![]() ![]() However, a laptop is a different proposition you don't want to have to hook up endless cables every time you want to add or remove it. To be honest, being such a noise freak I kept mine in a cupboard for seven years, so I never gave it a second thought. One of the criticisms of the Mac Pro Trash Can is that once all the cables are connected, it can look a bit messy. Secondly, with some smart planning you can avoid having endless cables connected to your MacBook Pro. So in summary, there are many things in a studio that can generate noise hard drives, aircon, even some studio hardware the MacBook Pro isn’t one of them. Even with the door close it was like a fighter jet getting ready to take off, and it reminded me of how noisy fans can be. Just yesterday, I had to switch on one of my archive drives that sits in my drive cupboard. But not for long and nothing that has been enough to disrupt the work. It's been sitting on a stand on my desk to optimise cooling for the last few weeks, and the fans have kicked in a handful of times when I've been pushing it. Take that from someone who is paranoid about noise in the studio. So a month on what have I learnt?įirstly, my concerns about noise from the fans were mostly ill-founded. I've documented the set-up along with hardware and software here, so I won't repeat myself. I can't print the entire thread here, but thankfully not a single person trotted out the mind-numbingly boring trope of 'Buy a PC' or 'build a Hackintosh.' To summarise, the idea got an overwhelming thumbs up from people I respect, so we were off to the races. The answers (some 110) I got were fantastic and helped a great deal. Do any of you use a MacBook Pro as your main machine rather than a desktop? I've just got a new fully pimped 16" MBP and am considering just using that to simplify life." Before I leapt I posted a question on my personal Facebook wall, not a public forum I'm not insane! If you want to know my thoughts on asking questions in public forums then read my article ‘ If You Think Information Is Power Then You've Not Joined A Facebook Audio Group.’ Have Apple laptops come of age enough to be able to offer the power and flexibility to a modern studio? What about heat and noise? So the adventure began. The reason? I wanted to rationalise my set-up and try and move away from the two machine studio and mobile machine scenario. Swap my full spec Mac Pro 6,1 Trash can for a brand new MacBook Pro 16" i9. Support the app’s development and unlock every theme and more for just $1.49/month or $9.99/year.If you missed the original article, about a month ago, I decided to try an experiment. You can learn more about Peak here, and take Peak for a spin on your iPhone for free from the App Store. ![]() For starters, you can make any number of goals you want, and for all the metrics you have. It lets you see all your stats for the current week, month, or year, and quickly filter them down to view the stats for a single workout type Overview: This block is only available for workouts.Trends: See how your progress this week, month, or quarter compares to the last four.Totals: Aggregate stats for the current and past week, month, and year.Charts: Simple Day/Week/Month/Year charts.Harshil explains in the announcement blog post:Įach block represents some insight or way to view your data. BlocksĪt its core, Peak is comprised of data blocks based on what you choose to track. The best part? Peak brings the same level of personalization to its Home screen widgets so you can make your iPhone pop with color. That means you can populate your Home screen and Lock screen with all the fitness information you care about. Peak lets you turn the place you see all your fitness data into a place that can have the same vibe as your watch face. I think this is a great way to extend the personalization we already enjoy on the Apple Watch. Themesįor example, you can theme Peak with over 50 options to start, and more themes are already in the pipeline. Where things start to diverge is with the ability to really personalize how and where Peak appears. ![]() The new app by indie developer Harshil Shah provides a new approach to tracking your fitness goals and progress.Īt a glance, Peak will look very familiar to the data you can see in the Health and Fitness apps on iPhone. We can all use a little encouragement in our lives to stay active, and that’s what the new Peak app strives to do. ![]()
