![]() ![]() Infuse your SUV with a unique style and appearance through a wide range of customization options. Enhance the engine, suspension, tires, and other components to ensure your car is prepared for any challenge that comes your way. In the BMW Simulator, you have the freedom to upgrade and customize your SUV to perfection. Feel the surge of speed and adrenaline as you navigate sharp turns and overcome obstacles, fighting for every position on the podium to claim the title of off-road champion. Challenge seasoned racers on fast-paced and demanding tracks where only the most agile and audacious can cross the finish line. The road is yours to conquer, and how you overcome its difficulties is entirely up to you.Īnd what would this world be without heart-pounding races? X5 BMW Simulator: Mafia City offers you the opportunity to test your skills in thrilling off-road racing. Feel the power and maneuverability of your car as you surmount every obstacle in your path. The essence of SUVs lies in their ability to conquer rivers, mud, steep inclines, and descents. Here, you'll find an open world brimming with opportunities to explore its vastness, uncover secret locations, and discover hidden routes. However, in Mafia City, racing is just one facet of your extraordinary adventure. Explore every corner of this expansive open world and embrace its beauty and formidable challenges. Experience the freedom and adrenaline as you take the wheel of your Dodge Charger and navigate through a variety of terrains, from majestic mountain peaks to dense forest trails and snow-covered plains. X5 BMW Simulator: Mafia City delivers a unique gaming experience that allows you to compete in powerful off-road vehicles and conquer formidable obstacles across incredibly diverse locations. Welcome to the world of adrenaline and off-road racing! Prepare yourself for exhilarating adventures where only the boldest drivers can conquer the most challenging and perilous tracks.
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![]() LLATL Blue: This is another curriculum that starts slow and ends up in the same place phonics wise. This program has a LOT of text on each page, much more than SL or Calvert, so the readers look like chapter books. ![]() Pathway readers: This one starts slow with letter sounds, but by the end of the year they've covered all the phonics that SL and Calvert do and they have even more sight words. This ends at about the same level as SL but it includes more sight words. Seuss (Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish Two Fish, Cat in the Hat) by the end of the year.Ĭalvert 1st grade: covers consonant blends, digraphs, silent e and some vowel combinations ay, ai, ea, ie, oa, etc. SL First Grade LA: covers ETC 1,2,3 and you are reading easy Dr. ![]() This isn't an extensive list because I haven't used everything (it only feels that way) nor am I going to cover multigrade resources like OPGTR because they don't divide their contents by grade. Instead, I'm going to list a few first grade hs reading curricula and what they cover. That depends so much on the school and the individual child that I don't think it's a good way to gauge reading level. I'm not sure about ps or private school reading levels. So there you go.yes, there is a wide variety of reading levels / reading expectations by the end of K. I'm patient, we'll get there eventually:-) Now I'm teaching my 5yo to read, and she is definitely not at the "if I had dinosaur" level yet, but probably by middle of next year. She's 7 now & not the greatest reader in the world, but we're getting along. You know what? She can read "If I had a dinosaur" now blindfolded & one hand tied behind her back. Read level 1 easy readers (example: "If I had a dinosaur, I wouldn't wait in line, Basketball would be a snap, rainy days would turn out fine." I copied this from a 32 page level 1 book that a public school K kid read to my dd about 5 months into the school year, and I thought I was going to have a heart attack) Phonetically sound out words (short vowels, consonant blends) In contrast, our local full-day K kids could: She was slllooowww to sound out words and reading phonetic readers was painful to my ears. I had a panic attack when my dd was in homeschool K, and many ladies here had to talk me down from the ledge, lol. I would say that we are far ahead our local public school but perhaps a quarter year behind our local private Christian school. He does very well reading Bob books or Nora Gaydos readers but we are a good ways away from Frog and Toad - maybe by Christmas he'll be there. Right now we are working on the easy vowel combinations of: ai, ay, oa, ow, ee, ea and he's progressing nicely, needs practice before we move on to other vowel combinations. Basically he is good with short vowels and long vowels/silent e words, consonant blends and digraphs are good too. I think because there is such a vast difference between where the public school ends kinder and where private school ends kinder I can't help but wonder if we are "behind" but truly, we are where we are and we will just keep moving forward. My 2nd son is finishing kinder and I was trying to figure out if we had made appropriate distance in learning to read - then I realized that there is just so much variance that it's impossible to really gauge that. I edited my post out and then people answered anyway so I'll go ahead and put my question back.
