#install
The RCI sliders finally arrived after 4 long months if waiting. I was happy that they arrived undamaged and ended up installing them the same night. Took my time and ended up taking roughly 2 hours to complete the install. Was relatively straight forward and I love how they look on the truck
Here is a quick guide that will guide you through in installing the Dota 2 Beta once you have gained your beta key that is required to play the game.
For those interested in winning a key, you can participate in the PlayDotA Beta Key Draw or you can keep track of updates on my page where I regularly give away keys.
Step 1: Installing Steam
Valve’s distribution platform Steam is required to play the Dota 2 Beta. You can download and install it from the links given below.
Download Steam
Installing Steam Tutorial
Step 2: Creating a Steam Account
You are required to have a Steam account in order to play the game. This will be your most important login credentials that will carry over to the Dota 2 Beta and also every other game you will own on Steam. So be careful with it.
Step 3: Activating a Product on Steam / Installing Dota 2 Beta
Congratulations! You have now officially logged in to Steam. It is time to redeem the beta key that you have won to play the Dota 2 Beta.
In the top menu of your Steam client, go to Games > Activate a Product on Steam
This will bring up a pop up that will guide you through the steps required to redeeming your key.
In the first step, read through and press ’Next’ to continue.
The next screen will take you to the Steam Subscriber Agreement. Read through once again (if you wish to) and press ’I Agree’ to continue.
You will be then taken to the dialog box where you need to redeem your key. Enter it in the slot pointed out and then press ’Next’ to continue.
Steam will then check for the validity of your key and activate your product for you.
Once the validation is completed. Dota 2 Beta will be permanently added to your account. You will be able to use the same account from any system to login, install and play the game. The same applies to any other Steam purchase you might make.
Press ’Next’ to continue to the installation of the game.
You are then displayed the size of the installation, free space on your hard disk and estimated time of download. Make sure you have enough space and click ‘Next’ to setup your installation shortcuts.
Set your shortcut options and press ’Next’ to begin the download.
Step 4: Playing the Game
Once the download is complete, the game will get added to your Library along with the rest of the games on Steam. (if you own any) You can launch the game from there by clicking on the ’Play’ button.
Welcome and Enjoy the Dota 2 Beta
WARNING:Dota 2 Keys are absolutely free. Do not purchase them from anywhere. You stand at a high risk of getting scammed off your money.
Note:Do not worry if your Steam client looks different. I am using a different theme. All functions will be the same.
For the past twenty years, artist, environmentalist, and educator Jessica Levine has strived to foster a relationship between nature and art. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts and winner of numerous awards, she uses her design skills and knowledge of local ecosystems to create a wide gamut of work, ranging from site-specific, large scale community art projects to smaller mixed-media assemblages. Whether the piece is a large pollinator garden or a small concrete sculpture, her artistic mission is the same: to inspire her viewers to a richer awareness of how deeply interconnected all members of the life-stream are.
As a part of our Urban Flow exhibition, Jessica built a sculptural installation piece entitled Urban Collapse Model, which is an artistic examination of a troubling environmental issue. She explains:
This sculptural installation is the fifth in a series in which I contemplate, in a somewhat lighthearted attempt, a serious matter: species extinction. Now that survival is threatened in a variety of groups— 25% of mammals and 40% of amphibians— the possibility of ecosystem collapse across the board, even in our verdant, beloved Appalachia, is very real… In this sculpture, I hope to create a sense of how, like nature, everything is growing and decaying, at the same time. And this is the connection to ‘urban flow’, the exhibition theme.
Materials in this sculpture include natural materials, some harvested on my farm, like sumac, grapevine and bamboo. The twine is from Brazil, and it’s dyed with black walnut hulls, so plentiful in the fall. I like to use recycled, reclaimed materials whenever possible and mix materials in unlikely ways. I strive to be a responsible partner in my ecosystem and remember that a basic guideline of biodiversity is interconnectedness.
Jessica installed Urban Collapse Model in our gallery space over the course of five hours, but you can watch the entire process from start to finish in this time-lapse video. See the sculpture in person by visiting us at TAMARACK: The Best of West Virginia during the month of February.
To see the rest of the sculpture series, visit Jessica’s website at www.jessicalevineartist.com
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