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![]() ![]() We started seeing permissions issues crop up, and with certain updates machines weren’t getting firmware updates. We initially were modifying the Default User Template and found that certain things were no longer working when customized. Most of you know that this is no longer the preferred method, and hasn’t been for some time due to changes in Apple’s security and macOS. It was also able to install packages, and truthfully we were installing many items from packages for multiple workflows. DeployStudio worked with netboot, which is no longer available as an option on new Macs. The workflow was to erase the machine and push down static image known as a Gold Master. Initially we were using DeployStudio to image our Macs. To learn more about Automated Device Enrollment, check out Apple Device Management for Beginners.Hi folks! If you’ve found your way here for more detailed information from my session at JNUC 2020, From Hands-on to Zero Touch, welcome! I’ve detailed the steps here outlining the process that took us to being able to support zero touch when suddenly everyone was remote. ![]() Users like Automated Device Enrollment because it matches their experience with a new Apple device at home: unbox, power on, and walk through a few activation steps.Īt Jamf, we like Automated Device Enrollment because it offers the best user experience for both IT and the staff or students they support. It's the enrollment process recommended by Apple because it gives IT admins the capability to manage new devices without the tedious work of unboxing and configuring each device. They simply open up the box, turn on the device and get to work - regardless of if your employee is on-site or remote. Hardware purchases associated with your Apple customer number or reseller ID will automatically enroll new devices into management under your Apple management solution (Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager.)Īutomated Device Enrollment enables you to provide a great zero-touch experience for end users. To set up Automated Device Enrollment, log in to your Jamf Pro account and select Automated Device Enrollment. It allows you to automatically download Jamf Pro management settings to Apple devices upon activation, from the moment a new Apple device is unboxed and powered on. When paired with an Apple management tool like Jamf Pro or Jamf School, Automated Device Enrollment focuses on delivering a great user experience. ![]() Apple Automated Device Enrollment is a key component of successful enterprise IT management.īy taking advantage of Apple's device enrollment program, you can easily automate Mobile Device Management (MDM) enrollment and simplify initial device setup.Īutomated Device Enrollment allows organizations to automatically enroll iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS devices in MDM without having to physically touch or prepare the devices before users get them.Īn evolution of the Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP), Automated Device Enrollment is available to businesses, schools, and organizations who are enrolled in Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager, allowing you to configure any Mac, iPad, iPhone or Apple TV purchased from Apple or an Apple authorized reseller and customize each device for your users - all without ever having to touch the device. ![]() ![]() Want to find out more about SpaceX’s plans for the future of transport? Subscribe to MUSK READS+ for exclusive interviews and analysis about spaceflight, electric cars, and more.īeyond these missions, SpaceX is expected to host a series of Starlink launches on a regular basis from both Florida and California. Seeing that the world successfully launched 104 rockets to orbit last year, that means SpaceX accounted for 25 percent of global orbital flights in 2020.ĬEO Elon Musk stated on Twitter in October 2020 that his goal for 2021 was 48 missions - something it looks like he could actually achieve in 2022. The record currently goes to 2020, when the company launched 26 missions. It could be SpaceX’s biggest year so far. That’s not even including Starlink, the frequently-launched satellites constellation for its growing internet service. Inverse estimates, based on sources including NextSpaceflight and SpaceflightNow, that SpaceX plans at least 36 launches next year. Hot on the heels of 2021, where it’s thus-far launched 25 missions, the space-faring firm is gearing up to massively increase its throughput. TARGET ORBIT: Approximately 404 miles (640 kilometers), 97.9 degrees inclination for the first three payloads Approximately 310 miles (500 kilometers), 97.SpaceX is set for perhaps its biggest year ever. LAUNCH AZIMUTH: South-southeast, then south WEATHER FORECAST: 60% probability of acceptable weatherīOOSTER RECOVERY: “Just Read the Instructions” drone ship LAUNCH SITE: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida PAYLOAD: 40 microsatellites, CubeSats, picosatellites, an orbital transfer vehicles, and hosted payloads Read our mission preview story for details on the Transporter 4 launch. Instead, the booster headed for SpaceX’s rocket landing platform. On Transporter 4, the first stage provided a boost lasting 15 more seconds than on the Transporter 