#vertical inc

[bredforloyalty]

it's hard to have multiple insanities at the same time like i can't even devote myself to rust cohle's certified gorilla grip pussay

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Coming soon: Flying taxis at 2025 World Expo

Kyodo News | 22 February 2023

ANA Holdings Inc., Japan Airlines Co. and three other companies have been selected to operate air taxi services during the 2025 World Exposition to be held in Osaka in western Japan, the event's organizer said Tuesday.

Japan wants the "flying cars" to be one of the main attractions at the expo, with the next-generation mobility expected to provide access to the event venue to be set up on an artificial island in Osaka Bay.

ANA Holdings, the parent of All Nippon Airways Co., will partner with U.S. startup Joby Aviation Inc., a company in which Toyota Motor Corp. has a stake.

Other companies selected as operators are SkyDrive Inc., based in Aichi Prefecture, and trading firm Marubeni Corp.

Naoki Okada, minister in charge of the World Expo 2025, said he hopes the technology will "surprise" people around the world.

He also called on the five companies to cooperate on demonstration flights prior to the start of the 184-day event.

The flying cars, which will carry two to five people each, will connect the three areas of the exposition venue on Yumeshima, central Osaka city, and nearby Kansai International Airport.

Their flight routes, landing and takeoff areas are to be determined.

ANA Holdings will operate a five-seat vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developed by Joby Aviation.

In October, the California-based company applied for its aircraft design to be certified for use in Japan.

JAL will operate two-rider aircraft developed by German firm Volocopter GmbH, while Marubeni will operate five-seater aircraft created by Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd., a British company, after reserving in January delivery slots for 25 of them.

SkyDrive is looking to get a type certificate for its two-rider aircraft, still in development, before the exposition.

Meanwhile, the operator of the takeoff and landing sites at the exposition venue on Yumeshima will be Orix Corp., according to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition.

The World Expo 2025 will last from April 13 through October 13 under the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives."

==Kyodo

[describe-things]

Making this its own post to further spread the correct information.

The name Mickey Mouse is Public Domain.

Trademark is a separate thing from copyright. Trademark means you can't trick people into thinking your version of Mickey Mouse is sanctioned by Disney.

You do not need to rename Mickey Mouse to use this character.

He's literally named in the title card (along with two alternate outfits for him and Minnie that are also Public Domain, which means, yes! You can give him gloves!).

The only way the name "Mickey Mouse" would still be copyrighted would be if he hadn't been named yet in Steamboat Willie, which very clearly isn't the case, because his name is the largest thing on the title card:

[ID: A screenshot from the Web Archive’s video player showing the video paused at 00:04, showing the title card that reads:

“Disney Cartoons presents A Mickey Mouse sound cartoon: Steambie Willie, A Walt Disney comic by UB Iwerks, recorded by Cinephone system, copyright MCMXXVIII”.

On either side of the text are Mickey and Minnie, smiling at eachother. Mickey is holding up a hat in one hand, and a cane in the other with a wide grin of greeting. He has a white face, a buck tooth in his open mouth, white gloves, and light grey shoes and shorts, with the shorts having dark buttons and darker vertical stripes. Minnie has her hands clasped as she smiles at Mickey with lowered eyelids in a flirting pose. She has the same hat as mickey, with a flower stick behind it. She has two circles on her chest like a bra or bow, with a polkadot skirt with a wavy edge. She is wearing light grey heels. End ID.]

There is also a public domain poster with color, which means this design is also Public Domain. And again, this one also names him Mickey Mouse -- making the name Mickey Mouse Public Domain! And this alone would have made the name Public Domain even if he hadn't been named in Steamboat Willie! And, he again has gloves!

[ID: A color poster reading, "Celebrity Productions Inc. Present a Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoon. A Walt Disney comic drawn by UB Iwerks. The World's Funniest cartoon character, a sensation in sound and synchrony.". Mickey is drawn with one hand on his hip and the other in the air. He is wearing yellow gloves with a button in the center of the palm, red pants with white buttons, and large brown boots. He has a red blush on his nose and cheek. His tongue is red, and his black pupils have a white triangle on the side. The background is pale tan. End ID.]

There is also literally nothing stopping anyone from giving any of these characters new color designs with entirely new outfits. That's what the Public Domain is for. Don't think you can only use these characters in black and white, you just can't use versions that Disney still owns the copyright to.

