Hi everyone i'm rincey and this is rincey reads. Today i'm going to be doing
my April wrap-up part 2. April, right? Yes, it's April. I have no idea what day it
is anymore. Today I'm going to be talking about the books that I read in the second half
of the month. I will link up in the cards my part one wrap up that I did a couple
of weeks ago where he talked about the books that I read in the first half of
the month in case you haven't seen that one already.
So yeah, let's jump into the books. So the first book I'm just going to mention
very briefly is I read Circe by Madeline Miller. I'm not gonna talk about
this one very much here because I did an entire review on this one last week
because I love this book so so much. And I would just tell you I gave it a five
out of five stars. So go ahead and watch that review if you want more information
about this book or more of my thoughts on this book. But yeah, I adored it. I am
just going to give a blanket recommendation to everyone to pick up
this book because I, yeah, I really, really enjoyed it. Alright next I read the long
way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers. This is a book I picked up for
the book riot read harder challenge of a read a science fiction book with a
female protagonist written by a female author. So yeah, I read this one because
everyone here on booktube adores it and so I figured it would be a good one for
me to pick up since I don't read a lot of science fiction. Again, I've heard this
one is really accessible and it's true. This is just a really fun, delightful
story. So if for some reason you haven't heard about this book yet, you are
basically following this crew of people on the spaceship called the wayfarer.
And while there is a plot to the story basically what you're doing is you're
following them as they head off to a job. They're tunnelers. They explained in the
book what that means. I'm not gonna pretend like I fully understand
everything that was happening in this book. But there's just a crew of people.
And so you get to really see who all of these people are. They're not all humans.
They're different like species and stuff happening in here as well. So there's
that whole aspect to it. But yeah, I just found this to be a really just fun,
heartwarming read. The characters in here are all really interesting. I think
on Goodreads I rated it a four out of five stars. But I think like in general
it's a more like a three and a half for me. The only reason why I docked it down
that half star in my head is because it gets a little
heavy-handed sometimes with the more moral type stuff. Like some of the ways
that the characters are used in here to talk about things like gender and racism
and sexuality, like obviously, I enjoy books that have those positive messages
in them. But it felt a little bit heavy-handed at times in this book.
But overall I really enjoyed this book. It was so much fun. It was a book that I
didn't want to put down. And I feel like this is a book that I could recommend to
a bunch of different people even if they're not necessarily science fiction
readers themselves like me. I'm not really a science fiction reader very
much. And so this was a great entry-level book. I'm definitely going to be checking
out more books cause I know that she wrote, not the sequel but like the companion
novel to this one that's out. And I think she has a third book that's coming out
this year. So I definitely plan on picking those up eventually as well.
I know that the second one is really different from this one but I think that
I just enjoy these characters enough that I'm willing to read more about them.
Alright the next book that I picked up was dark chapter by Winnie M. Li. This is
a fiction mystery book technically but this story is based on events that
occurred to the author. So in the story you are following Vivian who is this
Taiwanese American young woman. She is now living in London and she likes to
travel usually by herself to go like hiking and things like that. So she
travels to Belfast to go on this hike and also for work. And while she is on
this hike, she ends up getting attacked and raped. So you follow the story from
both her point of view as well as the young man who attacks her. And it
switches back and forth between the two perspectives. So you see what Vivian's
life is like and what sort of led up until this point. And you also see her
recovering after the fact. And then you also follow again the attackers point of
view and you see his life up into this point and what his life was like moving
forward. This book was okay. The things I liked about this book is that this book
is very honest and real about the attack itself as well as the effects that the
attack has on people. Like this book is very detailed about how like after
Vivian's attacked the steps that she had to take with the police how she had to
tell her story multiple times to multiple
different people, like the police stationed at the hospital and things
like that. The sort of almost degrading process that you have to go through at
the hospital to get like a rape kit done, to like be photographed, like have your
bruises and whatever photographed, things like that. And how much of a toll that
takes on someone who's already like a victim and the difficult things they
have to deal with even after the fact while they're looking for the person and
things like that. It also talks about how difficult it was for her to just like
deal with other people and trying to move forward and things like that. But I
don't think this book is very well written and at times it felt a little
bit too neatly packaged. Like I think that this book is a good eye opener for
a lot of people especially if they don't really know that much about the impacts
that being attacked can have on a person. It's one of those things where it's like
I feel bad criticizing it because obviously this is based on true life and
her real experiences. But at the same time, something about the way this book
was put together just really didn't appeal to me very much. I felt like
everything from the attackers point of view just felt very almost stereotypical
at times. And just yeah, I had a hard time with this one. I never really connected
with it. And one of the things I had a problem with, not a problem with, but it
was hard to read a lot of times cause they're very detailed about the
attack and they go over it multiple times. Like there's a scene where she's
getting attacked and you read very explicitly what's happening and then
there's a scene I think when she's talking to either the police officers
where again it's described explicitly and then there's another scene where
they're in a courtroom and again it's talked about explicitly. I kind of
understand because obviously she's had to deal with it multiple times and talk
about explicitly multiple times. But as a reader it was really hard to read.
So obviously major trigger warnings for this book. I definitely don't recommend
it to everyone because they don't think it's going to be easy for people to read
this topic and to read about it in the way that it's written. But I do think
that it's one of those books where I'm glad that it's written because it talks
about things so openly and honestly. I don't know. I'm of two minds with this
book and I don't really know exactly where I land with it.
So yeah. If this book sounds interesting to you or it sounds like
something that you would want to read I say like you know maybe get it from the
library. Yeah, the way that this book is written was just really off-putting for
me in a way that had a strong negative effect on the way that I viewed this
overall story. All right and the final book that I have to talk about in this
video is promise me, dad by Joe Biden. The subtitle to this is a year of hope,
hardship and purpose. So if you saw back in December my vlog that I did, I went
and I actually saw Joe Biden speak live here in Chicago while he was touring for
this book. And with the ticket we also got a copy of the book, obviously.
So I actually listened to this one on audiobook I picked up the audiobook from
Audible because Joe Biden narrates it and I feel like
thats always a great way to experience memoirs and I'm really glad that I did
that. I think that if you're a fan of Joe Biden, you're going to like this book but
I think that if you're not a fan of Joe Biden, I don't know if you're necessarily
going to like this book. So the premise behind this book is that it
follows basically the year from when he finds out that his son has cancer up and
through his son passing away and sort of dealing with the grief after the fact.
Generally I don't like memoirs by politicians because in my eyes it always
feels like they're selling me on something, whether it be like themselves
or the work that they've done or something along those lines. Like I know
in general memoirs are usually written a relatively positive light. But I feel
like especially politicians, it just feels like, okay, I get it. Like you think
you've been doing good work sometimes. So generally I stay away from them. This one
I picked up because Joe Biden's son Beau who was the topic of this book passed
away maybe like four months after my dad passed away. And I remember it very
distinctly because his son passed away on a Saturday, and Sunday I was on Twitter and
people were talking about how they felt obviously. And someone shared a link
to a speech Joe Biden gave. It was prior to Beau passing away because Joe Biden's
wife and daughter, I want to say, passed away a number of years ago. And so he was
giving a speech to the family members of fallen soldiers and he talks about grief
and dealing with grief. And watching that speech
soon after my dad passed away had a very strong positive effect on me and the
grieving process. It was like one of the first times where someone talked about
grief in a way that felt real to me. I'll link it in the description or up in the
cards if I can find a link to it because yeah just the way he talks about the
grieving process just really helped me through my grieving process. And so ever
since then I've had a slight affection for Joe Biden. And so I wanted to pick up
this book because again he talks about Beau passing away and he talks about
things like grief and grieving and things like that. So overall I enjoyed
this book especially for those reasons. It, again, just feels very honest and real
when it comes to dealing with things like grief. Joe Biden is a very positive
person too though. So this isn't really like a dark side of grief. It's more like
finding the hope, finding the joy finding the motivation to move forward and
things like that. But to be honest my favorite parts of this book are at any
time that Joe Biden talks about Obama because I'm all in for that Obama-Biden
friendship. Like the way that Joe Biden talks about Barack Obama is just so full
of love and it just makes me really happy. So
All of those passages, all of those chapters, I'm very much into. Also I'm
going to link to down below the video, if I can find it if it's still up, of when
Obama presented Biden with, I think it's the Medal of Honor he provided him with.
