![]() ![]() These things retail for £180 which is a lot of money (even if they are a great boot). Obviously, this comes with time so unable to provide an honest assessment, however, with Salomon’s 2-year warranty - you’re covered. I personally am happy to trade a few grams in weight for the extra ankle support, they still feel light enough (yet to try them over a long distance). These things don’t budge and what’s even better is when you get home, the dirt falls out of the tread, due to the wide grip pattern.Īt around 650 grams per boot (size 9 UK) I would suggest they are a mid-weight boot. I walked the same route I have walked for years with my old boots and the difference is chalk and cheese. For someone like me, that is a big bonus.įinally, the boot keeps the foot in one place, preventing unwanted sliding when walking down the hill this should protect those little piggies from bruising up. It's great as it allows the user to be confident treading on uneven ground. The profile is quite chunky at the heel and toe areas. The slightly recessed lace eyelets enable you to draw the back of the boot in as you tighten the laces creating a nice firm wrap-around feel. It supports well while not cutting off the circulation. This is where the boot comes into its own for me. Note: At this point slightly off topic, I want to remind you that the socks you choose, play a big part in comfort so don’t skimp in that area. Whilst I won’t be so bold as to say they are the comfiest things I’ve ever tried on as some reviewers would, they are very comfortable, and I believe a bit of breaking in will only increase the comfort level. I am a size 9 and tried both the 8.5 and size 9’s on, the size 9 had a little extra toe room whilst still being snug in all the right places. They fit true to shoe size in my opinion. However, I’m sure the boot will relax after a bit of use and the toe section is nice, plenty of room to allow for ample toe wiggle. So those of you with really wide feet might not find them that comfortable. I felt they were slightly narrower around the mid-section than the previous boots I’ve owned. I went for all black versions as I like to keep my boots clean and thought that the darker color would show dirt a bit less than the alternatives. When I first opened the box, I thought it was a nice looking boot without blowing my mind. This was music to my ears, so I decided to give them a go. The key points that kept coming up were "comfortable, stable, supportive" etc. While I take information from those sites with a pinch of salt, these boots kept cropping up on many sites, so I decided to look through some consumer reviews. I read through various websites publishing surveys on the “top 10 hiking boots” or claims of that nature. Did I want it to look good? Of course, but this was a secondary requirement. I was looking for a solid boot with a stable base and good ankle support (for my glass left ankle) that would be suitable for long-distance hiking over various terrain while carrying weight.
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![]() Your local environment - hills, buildings, being in a basement or underground will all affect your cell signal. Your location - the further away you are from a cell phone tower the weaker your signal will be, as the signal gets weaker this affects the signal quality which will reduce your data download speeds. We are confident that these results will be accurate, however sometimes signal conditions may vary slightly within a zip code.Ĭell phone signal levels can be affected by a number of different things: These results show what the cell signal for each network should be in the postcode you've searched for. The Weather - believe it or not even the weather can interfere with your mobile signal, heavy rain and snow can degrade the signal temporarily.īefore choosing a mobile supplier always check their own coverage checkers: Your phone - some models of phones are just better at getting a signal than others, a phone with low battery can also affect the way your phone works depending on the model. Travelling - if you are in a car or train and moving fast you may find your signal will be affected as you move from strong signal areas to weak or no signal areas. Your local environment - hills, buildings, being in a basement or underground will all affect your mobile signal. Your location - the further away you are from a mobile phone mast the weaker your signal will be, as the signal gets weaker this affects the signal quality which will reduce your data download speeds. Mobile phone signal levels can be affected by a number of different things: We are confident that these results will be accurate, however sometimes signal conditions may vary slightly within a postcode. These results show what the mobile signal for each network should be in the postcode you've searched for. ![]() Milwaukee M18 Batteries Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
