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Reclaiming the Legend of Bruce Lee
The new ESPN documentary "Be Water" seeks to both reassert Lee's legacy and humanize him.
by Bedatri D. Choudhury June 8, 2020 November 5, 2020
From Be Water (2020), dir. Bao Nguyen (all images courtesy Bruce Lee Family Archive)
In the recent PBS series Asian Americans, historian and critic Jeff Chang speaks of post-1965 America, which saw a boom in the number of "skilled" immigrants from Asian countries: "The culture was waiting for this moment to shift on its axis. We needed to have somebody who epitomizes the search for truth, for justice. We needed to have somebody who was going to stand up for us." We then see Bruce Lee pop up on screen, auditioning for The Green Hornet and displaying some of his kung fu moves. "Finally, there is somebody up on the screen who is as strong as we are. Somebody who embodies the power we know we're capable of," Chang says in voiceover.
Of course, if you were only to go by Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, you'd think Bruce Lee was all talk, an egoist who made weird noises before launching into his moves. In Tarantino's conception of white Hollywood history, an Asian American icon is reduced to a bad joke. Bao Nguyen's Be Water, a new documentary for ESPN's 30 f0r 30 series about Lee, focused on the actor's years in Hong Kong, seeks to reclaim his legend. It's an intervention within a culture that has reduced him to a stereotype, which both raises Lee back up and humanizes him.
From Be Water
Bruce Lee always flares with passion and spirituality when he speaks about martial arts. The title of the film comes from his famous quote: "Go with the flow, be present and in the moment. Let things happen and enjoy that you're there to take it all in. Be water, my friend." His letters, read by his daughter Shannon Lee, reveal an agile mind whose search for self-knowledge found expression in his body, almost like a prayer. It makes sense that he studied Asian and Western philosophy when he came to the US at 19. As his students and friends, including his wife Linda Lee Cadwell and basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, talk about Lee's philosophy, it is easy to forget the very political nature of his Hollywood career.
When Lee landed the role of Kato, the quintessential sidekick figure, in The Green Hornet, he initially had no dialogue. After he wrote to the producers, saying, "Kato is an active partner of the Green Hornet, not a mute one," he was given a few lines. Despite being a supporting actor, he received the wages of a background extra. In a long line of struggle that has finally led to some mainstream headway through films such as The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians, Lee's career shines as one of the earliest paradigm shifts in Asian representation.
The Green Hornet only lasted one season. After David Carradine was selected to play the Chinese American lead in Kung Fu, a show Lee thought would be his big American break, he decided to return to Hong Kong (where he had spent his childhood and initially gained popularity as a child actor) and chase the fame he knew he deserved. It is believed that Warner Bros. deemed Lee's accent "too thick" for him to be a leading man. It is only when his films in Hong Kong turned out to be hits that the studio offered to co-produce 1973's Enter the Dragon, another hit whose success Lee would not live to see.
Be Water brings together a wide range of people to build a memorial to a man whose legacy is not limited to his tragically short screen career. Nguyen's film is more than a celebration; it's an insistence on a history with a legacy that lives on in every person who bends, jumps, and breaks the molds the majoritarian gaze tries to fit them into. Like water.
Be Water is available to stream on ESPN.
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The Lionsgate movie is on course for a record-breaking $140 million to $150 million debut.
Gary Ross' The Hunger Games grossed a massive $68.3 million at the Friday box office -- the best opening day ever for a nonsequel and the fifth-highest of all time.
Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling young-adult novel, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, is headed for a record-breaking $140 million to $150 million debut, giving Lionsgate its first tentpole franchise.
Friday's performance, which included $19.7 million in Thursday midnight runs, put Hunger Games in the same territory as the Harry Potter and Twilight film series. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the final installment in that series, holds the record for best opening-day gross ($91.1 million), followed by The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($72.7 million), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ($71.6 million), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($68.5 million) and now Hunger Games.
Hunger Games drew an A CinemaScore overall on Friday night, with those under the age of 25 giving it a glowing A+ and those over 25 an A-.
Part of the movie's strength is that it is appealing to males as well as females, unlike the femme-heavy Twilight franchise, another blockbuster film property based on a young-adult book series. Males made up 39 percent of Hunger Games' Friday night audience, while females made 61 percent. It also is playing evenly in terms of age, another boost.
And Hunger Games is certain to post the best opening ever for a nonsequel, as well as the best March opener of all time (2010's Alice in Wonderland is the current record holder with $116 million).
Hunger Games, produced by Nina Jacobson, is generating big numbers at Imax theaters, which turned in $1.3 million in Thursday midnight grosses, the best showing for a nonsequel.


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Pavel Wohl (* 5. Januar 1942 in Prag, Tschechoslowakei) ist ein ehemaliger tschechoslowakischer Eishockeyspieler und -trainer. Als Trainer wurde er mit dem SB Rosenheim zweimal Deutscher Meister.

Karriere
Von allen großen tschechischen Trainern, die in der Bundesliga erfolgreich waren, war Pavel Wohl vermutlich der schwächste Eishockeyspieler. Von 1959 bis 1974 war er Torwart bei Tatra Smichov, ASD Dukla Jihlava und Spartak Hradec Králové, die meisten seiner 370 Spiele bestritt er aber für Sparta Prag. Ein paar Spiele durfte er in der B-Nationalmannschaft bestreiten.
Seine große Zeit folgte aber als Trainer.

Er war einer der größten Theoretiker und so lieferte er seine Doktorarbeit zum Thema "Reaktionszeit bei Torhütern" ab. Bis 1980 trainierte er neben VTZ Chomutov und HC Sparta Prag auch die tschechoslowakische Junioren-Nationalmannschaft. 1980 übernahm er den SB Rosenheim. Hier half ihm sein Wissen, die Mannschaft nicht mit Härte, sondern mit Überzeugung zu führen. Er hatte maßgeblichen Anteil am Aufstieg von Karl Friesen zu einem Weltklassespieler. 1982 holte er mit den Rosenheimern die deutsche Meisterschaft noch überraschend, der zweite Titelgewinn 1985 durfte schon eher erwartet werden. Nach dem zweiten Erfolg wurde er zurück in die CSSR gerufen. Er trainierte drei weitere Jahre HC Sparta Prag, bevor er 1988 die Tschechoslowakische Eishockeynationalmannschaft als Cheftrainer übernahm. Zweimal führte er das Team zu einer Weltmeisterschafts-Bronzemedaille. Nach einem kurzen Aufenthalt beim Zürcher SC kehrte er wieder zu HC Sparta Prag zurück und gewann mit dem Team 1993 die Meisterschaft. Vier Mal wurde er in seiner Heimat zum Trainer des Jahres gewählt.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen
 1977 Bronzemedaille bei der Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft (als Co-Trainer)
 1989 Bronzemedaille bei der Weltmeisterschaft (als Trainer)
 1990 Bronzemedaille bei der Weltmeisterschaft (als Trainer)
 Aufnahme in die Tschechische Eishockey-Ruhmeshalle

Publikationen
 Co vědět o hokejovém brankáři Olympia, Prag 1974
 Trénink mladých hokejistů Olympia, Prag 1979
 Zásobník cvičení ledního hokeje Olympia, Prag 1976

