4/20/2023 0 Comments One day at a time pilot episodeThis broad appeal is also what made these shows’ “very special episodes” all the more daring. And while the winking meta-humor of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt or the mockumentary style of The Office draw attention to the audiences they’re creating, there’s no denying that these increasingly niche shows-especially ratings-wise, compared to even more recent multi-cam hits like Friends-speak more to an individual viewer rather than a large cross section of them. This communal experience was no doubt deepened by the fact that, in the days before cable and streaming, the audiences for these sitcoms were huge: It’s no coincidence that the demise of the multi-cam sitcom overlaps with the splintering of television audiences. Lucy and Ricky’s apartment and the Bunkers’ home were open to the public, creating a sense of community through the television screen. Their own laughter was there in the show’s soundtrack, as were their gasps and their cheers. It quite literally allowed viewers at home to feel as if they were there, laughing alongside those in the audience. Those moments when Moreno or Machado have to wait a beat to say their lines, when the laughter interrupts and energizes their performances, feel like perfect examples of why this theater-television hybrid mode of production once felt so new. Indeed, watching Moreno (who plays Penelope’s mother, Lydia) relish the cheers that follow whenever she nails a punch line is so joyous that you begin to understand why so much of what works here does so because (and not in spite) of its outdated format. The raucous applause that greets the beloved performer as she makes her entrance in the series’ first episode is so contagious and well-earned that any qualms you may have about the show’s live studio audience go out the window. And even as shows like Modern Family, Black-ish, Speechless, and Fresh Off the Boat have reinvigorated the family sitcom, the multi-cam format remains, for better and for worse, a relic of a time gone by.Īnd yet, courtesy of Rita Moreno, it soon becomes clear that One Day at a Time’s chosen format is apt. They’ve been replaced by, on the one hand, a lightning fast brand of comedy that thrills for its quick-witted dialogue (see: Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Veep), and, on the other hand, by a grounded, only faintly comic look at the world (see: Girls, Louie, Transparent). The artificiality of their environments and the saccharine messaging of their jokes have slowly gone out of fashion. No matter that they continue to be successful (so long as they bear Chuck Lorre’s stamp of approval), it’s clear modern TV comedies have moved away from laugh tracks and living room sets. This is, after all, what these “old-school” sitcoms have become: hollow replicas of a format that, let’s face it, wasn’t all that great to begin with.įrom “Jerry” on Seinfeld and “Room and Board” on The Comeback to “Grizz & Herz” in 30 Rock and “White Trash” in Lady Dynamite, there’s no escaping the fact that over the past two decades multi-camera sitcoms have become their own punch lines. Judging the show from this scene alone, some may worry that what’s to follow is yet another multi-camera sitcom that thrives on canned jokes scored by laughter meant to echo and pre-empt their own. The banter that follows gets the crowd warmed up, but it mostly just helps get the exposition out of the way: Penelope is a military vet, has two kids, and is separated from her husband, a fellow soldier who is still in Afghanistan. “Now we’re gonna do that thing where I ask you some basic health questions,” she tells him, “and you lie to me, okay?” There’s a smattering of laughter in the room, as if the audience were questioning whether the line as delivered is funny. We meet nurse Penelope Alvarez (Justina Machado) as she’s asking a patient some required questions about his health. To be fair, the first scene of the show’s pilot is enough to give one pause. And while there’s plenty that makes Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce’s version of Lear’s sitcom “new”-including the Cuban-American heritage at its core-what’s most endearing about One Day at a Time is its repurposing of presumably dated television staples, including that most dreaded of throwbacks: the laugh track. Shot in front of a live studio audience and taking place mostly in the type of family living room that has all its furniture pointing to the camera, it is as old-fashioned a sitcom as you’re likely to find on TV today. Here, as in the famed producer’s most beloved properties, which include All in the Family, The Jeffersons and the original One Day at a Time, is a family unit whose storylines index and find humor in the issues affecting American society at large. A modern reboot of the CBS sitcom of the same name, which ran from 1975 to 1984, the show follows the Norman Lear playbook to a T. To say Netflix’s One Day a Time has old-school charm may seem like a backhanded compliment.
