Pretty much everyone expected the RD250/350LC to be the last gasp of the performance two stroke, but they were wrong. In 1983 a thermostat was fitted, which cured the ailment. The first model RD350LC was not fitted with a thermostat however, and in cold European weather, had trouble reaching an optimum operating temperature – a problem many riders address by the expedient of applying tape to the radiator to raise the temperature. The water-cooling of the RD/LC was a big selling point, with finer tolerances achieved as a result of a more stable engine temperature. With the Japanese ‘big four’ all producing road-going two strokes, variants of the YPVS system caught on rapidly from the time it first appeared on the revamped LC models in 1983. As revs increased, the engine’s CDI unit allowed the valve to rotate to a fully open position at maximum revs. In California, measures went even further, with a third converter in the header pipes and a carbon canister inside the fuel tank to capture vapour before it reached the atmosphere.įor the 1980 Grand Prix season, Kenny Roberts’ works YZR500 was fitted with what Yamaha called YPVS – Yamaha Power Valve System – a rotating cylinder fitted across the engine’s exhaust ports which was controlled electronically to vary the port timing and increase power and torque – and burn the mixture more completely. When combined with oxygen, the converter essentially ignited the unburned fuel mixture that had passed through the engine. In fact, the RZ350 (as it was sold in US) did not appear in the American market until 1983, and only then with the addition of a catalytic converter in each muffler of the exhaust system, and with no adjustment possible within the carburettors to deter home tuners from fiddling with the factory settings. Again, it was US emission laws that sounded the death knell. The 350 went on sale in Australia in 1981, priced at $2099, and continued until 1986, during which time it subtly evolved into the form of the bike featured on these pages. RZ350 in a Sydney dealership, circa 1984. Getting the expansion chamber exhaust to stay in one piece took a little longer. There were also persistent mid-range performance issues – a combination of cylinder design and carburation settings, with both these original components replaced in the next model, along with a redesigned reed valve and a new design of oil pump. Vibration was the main culprit, causing exhaust pipes to crack and exhaust mounting studs to break off. But the 350 in particular was not without its problems, which began to show up immediately, especially under racing conditions. It took a few months longer (until mid 1980) before the model began appearing in showrooms in Europe, in both 250cc and 350cc form, and with twin front discs, where they were eagerly snaffled up. The new roadster sported a single disc brake up front and a drum rear brake. RD250LCs line up for practice at Bathurst in 1981.Īs shown in Paris, the LC (Liquid Cooled) sported the Monoshock cantilever rear suspension originally conceived by the Belgian designer Lucien Tilkins, and which had graced the TZ range since the C model of 1975. Naturally, this point was not lost on legions of aspiring play racers, who saw the new RD350LC as the answer to their prayers – a weekday ride that could more than hold its own on the track on weekends. It’s just that the ‘LC’ (the RD bit was a tilt to the now-defunct air-cooled RD range which had run up the white flag in the battle against ever-tougher emission laws) was such a complete package – the prodigal son of the racing TZ stable that had powered privateers and works riders alike since 1972, and without which, racing would have struggled to survive. But it wasn’t that revolutionary, after all, Scott built the same thing more than 50 years earlier. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook When Yamaha trotted out the RD350LC at the Paris Motorcycle Show in 1979, it was hailed as a miracle of modern engineering – a water-cooled twin cylinder two-stroke. From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 71 – first published in 2018.
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This is the story of Leah, a 9-year-old whose mother goes away one day, as adults in her town often do. But it’s the kind of upsetting that comes with being an emotionally fraught nail-biter, true and heart-wrenching right to its fantastic core. I don’t know that I should describe “Wild Things Got to Go Free” by Heather Clitheroe – ( Beneath Ceaseless Skies #170) as “fun” because, in fact, I found it deeply upsetting. Wild Things Got to Go Free by Heather Clitheroe Coupled with a strong, action-driven plot, this is exactly the kind of substantial page-turner that fantasy should strive to be. These flashbacks aren’t the selkie’s motivation, but rather a way of humanizing him – or perhaps, in showing that the world of human wars is the magical world as