Weblinks

 Pavel Wohl bei sinslavycslh.cz

Mitglied der Tschechischen Eishockey-Ruhmeshalle
Eishockeytorwart (Tschechoslowakei)
Eishockeytorwart (HC Sparta Prag)
Eishockeynationaltrainer (Tschechoslowakei)
Eishockeytrainer (Starbulls Rosenheim)
Eishockeytrainer (ZSC Lions)
Eishockeytorwart (HC Dukla Jihlava)
Eishockeytorwart (Mountfield HK)
Eishockeytrainer (Piráti Chomutov)
Eishockeytrainer (HC Sparta Prag)
Tschechoslowakischer Meister (Eishockey)
Sachbuchautor (Sport)
Literatur (Tschechisch)
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Tschechoslowake
Tscheche
Geboren 1942
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Album Review of MG by MG.
The best bits on Depeche Mode's 2013 album Delta Machine were the intros. Once the songs got underway, the band mostly just went through the motions, dutifully recreating the same arena-ready hooks and overblown saints-and-sinners metaphors they've been dealing in for decades. But for a few sweet seconds before the bombast began, there was just the zap and gurgle of Martin Gore's synthesizers.
Martin Gore is at the point in his career where he can release a solo instrumental album just because it's something he has never done before and, hey, why not? Having penned some of the most indelible modern-rock tunes of the last 25 years as chief songwriter for one of the world's most influential and successful bands has certainly earned him that right. Entitlement doesn't ensure quality, however, so the question is: does MG hold up as more than an excuse for diehard Depeche Mode fans to thicken their record collections? It does, and for reasons that go beyond the music itself. With the caveat of ultra-clear mixing from Timothy "Überzone" Wiles, the 16 tracks that make up the hour-long MG represent the first original material Gore has released under his own name.
Martin Gore, the creative engine-room of Depeche Mode, has been writing instrumentals for the band for the last 35 years. Perhaps because of this commitment it is relatively rare for him to strike out in a solo capacity, with previous outings restricted to the 2003 covers album Counterfeit². He did however impress in 2012 with VCMG, his instrumental and surprisingly powerful electro collaboration with sometime bandmate and Erasure founder Vince Clarke.
Depeche Mode co-founder Martin Gore has had a history of shifting away from his main band in order to explore different sounds and concepts through side projects. He released two collections of covers under his own name in 1989 and 2003, and reunited with former bandmate Vince Clarke in 2011, forming techno side project VCMG, their first collaboration in 30 years. Continuing to work solo as MG, this eponymous album finds Gore further exploring instrumental electronic music, but instead of the straightforward techno of VCMG, it comes closer to early-'90s Artificial Intelligence-era IDM, with only a few excursions into buzzing industrial techno.
As Depeche Mode's chief songwriter — and the man behind the lyric "words are very unnecessary" — Martin Gore has been peppering the synth-pop torchbearers' records with icy instrumental stopgaps since their 1981 debut. Now he's assembled MG, an album of nothing but wordless electro experiments, a collection of 16 short, swooping meditations on pensive moods. Casual Depeche Mode fans won't like MG's buzzing, whirring, fluttering soundscapes, which resemble impressionistic entries from Eighties sci-fi and horror soundtracks, but still there's something enchanting about the way the songs work together and build suspense.
As the primary songwriter for Depeche Mode, Martin Gore has little left to prove, which may be why he's lent his voice to so few exterior projects. With only a single covers album to his name, 2003's Counterfeit², Gore has put his focus on instrumental work as of late, releasing a collaborative album with former bandmate Vince Clarke in 2012 under the name VCMG. On MG, his first solo album of original material, Gore further explores vocal-less electronics, providing the listener with 16 digestible and enjoyable tracks.
Depeche Mode's Martin Gore endearingly summed up his chosen obsession by reporting that he's told friends, "If I ever start collecting anything that's not to do with music, just shoot me!" This passion is clear on his latest in a sporadic series of solo releases, with Gore this time limiting himself to instrumentals. They fittingly complement his better known output; Gore's musical history is written all over an album that essentially works as an examination of Depeche Mode's skeletal framework. Parts will clearly appeal to darker dancefloors or the sofas of chill-outs, skin crawling to martial drum beats on some tracks, electronic flashes seeking out the far corners of the room on others.
An appreciation for Martin Gore's album of 16 claustrophobic, electronic, instrumental tracks will, it goes without saying, depend largely on how tolerant you are of claustrophobic, electronic, instrumental tracks. Provided you are, there's much to immerse yourself in – from the foreboding, metallic chimes of Swanning to the fizzing synth meltdowns of Islet. They all have a filmic quality – reminiscent of composers such as Clint Mansell, Vangelis and beyond – and yet no films with which to anchor them.
Martin Gore, as I indicated in the introduction to my recent interview on tQ with him, really has nothing to prove with his first all-original solo album. He's not some striving figure looking to stand out in a crowded landscape, not with thirty five years of recording, performing and touring under his belt. Theoretically MG is just an indulgence, engaged in its own aesthetic universe much in the same way that Depeche Mode has, throughout the years, engaged in a personal reduction of anything and everything to the person, an 'I', a 'you', a moment or a lifetime.


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US Army's AH-64E operational test gets delayed by a year
By: Jen Judson April 26, 2018
Spc. Richard Pena, a crew chief assigned to C Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, conducts preflight inspections of an AH-64E Apache helicopter at Erbil, Iraq, on July 11, 2017. (Capt. Stephen James/U.S. Army)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Army has decided to delay its capstone full operational test and evaluation for the newest variant of the Apache attack helicopter by a year, the service's program manager for aircraft told an audience April 26 at the Army Aviation Association of America's annual summit.
A year ago, "we were talking about the [full operational test and evaluation] FOT&E occurring about right now," Col. Tal Sheppard said. "It is not happening right now. We have delayed FOT&E for a year into the spring of 2019."
The Army first fielded the AH-64 Echo model to units in 2013 and is now fielding the eighth unit equipped at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Click here to find out more about what's next for U.S. Army aviation from the 2018 AAAA conference.
The reason the service decided to delay the operational test is because "we weren't ready yet," Sheppard said. "A year is going to get us ready, it's going to help us mature technology."
Additionally, the Army will now be able to run both the Echo model operational test simultaneously with the operational test of the Hellfire missile's replacement — the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. JAGM is headed toward a production decision next month.
And the benefit of that is "we will minimize touches to [Forces Command] units for an operational test, and we save on some resources as well," Sheppard said.
When asked if the delay had anything to do with the recently surfaced issue related to the Army not accepting Apaches from Boeing due to an issue with the current strap pack nut, Sheppard said the decision to delay was not connected.
US Army stops accepting AH-64E helos from Boeing due to safety concerns
The U.S. Army has stopped taking deliveries from Boeing of the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter because a critical part, which helps hold the rotor blades in place, was causing concern during inspections.
By: Jen Judson
Defense News first broke the news that the Army had stopped taking deliveries of AH-64Es from Boeing due to a lack of confidence in the durability of the strap pack nut, particularly its performance in severe, coastal environments where the service saw corrosion due to climate and stress.
Boeing is expected to have a redesigned nut ready to replace the old nut by the summer, and the Army will quickly work to replace the nut in all E models and D models that are fielded with the Army, the National Guard and international customers.
"I will say it was more high risk than it needed to be to have a successful [operational test]," Sheppard said.
That was mostly due to discovering in pretest events last fall that software related to the multi-core processor needed further refinement, he told Defense News at the AAAA summit, adding it is the first time the Army has installed such a processor on rotary-wing aircraft in the fleet.
"We've gone back to work with Boeing to ensure success this time around," Sheppard said.
About Jen Judson
Jen Judson is the land warfare reporter for Defense News. She has covered defense in the Washington area for eight years. She was previously a reporter at Politico Pro Defense and Inside Defense. She won the National Press Club's best analytical reporting award in 2014 and was named the Defense Media Awards' best young defense journalist in 2018.
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Mid-Season Analysis of Five Key Iowa State Cyclones
By Jacob Lee
At the start of the year I wrote a piece for HCS titled "Five Iowa State Cyclones Getting Overlooked in 2021". Now that we are more than halfway through the schedule & four games into Big 12 conference play, let's take a look at how those five players are doing. Admittedly, at this point in the year, most of these guys have been very productive for Iowa State, but not necessarily in the way I expected at the start of the year.
Tarique Milton
So far this season Tarique has had a pretty quiet year. Given he is fully healthy (so we are told) he is only 4th on the team in receiving yards. Through seven games Milton has 12 catches for 146 yards and one touchdown. That lone touchdown came in garbage time touchdown in the 4th quarter against Iowa. It also came from Hunter Dekkers, not Brock Purdy. While he hasn't carved out a huge role in the offense yet this year, he is still averaging over 12 yards/catch. Against Oklahoma State last weekend he had two catches for 39 yards. That included a 33 yard catch and run late in the 4th on what ended up being the game-winning drive.
Chase Allen
Allen has caught 10 passes for 124 yards and no touchdowns this season. At the other tight end spot, Charlie Kolar's production over the last three weeks has started to pick up more. But overall, it seems as if ISU's heralded tight end room hasn't been as impactful as they were a year ago. With that said, while he was struggling at the start of the season, Allen has been doing all of the things the average fan doesn't always see. Most notably his blocking in the run game has been incredible the last few weeks.
Jirehl Brock
So far the redshirt sophomore hasn't exactly had the same workload that I expected him to have at the start of the year. Brock has ran for 84 yards on 17 carries and he's even caught 3 passes for 16 yards and a touchdown. That touchdown came in the 59-7 beatdown against Kansas in early October- excuse me, early Brocktober. Most notably that touchdown for Brock was the first touchdown of his career. Brock has had to share some carries in garbage time with freshman running backs Deon Silas, and Eli Sanders.
Anthony Johnson Jr.
Johnson Jr. has put together a solid campaign together for the Cyclones to this point in the year. His numbers aren't exactly eye popping up, but when it comes to the cornerback position, that's a good thing. The senior corner is 6th on the team in tackles with 25. He also has broken up one pass and forced a fumble. The less you hear this guy's name, the better. That is, unless he's picking off more passes, of course.
O'rien Vance
Finally we have senior linebacker O'rien Vance to wrap things up Unfortunately, for Vance, he has been battling some injuries this year. He's been dealing with some lower body ailments throughout the first half of the season. Although, last Saturday against Oklahoma State he started to look like his usual and healthy self again. Right now, Vance has 15 tackles and a sack. It appears his snap count is starting to trend up. Look for those numbers to improve.
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Q: Distance between A, B I tried to calculate distance between 2 points, A, B. When I run the terminal window it give me a false number. Can anyone help me to change some value, or stuct or many tips.

