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Riverville castle.

This is Riverville Castle, a four story tower house in county Galway, Ireland. County Galway seems to have an awful lot of these castles in varying condition, this one happened to catch my eye from the road. If you want a comparison, here is a diagram of a 'typical' tower house.

It is reported to be the residence of the Bourke family from the 16th century. It was marked as a ruin on 1839 Ordnance Survey map. Not much more to be found about it. As can be seen, it has retained most of it's height over the years. It stands between a split in a river, the split possibly being created as a defensive feature. If there was ever an outer wall, it is long gone.

Going through the damaged outer doorway, there is a stairway up to your left, a alcove to your right, and a murder hole above you. The floor inside the is dirt, strewn with the remains of what may well be centuries of bird nests! There are horizontal gun loops in the other three walls. There may have been a wooden floor originally, explaining the step up to the loops. Looking up, you can see where the wood of the first and second floors met the walls. And finally, the stone vault making up the third floor is still intact, although you would need a ladder to reach it today, as you will see!

I don't seem to have pictured it, but the bottom steps are missing. Once on the stairs, you have to be mindful of the amount of muck now turning the steps in a slope. The stairs begin to curl into a spiral staircase, but as can be seen these are now missing, whether collapsing with time or being destroyed to stop people reaching higher than the first floor. I'm not sure what to say about the uneven floor in this room, perhaps the some of the floor is missing as I wouldn't expect it to be this uneven.

All in all a nice little castle. Couldn't say why the upper windows seem to be half filled with stones, could be from years of people seeing if they could get a rock in the empty window? Seems a very human thing to do to me. If anyone is curious about the missing stone low down the corners of the exterior and roughness around the gun loops, this sort of damage is normally from cattle or other livestock scratching themselves against the walls, knocking blocks loose with time. A fun little detail is that there is a geocache inside the castle, something I learned that evening while trying to learn more about the ruin. Needless to say I had to go back and try to find it, which I managed!

Finally, for those interested in a more architectural study, I have included the description from the Sites and Monuments Record.

'On flat ground to the N of a stream, commanding a river crossing c. 60m to the SE. Named ‘Riverville Castle (in ruins)’ on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this rectangular tower house (11m N-S; 9.6m E-W) is reputed to have belonged to 'a Mac Hubert Burke' (Topgr. Files, NMI) and is probably of late-16th or early 17th-century date. It survives to a height of four storeys. It was built on a plinth (H 1.2m) of crude random coursed mortared limestone and the walls are of random coursed dressed limestone and dressed quoinstones; the latter have been robbed out at the SW, NW and NE corners to a height of 3m. A base-batter rises to a height of 5m. All four walls bear ivy growth and the E, W and N walls are almost totally covered with it. The original doorway, placed off-centre in the E wall, has been robbed out as has the external wall-face to its N. The doorway accessed a lobby with an overhead murder-hole. From the lobby, doorways led to the main ground-floor room to the W and to an intramural stairs to the S. In the main room horizontal gun loops are set into deep embrasures in the S, W and N walls, it is possible that they are later insertions into the original slit windows. None of the floors survive but corbel sockets indicate they were wooden. There is a stone vault between the 2nd/3rd floors. Above the 1st floor the stairs spiralled clockwise to the top of the tower but it is entirely broken out so access is not possible to the upper floors. The 1st floor is divided into a main room with the subsidiary chamber housing the murder-hole to its E. A fireplace is visible in the N wall of the main room. Wall recesses are visible on various floor levels. The garderobe exit chute is visible externally at the E end of the N wall. A number of windows have been robbed out. The surviving examples consists of flat and ogee-headed single lights; two of the latter on the 3rd floor in the E wall are opposite two in the W wall. There are cross loops on the NE and SE angles at 2nd-floor level.'

[unexpected-nightview]

Spoiler-ish (technically the screenwriter backtracking and trying to fix that clownery)

Okay just to keep track of everything : post by the screenwriter + pic with translation about said post + translated text (via google bc I don’t speak chinese...) + original text all under the cut.

1)Translation 

"Hate Your Lord Is Not Like Jiang Lou Yue" Finale 37-1 At the entrance of Yuzhitang Jiang Yuelou stands on the opposite side of the street, going back and forth across the street The flow of people and the glass windows of Yu Zhitang, watching the glass After Chen Yuzhi, the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. 37-2 Within days of Yu Zhitang Chen Yuzhi packed the things on the table, ready to hit kind. Chen Yuzhi noticed a scorching gaze, Lifting his gaze, it was Jiangyue Tower. Jiang Yuelou raised an eyebrow at him triumphantly and gave him one Bright laugh. Chen Yuzhi smiled back and took off the white The lab coat, walked towards the door. 37-3 Outside the entrance of Yuzhitang Chen Yuzhi locked the door, Jiang Yuelou crossed the street Come. Chen Yuzhi; Didn't you say that the police station was handed over in the morning? Do you have a lot of work and are you busy? Jiang Yuelou: No matter how busy you are, you have to eat. Besides, Today's special day, Lantern Festival, not with me Over? Chen Yuzhi turned around and smiled gently: OK, together Over. 37-4 Jingcheng Street Niwai Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi walked along the street, talking and laughing With. The people on both sides of the street, some are cooking, some Playing chess, some are drinking tea, and some are living and working in peace and contentment. Look like. Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi comforted and looked at each other laugh. Jiang Yuelou: Our efforts were not in vain, they Finally can live a stable life. Chen Yuzhi: Yeah, finally, everything is worth it From time to time, someone greeted the two. Passerby: Doctor Chen! Passer-by: Section Chief Jiang! Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi nodded in response with a smile. Passers-by greeted warmly: Chief Jiang, come to the house for soup Round, we made it ourselves, don't dislike it. Jiang Yuelou laughed: No, we are also going to go back do. Chen Yuzhi was stunned, and after passers-by walked away, he asked: Are you planning to do it yourself? Jiang Yuelou; otherwise? Chen Yuzhi: I thought you meant to go to the house at the door Kunton stalls, her family will cook some glutinous rice balls every day Applicable. Jiangyuelou: Do it yourself, it has a special flavor. Smile of Chen Yuzhi: Okay, listen to you. The two talked and laughed and walked. Not far ahead, A man in a rickshaw driver's clothes raised his eyes slightly The line turned out to be Zhan Junbai who escaped from the dead. Zhan Junbai raised his gaze and looked at it with hatred. From a subjective perspective, Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi are getting closer Up. Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi didn't realize it was coming Danger, chatting. Jiang Yuelou: It’s been a long time since I rode a horse. This weekend, Go for horse racing? Chen Yuzhixiao: This time, I will definitely beat you. Jiang Yuelou is full of confidence: give it a try. While they were talking, the two had already arrived in front of Zhan Junbai. Zhan Junbai suddenly held a gun and shot at Jiangyuelou. He It is the one that was given to Yutangchun and then returned The gun in his own hand. Chen Yuzhi didn't hesitate to rush to block Jiangyue Tower In front of him, the bullet shot into Chen Yuzhi's heart. Jiangyuelou Want to block the future. Jiang Yuelou's unbelievable look, hold it fast with one hand Chen Yuzhi, who was about to fall, drew his spear without hesitation and charged Zhuan Junbai shot. The people scattered and fled. Zhan Junbai was shot, his body was shocked, crazy and terrifying Smiling and falling to the ground, he looked at Jiang Yuelou proudly. He felt no physical pain, he was immersed in revenge In pleasure. A string of beads on his hand broke and fell The ground, scattered around, that is Yutangchun's hand when he was alive Beaded. Zhan Jun white grinning smile: Jiang Yuelou, what I lost, you I can't get it either. He died, more painful than your death Right? Jiang Yuelou didn't care about Zhanjun Bai, nervously Pulling off Chen Yuzhi's jacket, he saw the bullet shooting through the inside The armor is almost penetrated, severely changed Fortunately, it did not hurt the body. Jiang Yuelou is anxious and worried: how are you, where did you hurt Is it there? Chen Yuzhi patted Jiang Yuelou's hand comfortably: I didn't thing. Jiang Yuelou annoyed Chen Yu's eyes: Both of us Go back and calculate! Zhan Junbai saw that Chen Yuzhi was not injured, and he was shocked. Unbelievable look; how is this possible?! Jiang Yuelou turned and walked towards Zhan Junbai, staring at him He: I've already gotten it right, you won't let it go, from I have been waiting since the day you fled, waiting for you come back. As Jiang Yuelou said, he opened his coat, and he did it too Protection: Zhan Junbai, I am different from you, you lose Go, I will never lose. Jiang Yuelou said, glanced at Chen Yuzhi, the two were right Depending on. Zhan Junbai was defeated and looked desperate. Jiang Yuelou raised his gun again, preparing to end Zhanjun White. Zhan Junbai moved his eyes from Jiangyue Tower to Chen Yuzhi, supporting With one last breath: Dr. Chen, can Can't help me Busy? Chen Yuzhi looked at him coldly: I won't help you intercede Yes, you deserve it. Zhan Junbai; it's not this busy...cough cough... Zhan Jun white mouth and more and more blood surges in the wound Out, dyed red beads scattered on the ground, like red beans. Zhan Junbai: Help me and him, be buried together... Chen Yuzhi's accident: You didn't sink him into the crab pond? Zhan Junbai smiled: I really sink him, how can I give up Got. If you don't say this, how can you hold the following people. Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi looked at each other, Chen Yuzhibai Mixed feelings. Chen Yuzhi: Where is he buried? Zhan Junbai; Chengdong. Xinglinli. Chen Yuzhi remembered Yutangchun telling that he liked it before he was alive Xinglin in the east of the city, I want to survive the spring and be buried in Xinglin One scene. Zhan Junbai; help me, okay... Chen Yuzhi shook his head: He was tortured because of you during his lifetime. After death, I definitely don’t want to have anything with you Ge. The only pleading look in Zhan Junbai's life; please You... Dr. Chen, please... Chen Yuzhi did not hesitate, turned and walked towards Jiang Yue floor. Jiang Yuelou raised the muzzle and ended Zhan Junbai's Raw. The picture is getting darker. 37-5 Jiangyuelou's home at night The door opened, Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi came in. Jiang Yuelou's complexion is not very good, he is angry, heavy Sitting on the sofa. Chen Yuzhi was a little guilty, took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves Zi: What about making glutinous rice balls? I'll prepare them. Jiang Yuelou stared at him, did not speak, his eyes followed Chen I walked around. Chen Yuzhi looked back: Don't do it now? Jiang Yuelou got up and strode towards Chen Yuzhi: What to do What do you do, settle the account! Chen Yuzhi: I was not injured... Jiang Yuelou is angry; this is a fluke, what if?! Me The armor is prepared for you to protect yourself, not for Let you save people! Chen Yuzhi: But that's you... Jiang Yuelou is fierce: No one can do it! Besides, I'm not without it, I need you to rush out to protect me Did you know that I was almost scared to death.. Chen Yuzhi: Sorry, I was in a hurry, I forgot Up. Jiang Yuelou was stunned: Did you forget about the armor? Chen Yuzhi: It was too late to think too much... Jiang Yuelou suddenly felt very heartfelt, touched and touched. Fear, his fierce face instantly softened, and he raised his hand Gave Chen Yuzhi a deep hug. Jiang Yuelou whispered: Yu Zhi, in my life, I don't Fortunately...but how lucky it is to meet you. Chen Yuzhi responded in a low voice: Me too, Yuelou. How lucky to meet you... For a moment, Jiang Yuelou let go and pushed Chen Yuzhi towards kitchen. Chen Yuzhi: What? Jiang Yuelou: Make glutinous rice balls! 37-6 black screen subtitles: one year later 37-7 A small courtyard in a countryside day (faint) inside/outside The dusk is groggy. With the door open, you can see that Chen Keying is holding a small Play freely in the hall. In the courtyard, Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi are sitting on a stone table before. There are some dried herbs on the table, Chen Yuzhi Pulling herbs. Jiang Yuelou held a newspaper in her hand, Newspaper headlines, Jin Dacheng became director, Jing Chengtai level. Jiang Yuelou smiled, put down the newspaper, picked up the tea cup, Make tea comfortably. Jiang Yuelou took a sip of hot tea and looked at Chen Yu Zhi: Alright, it's been an afternoon, and tomorrow Chen Yuzhi laughs: a few days later is the rainy season, so you have to take advantage of the sky Okay, just dry it thoroughly. Jiang Yuelou handed a cup of hot tea: no hurry at this time and a half Engrave, take a sip of tea slowly. Chen Yuzhi raised his hand to indicate, his slender fingers were touched Herb sap stained with emerald color. Jiang Yuelou simply handed the cup over, Chen Yuzhi low Head, took a few sips of water with Jiang Yuelou's hand. Jiang Yuelou: I have found the location of the clinic, what do I need Please leave the list empty, let's go buy it together. Chen Yuzhi raised his head and looked at Jiang Yuelou, making a cunning point Laughter: Everything else is easy to say, there is only one thing, I'm afraid it is It's not easy to buy. Jiang Yuelou: What is it? Come and listen. Chen Yuzhi: The original Yuzhitang plaque is pretty good Yes, it's a pity that I forgot to bring it when I moved. Jiang Yuelou: This is easy to handle, I will solve it. Chen Yuzhi laughed: What, the engraver of Yuelou, once Is it ripe for the second time? Jiang Yuelou froze for a while, reacted, you all know Up? Chen Yuzhi: Yes. Jiang Yuelou: When did it happen? Smile of Chen Yu: Secret. Jiang Yuelou raised her eyebrows: Secret? Then don't blame me Up. Jiang Yuelou said, got up, went to the hut and dragged out A plaque, carefully wrapped in cloth, Jiangyue Tower Raise your hand, the cloth flutters, revealing Yu Zhitang below Plaque. Chen Yuzhi laughed blankly. Jiang Yuelou smiled proudly. In the distance, the setting sun, crimson and yellow cross Jiang Yuelou stared into the distance, feeling: Yu Zhi, the sun It's down. Chen Yuzhi raised his eyes and looked along the Jiangyue Tower Go, the dusk is bleak. Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi stared at each other, tacitly agreeing Laugh, all affectionate, all affection, everything is silent in. The silhouette in the sunset gradually merged. --End of the whole play- Extraordinary ending Green poplar smoke is light outside, red apricot branches spring Noisy. In the Xinglin in the east of the city, one is well repaired But there is no tomb with a stele. In front of the tombstone, put some fresh Bouquets and memorial supplies. The camera pulls up, from the feet up, Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yu 之入画. The two stood side by side in front of the tombstone, looking at jade Tang Chun's tomb is silently missed. Flashback, the scene before Zhan Junbai died. Chen Yuzhi: Where is he buried? Zhan Junbai; Chengdong. Xinglin Li.. Keke (kee Blood). I didn’t engrave the stele, in case someone knows the body Fortunately, he was troubled by me, and he couldn't be peaceful after death. The flashback is over. Chen Yuzhi: I did not agree to his request, if you You know Izumi, surely he is unwilling, right? No one answered, the wind blows the flowers. Jiang Yuelou comfortably embraced Chen Yuzhi and rubbed twice Lower the neck; if you really promise to help him be buried together, That's what insulted boss Yu. Now it's good Up. Jiang Yuelou said, let go of Chen Yuzhi, and looked back The cliff not far away. On the cliff, there is no one Lonely grave with lettering. Because of the terrain, the lone tomb can be In order to see the Xinglin and Yutangchun tombs under the mountain, and The lone tomb is always in the back of Yutangchun's tomb, no Will get a glimmer of light. Chen Yuzhi looked back, feeling complicated, sighing sound. Jiang Yuelou; gone, let's go home for the rest. The setting sun stained the branches and willows of Xinglin, Jiangyuelou, Chen Yu Zhi crosses the Xinglin side by side, and the rest of the discussion spreads from time to time Come. Chen Yuzhi: Yuelou, you said, people have an afterlife ? Jiang Yuelou took a deep look at Chen Yuzhi: I don't know Tao, but I hope there is. Chen Yuzhi laughed; even if he had, he drank Meng Po soup, Probably also met and did not know each other. Jiang Yuelou: Leave a secret sign, how about? If you meet again See, you won’t miss it. Chen Yuzhi ridiculed: Isn't that necessary for generations to come Met you guy? Jiang Yuelou jealous: Listening to these words, it seems not very willing? Chen Yuzhi: If it were you, I would be willing. Jiang Yuelou was deeply moved, and the two smiled at each other. The shadow disappeared in the depths of the apricot forest. The mountain scenery is steep, Zhan Junbai stands on the cliff, but He didn't feel cold, he was just cold in his heart. Zhan Junbai stared deeply at a touch of the apricot forest ahead Back, his eyes cleared and disappeared. Zhan Junbai murmured: Do you have an afterlife? The mountain wind blows and blows, as if it blows this sentence to the mountain In the ears of people. Yutangchun faces the apricot forest and back to the cliff. For some reason, weeping and whispering slightly; I don't know Tao. Zhan Junbai; They have an appointment in the next life... If, I We also have an afterlife, will everything be different? Yutangchun Yuguang glanced back slightly, his eyes earning Tangle and sigh; if there is an afterlife, I Hope, never meet you again. Jun Bai. I hope Hope, for generations to come, never see each other... From Huawei memo @ 直好好的

