US Congressman Hollis (David Huddleston), who has a vested interested in the space program for his district, finds himself seated next to Vice President Price (James Karen) and his wife. An Apollo-era Saturn V stands on the launchpad, as VIPs are seated outdoors to observe the launch. The movie opens on a January morning space launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, circa late 1970s. “Capricorn One” (1977) US Congressman Hollis (David Huddleston) antagonizes Vice-President Price (James Karen) and his wife (Virginia Price) by debating space program funding at the ‘launch’ of Capricorn One. While I only remember seeing the movie on TV growing up ( missed it in theatrical release), I screened it on a 7 ft/2 meter screen via my HD digital projector in a darkened room for this review, to give it as close to a theatrical presentation as possible. I intend to review “Capricorn One” as a movie, not a docudrama. Writer/director Peter Hyams ( “Outland,” “2010: The Year We Make Contact”) has crafted a cynical, suspenseful, well-acted thriller with just enough action, humor and adventure to make the inherently ridiculous premise go down that much easier. With that out of the way, the primary focus of this column is sci-fi/fantasy entertainment, and in that regard, “Capricorn One”-despite its inherently ridiculous premise ( which I’ll get into later)-is a very entertaining movie with a solid cast, and some of the best ( practical) aerial stunt footage prior to “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022). A mission to Mars is faked in “Capricorn One” the movie that added fuel to the fire of many conspiracy theorists… I’m a firm believer in the manifold accomplishments of global space programs, so I don’t subscribe to nutty conspiracy theories. As longtime readers of this site might’ve gleaned over the past six or so years, I’m a longtime, passionate fan of real-life space exploration, having been a member of The Planetary Society for nearly 30 years. I am not, nor have I ever been someone who doubts the validity of the Apollo manned lunar landings. I feel the need to preface this review/analysis of 1977’s “Capricorn One” with a bit of personal opinion, since we live in an age where easily verifiable and demonstrable facts are currently called into question ( i.e, the rise of Flat Earth and anti-vaccination movements).
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To further explain, most multipurpose computers running operating systems like macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu (a full version of Linux with a GUI) are designed to almost anything within the limits of the hardware. So, adding an application on top of that to further process the sound or bypass the OS is inherently antithetical to the minimalist design of such devices and, yes, even inferior to the excellent music-processing algorithms built into distributed music-serving software like Roon. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist or that they can make a music server based on a multipurpose computer sound better, but bridge devices, streaming DAC’s, and everything made by Aurender actually are stripped down computers with an operating system already optimized for playing music. Now that many people use NAS’s with bridge devices or streaming DAC’s, or all-in-one music servers like the Aurender N10, you don’t hear so much about Amarra, Audirvana Plus, and Pure Music anymore. They all worked a little bit differently generally relying on proprietary or semi-proprietary music-processing algorithms, generally but not always running on top of iTunes, and frequently bypassing macOS’s Core Audio functions, which had its own set of sonic limitations. Not long ago, when most home music servers used MacBook Pros or Mac minis, third-party applications like Amarra, Audirvana Plus, and Pure Music (or JRiver Media Player for Windows) helped to bring out the best in your collection of music downloads and, in some cases, offered integration of streaming services like Spotify or TIDAL. Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsApp With this partnership, AnyDesk aims to evaluate and implement technical countermeasures to prevent scams from happening. In addition to the projects already mentioned, AnyDesk has recently joined "Stop Scams UK," a British, industry-led collaboration of responsible businesses across the banking, telecoms, and technology sectors such as Google, Meta, and Barclays. Caldwell continues, "We're looking forward to building something amazing here, and we would love to get other companies involved - A proactive approach is always better than a reactive one.” The AVAH Outreach Group specializes in preventing fraud by monitoring call centers and intervening to protect victims mid scam call. Funds will go towards education and reimbursement of victims and will be distributed by the foundation under recommendation from the AVAH Outreach Group. To kick off the project, AnyDesk is establishing the Fraud Fighters Foundation as well as pledging $10,000 to fraud prevention efforts. Collaboration of this level will ensure when a user has been flagged for engaging in fraud, the information will be shared amongst other remote access companies, so they can collectively combat misuse. “This work is expected to inspire collaboration amongst competitors and is planned to include a list of shared non-descriptive identifiers that can be used to stop fraud on a global level”, says Caldwell. In collaboration with Jim Browning, the AnyDesk Anti-Fraud Taskforce has started to explore a partnership with the internationally renowned spam-fighting company, SpamHaus. We would love to build something bigger here and urge other remote access companies to work with us" said Jim Browning, a prominent YouTuber and expert on scam baiting. "As always, these scammers adapt and will switch to other remote access solutions. By partnering with experienced “scam baiters” such as KitBoga, ScammerPayback, and Jim Browning, who intentionally bait the call centers and waste their time AnyDesk can take action and ban these call centers in a proactive manner. We partner with various creators and scam baiters to take a proactive approach to fraud prevention" said Matthew Caldwell, one of the company's fraud prevention specialists.