It was like within the last couple of months of their presidency that he
provides that to Joe Biden. And it warms my heart so much. But anyways that's a
giant tangent. So yeah, I, do I recommend this book? Yeah it's like well written
obviously and like if you like Joe Biden's personality you're gonna like
this book. And again, I not enjoy the way that he talks about grief but I think
that the way that you talked about grief is very honest and very helpful. So if
you are someone who is possibly grieving over something or someone then it might
be helpful to you as well. It's also really short so there's that too. So yeah,
I enjoyed it. I can't say that necessarily everyone's going to enjoy it
but I enjoyed it. All right so those are of the books that I have for you guys in
this video. Definitely leave a comment down below letting me know if you have read
any of these books and what your thoughts are on any of them. Or you
talk to me about what your favorite read was this month because I always
enjoy reading those comments as well. So yeah,
that's all I have for now and thanks for watching.
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LGR Oddware - 1988 Avon Beauty Vision Computer - Duration: 19:46.
Greetings and welcome to LGR Oddware, where we're taking a look at hardware and
software that is odd, forgotten, and obsolete. Like this right here, this is
the Avon Beauty Vision Computer from the 80s. It's very red but it's all packed up
in this thing here. And it comes with this that you're supposed to... this is...
just, this is weird, let's take a look at it.
This is the Avon Beauty Vision Personal Color Computer, released in 1988 or thereabouts. And it
may look like a suitcase but check this out.
Yeah man. Not only does it provide vision for your beauty but you get a proper
1980s PC-compatible computer inside capable of running MS-DOS. I didn't even
know this existed until I was browsing eBay one late night a year or two ago,
just looking for old laptops and other weird tech crap to cover on LGR. And then
I saw this thing show up and I had to have it. It only cost me 50 bucks to grab
this brand new unit but as for what it cost originally in 1988, I have no clue.
Because unlike most things that I cover on oddware this was not sold directly to
consumers. But instead was used by representatives of Avon Products to
recommend and sell cosmetics. And for any of the uninitiated among you, a key part
of Avon's business model, then and now, is to advertise and sell its beauty,
household, and personal care products through multi-level marketing. Mmm fun.
Anyway in the late 80s that typically meant that a so-called "Avon Lady" would
set a time in place for an event, often at someone's home or at a public meeting
space of some kind, and then potential customers would gather in one spot to
have the representative demonstrate a bunch of creams and serums and all that
kind of stuff before pressuring everyone to buy a bunch of things because the rep
needs that sweet Avon money. And yeah there's recruitment involved and a whole
bunch of other things about Avon's business practices we're not gonna go
into here, we're just gonna talk about the Beauty Vision Computer. And really
the whole idea behind this was to enhance the
appeal of these direct sales meetings by saying "hey look, it's the 80s and we've
got a computer!" And for a few years they were pushing this thing quite a bit,
especially in magazines like Cosmopolitan,
Ebony, Savvy, pretty much anywhere that you might find a potential Avon customer.
Like this January 1989 issue of Good Housekeeping. Forgive the visual quality
here, this was printed out on a less than brand-new microfiche machine. This little
tidbit right here and many others like it were found in all kinds of magazines,
saying stuff like "what can the latest computer know-how do for you? Beautiful
things! Consider Avon's Beauty Vision system which, via a unique color analyzer,
scientifically reads your skin tone to find out which makeup shades look best
on your face. And it's free to use! With a 5 dollar makeup purchase." So yeah, while
I don't know how much the actual whole unit itself cost, it apparently cost five
bucks to get your face blasted with light. So the way that the Beauty Vision
Computer worked, supposedly, is that it made use of an optical skin tone
analyzer, which is this unnervingly medical-looking handheld device right
here. Now you're supposed to point the business end of this at your face and
it'll flash your skin with bright light to provide a computerized analysis of
your skin tone. Seems legit. It then sends whatever it's gathered in terms of
information to the built-in computer here. Which as far as I can tell is a
modified Toshiba T1000 laptop from 1987. They've pretty much just put it in a new
case and covered up the function key row with this plastic barrier on top.
And yeah, once you've done the skin tone analyzer functionality thing it'll then
print out a list of suggested cosmetics and apparel and all sorts of other stuff
through the built-in thermal printer back here, which is one like you'd find
on a cash register's receipt printer. Hehe, I love how gimmicky this is! Anyway let's
take a look at the rest of the machine because you get a bunch of stuff in here.
Like this comprehensive color swatch backing on the lid of the unit showing
all the potential Avon options it might recommend to you based on your skin
tone. And it's divided up into four categories: cool, warm, ultra warm,
and ultra cool. And then you get the very glossy Avon Beauty Vision Operations
Card, which provides a guide to operations on a card. And it also happens
to hide the software for the computer underneath on a 720 kilobyte
three-and-a-half inch floppy disk. The card folds out to reveal all the
information that you really need, mostly how to turn it on, print stuff out, and
troubleshoot basic problems like jammed paper. It doesn't really need much more
than this seeing as the software itself holds your hand through pretty much
every step of the process, which we'll see in just a moment. And speaking of
the software this is it right here on this disk! It just inserts on the right
hand side down here right next to the 'gamma ray gun' and some ventilation slots.
And at this point you're ready to go! You just plug it in and turn it on, with the
power cord plugging into the top-right corner next to the power button and
reset switch. And I quite like how the power cable neatly tucks away underneath
this plastic door, it's all quite tidy and pleasant and not really getting in
the way. Which I guess is a good thing in the situation's this might be used in.
So yeah let's go ahead and get to beautifying ourselves with computers!
Okay everything is plugged in ready to go, disk is inserted let's turn it on.
And straight away we're getting a RAM test and being a T1000 it will go up to the
512 kilobytes that these things came with from Toshiba. Success! My apologies
for the brightness/contrast here, it's not great to me in person either. There
are no brightness/contrast controls here, at least not anymore. I'm assuming they
have all been covered up by the case that it's housed in. And yes there we go,
we start up with the Avon Beauty Vision Personal Color Computer logo loading
directly from this bootable floppy disk. And once it gets to this point you can
start hearing the skin sensor gun-thing making some slightly unnerving sounds,
very high-pitched...
[slight unnerving high-pitch whining and clicking noises]
And it seems to be drawing some power too because it actually dims the screen
a little bit every time it makes that sound. I'm assuming this is some sort of
startup calibration for the thing because it is flashing the light every
time it makes that little sound. And you can see in here where the end of the
device is stored there's this sort of light skin-colored fleshy tone that it's
looking at. So I'm assuming that maybe it thinks that's the neutral skin tone?
I don't know I'm just guessing. Now that it's done making concerning noises we
can press ENTER and get to enter today's date: April 23rd, 2018...
And it is not Y2K-compatible!
I will just put... heck, we can put anything. It's Christmas!
1986, my first Christmas. Well it won't take that either because it's before '89?