=> so basically, the shooting happens but Yuzhi was wearing some sort of bulletproof vest and he didn’t get hurt. They hug and both go “so lucky to have met you”. All is well in the world, this is the canon ending and fuck the rest~ 

2)Original text (extracted from the pic)

《恨君不似江楼月》大结局 37-1余之堂门口 日外 江月楼站在街道对面,隔着街道来往 的人流和余之堂的玻璃窗,注视着玻璃 后的陈余之,嘴角不自觉上扬。 37-2 余之堂日内 陈余之收拾着桌面的东西,准备打 样。陈余之察觉到一股灼热的目光, 抬起视线看去,是江月楼。 江月楼得意地冲他扬眉,赠予他一个 明亮的笑。陈余之回以一笑,脫下白 大褂,朝着门外走去。 37-3 余之堂门口日外 陈余之锁门,江月楼穿过街道上 来。 陈余之;早上你不是说最近警署交接 工作多,很忙吗? 江月楼:再忙,也得吃饭啊。再说, 今天特殊日子,元宵节,不跟我一起 过? 陈余之转身,温和一笑:好,一起 过。 37-4景城街道 日外 江月楼、陈余之沿着街道走着,说笑 着。 街道两边的百姓,有的在煮饭,有的 在下棋,有的在喝茶,一副安居乐业的 样子。 江月楼、陈余之心中安慰,对视一 笑。 江月楼:我们的努力没有白费,他们 终于能过上安稳的日子了。 陈余之:是啊,总算,一切都值 不时有人向两人打招呼。 路人甲:陈医生! 路人乙:江科长! 江月楼、陈余之微笑点头回应。 路人热情招呼:江科长,来家里吃汤 圆啊,我们自己做的,别嫌弃。 江月楼笑:不用了,我们也准备回去 做。 陈余之愕了下,待路人走开后,问: 你打算自己做啊? 江月楼;不然呢? 陈余之:我以为,你是说去门口那家 锟饨摊吃,她家每到这天都会煮些汤圆 应景。 江月楼:自己做,别有风味。 陈余之笑:好,听你的。 两人说笑着,走着。前方不远处, 个穿着黄包车夫衣服的人微微抬起视 线,竟然是死里逃生的展君白。 展君白抬起视线,仇恨的目光看去, 主观视角,江月楼和陈余之越来越近 了。 江月楼和陈余之浑然不觉即将到来的 危险,聊着。 江月楼:好久没骑马了,这个周末, 赛马去? 陈余之笑:这次,一定赢你。 江月楼自信满满:试试看。 说话间,两人已经到了展君白面前, 展君白突然持枪,朝着江月楼开枪,他 拿着的,是那把曾送给玉堂春后又回到 自己手上的枪。 陈余之毫不犹豫地扑过去挡在江月楼 身前,子弹射进陈余之心口处。江月楼 想要阻拦未来得及。 江月楼不敢置信的神情,一手扶住快 要倒下的陈余之,毫不犹豫地拔枪,冲 着展君白开枪。百姓们四散而逃。 展君白中弹,身子一震,疯狂恐怖地 笑着倒地,他器张得意地看着江月楼, 身体的痛他毫无感觉,他沉浸在报复的 快感中。他手上戴着的一串珠子断裂落 地,四散开来,那是玉堂春生前不离手 的串珠。 展君白狞笑:江月楼,我失去的,你 也得不到。他死了,比你死了,更痛 吧? 江月楼顾不得搭理展君白,紧张地 扯开陈余之外套,看到子弹射在内里穿 着的护甲上,护甲几乎被穿透,严重变 形,所幸没有伤及身体。 江月楼着急担忧:你怎么样,伤到哪 里没有? 陈余之宽慰地拍拍江月楼的手:我没 事。 江月楼气恼地陈余之一眼:咱俩的 账回去算! 展君白看到陈余之并未受伤,楞住, 不可置信的神情;这怎么可能?! 江月楼转身走向展君白,死死盯着 他:我早就算准了你不会善罢甘休,从 你逃离的那天起,我一直在等着,等你 回来。 江月楼说着,撩开自己外套,他也做 了防护:展君白,我跟你不一样,你失 去的,我永远不会失去。 江月楼说着,看了眼陈余之,两人对 视。 展君白一败涂地,绝望神情。 江月楼再次抬起枪口,准备结束展君 白。 展君白视线从江月楼移向陈余之,撑 着最后一口气:陈医生,能 不能,帮我 个忙? 陈余之冷眼看他:我不会帮你求情 的,你这是罪有应得。 展君白;不是这个忙...咳咳.... 展君白白嘴角和伤口越来越多的血涌 出,染红了地上散落的珠子,宛���红 豆。 展君白:帮我和他,葬在一起... 陈余之意外:你没把他沉进蟹塘? 展君白笑了笑:真沉了他,我如何舍 得。不这样说,又如何镇得住下面的 人。 江月楼、陈余之对视一眼,陈余之百 感交集。 陈余之:他葬在何处? 展君白;城东.杏林里。 陈余之想起玉堂春生前诉说自己喜欢 城东杏林,想要熬过春天,葬在杏林的 一幕。 展君白;帮我,行吗... 陈余之摇头:他生前因你受尽折磨, 死后,定然也不愿和你再有什么瓜 葛。 展君白一生唯一一次恳求的眼神;求 你... 陈医生,求你.. 陈余之没有犹豫,转身走向江月 楼。 江月楼抬起枪口,结束了展君白的一 生。 画面渐黑。 37-5 江月楼的家 夜 内 门开,江月楼、陈余之进门。 江月楼面色不太好,生气中,重重地 坐在沙发上。 陈余之有些心虚,脱下外套,挽起袖 子:做汤圆的东西呢?我去准备。 江月楼盯着他,不说话,视线随着陈 余之走动而动。 陈余之回头:现在不做吗? 江月楼起身,大步走向陈余之:做什 么做,算账! 陈余之:我没受伤... 江月楼气;这是侥幸,万一呢?!我 给你准备护甲是让你自保的,不是为了 让你救人的! 陈余之:可那是你... 江月楼凶巴巴:是谁都不行!再说, 我又不是没有,用得着你冲出来护我 吗?你知不知道,我差点吓死.. 陈余之:对不起,一时情急,我忘 了。 江月楼愣住:你忘了护甲这回事? 陈余之:当时来不及想太多... 江月楼突然感到无比的窝心、感动和 后怕,凶巴巴的脸瞬间软化下来,抬手 给了陈余之一个深深的拥抱。 江月楼低喃:余之,我这一生,很不 幸...但又何其有幸,竟能遇见你。 陈余之低声回应:我也一样,月楼。 遇见你,何其有幸.. 片刻,江月楼松手,推着陈余之走向 厨房。 陈余之:嗯?干什么? 江月楼:做汤圆! 37-6黑屏字幕:一年后 37-7 某乡下小院 日(昏)内/外 暮色昏沉。 屋门开着,可以看到,陈可盈抱着小 自在厅内玩耍。 院子里,江月楼和陈余之坐在石桌 前。桌上摆着些晾晒的草药,陈余之 正在翻拉草药。江月楼手上拿着报纸, 报纸头条,金大成开任署长,景城太 平。 江月楼笑了,放下报纸,拿起茶杯, 惬意泡茶。 江月楼自顾自喝了一口热茶,看向陈 余之:好了,侍弄一下午了,明日再 陈余之笑:过几日是雨季,得趁着天 好,晒干晒透才行。 江月楼递上一杯热茶:不急这一时半 刻,喝口茶缓缓。 陈余之抬起手示意,他修长手指上沾 染了翠色的药草汁液。 江月楼干脆将杯子递过去,陈余之低 头,就着江月楼的手喝了几口水。 江月楼:诊所的位置找好了,需要什 么物件你空了列一下,我们一起去买。 陈余之抬头,看向江月楼,狡點一 笑:别的都好说,只有一件东西,怕是 不好买。 江月楼:什么东西?你说来听听。 陈余之:原来那块余之堂的牌匾挺好 的,可惜,搬家的时候忘带了。 江月楼:这个啊,好办,我来解决。 陈余之笑:怎么,月楼的雕工,一回 生二回熟了? 江月楼愣了下,反应过来,你都知道 了? 陈余之:嗯。 江月楼:什么时候的事儿? 陈余之笑:秘密。 江月楼扬眉:秘密啊?那就别怪我 了。 江月楼说着,起身,去一旁小屋拖出 一块牌匾,上面用布仔细包着,江月楼 扬手,布飘扬开来,露出下面的余之堂 匾额。 陈余之哑然失笑。 江月楼得意傲娇的笑。 远处,夕阳西下,绯红色和黄色交 江月楼凝望远处,感慨:余之,太阳 落山了。 陈余之抬起视线,顺着江月楼视线看 去,暮色苍茫。 江月楼、陈余之凝视彼此,默契一 笑,一切深情,一切情意,尽在不言 中。夕阳下的剪影,逐渐融合。 --全剧终一- 番外结尾 绿杨烟外晓寒轻,红杏枝头春意 闹。城东的杏林里,一座修葺的很好 却没有刻碑的墓。墓碑前,放了些新鲜 的花束和祭奠用品。 镜头拉起,从脚往上,江月楼和陈余 之入画。两人并肩站在墓碑前,望着玉 堂春的坟墓,默默怀念。 闪回,展君白死前一幕。 陈余之:他葬在何处? 展君白;城东. 杏林里..咳咳(咳 血).我没有刻碑,万一被人知晓了身 份,他受我连累,死后亦不得安宁。 闪回结束。 陈余之:我没有答应他的要求,若你 泉下有知,定然也是不愿的吧? 无人回答,风吹花落。 江月楼宽慰地揽住陈余之,摩挲了两 下脖颈;若你真答应帮他合葬在一起, 才是辱了玉老板。如今这样,已经很好 了。 江月楼说着,松开陈余之,回头看向 不远处的悬崖。悬崖之上,一座亦没有 刻字的孤坟。因为地势原因,孤坟处可 以看得到山下的杏林和玉堂春坟墓,而 孤坟则永远在玉堂春坟墓的背影里,不 会得到一丝一毫的余光。 陈余之回头望去,心情复杂,唱叹一 声。 江月楼;走了,���之,咱们回家。 夕阳染红了杏林的枝柳,江月楼、陈 余之并肩穿过杏林,讨论的余声时而传 来。 陈余之:月楼,你说,人有来生 吗? 江月楼深深看了眼陈余之:我不知 道,但我希望有。 陈余之笑了;就算有,喝了孟婆汤, 大抵也是相逢不相识了。 江月楼:留个暗号,如何?若再遇 见,便不会错过了。 陈余之调侃:那岂不是生生世世都要 遇到你这家伙了? 江月楼醋意:这话听着,好像不怎么 愿意? 陈余之:若是你的话,我是愿意的。 江月楼深深感动,两人对视一笑,身 影消失在杏林深处。 山风料峭,展君白站在悬崖之上,却 并不觉得冷,他只是心冷。 展君白深深凝望着前面杏林里的一抹 背影,眼神明了又灭。 展君白喃喃:你说,人有来生吗? 山风吹啊吹,仿佛把这句话吹到了山 下人的耳朵里。 玉堂春面朝杏林,背向悬崖,眼中不 知怎的,微微泛起泪光,轻喃;我不知 道。 展君白;他们约了来生... 如果,我 们也有来生,一切,会不会不一样? 玉堂春余光微微往后看了眼,眼神挣 扎纠结,一声叹息;如果真有来生,我 希望,再也不要遇到你. 君白. 我希 望,生生世世,不复相见... 来自华为备忘录 " @ 直好好的

[shotorozu]

hellooo,, i saw another tiktok video(and since ur like the elite on writing this type of reqs im requesting to you aha) https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSJYsk4CY/ for shoto, kaminari and monoma (if u write for him) ty 💕

‘bae lol’

(the greenscreen heart, then kiss tiktok trend)

character(s) : todoroki shouto, kaminari denki, monoma neito (bnha)

legend : [Y/N = your name] for monoma reader’s a part of class 1-A, they/them pronouns used, quirk’s not specific

headcanon type : fluff (x reader)

note(s) : oh, i absolutely love AND hate this trend, it’s mostly bc im single though :,) not like i can get a partner in the pandemic. anyways! i love your thinking, anon <3 also no proofread bc its like,, 2am here </3 will edit later!

