Evlich: Somewhere between a face-hugger and a screaming demon fish, the Evlich would scary up any movie. It couldn’t even escape into outer space because the Inseptor has wings too. What’s more, as far as super-sized insects go, some bitch like Mothra would choke on its own onion ring breath before taking on Inseptor. You need an army or a nuclear-powered boot sole. A powerful movie with a powerful case of karma! You can’t exactly punch this thing in the face. This gigantic hard-shelled beetle would arbitrarily crush citizens in the order of who stepped on the most bugs in their life. Inseptor Beetle: Those last two may have been gross, but I’d rather face either of them than an enormous Inseptor Beetle ravaging my city. Now, call me bias, but in a blank-face eyeball-hands battle between the Chiiubiss and the Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth, I think the Chiiubiss would murder the Pale Man and his entire pale family. Gooey stomach crap is at an all-time high. Chiiubiss: Pardon my language, but what the fuck is this thing? It looks like someone’s insides grew fur and were left in the bath too long. Two long graspers would drag unsuspecting citizens of Everytown USA into its churning bowels, merging them to itself like a hungrier Tetsuo from Akira. Comprised of red flesh-blotches and weird skin, this rolling mess has a creepy sight-less head and spiky innards. Aborhassb: If gooeyness and blobs of whatever are your bag when it comes to horror, the Aborhassb is your Jackie Chan. To prove this fact – and with much humility – I offer you my top 10 Spore creations that would make superior movie monsters:ġ0. I don’t mean to brag, but all of those people deserve a slap and a pink slip based on the fact that my creations usher in a new millennium of the grotesque, eradicating competition in the categories of: scariness, having lots of teeth, gooeyness, ability to rampage, multiple eyeball-ness, and human brutalization. Now, using the power of a mere piece of software, I can safely say, without fear of hyperbole, that I should be hired to create CGI creatures for all movies from now until eternity and that every puppeteer, computer graphics wizard, and really ugly tall guy in Hollywood should be fired. Until recently, I didn’t own a copy of Will Wright’s Spore and its expansions. Go back even further and you’ve got classics like Godzilla, The Thing, The Blob, and Outer Space Death Aardvarks (from Outer Space Death Aardvarks I – IX, the unheralded work of an aging Charlie Chaplin, 1949-53). Monster movies, action, horror – these genres spawned some pretty out-of-this-world and hungry creatures, including xenomorphs from Aliens, colossal crab-praying mantis’ from Cloverfield, and, of course, the giant St. Until recently, I was always impressed with the diversity and ferocity of movie monsters.
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See a pair of penguins guarding a door? You can blast them into oblivion with dynamite and a minigun, you can poison them with stinky fish, you can lure them away and sneak in, you can distort gravity and run past. Each item has a special feature that can be used to complete a heist. These range from normal guns to drones to explosives to food. there is only the way you play!Īs you progress through the game, you will unlock new weapons, tools, and items. Loud or silent, lethal or non-lethal - there is no right answer. However, it is the job of a penguin to figure out the way that they want to execute their heist. One heist will have you stealing boats full of fish, another might have you stealing valuable works of art, and yet another may require you to kidnap an prized chef. Penguin Heist features a variety of heist locations that all have their unique flair.
Its portrayal of a 14th Century France rendered apocalyptic by the conjoined horrors of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death is necessarily grim, but not cheaply sadistic or without glimmers of hard-won hope. Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|SĪ Plague Tale: Requiemis the rare videogame sequel that feels like a truly essential follow-up. Words by: Andy Brown, Cheri Faulkner, Chris Wallace, Dom Preston, Jake Green, Jake Tucker, Jen Allen, Jenny Zheng, Jordan Oloman, Nic Reuben, Reid McCarter, Tom Regan, Vikki Blake Jake Tucker, Commissioning Editor (Video Games) It doesn’t mean they’re bad: I reviewed both, they’re pretty good! But maybe they should have been pretty good earlier in the year, eh? Marvel’s Midnight Suns and even Callisto Protocol would be worthy entries to this list, but review code came across too late to be considered for inclusion into this year’s list. Chosen and written about by some of NME’s most trusted video games contributors, it’s a cracking list of things you might want to check out.