![]() tmux maintains it’s own scrollback buffer.This makes it easier to migrate to a different terminal emulator, be it on same OS or another one (Linux) When you’re using tmux, you rely on iTerm2 unique features much less.If you’re using tmux both locally and on remote machine, you’d get the same familiar terminal environment.Ability to switch between several per-project local tmux sessions to easily switch context.Even-horizontal, even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical and tiled ITerm has something similar, but it’s only about notifying you when execution returns to command prompt, and requires installing extra shell integration When I run a long-running command in one pane, I can switch to another pane and be notified when no more output appears in previous pane for some interval Monitor window for activity or silence.These previously were taken by OSX menu bar, iTerm window frame and iTerm tabs row. This which allows me to work in a distraction-free environment and also get extra 3 rows. Having status line and set of named windows inside it, I can turn iTerm to full-screen mode.Includes CPU, memory, online/offline status, battery, user, host, and date time. A status line with system-wide information.Similar to tabs in iTerm, but you can give them a name iTerm2 vs tmux on local machine: benefits and drawbacks Benefits: So I’ve decided to give it a try, and today I can share benefits and drawbacks with you. When I was learning tmux, I had been returning to same question again and again. “Given iTerm already can create multiple virtual windows inside a single ‘physical’ window, can split, swap and resize panes, do I really need to use tmux on my local machine instead of iTerm?” Google here, Google there, after a while you grasp concepts like terminal multiplexing, windows, pane splitting, and understand tmux usage on remote machines to persist session state and survive abrupt disconnections.Īt some point of time, you might wondering about tmux usage locally. ![]() And you’ve heard about tmux, and decided to give it a try. So you’re using iTerm2 terminal emulator on OSX. tmux experience inside full-screen iTerm with 2 remote sessions nested in a local one This is 2nd part of “ tmux in practice” post series. How to set up iTerm2 profile to override key mappings to trigger analogue tmux actions ![]() By Alexey Samoshkin tmux in practice: iTerm2 and tmux Benefits and drawbacks of using iterm2 vs tmux locally. Surprisingly, the story – told through the oh-so-popular animated illustration manner (CGI turned out to be too expensive once people expected it to look good, that’s why cutscenes are always done like this these days) – has enough behind it to drive the rest of the game. ![]() I got the impression that I would somehow also save the world, but the game was never particularly clear about irrelevant details like that. From there, you begin to unlock powers, and piece together what is going on with the help of an amnesiac, wisecracking demon, Hoji. ![]() Naturally, this goes horribly wrong when a demonic transdimensional invasion happens at the same time. You start your day of henching and extortion by trying to retrieve a sacred sword – the Nobitsura Kage. You play “Lo Wang” (seriously), a reboot of the character from the original game, voiced by some guy who I suspect is in fact not from Asia. Actually I suppose that’s not really a buddy cop movie at all, but I’m too committed to give up on the comparison now. Shadow warrior is kind of like a buddy cop movie – only one of the cops is an immortal, banished demon, and the other is a sword master, closet nerd, and henchmen for an evil mob boss. Is this another cash in on nostalgia, or something more? Now, 16 years later, Shadow Warrior is back – re-imagined, re-charged and… uh… re-updated by independent polish studio Flying Wild Hog (who previously brought us Hard Reset). It was also a great game (and is now available for free on Steam!). They, in fact, made Shadow Warrior, essentially a Duke 3D Total Conversion with vastly more casual racism and a wafer thin plot. While Duke was a great game (which went on a sordid journey of its own), in the year that followed its release, 3D Realms didn’t sit on its laurels they reskinned and rebalanced the game into a pastiche of Asian kung-fu movie stylings. ![]() Cast your mind back to 1997 (if you weren’t alive back then, get off my lawn you pesky kids) Quake was ushering a new dawn of graphics (the much vaunted “origami in brown” look), and the last generation of 2.5D games were being released – one of which you may have heard of: Duke Nukem 3D. ![]() When creating this drink, the team pulled from the flavors of horchata, the creamy, cinnamon-spiced beverage popular in Latin America and Spain. It comes back this month, alongside the new Cinnamon Almondmilk Macchiato. If there has been a Coconutmilk Mocha Macchiato-shaped hole in your heart lately, the wait is over. ![]() It’s topped with a caramel crosshatch and a drizzle of mocha sauce, creating swirls of sweet espresso goodness. The refreshing drink features espresso shots poured over coconutmilk and a hint of white chocolate mocha sauce. ![]() Inspired by the summer season, the Research and Development team created the Iced Coconutmilk Mocha Macchiato, which was first introduced last July. We try to stay to that familiarity but then try to give a variety," said Rosalyn Batingan, Research and Development lab assistant, Espresso and Brewed Coffee. ![]() Well, that and the fact that “everybody loves caramel.”