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4/20/2023 0 Comments Isale sawab in quranIt seems that he is very swiftly becoming like the Mu’tazilah. (Mishkat, Kitabul Fitan) This shows that one can pray 2 units of prayer and then send the reward for someone else.ĭr Zakir Naik has said many controversial things. In a Hadith narrated in Mishkatul Masabeeh, Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah radiallahu Anhu requested a group of pilgrims who came from Basrah that when they go back, they would pray two units of salah in Masjid Al Ashshaar and say “هذه لابي هريرة” “These are for Abu Hurayrah”. Our Akabir (elders) have always given sadaqah on behalf of the deceased, recited Quran for them, and sacrificed animals on their behalf. We don’t need to bring an individual daleel for it. This ruling of Isaale Thawaab (sending thawaab) is also one upon which there has been a consensus among the Ummah. The Sahaba radiallahu anhum were the most knowledgeable people of this Ummah and the further you go away from the era of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, you will find a gradual decrease in knowledge. They might not have had so much information available as we have today, however, their knowledge of Deen was much more solid and profound. Our elders were much more pious and God fearing than us. Similarly, most aspects of our Deen have been passed on to us through Tawaaruth. When I started teaching Mishkatul Masabeeh, I came upon the hadith, “And gather your children at nightfall, because the shayateen spread out at that time.” My mother’s words echoed in my mind. If we asked our mothers the daleel for that, they would not be able to provide it. There is no need to look for an individual daleel (proof) for them.įor example, when we were young, our mothers would always call us in the house at Maghrib time. There are some aspects of our Deen which have been passed on through توارث Tawaaruth (continuance inheritance). What you have heard from your elders is the correct thing. Is this correct? We have always heard from our elders that isaale sawab should be done for the deceased. The only thing you can do for them is dua.Ĭheck on YouTube ‘Reading Quran for deceased is Bid’ah’ You can not recite the Quran and give the sawab to a deceased person. I heard Dr Zakir Naik say that there is no such thing as sending thawab for the deceased. 4/20/2023 0 Comments Daily wager best betsIf you’re tired of losing money and paying for picks then bookmark and enjoy our daily free picks. You’ll see countless Internet ‘touts’ selling you a month of picks and then offering you an extra free month if their plays fail to make a profit. 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It turns out that the Binars have stolen the Enterprise because something is going to wipe the computer on their planet. But its a period costume, so I can forgive him. As soon as the ship gets away from the starbase the magnetic field repairs itself. Minuet was the holo-woman of Rikers dreams, created by the Bynars as a distraction from their ship-napping activities. While Minuets costume was designed by the great William Ware Theiss, its obviously not as titillating as some of his more risky designs. Riker and Picard are on the holodeck, but nobody can contact them. The sequence where the ship is abandoned and sent out into space so the explosion is away from the starbase is bloody excellent, you get a real sense of how big the crew is. Suddenly, the antimatter containment field starts to collapse and so they evacuate the Enterprise. There is a really nice scene in the upgraded holodeck where Riker creates a fantasy woman in a Jazz bar in the 1950’s, and plays a bit of trombone. Many of the crew leave for some shore leave (as much of the ship has to be shut down to facilitate the upgrades) – for example Worf and Tasha go and play a game called Parisee Squares (a game we hear about a lot but don’t see) and Riker spends the first fifteen minutes getting the brush off from everyone as they all have other things to do, and he is pretty much the only person left on the ship apart from Picard, Wesley and the upgrade team (four Binars). The premise is simple: the Enterprise is in a starbase having it’s first upgrade, including an upgrade on the holodeck. Riker in particular does well out of this episode – there aren’t all that many episodes that give him a lot to do, but this one does. This episode is so simple, in fact almost nothing happens in it, yet somehow it is great. : Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 16: 11001001 VHS : Burton.Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.14 (11001001) Minuet (or Min Riker) was a character that appeared in a New Orleans jazz club holoprogram on the USS Enterprise-D. where he meets an incredibly beautiful and sultry woman named Minuet. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. In 2364, Minuet was used by the Bynar repair team at Starbase 74 to distract Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Commander William T. Riker while the ship was taken to Bynaus to save their main computer. Minuet made a powerful impression on Riker. In 2367, while he was stranded on an alien planet, an alien named Barash used her image in a recreation of Riker's supposed lost memories, casting Minuet as his wife due to the intensity of his remaining emotions for her. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Created by Gene Roddenberry. work and played a recurring role as Minuet, a computer-generated ideal woman, on the popular science-fiction series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. The discrepancy allowed Riker to realize the truth of the scenario he was facing. A minuet, sometimes spelt menuet, is a dance for two persons. With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis. For the Star Trek character, see Minuet (Star Trek). Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before. ( TNG short story: " Of Cabbages and Kings") When the Enterprise developed sentience later that year and realized it had to give that sentience up to avoid being dismantled, it preserved itself by downloading its new programming into the Minuet program. While this story seems to suggest a timeframe immediately prior to "11001001", it also contains a reference to Picard's experience with the Borg. The Minuet program was later relocated to the holodecks on board USS Titan. In 2381, it was the core of the Avatar program when the ship's computer ascended to become an AI with her own agenda. 4/20/2023 0 Comments Salvador borderlands 2When youngsters would squabble about whether or not Street Fighter’s Akuma made a guest appearance in Resident Evil 2 (1997). It’s a powerful strategy that harkens back to the days of schoolyard rumors. That led players worldwide on a hunt for a secret that never existed. Fans may remember the infamous finger shenanigans of the Resident Evil 7 demo. But rarely have they ever been so downright panic-inducing. Resident Evil titles are no stranger to viral marketing tactics such as this. Capcom also states that this special mode is exclusive to the demo and will not be making an appearance in Resident Evil 4 come the end of March. Voiding the extreme modifiers until they appear again. Death will result in a total game over and boot you back to the menu. It’s important to note that, should you accept the challenge, the rules will only apply to that specific playthrough. Furthermore, damage values are comparable to the Professional difficulty in the original game and will see players dead in as few as two hits if they aren’t careful. Much like Super Salvador himself, these enemies seem to be slightly more aggressive and possess a higher resistance to attacks. Locations that were previously only populated by a single enemy will now feature a trio of bloodthirsty Ganado’s instead. He will stop at nothing to introduce you to his souped-up chainsaw.Īdditionally, the secret difficulty mode also features some remixed enemy placements. Proving as nerve-wracking as ever, Super Salvador charges toward players with a greatly increased speed and attacks with reckless abandon. This extreme difficulty option for Resident Evil 4 more than lives up to its name by bringing back the deadly Super Salvador that terrorized players in the original game’s arcade-like Mercenaries mode. The Terror of the Resident Evil 4 Mad Chainsaw Mode Personally, I only came across it twice in over 40 attempts. Access to this mode seems highly restricted and entirely reliant on luck. Should you be so lucky, you may find yourself receiving a special invitation to a hidden mode called “MAD CHAINSAW MODE”. What fans might not know, however, is that the “Chainsaw Demo” holds a terrifying secret. Including the chainsaw-wielding fan-favorite Dr. Offering a sneak peek of the game’s introductory sequence, players were granted access to the iconic village opening that sees protagonist Leon Kennedy square off against hordes of not-zombies. Following this month’s Capcom Spotlight, Capcom released a demo for the game titled “ Chainsaw Demo”. Resident Evil 4 is set to take over the world yet again in a luxurious remake coming this month. 