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Music Mashtun 04 Stella Ruze
November 06, 2018 Round Guys Brewing Company Season 2 Episode 6
Nov 06, 2018 Season 2 Episode 6
Round Guys Brewing Company
It all started when Brendan Johnson turned his back on corporate America to pursue his true dream of music. A Manayunk fixture, Johnson found himself playing open mics before he bumped into Katie O'Donnell, his future musical partner who'd help him forge the sound that he be described as a folk jam band.
Stella Ruze returns to the Underground on November 30th prior to going back into the studio for their third album release. This time, a full twelve track album is on the slate. The Original Slacker podcast sat down to discuss the musical evolution of the band from just two individuals to, now, seven. They're a big band, with a full body sound, and a light-weight spirit.
Stella Ruze in many ways presents itself as a jack of all sounds, but in truth, the possess a modern folk backbone complete with complementary male/female harmonization. In this interview, Brendan Johnson and Katie O'Donnell joined host Bill McGeeney to perform upcoming album song "the Greater Dog." The Original Slacker podcast Music Mashtun is presented by Round Guys Brewing Company and recorded on location at the Underground venue in Lansdale, PA. Additional audio provided by Dinosoul ("Right Now").
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Welcome to another episode of the original slacker podcast presented by round guys brewing company. I'm your host, Bill mckinney. Today we're going to do a music Mash Tun episode with our friends from Stella Ruse. Katie O'donnell and Brendan Johnson. These guys, uh, in uh, 2015. Billy Penn article were, describes totally unique and modern sound that is complex, yet approachable and I can't agree with that anymore. I love having these guys around love hearing their music and really excited to have them on the show. Do you like to learn more about the original stacker podcasts? You can find us at facebook.com/the original slacker grounded guys brewing company, which is, this is recorded in our facility at the underground where they're going to be playing on November 30th at apm for $8. You can find tickets and information on the undergrounds facebook page or find us on ticket leaf through round guys brewing company and all the information will be up there. Facebook.com/round guys or facebook.com/rgb. See Underground. You can also find it on our website, round guys, brewery.com. Without further due, I'm going to jump right into the interview and let these guys can talk to him
so they have with me. That's delicious. Brendan Johnson and Katie Burke of stellar route. Katie O'donnell now. Katie O'donnell. Hey, you guys didn't give any update on that. Sorry, I forgot. It's new installations by the way. I get it wrong a few times and on Mandolin and vocal. Katie. Oh Shit. What's her last name? That one. Go Walk. Welcome down here guys. I really appreciate you guys coming down. Thanks for having us. Uh, how's, how's life been? How have you guys been? Life's been good. It's been really good. Yeah. UK, it sounds great. Yeah, it's been, it's been good. It's been a, it's been busy.
Yeah. We're coming to a close on our summer shows which was plentiful and uh, get ready to kind of cap off the year. You guys had a really active summer shows. Did you guys do during that time? Um, that's a good question. If you include private parties and weddings. Yeah. Stood up upwards of 25, something like that. Sounds. Yeah, I think like 20 to every weekend. Nice, yeah, any favorites, any ones that really stick out, but some new venues which were always fun.
We played a handful of outdoor shows that always happened to be like super hot, so that Kinda kept us on our toes a little bit. They were fun, but we were like,
yeah, we played some pretty big productions this summer was a, a, a level up from where we were last year. Uh, we played second street festival in northern liberties. That's a big one, which was a very busy crowd and a receptive crowd at that time was, it was, it was like 11:00, 5:00. We were in like the afternoon, I think it was like 2:30, 3:00 because they were kind of drunk, but they're not too drunk. Like they're dancing but it's not out of control. And you know, we're seven pieces now so it helps when you have a big enough stage for us.
You guys, you guys have a big band. Let's talk about that for a second. And I know last time you guys are on, you kind of acquire people as you went along. Just found someone here, found someone there and it just jelled. You guys are going back into studio again for the third time, right? Yeah. And how's that gonna work with the big band? Is the whole band coming in? So it's just just you, Brendan, just you, Katy. Like I know last time round you guys use some studio musicians. I want you to tell me a little bit more about what you guys are planning for next album.
Yeah. So we're, we're working on demos now to try to be as efficient as possible because once you get in there and the minute start taking away as did the dollars. So um, you know, the joys of being an independent musician, independent band had heard rumors that last time round wasn't as efficient as possible. It wasn't. We rediscovered a lot of things in the studio in which is not the greatest place to be making changes because you're like, you want to be making the most efficient time there. But I mean, I guess they turned out well that last turned out well.
Your, your last sort of songs do, you could notice there's dramatic maturity to them from your first round and it seemed like you still found founded sound, whereas the first album it, you had a lot of different sounds on there. Right? He had some, he had some jazzy funky songs that I don't think at all came across in the second album. You guys had some slow songs that didn't quite mimic by the time. Right. But they, it just appeared to be a, you had a thumbprint in a second album versus the first album is kind of all over the place. So how do you feel, do you feel is still ruse, has developed its own personality that you guys have jelled doing 26 shows, was that.
Yeah, I think we have, um, you know, I think that, um, I think that if we were ever fully content on what we're doing, then we're just for ourselves, we're doing something wrong. You know, I think that we're constantly improving. I think with new music that's written and worked on the sound grows a little bit tighter and more mature. Um, you know, kind of finding our, you know, not to sound corporate, but kind of finding our brand, you know, a little bit and refining what it is we want to sound like a,
I think it's always different to like we just over the past couple of weeks we started working on a new song that I think all of us were like, oh, this is a little different, but it's still along the progression of what we've been doing, but it's just like had a little different feel and I think that's, we're all getting kind of excited about getting back in to be able to share some of these new songs because once we got done with the previous album and recording and everything, we immediately were like, oh, we've got some new great stuff already that we think is even better that we can't wait to share. So I think we're looking forward to that.
Yeah. And Lot of times in the beginning, right, the band, there's a music is communication and you just don't have that level of comfort and community. You'll know how the other person communicates. Right. And now you guys have played together for about a year, right? As a whole band. And that comfort level has to be yielding some, some unique sounds at that. Everyone's, it's normalizing, I guess the characteristics of all of you guys. Right? Definitely. So a full length album, right? Is that what we're aiming for in 29 slash 80, which is a rare, rare deal these days. You're adulation. Good luck. Thanks. And how many songs you guys already have come plotted out?
Well it depends on who you ask. I think it'll end up being like a, a, a voting or not voting, but I think we're going to. We'll probably have the recording more than we'll put on maybe and see what.
Yeah, what fits and what sounds the of the materials there. Yeah. Okay. We're backlogged floats. The good news is some musical constipation. Yeah. The creativity hasn't stopped, right? You know, the songs gratefully I'm on, I'm on my side, you know, the, the newer stuff and the newer music continues to present itself. Um, and when I'm able to present it to the guys and Katie to work on is really where we know where we are in as efficient because we're playing so often, oftentimes when we get together for rehearsal or practice, it's, it's not necessarily to add new music in all the time. Um, when we get those rehearsals, you know, it just, it, it really, uh, energizes us because, you know, we're hearing and playing something brand new and everyone gets to work on something brand new within our it, all of us, you know, it sparks what we had in the studio. So I guess to, to digress on the very first studio experience versus the second, you know, I would say that, um, the second one really because the songs weren't refined and finished, the second one really allowed us to get comfortable in the studio and in that setting really start to stretch our wings a little bit. Whereas the first experience, you know, those songs we had been playing, you know, as a, as the founding for, you know, for a year or so. So those songs really flushed out. So when we got in, it was kind of bang, Bang, Bang versus the second studio experience, which was a little bit more touch and go and uh, you know, more of a learning experience. So
the second time around was cool too because like the first time around the songs where they were done, they were how they were going to be. We went in and did them exactly how we always had and then this time, the second time around we were changing things which was I guess probably a little nerve wracking on our part, but I think it was for the better because it was giving the songs a little bit of a fresh take and we were able to take advice from the people we were working with to try to better, better the songs and keep us on our toes. I think it was probably a good, a good learning experience for us all.
