![]() The song tells the story of a man who passes his girlfriend's window and sees her inside making love to another man. There are similarities to the plot of the opera Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet, in which the soldier, Don José, stabs gypsy girl, Carmen, to death when she tells him she is leaving him for another man. Flamenco was a surprising choice, since there is no reference to Spain anywhere in the song. Produced by Peter Sullivan, Jones' version features a big-band accompaniment set to a flamenco rhythm. Music and lyrics Īlthough the song is a soulful number set in triple metre, the underlying genre may be considered to be a power ballad, rising to a pitch of A4 on the final note. It earned Reed and Mason the 1968 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The lyrics were written by Barry Mason, and the music by Les Reed, who also contributed the title and theme of the song. "Hey There Delilah is stuck in my head now, who can I sue," tweeted Kathryn VanArendonk, a Vulture reporter." Delilah" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Tom Jones in December 1967. With the news of the proposed TV series, however, the song has returned to the spotlight, and its catchy lyrics have once again wormed their way back into people's heads. But, every so often, it would briefly pop back into relevance, getting radio airplay on "throwback hours" and stirring up feelings of nostalgia. Then, like many overplayed songs, "Hey There Delilah" went from catchy to "annoying" and faded from mass popularity. "Singer Tom Higgenson has an imperfect voice, but his nasal delivery makes the nearly-comic sincerity of his lyrics - 'Delilah I can promise you/ That by the time we get through/ The world will never ever be the same' - seem completely genuine." "There've been thousands of aching guy reaching out to distant girl songs recorded over the years, and it's a credit to the Plain White T's that this one manages to feel fresh," Time's Josh Tyrangiel wrote in 2007. ![]() The song rocketed to the top of the charts, spending 35 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 with multiple weeks in the No. The song was called "Hey There Delilah."īy the summer of 2007, it was nearly impossible to go anywhere without hearing Higgenson singing about Delilah and how Times Square couldn't shine as bright her. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen," she recalled in a 2013 ESPN Magazine article.ĭiCrescenzo said she was at home in Chicago one Christmas when Higgenson came by and dropped off a CD. Then, a few months later, when DiCrescenzo and her boyfriend went to a Plain White T's concert, the musician told her eight life-changing words: "I'm going to write a song about you." ![]() Unfortunately, DiCrescenzo was already dating someone, but the pair kept in touch over AOL Instant Messenger. "So I said, 'I have a song for you,' trying to be smooth. "Something about her really drove me crazy," he told People in 2007. Naturally, Higgenson tried to impress her. It all started about 16 years ago when Higgenson met DiCrescenzo, then a student at Columbia University, through a mutual friend in Chicago. I wished on a cursed monkey's paw that 'Hey There Delilah' would cease to be a song, and then this happened." Maya kosoff tweeted "i know hollywood has been out of ideas for ages but this is next-level scraping the bottom of the barrel"
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![]() The Gem form is and isn’t Steven, sort of in the way that Sapphire both is and isn’t Garnet. Since the beginning of Steven Universe, fans have asked: What would happen if someone tore Steven’s Gem out of his body? (Steven has even wondered aloud about this at one point.) The answer, it turns out, is that he would need to reform: Once White Diamond pulls out his Gem in an effort to revive Pink Diamond, Steven is left deadly ill, while the Gem goes through the stages of its own evolution from Pink to Rose Quartz to Steven. Eventually, Yellow and Blue’s ships arrive from Earth as reinforcements, leading to a classic “Why are you hitting yourself?” moment. Lo and behold, White Diamond’s massive robot head, which turns out to be its own ship, takes control of Steven’s legs in order to take on the Crystal Gems and the other two Diamonds. And the introduction of the arm-shaped ships used by Yellow and Blue Diamond, as well as the leg-shaped ship used by Pink Diamond, suggested the existence of a sort of Gem Voltron. In “Back To The Barn,” Pearl and Peridot each built robots and forced them to compete in a decathlon of sorts. The Gems deal in advanced technology, much of which is devoted to enhancing limbs or adding limbs or making bigger versions of limbs. ![]() Obsidian, fans may note, is the enormous Gem whose form makes up the backbone of the Gem Temple back on