![]() ![]() The foundation piles are ordered by suit and rank. The foundation: Where you want all your cards to end up ordered by suit and rank.The waste: Where the cards from the stock will be laid out face up.The stock: The pile of cards face down from which you draw.You move the cards around in seven columns The tableau: Where most of the game takes place.They will keep your mind in shape because you're up against your toughest opponent: Yourself! Whether you accept the daily challenge, take a random shuffle, or comfort yourself with a winnable deal, you have more than 320 free Solitaire games to choose from. If you're a regular player, you can customize your deck of cards to one of my 9 different designs or change the background color to one of your liking. I've done my best to give the games that classical Solitare feel with smooth gameplay, a modern design, and all the well-known features such as undo if you regret a move, hint if you need a little help and restart when you want a second chance at a game. I hope you will enjoy them just as much as my grandmother does, along with the more than 1 million players who come here every month for a break. I've made all these games so straightforward and self-evident that she has no trouble. Now, she is joyfully playing my digital version. Who doesn't love a good old game of Patience? My grandmother taught me FreeCell and Spider Solitaire as a kid, with a ragged set of cards in the summerhouse. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Here are some tips I’ve learned over the years: While the design itself is loose and flowing, making an accurate meander quilt does require a bit of careful planning and piecing. But don’t be afraid to experiment with bolder prints if you’re feeling bold, my dude! Tips for Executing Meander Patterns The simpler the print, the less it will compete with the meandering lines for attention. Some of my favorite fabric choices for meander quilts include: That said, prints with a linear or all-over motif can also look stunning against a meandering background. Solids or low-volume prints allow the eye to follow the curvy lines without distraction. In my experience, certain fabrics really make meander designs pop. The lines are what give these designs their trademark, flowing appeal. No matter which specific type of meander style you favor, the key element is those ever-curving lines. Totally reminds me of tree branches or roots. Kinda looks like a slinky, if that makes sense.īranching meander: The main line splits off into thinner branch lines that meander independently for a bit before reconnecting. Often the lines partially overlap to create interesting negative spaces.īumpy meander: Similar to a simple meander but with small bumps or curves added along the main line for visual interest. Interconnecting lines: Multiple winding lines cross and intersect with each other as they flow. It uses a single curving line that moves haphazardly back and forth. Simple meander: This is the most basic meander design. At their core, all meander designs share this same overall flowy, organic quality. Think of it like a shallow, winding river cutting across a landscape. Some people describe meander patterns as resembling an intricate ribbon or vine that gets twisted and turned as it spans the quilt. ![]() The lines rarely run straight for very long before curving off in another direction. What is a Meander Pattern?īasically, a meander pattern utilizes curvy, snaking lines that wander aimlessly across the quilt surface. In this article, I’ll cover everything you need to know about working with meander quilt designs. From my experience sewing many quilts over the years, meander patterns are incredibly popular for their organic, free-flowing aesthetics. ![]() Meander patterns feature curving, winding lines that move across the quilt in interesting ways. If you’re looking for a quilt pattern that is endlessly versatile and elegant, a meander design could be just what you’re after. I love how nicely it can expand to secure large areas of our quilts very quickly.A Complete Guide to Meander Quilt Patterns This free motion quilting design adds a truly lovely texture around motifs and can easily fit into complex areas with no problem. Heart Paisley is such a versatile design! You can quilt it on a big scale for All-Over Quilting bed quilts, and you can quilt it on a small scale for art quilts too. Short on time? Click Here to find a 44 second version of this quilting tutorial! Where Should We Quilt Heart Paisley in Our Quilts? If you're using this design for All-Over Quilting and wanting a soft bed quilt, make sure to stitch your heart shapes at least 3-4 inches long and keep an inch of space between your echoes. Remember, the bigger the heart you begin with, the softer your quilt will finish. I like starting from the bottom tip of the heart and swirling out with the double hump. This design is so pretty and so easy to quilt! The biggest key is being able to stitch the heart shape. Tips for Free Motion Quilting Heart Paisley ![]() Let's learn how to free motion quilt Heart Paisley today! Valentine's Day is just around the corner! To celebrate this fun holiday, I'm quilting back through several heart-themed free motion quilting designs. ![]() ![]() After all, what is it he yields to? Only to suffer his Friend to go in his stead, just to save them from present Ruin, but he expressly forbids him to proceed any farther in their As|sistance, than barely to put out the Fires, and secure his own and his Friend's Return into their Country: And all this concludes with a Wish, that (if it were possible) every Greek and every Trojan might perish except themselves. Thus his very Pity has the sternest Qualifications in the World. 