![]() ![]() Examinees who fail will receive the visual described above to help assess how close they scored in relation to the passing standard. Step 1 after pass/fail transition: After Step 1 transitions to pass/fail score reporting, passing examinees will not see performance feedback on their score report. Performance data by group for each Step examination is available each year based on the performance of examinees in that year. USMLE World - I did all the questions in the Qbank and did both practice tests. If your overall performance is toward the left side of the chart, or to the left of the tallest blue bar, your performance was lower than others.Īdditional information about how your performance compares to others (including norm tables and summary data from recent administrations) is available in the Score Interpretation Guidelines. Results A positive correlation between the MCAT (average score: 510.1 ± 6.3) and Step 1 scores (average score: 246.1 ± 14.2) was observed. FutureCancerDoc said: I took my USMLE Step 3 in early Oct 2020 after two years of residency. ![]() If your overall performance (indicated by the orange rectangle and solid line on page 1) is toward the right side of the chart and to the right of the tallest blue bar, your performance was higher than others. The black rectangle and dashed line indicate the minimum passing score. Your overall performance (three-digit score) is marked with an orange rectangle and solid line. The blue bars represent the distribution of this group’s scores, with higher bars indicating more individuals with scores in that range. Step 1 before pass/fail transition, Step 2 CK, and Step 3: Your performance is compared to other examinees by comparing your three-digit score to that of a recent group of examinees (students from US and Canadian medical schools taking the examination for the first time). Step 3 interactive (applies to Step 1 before pass-fail transition, Step 2 CK, and Step 3).The new Step 1 examinee score report format supports the transition to Step 1 pass/fail reporting while continuing to provide candidates who receive a failing outcome feedback on content areas requiring further study before they retake the exam. The Step 1 examinee score report underwent further modifications to account for the transition to reporting only a pass/fail outcome, which began for examinees taking Step 1 exams on or after January 26, 2022. ![]() Results also showed that USMLE examinees were both able to interpret the information provided in the new score report format appropriately and were less likely to make incorrect inferences. While the intended purpose of the USMLE exams was to help state medical boards with making decisions about. The examinee focus group results clearly demonstrated that the new score report format was viewed as a substantial improvement by USMLE test-takers. A plot of the correct versus the practice exam score for that week shows an R2 of 0.507, indicating a strong correlation (Figure 11). For three of the four steps in the current iteration of the USMLE examinations (USMLE Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), and Step 3), scores are reported using a numeric scale Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) provides a pass/fail grade.
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![]() Using my Xbox Elite II controller offered up a more similar experience to playing on the PS5, and I did enjoy being able to customize my four paddles to act as paddle shifters and issuing teammate orders. Speaking of gas pedals, the PC version supports the same variety of racing wheel setups likely more since the PS5 is kind of picky, but my aging G27 wheel worked just fine. Playing on the PS5 is a fast and unencumbered experience, while the PC will have you tapping your gas pedal during lengthy loads. An early example is the epilepsy warning that appears when the game is doing its initial load 24 seconds on PC and 3 seconds on PS5. Nothing on the PS5 takes longer than five second to load while the PC can take 10-20 seconds or more. My SSD in the PC is fast but no comparison for the M.2 NVMe drive on the PS5. Everything on the PC takes much longer to load from the opening splash screens to the individual race events once you are finally in the game. ![]() Occupying 50+ GB of space on the PC, GRID Legends does tip the scales in its favor in some areas while faltering in others and the first noticeable difference is in load times. Any dreams of fancy ray-traced reflections or shadows are dashed. You’ll likely figure that out if you look at the Steam recommended specs which suggest a GTX1080 or RX590 card. Even stacking up against other racing games like Forza Horizon 5, Gran Turismo 7, and even Codemasters own DIRT 5, this game does seem a bit stuck in time. Sadly, GRID Legends is not a current gen exclusive on console good news for those still stuck with their PS4 and Xbox One consoles, but bad news for those looking for a generational leap in quality. Obviously, you can play GRID Legends on lesser, more affordable PC’s, but your experience will scale accordingly. Considering the pros and cons of both formats it is impressive what Sony can do for a sixth of the price. I only mention price because we’re comparing to a console that costs $400-500 assuming you can find one. As you are about to find out, there isn’t much difference.