But I was actually fighting with a knife, big knives and little knives. Part of my training consisted of knife fighting, not knife defense, although I taught that. Ugh! I was more than a little impressed with just how sharp this little knife came. Believe me, it was a chore to get the knife out of the blister packaging. Right out of the blister package this knife is deadly shaving sharp. It would work nicely if you’re dressed up in your Sunday going to meeting suit! Deadly Sharp Still, the option is there to carry this little knife on a particular belt. It won’t fit on a gun belt, because these belts are too thick and too wide. Plus, there is an attachment that you can screw onto the sheath, and you can carry this little knife on a very thin dress belt. Problem solved! Can Carry Knife On Thin Dress Belt Of course, this is easily solved by purchasing a bead dog tag chain. If someone grabbed this little knife, while it is around your neck, they could strangle you easily! 550 Paracord is super tough stuff, and it’s not going to break, whereas a bead chain will break loose. My only complaint is that I’d like to see the necklace made out of military-style dog tag chain. That’s right! This is a hideout knife, one that you can wear around your neck. It is carried in the sheath with a 550 Paracord necklace. Here’s the kicker on this little fixed blade knife. Okay, all of the above might sound a little bit boring, but it’s not. Carried in Sheath with Paracord Necklace- A Hideout Knife Plus, the knife comes in a glass reinforced nylon sheath. The handle material is a polished Resin Infused fiber material that’s almost bullet proof, too. The blade comes with a bead blasted finish, and it only weighs 1.6 oz. This makes this little knife easy to re-sharpen when it dulls, yet it will still hold an edge a good long time, too. The Bowie style Minimalist comes with a plain edge made out of 5Cr15MoV stainless steel with a Rockwell hardness of 55-57. I don’t care who says anything different facts are facts! However, keep in mind that this is a fixed blade knife is not a folder, and a fixed blade is always stronger than any folder. ![]() That’s something, considering that, the blade is only 2.125 inches long, which is small by any standards. One of the first things you’ll note, when using the Bowie style blade, is how well it cuts and rips through material. I elected to test the Bowie style blade, because it has been around a long, long time and is a fairly versatile blade design, in my humble opinion. So there is sure to be one there to fill your needs. The Minimalist line has Wharncliffe, Tanto, and Bowie style blades. Minimalist Line- Wharncliffe, Tanto, and Bowie Style Blades So it takes some thinking and designing to come up with something new and different. And, let’s face facts, there are tens of thousands of knife designs on the market. ![]() (This is a shameless plug!) I respect custom knife makers and designers, because I know the work that goes into producing a new design. One is CRKT, which is producing my OC3 double-edge fighting knife. ![]() However, I have several of my designs out there being made by a couple different knife companies. And as a part-time knife designer myself, I know how hard it is to design knives. He has been designing and building knives for over 20 years now. The Minimalist line was designed by custom knife maker Alan Folts of Melbourne, FL. I’m checking out their Bowie fixed blade knife this time around. There are actually three different blade designs. Enter the Columbia Rive Knife & Tool Minimalist line-up. Well, I still stand by that statement, but there sure are exceptions to this rule of mine. However, I’ve always felt that bigger is better and can do more than any little knife can do. Yeah, they have their place in the knife line-up. Long time readers will know that I’m just not very “big” on little knives. We are reviewing one of the CRKT Minimalist this time around. There isn’t anything fancy about the design, but just wait until you hold one in your hand. As the name implies, the CRKT Minimalist is a very small knife.
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![]() ![]() Ahead, we're highlighting 75 of the best pumpkin carving ideas you'll love no matter how you like to celebrate Halloween.įor more Halloween fun, subscribe to our haunted house podcast Dark House on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen. Find high-quality royalty-free vector images that you wont find anywhere else. Prior to carving, you can either choose to mark up your design with a permanent marker or pin a paper stencil to the pumpkin's surface.ĭecision paralysis is real, and when you're carving a pumpkin there isn't much room for error, so we're here to help. Choose from 72 Cool Skull Drawings Pictures stock illustrations from iStock. Whether your pumpkin design is intricate or simple, it's best to use a craft knife or serrated knife meant for pumpkin carving to ensure the cleanest lines. Here’s how to do a skull sketch practice session: Get some paper and something to sketch with (pencil, pen, marker, etc. Be sure to separate the seeds and save them for a delicious fall snack for your upcoming scary movie marathons. Browse 230+ cool skulls to draw drawing stock illustrations and vector graphics available royalty-free, or start a new search to explore more great stock images and vector art. This tattoo places the skull on the wings, making it an obvious skull design but without detracting from the moth element. The journey from your local pumpkin patch to the display on your front porch may be a long one (especially for the pumpkin), but there's still one very important question: what will you carve onto the pumpkin's surface? Will you opt for scary sights like witches' cauldrons and black cats or a sweeter version with silly faces and fall foliage? Luckily, we have some creative pumpkin carving ideas to inspire your jack-o'-lantern this year.