Earth. In just this one hour, Steven fuses with Pearl to create a new form of Rainbow Quartz, the Pearl-Rose Quartz fusion briefly glimpsed back in the flashback episode “We Need To Talk ” Garnet, to create the fast-talking, meta-fictionally-aware Sunstone and Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, to create Obsidian, an enormous titan who still only comes to the foot of White Diamond’s robot. We’d seen Pearl and Amethyst (Opal), Pearl and Garnet (Sardonyx), Amethyst and Garnet (Sugilite), Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet (Alexandrite), and Steven and Amethyst (Smoky Quartz). One of Chekhov’s many unfired guns in Steven Universe has been the identities of the various fusion permutations of the Crystal Gems. Here are a few of the biggest payoffs: Cartoon Network Fusions galore Steven Universe’s climactic showdown delivered a complicated lesson on childhoodĪlso, Steven has seemingly taken a huge step toward resolving his identity crisis with Pink Diamond - which only happens after White rips the Gem out of his body.īeyond those, “Change Your Mind” is full of the best kind of fan service, delivering conclusions to long-running arcs, careful twists, and answers to questions that had been part of Steven Universe since the beginning. ![]() Charge times are also reduced (to just one-and-a-half hours) and its weight cut to a trim 124kg.Īlthough there is currently no UK importer for Alta motorcycles, MCN understandsĪ firm is close to securing the rights to bring these bikes into the UK and expects to import the full model range in 2019. The Californian electric bike manufacturer Alta Motors released details on their new 2019 Redshift EXR earlier this year.īoasting 49bhp with 42ftlb of torque, the EXR is Alta’s top-of-the range model and is fully road legal, meaning it can be used for green lane riding as well as pure off-roading.īuilding on the 2018 Enduro EX’s base, the 2019 R version adds upgraded WP suspensionĪs well as squeezing more performance from the firm’s water-cooled electric motor through a new 5.8kWh Li-ion battery. The lifespan of the Ducati Scrambler range.Exploring the history of the Ducati Monster.Our ultimate introduction to the BMW GS.Triumph Bonneville: a brief model history.With the recall expected to begin this month, Alta will notify owners and dealers to install an update for the throttle software, free of charge. The software for the throttle control may fault if the throttle is rolled forward past the closed position, possibly resulting in a motorcycle stall.” ![]() “Alta Motors (Alta) is recalling certain 2019 Alta Redshift EXR and 2018-2019 Alta Redshift MXR motorcycles. In a letter published online, the US Department of Transportation has issued a safety recall for the Alta Redshift EXR and MXR electric bikes. ![]() In this case, I agree that this is, largely, a "Good Thing" although not unqualified since some number of users who wouldn't have otherwise will end up repeatedly sending data to Google, probably without even being aware of it. They heavily market themselves as being privacy friendly and often they have been, but they aren't always. It's not just that I have high expectations of firefox, they claim to have high expectations of themselves. ![]() I did try their web interface a few times: I haven't tried this one yet either but hope to soon. I don't think they have a browser extension unfortunately but it is an entirely rule based translation rather than AI models. The other interesting open source translation software I've seen is Apertium: That one can be installed outside the browser and would likely give better performance, although I haven't tried that yet. It sounds like after Bergamot funding ended there were some communication issues and the Translate Locally group that was working with the Firefox Translate group stopped working together and now have their own extension, as mentioned in another comment: It seems to have different issues than Google Translate, although not much if any worse overall from my limited experience. For more casual stuff like twitter posts or song lyrics it makes plenty of obvious errors, although of course some of that stuff makes little sense as written. My experience with occasional use over the past four months or so is that newspapers, business documents, and other formal documents often appear to have essentially perfect translation, at least in terms of sounding plausable without understanding the language translated. To load the magazine, you will need to pop in each round via the feeding slot, located on the side. First off, we love the design – it reminds us a lot of Tracer’s blasters in Overwatch and the integrated 12 round magazine is actually built into the handle of the gun. There is quite a lot to break down with the Sideswipe. ![]() ![]() NERF battles will never be the same again now that cover is meaningless. Just when you thought you were safe – Hasbro has removed your ability to hide! The NERF Rival Curve Shot Sideswipe is one of the first blasters available in the Rival Curve Shot subseries, featuring the ability to curve your shots(!) – left, right and even down. If you fancy getting the Charger into your arsenal be sure to pick up 6 “C” batteries as they don’t come in the box. It’s simple, compact and reminds us of fond memories of dual wielding SBP90’s in TS2 (which is very doable if you fancied picking up two Chargers). You don’t need to worry about rapid movement either as there is a magazine guard which slips over the loading slot to stop any wayward rounds escaping.