![]() The biggest downside? Charging only works in portrait orientation. This charger still works great with other smartphones, you just won't be able to access many of those Pixel features. There's a built-in fan to keep your device cool as it fast charges it's audible in a quiet room, but you can turn the fan off in your Pixel's settings to keep it silent. You can also convert your phone into a digital photo frame with Google Photos albums populating the screen, and have it trigger Bedtime Mode, which turns on Do Not Disturb and makes your screen grey to help you put your phone down. This charger is best paired with a Google Pixel smartphone because it enables additional perks, like turning your Pixel into a sunrise alarm clock that sees the screen glowing orange right before your alarm starts to ring, mimicking the sunrise. The LED on the second-gen Pixel Stand briefly lights up when you place a phone on it and disappears quickly so as to not bother you. We also really like Peak Design's MagSafe Vent Mount ($100), which stays securely in place and comes with a USB-C cable.Ĭhances are you don't want too many LEDs in your face when you're sleeping. ★ MagSafe alternatives: Got an iPhone with MagSafe? The iOttie Velox Wireless Charging Car Mount ($50) is a minimalist option that slots into an air vent and has strong magnets to keep your iPhone securely in place. Read our Best Car Phone Mounts and Chargers guide for more recommendations.Ĭompatible with iPhones and Android phones It handily includes a second USB-A port you can use to charge another phone. ![]() ![]() (A release bar extends on either side so you can take your phone out again.) The mount has a MicroUSB port to plug in the supplied cable just stick the other end in your car’s power socket. The arms close around your phone automatically when it hits the trigger on the back of the mount, so you can place your device one-handed. Adjust the height of the feet so your phone is always in the sweet spot for charging. This versatile car mount from iOttie comes in two flavors, a suction cup for dashboard/windshield or a CD/vent mount that clips into place. Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day.ĭon't fiddle with cables again, even in the car. com and our print magazine (if you'd like). Special offer for Gear readers: Get a 1-year subscription to WIRED for $5 ($25 off). ![]() Updated March 2023: We've added the 8BitDo charger, OtterBox 3-in-1, and Peak Design's Car Vent Mount. There are so many styles, shapes, and build materials that you have a lot of options, including stands, pads, wireless battery packs, and models that even double as headphone stands.Ĭheck out our other buying guides, including the Best Android Phones, Best 3-in-1 Apple Wireless Chargers, Best iPhones, Best Samsung Galaxy S23 Cases, and Best iPhone 14 Cases. It's pure convenience more than anything else.Īfter testing more than 80 products over the past few years, we've sorted the good from the bad ( there are certainly bad ones) and have identified the best wireless chargers. I've gotten used to simply plopping my phone down on a pad every night, and fishing for a cable in the dark feels like a chore. Still, I'm always disappointed when I test a smartphone that doesn't support it. It's not exactly wireless-a cord runs from an outlet to the charging pad-and it won't charge your smartphone faster than plugging it in with a good ol’ cord. Wireless charging isn't nearly as cool as it sounds. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lanzarote winds are fickle, they blow at different strengths over the island and can pick up quickly. Finding the right Paragliding guide in Lanzarote could mean you flying everyday as opposed to searching for safe places to fly everyday. If you are a visiting Paraglider pilot or group then we have a super experienced and expert pilot who can guide you every day plus give you some great tips on ground handling and flying. Using a Lanzarote hang glider guide can add tremendously to your enjoyment and flying time plus reduce waisted and lost days searching. You can also save a lot of time by knowing if the day is not flyable rather than chasing around from one wrong spot to another. Using a paragliding or hang gliding guide in Lanzarote can save many frustrating hours finding where to fly. For both hang gliding and paragliding guides in Lanzarote get in touch with us via the contact form and we will get back to you. If you want to fly together with your friends then it can be a good idea to find a guide who can take you to the best flying site for any given day, help you launch then be there at the landing area with a nice cool soft drink or beer. You will need some local knowledge to find all the sites and know when they are safe. There are flying sites to suit pretty much every wind direction. The combination of a long north south ridge line, numerous mountain type