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My God (pardon the pun), what an episode. I feel like I say that so many times, but it's true. They're all so good, and each week keeps topping the last. Lucifer remains such a delicious show to watch, a sweet, uncomplicated escape, but it always leaves me ready for the next rush, even when it breaks my heart like this week did — unlike my friends who stumbled away raw and bloody from The Walking Dead premiere. Sorry, guys. Come on over to devil time. We've saved you a seat.
This week's episode was written by Jason Ning, who also wrote my still-favorite-of-all-time episode, Favorite Son (season one). All the Lucifer writers like to bury echoing threads between the mysteries of the week and Lucifer's development, but as was the case in Favorite Son, this week's episode has extra special layers.
Buckle up. Spoilers ahead.
We open a few beats behind the end of the last episode so we can watch how Chloe had her car accident and see who engineered it. The culprit is Uriel, another angel, one who specializes in patterns. He moves a skateboard a few inches over on the lawn of a random house, which causes a mother to trip over it, fight with her son, scaring their dog who then runs into the street and makes a motorist swerve and hit Chloe's car. It hurts her but not in any serious way.
Lucifer immediately suspects something is up, though he believes his father is to blame. He's also concerned, however, about Chloe's plan to move in with Maze, insisting they're like "snow pants and elephants." They don't mix. He holds up a string of anal beads and other various sex toys from Maze's pile of belongings as proof.
Chloe isn't worried about living with Maze, though she is concerned about Trixie, who is acting out after Chloe's accident, worried something will happen to her mother. She reassures her daughter that she will be fine, that the accident was just that, an accident. Chloe will repeat this line throughout the episode, insisting she doesn't believe in fate, destiny or anything guiding her life or her hand, and this will be important later. One of the gifts of writing these recaps is I watch every episode several times, and it's in those repeat viewings that I can really see what care the writers take with their work, how much this is more than just a job to them. They leave little crumbs for us to find, for their talented actors to massage into scenes that transport us.
Anyway. Back to our show …
The murder of the week — which again will be an important echo to Lucifer's personal struggle — is of Wesley Cabot, star of the Body Bags movie franchise. He had a drug problem and wasn't making movies anymore, was instead teaching karate. He was killed with an award for one of his films, bashed in the head with it, and found by a student arriving for a lesson.
Lucifer spies Uriel walking by the window of the crime scene and leaves to follow him onto a rooftop, where Uriel admits he was behind Chloe's accident and delivers an ultimatum: Deliver Mom, or Chloe will die within 24 hours. He needs to pay up on his deal with Dad, or Uriel will take back what their father gave Lucifer.
Lucifer confers with Amenadiel and Maze at the penthouse, where Maze is quite direct: Don't mess around. Deliver Mom to Uriel and be done with it. Lucifer declines, insisting Amenadiel can simply wipe him out. Of course, this won't work, because Amenadiel doesn't have his powers, but no one knows this, and Amenadiel still doesn't tell them.
Meanwhile, Lucifer appoints himself Chloe's bodyguard, insisting she be unpredictable and do different things than she normally does. While they're arguing over whether she needs to do this, Dan comes up to them, upset to discover Wesley Cabot is dead — as it turns out he, too, is a fan. Dan also has a lead on the plates from the getaway car from the crime scene: Cabot's ex-wife Jamie, who has remarried Cabot's former co-star and rival, Kimo Vanzandt. They bring Jamie in for questioning (she's played by Charisma Carpenter, Buffy fans), where Lucifer tries out his new catchphrase — welcome to devil time — and she admits she was at Cabot's dojo, but it was because he'd left a strange voice mail that "it all started with Body Bags 4." She went to see him and found him dead, so she panicked and left. She says Kimo was in Reno at a convention at the time of the murder.
Chloe wants to understand the conflict between Kimo and Wesley, and Dan and Lucifer enthusiastically explain that in Body Bags 4, Kimo appears as a CIA operative in what was Wesley's Body Bags series, but Kimo — the Weaponizer — was spun off into a more successful franchise, starting their rivalry. Chloe is uninterested in the films that the boys keep trying to recap, but she notes Kimo does seem to have always had it out for Wesley: stole his wife, stole his film franchise. She knows there's no way Kimo was at a convention, because the one Jamie named is always held a different time of year because her mom always went. They decide to hunt down Kimo.
Speaking of moms, Amenadiel goes to see his at the law office and tries to reason with her, possibly trying to persuade her to willingly go back to hell. He points out others will try to come and take her away, and she brushes this aside, saying whether she gets two more years or two more minutes, it's worth it if she gets to stay with her boys.
Lucifer and Chloe, meanwhile, are on a stakeout for Kimo, where they find him carrying out hits for gambling debts for the mob. They bring him in and question him, discovering he in fact was good friends with Wesley, that the rivalry was only for appearances. All he cares about is making his wife happy. He doesn't want her to find out he's broke. He says he truly was signing at a small comic-book store, though somehow his prints are all over the murder weapon, and Chloe has no choice but to arrest him.
Lucifer insists Kimo is innocent, that he's too soft, that he's not a killer. Chloe thinks the case is closed and is glad the bail is set at half a million — except Lucifer, it turns out, paid his bail. Kimo's business manager comes up and thanks Lucifer for it, explains why Kimo was broke: upkeep on wild expenses like albino tigers. "Such a tragedy," Lucifer says." Misunderstanding him, Chloe replies, "It's always a tragedy when someone gets killed." He then clarifies that he means the tiger, insisting he would have bought it from Kimo. But remember that line. Remember this whole beat, this entire exchange, in fact. I suspect we're going to need it next episode especially.
Though I get ahead of myself.
Amenadiel appears at the station, and he tells Lucifer he's not sure they should approach Uriel, that there's a way to handle this without violence. Perhaps they should hide Mom and Chloe and wait Uriel out. Lucifer is horrified that his powerful brother would back down from a fight and taunts Amenadiel into going into the fight, promising Uriel will run at the first threat. He insists Amenadiel was always the action star the other angels looked up to.
