![]() At this point, place a slowing tower or two near by. Middle waves: By this time, you should have 2 green towers, close to together, that are fully upgraded. ![]() Otherwise there is absolutely no way to get a high score. KEY POINT! Whenever you get a bonus, always, always, always spend interest. Now upgrade the two green towers as slowly as possible, the more money in the bank at when you send in a wave, the more interest. Before you upgrade the red tower, make a green one on wave 3. I'm sure there is a much better way and that it is possible to go over 500k.Īlso I noticed that occasionally it was possible to send the next wave of creeps before the current one is eliminated, but don't know whether it helps getting a high score.įirst waves: Start with a red splash tower, somewhere where it can shoot at the whole line of creeps twice, it will wipe out the first wave, and the second with no problem. All my bonus points were spent in interest, so at the end of the game my bank account was well over $200k. I also bought the strongest green tower at some point and eventually a second rocket tower. To counter them I bought some basic blue towers which I put around the field, within range of my red tower, which I upgraded from time to time. the problem came from the yellow creeps which are really too fast. when my lvl3 basic red tower couldn't possibly hold the waves, I traded it for the ultimate red tower, which I kept as is for most of the game. When a creep would escape I would buy a basic green tower, which I would resell right afterwards (reselling gets you 3/4 of the original tower's value, so it's a very good deal). I've spent some time on TD games but I'm far from being a pro player so there's probably much room for improvement.Īt the beginning I've used only a well-positioned red tower, which I've upgraded a couple of times. Well, I too made it to the top ten for switchback. I only wish there were more sound to the game. Lots of options, pretty graphics, addictive gameplay. ![]() There are different options to choose from besides increasing interest, however, including additional lives, or increasing the strength or range of the towers the power-up is placed near. You even have the opportunity to increase the interest rate you earn via a simple bonus point system, earned when killing the bonus power cell vectoid in each "Hard Grey" wave. Interest also plays a vital role in this game earning you dividends on any money you have remaining when a new wave begins. ![]() Learning how to make use of the different tower types most effectively is all part of the game. This setting instructs the tower on which nearby vectoid to target first. You can even change the attack mode of each tower, selecting between "close", "strong", and "weak". Most are laser based weapons that emit a damaging beam of light however, the more advanced red towers send out rockets that seek their targets, and the blue towers emit rays that reduce the speed or stun the vectoids in their tracks. Each type works a bit differently on the oncoming vectoids, and each color even has strengths and weaknesses depending on the color of the vectoid. There are 4 main types of towers: Green, Red, Purple, and Blue. But, as with most games of this kind, you earn money with each creep that your towers dispense with money that can be spent in real-time to purchase new or upgrade existing towers. You begin with just $250, which won't get you very far initially. Press Load Map, and then begin laying out your strategy by purchasing one of the available towers. Vector TD combines vector-styled graphics (remember the original Asteroids?) with the tried-and-true gameplay of David's other successful games to deliver one of the most polished TD games yet.Ĭhoose between 4 "normal" difficulty maps and 4 "harder" maps. The latest tower defense game from David Scott, creator of the unbelievably addictive Flash Element TD and Flash Circle TD, has just been released at Candystand and this one follows a more abstract design for creeps (called "vectoids") as the recently mentioned VR Defender Y3K.
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![]() Some people find these easier to get Metronome buffs with. (Filled Melody): The song fills every time slot in the melody.( Only): The song uses just one instrument set.Each song has two links: one to the Mandachord version, and one to the original version keyed up to the section the Mandachord version came from. The following list is arbitrarily categorized. Miscellaneous, Seasonal, Songs I Can't Do.TV, Cartoons, Movies, Far East (K-Pop, J-Pop, etc.).These links will take you to the specific comment, but they're all on the same page so you can still search for everything in one place. I had eight comments on the first page, so I re-purposed them and split up the song list into sections. The OP was officially too big to update any more, so I have moved the song list into my comments on the first page of this thread. In the meantime, substitute these:īombast Melody -> ? Epsilon maybe. Q : Octavia Prime is vaulted, how do I get the Bombast instrument set?