![]() These Cat Eye Glasses are not just shaped in for eyes, but they also put emphasis on the facial features and enhance the color of the eyes and hair for a woman. These style Cat Eye Glasses became so popular in the Hip Society culture that they had to come back in the Modern Era. These glasses have been worn on regular basis by famous celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Munroe, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Rihanna.Ĭontrary to the fashion, these Cat Eye Glasses had been designed specifically for women as they preferred Large Size Frames with a distinctive feature or shape. The shape for these Cat Eye Glasses draw attention to the women’s eyes, giving them a feminine touch and making their eyes look more beautiful. They say to look at things beautifully but with these frames, we can surely say women looked upon beautifully as it sure adds to the glamour and appeal to their fashion apparel. But why Cat Eye Glasses? Well they have a feminine element to it, where the outside edge frame is pointed upwards giving a Cat Eye look. ![]() Yes! The Cat Eye Glasses are coming on every woman’s face now. The classic style appeal from the late 50s and 60s are back. Eyewear companies started to truly cater to the market for feminine frames adding stylistic touches such as diamante, gold stars and elaborate flairs to the tips of the frames.Įveryone from movie stars like Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, politicians like Shirley Chisholm, professional women and stay-at-home mothers favoured the cat eye silhouette, which tended to be smaller with a super-exaggerated, upswept flair.The Cat is Out of The Bag, Check Out The Hottest Trendįor Women Right Now, The Cat Eye Glasses: Throughout the post-war years, the popularity of the cat eye frame for prescription lenses soared. If you want to know more about this fascinating woman I highly recommend checking out the eponymous documentary "Altina". Vogue and Life magazines credited Schinasi with revolutionizing the eyewear industry and aesthetic.Īltina exited the eyewear business in the early 40s to continue her other passions including painting, sculpture, film making and the anti-fascist and civil rights movements. ![]() In 1939 Altina was awarded the Lord & Taylor Annual American Design Award for her avant-garde transformation of the eyeglass frame into a proper fashion accessory. Her original shape designs were cut away from the romantic and whimsical harlequin masks worn at ballroom dances at the time and it is from this mask that the cat eye shape got its first name "Harlequin".Īfter initial scepticism from stores, Altina grew her business substantially over the 1930s as women across America voted with their wallets and purchased these fun, playfully shaped feminine frames. ![]() Inspired by the lack of interesting frames for women available in opticians in New York, Altina designed the first prototypes of a more glamorous silhouette. ![]() It is during this period in her late 20's that she registered her patent on the Harlequin frame. It was here that she developed a deep passion for the subject, so she changed her choice of college to art school in New York.Īltina graduated and took up work as a window dresser on Fifth Avenue for Peter Copeland, where she would collaborate with the visionary artist Salvidor Dali. The "Harlequin" FrameĪltina Schinasi was born in the Manhattan's Upper Westside in 1907, after receiving schooling in the US she made a trip to Paris in her late teens to study art. However, if we want to go right to the beginning of the cat eye story we need to learn a little about Altina Schinasi. This feline-inspired style really started to take off in the 1950s as the stars of the day took to wearing this glamourous shape on the big screen. An exaggerated upswept frame that forms the shape of a cat's eye.Īudrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Rihanna, Gigi Hadid. ![]()
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![]() It sounds like it will be very time consuming to add them but it is really quite simple. Not necessary for every page, but page numbers can provide a handy reference for you, especially if you are designing a large book. The software does provide a grid, but to make sure you have clean lines to your layouts and all boxes align appropriately, use this handy dandy tool. If you create your own layouts with multiple image and text boxes, the align tool becomes your best friend. Once these are defined, all you have to do is select “Body” – or whatever style you want – when adding text. Select “Customize Styles” from the pull down menu when the text box is highlighted.ĭefine the font style, size, color, and any Bold/Italics/Underline you may want. Blurb’s BookSmart allows up to 5 text styles. Select your favorite font(s) and define the text styles. It will keep you organized and save you time. If you want to provide a title, captions, date, or page number to your layouts, I recommend you utilize the text style feature. Then when selecting layouts for your book, use the pull down menu to only reveal the “My Pages” you have saved. Typically, I include the number of photo boxes in the layout name. When you have adjusted a particular layout to fit your style, click “Apply & Save to My Layouts.” Provide a custom name. ![]() Streamline your options by designing your favorite 10-12 layouts and save them to your “My Pages” tab. ![]() Plus, the more layouts you use, the more haphazard your design appears. It takes way too long to figure out which one of the 70 you should use. You shouldn’t be using all of those spreads. ![]() Blurb book layouts made easyīlurb’s BookSmart offers over 70 different page layouts you can choose from when designing your Blurb book. Well, I have 5 great tips for using Blurb’s free program, BookSmart, to efficiently and beautifully design a photo book. Too often, this sounds like a great idea but becomes too time consuming to finish. January is the perfect time to finish a photo book of your 2012 photos – or get started with your 2013 book. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Summary, Here's how to deal with the "Beach Ball of Death" I personally would only wait about an hour before deciding that it's time to say goodbye to my work. Click around, see if anything has changed, and give yourself a maximum time limit. If you decide to try this approach, I suggest checking back on the application every 5-10 minutes. There are no guarantees on how long the application will take to resolve the issue, nor if it will ever resolve. This is a classic example where you may prefer to wait and hope. Sadly Excel froze before you saved your changes. For example, let's say you are working on a spreadsheet and made lots of changes. Why would you do this? Generally because you have some work you did not manage to save before the application froze. ![]() If you have the time, you may prefer to wait and hope the application unfreezes itself. Steps to force quit an application Option #2: Wait and hope that the application fixes itself Now, click the "Force Quit" button in the bottom right of the popup. Mocked up example of the "Notes" application not respondingĬlick on the application you want to force quit. If it doesn't have this note, it may be worth doing option #2 (wait and hope) if you have work that you did not save. If your app is frozen, it should have a little note saying "not responding" next to it. Each of them appears to be operating as expected in the image above. This will bring up the following screen, called the Mac Task Manager: In this image, all applications are running normally, and none are frozen. The Mac equivalent keyboard shortcut is: command + option + escape. And you may be wondering: does Mac have an equivalent shortcut? You hold down all three buttons at the same time. On a PC, use the keyboard shortcut to force an application to close down is control + alt + delete. If your cursor is still a spinning beach ball, and clicking the 'x' doesn't close the application, then it's time to force the application to close. Be aware that you will lose any work that you haven’t saved.įirst, open the application and try one last time to close it the standard way, by clicking the red 'x' in the top left of the application: Click the red 'x' to close the application in the standard way Use this option if you need to use the application straight away. How to Force Quit a Mac App Control+Alt+Delete Style Or wait and hope that the application unfreezes itself.Force the application to close and lose any unsaved changes (also known as force quit).In this situation, there are only two things you can do: You can move the beach ball around the screen, but no matter what you do, you can't seem to click anything. Have you ever tried to use an application on your laptop, only to find that your cursor is a spinning beach ball? ![]() ![]() Not only that, but if they captured it, he argued, it would place a much larger ship at their disposal. ![]() Jack Rackham quickly spoke up and contested the decision, suggesting they fight the man-o-war, because it would have plenty of riches. Vane, claiming caution as his reason, commanded a retreat from battle. The ship, which was at least twice as large as Vane's sloop, went after them. After robbing several ships outside of New York City, Vane and his crew encountered a large French man-o-war. The first record of him is as quartermaster on Charles Vane's sloop Ranger in 1718. Little is known of Rackham's upbringing or early life, except for the fact that he was English and born in Jamaica around the year 1682. After a short run he was captured by pirate hunter Jonathan Barnet in 1720, before being hanged in November of the same year in Spanish Town, Jamaica. ![]() Their new crew included Mary Read, disguised as a man. When Rackham returned to piracy in 1720, by stealing a British sloop, she joined him. He accepted a pardon some time in 1719 and moved to New Providence where he met and married Anne Bonny. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing he wore.Īctive towards the end (1717–1720) of the "golden age of piracy" (1690–1730) Rackham is most remembered for two things: the design of his Jolly Roger flag, a skull with crossed swords, which contributed to the popularization of the design, and for having two female crew members (Mary Read and Rackham's lover Anne Bonny).Īfter deposing Charles Vane from his captaincy, Rackham cruised the Leeward Islands, Jamaica Channel and Windward Passage. John Rackam (21 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas during the early 18th century (Rackham is often spelled as Rackam or Rackum in historical documentation). ![]() ![]() A simple rubber or synthetic washer costs pennies. In Arizona's extreme climate, inspect your garden hose for leaks and change washers often. Consult a pool professional for assistance some have leak-detection equipment. A minor leak of an inch per day can annually waste up to 100,000 gallons of water (enough to fill a typical pool four times in a year). Soggy ground or sinkholes can be evidence of underground line leaks in sprinkler systems, evaporative cooling equipment, pool equipment or water main lines. When plants or grass are not absorbing water from sprinklers that are abandoned but still connected, puddles will result. Make sure to cap off, plug or disconnect sprinkler heads, drip lines or abandoned sprinkler zones that are no longer watering grass or plants. Water can be under extreme pressure.Ībandoned sprinkler heads, lines or zones. Replacing parts on a backflow preventer should always be conducted by a qualified professional. Consulting an irrigation professional before you repair or replace sprinkler valves is advised. Trapped sand or debris can interrupt shut-off of sprinkler valves causing continuous water flow. These should not be cracked or seeping water. When inspecting sprinkler valves and backflow preventers (also called vacuum breakers), the rule of thumb is "where there's water, there's a leak." Check often for moist or soggy ground around exposed sprinkler valves, in-ground valve boxes or backflow preventers. ![]() Sprinkler valves and backflow preventers. Keep the diagram in a handy place (e.g., near your irrigation timer). You can draw a rough "as-built" diagram on graph paper or your landscape plan by recording the location of sprinkler heads and valves, and the layout of drip lines and underground