![]() Apple Pencil (1st generation) is compatible with the new iPad.The new iPad, in 64GB and 256GB configurations, comes in blue, pink, yellow, and silver. Wi-Fi models of the new iPad are available with a starting price of $449 (US), and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $599 (US).The new iPad is available to order starting today, October 18, at /store and in the Apple Store app in 28 countries and regions, including the US, with availability in stores beginning Wednesday, October 26.The back cover has an adjustable stand for even more flexibility when playing games, watching video, and more. ![]() This means the keyboard never needs to be charged or paired, and users can easily fold the keyboard behind iPad or detach it entirely. The keyboard magnetically attaches to the Smart Connector on the edge of iPad, which provides power and data. The highly configurable and versatile two-piece design includes a detachable keyboard and a protective back cover that attaches magnetically to iPad. The new 14-key function row allows for easy access to shortcuts and everyday tasks, like adjusting the volume or display brightness. For the first time, iPad will have a keyboard with a large trackpad and support for a click-anywhere experience and Multi-Touch gestures, which makes scrolling, swiping, pinching, and moving the cursor even more seamless. The new Magic Keyboard Folio, designed for the new iPad, delivers an incredible typing experience with full-size keys, 1 mm of travel, and responsive feel. The new iPad is available to order starting today, with availability in stores beginning Wednesday, October 26.Īccessories extend the versatility of iPad and open up even more possibilities for creativity and productivity. With iPadOS 16 and support for Apple Pencil (1st generation), 2 iPad offers users more ways to be creative and productive. Designed specifically for the new iPad, the all-new Magic Keyboard Folio features an incredible typing experience, a click-anywhere trackpad, and a versatile two-piece design. A USB-C port supports a wide range of accessories, Wi-Fi 6 brings even faster connections, and cellular models feature superfast 5G so users can stay connected on the go. 1 Updated cameras include an Ultra Wide 12MP front camera located along the landscape edge of iPad for an even better video calling experience, and an updated 12MP back camera to capture sharp, vivid photos and 4K video. The new iPad is powered by the A14 Bionic chip, which delivers even faster performance with incredible power efficiency for demanding tasks while still providing all-day battery life. CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced the new iPad with an all-screen design featuring a large 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display. However, Scribus actually can open idml files in its development fork, the 1.5.x version. On the face of it, it seems you can’t open files from InDesign. You should be able to get up and running quickly thanks to its helpful forums and documentation, and the software even comes with a free selection of templates for things like business cards, brochures and newsletters. ![]() There are also some surprising extras like vector drawing tools, emulation of colour blindness and the rendering of markup languages like LaTeX or Lilypond. With a dedicated and enthusiastic developer community behind it, it's stable to use and regularly updated, with all the DTP features you'd hope for including support for OpenType, CMYK colours, spot colours, ICC colour management and versatile PDF creation. First launched back in 2001 (when it would have been a QuarkXPress alternative), Scribus provides an InDesign-like interface and a lot more features than you'd expect from a free package. That really makes this an InDesign alternative for those who have a personal preference for the software or need to use it in a specific job.