![]() When you use AirServer to mirror iOS device to computer, recording iPhone screen becomes easier, you can just record the mirroring on your computer. Just as mentioned, AirServer has the recording features to capture iPhone screen, but with limited features. Part 3: How to record iPhone screen with screen recorder
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![]() You could even say that Wario’s greed, established in Super Mario Land 2 because he steals Mario’s castle, is a warped version of Mario’s need to collect coins.īoth Spike and Wario were created by the same person, Hiroji Kiyotake, who worked as a graphic designer or character designer not just for Wrecking Crew but also for Duck Hunt, Kid Icarus, Metroid, Famicom Wars, and Super Mario Land 2, not to mention and all the Game Boy sequels that made Wario the lead character. I think of Spike as being a test run for a character who is summed up by the phrase “looks like Mario but bad.” When Wario debuts, he is also “looks like Mario but bad,” but he’s less a doppelganger than an obvious exaggeration of Mario - fatter, with a wilder mustache and an even more distinctive nose. Their noses all stick out the same number of pixels. The illustration for Spike suggests he might have a longer, beakier nose than either Mario or Luigi, but in-game that’s not the case. They have almost identically colored sprites, with only Spike’s beard to set him apart. It’s probably a result of the limitations of pixel art more than anything, but there’s not all that much to distinguish him from Mario on screen. For one thing, Spike looks a great deal like Mario. What’s interesting about Spike debuting this far back in Mario’s video game career is that he serves as a sort of prototype for Wario, the much more famous bad anti-Mario who’d debut seven years later, in 1992’s Super Mario Land 2. The vibe of this game reminds me of Mario’s Game & Watch days, when Mario and Luigi performed all manner of manual labor jobs, like working at a cement factory, not that they ever spend all that much time doing plumbing in the actual games. In some levels, Mario has to maneuver around Foreman Spike in addition to generic enemies. This, of course, is all a throwback to the 1985 NES video game Wrecking Crew, which has Mario scrambling around a construction site in a way that’s somewhat reminiscent of Donkey Kong, only the objective here is to destroy certain elements of each level - bricks, ladders, what have you - in order to advance to the next. Because a lot of B-tier Mario characters were not announced as appearing in the film, it was pretty wild to consider that the first major adaptation in thirty years would include this guy, whom few fans were even aware existed. I wasn’t expecting that, but I was even more surprised by the news that Foreman Spike would be included in the movie, apparently being voiced by stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco. It was a September 2021 Nintendo Direct that announced the film’s voice cast, surprising many people with news that Chris Pratt would voice Mario. These were issues I was concerned with as well, but given my affection for underloved, underserved Super Mario characters, I was most interested to see how this nearly forgotten Wrecking Crew villain would figure into the story. ![]() Longtime fans had a lot to be concerned about, from Chris Pratt’s controversial take on Mario to whether the film would “girlboss” Princess Peach in a way that betrayed her character in the games. I saw it the Wednesday it opened in Los Angeles, and among the people rushing out to see it, I was probably unique in that I was curious to see how it handled Foreman Spike. Even so, Nintendo is being much more careful it seems.This past week, the new Super Mario Bros. An extended cut of the movie was recently released online. Due in part to its deviations from the source material, the movie was a flop at the box office along with its critical failures, though it has since found a cult following in the years since. The video game franchise was infamously developed as a universally-panned live-action movie in 1993 starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as reimagined versions of Mario and Luigi. Perhaps going animated will bring about better results for a theatrical Super Mario Bros. The comedian is also currently filming an untitled movie directed by Ray Romano which stars Maniscalco alongside Romano, Laurie Metcalf, and Sadie Stanley. He has also appeared in several movies over the past few years, including Tag, Green Book, and The Irishman, and did voiceover work for The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature. Maniscalco is a comedian and actor who has released five comedy specials between 2009-19. Wearing overalls similar to Mario and Luigi but with sunglasses and a beard, the foreman vanished from Nintendo games until his comeback in the Japan-only title Wrecking Crew '98 on Super Famicom, this time working as a builder for King Bowser. During the bonus stages, Foreman Spike competes against Mario in collecting coins. With players controlling Mario