![]() As you buy and earn more cards, there are more options, making it tougher to get the cards you want. You start with a few basic cards, like the Bow of One that gives you a bow and arrow or the Sword of Three, which gives you a sword, and some health elixirs. The dice and card system also adds that randomness the developers are aiming for. It's an easy system to get into, and the more you do it, the more it becomes like second nature. It sounds like a lot written out, but it makes more sense when playing. It’s when these different games of chance combine together that Lost In Random’s combat hits an unpredictable sweet spot.Source: EA Originals (Image credit: Source: EA Originals) You might have to defeat a certain enemy for the chess piece to advance, or it might land on a place on the board which triggers bomb strikes or helpful assists. In certain battles, you have to guide a chess piece across a board with dice throws – all while enemies swarm and stunt your progress. The best moments lean into board game mechanics. It takes a while for the combat’s flexibility to fully shine through, especially in the early districts when you’re limited by low dice numbers, but when it opens up it’s a fantastic, original system that feels like nothing else out there. There’s a unique rhythm to combat, split between dodging enemy attacks to collect crystals and combining cards efficiently to cause as much damage as possible. Lost In Random might sound intimidating on paper, yet it’s surprisingly elegant. There are just over 30 cards in the game so there’s some limitations in variety, but there’s still enough options to consider-– like balancing powerful, expensive cards with low cost attacks – that any adjustments feel tailored and impactful. You can equip 15 cards in total, including duplicates, so if you’re inclined towards the hammer, for example, you can stack them to increase the card’s probability. The element of chance can be frustrating when a dice throw doesn’t swing your way at overwhelming moments, but with the ability to customise your deck you always feel like you have some power over the outcome. ![]() If you throw a high number however, you can get more creative with combined manoeuvres like planting a force field which makes enemies more susceptible to damage, placing a bomb in the centre, and watching the enemies fly as you snap back into real-time by detonating it with an arrow. Throw a one, for example, and you’ll probably only have enough to summon a sword. The random element is the dice roll which stops time and brings up your cards mid-battle, with a high number granting you more points to spend on attacks. To use these cards you have to collect energy crystals by shooting them off enemies using Even’s slingshot – with the more you collect, the more cards (and options) you’ll have to pull off different attacks at once. Battles revolve around utilising a deck of magical cards in real-time summoning weapons like swords or bombs, planting traps in the environment or granting temporary perks or buffs. ![]() Lost in Random punctures any monotony in structure through its multi-layered combat.
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![]() Everyone talks about STEM these days, and I think looking at things through a microscope is a good way to get kids excited about science. With a broad range of magnification (10x to 200x), the SmartMicroScope 5M brings classroom discussions to a new level. /rebates/&.com252fp252fravensburger-science-x-maxi-smartscope252f8100694RB18936. This strikes me as a great “educational” gift that’s also fun. The Ravensburger Science X Smartscope: Where science, fun and learning collide How many veins does this leaf have running through it How many spots are. ![]() I can’t wait to take it to the park and see what the kids find to look at. It comes with a few tools like tweezers for collecting stuff. The Science X®: Smartscope and its knobs are big enough to be easy to move, especially for younger kids, but it’s not so big/bulky that you can’t take it with you on the go. This durable bench top digital measurement system features fast stage speed for maximum throughput and short cycle times, without sacrificing accuracy. The coolest part, though, is that since it’s on your phone you can take a picture of it! The SmartScope ZIP® 250 digital measurement system sets a high standard in benchtop metrology and brings Cross customers the accuracy and efficiency needed in a variety of applications. There’s a hole that the phone camera looks through so that you can see the object magnified on your phone screen. The all-new SmartScope® CNC 670 from OGP is an all-encompassing multi-sensor metrology machine primed for the shop floor. You put the thing you want to look at inside, and put your phone on