You particular piece of junk. Let's put the example year in, will it take that?
Okay fine. "Representative information: what language
do you prefer, English or Spanish?" I will take English.
Ikay it's doing the printer stuff now. Just printed a test print, just the whole
alphabet over there. "Press ENTER to continue."
"Calibration check: please make sure the skin tone analyzer is firmly placed in
its cradle," which I mean I thought we already did this when it started up.
But it's doing that again, so. You can see the screen dimming every time.
Oh good the anal-yzer is functioning! So let's see here, "enter the following
representative information where indicated." So this is where I was to, like,
say, if I was an Avon representative I would put in my information, not the
customer. So we're gonna put "LGR." And my phone number is three three three
seven seven seven four four four four--no it's not but that will work. I don't know
I'm just making crap up here, because obviously I'm not an Avon representative.
In case you're not aware, disclaimer. I am now ready to begin my first consultation!
[PC speaker music plays]
Yeah man. There's a theme song. "In what language
would you like your consultation," well, English again because you know. All right
now we're selecting the "consultation of your choice by typing in the correct number."
So personal color, wardrobe and cosmetic coordination, skin care consultation,
fragrance consultation, representative training information. I'm curious about
the training information so let's see here. We have consultation steps, team
selling approach. I mean sure, let's just go through the steps, let's see what
these are. What does this software say we should do to consult myself? "Welcome
customers to the Avon Beauty Vision Personal Color consultation! Introduce
yourself to the selling team, say: [clears throat] Avon is pleased to offer a scientifically based
color computer that gives you personalized makeup color advice through
skin tone analysis!" Ah sure whatever man. "Mention that the analyzer will
take camera-like flashes to determine skin tone." And these are the things so
yeah, let's just do a personal color consultation because I want to know what
my personal color is. "Welcome to your personal color consul-nyeh thing! Enter
your first and last name where indicated." So this is where the potential customer
comes into play. So our customer is going to be
myself but we're just gonna put Duke Nukem because... I think that's a thing to do.
And phone number whatever. "I don't even have a phone!" 90210, I
don't know let's just get some stuff in here, so. "Please enter your age by typing
in the correct number," put number four. "You can choose male or female," so yes
this does work by design with male and female customers. So we'll just go with
mail because I'm gonna be scanning myself here. "Skin Cleansing instructions:
skin must be cleansed even if you were not wearing makeup. Use accolade toner
and cotton ball to cleanse the right cheek area." I dunno, I don't have that. So clean
your friggin face basically. So here is the color analysis, which is a three-step
process starting with moving the skin tone analyzer from the cradle, holding it
flush against your right cheek and pressing enter.
[blop]
[presses enter, followed by faint analyzer noises]
Lift the analyzer away from your cheek for a few seconds then
place it back on your right cheek.
[presses enter, contemplates life]
And yeah we just keep doing this repeatedly for like, half a
dozen times. "Your skin tone measurement is complete! Replace it in its cradle." Okay!
[beep boop boop beep beep boop beep]
[boop beep beep boop boop beep]
[chuckling, PC speaker music plays]
I love that silly little process. "Boop boop boop beep boop! Computers! The 80s! Wow!"
Anyway my skin has pink undertones. Yes. Yes it does. Admittedly not the most
thorough set of testing but hey, at least it got that right. My color category is
ultra cool. The color group that most naturally compliments my skin tone is
clear and vibrant. I'm glad to know this.
[printer noises occur]
And it's printing out mah sterf. So at this point it's back to the
representative and we can press C for a printout copy.
[printer prints a printout copy print]
[PC speaker music plays again]
And that's pretty much it. Uhh, we've got [rip] Aw no I ripped off the wrong part [rips]
So this part right here that it printed out would go to the customer. Got some
information and just says your skin tone color category is ultra cool. It's pretty
vague. I guess you're just supposed to use that whole list of stuff up there
and you now go further with the rep at this point. And then here is what the
representative gets, which is just the basic information of the customer and
then you can put in your own notes and stuff there if you want to. But yeah,
that's mostly what you do with this thing. And the other stuff though is kind
of interesting like this fragrance consultation. "We examine your fragrance
needs for day, night and special occasions. Let's begin with daytime," ooh
I'm intrigued. "The majority of my time during the day is spent on these things."
So yeah it just is like a quiz that you'd find on Facebook or some crap.
And here you go, "my personal style is very alluring and sultry." And I mostly enjoy a
woodgrain scent. "The personal feeling I would like to create in the evening is..."
[chuckling] I'm romantic? I'll go with the wood again. "Special occasions for me are..."
anniversary, romantic, church, community, social organizations,
entertaining in my home, yes. So based on that personality quiz and preference I
should go with the breathless soft musk and evening should be night magic and
soft musk and special occasions should be Imari, ooh. I don't know what any of
those smell like but uh. We've got another printout going here which I think, yeah.
So the printer just just stopped working. Oh there we go.
[the now-working printer is working at printing again]
This is quite a bit more substantial printout for some of these other things
here. This one in particular is kind of ridiculous, actually. So yeah look at this,
we start getting into like, CVS receipt territory with some of these things.
I mean look at that, it's quite in-depth, I got a six step process right there over
my fragrance layering. Bathing with scented soap, refresh with body splash,
and spraying like what is all this? It's a lot of information for me to make
myself smell good. And yeah I mean that's pretty much it. About the only other
thing that I kind of wanted to mention that I've noticed on here that can be a
bit iffy... they're having a customer do all these things like, I'm typing in your
names and you go through the entire process and look here's my phone number.
But if they were to press backspace and then -- you can kind of see here that
backspace is right next to the HOME key. If they were trying to press backspace
and missed, it skips everything! It just quits! Everything gets reset. Putting the
HOME key as like the 'reset everything' key I think was a bit of a mistake. You
know, why not use the reset key back here because far as I can tell that does
nothing. Maybe it resets like this or something, it's possible.
Oh yeah and look at this, it actually does have a glowing red light on the
back. Just kind of an ominous device don't you think?
Can't just be me right? [clicking the button for no reason]
So something else that I wanted to test out on here is its
DOS capabilities. And being that it is the computer that it is, it has
MS-DOS version 2.11 built into the ROM here, which is quite handy. So yeah if
you don't want to use the disk that it comes with, you know, you don't want to
boot up from this then you can just boot straight into this version of DOS. Or you
can use another like, official IBM PC DOS disk like this. I'm gonna put that in.
This is DOS 3.3. And hooray it's an upgrade. So we've got that drive right
there, which is just the disk that's inserted, but we can no longer access the
ROM drive. And there is, like I said earlier, no internal hard disk or
anything like that, so you will still need to use other
disks if you want to do anything else on here. So either put them on like a
bootable disk or boot from DOS and then install something else to another disk.
Hehe, so we're gonna try that here with SimCity. Installing from Drive A: yes.
To drive A: which just means we'll have to install it to a blank floppy disk.
So we are going to be installing it to CGA mode because that is actually what this
computer is running. It's kind of odd if you think about it like, this is called
the Personal COLOR Computer but it's only a monochrome display. Although it
does have CGA color graphics in there. But then again we're installing the
black-and-white version of CGA. It's a complete identity crisis with this
computer what we're doing here. And there we go, we have SimCity in CGA running on
the Avon Beauty Vision, which is really just to Toshiba T1000 with a different
case. So I got the copy protection sheet here. And that mouse cursor is really
hard to see. The little hand right there? Look at that, you move it and you can't see a
thing. Oh yeah I love seeing those monochrome graphics draw in CGA on a
computer this slow. And there's the copy-protection let's see, what is this.
Okay so it should be four seven three three nine three.