And you guys work with Matt, Mira and Ben Arnold. And Are you going to be working with those guys again on next album or. Yeah, we hope to at least get some capacity. And how much impact did they have when you were saying about changing around the song, how much impact did they have on you structuring or restructuring some of those songs you brought into the studio a? Well, Matt and Ben are like Super Pros, you know, they really don't. Um, they don't interject unless you ask Ben. I kinda pulled aside before we started recording this, the, um, the self titled App, which is our second studio or seconds to two d studio experience. Ben and I kind of worked aside from the studio work, I wanted his sort of expertise on more of the lyrics and the themes of the songs, whereas Matt was kind of a more day of in the studio I'm engineering tips, you know, where, what microphones we should use for which insurance and uh, um, when it came to percussion, uh, we kind of, we kind of relied on Matt a little bit to interject. We asked him what his take was on a few tunes because he's such a good drummer. Has that been
Speaker 2: 11:12
right? We didn't have a drummer and so it was, it was honestly, I think his before Sean Mcintyre, his input on the drums, that probably led us to being like, wow, I think we, I think we need a drummer because none of us thought it was going to make as much of a difference as it did to have a drummer.
Yeah. And that was kind of one of the catalysts to us really thinking about adding a full time drummer to the mix. When did you record that? Um, uh, two years ago? Yeah, it was like December of 2016 because it releases 2017. Right. So how did it take
from start to finish to get that album
not out? I think about three months. Two and a half. I mean we were in the studio every day, so it's kind of going away and then revisiting, finding money to go back to the studio. Partly. Certainly we all work a lot of different schedules and so we would love to be in a position where we can just take a week off of our day jobs and just because I feel like that's when you get the good stuff down when you're just like kind of their days in a row. So it's, which is maybe something we can. I'm really the only one out of the group who's doing this full time, who's able to to go in, um, you know, and do a couple of weeks straight, straight up, you know, day in, day out. Um, but it also benefits us a little bit in that we do step away because your ears in studio, your ears get fatigue and um, you know, if you're constantly there, you know, you, you won't necessarily have a fresh fresh take on it. So it's nice to take breaks when you get an opportunity.
Yeah. I find if you wake up with that one thought in mind just to do one thing, that's how when you're talking about being part time, when it's hard and it must be really hard with a seven, eight piece band because you have other things on your plate and your, your focus is pulled away, but when you wake up with that one focus, then your mind gets going, you get in the shower, your mind gets going, and then at some point during the day, everything just flows out much easier. Right. So what is it like to be full time musician Mustaine age? How does, how's that different from Katie's experience?
Um, well you never turn down a gig whether it's solo or, or with the band obviously is the preferred opportunity. Um, have you done bowel solo? Yeah, that's where you start it. Yeah. Essentially that's where every artist starts. Um, but yeah, especially as a singer, songwriter, guitarists, definitely. And you're still doing a singer songwriter one aside. So yeah, that's where the solo shows come in. Now you're testing a lot of these new ideas. Okay. Yeah, certainly. Yeah. And usually it's pretty rowdy crowd and I'm playing too, you know, they mostly one cover songs and whatnot. So when you throw in a song they don't know, they'll let you know if
good. Well it may not be to their liking. Right. It just might be alum.
Where do you usually play your solo stuff at South Philly? Yeah. Uh, my fiance and I live in south philly. So it's, it's, uh, in any given night and passing on. Exactly. Yeah. Yep. Excellent.
So with a seven, eight piece band, you being the only fulltime one, how often is the band actually together? Shows the full band together. Do you guys, are you guys able to sustain that? I know we get other accent here and it's very hard for them to maintain the full band because obviously, you know, the thing is you have to survive. Right? And then music comes along for most people because they're not going to survive on the music now. So how does that usually work? Do you guys usually get the full band together for your shows?
I think we usually get most. And I think now that our sounds been evolving, um, like we, we played a smaller Gig one time that we agree like we knew it was only going to be a couple of us and we were okay with that and we all felt the loss of the missing pieces because now that we're so used to playing with um, such a full sound, we were, we were missing those guys. But, um, I think that now we've just been trying to be conscious about, you know, we have a family calendar that we all try to keep updated so that if we're going to accept a Gig, we know from that point on who's going to be there, you know, if, if one person can't be there, you know, we can, we can make do. But um, we, I mean we always prefer obviously to have the whole.
The whole group. Yeah. I think for a seven piece band, we have a lot of dedicated members to this thing. You know, we, we just did a, a good round of shows this past summer. It was a pretty big number for seven people and almost every show all of us were there, so I think we're all definitely feeling good things about where we're going and I'm, the family calendar has definitely been a,
it's like an extended, extended family, right, because you have people who are all parts of their life in this calendar and that has to throw wrenches in there and I'm sure when it comes to scheduling stuff you far out as possible probably. So you can lock it in.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. But then like he's, he's right, you know, you don't say no to a Gig. We played the second street first. That was the week of my wedding and so it was like the Sunday before I was getting married on a Friday and we were like, yeah, why not? Let's do it.
So you went there was the Sunday before the Friday?
Yeah, it was a Sunday. Yeah, the, so it was like couple of days out from the wedding and I'm like, what was it? We had a great time. It was, it was probably like the best thing to, you know, we had, that was a really fun show. So that was.
No. Did the at all play at your wedding?
Um, they didn't play. I didn't wanna I didn't wanna make them make them work, but they all came and had a good time. And the band that she had at her wedding was, it was a, do you want to give them a shout out? Sure. They were the um, a bottoms up, dixieland jazz band, something, a big name. Yeah. Oh, they were great. They were, they were really. Yeah, it was like an eight piece, um, horns only, lots of horns, like an upright bass, a great singer. Um, and the, um, the, you guys helped with a sound, which was a huge help on my part. But um, yeah, they were great. They were very, everyone's dancing time kind of like that New Orleans sounds fun.
We had met them through a, um, I show that we had shared with them that last column in Fishtown. Okay. So that's how we linked up with them and it was cool to see them again at Katie's wedding and such a special event.
That's so cool. That's awesome. That's a great part about being in a scene. You know, you get some great bands that you have going to have a wedding and throw a great party library tooth. That was fun. Which brewery in the Poconos? Barley creek. Bridge Creek? Yeah. Okay. Now they've extended. I haven't been up there since last time I went up to camelback. Oh I love Canada. They've extended like across the street have they feel like they have a whole corner of the bird. It's like a big, huge outdoor thing. They have like an outdoor bar and patio and they have like, it's okay. You can talk about other breweries on the show. It's fine. No, that's great. Now you guys looking at doing any kind of shows outside of the philly region coming up and if you are, how, how would you logistically make that happen? Would you guys have to take off two weeks of your lives to kind of, to make something like that work?
I think the immediate goal going in 2019 is to put together sort of long weekends and I'm sort of efficient runs so that we'll be able to go up and, you know, play a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, come home on Sunday so everyone could go back to work on Monday if they need to. Give us a chance to make connections and some of the other cities. And where are you guys looking at? Well we're, we're kind of lucky here on the east coast. All these bands we meet from out west, you know, they, it's funny, they always comment on how lucky we are to have New York city an hour and a half away or dc an hour and a half away the other direction or Harrisburg and hour and a half away west. You know, we have all of these large metropolitan areas with a lot of ears and new audiences with within just a short drive. We're out west, you have to drive, you know, four and a half hours the next day. So I think we'll know going in that direction and kind of, you know, forward momentum as long as we continue to progress upward, um, you know, any new venues we can play in a new city.
You guys looking at it. So interested in Allentown, New York, Brooklyn. What do you mean? Yeah,
exactly. We've been up to New York before. We've played in a little Italy place called a Fontana's. Um, so essentially it's just finding a good venues for us and our Americana. Indeed. Folk jam whenever you want to call us, you know, where, where we can go and play and be accepted. And you know, we, we do play weddings privately so, you know, even it is a three hour gig. We can still play a lot of music people. No. So all ears out there if you have any venues, police violence, it's still a ruse.com for all your music needs to
the uh, you got, I think you described the band as a folk indie jam band, which if it's a, it's a cool sound. And I, like I was telling Katie before we recorded that had some people who last time around they listened and they came down just for the sound they came down just because they want to. They like the music they heard at the end and, and it's a solid f for, it's more lively, it's more eclectic and it's full bodied, you know, you have a full range of, of sound in air. Uh, I think this area is a little more predisposed America since the folk fest saturated the area. You guys ever thinking about going down, you know, stretching down your wings to Tennessee and seeing what goes on down that way.
