![]() Time travel is a messy business in Twelve Monkeys unreliable, disorientating, and utterly fascinating. James’ sanity (indeed, whether he’s even a time traveler at all) is an opened-ended question, with the movie only dropping the bare minimum to assure us that Cole probably is from the future, and the dystopic wasteland of 2035 is probably not just a paranoid delusion. Plus, it turns out that time travel isn’t easy on the mental faculties. On his first journey, James lands in 1990 - not 1996 - though all things considered, that’s an unqualified victory, seeing as other misfires have propelled travelers as far back as the Middle Ages. Worse still, it’s liable to drastically overshoot and land its occupant adrift in history. The time machine in this movie is the stuff of nightmares a mash of steel girders and dirty scaffolding the size of an aircraft hangar that requires a whole crew to operate. Humanity’s last hope lies with James Cole ( Bruce Willis) - a convict selected for a special mission to return to when the virus began in 1996 and bring a sample back to the future for the creation of a vaccine. In the year 2035, a deadly virus has wiped out most of the population, and survivors have been forced to live underground. As Aaron and Abe discover, time travel is ramshackle, scary, and very dangerous, and Primer’s take on it is so thoroughly unique as to be one of the coolest portrayals thereof that sci-fi has ever seen. Even the time machine’s name - unceremoniously referred to as "The Box" - acknowledges that there is nothing slick or stylish about this operation. Our protagonists are a pair of nerds who built their time machine between their day jobs, and it's every bit as clunky and unglamorous as that setup suggests. To say that Primer is complicated is an understatement, but that’s all a part of the film’s cool factor. ![]() Primer is a cerebral and anxiety-inducing demonstration of how time travel might function in real life - and even that results in deteriorating doppelgangers and alternate timelines galore. When entrepreneurs Aaron ( Shane Carruth) and Abe ( David Sullivan) accidentally invent a time machine in their garage, the exciting opportunities are as numerous as the unfathomable dangers of meddling with the space-time continuum.
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![]() The elemental trees are a great example of what a slow-starter this game is. Players simply pick up rocks and throw them as attacks for what feels like a very extended tutorial. ![]() Like its protagonist, the combat is very limited and almost off-putting at first. Players can hop into the menus and turn on auto-swapping of support spells to help this, but the players shouldn't have to do that to help the game flow better. There's an impressive amount of tactical depth to the combat system, although it can feel very clunky needing to pop open a menu so often in what is otherwise fast-paced combat. Enemies carry the expected strengths and weaknesses to certain elements, something players can scan with their companion Cuff to figure out on the fly. Other things are a tad more basic, with Scatter, Burst, and Shield Shots available alongside support spells. The game boasts an eye-popping number of spells and the actual number (in the triple digits) isn't exaggerated. But it struggles at times too, leading to frustration as Frey gets caught on random things or a route simply isn't available (and she does a ton of extra flips, all the time!). Players can scale walls, ride magical items with stunning speed and, let's just say it beats the heck out of hopping on a horse and plodding along. It's an open-world navigation reminiscent of past super-hero-ish hits like the Infamous series. Traversing the open world is a blast when it works right. But it feels like the game intentionally tucks the interesting stuff out of the way instead of putting it up front to engross players. Things do open up a little bit later on with interesting things like floating islands in the sky and the sense of scale is always impressive thanks to absolutely massive and stunning skyboxes. And while the voice-acting performances feel top-notch, character models and especially the lip-synching just seem a little off, as if a little too on the plastic side of things. Where Aloy's adventure had drop-dead gorgeous biomes and different cultures and a sci-fi twist to explore, Forspoken doesn't really have any of that going for it. Forspoken's looks and world will end up getting compared to Horizon Zero Dawn and that's downright unfair. There's a narrative reason for that too, but it doesn't help. ![]() It's one part of the reason the open world feels empty. At first, the world is mostly muddy with some spotty textures, draw distances aren't very far and different biomes don't fare much better. Or you can follow us on Twitter/ X (whatever it's now called) where we post about even more of the latest tech and gaming deals.In what quickly becomes a theme, Forspoken starts off visually bland and limited.įorspoken, unlike releases such as Returnal and God of War Ragnarök since the PlayStation 5's launch, is not exactly a looker or exemplary of what the next-generation hardware can do. 