Ī: You don't, not until Octavia returns with the Prime Vault. ![]() Mandascore: my Mandachord viewer/editor app.I don't really take Shawzin requests not enough time and something had to give. I don't have omniscient knowledge of all music, yet. "Can you do anything from _?" You're going to have to narrow it down to specific songs for me. Just leave it on the thread and I'll get to it when I can. If you have a particular section of the song in mind then make sure you mention it. No "extended" music links, please, just the original one time through is much easier to work with. If you have a list then I'm only going to go through the top 3, so please try to narrow it down. If I'm backlogged then I may not get to yours for a few rounds. If I've done a request for you then please wait two weeks before requesting another.PM me on the forums with the answer and I'll give you a code. (PC and Consoles): If all the codes are gone, then along with the codes will be some kind of music-related question. ![]() (PC and Consoles): Try the codes on my latest Mandachord video. Using in the chat or PMing will get my attention faster. If you show up then you may have to be patient I spend a lot of time looking away from my screen figuring out songs and posting stuff. Stop by and say Hi, and I'll give you a code.īasically, if it's in the "evening" US time and you see me post a video or respond in this thread then that means I'm at Orcus. (PC): If you're on PC around 8-12pm Fridays US time, I'm usually somewhere in the Pluto relay making tunes. I'll be putting a few codes on my last Mandachord video of the day, but I have additional ways to give out codes. ![]() The Protestants, in particular, have created an appalling public image for themselves. Could this terrible hysteria really be taking place in Europe in the late twentieth century, among people who look just like us, in a region of Great Britain, supposedly one of the most civil of societies? Viewed from outside the province, the hard-liners on both sides (who, in Northern Ireland, constitute the majority) seemed to be acting out a part in some bizarre and bloody anachronistic pageant. Nevertheless, the bloody red hand is an apt symbol of what both Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland have done during the thirty years of the Troubles. It is, therefore, a near-perfect expression of the strange, ambiguous claim by Ulster Protestants-whose roots in Ireland go back three or four hundred years-that they are “British” and not Irish. Yet to the British people it has no meaning. It fits them well: Celtic in origin but denoting loyalty to Britain. Through historical accident during the seventeenth century, the red hand became the exclusive totem of the Protestants of Northern Ireland. They saw away at their flesh, driven on by fear of losing the thing they desire most. It’s as if O’Neill or MacDonnell never stopped hacking off their own hands. To the outsider, their longevity and intensity are almost incomprehensible. It went on for thirty years and is known, with quaint understatement, as “the Troubles.” Now they’re probably over-although perhaps not. Low-level conflict went on inside Northern Ireland and along its border from the time of its inception, but chaotic and terrible open war began in 1969. In the North, the malignant motifs of the Irish past hung on: sectarian hatred, oath-bound private armies, guerrilla war, atrocity and outrage, riots, bombings, British soldiers on Irish ground, political dysfunction, walls and barbed wire, segregation of Protestants and Catholics, war drums and triumphalist parades, forced population movements, propaganda-the whole apparatus of civil war. Its six counties, with their Protestant majority, were partitioned from the rest of Ireland in 1920 in the course of the Irish war of independence against Britain. But the severed red hand still seems to be a perfect symbol for the province of the United Kingdom known officially as Northern Ireland. The people of the independent, and now prosperous, Republic of Ireland see it more and more in that way, too. ![]() The Irish struggle against English invasion and occupation now has the aspect of an old story-of history. Ireland has a long and complicated history of conquest, rebellion, endemic violence, and political tumult. He claims the land for himself and takes the red hand as the crest of the MacDonnells of Antrim. He severs his hand with one swift sword blow and throws it ashore onto the sand. But his boat lags behind and he sees beautiful, wild Ulster, rich in cattle and slaves, sliding away from him. The leader of the MacDonnells lusts for it just as O’Neill did-like the intense desire some men have to keep living when death comes to claim them. ![]() They have agreed that whichever reaches the Ulster shore first will take the land. In the second version of the story, two rival Scottish clans race each other to Ireland across the twelve miles of the wind-whipped North Channel. He gives that part of Ulster to his mutilated mercenary, and O’Neill takes the bloody hand as his crest and symbol. He