įor this review I was playing on an i9-9900 with 16mb RAM, an EVGA RTX3080 card, and a Samsung 860 Pro 1TB drive a system that cost $3200 when bought back in early 2019 and later upgraded with the $800 video card in November of 2020. If you want to know more about actual gameplay and content specifics, then I encourage you to read Travis’ comprehensive coverage of the PS5 game. For the most part, this will be a technical review and comparison to the PS5. ![]() ![]() GRID Legends is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.GRID Legends has been out for a few weeks now and we already have a review and gameplay video available for the PlayStation 5 version of the game, but I wanted to take a quick look at the PC version to see if a powerful rig could push this game to new levels of excellence. To get behind the wheel of this car, players will need to Complete Pro Drift Event 1. What helps the Silvia stand out and maintain a consistent chain of drifting is its strong acceleration rating, which ensures that speed can be recovered when the car begins to lose its momentum.įor the trophy/achievement hunters, camping the car in 3rd and 4th gear around Okutama will have the track enveloped in a cloud of smoke as the Silvia dances her way to the elusive 1,000,000 points. ![]() The Silvia S15 Drift has arguably the smoothest handling among the Drift cars in the game, making it easier to chain multiple slides in succession with a decent amount of control and minimal chance of spinning out. The Nissan Silvia S15 Drift is a classy car to burn through tires with and is an ideal choice for those attempting to exceed 1,000,000 points at the Okutama Sprint Drift Stage for the "What do you mean, Drift?!" achievement. Nissan perhaps proved themselves in a league of their own when it comes to drifting, as they take the top two spots in the Drift Class of GRID Legends. ![]() ![]() ![]() Possible damage where toilet was later (?) installed. Is cold, smooth, porcelain like to touch. Same flooring in porch adjoining which was added later - possibly the 90’s. Is in the old cold store which is a step down to the main house. Is this floor tile asbestos containing? Uncovered under laminate, then old Lino. Colour is blue, whites, browns & greys.įloor has no dpm so covering over a concern. Sorry can’t seem to add several pics in one post! Re floor tiles query - location is in Staffordshire/ East Midlands To understand the procedures that are involved seeĪSBESTOS FLOORING REMOVAL GUIDE /hazmat/Asbestos-Floor-Removal.phpĪSBESTOS REMOVAL, WETTING GUIDELINES /hazmat/Asbestos_Wetting_Procedure.php That said, my OPINION is that for flooring that isn't adhered and can be easily rolled up and removed, basically intact, the actual hazard is probably little or less. Note that flooring mastic adhesives may also contain asbestos, also may not be particularly friable unless chopped, sawn, ground, etc. Where there is quite a bit of loose, damaged flooring you might find the cover-over job easier if you lift out and bag for disposal the existing loose tiles. If that leaves you with suggestions or questions do let me know.Īs you may have seen, you can often find a match in the ID-library of asbestos flooring beginningĪt ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE IDENTIFICATION - (floor tiles) Short of having a sample of the flooring tested, you can make a reasonable *guess* at whether or not your floor contains asbestos by answering the few easy questions found atĭOES THIS FLOORING CONTAIN ASBESTOS? - 5 easy steps that can help you make a reasonable guess at whether or not the floor you ask about contains asbestos.Īt the very least, if you can establish the date that the flooring was made or installed then, depending on the country where the flooring was made (and usually where it's installed) you can know if it's an asbestos-candidate. Probably panic is not necessary (and itself is bad for your health) for having torn up a couple of square feet of asbestos-suspect flooring.ĭamp wipe, HEPA vac, and leave the flooring in place, covering it over or if you must demolish it, and can't do so without creating a dusty mess, then have a sample tested for asbestos so as to have an idea just how much care needs to be taken for dust control.