well. The selkie sees her, and himself, in the humans that surround him, like a vein of “wyrd” that runs through us all. These are beautifully evocative, the tale of a strong, powerful survivor who not only makes her own fate, but shapes the future of the world as well. Interwoven with the selkie’s struggles are his memories of his witch-wife many hundreds of years earlier, in the time of the Vikings. He negotiates with Danish ulfhednar and Sami noaidi, fighting for the fate of the world with the same engagement a human might. In the selkie’s world of magic and spycraft, the mysterious takes centre stage – humans are present only in the background. What they do is secret and mysterious, the way magic always is, but also the way espionage is. The selkie is a very old and powerful being, but Yeh hints at a world teeming with these, all embroiled in the affairs of humans. The trunk contains the key to the Allies’ victory over the Axis, but the selkie is intercepted and captured by a Nazi ship. The narrator is a selkie towing a mysterious trunk across the North Sea from Russia to England. Yeh ( Lackington’s #6) is a rich, nail-biting story of magical espionage during WWII wrapped up in the language and imagery that Lackington’s always emphasizes. I just expect it to carry a little something extra as well. But I still long for that “visceral, gut-level, swashbuckling fun” that drew me to genre in the first place. This is because I read a lot and have long since succumbed to what Tobias Buckell describes as the chief danger of long-term reviewing in his 2013 post, “The fate of today’s book bloggers.” After a while, you begin to see the same stories again and again and in your search for something new, different, and exciting, your tastes become rather rarefied. I read a manifesto recently that described a lot of current SFF as “niche, academic, overtly to the Left in ideology and flavor, and ultimately lacking what might best be called visceral, gut-level, swashbuckling fun.” I’m sympathetic to this author’s complaints even if I think niche, academic, ideological work is enjoyable for exactly those reasons. You can now communicate while editing documents. Quip makes collaborating within document easier with built-in live chat. They have adopted a modern layout that’s clean and beautiful. I mean, doesn’t it gives a Word kind of feeling? If you think so too, check out Quip. While Google Docs was designed to be the go-to source for writers and collaborators, it still rocks a pretty simple but bland design. Not to mention the fact that every other app it plans to replace costs individually more than Notion. But, power users will be more than happy to explore what Notion has to offer. It can be excessive for someone who is just looking for a place to empty his/her mind. It’s beautiful and nicely done, but not for everybody. They want to create a single point of interaction for all things data and collaboration. Notion is a very flexible and powerful tool. When it comes to collaboration and embedding elements, Notion is a true Dropbox Paper replacement. You can even work with spreadsheets like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. You can take notes like OneNote, create Kanban boards and cards like Trello, embed pretty much anything like snippets of code and SoundCloud like in Dropbox Paper. Notion wants to be the all-in-one platform. Plus, it integrates nicely with other G Suite apps like Sheets, Slides, and Calendar.Ĭheck our in-depth guide on how you can use Docs and Keep together to make the ultimate note-taking experience. However, you can still embed pretty much all popular file formats and YouTube videos inside Docs. Google Docs can’t handle as many formats as Paper can. A single document where you can collaborate with others in real-time. That’s why it is often recommended as a Dropbox Paper rival by many. Google Docs comes closest to the format that is followed by Dropbox Paper. One particular feature I like is the ability to encrypt specific pieces of text inside notes. You can scan important documents and even business cards to store them permanently.Įvernote is so flexible that you would be amazed how they were able to fit so many features, and yet keep the interface intuitive. Input ideas as text, images, voice, and even videos. A place to put all your thoughts, notes, and pieces of information, ready to be retrieved with the click of a few buttons.Įvernote lets you take notes in a variety of formats, and almost everywhere. It quickly became everybody’s favorite digital archive. Do you work with PDF files? Use OneNote to annotate, highlight, or edit PDF files and save them directly in OneDrive or right inside OneNote.