![]() ![]() When thinking of the countless examples of awesome Japanese sword names in anime and manga, especially when the media contains far more such examples than real life, the “soul-cutting swords” of Bleach are one of the first groups that you may want to consider. The Shichishito is allegedly housed within Nara Prefecture’s Isonokami Shrine. Considering the fact that this item lacks a hole for the tang to be fitted to a hilt, and the branching prongs are not made of the sturdiest of metals, this particularly striking weapon (whose name translates as the “seven-branched sword”) was likely used for some sort of ritual ceremony. The Shichishito’s main blade branches off into six alternating prongs. The weapon has a unique aesthetic that has become far more prolific than its name this is absolutely no regular katana. Unlike most of the Japanese sword names mentioned in this article, Shichishito is from a sword whose design does not lend itself to combat. If you don’t think this is on of the most awesome Japanese sword names then you didn’t read that last paragraph! Shichishito: “Seven-Branched Sword” The warrior used Grass Cutter to hack at the grass, sending expanses of burning grass blowing toward the samurai. Much to everyone’s astonishment, the weapon called upon the winds and redirected the flames. With no other option available, the warrior waved the sword, an heirloom, in such a way that it might blow the flames away. Said samurai ignited the field and dispatched the warrior’s horse, leaving him with nowhere to go but to be burnt up by the encroaching blaze that had encircled him. The warrior was dealing with an corrupt samurai in a grassy field of a war zone. Without bogging our discussion down with the lengthy history of this very real weapon, which also happens to account for one-third of Japan’s imperial regalia, this weapon’s impressive-sounding title means “grass cutter.” Some people familiar with the Legend of Zelda games might recall the term “lawn mower” by having Link run down a line of bushes and “mowing” them with his sword to reveal rupees and other items.īut in fact, the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi got its name after a warrior swung it in desperation. While some games give the Odin summon more than one means of attack, his Zantetsuken sword is an instant-death attack that is useful for mopping up groups of enemies. This weapon also appears in several Final Fantasy games, usually when summoning Odin. Zantetsuken has been used by Lupin III‘s Goemon Ishikawa XIII (himself grandly named) to cut through anything the rogues might possibly need removed from their path. ![]() This particular weapon, whose name translated as “iron (or steel)-cutting blade,” is just such a sword. Some Japanese sword names are so cool that they have transcended one particular piece of media and saturated pop culture. $0.00 See the details Zantetsuken: “Iron-Cutting Blade” Suzaku is one of the directional guardians, depicted as a flaming bird affiliated with the southern direction. from the Samurai Showdown franchise of fighting games, is just such a weapon. This particular weapon, a ninjato NINJATO 忍者刀 "ninja sword" learn more. Some Japanese sword names take their appellations from folklore. The name likely comes from the weapon’s ability to cut through the flow of a waterfall. This weapon’s name translates as “water stopper.” It was a guardless, pale wood katana used by Love Hina‘s Motoko Aoyama. With a skill like that, the very name Mugenjin stirs up feelings of power and lethality that is as vicious as it is … well, practical. Notably, its design allows him to extract and retain the fat from where the finely serrated blade struck, giving Shishio fuel to coat the blade in flames. Mugenjin: “Hailing From the Abyss”ĭepending on the characters and pronunciation, this weapon can be read as “one hailing from the abyss” or “one hailing from infinity.” This was a finely serrated blade used by Shishio Makoto in the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin. This article is dedicated to highlighting some notable examples of great Japanese sword names, be they from our world or from the fantasy worlds of page, screen or monitor. The Bard once wrote “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” While names may not dictate what something is, a good name can do a great deal of the work in being made memorable. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike lower-frequency matching circuits with capacitance in the tens of picofarads, and even extending to the microfarads range, these ICs allow tweaking of very small capacitance shifts. Among the vendors are Peregrine Semiconductor (PE64909), Qorvo (QM13025), Skyworks Solutions (SKY59272-707LF), and Infineon (BGSC2341ML10). ![]() These ICs address the issue by allowing digital setting of up to 16 capacitance values, thus changing the electrical characteristics just enough to optimize the matching or get close enough. Certainly, expecting the user to tune and optimize the antenna-matching circuit in use is simply not an option.