![]() ![]() Jonathan looks through an old book with clippings of Isaac when he was a famous illusionist, as well of pictures of him during World War II. ![]() ![]() Jonathan lets Lewis know that he has only one rule: never open a cabinet that he has locked. Lewis learns that, in order to be a legitimate warlock, he must fight an evil spirit using his own magic. At Lewis's request, Jonathan decides to teach him how to be a warlock. Before Isaac died the previous year, he left a clock in the house and Jonathan has been trying to find it and discover what it is meant to do. The house's previous owner is a sinister warlock named Isaac Izard and his equally wicked wife Selena. He reveals to Lewis that he is a practicing warlock and that Florence is a witch. Jonathan is then forced to explain himself and tell Lewis the truth about magic being involved in the house. Lewis runs away freaked out and sees the windows, piano, and a "pet chair" named Chairy among other things coming to life. Lewis then gets up and goes around the house in the dark and finds several creepy-looking dolls and Jonathan smashing a wall with an ax. Barnavelt also tells Lewis that he must find a book and then a key. At night, Lewis thinks he is dreaming seeing his mother who tells him that Jonathan is hiding something from him and that the ticking sound he hears is real. ![]() The other kids think Lewis is weird for wearing goggles, which he based off his favorite TV hero, Captain Midnight. On his first day of his new school, he meets Tarby Corrigan, who is being friendly with him just so he can get voted class president. Lewis tries to sleep that night, only to be kept up by what sounds like a faint ticking noise and notices Jonathan trying to find it. All Lewis has left of his parents is a Magic 8-Ball that they gave him before the car crash. Upon arriving at Jonathan's home, Lewis meets Jonathan's neighbor and best friend, Florence Zimmerman, with whom he trades playful insults. You know what to expect from Black, who riffs off co-star Cate Blanchett who plays Mrs Zimmerman, a fellow sorcerer, perfectly.Blanchett shows a winning sense of humour and comic timing here that's as nutty as her character's famous cookies.In 1955, ten-year-old Lewis Barnavelt goes to New Zebedee, Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan after Lewis' parents are killed in a car crash. The affable Jack Black stars as Uncle Jonathan, whose eccentricities are soon revealed to be down to his sorcery skills. Curious Lewis quickly lends his hapless uncle a hand in solving his problem - and the mystery.Īll while he trains up as a sorcerer, which is pretty impressive as he does it all while he navigates trying to fit into a new school. Lewis quickly clocks that his uncle isn't all he seems - and neither is the house, which is suffering from a ticking in its walls. The live action adaptation of The House with a Clock in Its Walls brings the 1973 John Bellairs novel to the big screen following young Lewis as he moves in with his eccentric Uncle Jonathan after the death of his parents. The latest movie to attempt to comes from Eli Roth. Whether it's Harry Potter and its giant spiders or Disney's large expanse of villains to choose from, children want to be thrilled and spooked. It's nearly Halloween which means it's time for the spooky offerings to hit the cinema. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() More than half of Euripides' extant tragedies employ a deus ex machina in their resolution and some critics claim that Euripides invented it, not Aeschylus. Ancient examples Īeschylus used the device in his Eumenides but it became an established stage machine with Euripides. The device is associated mostly with Greek tragedy, although it also appeared in comedies. Aeschylus introduced the idea and it was used often to resolve the conflict and conclude the drama. The machine could be either a crane ( mechane) used to lower actors from above or a riser that brought them up through a trapdoor. ![]() The term was coined from the conventions of ancient Greek theater, where actors who were playing gods were brought on stage using a machine. Origin of the expression ĭeus ex machina is a Latin calque from Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanês theós) 'god from the machine'. Its function is generally to resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending or act as a comedic device. Deus ex machina in Euripides' Medea, performed in 2009 in Syracuse, Italy the sun god sends a golden chariot to rescue Medea.ĭeus ex machina ( / ˌ d eɪ ə s ɛ k s ˈ m æ k ɪ n ə, ˈ m ɑː k-/ DAY-əs ex- MA(H)K-in-ə, Latin: plural: dei ex machina English "god from the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence. For other uses, see Deus ex machina (disambiguation). ![]() ![]() ![]() OmniPlan is cheaper than Microsoft Project to be fair, although Project for Web is catching up at $10 per month and there are alternatives like QuickPlan at $50.įull disclosure: Of all these apps, I do REALLY would want to use OmniPlan. Omni Outliner is probably closest compared to OneNote which comes included with any Office 365 plan above $4.00 per month. The subscription model cost is roughly the same as Figma (although figma also has a free-forever tier). OmniGraffle is $249.99 USD compared to Sketch at $99. I actually migrated from Omnifocus 2 to Things 3 and personally think its the better app, but I get that some people might like the bells and whistles. That's the Bay Area's fault for really shit planning (which, I was surprised, managed to beat London's planning by a mile - in shittiness).