launches and plenty of wide open spaces in between make the island perfect for hang glider and paraglider pilots alike. Each island has its own particular kind of volcanic landscape but it is Lanzarote that best suits free flying. The whole chain of Canary Islands grew out of the sea via an underwater fault line. Lanzarote has a unique landscape created by volcanic activity. Many visitors double their annual flying hours on their hang gliding holiday in Lanzarote. The low level of building development in Lanzarote leaves masses of wide open spaces to fly over and land in. Landing options are also abundant close to all takeoff sites. Usually a light breeze is blowing to make things even easier. Most sites have easy rounded hill launch take offs. Lanzarote has flying to suit all levels of hang glider and paraglider pilotįrom absolute beginner to advanced pilot, Lanzarote has flying sites to suit everyone. Winds are light, the sky is full of perfect cumulus clouds and the scenery is truly breathtaking. Groups of experienced and learning pilots visit Lanzarote for the extremely consistent winter conditions. Fights to Lanzarote are becoming cheaper therefore a hang gliding or Paragliding holiday in Lanzarote is very affordable. It takes only a four hour airplane flight from pretty much anywhere in Europe to Lanzarote. The Canaries are actually on the same latitude as the sahara desert but being in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean receive cooling sea breezes in summer which slow down in Winter creating perfect flying conditions. Lanzarote is one of the Canary Islands in Spain but is far further south than any other part of Spain. Flying does carry on right through summer but with less consistency. The flying season lasts from October right through to March. The winds go away, the air becomes clear and unstable and the many flying sites start to work. Summer trade winds cool the island, in winter the weather changes. Lanzarote is at the southern tip of Europe, as far south as the Sahara desert. ![]() ![]() To get some day to day flying updates check out the new hang gliding and paragliding blog page. Pilots from all over Europe flock to Lanzarote to enjoy the dramatic and varied flying sites. Lanzarote is probably the very best European winter hang gliding and paragliding destination. Home \ Hang gliding and Paragliding in Lanzarote ![]() ![]() ![]() The title has also contributed to the titles and nicknames of other shock videos, including 2 Girls 1 Finger, 8 Girls No Cup, 1 Guy 1 Jar, 1 Guy 1 Screwdriver, 3 Orangutans 1 Blender, and 1 Girl 1 Cake, the nickname for the 2008 viral shock video Cake Farts. One of the most popular so-called "sequels" is 4 Girls Fingerpaint, which consists of four women conducting themselves in similar scat-fetishistic activities. The video has led to many parodies and other shock videos with similar content. Ace Frehley, formerly of Kiss, was shown the video on The Opie and Anthony Show in July 2009, and was unfazed, declaring, "Crazier things than that have happened on the road." "Genuine Nerd" Toby Radloff was so disgusted by the clip that he had to immediately watch it again. On the same program, singer Wyclef Jean sat through the whole thing without looking away or showing any apparent reaction, all while eating corn on the cob. 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The first few seconds of the 2 Girls 1 Cup video contain the text "MFX 1209" (the production code for Hungry Bitches) and the URL, the website of Fiorito's MFX Video, leading some in the media to incorrectly believe the video is one of the many Croce had to surrender to the Department of Justice but was somehow leaked in the process. Many actors make scat films but they don't agree to eat feces." In his declaration he stated "I would have stopped because the money is not the main reason that I make these films." He then added, "I have already made fetish movies with scat/feces using chocolate instead of feces. Fiorito explained that had he known that selling his films in the U.S. Īuthorities in the United States have branded some of Fiorito's films as obscene and filed charges against Danilo Croce, a Brazilian lawyer living in Florida, listed as an officer of a company distributing Fiorito's films in the United States. The film was produced by MFX Video, one of several companies owned by Fiorito. Fiorito started having interest producing films in 1994, and in 1996, with his wife, Joelma Brito, using her artistic name Letícia Miller, he began a fetish film business and soon moved on to coprophagia. The video originated from a Brazilian distributor and pornographer Marco Antônio Fiorito (born July 1, 1971, in Sao Paulo), who describes himself as a "compulsive fetishist". It is, however, very likely that the video portrays authentic coprophagia. Fiorito unsuccessfully argued in court that the excrement was actually chocolate ice cream. In the video, the majority of the vomit does not enter the mouths. Some speculate that the vomit is real, but was regurgitated before reaching the stomach and does not contain any gastric acids. RedTube is yours - your Home of videos Porno.Viewers often speculate that the apparent feces are actually food substances such as refried beans, ice cream, or peanut butter. 