[lucrezianoin]

List of Year 24 complete manga work in English or Italian

I made this list mainly to myself, but you can easily use it too. I am on a mission to read every Year 24 group manga available, so here I collected:

licensed manga (in English and Italian)

online scans

Every licensed manga has a the name of the publisher too, and you might find the Italian translation easier than the Japanese.

I added an "online" to the ones you can definitely find scanned online. Every title is linked to where to read the story nearby, keep in mind these websites come and go and might have ads.

If you see a licensed title in italics it means that the manga cannot be found anywhere online and scanned (and translated). Or that some short stories in the collection (if it is a collection) cannot be found anywhere online and scanned.

Let's start!

The authors are (in order): Moto Hagio, Keiko Takemiya, Riyoko Ikeda, Ryoko Yamagishi, Yasuko Aoike, Yumiko Ooshima, Minori Kimura, Kihara Toshie.

MOTO HAGIO

Licensed in English

They Were 11! (JP Oversized and Viz)

The Complete Poe Clan (Fantagraphics, coming out November 2024)

Heart of Thomas (Fantagraphics)

A Drunken dream and other stories (Fantagraphics)

Neo Parasyte m (Kodansha Comics; first chapter is by Moto Hagio)

Lil' Leo (Denpa books)

Otherworld Barbara volume 1 and 2 (Fantagraphics)

A,A' (Viz), impossible to find it seems

Licensed in Italian

Il cuore di Thomas - The heart of Thomas (J-POP)

A Cruel God Reigns, 9 volumes (J-POP)

Star Red (J-POP)

Hanshin, la dea dimezzata, collection of stories (J-POP) (anilist)

Il Clan dei Poe volume 1 and 2 (J-POP)

Barbara, vol1, 2 and 3 (J-POP)

Marginal vol1, 2 and 3 (J-POP)

Online (English only) (chronological order)

-> Full series

The Heart of Thomas (manganelo)

They were 11 (mangadex)

They were 11: Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (mangadex)

U wa Uchuusen no U (collection of stories) (mangadex)

Silver Triangle (mangadex)

A, A' (mangadex)

Marginal (mangadex)

A cruel god reigns (mangadex)

-> One shots

Bianca (mangadex)

Girl on the porch with puppy (internet archive)

Poor mama (mangadex)

Autumn Journey (internet archive)

11-gatsu no Gymnasium (mangadex)

Unicorn no Yume (mangadex)

Onshitsu (mangadex)

Marie, ten years later (internet archive)

Cabagge Hata no Isansouzokunin (mangadex)

Houmonsha, prequel of Heart of Thomas (mangadex)

Shiro - The Castle (mangadex)

A Drunken Dream (internet archive)

Ragini (mangadex)

Kinyou no Yoru no Shuukai (mangadex)

Kimi Wa Utsukushii Hitomi (mangadex)

Hanshin: Half-God (mangadex)

Egg stand (mangadex)

Angel Mimic (internet archive)

The child who comes home (internet archive)

Slow Down (mangadex)

The false king (mangadex)

Iguana girl (mangadex)

Afternoon sunshine (mangadex)

Yuujin K (mangadex)

Yama e Iku - Going to the mountains (mangadex)

The Willow Tree (mangadex)

Moments of lonliness (mangadex)

With Love to "From Eroica with love" (mangadex)

Neo Parasyte m's short story "Yura no Mon wo" (mangaplaza, first story, which is the free one)

KEIKO TAKEMIYA

Licensed in English

To Terra, 3 volumes (Vertical Inc)

Andromeda stories, 3 volumes (Vertical Inc)

Licensed in Italian

Il poema del vento e degli alberi - Kaze to Ki no Uta, 10 volumes (J-POP)

Verso la Terra - To terra, 3 volumes (J-POP)

Il suo nome era Gilbert, autobiographical novel (J-POP)

Online (English only) (chronological order)

-> Full series

Kaze to Ki no Uta (mangadex)

To Terra (mangadex)

Andromeda Stories (mangadex)

Rintarou Panic! (mangadex)

-> One shots

Sunroom Nite (mangadex)

Hohoemu Shounen (mangadex)

On a snowy day (mangadex)

Star (mangadex)

