Juliet Simms acoustically laid down all of the songs she had been writing over the last three years for consideration for her first major label album. They also recorded "Tin Lizzy", written by Tommy Simms. The band was first called Stars and Scars and recorded its first song together in December 2005, naming the song after the band but written by Juliet Simms. Īutomatic Loveletter was formed with Juliet Simms on guitar and lead vocals, Daniel Currier on drums, and brother Tommy Simms playing bass and producing, with bassist Sean Noll sitting in on occasion in Tommy's home studio in the Tampa Bay area. Automatic Loveletter released its debut album, Truth or Dare, on June 22, 2010, followed by the album The Kids Will Take Their Monsters On through an independent record label, Paper & Plastick, on June 23, 2011. Juliet Simms was the front woman and songwriter/guitarist for the band Automatic Loveletter from 2006 – 2011, releasing four EPs and two full - length albums before their disbandment in late 2011. Lilith Czar released the album Created From Filth and Dust, under Sumerian Records in 2021.Ĭareer Automatic Loveletter Simms performing with Automatic Loveletter in 2008 Simms performing in 2010 in San Diego, California In 2021, she rebranded, and now goes by the stage name of Lilith Czar. On April 16, 2016, Juliet Simms married Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack. Juliet Simms went on to become an independent solo artist, releasing 3 EPs and plenty of singles and music videos, before signing with Sumerian Records in 2019. After placing second on The Voice, Simms signed with Universal Records, and then ultimately left the record label due to lack of creative control. She went on to cover songs such as 'Roxanne' by The Police and 'It's A Mans Mans Mans World' by James Brown. She sang 'Oh! Darling' by The Beatles for her blind audition, and chose CeeLo Green as her coach. In 2011, Juliet Simms auditioned for Season 2 of NBC's The Voice. After the summer of 2011 and working the circuit solo for the first time, Juliet Simms has since produced her own content as a solo artist. This resulted in her being a returning act on the Warped Tour summer circuit. In 2007 - in the band's earliest years - she became friends with Kevin Lyman. She established a fan base as the front woman of the band Automatic Loveletter. "You've already helped me." Andy sniffed and hugged the blonde woman tighter.Juliet Nicole Simms (born February 26, 1986), also known as Lilith Czar, is an American singer and songwriter. Suddenly, Andy got hold of Juliet and hugged her. I can help Andy!" Juliet stared at Andy for a moment. "Like all those children getting bullied." Juliet dropped her smile, "Ashley told me you were being bullied. "Like what?" Andy got a bit scared by that question. "But I see you now and I can see how strong you are, Andy, what's it like everyday living like that?" "Andy," Juliet began, "I remember when I saw you with your long hair." She smiled, "I thought, this person is such a bitch!" Andy laughed. "Andy." Juliet pushed Andy gently, "You've got my rock n roll jacket wet!!!" Juliet walked towards Andy and pulled him in an embrace. "I'm not that good looking!" Juliet smirked.Īndy blushed lightly, "you're more than good looking." He whispered. Juliet caught Andy staring but didn't move. "It's not that nice," Andy looked at Juliet sitting and smiling on his bed, "It's kind of like a thinking area or a spacious place!" He smiled at Juliet and admired her in SOO many ways. She looked around the cream and white bedroom and black pillows wet and laying scattered on Andys bed. "You can tell me?"Īndy stepped back allowing Juliet to enter his room. "What happened back their?" Juliet held Andys' face gently. "Andy?" Juliet questioned, slowly walking up the steps towards Andys' room.
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But I think that’s another kettle of fish entirely and is likely best left to a Japanese company that wants to make pinball machines, as they’ll know the Japanese audiences better and can navigate the production committee maze a lot more skillfully. Your JAPANESE anime fan, on the other hand, well, they’re already spending hundreds of thousands of yen every year on their favorite franchises. I do understand the logic though: These are machines now built with the home user in mind, and fans of current, popular things are rarely expected to have the income necessary to buy a pinball machine.