Example:
  in A : -50 -50
  in B : 50 50
  distance is 141.42

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<math.h>

typedef struct{
    double a;
    double b;
    double c;
    double d;
}location;

double dist(location  w,location x, location y,location z)
{
    double l;
    l=sqrt(pow((y.c-w.a),2)+pow((z.d-x.b),2));
    return(l);
}

void main()
{
    location h;
    location i;
    location j;
    location k;
    printf("Enter 1st point(A)\n");
    scanf("%lf %lf",&h.a,&i.b);
    printf("Enter 2nd point(B)\n");
    scanf("%1f %1f",&j.c,&k.d);
    double data;
    data = dist(h,i,j,k);
    printf("%.2lf",data);
}

A: Do you notice the difference between your scanf format string on the two lines:
scanf("%lf %lf",&h.a,&i.b);
scanf("%1f %1f",&j.c,&k.d);

That's right!  The second line uses %1f instead of %lf.  That has a completely different meaning, and in your case is wrong.  Use %lf.
When you get results you don't understand, it's a great time to use a debugger, or add printf statements to check your variable values against what you expect them to be.

A: With the corrections from paddy the code should work, but I still think it's worth mentioning/correcting the smaller mistakes.
First of all void main() is not defined in the standard. Why is it bad to type void main() in C++
If you are using GCC try to compile with the -Wall parameter. Then you get a lot more warnings which will help you write better code in the end.
Also why do you have 4 locations with 4 members? I refactored your code a bit and I think this version is a lot easier to read and understand.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

typedef struct {
    double x;
    double y;
} Point;

double DistanceBetween(Point p1, Point p2)
{
    Point vector = {
        p2.x - p1.x, p2.y - p1.y
    };

    return hypot(vector.x, vector.y);
}

int main()
{
    Point p1;
    Point p2;

    printf("Enter first point: ");
    scanf("%lf %lf", &p1.x, &p1.y);

    printf("Enter second point: ");
    scanf("%lf %lf", &p2.x, &p2.y);

    double distance = DistanceBetween(p1, p2);
    printf("The distance is: %lf\r\n", distance);

    return 0;
}

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Even if the game on the field is a blowout, the intensity of the annual Super Bowl halftime show is undeniable. The modern show that strives to keep viewers glued to their seats during intermission of the most-watched sporting event in the country came into being in 1993. It was then that Michael Jackson's 12-minute halftime spectacle set the bar for just how big a production can be put assembled — and then disassembled — in just about 20 minutes.
During her academic career at Drexel, Entertainment & Arts Management senior Rachel Bergen has twice been part of the team that makes the halftime show happen. Her experiences working with Superbowl Productions — the production crew that handles halftime — at Super Bowl XLVIII (featuring Bruno Mars) and Super Bowl 50 (featuring Beyonce, Coldplay, Bruno Mars) set her up for her job as a base operator at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado.
As her senior project, Bergen brought together some of the people behind the big production for a panel discussion at Westphal College. She recently gave the Newsblog a look at the failures, triumphs (and "malfunctions") that take place at the Big Game when the players aren't on the field.
What was your role in the Super Bowl halftime productions and how did that experience set you on a path toward the career you're now pursuing?
I worked as a field team member with Superbowl Productions for Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey and Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco. I initially signed up for the position with a handful of Drexel classmates as a volunteer, but it later switched to a paid opportunity, which was incredible.
As a field team member, I worked with a large group to bring the halftime stage from outside the stadium onto the field, assemble it, break it down after the show and, finally, take it back outside of the stadium — all very quickly, so the players could return to the field to warm up and start the second half.
It was an incredible experience that really emphasized why I was interested in getting involved in large-scale event productions. It was a very overwhelming experience at first, being around so many celebrities and seeing the show come together knowing that so many millions of people were waiting for it to happen — it was surreal to say the least.
The opportunity helped me to appreciate all the "nuts and bolts" that go into one of the biggest televised live-entertainment events on TV. There are a lot of moving parts that come together and it's almost like clockwork the way it gets done.
Aside from the time constraint, what are some of the other challenges of producing live performances of this magnitude that people might not realize you're dealing with?
There are so many constraints that come with producing a Super Bowl halftime show. Obviously there are lots of puzzle pieces and numerous teams of people who come together to produce one big show. Generally it's the same groups of people each year, so they work like a machine. They know where to delegate the tasks and everyone gets their jobs done.
Working with Bruno Mars at Super Bowl XLVIII, was especially challenging because it was supposed to snow that Sunday. The weather forecast was so bad that the NFL even proposed moving the game to Monday. Obviously, that changed the plans for the Halftime show production because the stage could no longer be in the center of the field for fear of the weather. We set the stage up on the side of the field between the teams' benches and filled the field with performers holding LED lights to make logos and designs. Rehearsals those few weeks were in the negative degrees and wind chill inside the stadium was brutal. We took tons of coffee and feet warmer breaks and sometimes our water coolers would freeze during lunch. Of course, it ended up not snowing on game day and the weather was actually extremely warm!
For Super Bowl 50, it was unique because Beyonce was performing a new and unreleased track so the song couldn't be played over the speakers during the rehearsals. Everyone involved in the show had an earpiece to hear the rehearsal track but it wasn't actually played out loud for people surrounding the stadium to hear.
Something interesting about Super Bowl 50 was that it was the first time a Super Bowl halftime show would take place during the day.
Generally, during a halftime show performance it's dark, so items on the field can either be illuminated by lights or hidden in the dark. The filming of Super Bowl 50's halftime show production was different because they wanted to focus on the show and not necessarily the stadium. During rehearsals we had to put the stage on wooden boards so it didn't ruin the field and we only had a limited amount of time to actually practice on the field for fear that it would damage the grass.
As an audience we see an extremely small representation of the work that goes into the production. How long does it actually take to make those 24-minutes perfect?
As a field team member, I unfortunately only see the last two weeks of preparation for the show. So we rehearse getting the timing right for stage set up and break down. Then we practice the setup and break down with the equipment and, finally, with the artists.
Part of what will be talked about by the panelists is how they've worked to get this thing down to a science. They know what they can say "yes" to, they know what is impossible, they know what looks good on screen, they know what's been done and what happens. "The 24-Minute Miracle" really is that — a miracle.
In terms of production preparation and perfection, I know for a fact that the producers prepare for the event as early as the June before the performance.
Within the industry, where do the Bruno/Beyonce shows stack up all-time? Which shows do your peers generally consider the standard to which all halftime shows are measured?
I think that every Super Bowl Halftime show is record-breaking for many reasons. Bruno Mars was the first performance on the sidelines and the most viewed Super Bowl halftime show of all time up until that day. On the other hand, Super Bowl 50 was an anniversary year so that will always go down in history as far as halftime shows are measured. They were each remarkable in their own way, whether it was crowd participation, aesthetics, production, performances or audience size.