įortunately, there are now solutions to this dilemma via antenna-tuner ICs. The associated LC values are small, which simplifies the challenge in some ways, but also makes it harder in other ways.Ĭomplicating the situation, the matching values are not static but are dynamic in routine use as user’s hand changes location and angle, and phone’s position moves with respect to the head and body. Smartphones are relatively low-power devices operating above a gigahertz with multiple bands, which must be supported with seamless band transitions and handoffs. ![]() Now the tuning battle is over 5G and even 4G phones supporting multiple bands and embedded antennas such as the widely used planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA). Newer antenna tuners incorporate autonomous self-controlled auto-tuning using an internal processor or allow an external PC to do so via an USB port.īut as the saying goes, times have changed. Note the toroidal transformer with multiple windings. Many of them are one-off, hand-crafted works combining artful form and required function ( Figure 2).įigure 2 Many amateur-radio enthusiasts prefer to design and fabricate their own antenna-matching units for their bands of interest and power levels, such as this one covering 3 to 30 MHz and handling up to 150 watts. Some of these external tuners were designed for a single band, while others for multiband use cases, such as amateur or ham radio, which had front-panel switchers to enable adjustment settings for the different bands in use ( Figure 1).įigure 1 This variable L-network random wire antenna tuner is designed for manually matching the low output impedance of transmitter (up to 200 watts) to the high impedance of a random wire (or vice versa) from 2 to 30 MHz. This was due to the high-power ratings spanning tens, hundreds, or even thousands of watts, along with the physically larger values needed at the lower frequencies of tens or several hundred megahertz. Traditionally, antenna-matching circuits were built into smaller, lower-power radio designs in other cases, they were and still are offered as commercial units in external enclosures. The problem has not gone away, but instead has morphed into a new and more-challenging form. Even in those early days, electromagnetic theory and hands-on practical experimentation showed that effective power transfer and optimal antenna performance, measured by several parameters, require that the source impedance and the load impedance be complex conjugates. The need for what’s called antenna tuning-either by adjusting the antenna itself or via a matching circuit between power-amplifier output and the antenna-is almost as old as wireless itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Super Mysterizer: Gives a player an exclusive mystery power-up (These can only be collected on Mondays).Originally released in mid-2012 during the height of the “endless runner” genre popularity, this game managed to easily capture the attention of the public and retain a large player base that still enjoys this title to this day. ![]() Score Booster: Boosts the player's multiplier by +5, +6, or +7.Headstart: Same power as the Jetpack except there are no coins and you get a free power-up at the end of it can be used 2 times after 1 use.Pogo Stick: Makes the player jump high in the air and collect coins and a random power-up.Super Sneakers: Allows the player to jump higher.2X Multiplier: Doubles the player's current multiplier.Jetpack: Allows the player to fly in the air, Grants temporary invincibility and allows players to collect many coins.Coin Magnet: Attracts coins even if the player is not in their path as long as if the coins are in the same plain as the player.The player can also activate a Hoverboard to take a extra hit (1 when hitting a object, 2 when hitting the sidelines) if the player fails to avoid the obstacles their character is caught by the guard, the player has the chance to revive or go to the highscore screen and start the run over. The object of the game is to run as far as possible in a endless subway while avoiding randomly generated obstacles that require the player to either jump (slide finger forward), duck (slide finger backwards) and dodge the oncoming trains in a precise manner. 