![]() ![]() Ice cream is ice cream, you either love it or hate it, but the candy topping was phenomenal. The candy is red and black, which is how they get away with calling it a Spider-Verse Sundae. The dessert is a cup of soft serve ice cream with candy toppings. To make my Spider-Verse themed lunch complete, I ordered Burger King’s Spider-Verse Sundae. But wait – there’s more! Fancy some Spider-Man ice cream?Įveryone is talking about the Spider-Verse Whopper, but don’t sleep on the Spider-Verse Sundae. Whether that’s a pro or a con depends on if you like Whoppers in the first place. As I ate this, there were times I forgot it was a Spider-Verse Whopper, and thought I was eating one of their regular sandwiches. Burger King promised a Spider-Man themed Whopper, and that’s exactly what you’re getting. The red bun and black sesame seeds don’t add anything to the flavor, and that’s okay. Have you ever had a regular Whopper? Then congratulations, you know what the Spider-Verse Whopper tastes like. It’s eye-catching and looks good enough to eat. The theming could be more distinctive, but it does its job. Plus, red is pretty much one of the primary Spider-Man colors anyway. (But enough bathroom talk in an article about eating.) While it’s true that black is the color most associated with Miles' superhero costume, his costume does have a tinge of red on it. I have to imagine that Burger King had this in mind as they workshopped the Spider-Verse Whopper and took steps to avoid the same problems. It’s possible that Burger King opted for a red bun to avoid comparisons to the black bun used in their 2015 Halloween Whopper which alarmed consumers when the black food dye caused their waste to have alarming (but ultimately harmless) colors. This seems odd, since red is the dominant color of the burger, while Miles’ costume is predominantly black. According to a press release from Burger King, this is meant to evoke Miles Morales’ Spider-Man costume. The Spider-Verse Whopper has a red bun (thanks to food dye) and black sesame seeds. ![]() I want a full Spider-Man experience, profits be damned! Presentation If you’re going to theme a burger after Spider-Man, why not go all the way? Make the wrapper red and black as well! Maybe the cost doesn’t justify the ends, but let the Burger King accountants worry about that. It wasn’t until I unwrapped the packaging that I noticed the Spider-Man logo on the bottom: it was pretty much hidden under the wrapper flaps. My Spider-Verse Whopper was packaged in a white wrapper that seemed to match the standard ones used with their regular sandwiches. That was unsettling, but nevertheless, I persisted.įor such a colorful burger, I was surprised to see it packaged in such a bland way. As I placed my order, the cashier looked at me cautiously and asked if I really wanted to try that red bun. Prices will vary depending on your market, but I ordered a large Spider-Verse Whopper meal, and a Spider-Verse sundae, which cost me $11.92. The Spider-Verse Whopper is priced the same as a regular Whopper, which seems reasonable, as it would’ve been easy to put some unnecessary upcharge on this experience. As a Spider-Man fan, I naturally had to try this. This burger will be available at restaurants nationwide through June 21. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on June 2, which means it’s time for another grand superhero movie tradition – fast food tie-ins.īurger King has launched a special Spider-Verse Whopper ( and special Spider-Verse themed restaurants in a few, special locations), with a red bun and black sesame seeds. However, if you like chaos in your fast-food meals, Burger King is ready to help you have it your way. There are 1,024 potential sandwich combinations, the chain said.Have you ever gone to a fast-food restaurant and found yourself wishing the buns were red? Probably not, because that would be completely random and chaotic. You’ll need to add the coupon before placing the order, Burger King said. ►How many days until Christmas? Count down with Advent calendars full of toys, booze and candy Would you wash your hands with $8 cilantro soap? ►Chipotle soap?: Chipotle has a new online item. “In 1957, Burger King changed the game with the introduction of the Whopper sandwich,” Zahra Nurani, head of marketing communications for Burger King North America, said in a statement. Account registration is required and there’s a limit of one per account. On Friday and Saturday, participating restaurants nationwide will offer the flame-grilled beef burger for the original price of 37 cents through the chain’s app or website.īut to redeem the “birthday bash” deal, you need to be a member of the new Burger King Royal Perks loyalty program. Watch Video: Burger King enters the fast-food chicken sandwich warīurger King is celebrating the 64th birthday of the Whopper with a two-day throwback deal. ![]()
