![]() With a terrible book of meme quotes by “Promising Young Woman” writer-director Emerald Fennell, “Bad Cinderella” is really about society’s unfair beauty standards. But they couldn’t very well call it “Not-Blonde Cinderella.” I first saw the show in London back in fall of 2021, and for 17 head-scratching months I’ve been asking myself: What exactly makes Cinderella so bad? Collectively, the musical makes as much sense as “The Rum Tum Tugger” on an endless loop. A bunch of beefcakes called the Hunks occasionally take the stage to dance and work out shirtless. A fun-enough horde of shirtless beefcakes called the Hunks dance, thrust, do push-ups and lift weights. Not excited by ballads or teen flirting? “Bad Cinderella” is also a Chippendales strip show. The wonderful song “Only You, Lonely You,” sung not by Cinderella but by Prince Sebastian (Jordan Dobson), is the single best moment of the musical, which is unfortunate because it happens during the first 25 minutes.Ĭinderella’s “I Know I Have A Heart (Because You Broke It)” and “Far Too Late” are pretty - the too-wordy lyrics are by David Zippel - but there’s no powerful narrative build to help them soar like they should. Then there are Lloyd Webber’s lushly orchestrated and tuneful ballads, which - all chandeliers aside - are why we come to any show by him. Linedy Genao and Jordan Dobson play Cinderella and Prince Sebastian in “Bad Cinderella” on Broadway. The love story at the center has no drama. It’s part cutesy, Nickelodeon-style teen comedy: A vapid character remarks on someone’s looks, “It’s giving peasant! It’s giving rags!” And Cinderella’s romance with her geeky prince is reduced to a “friend zone,” does-he-like-me miscommunication. From start to finish during this perplexing and often dull fairytale spin - and, oh, does it spin - you’re never entirely sure what you’re watching or why you’re watching it. It’s a mess with multiple personality disorder. At the Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street. 2 and a half hours with one intermission.
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![]() ![]() Xbox One X worked fine for us within a media cabinet, but over the longer term, we think the hardware is best suited to resting on top, out in the open. Cool air is scooped in from the sides, with a lot of hot air expelled from the back. Xbox One X uses a far more sophisticated thermal solution: the standard heat sink and upward-facing axial fan of the older Xboxes is replaced with a vapour chamber and centrifugal fan. Externally at least, the machine retains the same design language as the S, the major point of differentiation - colour and the sheer weight of it aside - being the placement of the cooling vents. In terms of its physical make-up, the new console is ever-so-slightly smaller than the S, but very much of the same family. ![]() The new Xbox One X follows the same strategy to a tee and is all the better for it. It retained the discreet acoustics of the original model, but improved radically in all other areas. The aesthetically-challenged set-top box model was jettisoned in favour of a more classic, console-like form-factor with a beautiful design, robust matte plastics, and proper buttons. The fact is that Xbox One X is indeed slightly smaller than the existing Xbox One S - a machine that was the physical embodiment of Microsoft's recommitment to the gamer after the disappointments of the 2013 model. Here's the complete Digital Foundry video review for the Xbox One X hardware.Įight evolved AMD Jaguar x86 cores at 2.3GHzġ2 GCN compute units at 853MHz (Xbox One S: 914MHz)ģ6 'improved' GCB compute units at 911MHzĭDR3: 68GB/s, ESRAM at max 204GB/s (Xbox One S: 219GB/s)īut that's not to say that we don't have much to talk about! Just unboxing the machine and checking out the final hardware is a mini-event in itself, as the build quality and design is on another level - exactly as we said when we first saw the console. Microsoft tells us that the paucity of properly X-enabled software will be resolved by the time the system launches on November 7th and to be fair, the volume of updates has certainly ramped up in the last couple of days. ![]() So, if you're coming to this review looking for a more definitive answer to the question of how PS4 Pro and Xbox One X compare, prepare for disappointment. The upshot of this is that our hands-on experience of how existing titles scale up on the new hardware hasn't changed that much from the preview period, when we actually had access to more Xbox One X code and a larger range of key games. On top of that, Microsoft's masterstroke in providing free 4K enhanced versions of Xbox 360 titles is another fascinating aspect of the offering we've barely had a chance to