Īs ever with these lists, an apology. What other year could you choose between, not just several different narrative games but ones that tell wholly unique stories, using mediums just as varied? As ever, if you’re not playing much and you need to know what’s essential in 2022, let us be your sommelier, offering up a video game testing menu of stuff you’re bound to adore. It’s been a veritable video game feast whether you like shooters or narrative adventures, strategy or whatever the hell we’re describing Vampire Survivors as. As we tallied up the votes for this year’s Game of the Year list, I was blown away at how many quality games came out in the last 12 months. There are no tutorials, and there’s nothing in the way of a single player mode to learn even the basics in. Rather, it doesn’t attempt to do so at all. If there’s a downside to all of this, it’s that Ultimate Chicken Horse does a terrible job of explaining itself. Those looking for more high level, skilled play will find jumping online in Creative mode to be the optimal choice, where combining different items and strategies can result in some surprisingly smart plays and stiff competition awaits. Party is definitely the mode of choice for casual couch play, keeping games fast-paced and chaotic (see funny) and somewhat fair between new and seasoned players. Party mode presents players with only a handful of random items to choose from before each run, while Creative mode opens up the entire pallet of doodads with which to cause chaos. There are multiple rulesets for competitive play, which can easily be tweaked before each game a la Smash Bros, with the main two being Party and Creative mode. After multiple rounds, what begins as a very simple trip from A to B can become a seemingly-impossible gauntlet of deadly Super Meat Boy-style obstacles. Objects range from simple platforms to dastardly traps, and most can be combined in inventive ways to create some truly devious combinations. The gimmick here is that before each run players are given an opportunity to place an object in the level that will either help them reach the goal, or serve to hinder their competitors’ progress. With Sony’s recent PlayLink initiative and the hilarious Gang Beasts currently in my permanent party rotation, Ultimate Chicken Horse would have to make a lasting impression to make the cut.Īt a basic level, Ultimate Chicken Horse is a competitive 2D platformer that sees participants competing to be the first to traverse a small, usually single-screen level, earning points over multiple runs until a winner is crowned. While it’s hard to beat party staples such as Mario Kart and Jackbox, this last few months have seen a bigger push for same-couch multiplayer experiences than recent years.
at Night by Vincent Van Gogh Classic Fine Art Print Gallery Wrapped Framed Canvas. Because of this move we are asking for your support to help us sustain our efforts in maintaining our mission of celebrating Chicano Latino Culture through Arts and education during this transition. n vi CAFE YN, bn chc chn khng th b qua mn Sapa lng danh. We will no longer be able to afford this space and are being forced to find a new location.ĬHAC is making the move to just a few blocks south where the rent is only double what we are paying now. Unfortunately, we recently found out, unexpectedly, that the building where we operate is being sold as property values in the Santa Fe Arts district have skyrocketed. CHAC is committed to continuing our outreach to local schools, libraries, universities and other organizations in order to teach and share our beautiful culture! Our efforts have been ongoing to elevate our adult and children's education programs to further educate on what Chicano means to the community such as ongoing mural projects, lecture series, and mentor programs. We also host many in house art programs such as sugar skull workshops during Dia de Los Muertos, and a variety of other cultural workshops that highlight the artistic aspects of the Chicano/Latino culture. Currently, we provide permanent after-school arts and crafts programs for at risk youth in the Lincoln park neighborhood with the Bridge Project and the Girls Athletic Leadership School. Over the years, in addition to being home to local Chicano artists such as Daniel Luna and Stevon Lucero, CHAC has provided thousands of education programs serving underprivileged youth in the Denver metropolitan area. Recognizing a need in the community for Chicano artists who felt disenfranchised and ignored by the mainstream arts community, CHAC was created to celebrate Chicano and Latino culture through arts and education. Since 1978, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (CHAC) Gallery has been a landmark in the Chicano Arts community and a cultural hub to the greater Chicano and Latino Community in the Greater Denver area. CHAC (Chicano Humanities and Arts Council) Gallery Mailing Address: PO Box 140847, Edgewater CO 80214 Phone Number: 72 Location: 1560 Teller St. As such I am thinking this is quite possibly a more 'common' issue for IoT devices.