Ĭan’t import files from InDesign or QuarkXPressįinding a good free open-source InDesign alternative isn't easy, but there is one in the form of Scribus. ![]() It's not as expensive as it used to be, but still costs more than the options higher up on our list. The pricing caters to the corporate market, with a perpetual licence plus the the first year of the annual maintenance plan coming in at £587.16 (inc VAT). The main reason QuarkXPress is not higher on this list is the cost. It offers impressive functionality for both print and digital design, and, it can import InDesign files. New features include visual palettes for your fonts and picture linking. It can be used to create everything from posters and flyers to brochures, catalogues, and magazines, as well as ebooks and web and mobile apps. ![]() QuarkXPress remains a very powerful and well-featured DTP package that definitely gives InDesign a run for its money.Īvailable for PC or Mac, the software is updated on an annual basis, usually around late spring/early summer. QuarkXPress dates back to 1987, and while InDesign stolen its thunder, the application is still available and it remains a very good InDesign alternative. StudioLink: the most seamless workflow ever conceived in a creative suiteįrom within Affinity Publisher, you can instantly access the advanced toolsets of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo without ever leaving your layout thanks to the world-first StudioLink technology.Back in the days before InDesign was even a thing, QuarkXPress was the only serious desktop publishing package in the game in the 1990s and into the early years of this century it could be found in every design studio and publishing house. It’s now being used by more than three million users (and counting!), delivering a next-level experience for photographers, designers, artists, architects, students, teachers, publishers, hobbyists and others looking for top tier creative software without sky-high subscription fees. Since its inception, Affinity has gained the trust of professionals across the globe and picked up some of the industry’s most prestigious awards. ![]() They provide these networks with a vast collection of content whilst preserving PSM values of disseminating diverse content. In addition, collaborations like these are also advantageous to PSM. “Our goal is a largely unrestricted cosmos of public law content, to which we want to invite other partners,” ZDF said. Partnerships like these could be part of the solution to keep PSM competitive with the streaming services such as Netflix, whilst helping PSM retain their audiences going forward. ORF and SRG have already been contacted about it. ZDF said they were aiming to include other German public service content from Arte, Phoenix and 3sat, while also reaching out to other European public broadcasters. ZDF hopes for such future collaborations to continue even with this joint streaming service. The production was a joint collaboration between ZDF and other European public broadcasters, such as ORF in Austria and SRF in Switzerland. Recently their hit show Der Schwarm became ZDFmediathek’s best streaming start ever when it received over 18 million views online. ![]() ZDF has already been rising to the challenge posed by other giant streaming services like Netflix through production collaborations. These will also be used by ARD in the future.” For example, ZDF has developed basic algorithms for a public service personalisation and recommendation system. To achieve this, we are bringing together the best of our worlds. “The concept of the joint streaming network is both user-oriented and cost-efficient. In this collaboration ARD and ZDF maintain their PSM values like ensuring accessibility is at the heart of their offerings. However, this is not about merging ARD and ZDF but rather combining their strengths with both sides having agreed on rules to offer each other’s content in a balanced way. If you are looking for today’s show on ARD, you will be directly linked to the right place in the ZDF media library.”ĪRD will contribute roughly 100,000 items of content to the network while ZDF will contribute about 35,000. “If you’re looking for the crime scene on ZDF, you’ve come to the right place on ARD. “In the future, all content will always be played where the user is, regardless of whether it is on ARD or ZDF ,” said ZDF. Following this will be the provision of a joint search across both media libraries and a one-time login for both media libraries. Once first experiences have been assessed the network will look to expand to all other genres. The network will first only feature recommendations in documentary and culture genres. ![]() ZDF told PMA, “Above all, the streaming network is just a cost efficient means to enhance user experience without setting up an entire new infrastructure while not interfering with each broadcasters’ distinctive branding.” ZDF described it as, “the greatest possible networking that does not undermine journalistic competition.” This agreement is the product of a year and a half’s work between ZDF and ARD working together, and is due to launch in the next few weeks. ARD and ZDF are expanding their media libraries into a common streaming network. Playback the recording, and you've created an animation. Synfig doesn't require it, but the idea behind