7 List of Icons, Splash Screens, Logos & City IconsĪ example of player getting caught resulting in a game over.That means that currently, SYBO is developing and publishing the game. ![]() In early 2020, Kiloo stopped developing and publishing the game for unknown reasons (however in SYBO history video it is possible that this happened due to a expired contract). This mode was expanded to have more variations later on ( Tag Team, Mystery Hurdles, Tag Time Attack etc.) In Marathon Challenge was introduced which is similar to the main game but you get rewarded for how far you run. Also, some other characters in this game can be unlocked with Real Money and by collecting other tokens who change every update. As well as coins and keys, they can collect spraycans ( ), hats ( ), boomboxes ( ), guitars ( ) and UFOs ( ), in order to unlock Tricky, Fresh, Spike, Yutani, and their outfits respectively. However, as players collect more Coins, Event Coins, Keys Character Tokens, and Season Hunt Tokens they will eventually get the chance to unlock new characters and outfits. The game starts with a default character, Jake. The game launched in May of 2012, a year later in 2013 " World Tour" became the theme of the game, where the settings are in cities like, ,, ,, ,, and, only a few of the many locations that have been featured up until this point. The game is available on iOS and Android platforms. In the Update, keys ( ) were added, which you can use to revive your character if the player should choose to use them for said purpose, you can also use them to unlock outfits. The player must run away from the two, who are chasing them. The player takes on the role of an average teen (or, on rare occasions, a young adult) vandalizing a subway train with spray paint, and is caught by The Guard and his dog. Subway Surfers is an endless runner video game developed & published by Kiloo & SYBO. ![]() ![]() ![]() Event Log API Run custom queries against the database behind WMI Query. The Splunk-Fluentd stack is a centralized logging solution that allows you to search, analyze, and visualize log data. The response will contain JSON data in the body. One nice thing about Windows is that system logs and many application logs go to. General Form for a Query Querying for information is done using a HTTP GET request. Including any Containers and Artifacts in the system. Select Index next to Saved Queries, then select the indexes you want to query. In the content control bar, enter a time range in the time picker if you know it. | sourcetype=XmlWinEventLogs EventCode IN ("4624", "4625") user="*john. Splunk SOAR (Cloud) allows authorized users to use a REST API to query for several kinds of information. To search your logs, follow these steps: Navigate to Log Observer. To get an idea of what's available for a given sourcetype you might look at a field summary (you can set event sampling fairly high if you want for this):Īn example of windows log on/off events using standard sourcetypes could be: ![]() Once you have that, you can query the host and/or sourcetype for logs. If hosts are logging directly, you can use the above to list the same information by changing "type=sourcetypes" to "type=hosts". | metadata type=sourcetypes | eval yesterday = now() - 86400 | where recentTime > yesterday | eval last = strftime(recentTime, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%Q") | fields sourcetype last totalCount Here is an SPL query that will list all the data sources that Splunk collected an event fo rin the last 24h:
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![]() ![]() Using beauty products that are properly certified and good for her skin, Barbie is getting ready with her makeup on point. Print this page and give Barbie’s hair the color of your choice. To keep her hair looking silky, shiny and healthy, she massages her scalps. Give this fun illustration some of your bright and fun colors.įeeling and looking good as well as healthy take hard work. Like your dinners at home or dining out with family and friends, Barbie and Ken also like to enjoy a good meal together.īecause of her interests in sports and maintaining her physical health, Barbie is able to spontaneously do a headstand, highlighting her flexibility and athletic abilities. Part of any relationship is enjoying all the moments of togetherness. Just like how you must be changing into your home clothes from your school uniforms as soon as come back home from school. 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American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.īarbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Kids can learn about letter recognition, phonics, and reading. Listed on PC Magazine’s “15 best Online Learning Services for Kids,” Think Five’s “Top 5 Most Used Apps by Elementary Teachers,” and as one Parent's Magazine's "70 Best Apps for Families." *Pass it forward! Subscribers gain access to hundreds of additional activities and support the free sections for others to enjoy. Whether a free user or subscriber, you won’t see any ads. All of the basics for learning how to read are available to everyone. 