773.) That time was not till the Flames should approach to his own Ships, till the last Article of Dan|ger, and that not of Danger to Greece, but to himself. What can match the Fierceness of his Answer? Which implies, that not the Oracles of Heaven itself should be regarded, if they stood in Competition with his Resent|ment: That if he yields, it must be thro' his own mere Mo|tive: The only reason he has ever to yield, is that Nature itself cannot support Anger eternally: And if he yields now, it is only because he had before determin'd to do so at a cer|tain time, ( Il. Patroclus, at the opening of this Speech, dares not name Agamemnon even for being wounded and af|ter he has tried to bend him by all the Arguments that could affect an human Breast, concludes by supposing that some Oracle or supernatual Inspiration is the Cause that with-holds his Arms. At the very Instant that Achilles is mov'd to ask the Cause of his Friend's Concern, he seems to say that nothing could deserve it but the Death of their Fathers: and in the same Breath speaks of the total Destruction of the Greeks as of too slight a Cause for Tears. While the former is melting with Sorrow for his Countrymen, the utmost he can hope from the latter, is but to borrow his Armour and Troops to obtain his personal Assistance he knows is impossible. The Pathetic of Patroclus's Speech is finely contrasted by the Fiertè of that of Achilles. ![]() As nothing can be more natural and affecting than the Speech of Patroclus, so nothing is more lively and Picturesque than the Attitude he is here describ'd in. Patroclus, pointing to the Ships, where the Flames already began to rise, tells him he is harder than the Rocks or Sea which lay in prospect before them, if he is not touch'd with so mo|ving a Spectacle, and can see in cold Blood his Friends pe|rishing before his Eyes. Achilles, struck with the Grief of his Friend, demands the Cause of it. We see Pa|troclus touch'd with the deepest Compassion for the Misfortune of the Greeks, (whom the Trojans had forc'd to retreat to their Ships, and which Ships were on the Point of burning) prostrating himself before the Vessel of Achilles, and pour|ing out his Tears at his Feet. The two different Characters are admirably sustain'd in the Dialogue of the two Heroes, wherein there is not a Period but strongly marks not only their na|tural Temper, but that particular Disposition of Mind in either, which arises from the present State of Affairs. WE have at the Entrance of this Book one of the most beautiful Parts of the Iliad. Several other Particulars of the Battel are de|scribed in the Heat of which, Patroclus, neglecting the Or|ders of Achilles, pursues the Foe to the Walls of Troy where Apollo repulses and disarms him, Euphorbus wounds him, and Hector kills him, which concludes the Book. The Trojans at the Sight of Patroclus in Achilles's Armour, taking him for that Hero, are cast into the utmost Consternation: He beats them off from the Vessels, Hector himself flies, Sarpedon is kill'd, tho' Jupiter was averse to his Fate. ![]() Achilles offers a Libation for the Success of his Friend, after which Patroclus leads the Myrmidons to Battel. The Armour, Horses, Soldiers, and Officers of Achilles are described. ![]() ![]() He agrees to it, but at the same time charges him to content himself with rescuing the Fleet, without farther Pursuit of the Enemy. PAtroclus (in Pursuance of the Request of Nestor in the eleventh Book) entreats Achilles to suffer him to go to the Assistance of the Greeks with Achilles's Troops and Armour. The sixth Battel: The Acts and Death of Patroclus. ![]() ![]() And still I have to wait 1 hour to be called. So what's the point for the appointment? My appointment is 9:50am I'll arrived and check in 9:40am. Very bad customer service! Waited two hours to be told I am not important enough for a time sensitive blood withdraw since they lost my previous blood vial, lost orders, rude techs, Caucasian. This location is always busy but if you make an appointment then they get you in right on time. Quest Diagnostics also provides you with a free and secure tool to access your test results, manage your health history, and more. You can choose from over 2,200 locations, find the nearest one to you, and check the availability of drug screening services. Guy at the desk says it is because no one has missed their appointment. Quest Diagnostics offers a convenient way to schedule your appointment online. Moreġ1 an appointment, still waiting in cramped waiting room at 11:33 am. You can even manage test results for your family or those in your care, schedule and receive medication reminders, and schedule appointments at Quest Diagnostics Patient Service Centers. ![]() ![]() I checked in (10 mins before appt) on the link they texted me on as a reminder of my appointments. Get lab results sent directly to your smartphone, tablet, or desktop with MyQuest. We also collaborate with many international diagnostic laboratories, hospitals and clinics to help improve human health. Our products and services