look at - Halo 3, Fallout 3 and Oblivion receiving updates just a couple of days away from the review embargo. Gears of War 4 amounts to the only triple-A first party game we had any decent amount of time with, while third party titles have been slow to appear. While we've had a generous amount of time with the Xbox One X hardware, the fact is that high-profile X-enhanced titles available for us to test during the review period have been disappointingly thin on the ground. Is it a strategy that hands in more consistent results than we've seen over the last year on PlayStation 4 Pro? The early evidence looks positive but certainly in terms of the scope of this review, the jury is still out. The rationale behind the Xbox One X's hardware specification is simple: if ultra HD resolution uses four times as many pixels as standard 1080p, why not make the graphics hardware in the new box four times more powerful than the existing base console? And in a world where the PC versions of multi-platform titles can eat up eight gigs of VRAM owing to their higher resolution artwork aimed at 4K displays, why not bump up the memory provision of the new machine to a massive 12GB of GDDR5? Now it's Microsoft's turn, with the new Xbox One X offering more of a brute force approach to tackling the 4K challenge. While titles like Gran Turismo Sport and Horizon Zero Dawn have demonstrated just how well console titles can scale to 4K HDR displays, too many games are delivering lacklustre results that only offer a smaller, more incremental upgrade over the base PS4 experience. One year on from the release of the PlayStation 4 Pro, the fortunes of Sony's 'supercharged' console have varied. ![]() Sign up for a free account and link your social media and website to start collecting email addresses. 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![]() This means their networks will have more than enough bandwidth to support the latest-generation products for years to come. Primarily, it allows operators to:ĭCA allows cable operators to take full advantage of the gigabit capabilities of Coherent Optics and DOCSIS 3.1 technology, including Full Duplex DOCSIS and Low Latency DOCSIS. How Can Distributed CCAP Architecture Help Build Better Networks?ĭistributing key DOCSIS network functions out of the headend and closer to subscribers’ homes comes with many benefits. Decoupled, these components can now be partially or fully moved from the headend into a fiber node closer to subscribers’ homes, resulting in increased network capacity, greater speeds, lower latency and so on. In 2015, CableLabs figured out how to split the key DOCSIS network functions into two components: a Media Access Control (MAC) layer that’s responsible for how devices in a network gain access to the network, and a Physical (PHY) layer, a physical component that’s responsible for the transmission and reception of data. The key functions responsible for the transmission of data and device access are placed at either end of the operator’s access network-the hub and the modem-like bookends. In the fiber node, the optical signal is converted to a radio frequency (RF) signal that travels via a coaxial cable to the cable modem in your home. In a traditional HFC network architecture, the operator’s hub-or headend-is connected via fiber to the fiber node in your geographical region. ![]() ![]() How Does Distributed CCAP Architecture Work? Let’s take a look at one particular embodiment of DAA, known as Distributed CCAP Architecture (DCA). Ultimately, it’s all about building a robust 10G network that not only supports the needs of today’s gig consumers but also anticipates tomorrow’s high-rate applications such as holodecks, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and more. Because all providers’ business objectives are different, CableLabs has designed several DAA approaches they can leverage. In a nutshell, CableLabs’ DAA technology solutions give cable operators the ability to cost-efficiently redesign their access networks in stages, when and how they see fit. In addition, closer is better because it reduces the amount of hardware at the headend and creates efficiencies in network speed, reliability, latency and security. This network evolution involves moving various key network functions that are traditionally located at the cable operator’s hub site (or headend) closer to customers’ homes-while also leveraging signal-quality improvements inherent with digital optics and the ubiquity of Ethernet. What Is Distributed Access Architecture?ĭAA isn’t a single technology but rather an umbrella term that describes the network architecture cable operators use to future-proof their access networks. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the functionality of the cable access network and how it can be distributed between various components to optimize network performance. In our previous posts about DOCSIS® and Coherent Optics technologies, we touched on some of the components of the cable hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) network, such as the headend and fiber nodes, but of course, there’s much more to it. This month, we’d like to share information about Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) and how cable operators are using it to build the 10G networks of the future. ![]() ![]() Police said they had determined Ahmed had no malicious intent and it was "just a naive set of circumstances". Ethnicity had nothing to do with it, police say The school called the police and Ahmed was taken to a detention centre in handcuffs, where he was fingerprinted and had mug shots taken, amid suspicion he intended to frighten people with the device. "Out of an abundance of caution, we had to take action," spokeswoman Lesley Weaver said. ![]() The Irving Independent School District stood behind the teacher. When the clock's alarm went off in another class, his teacher told him it looked like a bomb and confiscated it. I would advise you not to show any other teachers'," Ahmed recalled. they took it wrong, so I was arrested for a hoax bomb."Īhmed loved robotics club in middle school and was hoping to find something similar at MacArthur High school, but did not get the reaction he hoped for when he showed the clock to his engineering teacher. I wanted to show something small at first. "My hobby is to invent stuff," the teen said in a video posted on the paper's website, filmed in his electronics-filled bedroom. The son of Sudanese immigrants, Ahmed told the Dallas Morning News he hoped to impress teachers by bringing the clock to school on Monday. It's what makes America great," Obama tweeted.Ī photo of Ahmed standing in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with US space agency NASA's logo was retweeted thousands of times in a matter of hours and #IStandWithAhmed became the top trending hashtag on Twitter. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. US president Barack Obama congratulated Ahmed Mohamed, from Irving, Texas, on his skills in a pointed rebuke to school and police officials who defended his arrest amid accusations of Islamophobia. A 14-year-old Muslim schoolboy arrested in the United States after his homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb has won invitations to visit the White House, Google, NASA and Facebook, amid a surge of public support. ![]() The reason that those lektors are still in business are mainly because TV producers can save a lot of money and a lot of time, because the main task of the lektor is just to read the scripts of a movie, and it can even be successfully done in just one day. Today, those lektors are with no doubt part of the Polish culture. Polish lektors gained popularity during the communist times in Poland. The goal to have this lektor in movies instead of full dubbing is that the voice of the lektor sounds neutral and prevents from distracting the viewers from the movie (it works the opposite for me). ![]() The most annoying thing for me is that when you start listening to the original voice, and suddenly the voice of this guy starts to sound! My brain gets so confused and I can’t understand anything! Sometimes I just want to throw something at my TV! :P But I still believe that this might be one of the reasons of why it is so easy for Poles to learn foreign languages. It doesn’t sound that bad right? BUT let me explain you what the typical Polish lektor is like: In 90% of the films I’ve watched on Polish TV, there is always the same voice of a male, around 50 years old, with absolutely no emotions. It doesn’t matter if there is a guy, a woman or a child speaking, or if it’s an action, romantic, horror or comedy movie, the voice of the lektor will always be the same. I got annoyed and I turned off the TV.įor those who don’t know what I’m talking about, the lektor is also known as voice-over or dubbed-overand and it is a form of audiovisual translation. I was like wtf is that lektor, I changed to other channel and that voice was all over the TV channels, it was like a nightmare that was repeating in my head over and over again. She was confused and didn’t understand what I meant, so we went to the living room, and then she looked at me and she told me: “That’s just the lektor in the movies, you don’t have it in Mexico…?”