and Luigi, the goal is to break down all walls at a demolition site. Foreman Spike first appeared in the 1985 title Wrecking Crew. ![]() Understanding what the marker size represents simplifies a lot of the understanding behind it. Using a function to set the marker size of points in Matplotlib What is the Marker Size in Matplotlib? Plt.title('Changing Marker Sizes Based on Another Value - datagy.io') # Adding another variable to control size We’ll add another array of values that will control the size: # Controlling the size of markers with another variable Because the s= parameter also accepts an array of values, we can simply pass in that array. Let’s say we had another dimension to our data, we can use the values in that dimension to control the size. In this section, we’ll look at using another set of values to set the size of matplotlib scatterplot markers. ![]() Changing the Marker Size for Individual Points in Matplotlib Scatterplots Based on Other Data In order to get a marker that is, say, size 10, we need to pass in the square of that. The s parameter is defined as the marker size in points ** 2, meaning that the value passed in is squared. To understand what the s= parameter controls, we need to take a look at the documentation. ![]() Plt.title('Changing Marker Sizes for All Points - datagy.io')Ĭhanging the marker size for all markers in Matplotlib Let’s see how we can change the size for all markers using the s= parameter: # Changing the size for all markers in Matplotlib Passing in a list of values changes the size for each marker individually.Passing in a single value changes the size for all markers.These options determine what the size of the markers is: The parameter accepts either an integer or a list of values. The size of points is based on the s= parameter. Matplotlib makes it simple to change the plot size for all points in a scatter plot. Changing the Marker Size for All Points in Matplotlib Scatterplots In the next section, you’ll learn how to change the marker size for all points in a Matplotlib scatterplot. Creating a simple scatterplot in Matplotlib Installation, as with most other smart switches, requires a neutral wire, but it's fairly straightforward. The Wi-Fi-connected switch works with all kinds of bulbs, has apps for iOS and Android, and lets you control lights with a touch, voice, motion or remotely via a smartphone. The GE Cync Smart Switch isn't the sexiest or sleekest, but it's the best smart light switch because it gets the job done and is packed with features. Read our full Leviton Decora Smart WiFi Motion sensing Dimmer review. Leviton announced that its second-gen Decora Wi-Fi 2nd Gen Dimmer and Switch will be gaining Matter support in early 2023. For those with older homes, Leviton has the Decora No-Neutral Dimmer ( $49, Amazon) and a No-Neutral Switch ( $44, Amazon), which work with the Decora Smart Wi-Fi Bridge ( $20, Amazon) all are compatible with Alexa, HomeKit, and Google Home, and look to be good, less expensive alternatives to Lutron's lineup. If you don't care for a motion sensor, Leviton also makes a dimmer-only version and an on-off only version of this switch, among others. About the only thing we didn't like is that it requires a neutral wire, which may be an issue for older homes. It also supports a large number of smart home platforms, including the big three: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit. 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Lutron were the original inventors of lighting control systems, and still remain one of the market leaders. ![]() This can cause several millionaires to be made in one night. If there are no jackpot winners after the fifth draw, the jackpot amount will be split between any players who win the second tier prize. balls added to the Lucky Star number ball set in 2011 and again in 2016. Once it reaches this amount, the draw can rollover five more times. A EuroMillions lottery Superdraw is a special lottery draw held from time to. ![]() The jackpot can continue to rollover until it reaches the maximum amount of €190million. In only seven of the draws were the jackpots actually won. There have been 22 Superdraws previous to this one. They took home the entire top prize, by then worth £144 million, the highest EuroMillions prize ever won in Switzerland. There were no big winners on that night, and the jackpot rolled over three times before it was one by a single ticket holder in Switzerland. The jackpot has already grown beyond this mark without the help of a Superdraw in 2016, when two ticket holders shared 132 million (100.7 million) on Friday 29th January, and since then it has also gone past 50 million on three separate occasions. The jackpot then was a guaranteed £115 million. Players will be required to match the five main numbers and two lucky stars, and if nobody is able to win the top prize on the night, then it’ll roll over as normal to the following draw.The next EuroMillions Superdraw comes almost five months after the last one, which took place on Friday September 21. Huge Superdraw jackpotsEuroMillions Superdraws run under