#rubylight

[fernstarsblog]

Reborn warrior episode 7(ignore the 8 on picture)

Katestorm is daylight warrior of shadowclan before her death

Personally:charming and kind

parents:eggy(non-binary) and blaze(tom)

Sibings:rosey(she-cat) and Posey(trans she-cat)

Backstory:Katestorm was born as Kate to kittypets named eggy and blaze along with her sister rosey and her brother* poesy

She loves to play with her littermates and always play hide and seek with them

At 6 moons old,Kate get adopted by a young adult twoleg

Kate was nervous at first but quickly warm up

At 8 moons old,Kate met a shadowclan appreciate named acornpaw(it/he)

it told her many tales of clan life and she like the idea of clan life but same time still want to stay with her twoleg

At 10 moons old,she see Posey again and he came out as trans tom

She is very supportive of her brother and tell him about clan cats

At 12 moons olds,Kate decided to be first daylight warrior of shadowclan since she heard from acornjump that skyclan have a rank where a cat is warrior at day and kittypet at night

So shadowclan let Kate join as daylight warrior and her warrior name is katestorm

At 14 moons,acornjump told katestorm that he's dating a skyclan cat named rubylight(former kittypet(she/star) )

katestorm promise not to tell anyone about acornjump and rubylight secret relationship

At 16 moons old,she fell in love with a tom named shadestorm

She can't help but have butterflies in her stomach when she's near shadestorm

At 18 moons,acornjump told katestorm that it's secret mate rubylight is expecteing his kits

She is happy for her friend

Also,shadestorm confess that he love katestorm and want to be her mate

She accepted it happily

A moon later,rubylight give birth to three tom-kits

Their names are brownkit,shinekit,and finally jumpkit

Katestorm feel sad for acornjump who can't be in his kits's life due to warrior code

2 moons later,Katestorm's twoleg become mates with another twoleg(aka get married)

Kate is happy that her twoleg is finding happiness

A moon later,shadowclan is having trouble with large rats

So katestorm decided to help out with rats

When the rat problem is gone,everyone is happy

2 moons later,acornjump kits are now apprentice and are renamed Brownpaw,shinepaw and jumppaw

Kate is very happy for her friend's kits

Unfortunately,a moon later;katestorm caught a sickness

The med cat try their best to heal her but it was too late

THE END

[rubylightx]

^_^

[avonwings]

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[ruby-lights]

[TUTORIAL] Hua Cheng’s Silver Vambraces

I was asked how I made these on Instagram so I decided to write up a tutorial for them. I am no means a foam smithing expert and this is actually the first piece of foam armor I’ve made, but hopefully it will help other beginners out there make something amazing. 

 I followed this tutorial by Kamui Cosplay for the base. [Actual tutorial starts at 4:44. I had difficulty with the duct tape method and it can be dangerous if done incorrectly so what I did instead:

Measure the circumference of your wrist + 1 inch for ease.

Measure the circumference of where ever you want the base of the bracer to land + 1 inch for ease.  How long you want it is up to you  but I went a few inches away from my elbow.

Measure the distance between these two points down the middle of your arm.

On a large sheet of 2mm craft foam, make a line with your wrist +1in measurement. Mark the center of this line.

From the center of this line, draw a vertical line that is the length of the distance we got in step 3.

Now draw the base line. This line should be 1/2 of the base circumference + 1/2 inch away from each side of the center vertical line.

Connect the wrist and base lines so you now have a trapezoid shape.

Cut this out with scissors or an exacto knife.

Follow the rest of the video to learn how to heat shape and prep the foam for the next step. I do not have a fancy heat gun so I used a hair dryer as best as I could.  The 2mm foam is thin enough that it will mold to the shape of your arm after the zipper is attached at the end anyways.

Decoration time! There’s no actual “canon” design for his bracers so you can do whatever you want.  As long as they’re silver with butterflies that should be enough. [ I recall that the novel may have said they had maple leaves on them too. ]

For the top and bottom I glued 1/2 in strips using hot glue, BUT I recommend using contact cement as it is thinner and bonds much better. Make sure to use it in a well ventilated area as the fumes are a bit dangerous.

The flourishes are just some fancy puffy stickers I found at Michaels. I glued these down using contact cement.

The butterflies are also just foam stickers. 

Prime your bracers using your choice of primer. Kamui also has a good video on primers but I just sprayed on some modge podge. 

After that finished drying, I sprayed painted them black and let them dry for about 5 hours.