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todoroki shouto

he’s very aware of your tiktok antics, but out of all of the ones you’ve pulled on him, and asked him to do

he loves this one the most.

because shouto doesn’t have to get the lights scared out of him, and it doesn’t have a chance in ending terribly.

you brisk towards your room, knowing that shouto rests inside— “shou!” you call out to him, and he tilts his head up

“Y/N, tell me it’s not—”

“no, i swear!” you drop next to him on the bed, and you play the video. “this would be fun to do, right?”

he doesn’t say anything at first, but he definitely wants to do it, judging by the fact that he’s replaying the tiktok over and over again.

abruptly standing up, he tugs at your wrist “let’s do it.” he says with determination hinted in his voice

you’d think that he’d get the hang of doing tiktoks because of you but LMAO NO— the greenscreen failed you both multiple times in a span of 40 minutes.

the first take, the heart was blurry, the second take, the kiss was captured seconds before the kiss, and the third take— your phone fell 💀

plus, his movements were a little stiff the first few times, but after the third try— he definitely got the hang of it.

and,, he doesn’t understand tiktok effects, not even the slightest.

on the brighter note, he has more excuses to kiss you so,, it’s a win for him! he won’t get sick of doing any retakes :))

you knew the moment he focused on making the perfect heart, as he firmly pulled you close to kiss you

that, would be the perfect shot there. he almost forgot that there was a camera recording

shouto is seen replaying the filmed tiktok over and over again— and it might’ve looked odd to anyone else

but not to you, definitely. for you, it’s the norm to see him like that.

“do more trends where i could kiss you more.” he pecks you on the lips, before he leaves you be temporarily only to edit the tiktok, ofc

the tiktok itself blows up by a ton, gathering 2M likes, and 5M views, in a surprising amount of time, and you didn’t even notice how he placed his hand on your hip

until the comments pointed it out to him. which shouto replies with “i always do that. you just didn’t seem to notice.” it’s fine bc you do now

the comments consisted of “where can i find a guy like this 💔” “haha that’s so cool *blocks*” “okay but we sEE THOSE HANDS 👀”

nonetheless— please do more trends like that with him. don’t be afraid!

shouto rates the entire ordeal a ♾/10. can and will do it again. oh— and he saves his home and lockscreen as the final outcome from the tiktok. he did a screenshot it, and decides to keep it like that for a very long time

kaminari denki

again— this man is ALWAYS on tiktok, so he’s aware of most of the trends there. but that doesn’t make them any less scarier

but oh wow, he loves this trend. denki was just praying that you’d see it— and ask him to do it with you.

he was grateful that luck was on his side, since he was ecstatic when you skipped over to him— asking him to do a tiktok trend

“oh, what tiktok trend? wait— please tell me it doesn’t involve me breaking up with you for a week so you could listen to drivers licenses—”

“what? no— let me show you” and when you showed him the tiktok, he showed you this cheeky little smirk

“let’s do it! the sooner the better!” he says, and he seems more excited that you 💀

denki’s so enthusiastic, to the point that the first few takes are a total fail— as he makes you fall over your feet, as the result of quickly pulling you onto him for a kiss.

“denki— one of these days, you’re going to shatter my face”

“sorry, sorry!” he grins sheepishly. and it’s a miracle that he didn’t accidentally short circuit!

you guys try again, still persistent in getting at least a decent video, and this time— when he yanked you, causing you almost slip

he tightened his hold on you, a hand pressed against the small of your back and another hand dangerously close to your bank

the kiss is eager, passionate— and he holds you like you’re on the verge of death

and this flusters you because MAMDKWDK what happened to the goofiness 💀 i suppose that’s what happens when you have an eager denki kaminari.

you upload the video, thinking it would only get 5 likes at the very most— but it exceeds your expectations

though most people couldn’t get a clear view of your relationship dynamic with him, denki’s enthusiasm did attract the attention of 2.8M people

and in a good way, because the video did get 800k likes

the comments consisted of “when he caught you when you almost fell :,)” “damn he was EXCITED” “hey, have you told us where you got your boyfriend? i need the link to find someone like him NOW‼️‼️”

the bakusquad fawned over the video weirdly, but it quickly gets overplayed by denki— since that’s all he watched for a week or so 💀

monoma neito

bruh </3 as much as he loves you, you’re going to kill him with pranks one of these days.

he’s totally in on it if HE’S not the one being targeted, but most of the time,, neito’s the subject of your pranks

so he thinks it’s another silly prank, where you make him pick a number between 1-5 and ghost him for that many hours.

but when you show him the video one day, when you guys were chilling in your room— as per usual, he declined :,)

“sorry dear Y/N! but no. that’s my answer”

“but whyyy?? it’s so harmless!”

“the class is going to tease me for being a part with a silly tiktok like that.” and besides,, he’d be a hypocrite for participating in that kind of tiktok with someone from class 1-A.

in reality, he did want to do it. he wasn’t so sure on why he said no— but he does want to show that something so easy isn’t really a bother to him.

“oh- don’t be so sad about it! you know what?” he gently pulls you up, “let’s do it. i don’t care what those silly class 1-A kids will say anymore.”

“what? i thought you said you didn’t want to.”

“have you ever heard of a lie?” he clicks his tongue, but he’s glad that you’re feeling much better than you did 10 seconds ago.

when it comes to it, he’s actually really shy about it. not like a ‘i don’t want to be seen with you!’ more like ‘gosh, how many takes is this going to take? will i be able to kiss them properly?’

“what if i end up accidentally copying their quirk? neito— focus, damnit.” he thinks to himself, brushing the anxious feeling away.

he’s determined enough to stay focused— but man struggled a bit with cooperating with the heart shape.

“neito— not that heart!” “well, you said to make a heart, so i did!”

it takes a few tries for the greenscreen to cooperate, and for you guys to get in sync

and when he finally has to kiss you, he grins at you— a very obvious blush adorning his cheeks, as he smashes his lips with yours

then he remembers that he actually has to break free from you— and forces you guys apart, still trying to play it cool

“wow! i look awesome. only i could kiss you like that, right? i don’t need an answer, because i know it’s true!” he says with that proud laugh of his, but it immediately dissipates after the second replay

neito leaves you be, not only for you to upload the tiktok— but also because he needs to THINK WHAT JUST HAPPENED he’s running laps in his mind rn

you upload the tiktok, not worrying too much about it— as you wanted to let it sit for a while, before checking up on it

however— when you open your phone again, you get bombarded with multiple text messages from kendou, and the other class 1-b students.

“you and monoma went viral!” is what you can sum up about most of the messages, and you have to see for youself— wanting to know if the tiktok really did get 800k likes and 1.9M views in a short amount of time.

spoilers ‼️ — it did

the comments were mostly like “why can i smell the dynamic from a mile away 💔 i want that.” “he’s definitely annoying to everyone but you” “sHEESH the way he smirked before he kissed you 😩✋‼️‼️😔”

monoma flexes on a daily that he did that to your class— but he HATES how class 1-b wrecks havoc on him, by teasing him

in short— he does prefer this more than being scared. and! he didn’t have to verbally ask you for kisses 💀

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[marciego]

51, 68, 1, 3, 54, 23, 44

woh that's a lot thank you so much!!

51. The most random episode of the show and why

i'm honestly really bad at remembering what happens in each episode so i couldn't tell what episode it was even if i tried, but i think that time ludmila had to act as a pig for a tv ad was pretty amazing in terms of "what in hell is going on here"

68. Your ultimate NOTP

if tomas is less than 5m away from violetta i get physically sick

1. Favorite first episode (1x01, 2x01, 3x01)

nostalgia wants me to say 01x01 but i think i'll go with 02x01!! it's just...so fun and seeing violetta this happy and open and herself makes me feel SO GOOD!! also i'll always remember when disney channel released the first few minutes of the ep a few days early and i was SO excited!! it stopped right after hoy somos mas and i watched it sooo many times, mostly in awe at how good the song was and how happy vilu was and how pretty naty ludmila and leon were (baby bisexual ass talking here)

SO YEAH 02x01 is just an amazing episode altogether and it makes me all excited every time i rewatch it

3. Best endgame couple

LEONETTA MY BELOVED they're to this day still a huge comfort ship for me, they're one of the first ships i've ever loved and when i feel bad i just start randomly watching some of their scenes!!

54. A couple you didn't picture being a thing at all until it happened

diecesca is the easy answer here but it's true that they kinda appeared out of nowhere, so yeah probably them, but i think they're cute!

44. Favorite season 1 episode

i hesitated a lot with 01x80 because nothing will ever top the s1 finale, but 01x35 just......feels so good, it's when leonetta start officially dating and they are SO CUTE, like all those glances in class? when gregorio has to call leon out because he can't help staring at her? camila fran and maxi being SO excited when vilu tells them she kissed leon? TE CREO?? especially te creo omg it's one of my favorite leonetta moments ever and just....they're everything to me and this episode perfectly captures early leonetta i love it SO MUCH

23. If you were to rewrite season 1, what would you change?

so i haven't rewatched s1 in a while so i might forget stuff but here are a few ideas

the temptation to just. write tomas out is huge lmao, but instead of doing that i'd have him actually face consequences for his actions. my main problem with tomas is not even his behaviour (even tho, yes, it is) but the way the narrative NEVER paints it as bad. i'd want the show to condemn his awful Nice Guy persona and have him get some actual development. i'd want him to properly apologize to vilu, ludmila and fran for what he put them through and honestly i think AT LEAST fran or ludmila should be allowed not to forgive him because what he did to them was just. unspeakable. i'd want him to realize how his actions were not ok and work to do better exactly the way leon did, maybe i wouldn't hate him that much if he actually did that

regarding the tomas/violetta thing, i'd want them to kiss way earlier so vilu could properly get closure way before the finale, and tomas would have time to realize it was time to move on as well, especially because for a looong time before they brought back the love triangle vilu was only thinking about leon so it didn't make any sense to give her closure AFTER all of that. so yeah, leonetta break up, something something, the tomas vilu kiss happens as a way to get closure and say goodbye to each other, tomas starts to move on, leonetta write podemos together in their dreams and even tho they don't go back together in s1 because they both need time alone and away from each other the telepathic dreams started so we're all good

speaking of men facing consequences for their actions, i want german to rot in hell for the way he treated jade. i want him NOT to cheat on her (especially when he didn't even really get angie's consent before kissing her lmao), i want him not to marry her out of...idk i don't even know why he was dating her when he clearly didn't feel anything for her, i want him to treat her like a person deserving of respect, but since it's probably too much to ask, i want the narrative not to paint this as normal because "oh well it's the evil girlfriend". jade was a victim all along and i'll die on this hill, yes she did bad things yes she often went too far but this woman had absolutely NOTHING in her life expect a toxic relationship with her brother, a toxic relationship with her fiancé, and a fucked up father so. i want the show to at least acknowledge that

also for the love of god i'd remove entirely broduey and federico's crushes on vilu AND fran and cami always trying to get their attention. and since disney are cowards and won't let camila be a lesbian can we PLEASE not have her relationship with broduey be based on lies and arguing all the time

i can't think of anything else but i'll edit this post if i do! tomas and german are my biggest complains about s1 so if i fixed how the narrative acted with them i'd probably be already very happy! thank you again for asking 💕

[k-project-singularity]

Facts & Trivia || Tatara Totsuka

The following is part of a series of posts made by me. The information listed is official canon provided by GoRa. Sources will go from the anime, to mangas and novels as well as official short stories. These are NOT fanmade headcanons. The purpose of these posts is to provide useful information for fans as well as roleplayers looking for confirmed lore for their muses. Please do not reply to argue with me about what you read here. I did not come up with this stuff myself. GoRa did. I’ll come back to edit these as I find more info.

Born on February 14, 1990 (The same year as Tatsuya Enomoto, Yō Chitose, Seri Awashima, Masaomi Dewa and Akira Hidaka). He died on December 8th 2012, shot by the Colorless King.

The second clansman of Mikoto Suoh, co-founder of Homra since 2007, when he was 17. He and Kusanagi performed their test together.

His Homra insigna was on the left shoulder blade, opposite of Kusanagi’s.

He was known as “Homra’s weakest executive”, as his powers did not seem fit for battle.

Because of his ability to placate the Red King’s power within him, he was also known as “the beast tamer” of Homra.

His Homra aura was typically used for tasks requiring precision. Totsuka was able to melt a door’s lock with his gaze and allegedly burn people’s fingers off for torture (though that might have been a bluff from Kusanagi to scare a member of the Yakuza). Totsuka could also shape his aura into espers, like a Phoenix or butterflies that he used to entertain Anna. After using his power, Totsuka would typically be exhausted.

He met Mikoto Suoh and Izumo Kusanagi in high school (though Totsuka himself was still in junior high) and the three of them have been friends since.

The first thing he said to Suoh was that he looked like a real king. He followed him around like a puppy.

Since he got his camera he liked to record the meeting of every new candidate to become a member of Homra. He also used it to extort information during interrogations of yakuza members.

He typically took care of newcomers in Homra and helped them get integrated.

He has an extremely careless and chill personality. Hardly anything ever fazes him, even when he’s in the middle of violent disasters and dangerous situations Totsuka always finds something cheerful to say.

He had a signature phrase that he often repeated: “It’s fine, it’s fine! Things will work out somehow!”

Always called Mikoto “King”, even before he became a King.

Always called Bandō “San-chan” (like Shōhei).

He was known for getting into a lot of hobbies only to get bored with them soon afterwards. The only exception has been photography. Tatara said that’s because he couldn’t ever get tired of keeping memories alive.

He preferred to use an old style camera rather than digital devices. His camera was an old Nikon 8mm model.

He once let Anna borrow his camera while he was out on a fishing trip with Homra. When Suoh broke it, he didn’t get upset. He later bought a new one.

His hobbies included cooking and he liked to experiment recipes. He once made preserved pickles without any real reason.

He liked to involve Homra members in many different activities. Among these were offering to help fishermen during the high season, stepping on udon, growing tomatoes, picking strawberries, going to harvest festivals, cultivating sprouts and making food.

He always made comments that seemed to imply he knew more than he should. Totsuka was very discerning, but at times this was very coincidental (like when he told Fushimi it would be the last time he’d talk to him casually, ironically, on what would end up being their last conversation before Totsuka’s death).

Despite his kindness, he had a strange and sometimes twisted sense of humor, laughing about things that hurt or offend others. He also did random things that would seem cruel, like when he didn’t hesitate to run away while Chitose was in danger; or when he “cheered up” Yata with preserved pickles as a gift, mainly because he didn’t know what to do with them after making them.

His main mean of defense when attacked was to throw his enemy off guard with his words and then run away.

He appeared to be careless for his own life, often putting himself in danger. Kusanagi and Suoh knew this well and didn’t hesitate to scold him (Izumo) or hit him (Mikoto) when that happened.

He was extremely fond of Anna and always indulged in her small whims.

He jokingly described Anna as “the only girl he has eyes for”, showing no interest in having a girlfriend.

As a teenager he got himself hurt a lot, showing a very clumsy and airheaded attitude.

He taught Suoh how to play Chicken Race and Kick the Can when they were teenagers.

Could fall asleep without much need for comfort, anywhere.

He was humored by Kamamoto’s transformation in summer and liked to make up ridiculous stories about it with the most naive clansmen, much to Kusanagi’s chagrin.

He didn’t believe in ghosts, but thought it would be nice if they were real.

Once he got a new camera, Totsuka took on recording the city at night often times. He enjoyed filming the red lights of the “Candle” app, said to be used by people who are suffering. Totsuka liked to stop by those he found using the app to listen to their stories.

He found umbrellas bothersome and preferred to walk under the rain, to Kusanagi’s concern.