the same rules as any other EuroMillions draw with the only difference being the size of the jackpot. This time it’ll be around £108 million even if the jackpot is won in the draw beforehand. Next EuroMillions Superdraw February 1, 2019The EuroMillions Superdraw guarantees nine figure jackpots, meaning that the top prize will be worth over £100 million. There will be an estimated £108 million jackpot up for grabs. Until this point, Superdraw could continue to grow, and for players, that’s an undeniably appealing development.The Next EuroMillions Superdraw has been AnnouncedThe EuroMillions Superdraw has been announced for February 1, 2019. The jackpot has already grown beyond this mark without the help of a Superdraw in 2016, when two ticket holders shared 132 million (£100.7 million) on Friday 29th January, and since then it has also gone past 50 million on three separate occasions. Though there will inevitably be an upper limit based on access and population, there’s still some way to go before this plateau is reached. With more players come greater jackpots, and with greater jackpots, the fame of lotteries like EuroMillions continues to grow. Image source: “Håll tummarna!” (CC BY 2.0) by Magnus D Add to this the smartphone age, where internet access is near-constant and ubiquitous, and even greater player counts result. With players no longer needing to visit a physical location to purchase a ticket, the barriers to entry have been lowered significantly. Providing GrowthĪs for what caused a recent rise in EuroMillions and Superdraw jackpots, thanks has to go to the growth of lottery culture since the rise of the digital age. After Spain comes France and the UK, each boasting two wins, and France and Ireland, on one wins each. Over the last ten SuperDraws (excluding the Tahiti win), the most common winners have been players in Spain, who have taken home four jackpots. Since this winner proved such jackpots were possible, the cap has since been raised to €230 million. This was the maximum jackpot cap so placed because of the low chances of players ever reaching that point. Here, a ticketholder from Tahiti claimed an enormous €220 million. The largest-ever win on a EuroMillions Superdraw was claimed in October 2021. Since December marked the last draw, this would suggest a March-April 2022 timeframe, but again, the odds might dictate otherwise. With the prize rolling over to the following draw on the seventh of December, the Superdraw jackpot was raised to €143 million, won by a player in Spain.Īccording to statistical analysis, the EuroMillions Superdraw usually occurs every three to four months. On this night, there was a €130 million jackpot, with no winner claiming the top prize. The last time a Superdraw occurred was only recently, on the third of December, 2021. When this occurs, the jackpot will roll over into the next draw, which will see a far higher potential payout as a result. This is a rare event, which only happens if the last draw jackpot isn’t won. In terms of the EuroMillions lottery, a Superdraw (also called a Megadraw in Ireland) occurs when the jackpot rises to a guaranteed nine-figure payout. So, what does this mean, and what do players need to know? What is a Superdraw? ![]() One of the largest lotteries in the world, EuroMillions can hit over €100 million, and that’s exactly what’s happened with the latest rollover and Superdraw. 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Everyone says they want to change the world. ![]() We have more amazing destiny 2 content that you can check out – This Week’s Reset, Trove Guardian Location, Eververse’s Inventory and more. Do comment below if this article helped you out. Too bad this doesn’t drop any pinnacle gear, dreaming city was an amazing source for leveling up. Ascendant chests also have higher chances of dropping exotics, I’ve got multiple exotics from these chests. ![]() I don’t really have good RNG by my side, so completing the challenge for the Retold Tale God Roll on all three characters helped. After the Awoken abandoned City, it became plagued with Scorn, Hive, and Taken forces. Upon consuming it, you’ll be able to see a black portal that you can head inside.Ĭomplete the challenge on all of your characters to collect Dreaming City loot from all three. To complete the City of Secrets step, players need to defeat 25 Taken mini-bosses in the Dreaming City. The Dreaming City is the enchanted homeland of the Reef Awoken that was hidden from outsiders. You can purchase it from Petra if you don’t have it. Note: Keep in mind that to see the Ascendant Portal, you need to use the Tincture of Queensfoil. Locating these are easy, I will add YouTube videos with the exact location every week. There are six locations where the Ascendant Challenge is Bay of Drowned Wishes, Chamber of Starlight, Aphelion’s Rest, Gardens of Esila, Spine of Keres, and Harbinger’s Seclude. I have updated the table for dates, you can also click the link given below for the guide on completing the challenge. Head to Chamber of Starlight to complete this week’s challenge and collect your loot. This week’s challenge is Cimmerian Garrison. Present gifts to the visitors in the missions Broken Courier, The Oracle Engine, and Dark Monastery. The location for this week is mentioned in the table for the whole year. Her locations are: The Strand for Weak Curse, Divilian Mists for Medium Curse, and Rehasilvia for Strong Curse.