The Breville and Crux also did well with good browning and crispy skin, while the KitchenAid finished sixth and the Calphalon seventh with not enough browning or crispiness for my taste. They even had some burnt skin but not enough to bother me. The Cuisinart also nailed the wing test, but I actually had to pull them after about 25 minutes because they were fully done. ![]() ![]() They were also perfectly juicy inside and had no real visible burning. The Ninja Foodi oven won the great wing war by a feather, with the crispiest wings after 30 minutes. The faster an air fryer cooks and the more effective the super convection is, the faster the outside skin will crisp, making it less likely the chicken will be dry inside. Success here depends on high heat and good fan circulation of that hot air, which, in turn, means faster cooking. I tasted them too, of course, when they became cool enough to eat. I let each oven come to full preheat before putting the wings in and then photographed them immediately after pulling them out. To test each oven's air fry ability, I cooked three frozen wings on air fry mode at 450 degrees F for 30 minutes, turning them every 10 minutes. The goal for an air-fried wing is a crispy outside and skin with a juicy inside. David Watsky/CNETĬhicken wings are almost universally loved and a very popular item to air fry. Ninja's air-fried wings were a thing of beauty. ![]() Temperature accuracy (350 ☏ for 10 minutes) Toast, bagel, broil, bake, roast, warm, pizza, proof, air fry, reheat, cookies, slow cook and dehydrateĪir fry, bake, toast, roast, broil, bagel, pizza and defrostīake, broil, pizza, roast, toast, bagel, reheat, warm and dual cookīake, broil, roast, bagel, warm toast, pizza, reheat and dehydrateīake, roast, air fry, toast, broil, warm, and crisp and dehydrate, proof, bagel, warm and reheatĪir fry, air roast, air broil, bake, bagel, toast, dehydrate and keep warm While premium models such as the $380 Breville Smart Oven Air are a joy to use, the Ninja and Cuisinart delivered equally delicious wings, fries and toast for about half the price. Spending more on an air-frying toaster will likely get your more special features and a sleeker interface but not necessarily better results. The Ninja Foodi oven is the most efficient oven on our list in terms of counter space since it flips up on a hinge and sits flat against the wall when not in use. Remember, these will likely live permanently on the counter. There is also the issue of how much space the oven takes up in your kitchen. Models such as the Breville are large enough to fit a whole chicken while smaller models like the KitchenAid are better suited for cooking for two to three people at a time. Try to picture what you'll be cooking in your air fryer oven and that will help you determine which size to buy. The tests I ran for baking - temperature consistency and accuracy - can be loosely applied to roasting so if an oven gets hot and stays hot, we can assume it's going to roast well, too. "What about roasting?" Not a bad question, but roasting is essentially baking at a higher temperature and also a term generally just used to designate cooking foods with structure, including meat and vegetables. Toasting: Like many people, I do a fair amount of toasting - bagels, bread and the occasional Eggo - and so I wanted to see how well, evenly and accurately (according to the oven presets) these machines could toast. The sign of an oven that bakes well is simple: Will it hit the temperature you set it to and then stay there consistently throughout the bake? I find that ovens differ wildly in broiling ability so I wanted to see which of these ovens did it best.īaking: Baking can mean a lot of things but when it comes to, let's say cookies and cupcakes, consistency is key. ![]() You can air fry lots of things, but chicken wings and french fries are two popular options, so I employed them for testing.īroiling: I'm a big broiler person, especially for fish but also for things like mac and cheese, certain chicken recipes and anything else I want a crispy crust on top of. Having an air fry function was the baseline criteria for consideration on this list. CuisinartĪir frying: This trendy term has nothing to do with frying but rather mimics the results of deep-frying using super hot, fast-moving convection air for food that's crispy outside and moist inside. Cuisinart makes an affordable countertop oven with one of the fiercest air fryer functions of any I tested.
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![]() For Clinton, even though the case was dismissed by a federal judge, the Jones suit will forever mar his chapter in the history books, cementing an image as a leader whose reckless personal life endangered an otherwise remarkable political career. ![]() Although lawyers involved believe Jones will get a decent share of the settlement, it remains to be determined how much.Įven as both sides celebrated yesterday, they were cognizant of the enormous toll the lawsuit has taken on everyone involved. The Jones camp, which has struggled with bitter internal divisions in recent weeks, has yet to determine how it will divide the money among the many lawyers who have staked a claim on it. "When all is said and done, not a penny will come out of his pocket," said one person close to the situation. Sources said the president's lawyers have reached a tentative agreement with Chubb Group Insurance to buy out the personal liability policy that had covered some of his legal expenses for close to half of the settlement. The document signed late yesterday afternoon made no mention of how Clinton would pay for the settlement, but sources said it likely would come from both his legal defense fund and a separate deal with one of his insurance companies. The extraordinary case came to an extraordinary finale, with the defendant agreeing to pay $850,000 even though the plaintiff originally only asked for $700,000 when she filed suit - and even though the case was dismissed without a trial. Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, which financed her lawsuit, called the deal "justice for Paula" and said it would draw attention to "the importance of protecting powerless women from workplace harassment and the role of the rule of law in our highest offices." This has nothing to do with an ax to grind with Bill Clinton." This is Paula's reputation that we were fighting for. "Paying a substantial amount of money makes a statement on its own. Jones made no public comment, but her husband, Steve, told reporters outside their California condominium that the payment amounts to an apology on its own. Willey, who also accused Clinton of an unwelcome sexual advance. Just hours before the settlement was inked yesterday, Starr sent new evidence to the House Judiciary Committee stemming from a witness in the Jones case, Kathleen E. Starr's allegations that he lied and obstructed justice during the case, while providing a new opportunity for the White House to cut a separate deal with Congress to drop impeachment proceedings. It also may help the president's allies defend him against independent counsel Kenneth W. The settlement foreclosed the possibility that Clinton's personal life would be reopened for public inspection at a sensational trial had the lawsuit dismissed in April been reinstated, as many lawyers involved believed it would be. "It is clear that the American people want their president and Congress to focus on the problems that they were elected to solve. "The president has decided he is not prepared to spend one more hour on this matter," Bennett said. Bennett, Clinton's chief attorney in the case, said the president still insists Jones's allegations of a crude proposition in a Little Rock hotel suite seven years ago "are baseless" but agreed to make the payment in the interest of finally putting the matter behind him. The agreement, which will be filed with a federal appeals court considering whether the lawsuit should go forward, requires the president to pay within 60 days. President Clinton reached an out-of-court settlement with Paula Jones yesterday, agreeing to pay her $850,000 to drop the sexual harassment lawsuit that led to the worst political crisis of his career and only the third presidential impeachment inquiry in American history.Īfter more than 4 1/2 years of scorched-earth legal warfare, Clinton and Jones brought a sudden end to the case with a four-page deal in which he acknowledged no wrongdoing and offered no apology. ![]() Clinton Special ReportĬlinton Settles Paula Jones Lawsuit for $850,000 ![]() This will put a development array on this particular planet now. So we are going to hit play Place a Development Array. If you are doing this as a side job, it is also a good one. I would recommend lustering alloy if you have only got a couple of arrays. That’s probably the one that we’re going to go for here. Lustering alloy is actually a really basic material used in a lot of things. Fiber composite, reactive metals, coolant and lustering alloy. The higher quality it is, the more you will get per yield and the quicker that your mining arrays will manage to fill that up. Temperate planet such as N7-BIY6 has opulent compound or condensates at perfect. As we look down the different planets in the system you will see that they all have different types like baron planet, lava planet and they will all have different yields and possibilities of the minerals that you can find on them. Next to those you will see the volume that you can mine here: glossy compound has a medium amount heavy metals is medium noble metals is poor and poly aramids is rich. N7-BIY 1 is a lava planet and it will give glossy compound, heavy metals, noble metals or poly aramids. You can tap for info and get an idea on everything about this planet as someone who sits there and stares at the night sky. If we open the main menu and head right down to the Planetary Production icon, you will see this little screen shows you very particular planet in the sector and there is some really cool stuff about this screen. We are going to talk about how to set up planetary production mining arrays, what kind of ores you should be looking for, what skills will benefit doing this and of course how to actually do it. Unlike mining this does not require any specific ships and makes a great little side income earner for anyone playing eve echoes. Planetary Production is a form of resource gathering that you may use for manufacture. Captain Benzie, which shares detailed tips on planetary production in EVE Echoes. ![]() Moreover, the browser supports intense customization, which can be performed from the developer menu. It supports certain applications, for emailing services, viewing PDFs or video rendering. The browser can manage downloaded items, as well as help you configure the Internet connection. The tool can save the browsing history and create bookmarks. The application supports opening websites in several tabs, starting private browsing sessions, saving the current page as HTML or printing it. IceCat offers you a reliable, familiar environment for browsing the Internet. The other plug-ins can replace online video players with the Firefox native player and automatically use HTTPS rules. These extensions are designed to increase the stability of the browser, by managing JavaScript pages, as well as to block privacy trackers on any website you visit. Moreover, IceCat features several integrated security add-ons, which come