its animation technique is the old "paper cutout" principle, as you may have seen in Terry Gilliam's famous "Monty Python" interludes or in the "South Park" television series - each element that you want animated is an object that gets "pinned" to a rig, allowing you to record each movement you make on the rig. Synfig has several drawing tools included, but most users I've ever seen use Synfig seem to prefer to draw elsewhere and then import their assets. Once you've set your project properties, save your file. For this demo, I'll use the slower frame rate of 16fps and a total timeline length of 128 frames just to keep numbers low. The more frames per second you use, the smoother the animation looks, but you're also managing and rendering many more frames. Time units for animation are frames, and what that translates to in human time depends on how many frames per second your animation plays. Generally, I feel safer working at one resolution greater than my target if my computer lets me, on the theory that it will future-proof my work, but obviously your target determines how necessary that is.Īlso in the Properties window is the amount of time you want your timeline to contain. You might want to start with 1920x1080 (1080 HD) if you've got a moderately powerful computer, or lower if you're on a less powerful computer. In the properties window, enter your desired canvas size. Property panels appear along the right.īefore starting, go to the Canvas menu in the menu bar and select Properties (or press F8 on your keyboard). The upper left panel holds your tools, the central panel your canvas, and the bottom panel the timeline and keyframes. ![]() The layout of Synfig is probably familiar to anyone who's used an animation application before or even a graphics application in general. tar file, just untar, place into a sensible directory such as "~/bin," and run synfigstudio. deb, then use your system's package manager to install them as usual. Your distribution might package Synfig in its repository, but be sure to download the most up-to-date version directly from upstream. If you'd like to fund their excellent work, visit /morevna and subscribe to their content! Installing Better still, as they work, they are developing and improving the tools they use and committing their code for everyone to use. The Morevna Project, a small anime studio, is producing not only content but several tutorials about their tools, with everything being produced on an open source stack, released as Creative Commons. For this reason, it's ideal for a solo artist or a small animation team. Synfig Studio is a "tweenless" animation system designed to speed up the animation process by using sprites and digital tweening rather than adding to the illustration workload. I can't review every animation application (at least, not all at once), so the last animation suite I'll look at this year is Synfig Studio. There are many more animation applications out there, not the least of which is Blender for 3D animation and all manner of hybrids (check out how some users are abusing the Grease Pencil tool for animation or the excellent Freestyle effect), GIMP Animation Plugin GAP, Tupi, the recently open-sourced OpenToonz, and many more. In the past two months, I've covered Krita Animation for hand-drawn digital cel animation and StopGo for stop motion animation. ![]() Animation is a robust field with a large number of specialties and an even larger number of tools for creating a particular look or style. ![]() You can read more about the various caveats of the update in our Pokémon Bank Sun and Moon update explainer. Subscribe to Pokémon Bank before October and you get the rare Z-Crystal Mewnium Z for Mew to use in Sun and Moon. It's an interesting move since the games themselves are moving towards their own, smaller pool of Pokémon for each region, especially as the overall number of creatures increases. The app now tracks which Pokémon you have caught across all of your linked games in one central Pokédex. However, in generation 6 if you do the same the nickname byte will be reset and the pokemon will not have a nickname. In other words, the pokemon will still be nicknamed. The app carries an annual £4.49 subscription, but Bank as a whole just got a lot more useful. In generations 5-3 if you nickname a pokemon and re-nickname it into its generic name, the nickname byte will not be changed. There's a full diagram below:Īlso of note: Bank isn't free. Pokémon Sun & Moon continue with this 061 Poliwhirl: Location: Konikoni City. Once sent forward, you can't transfer creatures back into a previous game. Like the other games, there are numerous characters within the game who will gladly trade their Pokémon for one of yours. The Move Relearner can be found in the Pokemon Center situated right by the Elite Four on Mount Lanakila. It's worth noting the journey to Sun and Moon is a one-way trip. Rename Pokemon in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Upload caught creatures into Bank from one game and you can download them into one of the series' later titles.