Amenadiel gets an idea. He approaches Uriel in full angelic costume, all his confidence and bravado back. I realized, watching, how much he's changed since he's been on Earth. He really has become softer. In this scene he's brash and angry again, and he slaps Uriel down with his pride and his bravado, and at first it seems to work. Except Uriel has seen the pattern, and he knows his brother doesn't use words. He uses his fist, and when Uriel takes a swing at Amenadiel and lands the punch, he knows the jig is up. He takes off his coat, opens his wings and proceeds to beat Amenadiel to a pulp.
Back at the precinct, Lucifer, Chloe, Dan and Ella are combing through a box of contracts and merchandise, which turns out is key to the case. The contract says Kimo and Wesley should have been receiving a cut of the merchandise money this whole time, but they weren't — and this was all, apparently, the fault of their shared business manager. Wesley figured out the scam and confronted the business manager, and the manager killed him to keep him quiet. Except they can't figure out why Kimo's prints are on the murder weapon. Dan realizes, as he explains the story of how Wesley got his award to Ella, that there were two awards, and he and Chloe figure out the manager must have switched their awards in order to frame Kimo.
She goes to confront the manager, assuming Lucifer will come along, but Lucifer declines. He says the threat to her is passed, and he has some family business to attend to. But when he goes back to the penthouse to hear the story from Amenadiel, he finds Maze tending to his wounded brother, who admits to them both he doesn't have his powers, that he has fallen. It's a moving moment, proving once again that DB Woodside is bringing his chops to this show and deserves every moment of screen time he gets. And what a scene: Woodside bleeds quietly all over the penthouse floor as he finally, finally lets out his truth about what has happened to him, to his brother who he is, in so many ways, so much like. Lucifer says, "Welcome to the club, brother. Meetings are on Tuesdays," though largely he fails to give Amenadiel the comfort he needs, fails to empathize, because he's too focused on the threat to Chloe, as he realizes she is now exactly where Uriel wants her: in absolute danger.
And that she is: She goes to confront the manager, who is on a date with Jamie, Kimo's wife. Uriel is there, making sure Kimo sees the two of them together. While Chloe confronts the murderous duo, who fall all over each other to confess how they plotted Wesley's death together, Kimo comes into the restaurant with a gun, ready to shoot them both, Chloe, too, if she doesn't get out of the way.
Lucifer arrives, but he's too late to help, and he's not bulletproof with Chloe present, so all he can do is beg her to step out of the way, pleading for her to believe him that this is part of a plot, that this is a fated attempt to hurt her.
Chloe doesn't listen to Lucifer. She insists she knows exactly what she's up against. "This is just a man who's in a lot of pain." She tells Kimo about her car accident, confesses that despite what she's told everyone, she is terrified of how quickly everything can end with no rhyme or reason. "We can't control what happens to us. Only how it affects us, and the choices we make." She begs him to make the right choice, to put down the gun.
It is, for the umpteenth time in one episode, a moving speech, but for Chloe especially, it's another rare moment of emotional vulnerability we desperately need to see. She is consistently opening up now, peeling herself wider and letting us see the rich, strong character beneath that hard exterior. And Lauren German is stunning in this scene for her restraint and her power both.
Kim does put down the gun, and when Chloe insists she's going home alone, fate be damned, Lucifer leaves the scene to deal with his family crisis. His mother and Maze come to him at the penthouse, where he learns Maze has convinced his mother to go with Uriel willingly to spare Chloe. Now, we of course wonder that this will actually happen, having seen Mom shove people through walls — but it doesn't matter, because Lucifer won't let her go. He insists none of them can know that Mom going back to hell is what their father wants, because he never specifically said. He simply showed Lucifer open gates. He lambasts his father for never being specific in his requests, for letting people wage wars arguing over what God said. He says he can't know whether he's keeping his word because he doesn't know what his father wants, not exactly. And Uriel can't know either.
Lucifer's mother reminds him who Uriel is, that he was always smaller than the other angels, that he tagged along, that he wanted to be with them even when they sent him away, that he was stubborn. She insists he won't give up, no matter what, not until he has her or Chloe, that there's no choice. Lucifer refuses to believe this and goes to find Uriel — and another way.
He meets Uriel in a church, and here he discovers Uriel's plan isn't to take their mother to hell but to kill her — to end her existence once and for all (no heaven or hell, just gone for eternity) with Azrael's dagger, which Uriel has "borrowed" from the angel of death. Uriel believes their mother will eventually make it to heaven, where she will get their father to forgive her as quickly as Lucifer and Amenadiel have. Uriel doesn't know what their father wants, but he says he does know what he needs. Uriel believes their mother cannot be allowed to be forgiven by their father, so he will kill her now and solve the problem. Lucifer has a choice: help him by delivering their mother, or Uriel will push a key on the organ beside him and trigger unstoppable events that will kill Chloe in a few days' time.
Lucifer, naturally, fights Uriel, and at first he does well, but Uriel notices patterns, and he quickly bests him. "You're lucky I'd never use Azrael's blade on you," he says — and then Maze appears. He will happily use the blade on her.
She knocks it out of his hand, but he also knocks her down. Uriel, angry now, says he's killing Chloe and Mom, to punish Lucifer. Except Lucifer has recovered during Maze's battle, and he's collected Azrael's blade. He drives it into Uriel's heart just before he can press the organ key.
Lucifer cradles a shocked, bleeding Uriel. Uriel whispers something into his ear as he passes, but when Maze asks him what he said, Lucifer replies that he couldn't understand. Maze says he "got what he deserved," but Lucifer is incredibly distraught: "He was my brother."
As the episode ends, Chloe reads Coraline to Trixie, a beautiful nod to Neil Gaiman (creator of both the Lucifer comic the show is based on and the author of the story they're reading), and Lucifer returns to the penthouse, where his mother waits for him. He stumbles in, distraught, numb, bloody. "Where's Uriel?" Mom asks.
