8/31/2023 0 Comments Star wars meme generatorA riot control stormtrooper who calls Finn a traitor during the battle on Takodana, portrayed by stunt performer Liang Yang and voiced by sound editor David Acord, is identified as FN-2199 "Nines" in the anthology book Star Wars: Before the Awakening (2015) by Greg Rucka. Abrams also cast Alias and Lost composer Michael Giacchino as FN-3181, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich as FN-9330. Daniel Craig has a small uncredited role as a stormtrooper whom Rey compels using the Jedi mind trick to let her escape from captivity, and director J. In The Force Awakens (2015), John Boyega stars as Finn, the former Stormtrooper FN-2187 who defects from the First Order and joins the Resistance, and Gwendoline Christie portrays Captain Phasma, commander of the First Order's stormtroopers. In Revenge of the Sith, Morrison also played Commander Cody, the only named clone trooper who is seen unmasked in the prequel trilogy. The child clone troopers were played by Daniel Logan, who also played Jango's clone son Boba Fett, and the clone troopers as young men were played by Bodie Taylor, who was cast for his resemblance to a younger Morrison. In Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), the clone troopers, which serve as the basis of what would initially become the Empire's stormtrooper force, were computer-generated images and voiced by Temuera Morrison, who played the bounty hunter Jango Fett, the template of the clone army. ![]() While stormtrooper performers like Michael Leader ( Episode IV), Laurie Goode ( Episode IV), Peter Diamond ( Episode IV-VI), Stephen Bayley ( Episode IV), and Bill Weston ( Episode IV) have generally been uncredited in the film series, there have been a few exceptions. He suggested that there were numerous in other units. George Lucas, when composing background information in 1977, stated that females did exist in the Stormtrooper Corps, although there were few stationed on the Death Star. In early drafts of Star Wars and Ralph McQuarrie's concept designs, stormtroopers were to wield lightsabers and hand-held shields as common weapons not limited to the Jedi or Sith. ![]() Stormtroopers' designs were intended to look "terrifying, but also supercool, super clean", with the helmets being "very stylized skulls". They are shown in collective groups of varying organizational sizes ranging from squads to legions and for some, their armour and training are modified for special operations and environments. Accompanying the Imperial Navy, stormtroopers are able to be deployed swiftly and respond to states of civil unrest or insurrection, act as a planetary garrison, and police areas within the Galactic Empire. The order of battle of the Stormtrooper Corps is unspecified in the Star Wars universe. In the sequel trilogy (2015–2019), the First Order employs stormtroopers (including Finn and Jannah) under the leadership of Supreme Leader Snoke and his enforcers, most notably Kylo Ren, General Hux, and Captain Phasma. "Vader's Fist", with many stormtroopers remaining in service to Imperial remnants following the Empire's fall under Moff Gideon and Grand Admiral Thrawn in The Mandalorian (2019–present) and Ahsoka (2023–present). After this, in The Bad Batch (2021–present), stormtroopers are established as human recruits, trained by clone troopers gradually being phased out of active service at the time of the original trilogy, only a few stormtroopers are clones, with the only known legion to still contain a significant number of clones being the 501st Legion, a.k.a. The prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and The Clone Wars (2008–2020) explores their predecessors in the Galactic Republic's clone troopers, clones of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, used by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to "win" the Clone Wars and later to take over the government and exterminate the Jedi. Introduced in the original Star Wars film, the stormtroopers are the shock troops/ space marines of the autocratic Galactic Empire, under the leadership of Emperor Palpatine and his lieutenants, most notably Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin, during the original film trilogy (1977–1983) and Rebels (2014–18). Stormtroopers are soldiers in the fictional Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas.