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A graduate of University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Gennaro Gervasio is currently Associate Professor in History and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa at University Roma Tre's Department of Humanities in Italy. Prior to that, he has worked at the University of Bristol (UK), the British University in Egypt, and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia where he was Director of the Centre of Middle East and North African Studies (2009/11). His research interests include: secularism and Marxism in the Arab world, the political role of Arab intellectuals, and civic activism and social movements in the Arab World (especially Egypt). Among his most recent publications, he has co-edited the volume Informal Power in the Middle East: Hidden Geographies (London: Routledge, 2014 & 2016) and has recently co-edited a Special Issue on 'Gramsci and the Uprisings in North Africa' (2020).
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It seems like space exploration has gotten a lot of press lately. On October 14, 2012, Fearless Felix Baumgartner traveled to "the edge of space" and skydived from an altitude of 24 miles in what would be the most-watched live online broadcast ever. Now, thanks to the privatization of space travel, space tourism is getting closer to becoming a reality.
That being said, I think one of the biggest reasons for the public's renewed interest in space travel lies solely in the hands of Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield (as well as the Canadian Space Agency). For the first time – or at least the first time on this scale - Cmdr. Hadfield is showing the average person across the world what it's like to live in space. Thanks to YouTube, we now see what happens when you wring out a wet cloth in space, how to clean up a spill in space, or how water is recycled on the International Space Station.
If you get your patrons, particularly the younger ones, hooked on CSA's YouTube station, once they've exhausted all 175+ videos, they may come to you looking for some longer titles. Here are a few that we recommend.
Earth from Space (DVD or Blu-Ray): This two-hour video gives viewers some of the most definitive imagery of our planet as seen from space. It gives extensive detail on how environmental elements that are hundreds or thousands of miles apart interconnect to form the complex and delicate ecosystem of Earth.
Space Flight Collection from the Discovery Channel: A four-video anthology, each touching on a different element of space flight, from the first moon landing through the future of space travel.
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Outer Space: Bill Nye was the go-to man for pretty much any science-related question for children of the '90s. He explained it in an entertaining way that wasn't overly complicated. In the Outer Space episode, Nye travels to the Mount Wilson Observatory in California to discuss the speed of light in space. Also check out the Space Exploration episode where Nye talks about the technology used in space.
Kids @ Discovery – Space: In this video, Canadian astronauts detail how the arm of the ISS that was built by the CSA, which has four cameras and can lift 100 tons, was built and functions. They also show viewers the rigorous training they go through and some of the equipment that is used in space.
Food In Space: This is a topic that every kid will want to know about! Do astronauts get pizza? What about ice cream or soda? Watch the video to see how the astronauts prepare and eat their meals.


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Universal Health Services has become the latest health system to partner with a primary-care specialty company to provide intensive primary-care services to its health plan enrollees.
The company announced Wednesday that it signed one of its first value-based payment deals with Seattle-based Vera Whole Health to operate two new primary-care centers in Reno and Carson City, Nevada, serving members of UHS' 100,000-member Prominence Health Plan.
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Boy Nijholt (Venlo, 5 april 1934 - Venlo, 8 juni 1999) is een voormalig Nederlands voetballer die tijdens zijn profloopbaan uitsluitend voor FC VVV uitkwam.

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Nijholt speelde al jarenlang in het amateurvoetbal voor Tiglieja, toen hij op 32-jarige leeftijd de overstap naar het betaald voetbal maakte. In het seizoen 1966-67 werd de linksbuiten door trainer Jean Janssen aan de selectie van het eerste elftal van FC VVV toegevoegd. Op 8 augustus 1966 maakte Nijholt zijn competitiedebuut in een uitduel bij Tubantia (1-2 winst). Na een seizoen keerde hij terug naar de amateurs, waar hij eerst voor Venlosche Boys en later nog voor VVV'03 speelde.

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Boy Nijholt is een jongere broer van Hay Nijholt, die tussen 1952 en 1957 eveneens in het eerste elftal van VVV speelde.

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 Lijst van spelers van VVV-Venlo

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What an honor it was for us to lead an amazing group of yogis on a retreat to find space in their minds, bodies and schedules, making rest, renewal and deep connections to God and each other possible. Present Moment Retreat Center is located in the quiet town of Troncones where there are only 800 residents and everyone knows each other. Our open air bunglows did not have locks and yet we felt completely safe. The staff loved us well and made it possible for us to just BE.
Our meals were all farm to table choices made to order and without processing or added sugars.
Efren, Oniver and Rosi called us by name and knew exactly what we liked.
We practiced yoga twice daily in the open air shala.
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Beautifully appointed bungalows right on the beach made us feel part of nature.
We made personalized bracelets with a word or phrase that was meaningful and wore our Masterpiece shirts with pride knowing that each one is created in the image of a loving God for a unique purpose that only we could fulfill.
We helped renew our environment by releasing a community turtle (named Abraham) into the ocean and went on a kayak tour to bird watch.


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from twisted.internet.defer import DeferredQueue, inlineCallbacks
from twisted.internet import reactor
from vumi.utils import LogFilterSite
from vumi.tests.utils import MockResource

def xml_compare(x1, x2, reporter=None):
    if x1.tag != x2.tag:
        if reporter:
            reporter('Tags do not match: %s and %s' % (x1.tag, x2.tag))
        return False
    for name, value in x1.attrib.items():
        if x2.attrib.get(name) != value:
            if reporter:
                reporter('Attributes do not match: %s=%r, %s=%r'
                         % (name, value, name, x2.attrib.get(name)))
            return False
    for name in x2.attrib:
        if name not in x1.attrib:
            if reporter:
                reporter('x2 has an attribute x1 is missing: %s'
                         % name)
            return False
    if not text_compare(x1.text, x2.text):
        if reporter:
            reporter('text: %r != %r' % (x1.text, x2.text))
        return False
    if not text_compare(x1.tail, x2.tail):
        if reporter:
            reporter('tail: %r != %r' % (x1.tail, x2.tail))
        return False
    cl1 = x1.getchildren()
    cl2 = x2.getchildren()
    if len(cl1) != len(cl2):
        if reporter:
            reporter('children length differs, %i != %i'
                     % (len(cl1), len(cl2)))
        return False
    i = 0
    for c1, c2 in zip(cl1, cl2):
        i += 1
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                if (len(c1) and c1[0].tag == 'name'):
                    reporter('children %i do not match: %s'
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                else:
                    reporter('children %i do not match: %s'
                             % (i, c1.tag))
            return False
    return True

def text_compare(t1, t2):
    if not t1 and not t2:
        return True
    if t1 == '*' or t2 == '*':
        return True
    return (t1 or '').strip() == (t2 or '').strip()

class Reporter:
    def __init__(self):
        self.report = []

    def __call__(self, message):
        self.report.insert(0, message)

    def tostring(self):
        summary = ""
        for message in self.report:
            summary = summary + message + ".\n"
        return summary

class MockAllResource(MockResource):

    def render_DELETE(self, request):
        return self.handler(request)

class MockHttpServer(object):

    def __init__(self, handler=None):
        self.queue = DeferredQueue()
        self._handler = handler or self.handle_request
        self._webserver = None
        self.addr = None
        self.url = None

    def handle_request(self, request):
        self.queue.put(request)

    @inlineCallbacks
    def start(self):
        root = MockAllResource(self._handler)
        site_factory = LogFilterSite(root)
        self._webserver = yield reactor.listenTCP(
            0, site_factory, interface='127.0.0.1')
        self.addr = self._webserver.getHost()
        self.url = "http://%s:%s/" % (self.addr.host, self.addr.port)

    @inlineCallbacks
    def stop(self):
        yield self._webserver.stopListening()
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WORCESTER, MA -- Troy standout safety, Cam Hudson, has opened eyes in his pursuit to play in the NFL. Most impressed were the Kansas City Chiefs, who sent Hudson a personal email earlier this week.
Camren, this is John Dorsey, General Manager of the Kansas City Chiefs. You 'ought to be congratulated for having an outstanding collegiate career. I personally wanted to take this opportunity to wish you the best of luck in the upcoming weeks ahead... Your college coaches and our college scouts have spoken very highly of you, not only as a football player, but as a man...It is truly an honor to play in the National Football League and we hope one day you have the opportunity to be a member of the Kansas City Chiefs family.
Hudson was among the best on his team in multiple statistical categories including tackles (61) and passes defended (9). He went out with a bang in his final collegiate game with a season-high 12 tackles to go along with a forced fumble and an interception. He is expected to anywhere from mid 6th-PFA.