īuying Things 3 for iPad ($9.99), iPhone ($19.99) and Mac ($49.99) is half the price of OmniFocus. The only exception here is San Francisco, where 3k USD pm will get you a cardboard box inside someone else's bedroom, or possibly even bathroom. Or you can stay in Jurong where all the expats are, for much cheaper. If you like to live in a more lively place, I think apart from Sentosa (which is filled with tourists anyways), places like Bukit Timah and Tanjong Pagar are comfortably within your reach. Singapore, you can literally get an apartment next to MBS in 100k USD - if you like living in a weekend ghost town. Parking costs might have to be factored in though. It can get you a pretty mediocre apartment in Central London but who lives there? You'll easily get a comfortable place in Zone 5 or outside for cheaper too, with a better QoL. ![]() Microsoft Project) - but nope! That's a $199 IAP to upgrade to pro (or buy pro upfront).Īnd after you have bought that $400 project management suite for your Mac do you think you can view THOSE files on your iPhone without buying something extra? Think again! That will be another $99 for the standard version on iOS or $199 please if you want pro.ġ00k USD (for one person, non family), depending on your taxes, can get you a reasonable apartment in NYC, perhaps even a fancy place in Brooklyn (and if you're lucky, a good place in Tribeca or the Meatpackers District). Then after you have bought the project management software, you might expect that it can export to a common format so you can share it with users that don't use OmniPlan (i.e. If you want to see your tasks on your iPhone you have to buy the iPhone version separately at $75 (they have blocked users from running Omnifocus iOS on M1 macbooks).Īnd even after spending over $170 (for what is effectively a gtd task manager), they still ask you to pay $5 a month to access it on the web.Īnd you might expect it then, to sync with the $199 you spent on their project management software (Omniplan) - but nope! He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.On the other hand - their software is incredibly expensive. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. ![]() He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. ![]() ![]() The time to convert will depend on the length and the number of audio files in the queue. ![]() Step 3. The last step is to export the audio in MP3 or AAC format. You can also use the edit tools to remove what is not needed. You can change anywhere between 0.2X (slow down) to 5X (speed up). To change the speed, move the slider to left or right. It will reveal controls where you can change speed, use fade-in, fade-out, and change volume level. Step 2. Select the audio file, and then click on the pencil icon. If you are planning to speed up multiple files, add them together into the timeline, and then change speed one by one. ![]() Step 1. Download and launch EaseUS Video Editor, then, add the audio files into the media section. Steps to Speed Up or Slow Down Your Audio File: That said, EaseUS audio speed editor can also help you edit audio files easily to make them more appealing. Make sure to remove the non-essential part of the audio before changing the speed. Once the change is applied, you can also add background music to make it sound better if needed. When it comes to changing the speed of audio files, you can use this tool to adjust the speed of a single audio file or multiple audio files. ![]() EaseUS Video EditorĮaseUS Video Editor is a professional video and audio editor that can edit both videos and audio files. Go on reading to find your desired one now! 1. Given that, this post lists down the top 10 best music speed changers for Windows 10, Mac, and even online users. However, you need an audio speed changer if you want to complete the task successfully. In this case, adjusting the audio speed will help you get a better result. Sometimes, you may have heard audios where someone is speaking too fast, which makes it difficult to understand, or the audio file is too slow, which will cost your time to get it. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can also use the software to cast photos and videos from your phone to a nearby PC or tablet. This includes your contact list, messages, downloaded music, videos, apps, and more. In case you purchase a new iOS device, you can easily use SHAREit to transfer all your data from your old device. ![]() With SHAREit, you can easily send and receive files from any device that is in your vicinity. Furthermore, once the transfer begins, you will not experience any drops or slowdowns. The software promises a transfer speed of 20 MBPS and more. One of the most prominent features of SHAREit is its speed. It comes loaded with features and lets users transfer files of any size or format to other devices without a network. The multi-device software lets you transfer files between computers, smartphones, and tablets, provided they are in close range. With over 600 million active users, SHAREit is a popular file transferring tool. This is because the software is said to be 200 times faster than Bluetooth and doesn’t require an internet connection. SHAREit claims that it can transfer a movie within 10 seconds. Your phone will scan and confirm the connection and will transfer files within seconds. Once you click on send, you will have to create a connection with the recipient device. The same screen has four tabs (Games, My Music, My Files, and My Videos) allowing you to easily jump to any section you want to explore.