Īdmittedly, your typical western anime fan is NOT wealthy enough to get a pinball machine (the Toyota campaign a few years back centered on Hatsune Miku fell completely flat on its face as they failed to take into account that most anime fans cannot afford a new car, or even have the credit necessary to make monthly payments). Not that Cowboy Bebop isn’t (and I think it’d be a great theme to use), just that when I see stuff like Aerosmith or Total Nuclear Annihilation pop up, it always feels like the industry overall is one that’s stuck in the past. I guess it’s because I go out on location to play these as I don’t have the income to buy them for home use, but I would really like to see something that, say, is currently on the air in Japan or is recent enough to be recognizable to most anime fans. Extreme cross-over appeal to mainstream audiences (for many Americans it was the first anime they took seriously), its air-date was long enough ago that fans of the show are now in a financial/home-owning position to acquire pins, excellent music to draw from, good toy potential (Ein, the Bebop, etc.), and the pinball storytelling could be as simple as pursuing bounties to as advanced as the Spike/Vicious confrontation as the wizard mode. If any anime theme were to get the green light for a pinball machine, I would guess it would be Cowboy Bebop. They did themselves mention about having to build trust though, so they got that part in. As a startup company, I can’t imagine them having more than a few. I’m guessing not all of them will be licensed themes. Also, it’s that sort of series that’s impossible to really depict with only one image, as it isn’t about anything in particular.) But it’s gotten more famous thanks to the anime. (Yeah, I know, Pop Team Epic began as a webcomic. If they don’t make one, maybe I’ll give it a try. But who knows? Maybe they’ve secured the rights to a pinball machine of Pop Team Epic, which got really popular really fast. It may also be due to the production committee system requiring talks with several companies rather than just one or two.) I’d like one themed on One Piece, One-Punch Man, Attack on Titan, or JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, all four of which are quite popular. I know Toei is notorious for it, especially in regards to Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon. (I’m guessing it has something to do with the strictness of the licensors. I have NO clue why, but there has never been any physical pinball release with an anime theme. And while I highly doubt it, I do hope deeproot gets at least one anime license. Boy, that show is getting really good around now. I may also be insane for saying this, but I also would like one of Star vs. SEGA made pinball machines, and Sonic is the game franchise most closely tied to pinball, but none have actually existed.) (For that matter, while it’s not a 2010s thing, I have been waiting for a full-size Sonic the Hedgehog pinball machine for longer than I have been into pinball. As much as I like the new releases coming from Stern, Jersey Jack, Spooky, and such, most of them are before my time, and I’d like to see some themes, besides movies, that came out in the 2010s. I wonder if they’re going for more modern, current themes. 11 different games, huh? And they’re going for licensed themes too. Diversity patterns at polymorphic CNVs also resembled those seen in SNPs ( fig. S3).Ĭopy number variation (CNV) among gorillas was assessed with a read depth–based approach ( 17), and the number of fixed loss and gain events between populations reflects the accepted taxonomy ( table S5), although eastern lowland and mountain gorillas showed an excess of shared fixed deletions relative to western lowland gorillas, potentially reflecting a small ancestral population prior to their divergence. Similar patterns are also found in a genetic structure analysis using the program ADMIXTURE ( fig. 1D) revealed no substructure within the mountain gorillas sampled here, but did show a separation of eastern lowland gorillas into two subgroups, which may reflect structure within the subspecies as a whole or may only be a feature of the individuals we have sampled. Another PCA focusing on the eastern species only ( Fig. In particular, the separation between eastern lowland and mountain gorilla samples confirms them as genetically distinct populations. 1C) showed a hierarchical structure consistent with the accepted Gorilla taxonomy and the geographical distribution of these populations. A similar situation was observed on the Y chromosome, with only two sites differentiating the three male mountain gorillas ( 15).Ī principal components analysis (PCA) of 11,743,407 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across all samples ( Fig. A detailed analysis of variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) showed little diversity in mountain gorillas, with only three haplotypes in total differing by just one to three mutations ( 15). These values are consistent with the small reported census population sizes of eastern gorillas relative to those in the west ( 2). Comparing populations, we found that genetic diversity was lower in the eastern species than in the western by a factor of 2 to 3 ( table S3), with mean autosomal heterozygosity (frequency of between-chromosomal differences) of 6.5 × 10 −4 per base pair in mountain and eastern lowland gorillas, versus 1.9 × 10 −3 per base pair in the western lowland population. Sequences were aligned to the gorilla reference genome ( 16), and several tools were used to call variants across samples ( 15). Sequencing was performed to an average 26×depth ( table S1), and combining these data with published gorilla genome sequences ( 12) yielded a total data set of 44 samples spanning all four gorilla subspecies ( table S2). The