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We know your need for porn, and RedTube is the shrine for your sexual salvation. Our site is dedicated to all you porno lovers out there. Welcome to RedTube, the Home of Videos Porno. ![]() ![]() ![]() Resume processing until light and fluffy.Īnd mix on pulse until the dough just comes together, no more.Īs you can see, the dough will be VERY soft at this point. Set aside.Īs for the brown sugar and butter, throw them directly into the bowl of your food processor.īeat the butter and brown sugar until well combined and creamy. In a small measuring cup, whisk together the milk, egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, almond flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Only next time, I’ll wait until it’s a little cooler out. And I know I’ll be making it many, many more times again in my lifetime. But trust me, it’s all VERY MUCH worth the effort in the end. Linzer Torte definitely sits very high on my list of favorite pies. So yeah… you might want to plan ahead if you need to make the pie for a specific event. On day three, you FINALLY get to eat the pie (if you were patient enough to wait that long).On day two, you make the pie (then IDEALLY chill overnight).On day one, you make the dough (then chill overnight, MANDATORY!). ![]() The other thing that you need to know is that this pie needs to be made over the course of several days: There’s never really much you can do against that. So yeah… perhaps it’s best that you save the project for a day when it’s not so hot out. That was not the most brilliant idea, I’ll admit… in fact, I came *this* close to not sharing this recipe, because I had to work SUPER fast and felt I wasn’t able to take all the pictures I wanted to take. That holds ESPECIALLY true if it happens to be two hundred trillion degrees out, like it was when I decided to whip this one up. As such, you need to chill it for a full day before you can use it and then you also need to keep it chilled while you’re working on the actual pie. I feel I should extend a couple of warnings before we get started with this project. First, the dough is seriously tricky to work with because it really is super soft. What’s the problem with that, you ask? Well, it’s a pie… and pie equals a fair amount of work. Really, you have to taste it to believe it.īe warned, though: Linzer Torte is a delicious yet super simple (in presentation, not execution!) Austrian classic tart that’s unlike any other pie out there. Try it once, you’ll be hooked for life! Made primarily from butter, brown sugar and ground almonds, the pastry is sweet, nutty, light and delicate, just like a soft cookie, and it’s packed with so much flavor, it’ll make your heart sing. Just look at how thick the thing actually is! Most of the cake’s interest comes from the crust. The filling (if we can call it that, since so very little of it is being used) just makes a very modest contribution to the flavor department. In fact, with Linzer Torte, it’s the crust that actually MAKES the cake. The pie crust itself (which, ironically, is what usually requires the most work and contains the most calories) is, for lack of a better word, uninteresting.īut Linzer Torte is a completely different story! This pie is TOTALLY worth making spending hours cursing while I dirty up the entire kitchen and send flour flying all across the floor (hey, I’m really not good at making pie, what can I say?) I find they’re way too messy to make, take way too much time and usually aren’t really worth the trouble. To me, with most pies, the really, truly interesting part would the filling. ![]() With its scrumptious nut based pastry and thin layer of fruit preserve, Linzer torte is a simple but delicious Austrian classic unlike any other! ![]() ![]() ![]() Any newsrack maintained in the public right-of-way for a trial period of up to 90 days. That area specified in the City of Concord Redevelopment Plan, as such plan may be amended from time to time, and parcels 127-241-001 and 127-241-005. Any surface provided for the exclusive or primary use of pedestrians. That area between the sidewalk and the curb of any street, whether planted or not where the sidewalk is adjacent to the curb, shall mean the area between the sidewalk and property line and, where there is no sidewalk, shall mean that area between the edge of the roadway and the property line adjacent thereto, whether planted or not. ![]() That portion of the street which is improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic. 