top. At the end capture the voltage at any point of your design at 100 million times each second. With this tool you can design any signal you want using Excel, then upload it to the built-in Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG). Although the Science X®: Smartscope by Ravensburger isn’t quite as “professional-looking,” it is perfect for kids and amateurs. With the SmartScope you develop your digital interfaces using the 100 MS/s logic analyzer. I’ve considered buying a microscope for my kids for a while now, but I’ve worried about the price and fragility of a decent model. ![]() ![]() Drawing on hundreds of lost and previously undiscovered sources, not to mention a wealth of previously unseen photos, it is a gripping chronicle of the life and times of this seminal band. From the band's formation and breakthrough hit in 1965 to the brief reunion of the original line-up in 1972/73, this book is the most compelling and complete account of The Byrds ever published. Now, The Byrds story is unraveled, as it happened, day-by-day, in So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star. and Tom Petty, a multitude of jangly indie bands from the last 25 years, and just about every alt.country and Americana act on the scene. Their influence endures in the mainstream rock of R.E.M. From the bands formation and breakthrough. Now, The Byrds story is unraveled, as it happened, day-by-day, in So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star. Digital score of So You Want To Be a Rock and. and Tom Petty, a multitude of jangly indie bands from the last 25 years, and just about every alt.country and Americana act on the scene. Download Chris Hillman, James Roger McGuinn So You Want To Be a Rock and Roll Star (The Byrds) sheet music. After virtually inventing folk-rock they pioneered psychedelia and country-rock, and were also the first guitar rock band to use synthesizers. Their influence endures in the mainstream rock of R.E.M. With hindsight, The Byrds were one of the 60s most influential bands. Tambourine Man', opened for The Rolling Stones in the US, hung out with The Beatles, undertook a disastrous tour of Great Britain, and capped the year with a second US chart-topper 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' Over the next few years they released the groundbreaking 'Eight Miles High' single and a clutch of classic albums, enduring regular line-up changes that would have been the end of most bands but in The Byrds case, fuelled leader Roger McGuinn's innate capacity for reinvention. In 1965, The Byrds had a worldwide smash with Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Intro G A G A Verse G A G A G A G A So you want to be a rock n roll star then listen now to what I say G A G A G A G A Just get an electric guitar and take some time to learn how to play D E A. ![]() The MacGuffin at the heart of these opening episodes is a case that contains all of Citadel’s many secrets, secrets “that can murder millions of people or hold entire nations hostage,” including the launch codes “to every nuclear weapon in the world.” One day, the family is kidnapped and spirited away to a remote Wyoming mountaintop, where Bernard will tell him who he is and, as possibly the only other Citadel agent left alive, what he needs him to do. ![]() In those elided eight years, Mason has established a blueberry-pancake normal life in Oregon with a wife (Ashleigh Cummings) and young daughter (Caoilinn Springall) - though old memories lately have been flashing into consciousness. ![]() Mason will wake up in a hospital with no memory of who he is or how he got there - a subsequent Jason Bourne reference demonstrates that series creator David Weil (“Hunters,” “Invasion”) knows as well as you that this is not history’s first amnesiac secret agent. What is survived here, to begin with - by Mason and Nadia, who will lose sight of each other until we jump forward eight years - is a fiery train derailment, from a great height, into a lake. Coyote School of Filmmaking, where nothing is impossible and nearly anything might be survived. ![]() A brutal tussle in the close quarters of a rail-car bathroom recalls, I would guess intentionally, a similar pas de deux between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in “From Russia With Love” - but it’s a long way from that Bond film, whose climactic scene involved Connery being chased around some low hills by a helicopter, to your modern action film, whose computer-assisted stunts defy physics and physiology. As will later be explained by surviving self-proclaimed “tech genius” Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci), who has helpful montages ready, Citadel is an independent, stateless fellowship of spies whose only loyalty is to humankind and which has “helped shape every major event for good in the last 100 years.” The equally international and unaffiliated Manticore - not to be confused with the 1970s prog-rock record label, though that is a series I’d definitely watch - is, by contrast, the creation of the world’s richest (which is to say most criminal) families, meant only to increase their wealth and power by shaping major events for bad.