Īs a semi-automatic blaster, you will need to hold down the acceleration button (located under the trigger) and squeeze off each shot to fire but thanks to the 100 FPS fire rate, your enemies won’t know what hit them! Hasbro have thrown in 12 additional High Impact rounds so you even have spare for an extra reload before you need to high-tail it back to your ammo dump. Though smaller (and with less capacity) than the Nemesis and not a full auto like the Perses, the Charger’s price point and compact design mean it is a no brainer for anyone looking to jump in with the Rival range.ĭoing away with magazines, clips or hoppers – the Charger makes use of an integrated 12 round magazine which is loaded at the top of the blaster. There aren’t two many moving parts here so if you are looking for a quick and easy semi-automatic Rival gun this isn’t a bad place to start. The Charger is a neat little blaster which packs a mean punch. ![]() Ok, so we might be showing our age here but the NERF Rival Charger conjures memories of the infamous SBP90 machine guns in TimeSplitters – the resemblance is uncanny! The similarities don’t just stop with look either, the Charger is a compact semi-automatic blasting meany! Whoever cooked this motorized NERF gun up must be a fan of the classic from Free Radical. The NERF Rival Nemesis MXVII-10K comes with 100 high impact rounds but you will need to pick up 6 D batteries if you want to get the blaster going. We would say that “with great power comes great responsibility” but we know you are just going to blast your competition away with no remorse…. Now the Nemesis is a little more pricey than your standard Rival NERF gun but if you are serious about your blasting and want to completely dominate the field then look no further – this truly is the most powerful blaster on the market today. Rather than have to rely on clips which can be cumbersome to load and reload, the Nemesis makes use of a huge hopper which can hold up to 100 high impact rounds! Not only does the Nemesis boast an impressive fire rate and full automation it also brings hopper fed blasting to the table. ![]() You don’t have to worry about holding down any pesky accelerator buttons to get the Nemesis up to speed, simply hold down the trigger and watch (in awe) as you start unloading round-after-round upon your cowering enemies. Unlike many blaster in the NERF universe the Nemesis is a fully automatic behemoth. We can only think that the guys down at the NERF RIval R&D department either have a lot of time on their hands or they simply wanted to create the most monstrous blaster imaginable – NERF fans meet the Rival Nemesis MXVII-10k. ![]() We recommend reducing and denaturing the samples using the following method unless the online antibody datasheet indicates that non-reducing and non-denaturing conditions should be used. Determine how much protein to load and add an equal volume 2X Laemmli sample buffer..Determine the protein concentration for each cell lysate. Remove a small volume of lysate to perform a protein quantification assay.Gently remove the tubes from the centrifuge and place on ice, aspirate the supernatant, and place in a fresh tube kept on ice discard the pellet. Centrifuge for 20 min at 12,000 rpm at 4☌ in a microcentrifuge.The minimum concentration is 0.1 mg/mL, optimal concentration is 1–5 mg/mL. Volumes of lysis buffer must be determined in relation to the amount of tissue present protein extract should not be too dilute to avoid loss of protein and large volumes of samples to be loaded onto gels. For a ~5 mg piece of tissue, add ~300 μL of ice-cold lysis buffer rapidly to the tube, homogenize with an electric homogenizer, rinse the blade twice with another 2 x 200 μL lysis buffer, then maintain constant agitation for 2 h at 4☌ (eg place on an orbital shaker in the fridge). Store samples at -80☌ for later use or keep on ice for immediate homogenization. Place the tissue in round-bottom microcentrifuge tubes or Eppendorf tubes and immerse in liquid nitrogen to snap freeze.Dissect the tissue of interest with clean tools, on ice preferably, and as quickly as