That'd be awesome. I'd love to. Katie and I had our first show in Colorado this past year. So that's quite a leap. Or was that the city? Uh, yeah, we played in boulder. That's a great title outside of the university. It was a quick trip, but it was find a way to make that long trip. We already kind of plotted that out or like if they ask us back next year like we're going to for sure. Yeah. Yeah. I mean to the ironman organization, Tim brushes. Thank you sir. It was a great
place. I love being out there. If we used to go out there for Gabf every year, which is the great American beer fest and I personally wasn't a fan of the actual fast because there's a giant beer festival, but the fun part was to go out there to all the different breweries because everyone in the industry is in Denver or boulder or Colorado Springs. They're all in that area. Saturated area for that, that weekend and everyone's doing collaborations and you go in and you just meet so many cool people from all over the world who are all doing beer. That's awesome. So it was always fun and Colorado's a great spot for other things. So, you know, for skiing and for anything outdoors. But uh, on the beer side, I'm sure in the music side that boulder bolder house me an excellent city. Yeah. Yeah. So you guys are going back into the studio and you have. How many songs do you think at the moment you kind of feel comfortable that you're bringing in? Well then, or of 12, 12 is your target, right? Yeah. And are you guys doing a kind of an album release with that? Are you guys going to do anything special? I actually had a band at this on a podcast preceding this labelle and pool and these guys for the first album, what they're actually doing is doing hand printed album covers, um, for the cds, which is I think kind of unique. I mean this day and age it's much more about the experience tactile and about everything is experiential. I know that gets kind of redundant in a, you know, when you hear about it out there, but it really is true. What's your thoughts on being able to engage your fans in a way that's, that's unique, that's maybe stands apart from so many other performers out there? How does still a ruse differentiate themselves from the next Americano?
Well, that's a really good question. Yeah. I would say let's start there because that's. There's beer if you need some time. Every band strives for that uniqueness today, you know, to stand out, what, what could you be doing better? What could you be doing different? Right. So, you know, oftentimes we kind of rely on the music to stand out on its own. You know, this John was seeking is difficult for us because, you know, we play a lot of different styles and we bring a lot to the table.
Do you, do you feel like you need to genre seek? Do you feel like you need to be put into a box?
I don't know. I think I kinda like that we don't fit into a box and I think um, I think the last time we were, we spoke with you, we mentioned how like we all come from very different musical backgrounds. Um, and I think that that is evident when you see a live show because you'll get a little bit of all of our different sounds. I think. So I think that. And I think that's kind of what makes us unique.
Yeah. One of the things I remember is you guys shot a video in one take, right? In principle park, which that's phenomenal one take, right? I don't think that I will say that 80 percent of people, not just musicians will not be able to do something in one take like that. And that was a really great video. Thank you. So okay, well I want to thank you guys for coming on. Katie O'donnell and Brenton Johnson. Thank you so much for coming on the original slacker podcasts and Music Mash Tun. Where can people find you guys on the internet or anywhere else
world? Yeah, a great show. Coming up on Friday, November 16th with Pete Francis of dispatch. Ooh. It said $10 show at the field house in Philadelphia, downtown Philly, which is part of reading terminal market. Right. So right now the train you get right up there. They can post poultry goods, may if they have a really good beer lineup. We used to be on tap down there. They're very confused lineup. You bring them. And then for all you all you round guys fans were at. I'm back here at round guys brewing company in landsdale at the underground Denver November 30th at the. At the underground. That's right. November 30th,
$8. Eight o'clock show, we actually have the regular ga ticket and we also have a promo ticket if you want to do tacos as well,
doesn't want to do Tacos, Tacos, your music. What more is there in love and then for anyone in Delaware where at home grown cafe in new work on December first. Excellent. Everyone out there just want to check out more of still roots music and go to our website. [inaudible] dot com or find us on itunes, spotify, youtube and wherever. Fine music is streamed. That's right. Excellent.
Katie, you sing lead in a couple of songs right now on the albums. Are you guys planning to extend it out and a new album?
Yeah, I think. I think that any song that really showcases Katie's vocal prowess is a good idea. Um, so I think we strive. I think we always strive to do that, involve her more, especially your vocals. So we defined now
that's day to the first album you guys had. So here, LP, you did about two songs, I think, two songs where your lead vocals and then the last one, salaries you had, you had the one btw and you could tell me again what the band kind of coalescing congealing a bit, uh, in, uh, the difference between the first and second album was a, it felt more like cell ruse. It didn't feel like some alien invasion that didn't match up with silvers. And similarly a Brendan, your song, your vocals definitely matured by the second album because it still felt like a singer songwriter, solo musician at times and a whispering into the mic and then it became much more of a, of the vocal range appeared. Some observations I didn't know. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. I think, um, every,
every album we, we hope to improve upon all range of things, especially vocals.
The duo vocals is something that makes us unique to like the. I'm a sucker for groups like that that have the guy and girl the back and forth. Um, I think it makes the song's interesting and I think we're, it's always fun when we can get a song that works like that. We're like, okay, this is a good, good vibes.
Well, speaking of tune so you guys can be playing a tune in one second if you guys wanted to go ahead and give you self's chance to plug yourselves for upcoming shows where people can find you out there in internet.
Okay. Yup. So our next show coming up guys downtown Philly at Field House on November 16th. We're going to be co headlining with Pete Francis of dispatch. Yeah, that's gonna be, that's gonna be a fun warm $10 cover. And then shortly thereafter on November 30th, back here at the underground part of round guys, brewery and Lansdale drink more rye eagles rye. Yeah. And we'll also have,
we have taco tickets too, so you can have tacos, radicals, Rye and you know, we have other beer too.
And then we're back in new work at home grown cafe on December first while you Delawareans out there. Excellent. I, yes, this is a brand new one. It's called the greater dog
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Thank you so much. Print a Katie. Thank you guys for coming out for another great episode of the original slacker. Really appreciate it. Thanks to the show again on November 30th here at the underground apm. It's going to be $8 a ticket. Uh, we also have a combo package. Includes Tacos for 15. So looking forward to seeing you guys. I think it's 15. Thank you guys once more for listening to the original soccer podcasts and Music Mash Tun. That was another great session we had Katie Birkin, I'm sorry, Katie. Oh, Donald's. Not Katie Burke anymore, and Brenton Johnson, those guys were always fun to have in almost talking to them. They make great music. They there to pass along a little more information. They have a residency over at Bourbon and branch as well in northern liberties during December and they'll be there every on 12 slash seven slash one slash 14, 12 slash 21 to 12 slash 28 with a variety of different musicians including rob terror from, from hambone relay, a black horse motel, chop rabbit, raise spirits. Jamie Gallagher. They got some great stuff coming up. These guys are really, really good and I just love the sound. It's a very eclectic, very, very full body. It's just very fun sound. It's an incredible live experience. Everyone who sees him, at least the feedback we've gotten last time, even though we're here, we get some great feedback from the fans and from customers on them. I want to talk to you about a beer. I don't know if you guys drink beer. I drink the rocket. He'd drink beer all the time, all the time. You drink beer, right? And you know, being a brewery. We do have some tasty beer here. I believe we have a beer right now called [inaudible] and it's our October fest and boy is that a great easy drinking beer. Perfect for a nice 55 degree fall day. Today's a little rainy. Probably tomorrow I'll be a little rainy, but you know, it's a great beer for these, for these situations. It's got some excellent flavor. You have a nice Karmel mall in there, a medium bouncing bittering hop that gives off a flavor of a nice floral richness is very bright, complimentary floral flavor. It's a clean lager, deep amber in color with a frothy whitehead man. It's uh, it's my go to. I always look forward when we have oktoberfest come out. It's outright now. It's not gonna be out there for very long and you're listening to us is probably going to be ending this run soon. So definitely get to either our facility in Landsdale, our lands, our brewpub. Look at at 3:24 west main street in Lansdale or to Glenside Ale house, which is a 17 lime kiln, pike down in glenside. Thank you guys for listening. Once more. The you can find out more about the original slacker podcast on facebook.com/d original slacker. We'd love it if you can get the word out. Love every support, every piece of support we can get a, you know, I really want to make this an interactive experience with our fans, so you guys are always welcome to come down during these recordings. We do them Saturday mornings, around nine slash 11:00 AM and you can follow up more on facebook to see when the record is actually happening, if they're happening. So thanks once more guys and have a great week. Thank you.
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Q: How can I pass a component as a prop in React Native? In my AutoSuggest Component (which renders FlatList), I would like to render different types of cells.
I'd like to pass different Components into AutoSuggest, such as:
<Suggest
    customCell={<SimpleUserCell/>} //or any type of cell
/>