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8/31/2023 0 Comments Adobe animate for web![]() Today’s announcement broadens Firefly’s reach to millions of new users – spanning all experience levels – empowering them to confidently generate content that is designed to be safe for commercial use. The service will also be localized in 20 languages with versions in French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese available now. Today, Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced the global expansion of Firefly, Adobe’s family of creative generative AI models, to support text prompts in over 100 languages, enabling users across the world to generate images and text effects using their native languages in the standalone Firefly web service. ![]() Firefly has generated over one billion images since launch over three months ago, and is now integrated directly into Photoshop, Express and Illustrator, with workflows marrying generative AI’s speed and ease with Creative Cloud’s power and precision.Adobe plans to expand Firefly user interface localization to over 20 languages, with versions in French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese available today.Standalone Firefly web service now supports text prompts in over 100 languages, empowering users to generate high-quality images, create stunning text effects, streamline workflows and improve productivity in their language of choice. ![]() Buffalo Death Indexes, 1852-1944 at /from Reclaim the Records scanned images of the indexes.Dutchess County: Interments in Dutchess County Cemeteries before 1880.Delaware County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for cemetery burials, probate files, vital records and some obituaries.Columbia County: Index to Burials 60,000 names.Chemung County Library Obituaries Indexes.Chautauqua County Cemeteries also has some church death and burial records.Chautauqua County Cemetery Indexes also has some church records.Buffalo - see the Erie County section below.Brooklyn - see the New York City section below.Allegany County: Burial Lists for 3 Cemeteries in Cuba, New York.Allegany County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials in Almond, New York.Allegany County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials and obituaries.Mary's Cemetery, Albany and State Street Burial Grounds, Albany coverage varies Albany County Cemetery Burials for St.Albany County: Town of Guilderland, NY Cemetery Burials from the Guilderland Public Library.Albany County: Burial Cards for Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York, 1791-2011 (at Ancestry/requires payment).Albany Rural Cemetery Grave Search see the next listing for scanned burial cards for this cemetery.Albany County: Berne Historical Project - includes cemetery records.New York Census Mortality Schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 at Ancestry/requires payment for some people who died in the year prior to the census being taken New York Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County.New York Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county.New York State Death Indexes, 1880-1956 free at /from Reclaim the Records scanned images of the indexes for each year, but not searchable by name does not include Yonkers, Buffalo, and Albany from 1880 to about 1914 or 1915 for Buffalo death indexes for those years, see the Ancestry index above or the Erie County section below.New York State Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry/requires payment starts with 1852 for the city of Buffalo and 1870 for the city of Albany Yonkers starts with 1875, but 1890 to about 1914 or 1915 is missing for Yonkers.New York State Death Records Index, 1880-1956 free from FamilySearch with images of the index from Reclaim the Records requires registration Deaths for Yonkers, Buffalo and Albany are not included until 1915.Also available at Ancestry (to 1970): New York State Death Records Index, 1957-1970 requires payment.New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 50 years ago free currently ends in late 1972.New York State Death Indexes (these do not include New York City see the NYC section below). 8/31/2023 0 Comments Watson speech api![]() There are hundreds of text to speech API alternatives, but these are the top-notch APIs that you should consider. CloudPronouncer: Best for translations of text to audio.Phonetic Bad Word Filter: Removes offensive English swear words.Other best text to speech API alternatives include: Organizations, companies, and legal institutions utilize the API for easy documentation of files without alterations.Website owners utilize the API to reach many people with various needs and challenges.I've tried with different audio files, extracted from video or recorded directly by windows recorder. The customer support department uses the APIs to automate responses for FAQs conversationally. I'm trying to import audios (mp3, m4a or flac) into this code in order to access the Watson API and get a transcript.Persons with visual impairments use the APIs to access text and interpret figures. People with reading challenges use the API to help them understand the text.Developers apply TTS APIs in creating website plugins and mobile applications that help in converting text into speech.Integrating context when analyzing speech for accurate transcriptionĪpps and services using multiple languages and variantsĪ text to speech (TTS) API is a collection of commands in a given coding language that grabs written text and synthesizes it to human-like speech. Newscaster narrations and telephony applications Talking robots and bots in the customer service industry Speech recognition and audio transcriptions in the English languageĭetecting machine learning models in a speech to text applications Top 10 Best Text to Speech APIs IBM Watsonīest for Phonetic translations in multiple languages, dialects, and voice There is a vast window of opportunities and functionalities presented by the text to speech API in our daily endeavors.