are used by customers in over 130 countries. and operations in India, Ireland, and Mexico. Quest Diagnostics has headquarters in the U.S. ![]() I booked an appointment few days prior online. Lab testing, laboratory and office locations around the world. I can log in on the display and it shows my place in line. answer my questions and streamline my visits. Always competent, thoughtful and resilient staff. ![]() ![]() It's encouraged by the game's elegant structure. The urge to protect Isaac and help him to survive in such a relentlessly hostile place is strong. ![]() You can, however, 'retry' the same world by noting down the 8-digit seed from which it was generated, a code displayed on the pause menu. The layout of the world changes with each new playthrough. These grotesque visions are only somewhat tempered by McMillen's cartoonish, flippant art-style. And they are horrors indeed - toothy maggots, sobbing babies, lanky spiders and giant hell blobs that spit blood and faecal matter. Neither Isaac nor we quite know what horrors stand on the other side of the next doorway. It's a shifting maze that changes with each fresh game, a design that reinforces in us the sense of confusion and fear the protagonist feels. In The Binding of Isaac it's a tangible place, a warren of rooms and floors filled with Dante-esque horrors that leads deeper into the earth and Isaac's sense of physical and psychological isolation. Available free on PS4 and Vita as part of PlayStation Plusįor Edmund McMillen, the co-creator who has made clear this is an exploration of his own childhood experiences living with a family of recovering drug addicts and fundamentalist Christianity, his basement sanctuary was probably metaphorical.The eponymous Isaac flees his parent and retreats into the basement beneath the family's house, where responsibility for his safety passes to us. And it's made explicit in the game's introductory sequence, which depicts a young boy being chased by his zealot mother, who has been driven to fanaticism by a diet of religious TV and now wants to cleanse her son of his sin with the aid of a carving knife. It's alluded to in the game's title, borrowed from the myth that features in all three major monotheistic religions in which Abraham comes close to sacrificing his bewildered child, Isaac. While its numerous opaque endings are open to interpretation, there is no way to shy away from its distressing foundational theme. The Binding of Isaac is a game about child abuse, both mythological and semi-autobiographical. For instance, the achievement and eggs commands unlock stuff in your game save, but saving your persistent data is disabled when mods are turned on.An awful childhood gets a surprisingly arcadey revisit in this blistering action roguelike. Some commands that are still in the game aren't listed here since they're only useful for Nicalis developers, or are no longer useful. Also, try the clipboard! You can paste multiple commands at once or copy the last few commands you entered using the copy command. If you're testing a specific item or item combo, it's useful to enter your commands and then exit and continue so your items are reloaded when you continue and you don't need to keep retyping the same command. Some of the crashes are documented below, but there are likely others. ![]() ![]() The debug console is not completely stable, so if you enter commands like numbers outside certain ranges, it may crash. Now modders can finally unleash its power! It can be a big time saver for testing your changes during development of mods. The debug console is a feature of Isaac that's been around since Rebirth, but until AB+ it's only been enabled in developer builds. To hide the console, just hit Enter without typing anything.īeware of spoilers! You can easily learn things accidentally via the debug console that you might have wanted to learn from regular gameplay! On english (American) keyboardlayouts, it should be below Esc. To show the console, while in a run press the grave/tilde (`~) key. If you don't have any mods to enable, download one from Steam Workshop, or create an empty folder in your mods. To access the debug console, mods must be enabled. ![]() ![]() ![]() What treatments are most likely to help me feel better?.Questions to ask if you are referred to a specialist include: Do I need to follow any restrictions while waiting for a diagnosis?.If these tests don't pinpoint the cause of my symptoms, what additional tests might I need?.What are the possible causes of my symptoms or condition?.Questions to ask the doctor at the initial appointment include: Creating your list of questions can help you make the most of your time with your doctor. Write down questions to ask your doctor. ![]()