Introduced in Retina Network Security Scanner 5.15.0, the Retina Local Scan Service (RLSS) provides the ability to perform local tasks on the target being scanned. Such tasks include the ability to control and execute console commands. RLSS is a temporary service that is deployed, performs an action, and then removed. The use of RLSS adds greater flexibility to the type and depth of information that Retina can gather.
Enumerate Ports via Local Scan Service This option instructs RLSS to run the netstat command on the target and return the results to the engine. Ports obtained from the output are marked in the scan result port detail as LOCAL. Ports obtained from standard network based port scanning will be marked as REMOTE. If an entry only contains the LOCAL attribute, that is an indication that the port is open but likely firewalled and not visible during the network port scan.
Enable Remote Registry Service When enabled, RLSS will attempt to start the Remote Registry service if it isn't already running. This will ensure that Retina has registry access during the course of the scan. Once the scan of the target has completed, the Remote Registry service will be restored to its original state.
Enable WMI Service When enabled, RLSS will attempt to start the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service if it isn't already running. This will ensure that audits and enumerations requiring WMI will have access during the course of the scan. Once the scan of the target has completed, the Windows Management Instrumentation service will be restored to its original state.
Enumerate Processes via Local Scan Service If selected, data associated with running processes such as executable name, process ID, and command line are made available.
Firewall Settings RLSS requires that TCP/445 (Microsoft-DS SMB file sharing) or TCP/139 (NetBIOS Session Service) be open on the scan target. These are standard file sharing ports, and are open by default on most versions of Windows. Once connected, Retina will communicate with RLSS over this port. All sessions are originated from the Retina scanner, so there are no inbound port requirements on the Retina host machine.
Remote UAC Settings (Windows Vista and later) Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced User Account Control (UAC). UAC is enabled by default and can be disabled only from the registry. In order to deploy the Beyondtrust Local Scan Agent using credentials other than the BUILTIN administrator or domain administrator accounts, remote UAC MUST be disabled. Please note, this involves modifying the registry and the usual precaution about backing it up prior to proceeding any further applies. Purpose: In order to authenticate without UAC remotely, the below registry key must be set to allow this.
a) From the "Run" dialog box (Press WINDOWS_KEY + 'r'), type "regedit.exe" which starts the Registry Editor.
d) A system reboot is required after making the change and doesn't take effect immediately.
Write access to the ADMIN$ share of the target When RLSS is deployed, it must first copy the service executable retinalss.exe and associated library retinalss.dll to the %systemroot% folder of the target. If the ADMIN$ share is not available or the SYSTEM account does not have modify, read/execute privileges, deployment will fail and RLSS will not be available. Agent deployment can also fail if antivirus software is active and has restricted the rights to the %systemroot% folder.
Permissions to remotely create and control a service Once RLSS is copied, Retina will use Service Control Manager (SCM) API calls to create a service entry, set the service permissions, and start the service. The service name is BeyondTrust Retina Local Scan Agent and will appear in the targets Services Management Console. The service runs in the security context of the credentials used to scan the target and is configured with the AutoStart attribute. In the event that the service cannot be started, Retina will restore the target to its original state.
Registry Permissions RLSS stores the original state of the target within the Windows registry. To eliminate potential permission issues, the state settings are stored within the standard services registry hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\retinalss During the course of a scan, Retina will send keep-a-live probes to RLSS. In the event that Retina stops sending keep-a-live probes, the service will query the stored values, reconfigure the target to its original state, terminate and remove itself. If for some reason RLSS terminates unexpectedly or the target is rebooted, RLSS will automatically launch at system startup. At that time it will reconfigure the target to its original state, terminate and remove itself.


Markets bounce this week following the recent sell-off. Easing of US/China trade tensions combined with resumed new crop supply concerns, act as catalysts.
· US/China announce intention to put trade tariffs on hold – news supportive to US corn/soybeans markets with increased imports of both to China reportedly being discussed.
· US funds estimated net short 17.1k wheat, long 228.8k (corn) 71.5k (soybeans).
· SAFRAS estimate Brazil's total corn crop for 2018 at 79mmt, down from 88.9mmt last year (USDA's May estimate 87mmt).
· Euro continues to weaken versus the dollar, supporting matif wheat (now at 7 month lows). Sterling firms on employment/wage growth data released.
· US weekly export sales of 985k (corn) 195k (wheat) - further illustrating the lack of demand for US wheat at current levels.
· US HRW forecast return to drier conditions after showers last week. Forward forecasts at present suggest below normal rainfall for much of the Southern Plains.
· US Corn planting believed to be circa 75% complete, marginally behind the average for this time of year. Forecast suggested scattered light showers in parts.
· Canadian Prairie's remain largely dry, though Western areas may receive some rainfall this week.
· Southern Ukraine/Russia remain dry but are forecast for some rains. Russian spring wheat plantings continue to progress slowly, though better conditions forecast for the next 2 weeks should boost progress.
· Australia continues to appear largely dry in the extended forecast (some rains expected for coastal areas). ABARES suggest producers are delaying plantings, hoping for better soil conditions.
· EU crop conditions largely unthreatening after better rains last week. Forward forecasts also imply more normal conditions for this time of year.
· Markets consolidate following on from the circa 50c sell-off in CBOT wheat of the last few weeks, with weather/politics supporting the rally. Weather continues to principally dictate direction and in spite of improved weather outlooks in some areas of concern, issues in some parts of Aus/Can/FSU/US remain unresolved.
· That said, old crop Global wheat stocks are burdensome and US funds have significantly reduced shorts in wheat, also building a significant long in corn - removing some underlying technical support.
· Expect volatile trade to persist, as the weather outlook continues to occupy much of focus. Geo-political/currency influence will also remain closely monitored, particularly until there is more clarity around what the US/China situation will ultimately mean for Ag S&D's.


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half animal, part party machine
I just listened to I Was There Too and it's already one of my favorite new shows! god damn I already have so much to listen to already,
DoctorGeniusPHD 135
How much more in charge of stuff are you now, cause this is some boss shit
Kickpuncher 5011
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I liked it too. I'm curious about how good it will be with guests who aren't the undisputed best podcast guest in the universe (or who aren't talking about one of my favorite movies), but I trust that Gourley will deliver.
well according to this interview with Paul Scheer about Wolfpop on Splitsider http://splitsider.com/2014/11/paul-scheers-new-podcast-network-wolfpop-launches-today/ two future guests will be Greg Proops takling about Phantom Menace and Doug Benson talking about Captain Eo, so I'm feeling confident
^ Yes, I'm very excited for the Greg Proops show.
I don't mean to promote Wolf Den, but they have a new episode about the whys and hows behind Wolfpop. http://www.earwolf.com/episode/wolfpop-curator-paul-scheer-podcast-developer-matt-gourley/
I love Paul Scheer and Matt Gourley. I think whatever they do is golden. This has made me even more excited.
I don't mean to promote Wolf Den, but they have a new episode about the whys and hows behind Wolfpop. http://www.earwolf.c...r-matt-gourley/
HOW DARE YOU promote Wolf Den! and HERE!
I know! I shouldn't have done it and I immediately regretted the decision as soon as I hit post.Sean and Hayes are going to be mad at me. I'm sure I'll get 20 lashings or more.
Ribs 89
Hey, but I can't help but imagine an amazing super-episode for the Informant with PFT, Andy Daly, Tony Hale, Joel McHale, Patton Oswalt, etc.
HipGuide 194
i was there too sounds like pollak if hes interested in the guest.
jeffullrich 651
Wait a second, what's wrong with The Wolf Den?
After you stepped down as CEO, hamburger sandwiches were removed from the menu in the Earwolf commissary because (according to Adam) almost no one ordered them. As an act of rebellion, Hollywood Handbook host Shannon Hayes has been quietly directing his army of "Popcorn Heads" to badmouth The Wolf Den at every available opportunity.
saddlebags 581
Splitting the audience between two sites and two forums is dumb. What even defines what show goes on what network? Yes, HDTGM is about movies, but we listen for the comedy, not the pop culture part, etc.
This seems like a scheme to double count earwolf listeners.
RocHoover 400
I'm actually a bit concerned about aggression from Wolfpop loyalists. It's like the American Civil War all over again. Give this whole thing a few months, and Wolfpop-ers will be swinging chains and clubs at Earwolf-ers outside of shows at Largo or UCB Theater. It's as if God has split my most favorite thing into two and then smashed them together repeatedly as if they were Tonka trucks until they destroy eachother.
My words: mark them.
Is this gonna be a "New Coke" or "Netflix/Quikster" thing?
I can't imagine that this will split the Earwolf listeners. At best, it's just a few new shows that will be good and the others will fade out. As far as the forums go, this one is really good and very active. The forum platform they are using at Wolfpop is terrible and unless they really overhaul it I don't see people using it at all.
In general, I like the idea. As a business, it's a good way to cater to a more specific crowd, generate more add revenue, get full use of your studios, and create new web-space for, you guessed it, more sponsors. All of that is fine. It really depends on how well some of these shows do. A couple of them seem to basically be the same podcast just with different hosts right? I also have my doubts about how long a couple of these will last because how long can you really talk about Denzel? I mean how would you do two hundred episodes about that?
Andrew Ti is close to 600.
Touche. I guess the difference to me is that I actually like Kamau and Kevin. They seem excited about what they're doing, they have a large base of knowledge to go from, and they are personable. Whereas I feel like Andrew doesn't give a shit at all and that makes me super uninterested in listening to him. So while both their premises seem limiting, K & K don't have ignorant dumb dumbs calling every day and leaving hateful voice mails to provide fodder.
You would think that YITR would have moved to Wolfpop since it is closer to pop culture than comedy. Or maybe I just don't get YITR.
I also have my doubts about how long a couple of these will last because how long can you really talk about Denzel?
they said the same thing about U2, but look where we are now.
...and by "they" I mean no one ever, but I think you get what I'm saying. it's not my absolute favorite of the Wolfpop lot, but all of these shows have potential to be truly great and this one is no exception. I am curious if they're gonna bring in guests or not... they haven't mentioned anything about it to my knowledge, but I would be content with just hearing W. Kamau and Kevin every episode.
"from Book to Briefs... getting them on, that is..."
This is exactly the problem. They're trying so hard to make a split, making users have two diff logins for two diff forums, etc. Yet the logic behind the split is vague at best.
Why didn't Pollak, YITR, In Conversation, etc move to wolfpop?
Who charted is arguably all about pop, why didn't it move?
Too confusing.
Most of the wolfpop shows will be limited run. They've already said this. In 6 months it will probably be down to 2-3 shows unless they slowly move earwolf stuff over.
But, again, why?
Let's Be Frank: There are (at best) 100 regular participants in the Earwolf forums, whereas Comedy Bang Bang and How Did This Get Made? get at least 150,000+ listeners per week every week. If there are compelling logistical and/or financial reasons behind the split, I would not expect Midroll to cater their business strategy to a miniscule number of superfans (myself included.)
As far as I can infer, there are three reasons for the split. (Disclaimer: I am not a Midroll employee.)
1. Scott is too busy recording his own podcast(s), making 40 new episodes of the Comedy Bang Bang TV show, working on other TV development deals, and trying to have kids to oversee a slate of 13 new shows. Launching Wolfpop as a separate network means that literally all of the responsibilities that would fall on Scott's plate are instead handled by Paul. No part of the pre-existing Earwolf empire needed to change in order for Wolfpop to exist.
2. Earwolf's current infrastructure was built many years ago on a shoestring budget, and is fragile and difficult to maintain as a result. Have you ever noticed shows missing from iTunes or broken on Earwolf.com shortly after they drop? This is because July and Agata are posting them by hand, five days a week, after midnight PST, and they are only wolves human. This degree of manual labor is unsustainable in the long run, especially as the number of shows increases year over year. Wolfpop launched on a new content management platform that appears to be 100% divorced from Earwolf's existing infrastructure, and (I assume) has automated tools to make both production and consumption way more reliable.
3. Franchising. Once all the kinks are ironed out, Wolfpop can act as a template for future Midroll sister networks. I can imagine Wolftech, Wolftunes, and Wolfheart networks—each with their own curator like Scott or Paul—coming online using the same infrastructure. I would also expect Earwolf to eventually migrate to the new system, at which point these forums might be migrated or retired altogether.
But again, these are only inferences based on my 17-year career managing these types of projects, and not any information from Midroll themselves.
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I will not like that post Dan because I will never give up this job.
I say it all the time but I love these forums man. I get so sad when I'm listening to a podcast that has little or no comment section/forum because I just wanna talk about it!!
It's even sadder when shows abandon their forums for reddit *coughjjgocough*
And I will NEVER get on reddit. You cannot make me.
I'm with you Shannon. The vibe here is almost always pleasant and reddit will never be that way.
Let me just say that all of us listeners are completely spoiled. We have the best network Earwolf, and the best fans and board participation. I have no Idea what goes into bringing some of my favorite shows from the studio to my earholes, but let me just say thank you to everyone involved. Thank you also to the admins and mods who help make these boards so fun.
Nor would I expect you to. Notice that you have a place of honor even on Wolfpop.com, Shannon, our queen, Mother of Wolves.