20 no Hiru to Yoru (mangadex)

Mister no kokori (mangadex)

Natsu e no Tobira (mangadex)

Manatsu no Yoru no Yume (mangadex)

Koufuku no Hato (mangadex)

Toki wo Yuku Uma (mangadex)

RIYOKO IKEDA

Licensed in English

Claudine (Seven Seas)

The Rose of Versailles, 5 volumes (Udon Entertainment)

Licensed in Italian

Le rose di Versailles, 5 volumes (Edizioni BD)

La finestra di Orfeo - Orpheus no Mado, 9 volumes (J-POP)

Anello dei Nibelunghi - Nibelungen no Yubiwa, 4 volumes (Goen)

Claudine (Goen)

Ayako, 2 volumes (Goen)

Caro Fratello - Dearest Brother, 2 volumes (Goen)

Elisabetta - Elizabeth (Yamato)

Eroica la Gloria di Napoleone - Héroïque The Glory of Napoleon, 12 volumes (Magic Press)

Online (English only)

Bara Yashiki no Shoujo (mangadex)

Early Spring Trembling (mangadex)

Porando Hishi Ten no Hate Made (mangadex)

Dearest Brother (mangadex)

Nibelungen no Yubiwa (only 3 volumes, 1 missing, mangadex)

Claudine (mangadex)

Versailles no Bara (up till volume 12, mangadex)

Summer in Cantenbury (mangadex)

RYOKO YAMAGISHI

Online (English only)

Shiroi Heya no Furari (mangadex)

Yasha Gozen (mangadex)

Harpy, collection of stories (mangadex)

Hatshepsut (mangadex)

Hiruko (mangadex)

Medusa (mangadex)

Hemi no Hire (mangadex)

YASUKO AOIKE

Licensed in English

From Eroica with Love (Cmx, unfinished)

Online (English only)

From Eroica with Love (still being translated, currently at chapter 21 (mangadex)

Vampire (mangadex)

The free shooter (mangadex)

Tasogare ni Kaere (mangadex)

Z (mangadex)

YUMIKO OOSHIMA

Online (English only) (chronological order)

No longer male (mangadex)

To Joker (mangadex)

Banana Bread no Pudding (mangadex)

Grass Crown Princess (mangadex)

He His Him (mangadex)

Across a golden prarie (mangadex)

Summertime (mangadex)

Long long cafe (mangadex)

MINORI KIMURA

Online (English only) (chronological order)

Ame (short stories) (mangadex)

Warped mirror (mandagex)

KIHARA TOSHIE

Online (English only) (chronological order)

I'm fine with dying (mangadex)

Diamond Gojiran, 3 one shots (mangadex)

With love to "From Eroica with love" (mangadex)

NANAE SASAYA

none

MINEKO YAMADA

none

[cryptiam]

Sims 4 CC - FNAF Movie Decorations and Menu sign:

Features:

3 Sets: Vertical posters (2), wall decals, and FNAF Food menu boards (custom mesh by me)

Search keyword "Fnaf"

Base Game Compatible

Recommended:

Download the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place Lot on CurseForge:

(which an update will be coming soon~)

▼Download | Patreon (free):

Terms of Use: https://www.cryptiam.net/p/terms-of-use-tou.html

You can support/commission me on Ko-Fi ☕ or Become a Patron ♡

Credits:

•Textures edited from the FNAF Movie environments. Menu mesh by Cryptiam.

•Five Nights at Freddy's Movie is owned by Scott Cawthon Productions and Blumhouse Studio.

•Chuck E. Cheese's promotional picture is made by CEC Entertainment, Inc. [Please do not sell any contents within the .package files. This is for fan use only. Thank you.]

[stevebattle]

The Grivet Arm (1978) by Gallaher Research Inc., Western-Salem, North Carolina.

"Purchasing some form of "experimenter's arm" kit? There has been one attempt at a commercial kit product for the robot arm experimenter, a product which was advertised in this magazine starting last spring. I refer to the Gallaher Research "Grivet" arm, which is shown in photo 1. The photograph was taken using the kit I bought for $400 and put together one Sunday morning in September. … Mr Gallaher's robot arm was a crude start at best, for all we got is a rather shaky mechanism with six DC motors. The purchaser's inventiveness must supply the details of electronic interface and control. A suggestion, in the marketing literature supplied with the kit, is that relays be used to provide control of the 6V DC which will run the motors. This kit provided what you see in the photograph: a limited mechanical start on a complete arm which must include a mounting of some sort, power supplies, bidirectional motor drive electronics, and sensory feedback. There is not even a suggestion of how to mount and use sensors to provide feedback control of the arm in a practical object manipulation environment such as a chessboard with chess pieces as the objects.