īuilding off Hannah’s creation, the Research and Development team continues to innovate around the Macchiato-staying true to the drink’s meaning but experimenting with flavor. Hannah credits the success of the Caramel Macchiato to her dedicated team. “I never thought, honestly, none of us ever thought that it would become such a huge hit,” Hannah said. But it proved to be far more popular than her team could have imagined and has become a menu staple. The initial plan was to offer the Caramel Macchiato for just a few weeks. “When I got a sign-off on, you would not believe how happy I was,” Hannah said. They tried out more than 30 different iterations. She and a handful of fellow partners spent around 10 months working on the beverage, from the first concept to the finished product. Not only did she need to perfect the taste, she also had to make sure the caramel stayed on top of the foam-which proved to be the most challenging part. The first step? “Coming up with a silky, velvety caramel sauce,” Hannah said. Hannah Su, a 21-year partner (employee) who developed the iconic drink, said they wanted to create something special to mark Starbucks 25th anniversary. The Caramel Macchiato debuted in the fall of 1996, back when Starbucks had around 1,000 stores. (An Almondmilk Latte Macchiato is my current go-to drink.) The espresso creates a small chestnut-colored circle in the center of the crisp, white microfoam. Instead of topping the drink with foam, our baristas start with steamed whole milk, and then slowly pour espresso shots over it. This is essentially the inverse of an Espresso Macchiato. The bold, rich drink-sometimes referred to simply as a Macchiato within the coffee industry-comes in two sizes: A solo contains one shot of espresso and a doppio has two. In its purest form, an Espresso Macchiato begins with our espresso it’s then marked with a dollop of foam. Did you know Macchiato means “marked” in Italian? This idea of marking a beverage, like with a dot of espresso or a caramel design, has inspired Starbucks to create some delicious drinks. Consider the following the results of my espresso-fueled research. The Macchiato-its history and evolution-has been my latest obsession. One of the things I love most about coffee is discovering the stories behind it. ![]() "Use the credit card directly and get those protections," she said. If you do, you lose the protections you get from using the credit card while also opening yourself up to owing interest to the card company. Lauren Saunders, associate director at the National Consumer Law Center, advises borrowers to avoid linking a credit card to buy now, pay later apps whenever possible. Apple's protections are offered through Mastercard. Companies can offer protections, but they don't have to. That means you could find it more difficult to settle disputes with merchants, return items, or get your money back in cases of fraud. In the U.S., buy now, pay later services are not currently covered by the Truth in Lending Act, which regulates credit cards and other types of loans (those paid back in more than four installments). Several services allow users to defer payments in this way. If a user wishes to defer payments, or set up a different payment plan, Apple said they can contact support. In Apple's case, the company said there will be no late fees, either flat or as a percentage - only the possibility of missed payments reported to credit bureaus, and a loss of access to the loans. ![]() If a customer misses multiple payments, they may be shut out from using the service in the future, and the delinquency could hurt one's credit score. These can run as high as $34 plus interest. The services generally don't charge more than a customer would have paid up front, meaning there's technically no interest, so long as one makes the payments on time.īut if a customer pays late, they may be subject to a flat fee or a fee calculated as a percentage of the total owed. Scheduled payments are then automatically deducted from one's bank account or charged to one's card. This is how Apple's product will operate as well. Some companies, such as Klarna and Afterpay, do soft credit checks, which aren't reported to credit bureaus, before approving borrowers. Instead, missed payments will eventually result in the consumer losing access to these kinds of loans.īranded as "interest-free loans," buy now, pay later services require you to download an app, link a bank account or debit or credit card, and sign up to pay in weekly or monthly installments. Companies like Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna, and Paypal already offer the service, typically with late fees for missed payments and the option to use a credit card or bank account to make installment payments.