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Bright, shiny Christmas Story musical delights
Posted on December 10, 2015 by Chad Jones
Christopher Swan as The Old Man (center) sings an ode to his leg lamp – a "major award" – in A Christmas Story: The Musical, playing as part of the SHN season at the Orpheum Theatre through Dec. 13. Below: Avital Asuleen is teacher Mrs. Shields and Evan Gray is Ralphie in a number called "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out." Photos by Carol Rosegg
I remember seeing A Christmas Story in the movie theater in 1983 (I was in high school), and since then, I've probably seen it 50 times or so (in whole or in part) on TV. It helps that TBS has been known to show it in constant rotation for days. So I have affection for the movie and for Jean Shepherd the man who created it (and narrated the movie is wonderfully droll, comforting voice). I hadn't realized that Shepherd's stories of the Parker family, of which A Christmas Story is one, were sort of an industry unto themselves. First of all, there was a sequel to A Christmas Story called My Summer Story (also known by the title It Runs in the Family), but the only returning cast member was the woman who played the schoolteacher. The 1994 film, with Charles Grodin and Mary Steenburgen flopped pretty hard. There have also been TV movies about the Parkers courtesy of PBS' "American Playhouse." Among the titles are "The Phantom of the Open Hearth" (1976), "The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters" (1982) and "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss" (1988).
A Christmas Story remains the most beloved Shepherd movie, so it's no surprise that it has been adapted for the stage as a play (by Philip Grecian, which popped up at the now-extinct San Jose Repertory Theatre a few times) and now as a big old Broadway-style musical.
The musical, which began in earnest in 2010 (after a bumpy start in Missouri in 2009) in Seattle with a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Joseph Robineette. The show eventually made it to Broadway in 2012 and nabbed a couple Tony nominations. The musical finally landed in San Francisco as part of the SHN season, and I reviewed it for the San Francisco Chronicle. Here's a look.
If you want cute, talented kids combined with catchy tunes, abundant nostalgia and canine guest stars you can look beyond "Annie." Now we have "A Christmas Story: The Musical" to fit that particular bill.
With a streamlined book by Joseph Robinette and a bright, tuneful score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, this "Story" seems tailor made for fans of the movie — a smart movie seeing as how that fan base comprises about 96 percent of the population. As holiday movie-to-stage adaptations go, it's not as heartfelt or charming as Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," but it's much better than "Elf" or Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
I also talked to co-composer Justin Paul, who, with Benj Pasek, wrote the score of A Christmas Story: The Musical, for a feature in the San Francisco Chronicle. Here's a peek:
Co-composer Paul says that he and Pasek, who began working together as undergrads in the University of Michigan musical theater program, were somewhat naive when approached with the idea of writing songs for the stage adaptation.
"We didn't really grasp the scope of this," Paul says on the phone. "We were 25-year-olds, who didn't know anything, saying, 'Sure! Let's give it a whirl!' We weren't intimidated by the movie's relevance, resonance and ubiquity. We just dug in and wrote a big, traditional musical comedy."
A Christmas Story: The Musical continues through Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market St., San Francisco. Tickets are $40-$160. Call 888-746-1799 or visit www.shnsf.com.
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Q: MS SQL get aggregate datetime difference by status I have below table in sql.
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UnitID    Status         DateTime              Value
======================================================
 101        A       01/12/2017 00:02:10          10
 101        A       01/12/2017 00:02:40          25
 101        A       01/12/2017 00:03:20          18
 101        B       01/12/2017 00:03:55          30
 101        B       01/12/2017 00:04:05          10
 101        B       01/12/2017 00:04:30          20
 101        B       01/12/2017 00:04:50          10
 101        A       01/12/2017 00:05:00          28
 101        A       01/12/2017 00:05:50          18
 101        A       01/12/2017 00:06:20          18
 102        A       01/12/2017 00:02:10          10
 102        A       01/12/2017 00:02:40          25
 102        A       01/12/2017 00:03:20          18
 102        B       01/12/2017 00:03:55          30
 102        B       01/12/2017 00:04:05          10
 102        B       01/12/2017 00:04:30          20
 102        B       01/12/2017 00:04:50          10
 102        A       01/12/2017 00:05:00          28
 102        A       01/12/2017 00:05:50          18
 102        A       01/12/2017 00:06:20          18

From this table i need below mention output.
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UnitID    StatusA     StatusB    MaxValue
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 101       02:30       00:55       30
 102       02:30       00:55       30

what i need is the total time difference by status. so how could i achieve this in mssql query. so here 02:30 is time duration for status "A" in the table.
Thank you in advanced.

A: As far as I know you cannot have status in different columns, only by row.
SELECT [UnitID], [Status], MAX([DateTime]) - MIN([DateTime]), MAX([Value])
FROM [theTable]
GROUP BY [UnitID], [Status]

Output would be like
101 A 02:30 30
101 B 00:55 30
102 A 02:30 30
102 B 00:55 30

If you have fixed states of A and B you can go messy and do this:
SELECT UnitID, A, B, MaxValue
FROM
(
SELECT [UnitID], MAX([DateTime]) - MIN([DateTime]) AS A, null AS B, MAX([Value]) AS MaxValue
FROM [theTable]
WHERE Status = 'A'
GROUP BY [UnitID]
UNION ALL
SELECT [UnitID], null, MAX([DateTime]) - MIN([DateTime]), MAX([Value])
FROM [theTable]
WHERE Status = 'B'
GROUP BY [UnitID]
) x

A: You can do what you need with the following query. I tried to separate each step on different CTE's so you can see step by step how to get to your result. LAG will retrieve the previous row value (spliting by the PARTITION BY columns and ordering by the ORDER BY).
;WITH LaggedValues AS
(
    SELECT
        M.UnitID,
        M.Status,
        M.DateTime,
        LaggedDateTime = LAG(M.DateTime) OVER (PARTITION BY M.UnitID ORDER BY M.DateTime ASC),
        LaggedStatus = LAG(M.Status) OVER (PARTITION BY M.UnitID ORDER BY M.DateTime ASC)
    FROM
        Measures AS M
),
TimeDifferences AS
(
    SELECT
        T.*,
        SecondDifference = CASE
            WHEN T.Status = T.LaggedStatus THEN DATEDIFF(SECOND, T.LaggedDateTime, T.DateTime) END
    FROM
        LaggedValues AS T
),
TotalsByUnitAndStatus AS
(
    SELECT
        T.UnitID,
        T.Status,
        SecondDifference = SUM(T.SecondDifference)
    FROM
        TimeDifferences AS T
    GROUP BY
        T.UnitID,
        T.Status
),
TotalsByUnit AS -- Conditional aggregation (alternative to PIVOT)
(
    SELECT
        T.UnitID,
        StatusA = MAX(CASE WHEN T.Status = 'A' THEN T.SecondDifference END),
        StatusB = MAX(CASE WHEN T.Status = 'B' THEN T.SecondDifference END)
    FROM
        TotalsByUnitAndStatus AS T
    GROUP BY
        T.UnitID
)
SELECT
    T.UnitID,
    StatusA = CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), T.StatusA / 60) + ':' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), T.StatusA % 60),
    StatusB = CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), T.StatusB / 60) + ':' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), T.StatusB % 60)
FROM
    TotalsByUnit AS T

