![]() ![]() This works well, but unfortunately the display does not keep things as simple. This can make the game tricky as you juggle the various cards, trying to order them and make space.ĭepending on the device you are playing on, you can either click or tap and drag cards around the table to place them. However, you cannot move piles of cards with mixed suits. It is possible to place a card of any suit on top of another as long as it is one number lower (so 8s on 9s, 3s on 4s). You must order these cards from King to Ace. You also get 50 cards to deal out in 10s (one on to each stack) whenever you get stuck. Four of these stacks have six cards with the bottom one turned face up, while the other six contain five with one face up. The rules of Spider Solitaire Free have you starting with ten stacks of cards. Depending on the difficulty you pick, you must handle one, two, or four suits - and despite how easy it sounds, it gets difficult quickly. Once a suit is complete, it is neatly placed at the bottom of the screen. Your goal is (theoretically) simple: complete runs of card suits. One of the favorites of all times is FreeCell Windows XP.The basics are the same as the Windows classic. Solitaires continue to be very popular and the newer versions of Windows also include a variety of these games. Probably it’s the reason why Microsoft added them to the older versions of Windows in the ’90s. This game looks exactly like the one that was installed on your old computer.įreecell Windows XP - Solitaires are great games to train your patience and attention. FreeCell XP will make you feel like you are back in time. You might even remember how the menu looked like back in the day. To achieve this, you can temporary use the seven row stacks in descending order, alternating between red and black cards, beginning with the kings.įreeCell XP - Do you remember how you discovered Solitaire games? Most probably you did when you got your first computer. Solitaire Windows XP - The object of this Solitaire is to use all the cards in the deck to build up the four suit stacks in ascending order, beginning with the aces. With every new game you’ll improve your skills and see how your score will also go up. But when you complete a sequence of one suit, from King to Ace, you get 100 points. If there are no more moves during the game, just press on the deck in the right bottom corner and new cards will be dealt.Īt the beginning you always have 500 points. At the very end place Ace on Two and the whole suite will disappear from the board. For example, place the Queen of Spades on the King of Spades, or the Five of Hearts on the Six of Hearts. The main aim is to build a sequence of the same suit in correct descending order from King to Ace. Spider Solitaire involves two packs of cards (together 52 cards). If you’re new to this game, it’s better to start from the easiest level to figure out the rules. This game has three levels of difficulty depending on the quantity of suites you use (one, two or four). The rules are really simple and it’ll take you only a few minutes to understand them if you’ve never played Spider-like games before. Many people spent hours playing this game on their old computers. The online game Spider Solitaire Windows XP is a similar version of a legendary and quite popular Solitaire game that comes free with Microsoft Windows XP operating systems. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It is also possible to blend between motion clips, and to edit motion trajectories interactively in the viewport. In the launch presentation, SideFX showed KineFX’s initial capabilities: editing imported animations – for example, to fix foot slippage – and retargeting them from one character rig to another. The system is almost exclusively implemented via SOPs, Houdini’s geometry nodes, chosen for their user-friendliness and interactive performance, avoiding the less-well-known CHOPs operators. KineFX has a lot of potential to disrupt production pipelines – and a very unusual design paradigm, representing rig elements and even space-time itself as editable geometry. SideFX describes is as laying the groundwork for a complete new character animation system, extending the power of Houdini’s procedural workflow to the animation pipeline. Of the features completely new in Houdini 18.5, arguably the most significant is KineFX, the software’s new framework for character rigging, retargeting and motion editing. Rigging and animation: the new KineFX toolset You can find more details in our original story on the backported features, which also include a new Path Deform SOP, the Dynamic Warp CHOP for timewarping animations, and a new viewport fog system. Other features already been backported include the new SessionSync feature in the Houdini Engine for Unity plugin, which live links the Unity game engine to a Houdini Engine session running in Houdini itself. In demos, it looks reminiscent of Wrap, R3DS’s popular standalone topology transfer tool, enabling users to transfer clean, all-quad topology from a stock base model to a 3D character scan. Some of those features pop up again in the teaser video above, notably Topo Transfer, a new system for deforming a source mesh organically to match the dimensions of of a target mesh. SideFX usually releases a major update to Houdini every six to nine months, so in a normal year, Houdini 18.5 would already have shipped by now.Īs a stopgap, the firm actually ‘backported’ some of the features in development to the latest builds of Houdini 18.0: the first time we can recall it having done so. New Topo Transfer tool already backported to Houdini 18.0 We’ve updated it with more details from the Houdini 18.5 launch event. It also marks the debut of KineFX: an intriguing new procedural character rigging and motion editing system, intended to form the basis of a complete character animation toolset within Houdini.