with the program package. While there are multiple similarities between the two applications, the differences occur when it comes to the status of extensions. ![]() Similar to Firefox, IceCat is a reliable Web browsing tool, which is accessible to all Windows users. ![]() The application is built on the same kernel as Mozilla Firefox, which is why it resembles this browser not only regarding the functions it offers, but also the interface. IceCat is a suitable solution to navigating the Internet since it offers you a reliable, secure environment for visiting your favorite websites. ![]() If too many devices are connected or on bandwidth-heavy activities like video streaming or downloading large files, your internet speed can be affected. Check the other devices connected to the network.Such devices might cause wireless interference. ![]() Move devices such as cordless phones, microwave ovens, or other wireless devices near your router away.Move your router to a new location to improve signal strength-you'll usually see better reception throughout your home if the router is in a central and elevated location.If you are unsure how to complete any of these steps, reach out to the manufacturer of the device or your ISP for more assistance. If you have changed your device to a custom DNS setting, try resetting your device to acquire DNS automatically.If you are connecting with a Virtual Private Network (VPN), disable it and connect directly with your home Internet.If you've modified your device for custom connection settings, we recommend using your ISP's default settings.Restore your Internet Service Providers' (ISP) default settings You may want to check with your equipment provider to ensure your modem and Internet service are functioning as intended.You may want to contact whoever set up your home network for help resetting or re-configuring your router settings.The router itself is likely the source of the problem.Restart your computer, TV app and attempt to watch Viki again.Disconnect all other devices on a wired or wireless connection. Connect only one computer/TV to your router with a LAN cable.Wait until no new indicator lights are blinking on Turn the power of your modem and/or router off.Restart your computer, TV app, or mobile device and attempt to watch Viki again.Ĭonnect your computer or TV directly to your modem via LAN cable.Wait for the Power and Internet LED lights on the router to turn green and stable.Then, after 2 minutes, turn the power back on. ![]() If you're still facing issues after following the above steps, you may reach out to us here. You can check if a video has been entirely subtitled by referring to the subtitle completion percentage at the bottom of the video thumbnail. When the subtitles for a video do not appear or are incomplete, the community might still be working on completing the subtitles. Learn how to change your subtitle settings here. If you face issues with viewing subtitles on the Viki channel on your Roku device, please make sure the closed captions settings have been turned on.
![]() In other cases we may choose a different set of axes. It is not required that we use this choice of axes it is simply convenient in the case of gravitational acceleration. (This choice of axes is the most sensible because acceleration resulting from gravity is vertical thus, there is no acceleration along the horizontal axis when air resistance is negligible.) As is customary, we call the horizontal axis the x-axis and the vertical axis the y-axis. The key to analyzing two-dimensional projectile motion is to break it into two motions: one along the horizontal axis and the other along the vertical. We discussed this fact in Displacement and Velocity Vectors, where we saw that vertical and horizontal motions are independent. The most important fact to remember here is that motions along perpendicular axes are independent and thus can be analyzed separately. In this section, we consider two-dimensional projectile motion, and our treatment neglects the effects of air resistance. ![]() The motion of falling objects as discussed in Motion Along a Straight Line is a simple one-dimensional type of projectile motion in which there is no horizontal movement. Such objects are called projectiles and their path is called a trajectory. Some examples include meteors as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, fireworks, and the motion of any ball in sports. The applications of projectile motion in physics and engineering are numerous. Projectile motion is the motion of an object thrown or projected into the air, subject only to acceleration as a result of gravity. Calculate the trajectory of a projectile.Find the time of flight and impact velocity of a projectile that lands at a different height from that of launch.Calculate the range, time of flight, and maximum height of a projectile that is launched and impacts a flat, horizontal surface.Use one-dimensional motion in perpendicular directions to analyze projectile motion.By the end of this section, you will be able to: John Philip Sousa's position in American (and World) music is set in stone by now. Stars and Stripes Forever is an admirable film and of course the finale does have several bands and marching armed forces personnel playing and marching to Sousa's most famous composition. Even Clifton Webb does make you forget you're watching Clifton Webb and you do think you are seeing the real Sousa. Ruth Hussey is cast in the Myrna Loy type role of the perfect understanding mate for her genius husband and she fulfills the role admirably. The Marine Corps Band was playing at a White House reception and the Harrison who was not the most social of presidents ordered Sousa to speed up the tempo so the receiving line would move at a brisk pace. ![]() The Marine Corps official march, Semper Fidelis, was composed by Sousa and the incident involving President Benjamin Harrison as depicted in Stars and Stripes Forever is somewhat true. Though he composed all kinds of music, it is his marches that have come down today and have given him his reputation. After leaving the Marine Corps band, Sousa formed his own orchestra which became world famous and toured the globe well into the Twenties.