![]() ![]() It is then allowed to cool to about 200˚F (93˚C), and stirred either in the cooking vessel or in an appropriately sized container until granulation is achieved. Maple Sugar – Granulated maple sugar (also known as stirred sugar or Indian sugar) is prepared by heating maple syrup until the temperature is 45˚ to 50˚F (25˚ to 28˚C) above the boiling point of water. Sugar Cubes – They are made from moist granulated sugar that is pressed into molds and then dried. Its main distinguishing characteristics are a paper-white color and fine crystals. It is the most common form of sugar and the type most frequently called for in recipes. This is the sugar most known to consumers, is the sugar found in every home’s sugar bowl, and most commonly used in home food preparation. Granulated Sugar – Also called table sugar or white sugar. The uniformity of crystal size prevents separation or settling of larger crystals to the bottom of the box, an important quality in dry mixes. Fruit sugar has a more uniform small crystal size than “regular” sugar. Its use is limited by price and the fact it does not dissolve when added to liquids.įruit Sugar – Fruit sugar is slightly finer than “regular” sugar and is used in dry mixes such as gelatin and pudding desserts, and powdered drinks. It is ground up from dehydrated dates, is high in fiber. These characteristics are important in making fondants, confections and liquors.ĭate Sugar – Date sugar is more a food than a sweetener. The large crystal size of coarse sugar makes it highly resistant to color change or inversion (natural breakdown to fructose and glucose) at cooking and baking temperatures. Coarse sugar is recovered when molasses-rich, sugar syrups high in sucrose are allowed to crystallize. As its name implies, the crystal size of coarse sugar is larger than that of “regular” sugar. The other two types of powdered sugar are used by industrial bakers.Ĭoarse Sugar – Also known as pearl or decorating sugar. The confectioners sugar available in supermarkets – 10X – is the finest of the three and is used in icings, confections and whipping cream. ![]() Powdered sugar is ground into three different degrees of fineness. It contains about 3% cornstarch to prevent caking. This sugar is granulated sugar ground to a smooth powder and then sifted. ![]() It is called “berry sugar” in British Columbia.Ĭonfectioners or Powdered Sugar – In Canada and Great Britain (England) it is called icing sugar and in France sucre glace. In the United States, superfine sugar or the new Baker’s sugar may be substituted. granulated sugar) which allows it to dissolve almost instantly. UK castor/caster sugar is very finely granulated sugar (finer than U.S. Bakers Special is used for sugaring doughnuts and crumb texture.Ĭastor/Caster Sugar – Spelled both “caster” and “castor.” The spelling castor sugar used to be the prevailing one, but caster sugar seems to be more usual now, perhaps because it is used by some sugar manufacturers on their packaging. As its name suggests, it was developed specially for the baking industry. Each crystal size provides unique functional characteristics that make the sugar appropriate for a specific food’s special need.īakers Special Sugar – The crystal size of Bakers Special is even finer than that of fruit sugar. The types of granulated sugars differ in crystal size. Some of these are used only by the food industry and professional bakers and are not available in the supermarket. There are many different types of granulated sugar. When making homemade breads, sugar feeds the yeast that provides the rise of the bread. Sugar is an integral part of the baking process. When it comes to baking, sugar is one of the most important ingredients used in recipes. Learn about the different type of sugar available. Sugar occurs in greatest quantities in sugar cane and sugar beets from which it is separated for commercial use. It is the major product of photosynthesis, the process by which plants transform the sugar energy into food. Sugar or sucrose, is a simple carbohydrate that occurs naturally in every fruit and vegetable in the plant kingdom. ![]()
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![]() When you match the matching icons you are moved in the direction of the match on the map. The corresponding elements are also how you move around the board. You need to line up 3 or more identical tiles in a row. One of the main objectives of the game is to match the tiles. You can always go to time mode once you are comfortable with the game. That way you have a good chance of meeting your goals and getting the items you need while you get familiar with the game. One of the biggest tips and tricks of Runefall is to start the game in relaxed mode instead of timed mode. Also, certain items need to be found before you can go to the next level. There is a lot of territory to cover on each platform. You will traverse massive surroundings, collect resources, overcome obstacles, solve mysteries, unlock treasures and help upgrade the town. The ultimate goal of every level is to collect all rune-tiles. Your mission is to find the resources needed to help pay tribute and save the town from a dismal and mundane existence. These great discoveries encourage the so called “heavy-eyed” town and the town begins to wake up and come back to life. However, valuable runes and enchantments are discovered while searching for the resources necessary to pay tribute. Now in debt to the kingdom, the town must pay a monthly tribute to keep it afloat. It was once a thriving community, but fell on hard times when war brought the trade routes to a quick halt. In the kingdom of Silverdale lies a small and meagre town. In truth, the discoveries are exciting and endless. ![]() With each level there are treasure chests that need to be unlocked, secret sections on the map that you need to discover, runes to collect, tiles to clear, sequences of items to match for rewards and much more. This innovative game offers much more than matching it has a great dialogue and story plus the matching pairs well with discovering new places and levels, item collecting and even quests. In fact, it is a whole new level of match3 gameplay. Runefall is not your classic match-3-build-items game. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the perfect place to stay when visiting Estes Park and RMNP. I loved how easy and fast it was to get from the cabin to RMNP (3 miles west) and downtown (2 miles east). They also had fire pit areas but we also didn’t partake. Choose from Marriotts vacation rentals across domestic and international destinations. We didn’t partake in the hot tub but it looked nice. We also enjoyed the little hiking trail behind cabin 4 up the hill behind Pine Haven. ![]() My young kids loved the little playground area and there was also a basketball court, as well. The rest of the cabin property is awesome! Fall River is a great attraction and so great to just sit next to and enjoy. I didn’t see any air conditioning but we didn’t need it with the cool summer days of Estes Park. Missouri (US) Driving Distance Calculator, calculates the Distance and Driving Directions between two addresses, places, cities, villages, towns or airports in Missouri (US). The cabin had two quiet and good working heaters in it that we ran each night. The only modern appliance missing is a dishwasher but we didn’t mind washing by hand. Our amenities are many, including wireless internet, a basketball court, shuffleboard, hiking trails, hot tub. We are 1.5 miles west of the city of Estes Park on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park. We have a forest of trees, many of them hundreds of years old. We cooked about 5 meals in the kitchen during our stay and loved having that option with a pretty fully equipped kitchen. Pine Haven is a beautiful little cluster of cabins alongside the Fall River. ![]() The kids loved the bunkbed! The bedroom area in Cabin 1 is tight with the bunkbed at the foot of the queen bed but we knew that when we booked it and it was cozy. The cabin smelled good and the beds were pretty comfortable. The front office emailed our instructions the morning of check in and our key was waiting on the front door of the office for us. The check in process was easy and contactless. We never once worried about catching coronavirus from our stay here. Visiting during a pandemic was interesting but we found everything to be very clean and sanitary. I loved the wood finishing everywhere and our cabin was so perfectly decorated! The cabin included everything we could need (plates, bowls, glasses, wine glasses, utensils, pots, pans, stove, oven, sinks, full fridge and freezer, coffee maker, toaster, dish soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, bar soap, towels, toilet paper, paper towels, hair dryer, disinfecting spray, TV with full cable, very fast WIFI internet and more). Wow! Pine Haven was incredible! We just left today and can’t wait to come back! We stayed in the fisherman cabin (Cabin 1) and really enjoyed every minute of it. ![]() ![]() Upon dying, the lamb is brought before and revived by 'The One Who Waits', a strange deity that tasks the lamb with starting a cult in its name. ![]() In a land of false prophets, a lamb is sacrificed to four heretic prophets. Over 30 original characters are included in this cartoon! I tried my best designing them to fit the Cult of the Lamb art style (resulting in a cursed Yoshi form). Cult of the Lamb: With William Mesilane, Julian Wilton, Narayana Johnson, Jay Armstrong. This animation isn’t just an achievement of my biggest animation ever, but it’s also a celebration of all the creative minds within the Cult of the Lamb community. A massive help was granted by both Glow and Payton, who created outstanding music tracks specifically for this animation. Scripting, character & background drawing, animation, visual effects, sound effects and editing were all done by me alone. what's the worst that could happen?įull of secrets, sinners and sacrifices, here it is! The highly anticipated Cult of the Lamb and Animal Crossing crossover animation! A huge passion project of mine (created using Toonboom Harmony and Adobe Premiere Pro CC), to create an interesting story filled with jokes, memes and references from the two games! This crossover cartoon took over 6 months to make. Enjoy this fun little animation and all the laughs. It turns out that this innocent looking campsite she arrives at is actually run by a cult who seem to worship a cute looking lamb wearing a powerful red crown. The user Undlark on Twitter Took the audio from the moment in the episode where Dipper has to do the dance to appease some elderly ghosts and animated the lamb from Cult of the Lamb doing the dance and it’s absolutely incredible. Little does she know, the little animal is crossing into some dangerous territory. Relics of the Old Faith Update The Lamb must keep their Cult flourishing, their Followers faithful, and their power unchallenged as they crusade in this. ![]() (Animation) Isabelle Joins The Cult Of The LambĪn overworked Isabelle is sent on vacation by Tom Nook. ![]() ![]() ![]() He runs away from defensive backs in the open field as a wide receiver and tight end. ![]() ![]() Hobbs has been dominant as a two-way player early on. That top-notch athleticism has seamlessly transferred over to the field as a senior. Robinson product was a standout on the college camp circuit, impressing multiple SEC programs with his workouts, which featured multiple sub-4.8 second 40-yard dash times at around 6-foot-4 and 270 pounds. 