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Any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage unit, or other dispenser installed, used, or maintained for the display and sale or distribution, with or without charge, of newspapers or news periodicals. ![]() 12.35.030 Permissible types of newsracks size and arrangement.ġ2.35.050 Maintenance advertising identification of owner.ġ2.35.080 Indemnification of city. ![]() ![]() Now, while things may seem promising overall, there are some points of concern. However, some consumers are evidently maintaining their spending via savings accounts or credit cards, a worrisome potential indicator. That was the first positive reading since January and followed March’s 0.7% decline. If you recall from the mid-May advanced sales report, consumer spending rose 0.4% in April. On the latter point, consumer spending has been one of the most encouraging economic metrics, although not without some controversy. Jobs remain strong, the sometimes-terrifying debt ceiling deal is finally heading to President Joe Biden’s desk to be passed into law, inflation has been slowly but surely easing, and consumer spending hasn’t quite taken the dive some have projected. Last week’s jobs report has confirmed that there may be reason to remain optimistic after all. ![]() The figure slid to 34.3 from 34.4, the lowest level since early in the pandemic.ĭata Shows Soft-Landing May Be a Possibility, Though Danger Remains The only weakness in the May jobs report was the average weekly hours worked. Government and health care added 56,000 and 52,000 jobs, respectively. Professional and business services contributed the most to the stellar jobs numbers, adding 64,000 net new hires. labor market continues to defy historical definitions.” “With 339,000 job openings, we’re still rewriting the rule book and the U.S. labor market continues to demonstrate grit amid chaos - from inflation to high-profile layoffs and rising gas prices,” Becky Frankiewicz, president of Manpower Group, told CNBC. This is further validated by the labor force participation rate, which has held steady at 62.6% since March, up from January’s 62.4% reading. In fact, given that unemployment increased despite rapidly rising job creation, the unemployment rate may be a symptom of more people looking for jobs. Indeed, self-employment dropped 369,000 in May, contributing to a 310,000 decrease in the number of employed in the household survey, a more volatile metric used to calculate the unemployment rate. The increase in unemployment, despite the jump in jobs, is likely a symptom of a large change in self-employment. While 3.7% unemployment is a notable increase from April’s 3.4% reading and above the 3.5% estimate, it’s still historically low. And it’s way better than the 190,000 Dow Jones projection. May’s job report increase represents the largest gain in the metric since January. ![]() May Jobs Report Outperforms Estimates Despite Rising Unemployment ![]() ![]() ![]() But then it turned into this weirdly sensual, dangerous connection between these two characters. But when I read it, I thought that Cassie was getting killed off. 'It was just random and very in the moment. 'The hanging out the window, actually, was just me hanging out the window,' she added, recalling a car scene in season two in which her character sticks her torso out of the car window during a high speed journey with Nate. 'I thought that I was going to get killed.' 'I thought that was killing me,' she told Entertainment Weekly. Sweeney previously opened up about the fact she thought her character was going to be killed off in season two. ![]() 'Sometimes, things take on a life of their own, and they're not rooted in the truth, but it's OK because I know it's just out of passion and out of curiosity and all that good stuff. 'I've seen so many different things, and a lot of it is untrue, and some of it's kind of like mundane little things. 'What's interesting about this season is there are so many more eyes on it that even the news cycle has been so interesting to see,' she told Insider. Alleged incidents include the pair 'butting heads', according to The Daily Beast, while a February 2022 cover story with The Cuttouched on Ferreira and Levinson 'arguing'.Īccording to the actor, however, rumours of problems have been exaggerated. ‘#EUPHORIA has been renewed for season 3,’ the channel captioned the clip.