įile transfer is also quite simple. ![]() Once you install the app, you will come across a clean blue screen that lets you easily send or receive items. However, since its last update, it has received a facelift. Does SHAREit have a simple interface?Įarlier, SHAREit had a cluttered interface on both iOS and Android. Once that’s done, you can easily swap pictures, songs, films, and more. You can easily do so by creating a temporary WiFi hotspot. To send files across to another handset or computer, all you have to do is set up a connection between the devices. Moreover, it doesn't require a USB cable to make the transfer. SHAREit is a cloud-based sharing service, which means that you can transfer files without an internet connection. It also doesn’t have format limitations and is much better than other sharing tools like NFCs, Airdrops, Bluetooth, etc. The software has no size limit, allowing you to send large files like movies and presentations to other users. SHAREit, as the name suggests, is an application that lets you share videos, photos, documents, apps, and other items on your iOS phone with other devices. ![]() ![]() Bellucci received the knight insignia of the Legion of Honour in 2016. Bellucci made her stage debut in 2019, initiating a long series of interpretations of the Letters and Memoirs of Maria Callas.Īmong her accolades are two Globo d'oro Awards, two Nastro d'Argento Awards, a Donostia Award, and a David Special Award. Continuing her international multilingual acting career, she has since acted in films such as On the Milky Road (2016), The Best Years of a Life (2019), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), and Memory (2022). At the age of 50, by appearing in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, Bellucci became the oldest Bond girl in the history of the franchise. She starred in The Brothers Grimm (2005), How Much Do You Love Me? (2005), Shoot 'Em Up (2007), The Whistleblower (2010), The Ages of Love (2011), The Wonders (2014), and Ville-Marie (2015). She portrayed Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson's biblical drama The Passion of the Christ (2004). She starred in Gaspar Noé's controversial arthouse thriller Irréversible (2002), carried with her fearless performance.īellucci portrayed Persephone in the 2003 science-fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Bellucci starred in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and in a comedic role in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002). She gained greater international recognition by portraying Malèna Scordia in Giuseppe Tornatore's acclaimed Italian romantic drama Malèna (2000). She captured American audiences' attention in Stephen Hopkins' Under Suspicion (2000). For her leading role in The Apartment (1996), Bellucci received a nomination at the 1997 César Award for Most Promising Actress. She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana, Cartier, and Dior, before transitioning to Italian films and later American and French films.īellucci made her film debut in Francesco Laudadio's Italian comedy La Riffa (1991) and went on to play a bride of Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's gothic horror romance film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Monica Anna Maria Bellucci ( Italian: born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model. ![]() ![]() Meaning: Heal us from the sicknesses of the heart as well as the physical sicknesses of the body. In other words, we ask You (Allaah) for guidance, for that is only by virtue of Your mercy and wisdom and your past favors as You have guided others. ![]() So we therefore also ask Him to bestow the same favor upon us and guide us. This is a way of at-Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allaah) by mentioning His favors on others in that He guided them. So when one says this Dua, he should, with his heart present, call to mind that he is asking for both types of guidance, the guidance of the correct knowledge and the guidance of acting in accordance with it.Īs for the wording, … with those You have guided,” In this way, the following verse includes both of these types of guidance, So when we say in the Dua of Qunoot, “Guide us with those You have guided,” we are asking Allaah for both types of guidance, the guidance of knowledge and the guidance of action. In this case, the Messenger is never able to grant someone the success of their good actions as this type of guidance is specific to Allaah alone. This is the guidance of granting one success in their deeds. Indeed, you do not guide whoever you like. Meaning: You direct the people to the straight path and teach them about it.Īs for the other type of guidance which is the granting of success, an example of this type is the verse, However, they preferred blindness over guidance, and from this we seek refuge with Allah.Īlso from this type of guidance, which is knowledge and clarifying the truth, is the statement of Allaah to the ProphetĪnd indeed, you guide to the straight path. Meaning: We clarified the path to them and We conveyed the knowledge to them. ![]() ![]() “As for Thamood, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance.” Soorah Fussilat, 41:17 Guidance without action is of no real benefit rather it is even harmful because if a person does not act in accordance with what he knows, his knowledge then becomes evidence against him.