"What have I done?" Lucifer replies, and they both weep, clutching each other with a desperation that has clutched at my heart every single time I've watched the end of the show to write this recap.
I could write another thousand words knitting the parallels between the Weaponizer and Uriel plotline, but the takeaway we really need to hold on to is this: Throughout this episode, everyone went out of their way to say, to and near Lucifer, "Don't kill him. It's bad to kill him. You don't need to kill him." Chloe, who hates fate, has even warned him in advance, preemptively given him comfort with her line about death always being a tragedy. But of course none of this landed for Lucifer, because he has always been id.
What will it do for Lucifer to have killed, and not only killed but to have murdered his own brother? To save Chloe and his mother, yes, but this act has already shaken him in ways he can barely contain in the immediate aftermath; he will not be prepared for the echoes. He has showed us in every episode, but in particular in this installment, how badly he fails at empathy — therefore, how will he be able to receive it from others?
I do love this show. But I love the care and talent the creators and actors put into it just as much. As an author I love television and film because it's always such a miracle to me, this idea that there's more than one person creating the work. Yes, I have production help, but Lucifer has actual teams making the magic at the introductory stage. I truly appreciate all that they do for this show, and I sincerely hope we get to enjoy the fruits of their labor of love for many seasons to come. I am here for every installment of devil time. And miss a recap installment?
Not on my watch.
An author of contemporary, historical and paranormal romances featuring LGBT characters, Heidi Cullinan is best known for stories of characters struggling with insurmountable odds on their way to their happily ever afters. Her most recent release is Enjoy the Dance, a contemporary romance two men falling in love while attempting to make a home for a troubled youth. Find out more about Heidi on her website, and be sure to follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
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Calgarians young and old create mural celebrating Chinatown
Just as Chinatown bridges the divide between young and old, East and West, a new art project is bringing together different communities.
More than 200 people have painted tiles that will be assembled into a mural. The complete mural will be unveiled as part of Calgary's Chinese New Year celebrations on Jan. 21 and later mounted in the neighbourhood.
"After all Chinatown has gone through, the community has really banded together, and what better way to capture this than a community art piece," said Alice Lam, the mural co-ordinator. "We all want to beautify and revitalize the neighbourhood, so this seemed like a way to do it."
Lam approached Calgary artist Mark Vazquez-Mackay — known for his public artwork — to create the overall design on a large wooden board, which was then cut up into smaller tiles in a paint-by-number style.
The first painting session took place Dec. 18 at the Chinese Cultural Centre. Participants included neighbourhood locals and families, as well as residents of nearby Eau Claire. Lam said the project was a hit and many people encouraged Chinatown and Eau Claire to collaborate on future projects. After the public session, Lam took the rest of the tiles to nearby seniors' residences to be completed.
"I wanted this to be a hands-on activity not only accessible to greater Calgary but really to seniors who can't get out of their building or those not easily convinced to do it. For a lot of seniors who live in Calgary, it's not like it was for us when we took art in school. Art for them was a privilege."
Many were hesitant at first but really took to it after picking up a brush. There was so much interest that Lam is now planning monthly art activities at the seniors' centres.
"They're still a little uncomfortable doing it on their own but they're willing to try stuff when you show them.
"They were so interested in what the final picture will be. It's the Forbidden City — the former Chinese imperial palace — which kind of fits the general theme of the community. There's a lot of talk about development that will happen in the community but we also have to remember our roots."
The Chinatown Community Association is sponsoring the project, which was funded by a Calgary Foundation grant.

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Alicia, her hubby Swizz Beatz, and Maxwell celebrate in the studio.
I've basically been in love with Maxwell since my freshman year of college when -- brace yourselves, y'all -- my awesome college a cappella group released a totally bomb version of his hit "Lifetime." Maxwell's got the best falsetto in the game, and you know it, and I know it, and Alicia Keys knows it, which is precisely why she asked him to come sing with her on her new ballad, "Fire We Make." And did we mention it's seriously en fuego? (You didn't think we'd get through this post without at least one "en fuego" reference, did you?)
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If for some reason you thought time might have been unkind to Maxwell's sparkling, buttery, wash-over-you-like-a-bath-of-warm-melted-honey vocals (clearly, my obsession has only worsened), then you were sorely mistaken! Because the man's voice still sounds like pure perfection, a perfection that's only heightened by Alicia's just-as-perfect voice. Produced by Pop & Oak, "Fire We Make" is a steamy, lilting slow jam that (thankfully) stays true to its classic R&B roots. In his twinkling falsetto, Maxwell coo's softly: "With the fire we make, it's getting hotter and hotter/ Like a moth to a flame, I can't stay away." Nor should you! Didn't your mother tell you never to let a man with a voice like that slip out of your grasp?! And... I've revealed too much. Time for a cold shower.
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hey mate one more pre sales question for you. when i create a notifcation in the backend. the front-end users need to refresh their current page in order to get the notfication?
hey alvin_cosio,
that's correct. The user has to refresh the page to see newly created notifications.
Hi there, is it possible to get the whole notification to link a URL & not only the link text? Thanks
Hey depietrijojo3,
It is not possible to make the notification element a link. Links can only occur within title and message content.
Best regard
I need to add a shortcode of a notification in a section of the page, which is the shortcode.
Hey carh18,
can you please explain your problem more exact.
Hi, what I want is that by means of a shortcode place a notification in any part of the page.
Hey carh18,
notifications are only managed via the Notifire submenu. You cannot trigger notifications by shortcode within the page.
How many scripts in total does it add?
And can it be selectively disabled on pages where it isn't used?
Hey dessibob,
Please add option to hide notification for certain amount of time or forever, only on clicking the CLOSE button.
hey ulgaming,
we noted your feature request!