. As I couldn’t it figure it out, I went to my girlfriend and I asked her for help: “Hey, Can you tell how to mute that horrible voice in the background”. I was extremely confused and I was trying to find a way to stop that voice that was overlapping the sound on the film. But when I turned the volume up I couldn’t believe what I was hearing…! ![]() After changing a few channels I finally found an old movie that I watched a few times in Mexico. When I got bored I just looked for a foreign movie to at least understand something. When I moved to Poland I didn’t have a TV but when I went with my girlfriend to visit her family, I spent a few hours in front of the TV trying to catch some words in Polish. My First Encounter with the Polish Lektor Honestly speaking, some movies or series are still in my mind with those Spanish voices that I heard when I was a kid, and now if I listen to them in the original language is super weird for me and, honestly speaking, I don’t like it. When I was younger I didn’t care too much about full dubbing or not. For me it was funny to hear some people complaining about it, when their English level was so poor but they wanted to look ‘cool’ or ‘classy’… but that’s another story. They got annoyed when they couldn’t hear the original voice of the actors and they preferred not to watch the movie at all. Many people hated the movies when there was full dubbing as they didn’t sound ‘fine’ for them. Back in the days when I was living in Mexico, I remember that during weekends I used to watch TV from time to time, mainly when I was at my grandmother’s house, and everyday at exactly 7pm all of us had to watch a Mexican telenovela.īut when I was at home, and because I didn’t have satellite TV, it was common to see foreign movies with full dubbing, or in the best possible scenario the movie was with the original language and just subtitles in Spanish. Putty provides its support for a huge protocol range such as SFTP, SCP, rlogin, Telnet, SSH, serial, etc. Being open-source and free, it is famous among many users of Linux as well. ![]() However, it is not just restricted to Windows OS. Thanks.Next → ← prev Putty Command in Linux Introduction to Puttyįor Windows, Putty is a famous terminal emulator. If you liked this post, on how to configure SSH Tunnel using Putty and Firefox on Linux, please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. They are available 24×7 and will take care of your request immediately. Of course, you don’t have to configure SSH Tunnel using Putty and Firefox, if you use one of our Server Management Services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to configure SSH Tunnel on Linux for you. To test if everything is set up correctly we can visit a site like or enter in the google search bar “ whats my ip” and you should see your remote IP Address. We can open a new tab and start with browsing the Internet via secured network. Now, we have successfully created an SSH Tunnel using Putty and Firefox. We need to click the OK button to save and close the configuration. We need to select the radio button for Manual proxy configuration. In the SOCKS Host field, we will enter localhost and in the Port field, we will enter the same port from our SSH connection. We will be prompted with a new window where we will configure the proxy configuration. Find the Network Settings and click on the Settings button. To work the configuration in Firefox with the SOCKS 5 protocol we have to use a local application.įirst, we have to open the Firefox Web Browser and access Firefox’s menu: Now that we have SSH tunnel, we need to configure Firefox Web Browser to use that tunnel. Once the connection is open we need to enter the sudo username and password to log in.Īfter a successful login, please note that you should not close the SSH connection. Now we need to click on the Open button and make the connection. Click on Session, we will add a name under Saved Sessions “Putty-Tunnel” and click on the Save button. In this tutorial we have used port (4433) and make sure “ Dynamic” and “ Auto” are selected and click the ‘ Add‘ button.ģ. On the left side we need to click on SSH, then choose Tunnels, add the source port number between 1025-65536. We need first to open Putty, then in the Session section, we need to add the Hostname(or IP address) of our server, and also SSH port is required.Ģ.
