![]() ![]() To avoid this, improve air circulation between the stems of the plant and around the plant. This is especially true if the compost is allowed to dry too much. Luckily no pest will attack the plant due to its toxic nature but it can suffer from powdery mildew. You can give your plant an annual dressing of slow-release fertilizer to give the plants a boost through the growing season. These divisions can be planted in new containers to add to your or your friend’s collection. To minimise this, split the plant every few years and dispose of the centre and create divisions from the outer plant. Monkshood has a tendency to form gaps in the centre with time. In autumn, when the leaves have dieback, you can cut the whole plant, leaves and spent flowers close to the crown. As it does not self-seed regularly, there is no need to cut the spent flowering spikes. The plant may need to be stalked, especially the tall varieties to stop it from getting wind damaged and from flopping all over the place. Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’įor best results, it is advised to grow it in light shade, as this will benefit the plant and stop it from getting too hot as the plant does not like it. Never consume this plant as it can be fatal. When planting or handling, make sure you wear gloves to minimise sap passing through the skin. This aconitine was used to align weapons to kill wolves (hence its other common name of Wolfsbane). One thing that must be remembered is that all parts of the plant are toxic, as they contain aconitine. Only water when 5cm below the top surface of the compost feels dry to the touch, or if it is wilting because the compost is too dry. Make sure that the compost is never too moist at all times, as the fragile roots will rot in too much water. Firm the plant in and water well.Īt the planting stage, do not add any fertilizer as too much rich soil will encourage the plant to grow too lanky. ![]() Backfill with the growing media, making sure that no gaps remain (use more compost if you have to). Place a plant in so that the top of the root ball is at the same level as the top surface of the compost. Dig a hole that is slightly bigger than the root ball it came in the original container. To this, add multipurpose compost to near the top. To the bottom of the container, add a 1cm layer of gravel as this will help with water draining. Whatever you choose make sure it has plenty of drainage holes at the bottom. Aconitum ‘Ivorine’įirst, select a container that will suit the Aconitum in question, in terms of size and colour. To really do well, it is best to imitate the growing conditions in its natural environment. It is best to buy new plants in early springs. Monkshood is normally bought as garden-ready pot plants and not normally reared from seeds, as it has such poor germination rates. This should take a while as it is a slow-growing plant. Only divide in autumn in containers if the plant is looking too crowded. This is one plant that does not like to be disturbed as it can take a while for the plant to establish. Rarer species and varieties can produce yellow or white flowers but these are not seen often. The common name of Monkshood comes about as the shape of the outer petals of the flower resembles cowls (headwear) worn by monks. The flowers are usually blue but other shades of near blue are possible. It is grown for its deeply divided green leaves and for the spikes of helmet-shaped (Monkshood) flowers that are produced. It is a firm favourite that in nature is found growing in meadows throughout the Northern hemisphere. Aconitums are colourful plants to have in containers This is exaggerated as very few gardeners die after handling it, as long as you do it with great care. You may wonder why I have called Aconitum or Monkshood, Wolfsbane or Aconite to give its common names, as notorious, the answer is because it has a reputation of being toxic to humans, with the possibility of death. In this article, we will discuss how to grow the notorious Aconitum in containers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However, cybercrime is continually evolving. While most of the world’s population spent an increased amount of time on the internet due to the pandemic and the lack of establishments that remained open, criminals turned to cybercrime because there was a larger pool of people they could target. It is not always clear who owns or operates an address, therefore, it can be difficult to identify the individual behind an address tied up in illicit activity.Ĭybercrime involving digital currencies has been on the rise–especially during coronavirus lockdowns. The only thing pseudo-anonymous about Bitcoin is its wallet addresses. This means that any actions that take place on the Bitcoin blockchain are stored on-chain for everyone to see. Bitcoin is public, transparent, and immutable. Knowing that Bitcoin is entirely public, I started building Ransomwhere as a method to crowdsource information on ransomware payments,” said Cable.