Īfter reviewing all the text to speech APIs, we found these 10 APIs to be the very best and worth mentioning: IBM Watson Speech to Text (STT) is a service on the IBM Cloud that transforms audio and voice into written text using machine learning technology. Robots also use the TTS API to read-aloud texts. Browsers can identify voice and do searches with pinpoint accuracy. Tutors can assist their students in learning to read quickly and faster.Į-commerce platforms can recognize what customers want without having to type. Companies can now automate their customer service to become more conversational. Today with text to speech APIs, we can transform the contents of an eBook, blog, or article into speech by touching a screen or click of a button. Buying books help you to write, but how do you communicate one-on-one with another person for practice? Learning new languages can be challenging, especially where different languages require certain pronunciations. Im a huge fan of Watson Text to Speech, its a language-agnostic API Service that converts written text into natural-sounding audio. ![]() Blog » APIs » Top 10 Best Text to Speech APIs & Alternatives (2021) Top 10 Best Text to Speech APIs & Alternatives (2021) 8/31/2023 0 Comments Middle part hair men sides![]() ![]() Diamond: Pointed chin with face length the greatest measurement then cheekbone then forehead and lastly jawline.Round: Soft jawline angle, similar cheekbone and face length measurement which is larger than jawline and forehead measurement (also similar).Square: Sharp jawline with measurements all fairly similar.Heart: Sharp chin with forehead measurement larger than cheekbone and jawline.Oval: Rounded jawline with face length greater than width of cheekbones and forehead greater then jawline.Step 3: While looking at the marked-up photo of your handsome self, compare your measurements up against this criteria to distinguish your face type: Jawline: From the bottom of your chin to where your jawline starts arching up.Cheek Bones: From one cheekbone to the other.Fore Head: From the furthest points left and right just above your eyebrow.Face Length: From the bottom of your chin to the top of your forehead.Step 2: Using the pen tool mark out these measurements by drawing a line ![]() Step 1: Get rid of any hair near or around your face and take a front on selfie There are 5 face shapes (you might find more online but they're just slight variations of these 5) Heart, Square, Round, Oval and Diamond. You might be thinking, But what face shape am I? Don't worry we got you sorted on that. The general consensus is to pick a hairstyle that contrasts your face shape, that way your hairstyle will naturally compliment that beautiful face of yours. Your faces shape should influence the way you cut and style your hair, what facial hair to rock and even what glasses to buy. Six opponents on the 49ers' 2023 slate went to bowl games during the 2022 season: Maryland, Florida, SMU, East Carolina, Memphis and Rice. 21), a special Friday night showdown at home vs. Other schedule notables include a road game at East Carolina (Oct. 14, in the 49ers' first American Athletic Conference home game. After a bye week, Charlotte will host Navy, Oct. 2 and will be televised either on ABC or ESPN.įollowing its four non-conference contests, Charlotte's first game as a member of The American will come at SMU, Sept. The American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which has been broadcast on ABC in each of the last eight years, is scheduled for Dec. ![]() The rest of the schedule will fall under the customary 12-day and six-day selection processes.Ī series of games will be available exclusively on ESPN+, the leading direct-to-consumer sports streaming service which has grown to more than 24.9 million subscribers in less than five years. Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season, as well as the season-long weeknight games, will be finalized by June 1. The American will have a conference game in prime time in at least seven weeks of the 2023 season. ![]() Game times and television designations will be added at a later date with information for the first three weeks of the season announced by June 1.Ī minimum of 40 conference-controlled regular-season games will be on ESPN's linear platforms, including at least 20 games on either ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.Ī compelling slate of Thursday and Friday prime time conference games will appear on ESPN Networks, beginning with Navy at Memphis on Thursday, Sept. ![]() The 49ers will face six teams that advanced to bowl games in 2022 and face six American opponents for the first time.Ĭharlotte's home slate includes league games against Navy, Florida Atlantic, Memphis and Rice and non-conference matchups with S.C. American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced The American's football schedule for the upcoming 2023 season, which will be the 49ers' first in the league. 