Įvernote changed the way people took notes. That means you can take quick notes and sync them between devices or create to-do lists in Outlook and sync them with OneNote. Microsoft recently integrated Sticky Notes and Outlook with OneNote. With advanced features such as text-to-speech, OCR, mathematical equations, and deep integration with other Microsoft apps, OneNote remains one of our top picks even today. Taking inspiration from a physical notebook, OneNote allows users to store notes logically in sections that are classified into notebooks. OneNote is one of the oldest note-taking apps in the world and a solid Dropbox Paper alternative. I'd say: if you need Air Display for a secondary display for some side windows: it's just perfect! If you want to use it as a primary display, like me, be aware that it does not fully match the quality of a directly connected external monitor, but I find that the advantage of having an additional 24" monitor far outweighs the impracticalities. I compared it to another solution: ScreenRecycler, but that ways a thousand times! And moreover: ScreenRecycler does not work in 64-bit mode. But things quickly got better when (1) I replaced my background picture with just one color and (most importantly) (2) I connected both the machines to a wired network. My primary work in this setup entails writing web-based software, so for the most part I'm looking at a text editor and web browsers.Īt first I hated the Air Display setup, since I found the response too slow and the jpeg-like artifacts (that appear and quickly disappear when anything changes on the screen) too annoying to be workable. Unfortunately the 2009 iMac has no video input, so I choose Air Display. Working at home, I'd like to use my MacBook for its speed, but I'd like to use the iMac's large display as my primary display next to my MacBook. My use case: I have 2009 24" iMac at home and a 2011 15" MacBook Pro for my work. But after fiddling around with it for a while, I can conclude that I like it enough to reward it with 4 stars. I've been holding back on reviewing this app, since I've had mixed feelings about it. The Air Display host software is not compatible with Windows.Mac host: macOS 10.10 and above (not compatible with macOS 10.13.4–10.13.6).Both computers must be on the same Wi-Fi network, or connected via Ethernet, Thunderbolt, or USB-C.Air Display for iOS is available in the iTunes App Store (and you’ll still need the same free host software on your main computer). If you want to use your iPad or other device as your second screen, you do not need to purchase this app. You can install this app onto multiple Macs, as long as they use the same Apple ID.On your main computer, go to /gethost and install the free host app.Purchase this app on the Mac you want to use as your second display. Just install the free Air Display host app (from /gethost) on your main Mac, and download this Air Display client app on your second Mac. Connect via Wi-Fi or with a wired connection (Ethernet, Thunderbolt, or USB-C).Either extend your screen to get more room to work or mirror to share your screen with an audience.Use up to 4 devices simultaneously to extend or mirror your computer.Drag windows, apps, or control palettes from your main screen to give yourself more room to work.This is the client app that turns one Mac into a second monitor for another Mac. IMPORTANT: This is NOT the free Air Display host software that you need on your main computer. You can connect wirelessly or with a cable. It's easy to use! Just launch this app on your spare Mac, then connect to it from the free host app on your main Mac, to instantly expand its screen real estate. Note: The host software requires an Intel-based Mac.Īir Display lets you use a spare Mac’s screen as an extra display for your main Mac. Did you know there's also an Air Display app in the iOS App Store that turns your iPad or iPhone into a Mac monitor? Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 10 responses to interview Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 87 responses to interview The female resume got 870% more responses. Sometimes the male went first, sometimes the female went first. Obviously, it is the best ape index all over the world at the moment. He is 7 feet 7 inches tall and his wingspan is 8 feet 6 inches. View his overall, offense & defense attributes, badges, and compare him with. The measures of Manute Bol are considered to be at the top of the list. Check out Current Orlando Magic player Bol Bol and his rating on NBA 2K22. His inseam was 49 inches and he had a wingspan of 8ft and 6 inches. with a remarkable 10'5' standing reach and 8'6' wingspan, Bol used that. Some of the players with good ape index are mentioned below. Find out how tall Manute Bol is, discover other Celebrity Heights and Vote on how. Made a fake resume, and responded to craigslist ads with both male and female names. While NBA players are all anomalies, Manute Bol stood out from even that unusual. So then I thought "what about someone looking for working class jobs?" So I decided to focus on restaurants- servers, hosting, etc. Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 45 responses to interview The female resume was 650% more likely to get a callback. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 7 responses for interview. I'd send it out with my real name, then a few days later (or few days before) with a female name. So I took my CV and changed the name to a female name. It's MUCH better being a woman So I did an experiment, I work in CS and decided to test what the gender bias is. Get the best deals on Manute Bol Indiana Nba Fan Apparel & Souvenirs when you shop the largest online selection at. During his rookie season, this 7’7 giant led the league with five blocks per game. 29.6K 1.3K sent 100 applications as a man and a woman. Manute Bol (Ape Index: +11.0') Manute Bol is one of the best shot blockers in the history of American basketball. The customer may not refuse part deliveries. Products are always transported at the customer’s risk. The products are transported at the customer’s expense except where the delivery is made by KAPITOL S.A.’s vehicles. 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University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5). The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then receive a bye in the first round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. The four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6. Within each conference, the four division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. 7 Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24.6.1.2 AFC: New England Patriots 45, Indianapolis Colts 7.6.1.1 NFC: Seattle Seahawks 28, Green Bay Packers 22 (OT).5.2.2 AFC: Indianapolis Colts 24, Denver Broncos 13.5.2.1 NFC: Green Bay Packers 26, Dallas Cowboys 21.5.1.2 NFC: Seattle Seahawks 31, Carolina Panthers 17. 5.1.1 AFC: New England Patriots 35, Baltimore Ravens 31.4.2.2 NFC: Dallas Cowboys 24, Detroit Lions 20.4.2.1 AFC: Indianapolis Colts 26, Cincinnati Bengals 10.4.1.2 AFC: Baltimore Ravens 30, Pittsburgh Steelers 17.4.1.1 NFC: Carolina Panthers 27, Arizona Cardinals 16.“Just a great team effort,” Prescott told NBC’s Michele Tafoya after the game. Five different targets surpassed 50 yards, Cooper catching seven balls for 85 yards and a score. The Cowboys’ defense nabbed two more takeaways with a DeMarcus Lawrence pick-six and Diggs' interception. Quarterback Dak Prescott finished the contest 28-of-39 for 330 yards, four touchdowns (all in the first half) and a 131.4 rating. “We had confidence that we’d check this box,” McCarthy said Friday after they made the playoffs, “but this is about winning the division outright and staying in the hunt for a higher seed.” 2 seed in the NFC won’t easily be wrestled from them. They exited with a resounding statement that their No. So the Cowboys arrived at Sunday night's kickoff as 2021 NFC East champions, their playoff spot clinched for the first time in three years. NFL PLAYOFF PICTURE: How NFC shapes up after Cowboys' win MORE: 32 things we learned from Week 16 of 2021 NFL season They wanted to win the NFC East by the end of their "Sunday Night Football" contest vs. They wanted to keep riding a defensive takeaway streak. The Cowboys entered the weekend aiming to re-establish offensive rhythm. Some players’ parents were not yet born then. Their 42 first-half points matched the Cowboys’ franchise record before halftime, the first time they had reached the mark since Oct. Rookie defensive end Chauncey Golston returned a blocked punt for a special teams score. Tight end Dalton Schultz, receiver Amari Cooper and receiver Malik Turner caught touchdown passes. The Cowboys scored by pick-six and by big man touchdown, by Ezekiel Elliott’s legs and through his arms. Diggs’ 11th pick-tying Everson Walls for the single-season team record-set up Dallas' initial touchdown, and Washington would never recover. Sure, the Cowboys failed to score on their first offensive possession.īut then cornerback Trevon Diggs nabbed an interception on the Cowboys’ first defensive snap of the game. Washington’s 42-point loss was the worst in franchise history to the Cowboys, the series’ most extreme decision formerly a 38-3 Dallas win 28 years ago to the day. ARLINGTON, Texas - Perhaps Washington wanted to embarrass Dallas when it brought climate-controlled, “WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM”-branded benches to the moderate-temperature sideline of a "Sunday Night Football" matchup with the Cowboys.Įmbarrassment, indeed, described the Cowboys-Football Team contest.īut it was Washington, suffering a 56-14 defeat, who most suffered embarrassment. Mazzarin's Demise IV is the latest incarnation of Mazzarin's Demise for Myth II 1.4.x. Manistee Paintball Challenge is a paintball Total Conversion featuring many new map making possibilities made available in Myth II 1.4.x & 1.5.x.