Ĭontrary to popular belief, Bitcoin is not the private network that many criminals and illicit actors believe it to be. Without knowing the full details of ransomware economics, it’s hard to tell if actions have an effect on criminal behavior. “I was inspired to launch Ransomwhere after seeing that no one really knows the full impact of ransomware, and cybercrime in general. Cable hopes that the data Ransomwhere generates will help individuals and enterprises understand the full impact ransomware attacks have and whether or not taking certain actions and preventive measures has an effect on impeding these attacks. We’re seeing that cybercriminals are getting more adept at exploiting systems and monetizing them, which is in part enabled by cryptocurrencies,” said Jack Cable, the founder of Ransomwhere.Ĭable is looking to mitigate cybercrime involving digital assets by providing comprehensive data around ransomware attacks that demand digital currency. … ) do indicate that ransomware attacks and payments are on the rise. “While the data on Ransomwhere is not fully complete, the current data and other public reports (e.g. Recently, many government organizations around the world have released statements warning their citizens and residents that cybercrime–including cybercrime involving digital currencies–is on the rise. At Stanford, Jack is a research assistant with the Stanford Internet Observatory and Stanford Empirical Security Research Group and launched Stanford’s bug bounty program, one of the first in higher education.In 2021, ransomware attackers have made roughly $32.7 million in cryptocurrency according to data from Ransomwhere one ransomware attack in particular–REvil–accounts for roughly 33% of the total amount of money raked in via ransomware attacks this year. Jack was named one of Time Magazine’s 25 most influential teens for 2018. After placing first in the Hack the Air Force challenge, Jack began working at the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service. Jack is a top-ranked bug bounty hacker, having identified over 350 vulnerabilities in companies including Google, Facebook, Uber, Yahoo, and the US Department of Defense. Jack formerly served as an Election Security Technical Advisor at CISA, where he led the development and deployment of Crossfeed, a pilot to scan election assets nationwide. ![]() Jack Cable is a security researcher and student at Stanford University, currently working as a security architect at Krebs Stamos Group. Tod highlights some of the many things Discourse is doing right with its security program. Stick around for our Rapid Rundown, where Tod and Jen talk about a remote code execution vulnerability that open-source forum provider Discourse experienced recently, which CISA released a notification about over the weekend. They chat about how Cable came up with the idea, the role of cryptocurrency in tracking these payments, and how better data sharing can help combat the surge in ransomware attacks. In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Jack Cable, security architect at the Krebs Stamos Group, about Ransomwhere, a crowdsourced ransomware payment tracker. ![]() ![]() Rene Berg: ”Andy wanted me to play the piano. I heard few years ago that Andy almost sacked me from Hanoi and hire ya as the second guitarist.” Not everybody knows what the word 'enough' means.”Įsa Koivio interviewed Nasty in 1982 to Soundi-magazine and that might help us interpretate Andy's statement: ” Then ya (Rene Berg) started to hang with us at Tooting Bec. He's no longer the same kind of a musician or singer what he used to be and he's really strung out nowadays. We were livin' fast there but we came back.”Īndy in 1982: ” I don't want to rat anyone but one of my bandmate's condition's gone worse. We were just jolting China white and observed what's gonna happen. There used to be rats in the kitchen 'cause nobody gave a shit about cleaning. Yeah, I tried once some nose powder and some mushrooms with Makkonen and then I wrote that song. All the others were Pakistani's and the house where we lived was fucking cold. We were probably the only whiteys in there. We all lived in one flat in Tooting Bec which is a suburban area in London. Tooting Bec Wreck's a song that describes that time and state of mind. Of course, I was the baddie, that black sheep who suggested to try this and try that. Just boasting, real junkies don't talk about their lives.”