Īssuming Sonos will not provide this functionality, how do I restrict this as guests are changing the songs. There is no password on the app or a way (that I know of) to lock the speakers to a single router. Sonos (I think) don't provide any way to restrict access. This also appears to corrupt the router and after I do this with casting software, I can access the Sonos via the guest network (and as such I am assuming I can see other devices on the network too, although not tested as that is outside the scope of this question)! Sadly, guests are doing this! The issue is, when using casting media I can access the speakers directly. The router (TP-LINK Archer VR4000) has a guest network and this is locked to not share the local network. You can definitely turn off music with Alexa, playing music will be limited to what service Amazon allows. I have a Sonos in a pub (although this applies to any public place which shares the wifi). Once Alexa discovers all of your devices, you can begin controlling your Sonos system with Alexa voice assistant.Īlexa, play my party playlist in the kitchen.Īlexa, turn up the volume in the kitchen.Īlexa, play my lullabies playlist in the babies room.Īlexa, pause (or skip, stop, next song, previous song).įor a full list of commands that you can use with Alexa for your Sonos, check out Sonos' full article on Controlling your Sonos with Amazon Alexa. Discover devices on the Alexa app to have Alexa find all of your Sonos speakers - Say "Alexa, discover devices" or open the Alexa app and tap Smart Home from the menu, tap Devices and Discover. Honeywell, Fibaro, Insteon, LG, Lutron, Sonos, SmartThings, & many more. How do I control my Sonos speakers through Alexa?ġ. Make sure you have your Amazon Alexa device and your Sonos system already up and running as you normally would.Ģ. Open the Alexa app on your mobile device (or computer).ģ. Add the Sonos skill - From the menu in the Alexa app, tap Skills > Search for Sonos > Choose the Sonos Skill > Tab Enable and sign into your Sonos account.Ĥ. Features an extensive control set ranging from simple buttons & labels to. What do I need to control my Sonos through Alexa?Ģ. Any Sonos speaker or Sonos system running the latest update.ģ. An Alexa enabled device like the Echo or Dot. While Spotify is available through Sonos, the ability to ask Alexa to play Spotify music through your Sonos speakers is not yet supported. Plus, you'll benefit from Sonos' future-proofing with continual updates, new skills and services (Spotify control, Applie AirPlay 2, Google Assistant, over 80 streaming services - coming in 2018). And she will continue to get smarter over time - better at recognizing your voice and faster at executing your commands. Sonos will do anything that Alexa can do including work with other smart home enabled devices, so you can dim the lights, control your thermostat, etc. Request songs while you cook, check the weather or sports scores from the shower, play Jeopardy. Manage your playlist and access your entire digital music library and, as Sonos puts it, all the music on Earth (Pandora, Sirius, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music and more). What does this mean?įor starters, it means no more getting up and pushing buttons or looking for (or fumbling with) your smartphone or tablet. Configure Sonos to work with the programmed remote. (Step-by-step set-up instructions below). Alexa will find your Sonos speakers, wherever they are - and teach them to listen and obey. Simply update your Sonos system to Sonos 8.0, turn on the Sonos Skill in your Alexa app, and ask Alexa to find your Sonos devices. That's for any Sonos speaker, in any room of your home. Now your favorite speaker is taking requests.Īs of October 4th, if you have an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot, you can wirelessly connect your existing Sonos speakers to Alexa voice assistant devices to use your voice to play and control songs, playlists, radio stations, podcasts, etc. Incredible, yes, but what about all of us long-time Sonos loyalists with our Play:1 speakers and Playbars? Don't worry, Sonos is not leaving us behind. If you haven't heard, Sonos recently launched a brand new speaker with Alexa voice control built-in. Step 1: Make sure that the HTC Sync Manager and other drivers including the portable device driver are up to date. Precaution: This process won’t work if no SIM card is inserted into the HTC device.