mountain gorillas originate from both sides of the Virunga massif, including from three groups spanning a densely populated sector on the Rwandan side, and plausibly represent genetic variation and ancestry in the Virunga population at large ( 15). We performed whole-genome sequencing and analysis for 13 eastern gorillas, comprising seven mountain gorillas from the Virunga volcanoes region and six eastern lowland gorillas. Additionally, the severe population bottleneck experienced by mountain gorillas provides an opportunity to study processes that may have played a recurring role in hominin evolution and extinction. Phenotypic indicators of inbreeding such as syndactyly have been reported ( 13, 14), but the full genetic impact of their decline is unknown. It is also important in assessing their current status and in forming strategies for future conservation efforts. Unlike the other great apes ( 12), mountain gorillas have not been studied on a genome-wide scale, which is key to understanding their biology, evolution, and relationship to sister taxa ( Fig. Node heights are in units of substitutions per base pair each tree is drawn to a separate scale.ĭespite extensive study of mountain gorillas in the field, few genetic analyses have been carried out, and these have been confined to mitochondrial sequences and a limited number of autosomal loci ( 9– 11). ( E) mtDNA and Y-chromosomal phylogenies. ( D) PCA plot of SNP data from mountain and eastern lowland gorilla samples only. ( C) PCA plot of SNP data for all four gorilla subspecies. ( A) Distribution of gorilla subspecies ( 2). 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Kaspersky's Windows lineup offers the traditional Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Total Security programs, plus three Security Cloud services, one of them free. We still think Kaspersky software is safe for general consumer use, although it would create an unnecessary risk for persons or organizations involved with national security or critical infrastructure. We don't yet know whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic sanctions on Russia will affect the operations of Kaspersky software. We must mention that Kaspersky is a Russian company with many operations around the world. Phantoms of the High Seas explored pirate lore, and was issued on Columbus Day of the same year.įollowing 2009's Blackthorn Asylum (a second Lovecraft-inspired release), Nox Arcana primarily became a solo project of Vargo, although Piotrowski continued to engineer the recordings. The Poe-inspired Shadow of the Raven appeared in 2007, followed by Grimm Tales, based on the folk tales of the Brothers Grimm, which was released on Walpurgis Night in 2008. With this release, Vargo began incorporating hidden puzzles and interactive quests into the CD artwork of Nox Arcana's albums. The dark cabaret album Carnival of Lost Souls, loosely based on Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, appeared in 2006, followed by Blood of Angels (a collaboration with vocalist/author/psychic vampire Michelle Belanger) and Blood of the Dragon, which earned praise from the Dungeons & Dragons fan community. The group also issued the Dracula-themed Transylvania in 2005. Nox Arcana's first seasonal album, Winter's Knight, appeared in 2005, and eventually appeared on Billboard's Top Holiday Albums chart. Lovecraft-influenced Necronomicon in 2004. Vargo and William Piotrowski, a guitarist and keyboard player who also worked as an audio engineer, formed Nox Arcana, debuting with the 2003 full-length Darklore Manor, which was inspired by a haunted house near Salem, Massachusetts. He produced and contributed music and narration to two albums by Midnight Syndicate, co-wrote the vampire-themed book Tales from the Dark Tower, and published Dark Realms magazine. Prior to forming Nox Arcana, Joseph Vargo was internationally renowned for his visual artwork, particularly in the horror and fantasy realms. Nox Arcana's music has been issued exclusively through Vargo's Monolith Graphics, and the recordings have been utilized heavily by theme parks and attractions during Halloween season, as well as theater productions, television programs, and professional magicians. The group's albums are typically themed around specific subjects, phenomena, authors, or literary works, and their styles and instrumentation have varied accordingly they'll often replicate the music of the particular time period in which each album's story is based. Stylistically, their work has ranged from darkwave to Celtic new age, with occasional ventures into heavy metal or industrial. Their music blends sound effects with acoustic instrumentation, and often includes choral vocals, Gregorian chanting, or dramatic narration. Lovecraft, as well as a wide range of musicians and composers including Danny Elfman, Enya, AC/DC, and Hans Zimmer. The group's lush, ominous music is inspired by classic horror and fantasy authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Neo-classical dark ambient project Nox Arcana was founded in 2003 by gothic fantasy artist and composer Joseph Vargo and composer/engineer William