: You got guts, kid. (SpongeBob tries to run from Dennis, but he's coming closer and closer)ĭennis: Come on, kid, give it up. Dennis pulls out a knife, which he accidentally stabs Hasselhoff in the butt with) (Dennis throws Patrick towards Hasselhoff's feet) Run, SpongeBob! (SpongeBob runs. He takes off his smashed through shades and throws them in the sea.) (back above the ocean, Dennis has appeared. Mindy: Stalling? I'm not stalling anything. Turns to Mindy) Mindy!!! Will you butt out?! I won't have you stalling this execution. (muttering) What? (realizes what he just said. Neptune: Except give SpongeBob and Patrick a little more time. Mindy: You can give SpongeBob and Patrick a little more time. Krabs: (he is rapidly sweating mounds of ice cubes) Please, I didn't do it! Neptune: Eugene Krabs, your six-day reprieve is up, and it is time for you to die. He is sitting on a small chair) This is the best seat in the house. Plankton: (he has popcorn and a drink with him. (at the Krusty Krab 2, Neptune and Mindy arrive) Then, he peels himself off and lands on Hasselhoff's foot) Ah! Dennis!ĭennis: (smiles in an evil manner) Did you miss me? From it, Dennis reforms, his sunglasses smashed through, his teeth sharp and his clothes ripped. It lifts back to reveal a smudged, green blob, very similar to Plankton earlier when he got stepped on by SpongeBob. But how? (the boot stops behind Hasselhoff's foot. (the diver's boot emerges from the ocean) Bigger boot. Patrick: Unidentified object off the hindquarters. SpongeBob: Hooray for Hasselhoff! Nothing can stop us now. Hasselhoff continues swimming toward Bikini Bottom) We see a guy on a boat and Hasselhoff swims past him) (cut to above the ocean, with David Hasselhoff swimming with SpongeBob and Patrick. Chapter 37: Return of the Angry Assassin It should say "The day that Krabs fries!" (looks out the window and sees King Neptune and Princess Mindy arrive) Oooh! Guess who's here. The date is wrong) Sorry about this, calendar. Plankton: Well, Krabs, you know what today is? (looks at the calendar. (inside the Krusty Krab 2, Plankton is walking in) Plankton's slaves are still under control)īikini Bottom Residents: All hail Plankton. The next scene depicts SpongeBob and Patrick riding toward Bikini Bottom) (SpongeBob and Patrick spot David Hasselhoff running towards them) How will we ever get back to Bikini Bottom now?ĭavid Hasselhoff: (offscreen) I can take you there. SpongeBob: No, no, stop! (chases after the bag) Point bag away from home, feet firmly on ground, pull string, releasing the winds. SpongeBob: Well, that seems simple enough. (pulls the string tied around the bag, and the bag flies out of his arm) SpongeBob: "Step three: Remove string from bag, releasing the winds. Patrick: Right! (plants his feet in the sand) SpongeBob: "Step two: Plant feet firmly on ground. (reads the paper with the instructions on it) Let's see, it says here, "Step one: Point bag away from home. SpongeBob stares at him, wide-eyed) What? (Patrick shows a lump on his butt) Here you go. SpongeBob: Do you still have that bag of winds? (the two carry the crown outside to the beach) Let's get this crown back to Bikini Bottom. Krabs, squirt glue at the scuba diver and the other sea creatures attack the scuba diver and SpongeBob and Patrick escape) Come on, Patrick. Three Lobsters that bear a strong resemblance to Mr. Puff, a Spanish band, the seahorses and three of Patrick's relatives reanimate. Look! (1,007 sea creatures, including Mr. Suddenly, all of the sea creatures in the room begin to shake and come back to life because of the water sprinklers) (the camera pulls up to reveal that the scuba diver is the one that picked it up. Huh? (he and Patrick scream)Ĭyclops: ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (scuba diver picks up crown) Hey, it's lighter than I thought. (he and SpongeBob rush over to the crown and get ready to pick it up) SpongeBob: Hey, we're alive! (the pirates cheer and we see SpongeBob and Patrick) Let's get that crown.