3 mission in January, leaving insufficient propellant to fly back to Florida’s Space Coast. Those factors prevented the Falcon 9 booster from returning to landing at Cape Canaveral, as it did on the past two Transporter rideshare flights. The satellite is heavier than any of the satellites SpaceX has flown on any of the previous Transporter missions, and the Falcon 9 delivered EnMAP to an orbit higher than the the past rideshare launches. The manifest for Transporter 4 was down to 40 spacecraft, but that was primarily due to EnMAP’s presence on the mission. The Transporter 2 mission on June 30, 2021, carried 88 payloads into orbit, and Transporter 3 launched Jan. 24, 2021, with a record 143 satellites on a single rocket. SpaceX launched the first Transporter mission on Jan. The Transporter 4 mission was SpaceX’s fourth dedicated small satellite rideshare launches since January 2021, and the second of four Transporter rideshare flights planned this year. ![]() ![]() Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, ready for liftoff on the Transporter 4 mission. The 2,160-pound (980-kilogram) EnMAP spacecraft carries a hyperspectral Earth imaging instrument to survey crops, forests, and other surfaces, providing detailed information about the state of vegetation and plant health. That milestone was followed by two more second stage burns to lower the rocket’s orbit to roughly 310 miles (500 kilometers) for separation of the remaining satellites. Two smaller payloads also deployed at that altitude. The second stage released the mission’s largest payload, Germany’s EnMAP environmental monitoring spacecraft, at an altitude of about 404 miles (650 kilometers). ![]() The booster achieved its seventh flight to space since its first mission with NASA’s Crew-1 astronauts in November 2020. The rocket’s first stage landed on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions” parked in the Atlantic Ocean between Cuba and the Bahamas, about 330 miles (530 kilometers) downrange from Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 rocket headed southeast from Cape Canaveral, then south along Florida’s east coast to place the mission’s 40 payloads into polar orbit. A stalled cold front is predicted to be over Central Florida at the time of Friday’s instantaneous launch opportunity, but forecasters Friday morning upped their odds of good weather from 30% to 60% as thunderstorms moved south of the spaceport. There was a 60% chance that weather conditions will be favorable for launch Friday, according to the U.S. EDT (1624 GMT) Friday with with 40 satellites to begin Earth-observing, communications, and technology demonstration missions. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:24 p.m. ![]() ![]() ![]() While Captain Tobias Cook of Cohasset was keeper in 1844 a "Spanish" cigar factory was set up on the island, with young girls brought from Boston to work in it, in an effort to deceive Boston smokers that the cigars manufactured there were imported. Nine minutes later, however, his crew was forced to surrender. He and his wife witnessed the thrilling encounter between the American frigate USS Chesapeake and the British frigate HMS Shannon on June 1, 1813, when Captain James Lawrence, USN, of the Chesapeake uttered the immortal words "Don’t give up the ship," as he was being lowered, mortally wounded, through the companionway. On June 10, 1790, the Boston Light was ceded to the new Federal Government. The octagonal lantern was 15 feet high and 8 feet in diameter. This new lighthouse, which still stands, was 75 feet high with walls 7-1/2 feet thick at the base, tapering to 2 feet 6 inches at the top. In 1783 the Massachusetts Legislature supplied £1,450 to erect a new lighthouse on the site of the old. The top of the old lighthouse was used to supply ladles for American cannon. Before sailing away, the British sent a boat ashore at Boston Light and left a time charge which blew up the lighthouse. On June 13, 1776, American soldiers landed on Long Island, Boston Harbor, and at Nantasket Hill and opened fire on this fleet who were soon at their mercy. When the British left Boston, March 17, 1776, a number of their ships remained in the harbor. Major Tupper and his men were commended by General Washington. A direct hit on one of the English boats by an American field piece on Nantasket Head, caused the British to retire to their boats with comparatively heavy losses. They were intercepted on leaving by British small boats and attacked. The British began to repair it under a marine guard, when General George Washington dispatched Major Tupper with 300 men in whale-boats on July 31, 1775, who defeated the guard and destroyed the repair work done. On July 20, 1775, a small detachment of American troops under Major Voss visited the island and burned the wooden parts of the lighthouse. In 1774 the British took