A: You can get the difference for each group:
select unitid, status, min(datetime) as mindt, max(datetime) as maxdt, max(value) as maxvalue
from (select t.*,
             row_number() over (partition by unitid order by datetime) as seqnum,
             row_number() over (partition by unitid, status order by datetime) as seqnum_s
      from t
     ) t
group by unitid, status, (seqnum - seqnum_s);

This solves the "groups-and-islands" problem.  Now you can get the information you want using conditional aggregation:
with t as (
      select unitid, status, min(datetime) as mindt, max(datetime) as maxdt, max(value) as maxvalue
      from (select t.*,
                   row_number() over (partition by unitid order by datetime) as seqnum,
                   row_number() over (partition by unitid, status order by datetime) as seqnum_s
            from t
           ) t
      group by unitid, status, (seqnum - seqnum_s)
     )
select unitid,
       sum(case when status = 'A' then datediff(minute, mindt, maxdt) end) as a_minutes,
       sum(case when status = 'b' then datediff(minute, mindt, maxdt) end) as a_minutes,
       max(maxvalue)
from t
group by unitid;

I'll leave it up to you to convert the minutes back to times.

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The R. William Jones Cup (), also known as the Jones Cup, is an international basketball tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) held annually since 1977 in Taiwan.

It was named in honor of basketball promoter Renato William Jones, who was one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Like the Olympics and the FIBA Basketball World Cup, it has both men's and women's versions. Despite lacking the prestige of the Olympic tournament and the FIBA World Championship, it is a tournament that draws global interest. Like the FIBA Stanovic Continental Champions Cup, the Renato Williams Jones Cup serves as a preparation for major tournaments, such as the Olympic Basketball Tournament, the FIBA World Cup, and the continental tournaments. Also, the Renato Williams Jones Cup serves and promotes basketball in the world. The men's version is currently being dominated by American teams since the tournament's inaugural staging while the women's version is being jointly dominated by South Korean, American and Taiwanese teams. It also invites professional club, collegiate and national teams from around the world, although the participants are mainly from the Asian, European, Egyptian and North American regions.

In both tournaments, each country can only be represented by one team, which could be its national team, youth team, club team, or an all-star selection, except for the hosts Taiwan, which could opt to have two teams.

Since the tournament is not sanctioned by FIBA, the Taiwanese national team which usually competes as "Chinese Taipei" is referred to as "Republic of China" by the organizers.

The tournament has not been held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.

History
The tournament was conceived in 1977 as a tribute to Englishman Renato William Jones, who was FIBA secretary-general for 44 years and was instrumental in the granting of zone commission status for Asia at the 1964 FIBA World Congress in Tokyo. Jones also attended the Asian Basketball Championships in 1963, which was held in Taipei.

The invitational tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association was made following the admission of the People's Republic of China as a regular member of the ABC in 1975.

The William Jones Cup was cancelled thrice; in 1989 when the main venue was affected by fire, in 2003 due to the SARS outbreak, and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Champions

Men's tournament

Summaries

Medal table

Women's tournament

Summaries

Medal table

See also
 List of sporting events in Taiwan

Notes

References

Basketball competitions in Asia between national teams
International basketball competitions hosted by Taiwan
Recurring sporting events established in 1975
1975 establishments in Taiwan

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Q: $\chi^2$ test for significance of a logistic regression? From "Thirty Years Training Rural Physicians" by Wendling et al. in Academic Medicine (https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/FullText/2016/01000/Thirty_Years_Training_Rural_Physicians__Outcomes.34.aspx):

The overall logistic regression model including factors impacting
  rural practice choice was statistically significant, $\chi^2(4, N =
 2,344) = 142.3$, $P < .001$.

I'm struggling to understand what is actually being tested here with this $\chi^2$ test statistic. Is this supposed to be some sort of a deviance test?


The town of Moonta in South Australia has a rich history as a copper boom town, dating back to 1861 when it was first discovered. Cornish miners were already in South Australia working at other sites and were recruited from the South Australian towns of Burra and Kapunda and also from the Victorian goldfields and from Cornwall in England.
The work was extremely physical in harsh conditions and with only polluted rainwater available in the first 30 years of the town being settled, disease epidemics were inevitable with children being the biggest victims. Hundreds are buried in the Moonta cemetery in unmarked graves. All the mining was done by hand using basic tools and blasting powder and at its peak the mines employed around 2,000 men and boys. In the 1870s the town of Moonta was so populated it was second only to the capital city of Adelaide.
Today some original cottages still stand in the town, their small doorways are a giveaway as well as their construction material, being constructed of locally made mud bricks, clay and limestone.
In the peak of its time, Moonta had a population of around 12,000 and the town had 80 businesses, 5 hotels and 16 churches.
There is a thread of history running through the town and noticeable down every street, including the main shopping strip (George Street) where you will find the Moonta Town Hall (1885) which now includes a picture theatre and the town has many other preserved buildings.
Some of the shops hint at the Cornish heritage including The Miners Couch and Piskies Wellness Centre. (Piskies are Cornish fairies which are mischievous but thought to bring good luck). You can't visit Moonta without sampling a Cornish Pasty from The Cornish Kitchen, of course. The thick crimp of pastry along the top of the pasty no longer has to act as a handle for a miners dirty hands but boy it still looks and tastes good.
Queen Square is a good place to sit and enjoy a picnic and while there you can see more historic references including a statue of two wombats. The statue signifies the important role that wombats played in the discovery of copper in the area. Even the public toilets in the park are for Cousin Jack or Cousin Jenny, a slang reference to Cornishmen and women.
In your travels around town keep an eye out for silhouettes attached to street signs that depict yet more historical images or sea themes on the way to Moonta Bay.
Moonta has a fascinating history that you can delve into further by visiting the Moonta Mines Museum or taking the Moonta Heritage Drive to sites of historical significance on Tour Drive number 38. On a side note some of my ancestors were originally from Cornwall and settled in Burra, an area I am yet to spend time in and discover for myself!
I've never heard of Moonta, Glenys. Looks so interesting.
Moonta, like so many small towns, has a fascinating history. It would be worth taking some time to visit instead of driving through. Thanks for letting us know about this little place.