severs his hand with one swift sword blow and throws it ashore onto the sand before anyone else can make the leap. Then O’Neill, the man from Ireland, lays his arm along the bulwark. As the longboat approaches the shore, the crew strains for the jump and its prize. It seems he craves those things more than reason, certainly more than any Viking aboard. This man desires plunder and the haven of his own piece of land. He has abandoned his family and sept and gone over to the Norse raiders, wilder even than the wild Irish. It is an Irish name and, perhaps, in the style of slithery allegiances in Ireland, he is a turncoat. There is a man aboard the longboat called O’Neill. He gets to keep whatever is there-precious metal, cattle, women, boys. The leader of the fierce Northmen urges on his warriors: the first man to touch the sweet Gaelic strand with his hand or foot takes possession of it. It is hunting priests’ gold and red-haired, smooth-skinned slaves. In the first, a Viking war party in a lean, dragon-headed longboat closes with the coast of northern Ireland. Ireland is a little country which raises all the great questions. (In the United Kingdom, published as Men That God Made Mad) A Journey Through Truth, Myth, and Terror in Northern Ireland Co-directed by Nigel Tierney of Emmy-winning studio RYOT (the studio that made Behind the Fence VR), Federico Heller of 3Dar (the studio that made Uncanny Valley), Oddbot Animation, and Iconic Engine, the music video is told from the perspective of various animals affected by climate change, with their voices being provided by 30 celebrities and singer-songwriters. On April 17, Dicky released a preview of the video that was released the following day. Over 30 celebrities and singer-songwriters are in the recording studio to perform the song. Bieber confirmed the collaboration on Twitter a few days later. It was also reported that Canadian singer Justin Bieber would return to music as a guest feature on a new Lil Dicky song. On April 19, 2019, Dicky took to Twitter to announce the release of a new song the following week. The song features vocals from Dicky, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Zac Brown, Brendon Urie, Hailee Steinfeld, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart, Adam Levine, Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, Sia, Miley Cyrus, Lil Jon, Rita Ora, Miguel, Katy Perry, Lil Yachty, Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor, Joel Embiid, Tory Lanez, John Legend, Psy, Bad Bunny, Kris Wu, Backstreet Boys, and Leonardo DiCaprio. ![]() It was released on April 19, 2019, as three days before Earth Day, through Dirty Burd, Commission and BMG. ![]() " Earth" is a charity single by American rapper Lil Dicky. For songs named "Earth", see Earth (disambiguation) § Songs. For the Michael Jackson song, see Earth Song. Using custom scripting, ChatOps architects can integrate their chatbot with any cloud app that offers an API back end. Similarly, Lita's guide explains how to create custom handlers to perform HTTP requests and return appropriate content to your chat environment. Hubot offers a guide for writing custom scripts that interpret commands from CoffeeScript or JavaScript files. Find repetitive tasks to automate, and iterate until everything (within reason) is in ChatOps. Write and deploy your own scriptsĪt this stage in the process, the goal is to integrate the bot into your daily workflows. Eric Sigler of OpenAI aptly calls this stage "the long game of learning-by-demonstration." 5. Whichever chatbot you choose, there will be a learning curve. There are plenty of scripts ready for instant use, whether they are for interacting with a Jenkins CI server, announcing successful Travis CI builds, or manipulating Rackspace load balancers. Hubot, a chatbot developed at Github, works with many chat apps and has many community-generated adapters for your favorite ops tools. This requires a lot of up-front work to assemble, but thankfully there are many community-provided plugins and integrations to reduce the overhead.įor example, check out the hundreds of scripts available for Hubout or Lita. To truly leverage ChatOps for IT control, the chatbot will need access to your systems, deployment triggers, event scaling, continuous integration platforms, source code management, and more. Grab some useful community scripts and plugins Each chatbot is unique, with varying support from the organization behind it, built-in extensions, and diverse community scripts.īecause the bot is the basis for much that happens in ChatOps, a dependable foundation is crucial. The bot accepts plain-English commands and initiates actions with background apps, utilizing API connections to affect CloudOps and other business functions.īots such as Hubot, Errbot, Lita, and other frameworks mentioned here can all be used for ChatOps, and offer adapters for most chat platforms. Choose a chatbotĬhatOps is based on the idea of easy, quick interaction with a chatbot. (For the jargon-loving folks, consider this ChatSecOps.) 