I then went over with silver spray paint.  Do this layer a bit sparingly so the black peaks through and you get a nice weathered effect. You can also go back and add some black back with a brush if you think you overdid it on the silver.  But if you like stark silver you can do that too! I let this dry 5 hours or so.

I finally finished with a satin clear top coat (the finish is up to you really) and let that dry over night. 

Finally I attached the zipper with a hot glue gun. Make sure the zipper length isn’t longer than the length of the bracer. A separating zipper will give you the least trouble but I used what I had and was still able to put it on fine. 

Enjoy! If you have any questions or require further explanation or pictures please let me know! 

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[teddemort]

#rubylight #boa #shooting @nickskamera (à Novotel Roissy CDG Convention & Spa)

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-Illustrations- http://www.pinterest.com/Rubylightful

[abangtech]

Tandem snags $5.7M for its language buddy app amid COVID-19’s e-learning boom

The Berlin-based startup behind Tandem, an app for practicing a second language, has closed a £4.5 million (~$5.7 million) Series A round of financing to capitalize on growth opportunities it’s seeing as the coronavirus crisis continues to accelerate the switch to digital and online learning.

With many higher education institutions going remote as a result of concerns over virus exposure risks of students mixing on physical campuses, there’s a growing need for technology that helps language students find people to practice with, as Tandem tells it. And while language learning apps make for a very crowded space, with giants like Duolingo and Babbel, Tandem focuses on a different niche: native speaker practice.

As the name suggests, its app does pair matching — connecting users with others who’re trying to learn their own language for mutual practice, by (their choice of) text, phone chat or video call.

The platform also incorporates a more formal learning component by providing access to tutors. But the main thrust is to help learners get better by practicing chatting to a native speaker via the app.

Because of the pandemic push to socially distant learners, that’s a growing digital need, according to Tandem co-founder and CEO Arnd Aschentrup. He says the coronavirus crisis spurred a 200% increase in new users — highlighting a “clear appetite” among consumers for digital language learning.

The team has taken another tranche of funding now so it can scale to meeting this growing global opportunity.

The Series A is led by European VC firm Brighteye Ventures, with Trind Ventures, Rubylight Limited and GPS Ventures also participating. It brings the startup’s total raised to date to £6.8 million.

“Given the accelerated user-uptake and clear market opportunity, we felt that 2020 was the right time to partner with the team at Brighteye to bring Tandem into the mainstream,” says Aschentrup, adding: “We anticipate significant growth opportunities for online learning and social learning in the wake of coronavirus.”

He says two “key trends” have emerged over the past few months: “Firstly, schools and universities providing language courses have either temporarily shut down, or moved almost entirely to remote lessons. Students are therefore relying on additional platforms to learn and practice languages, which is precisely what Tandem offers.

“Secondly, we know that lockdown has enormously limited people’s ability to socialise. Friendships have been harder to maintain, and new connections more difficult to spark. We’re excited about Tandem’s ability to connect people all across the globe despite lockdown. Since coronavirus began, engagement on Tandem’s video chat feature has increased three-fold, and new user signups have increased 200%.”

Tandem had been growing usage prior to COVID-19 — increasing membership from around a million back in 2017 (when we last spoke), to more than 10 million members now, spread across 180 countries.

Aschentrup couches the underlying growth as “strong organic demand,” noting the platform has been profitable since 2019 (hence not taking in more outside funding ’til now). But, with the pandemic curve ball accelerating the switch to remote learning, it’s expecting usage of its platform to keep stepping up.

“We’ve successfully increased our community numbers ten-fold in recent years, profitably and organically,” he tells TechCrunch. “More people than ever value digital learning solutions combined with human connection, and so the time is ripe to introduce Tandem to language learners more widely around the globe. With the team at Brighteye on our side we’re excited to further develop Tandem’s reach and voice over the coming period.”

“We expect increased interest in online learning to sustain well after lockdown lifts. In China — where lockdown sanctions were implemented and lifted earlier — user engagement has remained buoyant.”

“Once people experience the value of learning as part of a like-minded global community, it often becomes a lasting part of their lifestyle,” he adds.

Tandem’s best markets for language learners are China (10%), the U.S. (9%) and Japan (9%) — which combined make up close to a third (27%) of its user base.

While the most popular language pairs (in ranked order of popularity) are:

English – Spanish

Spanish – Portuguese

English – Chinese

English – French

Chinese – Japanese

While the vast majority (94%) of Tandem’s user base is making use of the freemium offering, it monetizes via a subscription product, called Tandem Pro, which it introduced in 2018 to cater to members who “preferred taking a community approach to language learning,” as Aschentrup puts it.

