![]() ![]() ![]() The sensational crime catapulted Gotti to national attention, but it also proved to be his undoing. Yet it was his reputation as a ruthless killer that prompted federal prosecutors to target him as he climbed the organized crime ladder.Īfter three failed prosecutions, Gotti was convicted 10 years ago of orchestrating the 1985 gangland execution of Paul Castellano, the former Gambino family chief, outside Sparks Restaurant in Manhattan. You can’t be full of bravado and hang out on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, where the FBI has you under constant surveillance.”Īt the height of his powers, in the 1980s, Gotti presided over an empire that raked in about $1 billion annually from prostitution, narcotics, pornography, gambling, labor racketeering, stolen cars and business fraud. “He lived large and dared the government to come get him-but he also showed that if you’re going to run a crime family, you have to run it like a secret society. “The day they put John Gotti away marked the end of an era with the mob in this country,” said Jerry Capeci, coauthor of “Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti” and “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Mafia.” Gotti’s younger brother, Gene, is serving a 50-year sentence for heroin trafficking his son, John Jr., is serving a six-year sentence for racketeering and gambling. ![]() They were charged with racketeering and money-laundering schemes involving the city’s waterfront. The mobster’s older brother, Peter, who had taken over as the family crime boss, was arrested last week along with two other family members. Since his incarceration, federal officials have jailed surviving leaders of the Gambino family. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Not only this, the reality of those terms was even narrower: women were not only to be presented as attractive and desirable, but to presented as such in line with a specific beauty standards and accepted cultural norms. ![]() Women in twentieth century media were historically presented in quite narrow and distinct terms, and women rightly got fed up with that. You'll scarce find two women who agree on what the proper representation for a member of their gender is, let alone two men. The issue is everyone thinking their vision of how certain individuals should be presented is the right one. Whatever you think of that trend, he's very obviously right. Sexy imagery is not, self-evidently sexist, and I think what Alex meant was that the character design isn't in-keeping with current western trends (see Control, HZD, TLOU II, Hellblade, Gears 5, Life is Strange, Tomb Raider and countless others). To me it's weird that anyone would question this.ĭo you all, for example, reject the idea that the original Lara Croft character model, with her hot pants and gigantic pointy tits, is sexist? Isn't it just *obviously* so? Instead presenting her as something to be leered at just seems inherently disrespectful to women. I'd thought that civilised people had accepted that a woman presented in a non-sexual context like this - a videogame character whose sex is irrelevant to her role in the game - should be depicted as much as possible as a rounded human being. It's objectification: the treatment of a person as valuable only in their ability to titillate. To me it's demeaning in the same way that a woman dancing nude for men in a strip club is demeaning, ie *obviously*. It's kind of disconcerting to see so many people question how such imagery could be sexist when it just seems self-evident. I actually find this thread strangely educational, in that I'm being asked to deconstruct a position that I hold that's just so obvious to me that I probably haven't thought about it much for a while. It is, like so many other things, that people perceive the strengths of others as an unfair threat, because dealing with their own reality would be much more painful and harder. It sounds strange at first, but studies and facts show that it is no coincidence that feminists (female and male) are demonstrably at the lower end of the scales for attractiveness and self-confidence. It's all about objectification, sex and attraction (and money) - and both know and want it exactly that way. The paying spectator does not choose to go to the strip club to discuss feminism and the stripper does not dance or undress to argue about women's rights. Both the dancer and the viewer know EXACTLY what they are getting into beforehand. The strip club is about the attraction between man and woman. Your way of thinking is based on false premises, which is why your conclusion and thus your presented facts are simply incorrect. And that is exactly where you, like so many others, are wrong, because you ignore the context. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Layers of Fear 2 also has more traditional scares than the original. The sound effects complement the shifting environments as they often unfold in tandem, upping the atmospheric horror to another level. Voices can be heard talking behind closed doors, whispers fill the room randomly, metronomes tick back and forth, the static of a radio sifts through a darkened hallway. Sound is equally as important as sight in producing effective horror, and Layers of Fear 2 uses it masterfully. Fragmented cutscenes, areas, and objects that occupy these spaces come together to form a whole, filling the shrouded frames of the film reel. Your room also changes to fit the character that you’re becoming in real time. Long-locked doors you’ve passed by several times now open, revealing entire new sections of the vessel. The pristine corridors you walk through in one act can turn unkempt and decrepit in later sections. As you progress through the five acts, global changes begin to ripple throughout the entire ship. The majority of the frights rely on these changes, which made me feel as if the floor beneath me, the walls that boxed me in, and the decorations that brought it all to life were nothing but facades crafted by the devious director to mess with me. Objects you can interact with help shape the story between scripted moments, but even the stationary pieces, the ones that do not shift at all, feel carefully placed to add context the story.ġ9 Images On a moment-to-moment basis, I never knew what to expect. Each area has a remarkable attention to detail, which makes the illusions all the more stunning. There’s usually only one place to go to advance the story, but I still felt like I was exploring a much more open space thanks to its shifting architecture. ![]() The transformations are methodically placed, deftly masking the linearity of each act. Layers of Fear 2’s clever environment-changing design remains remarkable throughout the roughly eight-hour story. Some of these scenes, the ones that I seemingly stumbled into by accident, made my jaw drop in awe. Lighting effects further exacerbate the horrors that appear both while staring directly at them and when looking away for just a moment. Other passages lead to entirely new environments outside of the ship, such as floating skyscrapers, ominous gardens, and labyrinths. A door that you just walked through may be gone when you turn around, revealing a new corridor in its place. But what makes this world so interesting is that, like the P.T.-inspired original, Layers of Fear 2 kept me on the edge of my seat by constantly toying with environments the moment I looked away. The ocean liner is more of a central hub than a confining setting, and visiting other locations keeps it from becoming too familiar. “Even though the spoken and written story excels, the brunt of Layers of Fear 2’s magic lies in the environments you explore. Unfortunately, you cannot revisit a previous acts of the story, so you’d have to do a New Game+ run and likely know what you’re looking for ahead of time to ensure you get a different ending. Though these moments work well thematically, it seems easy to miss the actual, subtle moments that trigger alternate endings. Some junctures are presented as critical choice-based moments, but most of the time you don’t actually have a choice at all. Multiple endings exist as possibilities in Layers of Fear 2, but the process for seeing each isn’t exactly clear. On multiple occasions, I loaded the most recent checkpoint to listen to the words again to try and fully absorb their meaning. Coupled with Lily’s doleful lyrical poetry and the earnest performance of her younger brother, Layers of Fear 2 has some of the sharpest writing I’ve seen – not just in horror games, but across all genres. That’s perhaps the greatest strength of the story: its prowess for making me believe, if even for a moment, that the crazy words coming from the void are the stuff of genius. The obtuseness can be a tad much at times, but the delirious diatribes of the director, which are riddled with contradictions and philosophical tangents, frequently border on the profound as well. Each of these superb arcs entwine to create a whole that is both disorienting and, yes, satisfyingly layered.Steeped in such madness, it’s no surprise that a significant portion of the dialogue borders on the nonsensical. And then there’s the tale of you, the actor, who somehow wound up on this ship for this strange role. There’s also the mystery of the crew and passengers who once occupied the vessel. Picking up objects such as a monocular or empty cans of food cues interesting audio logs of the siblings’ own experiences that took place there. One of the main storylines follows Lily and James, siblings who pretended to be pirates on the ship. ![]() ![]() RCA Records reissued the album under the title of Space Oddity following Bowie's commercial breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust in 1972, using a contemporary photo of Bowie as the artwork. ![]() For its release in the United States, Mercury retitled the album Man of Words/Man of Music and used different artwork. The album was a commercial failure due to a lack of promotion, despite receiving some positive reviews from music critics. "Space Oddity", a tale about a fictional astronaut, was released as a single in July 1969 and became Bowie's first commercial hit, reaching the UK top five. It featured an array of collaborators, including Herbie Flowers, Rick Wakeman, Terry Cox and the band Junior's Eyes.