Īn example of guidance in the form of knowledge yet with no action is the verse of Allaah, Meaning: Guide me to the truth and assist me in acting in accordance with it.Ĭomplete, beneficial guidance is that in which Allaah combines for a servant in both knowledge and action. O Allaah, guide me with those You have guided…” This explanation was given by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, during his lectures which he used to present in the central mosque in Mecca (al-Masjid al-Haraam) during the blessed month of Ramadhaan. This is a concise explanation of the dua, or supplication that is said during the Witr prayer. Both of these were narrated in the Sunnah. So you have the choice of doing ruku’ when you have finished reciting Quran, then standing up and saying “ Rabbana wa laka al-hamd” then saying Qunut… or saying Qunut when you have finished reciting Quran, then saying “ Allahu akbar” and bowing. Most of the ahadith and the opinion of most of the scholars state that Qunut comes after ruku’, but if you say Qunut before ruku’ that is acceptable. If a calamity (nazilah) befalls the Muslims, it is prescribed to say Dua Qunoot after standing up from ruku’ in the last rak’ah of each of the five daily obligatory prayers, until Allah relieves the Muslims of that calamity. It was narrated that ‘Umar prayed Qunut with the following words: ![]() When praying Qunut at the time of calamity, one should make supplication as is appropriate to the situation, as it was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) cursed some Arab tribes who had betrayed his Companions and killed them, and he prayed for the weak and oppressed believers in Makkah, that Allah would save them. Qunut at times of calamity (Qunut al-Nazilah) Blessed are You, our Lord, and You are exalted far above (any deficiencies). Whomever You show loyalty towards will never be humiliated, and whoever You show enmity towards will never be honored. Indeed, You decree while no one decrees against You. The translation of Dua for qunoot is O Allaah, guide me with those You have guided, heal me with those You have healed, care for me as a companion with those You have cared for, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. Advertisements Dua Qunoot In English Translation ![]() ![]() Inmate Money Deposit Instructions for Inmate Communications Bay County Jail Depositing Money for Communicating with an Inmate How to Make a Deposit for Phone, Email or Visitation using īay County Jail uses GettingOut for some or all of its communication services with an inmate. Call 85 to get the Facility Locator Number. To do this you will need the inmate's offender # (inmate ID #), full legal name, and Facility Locator Number. Option 4 - Make an Inmate Deposit over the Phone by calling Touchpay at 86. NOTE: Call the Bay County Jail at 85 to see if they are still allowing money orders to be mailed. Always send a Money Order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank or Western Union. Mailing a deposit takes more time to process than the other methods but can be done if you live too far away to bring it in person and you don't have a debit/credit card for online deposits. Option 3 - Mail the Inmate Deposit to the Jail The company charges you a small fee for doing so, but the fee probably isn't as much as gas and parking would cost to take it to the jail in person. Option 2 - Deposit Inmate Money Onlineīay County Jail uses Touchpay to process all online deposits to an inmate's account. You will use a Touchpay self-serve kiosk in the lobbies that accepts cash, debit or credit cards. Resources Frequently Asked Questions (you must have an inmate chosen in order to review these FAQs for Bay County JailĬontact Info: 88AM–9PM ET, 7 days a week.Ĭommissary Deposits using Touch Pay Options for putting money on an inmate's books in Bay County Jail: … with many gift packs priced in between. … to $104.99 for a box of 85 snack and food items… They range in price from $10.49 for ten pre-stamped envelopes, 2 pens and a pad of writing paper… There are a total of fourteen (14) pre-determined icaregift packs available to choose from. You will receive a confirmation email when it is delivered. Bay County Jail has up to 30 days to give your icaregift pack to your inmate. Confirm the order in your confirmation email. Select the icare gift you want to send them. When the information is entered correctly, click the “Search” button to confirm they are in the system. Click the "Find an Inmate" button and enter your loved one’s first name, last name, or inmate number. The service they use is called icaregifts.ġ. ![]() ![]() Bay County Jail Inmate Commissary Information Bay County Jail allows pre-determined commissary packs to be purchased by friends and family of inmates. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Koestler had been a prisoner-of-war during the Spanish Civil War.) Īrthur Koestler describes the code being used by political prisoners of Stalin in the 1930s in his anti-totalitarian novel Darkness at Noon. It is said to have been used by nihilist prisoners of the Russian Czars and also by US prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. ![]() The Polybius square has also been used in the form of the " knock code" to signal messages between cells in prisons by tapping the numbers on pipes or walls. Both parties would need the same tablets, a telescope (a tube to narrow view, no real magnification), and torches. ![]() The sender would then raise a set of torches on his right side to indicate which letter on the tablet was intended for the message. The sender would then hold up the first set of torches on his left side to indicate to the recipient which tablet (or row of the square) was to be consulted. To send a message, the sender would initially hold up two torches and wait for the recipient to do the same to signal that they were ready to receive the message. The Polybius square was used to aid in telegraphy, specifically fire-signalling. This system was slightly better than the basic fire-signalling, but still lacked the ability to convey any needed message. According to Polybius, in the 4th century BCE, Aeneas Tacticus devised a hydraulic semaphore system consisting of matching vessels with sectioned rods labelled with different messages such as "Heavy Infantry", "Ships", and "Corn". Previously, fire-signalling was useful only for expected, predetermined messages, with no way to convey novel messages about unexpected events. In his Histories, Polybius outlines the need for effective signalling in warfare, leading to the development of the square. For example, the key phrase " polybius cipher" would lead to the reordered square below.Īpplications Telegraphy Diagram of a fire signal using the Polybius cipher Alternatively, a 6 × 6 grid may be used to allow numerals or special characters to be included as well as letters.Ī 6 × 6 grid is also usually used for the Cyrillic alphabet (the most common variant has 33 letters, but some have up to 37) or Japanese hiragana (see cryptography in Japan).Ī key could be used to reorder the alphabet in the square, with the letters (without duplicates) of the key being placed at the beginning and the remaining letters following it in alphabetical order. The 26 letters of the Latin/English alphabet do not fit in a 5 × 5 square, two letters must be combined (usually I and J as above, though C and K is an alternative). This alphabet, and this latter form of the Polybius square, is used when implementing the square in other Western European languages such as English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch.Įach letter is then represented by its coordinates in the grid. ![]() With the Latin alphabet, this is the typical form: Modern Greek still uses that same alphabet, as do implementations of the Polybius square in that language. The original square used the Greek alphabet laid out as follows: Letters are represented by two numbers from one to five, allowing the representation of 25 characters using only 5 numeric symbols. There are no surviving tablets from antiquity. The device partitioned the alphabet into five tablets with five letters each (except for the last one with only four). Basic form Īccording to Polybius' Histories, the device was invented by Cleoxenus and Democleitus, and further developed by Polybius himself. The device was originally used for fire signalling, allowing for the coded transmission of any message, not just a finite amount of predetermined options as was the convention before. The device is used for fractionating plaintext characters so that they can be represented by a smaller set of symbols, which is useful for telegraphy, steganography, and cryptography. The Polybius square, also known as the Polybius checkerboard, is a device invented by the ancient Greeks Cleoxenus and Democleitus, and made famous by the historian and scholar Polybius. Type of code The Greek letters of a Polybius square ![]() ![]() ![]() I believe Diamond now uses 30mm slate as well. The slate thickness is 30mm, with what Rasson claims to be sub-millimetric precision (0.1mm tolerance).I didn't experience this issue with my 2019 production Pro-Am table. There was some calamity and chatter surrounding the leather Diamond pockets leaving black marks on the balls. As far as the frame is concerned, I would prefer the aluminum as it provides perfect flatness, and a little extra peace of mind for high humidity environments. Also, Diamond has more surface area of wood attached to the slate bed. That said, one could probably raise the argument Diamond is using better quality wood. ![]() Regarding the top rails, both Diamond and Rasson use Phenolic resin that creates a scratch, warp, burn, and dent resistant surface. I would frequently get cuts and scratches on my hands from the tiny ball return cutout that is lined with sharp/rough plywood edges. One thing I did NOT like about my Diamond was the ball return collection area.Aside from this "work in progress," everything else is pretty refined. I will update this post as things develop. I'm in the process of reaching out to Imperial about this issue. ![]() At first I thought it was a potential mechanic issue, but after spending some time finagling with the pockets, I could not get the desired outcome ( e.g., something similar to the Diamond tolerance). On some pockets the corners are wedged against the rails so tightly they buldge and elevate above the rails surface, while on others there is minor gap. I'm not happy with the way the top of the TRP pockets (corners) meet and align with the cushions on the Rasson Ox. I still like the Diamon Pro Am, but it is on the contemporary side. The aluminum beams are visible as I'm walking up the stairs to the loft, which gives the table an ultra-premium look. the metal pocket inserts, luxurious looking rails, and the utilitarian design with the arched legs.
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