4/20/2023 0 Comments Sanesss mugen archivePAGE is done in that outdated google-format. (One more time because its double true) Their site suuucks to navigate: Every Probably for everything ive mentioned or am not aware of yet. Theirs seems to have been left barren in some aspect, If that makes any sense. Their site seems dead: While this one seems to have activity on it. Probably by some psuedo-philosopher-failed-highschool wannabe techies You can be on there for YEARS and then one day after everything youve done for them or said and invested your time in - Pow, banned. They dont respect their users n e a r enough, It disgusts me. It is just some insecure people gone mad with power running some site like theirs who do those sorts of things. There are so many ''banned' peoples accounts on mugen archive for obviously silly things like ''uploading the wrong way'' but they are obviously left there like heads on stakes as a ''warning'' for everyone else to ''daare'' not violate the ''sacred (cow) rules'' of whatever millenials are running m. So many banned people on there they left there but never removed: Guys. It is SO god damn bad that it almost looks as if whoever was in charge of organizing gave up for the most part! Which turns off and on, On and off seemingly randomly when you justwantotdownloadalittleandnothavetoseethatstupidpaaaaaaage! x D So EFF that there too! There are so many pre-beta/beta-alpha and half-working projects that its a complete sloooog to pick through what is garbage or what works. PICTURE-CLICK security checkpoint!! Stop it!! And i havent even GOTTEN to the weird, douuchy ''download limit'' they have placed on their content! Sometimes you can only download some and then bam ''youve reached your download bandwith'' for today please come back later''. And you exit out of there to google/bing whatever or stay on site and remain inactive for a little while. Theres nothing more infuriating than for people strapped for time who just want to search for things quickly and are made to wait 20 seconds after every slow, Ass, Search. Which has a 20 second FORCED ''wait'' requirement! 20 seconds. Their site is HARD to navigate: There is so much uploaded shit on there so poorly organized that one could look up one genre of mugen and yet theres another unseen SLEW of the same content not being accessed all because the search-name doesnt have 'edit' in it. So the SANE thing to do of course was to choose (no offense to anyone who happened to be a fan of his here) A quite boring attention seeker like etika! : D Brilliant! They should have also made another of equal value in the form of the 'brick' from timespliters! Of ALL people who should be receiving such boons, They could and should have done all that for: Robin williams, Issac hayes, Stephen William Hawking (Itd be funny but could also be scary strong) Prince the singer who has SO much personality that was also added to thanks to dave chappelle or others of real life or anyone related to characters of fiction who havent been mugenized yet. regressive-politics -These guys allowed politics into that site to taint it when they made this big, Huge deal over etika and a character made of him no ones ever even going to use. Countless stupid ''security'' checks - Before entering their website where these loons over there FORCE everyone to click on pile after pile of pictures of bicycles, Planes and cars - Over, And over and over AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN! D Why cant it be something easier?! THAT is some sadistic bullshit.Theres not many places ive seen this done at to this degree, Yet they act like mugen arcrap dot com is the black marbled entrance to the UN assembly building or something! They arent area-51 but sure seem to think they are! For people using the internet. The login name was obviously done in a humorous way and not in a mean one but god - what fragile PRETENTIOUS losers they are! And i say all this not just because of something so tremendously douchy like what they did there But also: For having a somewhat mature login-name they CENSOR the cussword part out of anyway! And it wasnt a preferential-thing over this site or something - The personal goal was and is to see, Collect and compile an extensive mugen collection, Wherever and whenever any of it was available. So today after visiting that site and after years of being on it. For other brands, you can search Play store to find the corresponding print service plugins. 