![]() When saving a TikTok video to Live Photo, it will be cut automatically. Note: The length of a Live Photo range from 1.5 to 2 seconds. Tap it and the video will be converted to Live Photo and saved to your Photos so that you can set as live wallpaper on your iPhone. Step 3Swipe left on the Send to box until you see the Live photo option. Step 2Find the target video, and tap the Share icon. Step 1Open the TikTok app on your iPhone, ![]() Option 2: Convert TikTok Video to Live Photo ![]() Then you can find it in the Live Photos album in your Photos app. Step 4Next, tap the Save Live Photo button to confirm the changes. Step 3Tap the Make button at the top right corner to turn the clip into Live Photo. Step 2Find the target video, and select the video that you want to set as wallpaper on your iPhone. Another option is the TikTok app, which can save a video to Live Photo directly. You can use a third-party Live Photo converter, such as intoLive, to turn a video in your Camere Roll into Live Photo. There are two options to convert a video to a Live Photo on iPhone. In another word, you have to convert the video into Live Photo and then set the video as the wallpaper on your iPhone. However, Apple only allows you to set Live Photo as wallpaper. Part 1: How to Set a Video as Live Wallpaper on iPhoneĬan you make a video as your wallpaper on your iPhone? The answer is yes. Part 3: FAQs about Setting Video as Wallpaper on iPhone.Part 2: Top 3 Live Wallpaper Apps for iPhone.Part 1: How to Set a Video as Live Wallpaper on iPhone.Here is a concrete tutorial on how to set a video as the wallpaper on an iPhone. Moreover, you can also make your custom live wallpaper from any video. The latest iPhones come with live wallpapers pre-installed. A live wallpaper, as known as a video wallpaper, makes the background of your home screen move or shows a short video clip. Today, a still background can no longer meet the needs of iPhone users. ![]() ![]() It confirms sufficient specimen volume and correct procedural technique. A colored line appearing in the control line region (C) is an internal procedural control. QUALITY CONTROL Internal procedural controls are included in the test. The package insert explains why there are positive and negative control swabs in the tests: (Image source: Flowflex package insert screenshot taken on Fri Jan 07 19:40:23 2022 UTC) For professional in vitro diagnostic use only": The package insert for the tests states: "A rapid test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antigens in nasal swab specimens. The one in the image is an antigen rapid test named " Flowflex" that was released in December 2020 and marketed for professional use, not as an at-home rapid test. for "SARS-CoV-2 Antigen" tests with one label reading, "Positive Control Swab," and the other reading, "Negative Control Swab." ACON Laboratories, in San Diego, sells multiple COVID tests. The image shows two packages from ACON Laboratories, Inc. The positive and negative control swabs are not proof that there is a "fix" for results of COVID tests. (Image source: Instagram screenshot taken on Thur Jan 06 18:22:31 2022 UTC) ![]() It opened: Picture taken secretly by a nurse on shift. The claim appeared as an Instagram post on January 4, 2022. Are COVID-19 tests that are labeled "positive control swab" and "negative control swab" manipulated to deliver predetermined results? No, that's not true: The SARS-CoV-2 test packaging shown in a photograph on social media are included in the kits for quality control and not used for patients, per the instructions in the kits. At the top of the tower, it taunts Olivia to return to King Olly's side as it was past her "bedtime" and prepares to stick her and Mario to the tower as well. ![]() It and the rest of the Legion of Stationary were granted life by King Olly to serve as his minions in guarding the streamers, with the Tape sent to guard the purple streamer at the Sea Tower of the Great Sea.Ī no-good, cheating gangster, Tape took over the Sea Tower, imprisoning multiple Toads by taping them onto the walls of the tower. The Tape was once a regular roll of tape used by the Origami Craftman to make his origami. ![]() It is a sentient roll of adhesive tape who took over the Sea Tower. It is a member of King Olly's Legion of Stationery, guards the purple origami streamer, and the fourth member of the Legion to face Mario. The Tape, also called The Shifty Sticker, is a major antagonist in Paper Mario: The Origami King. C'mon, you two! Throw your best attacks at me. I got a feelin' dis is gonna be a fun one. ~ Tape to Mario and Olivia before fighting them. Tape: HEY! I'm not tacky! I'm STICKY! DAT'S IT! Ya want a piece of me? Well, you're gonna get it! How did all these harmless origami-making tools end up with such tacky personalities? Olivia: Guess we know who stuck those Toads to the tower now. You got a grudge wit' things dat wrap over other things? You think I'm some kinda JOKE? EH? It's past your beddy-bye time, capisce? You two were gonna try and take dis streamer out of the picture, eh? I come in strips too, ya know. ![]() How 'bout ya come over here so I can give it to ya? And you, origami kid? Be a good goil and run back to Olly. Tape: You Mario? I got a message for you from the boss. |
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