sprinkler pipes. To help locate equipment and sprinkler heads for inspection, create or ask your irrigation installer for a sprinkler "as-built" diagram. ![]() Drip lines should be regularly inspected for cracks, and missing or broken drip emitters. Functioning sprinkler heads should pop-up or rotate. Big leaks develop when heads or drip emitters are broken off, cracked or spouting water. Knowing where to look takes the mystery out of outdoor leak detection: (Re-useable foam pipe and faucet insulation is available at home improvement centers.) Drain exposed lines when there is danger of frost or freezing. Insulate exposed outdoor pipes, evaporative cooler equipment, water faucets, and sprinkler vacuum breakers is essential. Even in Phoenix's warm climate, unanticipated winter freeze and frost can damage exposed pipes and fixtures when temperatures drop below normal. Inspect equipment weekly or biweekly while you are running your sprinkler and drip systems can prevent water damage to plants, patios, and building slabs. Outdoor leaks often go undetected.ĭon't wait until you have a costly leak. ![]() If you don't have obvious indoor leaks (such as leaky pipes, toilets that are running, or dripping faucets), head outside. Unaccounted for month-to-month or year-to-year increases in cost or water consumption units may indicate a leak. Pay attention to surges in your water bill. Making Your Water Bill a Leak-detecting Tool Download the book or order it sent to your home at no cost. The Smart Home Water Guideis an excellent tool for finding and fixing leaks both indoors and outdoors. Finding and fixing leaks will help you save your money. You can contribute to water savings in the Valley by knowing how to look for leaks in your yard. To help ensure that the Valley's water is not wasted, the City of Phoenix operates one of the country's most aggressive leak detection programs. How to be an Outdoor Leak Detective ![]() ![]() ![]() The free plan offers most of MEGA’s functionality, with exceptions such as time limits and passwords for links, longer retention periods for deleted files and the ability to grant your monthly transfer quota to other accounts. dollars, conversions from MEGA’s pricing in euros. If you need to collaborate on cloud-based files, Google Drive is one of the best options for that. Unfortunately, MEGA’s strong focus on privacy and security doesn’t leave much room for collaboration options, so integration with third-party apps like Google Docs is impossible. Versioning is enabled by default, and files with previous versions are marked with a little clock icon next to them. MEGA also retains previous versions of any file you have uploaded, so it’s safe from any accidental changes saved to the cloud. It’s a tiny bugbear, but something MEGA could certainly improve on. ![]() There are no file previews when sharing inside the chat, so you’ll need to remember the file name. You can share files inside the chat, either directly from your computer or from your MEGA cloud drive. Chat is available both through the MEGA website and via the mobile app. However, keep in mind that metadata, such as the email address of your contact, remains unencrypted. The live chat functionality can be useful for collaboration, as it is also secured by MEGA’s encryption protocol. Users can communicate via the live chat feature directly inside the MEGA web app. You can check out our review of if you’re looking for a deal that offers top-notch security for a great price. There are certainly better alternatives that offer much more storage for a lower price. Because of this, MEGA makes our list of the best free cloud storage services.Īlthough MEGA has a generous free plan, its paid plans are rather pricey and it doesn’t really offer enough cloud storage to make up for the price. A free account will get you a whopping 20GB of cloud storage. In spite of all its controversy, MEGA is still a very secure cloud service, and it’s one of the best choices for anyone looking for lots of free storage space. Following the takedown of Megaupload’s servers in Hong Kong, MEGA was incorporated in New Zealand as a cloud service dedicated to the security and privacy of its users’ data.
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Don't be mistaken though, the gameplay and characters are definitely the pull here, over a fairly whatever story that is supplemented by the game's charm. I'm usually not a fan of having to pick between difficulties as opposed to a set difficulty, but I appreciated the fact that they implemented a "casual" difficulty so it was possible to progress for those who were struggling, and for those who wanted to see the story develop. The game features 5 difficulty levels (from casual to elite). The feeling of progress you get by improving your previous attempt at a level or leveling up your character is great. I went with fairly simple characters to avoid overcomplicating things (Piper, Bogdan, Fen, and Seabrass) but there is a cool variety of characters, including a fish guy who fights melee that I want to try out. The characters are likeable, and the game offers many ways to play. This is coming from a guy who still doesn't fully understand chess, so you understand my hesitation. I played the game for an hour years ago, but got distracted and probably thought it would get too hard. I've had this game in my library for a few years, and enjoyed the gameplay and aesthetic of SteamWorld Dig a lot. When you lose a level, chances are you made an important mistake. Levels are mostly procedurally generated, but they don't feel unfair unlike some roguelikes. There is little RNG, no "95% chance to hit" nonsense (there is crit chance with headshots). SteamWorld Heist is a 2D turn-based tactic shooter, which basically means it's like XCOM but 2D and the shooting is based on angles. The old /r/patientgamers Essential Games List In most cases using a No-CD or Fixed EXE will solve this problem Some Game Trainers are sometimes reported to be a Virus or Trojan, the most common is a keylogger called HotKeysHook or the file has been packed/protected with VMProtect or Themida and is recognized as Win32/Packed.VMProtect or Win32/Packed.Themida. 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