In one of the several manifestations, the future cellular networks are required to accommodate a massive number of devices; several orders of magnitude compared to today's networks. At the same time, the future cellular networks will have to fulfill stringent latency constraints. To that end, one problem that is posed as a potential showstopper is extreme congestion for requesting uplink scheduling over the physical random access channel (PRACH). Indeed, such congestion drags along scheduling delay problems. In this paper, the use of self-organized device-to-device (D2D) clustering is advocated for mitigating PRACH congestion. To this end, the paper proposes two D2D clustering schemes, namely; Random-Based Clustering (RBC) and Channel-Gain-Based Clustering (CGBC). Accordingly, this paper sheds light on random access within the proposed D2D clustering schemes and presents a case study based on a stochastic geometry framework. For the sake of objective evaluation, the D2D clustering is benchmarked by the conventional scheduling request procedure. Accordingly, the paper offers insights into useful scenarios that minimize the scheduling delay for each clustering scheme. Finally, the paper discusses the implementation algorithm and some potential implementation issues and remedies.
Gharbieh M, Bader A, El Sawy H, Yang H-C, Alouini M-S, et al. (2018) Self-Organized Scheduling Request for Uplink 5G Networks: A D2D Clustering Approach. IEEE Transactions on Communications: 1–1. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2018.2876008.


As we had purchased tickets for Les Miserables and were already planning to head down to London's West End to see the show, we decided to make a day of it and see a few of the city's many attractions. Using the famed London Underground metro system to get around, we visited the Tower Bridge, London Eye, Big Ben, Platform 9¾, the Abbey Road crossing and our personal favourite, the British Museum (where we beheld THE Rosetta Stone)! Check out some pictures of our short London excursion!


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Some historians are unhappy that old video footage is being upscaled to 4K
Historians believe the footage is not always an accurate portrayal of what it was like when the footage was first recorded.
Marc Townley
Image: YouTube
Last week, I wrote a piece showing the unique work some YouTubers are doing to bring new life to old video footage. Today, I'm going to give the other side of that argument. We're going to talk about the historians who want them to stop. Either because I like to present both sides of a debate, or because I'll have a kick-off about anything. Even if the argument is with myself. I'm going with the latter, to be honest.
Anyway, as we've already seen, the work that these channels do is nothing short of spectacular. Neural Networks and Deep Learning used AI to give us a full-color look at San Francisco in the 1940s. Gdansk-based Denis Shiryaev uses his channel as a showcase for his company Neural Love, and upscaled the world's oldest video footage, filmed in 1888, from 12 to 60fps.
It's always a vivid look into the past, and something we wouldn't usually be able to see without a DeLorean and a flux capacitor.
Making the old feel new
A lot of the time, feedback is positive. Elizabeth Peck, one of Shiryaev's colleagues at Neural Love believes "it brings you more into that real-life feeling of, 'I'm here watching someone do this', whereas before you're looking more at something more artistic or cinematic."
It's not technically restoration though. It's enhancement. The removal of scratches, noise, dust, and other imperfections is done via neural networks. It's a best-guess estimation based on what's present in the film. Which, in the eyes of some historians, creates a whole set of new problems.
Criticizing the colorization
Speaking to Wired, Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Associate Professor at University College Dublin's School of Art History and Cultural Policy said that "the problem with colourisation is it leads people to just think about photographs as a kind of uncomplicated window onto the past, and that's not what photographs are."
Her worry is that while neural networks and open source programs like DeOldify can make photographs look amazing, they may not give a true representation of what's being presented. "I look at them and think, oh, wow, that's quite an arresting image," she says. But obviously, that's just a first impression. Mark-FitzGerald goes on to explain "my next impulse is to say, 'Well, why am I having that response? And what is the person who's made this intervention on the restoration actually doing? What information has this person added? What have they taken away?"
Criticism of colorized footage isn't a new thing either. Writing in 2018, Luke McKernan, lead curator of news and moving images at the British Library, pulled apart the 2003 television series World War I in Colour. He explained that "the authentic colour could not be digitally deduced from the monochrome," before going on to say it was "very pretty sometimes, but quite untrue."
Neural Love has never claimed to be perfect, though. Their site specifically says, "while not historically accurate, the colorization appears natural." Their tools are simply a way to make old, stuttery footage and imagery feel contemporary.
The original videos still exist, of course, they haven't been lost to the ages just yet. But it's a little bit like Disney. While live-action remakes are a thing of beauty to see, some people think the best way to look at things is from the original perspective.
What do you think? Do you agree with the arguments outlined in this article? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.
Someone on Reddit used neural networks to enhance an 1896 film to 4K 60 FPS and it's wild
Forget video deepfakes, audio-only deepfakes are now a very real threat
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This is the first book-length study of the relationship between Benedetto Croce (1866-1952), Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944), Guido de Ruggiero (1888-1948) and Robin George Collingwood (1889-1943). Though the relationship between these highly influential philosophers has often been discussed, it has never been studied comprehensively. On the basis of published and unpublished writings this study carefully reconstructs their debate on the relationship between thought and action, following their explorations of art, history, philosophy and action in the context of the First World War and the rise of Fascism and Nazism. This book unveils the hidden past of contemporary philosophy of history and divulges the last secret of Collingwood's Italian connection. Dr Rik Peters is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Groningen.
"It is certainly to the benefit of Collingwood scholars to have such an account finally collected together in one place...Peters' main point is...that Collingwood is not as deeply indebted for his doctrines to the Italians named in the title as many contemporary historians of ideas assume...(Peters') reward is the knowledge that History as Thought and Action will stand as the authoritative statement on Collingwood's relation to Italian philosophy for many years."
"This book is a model for a proper intellectual history… It is learned, rigorous, complex, and detailed… Gentile's thought is finally given its due and De Ruggiero gets the kind of sympathetic treatment long overdue in the Anglophone world… [T]his is not only an original contribution to philosophy of history but also to the philosophy of the history of ideas. Impressive."
"[C]ontains within it some fairly controversial new insights into philosophy's long-running love affair with state power… What Peters brings to the table is a new and original analysis of the personal stories and intellectual debates that went on in the early years in Italy, when 'fascism' was still, essentially, a matter for metaphysicians to wrangle about."
problems for the others. The argument is philosophically sophisticated and thoroughly grounded in published material, marginalia, and extensive correspondence… This book is a model of scholarship and has an immense value for anyone interested in the development of philosophical ideas and their relationship to each other beyond mere influence or imitation."
"I know of no author as qualified as Rik Peters to take on the monumental task of History as Thought and Action. His considerable knowledge and understanding of the idealist literature, as well as his years of reflection on the historical and philosphical problems elaborated in the book, is demonstrated on every page.... These qualities, together with the clarity of Peters' prose and the breadth of his reading, ensure that the book will remain instructive to novices and interesting to experts for years to come."


