Gas (Press and hold during the countdown = Rocket Start) Steer (left and right), Shoot item forward/backward (up and down) If they get hit by an item, they lose some of their coins. In coin Runners, players pick up as many coins as possible. If you run out of Balloons, your score gets halved. Balloon Battle requires players to hit each other with items to pop their Balloons. There are 2 types of Battle Modes: Coin Runners and Balloon Battle. This mode is only available in Multiplayer in Mario Kart 7. You can also pick any track to race on, rather than only a whole cup. ![]() Mode allows players to race, but with their own custom rule sets set such as changing which items appear, or modifying the difficulty. It is not possible to play this mode with more than one player. Time trials allow players to race for the best time possible, either on their own or against a ghost. Grand Prix Points System: Finishing Places Below is a table showing the amount of points garnered for coming in a certain place in a race. At the end of the cup, the points are cumulatively tallied, and whichever racer has the most, second most, and third most points wins a gold, silver, or bronze trophy, respectively. ![]() After each individual race, the place in which the racer comes is translated into a number of points to go to the racer's total. Each cup contains four courses that are played in order. In Grand Prix, the player selects an Engine Class and a cup to race.
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![]() Much like champagne, they are effervescent and celebratory and if you’re willing to hop on their convivial carnival ride there’s no limit to the places, real and imagined, they can take you. Nary a wet blanket among them, Geminis are generally energetic and easily persuaded to party. Similarly, Geminis don’t dwell in or the past, preferring instead to imagine, and at points neurotically obsess over, the future.ġ0 Twinning since 1986, Mary Kate and Ashley prove the sartorial prowess of Gemini. While they won’t back down from a fight, particularly a war of words, Geminis don’t hold a grudge as their absent mind will quickly forget what it was that inspired their original ire. Words are both the weapon and the way for Gemini and in the case of authors and activists like Cornel West, Che Guevara, Kendrick Lamar, Gwendolyn Brooks and Rachel Carson, language and politics combine to revolutionary effect. The list of Gemini scribes includes Salman Rushdie, Federico García Lorca, Saul Bellow, Joyce Carol Oates, Allen Ginsberg and Jamaica Kincaid. ![]() Language is the domain of Gemini and it comes as no surprise that some of the most preeminent writers fall under the stars of the twins and upon the power of the pen. Inclusive, Gemini is quick to strike up a conversation with anyone and hopeful enough to believe that within every stranger lies a secret worth extracting or a story worth hearing. No other sign is more adept at changing course or entertaining an outside perspective, regardless of how radically problematic or downright bat***t it may be. The attention span of the average Gemini is famously short but when they do manage to focus, their ideas and opinions are original and inspired. Which zodiac sign is the smartest? Here’s what an astrologer says For your consideration, his aforementioned highness Prince, Lenny ‘shirts are for lesser men’ Kravitz, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Stevie ‘my microphone is a broomstick’ Nicks and Marilyn Monroe. ![]() Fashion is a favored platform for this ilk and some of the best dressed, most iconic and least compromising folks to walk the earth belong to the sign of Gemini. Charms/strengthsĮccentric and liminal, Gemini defies definition and bucks convention, thereby showing others that boundaries can be boundless and expectations upended. Zeus placed both twins in the night sky where they remain burning bright and ever beside each other as the constellation Gemini. ![]() When Castor was fatally wounded in battle, Pollux, mad with grief, beseeched his father Zeus to bring his brother back. Good looking and hard scrabble, the brothers were inseparable, excelling at horsemanship and bare knuckle boxing. Though they shared a womb, Castor was the mortal son of King Tynardus and Pollux the immortal progeny of Zeus, an ancient example of heteropaternal superfecundation. One of the more beautiful origin stories, Gemini concerns the twins Castor and Pollux. Quick witted and loose tongued, language is the province of Gemini who is adept at writing poems, impersonating strangers, and committing perjury all with characteristic flourish.Įndlessly curious and highly analytical they learn through the exchange of language and feel most alive when in motion and most challenged when asked to sit in stillness or silence.ġ0 Mercury is the ruling planet of fast talking, truth negotiating Gemini. As an Air sign, Gemini is associated with intellect and alchemy. The danger of that versatility is that it can leave Gemini vulnerable to superficiality, a lack of self-knowledge and a shaky sense of purpose. In a word, Gemini is versatile, able to move through a crowd, carry a conversation and adapt easily and rapidly to any situation. Ruling the skies from May 21st to June 20th, Gemini energy is quicksilver chaos, exciting to be around and challenging to live within.