Inside Suggest.js, my render will look like this:
render(){
    <FlatList
        renderItem={(props) => {
            return(
               <this.props.customCell extraData={this.suggestData}/>
            )
        }}
     />
}

How can I achieve this?

A: To pass a component as a prop in React Native you can do the following, can be seen at: https://codesandbox.io/s/6v24n3q92z Hopefully this helps. You will need to extrapolate to get your specific use case working.
class ComponentOne extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (

        I am Component One see my array

{this.props.extraData.map(number =>
number {number}
)}

    );
  }
}

class Suggest extends React.Component {
  render() {
    var anArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
    var CustomComponent = this.props.customCell;
    return <CustomComponent extraData={anArray} />;
  }
}

function App() {
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}

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When is an Error Harmless?
People make mistakes. Even lawyers. Even judges. We are all human after all, and to be human is to be fallible. In the pressure-packed environment of a trial or hearing, the probability that a mistake will be made is even greater.
I'm voting "yes" to retain the 3 justices of the Florida Supreme Court who are up for a retention vote this year — and I urge the readers of this blog to do the same. That may seem out of line with the general non-political/non-partisan tone of this blog. It's not. Let me explain.


Rich guys flirting with candidacies: Portfolios of government as business using cheap labor.
My old uninformed veteran's instincts tell me this is about ego – particularly with Shultz. At least Bloomberg has hands on experience with administration and public policy.
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg warned on Monday that there "is no way an independent" presidential candidate "can win" and that such a bid would only ensure the reelection of President Donald Trump.
Bloomberg's statement, published on his website, came less than 24 hours after former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that he is "seriously considering" mounting a run for the White House.
The former New York City mayor, who is himself reportedly weighing a bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2020, on Monday said that data shows that an independent candidate cannot win.
Bottom line however is that it is foolishness to try to run government like a business. The big fool trying to do it now has proven it.
What's the governing concept that explains the entire Kindergarten Konservative notion of what's good for business is good for us little guys?
The product sold to the gullible who think art-of-the-deal presidents are looking out for the little guys. What is most easily understood to the base is dime-store economics. No need to pretend the attitude is respectable, it only has to appeal to voters with gripes.
That's why the anti-union rhetoric that implies unions as hurtful to working persons is nothing more than corporate-welfare-capitalism that wants voters and the government to endorse suppression of labor.
Fox News' "big–government liberals" is camouflage to hide from the base of what is nothing more than cheap-labor conservativism.
Cheap-labor conservatives defend corporate capitalists whose fortunes depend on labor.
What does this entail? Social spending and safety net ideas doesn't work for cheap-labor conservativism.
Resistance to increases in the minimum wage offers nothing but bogus ideas about how the economy doesn't work if worker income is too high. The implication is that profits trickle down but first they have to be deposited into the accounts of the corporate geniuses.
Cheap-labor conservatives like "free trade", NAFTA, GATT, etc. Why. Because there is a huge supply of desperately poor people in the third world, who are "over a barrel", and will work cheap.
Cheap-labor conservatives oppose a woman's right to choose. Why. Unwanted children are an economic burden that put poor women "over a barrel", forcing them to work cheap.
Cheap-labor conservatives don't like unions. Why. Because when labor "sticks together", wages go up. That's why workers unionize. Seems workers don't like being "over a barrel".
Cheap-labor conservatives constantly bray about "morality", "virtue", "respect for authority", "hard work" and other "values". Why. So they can blame your being "over a barrel" on your own "immorality", lack of "values" and "poor choices".
Cheap-labor conservatives encourage racism, misogyny, homophobia and other forms of bigotry. Why? Bigotry among wage earners distracts them, and keeps them from recognizing their common interests as wage earners.
Cheap-labor conservatives have a long and sorry history of opposing virtually every advancement in this country's development going right back to the American revolution.
Cheap-labor conservatives have hated Social Security and Medicare since their inception.
Many cheap-labor conservatives are hostile to public education. They think it should be privatized.
Cheap-labor conservatives like budget deficits and a huge national debt for two reasons. A bankrupt government has a harder time doing any "social spending" – which cheap-labor conservatives oppose.
Cheap-labor conservatives support every right-wing authoritarian hoodlum in the third world.
Cheap-labor conservatives support foreign assassinations, covert intervention in foreign countries, and every other "black bag" operation the CIA can dream up, even against constitutional governments, elected by the people of those countries.
"Social spending" otherwise known as "redistribution". While they don't mind tax dollars being used for killing people, using their taxes to feed people is "stealing".