īecause popular floor patterns were made by more than one manufacturer, and because popular flooring patterns were produced across and past years when asbestos was a common ingredient, one cannot safely say, on a photo alone, whether or not a particular floor tile or sheet flooring pattern contains asbestos. ![]() On by mak.church (mod) - action when asbestos is suspected in older UK Floor Tiles - Staffordshire/ East I see gray or white paper backing on old UK floor tiles or sheet flooring indeed I'm alert for possible asbestos hazards. (HSE 2017).Īlso see DOES THIS FLOOR CONTAIN ASBESTOS? - 5 easy steps to make a good guess. buildings constructed or renovated before 2000 may have included asbestos-containing products such as drywall, plasterboard, pipe insulation, or vinyl or asphalt-based floor tile or sheet flooring.Ĭan continue in use until they reach the end of their service life. These Questions and answers about identifying asbestos flooring installed in UK buildings were posted originallyĪt ASBESTOS FLOORING IDENTIFICATION 1950's or LATER in the U.K - be sure to revew that article. We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. This article series provides flooring identification requests & photographs & discussion of UK flooring tiles or cottage tiles that may contain asbestos as well as a photo example of non-asbestos flooring. Questions and answers about possible or certain asbestos-containing floor tiles or sheet flooring. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. ![]() ![]() ![]() While I wouldn’t say the first of the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movies was great, it was fun enough to go along for the ride at least through the first two acts. Like the film before it Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar takes a lot of liberties, and unlike the feature film before it, this sequel struggles in balancing the special and practical effects. ![]() It has a stacked cast, staring Ryôsuke Yamada, Dean Fujioka, Keisuke Watanabe, Keisuke Watanabe, Tsubasa Honda, Atom Mizuishi, Mackenyu, and Seiyô Uchino. The film is directed by Fumihiko Sori with a screenplay written by Sori and Takeshi Miyamoto adapted from Hiromu Arakawa‘s seminal manga. Caught up in it all, Alchemist Edward Elric (Ryôsuke Yamada) and his brother Alphonse (Mackenyu) are at their most vulnerable, meanwhile, the Homunculi begin to unveil themselves once again. In this sequel to the 2017 live-action, Fullmetal Alchemist, a mysterious figure named Scar starts to target State Alchemists for their sins against God – and believe me, the actual punishment for the Ishvalan genocide is light here. That said, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar marks the second time that this iconic franchise about brotherhood, scientific ethics, and the traumas of war has been stripped of the things that made it special in a live-action story. ![]() In fact, there are a plethora of them that have come out historically and recently that absolutely rock. I feel obligated to start this review by saying I’m not actually against live-action anime films. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chiaroscuro is an oft-used visual effect. The name comes from the cels that hand-drawn cartoons were traditionally painted on. If a CGI cartoon is not exactly cel-shaded, but still has a "hand drawn" appearance, it may fit under Painted CGI. Actual hand-drawn media is never an example, for obvious reasons, nor are cels drawn on computers in a manner similar to conventional animation. Likewise, Cel Shading can be as realistically-proportioned and textured as any hand-drawing. The Incredibles or the 3D Super Mario Bros. Conventional rendering can still utilize solid colors, simplistic textures, and cartoonish caricatures (e.g. being too detailed or smoothly animated).īe careful when tossing terms around Cel Shading applies first and foremost to the way the lighting is rendered. When mixing cel shading with traditional animation, it's important to calibrate the renderer to avoid visually clashing with the rest of the production (i.e. There are also animated series produced exclusively via cel shading, usually for similar reasons. In other media, Cel Shading can be useful to render specific items in a hand-drawn production, if a given scene would be too difficult to animate by hand, such as a rotating object or an Epic Tracking Shot traveling down the length of a massive vehicle. While the style is not exclusive to Video Games, it is often used there since this is the only way to produce a hand-drawn look via computer polygons. The style was codified with the Sega Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio. In layman's terms, it imitates the look of hand-drawn artwork and animation. Picture taken from Wikipedia, representing a spacesuit from Tintin's "Destination Moon" saga.