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![]() ![]() At one point, Homer and Bart visit a beach that requires them to wear ludicrously skimpy bathing suits. Conveniently an Orphan: Ronaldo said he had the money to help the Simpsons because he didn't have parents to take it from him, like so many child stars in America do.The family will eventually visit Antarctica under less than ideal circumstances. The family has also been to Asia, Australia, and Africa. Bart went to Europe as a foreign exchange student and the rest of the family went there when Lisa lost her balloon. Continuity Nod: Bart mentions that after the trip to Brazil, he'll have visited every continent.Homer: Boy, did you make a prank call to Brazil? Comical Overreacting: Homer's reason for choking Bart is even flimsier than usual.Homer then asked if that meant he wouldn't have to pay for the ride. When Homer entered an unlicensed taxi, the driver pulled a gun and told him it was an abduction.Homer's shirt shows Uncle Sam devouring the world with the phrase "Try And Stop Us" and he doesn't understand how the lifeguard realized he's American.Doing so is exactly how Homer later gets kidnapped. ![]() Chekhov's Gun: Lisa warns that getting into an unlicensed cab is something you never do in Brazil.It turns out that the missing Ronaldo ran away from the orphanage and joined this show as one of its puppeteers. Chekhov's Gag: At various points in the episode, Bart watches an overly-sexualized Brazilian kid's show, Teleboobies.The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires: Averted while several references are made to Brazilian National Stereotypes, at one point they also mention the fact that it's one of the few non-Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. ![]() ![]() More advanced search features, as well as ways to organize your clippings, are currently unavailable. Using Shift + Command + V, you can access the history and navigate with the right or left arrows to select the item to paste. My question is in the scenario where everything else is equal and you are going to flycut a set of new factory. On the Mac, every time you copy a code piece, Flycut stores it in history. ![]() Stronger is always going to be stronger whether youre pushing the limit or not. Every time you copy a text snippet, Flycut stores it in history for you. I know that when swapping internals its always going to be best to upgrade to forged. From the casting menu, click the Sources drop-down and select Cast Desktop. When Flycut is launched, its icon appears in your menu bar. First, click the three-dot menu icon in the top-right. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) By Rosanna Xia Staff Writer. However, I find that Flycut does not always retain its preferences between logouts/restarts, and although setting them up again is not a huge hassle it is something that should not be necessary. This way, you can store your clipboard history in an external cloud service and then access it from wherever you want. The sea is rising and moving inland, but so much of California’s coastal development was built on fixed lines in the sand. It also neither supports Windows nor offers specific integrations for the most common IDEs and text editors.Īlthough Flycut does not come with cloud features natively, you can configure it to sync with your Dropbox account. This means that images, videos, and tables are currently not supported. On the other hand, Flycut allows you to store only text snippets. ![]() For this reason, it comes with many hot keys and keyboard shortcuts, which can be customized according to your needs in the preferences panel. ![]() best accuracy is achieved when the final grind or fly cut is performed on. Flycut was designed with developers in mind, and its main focus is on code snippets. An alternative to a chrome code disk is a photographic emulsion code disk. My milling table isn´t too flat either but the vise mouting is equaling out a lot, just get rid of burrs and elevated dents rims with an oilstone and check the vise alignment religiously. Flycut is a clean and simple free open source clipboard app for macOS and iOS that is based on Jumpcut, a minimal clipboard manager for macOS. I wouldn´t flycut it, instead map the flatness of the table and keep the map close to the mill so you know where the problems are hidden and so you can work around it. ![]() ![]() ![]() This means that in order to use a webcam, you'll need a MicroUSB to USB-A adapter cable, sometimes known as an On-The-Go (OTG) cable. The one caveat is that the Fire TV Cube does not have a USB-A port, which is what virtually all webcams require. You can use Alexa to initiate and end calls, as well as tell her you’d like to turn the camera on or off. It also works with select video calling apps like Zoom. You can buy an inexpensive USB webcam, hook