23) has seen a meteoric rise dating back to the summer. Iamaleava could push for the top spot with continued progression and development as a player on Friday nights.ĭefensive lineman Daevin Hobbs (No. He was a standout on the 7-on-7 circuit in the off-season and continues to show the high-end physical ability. The 6-foot-5.5, 195-pounder has a unique blend of arm talent and twitchy movement skills. Tennessee quarterback commit Nico Iamaleava remains the No. He has projectable size at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds with a very quick release and is showing added velocity. On the field, Manning has continued to show the translatable skill set that has made him a touted prospect. While Manning does not typically face top competition, his New Orleans Isidore Newman team has played - and beaten - two 5A teams to start the season. Through three games, he’s completed 66% of his passes for 780 yards (10.5 yards per attempt) for 12 touchdowns and zero interceptions with two more rushing touchdowns. So far, Manning has played well enough to hang on to the No. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the more vanilla images created with Unstable Diffusion. Stable Diffusion, like all text-to-image AI systems, was trained on a dataset of billions of captioned images to learn the associations between written concepts and images, such as how the word “bird” can refer not only to bluebirds but parakeets and bald eagles in addition to far more abstract notions. And in time, the group’s organizers began exploring ways to build - and monetize - their own porn-generating models on top of Stable Diffusion. One group, Unstable Diffusion, grew especially quickly on Reddit, then Discord. When Stable Diffusion, the text-to-image AI model developed by Stability AI, was open sourced late last year, it didn’t take long for the internet to wield it for porn-creating purposes. None of this has deterred Unstable Diffusion, one of the original groups behind AI porn generators, from forging ahead. And workers in adult films and art have raised concerns about what this means for their livelihoods - and their industry. Reddit users have been scammed with AI porn models, meanwhile - sold explicit images of people who don’t exist. In one instance reported by Fox News, a 15-year-old boy was blackmailed by a member of an online gym enthusiast group who used generative AI to edit a photo of the boy’s bare chest into a nude. In an even more disturbing example of the ways in which generative porn tech is being used, there’s been a small but meaningful uptick in the amount of photorealistic AI-generated child sexual abuse material circulating on the dark web. Just a few months ago, a 22-year-old was sentenced to six months in jail for taking underage womens’ photos from social media and using them to create sexually explicit deepfakes. The vast majority of pornographic deepfakes on the web depict women, in truth - and frequently, they’re weaponized.Ī Washington Post piece recounts how a small-town school teacher lost her job after students’ parents learned about AI porn made in the teacher’s likeness without her consent. To this day, the targeted creators receive copies of the images via DMs as a form of harassment. The creator of the deepfaked images eventually succumbed to pressure, agreeing to delete them. Twitch personality Brandon Ewing, known online as Atrioc, was recently caught on stream looking at nonconsensually deepfaked sexual images of well-known women streamers on Twitch. No easy answersĪs AI porn and the tools to create it become commodified, they’re beginning to have frightening real-world impacts. As for the images, while they aren’t perfect, some could well be mistaken for professional artwork.Īnd the ethical questions have only grown. People in the synthetic porn had extra limbs or a nipple where their nose should be, among other disconcerting, fleshy contortions.įast-forward to today, and a search for “AI porn generator” turns up dozens of results across the web - many of which are free to use. The apps and the AI models underpinning them struggled to understand the nuances of anatomy, often generating physically bizarre subjects that wouldn’t be out of place in a Cronenberg film. ![]() And the results weren’t what anyone would call “good.” When TechCrunch covered efforts to create AI porn generators nearly a year ago, the apps were nascent and relatively few and far between. And like its more respectable sibling, it’s improving. Please send all feedback and suggestions to We love to hear your ideas.As generative AI enters the mainstream, so, too, does AI-generated porn. Best results are obtained by using a picture with a bright/white background. The Sketch Me! effect can be applied to any image. Now featuring 7 different sketch effects Adjustable sketch parameters