The designer of this arm did his homework with respect to balance, for it will sit upright on its counterweight with no particular urge to topple over. The photograph was taken with the arm in this position. But if mounted in a horizontal position as suggested by the sales literature (assembly drawings, but no instruction manual, come with this device) several of the parts are under enough stress to be visibly bent. The only way I can see to practically mount this arm is by having it hang down from the shaft furthest from the hand mechanism (flipping it 180 degrees around the vertical axis of photo 1).

The Gallaher arm kit's parts are apparently handcrafted. When you think of the time and energy that went into its creation, it is obviously a bargain at $400, even if incomplete. Some of the first microcomputer kits such as the Mark-8, Altair and Sphere were similarly incomplete, and a whole industry was formed filling in the gaps to provide a complete computer system in assembled form. Therefore, we can expect more complete robotic systems as further products are offered to the experimenter. Just as "hardheaded realists" (ie: unimaginative people) scoffed only four years ago at the idea of a personal computer, I can almost hear the equivalent comments about domestic robots being uttered as I pen these words at the keyboard of my personal computer." – Byte Magazine February 1979, Volume 04 Number 02 (p6).

[crochet-the-night-away]

Enoch (Over the Garden Wall) Crochet Pattern

Disclaimer:

This pattern has a lot of sewing. You've been warned! I couldn't find a way to minimize the sewing and still have the same color changes and composition I wanted.

Materials

Two different greens (Green 1 and Green 2) and orange yarn (I used a Medium sized yarn) Appropriately sized Crochet Hook (I used a 3.5mm hook) Black, soft brown and off-white felt to make the face details (If you can't find off-white felt, like me, buy white felt and paint it off-white with acrylic paint) Stitch Markers Tapestry Needle Fiberfill Scissors Sewing Pins

Techniques

Magic Ring (mr) Chain (ch) Single Crochet (sc) Increase (inc) Decrease (dec) Skip a stitch (skip)

Head

----- Using ORANGE Round 1: 8sc into a magic ring [8] ----- The next two rounds are worked on the stitches from Round 1 Round 1.5: FLO 8sc [8] ----- Attach a stitch marker to the first stitch of Round 1.5 for later Round 2: BLO 8inc [16] Round 3: (sc, inc) * 8 [24] Round 4: (sc, inc, sc) * 8 [32] Round 5: (3sc, inc) * 8 [40] Round 6: (2sc, inc, 2sc) * 8 [48] Round 7: (5sc, inc) * 8 [56] Round 8 - 16: 56sc [56] Round 17: (5sc, dec) * 8 [48] Round 18: (2sc,dec, 2sc) * 8 [40] Round 19: (3sc, dec) *8 [32] Round 20: (sc, dec, sc) * 8 [24] ----- Stuff ----- The next two rounds are worked on the stitches from Round 20 Round 20.5: FLO (sc, dec) * 8 [16] ----- Attach a stitch marker to the first stitch of Round 20.5 for later Round 21: BLO (2sc, skip) * 8 [16] Round 22: 8dec [8] ----- Stuff

Fasten off and leave an extra long tail. It should be able to wrap around your head 10 times.

Pass the yarn under a stitch from round 20.5. Wrap the yarn over and around the pumpkin and divide it in two. Pass the yarn under another stitch from round 20.5. Pull the yarn tight and secure it with a knot. Repeat this two more times until your pumpkin is divided in 6 parts.

Pass the yarn through the pumpkin from bottom to top to work on his top embellishment.

Starting from the stitch marker on the head's round 1.5

Round 1: 8inc [16] Round 2: (2sc, inc) * 5, sc [21] Fasten off and weave in the tail.

Body

----- Starting with GREEN 1 from the stitch marker on the head's round 20.5

Round 1: (sc, inc) * 8 [24] Round 2: (sc, inc, sc) * 8 [32] Round 3-24: 32 sc [32] Round 25: 32 sc [32] Round 26: (sc, dec, sc) * 8 [24] Round 27: (sc, dec) * 8 [16] Round 28: 8dec [8] Fasten off and weave in the tail.