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Q: Conjugate gradient with incomplete cholesky preconditioner returns unexpected errors for the Eigen library I am new to stack overflow, so posting a question for the first time.
I am aiming to solve the linear equation Ax =b using the conjugate gradient technique with an incomplete cholesky preconditioner, leveraging the Eigen library. So what I am basically looking at is the ICCG algorithm. The Eigen library as I understand allows integration of the preconditioner to the conjugate gradient solver. I have a simple dummy code which fails to execute.
#include <iostream>
#include <Eigen>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int n = 10;
    SparseMatrix<double> A = MatrixXd::Random(n,n).sparseView(0.5,1);
    VectorXd b(n),x(n);
    /* Eigen::ConjugateGradient<SparseMatrix<double>, Eigen::Lower|Eigen::Upper, IdentityPreconditioner> cg;  */
    Eigen::ConjugateGradient<SparseMatrix<double>, Eigen::Lower, IncompleteCholesky> cg;
    cg.compute(A);
    x = cg.solve(b);
    x = cg.solve(b);
    return 0;
}

On compilation with g++ with maximum optimization (-O3) the following error gets thrown:
../PracTemplates.cpp:62:94: error: type/value mismatch at argument 3 in template parameter list for 'template<class _MatrixType, int _UpLo, class _Preconditioner> class Eigen::ConjugateGradient'

I also get errors related to .compute() and .solve() but I believe those are related to the issue with the above mentioned error.
The conjugate gradient technique however works with the Identity Preconditioner.
Judging by the error I am clearly missing something from object declaration. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
PS: I am using Eclipse IDE, so all I have done is included the path to my eigen  library "D:\C++ Development\Eigen" in the "Paths and Symbols" tab.
Compilation Commands:
g++ -I$PATH -O3 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"PracTemplates.d" -MT"PracTemplates.o" -o "PracTemplates.o" "../PracTemplates.cpp"

where "PracTemplates.cpp is the name of my file and $PATH is my path to the eigen library as specified above.

A: IncompleteCholesky is a template class with 3 template parameters. The last two are optionals, but you need to specify to the first one, which is the scalar type:
typedef ConjugateGradient<SparseMatrix<double>,Lower, IncompleteCholesky<double> > ICCG;