mean that you can have extra control over how the sketch effect turns out. Split screen mode (as shown in icon), where only one half of the photo is shown in sketch. You can also zoom in and out through the pinch gesture. You can use your finger to move an image around on the screen to find its best position. Supports Facebook and e-mail so you can easily share your sketches with your friends, as well as save them to your iPhone. We've added some great new features since! Go ahead and download it, you'll be surprised by how much fun taking "artistic" pictures." - AppdiscoverĬheck out a video review of version 1.0 by iPawdTouch: "While Sketch Me! only does one thing, it does it really well. We love it when we come across a novel piece of technology made available in an app.". "A wonderful app that converts pictures into sketches. Sketch Me! is a simple, fun app that lets you convert your photos into sketches by applying up to six different image effects. The original #1 Sketch App on the AppStore.įormer No.1 App in the USA, France, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Malaysia, Equador, Belgium, Portugal, Israel, Taiwan, Germany, Argentina, Ireland and many more. ![]() ![]() The same applies to the password, if you do not want to store it plaintext leave the option out of the file and just connect to the enterprise AP. If you do not want autoconnect to the AP you can set the option to False and connect manually to the access point via iwctl. See wpa_supplicant#Connecting with wpa_passphrase for more details.įor connecting to a EAP-PWD protected enterprise access point you need to create a file called: essid.8021x in the /var/lib/iwd directory with the following content: Or the pre-shared key can be calculated from the SSID and the passphrase using wpa_passphrase (from wpa_supplicant) or wpa-psk AUR.Passphrase=test1234 The pre-shared key will be appended to the file at the first connect: /var/lib/iwd/spaceship.psk Enter the passphrase in cleartext in the configuration file:.To calculate the pre-shared key from the passphrase, one of these two methods can be used: If it contains any other characters, the name will instead be an =-character followed by the hex-encoded version of the SSID. Note: The SSID of the network is used as a filename only when it contains only alphanumeric characters or one of - _. The file can be used for other configuration pertaining to that network SSID as well. The file is used to store the encrypted PreSharedKey and optionally the cleartext Passphrase and can also be created by the user without invoking iwctl. type, where network is the network SSID and. The configuration file is named as network. If your desktop environment supports systemd's graphical-session.target unit, then iwgtk can be autostarted via systemd by enabling the rvice user unit.īy default, iwd stores the network configuration in the directory /var/lib/iwd. If your desktop environment supports the XDG Autostart standard, this should happen automatically due to the sktop file which is placed in /etc/xdg/autostart/ by the AUR package.Īlternatively, a systemd unit file to start the indicator daemon is provided by the AUR package. The most common use case for iwgtk is to start the indicator daemon every time you log into your desktop. The following trays only support XEmbed, and therefore require snixembed-git AUR: The following system trays support StatusNotifierItem, and therefore work out of the box: If the indicator icon does not appear, then your system tray most likely lacks support for the StatusNotifierItem API, in which case you need to run a compatibility layer such as snixembed-git AUR. To launch iwgtk's indicator (tray) icon daemon, run: Running iwgtk without any arguments launches the application window, which can be used to toggle your adapters and devices on/off, change their operating modes, view available networks, connect to available networks, and manage known networks. To list networks you have connected to previously:Īlternatively, iwgtk AUR provides a GUI front-end through which iwd can be controlled. To display the connection state, including the connected network of a Wi-Fi device: To display the details of a WiFi device, like MAC address: ![]() ![]() If your network requires to validate a PIN number to connect that way, check the help command output to see how to provide the right options to the wsc command. The procedure works also if the button was pushed beforehand, less than 2 minutes earlier. Then, provided that your device appeared in the above list,Īnd push the button on your router. If your network is configured such that you can connect to it by pressing a button ( Wikipedia:Wi-Fi Protected Setup), check first that your network device is also capable of using this setup procedure. Ensure Crypto Engine is properly configured. The following error message will be given if the requirements are not met: PMK generation failed. iwd only supports PSK pass-phrases from 8 to 63 ASCII-encoded characters.To connect to a network with spaces in the SSID, the network name should be double quoted when connecting.iwd automatically stores network passphrases in the /var/lib/iwd directory and uses them to auto-connect in the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() The problem is when the software never identifies the error, the error remains part of the paper. But, these do not bother me much because I can simply ignore them. tests: participle, needs to be "tested" Here is what it looks like when you run the first paragraph in Grammarly and ProwritingAid: Test 2, for example, is about the first paragraph (and the title). I care to run grammar checkers on stuff that matters a lot to me not on every piece of writing I do.