įollow the steps below to connect HTC to the PC via USB tethering: If none of the above methods, works for you, then you need to apply an alternative method to connect your HTC to the PC. Method 5: Connect HTC to the PC Via USB Tethering If you still can’t resolve the issue, then follow the next method below. Step 3: Disconnect your HTC device from your PC and reconnect it to check whether the HTC Sync Manager can recognize your device.Īfter this, the HTC device got connected to the PC for most users. Step 2: Right-click on the HTC Sync Manager and click “ Run as Administrator”. Step 1: Click on the Windows search bar and type “ HTC Sync Manager”. Precaution: Make sure you’re logged in on your computer as an administrator before moving to this process. If the HTC Sync Manager is unable to recognize your HTC device on your computer, then run the HTC Sync Manager software as administrator to make it recognize the device. Method 4: Run HTC Manager as An Administrator Then expand the Portable device to see the name of your HTC device. Press the Win + X keys simultaneously and select Device Manager. You can check whether your HTC is successfully connected to your PC or not in the following manner: You need to change it and select “ Connect as media” or “USB storage“. There will be three options including:īy default, it will be selected on the “ Power only” option. Once you connect your HTC phone to your PC, a prompt will appear on the phone screen to allow USB file transfer on your phone. Method 3: Check If the Phone Is Mounted as Media Storage Try connecting your HTC phone to another computer to check if the micro-USB port of your phone is working correctly or not.Try another USB cable and check if it is working properly or not.Try connecting the HTC to USB 2.0 or a faster port on your PC.Try connecting to the different USB ports on your PC.If your HTC still won’t connect to your PC after installing and updating the HTC Sync Manager, then you need to ensure the USB cable and the USB port is working fine on both devices. Step 3: If an update is found, click Update to update the HTC Sync Manager. Step 2: Click the horizontal 3 dots from above the app and click Check for Updates. Step 1: Open the HTC Sync Manager on your HTC device. Step 4: Finally, change the Sync slider to “ ON” to start transferring data from your HTC. Step 3: Go to the “ Gallery” tab on the HTC Sync Manager App and mark the checkbox saying “ Copy Device Camera Shots to PC”. Step 2: Connect the HTC device to the PC using a micro-USB cable and wait for the HTC Sync Manager to recognize the device. Then download and install the software on your PC. Step 1: Go to HTC’s official website from the web browser on your PC. Follow the steps below to install the software. Method 1: Install and Update HTC Sync Managerįirst, you need to install HTC Sync Manager software on your PC to allow it to get connected to your HTC phone. How to Solve the HTC Won’t Connect to PC Issue?Īs you are not sure about the exact reason for the issue, you are recommended to follow all the methods below serially until you can resolve the issue with your HTC phone and PC. Whatever the problem is, you still can fix the issue by following the solutions from the next segment of this article. Problem with the operating system with any one of the devices.The “ Power only” option is selected on the HTC device.The driver corresponding to the smartphone is missing on the PC.Conclusion Why HTC Won’t Connect to a PC?Īs we’ve already told that there can be several reasons why HTC won’t connect to a PC.How Do I Get My Computer to Recognize My HTC Phone?.How Do I Access My HTC Backup on My Computer?.How Do I Transfer Files from My HTC to My Computer?.How Can I Share My HTC Mobile data to My PC via Data Cable?.Method 5: Connect HTC to the PC Via USB Tethering.Method 4: Run HTC Manager as An Administrator.Method 3: Check If the Phone Is Mounted as Media Storage.Method 2: Check the USB Cable and Ports.Method 1: Install and Update HTC Sync Manager.How to Solve the HTC Won’t Connect to PC Issue?. No one likes to face a large tax bill in April. How to Lower Capital Gains Taxes With Tax-Loss Harvesting Photo credit: © iStock/banarfilardhi Others think the rate should be even lower than it is, so as to encourage the investment that helps drive the economy. Some say it should be taxed at a rate higher than the earned income tax rate, because