Īpple's version, which is integrated with Apple Pay and facilitated by MasterCard, will require the consumer to use a debit card and a bank account to make those payments, the company said, and will not charge flat or percentage late fees. If you shop online for clothes or furniture, sneakers or concert tickets, you've seen the option at checkout to break the cost into smaller installments over time. Since the start of the pandemic, the option to "buy now, pay later" has skyrocketed in popularity, especially among young and low-income consumers who may not have ready access to traditional credit. The company will roll out the product to some consumers this spring, and will begin reporting the loans to credit bureaus in the fall. Apple is getting into the buy now, pay later space with a few tweaks to the existing model - including no option to pay with a credit card. ![]() HOK also seeks to expand the pipeline of minority designers entering the field. HOK employees participate in unconscious bias training, and we celebrate the diversity of our colleagues through internal forums, publications and leadership opportunities. This commitment to diversity translates into designs that incorporate divergent viewpoints to create spaces as inclusive as they are unique. AEI is the mechanical and electrical engineer, Beckett & Raeder is the civil engineer and Barton Malow is the construction manager.Our Diversity Advisory Council works with firm leadership to promote an inclusive business environment and a culture where people with different backgrounds, perspectives, skills and experience can succeed. HOK is providing programming, master planning, architectural design, interior design and structural design. Bridge and tunnel connections will link the two facilities. The new hospital is located adjacent to the U-M Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor. ![]() “Our design provides a significantly enhanced patient experience, facilitates innovative research and creates an inspiring learning environment for medical training.” “This new hospital will ensure all Michigan Medicine patients receive the highest quality medical care in a space that facilitates healing,” added Paul Strohm, director of HOK’s Healthcare practice and principal-in-charge of the project. “With the opening of the Pavilion, Michigan will have one of the most state-of-the-art hospitals in the country-and one that also demonstrates environmental and social responsibility.” Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion will be a game changer for Michigan and our patients, as well as the faculty, staff and learners who are committed to caring for them,” said David Miller, M.D., president of U-M Health. It is expected to exceed current energy efficiency standards by 20% compared to the State of Michigan’s building code for energy performance. The new hospital is designed with sustainability in mind, and the team is tracking for LEED Platinum certification. ![]() Levels 11 and 12 also have the capability to convert into four 24-bed Respiratory Infectious Containment Units. It also will provide flexibility for future changes and growth of the remaining patient programs at University Hospital. The project will add a total of 154 new beds to the medical campus in Ann Arbor. HOK has designed the private inpatient rooms to easily convert into intensive care space if needed. This will improve the patient experience while creating more space for family members and visitors. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation for its extraordinary generosity, which will enable us to further develop and advance the highly specialized care, innovative research and comprehensive medical training that make our health system so exceptional.”Ĭonstruction of the new hospital, scheduled to open in the fall of 2025, will enable Michigan Medicine to relocate clinical services and beds currently in semi-private rooms at University Hospital. “Patients and families who come to Michigan Medicine see their lives changed,” said University of Michigan President Santa J. Dan and Betty Kahn, whose $50 million gift was one of the largest ever received by Michigan Medicine. The new hospital is named after philanthropists D. It will be one of the most advanced hospitals in the United States for complex patient care. The $920 million, 264-bed facility includes a state-of-the-art neurosciences center, specialty services for cardiovascular and thoracic patients, and 20 surgical and three interventional radiology suites. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion with the placement of the final structural beam on the 12-story hospital. Michigan Medicine celebrated the topping out of the D. ![]() ![]() (It’s received universal acclaim as one of the best of his storied career.) At the same time, it's always a good idea to freshen up on the work of the legendary director from Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Lee’s latest, Da 5 Bloods, is part war epic, part adventure flick, and all fantastic. Whether it’s romantic comedy ( She’s Gotta Have It), thriller ( Inside Man), biopic ( Malcolm X), or documentary ( The Original Kings of Comedy), there’s little that Lee can’t do. And Lee brings his unique voice and special talents to just about any genre. Lee’s voice frequently speaks to the plights and grievances of the Black community not only in his native neighborhood of New York City and Brooklyn, but to an entire nation. There aren’t many directors out there better suited to speak to this specific moment than Spike Lee. From there, Lee has only built his legend, spending the next 34 years making movies, shows, and documentaries-or, as he famously calls them, “Spike Lee Joints,” that are not only expertly made, but uniquely and unapologetically Spike. "I'll be calling you soon about becoming financially involved in helping us complete it."