Marketing: Managing Profitable Customer Relationships Multiple Choice 1. Marketing seeks to create and manage profitable customer relationships by delivering _____ to customers. a. competitive prices b. superior value c. superior service d. superior promotion (b; Easy) 2. The marketing manager at Sunshine Car Washes is holding a training session for new employees. She stresses that perhaps the most important concept of modern marketing is _____. a. customer relationship management b. e-mail advertising c. a quality Web site d. properly trained sales people (a; Moderate) 3.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. com, wants to deliver a _____ to every customer. a. special experience b. superior value c. wide selection of products d. none of the above (a; Easy) 4. Many experts predict that the future will belong to retailers who offer both "clicks" and _____. a. major discounts b. bricks c. superior locations d. superior promotion (b; Easy) 5. You have learned at work that today's successful companies at all levels have one thing in common: they are strongly customer focused and heavily committed to _____. a. obtaining the best CEOs b. ncreasing wealth to stockholders c. marketing d. employee motivation (c; Moderate) 6. The twofold goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value and to _____. a. keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction b. keep and grow current customers by delivering competitive pricing c. keep and grow current customers by delivering friendly service d. all of the above (a; Challenging) 7. Highly successful companies know that if they take care of their customers, _____ will follow. a. frequent word of mouth b. market share c. rofits d. market share and profits (d; Moderate) 8. Marketing is more than _____ and advertising. a. distribution b. promotion c. selling d. customer service (c; Easy) 9. Marketing is not only an exchange and managerial process, it is a _____. a. numbers game b. social process c. cultural process d. subcultural process (b. Moderate) 10. Tommy Wang now has the buying power to purchase the computer system he has wanted for the last six months. Tommy's want now has become a _____. a. need b. necessity c. demand d. none of the above (c; Easy) 11.
You are preparing a combination of products, services, information, and experiences to a market to satisfy needs and wants. What are you preparing? a. value proposition b. demand satisfaction c. tactical plan d. marketing offer (d; Challenging) 12. The difference between customer value and customer satisfaction is that value is the difference between the values the customer gains from owning and using a product and the _____. a. costs of delivery of the product b. cost of obtaining the product c. cost of competing products d. cost of the lost experience (b. Moderate) 13.
We can safely say that when a customer's purchase lives up to his or her expectations, the customer is experiencing this state of being. a. customer value b. self-esteem c. self-actualization d. customer satisfaction (d; Moderate) 14. The five alternative concepts under which organizations conduct their marketing activities include the production, _____, selling, marketing, and societal marketing concepts. a. promotion b. pricing c. distribution d. product (d; Moderate) 15. We have learned by sad experience that the product concept can lead to marketing _____. a. failures b. myopia c. roblems d. incongruences (b; Moderate) 16. Jolene's firm believes that consumers will not buy enough of the firm's products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort. Jolene's firm is practicing the _____. a. production concept b. marketing concept c. selling concept d. relationship concept (c; Easy) 17. Most firms practice the selling concept when they face _____. a. a crisis b. a recession c. fierce competition d. overcapacity (d; Moderate) 18. To practice the marketing concept, an organization must deliver the _____ better than competitors. a. esired satisfactions b. attractive prices c. level of service d. advertising campaign (a; Moderate) 19. Jonathan Nonis works in sales for a telemarketing firm. His firm uses the selling concept which takes a (an) _____ approach. a. outside-in b. myopic c. inside-out d. marketing concept (c; Easy) 20. Mary Tanaka enjoys her work at Times Designs, Pte Ltd. Her organization understands customer needs even better than customers themselves do and creates products and services that will meet existing and latent needs, now and in the future. Mary's firm practices _____ marketing. a. customer-driven b. ustomer-driving c. relationship d. none of the above (b; Challenging) 21. The societal marketing concept seeks to establish a balance between consumer short-run wants and consumer_____. a. short-run costs and profits b. short-run ethics c. long-run welfare d. health (c; Moderate) 22. Since customers tend to act on perceived values, they often do not judge product values and costs _____. a. reliably b. accurately c. objectively d. accurately or objectively (d; Moderate) 23. All of the following are associated with highly satisfied customers except one. a. They are less price sensitive. b.
They remain loyal for a longer period. c. They spend a higher percentage of their discretionary income on personal items. d. They talk favorably to others about the company and its products. (c; Moderate) 24. You have just read a report in a leading business magazine. It states that the major marketing developments as we enter the new millennium can be summed up in what single theme? a. relationship marketing b. connecting c. partnering d. networking (b; Challenging) 25. You will learn that marketing ultimately involves attracting, keeping, and _____ profitable customers. a. tracking b. lacing in a database c. growing d. none of the above (c; Moderate) 26. Many firms today are taking a proactive orientation by becoming more socially and _____ responsible. a. environmentally b. financially c. ethically d. all of the above (a; Challenging) 27. The old marketing view emphasized trying to make a profit on each sale rather than trying to profit by managing what value? a. customer lifetime value b. customer satisfaction index c. cognitive dissonance d. all of the above (a; Challenging) 28. Modern companies are improving their customer knowledge and customer _____. a. ppreciation b. awareness c. connections d. none of the above (c; Easy) True – False 1. It is safe to say that today's most important marketing concept is customer relationship management. (True; Easy) 2. Internet-based companies tend to spend tremendous outlays on customer acquisition. (True; Moderate) 3. Like Amazon. com, today's successful companies at all levels have one thing in common – they are strongly supplier focused and heavily committed to cost savings. (False; Challenging) 4. The simplest definition of modern marketing is managing profitable customer relationships. (True; Easy) 5.


This event is being run on the t256 course.
Start on the Danby - Castleton road (not via Ainthorpe) at gateway approx 150 yrds west of bridge over river Esk. Proceed through Castleton (M) over Blakey Ridge to Hutton-le-Hole. Proceed to southern end of village, Turn right (M) and proceed through Hutton-le-Hole village to rejoin the road (M) to return back over Blakey Ridge. Finish 200m before the cattle grid on the southern side of Castleton village.


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Shocking video shows Dublin security guard clinging to car bonnet as he tries to stop alleged thief driving away in Blanchardstown
Brian Croft said he was on the bonnet for almost a kilometre before the woman pulled over
Gavin O'CallaghanDeputy Editor
Cormac O'Shea
This is the shocking moment a Dublin security guard had to hang on for his life as an alleged thief tried to make a getaway while he clung to the bonnet.
Brian Croft, 38, ended up on the car after approaching the driver as she left the store he was working in in Balnchardstown Shopping Centre.
Brian said he got suspicious when he saw the woman had stacks of clothes under her arm, and that they were still on their hangers.
Dublin security guard forced to cling to bonnet for almost ten minutes after trying to stop robbers in Blanchardstown
By the time he reached the woman to ask she had already got to her car, and she then reversed out forcing him to jump out of the way.
Speaking to Dublin Live the northsider said she then drove straight at him leaving him up on the bonnet where he clung on for almost a kilometre.
He said: "When I was on my way back [from his break] the mother was on the way out, it was a mother and two daughters.
"She got into the car before I could get to them and she tried to reverse over me.
Brian Croft, 39
"Then she went to drive off, before I could jump out of the way I was on top of the bonnet.
"I'd say she was going between 30 and 50, if not more."
Witness Karl Owens, who took the shocking footage, said the driver "put the foot to the floor" after he watched her go by KFC at the shopping centre.
'You'd think they never seen a donut' - How America reacted to Ireland's Krispy Kreme shame
He said: "I just seen someone leaning over a car so I didn't think much of it then she went around the roundabout after KFC and put the foot to the floor, the fella was banging on the window screaming at her to stop, it all happened so quick I didn't know what was going on."
Brian said the woman was swerving to try and get him off, and that she eventually stopped before the M50 when she realised he wasn't letting go.
"She undertook a car, driving out of the retail park she swerved to try and get me off.
(Image: Karlw Owens)
"Then she went around a roundabout and three cars swerved out of the way that she was swerving into.
"She went about 900 yards on the straight going hell for leather."
Brian went onto say he feared death if he let go, and that she eventually pulled over before getting to the M50.
He said: "If I let go I was dead, I held on for dear life.
"She got just over the flyover on the N3 and pulled over eventually.
Brian was on the bonnet from Blanchardstown Shopping Centre all the way to where the N3 meets the M50 (Image: Google)
"When she pulled over I got the radio and smashed it through the window on the passenger side.
"Then I went back to work."
Croft, who has had 12 years of army training, amazingly went back to work like nothing happened, and even caught four men attempting to steal before gardai arrived to take his report.
He said: "Not long after I caught four other men with stuff in their jackets, unrelated, but they had €140 worth of stuff. So it was an eventful day.
"Then the guards came, they said they got 11 calls from the public about a young lad hanging off a bonnet.
"Adrenaline kicked in I suppose."
Gardai confirmed an incident saying the investigation was ongoing.
A garda spokesperson told Dublin Live: "I can confirm that on Friday evening 12th October, 2018 at approximately 6.30p.m. a suspect offender was leaving Blanchardstown shopping centre when a security man held onto the bonnet of a car trying to halt the offender.
"No persons were injured and investigations are ongoing."