Īndy in the nineties: ” Everybody in Hanoi was hooked on schmack. ”Probably it was Andy who boasted about his drugscenes. ![]() Then he coughed and looked a bit embarrassed. Not everybody had the sense of humour seeing it was just talk-talk.” So all the talks about using drugs were just a joke? ”No comment,” Mike said. Talks about selling arse or using drugs is our stigma. ![]() Every record company in the world knows about the drug issue. Michael in the nineties: ”Hanoi Rocks has possibly closed more doors behind than opened new ones in front. The truth is that in 1982 also rumours of bad habits started to reach Finland along with good news about their success. In this story we try to go through that part as shortly as possible. Stories that are connected with Hanoi Rocks mostly romanticize drug-usage as a necessity to make rock-dream to work. Me and Mike could play every instrument in the songs but it wouldn't be fair towards others.” Andy: "Yeah, on the stage we are a band of five different people but otherwise Hanoi Rocks is just me and Michael. Next comment from 1982 shows that their attitudes towards own contributions haven't changed much since those days. In reality Hanoi Rocks included six colourful personas and a very professional manager, Seppo Vesterinen. In the interviews during the newcoming of Hanoi Rocks, Andy and Michael have constantly underlined their part in the band. Typical setlist in 1982 (taken from an authentic setlist):ġ) Intro (Michael joins the drumbeat with his harmonica and after a while it melts into the second song of the set) The band wasn't participating to that activity anymore but were waiting in the bus or at the backroom sophistically reading books etc. The band had their faithful roadie Spede touring with them and the fans eagerly helped him to put up the P.A. Swedish company EMA-Telstar was in charge for promoting and selling gigs. That's why the audience was just clapping hands and sang with the band. The really hilarious thing was that in those days in many venues it was strictly forbidden to move along with the music because it was seen as dancing. ![]() Therefore they could compress the set to more powerful one-time set and it had an impact like an erupting volcano. It made things easier that by then in many places in Finland bands didn't have to play anymore those traditional 2x45 minute Ballroom sets. Despite that fact the band still tried to perform every gig with full speed. When Hanoi Rocks toured in Finland in 1982, many venues weren't even nearly sold out. ![]() ![]() ![]() Teen Sims can also have fun hanging out in their bedrooms, sitting cross-legged on their beds together, or even having pillow fights. While pulling successful pranks will increase a Sim’s mischief skill, being discovered will have consequences and may lead to trust issues. They might mark up the whiteboard, leave a stink capsule in someone’s locker, or tamper with the school’s PA system! Just be careful not to get caught. In High School Years there is more potential than ever for teen Sims to explore their mischievous sides by pulling pranks. Spice up your teen Sims life by letting them get into a bit of trouble. Pro tip: Plumbite Pier – the local amusement park – is the perfect date spot! ![]() Your Sims will feel the flutters that come with teenage crushes and maybe work up the courage to ask the object of their affections out – or they could get lucky and their crush could make the first move! Of course, the flip side of this is the angst of unrequited feelings or first ever breakups. At these activities teen Sims will practice skill related activities, participate in competitions, and experience the thrill of victory (and the bitter sting of defeat) alongside their teammates. The extracurriculars your Sims can join include both clubs and teams like football or cheer. Then, after school, students can attend events like the science fair or participate in activities like football, cheerleading, chess, and computer club. Teen Sims will attend class, hang out with friends, enjoy lunch in the cafeteria, take weekly exams, and maybe try to skip class and earn themselves a detention (watch out for the principal) during school hours. It’s where your teen Sims will form lifelong friendships, develop their first crushes, choose their favorite extracurricular activities, and graduate to adulthood. Teenage life in Copperdale revolves around the high school. Located on the banks of Lake LaSuli, this former mining town features seven lots built by The Sims 4 community creators including MsGryphi, who built the combination thrift store/boba hangout ThrifTea xfreezerbunnyx, who built the library and JOL1990, who built the principal’s mansion. ![]() Welcome to an exciting school year at Copperdale High!