"Congratulations you passed!" Well thank you for letting me play the game that I bought decades ago.
Alright so it's SimCity with a mouse cursor I still can't see [chuckles] Oh, there
it is, look at that. This display, it's all weird and stretched but you know
that's just kind of how it is. So let's see here. [disaster sound plays] Ooh.
Guess that's a tornado. Well whatever man. All right well that's this thing.
It plays SimCity. Seal of approval!
Well that's about it for the Avon Beauty Vision
Computer for this video. And I gotta say I am endlessly amused by these kinds of
things. Especially this part of it of course, since that's the most unique
aspect. And I would be curious if it could be repurposed to do anything else
on a computer. Or I mean, you know you could just repurpose it to make it some kind
of a sci-fi prop for cosplay or something. But anyway yeah. If you ever
used one of these back in the day do let me know! I would be curious to see what
the experience was like or if you were an Avon representative and know anything
more about the particulars of acquiring one of these. Like, was it a specialty
item that only more experienced folks got hold of? I assume probably, because it
seems like it would be an expensive thing. But yeah I don't know. Lemme know
in the comments and thanks for watching another LGR oddware episode!
And if you liked what you saw here then fantastic! So stick around if you'd like
more of this, there are new videos every Monday and Friday.
And as always thank you very much for watching!
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Суперземля GJ 9827 b. Самая плотная экзопланета - Duration: 4:49.
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How to Design a Landing Page Using Two Colors - Duration: 6:45.
Hey, what is up guys, my name is Cosmin and in today's video we'll design a
landing page inside Photoshop by using this illustration, now if you haven't
seen the video where I go over the whole process of designing the illustration,
you can finally get the description, I like to thank again The Simple Designer
things they have such an amazing community and featured that video on
their channel. You can also find the source files for both the illustration
and the landing page in the description below, let's head into Photoshop and get
started. Let's create a new document I call it food ilanding, I'm going to start
with the width of a level 1170 pixels and the height is not so important since I'll
adjuste it later, maybe have something like 1600 and hit enter, let's grab the crop
tool since this is way too tall for what I need then hold down alt to adjust the
bottom as well as the top, you can start adding some guides on the sides and in
the middle, to make sure you can see them, go to view and enable extras and rulers.
I'll go back into the illustration document and create two rectangles which
will have our two main colors, I'll paste them into Photoshop and using the
eyedropper tool I'll sample them and save them in the color swatches panel so
I can have them for later.
As you can probably tell I've added two shapes one will be the main body and the
smaller one is where I'll place the illustration, place the illustration in
the document are let's find a good spot for it in the smaller shape, right now
I'm trying to place it somewhere in the middle so I'll use my arrow keys to
position it and once i'm happy I'll want to create a mask and hide the line that's
coming out. Hold on command and click on the shape
layer thumbnail and then just add a mask to the illustration layer, right now I'm
trying to think what I can do to improve the background, first thing I'll unlock
background layer and duplicate the main body shape and use that as a actual
background layer, collapse that panel so I can have a
better view and let's rename this layer. Once I'm done with that I'll hit command
T to transform it and now I can make it bigger, let's add a subtle gradient again
just by using those two main colors, I'll use the red for the one on the right and
the dark blue for the one on the left, this is not it,
yeah this is the right one and close all of the panels by hitting okay. Right now
it has way too much red so transform it again place it down and
increase its size and why not even more.
After I've added the text elements I'm going back to the background since there still
room for improvement and create a couple of square shapes, let's have the first
one here, hold down Shift while dragging to keep its ratio the same and I'll
align them with the bottom of the illustration, I've copied the layer style
from the background shape and paste it to the rectangle layer, again it's way
too much red for my liking so let's lower its opacity, 14% should be okay and
while holding down the Alt key let's create a duplicate of that shape and
place it lower, for this one let's maybe increase the opacity to somewhere around
40%, duplicate it again and move it on the right side, do small adjustments
until you're happy with something, now keep in mind I don't really have an
exact idea of how I would like this background to look I'm just exploring.
I'll do the same for the top-right corner,
so let's duplicate the shape and place it over there, make it smaller and start
playing with the opacity percentage till if there's something that doesn't take
away too much attention from the main body but just gives it enough detail to
make it interesting.
I wanted to slow down the video here to give you a look how I'm using shapes to define
the spacing between elements and keep them consistent it's a small thing but it has
such a great impact on the way the page looks in the end, I really suggest trying
it, anyway this is the final look of the landing page, I wanted something very
simple that only uses two colors and the illustration helps set the mood, don't
forget to hit the thumbs up button if you liked this video and subscribe for
more, as always if you have any questions leave them in the comment section below
or contact me on my website and I'd be more than happy to help, till next time,
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Jewelry Making Tutorial: Blingy Ombré Bracelet - Duration: 16:27.
Hi, I'm Kitty and I'm Jennifer and we're the O'Neil Sisters, and we've got a beautiful project for you, it's a Blingy Ombre Bracelet.
This bracelet is easy to make and easy to wear. We'll show you how to create an ombre look using three colors of thread.
We'll show you how to attach rhinestone cup chain to leather cording and how to put on the button clasp. This one is fun!
Let's get started.
To make this bracelet you need 24 inches of leather cord in chestnut
You need 24 inches of embroidery thread in cream,
sand, and chestnut.
And then you need cup chain. Cup chain is like rhinestones strung together into a chain,
This is a seven and a half inch length of cup chain, and it's fine, two millimeters.
You'll also need a half inch shank button. Ours has a little tree on it. And then you need scissors.
The first thing you want to do is fold your leather cord in half.
And we think the easiest thing to do is match up your ends, and then just pull your cord down. And
you end up with a little loop, and this loop is going to end up being part of our clasp.
Next you want to take the first color embroidery thread that you're going to use. We're going to use the chestnut first.
And we're just going to tie it on to our folded leather cord about a half inch from the end
Just like that and we're doing just a simple overhand knot
so you do tie it together once and then twice and
Then pull that tight
Like that and I'm going to scoop my knot up a little bit
so that it's where I want it and
One thing you want to be sure to do is test with your button to make sure that this loop will go over your button
That way you'll know for sure whether you got the loop the right size so this fits through just fine
But it's also tight enough that it's going to hold the bracelet on
So now that we've got that tied on
what I'm going to do is I'm going to trim my thread a little bit just so it's about I
don't know half inch or so and
Then I'm going to hold that thread down with one hand one finger like that
And I'm going to take my embroidery thread
And I'm going to wrap it around my folded cord on one side of the knot and then I'm going to go right over that
knot
one to
Three times until I get to the other side of my knot and that's pretty much just to hide the knot
Now I'm going to be sure to keep holding that thread so it's kind of behind my folded
Leather cord. I'm gonna flip this over and now you see the front of my bracelet is nice and tidy
Now I'm going to hold this thread with my fingers like this, and I'm gonna grab my cup chain
The cup chain is what's going to bring all the bling to this bracelet?