įinding out the location is really easy, in this article we’ve added a map that you can use. We can use the curse type for finding the location of Petra Venj, she is the vendor who will give you the Ascendant Challenge. The planet is so big and finding certain locations would be difficult for the new light players, so this guide will help you out.ĭreaming City has three different curse cycles Weak, Medium, and Strong. The challenge location rotates every week and is confusing for new players. Ascendant Challenge is Dreaming City’s activity that players can complete every week to get Dreaming City Gear. ![]() The freezing pretreatment of the mycelium is a common method and key step of bagging cultivation in northern China, and when producing cultivation species of A. Compared with wood cultivation, bagging cultivation ( Supplementary Figure 1) is more widely used because of the lower expenses, including wood resources and economic investment, as well as the avoidance of pesticides and viruses ( Lv, 2008). auricula-judae is mainly cultivated by two different methods, wood cultivation and bagging cultivation ( Lv, 2008). In 2012, its production in Heilongjiang was more than 3,000,000 tons, with an output value of more than 20 billion yuan ( Liu and Hu, 2018). auricula-judae, its harvesting method has gradually evolved from wild collection to artificial cultivation.Īuricularia auricula-judae is widely cultivated in China, and northern China was the major cultivation area ( Li et al., 2019). With the improvement of the nutritional and medicinal values of A. auricula-judae has been cultivated on a large scale in northern China, with a yield that ranked fourth in the world ( Zhang et al., 2007). ![]() auricula-judae is geographically distributed in Asia, Europe, North America, and other places throughout temperate and subtropical regions ( Akpaja et al., 2005). auricula-judae is also known for its medicinal properties, such as its antitumor, detoxification, anticoagulant, hypoglycemic, and cholesterol-lowering effects ( Nguyen et al., 2012). auricula-judae.Īuricularia auricula-judae is an edible nutrient-rich mushroom, which is an important food resource in Asia due to it being rich in proteins, microelements, vitamins, and carbohydrates as well as its low fat content ( Luo et al., 2009). This work will be expected to provide valuable information on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of freezing treatment on the color quality of A. The proteomic analysis showed that proteins involved in glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, tyrosine metabolism, ribosome, and arginine biosynthesis might contribute to the color differences in the A. Our findings showed that a longer freezing treatment causes a lighter color of A. auricula-judae was analyzed by physiological assays and a proteomics approach. In the present study, the synthesis of melanin in A. auricula-judae, but the mechanism of the effects of freezing treatment on melanin accumulation remains unknown. It is known that environment stimuli will affect the production of melanin by A. ![]() 2College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaĪuricularia auricula-judae is an edible nutrient-rich mushroom, which is a traditional medicinal resource in China.1Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.Jiawen Li 1†, Ziwei Li 1†, Tong Zhao 1, Xiufeng Yan 2* and Qiuying Pang 1* GameZebo's Nick Tylwalk noted that "graphics are super sharp, especially impressive on the leader characters, and the music and sound effects are instantly recognizable." This sentiment was echoed by other critics. The graphics and sound were universally praised by reviewers. "If you want to reach the top of the leaderboard, you'll have to spend money", he stated in his review. "I never felt the need to make in-game purchases" noted the reviewer from Yahoo! Life. ![]() Lagace noted that when aside from the MOBA battles Force Arena "is but another card collecting game." Some critics took note that the game did not require players to purchase cards with real-world currency in order to succeed. Inversely the star card mechanics were often a point of criticism. iMore's Luke Filipowicz stated that "I always felt I had the opportunity to win, even in the matches where I would get trampled by my opponent." Android Central's Mark Lagace similarly lauded the battles, noting "the strategy and action it delivers in battle is as good as it gets." Harry Slater of Pocket Gamer noted that the three minute timed rounds lead "to some excellent, frantic battling." Other critics gave high marks for the game's short battles. Reviewers generally praised the MOBA aspect of the game. Gameplay aspects received mixed impressions from critics. On the game's first anniversary the developers revealed that the