over the island and in 1775 the harbor was blocked and the lighthouse became useless. In 1751 the lighthouse was badly damaged by fire so that only the walls remained. The court designated him as "established pilot" of the harbor for the next 3 years. Hayes’ successor in 1734 was Robert Ball who petitioned the general court for preference in piloting vessels into the harbor. The gun is shown on a mezzo-tint engraving of Boston Light made by Burgess in 1729. The pay of Keeper John Hayes was raised to £70 in 1718 so that he would not be obliged to entertain mariners on the island for extra money which he found "prejudicial to himself as well as to the town of Boston." In 1719 he asked "That a great Gun may be placed on Said Island to answer Ships in a Fogg" and one was supplied that year on which the date 1700 was engraved. Young Benjamin Franklin, then a printer in Boston, wrote a ballad about the incident entitled "Lighthouse Tragedy" and sold it on the streets of Boston. In 1718 he and his wife and daughter, with two men, were drowned when the lighthouse boat capsized as they were returning to the island from Boston. The first keeper, George Worthylake, with a salary of £50 a year, also acted as pilot for vessels entering the harbor. A tonnage tax of 1 penny per ton on all vessels, except coasters, moving in or out of Boston Harbor, paid for maintaining the light. ![]() The first lighthouse established in America was on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor and was first lit on September 14, 1716. Original Lens & illuminant: Tallow candles (1716)Ĭurrent Lens: Second Order Fresnel lens (1859), 2 x 1,000-watt light bulbs 1.8 million candlepower ![]() ![]() Relationship to Other Structure: Tower is separate Markings/Pattern: White with 5 steel bands and black trim Year Current/Last Tower(s) First Lit: 1783 tower raised in height in 1856Ĭonstruction Materials: Rubble stone with a brick lining Station Established: 1716 original tower destroyed by British, 1776 Celebrating 300 years as America's First Light in 2016! ![]() ![]() I trusted the Stellarium-web in 100% and haven’t compared it with other sources. I am grateful to this Facebook group, which members made me aware of the mistake in this article. It won’t work, unfortunately, at least by now until the nearest big upgrade. If you prefer something easier to check all great conjunctions or occultations of these planets, you can check the list of mutual occultations of planets between 2000 BC and 3000 AD.Ĭoncluding, treat this article as a warning before you start to plan or visualize some occultations of celestial bodies. We can also confirm these circumstances with the best dedicated web-based tool, which is NASA’s JPL HORIZONS Web Interface, where we can calculate the Solar System ephemeris. 5 The great conjunction of Mercury and Saturn on September 15th, 2037 circumstances for the Arctic region as seen in Cartes du Ciel Sky Charts v.4.31 software. Both Stellarium Web and Stellarium Mobile Free calculate the transit, as you can see below: As a result, I spot the transit of Mercury across Saturn’s disk on September 15, 2037. I confided in Stellarium-web and haven’t compared its computation to other sources. I personally experienced a really frustrating situation. Unfortunately, it’s a huge discrepancy, if you want to model some occultations. It seems to be nothing, for sure if you deal with major conjunctions or planet configurations visible in the sky. For instance, if you are checking some great conjunction of two bodies, you can “discover”, that the difference between the Web and Desktop versions might reach as much as 10″. They come out especially when you want to check the area of the sky with a small FOV. The worst thing is the inaccuracy! Both mobile and app (free) versions have significant mismatches with their calculations. ![]() It applies usually to stars not visible to the naked eye. In sparsely populated regions it’s a big problem to define the observation circumstances for the place you really desire.Īnother inconsistency might appear within the stars libraries, which are more developed in the desktop version. ![]() There should be an option for selecting the place by clicking somewhere instead of selecting an address. In turn, we are getting the names in local languages and alphabets, making our selection difficult. 