īridging the seasonal gap between spring and summer, Gemini is a mutable sign that seeks and absorbs information at high speeds. And so resources to do help with this, should be free and easily available online.These Website Standard Terms and Conditions written on this webpage shall manage Learning to tell the time in English is something that anyone should be able to do by themselves. Finally, telling the time is quite an essential skill for speaking english in everyday life and time phrases are really quite easy to represent visually. Secondly, the old version still seemed quite popular, despite being taken off the home page of the site and being buried with a bunch of other old games. The reasons for remaking this game from the old 'clock' flash version are, firstly, that the old version was not very good - the appearance was not all that appealing, the game displayed in a small window and there was not much variance in the clocks being show. While primarily aimed at desktops, it should work on mobile phones and tablets. This game is made with Javascript with the CreateJS framework. The first screen aims to present the target language, while the mini-game on the second screen is a means to practice and re-enforce the language. Telling the time, while important, is quite a straight forward skill and most elementary level learners should be able to tell the time quite easily. The target audience is low level English learners. The aim of this game is to practice, or initally explore and learn, telling the time in English. Alternative wordings, such as "twelve thirty" or "eight forty-five" were avoided so as to keep things simple. Five minute intervals are really enough for most situations. I did not use more precise times, such as "2 minutes past", as this could have made the game overly complicated. These were chosen as they are the main phrases used to tell the time. Half past, quarter past, quarter to, five past/to, ten past/to, twenty past/to, twenty-five past/to. The target language is time phrases, specifically: If you take too long, then no points are awarded at all. Score is awarded based on how quickly you pick the correct clock. There is also a score box in the bottom right. There is nothing significant about the cat it is just meant to be a visual progress aid. But if you make a mistake, then the cat falls and returns to the beginning. As you guess the clocks, the cat progresses across the bridge to the other side of the screen. While playing the game, a cat is displayed in the bottom left of the screen, with a bridge infront of her. If you make a mistake, then the game is lost and you have to start again from the beginning. In order to complete the game, you have to choose the correct clock every time. ![]() This repeats about 20 times with increasingly precise times being shown. To play the game, you have to click on the clock that matches the time phrase. Then 3 clocks are shown above each with a different time. A text pane in the middle displays a time phrase eg. On the second screen there is a mini-game. It is only possible to display times at intervals of 5 minutes, and so the clock hands will align to the nearest 5 minutes. Moving the hour hand changes the time really quickly, but the minute hand is slower. As you change the time on the clock, the time phrase below gets updated. You can change the time on the clock by moving the clock hands or by clicking on the arrows at the bottom. The first screen shows an analog clock displaying a time - initially 9 o'clock - and a pane below showing the matching time phrase. ![]() Students can interact with a clock to change the time and there is also a mini-game which involves matching a time phrase to a clock. This is a mini-game to learn and practice telling the time in English. ![]() ![]() Shortly afterward, explosive intensification occurred, with Maria nearly doubling its winds from 85 mph (137 km/h)-a Category 1 hurricane, to 165 mph (266 km/h)-a Category 5 hurricane, in just 24 hours, by which time it was located just 15 mi (24 km) east-southeast of Dominica late on September 18 the rate of intensification that occurred has been exceeded only a few times in the Atlantic since records began. Maria gradually strengthened, and by late on September 17, although the center had temporarily become exposed, a convective burst over the center enabled it to become a hurricane. Favorable conditions along the system's path consisting of warm sea surface temperatures of 29 ☌ (84 ☏), low wind shear, and abundant moisture aloft allowed the disturbance to consolidate and become Tropical Storm Maria 6 hours later, after satellite images had indicated that the low-level circulation of the wave had become well-defined. At that time, it was located about 665 mi (1,070 km) east of Barbados. Gradual organization occurred as it progressed westward across the tropical Atlantic under the influence of a mid-level ridge that was located to the system's north, and by 12:00 UTC on September 16, it had developed into Tropical Depression Fifteen, as deep convection consolidated and developed into curved bands wrapping into an increasingly-defined center of circulation. Maria originated from a tropical wave that left the western coast of Africa on September 12. This makes it the deadliest named Atlantic hurricane of the 21st century to date.Įxtratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression Maria was the deadliest hurricane in Dominica since the 1834 Padre Ruíz hurricane and the deadliest in Puerto Rico since the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane. The total death toll is 3,059: an estimated 2,975 in Puerto Rico, 65 in Dominica, 5 in the Dominican Republic, 4 in Guadeloupe, 4 in the contiguous United States, 3 in the United States Virgin Islands, and 3 in Haiti. Maria also landed in the northeast Caribbean during relief efforts from another Category 5 hurricane, Irma, which crossed the region two weeks prior. The storm caused the worst electrical blackout in US history, which persisted for several months. Puerto Rico suffered catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis most of the island's population suffered from flooding and a lack of resources, compounded by a slow relief process. The neighboring islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique endured widespread flooding, damaged roofs, and uprooted trees. ![]() Maria brought catastrophic devastation to the entirety of Dominica, destroying housing stock and infrastructure beyond repair, and practically eradicating the island's lush vegetation. Passing north of The Bahamas, Maria gradually degraded and weakened, swinging eastward over the open Atlantic and dissipating by October 2. On September 20, an eyewall replacement cycle weakened Maria to a high-end Category 4 hurricane by the time it struck Puerto Rico. After crossing the island, Maria achieved its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (282 km/h) and a pressure of 908 mbar (hPa 26.81 inHg). Maria became a tropical storm on September 16 east of the Lesser Antilles and rapidly intensified to Category 5 strength just before making landfall on Dominica on September 18. Total monetary losses are estimated at upwards of $91.61 billion (2017 USD), mostly in Puerto Rico, ranking it as the fourth-costliest tropical cyclone on record. Maria was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch in 1998, and the tenth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. The most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017, Maria was the thirteenth named storm, eighth consecutive hurricane, fourth major hurricane, second Category 5 hurricane, and deadliest storm of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. It is the deadliest and costliest hurricane to strike the island of Puerto Rico, and is the deadliest hurricane in terms of category strength to strike the country of Dominica and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths. Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. ![]() The biggest challenge is whipping the mixture to the right thickness. Making homemade organic marshmallows looks harder than it is. In a large mixing bowl (use a stand mixer if you have it), sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup cold water and let stand to soften. ![]() (The parchment makes removal much easier) If you have parchment paper, line the pan bottom and two sides, then spray and dust again. To start, you spray bottom and sides of a 7 x 9 or 8 x 8 baking pan with non-stick spray., then dust with powdered sugar. In these marshmallows, however, the organic sugar worked perfectly. I make organic sugar in baking all the time, but sometimes it doesn’t perform as well in candy. It’s available on Amazon and even at my local health food store. (See tips and notes below for more on corn syrup in candy). Because organic regulations forbid using GMO products, going with an organic corn syrup also means you are non-GMO. ![]() But if I didn’t use a lot of gelatin or wanted to avoid pork, I’d probably go with this gelatin on Amazon which has a similar bloom strength (that is, gelling power) and is from grass-fed beef.įor organic corn syrup, I have been using this product made by Wholesome and it’s always worked well. I use pork-based GoBio gelatin (not an affiliate link) that I order from Canada. But if you do want to go organic the biggest challenges are finding organic corn syrup and gelatin. Now homemade campfire marshmallows can readily be made with non-organic ingredients, so feel free to skip this section if that’s not your goal. Ingredient Sourcing for Organic Marshmallows Yes, even if you just like doing fun DIY projects once in awhile to see how things work, then homemade marshmallows may be for you. Or if you want to hand select your gelatin, perhaps using organic, or kosher or grass-fed beef gelatin. Great taste! If you are picky, err have good taste and cringe if someone brings home store brand marshmallows (not naming any names…), natural vanilla homemade marshmallows are made for you!Īnd what if you want to avoid ingredients you can’t pronounce, like Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate? Or blue 1? Now besides cooking organic, there are many reasons to try making marshmallows at home. But even if you don’t go organic, homemade marshmallows are tasty, fun and perfect for summer! And one thing that’s still hard to find is organic marshmallows. It’s gotten easier to eat organic than when I first published this recipe in 2013. This post may contain Amazon or other affiliate links, which can earn me a small commission, please see my policy page for details. What’s more fun than Campfire Style Organic Homemade Marshmallows! Step by step directions for this tasty summer candy! ![]() Duffy knew he had to deliver in a big way while creating this: "As an Eagles Fan myself, I know how passionate people are about this team and I had to make