ĪnyDesk has already shut down several call centers, preventing fraudulent activity by severing the connections to thousands of devices in real-time. "This task force is dedicated to stopping fraud in real-time. Scammers mixed together a malicious cocktail of social engineering, SIM-swapping, and remote desktop software to empty the bank accounts of at least three victims.AnyDesk, the world's leading provider of remote access software, announced today the creation of the AnyDesk Anti-Fraud Taskforce. In total, victims lost more than $350,000. They were likely swindled by the same individuals since the modus operandi and some details were the same in all three cases. The scams happened over the summer in Budapest and started with the ruse of a well-located apartment offered for sale below the market value.Įnticed by the offer, the victims showed their interest and responded to the ad, learning that the lower price was because the owner, who was living abroad, needed money urgently.Ī “relative” of the owner acted as an intermediary for the transaction and promised potential victims more pictures of the property than shown in the original online ad, along with a video. In two cases, the scammer convinced the victims to install AnyDesk remote desktop application to transfer the pictures and videos, Hungarian publication 24 reports. Since AnyDesk is legitimate software, and the victims downloaded it directly from the developer’s website, there was no reason to suspect foul play. The fraudster maintained access to the victim computer even after transferring the files and could search for sensitive info (documents, passwords, personal details) that would help them further in their scheme. The goal was to log into the victim’s bank account and steal available funds but with two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on, they also needed access to incoming messages on the mobile phone. So they ran a SIM-swap scam, essentially tricking mobile service provider employees into activating a new SIM card with the victim’s phone number. Our dedicated professionals are also available to ensure your two way radio rental application is set up and fully supported for optimal performance. We offer monthly and weekly rates for UK two way radio hire, as well as excellent customer service and technical support. Radio Rentals South Australia is a different business from the Thorn Radio Rentals business that operates across the rest of Australia and closed its stores in April this year.Radio hire in today’s cost-conscious business radio environment, purchasing wireless equipment isn’t always the best option. The launch will kick off with a ‘Don’t tell Dave Sale’ (Dave is Snaffle’s chief financial officer) which will include discounts on popular products from Apple, Samsung, Sony and more. Snaffle will initially focus on former Radio Rentals and inRent customers, offering new rental contracts from one to three years with low prices and flexible rental terms on home appliances, furnishings, and electronics. We are determined to reimagine and reinvigorate the appliance rental market.” This acquisition is a demonstration of our confidence in the industry, customers, and staff. Aspire42 is dedicated to fair, responsible, and compliant leases that allow our valued customers access to must-have products. We have also seen a big increase in sales of electricals, particularly in the early months of lockdown,” he said.Īspire42 and Snaffle managing director, Wayne Richardson added: “The 60-year legacy of providing affordable consumer goods via Radio Rentals in South Australia will continue but with a modern online twist. Our approach mirrors that trend in terms of the move to online, but we are very much looking to what comes next in terms of how people want to access the products they want. “This process has been happening for years, but Covid-19 has just fast-forwarded the evolution. When asked how consumer buying behaviour has evolved over the past few months as a result of Covid-19, Winslow believes the fundamental change has been the accelerated move to online shopping away from bricks and mortar stores. We don’t believe people should be penalised for wanting to pay for products in this way.” That starts with pricing we want to break the mould of compounding the cost of a rental if you take out a longer contract. In the first instance we look to give them a better deal. The rental and subscription economy are such a common part of modern life and Aspire42 wants to bring the consumer leasing industry in line with that and away from its historical association, Winslow said. We can now offer loyal customers a new rental option within a business that serves the whole country,” he told Appliance Retailer. “To take on an iconic name and have it as an integral part of the history of our new brand was an added bonus on the commercial opportunity to take on the inRent book of business. However, the consumer rental business, inRent, which finances rental contracts through various retailers, was owned by a separate entity and not impacted by the Radio Rentals exit.