it is money that people make without working, not from the sweat of their brow. The question of how to tax unearned income has become a political issue. It simply denotes that you earned it in a different way than through a typical salary. So in this case, "unearned" doesn't mean you don't deserve that money. Even if you're actively day trading on your laptop, the income you make from your investments is considered passive. It's money that you make from other money. Unearned income comes from interest, dividends and capital gains. Whether you own your own business or work part-time at the coffee shop down the street, the money you make is earned income. In the eyes of the IRS, these two forms of income are different and deserve different tax treatment.Įarned income is what you make from your job. Why the difference between the regular income tax and the tax on long-term capital gains at the federal level? It comes down to the difference between earned and unearned income. How Earned and Unearned Income Affect Capital Gains Photo credit: © iStock/samdiesel In plain English, that means you pay tax based on your profit. How much you owe in taxes - your tax liability - stems from the difference between the sale price of your asset and the basis you have in that asset. Basis is the amount you paid for an asset. To figure out the size of your capital gains, you need to know your basis. To recap: The amount you pay in federal capital gains taxes is based on the size of your gains, your federal income tax bracket and how long you have held on to the asset in question. The table below breaks down how much you will have to pay in long-term capital gains for tax year 2022 (which you will file in early 2023), based on your tax-filing status and income: That's why some high net worth Americans don't pay as much in taxes as you might expect. Even taxpayers in the top income tax bracket pay long-term capital gains rates that are nearly half of their income tax rates. They're taxed at lower rates than short-term capital gains.ĭepending on your regular income tax bracket, your tax rate for long-term capital gains could be as low as 0%. Long-term capital gains are gains on assets you hold for more than one year. The tax rate you pay on your capital gains depends in part on how long you hold the asset before selling. The IRS taxes capital gains at the federal level and some states also tax capital gains at the state level. The profit you make when you sell your stock (and other similar assets, like real estate) is equal to your capital gain on the sale. You decide you want to sell your stock and capitalize on the increase in value. Let's say you buy some stock for a low price and after a certain period of time the value of that stock has risen substantially. To find a financial advisor who serves your area, try our free online matching tool. But you should also note that you might be able to lower your capital gains taxes with the sale of an investment that is losing money (more on tax-harvesting below).Ī financial advisor can help you manage your investment portfolio. But you only have to pay capital gains taxes after selling an investment – the money you make from an investment is subject to taxation at the federal and state levels. These include short-term gains for investments held and sold in less than one year and long-term gains for those held and sold in a period that is over a year.Ĭapital gains and losses will either increase or decrease the value of your investment. When you have built a low-cost, diversified portfolio and the assets being held are worth more than what you paid for them, you might consider selling some of those assets to realize those capital gains.Ĭapital gains are defined as the profits that you make when you sell investments like stocks or real estate. Or you're preparing for when they do in the future. If you're reading about capital gains, it probably means your investments have performed well. What Are Capital Gains? Photo credit: © iStock/James Brey The blockchain is organized in blocks, each composed of multiple transactions. Transactions can either be simple money transfers or some more general pieces of code such as Ethereum smart contracts. We clarify the advantages of the new mechanisms over state-of-the-art methods.