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From here, move right to find this artifact near the railing and behind the blue dumpster with seagulls on it.Īrtifact #11: Evacuation Leaflet (Image credit: Naughty Dog) Once you hop into the office room and take out the thug, he'll drop the key on his body.Īfter you see Robert for the first time while hiding from a distance, Joel will automatically jump off the ledge and into cover. You'll obtain this while learning about stealth kills. Look up from where you got the previous The Last of Us artifact - just a few steps beyond, you can spot this poster attached to a storage unit. Just after moving through the bus, this hard-to-spot collectible will be on the ground near a table. In this room, you'll find a note on the table near the window. Before exiting the building, turn left and open the door. Just after your first encounter with the infected, you'll head up some stairs. Watch the next scene, have a long cry and then move on to the next chapter: The Quarantine Zone.Artifact #3: Note to Brother (Image credit: Naughty Dog) Infected will chase you, quickly catching up, but don't worry about avoiding them this is intentional for the next story beat.Įventually, you'll pass an ambulance and begin ascending a nearby hill before a soldier guns down your pursuers. It's marked by a spotlight and yellow hazard tape. After it's finished and you've regained control, leave the bar and head through the crack in the brick wall ahead of you. He'll eventually lead you through the backdoor of a bar. Eventually, infected will begin to jump over the walls and rush you. Mash SQUARE to knock him away, allowing Tommy to finish him off. You'll be attacked by an infected pedestrian. If you missed it, it's on the left-hand side of the street, just next to Anne's Flower Shop.įollow him and run up the path ahead. As you reach the end of the street, an explosion will go off in front of the theatre ahead, causing Tommy to direct you down a nearby alleyway. There's a lot going on here and no real danger just yet, so feel free to take a look at the chaos unfurling around you. Follow the crowd through the streets ahead. After a short exchange, you'll hand your gun to Tommy and pick Sarah up. When prompted, repeatedly hit SQUARE to kick the windscreen in and free yourself. ![]() Once the cutscene ends, you'll regain control, this time as Joel. After a brutal sequence of events, they'll find themselves in a crash, with Tommy's car flipped upside down. The end of the scene sees Tommy, Joel and Sarah arrive in the city. There's a lot of harrowing stuff happening here, so you'll have a lot to look at. This isn't a cutscene and you're able to move freely, so take a look around as Tommy drives. The next section will take place in Tommy's car. You'll then cue a cutscene, eventually culminating in Joel taking Sarah out to the front of the house where his brother, Tommy, is waiting in a car. Interact with it and then head through the set of double doors on your left.Īs you enter, Joel will run into the room and begin rummaging through a nearby desk, eventually pulling out a revolver. Head over to the kitchen drawers opposite the oven and you'll find Joel's phone. Once you reach the ground floor, you'll hear a phone going off in the kitchen. Head out the door and descend the staircase. After a few seconds of watching the nearby TV, you'll hear an explosion outside. When you're ready, leave the bathroom and head for the doorway to the right of the staircase. Have a read of the newspaper by the sink for a little hint of what's to come. ![]() Instead of taking a right at the end of the corridor, go through the doorway ahead of you. When you're ready, head through the door and follow the route ahead. You can open the card by hitting TRIANGLE. His bedroom is at the end of the corridor outside Sarah's room, but there are a few things for us to interact with before we get there.