The scheduling and one-time-per-user feature wont work at all.For me these features are essentiel, but I can`t turn off WP Super Cache. Do you plan to update this plugin? And another question: What does translation ready mean? Is it compatible with WPML? Thanks!
hey StuWeTueHo,
notifire should work if you manually recache the pages after you edited any notifications. However scheduling and one-time-per-user feature wont work at all. This feature is on our wishlist. The plugin is not compatible with WPML.
Hi, Great plugin. Hope that the plugin still will be updated regularly, because the last update was more than a 14 months ago.
It would be awesome to use shortcodes inside the notifications. So that the content of the notificications can be generated dynamically.
Other feature request: Delay before show. Now the Notifications pops up directly. It would be nice if you could delay it a few seconds or wait untill the users scrolls.
Keep up the good work!
Hey Webcademy,
The shortcodes feature is already on the roadmap. The delay feature will be added at least to the wishlist.
At the moment im searching for some spare time to develop upcoming features You'll be informed
Hello this plugin works only with latin languages why did not write work with only latin languages ? please refund..
i mean it is giving error with russian and bulgarian languages..
and what is the maximum character ? when you copy/paste with long character it is giving error…
Action failed. Please correct the following: Message
Hello santor10,
as mentioned in the reviews section it is possible to use Notifire with bulgarian language. This depends on the charset of your wordpress installation. See also this example http://notifire.pixel-pub.de/languages/.
The maximum text length is 300 chars. This is not stated anywhere but can be changed quite easily if necessary. But beware that notifications above 300 characters might clutter your site.
FYI: It is sufficient to write one comment. You don't need to spam comments and give a bad review without waiting for a reply. This is not the first time you had this problem, see https://codecanyon.net/item/vbulletin-latest-threads-wordpress-plugin/10176117/comments?page=2&filter=all#comment_15507261. We as an author will always do our best to help you. Flaming us is disrespectful.
Your writing is disrespectful.You must be correct… You do everything to not refund money ! You are not good author..If The maximum text length is 300 chars. you must write the item detail ! Let us we decide it is good or bad ! If i am spammer you are a scammer…
That's not true. We do everything to help our customers. If you want us to help please use the contact form so we can get into detail.https://codecanyon.net/item/notifire-wordpress-frontend-notifications/10584962/support
Does it work with buddypress, like "you received a friend request from XYZ"?
Hey EzekielLoves,
this use case won't work out of the box for two reasons. You would need to display notifications on a per user basis. Notifire can only show them on per role basis. Furthermore you'd need to generate notifications dynamically when a friend request occurs. Notifire does not have a programmatic interface for this.
Overall it is possible but you would have to code considerably much yourself.
Greetings pixelpub
Nice plugin! 1 Question: It's support sound when notification appears? This is a good function i saw this function in this site: http://kaching.site/
Hey cristofari,
although your question is really old, I answer it for the record. Notifire does not support sounds.
Hi! Nice Plugin. About it I have a question, please:
How can I schedule a notification to appear within a given time range? (all the notifications appear at the same time on screen)
Thank You
Hey fernandosanti,
it is not possible to delay a notification. They all appear on the screen simultaneously.
Greetings pixelpub
Can I tricker this with query string?
hey mrintala,
I don't fully understand your question. What does tricker mean?
Greetings pixelpub
Does this plugins work in Wordpress 4.9.4? Also, is it possible to add my own styles for the notification boxes?
Hey jch02140,
notifire will also work with WP 4.9.4. Background and text colors are set on a per notification basis and can be set in the backend menu. To change other styles you can add your own css via the customizer and modify the classes:
- notifire-container
- notifire
- notifire-title
- notifire-message
- notifire-call-to-action
Greetings pixelpub
how i remove its or hide it on mobile ? becouse its to big there!!!! thanks
Hey apophiss,
there is no direct option to hide notifications on mobile devices. You can use this custom CSS to achieve it by hiding the top level elements. Alter the max-width value to adjust the breakpoint at which notifications disappear. You can enter this CSS via Appearance > Customizer > Custom CSS within your theme.
@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { #notifire-container { display: none; } }
Greetings pixelpub


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Happy Birthday to my Big Sister
Either Bekki is good at standing with her back to the camera, or my dad (who the camera belongs to) is good at standing behind people to take their picture. Anyway, whichever it is I had trouble finding pictures of Bekki that didn't show her walking away from the camera. This one was taken whilst we were on our family holiday in Sctoland this summer. Bekki is on the left and HP (my little sister) is on the right.
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Speaking of easy, here's some proof why I was an English major...
Day 2 plans: Sketch out Yankee Stadium letters on foreground and on the top of the facade. Also, put in the windows and doors between pillars. If my hand hasn't completely cramped up, then try to start drawing "Gate 4."
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This image by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows two scales of ripples, plus other textures, in an area where the robot examined a linear-shaped dune in the Bagnold dune field on lower Mount Sharp in March and April 2017.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has snapped some additional stunning vistas of the black sand dunes that have captured its attention for parts of the past 18 months.
The newly released photos show a section of the Bagnold Dunes , a big black-sand field that lies on the northwestern flank of Mars' 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp.
From early February through early April of this year, Curiosity studied four different sites near a linear dune within Bagnold. The car-size rover is now driving uphill and away from this area, carrying a sand sample with it as it goes, NASA officials said. [Amazing Mars Photos by NASA's Curiosity Rover (Latest Images) ]
Curiosity arrived at a different part of Bagnold in late 2015. The six-wheeled robot soon began examining some crescent-shaped dunes, kicking off the first-ever close-up investigation of active sand dunes on a world other than Earth.
Curiosity's recent work at the linear-dune site — which lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) south and uphill of the crescent-dune spot — should help researchers better understand how Mars' winds sculpt dunes into different shapes and patterns, mission team members said.
"At these linear dunes, the wind regime is more complicated than at the crescent dunes we studied earlier," Mathieu Lapotre, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said in a statement .
"There seems to be more contribution from the wind coming down the slope of the mountain here compared with the crescent dunes farther north," added Lapotre, who helped lead the planning for Curiosity's dune campaign.