“For $9.99 per month, members can access key features such as: translating unlimited messages, finding Tandem partners nearby or in specific locations — for example ahead of international travels or studying abroad — and having enhanced visibility in the community as a featured Pro member,” he explains.

Aschentrup describes the “community aspect” of Tandem as a key differentiator versus other language learning apps — saying it helps users “develop and maintain cross-cultural friendships.”

“Members are often on opposite sides of the world to each other, yet able to enjoy a window into another culture entirely. Now more than ever, we’re pleased to be facilitating members’ healthy curiosity about other languages, countries and styles of living.”

The new funding will go on developing additional features for the app, and expanding the team across marketing and engineering, per Aschentrup. Currently Tandem has 24 full-time employees — it’s planning to double that to a 50-member team globally, post-Series A.

Commenting in a statement, Alex Spiro, managing partner at Brighteye Ventures, lauded the team’s “innovative and effective strategy” in building a community platform that tackles the language gap by connecting learners with fluent speakers.

“The product has not only proven resilient in this global crisis but has seen impressive growth during the period, and the team is now very well equipped to come out of it stronger and to continue to support loyal language learners that now number in the millions and will number many more in the coming years,” he added.

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Tandem snags $5.7M for its language buddy app amid COVID-19’s e-learning boom

The Berlin-based startup behind Tandem, an app for practicing a second language, has closed a £4.5 million (~$5.7M) Series A round of financing to capitalize on growth opportunities it’s seeing as the coronavirus crisis continues to accelerate the switch to digital and online learning.

With many higher education institutions going remote as a result of concerns over virus exposure risks of students mixing on physical campus there’s a growing need for technology that helps language students find people to practice with, as Tandem tells it. And while language learning apps make for a very crowded space, with giants like Duolingo and Babbel, Tandem focuses on a different niche: Native speaker practice.

As the name suggests, its app does pair matching — connecting users with others who’re trying to learn their own language for mutual practice, by (their choice of) text, phone chat or video call.

The platform also incorporates a more formal learning component, by providing access to tutors. But the main thrust is to help learners get better by practicing chatting to a native speaker via the app.

Because of the pandemic push to socially distant learners, that’s a growing digital need, according to Tandem co-founder and CEO Arnd Aschentrup. He says the coronavirus crisis spurred a 200% increase in new users — highlighting a “clear appetite” among consumers for digital language learning.

The team has taken another tranche of funding now so it can scale to meeting this growing global opportunity.

The Series A is led by European VC firm Brighteye Ventures, with Trind Ventures, Rubylight Limited and GPS Ventures also participating. It brings the startup’s total raised to date to £6.8M.

“Given the accelerated user-uptake and clear market opportunity, we felt that 2020 was the right time to partner with the team at Brighteye to bring Tandem into the mainstream,” says Aschentrup, adding: “We anticipate significant growth opportunities for online learning and social learning in the wake of Coronavirus.”

He says two “key trends” have emerged over the past few months: “Firstly, schools and universities providing language courses have either temporarily shut down, or moved almost entirely to remote lessons. Students are therefore relying on additional platforms to learn and practice languages, which is precisely what Tandem offers.

“Secondly, we know that lockdown has enormously limited people’s ability to socialise. Friendships have been harder to maintain, and new connections more difficult to spark. We’re excited about Tandem’s ability to connect people all across the globe despite lockdown. Since Coronavirus began, engagement on Tandem’s video chat feature has increased three-fold, and new user signups have increased 200%.”

Tandem had been growing usage prior to COVID-19 — increasing membership from around a million back in 2017 (when we last spoke), to more than 10 million members now, spread across 180 countries.

Aschentrup couches the underlying growth as “strong organic demand”, noting the platform has been profitable since 2019 (hence not taking in more outside funding ’til now). But, with the pandemic curve ball accelerating the switch to remote learning, it’s expecting usage of its platform to keep stepping up.

“We’ve successfully increased our community numbers 10 fold in recent years, profitably and organically,” he tells TechCrunch. “More people than ever value digital learning solutions combined with human connection, and so the time is ripe to introduce Tandem to language learners more widely around the globe. With the team at Brighteye on our side we’re excited to further develop Tandem’s reach and voice over the coming period.”

“We expect increased interest in online-learning to sustain well after lockdown lifts. In China — where lockdown sanctions were implemented and lifted earlier — user engagement has remained buoyant.”

“Once people experience the value of learning as part of a like-minded global community, it often becomes a lasting part of their lifestyle,” he adds.

Tandem’s best markets for language learners are China (10%), the US (9%) and Japan (9%) — which combined make up close to a third (27%) of its user base.