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Netflix's 'Most Dangerous Game' Will Star Zoey Deutch & Glen Powell In Another Epic Rom-Com
By Kristen Perrone
Netflix kicked up its rom-com game last summer when Set It Up debuted, telling the story of two overworked assistants who strive to get their bosses together and fall for each other in the process. Stars Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell won over fans with their chemistry as schemers Harper and Charlie, igniting public demand for a Set It Up sequel. We'll have to wait and see if that follow-up film ever happens, but for now, we can look forward to seeing these stars in a rom-com once again. Netflix's Most Dangerous Game will star Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell, and I'm ready for all the romantic feels.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Deutch and Powell will reunite with their Set It Up producer and writer Katie Silberman for the upcoming Most Dangerous Game. The co-stars are also serving as executive producers of the film, but it definitely isn't a sequel. In a statement, producer Justin Nappi said, "While it was clear that audiences were clamoring for a sequel, we are excited by the thought of creating a new, distinct film that explores different romantic comedy tropes while still being anchored in everything that we loved about the first movie."
However, details about Most Dangerous Game are scarce, so we don't exactly know what to expect from the movie. A general plot has yet to be announced, so we're left to guess about specifics for now. Scheduled to begin production next year, the movie seems slated to have a much different vibe than Set It Up. The title's use of "dangerous" usually correlates with a crime or thriller story, but given the project's rom-com description, we can hopefully anticipate something light and fluffy. Who else is planning a marathon of this and the To All the Boys I've Loved Before sequel?
Both Deutch and Powell posted about their reunion on Instagram, but they're also staying tight-lipped about the story details. Producer Juliet Berman said, "It will be exciting to see Glen and Zoey do something completely different. We all talked about what we could do again and [Most Dangerous Game] was something that [Silberman] brought to us that was creatively exciting as a next project and we jumped on it."
Don't completely count out the chances of a Set It Up sequel, though. Although the stars discussed the possibility in the immediate aftermath of the film's June 2018 release, Deutch addressed it as recently as this May. While promoting her film Buffaloed, she told Entertainment Weekly that when it came to Set It Up 2, all she would say was, "Dot, dot, dot. Ellipses. Dot, dot, dot." Huh?
Her cryptic answer was probably related to the then-unannounced Most Dangerous Game, but never say never. Set It Up director Claire Scanlon once revealed that she has a sequel idea focused on the demanding bosses Rick (Taye Diggs) and Kirsten (Lucy Liu), but that just wouldn't be right without cameos from Harper and Charlie, right?
Until we get a deeper scoop about Most Dangerous Game, I'll be busy re-watching Set It Up. Time to order pizza and find a fire escape!


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Maryland: A State of Many Contradictions
by A. Dwight Pettit July 17, 2013 January 25, 2022
Maryland is geographically located just below the historic Mason and Dixon Line, making it a southern state. The "Old Line State" as Maryland is sometimes called, actually had elements fighting on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War to uphold slavery. Today State leaders deliberately shun the southern affiliation, choosing instead to market the state as part of a more progressive Middle Atlantic region. Such a politically correct agenda better serves the political ambitions of the governor, legislators and others in the white power structure.
Like New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and six other northern jurisdictions, Maryland recently enacted legislation supporting same sex marriage. In 2012, the State followed some of the same states in authorizing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. This year Maryland joined a handful of states like New York Connecticut and Colorado with the enactment of stricter gun control laws.
Boasting of these accomplishments, the president of the state Senate, Thomas Mike V. Miller is quoted in the Baltimore Sun as saying, "Are we the Southern state that we used to be? No, we're not. We're more progressive." The question is: Are we, as a state, really more progressive?
As Gov. Martin O'Malley gloats over the success of his progressive agenda, there are many contradictions on issues related to African Americans. The most glaring example is the Historically Black Universities (HBUs) where Maryland continues to mirror the Deep South in significant ways. Like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, Maryland refuses to make the historically Black Institutions comparable and competitive with its Traditionally White Institutions in their attractiveness to students regardless of race; and thus, continues to operate a dual system of higher education. State officials are currently in federal court arguing as their counterparts in the Deep South did earlier, that contrary to civil rights law, the State has no obligation to create parity between its historically Black and traditionally White campuses.
Unlike Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and several other southern states, Maryland is politically a democratic state. It has had both a democratic governor and a majority of democrats in the legislature for 48 of the 58 years since segregation in public education was outlawed. The state legislative Black Caucus now has a membership of 43 democrats, 9 senators and 34 delegates.
This means democrats rather than the republican minority bear primary responsibility for the continued segregation and inequities in the state higher education system.
Democrats controlled the Statehouse and the Legislature when the State decided to build a new campus in Baltimore County; to develop Towson College into a comprehensive university; and to incorporate a private University of Baltimore into the public system rather than to invest in the growth and development of the existing historically black campuses in the Baltimore region. Democratic lawmakers are primarily responsible for maintaining policies that allow white institutions to duplicate the academic programs at HBIs while White enrollment in the HBCUs plummet. It is the democrats who continue to accelerate funding to construct facilities at TWIs as the backlog of unfunded facilities at historically black campuses gets longer.
Meanwhile, African Americans make up 29 percent of the state's population and historically they vote overwhelmingly democratic. Our vote has been so consistent that we are now taken for granted. As we approach the next state and federal election cycles, African Americans must decide who among the current elected officials they will either reelect or ouster, and whom they will support for higher state and national office. We as a community should have no "permanent friends, only permanent interests" and we have as much power and influence as any other interest groups. It is time we use that influence to force the hand of the governor and the legislature on the issue of parity for our Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The way we use that influence can ultimately determine whether the governor's legacy of neglect of the Historically Black Universities becomes a benefit or an impediment ot any aspirations he has for the office of President of the United States.
Baltimore attorney A. Dwight Pettit is a former member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, 2003-2010; and former vice chairman of the finance committee, 2007-2010.
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EVA is a solid copolymer made from ethylene and vinyl acetate (10-40% VA). EVA is an elastomeric-type material, soft and flexible with good clarity, gloss, low-temperature toughness and stress-crack resistance.


Blue Dog Gourmet Pizza is a Tahoe original, from the logo of a giant azure canine howling at the moon from atop Mount Tallac to the wide selection of gourmet pizza combos and the build-your-own pizzas. There are now two Blue Dog locations, and for both sites, if you're dining in you should plan on calling ahead for reservations (an hour ahead will do for most parties, but if you have more than 30 in your group, give yourself some additional lead time). Otherwise, they have an online ordering system for delivery or take-out. The Midtown location is the one from which Blue Dog offers delivery and is in central South Lake Tahoe, a stand-alone business about halfway between Al Tahoe and Tahoe Keys, with a fenced-off outside dining area available. The Stateline location is tucked over on the very back end of the Raley's Village Center near the forest.