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Here's the set-up for this silly card game perfect for kids who love to argue: The white cards represent characters and the black ones stand in for attributes. May need a moderator to explain the instructions and keep the game going ![]() Number of Players: 4-8 | Duration: 30-75 minutes | Recommended Age: 12 years and up If you win a round, you get to keep the green card, and the goal is to rack up a certain number of cards, which is based on how many people are playing. Note that the goal is to wow the judge (you can argue your point), so that might mean picking a combination that you suspect they will appreciate-for example, "glamorous BigFoot" might trump "glamorous supermodel" for the right judge. The other players must then put down the red card that they think fits best with the green one in play. The judge flips over the top green card and reads it aloud. Each player is dealt seven red cards, while the green ones are left in the draw pile. The basic premise: Red cards list nouns (people, places, things, events), and green ones have adjectives. ![]() In this fun and familiar game, players take turns being the judge, which little ones will appreciate as it helps balance out the power dynamics. Some pop culture references may go over kids' heads Number of Players: 2-5 | Duration: 15 minutes | Recommended Age: 7 years and up Obviously, there's a fair amount of luck and chance, but we found that you'll also need to strategize as you figure out which cards to play when, and as the draw pile gets smaller, your chances of pulling an exploding kitten get larger, thus increasing the tension quickly. Even the text on the instruction sheet is fun and slightly silly. ![]() We found the pictures hilarious, and they added a big fun factor to the game. Most people attracted to this game will love the ridiculous drawings of bats farting or cats shaped like hairy potatoes, all in Matthew Inman’s signature humorous style. That might mean defusing with a "kitten yoga" card, deploying the "weaponized back hair" card, or playing your "rub the belly of a pig-a-corn" card, which allows you to peek at the top three cards in the pile. How do you play Exploding Kittens? You pick from the draw pile, and if you pull an exploding kitten card you're out unless you can use another card in your hand to take action. This popular, 15-minute game, which is described by its founders as "a highly strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian roulette," has sold millions of copies and we can see why. Some themes may be unsuitable for younger players
![]() ![]() Even though we tried it on a few well known tracks, it didn't work well.ĭespite these drawbacks, Switch is a speedy audio converter with many features. Switch also has a feature to add CD album details from the freeDB database. Convert video to audio format or convert audio formats like MP3, FLAC, APE, OGG, WAV, WMA, AIFF, M4A, MP2, AAC, CAF, VOC, AC3, AU, RA, AMR, MKA on Mac or. Joining the functions of audio converter, audio extractor, CD ripper and CD burner, MediAvatar Audio Converter Pro provides music fans with the best audio conversion solutions to convert audio files among different audio formats (MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, APE), extract audio from video files in nearly all HD and. We suggest using it only if you know precisely what you want to do and are ready to install a new application. Switch's toolbox feature is supposed to help you perform any audio task, but all it really does is automatically install extra software from the developer. Pro Audio Converter for Mac By Mark-V Apps 9.99 Visit Site Clicking on the Download Now (Visit Site) button above will open a connection to a third-party site. Switch also features an error protection feature to enhance your recordings. You'll also be able to set the bitrate, once again choosing from more than a dozen options and, more importantly, with a choice of variable or constant bitrate. Note that the free version of Switch only converts to MP3 and some of the functions are limited after 14 days, but the full version converts to more than a dozen, with all the common file types like MP3, WMA or AAC available. Fast and Easy Music Converter performs highest quality audio conversions between FLAC, xHE-AAC, AAC, MP3, M4A, Opus, OGG, DSD, WAV plus 60+ audio file. Switch has the advantage of being free and allowing you to quickly batch convert audio tracks. Audio converter for Mac Pro is a main program help Mac users conversion between different formats of audio and extract audio from video segment/hd video, from. /rebates/&.com252fmedia-converter252faudio-converter-mac. ![]() The batch that comes closest to the aroma and taste of the Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat is the winner.