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Plus plans Halloween and Christmas events and a rapid update schedule. While PvP is not mandatory, it does reward players with Zender, a special currency that can be exchanged for mounts, costumes, and more. In-depth crafting for equipment, cooking, alchemy, woodworking, and moreĭuel Arena - head-to-head combat that’s 1v1 or 4v4.Ĭoliseum - players or groups face off against waves of monsters, competing for high score.Īvalon - 300v300v300 tri-faction war for map & resource control. Plus every dungeon run is timed and scored, giving players the chance to earn bonuses!But dungeons are more than just a good source of new equipment and materials they’re also the primary way to earn Astels. Back in August, I had the opportunity to try out the beta for Astellia Online, and I was pleasantly surprised by the promise that the MMO showed. The truly brave can try to solo a group dungeon for greater challenge… and greater rewards. Or, since players can summon up to three at a time, they can be a party.Įach of the over a dozen dungeons in Astellia comes in three difficulty settings - Tutorial, Solo, and Group - each loot table. (For example, a warrior summoning a healer type Astel effectively becomes a paladin.) Astels also play a big part in groups, effectively doubling or even quadrupling party sizes. Were giving away 10x Scholomance Academy Pre-Purchase Bundle (55 Scholomance Academy Packs +. Each of the currently 30 unique Astel has its own personality, backstory, and skills that combine with player classes. It met with mixed reviews - literally, according to Steam- dwindling to a triple-digit player base shortly after launch, and hasnt even risen above double digits since May. Astels - the game's namesake - are unique companions who aid players throughout the game, joining in combat and driving the story. Remember Astellia Online That was a not-Free MMORPG released in January 2020 by developer Studio 8, a subsidiary of Barunson E&A. E&A Announce Pre-Orders and the Start of Closed Beta for Astellia. Subclasses can be swapped freely and they’ll bring their own unique, powerful skills. Astellia Online Impressions: Barely More Than Just Another Generic Korean. In addition to these, Astellia will also be releasing three subclasses for each of the original classes this year. Scholar - Healer that still packs a punch this looks like a cashgrab in a free to play game turned buy to play to get money upfront before they eventually make it free to play since no population. Let’s take a closer look at what it has to offer.Īstellia launches with five classes based on the "Holy Trinity" of RPG role (tanking, dealing damage per second (DPS) or healing)Īssassin - Melee DPS with devastating finishing combos and not only is it extremely overpriced for what it gives. On September 27th, 2019, Astellia will officially launch in North America and the European Union, with pre-orders ending September 20th. See you in Astellia.Astellia is an MMORPG designed to be evocative of the genre’s root while adding in companions with unique personalities and stories and epic 300v300v300 PvP play. Newbies the to game (and the genre overall) can ease in as they see fit, while taking advantage of the game’s quality of life functions, such as auto-running to the exact location of your next quest with a single click.Īstellia Online may not have the draw that World of Warcraft Classic currently has, but if you’re on the edge of deciding whether or not to pick it up - it is pay-to-play, after all - my suggestion would be to dive in headfirst. The intricacies of character progression, endgame content, and PvP challenges are enough to get any veteran MMO player’s blood pumping. have given away just try to search it read more Astellia Online Beta keys You. In my first week of playing, I honestly feel like I haven’t even scratched the surface, and have a ton of content to explore. Call of Pripyat GOG Key Platform: GOG Release Date: Product Description. Having been a Korean game that has been Westernized no doubt brings a generic sort of connotation with the game, but those feelings are short-sighted and ill-informed.Īstellia Online provides a genuine feeling of sincerity in allowing you to play however you want. It would be easy to say that Astellia Online doesn’t bring enough to the genre to make it worthwhile for veteran MMO players to pick up.
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It allows one to play high-resolution videos from digital files. MPlayerX is considered the fastest video player for Mac.
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Atlas vs monterrey6/4/2023 Please note that match schedules and timing are subject to changes. This will not only help make the website better, but also give us some new opportunities to interact with each other and share ideas on how to digitally fuel our passion for this sport even further. Let's make the most of this opportunity to shape up this emerging community, where football stats fans can thrive. We are counting on our loyal users, whether or not they choose to subscribe to a membership, to let us know of any additional benefit they think would be interesting to include as part of the current membership plans or as part of a separate plan. Atlas and Monterrey have a pretty solid H2H history, as they met 42 times in the last seasons, with Atlas winning 11 games, while Monterrey won 20 games. ) Quaternary geologic map of the Monterrey 49 x. Who knows what else this new chapter of the website's existence will lead us to. Series : Miscellaneous investigations series ( Geological Survey ( U.S. To get an idea of the advertising-free experience available site-wide to logged-in members, you can view the pages related to the following league. you can browse through the website with no advertising This is why we have partnered with Steady to provide our users with an option to become a member. Monterrey U20 - 9 February 2023 - Soccerway. 90'+6' Julin Quiones (Atlas) wins a free kick in the defensive half. From now on we are implementing the tools to provide those among our users who have been asking for a way to navigate the site with no advertisements, with a simple way to get the best browsing experience we can offer. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Atlas 0, Monterrey 2. We will of course continue to work on improving the website's content and listen to the feedback from our loyal visitors. So it's time for the project to start a new chapter, keep what's working and adapt what's not. Our website is no exception and like everything else it needs to adapt to survive. In the last few months our advertising revenue has been affected - like so many other publications - by the global economic environment. Since 1998 when our website was first published, and even earlier when it had a different name, our goal has been to combine some of our passions into a media that like-minded visitors would find fun to explore.īeyond the entertainment, our hope is that this website finds its place somewhere along the daily or weekly digital path of people who love football as much as we do.Īdvertising revenue has been keeping the site alive through the years and our intention has always been to maintain a balance between the indispensable ad-based funding and improving the user experience as much as possible. To calculate the above duration values based on a total of 90 minutes, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are considered scored on the 45th minute, and goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.Īt we live and breathe football, statistics, and analysis. Lead durations Lead durations in 90 minutes of regular time |