3. Creating project- and team-specific channels will assist in access control later on, increasing security from the get-go. To make the most of ChatOps in Slack, it's quite easy to quarantine groups and delimit abilities. Many teams choose Slack because of its wide app-extension marketplace, but also because of the ability to easily administer chat room permissions. ![]() ![]() Organize teams into the right channelsīefore you begin integrating a chatbot and adding scripts with advanced functionalities, consider how to organize your team and plugins. ![]() Other features such as video chat, individual chat, push notifications, drag-and-drop file sharing, and the abilities to see who's typing and to have multiple accounts are helpful additions. To reap the benefits of ChatOps, a chat app should be persistent across web, mobile, and desktop presences. Newer options such as Mattermost have been constructed from a ChatOps perspective and offer more out of the box. With Hipchat retired, other chat clients such as Slack, Flowdock, Basecamp, and open-source Rocket.Chat will do the job. If you haven't already done so, first select a chat platform. Following best practices and case studies from the field, here's the direction you need to get chatting. ChatOps has many benefits: The practice improves transparency, helps build culture for distributed teams, and offers exciting potentials for DevOps automation.īut how should you put ChatOps to work within an organization? Here is a practical, step-by-step guide to rolling out ChatOps. ![]() However, most positions will require at least one phone interview and one in-person interview. The interview process at Allegiant Air can vary depending on the position you are applying for. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most common Allegiant Air interview questions, with sample answers to help you prepare for your interview. And when you’re interviewing for a job with Allegiant Air, you’ll want to be prepared to answer questions about the company, its history, and your experience with flying. However, it may take some time to receive a job offer to begin the hiring process.When it comes to interviews, preparation is key. Sending an email or thank you card shows enthusiasm. Once candidates have completed their final interview, they can follow up with managers. What makes you a good fit for this position?Īfter the Allegiant Air Interview Process is Over.How do you exemplify one of the company values?.Tell us how you would deal with a difficult customer. ![]() What does good customer service mean to you?.Why do you want to work at Allegiant Air?.For these inquiries, come up with detailed responses that show experience with past employers. Of course, thinking of answers is the number one thing to do before Allegiant Air job interviews. This shows foresight and consideration, which are excellent skills to possess in the customer service industry. Preparing for the Interviewīefore heading to the site of the job interview, hopefuls should be sure to print copies of their resume. This could mean anything from a suit and a tie to a nice dress and blazer. Candidates should be well-groomed and in their best business attire on the day of their interview. What to Wear to Allegiant Air Job Interviews These can take the form of one-on-one or group sessions. In-Person InterviewsĪpplicants who make good impressions during their first steps into the Allegiant Air interview process receive calls for in-office meetings. Since these full-time positions come with extensive training after hire, job hopefuls aren’t immediately disqualified for having little experience. They also offer insight into how candidates respond to certain situations.Īnswer all interview questions truthfully. These assessments help provide an understanding of how much an applicant already knows about job duties for skilled positions. Remaining composed will make the best impression. While body language helps in some job interviews, management only hears your voice on the phone. Looking over company values never hurts, either.Īfter that, take a deep breath and relax. To avoid this, hopefuls should refresh themselves on their qualifications and potential job responsibilities. Phone interviews can feel awkward or impersonal. Candidates may have to go through several rounds before being pushed through to the hiring process. Once contacted, managers set up phone meetings or questionnaires. Much like the airline’s culture, the Allegiant Air job interview is fairly relaxed. After Submitting an Online ApplicationĮntry-level applicants should hear back a few weeks after submitting forms. Those wishing to join the staff should show a passion for teamwork and creativity throughout the interview process. Allegiant Air has a workforce full of dedicated employees that are rewarded for their contributions. ![]() In this way you are as profitable as possible. Purchase all additional lots very soon, so that you have enough free land to create only perfect graves.The map can be accessed through the little menu in the bottom of the screen and displays your whole graveyard, including plots you may purchase