īut, I also didn't want to run it because I want others to use the post to do their experiments on. I wrote it as my personal note, and then I pasted it here in case sb would find it useful. That is right because I didn't care to run grammar checkers on this post. Most reviews on online are fake-they are either paid by the software company and produce a biased story or do the review on silly gimmick parameters.īut, to make my tentative conclusion is: grammarly, Editor and Wordfull are the three services which are worthy of your money/time. It would be great if somebody can do an extensive tests on these softwares. Have you guys test any of these services? Unless the user is careful, it suggests some destructive changes. Wordeep is as good as Grammarly for getting errors. I am impressed by this less known software known as Writefull. I then check if a software catches all or some of them., I carefully mark the phrases that have errors. I find most of them as add ons to Firefox, Ms edge and Ms Word. ![]() Note that I am trying the free versions of all the above softwares except Prowrtingaid and Antidote. Ranking 3: Editor/Grammarly > Writefull > Antidote/wordeep I did a sligly more complex tests in this case where the agreement between subject and verb appears at far distances.Īs you can see, Ms editor performed as good as Grammarly in this case. Writefull provides advanced academic and technical writing software that goes well beyond the tools provided by other grammar checkers. I also didn't add the less promising ones such as Prowrtingingaid. Writefull Advanced academic language feedback. The cloud editor they have is screwing up the formatting of the text.The word plugin requires premium license.This time I excluded Trinka AI for 3 reasons: Ranking 2: Writefull/Grammarly > Wordeep > Trinka AI > Ms editor > ProwritingAid > Antidote/language Tool Note that Trinka AI claims to be better than Grammarly and Writeufull. Paste in the body of your text and click Generate Abstract. Test 2: a two paragraph text containing 7 mistakes: Writefulls Abstract Generator gives you an abstract based on your papers content. Ranking: Grammarly > Writeful > Microsoft Editor > Wordeep > ProwritingAid > Droid Antidnote > languageTool New comer softwares such as Microsoft's Editor do much better job.Īfter doing a series of tests, here is my ranking of grammar checkers I have tests: To my dismay, two of my favorite softwares which I spent a lot of money on, such as ProWritingAid and Droid's Antidote, did a terrible job. I did a couple of tests to see which of the grammar checkers do good at fixing grammar errors. ![]() ![]()
![]() The Checkout 51 mobile app is quite similar to Ibotta. You can cash out your rewards once you reach at least $20 in earnings. But there is the opportunity to earn bonuses for purchasing multiples of specific products, or making multiple store visits within a set window of time. There are limited (almost no) options to earn for purchasing any-brand items like Swagbucks Magic Receipts offers. There is generally a large assortment to choose from, with at least 50-100 offers usually available at major, national retailers. Often they credit in just a few minutes or less.Įarn rewards for purchasing specific featured products. Scan your receipt, and rewards will be credited to your account within 1-2 days. Ibotta offers a clean, streamlined user experience. ![]() Shoppers using the free Ibotta app can earn cash back rewards at more than 300 stores, like Target, CVS, Walgreens, or Walmart, and many regional and local chains. When you install & register the BoxTops app today, you can get a $2 cash back reward for PayPal or an Amazon gift card. We already donate with BoxTops for Education.” You can designate your BoxTops earnings to go to your child’s school or another school in the community that you designate.Īnd when fundraiser drivers come around, you can feel guilt-free when you say, “No thank you. Since 1996, General Mills BoxTops for Education has awarded over $940 million to schools. Popular labels under the General Mills umbrella include Pilsbury, Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Blue Diamond, Gold Medal Flour, Cascadian Farms, Cheerios, Annie’s, Larabar, Muir Glen, and Progresso. More specifically, the app rewards schools in your community each time you purchase a General Mills product. The BoxTops for Education app rewards you for purchasing General Mills products. Those are all worth big bucks if you take the time to scan the barcodes and your grocery receipt. That tin of crescent rolls in the freezer. Redeem your SB for PayPal cash, a check in the mail, or free gift cards to Amazon, Target, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Best Buy, and other popular stores. It’s 100 SB to $1 and you can cash out once you reach at least 100 SB in earnings. It consistently offers you rewards for purchasing many any-brand, any-item goods in rotating grocery categories.Įarn rewards in SB. Magic Receipts from Swagbucks is truly unique. Purchasing any-brand kitchen staples: any-brand bread, milk, cheese, eggs, meats, or produce.Just uploading an eligible receipt (non-expired). ![]() ![]()
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