I'm gonna take the very end of my cup chain
And I'm just going to rest it right on top of those wraps that I just did
with my thread, and I'm going to do it so that the Rhinestone is face up like that and
While I'm holding it in place with my left hand I'm gonna take my right hand and I'm gonna wrap this thread between
the two rhinestones
once and
Twice and what that's going to do is start to hold that cup chain down on to the leather cord
Now I'm going to just keep wrapping. I'm gonna wrap again two times, but I'm gonna go over the next rhinestone
so I'm skipping a rhinestone and
wrapping twice between the next two rhinestones
and that's pretty much the whole technique of this bracelet is wrapping the embroidery thread two times a
round fold out the cord in between each rhinestone on our cup chain
and
as you're working be sure that your
Embroidery thread doesn't snag on the little
edges of the rhinestone cup chain each rhinestone is held in with little prongs and
Sometimes the thread can get snagged on that so just be sure that you're wrapping in between
the rhinestones
And if it does get snagged you can just you know
Back up you know pull your thread back like that and you can unsnag it and then keep going forward
I'm using my fingernail my thumbnail to hold the cup chain in place
Whatever works best for you. You'll find your own technique as you're working and it gets easier and easier as you go
Because the cup chain is being held down now and it now can just sort of you know hang between
the two leather cords and as you wrap it'll wrap itself into place and
Now I'm getting enough of my
Cup chain wrap that I want to check the length of how much I'm wrapping because we do want to make this three colors
So I've got a little cheat sheet that I that I created here that has
the about the right length for each color of my thread
so what I'm going to do is just put my loop over the loop and
Hold my bracelet up there and see how much more to I have to go until
I'm done with this color, and it looks like I've got under that halfway done with this chestnut color
so I'm gonna keep wrapping and
The measurements don't have to be exact at all on this bracelet. It's gonna be wrapped around your arm, so no one's going to be
You know looking super closely it if you have
20 rhinestones wrapped or 23 it really doesn't matter. It's more. Just to make sure that you leave yourself enough
Cup chain so that you're able to get all three colors represented in the bracelet
I'm pulling the threads pretty tight mostly because it helps hold the two leather cords together in the back and
That way the cup chain won't slip down in between when you're done
so just pull it kind of tight and
As I'm going I'm noticing that my bracelet is twisting a little bit you see there's a little bit of a natural twist to it
Don't worry about that at all when you're done
You can kind of push the bracelet around and you can move the rhinestone cup chain to make sure it's on the top of
Your two cords, so don't worry about that until you're done
And then you will show you how to manipulate it to get it exactly how you want it
So I'm going to check this and see how I'm doing with my length here. Oh
It looks like I went a little too far so I'm gonna back up one rhinestone
That's why it's helpful to have a a cheat sheet like this and that way you don't have to count your rhinestones
And you don't have to measure
I'm going to back up one more actually
to there
Like that
So now I'm ready to tie on my next color and to do that
I'm gonna just set this down and grab my next color, which is this beautiful sand color?
and
This part is a little bit tricky, but once you do it
You'll you'll be a master
What I'm going to do is I'm going to turn my bracelet over so that I'm looking at the back
And I'm holding my cup chain in place with my index finger, and here's my thread
I'm going to take my other thread and rest it just on top
Of the bracelet like that so that it's perpendicular to my wrap my thread that I've already got coming off the bracelet
And I'm going to tie this thread to the other thread to do that. I'm going to do the brown one first
I'm going to just wrap it around that sand color
go over the top and through the center and
I can see that my threads are coming apart a little bit. This is six strand embroidery thread
And the threads can come apart a little bit
And if they do you can just twist them together with your fingers and those ends will go back together
So now that I've got that through the hole what I want to do is tie the knot pretty close
To the back of my bracelet, and that's so that the knot ends up on the back
So that looks pretty good
Now I'm going to take this the sand color
and I'm going to tie it and knot also and what it's going to do is create sort of a double knot and
It's going to keep those threads nice and tightly connected so that I can continue wrapping in the next color
So you can see I've got the one knot tied next to the other and that's going to keep these threads nice and tightly
snug together
I'm going to trim about leaving about a quarter inch
Now I'm going to hold the tails of those threads behind the two leather cords like that
Take my next color the sand that we just tied on and continue wrapping
Just like I did before I'm gonna go in between the next two rhinestones
twice
that's once and twice and
Because this is getting longer this thread is going to start getting snagged on my loop at the end
So what I'm going to do is just hold all the thread in my hand and that way it won't get caught as I'm working
so I'm just loosely holding it and
I'm gonna keep holding the little tails behind my bracelet and continue wrapping
two times in between each rhinestone and
You can put these colors on in any order you want
We just pick sort of you know an ombre look so we were going from dark to light
But you could mix it up and put the chestnut in the middle if you want
Or you could reverse the colors really doesn't matter
So as I'm working. I'm just sort of moving the bracelet out of my way with my hand
You'll get into a rhythm once you get going
And I think I'm to a point where I should check and see how much more
To wrap so I'm gonna get my cheat sheet again
and I'm just gonna hold up my
Bracelet with the matching up the loop to the loop
So it looks like I'm right where I want to be so that means I'm ready to tie on my next color
So I'm gonna lay my bracelet down
I'm gonna light down face down so that this thread is sort of held in place and
now we're ready to tie on our beautiful cream color here and
to do that I'm going to pick up the bracelet with the back side facing me like I did before and
I'm gonna lay the cream thread
So that it's perpendicular to my sand thread
And I'm gonna tie a knot around the cream thread with my sand thread
by making a loop
And this is just a normal knot and pulling it through
I'm gonna move my knot up a little bit closer to my bracelet before I tighten it because that way it'll end up
More on the back of the bracelet and not on the front although if it does end up on the front it gets wrapped anyway
so it's not a huge doesn't really matter, so I'll pull that tight and
now I'm going to tie the cream thread in a knot around that sand thread and
Make my little double knot there
And I'm going to trim my ends
Like that and
Then I'm gonna turn my bracelet back over so about the front facing me hold the knot and those tails
Behind the bracelet and then take my cream thread and start wrapping again
cup chain compresses and
Stretches apart and for this design. We've got it stretched apart. Just be sure that you're extending the cup chain
As you're working so that the thread is tied in between each rhinestone
And I can see where I've got one of my threads snagged on one of my little
Rhinestone prongs, so I'm just gonna back up
and pull it off there comes off pretty easily, and then rebuttal my thread in my hand and
keep wrapping and
for this final color you don't need to check the measurement again because
you're just gonna keep wrapping till you've wrapped all of the cup chain and
Then we're going to show you how to do the last little part and
put on the button clasp
and
Now I'm at the end and what I'm going to do is continue wrapping. Just past that last rhinestone and
I'm actually going to turn the bracelet around
so that my two loose ends are
Facing the other way because it's just easier to work so see that's my last rhinestone in my cup chain
I'm gonna wrap the thread around once
twice
three times four times and
Now I'm going to tie this thread off
To do that I'm going to split my threads into
three and three remember I said that this is six strand embroidery thread so you can just use your
Fingers like that to separate
the threads into three and three, and I'm going to flip my bracelet over and
I'm going to pull one set of the three and three up through the middle and then
I'm going to tie these two sets of threads and a knot on the back
Just a simple knot like that
I'm going to tie it twice
And
Then I'm going to trim and to trim this we like to leave just a little bit of thread
It's going to get hidden
by the button clasp
But also if you want you can always take a little bit of clear now polish and tack these little ends down
Against the back of the bracelet, but really they're not going to show
Now we're ready to put on our button clasp and to do that we've got our cute little tree button and
We're just going to slide it on face up on
to one of the cords
like that and we're just going to tie these two leather cords in a simple overhand knot and
To do that I'm just going to make a loop
Take the two ends
Pull them through
And then I'm going to flip it over so
That I can hold the button and hold the knot together in my hand and then pull the threads and that's gonna make it nice
and tight
against the back of our button
like that and
Then I'm gonna trim the ends this leather cord when it's new is a little bit slippery so
We like to leave a little bit of some tails, and that's so
We can pull this periodically to retighten as you wear this and as it gets a little wear the leather will get
softer and the knot will hold tighter
so in the meantime you can just leave some tails and and pull it tight or
Periodically we also like the way it looks it looks very boho
Now we want the button to be on the top of the bracelet with the cup chain
So I'm just making sure by manipulating the bracelet, then my cup chain is on the top
You can see it gets a little bit twisted as you're working
But you can just manipulate it so that the cup chain sits on the top
kind of in the crevice between those two leather cords and
then we'll put our loop right over our button and
There's our beautiful blingy ombre bracelet.