Kuroh Yatogami once saved his life from other gangsters. Totsuka returned the favor by taking care of his fever and offering a can of peaches. The two never got to really exchange any word with each other. Totsuka wished he had a chance to listen to Kuroh’s story.

Inspired by what he learned about Kuroh, he asked Suoh if he could become his loyal dog. Suoh was horrified at the idea.

He was given peaches by Kusanagi once when he was sick and has since believed them to be a good remedy for a cold.

He composed a song called “Circle of Friends”, which talks about Homra and his friends. Totsuka is excellent at singing and playing the guitar.

He tried to teach Yata how to play the guitar. He also tried to learn how to skateboard from Yata himself, but wasn’t very successful.

He wanted to get Anna a 5m tall birthday cake.

Shot in the chest by the Colorless King, Totsuka managed to fight blood loss for about twenty minutes before dying in Yata’s arms.

In his final moments, Totsuka connected with Anna in her dreams.

His camera recorded his murder and was retrieved by Kusanagi.

His body was cremated by Suoh’s power on the beach Homra visited the previous summer.

[starbotic]

Egos in Overwatch

So i got to thinking about of Warfstache and Dark were in Overwatch and what their abilities would be and honestly i just need to post this into the void so someone can see it. 

In-game abilities and shit under readmore.

EDIT: Added Anti.

Darkiplier

Class: Offense Primary weapon: Pistol Bullet type: Hitscan

-Abilities-

Void Pass Dark steps through the void and reappears up to 15m away. Cast time is instant, can be used vertically. Bound to LShift. Cooldown 8sec.

After Effect  Dark projects his aura outwards and converts damage taken into a damage boost. Damage increased up to 20%, disappears after 4 seconds. Cooldown is 10 seconds, bound to E.

-Passive ability-

Pulse 25% chance Dark will push an enemy away from him when using his melee. Will push the enemy up to 5m away.

Ultimate Ability: Crack the Shell

"It's time to wake up."

Dark's shell cracks and his aura projects outwards into a 20m damage aoe. Drains enemy health by 25hp per second for 5 seconds. Dark can not move during this time, damage taken reduced by 50% until the ultimate ends.

Visual: Aoe is dome-like. Objects looked at through the aura appear black and white. Enemies standing in the aura also appear black and white, but with an added red/blue outline effect that shakes. When ultimate is activated, Dark pulls his cane to the void and folds both hands over it. Red and blue outlines shake and pulsate. Dark will have split second images of him screaming flash over his model. When ultimate ends he lets go of his cane which sinks into the floor back into the void.

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Wilford Warfstache 

Class: Offense Primary weapon: Revolver Bullet type: Hitscan

-Abilities-

Doppelganger Warf creates a double of himself and teleports 10m forward as a means of escape or to confuse the enemy in battle. Wilford's clone can not attack, will play Wilford's idle animation. Clone will stay indefinitely until destroyed or the ability is recast. Clone has 25hp and disperses into bubbles when killed. Cooldown 10sec. Bound to LShift.

Tickle  Wilford pulls out a dagger and stabs the enemy for 50hp, then applies a bleed effect of 10hp over 5 seconds. Cooldown 12sec, bound to E.

Ultimate Ability: Reality Reflector

"Life needs a bit of madness!"

All bodily damage Wilford receives over 4 seconds is negated and then reflected back at the enemy in an amplified burst effect. Damage taken is amplified by 10% for every 50 points of damage taken, stacks up to 100%. Damages ONLY those who attack him while ultimate is active. Must have line of sight with the enemy who damaged him, effects enemies through shields. Wilford can still be killed with shots to the head, but with a damage reduction of 30%. Head shots will still contribute to damage reflected. 

Visual: A red and white striped effect will appear and rotate around Wilford. The more damage Wilford takes, the more he laughs.

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Antisepticeye

Class: Offense Primary weapon: Static Shot- Anti fires electric bullets from his palms. Bullet type: Projectile.

-Abilities-

Pinball  Anti propels himself forward at high speed to then ricochet off of nearby walls and enemy players. Collision with enemy players deals 25dmg per hit. Total distance that can be traveled is 25m. Can only be fired horizontally. Cooldown 15sec, bound to LShift.

Reset  Anti resets all ally ability cooldowns by 15 seconds within a 5m radius. Cooldown is 15sec, bound to E.

Ultimate Ability: Bleeding Edge

"Did you miss me?"

Anti pulls out his knife and jumps into the fray to slash wildly at enemy players for 3 seconds. 5m effect range, does 50% of a hero's max hp of damage with an added bleed effect of 10hp over 5 seconds. Press Q to activate a visible aoe field for the player to aim, left or right click to confirm. Player can aim for up to 4 seconds before the ultimate automatically fires.

Visual: Anti crouches in a ready position where his model glitches and glows green. When the ult is confirmed, his model glitches away to the target area where he continually glitches to different spots in the 5m radius of effect in various slashing poses. 

[rosenmarille]

1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 15, 25, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 50, 56, and 58  :3

boy howdy thats a lotta qs

1. Fave Jojo? how dare you ask me this. all of them, goodbye. dont look at my icon

3.  Fave anime opening? PRObably still bloody stream. its just dope 

4.  Fave anime ending? im tied btwn roundabout and last train home...............................

6.  Fave stand?  hgnhghg gold experience good...........crazy diamond good...........sticky fingers good......... 

10. Fave villain? pillarmen!!!!!! GOD i love them theyre so good and im really upset they were a one time thing

15.  Top 3 side characters? yknow im not sure why i asked YOU this one bc i cant answer it either........who even counts as one? is the crew each part side character material? i suddenly forgot who even exists in the jojoverse. lets say lisa, tomoko and holly, tied. mum time

25. Stand ability you think wasn’t used well enough in the series? the very obvious one here is purple haze but i r eally wanted to see more of the hand v_v

34. A character you wish you got to see more of? again, very obvious one is fugo (and yes. yes please,) but..........santana........... give him back to meeeee, i love him he has literally done nothing wrong ever

35. A character you relate to? what kinda question..........ive split my personality and interests across all of them. also, josuke. 

36. A character whose outfit you would wear? im guessing school uniforms dont count jdkfhkjf hmmm maybe yasuho, her outfit is Very cute

38. Characters you wish could have interacted with each other? this is. entirely based off au stuff. and the shenanigans we get up to but,,, giorno and joseph jkfhj 

41. A relationship between two characters that you really like? kakyoin and polnareff are excellent sibling energy and i Love That

50. If you had a stand, what would you name it? ur gonna make me do this huh................ grave flowers.........after this song 

56. Any headcanons? what do u mean ‘any’. apart from gender/sexuality hcs........... (bro i totalyl just forgot that hcs dont mean “au things” but anyway.) mista can cook very well, fugo cut the holes in his suit himself, kakyoin thinks a pack of veggie chips is healthy nutrition, okuyasu has a lot of small pets post canon; okay im gonna throw in an au as well-- holly had her own part too but araki was too chicken to give it to us. its called heart unbound and shes best friends with santana EDIT: giorno has two cats, they are called amaretti and cantuccini, one is the most wellbehaved pretty princess and the other is an ugly bastard who bites as a warning but he thinks they are both perfect!!!!!!!

58. If you had a stand, what would its ability be? ur really gonna make me do thiis huh...........

grave flowers is a me sized skellington with a ribcage stuffed with vibrantly blooming flowers. when it plucks out some of them, they instantly dry and it can crush them over something that is in the process of dying, to rejuvenate it, eg mostly houseplants etc, tho also works as a last ditch healer. its range is 5m and a drawback is that it only works on things that are dying, so any other injury wont work, and a heal also takes about a minute to complete. 

heres picshure:

(i did, in fact, paint this basard onto my mums garden wall bc she saw my sketchbook drawing and thought it was pretty. thank you mumther, for letting me make self insert fanart a permanent fixture of your house. ignore the hands, we dont talk about those djfjdkfhdjkfkjh)

[xtruss]

United States: The Democrats’ Tax Plans

New taxes will hit America’s rich. Old loopholes will protect them. The first big tax rise in nearly three decades is just a first step

— October 2nd 2021 Edition | The Economist | Washington D.C.

The last time Congress passed a significant tax increase, Seinfeld won an Emmy award, Nirvana unplugged their guitars for mtv and lawmakers were pondering whether to vote for nafta. Early in Bill Clinton’s presidency, in 1993, Congress raised personal and corporate income taxes. Since then, almost every tax bill in Washington has lowered them. In aggregate America is now among the most lightly taxed countries in the developed world. Its overall tax-to-gdp ratio was 24.5% in 2019, nine percentage points below the average in the oecd, a group of mostly rich countries.

The $3.5trn social spending bill (equivalent to 1.2% of the next decade’s projected gdp) wending its way through Congress proposes to change this. Passage would require a party-line vote in the Senate, with all Democrats supporting it (which currently looks doubtful). Its provisions would touch many facets of American life: monthly payments to parents with children, funding for universal pre-kindergarten and incentives for power companies to use renewable energy. Just as significant is its potential impact on America’s tax system. “This bill will signal that Congress can actually raise taxes sometimes, as opposed to simply borrowing and kicking the can of financial burdens down the road to our children. I much prefer tax-and-spend to borrow-and-spend,” says Steve Rosenthal of the Tax Policy Centre, a think-tank.

America’s federal income taxes are already progressive: those at the top pay proportionally more. The proposal approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would make them more so, increasing the top rate for personal-incomes taxes to 39.6% from 37%. Those with more than $5m in income would face an extra 3% levy; the top rate on capital gains would climb to 25% from 20%; and the top rate for corporate taxes would rise to 26.5%, partly reversing cuts passed under Donald Trump in 2017 (his signature legislative accomplishment). Voting on the bill may take place in the coming weeks, possibly wrapped into a package that also raises the debt ceiling. In order to secure full backing from Democrats, some of these tax increases will be watered down.

Yet headline rates are not the same as what people actually pay. A series of deductions, from mortgage interest to local taxes, let the wealthy cut their bills. The ultra-rich have even more room to manoeuvre. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of the University of California, Berkeley have found that the 400 wealthiest Americans face lower tax rates than the middle class, because they collect much of their income as corporations. Reporting this year by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organisation, showed that tycoons like Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, and Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, consistently paid little or no tax.

The House bill aims to change that. The Joint Committee on Taxation, a non-partisan research arm of Congress, found that most of its tax increases would land on households making $1m or more per year. Their taxes would rise by 11% in 2023. Meanwhile, taxes would drop for everyone making less than $200,000, with the biggest benefits flowing to people on the lowest incomes. “This will put a serious dent in inequality. The major thrust of the bill is that it will make major investments in the middle class and the working class, paid for by very significant tax increases on the rich and corporations,” says Seth Hanlon of the Centre for American Progress, a left-leaning think-tank.

Many businesses are, unsurprisingly, less enthusiastic. The us Chamber of Commerce has called the proposals “an existential threat” to American prosperity. Expert studies do not quite hit the same alarmist notes, but they do raise questions about the economic impact. The Tax Foundation, an independent policy group, concludes the bill would lower gdp by about 1% over the coming decades. Within the White House, economists disagree with such estimates. Instead, they argue that a more even distribution of incomes would put more cash in the hands of poorer people who generally spend a greater share of their earnings, thereby boosting growth.

The most stinging criticism from the left is that the bill will fail to close all those loopholes. As it stands, someone who strikes it rich on properties or stocks can put those profits beyond the reach of the Internal Revenue Service so long as they hold on to their assets. If their heirs cash out, the basis for their capital-gains level would be the value of the assets at the time of inheritance. The fix for this is relatively simple: tax capital gains at death. This was a key component of Mr Biden’s initial tax plans. But after much lobbying, the proposals now in Congress make no such change. “If you’re not going to tax at death, then you really do have to worry that the general increase in capital-gains taxes will be counterproductive. You’ll have fewer and fewer people selling their assets. Revenue could actually decline,” says Alan Viard of the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think-tank.

Political calculations may also lead to an expansion of loopholes. One surprisingly progressive part of Mr Trump’s 2017 tax reform was a $10,000 cap on deductions of local taxes from federal tax bills. That, though, was unpopular in high-tax states such as New York and California. Democratic representatives from these states may prevail in getting the ceiling lifted for these deductions. The benefits of this change would flow mainly to the rich.

These revenue shortfalls magnify another problem. According to the abstruse rules of reconciliation—the legislative process by which this bill could pass—new expenditures must be roughly matched by new revenues. Yet Mr Biden promised during his campaign to raise taxes only on people with incomes of more than $400,000 (a pledge which, narrowly defined, the proposal honours). How to find the extra cash? Much of the answer comes from the increase in corporate tax. This, however, is an inefficient form of taxation, a roundabout tax on shareholders and a deterrent to investment by companies. Adding in state levies, the House bill would push America’s corporate taxes over 30%, among the highest in the rich world.

“If the United States wants to significantly increase spending, we should fund that in a less economically harmful way,” says Erica York of the Tax Foundation. One option, used by almost all rich countries except for America, would be a federal value-added tax on consumption. A carbon tax would be another. A third—more experimental—would be a wealth tax. But none of these ideas ever truly figured in the months of negotiations leading to the bill. America remains exceptional. ■

This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline "From whatever source derived"

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26 October - 13 November 2020

These past few weeks have been an emotional roller-coaster. Back in September several friends, within 48 hours of each other, informed me about an amazing opportunity in the south of France. I was so touched that people were looking out for me, knowing I’ve been aching to move to somewhere warmer, more Mediterranean. I hesitated for a week because the job announcement on a garden designer’s Facebook page stated French was important. I’ve studied French for a long time and I still have a long way to go to fluency. Again, later in the week, another friend from Kew mentioned it and knew the garden personally.

So I took the plunge and sent my CV, in French, to the garden designers. They liked it well enough to pass it to the client. A week later I had my first phone interview and it went well. Now I was super excited and could hardly sleep. On paper this job sounds really good. I checked out some You Tube videos on the garden designer, their preferred maintenance contractor and the nursery they use. I only became more interested and excited.