īank, and accompanying app Poké Transporter used with older games, are supported by (deep breath): Pokémon Black/White and Black 2/White 2 on DS, Pokémon X and Y plus Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire on 3DS, and the 3DS eShop versions of Red, Blue and Yellow. This is a list of Pokémon from the Alola region in Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon. The app acts as a virtual cloud storage for your critters. Follow the instructions below for Local and Online for all Generation. ![]() Pokémon Bank has at last been updated to let you transfer Pokémon into the series' latest games, Sun and Moon. You can trade Pokemon with friends either locally or online in Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon and Sun and Moon with the same methods. After he scores with one powerful smash, the other team comes back with their own smash on the next point. So faster than the speed of a NASCAR.”Īs Bach plays the practice match, his team and the other team are neck and neck. “You know how fast NASCAR travels right?" Bach asks. The smash is the most powerful and explosive shot in badminton. "Clear, drop, drive, net spin, and smash.” “There are five basic shots in the badminton," Bach tells me. You use the racket to hit the birdie - which is shaped like a cone and covered with feathers. The racket looks similar to the one used in tennis, but with a smaller racket-face and a longer shaft. "So whoever wins a rally will score, and you play up to 21 points.” With a group of friends, Bach is playing a practice game of doubles. “My name is Howard Bach and I’m a three-time Olympian for the sport of badminton.” Over 20 different national flags are pinned along a wall, and in the center is a white banner bearing the iconic Olympic rings and three red letters: “U.S.A.” Playing a game of doubles on one of the courts is someone who has proudly represented this flag over the past 12 years. The Synergy badminton club in Menlo Park is huge - big enough to fit over 10 badminton courts, each with glistening, green floors and bright, white lines. ![]() But one local athlete tried in 2004, 20 to win for team U.S.A. ![]() hasn’t won a single badminton medal since it became an official Olympic sport in 1992. But one sport may be overlooked by many Americans: Badminton. sports fans are getting treated to lots of coverage of summer sports like basketball, swimming, and gymnastics. With the Olympics taking place right now, U.S. This piece was produced Gabriel Chen, one of our high school student summer interns. ![]() Beginning with Lightfall, Bungie stated that expansion content would no longer be removed and placed into the DCV, only the seasonal content, with some minor exceptions (e.g., the Battleground activities from some seasons, which are similar to strikes, were retained and merged into the Vanguard Operations strike playlist). It launched along with four seasonal content offerings, the first of which, Season of Defiance, released alongside the expansion, which was followed by Season of the Deep in May 2023, and then the current season, Season of the Witch, in August 2023, with one more season, Season of the Wish, to be released on November 28, 2023. Year Six began with the release of the seventh expansion, Lightfall, in February 2023. With the release of The Witch Queen, The Tangled Shore destination and the Forsaken expansion's story campaign were rotated into the DCV, while the remaining endgame content from the Forsaken expansion, including access to its exotic gear, were repackaged as the Forsaken Pack. Year Five began with the sixth expansion, The Witch Queen, which released in February 2022 along with four seasonal content offerings, the first of which, Season of the Risen, released alongside the expansion, followed by Season of the Haunted in May 2022, Season of Plunder in August 2022, and then Season of the Seraph in December 2022. ![]() Bungie plans to cycle content in and out of the DCV, updating older areas as necessary. The content that was removed from the game included Destiny 2 's original base campaign, The Red War (which was replaced by a new player quest), the Curse of Osiris and Warmind expansions, and the content of Year Two's Annual Pass (with the small exception of Gambit Prime from Season of the Drifter, which was slightly tweaked and replaced the three-round Gambit and also renamed as Gambit). ![]() Beyond Light 's release has thus far had the largest effect on the game, as nearly half of the game's content was removed from the game and placed into what Bungie calls the Destiny Content Vault (DCV), which also includes all content from the original Destiny. Year Four began with the fifth expansion, Beyond