sure I didn't mess this up at all - I double checked every name with Pro Football Reference, The Eagles Encyclopedia, and the Eagles website. Eagles fans - for better or for worse - are known to be very passionate about their team, often called the crown jewel of Philly sports. This piece specifically ends with the name of Carson Wentz, the young quarterback that Philly fans believe can bring the elusive Super Bowl trophy to the City of Brotherly Love. Duffy had taken inspiration for this image from the different team logos throughout the 1900s - he used an image of the eagle from the 80s-90s, but has it flying from left to right - a nod to the pre-1980 graphics. This open edition fine print by artist Daniel Duffy features The Philadelphia Eagles all time roster - all 1766 player names from 1933 through 2017. The seller will arrange the return pick up for these items.įor seller-fulfilled items from Sports collectibles and Entertainment collectibles categories, the sellers need to be informed of the damage / defect within 10 days of delivery. These items are not eligible for self-return. Note: For seller fulfilled items from Books, Movies & TV Shows categories, the sellers need to be informed of the damage/ defect within 14 days of delivery.įor seller-fulfilled items from Fine Art category, the sellers need to be informed of the damage / defect within 10 days of delivery. Learn more about returning seller fulfilled items. If you do not receive a response from the seller for your return request within two business days, you can submit an A-to-Z Guarantee claim. 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New York State Labor Law also includes provisions about who can keep gratuities: “No employer or his agent or an officer or agent of any corporation, or any other person shall demand or accept, directly or indirectly, any part of the gratuities, received by an employee, or retain any part of a gratuity or of any charge purported to be a gratuity for an employee.”Īccording to Starbucks’ tip pool policy, tips were to be regularly collected and distributed to baristas and shift supervisors according to the amount of hours they worked. Dolly Varden is looking for a full-time food runner / busser. Starbucks Corporation, was first brought in 2008 by two former Starbucks baristas who alleged that including shift supervisors in the tip pool was a violation of New York Labor Law. Starbucks employs four categories of employees at their restaurants: baristas, shift supervisors, assistant managers, and store managers. Shift supervisors, however, have some added responsibilities like “assigning baristas to particular positions during their shifts, directing the flow of customers and providing baristas with feedback about their performance…(they also) open and close stores, change the cash register tills and, if neither an assistant store manager nor store manager is present, make bank deposits.” As explained in the Court’s decision, baristas are responsible for “taking orders, making and serving the company’s coffee, tea and food offerings, operating the cash register, cleaning tables and stocking product.” The Court explained that shift supervisors, a position that can be earned after six months of employment as a barista, share many of the same responsibilities as baristas. In its decision, the Court ruled that because barista and shift supervisor duties were so similar, Starbucks’ policy of including shift supervisors in tip pools was legal. Shift supervisors, the Court stated, have only “limited supervisory responsibilities.” The Court also agreed with Starbucks that assistant managers and store managers should be prohibited from accepting tips. If you are a server, busboy, barback, barista, shift supervisor or other regularly tipped employee and believe that your employer may be implementing an illegal tip pool policy, you may be entitled to compensation contact an attorney with experience in wage and hour laws.For the French composer, see Henri Büsser. In North America, a busser, more commonly known as a busboy or busgirl, is a person who works in the restaurant and catering industry clearing tables, taking dirty dishes to the dishwasher, setting tables, refilling and otherwise assisting the waiting staff. Speakers of British English may be unfamiliar with the terms, which are translated in British English as commis waiter, commis boy, or waiter's assistant. The term for a busser in the classic brigade de cuisine system is commis de débarrasseur, or simply débarrasseur. Deliver clean plates and silverware to and from the kitchen.Bussers are typically placed beneath the waiting staff in organization charts, and are sometimes an apprentice or trainee to waiting staff positions.Deliver and collect food orders from customers at tables.This is an excellent entry-level position with room for advancement, so we encourage all applicants to apply! Attention to detail, friendly demeanour, andproblem solving techniques are a must. The successful candidate will be responsible helping clean, set up/break-down the room, helping deliver orders to tables in the bar and dining areas. Our establishment is currently searching for a talented and experienced Busser to join our team. ![]() Tab groups are more or less dedicated spaces that contain similar tabs or tabs geared towards a specific job function or interest. Perhaps I’m in the minority here?