īottling will be this weekend and I will add more on this experiment later. Since I am considering this batch an experimental one, I will separate the batch into 5x1 gal amounts with different amounts of the tangerine extract in each. I decided to add the extract just before bottling instead of into the wart or fermenter. The trick is knowing how much tangerine extract to add. This recipe set the SG at 1.056 which should yield approx. Gathering bits and pieces of many different recipes, I ended up with the following partial extract list:ġ cup tangerine juice (from the rind shaven ones) It is relatively inexpensive and goes a lot further than the raw fruit. So I thought there had to be some other method and tangerine oil extract came to mind. Findingmontauk is drinking a Tangerine Wheat by Lost Coast Brewery at The Burg Bar & Grill. That made me think that it would be way to costly to make large quantities of tangerine wheat using either the whole tangerine and/or the rind. Do you know how many tangerines you need to shave to get 8 oz or rind? A ton. Some even said you needed 8 oz of the rind to make the difference. And many people tried to simply add cut-up tangerines or tangerine rind into the wart, which I personally don’t think that will work. The brewing process involves using a combination of wheat and crystal malts, which contribute to the beers overall taste and texture. ![]() It is specifically crafted to have a refreshing and tangy flavor, thanks to the addition of natural tangerine flavors. Some ideas were pretty far fetched to say the least. Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat is a type of beer known as a citrus ale. I believe it so I decided to investigate beer blogs to see if anyone had cloned the beer. Did a cherry wheat a while back and just added the cherry extract prior to bottling. Looking at the recipe can't find where the addition of the flavor is found. I have heard it described as “.taking a bite into a juice ice cold Tangerine on a hot summers day.”. 1 dave althouse, This recipe is posted by Genus Brewing, it's a wheat beer. I was turned on to this beer by my son a few months ago and have loved it ever since. Last week I ventured to clone a great beet, Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat from the Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, Ca. 7lb Wheat Extract 2lb Pale 2-row malt grains 2lb Wheat malt 2oz Hallertau Hops 1 Winfray tablet 1 cup tangerine juice (from the rind shaven ones) 2 oz tangerine rind Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Wheat yeast This recipe set the SG at 1.056 which should yield approx. S: Tangerine dominates as a mix of fresh fruit and zest with a hint of orange soda, a bit floral, malt is more subtle in the nose, a little wheat twang, slightly bready, and a touch of sweetness. Experiment - Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat Clone A: Pours golden amber with a frothy pale tan head that settles to a light layer and leaves a little nice lacing. ![]() The crew defeats her, and Bronya, Cocolia’s adoptive daughter, takes her place as the new Supreme Guardian while announcing plans to bridge the two areas.įollowing the conclusion of the Jarilo-VI storyline, the crew receives a signal from Kafka, who wants the crew to settle a Stellaron incident on the Xianzhou Luofu ( Chinese: 仙舟:罗浮 pinyin: Xiānzhōu: Luófú lit. After settling their differences, the crew returns to the surface to face Cocolia, who merges herself with the Stellaron. As the crew nears the capital city of Belobog to resolve the Stellaron affair, they are declared fugitives by Supreme Guardian Cocolia due to a mysterious voice from the Stellaron, and escape underground where they learn of the peacekeeping Wildfire and their ongoing conflict with Svarog, the leader of the robots, who has repeatedly rejected peace talks. Their first destination is Jarilo-VI, a planet that has been mostly ravaged by the Eternal Freeze, an uninhabitable winter due to the power of a Stellaron. ![]() In an attempt to discover their origins and eliminate the threats of the remaining Stellarons, the Trailblazer departs with the Astral Express crew. After eliminating the remaining threats, the Trailblazer meets Himeko, the Astral Express's engineer, and Welt, an interdimensional traveler from the Honkai Impact 3rd universe. Both are traveling on the Astral Express, a large cosmic train that travels the universe along the eponymous "Star Rail". The Trailblazer wakes up and meets two members of the crew, March 7 and Dan Heng. They join a band of adventurers, the Trailblazers, traveling from world to world aboard the Astral Express, their space train. The player character, the Trailblazer, whose name and gender are chosen by the player, awakens without their memory aboard a space station and discovers that they are imbued with a Stellaron, a disruptive cosmic entity. The game is set in a science-fantasy universe in which humanity follows the paths of beings called Aeons. Elements of open-world and dungeon exploration are present, with multiple mechanics, including the gacha system, carried over from HoYoverse's previous action RPG Genshin Impact. Honkai: Star Rail follows the gameplay style of classic Japanese role-playing games: players build up a lineup of characters, and control a team of four in turn-based combat. ![]() Gameplay A battle in Honkai: Star Rail, showcasing its turn-based combat system It is the fourth installment in the Honkai series, drawing on characters from Honkai Impact 3rd and gameplay elements from Genshin Impact. It was released on April 26, 2023, for Windows and mobile devices port for PlayStation 5 is planned with a Q4 release window, while the PlayStation 4 version is still yet to be announced, as revealed at the latest Summer Game Fest with a trailer. 'Honkai: Star Dome Railway') is a role-playing gacha video game developed by miHoYo, published by miHoYo in China and worldwide by its Honkai: Star Rail ( Chinese: 崩坏:星穹铁道 pinyin: Bēnghuài: Xīngqióng Tiědào lit.