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FEATURE: We chat to the extraordinary Abbe May
By Ramona MagazineFeatures, Music
Writing by Molly Mckew // The very talented and very fruity Abbe May has come a long way since she was 18 and playing in her fantastically named first band, 'Fox Mulder', alongside her brother. In the lead up to her fifth studio album FRUIT, I pick Abbe's brain about songwriting and love, and in one paragraph the singer gives us all the life advice we will ever need.
Writing by Molly McKew
34 year-old Abbe has been performing solo since 2010, after graduating the small stages of W.A. She has since has gathered a reputation for ballsy and seductive performances, and it's clear she has been given the double whammy of sexual appeal and intelligence – any interview with Abbe will reveal a philosophically minded sensibility that toes so perfectly that line between realism and creative recklessness.
We talk on the phone on a hot Friday arvo, and I catch Abbe in a good mood, pre-afternoon coffee. She has just released her new single, 'Love Decline' (video here!), a groovin' tune that showcases Abbe's ever sexy and agile vocals. Her fifth album FRUIT is to be released on February 2nd in Australia, and May plans to do an Australian tour of the album before heading overseas to charm the rest. The singer has recently opened up about her sexuality, coming out as " 90 per cent lesbian" with "the other 10 percent reserved especially for Raury and Tom Hiddleston". She says of her new record "I hope it helps other gay people feel less alone".
Abbe has lots to say about a lot of things – we chat about the perils of cynicism, the importance of throwing yourself into life even when you come up bruises, and all types of love. Abbe also gives Ramona readers the best ream of advice I have read in years ("being fearless may well be a good way to get yourself killed, it's also a great way to live" almost made me cry and it is now my new years resolution).
M: Abbe! What do you love about touring? Do you love touring?
A: Touring is hard work so I try to make sure I go to places that make sense for me to travel to. I love hotel rooms, and loathe early morning flights after late night shows. I love to connect with fans and build new audiences via touring. But, on the down side, touring has made it very hard to maintain long term relationships if the balance of personalities isn't right. There are a lot of sacrifices to be made if you want to work as a musician!
M: Also, performing is tiring because of the build up of nerves then the release of performance! Do you get nerves? How do you deal with them?
A: I don't get nervous anymore. I used to be very anxious and worried I would forget lyrics or a cue if I'm playing guitar for someone else, but now I just think "no-one is dead. It's only rock n roll."
M: I am loving the new track. What was the inspo behind 'Love Decline'?
A: Well, it's about a kind of malaise I had been feeling in romantic relationships for a while. Years ago, I heard a man say no one really falls in love after a certain age. At the time, I was worried he was right… perhaps I burnt out all my receptors in my 20's? I dunno. I do look at love differently at the age of 34. Recently, I was less inclined to believe a person's character is real if I had a strong physical attraction to them. I thought I'd go blind and my intuition would shut off. I have found that my particular "love goggles" might occasionally need a bloody good wipe because I see jack shit beyond what I want to see when I fall for someone.
M: And what about now? It sounds like you've had to become a bit hardened!
A: I'm learning not to be such a fool in romance – but I still know from experience that my heart is made of stuff strong enough to withstand tremendous trauma… so I'm willing to be fearless and experience the pain – it goes hand in hand with the most rewarding romances of my life.
M: I guess everybody's perceptions on love and romance changes with experience, and age! Are you a romantic at heart, or more of a cynic?
A: Alas, perhaps against my better judgement, I remain a romantic (I almost said "hopeless" before "romantic" but I think the romantic is the person who has hope at the centre of their trajectory). I think it's a beautiful way to live. I jump in the deep end and if I get eaten alive… well, I'd rather be in pain than bored. I'm bored by people who play it safe and keep themselves guarded. They never seem to make anything good of their lives, they just seem to sit there, alone, despising the earnest pursuit of happiness and passion. I'd rather be open and earnest than someone who cares about preserving their cool. I live for the fire, and if I get burnt – I always find my way back. Being fearless may well be a good way to get yourself killed, it's also a great way to live.
M: Perhaps I don't need to ask – as we all know the passions and heartbreak of romance can result in the best art. But, anyway, how do you find song-writing inspiration?
A: Well I used to say – I fall in love, I get hurt. Rinse and repeat. But, in the past few years, existentialism has been a massive inspiration. I've had a seizure on tour in 2013, NEARLY lost my infant nephew to illness and my best mate got incurable cancer… These experiences tend to both pull you away from sex, drugs and rock n roll. I have come to believe that happiness and pleasure are not the main reasons to be alive – they are the cherries on top of living a free life. I found the discovery of purpose in this crisis to be the great saviour of my life and 'sanity'. In this time I found purpose in the role of Aunty to my niece and nephews. I have to be a good and strong woman who speaks out against injustice when I have a platform, so that they know they can rely on me, but also so that they can see goodness exists in what is increasingly becoming a very fucked up world. I love them more than I have ever loved anyone. I would die for them. It's a perfect love because unlike romantic love, it doesn't require reciprocation. These kids don't have to like me – they just need to know I love them and am reliable. It inspires me to evolve rather than devolve, and I have begun writing more about the love I have for them. My song "17" is a letter to my niece telling her "I remember when I was 17..21..28.. all the stupid things I did in those times.." I love her for freeing me from my self centredness, simply by existing.
M: Wow – it sounds like a humbling experience in a way, it's nice to be drawn away from personal dramas sometimes and think about broader things.
A: Yeah – I don't care if this sounds earnest – I genuinely do not give a shit about cool. It's a transient and shallow concept anyway! I now sometimes write about political issues because I am concerned about the world they will inherit from me. I want them to know I at least tried to help. I still sing about sex and love, still plenty of that in my life. I'm lucky because I have purpose AND happiness and pleasure in my life now.
M: You're a super honest and open songwriter, which is so important in a world of lyrical cliche! How do you navigate singing about real life stuff like being cynical about love while still pursuing romantic relationships with people who hear those songs? Do you ever get self-conscious about lyrics and people you know interpreting them?
A: I refuse to be cynical. I had a patch where I was and I wrote the song in that time but now I just think… stuff it – I'm a romantic. Yes, it's difficult to navigate the effect on muses and I never want to hurt anyone. Actually, there is a song on my new album which I considered not including because I knew the woman I was singing about would be potentially hurt/annoyed and I have so much love for her, even though it didn't work out and we aren't on speaking terms. I am grateful to her for loving me for several years and during some of my most difficult mental health periods – I was a nightmare and she was very good to me.
M: Would you ever censor or exclude a song for those reasons?
A: I don't want to hurt her (or anyone, for that matter) but it's the best song on the album. I thought about censoring it but I realised she probably won't care by now – I actually think she will laugh! I'm definitely not flattering myself in the song so I think it will be OK. Generally, when faced with such dilemma, I sometimes consider sending the song to the subject and beg for permission to release it. I don't always though.
M: Tell us about your first forays into songwriting – when did you start to write your own stuff and start performing?
A: I joined my brothers band when I was 18 and he let me finish lyrics for his songs and taught me over a few years about song structures. I eventually started writing my own songs after i got my heartbroken by a boy (yes, I know. A boy.) Also my grandmother, who was my best friend, died. It was such a sad and confusing time for me. I needed to write for catharsis. Catharsis through songwriting and singing is still my main source of relief.
M: What was it like growing up as a muso in W.A? Were there lots of opportunities and support available for young women? (The only venue near me when I was young was E.V's youth centre, which was so full of suburban rock gods I scooted my diamante studded face out of there as soon as I could!)
A: Haha! WA has always been incredible. We had lots of venues to play in and a big, thriving scene. PLUS we have organisations like WAM and the Department Of Culture and the Arts which are incredibly supportive with funding and initiatives to stimulate the music scene. This just keeps getting stronger and stronger.
M: Wow it sounds like a great place for a creatively driven person to be… what would you say to young girls wanting to take a musical path like yours?
A: Respect yourself. Find yourself. Be grateful for living a free life if you do! Don't complain about that which you have the power to change. Negativity is boring and breeds only negativity. Cynicism is not cool.
Be direct. Be upfront. Don't be a person who only texts. Speak and engage with your community face to face. Sit by the ocean or in the bush at least once a week.
Get off the internet. Get on the internet. Read books! Watch movies! Embrace your world. Ask questions. Consider your effect on others. Watch the sunset as often as you can. Watch it come up too.
Don't watch reality TV. It will suck the life right out of you. I know because I've done it. You should know more about Sophie Scholl than you do about Sophie Monk. No offence Sophie, you seem nice.
Compliment strangers. If a stranger puts his hand up your skirt at a crowded bar, strangle him like I did. Don't be afraid to make a scene. Fight for your rights.
Touch your toes every day. Exercise for good mental health. When you look in the mirror, stop calling yourself fat, ugly, stupid, too think, too old, too black, too white, too whatever, the patriarchy tells you to call yourself. Don't support gossip magazines. Don't cry nice-white-lady tears.
Listen to your sisters from other walks of life. Assist them in the fashion in which they ask you. Be a good and patient teacher. Be a good and dedicated student.
Don't waste one second longer than you have to on people who don't love you. Don't feel unlovable because someone couldn't love you. That's their shit. Write songs about it. Move on to the next muse. Try not to hurt people who love you. Try not to hurt people who don't love you.
Look at people's actions never at their words. True character and intent is shown through actions. Don't try to appear as if you are something you are not. Just be you by spending your life finding your center and purpose. Know that finding purpose is more important in life than finding happiness and pursuing pleasure, though happiness and pleasure are some of the best cherries atop a truly free life.
Believe in soul. Create as much as you can. Don't do it for money or fame. Do it purely to develop your talent and craft. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Don't be afraid to say fuck off.
Help other artists. Help the elderly! Help the disadvantaged! Use your platform for good! Find your muses and mentors. Be a mentor. Be sober. Be drunk.
Don't keep your knowledge from other artists. Don't follow trend. Don't bitch, just know. Be brave, it's a feeding frenzy out there.
M: I LOVE THIS AND AM GOING TO PUT IT ON A POSTER!!!! On this note – taking a creative path can be totally consuming and involves a lot of strength, and commitment. Do you feel you missed out on anything/scarified, throwing yourself into music so young?
A: Yes, I may never own a house, I may never settle down, I may never have children. I may never have a pet dog. Music is my main comfort in an increasingly disturbing world and level of consciousness. I'd rather have nothing at the end of my life than have all of those things if it meant I had to take a less true path. Can't take the home with me when I die. I am not sacrificing my life for that 'dream'.
M: If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 14-year-old self?
A: You are a good kid and please, for the love of all that is holy – STOP OVER PLUCKING YOUR EYEBROWS. Also – everyone knows when you try to lie.
M: Moving on to more important things, like food. I'm coming over for dinner tonight! What are you making?
A: I'm the worst cook. Let's go out !
M: If you were tone deaf and had never picked up an instrument, what do you think you would be doing with yourself now?
A: I might be a teacher! My whole family are teachers. It's a very noble profession and I think everyone has at least one teacher who changed their lives. Mine was Kathy Muir who found me as a very bullied 10 year old and taught me to sing. (I was bullied by a teacher – the kids were awesome)
M: The most important question – dogs or cats?
A: Can I have ALL of the dogs and cats?
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Molly Mckew is a Music Editor of Ramona Magazine for Girls. She enjoys writing and music and as a teenager devoured any life advice she could find. She hopes Ramona will help to fill the void for any young people currently in the same boat.
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I've reported to roadsafe and TFL, just have to see if I get any response.
Wow! That has to be one of the most outrageous ones I have seen on the net. That guy wants severe reprimand for such dangerous manoeuvring!
Why did he do it?? He wasn't even stopping. Appalling driving and a nasty piece of work!
Rushing to get past a traffic island, no proper observation of the traffic conditions and for what? To end up in slow moving traffic. This man is supposed to be trained professional driver. I hope TFL respond appropriately.