in the future:.Click on the “For-Sale”-sign when you are allowed to purchase more land: The first new lot will cost you $100, the second lot $5,000, and the third and last lot will cost $100,000:.When your reputation has reached a decisive point, you are allowed to buy more land and you earn a medal:.It is very hard to do so successfully, but you should know that customers are also stopping by at night: If you want to work through the night to be more efficient and profitable, you should try to avoid touching ghosts, because they will send you to sleep immediately. As soon as it is dark outside the ghosts are coming out of their graves.The clock in the right-hand bottom corner of the screen displays the current time of day:.In nearly 100 percent of these cases the truck shop will have this item available on the very next day. Often, when you accept a new order, it happens that neither you nor the truck has the item the customer requests for the grave.As soon as you have accumulated a certain amount of money you should try to have at least one unit per item in stock, so that you can be sure to fulfill every possible request by a customer: Thus it is always advisable to have a look at the shop’s daily offers, even if you don’t have any specific needs at that moment. The shop, represented by the truck near your cottage, displays all of the currently available items for purchase, which change on a daily basis.Additionally, you can always click on the “Help-orb” in the left-hand corner on top of the screen if you ever want to refresh those basic rules. The tutorial is a really good help to learn the basics of the game, so you should not skip it.For newcomers to the game it is definitely advisable to choose the easiest (“normal”) difficulty. You can choose between three different levels of difficulty each time you start a new profile.At the opening screen of the game, you can only click on “Start” to either choose an existing profile or to create a new one:.Jones’ Graveyard Shift even more successfully. We hope that you will find some help and useful hints for playing Mr. It may not be that complicated to just run a graveyard, but it might be harder to do so as efficient and profitable as possible. Check out Gamezebo’s strategy guide for Mr. Add chilled butter and pulse until largest pieces of butter are the size of a pea. Pulse baking powder, salt, sugar, baking soda, and 3½ cups flour in a food processor to combine. ![]() They’re best the day they’re baked, but you can store them for up to two days in an airtight container if you somehow manage to have leftovers. Or take them from side dish to main course by serving them with sausage gravy, curry gravy, or fried chicken for a full-on sandwich vibe. These biscuits can lean sweet with a bit of sugar sprinkled on top or savory when paired up with pepper and salted butter. Finally, she likes to place biscuits on a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper in the freezer for a few minutes before baking to make sure the butter is extra cold before baking. Many recipes call for a biscuit cutter (essentially a large cookie cutter) to create rounds, but Claire prefers to do something “a little controversial.” She cuts the slab of biscuit dough into squares with a knife (almost like a scone), which means no extra equipment-and fewer scraps. The final step is a form of low-key lamination wherein the dough is cut into four squares, stacked, and then rolled out again on lightly floured surface to achieve even more flaky layers. Claire suggests using a fork over a pastry cutter to prevent overmixing, followed by a brief kneading of the shaggy dough right in the mixing bowl. Next, there’s the swift addition of buttermilk (which is tangier and more acidic than whole milk) to the flour mixture, aiding in tenderness, browning, and lift. Using a food processor speeds things up-and keeps your warm hands out of the way-helping your cold butter from reaching room temperature. This allows for “little shelves” of butter, as Claire calls them, to sit between the dry ingredients so those coveted layers can form as the biscuits bake. It all hinges on keeping your prep time short and fast so your dairy stays as chilly as possible. And this easy biscuit recipe from former BA staffer Claire Saffitz is all about technique. ![]() The real secret for making biscuits with crispy, golden brown tops, tender pastry, and too many flaky layers to count lies in the technique. Serve them while they’re hot.įrom American Flavor (Ecco) by Andrew Carmellini.If you’re looking for clues to a winning homemade biscuit recipe, you won’t find them in the ingredients list. The biscuits will be very soft and flaky inside, with just a little bit of crispness on the outside. Using a big pastry brush, coat the tops of the biscuits with the honey butter. When the biscuits are baked through and the tops are golden-brown (about 20 minutes), pull them out of the oven. At about the 10-minute mark, turn the baking sheet so that all the biscuits bake evenly. (When we make these at the restaurant, we usually bake off the leftover pieces and eat them ourselves.)