The rover has already analyzed part of the linear-dune sample using its onboard Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument. Curiosity's handlers plan to put other portions into SAM and another instrument, called CheMin (short for Chemistry and Mineralogy), on the rover's body, NASA said.
Mission team members had several reasons for driving away before completing the sample analysis, NASA officials said. First, strong winds at the linear-dune site were making it difficult to deliver the sand into Curiosity's instrument ports. Also, engineers are still trying to figure out whether using vibration to help pour sand into the ports affects the rover's rock-boring drill.
This 360-degree view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes part of a linear-shaped dune the rover examined in early 2017 for comparison with what it found previously at crescent-shaped dunes.
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A problem with the drill's feed mechanism cropped up five months ago, and Curiosity hasn't drilled into a rock since.
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Buddy Nix again spoke about drafting a quarterback in next years NFL Draft.
"Let me say this: I think there's a time that in the era that you're in and the development of your team, there's a time when you can move up a round to take a quarterback," Nix said on WGR-AM, via the Buffalo News. "And I think the time's now for us.
"I mean, if a guy's there — I keep saying that, and there'll be one out there — if the guy's there, then I think we'll target — as I've said before — drafting a good quarterback. We need a good, young quarterback, and we're going to do our best to get him."
A week ago Nix spoke to the fan base cautioning them that the Bills may not draft a quarterback. The latest comments came after Nix watched the duo of Andy Dalton and Julio Jones on Thursday night.
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Willie Careri Dec '16
Hi everyone!
I published this show a little over a week ago and would like further critique. Not many post their shows up for critique anymore and would really like to see what the MML community has to say.
So this is my second synced show on MML, the first being a sync of Crossmen 2015. I really enjoyed the music for the Boston Crusaders 2016 show, specifically the opener, and wanted to take a crack at it.
Things I like about my show:
- The first few sets into my first impact
- The intricate drill between sets 17 and 20
- Using the guard to add color in the background (is it bad I didn't integrate them more though?)
Things I want second opinions on:
- Placement of the props (good idea or bad idea?)
- The drill from the moon set to the end (Is it too non-realistic?)
Please let me know what you guys think and be as detailed as possible. Thanks in advance!
KeenanBurton Dec '16
This is a really fun show, but I think if you were aiming to be realistic it still leaves a lot to be desired, largely because the majority of intervals in this show would be impossible to execute in real life. Especially in sets 9-20 or so, everything is too close together. In real life trying to perform those passthroughs in such close quarters would lead to horns running into each other. For MML it works fine, but if you're going for something more realistic, then you should also open up those intervals substantially. Set 29-30 isn't really doable; I'm not sure if you've ever tried jazz running while holding a long, loud chord but it is not easy.
I think a lot of the spacing problems that you had throughout came from the placement of the props. While they seemed that the prop placement was going to be emphasized by the drill, that never really happened and they mostly just restricted the drill and made those intervals too small. Even if they were in the same triangle shape but further apart I think it would have been more successful.
Guard staging seemed to be an afterthought in this show; there were some great opportunities for integration that were just pretty much passed up.
There were some things that I really liked about this show, and it was definitely an improvement on past shows so nice job and keep it up!
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Rx300 Lexus fuse box smoking
So my buddy's Lexus had a problem. He
said that the fuse box just started smoking.
We replaced some blown 15As and they
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replaced tel fuse I have no idea what that's
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It is a 2001 rx300 Lexus and I think I can here the fuel pump going it also has 193xxx miles on it
Have someone go through it before the vehicle burns to the ground.. If its shorting and burning multiple fuses there a problem in the wiring harness. A multimeter and someone with an understanding of electrical circuits is needed.
You may have a short to ground somewhere that is causing one or more circuits to draw too much power, thus blowing the fuses. The smoking is an immediate concern, you have wiring that is burning. (although it may have just been the fuses blowing, or even a relay). You or a tech need to check over the circuitry with a voltmeter and see just whats going on. The fuel pump relay may have blown as well, to address that problem. A battery can't cause this sort of trouble. Has anyone modified the wiring in this vehicle, maybe installed aftermarket speakers/amps?
I looked and the wiring harness and there seems to be nothing burnt and I think the fuel pump is fine I can here it when I try to start it. And what is a relay and where would it be located? And the guy before me used to have subs but he got rid of them and the car was fine.
If you can hear the fuel pump then obviously the relay is okay. When you say "used to have subs," then someone did modify the wiring I take it? I've bought many cars from auctions and sheriff sales impound lots as well as old cop cars, where someone added subs/amps (or police equip) and butchered the wiring in the process. Mostly by adding or tapping into circuits at the fuse box for power, and just because they took the subs out, doesn't mean they restored the wiring - most likely they just cut it and left it in place. It's the amount of power that subs need, and running a thick power cord needing 30, 40 or more amps and jumpering across multiple circuits to get it is a huge problem. Not saying that's your case, but if your wiring/fuse box has been modded for the sake of those subs, that is a good place to start troubleshooting. If you saw/smelled smoke then something is burning, your just not seeing it. Most of the body wiring harness is under the carpet or door sills, that's also one of the places people run speaker wiring too.
This is what the previous owner had said "I didn't cut any wires to hook up the sub but I tried to replace the center council and cut a few fires but soldered them back"
I'd remove the center console and find every wire he cut/soldered and redo his work. Even a nicked wire can be a problem.
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I decided to try using white primer this time and test a few other techniques. I have used black primer for the majority of my figures. For one group of American War of Independence figures, I tried white primer, but I found that white doesn't hide missed spots well like black does. However, ancient figures use brighter colors, so I decided to give white primer a go. This would set off my Macedonians from my other DBA armies.
Overall, I am pleased with the look, but I still missed spots at the seams of colors. I need to be a bit more sloppy next time on the initial colors used.