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Compared to the new TV-hooked kids on the console block, Switch and PS4 are both "limited hardware", but guess which one of them can get away with certain downgrades and has QoL flexibility to trade performance/visual parity for. Seeing as they aren't bailing out of the Switch version (which is good news for me because where else would I realistically play it?), it certainly seems like the unmentioned but the equally big factor is dropping Gen 8 in favour of the modern stuff. "We therefore want to thank the fan community for your support and daily involvement on the game's official Discord channel and within communities on the various social media platforms." "With so much support from fans of the series, we know many of you will be disappointed, but our goal with Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is to make it the most polished gaming experience in the franchise by spending more time on its development," the post says. The PS5 will now be the only place to play Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown on Sony machines.Īs for the 2023 delay, the reasoning is once again all about improving the open world driving experience. Interestingly, a Nintendo Switch version still appears to be planned. In a blog post on Steam, it's explained this is being done to make "the most of the technology in the latest consoles" and maximise "the overall quality of the game". Also, the racer has been delayed to next year. "RiMS Racing" is slated for next summer, and "Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown" is early enough in development that it doesn't have a release date at all.Following in the footsteps of Gotham Knights, developer KT Racing has decided to cancel the PlayStation 4 version of Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown. We'll have awhile to wait for each of these racing games. Apparently it will be built using a game engine created by aforementioned KT Racing, which besides " WRC" also developed "Tourist Trophy: Isle of Man" and that game's direct sequel. RaceWard Studio is developing the game, and they don't seem to have any titles to their name yet besides this new one. Very little was revealed about the title other than it having realistic physics, licensed bikes and famous roads and race tracks. The other game being announced is "RiMS Racing," which is a motorcycle racing sim. Past "Test Drive" games developed by Eden Games and published by Atari had some strange driving physics. We're also excited to see that KT Racing is involved, since they've done an admirable job with the "WRC" rally racing game series. According to Nacon and game developer KT Racing, a part of Kylotonn, this installment will again have a real-life location, and it will again be an island. They were fun fantasy simulators that sweated little details, which is why we wanted to see the series make a return someday. The first "Test Drive Unlimited" took place in a nearly 1:1 re-creation of Oahu, and the second added the island of Ibiza. Past installments of the game have focused on living the lifestyle of the super rich, racing supercars, buying luxury properties to store them, dressing up in designer fashions and exploring exotic locales. The teaser trailer doesn't reveal much except close-ups of candy-colored supercars and a well-dressed human. "Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown" is certainly the biggest news, as it will be the third in a series that last had a release in 2011. However, neither title came with many details as they're each a ways out from release. Video game publisher Nacon hosted a virtual press conference to reveal some of its upcoming titles, and one of them revives a series that has always shown lots of promise: "Test Drive Unlimited." Not only that, but it has a motorcycle racing simulation game on the way. 4/19/2023 0 Comments Post nuclear drifterReliable estimation of ages and temporal correlations through the Quaternary Period (<2.58 Myr) have led to a better understanding of past paleoclimatic changes. The root mean square errors of the analyzed concentrations on day 1000 decreased by the factors varying from 3 to 4 in different DA scenarios as compared to the simulation without DA. In all cases, data assimilation gradually brought ensemble-averaged concentration fields close to the true distribution. Different DA scenarios were considered with different topologies of measurement networks and different source locations. Due to the high inhomogeneity of the concentration fields, the free regularization parameter had to be defined and tuned using the L-curve approach. The ensemble member with the maximum deviation from the unperturbed concentration distribution was selected to be used as “truth” in data assimilation experiments. On day 1000 of the simulation, correlation coefficients of the members of the concentration ensemble and the unperturbed concentration distribution fell to 0.087. The velocity fields obtained from the ensemble of stream functions were then used for the calculation of the ensemble of concentration fields following short-duration point release. The wind stress curl in the right-hand side of the equation for stream function was randomly perturbed to generate an ensemble of the perturbed fields of