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Battle of Clontarf . Brian Boru: 1014
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Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf (Irish: Cath Chluain Tarbh) was a battle that took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted the forces of Brian Boru, high king of Ireland, against a Norse–Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, king of Dublin, Máel Mórda mac Murchada, king of Leinster, and a Viking contingent led by Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir of Mann. It lasted from sunrise to sunset, and ended in a rout of the Viking and Leinster forces. It is estimated that between 7,000 and 10,000 men were killed. Although Brian's forces were victorious, Brian himself was killed, as were his son Murchad and his grandson Toirdelbach. Leinster king Máel Mórda and Viking leaders Sigurd and Brodir were also slain. After the battle, the Vikings of Dublin were reduced to a secondary power. Brian's family was temporarily eclipsed, and there was no undisputed high king of Ireland until the late 12th century.
The battle was an important event in Irish history and is recorded in both Irish and Norse chronicles. In Ireland, the battle came to be seen as an event that freed the Irish from foreign domination, and Brian was hailed as a national hero. This view was especially popular during English and British rule in Ireland. Although the battle is today viewed in a more critical light, it still has a hold on popular imagination.[2]
Map of the larger Irish kingdoms in 1014.
The Vikings (or Norsemen) began carrying out raids on Gaelic Ireland in the late eighth century, and over the following few decades they founded a number of settlements along the coast. Vikings first established themselves in Dublin in 838, when they built a fortified area, or longphort, there.[3] During the tenth century Viking Dublin developed into the Kingdom of Dublin—a thriving town and a large area of the surrounding countryside, whose rulers controlled extensive territories in the Irish Sea and, at one time, York.[4] Over time, many Vikings were assimilated into Gaelic society and became the Norse-Gaels. Dublin was closely involved in the affairs of the Kingdom of the Isles, which included the Isle of Man and the Hebrides, and when the Dublin king Amlaíb Cuarán was defeated by Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill at the Battle of Tara in 980, he was supported by the men of the Isles.[5][6] Amlaíb's son, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, who was king of Dublin from 990, allied himself with his uncle Máel Mórda mac Murchada, king of Leinster. They met Máel Sechnaill and Brian Boru at the Battle of Glenmama in 999, where they were defeated.[7]
From the time of the seventh-century and the reign of Domnall mac Áedo, the kingship of Tara was a title which was strongly associated with the high kingship of Ireland and was held by members of the Uí Néill dynasty, who controlled the northern half of Ireland.[8] In the tenth century, the Dál gCais, until then a small kingdom in what is now County Clare, began to expand. By the time of his death in 951, Cennétig mac Lorcáin had become king of Thomond. His son, Mathgamain mac Cennétig, was king of Munster when he died in 976.[9] Mathgamain's brother, Brian Boru, quickly asserted his claim to the kingship of Munster, then invaded Leinster and gained its submission.[10] In 998 he attacked the Uí Néill stronghold of Meath. Máel Sechnaill responded by attacking Munster in 999, and over the following years the two kings struggled for supremacy in Ireland. In 997, Brian and Máel Sechnaill met in Clonfert and reached an agreement where they recognised each other's reign over their respective halves of the country—Máel Sechnaill in the north and Brian in the south. Brian received the hostages of Leinster and Dublin from Máel Seachnaill, and surrendered the hostages of Connacht to him.[10] The peace was short-lived. After they had jointly defeated the Vikings at Glenmama, Brian resumed his attacks on Máel Seachnaill.[11] He marched on Tara in 1000 with the combined armies of Munster, Osraige, Leinster and Dublin, but after an advance party consisting of the latter two groups was destroyed by Máel Sechnaill, Brian Boru withdrew from the area without giving battle.[12] In 1002 he marched with the same army to Athlone, and took the hostages of Connacht and Meath. He was now the undisputed high king of Ireland.[13]
Revolt of Dublin and Leinster
Brian consolidated his hold on Ireland by eventually obtaining the submission of the northern territories of Cenél nEógain, Cenél Conaill and Ulaid, following a series of circuits of the northern part of the island. He completed the task when, following "a great hosting…by land and sea" into the Uí Néill territory of Cenél Conaill in 1011, the king was brought south to Dál gCais territory to submit to Brian Boru in person at his royal site of Cenn Corad.[14] It was not long, however, before fighting was renewed. Flaithbertach Ua Néill, king of the Cenél nEógain, resented the rise of Brian Boru. Had the old political order persisted, Flaithbertach would have been in line to succeed to the high-kingship. He attacked his Cenél Conaill neighbours in 1012 but, while doing so, Máel Seachnaill attacked the Cenél nEógain inauguration site of Tullahoge. Flaithbertach in turn raided Meath the following year and Máel Sechnaill was forced to back down.[15] Sigtrygg and Máel Mórda took advantage, and themselves raided Meath. Máel Sechnaill sent his army to raid the hinterland north of Dublin as far as Howth but he was defeated. He lost 200 men including his son Flann. Sigtrygg then sent a fleet along the coast to attack the Munster town of Cork, but that was defeated, and Sigtrygg's nephew was killed.[16] A full-scale conflict was inevitable. Brian brought his army to Leinster in 1013, and camped outside Dublin from September until the end of the year.[17]
Sigtrygg went overseas in search of Viking (Norse) support and enlisted the help of Sigurd Hlodvirsson, the Earl of Orkney and Brodir, a warrior of the Isle of Man. According to the Icelandic Njáls saga, Sigtrygg promised both men the kingship of Ireland if they defeated Brian.[17] In early 1014, Sveinn Forkbeard, king of Denmark, had invaded and become the first Norse king of England.
The Viking fleets of Orkney and Mann sailed into Dublin in Holy Week 1014.[17] Brian mustered the army of Munster, which was joined by Máel Sechnaill and two Connacht kings, Mael Ruanaidh Ua hEidhin, king of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and Tadhg Ua Cellaigh, king of Uí Maine, and marched on Dublin.[18][19]
No order of battle is given in the contemporary sources; the only leaders named are those who died in the battle. The nearest contemporary accounts are the Annals of Inisfallen and the Annals of Ulster. Among the fallen on Brian's side, they name the high king himself, his son Murchad and his grandson Toirdelbach, as well as his nephew Conaing, Domnall mac Diarmata of Corcu Baiscind (County Clare), Mac Bethad mac Muiredaig of Ciarraige Luachra (County Kerry), Mael Ruanaidh Ua hEidhin of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and Tadhg Ua Cellaigh of Uí Maine (both in south Connacht).[20] On the opposing side are named Máel Morda, Dubgall mac Amlaíb (brother of Sigtrygg), Gilla Ciaráin mac Glún Iairn (probably a nephew of Sigtrygg), Sigurd Hlodvirsson of Orkney, and Brodir, commander of the Viking fleet.[21] No notables from Meath are recorded among the slain; leading to the suggestion that, if present, Máel Sechnaill kept himself and his forces out of harm's way. But the Annals of Ulster say that Máel Sechnaill and Brian rode together to Dublin, and the Annals of the Four Masters go so far as to say that it was Máel Sechnaill who won the day, and completed the rout after the death of Brian.[22] On the other hand, Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib ("The War of the Irish with the Foreigners"), says that the men of Meath came to the muster with Brian, but "were not faithful to him".[23]
According to the Cogad, after his arrival at Dublin, Brian sent his forces north across the river to plunder the area known as Fine Gall, and they torched the country as far as Howth. Brian, now in his 70s, did not go with them but stayed behind to pray. The Dublin forces set out by land, and were joined in Clontarf at high tide by the Viking fleet that was in Dublin Bay.[24]
The front line of the Dublin/Leinster forces were the foreign Vikings, led by Brodir, Sigurd and a man called Plait, described as "the bravest knight of all the foreigners".[25] Behind them were the men of Dublin, commanded by Dubgall mac Amlaíb and Gilla Ciaráin mac Glún Iairn. Behind them again came the Leinstermen, headed by Máel Mórda.[25] Sigtrygg remained in Dublin with enough men to defend it, should the battle go against them. He watched the battle from the walls with his wife Sláine, the daughter of Brian.[26]
At the front of Brian's forces were the Dál gCais, led by Brian's son Murchad, Murchad's 15-year-old son Toirdelbach, Brian's brother Cudulligh and Domnall mac Diarmata of Corcu Baiscind. Behind them were the other forces of Munster, commanded by Mothla mac Domnaill mic Fáeláin, king of the Déisi Muman, and Magnus mac Amchada, king of Uí Liatháin. Next came the Connachta, led by Mael Ruanaidh Ua hEidhin and Tadhg Ua Cellaigh. To one side of them were Brian's Viking allies; Fergal ua Ruairc, with the Uí Briúin and the Conmhaícne was placed on the left flank. After the Connachta came Máel Sechnaill and the men of Meath, but (the Cogad says) he had made an agreement with the men of Dublin that if he would not attack them, they would not attack him.[27]
The battle opened with Plait taunting Domnall mac Eimin, a Scottish ally of Brian. The two men marched out into the middle of the field and fought, and both died, "with the sword of each through the heart of the other, and the hair of each in the clenched hand of the other."[27]