Piotrowski. Magic Guard 1 If foe is equipped with a tome, unit takes 1 less damage during combat. Effect is removed after ally is targeted by or otherwise damaged by foes 3 times. Skill Name Description Assign Decoy Used to make one chosen ally more likely to be targeted by enemies for 1 turn. Some of the inheritable skills that Soren offers include Block Recovery, Keen Insight+, and various magic abilities that will greatly increase a unit’s offensive capabilities. Inheriting skills from Soren are also a great option for players looking to strengthen their units. These skills are a great addition to any unit’s arsenal and will enhance their overall performance in combat. When wearing the Emblem bracelet, a unit will gain Soren’s Sync Skills, which include Block Recovery and Keen Insight+. Magic Guard 5 Unit takes 5 less damage from foes equipped with tomes during combat. Keen Insight+ Deals +7 damage when unit deals Effective damage. Magic Guard 4 Unit takes 4 less damage from foes equipped with tomes during combat. Required for promotion to certain classes. Magic Proficiency Proficiency with tomes. Rexcalibur Powerful wind magic wielded by Emblem Soren. Magic Guard 3 Unit takes 3 less damage from foes equipped with tomes during combat. Block Recovery Chance for foe to remain broken when attacking a broken foe with a tome. Staff Proficiency Proficiency with staves. Reflect Allies within 2 spaces gain “deal 50% of magic damage taken back to foe” for 1 turn. Keen Insight Deals +5 damage when unit deals Effective damage. Magic Guard 2 Unit takes 2 less damage from foes equipped with tomes during combat. Knife Proficiency Proficiency with knives. Anima Focus Inflicts Def -3 with Fire, Hit -20 with thunder, or Mov -2 with wind magic for 1 turn when using tomes. Magic Guard 1 Unit takes 1 less damage from foes equipped with tomes during combat. Bolting Long-range thunder magic wielded by Emblem Soren. Cataclysm Attacks foes in an area with fire, thunder, and wind magic at 40% damage. Flare Inflicts Res -20% on foe and unit recovers 50% of damage dealt when attacking with tomes. Effect removed after ally is targeted or damaged by foes 3 times. Soren’s Sync Skills: Sync Skills Description Assign Decoy Makes one ally more likely to be targeted by enemies for 1 turn. This is a great skill to have when engaging in difficult battles where accuracy is key. Additionally, Soren also has the Keen Insight+ skill, which increases the accuracy of his attacks. This is especially useful in longer battles where a character’s health might take a hit. This skill allows Soren to recover some of his health after blocking an attack, making him a formidable opponent in combat. One of Soren’s most noteworthy skills is Block Recovery. These skills not only enhance Soren’s magic abilities but also reward players for making tactical and well-thought-out moves. This tactician mage is known for his snarky and efficient personality, but what sets him apart from other characters in the game is his diverse set of skills. Soren is one of the newest additions to the Fire Emblem Engage roster, coming from the popular game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. We took special note on whether the spacing and layout were accurate in the final results. We tested how many PDF files the converter could handle per day and the quality of conversion with regards to texts and images. If there was an option to install locally, we assessed the application’s download and install time. When we test the best free PDF to Word converters, we first examined what platforms they run on and whether they’re only available online or can be installed locally. How we test the best free PDF to Word converter Using the best free PDF to Word converter is a nice little workaround for making amendments in Microsoft Word. 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Sometimes external package dependencies must be installed manually (i.e. not using install.packages()). 2 Beyond the \(32\) vs \(64\) bit issue (covered in the next chapter) and process forking (covered in Chapter 7), another OS-related issue to consider is external dependencies: programs that R packages depend on. Minor differences aside, R’s computational efficiency is broadly the same across different operating systems. However, to help remember the key messages buried within the detail of this book, each chapter from now on contains a ‘top 5 tips’ section, after the pre-requisites.Ģ.2.1 Operating system and resource monitoring BLAS and alternative R interpreters: looks at ways to make R fasterĮfficient programming is more than a series of tips: there is no substitute for in-depth understanding.RStudio: an integrated development environment (IDE) to boost your programming productivity.R start-up: how and why to adjust your.R version: how to keep your base R installation and packages up-to-date.R and the operating systems: system monitoring on Linux, Mac and Windows.By the end of this chapter you should understand how to set-up your computer and R installation for optimal efficiency. That’s why we cover them at this early stage (hardware is covered in the next chapter). Understanding and at times changing these set-up options can have many knock-on benefits. It explores how the operating system, R version, startup files and IDE can make your R work faster. This chapter describes the set-up that will enable a productive workflow. 