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Top 10 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Marvel's Avengers - Duration: 2:29.
Hey guys I'm Jordan from mash facts here to bring you ten facts you probably
didn't know about Marvel's Avengers. Number one. Which character comes to mind
the most when you think of the Avengers? Most people might say Captain America
but did you know he wasn't actually part of the original team. Number two. I think
we can all agree the Avengers is a pretty cool name. The wasp was the first
character to coin the name and then it stuck. Number three. The Avengers actually
came into existence because of a printing delay on Daredevil. While
Daredevil was delayed, Stan Lee created the team to rival DC's Justice League.
Avengers versus Justice Leauge, that's a debate for a whole other video. Number
four. The team has seen a lot of changes over the years. When most of the original
group left they were replaced by Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Quicksilver. All of
which used to be villains. Number five. The original Avengers left the group
after the departure of Hulk, however the real reason for their
resignation from the crime-fighting crew was that Stan Lee was getting confused.
All of the members are now starring in their own solo adventures and Stan Lee
didn't want to lose continuity. Number six. Believe it or not, not everybody
wants to be part of the Avengers. Both Daredevil and Spider-man declined an
invitation to join, however they both ended up joining later on. Number 7. In
the first Avengers movie, Avengers Assemble, Ant-Man was originally slated
to make an appearance, however they thought it would get too
confusing with all the characters. He didn't end up appearing with the group
until Captain America three, 'Civil War' Number 8. John Krasinski from the comedy
series 'The Office' was originally one of the front runners to play Captain America.
But was unfortunately beaten for the role by Chris Evans. Number nine. Believe it or
not Marvel's... worst Avenger, Hawkeye became Captain
America for a short while. After Captain America was shot and "allegedly killed"
Hawkeye ended up taking up the mantle though he soon left and joined the
Outlaw Avengers. Who would pass up being Captain America?! Number 10. Everyone's
favorite jolly Green Monster the Hulk wasn't actually green to begin with. He
started off as grey. Colorist Dan Goldberg had issues keeping the gray
consistent between issues so in the end they changed to the more manageable
green. So that's been our top 10 facts about Marvel's Avengers. Do you agree
with our list? What would be on yours? Make sure you let us know down
in the comments and as always remember to Like share and subscribe. I've been
Jordan from mash Fatcs. See you in the next video.
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Avengers 4 ENDGAME Title LEAKED! Avengers 4 Set In The FUTURE REVEALED? - Duration: 5:52.
you're strong but I could snap my fingers and you're all cease to exist
and tour in time to see all the possible outcomes
did we win any it's a small price to pay for salvation
what's good YouTube Warstu you here hope you're all good so happy Avengers
infinity war weep so if you're into the Marvel Cinematic Universe this is a
channel for you we will still be covering all the MCU and Marvel related
content on this channel no worries so damn the movie is pretty awesome if you
have seen it comment down below what you thought of the movie so Avengers 4 is
directly linked to what happened in Avengers infinity war regardless to what
the Russo brothers said they were just making out that it wasn't directly
linked but they're just saying that both movies are independent stories and they
have it and they'll have a start middle and end so I can see where they're
coming from but the art directly link so Avengers 4 title in my opinion has been
leaked has been confirmed so it will be called Avengers 4 endgame and this makes
sense me due to the fact that Doctor Strange saying to Tony
during the movie because it's endgame just before he handed over the time
stone to Thanos spoiler warning it's a bit late now but to be honest guys if
you're watching Avengers 4 video then you should already have seen infinity
war you know so during a movie doctor trains went forward in time to
see if they had any chance of beating Thanos there was one case in I think
he's had 14 million five hundred and twenty five thousand something like that
where they actually beat on us but this wasn't the plan that they tried to play
out in the movie originally thought it was failing due to style or getting
angry cuz Gamora was killed and then he punched than arson and it all went wrong
but they did nearly get any Infinity Gauntlet off him so when he went to hand
the time stone over Tony I think questioned him he said because it's
endgame so Tony Stark is key to fixing what just happened in Avengers infinity
war so iffy like why would he say its end game end game to me I mean it would
be a strong title I would still refer disassembled but I mean they said it
would ruin by if you know the type of avengers before it would ruin your
experience for infinity war but in my opinion it has been confirmed to be
endgame because why else would he say so i came across as pretty interesting
article which i personally didn't write I just came across it the link would be
in the description by someone called it jeremy carr dram coram who runs
MCU cosmic calm this article is absolutely savage it's so good and I
really hope takes place because everyone's been thinking what's gonna
happen to ventures for but no one actually contemplated we're Avengers
four is really gonna start so this article says the rumors says there will
be a five-year time jump between the ending of affinity war and Avengers 4
this will explain why an older actress was cast to play
Cassie Lang in the movie they aren't in a time to future they are traveling in
time to the Future the movie is set there at the beginning in addition to
that they are set photos which we've all seen of Tony Stark having gray hair
looking older in the agents of shield uniform and we've seen set photos of of
see Tony and Scott with Captain America in his original costume from the
Avengers bazoom Lee in the Battle of New York this is very interesting it went on
to say according to what's been whispered around in the five years after
the Avengers infinity war Tony Stark and possibly others like Captain Marvel and
stuff now agents of shield he and Scott use some kind of technology that hang
has developed in order to travel back in time to attempt to defeat Thanos in the
past so this sounds absolutely incredibly crazy
so it's essentially saying that it's gonna be set for I've got five years in
the future and they're going to use some kind of technology to go back in time to
fight Thanos and defeat him so he never won in the first place so we could be
going back to that scene in Wakanda like in Avengers infinity war which sounds
absolutely insane it won't say if this is true it opens up all sorts of cool
back to the future style recreations of the past MCU events and would be an MCU
habitation of the Avengers of forever event from 98 to 99 in that a team of
various Avengers from different time periods join forces to defeat a greater
threat this would also explain the set photos of an older Tony Stark and
ant-man and the Avengers Captain America Thor so that would be absolutely epic so
it sounds like a time-traveling adventure like an adventure of Ant Man
and Captain America so I am man and Iron Man
but obviously I presume Captain America will be there at some point but in the
set photos it's set in the past and obviously due to the post credit scene
in Avengers infinity war Captain Marvel is gonna be there as well
we know she's gonna be in it she is the most strongest most powerful Avenger
according to actually like the people in charge Kevin Feige etc so it's coming
pretty cool let me know what you think about Siri guys is absolutely insane all
credit to that article I will link it down below such a cool theory and do you
agree with me that the title is Avengers for endgame I mean it's not a very good
title but why would dr. strange say it's endgame if that wasn't the title I mean
it might be I might be wrong but guys let me know in the comments down below
please like subscribe and comment remember YouTube how to sing where
unless you have 10 million subscribers your subscribers donate Knight 5 when
you upload so hit the barbel button down below to help their channel out and I
will catch you guys in another video very soon and goodbye
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Hayalet Radyonun 47 Yıllık Gizemli Yayını - Duration: 12:07.
Merhaba Kült TV'nin araştıran insanları!
Sizlerinde dahil olabileceği henüz gizemi çözülememiş çok ilginç bir konu ile
beraberiz.
13 ocak 1970 senesinden beri gizemli bir Radyo istasyonu Rusya'da yayın yapıyor.