it up to the Cube, and use the device to make free two-way video calls with anyone with an Alexa-equipped smartphone, tablet, Echo Show, or Echo Spot. How to make a video call on Amazon Fire TV CubeĪmazon makes several great Fire TV streaming devices, but its $120 Fire TV Cube has one very cool feature that helps it stand out from the streaming device pack: Not everyone is going to be comfortable trusting a camera- and mic-equipped product from Facebook, but the Portal TV is a powerful video-calling device for TVs. Unfortunately, neither are Google Duo/Meet nor Skype, which means that as clever as the Portal TV is, it’s not as flexible as we’d like. Naturally, because it’s a Facebook product, you can also initiate calls over Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.Ĭuriously, even though Amazon Alexa is built into Portal TV, Alexa-based video calls are not supported. You can use it to call other Facebook Portal devices, but it also works with other video-calling apps, too, like Zoom, BlueJeans, GoToMeeting, or Webex. The smart camera can automatically follow you as you move around the room, and built-in apps like Netflix and Spotify make it a handy alternative to other streaming devices. The company’s $100 Portal TV is a device that incorporates a webcam and microphones and perches atop your TV. It’s weird to think that Facebook, a company better known for its massive social media and messaging presence than for its hardware, has one of the best ways to video chat on your TV, but it does. How to make a video call on Facebook Portal TV ![]() The one catch is that, for the moment, the Duo app seems to be restricted to outgoing calls only.īecause the Chromecast with Google TV runs a version of Android TV, this little trick should work with any video-calling app that you can find on the Play Store, and possibly apps that can be sideloaded onto the device, but don’t count on it - as I said, none of this is officially supported by Google. From there, you simply load the Google Duo app from the Google Play store, and voila, you’ll now be able to make TV-based video calls with any other Google Duo user. You can buy a USB hub and use it to connect a USB webcam to the streaming dongle. Google’s latest streaming media player, the $50 Chromecast with Google TV, is a superb and affordable media machine, but it also has an unadvertised (and unofficially supported) feature. Some are elegant, some are awkward, and none are perfect solutions.Ĭaleb Denison/Digital Trends How to make a video call on Google Chromecast with Google TV There are, however, several ways to get these calls onto a TV. And when I say ridiculous, I’m talking about how virtually none of the tech companies that make smart TVs, game consoles, or streaming media devices (yes, Microsoft, Apple, and Google, I’m looking at you) have stepped up to make video calling on a TV a task that’s as easy (and versatile) as doing it from a computer or smartphone. 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However, there has been speculation he’ll opt to remain at Selhurst Park for at least one more year to ensure his development isn’t stunted by warming the bench elsewhere.īut with a second source confirming Arsenal’s interest, it at least looks like the Gunners will pose the question.The large transaction volume, as defined by those exceeding $100,000, provides a key indicator of whale activity within the network. ![]() The wideman clearly doesn’t lack for heavyweight interest with City, Arsenal and PSG all in the mix. Olise speaks French through his French-Algerian mother and has already racked up four caps for the France Under-21 side. Per the Mail, Palace flyer Olise is one player PSG will target for the wide berths. To kickstart a bright new era, additions at centre-back, holding midfielder, striker and on the wings are wanted this summer. ![]() The pair are on colossal salaries, with the Mail claiming Messi alone will free up £740,000-per-week from the wage bill. There’s a complication for Arsenal and City, however, with the Daily Mail recently reporting Olise has a huge admirer in the form of PSG.īoth Messi and Neymar look certain to leave PSG this summer. To that end, the Sun cited a £40m valuation, while the new report lists a slightly more modest €40m (approx. In other words, they’re prepared to back up their interest with a firm offer. It’s revealed both English sides are ‘willing to make an economic effort to ensure his signing’. However, they also put Man City in the frame too. Now, a second source in Spain ( as cited by Goal) has echoed the Sun’s claim Arsenal are readying a move for the ‘outstanding’ Olise. The France Under-21 international has hit double figures for assists (10) in a team that are not known for finishing off the chances they create. ![]() The 21-year-old has been a revelation for Crystal Palace this season. However, when it mattered most, Arteta did not have enough faith in Nelson to give Saka a much-needed rest.