9.3.4 Branches, forks, pulls and clonesĪn efficient computer set-up is analogous to a well-tuned vehicle.9.1 Top 5 tips for efficient collaboration.8.5 Operating systems: 32-bit or 64-bit.7.5.1 Parallel versions of apply functions.7.4 Example: Optimising the movie_square() function.7.1 Top 5 tips for efficient performance.6.4 Efficient data processing with dplyr.6.3.2 Split joint variables with separate().6.3.1 Make wide tables long with gather().6.3 Tidying data with tidyr and regular expressions.6.1 Top 5 tips for efficient data carpentry.5.4.1 Native binary formats: Rdata or Rds?.5.3.1 Differences between fread() and read_csv().4.5.1 Dynamic documents with R Markdown.3.3.3 Informative output: message() and cat().3.1 Top 5 tips for efficient programming.2.6.3 Useful BLAS/benchmarking resources. 2.6.1 Testing performance gains from BLAS.2.6 BLAS and alternative R interpreters.2.3.4 Installing R packages with dependencies.2.2.1 Operating system and resource monitoring.2.1 Top 5 tips for an efficient R set-up.1.5.2 Consistent style and code conventions.1.5 Cross-transferable skills for efficiency.1.1 Who this book is for and how to use it. He is the senior Greentique guide for the Santa Juana Rural Mountain Adventure Tour, and Wet Forest birding tours. An expert in the flora and fauna of the Central Pacific Coastal and Mountain Wet Forests, Henry leads day and night tours in the Wildlife Refuge, tours into Manuel Antonio National Park, as well as into Greentique’s Cloudmaker Nature Reserve at Santa Juana. After six years guiding in the Monteverde cloud forest, he joined Greentique Hotels in 2013, quickly advancing to become a Greentique Certified Guide. He studied in Canada to learn English, part of his preparation to fulfill that dream, and later returned to Costa Rica to the National Learning Academy (INA) to become a licensed guide. That intellectual curiosity sparked Henry’s to become a naturalist guide. Henry Sequeirach grew up in Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Region in the pueblo of Esperanza, which means “hope.” There that he began his quest for a deeper understanding of the extraordinary range of the species that were so much a part of his childhood. Greentique Wildlife Refuge, Sí Como No Cloudmaker Nature Reserve, Santa Juana Henry Sequeirach Greentique Certified Guide (GCG) Roy is a skilled photographer and his nature photography is exceptional. In addition, he studies Sustainable Tourism at the State University, and over the past several years, has completed courses in Volcanology, Biology for the Conservation of Ecosystems, Birds of Costa Rica, and Photography. His education includes the National Technical University in Alajuela, where he studied Tour Guiding. A bilingual naturalist guide, Roy specializes in birding, amphibians and reptiles, and tours that focus on the natural history of the different ecosystems, particularly the nightlife of the mountain cloud forest. Working at the Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel & Nature Reserve for more than seven years, he is the resident Greentique Certified Master Guide and the Director of the José Miguel Alfaro Research Station, guiding and conducting research in the Los Angeles Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. Roy was raised in San Ramón, surrounded by nature, rolling farmland, and the mountain cloud forest. Los Angeles Cloud Forest Private Reserve, Villa Blancaīorn in San José, Costa Rica. Jimmy consultants for new conservation and research program on amphibians and reptiles and supports the Cloudmaker Nature Reserve in Santa Juana. Previously, Jimmy was the Advisor Biologist for tour projects in La Selavtura Park in Monteverde, Parque Arenal Natura, Arenal Oasis, ant the Botanical Garden of Monteverde and Veragua Rain Forest. He also works in recording vocalizations of the frogs with Mark Wainwrith and Alexander Villegas, and works with Fabio Hidalgo photographing the herpetofauna of Costa Rica. He is an official consultant for the research of the ecology of the frog species of Costa Rica, focusing on vanishing frog species over the last 25 yeas in Costa Rica. Jimmy’s education includes a Masters in Natural Resources Management from the Institute of Technology of Costa Rica, plus a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the Latin University of Costa Rica. He subsequently assumed the management and development of the WLR Nature Exhibits, including the Butterfly Atrium, and the Amphibian Gardens and Reptile Lagoons adjacent to Si Como No Resort. Jimmy’s idea for the Wildlife Refuge was to create a natural habitat and living laboratory to help the native frog populations of the Manuel Antonio area recover without any requirements for enclosures. Born in Cartago, Jimmy Mata joined the Greentique Wildlife Refuge (WLR) in 2002 as its resident biologist. |
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