game had reached 6.5 million players. Star Wars: Force Arena received generally favorable reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. The game was no longer available for download after January 17, 2019, and the game shut down as scheduled. On December 19, 2018, it was announced that the game would be shutting down on March 18, 2019. For Star Wars Day 2018 two 40th anniversary characters were released based on Ralph McQuarrie's concept art: Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. A full release followed on Janufor iOS and Android. The game was later showcased in November at G-Star 2016. It was announced in November 2016, The game received a soft launch on Novemin Australia and Singapore, where it was released under the title Star Wars: Battlegrounds. Star Wars: Force Arena was developed by Korean studio Netmarble Games and published in conjunction with Lucasfilm. The respawn time penalty also increases for each subsequent defeat, up to a maximum of ten seconds. When a leader is defeated, they will respawn near the shield generator after some time passes, during which the player is unable to deploy any cards. Many leaders also each have a unique counterpart, which may be a side character or even a spacecraft strafing run, which can only be used with the character with whom they are paired. The myriad of playable squad leaders and unique assistants not only include characters that appear in the films, but also characters who appear in spin-off films, TV series, and Marvel-published comic books, like Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: Princess Leia, as well as Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Solo: A Star Wars StoryĮvery squad is headed by a leader character, which has a special ability that the player can reuse at will after a certain amount of time passes, as well as some passive abilities. ![]() Players control customized squads of characters and vehicles in a card-powered multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) environment in the vein of Clash Royale, where the goal is to destroy the enemy squad's automatic defense turrets and shield generator to open their base to an airstrike. Some critics felt no need to spend money on the game, while others noted it suffered from pay-to-win mechanics prevalent in mobile games.įorce Arena was a real-time strategy game that could also be played online as a multiplayer online battle arena.Įarly versions of Force Arena were set in the Rebellion era of the Star Wars storyline, until an update on Augadded content from the Clone Wars era and a Novemupdate included the New Republic era. There was also division in regards to digital purchases. Reviewers generally praised the MOBA aspects of the game, but were more critical of card collecting aspects. ![]() Critics gave high marks for the game's graphical and sound presentation. Servers were shut down on January 12, 2019, and the game was removed from digital storefronts. On the game's first anniversary it had reached 6.5 million players. It generally favorable reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. It was released on Janufor Android and iOS. Players command various Star Wars military units in a card-powered multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). Star Wars: Force Arena is a discontinued 2017 Star Wars-themed player versus player real-time strategy mobile game from Netmarble Games and Lucasfilm, involving characters and military units that appeared in all major Star Wars film installments released before 2019. ![]() In 1984, thirty years after a nuclear war, supposed to happen in the 1950s, the world is divided into three so-called superstates, constantly waging war ones against the others: Oceania, whose core territories are the Western Hemisphere, the British Isles, Australasia, and Southern Africa, Eurasia, that covers Continental Europe and Russia, as well as Siberia, and Eastasia, whose territory includes China, Japan, Korea, and Indochina. Let’s give a brief synopsis of Orwell’s novel. This is the reason why people feel like they’ve always known this intrusive character, hence the slogan « Big Brother is watching you », a maxim that endlessly brings the feeling of being watched back to the people. Although it is never said whether Big Brother exists for real or not, the latter remains omnipresent through appearing on posters or tele-screens. In the dystopian society conceived by George Orwell, an ubiquitous totalitarian state wields all powers over its therefore oppressed citizens, subject to constant surveillance. This leads many to argue that George Orwell’s novel has turned into some sort of gloomy reality. ![]() In the wake of many terrorist attacks, the global threat to national security seems to induce our governments to strengthen measures in order to reinforce the jeopardized country’s safety. If we think about Big Brother in the framework of George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, the pervasiveness of the character seems, indeed, to be its main trait. Nowadays, Big Brother is known as a synonym of mass surveillance. |