įar more than a mere port of the popular TFL co-op favorite, this version of Mazzarin's Demise is redone entirely from scratch, taking full advantage of Myth 1.4's new features and an army of over 2200 enemies. If you download and install this plugin you can look forward to intense Special Forces action.ĭol Baran v2.1 is a new and improved incarnation of Sandman's classic Dol Baran desert map featuring a new solo/co-op, three 5-start FFAs and three large 2-team meshes (one of which is made specifically for Special Forces).įrenzy is a variety of hectic co-op and multiplayer maps, some ported from TFL and others newly designed. It features many unique terrain elements like climbable towers and cliffs surrounding the center of the map that contribute to its great gameplay and beautiful scenery.Ī showcase plugin for Myth 1.4 and a massive Civil War Total Conversion with gorgeous new units, Blue & Grey is the first plugin that takes advantage of nearly all of the new mapmaking features in Myth 1.4.Ĭarnage Islands is an innovative new plugin by Ozone that makes use of the boat turning map making option new to Myth II 1.4 as well as others. A Shattered VisageĪ Shattered Visage is a team and FFA map that is very strategy oriented. Project Magma's long list of quality plugins. Experience your favorite levels as never before, in stunning high-fidelity high-resolution 24 bit glory! Simply place it into your plugins to add high resolution textures to all of the original Myth II solo and multiplayer maps. (NOTE: this item has been superseded by the Detail Texture Megapack, above.) Released along with Myth II 1.7.0, the Bungie Map Textures addon is our premiere showpiece for the new Detail Texturing system. An absolute must-have for anyone who likes detail textures. Detail Texture MegapackĪ true labour of love, Jon God's Detail Texture Megapack adds gorgeous high resolution landscape textures to a stunning number of different maps - over 450 in total! The list includes all of the Bungie maps, all of the big 3rd party total conversions like Chimera, TSG, Jinn, Green Berets, as well as hundreds of individual maps. Special plugins which enhance the game's appearance rather than adding new playable levels. The User Uploads directory is a good place to start. If you can't find something on the Tain, it might be on the uDogs hotline. Myth updates, addons, plugins, and other files made by Myth fans past and present can be found there.Ī file hosting archive typically used by Myth mapmakers (mod-makers) for their work-in-progress beta projects until they are ready to be placed on the Tain. The TainĪ file hosting archive dedicated to the "Myth" series: Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth 2: Soulblighter, and Myth 3: The Wolf Age. Links to file hosting sites dedicated for the Myth series. Sports four solo levels, two net maps and multiplayer capability for hours of online carnage. Get it now.before it's too late.View available Myth II updates by Project Magma.Īn updated demo to Myth II: Soulblighter, taking advantage of all the improvements Myth II has received throughout its lifespan. Now you can match the power of your sorcery with the power of your favorite operating system. Thanks to the efforts of Loki, this awesome adventure is now available for Linux 2.x and glibc2. For fantasy gamers, this is far better than a slab of roast beast washed down with a tall ale. Test your fortitiude by challenging others on your network or online to a battle to the death, or cross swords and sages with Soulblighter himself. In command of a ragtag army of beserkers, dwarves, soldiers and sorcerers, you are the last hope (yet again) of saving the folk of Madrigal and the West from the evil might of Soulblighter and his minions. Sharpen your swords and fire up the cauldrons-Soulblighter is back! Bungie's thrilling strategy adventure, Myth II: Soulblighter, brings back the scourge of the West and challenges you with all-new scenarios and improved graphics and 3D rendering. Homepage: Developed by: Loki Entertainment Myth II: Soulblighter brings back the scourge of the West and challenges you with all-new scenarios and improved 3D graphics. Today it’s one of the most recognizable branding logos in the world. The next day, he got a call from the management of the yet-unlaunched channel telling him that his design had been chosen. He put that design at the bottom of his pile, thinking that it had no chance. So he pulled over and scribbled an extra design with a pencil in his car. But while he was driving to submit his papers, he was thinking about the teardrop-shaped keychains that were popular in the Arab world at the time. Hamdy Al-Sharif, an Egyptian artist who had been working for Qatar TV since 1973, decided to enter a few designs, playing with the Arabic letters in different calligraphy styles. In 1996, Al Jazeera’s founders announced a local competition in Qatar for whoever would like to submit a design.
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