Īs such, links with a higher profile right winger have come to the fore, with the Sun recently claiming Arsenal are sizing up Crystal Palace’s Michael Olise. Saka’s primary back-up is Reiss Nelson who looks poised to sign a lucrative new contract. Arsenal failed to keep a single clean sheet in the six matches he started before being dropped for Jakub Kiwior who fared no better.Įlsewhere, Bukayo Saka once again faded badly down the stretch, returning just one goal and one assist in the nine matches prior to Sunday’s final day clash with Wolves. Injuries to William Saliba and Takehiro Tomiyasu thrust Rob Holding into the spotlight at centre-half. Last year saw Arsenal slip out of the Champions League places in May, while this season saw Man City overpower the Gunners as they marched towards a fifth title in six years. ![]() A second source have tipped Arsenal to push to sign a Premier League winger who is also wanted by Man City and being tipped to replace Lionel Messi at PSG.Ī lack of strength in depth once again cost Arsenal dearly at the most pivotal point in the season. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn't until 1929 before most countries adopted hourly time zones. Time zones throughout the world vary, and used to vary even more than they currently do. Most commonly, UTC is offset by an hour, but in some cases, the offset can be a half-hour or quarter-hour, such as in the case of UTC+06:30 and UTC+12:45. UTC offset can range from UTC-12:00 to UTC+14:00. Generally, time zones are defined as + or - an integer number of hours in relation to UTC for example, UTC-05:00, UTC+08:00, and so on. UTC breaks time into days, hours, minutes, and seconds, where days are usually defined in terms of the Gregorian calendar. Most time zones that are on land are offset from UTC. UTC is not dependent on daylight saving time (DST), though some countries switch between time zones during their DST period, such as the United Kingdom using British Summer Time in the summer months. UTC, which is based on highly precise atomic clocks and the Earth's rotation, is the new standard of today. Although GMT used to be a time standard, it is now mainly used as the time zone for certain countries in Africa and Western Europe. Although GMT and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) essentially reflect the same time, GMT is a time zone, while UTC is a time standard that is used as a basis for civil time and time zones worldwide. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory located in Greenwich, London, considered to be located at a longitude of zero degrees. They are often based on the boundaries of countries or lines of longitude. Related Time Calculator | Date CalculatorĪ time zone is a region on Earth that uses a uniform time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Steven Rogers in his original World War II uniform with a gun holster.Īfter successfully becoming Captain America, Rogers was later submitted to an experimental mind-conditioning program that conditioned his mind to accept false information about Walter Rogers' family on the chance he was captured by the enemy and forced to reveal classified information. Rogers was also given the cover identity of a clumsy infantry private at Camp Lehigh. To help him become a symbolic counterpart to the Red Skull, Rogers was given the red, white, and blue costume of Captain America. Three months later, he was given his first assignment: to stop the Nazi agent called the Red Skull. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program that taught him gymnastics, hand-to-hand combat from Colonel Rex Applegate and William Essart Fairbairn, and military strategy. Erskine died without fully committing the Super-Soldier formula to paper, leaving Rogers the sole beneficiary of his genius. ![]() Erskine mere minutes after its conclusion. A Nazi spy, who observed the experiment, murdered Dr. Steve Rogers emerged from the vita-ray chamber with a perfect human body. Given part of the compound intravenously and another part orally, Rogers was then bombarded by vita-rays, a special combination of exotic (in 1941) wavelengths of radiation designed to accelerate and stabilize the serum's effect on his body. Rogers agreed and was taken to a secret laboratory in Washington, D.C., where he was introduced to Doctor Abraham Erskine (code named Professor Joseph Reinstein), the creator of the Super-Soldier Serum.Ĭaptain America after the transformation.Īfter weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Soldier Serum. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea to fight for his country, General Chester Phillips, of the US Army, offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a top-secret performance-enhancing experiment called Operation Rebirth. Horrified by newsreel footage of Nazis ransacking Europe and atrocities in Asia that the Empire of Japan committed in China and Korea, Rogers tried to enlist in the Army but was rejected as 4-F because of his frailty and sickness. ![]() Among the people responsible for instilling the patriotic values in him were his civics teacher Edna Crosley, who taught that as an American it was their responsibility to protect the United States which gave more rights than any other country in the world to its citizens. Steve used to go to a school in the Lower East Side neighborhood. Rogers' father died when he was a child and his mother died from pneumonia later, when he was in his late teens. Little else is known about Rogers' early life other than the fact that a strong sense of duty, honor, and humility was instilled in him perhaps due to his Irish Catholic upbringing. Rogers grew up a frail youth during the Great Depression in New York City, New York. Steve Rogers was born July 4, 1922, to poor Irish immigrant parents, Sarah and Joseph Rogers. Steve Rogers in his childhood Early Life For a complete history see Steve Rogers' Expanded History. History This is an abridged version of Steve Rogers' history.
![]() You can chain Showdowns together, and instantly activate another one if you need to stop time and carefully plan your next steps. This allows you to distract one guard while taking out another, or to take out multiple enemies in tandem using each characters’ special abilities. Using this time-stopping mechanic, you can set up each of your characters to perform a single action or use a skill, and then activate them simultaneously or independent of one another. Knowing how to best utilize your team is key to conquering the Wild West, and to properly do that your secret weapon is Showdown Mode. If you want to focus on speed, use Hector because of his strength (and ability to carry two bodies), but if you are more concerned about stealth then Doc is the best option, even if he moves more slowly. Integral functions, such as hiding a body, changes from character to character. Not only does every character have their own unique distractions, special abilities, and attacks, but there are passive intricacies to how each character operates. Even in the earliest levels, the smallest mistake can bring an entire camp of bandits down on your head.ĭesperados III is all about team-craft, and knowing which of your squad members to utilize in a specific situation. Levels require careful planning, stealth, and flawless execution. In many levels you’ll only have access to specific characters, but the levels are designed to ensure that those characters special abilities are useful in the situations you’ll encounter. In lieu of simply killing every enemy in a given map, objectives are typically more pointed, such as stealing a specific item or assassinating key individuals.Įach of your crew has several special abilities, which can be used creatively to distract, knock-out, or kill the plethora of guards in each level to make your approach much smoother. In each level, the player must command their character, or group of characters, towards a final goal in any way possible. It’s a far divide from most other turn-based strategy games, focusing on their series’ signature mechanics and a much more detailed level design than is common. The prequel follows John Cooper as he gathers new friends and old allies to go after the viscous bandit leader Frank someone each of them have a reason to hunt, but no one as much as John.ĭesperados III is a hardcore real-time tactics strategy game, with some really fun gameplay twists. Based in the gritty, shoot-first-ask-later Wild West, Desperados III pulls absolutely no punches with its tough-as-nails narrative and merry band of would-be protagonists. ![]() I’ve never played the Desperados series before but as a growing fan of the real-time tactics genre - even though it is assuredly not a fan of me - I knew this was a game I had to try. ![]() The game is a prequel to the events of the original 2001 Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive, but John Cooper and his gang have quite a few more tricks up their sleeves than they did previously. We don’t see near as many of them nowadays, so I was excited when I saw that Mimimi Games was bringing back Desperados, one of the stage-setters to the real-time tactics genre.