Ĭel Shading is a style of computer rendering that replaces the shading gradient of conventional rendering with flat colors and shadows (as seen at right). ![]() ![]() ![]() Buy or earn vehicles for party travel and a faster & safer journey – upgrade and maintain for manoeuvrability, speed and power. Weapons & Inventoryįind, buy, trade or get rewarded with weapons and armour. SurvivalĮxplore, fight, loot and interact with the world for basic survival and needs. Gain experience, rewards and information and continue. Confront, hack, slash, blast away creatures and monsters throughout your journey. It is our hope to provide countless event-triggered scenes and mini-missions to thicken your storyline and for a more engaging gameplay experience. ![]() Respond to many hidden, unexpected events. It’s all about discovering, learning and making choices. Meet with new characters, hire assistants, camp & rest, take cover from Mother Nature and even meet with other players! Journey through the wilderness – explore cities, forests, mountains and deserts. Little Devil Inside is a truly engaging 3D action-adventure RPG game where you are thrown into a surreal but somewhat familiar setting with men, creatures and. Basically we want to provide as many ways as possible to skin a cat! Freedom of playĪlthough guided by a multiple mission-driven system, it will still be up to you. We wish to put our efforts and focus on all the means to an end where sometimes spawning off and attending to events and mini-missions may mean momentarily losing track of your main mission. Mission-driven, interconnected storylineĪlthough there will be a main plot, we don’t necessarily intend this to be the end in itself. We want to create a world for players to feel, interact and come to terms with gradually through their engagement rather than throwing in a pre-defined setting with pre-defined plots, giving them a sword and just let them hack away for rewards. Little Devil Inside Features Atmospheric gameplay experience Little Devil Inside is a truly engaging 3D action-adventure RPG game where you are thrown into a surreal but somewhat familiar setting with men, creatures and monsters to interact with, learn and hunt – survive and discover the world that exists beyond. Set in a “Victorian-like” era, embark on dangerous missions to gain evidence and findings for your employer, a mysterious professor. ![]() However, it's a bit odd that we are now approaching the end of 2022 and might not even hear word of a delay.Little Devil Inside is a PlayStation console exclusive for PS5 and PS4. Little Devil Inside wowed everyone during a PlayStation 5 presentation last June, but the game has yet to receive a release date or an update, so what happen. Little Devil Inside has existed since around 2015 when it first went live as a Kickstarter project, but vanished until now and reappearing as a timed PS5/PS4 exclusive. The high-quality trailers, years of Kickstarter updates, and obvious bespoke textures and character models should allay your fears there. Don't worry, this steampunk neo-Victorian world full of voyaging and adventure shouldn't be an Abandoned vapourware project - the word for a non-existent game advertised to collect money with no intention of releasing. which came and went with no real acknowledgement of the promising project. Its second release window was said to be 2018 in an early trailer. ![]() It blew by its first release window of 2016 as the project become much bigger. The Kickstarter project came to pass with a promise of a PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U release, only to become a PlayStation timed console exclusive with a PC release after the project has been backed for other platforms (something NeoStream acknowledged later). However, this isn't the first time Little Devil Inside developers haven't really updated information about its pre-existing and announced plans. ![]() ![]() ![]() Season three arrives in 2023, and there's a fourth promised. ![]() When a foreign politician's nephew is kidnapped by a far-right gang, the Slow Horses begin to suspect that there's something more sinister going on. There's also Slow Horses, the London-set spy thriller featuring Gary Oldman as leader of a bunch of failed spooks, put out to grass in MI5's backwater office. Neither side of their personality has any knowledge of what their other half gets up to, so the 'outies' get paid without ever having to experience work, while the 'innies' are condemned to perpetual tedium. If mind-bending (yet incredibly, deliberately drab) sci-fi fantasy comedy-drama