īut the feature that stands out to me the most, one that I find more useful on a Mac than on iOS, is tab groups. Although I recognize some of the areas where Apple can improve the Safari experience, especially when it comes to things like menu placement, I’ve grown to like the consolidated tab/address/search setup. Safari in macOS 12 has been met with a lukewarm - if not negative - response from many users, and I can understand some of the frustration with the way tabs now behave in Monterey. System-wide translation also allows users to easily copy or replace foreign text with translated text. You can even play back audio for translated text and switch between languages on the fly. ![]() Last year’s Big Sur update brought native webpage translation to Safari for the first time, but macOS Monterey significantly enhances translation services by offering system-wide translation that’s accessible from any app. If you, as most of us do, regularly log in to services that use two-factor authentication, native one-time password can be a huge time-saver when combined with Touch ID. This change allows you to set up and use multi-factor authentication codes without having to rely on a third-party authenticator app. It means that you no longer have to venture into Safari’s preferences in order to view and manage passwords.īetter yet, one-time password support, one of my favorite new iOS 15 features, makes its way to the Mac. MacOS Monterey is the first version of macOS to feature a dedicated Passwords panel in System Preferences. Subscribe to 9to5mac on YouTube for more videos Passwords Sponsor: Special thanks to MacPaw: Get CleanMyMac X for a special price Video: macOS Monterey changes and features The latter is particularly useful when playing back on the iMac’s speakers, but even MacBooks sound way better than the iPhone. Thanks to Monterey, you can also AirPlay movies to the Mac or use your Mac as an AirPlay speaker. With AirPlay to the Mac, users can quickly mirror an iPhone or iPad display and even use extended mode for apps, like LumaFusion, that support it. AirPlay to the Macīeing able to use your Mac as an AirPlay destination without requiring third-party software is finally a reality in macOS 12. Feel free to share your top Monterey features in the comment section at the bottom of this post. These features appear in no particular order, and there are other top additions that I plan to cover in a future compact walkthrough of macOS 12. Watch our hands-on video walkthrough as I step through over 100 macOS Monterey changes and features.īefore getting to the video, I wanted to take some time to cherry-pick a few of my favorite features from the macOS Monterey beta. ![]() Although I definitely don’t recommend running Monterey on a production machine used for work, you can install Monterey on a spare machine or a separate APFS volume. Now that the macOS 12 Monterey public beta is available, it’s a good time to consider whether or not you’ll make the jump to Apple’s latest beta update for Mac. ![]() ![]() For extra peace of mind, it also comes with a free year of the highest level ($5,000) of anti-theft coverage from Kryptonite. ![]() Like our top pick, it uses a very secure disc-detainer mechanism, and it’s long enough to fit around your bike’s frame and your wheel without becoming too cumbersome. But if you’re in a high-risk area, and can’t spend $300, this lock is the one to buy. However, this lock doesn’t come with a cable, and it weighs almost 4.5 pounds, a full pound and a half more than the Mini-7. (That exception is the Hiplok D1000, which costs $300 see “ What about the Hiplok D1000?” for more about it.) Even with a powered cut-off wheel, our testers took over a minute to make the two cuts necessary to remove it-four times longer to grind through than with the New-U Evolution Mini-7. With an 18 mm dual-locking hardened shackle, the Kryptonite New-U New York Fahgettaboudit Mini held up better than any other lock-except one-against cutting attacks. (The company’s New York lock series-including our upgrade pick and the chain pick below-is covered even in Manhattan.) Two caveats on the latter: You must register your lock within 30 days of buying it, and the anti-theft protection on this lock does not apply to residents of Manhattan, where theft is very high. It also comes with a 4-foot cable to secure the front wheel, plus a free year of Kryptonite’s anti-theft protection. The New-U Evolution Mini-7 uses a disc-detainer locking mechanism, which is much harder to pick than a typical wafer lock and should foil all but the most savvy criminal using specialty tools. On top of that, the shackle in this design has an additional cutout at the end, which makes rotating (and therefore removing) it after cutting it even more difficult. Measuring 7 inches long and weighing a little under 3 pounds, it’s the perfect size for most people-long enough to lock the wheel and frame of most bicycles to a rack while leaving almost no room for someone to wedge a pry bar or a car jack inside it. Once our testing began, we immediately saw the huge advantage this lock had over the competition: Its 13-millimeter hardened shackle (the big U-shaped loop that gives U-locks their name) can withstand bolt cutters, eliminating a large percentage of potential thieves. The Kryptonite New-U Evolution Mini-7 should withstand attacks from everything but power tools under most circumstances. |
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