Īnd so ensues much punching and grunting and kicking and gouging and shooting, and shooting, and shooting. It transpires that Mason and Nadia have been lured to this fancy, speedy train in order to be assassinated by Manticore, an enemy spy organization, heretofore unknown to them, which has acquired a list of Citadel operatives and is in the process of eliminating every last one. (They appear at first to be strangers, which clearly means they are not.) The talk, naturally, is prelude to what makes action films so salable around the world: the first of many fight scenes that punctuate the three episodes out for review. As a kind of preview of this internationalism, our two main characters - Richard Madden as Mason Kane and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Nadia Sinh, agents of the eponymous Citadel - banter in English, Mandarin, German and Spanish as they meet on a super-luxurious train hurtling through the Italian Alps, where no trains should hurtle in the first place. ![]() "The Islandman" is one of my favourites, too, together with "Twenty Years A-Growing" by Maurice O'Sullivan. Here are some pictures:īoats leave from Dunquin quite regularly, so you can leave your decision until the day and let the weather dictate your choice: It is one of my favourite places in Ireland. PEIG SAYERS (1873-1958) was an Irish author and widely regarded as one of the best traditional Gaelic storytellers. ![]() You need 3-4hrs if you want to walk all the way around the Island 2hrs will do if you just want to wander around the ruined houses and walk along the beautiful sandy beach. waves breaking on the White Strand and the footsteps of men walking down to. Peig Sayers autobiography was part of the compulsory Leaving Certificate Irish syllabus until 1995, and has cast a long shadow on the Irish language. Broadcaster Sinéad Ní Uallacháin told Ryan. RT DanMulhall: Peig Sayers, the boozing, partying, fighting years. Last year, some-one actually made the boat trip to Skellig, but couldn't land because the waves were too high.īlasket is a lovely place to while away a few hours. The author and storyteller, Peig Sayers moved into one of these homes the. Peig Sayers autobiography was part of the compulsory Leaving Certificate Irish syllabus until 1995, and has cast a long shadow on the Irish language. Other favourites: Anne Enright and Paula Meehan The most of my life. The Great Blasket, Dingle, County Kerry what a pleasure it is to walk (barefoot) in Peig Sayers footsteps along the green roads of this long deserted but. Well, I've only visited Great Blasket, but from Trip reports I've read, I gather Skellig Michael requires quite alot of planning and decent weather good to have a contingency plan for the day in case you can't get across. Wow Another one with a limited imagination. 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Trump himself said he was surprised by the Carlson news, and doesn't know if it was a voluntary resignation or a firing. "Does the word 'everything' sum up my disdain for him and his vile rhetoric?" Cohen said. Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former attorney and a frequent target of Carlson, said he found much to dislike about Carlson. "After all Tucker’s lies and defamation, it’s about time," she wrote. 6 investigative committee who lost her seat after going after former President Donald Trump, rejoiced on Twitter. "For far too long, Tucker Carlson has used his primetime show to spew antisemitic, racist, xenophobic and anti-LGBTQ hate to millions." "It's about time," the ADL's CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, wrote on Twitter Monday. That led to the Anti-Defamation League to call for his firing. One of those was the "great replacement" theory, the idea that white people are being intentionally replaced by people of color. Text messages released in March as part of the lawsuit showed that even though Carlson spread disinformation about Dominion's voting machines, he said privately of Trump, “I hate him passionately,” adding that he “can’t handle much more of this" and that he “truly can’t wait” to be able to stop covering Trump.Ĭarlson also had become a leading voice on television spreading far-right viewpoints. ![]() More: Top-rated Fox News host Tucker Carlson is out in seismic cable shift others react The cable news organization said in a statement, "We acknowledge the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false." Carlson himself did not release a public statement about his departure before press time.