During 1970 and 1971, my first years of teaching Art at a Pretoria high school, I also took charge of an afternoon Art Club at another school, St Albans College. One afternoon a group of boys staggered past the art room carrying and dragging what looked like very large parts of a Meccano model and dumped them behind the school chapel. I suspected that the pieces of machinery were, collectively, some sort of printing press. I enquired and was told that it was indeed an ancient and obsolete press that had been given to the school Printing Club by Wallach's Printers of Pretoria. The club has found the press unusable and had jettisoned it. I thought I could rebuild it to print etchings - although I had no idea whether I could put the press together again or whether it would indeed be suitable to do the job. The Headmaster agreed to sell the press to me for a very reasonable price.
In 1972 I began teaching Art at Woodmead School north of Johannesburg and I transported the pieces of machinery to the school and assembled the press in the art room. It was a remarkable machine which consisted of a cast iron frame, steel gears and rollers, brass bearings and was, according to an inscription on a plaque attached to the press, manufactured at the Maschinenfabrik Kempewerk, Nuremberg, Germany. The name Kosmos showed in clear relief on the frame. The mechanical principle used in the design of the press was very similar to that of a traditional intaglio or etching press and great pressure could be applied by the geared top roller on the moving bed. The top roller had a much larger diameter than is normally the case with an intaglio press. It had a recessed steel bed which moved between the top and bottom rollers. There was a handle to operate the press on one side and a large flywheel on the opposite side. I estimated the press to be at least one hundred years old, but I have never been able to work out what it was originally used for in an industrial printing context. It may have been used for stereotype printing or to print 'type high' wood engravings, or it may have been a proofing press. Fortunately, I could use the press as I had assembled it - although it was not exactly what I wanted.
My next problem was that I needed to know more about intaglio printing techniques. Printmaking was not offered as a full fine art course at the University of the Witwatersrand during the Sixties, although my introduction to intaglio printing under Guiseppe Cattaneo was invaluable. I contacted the artist, Bill Ainslee, who owned a private art school in Johannesburg, later to become the Johannesburg Art Foundation. He put me in contact with two artists living in Alexandra, Johannesburg - Eric Mbata and Hugh Nolutshungu, who had recently completed their printmaking training at Rorke's Drift in Zululand. They were happy to teach me etching techniques in return for the use of my press. During the Easter holidays of 1972 Eric and Hugh stayed at the school and taught me how to make etched plates and pull prints the Rorke's Drift way. They had a profound influence on my etching technique which has remained with me to this day. My students and I used the press at Woodmead School for the next two years. I held my first solo exhibition in Pretoria at the Association of Arts gallery on Church Square in 1975 and included a number of etchings.
I later improved the press with a larger polished steel bed and a smaller diameter solid steel top roller made by a local engineering firm. I welded together a steel frame with cords and pulleys to assist in keeping the felt blanket off the bed during the printing process. The press is large and very heavy. I have moved it five times, with great difficulty, as I have moved my studio from one location to another in and around Pretoria. It is now in my studio in Lynnwood Glen, and I intend after some years to use it again, intensively, to make a series of etchings and monoprints. The press works superbly and is able to exert with ease the type of pressure essential for the making of good intaglio prints. Recently, merely as a decorative extra, I welded a flat steel depiction of a cow, which I had acquired on a trip to India, to the top of the steel frame on the press.