Ĭheck out the dresser opposite Sarah's bed and you'll find a birthday card with a dinosaur on it. Our objective now is to go and find Joel. ![]() Once the conversation concludes, Sarah will get out of bed and we'll take control. Once the scene ends, we'll cut back to Sarah, who is woken up by a late-night phone call. The Last of Us opens on a long cutscene introducing us to Sarah and her father, Joel. There are no collectibles to find in this chapter, although there are a few interactive items we'll list in the walkthrough below that are worth taking a look at along the way. ![]() ![]() Disabling and Uninstalling Microsoft Applications Those that do use this option are recommended to keep on top of updates manually, rather than fall behind. Of course, this presents potential security risks as Microsoft will no longer be able to patch known vulnerabilities. ![]() Unfortunately, Windows 10 Home users are stuck with the built-in deferral, but Pro and Enterprise users can utilize W10Privacy allows users to disable Windows Update without diving into menus. In recent memory, Windows 10 updates have also posed a risk as users lost significant amounts of data due to errors on the publisher’s side. Microsoft has been lambasted for its forceful approach to updating Windows 10, with patches often catching users at inconvenient times. Disabling Windows Update on Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise This makes the selection significantly easier to browse, but it does seem a loss that there is no Search function to locate particular options quicker. These preferences are also sorted into categories, consisting of Privacy, Apps, Telemetry, Search, Network, Explorer, Services, Edge, Internet Explorer, OneDrive, Tasks, Tweaks, Firewall, Background-Apps, User-Apps, and System-Apps. ![]() The terminology isn’t the friendliest to users without experience, but W10Privacy elaborates and explains when the cursor hovers over the option. Restricted recommended settings are highlighted in red, and can potentially negatively impact the system if changed from their default state. Yellow, or amber, is conditionally recommended, requiring the user to look into the option they’re about to alter before confirming any changes. Using a traffic light structure, green means that the user can change the setting with almost no noticeable fallout beyond the loss of the option’s direct functionality. W10Privacy prides itself on being accessible to all color-coding recommended actions based on their side effects to the system. W10Privacy offers 316 options in total across 16 categories, consisting of Privacy, Apps, Telemetry, Search, Network, Explorer, Services, Edge, Internet Explorer, OneDrive, Tasks, Tweaks, Firewall, Background-Apps, User-Apps, and System-Apps. Microsoft’s default stance on data protection and collection has been questionable at best in recent years, leaving the user to sift through endless menus and complicated jargon manually to reach an acceptable level of privacy. Preferences are hidden within a plethora of drop-down menus that can often contain unfamiliar terminology and changing them can sometimes bring about unforeseen repercussions.įortunately, as recommended when touching the Registry Editor, W10Privacy automatically prompts the user to create a restore point which can then be used to reset changes should anything go wrong. While it’s possible to in Windows 10, traversing the Windows 10 Registry manually can often be a challenge for the casual user. Simply click "more info" to make the "Run" button appear. This is a false flag, as W10Privacy is perfectly harmless. ![]() If you're not quite sure what competing tools are doing, give this a try instead.Windows Defender often flags W10Privacy as unsafe and prompts you to cancel the download. The interface needs work, but W10Privacy scores for the details it gives about every setting and tweak. There's not just a vague "block telemetry" option: instead you can choose to "block IP addresses of known Microsoft telemetry servers" through either a firewall rule or your HOSTS file, in both full-strength and lightweight versions.Įach action is colour-coded, too, as either green (safe to set), amber (check carefully) or red (don't do this unless you're really sure), reducing the chance that you'll cause some major problems. W10Privacy gives you quite fine control over some areas. If that's not enough, hovering the mouse over that action displays a tooltip with more information. One immediate plus point is that most of these actions are very clearly described, like "Do not let apps use my camera" or "Do not let apps access my name, picture and other account into". Some of these are Windows 10-specific ("Disable the Delivery Optimization Service", the scheme where Windows updates can be obtained from other systems on your network), but others are general PC tweaks ("Show extensions for known file types in Explorer"). There are a lot of options to browse, but W10Privacy tries to make life easier by organising them in several tabs: Privacy, Telemetry, Search, Network, Explorer, Services, OneDrive, Tasks, Tweaks and more.Ĭlick any tab and a list of related actions appears. W10Privacy is a portable free tool which makes it easier to view and control Windows 10's many privacy-related settings. ![]() |
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