1 The location search tool in Stellarium-web has deprived the place name translator. The map canvas shows the place names in local languages (and alphabets), which might be inconvenient (Pic. It’s a convenient option for sure unless you don’t know the cities in the country or area you want to check. The location selection tool is based on the Leaflet OpenStreetMap interface, which enables us to find the place by address. It’s the problem, which personally wasn’t applied to me, although I can admit, that the location selection in this application is really poor. Some of the users pointed out the corrupted option of saving the selected location. Unlike the horizon, there might be other important things not working correctly in the Stellarium web. Since the main Stellarium program allows you to play with the horizon by changing the existing ones or providing your own horizon patterns, sometimes really useful for checking the rises or sets of celestial objects from the given location, the Stellarium web doesn’t have this option at all. The first streaking difference, which is sometimes troublesome is no option to change your horizon. However, we should point out the basic difference between the computer (or alternatively Android premium) version and the web-based version. Stellarium is a quite robust software, in turn, you can use it elsewhere. ![]() Within this second one, there are also another two ways of use, as you can have a free or premium version. The primary software is dedicated to your computer, but you can still work with Stellarium by using it both via a web application ( ) as well as an Android application ( Stellarium Mobile). Stellarium is a free open-source planetarium, which can be used in different ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() One way to think about it is the difference between throwing a piece of clothing in the washing machine and using a garment steamer - washing will do more to remove dirt, and steaming will lift some stains, kill germs and allergens, and remove odors. This list includes both carpet cleaners, which use a motor and suction to circulate a cleaning solution through textile fibers, and steam cleaners, which use only water. Overcleaning may dry out or weaken carpet fibers, which makes them more permeable to dirt and staining. “It’s like overcleaning your hair or skin,” says Sabrina Fierman, president of cleaning service New York’s Little Elves. It’s also important to avoid the temptation to overclean: hold off until there’s staining or embedded grit, and use a vacuum in the interim. Deep cleaning will keep a rug in good shape for longer, and there are other benefits, like removing allergens and odors. (More on the distinction below.)Īccording to Paul Iskyan, president of ABC Rug & Carpet Cleaning Service, you should be deep-cleaning your carpets and rugs every couple of years, especially if they’re in a high-traffic area. Although these appliances often get grouped together, they lift stains using different methods: carpet cleaners use water and a specialized cleaning liquid to effectively shampoo textiles, often assisted by heat steam cleaners use only water heated past boiling point and can be used on other materials in addition to textiles, such as tile or metal. ![]() That’s where carpet cleaners and steam cleaners come in. While a good vacuum cleaner can get rid of a lot of the dust and dirt that gets trapped in carpet fibers, there are messes - spilled food, pet accidents, muddy footprints, plus the embedded grit that collects over time - that require a deeper clean. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Competition and Consumer Protection Councils online budget planner allows you to work out what you are spending your money on and compare this with your income. Download SCU Monthly Budget Template (92.2kb) Sarsfield Credit Union have constructed a simple monthly budget planner which you can download. ![]() It is a manual process, but if you get into a routine of updating it, it is one of the most simple ways to manage your budget. One can never underestimate the power of a good spreadsheet, and there are many you can find online. This app is very simple and free to use - and if you want to use a different money management tool what your online banking platform offers, it allows you to categorise spending into different categories and set targets and budgets. It is subscription-based, with a free 34-day trial and then annual fee after that. If the app doesnt connect with your bank, you can manually input your data. The app allows you to even out the expenses which crop up over the year - including monthly bills and irregular bills (such as birthdays, insurance premiums etc.). YNAB is possibly one of the worlds most popular budgeting apps - and it focuses on your total spending and income that has accrued in the past as well as setting targets for future spending. It also has a nifty Family Sharing feature that allows users to sync income and expenses between multiple devices. The app enables families to create budgets, manage income amounts and categorise expenses. Home Budget is a solution for family finance management. Like others, it has a tiered pricing system, with basic free and then monthly fees. It includes all features mentioned above, as well as shared wallets for sharing with family members, utility bill tracker so you know when bills are