I also decided to try my hand at an ink wash. I haven't used washes much since black primer provides a dark undercoat. I frankly hate the idea of brushing a wash on newly painted minis since I have had some bad luck with the technique in the past. With white primer, I needed to add shading effectively, particulary for the white linen armor of the Phalangites.
Checking out several websites, I found examples of painters using Higgins brand black ink without dilution as well as several different dilution methods. I experimented with four figures using different dilution levels:
|Wash of undiluted Higgins Ink
I then tried three dilution approaches. From right to left, I used,
- 50% ink/50% water
- 50% ink/30% water/20% alcohol
- 30% ink/50% water/20% alcohol
|Ink washes with progressive dilution
These pikemen, too, needed some clean-up work. I'm glad that I tested out the dilution levels on single figures instead of rushing forward.
I decided to stick with the weakest solution and use a lighter touch on the brush. I mainly aimed to improve the contrast of the pteruges on the linothorax. A sample is shown below,
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Exhibitions depicting early pioneer days and khoisan heritage....read more
Quirky little art house with the best coffee in town.
Community arts and crafts project runs from the museum building....read more
The mountains around Citrusdal have many sites of ancient San Rock Paintings.
Rock Paintings at The Baths - tel: 022 921 3609
Cultural Walk to various Rock Painting Sites - Sonja cell: 082 802 4580 (bookings essential)
Stadsaal Caves and other sites in the Cederberg Wilderness Area - tel: 027 482 2304...read more
Original canon used to signal the arrival of ships in Table Bay. On School grounds....read more


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How to Improve Your Gut Health with Probiotic Foods
With diseases being increasingly linked to poor digestive health, it's no wonder that having a healthy gut is all the rage these days. Probiotics are a must for any functioning digestive system, and including probiotic-rich foods in your diet will make things a lot happier in your stomach.
So what are probiotics exactly, and which foods are packed full of them?
What are Probiotic-rich Foods?
Foods that contain living microorganisms are rich in probiotics. These live microorganisms assist the digestive system by repopulating the area with good bacteria, and are commonly used to fight IBS symptoms, skin conditions and other inflammatory issues.
While probiotics do come in capsule form, there are a number of foods available today which naturally contain probiotics. You can improve your gut health simply by adding the following foods to your diet.
Natural Yoghurt
Natural yoghurt is perhaps one of the most famous and popular foods for containing large amounts of probiotics. The type of yoghurt you choose does make a difference, and it's essential to go for something that has 'live cultures' listed in the ingredients. The packaging should indicate that the yoghurt is organic and natural.
To improve your gut health with yoghurt, incorporate it into your diet by adding it to spicy dishes to balance out the heat, to smoothies in the place of milk, in dips, or alongside fruit salad.
The drink called kefir is formed by allowing milk and kefir grains to ferment for a couple of days. This can easily be made at home or purchased from a health food store.
The sharp flavour of kefir makes it a good ingredient to mix with other things in your diet, the way you would with yoghurt. Otherwise, many people simply take it daily as a shot.
The authentic Korean dish known as kimchi is made from fermented, salted and spiced vegetables. Cabbage is generally a main ingredient, and after the vegetables have spent a few days fermenting, they have grown healthy bacteria.
Kimchi is best eaten on its own as a snack, condiment or side dish. While it's possible to make your own, it's readily available from health food stores and Asian grocers.
The fermented soybeans known as tempeh originate from Indonesia. Although it's similar to tofu, tempeh contains healthy bacteria from the fermentation process, whereas tofu doesn't.
To add tempeh to your diet, simply use it where you would firm tofu, for example in a stir-fry. Tempeh can be bought from Asian grocers or health food stores.
Sauerkraut is similar to kimchi in that it is fermented vegetables, most commonly made with cabbage. Other vegetables can also be added to vary the flavour, such as beetroot and carrot.
Sauerkraut can be purchased from most supermarkets or continental delis, but remember to choose a brand that is raw and hasn't been treated with heat. This process destroys the living bacteria which will improve your gut health.
Made with a starter culture called 'scoby', kombucha is a tea drink that is packed with healthy bacteria after a fermentation process.
The sweet taste of kombucha makes it fine for most people to drink on its own. You can buy it bottled in a range of flavours from the health food store, or you can make your own at home.


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The Diotoys
Just in time for the Holidays! This beautiful wood package design from Réka Diósi for DIOTOYS is so classic and unique! The packaging for these wooden toys are so beautiful and have a collectable feel to them. Read more about this design from Réka Diósi after the jump!
"Identity and package design made for Hungarian handicraft wooden toys. Preparation with meticulous care and operational mechanism based on technical observations make the toys so special.
The wood plays an important role in the identity, too. It's kind – the walnut = DIÓ in Hungarian- was given the idea of the (family)name.
Its material is raw veneer, which is thin enough, to be treated easily. The original coarseness and furrow of the wood create the overall rustic effect.
I applied silk screen technique for printing the material, which was made at the workshop of my university by myself. Silk screen printing technique was also implemented for textile, recycled bag of the wooden box packaging.
By creating the design it was an important aspect to use those kind of materials which reflect naturalness, so I chose environmentally friendly raw materials. The veneer parts of the identity are reused from the furniture industry as those were fallen or broken pieces.
All the stationery, envelope, label and other accessories are printed on recycled paper, the little bags used as wrapping made of 100% wool.
Designed by: Réka Diósi, Hungary
Client: the DIOTOYS - a piece of childhood


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It seems police in Tampa recently threw God into the slammer for selling cocaine.
Apparently the dealer named God Lucky Howard isn't omnipotent enough to overrule the Florida legislation on dealing drugs near a church or school.
He was being held on a bond of $86,500.
I'm not sure how that breaks down as far as tithing.
Here's the full story.


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Thursday, February 16, 2017
A Battle for Contextual Criticism
It's been a while since we had a bona fide criticism kerfuffle but I wish this one did not exist. The dispute that arose this week somehow queries whether contextual criticism is "serious" criticism. I can't quite believe I have to defend the merits of theater criticism which responds to the work's place in our time.