Īhead of season two airing, she also addressed rumours of tension between her and Levinson on the set of the show. On February 4 2022, the Euphoria Instagram account shared a short clip to Instagram to announce that season two wouldn’t be the end for Jules, Maddy, Nate, Cassie and co. While the mourning process has been arduous to say the least (seriously, what will we do without our weekly dose of Maddy’s mood swings and expertly-achieved cat eye liner?), HBO was kind enough to let us know in advance that season three of the show has been confirmed. HBO also deemed it the channel's second-most watched show since 2004 behind Game of Thrones. reported that Euphoria was the most-tweeted about show of the decade (to date) in the US with 34 million tweets. In February 2022 fans of the show tuned in to watch the finale of the eight-part season. *Warning: This article contains Euphoria season one and two spoilers*Įuphoria season two came to a sweet and bitter end in early 2022, and we for one haven’t been able to stop the water works ever since.Īs of February 28 2022, episode one of Euphoria season two had approached 19 million viewers in the US, and an average of 16.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the second series’ episodes. ![]() ![]() At an art kid party in Manhattan a few weeks ago, I heard a girl gasp under her breath "Oh that's Juiceboxxx!"). He's not content with just being some underground darling, either (He basically is already. The first thing he put out on Thunderzone was a seven-inch for Huntsville Southern rappers G-Side. "I don't want to limit myself to fellow white twenty-something weirdoes." And, he hasn't. There's a hive mind at play that can produce boring shit that I'm not interested in," he explains. "Communities breed a lot of middling music and culture. "That's what Thunderzone is, I'm trying to create my own lane." He's also trying to create a movement, citing Insane Clown Posse and Factory Records as models.Īt the same time, he has mixed feelings about community. "I'm sick of being slotted into other people's lanes temporarily," JB says. The label's vibes are fun and funny but never ironic-there's an extreme humility and earnestness to everything JB does. In addition to putting out tapes and records, Juiceboxxx also has Thunderzone-branded energy drinks and hacky sacks. ![]() On it he's released projects by Paper Rad-affiliated nu-metal ragers Extreme Animals and weirdo Baltimore DJ/producer Schwarz, and he sees DJ Dog Dick, Antwon, and B L A C K I E as like-minded kin. Fed up with being misunderstood and tagged onto a new, buzzing niche genre every couple of years, he started his own label, Thunderzone, back in 2011. Juiceboxxx likes to call what he and a motley crew of other artists are doing Nu Americana. I might be the only person making these crazy connections, but somehow I'm connecting the dots." "I think there is just a continuum of American music that I can draw from. On his 2013 mixtape Beyond Thunder Zone, he samples Big Star-Alex Chiltin's voice tweaked to chipmunk range-and covers Wyclef Jean. He draws from rap, rock, and punk along with American noise, electronic dance, and power pop-he's transitioned from electro pop party anthems to a noisier place with more distortion in recent years. "I'm just trying to make the most honest form of modern American music."Īlong with Public Enemy and the Boss, Juiceboxxx's constellation of principal influences include the Beastie Boys and Suicide. ![]() But it makes sense when you think how Juiceboxxx is exploring unknown territory, attempting alchemy in trying to synthesize his favorite artists into a new pop music. When you talk to JB, he uses that phrase-just figuring it-out a lot, which might seem surprising coming from someone who's been making music under the same name for over a decade, since he was teenager in Milwaukee. "It's more complex but I can't go back because I feel like I'm just starting to figure out how to do that show that's in my mind-that Bruce Springsteen meets Public Enemy show." Last week, he embarked on the sixth or seventh tour with the band in only two years. Not as much as he used to is still prolific. ![]() "I don't tour as much as I used to," says Juice. Taking Mike and Willy D, his drummer and guitarist, on the road makes touring more difficult logistically. "They play for two and a half hours, they are so entertaining, they have so many hits, and they do so many fun things live. "Instantly when I saw them play live with a drummer on that tour, I started thinking about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who are another inspiration of mine, and I was like 'obviously Public Enemy are the rap version,'" he says. But playing shows on the road with Public Enemy a couple years ago changed things. Occasionally I meet someone who says they don't like rap music or never listened to rap music, and I just honestly can't wrap my brain around that."įor JB, touring used to mean hopping on a Greyhound and traversing America with just his iPod. Rap music was the predominant club music of the 90s, but it was also the predominant music to play in your car. ![]() "In my mind rap music has been happening for over 30 years," he says. At 27, Juiceboxxx is part of that same generation, even if he's been playing music forever. His aspirations are not unlike Miley Cyrus's: Her reviewers constantly point out that she's of a generation who grew up listening to hip-hop alongside rock and pop. ![]() ![]() ![]() ISO files can be drag and dropped from Windows Explorer onto the right hand pane or you can browse for files manually if you choose to. You should now see any backups on the drive on the left hand pane. Once you have followed the installation instructions, then simply plug in the hard drive or USB stick you want to use and run the app.You will be presented with the option to choose the correct drive letter, once you have done so click Load.