Light, released in November 2020 along with four seasonal content offerings, the first of which, Season of the Hunt, released alongside the expansion, followed by Season of the Chosen in February 2021, Season of the Splicer in May 2021, and then Season of the Lost in August 2021, which had a mid-season update, the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack, in December 2021. Also alongside Shadowkeep was a re-release of Destiny 2 called New Light, which made the base game free-to-play, and also included Curse of Osiris and Warmind. These were Season of the Undying, which was released alongside Shadowkeep, followed by Season of Dawn, Season of the Worthy, and Season of Arrivals, releasing in December 2019, March 2020, and June 2020, respectively. It featured four seasonal content offerings, which were available to purchase separately, unlike the seasons of the Annual Pass. Year Three then began with the fourth expansion, Shadowkeep, which released in October 2019 as a standalone expansion, not requiring players to purchase any of the previous expansions (future content, as well as Forsaken, are also now viewed in this way). In September 2019, the Annual Pass became free to all owners of Forsaken who had not purchased the pass. The Annual Pass was also made available upon the release of Forsaken, with its three content drops, Season of the Forge, Season of the Drifter, and Season of Opulence, releasing in December 2018, March 2019, and June 2019, respectively. Upon the release of the third expansion, retailers issued Destiny 2: Forsaken Legendary Collection, which included Destiny 2 and all DLC up to and including Forsaken as well as its Annual Pass. The expansion was Forsaken, which was released in September 2018 and featured an overhaul on gameplay. Year Two began with one large expansion and had three premium content drops, available by way of the Annual Pass, which began Destiny 2 's seasonal model. The first was Curse of Osiris in December 2017, which was followed by Warmind in May 2018. Year One of the game featured two small expansion packs. The packages of downloadable content generally add new player versus environment (PvE) missions and player versus player (PvP) modes, new locales to visit, and new items for the player to make use of. There have been several pieces of downloadable content (DLC) released for Bungie's 2017 first-person shooter video game Destiny 2. Content for the video game Destiny 2 released after its release Despite a few shortages, it’s still a worthy successor to the FM series. Lastly, franchise fans can now continue where they left off with a save transfer. It improves upon its predecessors’ strengths with updated global rosters, improved gameplay mechanics, and better visuals with a new soundtrack. A love letter to the fansĬoinciding with the franchise’s 20th anniversary, Football Manager 2024 (FM 24) is a worthy closure to an era of football management games. A level of control and decision-making that is both engaging and challenging, catering to a wide range of gaming preferences. Other than this, the steep learning curve of the FM franchise still remains up to this entry. ![]() Chase instant glory as the boss of one of the world’s best clubs or import your existing career from Football Manager 2023 Touch to continue your progress - the choice is yours. If you're looking for a discount on FM24, there's a discount on preorder at Fanatical by shopping via FFT, you. According to the developers, however, it will be included in a future FM25 installment. iPhone iPad Apple TV The world’s greatest soccer management simulation returns to Apple Arcade for a new season with Football Manager 2024 Touch. The largest letdown in this entry is that it still doesn’t include the UEFA Women’s Champions League, despite the women’s football event being included in a previous licensing agreement. Generate gameplay strategies, upgrade your recruitment network, and go head-to-head against AI-controlled football managers. For instance, FM24 Mobile is exclusive to Netflix members (and only. Like its predecessors, it tests your ability to create the best football club. The most obvious difference between FM24 Mobile and FM24 Touch is where each version of the football manager game can be played. New and returning players will find new players and slightly revamped football lineups for most clubs, reflecting real-world changes. ![]() ![]() Combined with new features in the 2024 entry, players no longer have to build their football clubs from the ground up.Īs the next entry in the series, this game features the updated 2023 season roster. Players can transfer their saved games and start this entry with the roster and the upgrades they already have. The biggest feature of Football Manager 2024 is that it allows you to pick up from where you left off with FM 23. |
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