īy the time the film was actually complete, his budget maxed out a sparse $175,000-and the film ended up making $7.1 million at the box office. “I'm Spike Lee and I hope that you liked the film," he told the crowd. So he had an idea-he showed a rough cut of the movie at NYU, and when the movie ended, he took the mic. Even then, he didn’t have enough money to get through the movie’s post-production period. Finally, Buggin' Out got some Black faces on the Wall of Fame, but at a terrible cost to Raheem and the whole community.Spike Lee shot his first feature film, 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, over a 12-day period on a scraped-together budget from things like State and City grants, with favors from his family, and deferred payments for his actors. As the smoke clears, Smiley (Roger Guenveur Smith), a mentally disabled man who has spent the whole movie trying to sell hand-colored pictures of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, pins one of his photos to what's left of the wall. That's when Mookie decides to throw a trash can through the window of the pizzeria, kicking off a riot that leaves Sal's Famous in blazing ruins. When they realize what they've done, they quickly scamper, leaving Sal and his boys facing an angry crowd. The cops arrive on the scene and end up choking Raheem to death. Raheem reacts violently, trying to strangle Sal. It's the end of the day and things get out of hand Sal loses his temper at Raheem's refusal to turn down his music, starts spewing racist slurs and smashes the boombox with a baseball bat. The only person willing to join Buggin' Out's boycott is Radio Raheem, who has already had a run-in with Sal over playing his boombox loudly in the restaurant. Most people aren't interested they grew up on Sal's pizza and don't really care about the lack of diversity in the decor. Jackson), a local DJ who acts as a one-man Greek chorus from his street-window studio. We meet many other residents of the largely Black neighborhood, including Da Mayor (Ossie Davis), the shabby, alcoholic elder statesman and his unrequited love, Mother Sister (Ruby Dee), the highly-strung matriarch of the block Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), the perpetually agitated big-mouth with a cherished pair of Reeboks Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn), a moody wandering soul blasting Public Enemy from his boombox and Mister Señor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Set over one long, very hot summer's day in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood in Brooklyn, it follows slacker delivery guy Mookie (Lee) as he ferries pies to customers on foot and generally goofs off from work at Sal's Famous, a pizza joint run by hotheaded Italian-American Sal (Aiello) and his two sons, happy-go-lucky Vito (Richard Edson) and uptight racist Pino (John Turturro). The movie I'm talking about, of course, is Spike Lee's sizzling masterpiece, "Do the Right Thing," which inexplicably wasn't even in the running for the big Oscar award while making do with scraps - a nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Lee and Best Supporting Actor for Danny Aiello. ![]() This game would be great if there wasn't such horrible optimization on PC, the consoles versions seem to work fine in this department. Zombies Battle for Neighborville was nothing but a massive disappointment. If you want to have a better time, I'd recommend playing GW2 instead. ![]() However, this doesn't save BFN from its unbalanced multiplayer, flawed story mode and overall lack of significant Garden Warfare features. The only saving graces of this game is that it has a sprint button, allowing you to get back into the game quicker, and the hub world is nice and fun to explore. I completed the mission where I was tasked with defeated Baron von Batz and then I just decided to quit. The flaws with this game do not end with the multiplayer as the single-player portion is pointless, mind-numbingly boring fetch quests. Also, the maps in this game are disjointed without any proper flow, and, worst of all, this game removed the beloved character variants in favor of an upgrade system. For example, the Scientist can absolutely destroy an entire team while the 80s Action Hero is useless. While GW1 and GW2 were very fun to play, playing BFN feels like a chore because the game is awfully unbalanced some characters suck while others are too overpowered. This game doesn't know if it wants to be Overwatch or a Garden Warfare successor. In fact, I just deleted it off my PS4 this past Saturday. Zombies Battle for Neighborville is a game that I wanted to like but I just didn't. While GW1 and GW2 were very fun to play, playing BFN feels like a chore because the game is awfully unbalanced some characters suck while others are too Plants vs. ![]() |
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