On 25 March, Apple invited celebrities and members of the tech and entertainment press to the Steve Jobs Theater for a range of special announcements. What made this event a little odd, however, was that it was entirely focused on services.
… there comes a time to write something to which everyone can point the other lost souls to — that's the purpose of this post — written in plain english that any regular internet user understands.
I have found another way to waste pass time on my devices: Mini Metro. It was included in the App Store Best of 2016 and won a bunch of other awards. The principle of the game is simple: you are responsible for building a metro/underground/subway network in a major city. Mini Metro comes with 15 different cities. London, Paris, New York, and Berlin are unlocked. You gain access to other cities by achieving a passenger-carrying goal in some other city, for example, move 500 passengers on the Berlin network and Melbourne opens up. The maps reflect the layout of the water features of the city.
You start with the ability to build three different lines indicated by the coloured dots to the right. You have assets of three engines and the capability to create three tunnels. Stations appear on the map; initially, they are indicated by squares, circles, and triangles, but different shapes appear as the game progresses. To construct a line, just touch a station symbol and drag to the next station.
This is the fifth post about the Airtable database. All Airtable posts are here.
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Drones are awesome, malware is beautiful and hacking is something which will always be possible. In this article, I am going to explain the possibilities of malware, drones and hacking.
There are various types of malware. Some will focus on stealing information and some will focus on controlling the victim device. Each type of malware is beautiful. The reason is very simple, someone was insane enough to write a piece of code which will get our attention.
Do not get me wrong. It is fucked up if you get infected with malware, but if you are able to design and code malware, then you are performing art.
The developer Samy Kamkar has crafted a piece of code which is capable of hijacking Parrot AR 2 drones. The code is written and run in PERL and it can be installed on any type of Linux operating system.
Samy Kamkar has titled his piece of code "SkyJack". The "SkyJack" software will run while the host (drone) is flying around. Once the drone finds a vulnerable Parrot AR 2 drone, it will send WiFi signals to the Parrot AR 2 drone. The signals will hold commands which will allow the operator of SkyJack to control the hijacked Parrot AR 2 drones.
The proof of concept which has been crafted by Samy Kamkar is very straight forward. You will need an Raspberry PI, USB battery, WiFi adapter and a strong "drone" or "helicopter" which will carry the mentioned items.
Now just imagine if you take the SkyJack code and adjust it in such type of way that it will also attack WiFi Access Points, Smartphones and other devices which make use of the WiFi protocol.
Get the Malware to the Choppa!
Now that we have an idea of how it is possible to use drones to infect devices, we are are able to extend the proof of concept with our own ideas.
We could add a second drone to the proof of concept. The second drone will operate as the server (command and control) environment. This will provide us two drones.
The attack drone will search the environment for vulnerable devices, once it finds a vulnerable device it will connect to the server drone. The server drone will provide the right library and tools to the attack drone.
This will allow the attack drone to perform fast attacks and it will preserve battery.


We have BARK's own photographer Aliza coming to BarkPark, and she's so excited to make your pooch look like the superstar they are!
Pup portraits will be FREE for all BarkPark members! Not a member yet? No problem! Not a member yet? No worries, you can buy a day pass here or on-site at the park.
Have fun clearing out a spot on your wall for your dog's portrait, and we'll see you on October 4th!


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Cahill rejects suggestions he needs to move from Everton
Qantas Socceroos star Tim Cahill has rejected suggestions he needs to actively pursue a move to to a bigger club to fulfil his potential.
The midfielder has been a huge success in the English Premier League since joining Everton from Millwall five years ago, helping them to two top five finishes and a FA Cup final despite the club not having the financial resources of some of their rivals.
But for all his success and recognition in both club and international football, including a nomination for the prestigious Ballon D'Or award in 2006, silverware has eluded Cahill.
Everton's 2-1 FA Cup final loss to Chelsea last week, his second runners-up medal after reaching the 2004 final with Millwall, sparked suggestions the time was right for the 29-year-old to move to a bigger club while still in his prime.
Cahill is widely considered good enough to play for England's big four and is rated highly by some of the world's best managers, including Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and former Australia coach Guus Hiddink.
Although he does not rule out a move to a bigger club in the future, Cahill does not feel like he is missing anything by staying with Everton.
"It's hard because, of course, every player would love to play in the Champions League and be winning medals and all that but you have to assess what's right for your family, what's right for you and what the club is trying to build," Cahill told AAP ahead of the Qantas Socceroos' World Cup qualifier against Qatar.
"I don't like speculation and I don't like hearing about transfer rumours because it unsettles everyone.
"If a club really wants to buy you, they'll come and buy you and that's the long and short of it.
"Players who try and create moves, make it more difficult for themselves to be 100 per cent focused because their minds are not set on that club, it's set on leaving.
"So I've tried to always give 100 per cent and focus on Everton and if someone wants to buy me, they'll buy me."
Cahill, who is under contract at Goodison Park until 2012, said the fact he was not winning trophies did not play on his mind.
"I think you have to put it in perspective," Cahill said.
"To qualify for the Champions League (2004-2005), to play in two FA Cup finals and the World Cup, for me it's like winning.
"I'm winning because getting Millwall to the FA Cup finals, it's something that will never happen again.
"And with Everton, you look at what we spend and what we achieve.
"Of course, I love silverware, I love all the award nominations and all that but I also think I've achieved a lot and have been part of a league team that's been contesting more and more, not a team that's slumping or that's stayed stagnant."
Cahill is fiercely loyal to Everton and manager David Moyes, who plucked him from the English Championship, and makes no bones about it.
"I have to be," he said.
"I've been there for five years and they've always rewarded and looked after me."


The Polymer team just released a set of tools and APIs for IDEs to support Web Components and Polymer development natively. Here's the YouTube announcement.
VS Studio, Sublime and Atom currently support it natively. But I'd rather use WebStorm.
Are there any plans to have the Polymer plugin for WebStorm support this? I was thinking of writing a separate plugin, but I don't want to duplicate effort. Should I file a bug report instead?
>Should I file a bug report instead?
Bug reports and Feature requests serve the same purpose. I'm not arguing semantics. I want to know if the team is interested in implementing it. Otherwise I'll write a different plugin and put it up.
Glad to see someone already added this to the issue list. Webstorm is a great product and having better Polymer support (and extending to full WebComponent standards support) would be great.
This seems like an easy win for the Webstorm team.
Well ... having ticket created does not necessarily mean that it will be implemented in nearest future (there is limited number of devs and they have their list of tasks already + other priorities that already scheduled for future 2016.3 release).
So far that ticket was not even acknowledged/touched by dev team (I mean -- it has no "Open" status or alike).
Therefore it's quite possible that implementing such plugin by 3rd party could be the best solution for the moment. But for that we need to see the response from dev team first, of course.
+1. This plugin will be a great productivity boost for Polymer developer. Since atom, vscode, and sublime already have this plugins, Webstorm should put feature on top priority.


The always musically fertile Kansai region houses two producers responsible for a pair of 2015's best releases — Soleil Soleil and In The Blue Shirt — and the two released new works tonight, pretty close to one another. Great timing! Soleil Soleil's "She Keeps Me Warm" is on the sparse side, the house-loving producer seemingly aiming for something a bit more breath-on-neck intimate. The song shuffled forward, with vocal samples playing out like whispers, lending the song a welcome warmth. Listen above.
In The Blue Shirt starts off seemingly as laid back on "Canicular Days," a sweet little string-accented number that is a bit of a rest from his EP earlier this year. Yet it isn't a permanent breather, as just a little over a minute into the song a familiar rush of chopped up, helium-infused vocals rush in and turn it dizzying. Yet despite the cascade of singing, this one still ends really sweetly, those voices coming together to form a sonic pillow for the listener to fall on to…before ratcheting it up once before the finish. It appears to come off of a compilation for this year's Summer War Game event in Fukuoka, which might get written up as well in the near future. For now, listen below.