Īspire42 chief marketing officer, Paul Winslow said the Radio Rentals name was an “attractive option” to complement the group’s existing consumer leasing brands – Essential Appliance Rentals and Make It Mine. Edwards) and New South Wales (trading as gedd!t). Radio Rentals was strategically withdrawn from the market in April 2019, impacting retail and online sales operations in South Australia, Queensland (trading as R.T. Investor group, Aspire42 is breathing new life into Radio Rentals South Australia with the launch of a new online appliance rental business, Snaffle.Īspire42 recently completed its acquisition of the South Australian Radio Rentals brand name and inRent receivables book. The 3D model plays an important role in boosting user conversion. Using those fancy gadgets, such an app can leave users with the first impression upon products in a fresh way! Show product article list/BOM in cart if enabled.Displaying products with 3D models is something too great to ignore for an e-commerce app. Bugfix: price calculation for multi-language sites. Feature: Include Expivi's order data in RestAPI response. Get bundled product prices from Magento store. + fix print ready file image upload fitting issue + Fix price calculation with hidden attributes + Fix multi-line text input on Print ready service. + Snap to edges in design canvas of Print ready service. + Dictate which image types are allowed to be upload in Print ready service. + allow to set Preset ID for Expivi linked products If you have any issues with this extension email to Alternatively, you can create an issue on our GitHub page. The web-component provides a JavaScript Interface to allow you to build your own templates. 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Go to our Pricing-page to see an overview of our plans: installed you will need to configure the extension since credentials are required for the Expivi platform. You may go for the free plan or upgrade your account to a paid plan. Each subscription plan comes with a free 30-day trial. Another disadvantage of the conventional way is, after completing a rendering, you can't add anything else, Expivi does offer this possibility.īefore installing the extension, you need to manually create an account on Expivi's platform. Expivi uses, in contrast to competitors, the original product drawings for all the information they need. Current (heavy) software takes a very long time to create a 3D rendering for products, where every single option is included. What makes Expivi unique is that Expivi is a SaaS solution and optimizes product personalization. It is very important to add a WOW-factor to a webshop and to offer customers the customer experience they deserve, while in the backend the stock will be automatically updated.Įxpivi offers infinite adding of configurations and the ability to view them in any browser. By using AR it is possible for customers to see (using their smartphone) if the couch on the webshop fits - and what it looks like - in their living room. Using the technologies of Expivi you can go even further in achieving the ultimate customer experience. This works with every product, big (such as a car) to small (such as a pair of sunglasses). The products are 360º rotatable, they can be zoomed into and can completely be adjusted. Customers can make changes to the product (color, material, size, etc) and if these changes affect the price, this will be shown straight away. Unfortunately, a lot of webshops only offer one or two pictures and a description, that often does not explain a lot more about the product.Įxpivi offers every webshop the possibility to display their products in 3D in a simple and efficient way! This way the potential customer can see exactly what they are buying. Stay ahead of the competitors and tap into 3D Ecommerce with Expivi! Expivi is the 3D eCommerce platform that offers an innovative way to show your products in 3D and augmented reality. Online shoppers want to get a clear image of the products they are buying. This extension provides functionality to use the Expivi viewer and configurator in Magento 2. Expiviis the 3D eCommerce platform that offers an innovative way to show your products in 3D and AR that can be customized in realtime while boosting your sales. A machine would pump odors into movie theaters corresponding with the action on screen, like the smell of gun smoke during a shootout. That effect is due to the OVR hardware.Īt first it feels a bit like a modern day Smell-o-Vision, Hollywood's attempt from the late 1950s and early 1960s to incorporate scent into movies. When you pull the rose away, the smell instantly disappears instead of lingering like a perfume. Users testing out the device can try out demos like picking and smelling a virtual rose. Inside the cartridge are vials of scents manufactured in the OVR lab. "What we wanted to do was, as accurately as possible, recreate how we experience smell in the real world in the virtual world," said Andrew Wisniewski, OVR's CEO and co-founder.Īt the company's headquarters at Hula in Burlington's South End, Wisniewski held his company's signature device in the palm of his hand: a black cartridge that snaps onto a VR headset and fits over the nose. OVR Technology is one of a handful of companies developing scent technology for virtual reality. Now, thanks to a Burlington, Vermont-based tech startup, you can also smell. Put on a VR headset, and you can play a video game, host a work meeting or even do a guided meditation, all while exploring what feels like a three-dimensional virtual space. The virtual reality market is expanding rapidly. (Mikaela Lefrak/VPR) This article is more than 1 year old. OVR Technology co-founder Andrew Wisniewski shows how his company's technology allows users to smell in virtual reality. If you notice bubbling, determine location of the leak. An air leak presents as small air bubbles the amount of bubbling indicates the degree of the leak. Start by examining the air-leak detection chamber in the water seal of the drainage device. In some cases, chemical or mechanical pleurodesis may be indicated.