Garip ve ürkütücü bir uğultu şeklinde olan bu yayın 4625 kHz bandında çıkış
yapıyor.
İstasyonun kesin amacını, Rus yüksek medya kurumu tarafından doğrulanamadı.
Bu güne kadar hiç kimse bu esrarengiz sinyali gönderenin kim olduğunu öğrenemedi.
İlk yayına başladığında 3 ayda bir ayın 13 ünde ve saat gece yarısı 12:00 dan 12:10
a kadar sadece 10 dakikalık yayın yaparken 90'lı yıllarda yayın ayda 1 2000'li yıllardan
itibaren haftada 1 2010 senesinden itibaren haftada 2 defa yapılmaya başlandı.
Yakın tarihte bu hayalet radyoya Buzzer ismi takıldı.
bölge halkı yayını dinlemenin uğursuzluk getireceğini düşündüğü için dinlemiyor.
Konuya merak duyan araştırmacılar yayınları dinleyip deşifre etmeye çalışmış ancak
bir sonuca ulaşamamıştır.
Bir teoriye göre yayında mors alfabesi ile bazı mesajlar verilmek istenmekte.
Bir başka teori ise gizli bir askeri yer altı sığınağından uzaylılara mesaj
gönderilmeye çalışıyor.
Teoriler havada uçuşsa da yayının kesin amacı bilinmiyor.
90'larda Sovyetler birliğinin çökmesiyle günümüzde gizliliğini yitirmiş KGB belgeleri
radyo hakkında kapsamlı bilgiler içeriyor.
Sinyal, St. Petersburg yakınlarındaki bir Rus bataklığının ortasında bulunan gizemli
bir istasyondan kaynaklanıyor gibi görünse de, St. Petersburg'a taşınmadan önce istasyonun
vericisi, Moskova'nın yaklaşık 10 kilometre kuzeybatısında, Rusya'nın Povarovo yakınında
yer alıyordu.
1970 lerde radyonun tam yayın yerini bulmak için sinyali izleyen Kgb yetkilileri sinyalin
çıktığı bölgeye ulaştığında tamamen boş bir bataklık arazisiyle karşılaştı.
Bölge yerin 4 km altına kadar kazıldı ancak radyo vericisine bir türlü ulaşılamadı.
Vericiyi arama çalışmalarını sürdüren KGB radyo hakkında 2854 kişiyi sorguladı
ancak sonuç aynıydı.
İlerleyen yıllarda kızıl ordu sinyal gelen ıssız bölgede bomba denemeleri yaptı.
Sovyetlerin yıkılmasının ardından 2000 lerde radyo yayınlarını sıklaştırınca
yeniden Rus polisinin gündemine girdi.
8 Sene süren soruşturmanın ardından dosya zaman aşımına uğradı ve istasyon yine
bulunamadı.
Radyo Yayını, yaklaşık 0,8 saniye süren, 1 ila 1,3 saniye arasında duraklayan ve dakikada
21 ila 34 kez tekrar eden, ürpertici ve uğultulu bir ses şeklindedir.
Yayın başlamadan bir dakika önce, ilk olarak duyulacak ses, hızlandırılmış şekilde
tekrarlayarak hiç es vermeden bir dakika boyunca devam eden sürekli bir tona dönüşür.
Şimdi sizlere o radyonun yayınından kısa bir kesit dinleteceğim.
Belki de bu hayalet radyonun vermek istediği gizemli mesajı siz çözersiniz.
Ardından da sizlerin de bu radyoyu internet üzerinden nasıl dinleyebileceğinizi açıklayacağım.
Uzmanlara göre Vızıltı el ile üretilmiş gibi görünüyor.
Seslerin olası nedeni, gürültüyü yaratan hoparlörün, bir mikrofonun veya manyetik
alanı olan bir cihazın yanında bulunması.
Hayalet Radyonun gizemi tüm dünya'da yayılarak adeta bir fenomen halini aldı.
Pek çok ülkeden gizem meraklıları radyonun her yayınını takip edip kayıt ederek gizemi
çözmek için çabalıyor.
Bunlardan bir tanesi de Pavel Sasimovich.
Bilgisayar mühendisi olan Saimovich bugüne kadar radyonun yerini bulabilmek için 65.000
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Know Your Plane #4 | ADFX Morgan (Ace Combat) - Duration: 13:11.
It's episode number 4 of the Know Your Plane series and it's time to cover one of the
most remarkable original aircraft of the Ace Combat series, the one aircraft that holds
the distinction of being the very first original superfighter of the Strangereal timeline back
in year of 1995 – and of course we're talking about the ADFX, also known as the "Morgan."
The ADFX Morgan made its first and only Strangereal appearance on the PlayStation 2 title Ace
Combat Zero: The Belkan War where it was the original superfighter of the game and the
enemy boss on the very last mission.
Other than that, the ADFX was also featured in Ace Combat Infinity on the PlayStation 3,
however the plane wasn't featured in the story mode of the game.
In the Strangereal timeline, the two ADFX prototypes were built by the South Belka Munitions
factory just prior and during the Belkan War: prototype #1 fell to the hands of the allied
forces after the conflict while prototype #2 was captured and used by the terrorist
group "A World With No Boundaries" at their last stand in Avalon Dam.
In the Infinity timeline, the ADFX was being developed by an unknown country within the
Federation of Usea, however during Operation Eternal Liberation the United Nations Forces
obtained the blueprints of the Morgan and finished its development although the Usean
Forces also got their own Morgan operational.
The ADFX Morgan is characterized by its short forward swept-wings and vertical stabilizers
that point to the centre of the aircraft.
To assist the pilot in controlling the aircraft, the Morgan features canards and a very peculiar
placement of the airbrake, just between the two massive engines who are capable of taking
the fighter to a top speed of over Mach 2.
Despite its powerful engines, the Morgan lacks stability at lower speeds given the short
wings but nevertheless it was one of the most advanced fighter jets of its time.
Perhaps even more advanced than it's flight characteristics are the weapons deployed by
the ADFX: including the famous TLS "Tactical Laser System" capable of sniping enemy aircraft
out of the sky with a single beam, the Multi-Purpose Burst Missile which results in a large explosion
relative to its size and that can be remotely detonated, and lastly the electronic countermeasures
pod – which although its not a weapon per say, can defend most of the aircraft against
missiles – with the exception of the two large, almost triangular, air intakes - although
what I said so far applies the ADFX Mogan prototype #2, the one flown by Pixy in the
last mission of Ace Combat Zero.
Prototype #1, the playable version, was slightly inferior in terms of performance compared
to the final boss but it still had the one-hit-one-kill laser, however the Infinity versions of the
Morgan were severely nerfed to adjust the aircraft to the multiplayer focus of the game.
We will talk more about the different variants of the Morgan further along the video, but
now let's talk about some numbers and specifications related to the performance of the aircraft
and make a size comparison with the F-22 Raptor.
The ADFX Morgan has 23.9 meters in length, a wingspan of 15.7 metres and a height of
5.7 metres with its gear extended or 4.6 metres when the gear is retracted.
With these numbers you can see that the ADFX is considerably larger than the F-22 Raptor
but their weights are fairly similar with an empty Morgan weighting a total of 19,600 kilograms.
The ADFX is powered by two large WWX-GD-401 engines, an improved version of the 400 series
engines, and its maximum speed is over Mach 2, although no exact number is given on official
reference material.
In addition, the Morgan's effective combat radius is of 1,200 kilometres.
Let's also not forget some of the Morgan's weaponry.