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I am very pleased to acknowledge the two Chedabucto CC volunteers who will be attending the MODG's Volunteer Recognition Ceremony in Larry's River on April 21.
On behalf of the Club's general membership, the Club's executive has submitted Maurice Landry as our member to be recognized for his volunteering to assist all of us as we enjoy our wonderful facility.
Maurice has been extremely active within the Chedabucto Curling Club since he and Maureen moved into our community a couple of years ago.
Maurice has also been front and centre as the chairperson of our Club's Renovation/Expansion Committee. Maurice's ordering of construction materials and wise counsel have been a tremendous asset during the project's planning and actual construction.
On behalf of the Junior Curling Program, Donna Dort, mother of junior curlers Jenna and Vanessa, has been recognized by the executive. Donna has been a continuous fixture at the junior curling sessions over the years that her daughters have been junior curling members. Donna also transports juniors to curling events — and — ensures that her girls have and sell the Club's 50/50 tickets.
Thank you Maurice and Donna. Your involvement and dedication to the Chedabucto Curling Club is recognized and sincerely appreciated.


Oh wow, wish I could be there. Just dropped Kathy and Jin Jin off at the airport. Mei Mei and I are kind of regretting our decision not to go this year.
Can't wait to hear about the work and Hangzhou.
Hi to everyone . . .
Take care and I look forward to hearing more and seeing pictures.


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What's Up, Doc?
There are numerous documentaries exhibited in theatres each year, but they live in a world of lowered expectations compared to your latest action epic. Whereas Hollywood blockbusters hope to gross hundreds of millions, for all the thousands of documentaries that have been released, only 27 have made more than $10 million. (Four of them are from Michael Moore, the undisputed king of docs, moneywise.) $10 million+ is essentially blockbuster status for a documentary.
But this year documentaries are--within their limited standards--hot. RBG--the Ruth Bader Ginsburg story--has made over $13 million. Won't You Be My Neighbor?, the story of Mr. Rogers, has made over $18 million and looks like it'll pass $20 million. And now Three Identical Strangers, the story behind separated triplets, has made over $4 million with a decent shot of making it to $10 million. And it's only July.
I wouldn't say this represents a trend, since these three films are very different. But it's worth noting if you tell an intriguing story on a subject people care about, there's an audience. I admit I often prefer documentaries since the Hollywood formula is so predictable, while you're never quite sure what will happen in real life.
I suppose there's a business model, if you figure you can do it (how does Errol Morris do?)
But is it really true to say there's an audience when you at least want $60 million these days, and, as you say, $100 million is the practical cut off.
It's a game of expectations. Hollywood blockbusters are generally very expensive, with huge promotional budgets, and so have to make big bucks. (And they often do--the whole Hollywood economy is built on them.)
There are mid-budget films that make less. And there are low-budget films that are happy to make almost anything. This include most documentaries. And since a lot of documentary filmmakers have something to say, they're often on a mission that's about more than grosses.
Of course, not all documentaries get attention through theatrical release these days. There's a huge market on cable and services like Netflix. And there are a number of people who have enough of a track record that they're capable of raising the money, one way or another, to keep working.
How much does HBO make on its stable of Documentaries? I realize it's hard to assign HBO's total net profit to particular projects, and probably few people subscribe to HBO primarily for the documentaries, but I assume HBO wouldn't do them (or show them) if they didn't create a profit for the company.
Recently I saw both Mr. Rogers in a theater, and Robin Williams, Come into my Mind, on HBO. I enjoyed both, both were very well done and, for my tastes, not too preachy. I think I enjoy seeing documentaries more at home, especially if watching with others, so there can be instantaneous discussion and reflection on what we're seeing (using the handy pause button).
Not selling ads, HBO judges programs by more than just ratings. How much luster does a show add to the brand, and how many people might it draw in who wouldn't otherwise pay the premium?
I don't suppose documentaries are a big draw on HBO, but they're a lot cheaper to create than a scripted series, and every now and then one hits the zeitgeist and really gets HBO a lot of attention.
The Brits generate a handful of documentaries (and perhaps more than I know) that are quite good and interesting.
But there's no way they generate much audience. I assume in their case it's a socialist remnant--presumably there are sufficient producers and editors with adequate education to produce good work. But I also suspect that's a wasting asset. Old Man's lament, I suppose. I hope so.


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bedales News
Bedales has been accepted into the Round Square network following successful completion of the organisation's assessment process.
Bedales, Dunannie, Dunhurst
As Bedales reopens its doors for the Spring term we have a re-formed government, and the UK's departure from the EU is likely to be imminent.
In an article for TES, Head of Bedales Magnus Bashaarat argues that the neo-traditionalist Goveian GCSE curriculum is out of step with the worlds of work and higher education, and that reform is overdue.
Coming together to support good causes
Charity-minded pupils, staff and parents at Bedales Prep and Pre-prep have raised over £7,000 for good causes this term.
Leading the GCSE debate
Last week the Times published a letter from Magnus Bashaarat questioning GCSEs and encouraging Heads who openly criticise them to join our lead in replacing many of them with our own more interesting and challenging Bedales Assessed Courses (BACs).
Educating character at Bedales
In an article for a special issue of the Eton Journal for Innovation and Research in Education, Alistair McConville, Bedales Director of Learning and Innovation, explores how the idea of character education has been understood at Bedales – from the school's inception to the present day.
Bedales featured in Telegraph report on innovative education
Bedales and academy partner Bohunt School feature in an article on innovative education published in The Telegraph.
Bedales students create new water supply for Swazi school
A group of 23 Bedales Sixth Form students spent their half term break working on a 10-day project in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to install running water at a rural primary school.
Radically challenging the status quo
An article in TES describes a novel partnership between Bedales and The Key Education Centre – a pupil referral unit in Gosport that caters for children who can't attend mainstream school.
Bedales runners raise thousands for good causes
A Bedales School team of 65 runners who took part in the Great South Run in Southsea on 19/20 October has so far raised an impressive £8,100 for two charities.
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The virtual store features the same pledge packages found in the Kickstarter campaign which ended in July with over $120,00 in funding. This includes the Early Bird packs and other exclusive packages previously available during the Kickstarter campaign.
Pledge Packages start at $23 all the way up to $345. High-value packs will be available until the start of Alpha testing in December which all high-tier backers will immediately have access to. Backers who donated during the Kickstarter campaign will also be able to upgrade their pledges until December. All pledges made through the virtual store will also count towards unlocking the stretch goals.
Dynamight aims to double their funding for the game by start of the first Alpha Testing. Currently, the studio has raised $130,000 in crowdfunding and $100,000 from private investors. You can track the game's total funding on the Fractured official site.


The Web Adaptor is a web application that runs in a front-end web server. One of the Web Adaptor's primary responsibilities is to forward HTTP requests from end users to the back-end GIS Server in a round-robin fashion. The Web Adaptor acts a reverse proxy, providing the end users with an entry point into the system, hiding the GIS servers, and providing some degree of immunity from back-end failures.
The front-end web server could authenticate incoming requests against your enterprise identity stores and provide specific authentication schemes like Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA), HTTP Basic or Digest.
Most importantly, a Web Adaptor provides your end users with a well-defined entry point into your system without exposing the internal details of your GIS server. The back-end GIS server will trust requests being forwarded by one or more of such registered Web Adaptors and will not challenge the user for any credentials. However, the authorization of the request (by looking up roles and permissions) is still enforced by the GIS server.