possible to prevent degradation by proteases.Gently remove the tubes from the centrifuge and place on ice, aspirate the supernatant and place in a fresh tube kept on ice, and discard the pellet.You may have to vary the centrifugation force and time depending on the cell type a guideline is 20 min at 12,000 rpm but this must be determined for your experiment (leukocytes need very light centrifugation). Centrifuge in a microcentrifuge at 4☌.Maintain constant agitation for 30 min at 4☌.Alternatively, cells can be trypsinized and washed with PBS prior to resuspension in lysis buffer in a microcentrifuge tube. Scrape adherent cells off the dish using a cold plastic cell scraper, then gently transfer the cell suspension into a pre-cooled microcentrifuge tube.Aspirate the PBS, then add ice-cold lysis buffer (1 mL per 10 7 cells/100 mm dish/150 cm 2 flask 0.5 mL per 5x10 6 cells/60 mm dish/75 cm 2 flask).Place the cell culture dish on ice and wash the cells with ice-cold PBS.View our western blot protocol video below. Solutions and reagents: running, transfer, and blocking buffers.The membrane can then be further processed with antibodies specific for the target of interest and visualized using secondary antibodies and detection reagents. The gel is placed next to the membrane and the application of an electrical current induces the proteins to migrate from the gel to the membrane. The immunoassay uses a membrane made of nitrocellulose or PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride). Western blotting is a technique that uses specific antibodies to identify proteins that have been separated based on size by gel electrophoresis. To find a blotting package that fits your needs, see the Selection Guide.Our western blot protocol includes solutions and reagents, procedures, and useful links to guide you through your experiment. Cassette handles allow easy removal from the tank, and overflow chambers keep your laboratory bench dry.Optional cooling coil is available for applications that require precise temperature control.Included sealed cooling unit is sufficient for most transfers and absorbs heat generated during rapid transfers.Included roller removes air bubbles in the sandwich to ensure complete transfer.Included assembly tray can be used for gel soaking, sandwich assembly, and to ensure correct orientation of the gel and blot.Closely spaced electrodes produce maximum field strength and efficient transfers in 30 min to 1 hr for most proteins overnight transfer at lower voltages is also an option.Capacity to blot 2 Criterion gels or 4 Mini-PROTEAN ® handcast or precast gels. ![]() The Criterion™ blotter provides a combination of blotting efficiency and flexibility in an easy-to-use unit. ![]() ![]()
![]() Crush, bend, twist, and completely mangle your opponents’ and your own car – smash parts off, or split it in two the original game was all about wrecking motors and pummelling pedestrians, and today we take this to a whole new level! Power, Armour, and Offensive upgrades are available for your car, along with other customising options, allowing you to personalise the killing capabilities of your rides.Ī host of old favourites from the original Carmageddon make a comeback, along with some all-new faces. Carmageddon cars are specifically built for the job in hand – wrecking opponents and killing peds! Nearly 20 years ago the original Carmageddon invented the whole concept of videogame physics and real-time damaging of cars and scenery, and so it’s obviously been our responsibility to bring this technology BANG up-to-date with a brand new state of the art car damage (and repair) system. The Car Is The Star! Carmageddon: Max Damage features a wide and varied range of cool, crazy, custom killing machines each with its own highly distinctive “character”. And there will be plenty of THOSE too – Achievements, Challenges and Collectables to hunt down, that’ll keep the whole family entertained for hour upon happy blood and oil splattered hour. Featuring multiple choice of cameras and replay options – it’ll mean you never miss a pile-up again! Get your movies online and brag about your ped culling achievements. PLUS! You can relive all the mangling mayhem with the built-in Action Replay System. ![]() Play an adrenaline pumping bunch of game modes against AI opponents, or online against the rest of the Carmafan masses! Progress your Career through the Carma ranks or have a MultiPlayer romp in a Car Crusher, Fox 'n' Hounds (always been Stainless MP game session favourite!), Death Race or Checkpoint Stampede event - all frenetic fun, featuring Carmageddon’s trademark over-the-top violence, crazy PowerUps and non-stop laughs… It’s the ultimate antidote to racing games!! ![]() ![]() Carmageddon is the driving sensation where pedestrians (and cows) equal points, and your opponents are a bunch of crazies in a twisted mix of automotive killing machines. Mass Debate which features a politically correct balance of both characters.