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It feels like anytime someone complains about "PC policing" what they are really saying is that they can't find a way to make jokes, tell stories, or say words that aren't racist, sexist, or homophobic so they just point finger at whoever is calling them out. And it works because it paints anyone fighting for "political correctness" as the bad guy, the uptight prude who won't let you say certain words or do certain things. Political correctness was the way to politicize basic human respect. And it works. Because it turns speaking up into making too big a deal out of a small thing. But the small things add up, they create the cultural mindset. The idea that contextual criticism is not "serious" criticism is completely ridiculous. Of course, social and political context should inform both the artists putting on a show and the audience watching it, if it doesn't we are just making things in a vacuum and theatre loses any of its bigger cultural meaning.
The play wasn't written in 2017, and there is something to be said for not ridding every part of history that doesn't agree with current ideas. But that is not and cannot be the end of the conversation, because that play was CHOSEN in 2017. And at some point someone has to stop and say, it seems like we are putting on too many plays that don't reflect our current values. There is a difference between banning a play because it is outright offensive and asking what are we getting out of this? Sometimes brilliant writing, or some point the play makes, is worth understanding and accepting that it was written in a different context. The play can't always be worth it, if that were true, then the context and our society has evidentially not changed that much. I have also read articles on the blog about how there are too many revivals, this could have been a place to do a new work! And seriously, that was a mild comment, not the kind of criticism that warranted the artistic director writing to the paper.
It makes me upset to see that people are fighting against reviewing art in it's political and societal context. What's the point of art if not to be a mirror and/or window into what is happening in the world right now? If we can't relate the characters in works of theater to people in our everyday lives, to people on the frontlines of the activist movement, to people in positions of power, what is the point of seeing life imitated onstage? It's so angering to hear people say in response to negative responses to yellow face, black face, inconsiderately staged sexual assault that "this is the way things have been done" and "that's just the way it is". The whole point of art, in my opinion, is to change people's perceptions and reflect on the state of the world and how we can learn to make it more equal. As the author said, it's time to start saying "this isn't her story" and "this isn't their story" as excuses for the marginalization of characters of diverse races, sexualities and genders.


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With winter coming, scarves are becoming far more popular. I know I've gotten quite a few as gifts over time but only knew two or three ways to wear them. That was only with heavier scarves, like the ones that go under a coat to keep your neck from freezing on a winter day.
For those stunning fashion accessories, my knowledge dropped down to one or two ways, which is a shame because scarves can be the perfect accessory that can change that can make a little black dress suitable for any occasion and give you a far larger wardrobe even if you only have a few suits or dresses.
I learned so much from watching this video that I now am asking for scarves for my birthday, Christmas and other celebrations where gift giving is part of it. This video should be a must for women entering the workforce. It provides a lower cost accessory that can change a few useful items of clothing into hundreds of different looks.
You'll love not only the ideas but the entertaining presentation. I watched it three times already just to see the 25 Wendy's in the box interact. Yeah, I do need a hobby or a more exciting life.


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Fun is the key. Once you lose the fun, something's gotta change. In his new video for "Feel That," which premiered on MTV.com Wednesday (July 16), Vic Mensa takes a wild trip to bring the fun back.
Joyrides, strippers, dance-offs and even a cameo from Chance the Rapper, who tries to shake him out of a fun-induced coma. "The video completely reflects the vibe of the song," Vic told MTV News on his video set. "I see music in colors and this one was like green, orange, purple, dark hues and that's what the video is."
He explained that the song came together during an afterhours studio session.
"Me and [Smoko Ono] was in the studio one day and I'd made a different record, and then I was like, 'man, put on the beat, lemme just freestyle over over one of your beats,'" Vic said, recalling that fateful night. "It was like middle of the night — we'd been in the studio all evening — I was talking sh– in the booth, and I said 'I feel that.'"
And that's how the magic happened.
Catch Vic Mensa's performance on "Wild 'N Out" tonight at 11 p.m. EST.


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I try to be all empowering about things. "Fuck yeah! I got fibrofuckingmyalgia!" because I'm relieved that after five long years of suffering through this bullshit, I got a diagnosis. We're closing in on Year Two of "Official Diagnosis Day" and I'm just going to admit it.
I'm embarrassed to say to people that I have this disease. I always feel like I have to say something to explain it or to justify that this disease, disorder, syndrome, whatever the hell they're calling it now- that it is indeed very real. I started having symptoms in my mid-30s and by my late-30s, the signs were undeniable to warrant that diagnosis.
But in that time, I'd gone through so much testing. I'd been told so many times that it isn't this and it isn't that. And I had that one terrible doctor who told me outright: "It isn't fibro, just forget about that..." So I did.
That day- when my GP said she'd refer me to a rheumatologist- I was so happy. I couldn't believe how easy it was- but wait. It wasn't easy. For two years leading up to that day, I kept track of symptoms. I made notes, I had those notes in literal scraps of paper, some in texts I sent to my email, some in Word files. I'd have a Post-it note with: "pain in right hip- 9" with the date. I arranged them all by date, printed them up. I searched online for symptoms and possible symptoms. I was thorough because I wanted to make sure that this doctor- who was new to me that day- understood that I wasn't making this up. I had a list of those symptoms, with the website urls on the page, and I wrote down the frequency/intensity of which I had that particular symptom.
She looked at my list, my three or four pages of information, and said she'd refer me to the rheumatology clinic. She asked if she could keep the printed pages for my records... And that was that.
And here we are, two years later. And I still feel shame about stating: "I have a very real, debilitating disease" because I feel that people are still judging me. I blame that doctor I had- the bad one who said I didn't have it or rheumatoid arthritis (in case you didn't read that blog, he said he tested me for it, but he was telling me the results to a three-year-old blood test). I feel that people don't understand how I can feel good one day and then the next day I can barely move. How cold weather hurts AND hot weather hurts (it happens to be the humidity or a drastic weather change that bothers me). How do I go all day long at the ren faire only to fold in half and not be able to sit comfortably two days later?