is your bag, then you could try Severance from director Ben Stiller, starring Adam Scott as one of a team of office workers who have voluntarily submitted to a procedure that separates their in-work life from their home life. Season two is due in July and will see Ken Jeong and Jack Whitehall join the cast. Then there's The Afterparty, from Into the Spider-verse's Christopher Miller, in which Sam Richardson and friends try to solve the murder of one of their peers at a fancy party, with each episode taking the form of a different movie genre. It sees Jason Sudeikis take on the role of a wide-eyed sports coach and general motivator who is brought over from Kansas to turn around the fortunes of the ailing Richmond FC. If comedy is your thing, then one of Apple TV+'s flagship shows – perhaps to its own surprise as much as anyone else's – is the warm-hearted football sitcom Ted Lasso. Think of it as one of the more curated services available. On the downside, it means there's less on the service than on Netflix or Prime Video, but the plus is that every show has the mark of care and attention paid to it – there's nothing slapdash or lazy. Its strategy is a little different to other streamers too – rather than buying up other networks' back catalogues to fill out their offerings, Apple has put its considerable budget (it is the richest company on Earth, after all) to good use and commissioned a raft of original material. Apple TV+ is one of the younger services, but it's also one of the best. The TV landscape has never been more fertile: Netflix, Amazon's Prime Video, Disney+ (home of Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars), Paramount+ and others are currently pumping out huge quantities of great shows. ![]() ![]() The text for the first version is in bold and the text for the second version is in italics. The second one most likely appeared in some magazine as well due to the few staple holes.īelow is the breakdown of the text for comparison. The first one is the version that appeared in my copy of the MUM Society of Americans Magicians Monthly, New York August 1919. The drawings on each are the same, but the text is quite different. What is the difference between these ads besides the variation in color?Įach version was the second page of a four-page ad created to promote the original release of the film. Posted in Haldane Of The Secret Service, Posters, The Grim Game, The Man From Beyond | 1 Reply Rare Houdini Poster Sadly, he removed his pending productions from the active file and brought his career as a picture producer to an abrupt finish. ![]() He compared his cost sheets with his income statements. He (Houdini) read his reviews with dismay. Regrettably there was nothing in “Haldane of the Secret Service” to match the Niagara Falls rescue in “The Man From Beyond” or the fantastic escapes of his earliest films (e.g. “Houdini does a sensational rescue of the heroine in the Niagara Falls rapids, and it has a kick that would carry any audience”. “It has a whale of a punch,” Variety said. The film (“The Man From Beyond”) had its faults, but critics agreed that one scene alone was worth the price of admission. Now, let’s briefly discuss the two films that Houdini wrote and produced. The DVD artwork for both pictures is from a poster from “The Grim Game”. Posted in Auctions, Magazine, Posters, Straight-Jacket, The Grim Game | 2 Replies What’s Wrong with these Pictures? All of their posters are scanned directly on 1:1 proportion from the original. The classic poster image was reproduced from the library of Nielson Magic Posters with their permission. Each element has been hand cut by the artist and, after painting the edges of each piece, he assembled them in a shadow box of amazing dimensionality. Mixed Media and famed Disney Artist David Avanzino used this beautiful rich piece to create a unique dimensional scene where the characters seem to come alive and float in space. The listing price in the ads was $1200 each. This artwork originally debuted at the Los Angeles Conference on Magic History in November of 2007 with remaining pieces offered to the rest of the magic community via ads in magic magazines like Genii (e.g., Vol 71 Issue 3 and 5). Handsomely framed to an overall size of 18 ¼ x 24 ¼”. Recreating a three-dimensional version of the color lithograph advertising Houdini’s silent film, The Grim Game. Number 1 from a signed and numbered edition of 10. The following amazing magical work of art that was estimated to sell between $1,200/$1,500 just sold yesterday at Potter & Potter Auctions for the starting bid of $600.00. Posted in Auctions, Posters, The Grim Game | 6 Replies 24-Sheet Grim Game Poster found in Australia