īut our story concerns Sousa the March King. In that beard with those pince nez glasses, Clifton Webb looks remarkably like John Philip Sousa in that period and by reputation, Sousa was as much a dilettante as Webb normally played on screen which made him perfect casting. ![]() Also included is a romance between fictional characters played by Robert Wagner and Debra Paget. It is rather a portrait of the era known as the Gay Nineties in America where Sousa first achieved his reputation and prominence. What should be understood is that Stars and Stripes Forever is in no way a full biography of the famous March King which was the nickname given to John Philip Sousa. If it’s to piss people off and distract from science communication and humanism, he’s doing a bang up job. My completely unsolicited advice for Dawkins is that he should ask himself what his goals really are with Twitter and other social media. It’s a conference saying, “You know what? This guy’s not for us or our audience.” I’m sure Dawkins has plenty of other conferences at which he can speak and I’m sure there are plenty of speakers who are a better fit for NECSS and its members. No one is shutting down his Twitter account. As a result, Dawkins online posts feed into bad stereotypes about aloof, arrogant scientists and, at least in my opinion, do more to set him back as a public intellectual.Īdditionally, no government is stepping in to censor Dawkins or his words. And Twitter is such an open, free-wheeling platform that he winds up alienating audiences for whom he never intended his original messages. Dawkins often acts like a jerk on social media. There’s something more basic and important happening here. Dawkins would certainly like to frame it that way and has been sharing messages like this on Twitter:īut I don’t really buy it. Naturally, this will become part of the broader conversation about self-censorship, and free speech. (Caution from personal experience: If you find it and watch it, the tune will be stuck in your head while you’re making eggs in the morning…in a bad way! And you’ll be flummoxed as you try to figure out why a respected scientist would share such a thing online with his 1.3 million followers.) ![]() That’s why it’s so disappointing to see him engage in such negative, boorish behaviors online, from criticizing Rebecca Watson for speaking out about rampant sexism among skeptics, to attacking “ clock kid,” to his latest - sharing a terribly stupid, juvenile video titled, I kid you not, “Feminists love Islamists.” He’s also written beautifully about the positive influence science and reason can have in our lives, arguing passionately that our scientific understanding of light, for instance, does not “unweave the rainbow,” but only makes it more gorgeous to behold. That’s a good thing.ĭawkins is a gifted writer and speaker and many of us enjoy a greater understanding of biology and evolution thanks to his work. The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism has dropped Richard Dawkins as its keynote speaker this year. even though Home Premium is licensed to run Virtual PC and can run it fine, the download isn't offered by default). If you would like to try this out, download Virtual PC at the link below (be sure to select Professional as your edition of Windows. However, we've found VMware's solution easier to use and much faster to setup. You could install XP in it, then install Virtual PC's integration components, and it will work exactly like the default XP Mode. You can actually run Windows Virtual PC on any Windows 7 computer, even ones running Home Premium that aren't eligible for XP Mode. VMware Player does a great job at integrating XP with your computer, and in our tests it worked as good or better than the actual XP Mode. And, even if your computer is running Windows 7 Professional, you may find it easier to use a copy of XP you already own instead of importing XP Mode. The only difference is that you used your own copy of XP, but if you have an old copy already then it doesn't cost you any more than XP Mode would. Almost everything works the same as XP Mode in 7 Professional or Ultimate. Conclusion And that's all there is to it! You now have a fully functioning copy of XP running right inside your 7 or Vista computer. You can repeat the same process for any folder you wish, such as your My Pictures and My Music folders. Both service pack and platform update include hardware / software support improvements, while the platform update include new version of IE browser, Internet Explorer 10.Now, whenever you go to save a file in XP, it will automatically save in your My Documents folder on Windows 7 or Vista, depending on your circumstance. A service pack and platform update was issued by Microsoft for Windows 7. Except the Starter, all versions are available for 32 and 64-bit capable systems. There are 6 different editions of Windows 7, which are Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. Windows 7 overall more stable, secure, and improved version of Vista. Your favorite pre-installed apps like Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center come with the latest version in Windows 7. ![]() There are some new features and functionality available in Windows 7 that are not available in