due. Spendee is an app which does support connections to Irish banks, meaning it will automatically take in all your incomings and outgoings in your bank account. You can still use some of these offline - which means you can manually add your expenses. There are many apps out there like Mint or Emma, which are all great at helping you manage your expenses, setting targeted spending goals and splitting spending targets per category - but they are mostly US and UK based, so some may not support connections with Irish banks. Sarsfield Credit Union have compiled a list of diverse budgeting tools at your disposal to help get your finances on track. ![]() With potentially more price hikes set to follow in 2022, most families can expect higher household bills over the coming months. Every Irish household is dealing with price increases across a wide range of goods and services. ![]() ![]() ![]() Add Peek-through Overlays to create the illusion of depth in photos.Use new collage and slideshow templates to showcase your photos in fun ways.Take photos to the next level with updated creative content including new backgrounds, patterns, and skies.Other new features in today’s Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2023 apps: The installation times have also been slashed by as much as 35% and there’s a 48% reduction in app size. On Apple Silicon-powered Macs, you can expect Photoshop and Premiere to launch up to 70% faster than before. Photoshop and Premiere were optimized to run natively in 2021, but today’s updates bring additional improvements. There’s also a new Artistic Effects feature that is “inspired by popular art styles” and lets you “transform entire video clips with one click.”įor Mac users, there are some big performance gains for Apple Silicon. Using Adobe’s Sensei technology, you can add Moving Elements to photos to “bring a touch of movie magic to waterfalls, clouds, and backgrounds in still images.” You can then save these creations in video or GIF form and easily share them with friends or post on social media. ![]() One of the particularly interesting AI features is something called Moving Elements. Going beyond the desktop app, Elements 2023 also offers a connected experience with new web and mobile companion apps (English-only beta) that ease on-the-go photo and video access, viewing and sharing. The new releases incorporate new Adobe Sensei AI-powered features to enable intuitive, streamlined editing, and offer step-by-step Guided Edits that everyone from beginners to advanced users will appreciate. Head below for the full details on everything new with today’s Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements releases. Headlining these updates include new “easy-to-use” features powered by AI, improved optimization for Apple Silicon-powered Macs, and more. Adobe is out today with new versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements for 2023. ![]() ![]() ![]() Restart the devices that you want to use with AirPlay or screen mirroring. Check that the devices are updated to the latest software and are on the same Wi-Fi network. Make sure that your AirPlay-compatible devices are turned on and near each other. Why is my screen mirroring not working on my iPhone? Select these Screen Mirroring settings as necessary:.Select Screen Mirroring Settings and press Enter.Select Screen Mirroring On as the Wireless Mode setting.Select the Network menu and press Enter.How do I get to screen mirroring in settings? Once connected, your iPhone’s screen will be instantly mirrored to the TV. A simple tap is all it takes to connect to the Android TV. You’ll see the server’s name pop up on the screen. Head over to your iPhone and tap on AirPlay. How can I mirror my iPhone to Android TV? To use the remote control, you must have your mobile / tablet is on the same wifi network as your TV. The application is completely free and can replace your standard remote control of your TV. “Remote for Philips TV” is a virtual remote control that allows you to connect your TV from your smartphone. Select Apps and then click Philips Store.Ĭan I control my Philips Smart TV with my phone?.To add apps from the Philips Smart TV App Store or Net TV, follow the steps below: How do I add apps to my Philips Smart TV? How do I get BritBox on my Sony Android TV?.Why can’t I get Amazon Prime on my Philips TV?.Does Philips Smart TV have a Web browser?.Does Philips Smart TV have Google Play?.Why is screen Mirroring not working on my phone?.Do you need Bluetooth for screen mirroring?.How do I mirror my iPhone to my TV without HDMI?.Where is the power button on Philips TV?.Is there an app for the Philips Smart TV?.How do I install Google Play on my Philips Smart TV?.How do I get BritBox on my Philips Smart TV?.Why is my screen mirroring not working on my iPhone?.How do I get to screen mirroring in settings?.How can I mirror my iPhone to Android TV?.Can I control my Philips Smart TV with my phone?.How do I add apps to my Philips Smart TV?.Select your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV from the list.Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.Mirror your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a TV How do I enable screen mirroring on my Iphone? From the “Detect” tab, select the name of your TV to connect and mirror your Android screen. On your Android, tap the “Start” button to initiate the mirroring process. Enable the Miracast display on your TV and connect your phone to the TV. Par contre How do I connect my phone to my Philips Smart TV? Install the mobile version of Screen Mirroring from Google Play. The name of the TV will appear on your device. Cursor right to Wireless Screencasting and press the OK button to select. Toutefois, How do I turn on miracast on my Philips TV? Then your iPhone screen will be mirrored to your Philips TV immediately. Go to the Control Center on your iPhone and click “Screen Mirroring” > “LetsView + your TV’s name” to start mirroring. ![]() Connect your iPhone and Philips Smart TV under the same network. You can also get it from the Google Play store on your TV. ![]() ![]() It's a continuous narrative, unlike that Cowboy Bebop crap. We are as blind to this mystery as the brothers and it's unnerving to stop watching, knowing that unseen forces may encounter our heroes at any time. But amidst all this is a very pervasive mystery to which no one is safe. Fellow soldiers we meet rise in ranks and there are casualties. This bond may be broken at any time, mainly because FMA takes place in a very dynamic world. It's always centered (unless if very appropriately not centered) on the two Alric Brothers who share perhaps the strongest bond in all of anime. In FMA, you have multiple reasons to continue each episode but the focus is not lost. 24 is the only thing in recent memory that has a comparable flow and that's only because that show supposedly happens in real time. I borrowed a disc anyways and watched it. Even the name "Fullmetal Alchemist" seems completely avoidable with magic being the status quo in much of anime. The characters seemed to be cookie-cutter determined types out to save the world. Even in death, Lust was still haunting Roy Mustang.A friend raved about this anime, so I took a cursory scroll through it and found nothing worth noting. She was proven right when Roy was forced to give up his eyesight to open the Portal of Truth to save Riza Hawkeye's life. As she crumbled to ash, Lust noted the light of ambition and vision in Roy's eyes, and cruelly hoped that such vision would become clouded with fear, despair and horror later on. He had carved a transmutation circle into his skin and used it to blast Lust with repeated flames until she finally died for good. Next, Lust confronted Riza Hawkeye and Alphonse Elric, toying with them until Roy showed up. Lust also dealt a mortal wound to Roy Mustang and shredded his alchemy glove, then left him to bleed out and die. It was no good Lust regenerated all her wounds, and she stabbed Jean with her Ultimate Spear (this ended up paralyzing Jean from the waist down). She was a villain, and Roy and Jean opened fire. Fortunately for the good guys, Jean never actually told Lust anything important, and during a mission, Roy and Jean both faced Lust. To take care of the issue, Lust dressed in charming human clothes, gave herself an alias and tried to seduce Jean Havoc to find out what he knew about Father's plans. Marcoh into following her back to Central, to Father. Marcoh and threatened to use her Ultimate Spear to kill an innocent bystander, as a way to coerce Dr. Lust can use this penetrating power to stab a victim to death, or at least pin them to the wall. These "spears" are very sharp and pointed, and Lust can pierce absolutely any material with them: bodies, wood, stone, metal, whatever. Lust has an ability called the Ultimate Spear, meaning she can rapidly elongate her fingers into flexible spikes, seemingly without limit. When Ed broke into Laboratory 5 to look into the Philosopher's Stone, Lust was soon on the scene, bringing Envy with her, making to keep Father's plans safe without killing Ed in the process. ![]() ![]() The dust barely settled on Edward's battle with Cornello when Lust arrived with her gang, and she finished off Cornello for good. What is more, Lust always seems to know what is going on, and she is quick to follow developing leads to see if Father's plans are in danger. She ranks third among the eight homunculi, after Father and Pride, and Envy and Gluttony are ready to follow her orders without question or complaint. Lust is also a squad leader and assassin, and Father often trusts her to lead squads of three homunculi on missions. ![]() |
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