![]() Config fixes black screen after boot.Ītelier Marie + Elie - Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 1 & 2Ĭonfig fixes black screen after boot. Artlist Collection: THE DOG ISLAND ~ひとつの花の物語~Įmulator configuration available.Artlist Collection: The Dog Island: Hitotsu no Hana no Monogatari.Make sure that game is detected as PS2CD (Blue disc in XMB).Ĭonfig fixes freeze on Konami logo/intro FMV. Minor texture problems during some scenes. Minor graphical issues during pre-rendered cutscenes, otherwise perfectly fine.Ĭonfig fixes black screen after PlayStation 2 logo.Ĭonfig fixes the loading screen freezing.ģ-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei Densetsu no Kyoudan ni Tate!ģrd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the GalaxyĤ Edges by The Black Lotus (scene graphical demo) Cutscenes sometimes skip frames and tear in PAL version. This tag is intended to be used in the regions where the game wasn't released, e.g: PAL-EU & NTSC-U of a game released only in Japan.Ĭonfig fixes glitches and freezes when you encounter monsters.Ĭonfig sets multitap controller ports properly.Ĭonfig sets multitap controller ports properly. This tag is intended to be used temporally to indicate the existence of the game for an specific region but with an unknown compatibility. Released for this region, but nobody tested it. It doesn't works or can't be completed due to some critical problems at some point that doesn't allow the game to continue. ![]() It works exactly like when you play it on a real PS2 Console, the compatibility is as good as Ĭritical problems, doesn't boots, freezes or crashes after some gaming progress. Released for the PS3 at the PlayStation Store, the compatibility is certified by Sony. Compatibility counters at date: 2023 July 26 ![]() ![]() Whether this is merely irritating or downright Fun will depend on how deadly the bottom of your moat is, and how easy it is to retrieve creatures stuck in it. If a dwarf gets scared, it's just as likely to flee into the moat as it is into the fortress. It's not that a moat is bad for morale, exactly it's just that terrified dwarves tend not to look where they're fleeing. This is most effective for dry or water-filled moats (since the animals will not kill the hapless dwarf that falls inside by accident, although he may just die of thirst inside it), but no one is stopping you from filling your magma moat with magma crabs. You can also add another floodgate and lever to drain the moat when the siege is over.Ī moat can also be filled with dangerous animals, such as dogs, bears, alligators or the ever-dreaded carp. Make a path through the moat for goblins to walk through, then flood it and drown them. This is a double-edged sword, however you should make sure there are no dwarves standing on bridges when you pull levers, and have your military engage the enemy far from your moat.Īnother option is to have the moat empty, and use a floodgate controlled by a lever to fill the moat with water or magma during a siege. Although a dry moat is perfectly functional, doing so will render it more lethal to enemies that slip in by accident, especially if something waits for them down below. You can also take advantage of the fact that a tree will not grow if the z-level below them has been dug out.Īs one can guess, a moat can be filled with water to drown sentients, but filling it with magma is obviously far more dwarven. There are two primary ways of preventing poorly-timed tree growth from compromising your moat: you can either pave a 4-tile-wide collar around the outside of the moat or you can dig a moat so wide that trees on either side will be unable to reach each other. Alternatively, pavement, constructions, and/or 7/7 water or magma will also prevent tree growth. Trees at the bottom of the moat can be prevented by digging down far enough that there is no soil at the bottom of the trench, which has the side benefits of making an invader's slip into the moat more deadly and increasing the distance necessary to climb back out afterward. Two trees on opposite sides of a moat are as good as a bridge if their branches come within a tile of each other and a tree growing at the bottom of a moat makes a mockery of fortress defense. The greatest threat to the effectiveness of a moat is the common tree. Invaders aren't yet smart enough to do a running jump, but they can jump across a 1-tile gap (2 tiles for undead). Make sure your moat is of sufficient width that it can't be jumped over.The lip must protrude 2 tiles if made from walls, but only 1 tile if made from floors. An overhang or "lip" on the moat will prevent trapped enemies from climbing out of the moat on that side.Block walls are difficult to climb, and smoothed natural walls are impossible to climb. ![]() ![]()
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