Windows Vista such as, Libraries in Winidows Explorer, Multi-Touch enabled, app work progress in taskbar, Devices and Printers in control panel, Device Stage, easy dual monitor setup, home group, Microsoft Virtual PC, VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) file format support, and many improvements in performance and hardware support. ![]() This download includes a virtual hard disk (.vhd file) with Windows XP SP3 preinstalled. Windows XP Mode provides a 32-bit virtual Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3) environment. Compared to the earlier version, many new features have been added to the user interface, such that the taskbar can now pin the app, users can use the photo slideshow as a desktop wallpaper, redesign of Windows Explorer and Notification area, new jump list menu when right-click in the taskbar app, new keyboard shortcuts to control UI elements, new Window management features, and much more. It uses virtualization technology such as Windows Virtual PC to provide a Virtual Windows XP environment for Windows 7. The graphical user interface of Windows 7 is similar to Windows Vista, glass-like interface design (known as Windows Aero) is available in all versions of Windows 7 (except the Starter Edition). Windows 7 (the successor to Windows Vista) was released to the public on October 22, 2009, and was more successful than Windows Vista. General information from Windows 7 (for all editions) If you want to upgrade from Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium users can upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium. ![]() Service Pack 1 (SP1) included ISO, Edition N ISO, X86 and X64 ISO are available in the download menu. ![]() The 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium supports up to 4 GB RAM, while the 64-bit version supports 16 GB RAM. Windows 7 Home Premium edition was targeted to home PC users like Home Basic, but in terms of features, Home Premium Edition has more features and programs than the Home Basic Edition, such as full support of Windows Aero UI, Multi-touch enabled, Windows Media Center app is included, and HomeGroup networking. Method search_by_predicate( predicate_fn) Returns: All airports that match the specified name, case-insensitive (an empty list if no airports match) Parameter: apt_name ( str) – The name of the airport you want to query Returns: The airport with the specified ID, or None if no matching airport exists in this collection. Parameter: apt_id ( str) – The X-Plane ID of the airport you want to query Note that these IDs may or may not correspond to the airports’ ICAO identifiers.Ī generator containing the names of all airports in the collection from_file ( os.PathLike): Path to the file from which this was readĪ generator containing the X-Plane IDs of all airports in the collection.apt_dat_file_text ( str): The contents of an apt.dat (or ICAO.dat) file.Static method from_file_text( apt_dat_file_text, from_file) -> AptDat xplane_version (int): The version of the apt.dat spec used by the airports in this collection.Parses X-Plane’s gigantic apt.dat files, which may have data on tens of thousands of airports. AptDat.AptDatĪ container class for Airport objects. Tools for reading, inspecting, and manipulating X-Plane’s airport (apt.dat) files. More sample code is available in the doctests in the gateway module docs below. items (): print ( ' \t ' + key + ':', value ) Downloaded the recommended scenery pack for an airport from the Gateway from xplane_airports.gateway import scenery_pack, GatewayApt ksea_recommended_pack = scenery_pack ( 'KSEA' ) """:type ksea_recommended_pack: GatewayApt""" print ( "KSEA downloaded from the Gateway begins:" ) print ( ksea_recommended_pack. head ()) Getting metadata on airports from the Gateway from xplane_airports.gateway import airports all_apts = airports () print ( "There are %d airports on the X-Plane Scenery Gateway" % len ( all_apts )) print ( "KSEA has the following metadata on the Gateway:" ) for key, value in all_apts. is_dir (), f " airports found in your default apt.dat \n " ) ksea = default_xplane_apt_dat """:type ksea: Airport""" print ( "KSEA's airport data on disk begins:" ) print ( ksea. Sample code Parsing the default apt.dat file in your local X-Plane installation from xplane_airports.AptDat import AptDat, Airport from pathlib import Path xplane_installation = Path ( input ( "Path to your X-Plane installation: " )) assert xplane_installation. If you're migrating from a pre-4.0 version of the library, see the Migration notes section below. Xplane_airports requires Python 3.6 or newer. ![]() recommended_scenery_packs(): A generator equivalent to calling scenery_pack() to download the recommended scenery pack for every airport (or only a preselected list of airports, at your discretion).Includes both the apt.dat data and DSF, where applicable. scenery_pack(): Downloads either the recommended pack for the specified airport, or the scenery pack with the specified int ID.Unlike scenery_pack(), though, this does not include actual apt.dat or DSF data. airport(): Queries the Gateway for information about the specified airport itself, as well as metadata on all scenery packs submitted for it.airports(): Queries for metadata on all 35,000+ airports on the Gateway.The gateway module: Used to interact with the X-Plane Scenery Gateway to get information about what airports are available, and to download individual scenery packs contributed by the community.The Airport class: Represents an individual airport from an apt.dat file. ![]() The AptDat class itself: A parser for X-Plane's airport data files (which may contain more than 35,000 airports) a collection of Airport objects. ![]()
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