īlockchain is a growing list of records (often called transactions), managed in a distributed manner among multiple participants. We also describe a technique that enforces fair block selection through concise commitments on the set of pending transactions known to a node. We conduct experiments demonstrating the accuracy of the new validation scheme. First, we design an accurate statistical test for the honesty of a proposal and explain it. In this work, we propose a toolbox of techniques to enforce such a fair block selection. On the contrary, a dishonest node includes more of its transactions at the expense of transactions of other applications. A fair block proposal of a node follows a random selection of the transactions among the set of pending transactions the node is aware of. A node might attempt to prioritize its own transactions by including them early in blocks added to the blockchain. The application can be a financial institution (such as a bank), sharing the blockchain with other such applications and is represented by a node. For instance, upon issuing payment transactions, users of an application would like to be notified quickly on the transactions approval. In Blockchain networks involving multiple applications, the quality of service of an application is affected by the transaction ordering. “Wholesaler, retailer, fixer, smuggler, Harry’s varied interests bring him into contact with everything and everyone – until the law catches up with him and it all comes crashing to a halt. In this newly partitioned city, a sharp working-class young man with sophisticated tastes can make a lot of money. The official synopsis for The Ipcress File reads: “Harry Palmer is a British army sergeant on the make in Berlin. Ruth Berry at ITV Studios revealed in 2020: “Being the first in a series of books featuring the intriguing Harry Palmer, it also has potential to run and run.” There’s no news yet on a second season, which would likely adapt Deighton’s 1964 novel Funeral in Berlin, but the show’s producers are said to be hoping their The Ipcress File series might be the first of many Harry Palmer adventures for ITV. The Ipcress File will premiere in the US and Canada on AMC+ on Thursday 19th May.Įach new episode will be released weekly through to the end of June.Ĭourtney Thomasma, general manager for AMC+, commented: “AMC+ is proud to partner with ITV Studios to bring John Hodge’s thrilling adaptation of the beloved spy novel to US audiences.” The “twist-laden spy thriller” also stars Lucy Boynton ( Bohemian Rhapsody), Tom Hollander ( The Night Manager), Ashley Thomas ( Top Boy), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor ( Dublin Murders), and David Dencik ( No Time to Die). ITV’s 2022 version stars Joe Cole ( Peaky Blinders) as Harry Palmer, the character made famous by Michael Caine. Len Deighton’s 1962 book was previously adapted into the classic Michael Caine film nearly sixty years ago, with four sequels following. Set in 1963 in Berlin and London, The Ipcress File is based on the classic espionage novel. The six-part mini-series launched in the UK earlier this year. But he never explains the scheme.It’s been announced when the new adaptation of The Ipcress File will begin in the US. After swimming in a morass of confusion for over an hour, we finally get to meet the Texas oil millionaire ( Ed Begley) who's masterminding the scheme, and Begley, turns in a biting, hilarious parody of right-wing oil millionaires. The movie gets better, not worse, toward the end. He's a big-shot spy now, like Bond and Flint, and who needs another one of those? He still has the mild Cockney accent, but he's lost his sense of humor and his love for the little things of life, like cooking. For one thing, we never get to know Palmer this time. Not so in "Billion Dollar Brain," the third film in which Caine plays Palmer. Palmer ( Michael Caine) was involved with two double agents, and at the moment when they cornered him in the warehouse and he had to decide, quick, which one was really on his side, the audience could share his danger because they understood it. (The spy movie " Triple Cross," on the other hand, did not.) In the first of the Harry Palmer series, "The Ipcress File," these conditions were met. "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold," for example, successfully explained a triple cross. If a spy movie is going to work, you have to understand it. How can you take it seriously when the spy's mission is never made clear? When, through faulty scripting or editing, the characters greet people they aren't supposed to know? When the Russian spy is killed by his own guys, and yet he didn't do anything wrong? When you can't quite get it straight what the threat to Western civilization is this time, and how the spy is going to save us? When you wonder if maybe the projectionist didn't forget to show one reel? "Billion Dollar Brain" falls in the fatal category: it is a spy movie that commits the unforgivable sin of losing track of its plot. |
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