currents. The method was tested in an idealized setting where the contaminant was released in the ocean described by a simple linear Stommel model that includes the main features of two-dimensional (2D) wind-driven circulation in the ocean on the β-plane. Warner Bros.The capabilities of the ensemble Kalman filter (EKF) data assimilation (DA) method to reduce errors in simulations of concentration distributions following the accidental release of a contaminant in the ocean were evaluated. "Mad Max" has its high-octane moments you just need to cross some bumpy pavement to get to them. Still, there are those scenarios when you find yourself driving blind through the desert at 100 miles per hour while lightning bolts crash and enemy racers spit fire. You know that look in Tom Hardy's eyes when he realizes how insane everything in "Fury Road" is? You won't get that here. The overarching story falls flat, too, never veering from the obvious goal of weakening and then destroying Lord Scrotus. Too many of the missions feel like busywork, with dozens of sites that appear worthy of exploration - until you discover the only reward is a couple chunks of metal. Unfortunately, "Mad Max" bogs down with some of the problems endemic to sprawling, open-world games. Throw in blinding sandstorms and you have some of the most thrilling racing sequences since the "Burnout" games of the previous decade. Here's where "Mad Max" feels most like "Fury Road," mixing white-knuckle driving with explosive mayhem. The most exciting missions involve chasing down convoys, disabling enemy cars one by one and hijacking the lead vehicle. Max's job is to scavenge the wasteland in search of enough scrap metal and spare parts to make that dream come true. Fortunately, he's rescued by a hunchbacked mechanic named Chumbucket who wants to help Max build a powerful new vehicle: a monstrosity so overloaded with armor, spikes, flamethrowers, harpoons and other weaponry that it's worthy of being called his Magnum Opus. It's not quite as satisfying as this year's film reboot, "Mad Max: Fury Road," but it does a good job of re-establishing Max in his proper place in the post-nuclear age.Īs the game begins, Max is attacked by a warlord named Scabrous Scrotus and his gang of War Boys, a fight that leaves the hero bruised, bloodied and carless. "Mad Max" at long last puts us behind the wheel with the wandering maniac. But all we've seen of Max himself has been one crummy 1990 Nintendo game. Ever since the original movie blasted out of Australia in 1979, designers of post-apocalyptic video games like "Fallout" and "Borderlands" have drawn inspiration from its bleak vision. 4/19/2023 0 Comments Smart timer plugAnd while not as compact as the Wemo, the Wyze plug delivers huge value at $12.īest smart plug for HomeKit: Wemo Smart Plug With Thread That makes it a bit less universal, but for the price you can’t beat it – especially if you plan to just use the companion app, Alexa or the Google Assistant. While the Wyze plug shines within the Amazon or Google smart home ecosystem, it doesn’t offer support to connect within the Apple HomeKit setup. Since it’s built in, you don’t need to mess around with creating your own automation. This way if the plug is attached to a lamp in a window, it will appear that the light is turning on and off throughout the day as if you’re home. The Wyze plug also offers a vacation mode, something the Wemo does not. This makes it handier for some use-case like warming up a coffee machine or making a traditional lamp a smart one. If you desire manual control, there’s a button on the side of the Wyze to turn it on or off.Įven more importantly, it was a bit more accurate than the Wemo when turning power on and off by about half a second. And for those who want to conserve energy, it can automatically turn outlets (and the corresponding items plugged in) off at the end of the day. For instance, we set up an automation for the Wyze to turn on our coffee machine at 7:45 every morning to start the brew process. You can create timers, and compared to the Wemo, the Wyze’s experience is a bit more intuitive as it offers a quick scroll menu for selecting the time. In terms of responding to commands, the Wyze plug handled prompts within a second. There are a few prompts, which get the gadget connected to your home’s Wi-Fi network, and then you’re set. Included in the box is a QR Code you scan to connect the app to the plug. It has everything a smart plug needs - a plug to go into your current outlet, an outlet on the front to plug other devices in and connectivity to make it controllable - and excels at the overall experience. The Wyze Plug is a really unassuming device. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account |
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