Ĭopperdale is an ideal place to realize your high school dreams, explore your identity, and test boundaries as you make friends, experience iconic teenage moments, and grow into the Sim you want to be. ![]() ![]() The trees just use LOD and stay in place (to cover that all the other foliage is missing). I made a map, using the proper culling and design schemes and i was able to extend to replication bounds (1.2 mil x -1.2 mil X Y) and you would have never known things were culled out at any time. Its setup wrong, for proper foliage culling, but, F it … its their design ^ we can argue that the functionality and issues are due to being so far out of date, and, using an edited version (to work for them) of the 4.5.1 source for UE4, the world will never know. Your performance issue is possibly something other then the landscape itself (depending on the map res, 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k)Īrk uses some REALLY bad blueprint code, like, really badĪrk uses little to no optimization in any area of the code/blueprintingĪrk uses 0 documentation (for its modders) and most, if not all, data is so far out of date its nearly worthless Yes they use “chunks” like level streaming, but, all levels are always loaded. If i had a guess, x_near simply adds smaller meshes, rocks, grass and maybe some non-culling clutter - am I right about that or is there an even bigger scheme?Īrk uses level streaming, but, on a very very simple level. This question directly allows for a subquestion - while loading other maps one can observe that they are split into x_far and x_near. This is an example what I meant - you basically need to create multiple landscapes and add them kinda together - that doesnt get mentioned anywhere.Īnd meanwhile i really wonder, is that the correct way? You create a bunch of levels with each a landscape inside and then fiddle them together to make it look like its one landscape? Or am i missing something bigger in this whole spaghetti workflow? I then copy the modfiles, load them in ARK and get started on my map - but the performance is terrible. In case you are new, here you go -> Īfter setting up everything, I’ve cooked & exported the map (local, no upload). After fiddling arround with the landscape materials, I found out that there is a package for materials which includes all of such, which are used in the island, the center and scorched earth. I’ve basically created a test map with the size of the island (1x google search for the sizes). This might also comes in handy for other people, who want to get into map creation for ARK and wonder about these basic things. I’ve picked together what i can from Twitch streaming sessions and would like to point some things out before i continue to walk in the dark. Nobody (also not in all the outdated video “tutorials”) ever gets into that topic, besides the self-explanatory stuff. ![]() Its large space will keep you busy playing for hours.I am rather surprised to experience a lack of documentation/guides on how to properly create a map for ARK. Crystal Isles is free to download for your game. If you were ever curious, now you know what ARK’s biggest map is. Crystal Isles has biomes that range from forests to tundras to deserts to a river and tropics, so there’s a lot of variety in what you can explore. You can also find a massive been hive here with Giant Worker Bees and Dire Bears. Crystal Isles has special creatures such as the Tropeognathus and the Crystal Wyverns. ![]() This land gets its name from the large crystals surrounding it. At 150 square kilometers, it’s a huge amount of space to explore. If you play ARK with mods, the biggest map you can explore is Crystal Isles. It has many many biomes and a lot of content for you to explore as a result. If you choose to play without mods or use a console without mods available, the answer will most likely be Genesis Part 1. Now the true answer for what is the biggest map will depend on some factors. Related: How to Craft Sweet Veggie Cakes in ARK Survival Evolved What The Biggest Map Is In Ark Survival Evolved It’s a fun game to play either alone or with friends, though many will adamantly claim it is best in a multiplayer format. Your tamed friends will help you on your island adventures, protecting you from enemies and taking you around the map. ![]() Your goal is to survive and tame the many creatures that reside on the land. The Premise of ARK Survival Evolvedįor those unfamiliar, ARK Survival Evolved is an open-world survival game where you play a character who washes up in a mysterious land inhabited by dinosaurs along with prehistoric mammals, birds, and oceanic creatures. So the question is, what is the biggest map in ARK Survived? – it is answered here. Each map is a different size, but the question is, do we know what the biggest one is? The answer can be subjective, but for the most part, this answer is agreeable. Some are built into the game and others have been created and added as mods. ARK Survival Evolved has many maps with different biomes for you to explore. ![]() |
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