While the most popular language pairs (in ranked order of popularity) are:

English – Spanish

Spanish – Portuguese

English – Chinese

English – French

Chinese – Japanese

While the vast majority (94%) of Tandem’s user-base is making use of the freemium offering, it monetizes via a subscription product, called Tandem Pro, which it introduced in 2018 to cater to members who “preferred taking a community approach to language learning”, as Aschentrup puts it.

“For $9.99 per month, members can access key features such as: translating unlimited messages, finding Tandem partners nearby or in specific locations — for example ahead of international travels or studying abroad — and having enhanced visibility in the community as a featured Pro member,” he explains.

Aschentrup describes the “community aspect” of Tandem as a key differentiator vs other language learning apps — saying it helps users “develop and maintain cross-cultural friendships”.

“Members are often on opposite sides of the world to each other, yet able to enjoy a window into another culture entirely. Now more than ever, we’re pleased to be facilitating members’ healthy curiosity about other languages, countries, and styles of living.”

The new funding will go on developing additional features for the app, and expanding the team across marketing and engineering, per Aschentrup. Currently Tandem has 24 full-time employees — it’s planning to double that to a 50-member team globally, post-Series A.

Commenting in a statement, Alex Spiro, managing partner at Brighteye Ventures, lauded the team’s “innovative and effective strategy” in building a community platform that tackles the language gap by connecting learners with fluent speakers.

“The product has not only proven resilient in this global crisis but has seen impressive growth during the period, and the team is now very well equipped to come out of it stronger and to continue to support loyal language learners that now number in the millions and will number many more in the coming years,” he added.

[rubylightx]

new light

[ruby-lights]

[COMMISSION] Voltron - Keith Garrion Jacket

This was made using a pattern by BilltheBrick on etsy.  The pattern is definitely not beginner friendly so I struggled quite a bit with many parts. If I had to redo this I would make sure to cut the fabric so it would be easier to turn on the sharp angles. Also the bias tape I would’ve liked to have done neater but all in all it came out really nice!!!

[endenogatai]

Tandem snags $5.7M for its language buddy app amid COVID-19’s e-learning boom

The Berlin-based startup behind Tandem, an app for practicing a second language, has closed a £4.5 million (~$5.7 million) Series A round of financing to capitalize on growth opportunities it’s seeing as the coronavirus crisis continues to accelerate the switch to digital and online learning.

With many higher education institutions going remote as a result of concerns over virus exposure risks of students mixing on physical campuses, there’s a growing need for technology that helps language students find people to practice with, as Tandem tells it. And while language learning apps make for a very crowded space, with giants like Duolingo and Babbel, Tandem focuses on a different niche: native speaker practice.

As the name suggests, its app does pair matching — connecting users with others who’re trying to learn their own language for mutual practice, by (their choice of) text, phone chat or video call.

The platform also incorporates a more formal learning component by providing access to tutors. But the main thrust is to help learners get better by practicing chatting to a native speaker via the app.

Because of the pandemic push to socially distant learners, that’s a growing digital need, according to Tandem co-founder and CEO Arnd Aschentrup. He says the coronavirus crisis spurred a 200% increase in new users — highlighting a “clear appetite” among consumers for digital language learning.

The team has taken another tranche of funding now so it can scale to meeting this growing global opportunity.

The Series A is led by European VC firm Brighteye Ventures, with Trind Ventures, Rubylight Limited and GPS Ventures also participating. It brings the startup’s total raised to date to £6.8 million.

“Given the accelerated user-uptake and clear market opportunity, we felt that 2020 was the right time to partner with the team at Brighteye to bring Tandem into the mainstream,” says Aschentrup, adding: “We anticipate significant growth opportunities for online learning and social learning in the wake of coronavirus.”

He says two “key trends” have emerged over the past few months: “Firstly, schools and universities providing language courses have either temporarily shut down, or moved almost entirely to remote lessons. Students are therefore relying on additional platforms to learn and practice languages, which is precisely what Tandem offers.

“Secondly, we know that lockdown has enormously limited people’s ability to socialise. Friendships have been harder to maintain, and new connections more difficult to spark. We’re excited about Tandem’s ability to connect people all across the globe despite lockdown. Since coronavirus began, engagement on Tandem’s video chat feature has increased three-fold, and new user signups have increased 200%.”

Tandem had been growing usage prior to COVID-19 — increasing membership from around a million back in 2017 (when we last spoke), to more than 10 million members now, spread across 180 countries.