Ĭover a baking sheet with parchment paper, lay the biscuits on it, and put it on the middle oven rack. Reflour the work surface, the dough, and the rolling pin as you go.įlour a 3 ½-inch round pastry cutter, and cut out as many rounds of dough as possible (you should have 8 to 10 or so). Do this 7 times in all, skipping the folding step the seventh time. Slap the dough down hard with the palms of your hands to really bring it together, and then roll it out and fold it in again. Fold the dough round into thirds, like you’re folding a business letter. If things get sticky, add a little bit of flour.įlour a board or countertop well, and turn the dough out on it.įlour your rolling pin, and then roll the dough out until it forms a round about ½ inch thick. Then keep turning and kneading until you’ve got a roughly shaped ball of dough. ![]() You should end up with lots of little pebbles.Īdd the buttermilk and use your hands to mix everything together, turning the mixture until it forms a dough. Using a pastry cutter, or holding a butter knife in each hand, cut through the shortening and flour in an X-shaped motion until the shortening is mixed in. (If you don’t have a sifter, you can use a whisk.)Īdd the vegetable shortening. In a large bowl, sift together the fl our, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. It’s important to keep it warm so it will spread easily-and the longer you let it sit, the better the honey butter will be. Let the honey butter sit in a warm area of the kitchen, or over the lowest possible flame on the stove, until you’re ready to use it. ![]() Add the honey and salt, and whisk everything together until you have a shiny, well-combined liquid. Slowly whisk in the butter, piece by piece, letting each piece melt completely into the water before adding the next one.
![]() He is a huge underdog in the series because he is despised by his family for being a dwarf, but even so, he gets some of the best lines and is chock full of wisdom and wit. Tyrion seems to be everyone's favorite character in Game of Thrones, and for good reason. ![]() This line is spoken by Tyrion Lannister (played by Peter Dinklage), in the episode "Winter is Coming," in Game of Thrones, written by David Benioff and D.B. But by putting their faith in a storyteller, the lords and ladies of Westeros are honoring the single greatest tool that leaders have to inspire future generations-the power of story.Game of Thrones Television Assorted TV Character War Society Respect Relationship Intelligence Nature Truth Life Inspirational Context I don’t know if Bran Stark will be the best ruler of the Seven Kingdoms (six, actually, since Sansa Stark decided to keep the North independent). That’s why many veteran execs at Nike spend time telling corporate campfire stories." In the corporate world, storytellers keep the brand’s history alive.įor example, Nike designates some executives as storytellers. “As Nike gets even bigger, its storytellers feel that their mission becomes even more critical,” according to a Fast Company feature on the Nike storytelling culture. At Nike, the heroics of the past inspire the innovations of the future. "The best way for a company to create a prosperous future is to make sure all of its employees understand the company’s past. In her book, Leadership for Turbulent Times, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote about a leader who was so admired for his verbal skills, he “drew crowds from the countryside eager to be regaled and entertained by a master storyteller.” The storyteller was Abraham Lincoln. “He understood early on that concrete examples and stories provided the best vehicles for teaching,” writes Goodwin. We think in story, talk in story, and admire those who keep and spread our stories. Their reputations spread beyond the tribe as people came from near and far to listen to them. While the tools of communication have changed, the human brain has not. The best storytellers were admired for engaging their audiences. According to Wiessner, “Stories told by firelight put listeners on the same emotional wavelength, elicited understanding, trust, and sympathy, and built positive reputations for qualities like humor, congeniality, and innovation.” The good ones were widely admired for their ability to hold an audience’s attention, to keep them laughing, and for entertaining as well as informing. Like today’s communicators, some ancient storytellers were more skilled than others. ![]() “Appetites for firelit settings for intimate conversations and for evening stories remain with us today,” Wiessner reminds us. ![]() Social anthropologists like Polly Wiessner at the University of Utah believe storytelling played an important role in the evolution of society. Storytellers were the keepers of the tribe’s memory-its culture and history. Once our ancestors gained control of fire, they could cook food, ward off predators, and tell stories around the campfire. Storytelling around the campfire lit our imaginationĪnthropologists point to fire as the spark that ignited human evolution. |