Plant ident 30 October

Lamiaceae Salvia africana-lutea syn. of Salvia aurea

Lamiaceae Salvia canariensis

Lamiaceae Salvia confertiflora

Lamiaceae Salvia elegans ‘Honey Melon’

Lamiaceae Salvia greggii x serpyllifolia

Lamiaceae Salvia greggii ‘Stormy Pink’

Lamiaceae Salvia involucrata

Lamiaceae Salvia microphylla var. neurepia ‘Oxford’

Lamiaceae Salvia ‘Nel’

Lamiaceae Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’

Plant of the week

Lamiaceae Salvia confertiflora Pohl

common name(s) - Sabra spike sage synonym(s) - Salvia confertiflora var. angustifolia J.A.Schmidt; Salvia confertiflora var. brachyantha Pohl; Salvia rufa Epling conservation rating - none native to - Brazil location - salvia walk, accession 2019-0398 leaves - deciduous, pungently-scented, ovate flowers - slender spikes of small scarlet flowers, covered with velvety red-brown hairs, with the stems of the inflorescence and the calyx also having a red-brown colour, in late summer and autumn habit - a tender bushy perennial to 1.2m tall, becoming woody at the base habitat - tropical, summer rains, dry winters pests - slugs, snails, capsid bug, rosemary beetle, leafhoppers disease - generally disease-free hardiness - to 1ºC (H2) soil - loam, chalk or sand, well-drained sun - full sun, sheltered propagation - seed in containers in a cold frame in spring; softwood cuttings in spring or early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer or autumn with bottom heat pruning - cut down if hit by frost nomenclature - Lamiaceae - lamium - gullet, the name in Pliny refers to the gaping mouth of the corolla; Salvia - healer, the old Latin name for sage with medicinal properties; confertiflora - with dense or crowded flowers NB - first discovered in 1833 by the Austrian naturalist, Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl in the Serra dos Órgãos, state of Rio de Janeiro. Pohl sent specimens back to botanical gardens of Europe where it was popular not only for its dramatic colour, but also for its prolific flowering well up to the time of frost

References, bibliography:

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [18 Nov 20]

Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-182420 [18 Nov 20]

Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456011-1 [18 Nov 20]

Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/16324/i-Salvia-confertiflora-i/Details [18 Nov 20]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_confertiflora [18 Nov 20]

About ten days later I received an email inviting me to meet with his wife, here in London, for a second interview. That took place one evening after work. Again, the conversation went very well and it turns out we have a friend in common - who would have imagined!

The following week, after posting some tea to my sister in LA, I received the call offering me the position. Again, no sleep that night!

While all of this was happening, my tinnitus has been acting up too. I have also experienced a few bouts of vertigo, which is quite rare for me.

So that Friday, two weeks ago, I tendered my resignation. I asked to take my remaining annual leave as part of my notice period which meant I only had two weeks left in the garden. This will give me next week to sort my packing and I’ll fly to Nice next Saturday, 21 November. This will give me one week to work with the person who is leaving. I’ve never had such a fantastic opportunity for a week-long hand-over.

Plant ident 6 November this week was a review of the past four weeks, those were my favourites at Kew because it helped me retain names that would otherwise have just never stuck.

Plant of the week

Cucurbitaceae Momordica charantia L.

common name(s) - bitter melon; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear synonym(s) - Cucumis argyi H.Lév.; Cucumis intermedius M.Roem.; Momordica charantia subsp. abbreviata (Ser.) Greb.; Momordica charantia f. abbreviata (Ser.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Momordica charantia var. abbreviata Ser.; Momordica charantia var. longirostrata Cogn.; Momordica charantia var. muricata (Willd.) Chakrav.; Momordica chinensis Spreng.; Momordica elegans Salisb.; Momordica indica L.; Momordica muricata Willd.; Momordica sinensis Spreng.; Momordica thollonii Cogn.; Sicyos fauriei H. Lév. conservation rating - none native to - tropical and subtropical Old World location - tropical corridor, accession 2020-0110 leaves - simple, alternate leaves 40 to 120mm across, with three to seven deeply separated lobes flowers - separate yellow male and female flowers; in the Northern Hemisphere, flowering occurs during June to July and fruiting during September to November habit - very vigorous, tendril-bearing vine to 5m habitat - hot humid areas of the tropics and subtropics; savannah and bush; common in coastal thickets, along creeks and streams, and in lowland forest margins pests - aphids disease - downy mildew, powdery mildew, Fusarium wilt, target leaf spot, root-knot hardiness - to 5ºC (H1c) soil - rich in organic matter with 2m to 2.5m of rainfall annually sun - full sun propagation - seed - sow in situ; seedlings emerge five to seven days after sowing, but fresh seed often shows dormancy which is very hard to break and can last for some months pruning - none nomenclature - Cucurbitaceae - cucurbita - Latin name for the bottle-gourd; Momordica - bitten, the jagged seeds of balsam pear appear to have been nibbled; charantia - graceful, the pendent fruits NB - is a laxative, diuretic herb that soothes irritated tissue, lowers fevers, kills parasites and cleanses toxins from the system; probably also a uterine stimulant; the fruit is most often eaten green, or as it is beginning to turn yellow. At this stage, the fruit's flesh is crunchy and watery in texture, similar to cucumber, chayote or green bell pepper, but bitter. The skin is tender and edible.

References, bibliography:

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [20 Nov 20]

Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2372864 [20 Nov 20]

Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293413-1 [20 Nov 20]

Useful Tropical Plants [online] http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Momordica+charantia [20 Nov 20]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_charantia [20 Nov 20]

I worked the weekend of 7/8 November, my last weekend duty.

I’ve been taking private French lessons twice a week for the past three weeks. François has been taking an hour out every weekend to help me with my French. I’m hoping once I start living in the language it will come together. Lucien organised my French mobile number, so it will be ready to use when I land.

During these few weeks in the garden leaves have been falling and falling and falling. Al spends most mornings blowing leaves into big piles. He’s also agreed to stay on through the end of January.

Plant ident 13 November ferns

Aspleniaceae Asplenium trichomanes

Aspleniaceae Asplenium scolopendrium

Blechnaceae Blechnum cordatum

Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum

Dicksoniaceae Balantium antarcticum syn. Dicksonia antarctica

Dryopteridaceae Polystichum setiferum

Polypodiaceae Adiantum venustum

Polypodiaceae Microsorum diversifolium syn. Phymatosorus pustulatus  subsp. pustulatus

Polypodiaceae Polypodium interjectum

Pteridaceae Coniogramme emeiensis

I gave Olivia a thorough hand-over of my beloved tropical glasshouse. I’m sure it is in good hands, and under the always watchful eye of Jess.

Jess and I gave the tropical corridor it’s winter pruning on Thursday.

Nell has allowed me to work on several projects on the database I’ve been trying to complete. I added to my predecessor’s manual for the plant records manager. It is quite comprehensive. I hope my replacement finds it helpful and continues to update it as the roll changes.

Wednesday, when Jill was in the garden, I asked her to create a herbarium specimen of the Romneya coulteri for me, also being a California native.

Friday, 13 November, saying goodbye... I made my way to Victoria in the morning, before work, to purchase one last social from Ole & Steen. After work we indulged in cheese, beers and Nell gave a very nice speech.

Mary Ellen painted this for me, and the plant and secateurs were gifts from colleagues.

The evening concluded with a stint in the jacuzzi - so very relaxing.

Plant of the week - a foreshadow of the next garden in which I shall be working

Cistaceae Cistus creticus L.

common name(s) - Cretan rockrose synonym(s) - Cistus complicatus Spruner ex Nyman; C. creticus f. albus (O.E.Warb.) Demoly; C. creticus f. flavus Demoly; C. creticus subsp. trabutii (Maire) Dobignard; C. cupanianus C.Presl; C. dunalianus Sweet; C. garganicus Ten.; C. × incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heywood; C. incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heyw.; C. ladaniferus Stokes; C. polymorphus Willk.; C. rotundifolius Sweet; C. tomentosus Lam. [Illegitimate]; C. undulatus Moench; C. villosus L.; C. villosus f. albus O.E.Warb.; C. villosus var. creticus (L.) Boiss.; C. villosus var. rotundifolius (Sweet) Grosser; C. villosus var. trabutii Maire; C. villosus var. undulatus Grosser; C. vulgaris Spach; Ladanium officinarum Spach; Ladanum verum Raf. infraspecific taxa - Cistus creticus subsp. corsicus (Loisel.) Greuter & Burdet; Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus (Viv.) Greuter & Burdet conservation rating - none native to - central and eastern European Mediterranean to Jordan location - history beds, accession 1996-0376 leaves - shaggily hairy stems, leaves are slightly scented flowers - variable in shade from deep purple-pink to rose pink, to 6cm across, with a yellow centre habit - very variable, small, bushy, evergreen shrub, to perhaps 1.5m tall; highly branched shrub that measures between 30 to 140 cm with a more or less creeping stem but without actually taking root in the ground, with little strength to stay upright habitat - distributed in calcareous romerales that inhabit soils with sandy characteristics; can be found growing near oak forests on the coast pests - generally pest-free disease - may suffer from nutrient deficiency when grown on very alkaline soils hardiness - to -10ºC (H4) soil -well-drained sun - full sun, sheltered propagation - seed, sow as soon as ripe and keep in cold frame or sow in spring; softwood cuttings in summer pruning - does not respond well to hard renovation pruning nomenclature - Cistaceae - Cistus - capsule, rock roses are conspicuous in fruit; creticus - from Crete, Cretan NB - traditional herbal medicine, the leaves of Cistus have been used in the treatment of skin and inflammatory diseases (Hudson, 2009). Recent scientific research has confirmed the validity of this traditional herbal knowledge through studies that have demonstrated that Cistus leaf extractives have powerful antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and biofilm-breaking qualities (Rebensburg et al, 2015).

References, bibliography:

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [19 Nov 20]

Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2723343 [19 Nov 20]

Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168230-1 [19 Nov 20]

ProHealth [online] https://www.prohealth.com/library/cistus-a-natural-antibiotic-antiviral-and-biofilm-buster-6292 [19 Nov 20]

Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/22292/Cistus-creticus/Details [19 Nov 20]

Warbleton Council [online] https://warbletoncouncil.org/cistus-creticus-13547 [19 Nov 20]

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The Highest Resolution Action Camera Ever: Insta360 One-R With 1-Inch Mod

Insta360 One R 1-Inch Edition

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Capable of incredibly crisp 5.7K resolution video, the 1-inch sensor also dramatically improves low light video and photography. The higher resolution gives you more creative freedom to crop without losing clarity, and stabilize further using FlowState. This is the best action camera money can buy.

Specifications

Brand: Insta360

Sensor Size: 1-inch CMOS

Video Resolution: 5.3K up to 30FPS, 4K up to 60FPS, 1080p up to 120FPS

Photo Resolution: 19MP

Battery: 1190mAh Replacable Li-On, approx 65 minutes recording time

Connection: USB-C, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

Size: 3.1 x 2.1 x 1.85 inches

Weight: 0.34 lbs

Water Resistance: IPX8 Waterproof up to 5m (dive case allows deeper)

Lens: Leica f3.2, 14.4mm equivalent focal length

Pros

5.3K resolution video is incredible

Best in class low-light performance

Modular approach means easy replacement or upgrade of parts

LOG color mode

Cons

No built-in mounting options; requires the case

Lens guard makes front-facing screen mode operation tricky

90cm minimum focus distance problematic for vlogging

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Insta360's One-R was already the most innovative action camera on the market, with a modular design, incredible motion smoothing, and time-saving editing features. But they haven't stopped there. Working with lens masters Leica, they've released a new 1-inch Mod, capable of shooting at an incredible 5.7K resolution. That's the highest resolution in any action camera to date. The footage is simply unbelievable.

Featuring an f3.2 aperture, 14.4mm equivalent focal length, the 1-inch Mod gets its name from the new 1-inch image sensor housed within. Not only does this produce stunning 5.7K resolution video, but it also makes night footage and low-light photos a lot cleaner.

Since we already reviewed the Insta360 One R Twin Edition earlier in the year, we'll be focusing purely on the new 1-Inch Mod in this review. In the review video, you'll find plenty of sample footage (we shot the entire video on the Insta360 One R), along with comparison shots of the older 4K lens.

Upgrade Your 4K Mod, or Get The New Package

The 1-inch Mod is available individually for existing One R owners and will set you back around $300. This will essentially replace your existing 4K Mod, which you could either sell or keep around for riskier filming.

Alternatively, if you don't already own the One R, the 1-Inch Edition costs around $550. This doesn't include the 4K or dual-lens 360 Mod.

One R 1-Inch Edition

The 1-Inch Edition includes:

1-Inch Mod

One R core camera body

Battery base

Basic mounting bracket (with no accessory rail)

USB-C cable

You'll also find a lens guard already attached, and you shouldn't use the camera without it. Its sheer bulk means you need to remove it before placing the One R 1-Inch Edition into the case, then screw it back on. "Just don't use the case then", you might be thinking. Not so fast: there are no mounting points without it, so you'd be limited to handheld shots. Most of the time you'll be using on the end of a selfie-stick, or some other action cam mounting system, so being inside this case is essential.

Unfortunately, this design also means it can be prone to fogging in hot and humid environments. So much so that Insta360 also includes a plastic bag and silicone desiccants in the package. The instructions advise that you disassemble and dehydrate the device for 6 hours before shooting in that sort of environment. Given that it's autumn in the UK, and we're lucky to see sunlight, this hasn't been an issue for me during testing.

Why Would You Record at 5.7K?!

Given that most people still don't own a device that can display 4K content, why would you even consider shooting in 5.7K?

Assuming your computer can handle it, and storage space isn't a concern, you should always shoot in the highest possible resolution, regardless of your final project's output resolution. Doing so will offer you the most creative freedom: the ability to zoom and crop without sacrificing quality in the output. If you shoot a video at 1080p but later need to crop it or zoom on a subject, your production will suffer from noticeable pixelation.

Resolution is also a consideration when it comes to stabilizing footage or reducing the field of view. Stabilizing any footage requires a buffer around the viewing window; essentially, you're cropping it. When the camera moves, the algorithm can pull some of the video from the buffer area to compensate. The same is true of adjusting field-of-view during your edit. The One-R with 1-inch Mod will shoot at an ultra-wide field of view, and if you want to change this during editing, you're essentially cropping the footage around the edges.

The other point to consider is that the 5.7K resolution is partly due to the 1-inch image sensor, which is the largest you'll find on any action camera. So the question becomes, "why would I want a larger image sensor"? A larger sensor can gather more light, resulting in greater detail. While shooting in the daytime, this offers little benefit beyond a higher resolution, resulting in much less noise in low-light situations.

Edit Anywhere

You have two options for editing your footage, both of which come with their own advantages and limitations.

For users who want professional video editing tools and to work with the highest possible 5.7K resolution, the Insta360 Studio software for desktop or PC is the best option. A recent update also enables the One R to output mp4 files by default (as opposed to the proprietary insv format), so it's now easier than ever to get the footage straight into your favorite editing package. An Adobe Premiere plugin is also available. However, the Insta360 Studio is surprisingly light on features, with only basic editing capabilities such as changing the field-of-view and time-shifting.

The Insta360 One app is another option for those looking to edit on the go, available for iOS or Android. It offers some quick editing features like an AI-powered "FlashCut" to automatically identify the best bits of your footage, then sequence them together in a template with music. We first saw this impressive feature on the Insta360 Go (reviewed last year). However, using the app does come with one limitation: your final output file is limited to 4K resolution. This won't be a problem for most people, and the source footage is still 5.7K.

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If it's not apparent: 5.7K resolution files are big–over 1GB per minute. And they're taxing to edit. Even my year or two old MacBook Pro struggles with processing them in Final Cut. Proxy files are recorded simultaneously for smartphone editing, so although you'll still need a powerful device, it's often easier to edit on the app.

New Accessories Too!

Along with the new 1-inch Edition, Insta360 has added some handy One R accessories to their line up, which are worth mentioning as you may be able to save by purchasing in a bundle.

The new One R mounting bracket has an added accessory rail on top for attaching accessories like a light or external microphone.