8/31/2023 0 Comments Desperados iii switch![]() The Baron is never met in-game, but he's briefly described in the dossiers of The Devil is in the Details and What If?, as a man wearing a fine and expensive suit with deep colors, dark skin complexion, always smiling with his ivory teeth and having eyes that are "impossibly bright". ![]() In Best Served Cold, The Baron is hinted to be from New Orleans, and that only a few people there know his true name. Desperados III, the spaghetti western adventure from Honig Studios and HandyGames, just got a new Bounty Mode.Finally, on September 2nd, 2020, the last challenge was released together with the first DLC: What If?.On August 20th, 2020, another four challenges were released: Rescue Aid Society, Three Men With No Name, Bear Trap Triplets, Best Served Cold.On July 23rd, 2020, the next four challenges were released: Vanishing Act, Untitled Voodoo Mission, Public Transportation, Bird Hunting.However, most of the parts for the other challenges, including their descriptions, was already in the game at that time. Desperados III is rated Mighty after being reviewed by 115 critics, with an overall average score of 85. It’s packed full of style, bravado and well-designed levels, you’ll spend hours enjoying. At release (June 16th, 2020), the game only featured five Baron challenges: Contact!, The Devil is in the Details, For a Few Bullets More, Hazards of the Trade, and One Woman Army. Desperados III is a glorious tactical adventure set in the Wild West.All successive main story mission except A Cart Full of Gunpowder then unlock further Baron challenges. The first challenges are unlocked after completing the mission Louisiana Voodoo from the main story. The Devil is in the Details ( New Orleans Docks).Bear Trap Triplets ( Mississippi River).Untitled Voodoo Mission ( Higgins' Estate).Switch to Dark Mode Switch to Light Mode. These are the the 13 Baron Challenges in the game: Desperados III will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on June 16, publisher THQ Nordic and developer Mimimi Productions announced. 8/31/2023 0 Comments Epic mickey evil mickey mouse![]() So, for those in the WDW know, Epic Mickey contains worlds that will remind you of Tomorroland, Adventureland, Main Street USA, and whatever that area is called where the Haunted Mansion is. Wasteland is where the Disney characters of the early 20th century live in a purgatory-like existence. And where Mickey is “the man” at the Magic Kingdom, Wasteland is run by Oswald ( the Lucky Rabbit). There is a mad scientist and evil paint thinner creatures that Mickey must contend with. This is Wasteland, which is like a bizzaro Disney World, wrecked by the “thinner disaster”. This creates some crazy voo-doo causing Mickey to get sucked into the universe. Mickey, the clumsy ass he is, manages to spill paint thinner into the model. Mickey enters the workshop of the sorcerer (think Fantasia), who is creating a model world very similar to Magic Kingdom, painting in all of the detail. Indeed, much of the game is based on the idea of alternates, or opposites. The game makes an immediate allusion to Through the Looking Glass as we first see Mickey in the opening sequence. Either way, for your safety, remain seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the rocket and watch your children ( para su seguridad, permanezca sentado con las manos, brazos, pies y piernas dentro del cohete y ver a sus hijos). You are cleared for launch. ![]() And that’s a blessing and a curse of Epic Mickey: If you’re a Mickey/ Disney fanatic there is much to savor here, but if not the game must get by on it’s adventure merits alone. This one has been on the back-burner for some time and I’m glad I’m finally getting around to it, because I still feel like these types of games still have a place in the gaming lexicon - and I’m going to attempt to explain it all to you, as long as you agree to forgive my feeble attempts at explaining Disney animation history in the space of a few paragraphs. It doesn’t ruin anything for me to tell you that the endings of System Shock 2 and Epic Mickey are quite similar, but how that is possible I leave up to you to figure out. The influence is subtle, but it’s definitely there. ![]() Interestingly, Warren Spector worked on this game: you may know him from other non-mouse titles such as Wing Commander, System Shock, and Deus Ex (really?). Epic Mickey takes a darker look at the world created by the mouse, by taking players to a world inspired by a time before the mouse existed. 