ĭeparting from the music hall style of Bowie's 1967 self-titled debut, David Bowie contains folk rock and psychedelic rock songs, with lyrical themes influenced by events happening in Bowie's life at the time, including former relationships and festivals he attended. Gus Dudgeon produced "Space Oddity", while Tony Visconti produced the rest of the album. Financed by Mercury on the strength of " Space Oddity", the album was recorded from June to October 1969 at Trident Studios in London. ![]() David Bowie (commonly known as Space Oddity) is the second studio album by the English musician David Bowie, originally released in the United Kingdom on 14 November 1969 through Mercury affiliate Philips Records. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whatever the cause, the fact is that at medium detail settings in most games, the A10-4600M (possibly in combination with Enduro) appears to be a bottleneck on the HD 7970M’s performance. GPU utilization of the HD 7970M during these tests was also rather low at around 35-55%, which isn’t all that uncommon at lower detail settings when the GPU isn’t being pushed hard. Richland is supposed to be better about hitting its maximum turbo speeds, so potentially that alone could enable it to be 10-15% faster in games like Skyrim and StarCraft II, but the 2-thread turbo speed of Richland is probably similar to Trinity so the gain could prove to be less than 5%. ![]() Similarly, APU temperatures remained below 70C throughout testing, so cooling isn’t limiting performance either. Maximum CPU clocks reported throughout testing were at a steady 2.7GHz the APU definitely didn’t hit maximum Turbo Core, but that's only for single-threaded workloads and the 2.7GHz clock is for two or more threads regardless, it’s not running at the base 2.3GHz, so Turbo or throttling isn't the problem. Also of note is that on the GX60, the 7970M is only outperforming the integrated 7660G by 67% on average, so clearly there are other bottlenecks coming into play.įiguring it was possible the single fan cooling setup in the GX60 is preventing the APU from hitting higher Turbo Core speeds, I logged the various clock speeds using HWiNFO64 and ran through the Bioshock Infinite and Skyrim (extended duration) benchmarks. On average, that works out to a margin of victory of 97%-basically twice as fast. The Intel platform in this case comes out 79% faster in Bioshock, 140% faster in Skyrim, 85% faster in GRID 2, 120% faster in Metro, 124% faster in Sleeping Dogs, 124% faster in StarCraft II, and 76% faster in Tomb Raider. We can’t disable Enduro on the GX60, so we’ll just compare Enduro scores for the GX60 and M17x. ![]() AMD A10 match up, things are actually worse. With the resolutions and frame rates we’re looking at here (a maximum of 1366x768 at <200 FPS), transferring the frames to system RAM uses just 840MBps, so that shouldn’t be a bottleneck. That works out to roughly 2GBps of bandwidth over the PCIe bus, but an x16 slot offers far more bandwidth than that so 2GBps to transfer fames to system RAM shouldn’t present a problem. Consider as an extreme example a simple graphics benchmark like 3DMark03, where the Wings of Fury test can easily hit >500 FPS at 1366x768. Incidentally, the bandwidth used to shuttle frames over to the system RAM for display by the iGPU shouldn’t be a limiting factor. On AMD’s Enduro, that’s clearly not the case with the latest beta drivers. While I don’t have the ability to do comparable testing with NVIDIA’s Optimus, I know at one point there were instances where Optimus was slower, but those issues have largely been fixed as far as I can tell. at lower detail settings and a lower resolution, but that’s obviously not the only factor as Tomb Raider basically elicits no penalty and yet runs at over 180 FPS. The deficit largely exists in situations where you’re getting >60 FPS, e.g. Going over the specifics, on the M17x R4 the discrete mode 7970M ends up being 24% faster in Bioshock, tied in Skyrim, 43% faster in GRID 2, 24% faster in Metro, 54% faster in Sleeping Dogs, tied in StarCraft II, and tied in Tomb Raider. Many pointed to Enduro as a primary culprit, and while the situation has improved over the past 12 months, even now we can still see a periodic performance deficit from Enduro. The reality is that where the HD 7850 typically competes well against NVIDIA’s desktop GTX 660, on laptops the GTX 680M often blasted the HD 7970M at launch. ![]() Based on the desktop Pitcairn core, HD 7970M should provide roughly the same performance as the desktop HD 7870 (it’s clocked 15% lower than 7870 on the core, though, so it’s closer to the HD 7850 and GTX 660). When the HD 7970M first hit notebooks over a year ago, the performance potential seemed lacking compared to the actual hardware. Several of the games we’re using now are quite demanding, however, so iGPUs may not be able to provide an acceptable experience unless you really turn down the details and resolution. This represents the sort of