Aschentrup couches the underlying growth as “strong organic demand,” noting the platform has been profitable since 2019 (hence not taking in more outside funding ’til now). But, with the pandemic curve ball accelerating the switch to remote learning, it’s expecting usage of its platform to keep stepping up.

“We’ve successfully increased our community numbers ten-fold in recent years, profitably and organically,” he tells TechCrunch. “More people than ever value digital learning solutions combined with human connection, and so the time is ripe to introduce Tandem to language learners more widely around the globe. With the team at Brighteye on our side we’re excited to further develop Tandem’s reach and voice over the coming period.”

“We expect increased interest in online learning to sustain well after lockdown lifts. In China — where lockdown sanctions were implemented and lifted earlier — user engagement has remained buoyant.”

“Once people experience the value of learning as part of a like-minded global community, it often becomes a lasting part of their lifestyle,” he adds.

Tandem’s best markets for language learners are China (10%), the U.S. (9%) and Japan (9%) — which combined make up close to a third (27%) of its user base.

While the most popular language pairs (in ranked order of popularity) are:

English – Spanish

Spanish – Portuguese

English – Chinese

English – French

Chinese – Japanese

While the vast majority (94%) of Tandem’s user base is making use of the freemium offering, it monetizes via a subscription product, called Tandem Pro, which it introduced in 2018 to cater to members who “preferred taking a community approach to language learning,” as Aschentrup puts it.

“For $9.99 per month, members can access key features such as: translating unlimited messages, finding Tandem partners nearby or in specific locations — for example ahead of international travels or studying abroad — and having enhanced visibility in the community as a featured Pro member,” he explains.

Aschentrup describes the “community aspect” of Tandem as a key differentiator versus other language learning apps — saying it helps users “develop and maintain cross-cultural friendships.”

“Members are often on opposite sides of the world to each other, yet able to enjoy a window into another culture entirely. Now more than ever, we’re pleased to be facilitating members’ healthy curiosity about other languages, countries and styles of living.”

The new funding will go on developing additional features for the app, and expanding the team across marketing and engineering, per Aschentrup. Currently Tandem has 24 full-time employees — it’s planning to double that to a 50-member team globally, post-Series A.

Commenting in a statement, Alex Spiro, managing partner at Brighteye Ventures, lauded the team’s “innovative and effective strategy” in building a community platform that tackles the language gap by connecting learners with fluent speakers.

“The product has not only proven resilient in this global crisis but has seen impressive growth during the period, and the team is now very well equipped to come out of it stronger and to continue to support loyal language learners that now number in the millions and will number many more in the coming years,” he added.

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[teddemort]

#rubylight #boa #pillowlight #shooting #eyelite

[lokis-mischievous-writer]

LRC Summit 2019

The Summit aims to inspire discussion and shape the future of lighting, where the industry plays a strategic, recognized role in benefiting society and the environment — from improving human health to enhancing food production to managing clean energy in the new electric grid.

When October 15–17, 2019

Where The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 21 Union Street Troy, NY 12180

Nine (9) CEU credits are available through participation at the 3-day Summit

Clean Energy Market Development Expert Janet Joseph to Keynote LRC Summit

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute welcomes Janet Joseph as the ENERGY keynote speaker for the 2019 Summit. Ms. Joseph will discuss New York’s nation-leading climate agenda and Green New Deal in her keynote titled, “New York’s Climate and Clean Energy Agenda: Building the Grid of the Future.”

Ms. Joseph is the Senior Vice President for Strategy and Market Development at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). She leads NYSERDA’s work in building decarbonization, advancing programs and policies to deliver a carbon-neutral building stock. Ms. Joseph has more than 28 years of experience in clean energy. She has held technical, policy and leadership positions at NYSERDA, where she has spearheaded initiatives to develop solar and renewable power, build a cleantech startup industry, launch energy storage collaboratives, and identify greenhouse gas reduction strategies that provide benefits for New Yorkers. Prior to joining NYSERDA, Ms. Joseph was a research scientist at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory.

Ms. Joseph serves on the Boards of the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Urban Green, New York State Center for Future Energy Systems, and the Urban Futures Lab. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Maryland.

Panel Discussion: Lighting and the Grid

As part of the Summit, the LRC is bringing together leaders in lighting and clean energy for a panel discussion on connected lighting’s potential to be a strategic part of the future electric grid. Panel members include Jerry Duffy, General Manager at GE Lighting, Chris Wolgamott, Senior Product Manager for Commercial and Residential Lighting at the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, and Francis Rubinstein, Principal, RubyLight Consulting and former Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

A full list of programming, along with speaker bios and descriptions of each talk, is available at the LRC Summit website: lrc.rpi.edu/summit