Įditor’s note: this story was originally posted on 2 October 2020, and covered the original teaser video. The release adds new features across the board, including new cloth and fluid simulation tools, plus updates to the Solaris shot layout and look dev toolset, Karma renderer, and game development plugins. SideFX has released Houdini 18.5, the latest major update to the procedural 3D software. The release is now shipping, adding KineFX, an promising procedural character rigging and motion editing system, plus updates to most of Houdini’s other key toolsets. Other games experience includes contract work for Zynga Games and freelance design and illustration.SideFX’s original teaser video for Houdini 18.5. ![]() Mayet’s previous work experience is in the games industry, working as an artist at 2K Sports/Visual Concepts Entertainment in Novato, CA., where she modeled, textured and animated interactive menus and UI using 3D software. She currently serves on two non-profit Boards and teaches advanced 3D production classes in animation and games. ![]() Currently and, in the past, Mayet has led and served on various committees. Other teaching includes Gameworlds summer camp and after-school program, for children ages 8 – 17. Previously she has worked as a part-time instructor at The HOFT Institute Game Lab, as an adjunct at UT in the AET Department, as a part-time instructor at Gemini School of Visual Arts, and as a full-time faculty member at the Art Institute of Austin in the Media Arts & Animation, and Game Art & Design programs. in Visualization and as a full-time Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. Mayet is currently working as the Associate Program Director of the B.S. in Film and Animation from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and her B.F.A in 2D Animation and Illustration from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Mayet Andreassen is both an artist and educator whose core philosophy centers on promoting artistic and creative excellence in her students and herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Blaney has two sprint car wins in 2023, each coming at his home track, Sharon Speedway. Joining the New York contingent will be local favorites Larry Wight and Chris Hile, who will likely be pulling double duty on the weekend.Īmong those making the trip north from Pennsylvania are Landon Myers, in a Shark Racing entry, as well as Lucas Wolfe and Jordan Thomas.Ī special visit to Weedsport is also expected from the Buckeye Bullet, Dave Blaney. New York contenders include the likes of Danny Varin, Denny Peebles, Matt Farnham, Joe Kubiniec, Joe Trenca and Paulie Colagiovanni, who came so very close to an Outlaws win at Ransomville in 2021. Giovanni Scelzi, Spencer Bayston, Brock Zearfoss, Robbie Price, Noah Gass and James McFadden are expected to be among those making the trip this weekend along with a host of Pennsylvania and New York talent, eyeing a piece of the weekend’s overall purse of more than $134,000. Haudenschild has two wins this season and sits fifth in the World of Outlaws standings. Sheldon Haudenschild will also make his return to Weedsport this Saturday and Sunday following his eventful trip to the New York oval a year ago. Schatz recorded a perfect night during the Sunday portion of Empire State Challenge Weekend at Weedsport in 2022, but the race to the win came down to the bitter end with Schatz, Gravel and Logan Schuchart separated at the line by only. While Gravel, Sweet and fellow title contender Carson Macedo will be drivers to watch, there is no doubt that Donny Schatz is eager to return to Weedsport, as he has won three events on the unique 3/8 mile oval since 2015. Sweet carries six wins into the weekend with finishes of fourth and seventh at Weedsport one year ago. ![]() Gravel, who enters Weedsport this weekend with nine wins on the season, has victories at The Port in each of the last two years and hopes to continue that momentum in 2023. The traveling Outlaws are coming into Weedsport this Saturday and Sunday off of a flurry of activity at BAPS Motor Speedway and Williams Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania.įollowing those events, the battle for the World of Outlaws championship could not be any closer as David Gravel and Brad Sweet enter Empire State Challenge Weekend tied for the series point lead. The DIRTcar 358 Modifieds will join the Outlaws on Saturday, July 29 while the Big Blocks will join the party on Sunday, July 30. “This weekend provides a unique opportunity for those in New York State to see the Outlaws close to home, and watch them on the same racing card as our DIRTcar 358 Modifieds and Big Block Modifieds.” “Following the success of last year’s event and the buzz surrounding this weekend, we could not be more excited to welcome back the Outlaws,” said Weedsport Speedway promoter, Jimmy Phelps. This back-to-back racing weekend will see the Outlaws compete for the largest sprint car purse in Weedsport Speedway history with more than $134,000 on the line with Saturday night’s program paying $10,000 to win and Sunday’s finale paying a hefty winner’s prize of $20,000, with $1,500 to take the green. WEEDSPORT, NY – Weedsport Speedway is set to host not one, but two nights of action for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series on July 29-30 as part of Empire State Challenge Weekend at The Port. ![]() ![]() In 2019, A Safe Way Forward was launched for specifically families receiving court-ordered supervision. “As a child welfare agency that has been working to strengthen Brooklyn families for over 128 years, we are committed to serving families experiencing intimate partner violence so that we can help break the cycle of abuse and trauma, support and rebuild strong and healthy families, and create positive outcomes for the children impacted.” “MercyFirst is honored to partner with ACS to help expand this critical and innovative program in New York City,” said Renée Skolaski, President & CEO of MercyFirst. “We applaud the expansion of NYC Administration for Children’s Services ‘A Safe Way Forward’ program,” said Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence Commissioner Cecile Noel. We look forward to having these services be more available across NYC.” “Thank you to ACS, to all our provider partners, and to every person served by these programs for reaching out for support. “Today’s announcement of the expansion of A Safe Way Forward demonstrates the administration’s ongoing commitment to supporting the whole person and whole family,” said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom. ![]() “I’m pleased by the results of our recent evaluation, which suggests that ‘A Safe Way Forward’ is having a positive impact on families affected by intimate partner violence, and I look forward to expanding the program to three boroughs: Staten Island, the Bronx and now, Brooklyn.” That’s why ‘A Safe Way Forward’ provides services to survivors of intimate partner violence and the children in the household, including information about how to make an effective safety plan, as well as interventions for the persons causing harm so that they can work towards changing their behavior and end the cycle of violence,” said Commissioner Jess Dannhauser. Other contractors partnering with the ACS through the expansion include Safe Horizon in Staten Island and the Children’s Aid Society location itself in The Bronx.