Aside from that, the benefits are amazing, the long-term golden handcuffs are real, the faculty are happy and the support you get from the hospital is unparalleled. In addition, most Kaiser hospitals are lower acuity (and not trauma centers) and thus I'm worried about potentially losing on some procedural skills. With Kaiser, all else being equal, upfront pay seems to be significantly less (about 70-100k/yr) plus you're a W2 and not a 1099 so can't deduct anything from your taxes. Trying to not include very specific information but in general was wondering what your thoughts were with Kaiser in particular and one group vs another (and if my below reasoning is correct). I'm currently between Kaiser in SoCal and a CMG group. ![]() I'm a senior resident looking for a job next year and was hoping to get some advice regarding different groups. As always, speak to your healthcare professional for answers specific to your condition. Safety Reminder: We do not provide official answers or provide professional judgement. ![]() r/Medicine: Relates to medicine is welcome here, whether personal or abstract, humorous or serious, scientific or emotional, so long as it follows the following guidelines: Everything and anything related to UK Healthcare r/UKHealthcare: dedicated to healthcare in the UK. r/Nursing: Discuss the topics of concern to the nurses of reddit. r/MedicalSchool: Medical students and physicians who wish to advise them. r/Pharmacy: Pharmacists, pharmacy students, techs, and anyone else in the pharmaceutical industry! r/GlobalHealth: Discusses the discipline concerned with improving the health of the most number of people, irrespective of where those people live in the world. r/PBM: Pharmacy Benefits Management discussion (employees, patients, doctors, pharmacies, etc). r/Cancer: Related news, stories of survival, stories of loss and everything else associated with the disease. r/HealthIT: Health information technology, electronic health records, security and privacy issues, and related legislation. r/Healthcare: Links and discussion about health care: systems, costs, problems and proposed solutions. ![]() R/newtoems - "This subreddit's mission is to provide resources, support, advice, and a community for those interested in emergency medical services (EMS)" r/emergencymedicine is a subreddit for healthcare providers in the emergency setting to discuss their encounters and find ways to improve their knowledge of various parts of EM. ![]() If someone’s productivity suddenly drops for a sustained period, that could be a sign that the person might benefit from the offerings of an employee assistance program that gives support through life’s challenges. It shows the number of tasks a person completes per day or week, plus the overall progress made on projects. Todoist has an Activity Log that lets administrators filter by person or project.Īdmins can encourage team members to use the Productivity View in Todoist. The best project management tools have plenty of user-friendly features for people in administrative roles. Those people have fewer privileges but can still see all project details. It’s also possible to designate people as Limited Access Members of Workspaces. They do that through Workspaces, which facilitate working within groups even if users do not have shared email domains. ![]() Asana is like Todoist in that it permits people from outside an organization to work on projects. ![]() There is also a Sections feature that enables dividing and organizing all of a project’s tasks.ĭoing that helps prioritize duties or categorize them according to the people responsible. For example, you can set up dependencies to specify the necessary task completion order. The project management offerings in Asana are comparatively more granular. Todoist administrators can manage whether users can share projects outside an organization with such parties, and whether people from beyond the organization can join in those efforts. It’s also helpful that project management can span outside an organization.Ī company can use technology to optimize its remote strategies, which may typically rely on the help of freelancers or specialists outside the company. Then, those people get access to all the comments, files and other details associated with them. Similarly, Todoist enables users to share projects with others. Todoist makes that easy with a drag-and-drop file-sharing interface. As anyone who uses project management tools knows, it’s often helpful to send people relevant files to ensure they have all the information needed to do their best work. Todoist allows users to assign tasks to specific people or teams and track completion. Read our full Todoist review (TechRepublic) Asana vs. Team members can comment and upload files to collaborate without hassles, while managers can view productivity statistics and check activity streams to stay in the loop. Todoist is a cloud-based project management tool that syncs across various devices and platforms so that users always have the latest details. Read our full Asana review (TechRepublic) What is Todoist? The platform also provides real-time insights to help managers see whether teams are on track and where room for improvement exists. Stack Overflow's 2023 Developer Survey: Are developers using AI?