settings you’d be likely to use on an iGPU like the HD 7660G or Intel’s HD 4000 (maybe-HD 4600 is possibly a better bet) to get a reasonable >30 FPS out of most titles. We’ll start off with our “Value” settings, which consist of 1366x768 resolution and roughly Medium detail settings in the tested titles. ![]() ![]() Afterward, we will show you some crosshair settings that some of the best pro players in CSGO use. Therefore, in this guide, we will first take you through the various settings in CSGO that you can tinker with to find your best crosshair. However, CSGO crosshair settings are largely based on personal preference, which is why it is important to find the setting best suited to your gameplay. That is why you will see different pro players using their own unique crosshair settings in CSGO. The Best CSGO Crosshairs from Pro Playersĭifferent crosshair settings in CSGO favor different aspects of your weapon aim, including single-fire precision, headshot acquisition, and spray control.How To Create Best Crosshair Settings In CSGO.Shroud, ScreaM, apEX, S1mple, Ropz, Yuurih, n0thing, ZywOo, blameF, jks, Grim, Brehze, Stewie2k, Kenny S, and f0rest are the Pro Players whose Crosshairs have been discussed.Alpha: This lets you adjust the transparency of your crosshair.Center Dot: This allows you to add a dot in between the crosshair.T Style: This lets you remove the top line of your crosshair making it T shaped.Outline: This lets you adjust the outline of your crosshair.Crosshair Color: This lets you adjust the color of your crosshair.Gap: This lets you adjust how far apart the lines are from your crosshair.Thickness: This lets you adjust the thickness of the crosshair.Length: This lets you adjust the size of the crosshair.The other settings that players can tweak to their liking are as follows:. ![]() There are a total of 5 crosshair styles that are available for players to choose from which are as follows:. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Have every hiker make an “eyepatch” with one of their hands covering the eye of their choice. Ask them to guess what color they think it is, and then put it in a pocket or safe place so that they don’t litter on the trail. Give each hiker a small piece of colored paper. This experiment will help hikers tell if their cones are being used at all during the night hike. Rods help us see in low-light situations, making them important for night hikes. This is a good opportunity to talk about two of the photoreceptors in our eyes: rods and cones. Many people are surprised at the realization that they are colorblind in the dark. Materials: small squares of colored paper Change one or two of the words and see if they notice. ![]() Test the hike participants’ hearing by walking around them while saying nursery rhymes and see if they can tell what you’re saying. That means they can focus their ears the same way to hear better in that direction, or they can point them in opposite directions to hear more of their entire surroundings.Ĭreate your own “deer ears” by shaping your hands around your human ears. Their ears also often can move independently. Whether bats, coyotes, deer, or rabbits, many of these animals have something in common: their ears! Their ears are big so they can hear better, which compensates for their reduced ability to see at night. Talk about all of the nocturnal creatures and crepuscular creatures (that means animals that are most active at twilight) the group can think of. Crazy, isn’t it? So, before you plop one of these minty sweet lifesavers into your mouth just for the mere taste, share one with a friend, turn off the lights, and show them the magic of science.Materials: everyone needs their own set of hands and ears We don’t have to go into wavelengths and all that, but basically the wintergreen oil absorbs the ultraviolet (invisible) light and takes it over, emitting sparks of visible blue light. The Wint-O-Green lifesaver creates a bright flash because the flavoring, methyl salicylate (a.k.a. The ultraviolet light that is produced is mostly non-visible, but a small amount is visible which is why sometimes other sugar candies create faint sparks when you bite into them. When the candy is crushed electrons are released and these electrons collide with nitrogen molecules in the air, which causes a vibration that results in an ultraviolet spark. Triboluminescence is emission of light as a result of something being crushed or torn, in this case, crystalline sugars. ![]() The reason you see these sparks is because of an effect called triboluminescence. In the darkened room chew the lifesaver with your mouth open and if you get the right crunch your friend will see sparks of blue light making your mouth glow. I find it works best with a friend because then you can share the feeling of amazement, but it also works if you are by yourself and look in the mirror. If you take these lifesavers into a pitch-black room ( a bathroom usually works the best) you can watch science in action. Wint-O-Green Lifesavers are more than just a sweet wintergreen taste-bud-tingler, and they are more than just a breath mint, this candy is a science lesson. ![]() Denture Danger: 9 (if you aren’t just using it as a breath mint) ![]() ![]() Google has been making advances in this market over the past few years. However, Amazon’s new deals could pose a significant threat to the company’s market share. The streaming service costs $10 per month. ![]() Moreover, this Zacks Rank #3 company offers about 50 million on-demand songs and live radio stations. The interface allows subscribers to stream their favorite music from their Internet browser rather than installing iTunes or the separate Apple Music app. Also, the company has expanded the Apple Music platform’s reach to additional 52 countries in 2020.