![]() ![]() The dialogue swear count rivals the bullets flying on screen. Despite skepticism thrown its way, there’s a tight, devoted fanbase that’s found something great within Spacelords. I saw active clan groups playing together, there are monthly updates from the developers with new content, a staggering amount of fan art - nothing that screams the game is a massive success, but it’s alive despite everything. Where many games-as-a-service titles aim for the largest player base possible, Spacelords is doing fine with its niche audience. As such, players never sit in one place longer than necessary, leading to one hell of a ride that hearkens to the more intense play styles of Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer. Aleph also is often critical to mission objectives, and if you die, your opposing Elites and Antagonist players can pick up your energy for themselves, complicating matters considerably. It’s not For Honor, but you can’t name many third-person shooters with this much thought put into their melee combat.ĭiverging still, instead of grenades or power meters, you obtain the caustic energy Aleph from taking down elite enemies and grabbing it from spawns across the environment. Your fists are as valuable as your gun, dealing out a mixture of punches, grapples, and dodges to triumph over your enemies with icons nudging you to counter correctly. Rather than a standard cover shooter, the emphasis is on managing enemy mobs and staying mobile. Speaking of which, one of the other major improvements over Spacelords’ original launch is a vastly faster paced, refreshing combat system. Everything from fighting a foul mouthed wannabe Cthulhu to darting around shifting ruins out of Tomb Raider is on offer, made all the more memorable with jokes and snark for every hero. All these elements ensure each mission feels like its own replayable game type thanks to the diverse offerings. Killing them is worth extra points, but if they foil you, they get all the glory. It’s remarkable that each level has multiple routes and potential strategies given how much each is structured like a linear set piece.įurther bucking trends, player-versus-player is meshed into story missions, allowing for one Antagonist player to join in. Each scenario throws half a dozen new wrinkles at you, from laser-spewing crystals sending you rolling in boss fights and NPC factions duking it out in the middle of your operation to ancient demons teleporting you to another dimension to tussle with you one on one. Better yet, rather than pay for new missions or heroes, it’s exceptionally easy to earn credits for new heroes, while additional missions unlock every few levels. There also isn’t a bland overworld of copy-pasted enemies to face, but handcrafted missions like out of Syndicate or Left 4 Dead. Instead, the incentive is to build new versions as you level up, able to further max out your loadout so you can go forth and kick ass. Instead of grinding for loot, you earn crafting materials and experience just by running dailies, and you can invest each into precisely the guns and skills you want. ![]() Not aiding matters was a lackluster introduction to a litany of systems you needed to understand to play it properly, along with a starting mission that’s one of the game’s weakest scenarios.Īfter several attempts to turn things around, Mercury Steam finally opted for a relaunch that boldly just throws up its hands at what every games-as-a-service title offers. ![]() To play everything, it cost close to full retail price, but matchmaking was split across those who owned specific campaign packs. ![]() It was an interesting attempt at episodic content and monetization, but it ended up nearly killing the game. Despite its talented pedigree though, Spacelords’ launch was anything but a guaranteed success.Īs Raiders of the Broken Planet, the game was a semi-free-to-play experience where, after the initial free missions, you could pay for sets of campaign missions. All told, the title is impressively polished for a free-to-play game. It’s a third-person co-op shooter game that’s equally a brawler, tied together with an anime twist on Borderlands’ aesthetics. Spacelords (or the game formerly known as Raiders of the Broken Planet) is easily the most uncharacteristic entry in developer Mercury Steam’s output. ![]() |