Arms (x2)

----- You can crochet around a wire to give the arms more structure ----- Using GREEN 1 22ch (Skip the chain if you're using a wire) Skipping the first chain from the hook and 21 sl st Leave a long tail for sewing

GREEN 1 Stripes (x9)

----- Using GREEN 1 27ch Skipping the first chain from the hook and 26 sl st Leave a long tail for sewing

GREEN 2 Stripes (x11)

----- Using GREEN 2 27ch Skipping the first chain from the hook and 26 sl st Leave a long tail for sewing

Assembly

Using sewing pins, attach all the stripes and the arms and stripes alternating greens. Once you're happy with the placement, sew everything.

Using felt, cut the following shapes: 2 soft brown circles 2 black circles (smaller than the brown ones) 1 skinny black heart that will serve as a nose 1 soft brown oval 1 off-white oval (smaller than the brown one) ----- To make the teeth, I just cut the smile and then vertical lines. When it was time to glue it on the brown oval, I separated them a bit for that teeth effect. Glue everything and you're done!

[cityof2morrow]

EZ-INC: EZ Panel Kit

Published: 7-13-2024 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY This is a set of decorative panels to add unique detail to your builds. This is a convenient way to have hundreds of additional sci-fi/industrial textures in game without cluttering my wall/floor catalogs too much. There are 3 panels for straight/slanted walls respectively – they are slightly thicker to give the design some dimension/depth -  and there are 4 completely flat panels. I’ve also made a new “click wall” wallpaper you can use to gauge height when making/placing objects. This version shows full- and half-click points in two vertical directions (up/down). Each panel uses this texture as a default.

DETAILS Requires all EPs/SPs (may or may not work with basegame). §1 | Build > Architecture and Build > Wallpaper Items with MESH in their name are required for objects to show correctly in-game. Some textures are shared across all panels but for the most part, each has its own unique recolor options. Choose them based on the texture/size you need. Thicker panels show textures on both sides and have 2-subsets so you can mix recolors. Diagonal versions are repo’d to straight versions and are meant for diagonal walls/placement. The 3-tile Panel 001 is repo’d to the 2-tile panel. NOTE: This means that 3-Tile Panel 001 default image reads “2x” even though it is actually 3 tiles wide (“3x”). Pay attention to the object title. You may need “move objects on/off” and “snap to grid on/off” cheats to place items on slanted walls. Not all patterns look the same on each piece but there are plenty to choose from. Look for additional panel recolors under the #co2recolors #ts2recolors #co2repo #ts2repo tags. There will be more published for the #co2ezinc series in the future also. ITEMS 16-Click Scale Wallpaper 1-3 Tile EZ Panels (Thin) (28 poly) 1-3 Tile EZ Panels (Flat) (2 poly) DOWNLOAD (choose one) from SFS | from MEGA

CREDITS Thanks: Those early Sims 2 creators who pioneered overlay objects and industrial-style builds. Sources: Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Numenor (2011; 2007), Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik), Psychosim (2014).

[stuffandsundry]

Seeker Jet Crochet (Now 69% more accurate!)

So, a while back i put up this pattern for a cute little squashy jet, but it's been a few months and I've been getting much better at crochet. so I present to you this:

A much more accurate plane!! Here's the pattern for all you lovely folks, under the cut!

What You’ll Need

Please ready all the colors of yarn you think you will need! At minimum, I would have one for main body, one for wing stripes, one for vents

4.00 mm crochet hook

Tapestry Needle

Stuffing

Optional: felt for cockpit

Optional: 2 stitch markers

Terms

CH-chain stitch

SL-slip stitch

MC-magic circle

SC-single crochet

INC-do two single crochet in one stitch

TINC-do three single crochet in one stitch

DEC-do one single crochet over two stitches

DC-double crochet

H2C-half double crochet

For this pattern, please make sure you are using the x-shaped stitches instead of v! Here is a guide to make sure you know how to do it!