The USB-C microphone adaptor allows you to plug supported mics directly into the camera, such as the Rode Wireless Go. It's also a lot cheaper than competitor's external mic adapters at around $10–$15, compared to the $50 that GoPro demands. I should note that I still used an external recorder for most of the review video, as early firmware I was on at the time has some noise issues with this adaptor; however, this has since been fixed (in firmware 1.17).

The One R carry case features dedicated space for all three lenses and the fast charging hub, charge cable, boosted battery base, and the case with mounting bracket. If you have the full set of accessories, this is an obvious must-buy!

Want to head underwater? Officially, the 1-Inch Mod is IP68 waterproof for a depth of up to 5m. Any deeper and you should use the Dive Case, up to 60m.

Maybe Not For Vlogging

For vloggers, there's one aspect of this 1-inch lens that may put you off buying it: a minimum focus distance of around 90cm. While this isn't a problem for me walking around my garden with the Insta360 extendable selfie-stick or on a tripod in my studio, it might cause problems in a crowded environment. That's not to say footage of a subject situated less than 90cm from the lens is unusable, but it may have a slight blur to the edges.

Of course, this minimum focus distance can also benefit, avoiding the stereotypical "action cam" style footage where everything is pin-sharp to infinity. Place an object in the very close foreground, and you'll achieve a depth of field that differentiates your footage from other action cams.

The oversized lens guard also makes operating the touchscreen a little awkward when in "vlogging modes," with the touchscreen facing you rather than on the camera's rear. It also needs to be disassembled to place it into the case, which can be annoying if you frequently swap mods.

Should You Buy The Insta360 1-Inch Mod?

If you love your Insta360 One R already and want to up the quality of shots, particularly in low-light, the $300 1-inch Mod is a cost-effective way of upgrading without having to shell out for an entirely new camera. That's the beauty of an interchangeable lens system.

If you don't already own the Insta360 One R Twin Edition, the One R 1-Inch Edition will set you back around $550.

In either case, it's not a budget option by any means. But the quality of footage speaks for itself. If you absolutely must have the highest resolution action camera available, using the largest sensor for incredible night shots, the 1-Inch Edition is for you.

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Best Dell Monitor 2020

To decide which of the best Dell monitors to add to your PC or laptop, we focused our choices on the displays that our readers should reasonably expect to pay for an accessory. Dell technically sells $4000+ "monitors" that are larger than your TV and beneath those a variety of giant curved models and other premium devices that only a handful of professionals will need for color accuracy. What truly matters is that Dell sells several reasonably priced monitors that will appeal to any student, artist, or gamer in need of more desktop space, such as the excellent 27" P2720DC USB-C Monitor.

Best Overall: Dell 27" USB-C Monitor (P2720DC)

With its QHD resolution, the P2720DC strikes the right balance between gaming-centric or budget 1080p monitors that just don't look amazing and the more expensive 4K monitors that cost as much as a laptop themselves. At 2560x1440 resolution with a high PPI density and 350 nits of brightness, you get a level of aesthetic quality that will fit the vast majority of shoppers' needs without breaking the bank.

The Dell 27-inch Monitor supports the option to create custom desktop personalizations that squeeze as many applications as possible into each window partition. But you can also simply plug in your laptop via USB-C and not bother with any configuration, and leave your laptop charging via the monitor's 65W power supply without needing to rely on your power brick.

The monitor itself is fairly compact in-depth, so you should have no trouble fitting it on your desk. And it can also swivel, pivot, and tilt in various directions for the perfect viewing angle, though the IPS panel design lets you see the screen clearly even at a 178-degree angle — potentially useful in a workplace setting. It has the same 5ms response time, and 60Hz refresh rate as the other non-gaming Dell monitors, which won't win any gaming prizes but is good enough for non-competitive fun.

Pros:

Good price for QHD resolution

Plug-and-play

Laptop charges and connects to display via one cord

Flexible monitor screen movement

Easy Arrange saved window configurations

Same gaming, contrast, brightness specs as more expensive models

Cons:

Somewhat limited color range

Best Bargain-Priced Monitor: Dell 24" Monitor (P2419H)

Monitor shopping for most shoppers is about compromise. Anything past certain spec benchmarks — 1080p resolution, 60Hz refresh rate, a certain level of brightness — is going to cost more than many customers are willing to pay. Because of this, these customers should choose a monitor like the Dell P2419H, which will extend your screen space for a low price even if it doesn't offer flashy improvements like 4K.

Compared to other 1080p monitors, the P2419H stands out thanks to its adjustable stand. You can slightly raise or lower the monitor, tilt the screen upwards, swivel it left or right without moving the base, and even pivot it a full 90 degrees to make it 24" tall, should that prove useful for whatever reason. In its normal state, you'll find the narrow bezel along the top and sides, maximizing screen space.

Otherwise, its specs are fairly standard but have no weak points. We like that it has an IPS panel, which means you get a clear view of the screen at nearly any angle. A 1000:1 contrast ratio with 250 nits is a fairly regular baseline for value monitors that will look normal but lack the vibrancy and brightness of a more expensive unit. Its response time varies from 8 to 5ms, which, combined with a 60Hz refresh rate, proves this isn't built for gaming but will work well in normal contexts.

If you do pick this model, try investing in a monitor light bar and help its brightness climb to more visually pleasing levels.

Pros:

Highly adjustable stand

Ultra-thin bezel

8 various ports

Affordably priced

IPS panel

Cons:

Average brightness and contrast

Only 1080p

Best 4K Monitor for Creative Work: Dell UltraSharp 27" 4K USB-C Monitor (U2720Q)

Buying a 4K monitor with a reliable color gamut is necessary for many industries; artists, photographers, engineers, web designers, and other jobs require you to know exactly what color is on the screen, so you're certain what your audience will see on their own PC monitors. The 27-inch U2720Q may be the best Dell monitor for that role, as well as the best in its size category.

Featuring 3840 x 2160 resolution, 350 nits, a 1300/1 contrast ratio, and an IPS panel attached to a swivel-ready base, the Dell U2720Q display gives you a higher ppi (163), better streaming quality, and a more pronounced difference between lights and darks than any of the other monitors on this list by far. Out of the box, the colors are factory calibrated at 99% sRGB for a nearly full array of colors. Still, you can then adjust the settings to support 95% DCI-P3 for an even wider range, up to 1.07 billion colors in total displayed in all their 4K glory.

Another important perk of the Dell U2720Q is its USB-C DisplayPort, which can emit up to 90W of power to your laptop while also hosting the laptop through the same port. And, if the monitor turns out to have a defective pixel within the first three years of owning it, you can get it replaced for free. In fact, the main deficit of this model is true of any 4K monitor: it will seldom go past 60Hz because refreshing all the extra 4K pixels quickly is a fool's errand.

Pros:

4K display

1300:1 contrast ratio

95% DCI-P3 with built-in calibration

Most powerful 27" DisplayPort wattage

Robust warranty

Good price for 4K device

Cons:

No variable refresh rate, FreeSync, etc.

Best Gaming Monitor: Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor (AW2521HF)

Want to feel like an eSports gamer? The Alienware 25 has some of the best specs for gaming that we've ever seen: a 240Hz refresh rate for ultrasmooth visuals, true 1ms response time for minimal lag, and new IPS tech that supports side viewing angles for fast-moving content. Add in AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-SYNC for synced graphics with the monitor, and you'll have an excellent overall gaming experience.

Of course, for the sake of hitting 240Hz, the display is only 1080p; it has a narrower color gamut than most other Dell monitors (16.78 million vs 1.06 billion). Outside of fast-paced gaming, regular content like 4K video streaming or video editing software won't look as good as it would on another monitor. But if you can accept that, it's a fair sacrifice to make for great gaming performance.

For the sake of optimized performance, Alienware provided a display menu that lets you change the monitor settings based on the genre of the game you're playing. Design-wise, it has special cooling vents, so hardcore graphics don't overheat the monitor, and the VESA-compatible mount lets you tilt, swivel and pivot your Alienware monitor (though not quite as much as the Dell P2419H. The AW2521HF has all the ports you'd ever need as well: USB upstream, two USB-C ports, two USB 3.0 ports (one with power charging), two HDMI ports, one DisplayPort, and one Audio Line-Out.

Pros:

240Hz

1ms response time

FreeSync and G-SYNC

400 nits

Affordable price

Display can be tilted

Cons:

Poor color gamut

Only 1080p

Best Ultrawide Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 38 Curved Monitor (U3818DW)

If you can afford it and have room on your desk, this monstrously large monitor offers all the desktop real estate you could ever need. The appeal of an expensive product like this is for consumers that would normally buy two monitors and are sick of passing content from one to the other with a real-world gap between them. With a 21:9 aspect ratio and 3840 x 1600 resolution, you can fit multiple rectangular windows on your desktop at once, which coders and creative types will find particularly useful.

The UltraSharp 38 won't fit on every desk: including the stand; it's 8.9 inches deep, so you'll need to measure your desk and ensure you have room for your keyboard or laptop in front. But if you can make things work, it is a beautiful monitor that curves to keep your content pointed at you even on the sides. Along with the high resolution, it supports 99% of the sRGB color gamut (about 1.07 billion colors) and 350 nits, which should help for color accuracy when working on creative projects — though the 1000:1 contrast ratio is only average.

With its USB-C power port, it can keep your laptop charged without the need of a docking station. And unlike many displays, it has strong 9W speakers that produce a decently loud and rich sound despite the lack of a subwoofer. Just don't rely on the UltraSharp 38 for gaming specs like a fast refresh rate or FreeSync.

Pros:

38 inches wide

21:9 aspect ratio

Stand has VESA support built-in

Over a billion colors supported

Good brightness

Cons:

Hard to fit on many desks

Average Hz, contrast ratio

Expensive

Bottom line

Choosing the best Dell monitor for you will truly come down to the type of device you plan on connecting to it. For instance, we included a couple of Dell monitors in our best external monitors for Chromebooks piece, but not the 4K, gaming, or photo editing models, as those features are less useful for a Chromebook.

Depending on the quality of your PC or laptop, you may want a display with a higher resolution or frame rate threshold than the average. In general, however, we feel that the 27" P2720DC USB-C Monitor is a solid baseline outside of any spec exceptions. Many Dell monitors charge your devices via USB-C, have a VESA-compatible base that can be reconfigured to make room, and have a wide range of ports. But this model gives you these options at a much lower price, at the 27" size that most consumers prefer to smaller or ultrawide monitors.

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UPDATED Coronavirus roundup: UK government steps up aid to retail, supermarkets ration, online grocery boosts staffing, how ecommerce has held up so far, fashion fights on, sales bounce back in China and more

We’re reporting on the effect of the Covid-19 coronavirus on the way UK shoppers buy – and on how retailers are responding to that changing behaviour. This update comes as 1,950 positive cases have been confirmed by Public Health England as of 9am on March 17 and 60 people have died. The World Health Organisation last week classified coronavirus as a pandemic. This rolling news story contains updates on…the UK government’s financial aid – which gets a warm welcome – how grocers are responding on and offline, how H&M is closing stores in Europe, but seeing sales bounce back in stores that are reopening in China and we round up the analysis on how ecommerce has done so far…

  MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR RETAILERS WELCOMED

The UK government’s pledge of £330bn in support for business hardship as Coronavirus bites has been welcomed.

  Putting the country’s economy on a ‘war footing’, chancellor Rishi Sunak, pledged cash grants worth £25,000 would be made to retail, leisure and hospitality firms to help them survive the period of turbulence. The smallest businesses in the country across all sectors of will be able to seek grants worth £10,000.

  The loans, made on “attractive” but unspecified terms, would allow firms to carry out fundamental day-to-day tasks such as paying wages and rent bills and buying stock. The money, available from the start of next week, will be offered via the Bank of England for bigger firms, while smaller enterprises can seek business interruption loans of up to £5m each.

  Business rates – taxes paid on commercial properties – will be scrapped this year for all companies in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors. “Every single shop, pub, theatre, music venue, restaurant … will pay no business rates for 12 months,” Sunak said.

  He said he would set out further steps in the coming days and that he was holding talks with unions and business groups to develop a form of employment support to help protect jobs and incomes.

  The British Retail Consortium (BRC) welcomed the move. “The Chancellor has acted swiftly to back retail businesses dealing with the unprecedented challenges created by coronavirus,” says Helen Dickinson, BRC Chief Executive. “He is to be congratulated for listening carefully to the concerns of retailers and has delivered a big, bold package of measures that will be a huge cashflow boost and will improve confidence for those affected.���

  Dickinson adds: “Business rates are a huge burden for retailers at the best of times. The business rates holiday, together with the announcement of a loan package, represent a vital shot in the arm for a sector facing enormous uncertainty. We still need to see the details and make sure that retailers can access cash with the minimum of delay, but it is a welcome and necessary first step to protect jobs. The Chancellor has said he will do whatever is necessary to support business and he has shown that he can respond to the changing need of retailers. While these are the right decisions today, the Government may have to take further steps as the full effects of the situation unfold.”

  SUPERMARKETS REASSURE AND RATION

With the run on toilet roll still in full swing, UK supermarkets have issues reassurances to customers that supplies of food and other consumables will continue – but are also in effect also introducing rationing to try and smooth out panic buying.

  Sainsbury’s has shut it cafes and fresh food counters and is enforcing a three items only rule across its stores from today. A cap of two is going to be imposed on the most popular items, such as toilet roll, soap and UHT milk.

  Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe said: "We have enough food coming into the system, but are limiting sales so that it stays on shelves for longer and can be bought by a larger numbers of customers."

  Waitrose has also emailed customer to reassure them of supply and to limit purchases on some items and asked customers to be considerate of the needs of others.

  Both sets of rationing comes after Aldi introduced a four items limit over the weekend.

  Tesco, meanwhile, has suspended all night opening of its stores, seeing them now shut between 10pm and 6am to allow time for restocking.

  ONLINE GROCERY CHANGES INTRODUCED

Online grocery sales have seen a 13% rise globally, according to figures from fraud protection company Forter – with a 19% increase in instructions to leave the delivery outside the door.

  In the UK, all the main supermarkets have responded to this increased demand with changes to their online shopping services.

  Waitrose has moved the cut off time for orders back to noon the day before to free up staff under high demand and rationing some items.

  Tesco, meanwhile, is shutting 24-hour stores at 10pm to allow more time for picking for online deliveries, while Sainsbury’s is ‘beefing up’ its "click and collect" offering and giving over 70s and the disabled priority access when new slots become available. This follows its move to allow these two groups to shop alone for the first hour of trading on Thursday.

  Grocers are also shifting staffing patterns and recruiting to cope with demand, especially for online. Morrisons is in the process of hiring an additional 3500 staff as delivery drivers, pickers and other jobs around its online delivery business – investing some of the 6% up-tick in profits the retailer has seen off the back of panic buying.

  Waitrose, meanwhile, is drafting in an additional 1200 John Lewis staff to again help with shelf filling and checkout, as well as online delivery picking during the coronavirus pandemic.

  IMPACT SO FAR ON ONLINE – HOW HAS THE TECH HELD UP?