įox News settled the defamation suit that many saw as a slam dunk for Dominion Voting systems for $787.5 million, right as the case was about to go to trial. The release said the two parties "have agreed to part ways." A rotating panel of people will host "Fox News Tonight," the release said. Fox News' Tucker Carlson will no longer host his high-profile talk show. His last show was Friday, the company announced in a news release Monday, a week after a nine-figure settlement by the company in a lawsuit related to the 2020 presidential election. It doesn’t turn on at all, although FindMyiPhone can still locate it. ![]() Our iPhone was crushed by a car, and the screen is totally smashed. ![]() Here’s what she had to say about working with FlashFixers: Yilei’s iPhone was run over by a car, and she tried everything to recover her data, but nothing worked. If you feel like there’s still a chance to get your data back, even if you don’t know exactly what to do, you might appreciate Yilei’s story. You can replace your phone but not your data. When in reality, only a professional can assess whether the data is recoverable or not. They are told that their only option is to upgrade. People have often lost hope after going directly to the phone manufacturer. When we do data recovery for phones that have been crushed or run over, here’s what we usually see: Missing connections can be soldered individually, and memory chips can be transferred to working logic boards.Įven in extreme cases, where the phone and logic board are bent, recovering your pictures may still be possible. When a phone does get dropped, connections can break and detach. Fixing a phone that’s been dropped or run over is fairly straightforward. The screen on this run-over iPhone was completely smashed. An additional phone case wouldn’t protect from everything but it would add to the stiffness of the phone and help protect the logic board. Well, when a phone is run over, it’s not like you’re running over an unprotected board. So what does this mean for phones that have been run over? Does having a phone case help to protect it? Even some of the older iPhones and Android phones are built to withstand a fair amount of external damage. This arrangement does lend itself to recovery even when dropped.īut it’s not just newer iPhones that are well built. The newest iPhones, including the iPhone X, XR, XS, and XS Max, have a logic board that is split in two and soldered together, essentially forming a sandwich. The iPhone, for example, is protected well with a stiff case and a resilient logic board. People often ask us, “Can I get pictures off my broken phone?”īelieve it or not, dealing with a phone that is damaged beyond repair is not uncommon for data recovery companies and phone manufacturers.Īnd it’s not all bad news, either. Your next step is to talk to a microsoldering expert directly. (But the evaluation is free, and as further “enticement” you might get free overnight shipping, so…) You contact the data recovery company and are quoted $900-$2,000. The manufacturer recommends the data recovery company they are contracted with. You need to replace the phone, but you also want your data back. They might tell you the motherboard is damaged, and there’s nothing they can do. Next, you might download software to help you recover your phone’s pictures, videos, and other data. And even if it does connect with your PC, it might not connect with itunes, so you wouldn’t be able to browse the file directory. So you can’t enter your passcode for the computer to trust it. Or, maybe it does recognize the device, but your touchscreen isn’t working. When you plug it into the computer, your computer doesn’t recognize the device. When you try to plug it in, it won’t power on or connect to anything. ![]() How do you fix a broken phone that got run over? A microsoldering expert specializes in logic board troubleshooting and can often fix the motherboard just enough to get the phone working again, so that you can get your data back. Why? Because only a microsoldering expert can determine with confidence whether your data is gone forever or just temporarily inaccessible. Wait until after a microsoldering expert has evaluated your phone. So despite what you may have heard from local repair shops, big-name phone manufacturers, or online discussion forums, don’t give up hope. What does matter is the condition of its memory chips or logic board. The bottom line is: Yes, it IS possible to recover data from a phone that’s been run over by a car.