![]() Nothing’s perfect and neither are plaster walls. Great for privacy, bad for eaves-dropping. It goes without saying that a wall that is twice as thick should have at least twice as good sound blocking abilities. Plaster is harder and thicker than drywall and because of that and its chemical makeup it is better at sound attenuation. Thicker plaster walls provide better thermal breaks than drywall and that saves money on utilities. At 7/8″ thick a traditional plaster wall is nearly twice as thick as most drywall applications. Why is a thicker wall better? Lots of reasons, but one of the biggest is energy efficiency. This strength comes in handy to avoid the dings, nicks, and dents that come along with drywall. Just try sanding cured plaster or punching a hole in a plaster wall compared to drywall. The tensile strength of a solid plaster wall compared to drywall is signifigant. ![]() These pros certainly make keeping your plaster walls a good idea if they are in decent shape or repairing them rather than tearing them out and replacing with drywall. You may be surprised but there are quite a few pros of plaster walls, more than most people expect. The skim coat was originally lime and water only and beginning in the early 20th century gypsum was not uncommon to use for the skim coat because it would cure so much faster than lime plasters. ![]() The third, and final coat, which was sometimes skipped in lower end projects was called the skim or finish coat and unlike the first two coats it was applied to a thickness of only 1/8″ or so. Once the scratch coat was dry the brown coat was applied in much the same way by troweling about 1/4 to 3/8″ thick and left to cure. The first was the scratch coat which was a rough mixture of lime, sand, and water applied to the lath about 1/4 to 3/8″ thick and scratched with hand tools to provide a good bond for the second coat called the brown coat. Traditionally plaster walls were applied in three successive coats. Rock lath, popular in the historical cusp years of of the 1940s and 1950s were 2×8 sheets of early drywall that were nailed to the studs and then the plaster was applied over top of it. There were other forms of lath popular in later years like metal lath which is still used today as a base for stucco applications and rock lath was a predecessor to drywall. This gap would allow the plaster to push through and form a “key” that once dry would hold the plaster securely to the wall. ![]() The plaster was applied over traditional wood lath which was nailed horizontally to the studs leaving small 1/4″ gaps between each strip of wood. It could take up to a month (or even longer in cold climates) for a plaster wall to cure fully enough to allow for painting which slowed the construction process down. Plaster walls were applied wet by a skilled plasterer using a hawk and trowel. Understanding these walls will help you navigate things as diverse as the differences in hanging things on a plaster wall versus drywall, repair and patching techniques, and even WIFI issues and potential resolutions! Anatomy of Plaster Walls Whether it frustrates or inspires you it’s worth understanding what a plaster wall is and what some of the pros and cons are of this historical wall covering. ![]() Plaster was used for centuries as a wall covering and it wasn’t until the mid-1940s that it began to be replaced in favor of newer and faster option, drywall. Depending on your situation they can be both beautiful and annoying. Lath and plaster walls are a part of life in an old house. ![]() ![]() Outline your marketing and sales strategies, how you plan to promote your art, and the channels you will use to reach your audience.Detail your art portfolio, including styles, mediums, and themes that you will offer.Analyze the competition to understand their strengths and weaknesses and find your unique selling proposition (USP).Identify your target market, including demographics, preferences, and purchasing behavior.Define your art business mission and vision, outlining what you aim to achieve and why it matters.Here's a concise guide to help you draft an effective art business plan: It serves as a comprehensive guide for your artistic venture, detailing the roadmap from concept to market. 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Starting an art business requires a thorough understanding of the market to identify potential customers, competitors, and trends. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the best results, though, animate your Windows backgrounds with Wallpaper Engine on a powerful desktop PC. It can be configured to run on low-resource devices if needed. While Wallpaper Engine runs better under a dedicated graphics card (GPU), this isn't necessary. Various elements can be edited using the settings dialog, which is found in the system tray. Once launched, you simply select from a predetermined group of live desktop backgrounds, or import your own. The options with this tool are considerable, and using it is simple. Supported video formats include MP4, WebM, AVI, M4V, MOV, and WMV. A moving background for Windows 10 can be made from static images, websites, and video files. Wallpaper Engine features support for popular aspect ratios and native resolutions. You can even import more backgrounds from other Steam users. 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When designing a login form with a web prototyping tool like Mockplus, you’ll want to know how to ensure the best usability possible. Seeing that designing a login screen can be tricky and time-consuming, and as a leading design platform all around the world. Most login pages include elements such as username, password, and a highlighted CTA. A creative and attractive login page will quickly catch the user’s attention, direct a high volume of visitors to your website, and improve the user experience. A login page is of extreme importance to web and app design, especially for online stores or e-commerce websites. ![]() |
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