BODY

MC 4    (4)

[sc, inc] *2    (6)

[sc, inc] *3    (9)

sc 8, inc    (10)

inc, sc 9    (11)

sc 5, inc, sc 5    (12)

[sc 3, inc]*3    (15)

[sc 2, inc, sc 2]*3    (18)

sc    (18)

[inc, sc, inc][sc 2, inc, sc 3][inc, sc, inc][sc 2, inc, sc 3]    (24) * At this stage, a separation between wings and cockpit forms, so I've separated those into sections to make it more clear what is happening.

sc    (24)

[sc 5][sc 3, tinc, sc 3][sc 5][sc 3, tinc, sc 2    (24) *If you are using stitch markers, I really recommend that you place one in the middle of the tinc stitch or corresponding sc on rows that don't have tinc. This helps you to keep track of the edge of your wing and make sure the plane lies flat. Additionally, note that the last [ ] here is not closed. This is because the last stitch of this round and the first of the next will be dec together.

dec, sc 3, dec][sc 3, tinc, sc 3][dec, sc 3, dec][sc 3, tinc, sc 3]    (28)

sc , dec, sc7, tinc, sc 5, inc, sc 6, tinc, sc 3    (32)

dec, sc 3, dec][sc 4, tinc, sc 4][dec, sc 3, dec][sc 4, tinc, sc ]    (32)

sc 10, tinc, sc 15, tinc, sc 5    (36)

sc    (36)

sc 11, tinc, sc 17, tinc, sc 6    (40)

sc 12, tinc, sc 19, tinc, sc 7    (44)

sc    (44)

sc    (44)

sc    (44)

sc 14, ch 3 sl into 2nd ch, pinch wing flat, stitch in both stitches [dc, hdc in same stitch, 6 sc] sc 15, pinch wing flat, stitch in both stitches [dc, hdc in same stitch, 6 sc] sc 1    (44)

sc 8, continue on other side of wing, sc 9, continue on other side of wing, sc. Stuff with filling, making sure to keep as much ouf of wings as possible.    (18)

sc    (18)

sc    (18)

sc    (18)

sc    (18)

sc    (18)

sc    (18)

sc    (18)

back loop only [dec 2, sc 5, dec 2, sc 5]    (14)

dec    (7)

Horizontal Tailfin (make 2)

ch 7

turn, skip 1, sl, sc 5 (5)

ch 1, turn, sc 4, dec (4)

ch 2, turn, dec, sc 2 (3)

ch 2, turn dc 2, hdc

Vertical Tailfin (make 2)

ch 3

turn, skip 1, sc, inc (3)

ch, turn, inc, sc 2 (4)

ch, turn, sc 3, inc (5)

Stripes (Long and short)

This is highly dependent on what your yarn is like, and how tightly you crochet. I personally find ch 20 and ch 16 work well for me, but results may vary. Your ultimate goal is that the stripe can comfortably reach around the wing

Vents (make 2)

Ch 14, turn, skip 2, dc 12

To be most accurate, the top of the plane should have a shorter piece of the vents than the bottom. This part can be tricky to sew on, so remember to align the inside edge with the narrow part of the nose cone for best effects!

Cockpit

Ch 5

Turn, skip 1, Sc 3, tinc, sc3 in back of row 1, sc 2 in first stitch

Or, you can just use a piece of felt if the shape is not pleasing!

Sewing things together should be pretty self explanatory. If you make a little guy with this pattern please show me I want to see planes...!!!!

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #51: 2000

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Faith Hill, Santana and Rob Thomas, Santana and The Product G&B, Joe, Vertical Horizon, Destiny's Child, Savage Garden, Lonestar, Matchbox Twenty, Toni Braxton. End description]

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Welcome to the new millennium. A good year for country, ballads, and country ballads. Alternative rock is starting to appear more in the pop charts, and the genre will soon come to define the sound of rock for this decade (along with post-grunge, which will come later). Latin pop and rock is also growing in popularity, with artists like Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, and the mainstream resurgence of Carlos Santana. This sound would also have a lot of influence over pop and R&B songs by non-Latin artists. Not coincidentally, this is also the year the Latin Grammy Awards was created. These genres do have there distinct sounds and characteristics, but a lot of American music publications at the time used the labels to describe "any pop or rock song in Spanish". I don't think I could do the nuances of this topic justice, so for more of that I'd recommend reading Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora by Roberto Avant-Mier.