Įven if it has a cracked screen, bent frame, or doesn’t turn on – that might not matter. Is there any way to fix it? Can you get the pictures off somehow? Or maybe it has a faint heartbeat, with pockets of liquid black spreading across the screen. The screen smashed, the frame bent, and the touchscreen not working. Your phone is dead (and about as useful as a paperweight). You’re Stuck With A Broken Phone That Doesn’t Work. It has all of the flavors of stuffed peppers and with less work. Recipes made with grass fed ground beef Skillet ground beef dinnersĭeconstructed Stuffed Peppers - This is a favorite recipe on Simple and Savory. If you don't have grass-fed ground beef, substitute it with regular ground beef or ground turkey.They are healthy recipes that are super easy to make!.Most of the healthy ground beef recipes in this collection are cooked in a sauce, so if you do end up overcooking your grass-fed ground beef, the sauce will keep it moist. The only exception would be for burgers, you can give them a quick sear before reducing the heat to medium. I recommend cooking grass-fed ground beef over medium heat and keeping an eye on it while it's cooking. Since it's lean, grass-fed beef will cook faster. However, you should avoid overcooking it - especially when preparing recipes, such as burgers, which don't include sauces to keep the meat moist. Grass-fed ground beef is cooked in a similar way to conventional ground beef. In addition, grass-fed beef is considered to be more sustainable and environmentally friendly than conventional beef since the cows are not raised in crowded conditions.įor more information about American grassfed beef, visit the American Grassfed Association's Website. Grass-fed beef is generally leaner and has higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and protein compared to conventionally raised beef. Since grass-fed cows are fed what cows are intended to eat, they tend to be healthier than grain-fed beef and are less likely to be given antibiotics. This is not ideal for cows' digestive systems and can lead to health issues. In contrast, conventionally raised beef, start out in pastures and are transferred to crowded feed lots where they consume a diet of grains and soy. Grass-fed and finished cows are allowed to graze on grass in a free-range environment their entire life which is what they need for natural growth. ![]() ![]() The main difference between grass-fed beef and conventionally raised beef lies in their diet and living environment. What's the difference between grass-fed and conventional beef? So whether you are a seasoned cook or a beginner, read on for some delicious and easy grass-fed ground beef recipes. It's a high-quality red meat that is rich in flavor and lends itself well to many dishes. Grass-fed beef has become more popular recently as people look for healthier and more sustainable food options. ![]() But if Snow Leopard's Grand Central technology does as promised and improves the OS' ability to work with multi-core CPUs, Intel-based Macs are going to shoot even further ahead of old G5 and G4 models.Īpple is also promising that Snow Leopard will offer more pervasive support for 64-bit computing, leading to the ability to support up to 16TB of memory, though the motherboard hardware to do this isn't there yet. ![]() With any luck, Apple will finally allow users to readily remove unwanted languages from their system software, a process that can free up a fair bit of hard drive space too.Īpple won't be ditching support for universal binaries, or PowerPC Macs, because there, for now, too many of them out there. Owners of Intel-based Macs will finally be free of all that redundant PowerPC code in the system software, freeing up space for, as Apple puts it, "their music and photos". How can these two claims be reconciled? Only by Apple shipping native-only versions of Snow Leopard. But just as Leopard lacks the ability to run Mac OS 9 apps - a feature present in previous Mac OS X releases - there will come a time when Apple drops Rosetta, its PowerPC emulation mechanism.Įarly rumours concerning Snow Leopard suggested PowerPC support was to be dropped, though that was subsequently denied by Apple. Universality has been handy in ensuring users can run the same installed code on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs without resorting to emulation. Undoubtedly, some of that will come from the re-engineered core technologies, but it's hard to conclude that Snow Leopard's release will come not as a "universal" binary capable of running on both Intel and PowerPC processors, but as a single-platform product. PowerPC-based machines might be left in the cold?Īpple is promising a version of Mac OS X that "dramatically" reduces the amount of storage space the operating system requires. Apple's next major Mac OS X released, will focus solely on under-the-bonnet changes, the Mac maker has revealed. |