Īsana helps companies align workflows with goals and enables users to combine their efforts to get work done regardless of their location. Top Python AI and Machine Learning Libraries TIOBE Index for July 2023: C++ and C Jockey for Second (Also check out TechRepublic’s comparison articles Asana vs. Here’s a breakdown of the features offered by Asana and Todoist, two of the leading PM tools to help people manage their workflows. ![]() The best project management software options can’t manipulate the clock, but they can help you be more productive. Perhaps you’re like many people and feel there are too many things to do and not enough hours in the day to complete them. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. When you’re in the market for project management software, it’s not always easy to see how the various solutions stack up against each other. 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![]() They were still advertised as breath mints, but this was really a hard candy and not a breath freshener. The sourness lasted briefly but was quite intense. Sour candies were really popular at this time, and this was a popular choice for those who wanted to have fruity candies that were also really sour. This version of Altoids was sold in apple, lime, mango, raspberry, and tangerine flavors. These little candies were covered in a sour coating that revealed a fruity hard candy underneath. These were hard little candies that were made in various fruit-inspired colors. Just like the licorice, cool honey, and ginger varieties that were made before 2007, this chocolate version of the mints did not make it.Īltoids Sours were added to the Altoids stable in 2001. There were chocolate-dipped Altoid that were sold from 2007-to 2010 in flavors like Crème de Menthe. The sugar-free version is available in the same flavors as the regular mints. There are also Sugar-Free Smalls that are sweetened with sorbitol rather than regular sugar ingredients. Other than this one brief phase, the mints have been sold under the name Altoids.Īs of today, this breath mint with the intense flavor is sold in Peppermint, Wintergreen, Spearmint, and Cinnamon. READ MORE: Juicy Fruit Gum - Delicious Chewing Gum With Mysterious FlavorĪltoids did spend a small amount of time being sold under the name “Nuttall’s” during a phase where Callard and Bowser were under the ownership of Terry’s. At one time, Callard & Bowser-Suchard made Altoids at a plant in Wales, but the production was moved to Tennessee in the US when Mars Wrigley took control of the brand in 2004. There is a product sold by Marks & Spencer that is similar, but UK residents might never have tried an actual Altoid. This product and the range of flavors that are offered have never been as available in the UK as in the US. There is a lot of peppermint oil used in the modern recipe, just like the old one, which accounts for the strength of the flavor. They pack a powerful punch despite their small size, and they last for quite a long time without totally dissolving. ![]() This would still apply to the flavor profile of these little mints. The transition to a breath mint happened gradually, but the Altoid brand itself made the switch in the 19 th century when it came into the hands of the Callard & Bowser company.ĭuring this period, the brand switched from a medicinal focus to being sold as “Curiously Strong Mints”. The little disc shape was easy to make using the techniques that were available during this period, and the modern candy hasn’t actually changed all that much. They were used to deliver medicines and curatives when they were first manufactured. These mints have actually been around in one form or another since the 1700s. Our commercial facility is inspected by the NC Department of Agriculture.If you have not heard of Altoids Sours, you probably still are familiar with Altoids. Do not eat if you have allergies to these products. Manufactured in a facility that processes tree nuts, peanuts, dairy and soy products. We're proud to say our candies our family made in the USA! Our candy is cooked in a copper kettle with top quality ingredients before being formed by vintage equipment. Ingredients: Sugar, Dextrose, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Natural Flavor, Artificial Color (FD&C Yellow #5 and #6). Once we tasted them, we knew we had to add them to our line of delicious hard candy drops! Made with all natural citrus oil.ĭue to popular request, we now offer an Xtreme Sour Tangerine with even more toe-curling sourness! You'll get a sour jolt from the first taste all the way to the end of the candy! ![]() ![]() Pucker up and say hello to these sun-kissed drops of pure citrus flavor! Like many, we miss the long gone tins of Altoids sour tangerine and dutifully created these as a special request for a customer. |
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