Īlso, recently, the company relaunched the Apple Music beta website to add a Listen Now feature that replaces the For You tab from the standard Apple Music website. In addition to the latest deal, last month, Amazon incorporated Twitch’s live streaming feature into the Amazon Music app.Īll these endeavors will enable the company to help artists across all genres globally to bolster their fan engagement.Ĭurrently, Amazon carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).Īpple has been gaining steam in the market with expanding Apple Music subscriber base, which currently has more than 60 million paid subscribers. Furthermore, solid momentum across Amazon Prime is aiding the company in the music streaming market. ![]() Moreover, the company is likely to witness growth in the user base of the Amazon Music app by delivering enhanced music experience via improving the audio quality. With Amazon Music HD, customers can stream 5 million songs in the highest quality.įurther, the partnership is likely to give a tough competition to Spotify, Google, Apple and Sirius XM, which are also leaving no stone unturned to capitalize on the opportunities. The service supports various devices such as desktop, select Echo devices, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and smartphones based on both iOS and Android. Last year, Amazon came up with a new version of music streaming service based on HD music quality, called Amazon Music HD. In addition to the above, a few select albums and songs will be remixed in 3D Audio formats such as Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA. Users will now be able to stream music from a number of artists including Eagles, Elton John, Linkin Park, Tom Petty, Ariana Grande, Jon Pardi, Shawn Mendes, Lady Gaga, Lil Tecca, Selena Gomez, Post Malone and many more. Together, the companies aim to help take music to the next level by leveraging the enriched capabilities of Amazon HD quality. The company plans to upgrade the digital streaming audio quality of these songs to the highest available. In this regard, Amazon Music recently inked a strategic partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to bring an immersive experience for music lovers by remastering songs and albums to Ultra High Definition (HD). Amazon Latest Stance to Aid Market PositionĪmazon has been making every effort to bolster presence in the global music streaming service by strengthening Amazon Music service. Tech companies like Amazon AMZN, Apple AAPL, Spotify SPOT and Alphabet’s GOOGL Google, among others, have identified the prospects and are trying to strengthen presence in this space. Further, user penetration in 2020 is expected to be 8% in 2020 and rise up to 12% by 2025. The figure is expected to reach $21.3 billion by 2025 at a CAGR of 5.4% between 20. ![]() Moreover, according to a report from Statista, the music streaming market is expected to generate revenues of $16.4 billion in 2020. They play some games, sing “Talking to Myself” and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge,” and join Jeong in his ridiculous dance routine audition to become the band’s official “fly girl.With increasing Internet and smartphone usage, music streaming services offering unlimited and uninterrupted access to high-quality audio files are gaining rapid traction globally.įurther, increasing proliferation of smart speakers and wearables like smartwatches - which can be synchronized with music streaming apps - is driving the demand for such services. Jeong’s awkward hard-press about not just joining, but leading the band continue as he relentlessly teases Mike Shinoda about leaving the group, leading to LP’s co-founder saying he’s, yes, “Numb,” to the comedian’s jibes.Īs the ride continues, Jeong finds out how Bennington came up with his signature “scringing” (scream/singing) style and then he gets a tutorial on how to pull it off, which ends with Chester saying, “this is probably the greatest day of my life.” They run through another Jeong-ified version of an LP classic, “In the End,” with turntablist Joe Hahn left speechless by the actor’s “Mr. The good times keep rolling as they bust into a hand-clapping cover of Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” with Bennington - wearing a grey v-neck t shirt and matching wool cap - bopping along and matching Jeong’s high notes. Linkin Park Get 'Back To Work' After Chester Bennington's Death ![]() |