2000 is also notable for being the year Metallica sued Napster. This suit would later be followed by A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., in which Napster was sued by A&M Records and 18 record companies and members of the Recording Industry Association of America. But for most of the year, Metallica (specifically the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich) was the prominent example of artists fighting against music piracy. This is important to bring up, because issues surrounding the cost of music will continue to shape the record industry for the following decades. But more importantly, it gives me an excuse to share this anti-Napster PSA Metallica made for MTV. You're welcome.

[pinbones-creations]

Ghostly from TADC -- free crochet pattern

Ravelry link to free PDF here

Ok listen, I know they only appeared for a minute in one episode but I love their shape and their face! I made two immediately, and I made a pattern in case anyone else is interested.

Pattern below the cut:

You will need:

- less than 50g/160m of DK* yarn in two colours: turquoise/green and white

- a 3.5mm* crochet hook

*Sizes can be changed if you want. This will affect the amount of yarn used and the resulting amigurumi size.

- stuffing

- a darning needle to sew and hide ends

- pins

- scissors (unless you like snapping your yarn)

- stitch marker / scrap yarn to mark the round start

Stitch key (US terminology)

sc: single crochet

inc: increase

dec: invisible decrease

hdc: half-double crochet

ss: slip stitch

Finish off: slip stitch into the next stitch, cut your yarn, and pull the loop until the end comes through

Head

1. 6sc into a magic ring [6]

2. 6inc [12]

3. (sc, inc) x6 [18]

4. (sc, inc, sc) x6 [24]

5. (3sc, inc) x6 [30]

6-9. 30sc (4 rounds) [30]

10. (3sc, dec) x6 [24]

11. 24sc [24]

12. (sc, dec, sc) x6 [18]

13. 18sc [18]

Stuff the head. Keep stuffing as you go.

14. (sc, dec) x6 [12]

15. 12sc [12]

16. 4sc, 4dec [8]

17. 4sc, 2dec [6]

18. 4sc, dec [5]

Finish off. Thread the tail through each front loop, and pull to cinch the hole closed.

Body

Some stitches are slip stitches (ss). These must be kept loose, so you can go into them again without trouble.

1. 7sc into a magic ring [7]

2. 7inc [14]

3. (sc, inc) x7 [21]

4. (3sc, inc, 3sc) x3 [24]

5. (7sc, inc) x3 [27]

6. 27sc [27]

7. 27sc [27]

8. (7sc, dec) x3 [24]

9. 3sc, 8ss, 4sc, 8hdc, sc [24]

10. 4sc, dec, 2sc, dec, 5sc, 8hdc, sc [22]

11. 5sc, dec, 6sc, 8hdc, sc [21]

12. 3sc, 6ss, 4sc, 8hdc [21]

13. 3sc, dec, 2sc, dec, 4sc, 8hdc [19]

14. 2sc, 6ss, 2sc, 9hdc [19]

Stuff as you go.

15. (2sc, dec) x2, 3sc, dec, 3hdc, dec, sc [15]

16. sc, 6ss, 2dec, 2hdc, dec [12]

17. (2sc, dec) x3 [9]

18. 9sc [9]

19. (sc, dec) x3 [6]

20. 6sc [6]

21. 4sc, dec [5]

Poke some stuffing into the tip and finish off. Use the tail to cinch the end shut.

Sew the head to the body (see below).

Align the head to the body, like the pic on the right, with the head angled. Use pins to mark the corners of where you want to sew the piece. It's easier to attach a circle when you treat it like a square.

Eyes (x2)

1. (turquoise/green) 7sc into a magic ring [7]

Slip stitch into the first sc with white yarn.

2. (white) 7inc [14]

Slip stitch and finish off. Pin the eyes high on the face, about 4 stitches apart.

If you want an open mouth, first mark a diamond shape, roughly covering the starting magic ring. Using that as a guide, embroider on a round/oval solid white segment using a fill stitch (below).

To embroider this, repeatedly add vertical lines that are longer at the centre until you get a solid-looking circle/oval. You can then optionally sew around it with a couple of large lines to define the edge.

UWU mouth pieces (x2)

Make in your turquoise/green yarn.

1. 4sc into a magic ring [4]

2. 3inc, 2ss [7]

The second slip stitch does go beyond the end of the row. Finish off.