įirst things first: To prevent a huge mess, we recommend lining your carving surface with old newspapers and leaving a bowl off to the side for those slimy pumpkin guts. If you like the idea of a death mothaka a moth with a skull on its backbut don’t want to just place a skull over a moth design, try integrating them. Plus, you're left with some pretty great decor pieces (and snack materials) when you're done. Sketch the circle so its as wide as youd like the whole skull to be. The unofficial mascot of Halloween, a carved pumpkin is a great activity that the whole family can enjoy. Press lightly with your pencil to make a faint circle. Anatomically correct human skulls set isolated. A set of graffiti doodles suitable for decoration, bagdes, stickers or embroidery. There are many different things that can mark the beginning of fall: the first fallen leaf, your first pumpkin spice latte, and especially the first carved pumpkin. Vector black and white illustration of human skull with a lower jaw in ink hand drawn style. ![]() In that dialog you can now use collate and copies options. You can now detect whether the user cancelled PDF print dialog on Windows. The new InsertBarcode function helps to place vector graphics barcodes on the PDF pages. In newer Xojo versions you can use DateTime or Date class, but in older Xojo versions only Date functions are available.ĭynaPDF got updated and now supports more ZUGFeRD 2.1 and Factur-X variants. The new plugin embraces DateTime class and adds over 200 new methods and properties. Beside the CoreML classes on macOS, we now can do similar things on Windows like detecting the primary object of a picture. If you are interested in Machine Learning, please check our new WindowsML classes for Windows. 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The stone was thought to control evil thoughts, quicken intelligence, make a shrewd man in business, preserve soldiers from battle wounds, aid the warrior to victory, help the hunter in search of his game, protect the wearer from contagious diseases, and put demons to flight if the figure of a bear is inscribed on the jewel. The goblet overturned, and the red wine spilled all over the white rock, saturating it until it became the purple quartz that is now known as Amethyst.Īmethyst has been thought to have many attributes throughout history, and all of them are good. When Dionysus realized what had happened and felt remorse for his actions, his tears dripped into his goblet of red wine. When Amethyst cried out to Goddess Diana for help, she immediately turned the girl into a white, shimmering stone (quartz). As its rarity decreased, so did its price.Īccording to Greek mythology, Amethyst was a young virgin who became the object of wrath of the Greek God Dionysus after he became intoxicated with red wine. Then great finds in South America and elsewhere made it more plentiful. For some time, true amethyst was valued equally with the diamond. The twelfth foundation of the Holy City was built of amethyst. It was also one of the twelve precious stones in the high priest Aaron’s breastplate. There are a number of Biblical references to the amethyst. The stone is also a symbol of Saint Matthias. Saint Valentine was thought to wear a ring set with an antique Amethyst carved with an image of Cupid. The royal purple color used to symbolize Christ. In olden times, Amethyst saw its place in the Christian church, worn on Bishops’ rings. The Smithsonian has an amethyst that weighs 400 pounds! Ancient civilizations prized the stone more than many gems, which today, enjoy more recognition and value, including the sapphire and the ruby. The stone is included in royal collections all over the world, from ancient Egypt to the British crown jewels. It is the birthstone for Pisces and the month of February, and the gemstone for the 6th anniversary of marriage. Well-shaped crystals with strong colors are valued by collectors.Īmethyst has been a prized gem for centuries. The mineral is used for jewelry, dishes, decorations. ![]() Our amethysts come mainly from Pakistan and Afghanistan. It differs in many shades up to slightly blue to pink. It occurs in many places on Earth but only some specimens have a beautiful strong color. Currently the largest one known is 18 foot wide, 20 ton behemoth dubbed the "enchanted cave" and currently on display at the Crystal Castle & Shambhala Gardens in Australia.The mineral is a purple variety of quartz. In addition to these two geodes, many massive amethyst geodes have been found in Uruguay. Depending on how you want to measure size either one could be considered the largest. There are two geodes that lay claim to be the world largest, a massive, 35 foot across Celestite geode in Ohio and the 30 foot long, selenite crystal lined, Pulpi Geode in Spain. Vugs are irregularly shaped pockets typically along of vein or breccia while geodes are rounded or oblong in shape. Geodes are hollow cavities within the rock, while nodules are completely filled in with minerals. What Is The Difference Between A Geode, Nodule & Vug? The area near Chihuahua, Mexico produce abundant geodes called Coconut Geodes mined from about 100 feet below the surface.The volcanic rock deposits in Southern Brazil and Uruguay which produce gorgeous and sometimes very large amethyst geodes.The Warsaw Formation in the Keokuk region near the area where Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois.Geodes have been found in volcanic rock