A number of tech providers and analysts have understandably started analysing how shopping habits are changing because of Covid-19 and have found, unsurprisingly, that it has been a catalyst for online and mobile commerce.

  According to ContentSquare in a review of over 1,400 websites, shoppers are spending 26% more time on grocery websites and are spending 20% more on grocery products online than they did at the end of February. Groceries aren’t the only retail vertical being affected by the virus. Understandably, travel and tourism websites have seen a drop (-20%) in traffic and sales, as well as the sale of sports goods (-28%).

  Meanwhile, home furnishings and lingerie have seen a spike in sales. App company Poq has seen revenue for health and nutrition shopping apps grow by 22% since February.

  British online supermarket Ocado, has struggled to keep up with the increased online demand as its website and app experienced difficulties on the 12th March and it has advised customers to place orders further in advance because more people than normal seem to be placing large orders.

  Almost half (49%) of consumers are making more purchases online in order to avoid visiting physical store locations according to research from the law firm, Squire Patton Boggs. Logistics specialists, ParcelHero claim that overall ecommerce sales are likely to double from 20% of all sales to 40% as consumers choose to buy more products online.

  And, as more shoppers buy online for the first time, McKinsey & Company claims that; “Customers’ changing preferences are not likely to go back to pre-outbreak norms.” McKinsey & Company.

  It predicts that many shoppers who buy online for the first time because of the coronavirus outbreak will better be able to appreciate and understand the broader advantages of shopping online and will be more likely to maintain this behaviour beyond the pandemic peak.

  FASHION FIGHTS ON

Away from grocery, fashion has also seen an boost to online sales, with analysis by fraud protection company Forter suggesting there has been a 7% increase in physical goods over the last week – driven primarily by Apparel and Accessories purchases.

  Fashion retailers have also been quick to reassure shoppers of their cleanliness and that they are still open for business – for now.

  Jigsaw has implemented a deep-clean policy in all stores each day and are remaining open until told otherwise. The company has also added free shipping to all online orders to try and keep the goods flowing.

  H&M is closing stores in all its stores in Germany (460) from 18 March, based on decisions by the German authorities. In addition, the group is also closing all its stores for two weeks in the US (590), Canada (96), Portugal and Belgium. This is in addition to closure of all its stores in Switzerland, Greece, Slovakia, Lithuania, Peru, Ukraine, the Philippines, Malaysia and Cyprus on Monday.

  The H&M group’s customers can still shop via the company’s digital sales channels.

  However, there is some good H&M news: in China, 500 stores out of 516 have now re-opened and the company reports that sales have gradually started to recover as the situation in the country has improved.

  THE VIEW FROM THE US

US influencer analyser – yes there is such a thing – Disqo has assessed how US shopping habits have changed between now and the start of the Corona outbreak. It has found that shopping for cleaning supplies was the most common items bought, with 33% of total respondents and 87% of those who made any type Covid-19 related purchase reporting they stocked up in this category. In fact, shopping for cleaning supplies rose 32% week over week, with 41% of people reporting they had stocked up in this category on the second edition of the survey.

  This category remains the most popular among those shopping in response to Covid-19, with 90% of the people who have reported making a Covid-19 related purchase (now up to 46% of individuals) buying within this category.

  There has also been a growing move towards online grocery searches, with some individuals stocking up on ahead of the curve, says Disqo. According to analysis of common grocery search terms, there has been a significant lift in the number of people searching for groceries thus far in March – and it seems evenly spread across non-perishable staples (rice, pasta, water, etc) and fresh (french fries, ground beef, frozen pizza, etc), which says the company may be an indicator that more people plan to cook for themselves at home.

  Commenting on the results, Carl Van Ostrand, VP of Consumer Insights at DISQO, says: “As consumers adjust to the atmosphere surrounding COVID-19 and embrace ’social distancing,’ we expect to see a short-term upshift in online grocery shopping activity. We know that nearly 50% of consumers are making purchases in direct reaction to the virus, and many grocery categories are already seeing substantial online shopping lift. Perhaps though, the more important question is ’what are the long-term effects of this sudden behavioral change?’ Could these categories, and the online grocery category as-a-whole, see sustained lift as a result?”

  WHATSAPP FIGHTS FAKE INFORMATION

Finally, WhatsApp has launched two initiatives in support of the global fight against the Coronavirus pandemic: the global launch of the WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub in partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and UNDP, and a $1m donation to the Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).

  The WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub at whatsapp.com/coronavirus will provide simple, actionable guidance for health workers, educators, community leaders, non-profits, local governments and local businesses that rely on WhatsApp to communicate. The site also offers general tips and resources for users around the world to reduce the spread of rumours and connect with accurate health information.

  The company’s $1m grant to the IFCN will support fact-checking for the #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance, which spans more than 100 local organizations in at least 45 countries. Over the last year, WhatsApp has worked to bring over a dozen fact-checking organisations directly onto WhatsApp so they can crowdsource and report on rumours that may be circulating on various messaging services including WhatsApp or SMS.

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KSP Weekly: The Neutron Star Merger

Welcome to KSP Weekly everyone. This Monday the LIGO and VIRGO collaborations presented groundbreaking observations of an astronomical phenomenon which has never been seen before. This phenomenon was the merging of two neutron stars a 130 million light years away. What makes this discovery particularly exciting, is that this is the first ever detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling neutron stars, and the same event has been observed with telescopes in all areas of the electromagnetic spectrum.

It all began around two months ago (On August 17, 2017), when LIGO’s interferometers identified a clear gravitational wave signal that lasted about a hundred seconds, which by the way is also the longest signal detected until now, and was consistent with the theoretical prediction for the signal that would come from two merging neutron stars. They immediately alerted observatories around the world and in a matter of hours the event had been located. The fact that the event’s location was located in the immensity of space is very impressive by itself, and was only accomplished thanks to the collaboration and contribution from over 70 observatories around the globe. The way the merging was located is quite interesting too. Seven seconds after LIGO’s first detection, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope identified a burst of gamma rays - which have been thought to come from neutron star mergers for a long time, but the evidence has been lacking until now. To link the gamma-ray burst with the detected gravitational waves, scientists needed to pinpoint where in the sky this neutron star merger had occurred. Neutron stars emit light when they smash together and continue emitting electromagnetic radiation afterwards, so scientists knew what to look for. Using the Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope, the Fermi team identified a large patch of the sky, and with further data from the European Space Agency’s Integral Gamma-Ray Satellite, they were able to narrow down the gravitational waves detected by LIGO even further. This allowed them to identify two long strips in the sky, one of which overlapped with the existing search area. Additionally, the VIRGO gravitational wave detector, located in Italy, was online at the time and it should have been able to detect these gravitational waves but yet it detected almost nothing, which indicated that the gravitational waves must be have been coming from one of that detector’s blind spots. This helped to further narrow the search area, where around fifty galaxies were identified to be studied with optical telescopes. Eleven hours after the initial detection, astronomers located a bright spot in the Galaxy NGC 4993. The colour and brightness of that bright spot changed in the aftermath of the collision. Click here to see an awesome animation of a neutron star merger.

Neutron stars are the collapsed core of large stars (between 10 and 29 solar masses) that have gone supernova and combined with the gravitational collapse, compresses the core past the white dwarf star density to that of atomic nuclei. If the remnant has a mass greater than about 3 solar masses, the neutron star continues collapsing to form a black hole, but if those cores are a bit smaller, then they get squeezed still and so electrons merge with protons to form neutrons and neutrinos and turn to the smallest and densest stars known to exist. They are supported against further collapse by neutron degeneracy pressure, a phenomenon described by the Pauli Exclusion Principle. If you have two neutron stars orbiting each other, they emit some of their energy as gravitational waves and as they do that, they lose energy while spiraling close to each other. When they get really close to a few hundred kilometers apart, the gravitational waves become intense, allowing us to detect them hundreds of millions of light years away.

The collision of neutron stars creates a kilonova, which spews debris out into space. This debris emits light and allows scientists to observe what’s been created. Through these new observations with light telescopes, scientists detected heavy elements like gold, lead and platinum, which helps us to understand where some of the heavy elements in our Universe come from. This is a huge discovery and the fact that we live in an era in which we are able to detect, pinpoint and observe events like a neutron star merger is just incredible. What an exciting time to live. Sorry for this long introduction, let's move on and talk about KSP development.

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The team continues with the development of the Making History Expansion. This week, some developers worked on the Mission App; a display where the player will see all the objectives and their criteria along with a status (Complete, Incomplete, In-progress, etc) while playing a Mission. They created new UI prefabs, set up some code and added functionality to display the Body Node info from the Mission Builder’s canvas in the Missions App while in the Flight Scene. Similarly, some of the developers worked on the implementation of ‘tooltips’ for the Mission Builder scene and its UI, as well as for the SAP parameters.  

Additionally, the team worked on the design and implementation of an algorithm that maps the program flow of the Nodes to a list format that will then be rendered to the multiple places where a list of objectives is used, so that it can give a visual indication of paths through the map.

This week also saw some improvements to the Orbit Gizmo, which, as we have explained in previous issues, will allow creators to set orbits for vessels as they see fit. Sounds simple, right? Well, there is a lot of math required to identify an object’s orbit and its specific position in that orbit. The game’s code uses basically three parameters to identify this: 1) The orbital period, which is the time a given object takes to complete one orbit around another object, let’s say a planet. 2) The epoch, which is a moment in time used as a reference point for an object in an elliptical orbit. 3) And last, but not least, the Mean Anomaly, which is an angle used in calculating the position of a body in an orbit - it is the angular distance from the pericenter which a fictitious body would have if it moved in a circular orbit, with constant speed, in the same orbital period as the actual body in its elliptical orbit. We can determine the position of an object in an orbit by calculating the mean anomaly at epoch - which is directly influenced by the orbital period - using basic arithmetic, but as we like to keep things simple, by setting the epoch at zero, the only parameter a player will need to set is the angle (mean anomaly) at which he would like to place a vessel. One of the developers has been playing around with the Orbit Gizmo in the Mission Builder and this clip showcases the same orbit for 6 asteroids generated an hour apart from each other (take into account that Kerbin has 6-hour-days). This is just an example of the crazy things you'll be able to do with this tool.

The team also finished testing another batch of already implemented nodes for the Mission Builder, so let’s go into further detail (as always remember that this is still subject to changes).

Escape SOI Node (Location type): This node will allow you to set the objective of leaving the Sphere of Influence of a particular celestial body and travelling to another one.

Vessel Splashed Node (Location type): This node will allow you to set the objective of splashing down into a body of water at specific coordinates on a planet.

Flight Elapsed Time Node (Logic type): This node will allow you to measure flight time within a Mission, after a vessel has launched and do something with it. 

Mission Time Node (Logic type): Unlike the Flight Elapsed Time Node, this node will allow you to measure the overall duration of a mission.

Vessel Mass Node (Logic type): This node will allow you to set the mass for vessels as a condition in a Mission.

Part Explode Node (Action type): This node will allow you set an explosion event for a part and trigger it at a given moment during a mission. There is a different Node for whole vessels by the way.

The art team is currently busy working on the geometry and texture of a new liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine, specially designed for large vessels and inspired on NASA’s J2 Engine, which you probably know from the Saturn V and Saturn IB rockets. It is still early for sneak peeks, but we’ll show it to you soon. The team is also working on new textures and configurations for the 1.875m and the 5m fairings.

In other news, we keep on getting newer and better builds of KSP on consoles from our friends at Blitworks. Some noteworthy fixes in the last builds include a bug that caused a severe performance drop for a brief period  when players entered the Tracking Station from the Launchpad and then returned to the Space Center. Another issue addressed was triggered when a player attempted to delete a save from the Resume Game Menu, instead of deleting the save, accepting the deletion would open the save file instead. A issue regarding the controller inputs was fixed too. This one was triggered when attempting to edit parts on a craft; with the new mapping the D-Pad left and right allows the player to select the parts to edit via a highlight. The top face button (PS4 triangle or XB Y) can then be used to scroll through the editor gizmos. Attempting to cancel this operation failed and left some buttons unresponsive. Luckily, you won’t have to worry about these and other issues thanks to the external testing team, our own QA team and Blitworks.

Finally, the team started to work on upgrading the project to Unity 2017.1. This implementation will be included in the upcoming 1.4 Update of KSP.

That’s it for this week. Be sure to join us on our official forums, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Stay tuned for more exciting and upcoming news and development updates!

Happy launchings!

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Mexican Red Cross

Habitat for Humanity

Ambulante

Topos Rescue Brigades

UNICEF

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What’s the Best 4K Monitors for 2019

A few years ago, if a person asked someone what they wanted in terms of a monitor, the answer would likely be a 4K option. Today, more people are benefiting from these devices as the price has dropped significantly. Men and women alike discover they wish to make this purchase because the quantity of UHD content continues to increase. Those who make the switch find the experience to be both productive and immersive. Furthermore, the device can be used in place of a 4K TV, which costs a great deal more, so this is one option every person should consider researching. What are the best 4K monitors on the market today, and which one should be purchased? The answer often depends on what the device will be used for. 

The LG 27UD88-W

Consumers looking for a beautiful screen at a reasonable price need to look into this model. This monitor is reasonably priced and offers an excellent picture, something not found in many devices within the same price range. Users love that the panel covers almost all of the sRGB color space and does so while offering an incredible contrast ratio. Additionally, the response time cannot be beat, as it allows games to be seen as the manufacturer intended. A person doesn’t miss out on any of the action with this unit.

Graphic designers, professional photographers, and those in need of highly accurate color turn to this device to ensure they obtain exactly what they require. The clarity and details impress all who make use of the device, and the Calibration hardware and Color Calibration Pro work as a team to provide this color and clarity. Color mode presets are able to adapt to the needs of different users as well. 

As the monitor requires only a single cable with USB Type-C, users learn they can accomplish numerous tasks without the need for additional equipment. Transfer data using the cable, charge mobile devices or view 4K video. It’s all a matter of what the individual needs at any given time.  It can be frustrating to adjust monitor settings with many units, but that is never an issue when the LG 4K 27UD88-W is purchased. Simply make use of the on-screen control to adjust these settings with the help of a mouse. Display multiple screens at one time, with the option of PIP built into the unit, and maintain visibility even when the scene is dark. This is possible thanks to the Black Stabilizer included in the unit. Finding enemies within scenes in dim lighting has never been easier thanks to this machine. Check it out to see the many other amazing features found in this affordable monitor. Those who do are sure to be impressed. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 99 sRGB

Contrast ratio: 5M:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time:  5ms

Philips Brilliance 328P

What are the best 4K monitors on the market today

Brilliance is the hallmark of this monitor. It offers a gorgeous screen at an affordable price, and this is only one reason people are heading to the store to pick it up. This unit combines a 4K VA panel and acceptable HDR performance, allowing more people to benefit from this technology without breaking the bank. While experts feel the HDR rating isn’t exhibited in the brightness of the screen, the low price helps to overcome any dissatisfaction with this aspect. 