Well, at the ren faire, for one- I sit down a lot. A LOT. The clothing I wear- while it seems to be binding, isn't. I'm wearing skirts, which leaves the lower two-thirds of my body completely free of twisting, painful fabric. And the part that is tight, is around my upper torso- which rarely bothers me in the first place. Also, being there with my friends and other like-minded people, it feels good. I'd feel the same way if I were anywhere with a group of good friends. I might feel terrible, physically, but being with people who genuinely like and care about you makes you forget the pain. I also have Vicodin in my belt pouch, so if it gets too intense, I will take pain medicine.
This disease is fickle. This disease is unpredictable. I don't like to be the one to complain all the time, which is why I try to keep my complaints confined to this blog. I have a few friends who genuinely care and when they ask me how I'm doing, I do tell them. But for the most part, I just say "I'm fine" or "I'm alive" and move on. Because I feel that nobody really wants to know how I really feel.
My favorite Aussie posted a link to an article that had some statistics on how fibro sufferers feel that they are perceived by other people. Even though the results show that: "66% of the people with fibromyalgia believed society views them as complainers, yet only 9% of the GP view them that way", I still feel like people don't believe me. Or worse, that I'm lazy. I know a few people in my family see it as "being lazy". That might explain why I feel that way about the general public.
I have fibrofuckingmyalgia. Having the official diagnosis is great. Having the actual disease is not. I don't wish this hell on anyone. And I hope that I'm handling my pain in an outward sense with the same strength and grace my grandma did. I still don't know how she went on every day for as long as she did.
If you know me, I try to keep things light and I use humor to cope. I prefer to do that, because if I let this get me down, I'd never get up again. So, a piece of rope walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender sees the rope at the bar and says: "Hey, we don't serve your kind here! Get out!" The rope goes outside and starts twisting himself around, just twisting and turning himself over... when he's done, he musses his top a bit and walks back into the bar and orders a drink. The bartender eyes the piece of twisted rope and asks: "Hey, aren't you that same piece of rope that was in here earlier?"
The rope exclaims: "No, I'm a frayed knot!"
One of two things happened just now. You've either got an earworm of that Chumbawamba song ("when I get knocked down, I get back up again!") or you've just unfollowed this blog.


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Visitors adversely affecting penguins
By David Bruce on Sat, 27 Dec 2008
The Regions: North Otago | Your Town: Oamaru
Blue penguins at Oamaru harbour need more protection from the tourists who visit them, an environmentalist says.
Coast Care environmentalist Lorraine Adams has been trying for more than three years to make the harbour area safer for the penguins, particularly along Waterfront Rd, the main access to the Oamaru blue penguin colony.
Now, with the tourism season at its peak, Miss Adams is calling on the Waitaki District Council, which owns the tourism venture, to improve the lot of penguins crossing from the harbour over Waterfront Rd to their nests to feed chicks.
"No attempts have been made to alleviate the problems associated with the tourism venture in the evenings. Ignoring the problems will not make them disappear," she said.
Some evenings it was "chaos", with vehicles and tourists on foot leaving the viewing session at the colony.
A lot of the problem was because of a lack of information. That was slowing or preventing the penguins getting to their nesting sites to feed hungry chicks.
The Oamaru harbour has two main nesting areas - the colony and the Department of Conservation reserve north of Holmes Wharf.
However, penguins may choose to nest anywhere around the harbour and its environs, making their way at dusk and dawn to and from the sea.
Miss Adams has suggested to the council a number of changes to improve safety, both for the penguins and visitors.
These included two people patrolling part of the harbour to make sure penguins can get across roads and public areas unrestricted, more signs warning people to drive slowly and watch for penguins crossing, a 20kmh speed limit on Waterfront Rd in the evenings, preventing access to some areas in the evening, improving access for penguins, better signs for the car park, directing pedestrians to walk on the left side of the road, penguin-watching guidelines and viewing information.
"The tourist venture at the quarry may be promoted as `eco-tourism at its best', but what benefits does this give to penguins trying to negotiate traffic and interfering humans every evening?" she said.
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Rail union ASLEF is celebrating partial victory in the case brought against it to the Certification Officer by disgraced former General Secretary Sean Brady.
Brady was forced out of the union following months of tension between him and the union's executive, which came to a head in a fight at the union's barbeque.
The Officer found that although he had been wrongfully dismissed, he had not been wrongfully expelled. The crucial distinction means that although Brady will be awarded compensation, it will be for one year's salary, thought to total somewhere over £50,000, rather than figures of anything up to £500,000 that some ASLEF figures had feared.
He has no right to reinstatement and, unless he goes to the high court, this will hopefully be the end of the matter.


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Resources For Family and Friends
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When I refer to David Schwimmer'sRun Fatboy Run as "a modern-day screwball farce," that's a nice way of saying it's outrageously predictable, unabashedly sappy, and completely formulaic through and through. You know where the movie is going from frame one, and it sure doesn't take a lot of detours getting there. But the phrase "screwball" probably wouldn't have come to mind if Run Fatboy Run wasn't at least a little bit funny. Which it is. So if you don't mind an amiable-yet-seriously familiar 90 minutes -- and you're a big fan of British actor Simon Pegg -- I'd have no problem recommending the flick. Even if I'd never come close to calling it something brilliant.
The effortlessly likable Simon Pegg stars as one of those lovably lazy sad-sack types that you only come across in comedic films: Despite the fact that he left his pregnant fiancee (Thandie Newton) at the altar five years earlier, Pegg's "Dennis" is one of those losers we love to root for. (How a doofus like this ever scored a catch like Thandie Newton -- and then abandoned her! -- is one of the film's sillier conceits.) So when his former flame's smarmy new boyfriend (Hank Azaria) mentions that he'll be running in an upcoming marathon, Dennis senses a shot at redemption.
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