world wide, but some of the most prolific deposits include: Geodes found at the same locality typically have similar minerals deposited inside. By far the most abundant mineral found within geodes is macrocrystalline quartz (including amethyst), but calcite, pyrite, barite, celestite, & chalcedony ( agate) are also frequently found. Over millions of years, hydrothermal fluids or groundwater deposited minerals within these hollow cavities forming a crystal lining. They often form in air bubbles which became trapped in volcanic rock as it cooled, or inside voids left in sedimentary rocks. Geodes are hollow, often spherical cavities within rocks that are lined with crystals and other minerals. ![]() Yet the Australian company has still been linked to controversy and supply concerns from its onset. The New York-based Synergy Pharmaceuticals went bust in 2016, while Synergy Pharmaceuticals Australia stayed in business. Even more confusing is that two companies are sharing the name. Its name is a bit confusing considering that its catalog features only natural vitamins. I only ask that you let me know if either of these suggestions work for you so that I can document it in my notes.Synergy Pharmaceuticals is one such company currently facing pushback from the FDA. The stronger anti-virals come with risks and if I can help anyone avoid those risks then by all means I feel I have done some good in this world. Again, just a reminder that this works for me and may not work for you but I always feel that i have to share this with anyone that cannot get this virus under control so I hope my findings can help those of you who cannot achieve relief with the standard treatment alone. ![]() I have found that this has reduced my outbreaks to almost only once a year and they are mild at worse. This combo is 1 gram of activated charcoal with 1-gram of valacyclovir in the morning followed by 1 gram of valacyclovir in the evening alone, again for 3 days. There is another drug combo that I have tried myself as well as others on this forum have tried and that I personally feel is a much more effective for myself. I share my findings with the forum in the hopes to help others alleviate their suffering. I'd like to remind you that I am not a doctor and at best I am personal researcher for what works for me. Now, may I suggest a combination of drugs that several others on this forum have found to be very effective over acyclovir alone? Myself and others have found that taking 40mg of omeprazole (Tagamet ) with 1 gram of Valacyclovir in the morning and 1 gram of Valacyclovir in the evening alone for 3 days have had profound effectiveness at stopping outbreaks in their tracks. I have a thread called "Pritelivir at Last" you may want to follow as I have a strong belief that It may be available to the public in the summer of 2024 and as I find new info, I update the thread immediately. I have not found a cheaper source for Amenalief, and I've searched high and low. There is a place in hell for people like you You peice of shit - taking advantage of desperate people who are begging for help. Stop fucking scamming people or I will hack your website and shut it down by force. You are no different than the criminals locked up. You should be ashamed of yourself I dont know how you sleep at night. 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I cannot find a record of your name on our database which does also alert me to whether you are a legitimate customer of ours. ![]() It does concern me that this was not discussed with one of our support staff so we can assist you and see what further we could do to help. I appreciate your concern you raised here on this forum. I'm Luke Green the Customer Relations Manager at Synergy Pharmaceuticals. ![]() Compared to JPEG files, HEIC photos take up only 50% of the storage space. HEIF files are also widely used by photographers. The HEIF file format is used for video files as well. HEVC-compatible devices can read and write HEIF file extensions. The HEIC format stores individual images, their properties, and thumbnails. Fortunately, they're both free! HEIF files are compatible with all major image codecs. You can download HEIC and HEVC-compatible applications from the Microsoft Store. HEVC files are also supported by Windows Media Player and H.265-compatible applications. 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There are many individuals who use the software because it allows them to easily and effectively edit their images so that they can be resized and downloaded anywhere they wish. Some people prefer to use their personal computers as well as office computers in order to upload photos, videos and other types of files that they need. You can use this software to upload your files from one location to another location on your computer. The VSO Image Resizer is a free software program which allows you to upload any type of image and then resize it to any size you like. For many years, investors loved GE’s stock because the GE management team always “made their numbers”-that is, the company produced earnings per share at least as large as what Wall Street analysts predicted. My first big takeaway is that one of GE’s greatest apparent strengths was actually one of its greatest weaknesses. Gryta and Mann gave me the detailed insight I was looking for into the culture, decisions, and accounting that eventually caught up to GE in a gigantic way. But I got a lot out of reading this book. I wanted to understand what really went wrong and what lessons this story holds for investors, regulators, business leaders, and business students.