High-performance panels are used to provide the Ultraclear screen resolution, making this the ideal choice for those who use 3D graphics apps, CAD programs, or huge files containing large amounts of data. The graphics and images come alive with the help of this monitor. 

Philips is the only manufacturer to offer overdrive technology. When the monitor is turned on, the screen automatically adjusts the response time to the application being run. For example, when a movie is played, a faster response time is needed to ensure there is no time-lag or ghost images present on the screen. The monitor accounts for this automatically. 

Users love the SmartErgoBase found on this unit, as it allows the individual to customize the monitor’s position based on their specific needs. The height, tilt, rotation angle, and swivel can all be altered by the user to reduce the physical strains associated with sitting at a computer all day. In addition, the cable management system minimizes clutter around the workspace, allowing it to remain clear, neat and professional. 

Mobile devices continue to increase in popularity and Philips recognizes this. This monitor comes with the Mobile High Definition Link, an interface that allows the user to directly connect a portable device to the high-definition display. Purchase an optional MHL cable to connect MHL capable devices to the screen and enjoy HD videos with complete digital sound. The mobile device can be charged as it is being used, so running out of power is never a concern either. 

These are only a few of the many features found in this monitor. Others include MultiView for using two devices simultaneously, EPEAT Gold to protect the environment and built-in stereo speakers. When researching the device, don’t hesitate to ask for demonstrations of these and numerous other features to learn exactly how this device may be of benefit to you. 

Specifications

Screen size: 31.5-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 300 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 3,000:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time: 4ms

Dell Ultra HD 4K Monitor P2715Q

If only one 4K monitor were available on the market today, consumers would want it to be this one. This monitor offers the broadest range of functionality at an affordable price. With more than 8 million pixels hidden within the screen, users can be assured of extreme clarity and color enhancement. Fine details can easily be seen, allowing for more accuracy when editing high-resolution photos and more. 

Individuals concerned about the environment love this monitor, which meets the latest environmental and regulatory standards. Not only is it BFR/PVC-free other than the external cables, but it also features an LED panel that is mercury-free and glass that is arsenic-free. The chassis is made of more than 25 percent post-consumer recycled materials, and it is not only is Energy-Star qualified, but it is also EPEAT Gold*** rated. 

This machine can be adjusted in a number of ways to ensure user comfort and may be mounted on the wall with the purchase of a separate kit.  The colors always appear natural and consistent, thanks to the fine-tuning that is done at the factory before the monitor is shipped out. The hue remains consistent regardless of which angle it is viewed from, and the viewing angle of this device is ultra-wide, something many users will find to be of great help. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 1,000:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time: 9ms

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BenQ PD2700U

An individual may not want additional features when it comes to their 4K monitor. They might simply need a device that can get the job done, and this monitor is the BenQ PD2700U. While this device is lacking USB-C input, Adaptive Sync, and Quantum Dot tech, it offers the pixels users want and need for their projects. The display is very accurate in terms of color and ideal for many office settings. 

Users appreciate being able to connect two devices to the monitor without the need to add an additional keyboard and mouse. Two USB 3.0 ports are found in this model along with an on-screen display menu that allows for switching between items quickly. Furthermore, the DisplayPort MST feature lets a person daisy-chain two monitors without the need for additional cables. 

The monitor is loaded with ergonomic features. This includes a room light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the display and a backlight that does not flicker. Task-specific picture modes allow the user to choose which option meets their needs, and one image can be viewed in two modes simultaneously. PIP/PBP are likewise offered to look at two sources at one time, and eye fatigue is eased with the aid of four low-blue-light modes. Users get all of the above at an affordable price, something that can be difficult to find in pro devices. 

Calibration controls allow the user to choose from presets or create their own. RGB sliders, when used in the User image mode, ensure the grayscale is precise. Additional, hue and saturation slides permit the user to adjust all six colors at the same time. Enhance images with the help of multiple aspect ratios, overscan, and dynamic control, and make use of three control keys which may be programmed for easy access to often-used features. 

Animation is something many individuals are interested in and the BenQ PD2700U makes it easy to obtain great results in this area. Dark images often obscure intricate details, but this monitor overcomes that by enhancing the brightness of these areas without affecting bright portions of the screen. There is no risk of overexposure in these areas, and users love that they can choose from ten levels of brightness on their display to ensure no subtlety is overlooked in ambient lighting. 

Anyone looking for reliability and accuracy in a monitor without a high price tag should look into the PD2700U. The color accuracy is outstanding, even when the monitor is first set up, and can be improved with calibration. Individuals who choose this model find they get adequate HDR, an outstanding UHD image, and a monitor that will hold up for years to come. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch 

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 1,300:1

Resolution: 2,840 X 2,160

Response time: 5ms

27-inch 4K UHD monitor

Monoprice 27-Inch 4K UHD

If funds are lacking, be sure to check out the Monoprice 27-inch 4K UHD monitor, as it comes with a price that is affordable for most. While this brand is not well-known, it should not be overlooked. The device does not come loaded with features, but it provides the sharp images users want and need. FreeSync tech minimizes screen tearing while the vibrant colors are due to Monoprice’s Pixel Perfect Guarantee. Furthermore, users find connectivity is never an issue, thanks to the two HDMI ports and two Display Ports. 

Any person needing a general-purpose and productivity monitor will want to research this unit. Not only does it offer the display size, brightness, and resolution people want and need, the overall video performance is outstanding. Stunning detail is a hallmark of this model, and the color reproduction is both accurate and rich. Wide viewing angles ensure the viewer doesn’t miss anything, and the true 8-bit image quality fulfills all industry standards. The same is true of the high contrast ratio, wide color gamut, and peak luminance of 400 cd/m2. 

The screen may be adjusted in terms of the height, the user can swivel the unit, and it may be rotated when needed. This allows for a vertical orientation when required. Furthermore, each device comes with the one-year Pixel Perfect Guarantee. Be sure to include this device in any search for the ideal 4K monitor. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 10,000,000:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time: 5ms

Compare a number of 4K monitors to find the one that best meets your needs while fitting in your budget. With so many to choose from at a variety of price points, every user should be able to find the ideal unit for their requirements. While these five devices are considered among the best, there are many others to choose from. Before making a purchase, be sure to test the different models to learn their advantages and drawbacks. Doing so is the best way to ensure you get the right monitor the first time and that it can meet your needs in every way.

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What’s the Best 4K Monitors for 2019

A few years ago, if a person asked someone what they wanted in terms of a monitor, the answer would likely be a 4K option. Today, more people are benefiting from these devices as the price has dropped significantly. Men and women alike discover they wish to make this purchase because the quantity of UHD content continues to increase. Those who make the switch find the experience to be both productive and immersive. Furthermore, the device can be used in place of a 4K TV, which costs a great deal more, so this is one option every person should consider researching. What are the best 4K monitors on the market today, and which one should be purchased? The answer often depends on what the device will be used for. 

The LG 27UD88-W

Consumers looking for a beautiful screen at a reasonable price need to look into this model. This monitor is reasonably priced and offers an excellent picture, something not found in many devices within the same price range. Users love that the panel covers almost all of the sRGB color space and does so while offering an incredible contrast ratio. Additionally, the response time cannot be beat, as it allows games to be seen as the manufacturer intended. A person doesn’t miss out on any of the action with this unit.

Graphic designers, professional photographers, and those in need of highly accurate color turn to this device to ensure they obtain exactly what they require. The clarity and details impress all who make use of the device, and the Calibration hardware and Color Calibration Pro work as a team to provide this color and clarity. Color mode presets are able to adapt to the needs of different users as well. 

As the monitor requires only a single cable with USB Type-C, users learn they can accomplish numerous tasks without the need for additional equipment. Transfer data using the cable, charge mobile devices or view 4K video. It’s all a matter of what the individual needs at any given time.  It can be frustrating to adjust monitor settings with many units, but that is never an issue when the LG 4K 27UD88-W is purchased. Simply make use of the on-screen control to adjust these settings with the help of a mouse. Display multiple screens at one time, with the option of PIP built into the unit, and maintain visibility even when the scene is dark. This is possible thanks to the Black Stabilizer included in the unit. Finding enemies within scenes in dim lighting has never been easier thanks to this machine. Check it out to see the many other amazing features found in this affordable monitor. Those who do are sure to be impressed. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 99 sRGB

Contrast ratio: 5M:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time:  5ms

Philips Brilliance 328P

What are the best 4K monitors on the market today

Brilliance is the hallmark of this monitor. It offers a gorgeous screen at an affordable price, and this is only one reason people are heading to the store to pick it up. This unit combines a 4K VA panel and acceptable HDR performance, allowing more people to benefit from this technology without breaking the bank. While experts feel the HDR rating isn’t exhibited in the brightness of the screen, the low price helps to overcome any dissatisfaction with this aspect. 

High-performance panels are used to provide the Ultraclear screen resolution, making this the ideal choice for those who use 3D graphics apps, CAD programs, or huge files containing large amounts of data. The graphics and images come alive with the help of this monitor. 

Philips is the only manufacturer to offer overdrive technology. When the monitor is turned on, the screen automatically adjusts the response time to the application being run. For example, when a movie is played, a faster response time is needed to ensure there is no time-lag or ghost images present on the screen. The monitor accounts for this automatically. 

Users love the SmartErgoBase found on this unit, as it allows the individual to customize the monitor’s position based on their specific needs. The height, tilt, rotation angle, and swivel can all be altered by the user to reduce the physical strains associated with sitting at a computer all day. In addition, the cable management system minimizes clutter around the workspace, allowing it to remain clear, neat and professional. 

Mobile devices continue to increase in popularity and Philips recognizes this. This monitor comes with the Mobile High Definition Link, an interface that allows the user to directly connect a portable device to the high-definition display. Purchase an optional MHL cable to connect MHL capable devices to the screen and enjoy HD videos with complete digital sound. The mobile device can be charged as it is being used, so running out of power is never a concern either. 

These are only a few of the many features found in this monitor. Others include MultiView for using two devices simultaneously, EPEAT Gold to protect the environment and built-in stereo speakers. When researching the device, don’t hesitate to ask for demonstrations of these and numerous other features to learn exactly how this device may be of benefit to you. 

Specifications

Screen size: 31.5-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 300 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 3,000:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time: 4ms

Dell Ultra HD 4K Monitor P2715Q

If only one 4K monitor were available on the market today, consumers would want it to be this one. This monitor offers the broadest range of functionality at an affordable price. With more than 8 million pixels hidden within the screen, users can be assured of extreme clarity and color enhancement. Fine details can easily be seen, allowing for more accuracy when editing high-resolution photos and more. 

Individuals concerned about the environment love this monitor, which meets the latest environmental and regulatory standards. Not only is it BFR/PVC-free other than the external cables, but it also features an LED panel that is mercury-free and glass that is arsenic-free. The chassis is made of more than 25 percent post-consumer recycled materials, and it is not only is Energy-Star qualified, but it is also EPEAT Gold*** rated. 

This machine can be adjusted in a number of ways to ensure user comfort and may be mounted on the wall with the purchase of a separate kit.  The colors always appear natural and consistent, thanks to the fine-tuning that is done at the factory before the monitor is shipped out. The hue remains consistent regardless of which angle it is viewed from, and the viewing angle of this device is ultra-wide, something many users will find to be of great help. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 1,000:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time: 9ms

Compare a number of 4K monitors

BenQ PD2700U

An individual may not want additional features when it comes to their 4K monitor. They might simply need a device that can get the job done, and this monitor is the BenQ PD2700U. While this device is lacking USB-C input, Adaptive Sync, and Quantum Dot tech, it offers the pixels users want and need for their projects. The display is very accurate in terms of color and ideal for many office settings. 

Users appreciate being able to connect two devices to the monitor without the need to add an additional keyboard and mouse. Two USB 3.0 ports are found in this model along with an on-screen display menu that allows for switching between items quickly. Furthermore, the DisplayPort MST feature lets a person daisy-chain two monitors without the need for additional cables. 

The monitor is loaded with ergonomic features. This includes a room light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the display and a backlight that does not flicker. Task-specific picture modes allow the user to choose which option meets their needs, and one image can be viewed in two modes simultaneously. PIP/PBP are likewise offered to look at two sources at one time, and eye fatigue is eased with the aid of four low-blue-light modes. Users get all of the above at an affordable price, something that can be difficult to find in pro devices. 

Calibration controls allow the user to choose from presets or create their own. RGB sliders, when used in the User image mode, ensure the grayscale is precise. Additional, hue and saturation slides permit the user to adjust all six colors at the same time. Enhance images with the help of multiple aspect ratios, overscan, and dynamic control, and make use of three control keys which may be programmed for easy access to often-used features. 

Animation is something many individuals are interested in and the BenQ PD2700U makes it easy to obtain great results in this area. Dark images often obscure intricate details, but this monitor overcomes that by enhancing the brightness of these areas without affecting bright portions of the screen. There is no risk of overexposure in these areas, and users love that they can choose from ten levels of brightness on their display to ensure no subtlety is overlooked in ambient lighting. 

Anyone looking for reliability and accuracy in a monitor without a high price tag should look into the PD2700U. The color accuracy is outstanding, even when the monitor is first set up, and can be improved with calibration. Individuals who choose this model find they get adequate HDR, an outstanding UHD image, and a monitor that will hold up for years to come. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch 

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 1,300:1

Resolution: 2,840 X 2,160

Response time: 5ms

27-inch 4K UHD monitor

Monoprice 27-Inch 4K UHD

If funds are lacking, be sure to check out the Monoprice 27-inch 4K UHD monitor, as it comes with a price that is affordable for most. While this brand is not well-known, it should not be overlooked. The device does not come loaded with features, but it provides the sharp images users want and need. FreeSync tech minimizes screen tearing while the vibrant colors are due to Monoprice’s Pixel Perfect Guarantee. Furthermore, users find connectivity is never an issue, thanks to the two HDMI ports and two Display Ports. 

Any person needing a general-purpose and productivity monitor will want to research this unit. Not only does it offer the display size, brightness, and resolution people want and need, the overall video performance is outstanding. Stunning detail is a hallmark of this model, and the color reproduction is both accurate and rich. Wide viewing angles ensure the viewer doesn’t miss anything, and the true 8-bit image quality fulfills all industry standards. The same is true of the high contrast ratio, wide color gamut, and peak luminance of 400 cd/m2. 

The screen may be adjusted in terms of the height, the user can swivel the unit, and it may be rotated when needed. This allows for a vertical orientation when required. Furthermore, each device comes with the one-year Pixel Perfect Guarantee. Be sure to include this device in any search for the ideal 4K monitor. 

Specifications

Screen size: 27-inch

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Brightness: 350 cd/m2

Color support: 1.07 billion

Contrast ratio: 10,000,000:1

Resolution: 3,840 X 2,160

Response time: 5ms

Compare a number of 4K monitors to find the one that best meets your needs while fitting in your budget. With so many to choose from at a variety of price points, every user should be able to find the ideal unit for their requirements. While these five devices are considered among the best, there are many others to choose from. Before making a purchase, be sure to test the different models to learn their advantages and drawbacks. Doing so is the best way to ensure you get the right monitor the first time and that it can meet your needs in every way.