Īnimals remain in the mix too – suitably accessorised… You haven’t lived till you’ve knocked the wig off of a penguin!Ĭarmageddon: Max Damage is the latest instalment in the legendary Carmageddon series. Hillaryious in which you’ll meet nothing but duplicates of the defeated Democratic candidate. Trumped-Up where every pedestrian is respectfully replaced by the President of the United States. Impale a horrified Hillary on the end of your mighty rod! Repulsificate demented Donalds straight to frigging CHINA! It’s hours of FUN for the whole FAMILY!Ĭarmageddon: Max Damage for PC features these 3 additional game modes: This Special Edition has these game modes still in place, because it remains just as funny now as it was then to show the President and the failed candidate what you think… By MOWING THEM DOWN IN A VIDEOGAME! Not just once, but over and over again. The original PC release of Carmageddon: Max Damage launched with a “US Election Special” mode, taking inspiration from topical current events - as two of the least-liked meat sacks on the planet slugged it out to become the Most Powerful Person On Earth. ![]() Looking back on summer 2020’s medieval undertones, perhaps there was something about the plague’s associations with Monty Python and fourth-grade history projects that felt comfortingly hyperbolic-a relic of truly different and distinctly less hygienic times. But why, during a period of overlapping hopes for a virus vaccine and political change, had medieval script become a go-to font for sharing progressive content? Given the plague-ish circumstances of the coronavirus, something about this ye-aulden lettering felt fitting: serious, yet tongue-in-cheek, and almost mirroring the incredulity so many people were feeling about our own moment in history. Seeing these posts felt akin to perusing digital versions of illuminated texts or handwritten scrolls. I also started noticing a certain medieval aesthetic proliferate across social media platforms, especially on Instagram: calligraphic fonts often called Gothic or Old English but technically called “blackletter” were appearing on leftist infographics with phrases like “abolish the police” or quotes about social, cultural, and environmental injustice. I recall encountering several history-lite reports of merchants in Italy who “have revived a Black Death tradition: wine windows.” Reminders bounced around Twitter that “when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote King Lear,” a claim that sparked both inspiration and consternation among the newly unemployed. ![]() Do not use the icons and symbols that you see everywhere typical to represent your subject.Some time in the middle of last summer-between the semi-naive, early pandemic days of spring 2020 and the considerably world-wearier winter we presently inhabit-things began to feel a bit, well, medieval. ![]()
For Children: Parents must complete the child’s visa application form, add one passport size photograph, and photocopies of required supporting documents, which are: the child’s physical passport a photocopy of the birth certificate a signed and notarized consent letter by both parents, as well as copies of both parents’ picture IDs.Mail the physical passport/s with the printed copy of the visa application, photocopies of supporting documents, one (1) current passport size photograph and all the required supporting documents to the Embassy.After completing the visa application, download and print the application.On the website, locate the fourth menu item which says visas & passports, click on it and select visa application, and click on visa application again in the following window to complete the form.PLEASE READ THE ENTITLEMENTS TO A GHANAIAN VISA CAREFULLYĪll visa applications MUST be completed online at Procedure/s As a visa applicant, you will need to establish that you meet all requirements to receive the category of visa for which you are applying. The purpose of your journey and other factors will determine the type of visa required under Ghana immigration law. PROCESSING FEES (You can Pay for Application fees ONLINE after completing application * Merchant charges may apply.) VISA TYPE NOTE: Mail-in and Mail-out not included in Processing Period ![]() ![]() APPLICANTS’ DETAILS MUST BE USED EVEN IF PAYMENT IS BEING MADE BY A THIRD PARTY.PAYMENT FOR RETURN POSTAGE IS MADE ONLINE USING DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD.ALL APPLICANTS MUST PAY FOR THE RETURN POSTAGE SERVICE ONLINE. ( CLICK HERE).ONLINE APPLICATION ONLY (NO IN-PERSON DROP OFF OR PICK-UP) Mail-in Application and Mail-out only Click to Pay for return postage online |
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