Īssess for air leaks at least once per shift and as needed, based on your patient’s respiratory status. The patient may require a long-term chest tube or replacement of the current tube if it’s malpositioned. Such leaks can increase hospital stays and lead to pneumonia, infection, and other complications. They indicate that negative pressure hasn’t been restored and the injury isn’t resolving. Prolonged leaks-those lasting more than 5 days after thoracic surgery-are more dangerous than acute leaks. (The authors assume readers have basic knowledge about chest-tube function and care.) Managing air leaksĪlthough air leaks commonly resolve without intervention, they must be evaluated fully before chest-tube removal to ensure adequate restoration of negative pressure in the pleural space. It discusses several complications and describes how to prevent and manage problems during tube removal. This article can help you feel more confident when caring for patients with chest tubes. Even then, unanticipated events and complications can occur. To help prevent complications, clinicians must be familiar with basic thoracic and pleural anatomy, insertion-site care, dressing changes, and proper chest-tube management. (See Chest-tube indications.)Īlthough they can save lives, chest tubes can pose significant risks unless assessed and managed properly. The tube helps restore negative pressure, preventing further respiratory complications. This allows them to continue to recover from thoracic surgery at home or, in some cases, to receive palliative care.Ī chest tube is indicated when negative pressure in the pleural space is disrupted, as from thoracic surgery or unanticipated trauma. More recently, to help shorten hospital stays and reduce readmissions, patients are being discharged with smaller, more portable chest tubes. Once treated only in high-acuity settings, patients with chest tubes now receive care in inpatient medical-surgical floors, outpatient procedural areas (such as interventional radiology), and other settings. 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Missing the advanced options you might find in other, more robust audio file converters. New advantages are observed in this respect in that it is possible to represent the infinite values from the Möbius transform to a Riemann’s sphere and thus having a three-dimensional graphical tool where practically all passive and active impedances and parameters which can be difficult to draw in the traditional chart as stability circles. The object was to study its potential with respect the traditional chart in microwave engineering. In this entry I had the first contact with the three-dimensional Smith’s chart. Due to both reflection coefficients, S 11 y S 22 are into the stable regions, then the amplifier is stable. In this case, the stable region in the input stability circle is inside and in the otuput stabiliy circle is outside. 14 – Low noise amplifier and stability circles The entire complex surface is represented on a spherical surface by a stereographic projection of this plane.įig. The Riemann’s sphere is a mathematical solution for representing the complete complex plane, including infinity. But with oscillators still have the problem of complex infinity, which could be solved through a representation in a Riemann’s sphere. In a graphical computer environment, representing the circles is already performed by the software itself through the calculations, being able to limit the chart to the passive region and drawing only a part of the circle of stability. However, the extension is needed when the amplifier stability circles are analyzing, since in most of cases the centers of these circles are located outside the passive impedance chart. However,this chart shows two issues: 1) although it allows to represent all the impedances, there is a problem with the complex infinity, so it remains limited and 2) the chart has large dimensions that make it difficult to us in a graphic environment, even in a computer-aided environment. 2- Smith’s Chart expanded to active impedances Traditionally, Smith’s Chart has been represented in polar form as shown belowįig. These circles made it easier for him to represent any impedance in a polar space, with the maximum matching placed in the center of the chart and the outer circle representing the pure reactance. By means of the mathematical expressions that define the impedances in the transmission lines, he got to represent the impedance complex plane by circles with constant resistances and reactances. When Phillip Smith was working at Bell Labs, he have to match one antenna and he was looked for a way to solve the design graphically. In this post, I will try to show the handling of the three-dimensional Smith Chart and its application for a low-noise amplifier design. Advances in 3D rendering software make it easy to use for design. Last years, three-dimensional Smith Chart has become popular. However, the 2D format has some restrictions when the active impedances (oscillators) or stability circles (amplifiers) are represented, since these ones usually leave the polar chart. Traditionally, the Smith Chart has been used as 2-D polar form, centered at an unit radius circle. Developed by Phillip Smith in 1939, it has become the most popular graphic method for representing impedances and solving operations with complex numbers. The Smith Chart is a standard tool in RF design. The people featured on this site may not have been convicted of the charges or. The information and photos presented on this site have been collected from the websites of County Sheriff's Offices or Clerk of Courts. 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