Attach the uwu segments side-by-side with the slip stitch sides touching each other.

Sew the uwu pieces slightly covering the mouth. :3

After that, sew on the eyes if you haven't already. The bottoms of the eyes should be just below the top of the lip.

Arms (x2)

1. 5sc into a magic ring [5]

2. 5sc [5]

3. 4sc, inc [6]

4. 6sc [6]

5. 5sc, inc [7]

6. 7sc [7]

7. 7sc [7]

8. 7sc [7]

9. 6sc, inc [8]

10. 8sc [8]

Stuff the arm lightly. Fold the open part so your current stitch is at one corner. Push your hook through both sides and 4sc across the top to shut it.

Attach the arms at the sides, between the two rows just below where the head connects.

You should now be done!

[oceandiagonale]

For oc sunday! I dont know if I've sent post geo yam yet so here you go!

I've also been experimenting with some shauna designs!

I'm trying to make her designs more sporty and have come to the executive decision that she only wears shorts

(If the contest outfit is confusing, I just finished playing OR! I'm moving onto Moon now!)

[first image: reference of Yam in her post-Geosenge Incident outfit. She is wearing a black dress with a blood-orange collar, sash, belt, sleeve cuffs, buttons, hem, and shoulder bag. Her tights are also black, and her shoes are black and blood orange. Her felt hat and ponytail hair tie are also blood orange, and there are blood-red Eternal Flowers decorating her hat, bag, and sleeve cuffs. Her arms are crossed and she's looking down nervously.

second image: figure pencil sketches, and several references of Shauna's outfits:

1- a pink tanktop and flats with a blue cardigan, white shorts with gold accents, blue leg warmers, and bandaids on one knee.

2- drawing of her bag, pink and white with a black bow and a black shoulder strap.

3- blue tanktop with a black rose pattern and solid gold vertical stripes, bracelets (inc. mega stone), white shorts with a black hem and pink roses, and pink gladiator sandals.

4- a winter outfit: blue and dark blue puffy jacket, white tights and blue leg warmers under pink shorts, and white/pink ice skates.

5- Shauna's original outfit, with longer shorts and longer sandal straps.

6- Pink magical girl-esque dress with white gloves, a white overshirt/sleeves, and pink boots (and black bows/accents)

7- Contest outfit: rainbow halter top (?) with a white undershirt+shorts, yellow poofy sleeves, a blue train (?) and rainbow shoes with straps.]

MORE REALLY FUN DESIGNS FROM LAST YEAR 🥺🥺🥺

[judgeitbyitscover]

Ring (1991) by Koji Suzuki

Cover art by Chip Kidd

Vertical Inc, March 2003

A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.

Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan—a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic—haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late—for everyone—assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.

[goatsludge]

A build with something to interest or upset every flavor of AR enthusiast

UPPER: - Daytona Tactical Stripped A2 Upper Receiver, FDE - Aero Precision Forward Assist and Dust Cover - Amherst Military Depot A2 Rear Sight Assembly - Milspec Charging Handle w/ YHM Extended Tactical Latch - Toolcraft Bolt Carrier Group, Black Nitride - Ballistic Advantage Modern Series Government Profile 16" Barrel, Mid-Length, 1:7 Twist, with FSB and A2 Birdcage Flash Hider - BCM MCMR Rail, 9.5", H-267 Magpul FDE Custom Cerakote - Surefire M640DF Scout Pro Weapon Light, Tan - Magpul MVG Vertical Foregrip

LOWER: - Anderson AM-15 Lower Receiver, H-265 FDE Custom Cerakote - Lancer Systems L5 AWM Magazine, Smoke - KAK 6-Position Milspec Buffer Tube and Carbine Buffer - FCD CNF Castle Nut w/ Amherst Military Depot End Plate - Magpul CTR Carbine Buttstock, Black - LaRue MBT-2S 2-Stage Trigger - APF Armory Lower Parts Kit - Magpul Aluminum Enhanced Trigger Guard - VFC Lone Star Ordnance Stowaway 2 Grip (Modified) - BCM Quick Detach Sling Swivel, 1" D-Ring - AWS Inc. P/N 52199 Padded Sling, Foliage Green (I've since swapped it out for my Edgar Sherman ESD Sling in AOR-1)

Cerakoting work done by D.Wilson