Besides the standard missiles, the ADFX is equipped with the GiL 30mm nose cannon, the
"Zoisite" tactical laser system that is mounted just above the aircraft with some
support pillars, the "Hypersthene" Multi-Purpose Burst Missiles and lastly the "Morganite"
electronic countermeasure pod for its defence.
In Ace Combat Zero, the TLS has enough energy to fire 7 laser beams for a duration of 4.5
seconds each with a negligible recharge time.
As for the other weapons, the Morgan can carry 8 MPBMs and activate its ECM pod 8 times.
As for the Infinity variant, I will not go into detail because of the different levels in the game.
But now that I've mentioned, let's talk about the different variants of the Morgan
and what sets them apart from each other.
<<Variants>>
There are a total of five different Morgan variants, 2 in Ace Combat Zero and 3 in Ace Combat Infinity.
First, let's go over the original planes in Ace Combat Zero where we have prototypes
#1 and #2.
Prototype #1 is the playable version of the aircraft that did not fly officially during
the Belkan War, but instead fell to the allied hands sometime during or after the conflict.
Meanwhile, prototype #2 is the enemy boss aircraft flown by Pixy in the last mission
of the game.
This variant has a reinforced airframe and was capable of carrying all the three special
weapons at once.
In addition, the special weapons were also improved.
The tactical laser system was now able to track and redirect its laser beam against
enemy targets, the MPBMs could be remotely detonated and the ECM system would protect
all the aircraft with the exception of the two engine intakes.
In the Ace Combat Infinity universe, our first variant is the ADFX Block-1 aircraft.
This variant relates to the development phase of the airplane by the UNF, hence you can see
the prototype paint scheme.
It is believed that due the similarities between the paint scheme of the ADFX Block-1 and Sukhoi 57's
flight test paint scheme that the ADFX was being developed by Russia, however this
has not been confirmed.
Given that the Block-1 variant was just a prototype, it has the worst stats and performance
amongst all the variants.
It also has a slightly shorter TLS beam and limited ammunition.
The other variant is the regular and the second playable version of the ADFX.
This variant is the mass production model of the aircraft by the UNF and as mentioned
previously, it has improved performance compared to the Block-1's.
Lastly we have the enemy ADFX 01, which is the Usean version of the aircraft.
This plane only appears in the SOLG satellite interception 3 and its TLS is equipped with
a tracking and beam redirection system.
All in all, the three Infinity versions were nerfed due to the online component of the
game, especially the tactical laser system.
Now that we got the different versions of the plane covered let's talk about the lore
starting with the Ace Combat Infinity universe.
<<LORE – Infinity Universe>>
During Operation Eternal Liberation, the United Nations' Forces operation against the newly
established Usean Federation, the UNF uncovered plans for the development of the ADFX Morgan aircraft.
It is unknown whereas development on the plane had started before or after the formation
of the newly established Usean Federation, but by the time the UNF got hold of the plans
USEA still had not built its own prototypes.
With the plans on hand, the United Nations built some units of the ADFX Block 1 for testing
purposes although some of them did see combat during Operation Eternal Liberation.
After combat testing, the United Nations started to mass produce the ADFX 01 for combat.
This new version was superior in performance and was able to carry more ordinance.
However the UNF wasn't the only organization operating combat-capable Morgans, the Usean
Federation also continued its development and fielded the Morgan that was even more
advanced than the UNF's.
The Usean version had an improved tactical laser system that was capable of tracking
and redirecting its laser beams to its target, just like the laser pod from the MQ-90Ls employed
by the Butterfly Master.
Adding to that, the Usean variant was also capable of carrying the multi-purpose burst
missiles together with the TLS.
However, it's important for me to mention that you only see the Usean ADFX-01 if you play
on the SOLG Satellite Interception level 3.
Now with the Infinity universe covered, let's talk about the lore in the Strangereal universe
with the original story behind the Morgan.
<<LORE – Strangereal Universe>>
The early 1980s were marked by an intense rivalry between Osea and Yuktobania during
the Strangereal's cold war.
In order to guarantee its safety if a war between these two nations were to break out,
Belka started a massive militarization project which included development of the V2 intercontinental
ballistic missile, Excalibur - a powerful ICBM shield powered by lasers-
and the XB-0 heavy command cruiser.
In addition, the Belkan Air Force initiated a program to develop its next generation fighter
aircraft, thus the ADFX program was born on January 4 of 1985.
While there isn't much information about the ADFX program between 1985 and 1995, we know
that Belka entered in a serious economic recession in 1987 due to the massive military spending.
Therefore it is safe to assume that the ADFX program was delayed due to lack of funds and
the prioritization of other programs such as Excalibur or the XB-0 since these two superweapons
were operational by the year 1995.
However what we do know for sure is that two ADFX prototypes had been completed by the
Belkan War and as hinted by the debriefing of mission 11 the prototypes were probably
assembled at a South Belka Munitions Factory facility in the city of Hoffnung.
However despite completion of the prototypes in 1995 the two planes did not see combat
during the Belkan War.
Prototype #2 was stolen from the Belkan military after the Belkan War by the terrorist organization
A World With No Boundaries.
This plane only saw action on December 31 of 1995 as the last stand effort by the terrorists
who took control of the Avalon Dam facility which was secretly a V2 launch facility.
The allied forces lead by the mercenary Galm Squadron were successful in destroying the
V2 launch complex, but they suffered heavy losses.
The terrorist ADFX-02, piloted by Larry Foulke also known as Pixy - a former member of the
Galm Squadron - arrived late to the battlefield and was able to shoot down Galm 2's aircraft
killing the pilot instantly with its laser.
The #2 prototype was specially modified to launch a hidden V2 in the last attempt of
the terrorist organization, however the aircraft was shot down by the leader of the Galm Squadron
over Avalon Dam which automatically destroyed the V2 missile in the air.
Pixy managed to survive the engagement but the prototype aircraft crash landed in the
nearby area.
Sometime after the battle the South Belka Munitions Factory, now named Gründer Industries,
went after and located the remainings of the ADFX-02.
The team from Gründer was able to collect the data from the plane's flight recorder
and used it to create the ADF-01 Falken.
Meanwhile the ADFX prototype #1 was confiscated by the allies and ended up in Osea after the war -
reason why we can see the ADFX-01 flying over November City in 2011 during an airshow alongside
the ADF-01 Falken and the X-02 Wyvern - and that is the last thing we know about the ADFX
in the Strangereal timeline.
<<Trivia>>
The three special weapons of the ADFX are nicknamed Zoisite, Hypersthene and Morganite
which are three different types of minerals.
But perhaps more important than the nicknames of the special weapons is the name of the plane itself.
The name "Morgan" is yet another reference to the legends of King Arthur which is thoroughly
referenced in Ace Combat Zero.
More specifically, "Morgan" comes from a character named "Morgan le Fay" - meaning
"Morgan the Fairy".
Now, the legends surrounding King Arthur vary a lot by author, but in one of the early accounts
Morgan is a healer who helps King Arthur to recover in the Isle of Avalon.
However according to other sources, Morgan is King Arthur's half sister and in some
books she can even be the main anti-hero just like how it happened in Ace Combat Zero where
Pixy was Galm 1's brother in arms and yet came in the end as the anti-hero over Avalon.
This concludes our episode on the legendary ADFX Morgan, the first original fighter jet
in the Strangereal chronology.
Now if you want to know more about other original Ace Combat aircraft you can check my episode
on the X-02 Wyvern right here.
Special thanks to Acepedia for the help in this video and a quick hint on the next episode:
I will be covering a real life aircraft that is not a fighter, attacker or multirole -
but can you guess which one?
Anyways, thank you guys for watching and see you next time!
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