thing and indicate whether it is near or far away from you.
friends by using all the expressions we have learned in this module.
The dialogue was about the man's friend.
Let's look at what was said.
The woman asks 한국 친구가 있어요? Do you have a Korean friend?
And the man answered, 네, 있어요. Yes, I do.
친구가 무엇을 해요? What does your friend do?
한국말을 가르쳐요. She teaches Korean.
친구가 친절해요? Is she kind?
Very good. Now listen to me and answer.
Did you understand the dialogues?
Now can you answer my questions?
When you are asked, 한국 친구가 있어요?
you could answer with 네, 있어요. or 아니요, 없어요.
And the answer to the question, 친구가 무엇을 해요?
could be 영어를 공부해요. or 일을 해요.
The last question was 친구가 바빠요?
and you could answer with 네, 바빠요.
Let's check what they said in the dialogue.
The first question was 한국 친구가 있어요? Do you have a Korean friend?
And the answer was, 네, 있어요. Yes, I do.
친구가 어때요? What is your friend like?
친구가 무엇을 좋아해요? What does your friend like to do?
영화를 좋아해요. 영화를 자주 봐요. He likes movies. He watches them often.
The word 자주 in this sentence means often.
Excellent, now listen to and answer my questions.
Now, it's your turn to answer my questions.
The first question was 한국 친구가 있어요?
and you could answer with 네, 있어요. or 아니요, 없어요.
The answer to the second question, 친구가 어때요?
could be, 재미있어요. or 친절해요.
The last question was 친구가 무엇을 좋아해요?
영화를 좋아해요. or 음악을 좋아해요.
Now, let's look at more dialogues where students are using what we have learned so far.
close attention to the dialogues?
I hope you understood what was said in the video.
you learned various expressions to introduce your friend in Korean.
Do you think you can talk about your friend in Korean now?
The title of the next module is 제주도가 아름다워요. Jeju Island is beautiful.
Do you know about this beautiful Korean island?
If you're curious to know more about it, be sure to check out the next module.


Why has chocolate become more expensive recently?
It's been a traumatic couple years for chocolate lovers. First, there was the Hershey/Cadbury uproar, when Cadbury Egg lovers balked at Hershey changing Cadbury's beloved recipe for higher profits.
Now, it looks like there are deeper issues -- with cocoa farming as a whole.
According to The Wall Street Journal, there's less available cocoa (the raw material used to make chocolate bunnies and eggs) than ever before, a result of poor farming techniques and bad weather. Other baking ingredients have also been affected by El Nino's off-kilter weather patterns; the price of sugar is on the raise as is the price of palm oil, which increased by nearly 17% this year.
Meanwhile, demand for chocolate is at an all-time high as more developing nations acquire its taste. Last year, Hershey estimated that chocolate sales in China could grow to $4.3 billion by 2019, which would be an increase of nearly 60% from 2014.
The Swiss still eat the most chocolate per-person though, with people buying around 20 pounds per person each year (!). Americans eat roughly half that amount, but since there are more of us, we account for about 18% of all chocolate consumed globally.
The increasing price of chocolate is a classic supply-and-demand issue; as a result, it's leading to an overall 40% price increase for cocoa beans as a commodity. Thankfully, that increase hasn't fully been passed on to consumers – yet.
Halloween candy from Lindt, Nestle and Hershey's in 2015 only went up by 4.2%. Though, you've also likely started to see smaller sized bars, which also keep the price down. But it may just be a matter of time before our wallets feel the pinch of an upset stomach unless something's done.
And, incredibly, there may be worse news yet to come: Mars and fellow chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut estimate there could be global shortages as soon as 2020 if nothing's done. So, your favorite chocolate manufacturers have committed $1 billion to work to improve cocoa farming through sustainable farming and research.
What can you do in the meantime? Personally, I'm certainly not above stock-piling! But, in all seriousness though, there's not much we can do at the moment. Letting your favorite chocolatier know that you support their efforts to avoid a global chocolate meltdown in future years couldn't hurt. But one would think they're predominately motivated by their bottom line.


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Medical marijuana legal in Mississippi? Voters to decide in November.
Marijuana used for medical purposes may soon be allowed in Mississippi. On Wednesday, advocates explained a plan called Initiative 65, one of two proposed amendments for incorporating medical marijuana usage in Mississippi.
Posted: Sep 10, 2020 8:52 PM
Updated: Sep 14, 2020 10:07 PM
Posted By: Bronson Woodruff
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- People may soon be able to obtain and use medical marijuana in Mississippi.
On Wednesday, advocates for its use in the state explained in a press briefing a plan called Initiative 65, one of the two proposed amendments for incorporating medical marijuana usage in Mississippi.
The general election on November 3 will allow voters to say if they want medical marijuana legalized in the state. If they vote for it, they will then choose which one of the two proposed amendments they want to govern its usage.
Medical Marijuana 2020 is a ballot initiative that hopes to make medical marijuana available for patients.
The organization is operated and funded by Mississippians for Compassionate Care, a group of Mississippians with a firm belief in marijuana's medical usage to alleviate pain for people with debilitating and chronic medical conditions.
Speakers on Thursday explained some of the differences between the two proposed amendments. The other is called Alternative 65-A.
Jamie Grantham is Communications Director for Medical Marijuana 2020. She explained this initiative's goal is to allow marijuana to be used to ease the suffering of seriously ill patients.
"There are patients here who are suffering." Grantham said. "I have heard countless stories of patients who are desperate for another option because traditional pharmaceutical medications are not working."
Doctor Matthew B. Wesson M.D. is an ophthalmologist, a doctor who works with people's eyes. He said politicians have not allowed for medical marijuana in the state. He claimed a majority of the state supports it, and that's why it will be on the ballots on November 3rd.
"This is not for someone who has a headache or a sore shoulder, Wesson said. "They're not gonna be able to get it. By the time you need medical marijuana, you're sick."
He said there are 22 medical conditions under Initiative 65 that will make someone a candidate for medical marijuana. Some include cancer, PTSD, and sickle-cell anemia.
Speakers at the event support Initiative 65 over Alternative 65-A, which is a plan Wesson said state politicians put together for allowing marijuana in Mississippi. Wesson also said that 34 other states currently allow for medical marijuana usage.
"We're not talking about California and Colorado where it's recreationally legalized," Navy Veteran and briefing speaker Cody Weaver said.
Weaver said his reasons for supporting medical marijuana are personal.
"18-22 veterans committing suicide a day for PTSD-related emotional problems and illness is unacceptable," Weaver said.
According to Grantham, it's time for voters to make this change.
"It's not a cure-all for everyone, but for so many people in thirty-four other states, it is changing lives, and Mississippians deserve to have that same access," Grantham said.
Speakers at the briefing said people can visit Medical Marijuana 2020'S website for success stories, information on Initiative 65, ways to get involved, and other resources. You can find the link here.
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