Then the battle proper got under way. It is described in the Cogad as remarkably loud and bloody. The men of Connacht fought the men of Dublin, and the fighting was so fierce that only 100 Connachtmen and twenty Dublinmen survived. The last casualties occurred at "Dubgall's Bridge", which Seán Duffy suggests was a bridge over the River Tolka, on the road back to Dublin.[28] Brian's son Murchad, at the head of the Dál gCais army, took on the foreign Vikings and, according to the Cogad, he himself killed 100 of the enemy—fifty with the sword in his right hand and fifty with the sword in his left.[29] The Vikings wore mail; the Irish did not. Yet the Irish gained the advantage, partly through the use of small spears, which they hurled at the enemy, and partly though numerical superiority.[30]
The battle, which had begun at first light, lasted all day. Eventually, the Dublin/Leinster forces broke, and some withdrew towards their ships, while others made for a nearby wood. However, the tide had come in again, cutting off the passage to the wood, but also carrying off the Viking ships. With no way out, they were killed in large numbers, many of them by drowning.[31] Samuel Haughton, in 1860, calculated that the tide at Clontarf would have been high at 5:30 am and again at 5:55 pm, which is consistent with the account in the Cogad.[32] It was at this point that Brian's grandson Toirdelbach was killed. He pursued the enemy into the sea, but was hit by a wave and thrown up against the weir, and drowned.[33] Murchad killed Sigurd, the earl of Orkney, but shortly afterwards he himself was killed.[33] Brian was in his tent praying when Brodir found him, and killed him. Brodir himself was then killed.[34]
Viking re-enactors from all over the world at the Battle of Clontarf millennium commemoration in Saint Anne's Park, Dublin (lining up before charging at the opposition). April 19th, 2014.
Brian's body was brought to Swords, north of Dublin. There it was met by the coarb of Patrick, the traditional head of the church in Ireland, who brought the body back with him to Armagh, where it was interred after twelve days of mourning. Along with Brian were the body of Murchad and the heads of Conaing, Brian's nephew, and Mothla, king of the Déisi Muman.[35] Máel Sechnaill was restored as high king of Ireland, and remained secure in his position until his death in 1022.[36]
Though the Annals imply that life was not much changed after the death of Brian Boru, it created a succession crisis, as Brian's son and heir Murchad had died as well. Brian had two remaining sons who could challenge for the kingship: Donnchad mac Briain, his son with Gormflaith and Tadc mac Briain, his son with Echrad. According to the annals, Donnchad rallied the forces of the Dál gCais at Clontarf and lead them home to Cenn Corad.[37]
Within weeks the Dál gCais, under the new leadership of Donnchad, were battling their old masters the Eóganacht Raithlind. Tadc initially joined his brother against the Eóganacht, but would eventually be killed in 1023 at the order of Donnchad.[37]
Sigtrygg remained king of Dublin until 1036, and was apparently secure enough to go on pilgrimage to Rome in 1028.[38] However, after Clontarf, Dublin had been reduced to a lesser power. In 1052, Diarmait mac Máel na mBó, king of Leinster, captured Dublin and Fine Gall, for the first time asserting Irish overlordship over the Norse of Ireland.[39]
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Battle of Tara
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Online Spotlight: Reconfigurable Dual-Band Power Amplifier for Telemetry Applications
Urmila Nath, Spectral Energies LLC, Dayton, Ohio and Guru Subramanyam, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Figure 16 shows the simulated performance with C-Band operation. PAE is better than 50 percent, with output power of 34.8 dBm and associated gain of 11.8 dB. At L-Band, the PAE, output power and gain are low: 14.1 percent, 25.4 dBm and 2.9 dB, respectively.
Figure 16 Large-signal simulation with C-Band selected: PAE, Pout and saturated gain vs. frequency.
To reject one of the two bands — C-Band for example (see Figure 15) — the capacitance for the second varactor is set to 4 pF, and the first varactor's capacitance is 0.8 pF. To reject L-Band (see Figure 16), the capacitance values are flipped: the first varactor's capacitance is set to 4 pF, the second varactor's to 0.8 pF. Recall that the capacitance required to operate in both bands simultaneously with good gain and efficiency, i.e., concurrent dual bands, is 0.8 pF for both varactors. To reject one of the bands, the capacitance value is set to 4 pF for one of the two varactors. This requires a varactor tuning ratio of 5:1.
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MEASURED vs. SIMULATION
Measured |S21| and |S11| of the BST varactors used in the reconfigurable PA board is compared with the simulated performance for two bias states: 0 and 6 V (see Figures 17–18). The varactor current was limited to 1 μA, which determined the maximum bias voltage applied: 6 V with these devices. The measured variation in capacitance agrees well with the simulated capacitance value of 2.8 pF for 0 V bias and 1.5 pF for 6 V bias, a 1.9:1 tuning ratio.
Figure 17 Measured vs. simulated |S21| and |S11| with 0 V varactor bias, an approximate capacitance of 2.8 pF.
Figure 19 compares the measured data with the small-signal simulation with both varactors biased to 1.5 pF capacitance, i.e., both varactors on. The measured gain generally matched the predictions with both varactors biased to 1.5 pF capacitance; discrepancies occurred because the varactor capacitance values did not meet the design requirements.
Figure 19 Measured vs. simulated small-signal performance with both varactors set to 1.5 pF.
Figure 20 shows the simulated efficiency, output power and gain with both varactors biased to 1.5 pF capacitance. To construct this plot, measured parameters matching the small-signal simulated data were used, e.g., 1.5 pF varactor capacitance, 44 mA device drain current. The PA is predicted to have a PAE of 47.4 percent, Pout of 30.7 dBm and associated gain of 7.6 dB at L-Band, and a PAE of 62.9 percent, Pout of 32.8 dBm and associated gain of 10.3 dB at C-Band.
Figure 20 Simulated PAE, Pout and associated gain for the PA in dual-band mode.
This article presented the design of a reconfigurable, concurrent, dual-band PA operating at the L and C telemetry bands. Using a 0.25 μm GaN HEMT and tunable components solely in the input matching section predicts high efficiency in both bands, which makes this design unique. Small-signal measured data verifies the dual-band performance, and large-signal simulation using measured small-signal data predicts efficiency above 45 percent for L-Band and above 60 percent for C-Band with a varactor capacitance of 1.5 pF.
Better small-signal response — higher gain, better input and output return loss — and better large-signal response — higher PAE and output power — can be achieved with varactors having 5:1 capacitance tuning or with values closer to the design values of 4 pF at no bias and 0.8 pF with bias. Achieving the desired capacitance values and tuning ratios, the PA can achieve its design goals. BST varactors with higher tunability are being fabricated to verify the simulations.
To the best of the authors' knowledge, this design represents the first high efficiency, reconfigurable, concurrent dual-band PA suitable for telemetry applications.
This research is supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Program Officer: Dr. Michael Kendra). We would like to thank Dr. Paul Watson, Mr. Tony Quach, Ms. Aji Mattamana, Mr. Will Gouty and Mr. Steve Dooley for their technical support and advice. The authors would also like to thank Modelithics for the transistor models used in this design, which were provided as part of Modelithics' University Program.
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U. Nath, T. Quach, A. G. Mattamana, S. Dooley, W. Gouty, P. Watson and G. Subramanyam "Concurrent Dual-Band Hybrid Power Amplifier Using 0.25 μm GaN Technology," Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, March 2017.
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Georges St. Pierre Announces He's "Ready to Return," Calls for Title Fight With Michael Bisping
(Ahhhh the good ol' days, right Georges?)
It's been three years since Georges St. Pierre last competed in the octagon, three years the former champ has gloriously spent selling booze, signing boobs and unearthing dinosaur bones. It's a life that stood in stark contrast to what we come to see from St. Pierre in the latter stages of his career — the self-doubt, the anxiety, the onslaught of strikes he was beginning to absorb in each fight — and one that GSP himself admitted to being more than content with. Georges St. Pierre was one of the all-too rare fighters to recognize that his best days were behind him and that is was best to step away from the sport while he still had his facilities intact.
And now, he's ready to take it all back.
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On yesterday's edition of The MMA Hour, St. Pierre dropped the bomb that he was not only ready to return to the cage, but already had a fight in mind for when he does.
"What I did is I did a training camp to see where I'm at," said St-Pierre. "I've been training, but being in shape and being in fighting shape is something different. I did a training to push myself and go back to the highest level of competition. I didn't fight, but I put myself through a training camp and I sparred and everything, and I did it successfully. Now I know for a fact that I could go back and fight, if my management and the UFC get to an agreement."
"I love my sport and I still feel I'm at my best right now. The clock is running. I'm not getting any younger. I'm in the peak of my career and if there is a shot, there is another goal, another run, I better do it and do it quick, because it is time to do it now."
It's a statement that sounds undoubtedly familiar to fight fans. GSP, like countless fighters before him, got a taste of the normal life and decided that he would rather go through the hell that is mixed martial arts to prove that he's "still got it." It's not hard to see why he'd think such a thing; he did, after all, step away from the sport with the belt in hand and an incredible 9 title defenses to his credit. But you can't help shake the feeling that "the clock is running" and "I'm not getting any younger" aren't exactly the greatest reasons for returning to one of the most dangerous sports on the planet.
Our own Trent Reinsmith further elaborated on why GSP should stay retired back when the news was still fresh in our minds:
St-Pierre left the sport as one of the top five (or better) fighters of all time. If he comes back and loses, not only will his legacy be tarnished, but it's entirely feasible that the UFC would use that loss to further step on what St-Pierre has contributed to the promotion. The UFC machine would undoubtedly use a victory over St-Pierre as the launching point of a media campaign for whatever fighter defeated the mid-30's version of St-Pierre.
Plus, St-Pierre doesn't need to fight. He's made his millions; he's appearing in movies, he has sponsorship deals. He's doing exactly what (almost) every professional fighter dreams of doing: making money without getting punched in the head by the likes of Johny Hendricks or Nick Diaz.
This isn't to mention that, in unretiring, St. Pierre would be casting himself back into the arms of the very people that buried him when he chose to step away from the sport in the first place. Does anyone even remember the unjustifiably dickish language that Dana White used to try and pressure St. Pierre into an immediate rematch with Johny Hendricks? Here, let us remind you…
"You owe it to the fans, you owe it to that belt, you owe it to this company, and you owe it to Johny Hendricks to give him that opportunity to fight again, unless you're gonna retire…There's no 'Hey listen I'm gonna go on a cruise and be gone for two years.'"
You hear that? Forget the fact that George St. Pierre had spent the past nine years bleeding for the UFC and netting them millions of dollars in the process, or that he was questioning not only his future health but how the lax drug-testing policies of the promotion he was fighting for were affecting it, he was a fighter, and fighters fight whether they want to or not! Are you not entertained?! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!!
Why in God's name would St. Pierre want to sign up for that circus again? The answer, or so it seems, is glory. Later on in his interview, St. Pierre then moved on to who he would like to face upon his return. His answer? Newly-crowned middleweight champ Michael Bisping.
"Look, it's something big," said St. Pierre. "You just give me the chills thinking about it, because it's not the first time that people have mentioned it. I'm sure Michael and his side people have talked to him about it, because he creates a lot of buzz. I always said if I come back, I would come back for something very big. Bisping is the man to beat right now. He beat Silva, he knocked out Rockhold, Rockhold beat Jacare and Weidman. [Bisping is] bigger than me. [When I was fighting as a welterweight] I never really considered going up and going back down after, because I was the welterweight champion. Now that I've retired, I can make things more experimentally. I could, if I want to, fight at lightweight, as well. It would be easy for me. I could fight at welterweight, and I can also fight at middleweight. I'm not a big welterweight, and even though Michael Bisping is bigger than me, I believe if I fight him, I believe I'll beat him."
For what it's worth, Bisping seems up for the bout, no doubt because it would easily make for the most lucrative of his career. And look, I'm not here to play the moral police and question whether or not GSP "should" come back from a mental health standpoint. As far as I see it, George St. Pierre is a grown-ass man who can do what he pleases, even if that means losing a few more million brain cells in a half baked quest to recapture the glory of his former self. He's no different than Fedor Emelianenko, even if the latter's most recent performance should serve as a shining example of why he probably *shouldn't* come back. Completing a training camp is one thing, but actually getting back in the ring and squaring off against a bigger opponent than anyone you've ever faced before seem's like a fool's errand to me. Then again, that's why one of us is a legend of the game and the other a legend in his own mind.
The point is…well, I'm not really sure. George St. Pierre has his mind set on coming back and the UFC is more than willing to make that a reality, so I guess all we can do now is watch the fight and wait until the aftermath to start questioning how terrible the UFC, MMA fans, and the members of the MMA media should feel for watching it in the first place. At least St. Pierre can do so knowing that the sport's drug-testing policies are finally in order.
Author J.JonesPosted on June 22, 2016 Tags Georges St. Pierre, michael bisping, Misc., News, retirement, unretirement
Friday Link Dump: Catch the 'Fight Night 89: Thompson vs. MacDonald' Weigh-Ins LIVE Right Here!
Jorge Masvidal Replaces Claudio Silva, faces Siyar Bahadurzada at UFC 201 (MMAFighting)
Report: Two Groups Bid in Excess of 4 billion Dollars for UFC (Bloody Elbow)
10 Reasons to Watch UFC Fight Night 89 (MMAJunkie)
After Years of Flirting, It's Now or Never for Fedor Emelianenko and UFC (Bleacher Report)
The 8 Worst Downfalls In UFC History (Low Kick)
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Let's Face It: We Will Never Appreciate Good Satire (Screen Junkies)
The Escapist's Big E3 Summary (Escapist)
The 5 Best Party Beaches and Where to Drink at Them (Radass)
Ayesha Curry Tweets NBA is "Rigged" After Steph Fouls Out (EveryJoe)
Tupac Shakur and 9 Other Artists With Dedicated Days (Made Man)
Author J.JonesPosted on June 18, 2016 Tags Fight night 89, friday link dump, Misc., weigh-ins
Dan Henderson Calls For Michael Bisping Rematch And If You Don't Support This You Are Garbage
Fact: The single greatest moment in the history of MMA was captured in the above image, on the night of July 11, 2009 at UFC 100. It came approximately three minutes and eighteen seconds into the second round of a fight between Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping, and as luck would have it, so did nearly every red-blooded American who happened to be witnessing it.
A little backstory. You see, prior to this orgasm-inducing moment, Henderson and Bisping had been engaged in a war of words while coaching opposing teams as part of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter. And by war of the words, I mean that Bisping spent the majority of the show talking trash, while Hendo opted to just kind of stand around silently while counting down the moments until he would lay a whoopin' on this arrogant Brit's ass. When the two finally met in the octagon, well, you know what happened.
Last weekend at UFC 199, both Henderson and Bisping picked up huge, incredibly violent wins over Hector Lombard and Luke Rockhold, respectively. But with the former nearing 50 and the latter suddenly finding himself the middleweight champion, rumblings have once pop up around the web of a potential rematch between the two.
The post Dan Henderson Calls For Michael Bisping Rematch And If You Don't Support This You Are Garbage appeared first on Cagepotato.
It all started when MMAWeekly's Erik Fontanez, after speaking with Henderson's camp, tweeted out the following:
Being told by Dan Henderson's camp that he wants another crack at Michael Bisping.
— Erik Fontanez (@Nahmles) June 8, 2016
The reports were later confirmed by Henderson's camp, to which Bisping immediately took to Twitter himself to vaguely respond:
https://t.co/MI4r5kIxIN
— michael (@bisping) June 9, 2016
Bisping then doubled down during an interview with ESPN by claiming that "As of right now, Luke Rockhold will not be my first defense. That's a fact. I had to go away and beat three more guys before I got a second shot at Luke. Certainly, after his behavior on Saturday, he should have to go away and do the same. He wasn't even close." He also doesn't seem interested in facing Chris Weidman, which makes sense considering that he's coming off a loss and shouldn't have been given an immediate rematch with Rockhold in the first place.
Obviously, a rematch between Bisping and Henderson would make absolutely zero sense from a rankings perspective. Even if he is coming off one of the most brutal wins of his career (which is really saying something for the man), Henderson is a whopping 2-3 in his past five bouts and has been stopped 4 times in 6 defeats dating back to 2013. That being said, DANA PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WE'LL NEVER SPEAK ILL OF YOU AGAIN. Anyone worth their salt seems to agree:
Friday night before UFC 199: "Why is Hendo still fighting? I hope Lombard doesn't kill him."
Today: "HENDO FOR UFC TITLE SHOT!"
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) June 10, 2016
I'm all for Dan Henderson vs Michael Bisping 2 happening. Both got minimal medical suspensions – Add them to #UFC202 pic.twitter.com/bIHsr4RK2j
— Jay Russell MMA (@JayRussellMMA) June 9, 2016
I demand Bisping vs. Henderson 2. The world needs this fight. #UFC pic.twitter.com/Cg8Q0LMprb
— Jonathan Snowden (@JESnowden) June 6, 2016
So there you have it: Hendo vs. Bisping is the match that the people want, and since that's all that matters when handing out title shots, we fully expect to see this fight booked before the weekend is over. Make it happen, Dana.
Author J.JonesPosted on June 11, 2016 Tags DAn Henderson, michael bisping, Misc., News, Preview, Rematch, UFC 199
Friday Link Dump: Scoring Fights With Big John McCarthy, Nate Diaz's Five Biggest Wins, How to Make the Ultimate Slider + More
Nastyukhin vs.Lisita 6 SECOND KO! https://t.co/4MUNIarh2e
— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) May 27, 2016
(Absolutely savage 6-second finish from today's One FC featherweight title fight between Timofey Nastyukhin and Rob Lisita, via Zombie Prophet.)
In the Shadow of the Monster (MMAFighting)
A Day Beside the Cage: Scoring Fights and Getting Mocked by 'Big' John McCarthy (MMAJunkie)
Fighting in the Shadow of the World's Strongest Man (BloodyElbow)
Miesha Tate Comments on Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor, Paige VanZant and UFC (Bleacher Report)
Stockton Strong: Nate Diaz's Five Biggest Wins (Low Kick)
The post Friday Link Dump: Scoring Fights With Big John McCarthy, Nate Diaz's Five Biggest Wins, How to Make the Ultimate Slider + More appeared first on Cagepotato.
Alice Through the Looking Glass Review (Screen Junkies)
8 Games We're Looking Forward to at E3 2016 (Escapist)
27 Funny Tweets From Married Men That Prove Humor is the Most Important Part of Marriage (Photos) (Radass)
Screech is Back in the Slammer (EveryJoe)
How to Make the Ultimate Slider (MadeMan)
Author J.JonesPosted on May 28, 2016 Tags Big John McCarthy, friday link dump, Misc., Nate Diaz