įollowing in the footsteps of its predecessors, Desperados III is a hardcore real-time tactics games, and the first we’ve seen of the series since 2007. Title: Desperados III Released On: JGenre:Real Time Tactics Reviewed On: Xbox One Also Available On: Windows PC, PlayStation 4 Developer: Mimimi Games Publisher:THQ Nordic MSRP:$49.99 USD/$59.99 CADĮvery since I was a kid I’ve always had a special place in my heart for isometric games, dating back to my earliest encounters with the tactical RPGs of the 90s. ![]() ![]() They invest in a work management platform to coordinate information across various levels of their organization and connect individual initiatives to broader company goals. The team starts by taking steps to solve for effectiveness and get everyone on the same page. They don’t have clarity on what value prop they’re communicating, how it benefits their customers, or what messaging to prioritize on the home page. At first, the team is neither effective nor efficient. The goal is to redesign the company home page to better communicate the company value prop. Take, for example, a cross-functional project between the creative and web design teams. Then, once you’ve developed effectiveness as a practice, you can optimize for efficiency-in other words, doing the same effective work in less time. So, start by solving for effectiveness before working on efficiency.īy prioritizing effectiveness, you’re ensuring that your team is working on initiatives that move the needle towards relevant company goals. But you have to start from somewhere-and trying to implement both methodologies at once might not get you the desired effect. Ideally, you want to build a team that is both efficient and effective. How improving effectiveness increases efficiency The next week, the pitch has the desired result: the client decides to move forward with your product! They decide to go in a different direction.Įfficient and effective: The team has a clear workflow in place and is able to build a deck and demo in five days. Ultimately, the team is able to scrape something together, but it doesn’t speak to the true value of your product or communicate your competitive position to the client. Neither efficient nor effective: The team hasn’t fully built out their sales processes, so no one is clear on who’s creating the deck or demo. You spend several more weeks negotiating and pitching. The customer is dissatisfied with how much time it took to hear back from your team. Not efficient but effective: The team works together to build a state-of-the-art demo and deck, but it takes them two weeks. ![]() They decide to go in a different direction. Ultimately, the presentation materials didn’t speak to their specific company needs. But once they present, the potential client is dissatisfied because the content focused on the wrong things. Here’s how the process might pan out depending on whether your team is efficient, effective, neither, or both:Įfficient but not effective: The team builds a deck and demo in just three days. The IT department has gotten involved, and they’ve asked for a pitch and demo from each of the three products they’re considering implementing. Imagine your sales team is pitching your product to a new enterprise client. Alternatively, an effective team that isn’t efficient is getting the right work done-but not at the ideal velocity. An efficient team that isn’t effective is getting work done quickly-but they may be prioritizing the wrong initiatives. In order to run a truly great team, you need efficiency and effectiveness. ![]() They have a clear sense of how their work fits into the larger company strategy and goals, and they use this knowledge to inform what to work on and where to dedicate their resources. In a recent study of over 6,000 knowledge workers, only 26% of employees reported having a very clear understanding of how their individual work relates to company goals and just 16% said their company is very effective at setting and communicating goals.Įffective teams know how to successfully prioritize and dedicate appropriate resources to important initiatives. ![]() Today, few teams are effective at connecting their current work to broader company goals. Measure progress against specific metricsĮffectiveness means working on the “right” things-that is to say, things that drive business value and move the needle on company goals. What is efficiency?Įfficiency means doing things “right”-whether that means moving faster, getting work done with fewer resources, accomplishing big projects with a smaller budget, or otherwise doing “more” with “less.”įocus on the work directly in front of them To find that sweet spot, start by understanding what each term means and when you should focus on each metric. In his book, The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker stated that “efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing the right thing.” Ideally, you want to build a team that’s both efficient and effective-after all, everyone wants to do the right things right. ![]() But understanding the difference between these two business strategies can help your team succeed. If you’ve never thought about the difference between efficiency and effectiveness, you’re not alone-in fact, most teams use these terms interchangeably. ![]() |