Īt times, it was a bit hard for me, as a former CEO, to read such harsh criticism of fellow leaders, including people I know and like. ![]() That’s why I was eager to read Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric, by the Wall Street Journal reporters Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann. I wish I could tell you that I was one of them, but I was just as surprised as most people. Only a few people saw it coming (including one, ironically, from J.P. It’s a textbook case of mismanagement of an overly complex business. It’s also not a case of outright fraud, like Enron. 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Since red is the color of passion in Western cultures, rubies are associated with romance and sensitivity. Ruby Image credit: International Gem Society () It is also thought to boost creativity and improve your mood. If you’re curious about its meaning, peridot is associated with strength and balance and is believed to bring peace, health, and rest by harmonizing the mind and body. For warm skin tones, gemstones with earthy colors like peridot are ideal and will really compliment your appearance. The prominent green of peridot is often overlooked by women, but they look absolutely stunning on ladies with a warmer complexion. So, diamonds are the perfect choice for a symbol of your eternal love! Peridot Image credit: International Gem Society () They come in various colors including yellow, blue, green, and even pink! With these available wide ranges of cuts, designs, and styles, diamond pieces of jewelry will surely stay in the trends of 2021 and the upcoming years as well.Īs we probably know, a timeless diamond is one of the strongest gemstones that can withstand a lot and can stand the test of time very well. If you’re looking for gemstones for your engagement ring, emeralds are a great choice since they can represent a faithful relationship and a strong natural connection with your partner! Diamond Image credit: International Gem Society ()ĭiamonds are definitely the most traditional go-to stone to have in your engagement or wedding rings. Like the sapphire’s deep blue, the lush green of an emerald distinguishes the quality of this stone, those which are more intense and vibrant are usually worth more than lighter or more cloudy stones. Emerald Image credit: International Gem Society () In terms of color, pure blue sapphires tend to be the most expensive in the market. Sapphires can come as cheap as $25 per carat, to over $11,000 per carat. You can find sapphires in different colors, including pink and purple! While blue sapphires are most common, these stones can also range from the deepest of blues to light gray, depending on their quality. Sapphire has been a symbol of innocence and preserver of chastity for centuries. Most Popular Gemstones Used in Jewellery Sapphire Image credit: International Gem Society () ![]() Of course this all hinges on how quickly he can recover from hip surgery. I think as he gets some more time in the weight room with Mike Woicik, and shows his versatility in training camp, he’ll be pushing for either starting guard position.Īt this point in the offseason I suspect the starter at the right guard position will be Mackenzy Bernadeau. One guy to keep your eye on is David Arkin. We’ll see what happens when week one comes around. Jerry Jones paid so much to a guy that has been inconsistent throughout his entire career. After signing a five-year, $19 million contract it would be crazy not to start him. I don’t completely agree with this one, but from what I see Nate Livings is going to start the season as the starting left tackle. If you don’t remember that glorious day follow this link to jog your memory. Felix Jones broke off a huge 49-yard touchdown run against the Eagles, and Free came all the way across the field to get into the secondary and pave the way. I keep going back to the last time the Cowboys won a playoff game. I hope that this change of scenery will bring back the Free of two years ago. If Tyron Smith is going to be the starter on the left side then it’s no surprise Doug Free will be starting on the right side.įree looked a little out matched at times last season so this move back to the right side is a welcomed one in my eyes. It looked like last year he might be sidelined with a knee injury early on, but he played through it and performed admirably. ![]() What I really like about him is his ability to learn fast, and play well even through injury. He seems to be catching on in a big way, and looks to be a force in 2012 and beyond. He can now be considered the premiere offensive lineman on the Cowboys’ roster. It sounds odd to say, considering he’s only in his second season, but I think he deserves the promotion. We all know that Tyron Smith will be the starting left tackle in 2012. So let’s have a little fun, and feel free to comment below and tell Cowboy Nation what you think. ![]() Last time I checked, I’m not a psychic, and I don’t imagine any of the rest of you are either. I can tell you what I think will happen based on my perceptions of where the roster is now and how they’ve performed to date, but in the end this all hinges on what happens next. So who is going to be the starting offensive line in 2012? As I’ve said time and time again, this is purely speculation on my part. What I’m really trying to say is all of these fast, explosive players put their seasons on the hefty backs of five guys up front. Without a solid group in the trenches, all of these breakout performers and potential studs everyone are talking about will be a bust. These guys are rarely put in the spotlight and yet they are a big part of what makes the offense, and the entire team for that matter, tick. 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