8/31/2023 0 Comments Virtual city game![]() developed and designed Virtual City app for Android OS and also iOS however, you may possibly install Virtual City on PC or MAC. Now in the words of Konstantinos Dimopoulos, I am going to “take the time to explore the cities presented in its pages.Download Free Virtual City for PC with the guide at BrowserCam. The hardcover offering is also well put together and will look good on display or on a shelf and make a good addition to any collection. The read is fun and gives you new perspectives on some of these iconic settings you might have never thought of before. Virtual Cities gives you the exact journey it sets out to do: a look into life within 45 video game cities. There is a ton more I would love to learn about the history of the making of these cities now, but that falls outside the scope of this book so now I am hoping for a volume 2 that might dive into such things. It would have been cool to see more insights from developers on a greater amount of the included games and maybe concept art of the city to accompany the stylized renditions. While I have enjoyed my read of Virtual Cities, even the cities from games I don’t play, the whole experience has left me with a few thoughts. A number of these design insights segments have information from their original developers, which is always a welcome read! Following each description is a section on design insights, explaining some of the concepts behind what makes these cities work and function within their respective games. The entries for City 17, Clock Town, Tarsonis, and The Citadel were my first stops, with each offering new takes on familiar locations! Each of the in-universe descriptions is accompanied by Maria Kallikaki’s illustrations to further help convey the information on hand. The full list of cities is covered in the table of contents at the start of the book allowing readers to dive right into their personal favorites. There is such a great range of games covered, spanning 35 years of gaming history from the iconic ZX Spectrum up to the modern-day of Xbox One, PS4, and Switch. Then there are the takes on Raccoon City and Silent Hill which offer a completely unique spin compared to some of the other entries, that being a post-apocalyptic perspective. Both of them have a fun story given to them thanks to Dimopoulos’ writing. While this approach doesn’t seem too complicated for cities like Whiterun from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (which has tons of flushed out in-game lore and is fully explorable to players), covering a beat-em-up city like Metro City from Final Fight or racing backdrop Olympic City from Need For Speed Underground are a different story. Each of the 45 cities covered throughout the book is described from an in-universe perspective. The information contained within the pages of Virtual Cities is conveyed in an interesting way and one I didn’t think would come off as good as it did. If you were lucky enough to get into the crowd-funded version you are getting something that looks altogether different and I am jealous of you all! Content Just a side note here, my impressions are all based upon the retail version of Virtual Cities that is available as of November 10, 2020. Compared to some other hardcover books I have bought recently, Virtual Cities feels very premium, which is exactly how I like all of my video game related items! For this hardcover release, the 214 pages have a good thickness and feel with a strong binding holding it all together. A short bio for Dimopoulos and Kallikaki can be found just beneath this, giving us insight into the minds that brought this book to life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moving on to the back cover we have a number of illustrations of the cities contained within the book and a nice outline of what it is about. As most of you all hopefully know by now, I love it when a cover gives an excellent representation of what it contains inside and Virtual Cities does exactly that! The subtext for this being a video game atlas is also proudly displayed along with author Konstantinos Dimopoulos’ name. Yes I know, you aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, but when it looks good I want to take a minute to appreciate it! The base cover is pure white and accented with a red and black overhead map with the Virtual Cities title taking center stage. Before we dive in, let’s take a moment to look at the overall quality of the book as a whole. 8/31/2023 0 Comments Speech to text word 365![]() Additionally, your operating system may have built-in solutions for additional voice input and control with speech recognition. Get more value from spoken audio by enabling search or analytics on transcribed text or facilitating actionall in your preferred programming language. ![]() Customize models to enhance accuracy for domain-specific terminology. Also, speak clearly to repaganize your voice to make perfect and mistake-free text. Speech-to-text can be used with other input modalities to type using your voice. Quickly and accurately transcribe audio to text in more than 100 languages and variants. For example, comma, Exclamation symbol, new paragraph, semicolon, question mark, etc.īefore going to make dictate your text must check-up your microphone audio quality and start recording. Please be note if you would like to add some special character then you must add punctuation to your text.
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