“In our mission to protect children and support families, ACS and our partners are working to address the root causes of family violence while we help survivors and children stay safe. ![]() ![]() The ACS is now partnering with three providers and will expand to serve families in Brooklyn through MercyFirst. Previously, the project offered services to families in The Bronx and Staten Island. The Administration for Children’s Services announced on Monday an expansion of the “A Safe Way Forward” program, which seeks to provide support to the survivors of domestic violence and intimate partner violence, along with the “persons causing harm” and their children. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The newly-added Tweakable flag ~/.totalfinder-alwaysenablenewlabellookupmethods enables the new Coloured Labels lookup logic on macOS 12 Monterey and below, which normally use a different label colour lookup method that no longer works as of macOS 13 Ventura.Certain behaviour flags that were used during the testing of the new Coloured Labels logic are now controllable via TotalFinder's power-user-oriented "Tweakables" feature, which you can use by creating specific files in your home directory (~, or $) using the command-line utility touch.Various other internal refactors and improvements were made to TotalFinder as a whole.Made many improvements to the TotalFinder diagnostics utility (diagnose-totalfinder.sh) that improve the usefulness of its output.Major internal refactors were made to the Coloured Labels feature, resulting in better optimisation of label colour lookup operations.Fixed a rendering issue where the TotalFinder icon in the Finder preferences on macOS 11 Big Sur and newer was unable to be tinted by the user's macOS UI tint colour when selected.Fixed a rendering issue where the TotalFinder icon in the Finder preferences on macOS 11 Big Sur and newer would render with aliasing artifacts, especially on non-Retina/HiDPI displays where the issue was very severe.Fixed an issue where the new Coloured Labels logic would use the oldest label colour found on an item with multiple labels, instead of the newest.Fixed an issue where the new Coloured Labels logic would be unable to obtain the label colour of certain items that have coloured label information stored in a slightly different way than what was thought to be possible during testing.(※ Please note that this issue has nothing to do with the UEFI bootloader named OpenCore - TotalFinder has never had any known compatibility issues with the OpenCore UEFI bootloader. Fixed a code injection issue where TotalFinder would fail to successfully inject on certain legacy / unsupported systems that were patched using OpenCore Legacy Patcher / OCLP. ![]() ![]() The UFC 269 main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view.Ĭormier will be on the call for Cruz’s fight. ![]() The fight will air on ESPN and stream on ESPN+. I’m in there to support the athletes and talk about why they’re great and what makes them great, and in order to do that I need to watch film.”Ĭruz, 36, returns to the cage Saturday on the UFC 269 prelims against Pedro Munhoz at T-Mobile Arena, looking to close out the year 2-0. I’m not in there talking to hear myself talk and to be right. “The reason I do the film study is (because) it’s bigger than me. I think certain people watch the film, and I count that because I do the film study. I think (Michael) Bisping does a lot of homework. It’s all perspective in there,” Cruz said. There’s a roster of 400, 600 fighters, and not everybody’s agree with what I say either. Sean O'Malley: Dominick Cruz's ego has to hurt for being on UFC 269 prelimsĬruz later explained why it’s important for him to spend time studying film of the fights that he calls. But I’m not gonna hold my breath on that, that’s for sure.” I’m hoping he watches some film this time on my fight so he knows what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. He doesn’t do the preparation from my experience. And I think he cares about us, but it’s just different. He wants to get in and out, get the job done, make his money. “I love DC, he’s my friend, but to me, from my experience, he doesn’t do the homework. The San Diego-born is a former World Extreme Cagefighting champion. The former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion has massive popularity in the fight community. “When it comes to DC, I usually mute it,” Cruz continued with a smirk. December 10, 2021, 02:02 PM in MMA, UFC 0 Dominick Cruz is one of the best Bantamweights in UFC history. He leads us in the broadcast with how he talks.” “People have no idea how much homework he has to do to be prepared for that, and the most kudos goes to him. “I watch Anik do so much homework leading up to a fight,” Cruz told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at the UFC Apex. And while Cruz took the opportunity to rave about play-by-play commentator Jon Anik, he also roasted Cormier. On Wednesday at UFC 269 media day, Cruz was asked about what the experience is like when he listens back to Daniel Cormier and other colleagues who call his fights. The same can’t be said for another fellow former UFC champion who sometimes joins him on the desk – at least according to Cruz. ![]() LAS VEGAS – Dominick Cruz isn’t perfect as a UFC cageside analyst, and he admits that, but he doesn’t skimp on preparation for each card he works. ![]() |
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