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HomeInterview with Filmmaker Klaus Hoch (EMERGENCE)
Interview with Filmmaker Klaus Hoch (EMERGENCE)
November 8, 2019 matthewtoffolo directing a film, feedback film festival, film director, short film, short film festival, Uncategorized, wildsound film festivalExperimental FEEDBACK Film Festival, Klaus Hoch (EMERGENCE), short film
EMERGENCE played to rave reviews at the September 2019 Experimental/Dance/Music Festival in Los Angeles.
Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?
Klaus Hoch: I co-created a new way of creating music with Peter and wanted to create something that expresses the music.
I had the idea in my head for a long time – using music to have humans emerge from the inanimate world, become sentient and then return to the inanimate state.
I do a lot of doing single-take, hand-held, visually-enhanced, performance videos and wanted to expand on that: a single-take drone shot, choreographed to dance, with expressive effects within the take.
2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short?
About 8 months. I've had the basic idea for a long time. I had Peter compose the music for the concept. The actual shoot was just 1 day.
There was a lot of searching for a large enough, appropriate location and a drone and operator that could respond to the choreography.
Since it's a single long take, the post was relatively fast except for the visual effects woven into the single shot at various places.
3. How would you describe your short film in two words!?
Drone Dance ? Two words is really hard for a project like this.
4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
The main problems were finding: 1) a choreographer and dancers, 2) a specific location – large, textured enough, with natural light and available. and 3) a drone pilot (and drone) who could execute what I had in mind – a long take with intricate moves and getting close to the dancers.
5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
Surprised at the different things they saw in the work. How they interpreted what I had conceived. It was all good.
Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video:
6. How did you come up with the idea for this short film?
I see and imagine things then try to film them. I have always liked the idea of the inanimate coming to life as a human – being awoken by art, in this case music.
The dancers emerge from the piano as aspects of the piano (the costumes), discover life, discover each other, reject the exterior world (the blinding light) and then return to the inanimate world (back into the piano)
7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
Chinatown.
8. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway, what are you feelings of the submission platform from a filmmaker's perspective?
Great. It worked very smoothly for this music video.
9. What song have you listened to the most times in your life?
I couldn't possibly pick one.
10. What is next for you? A new film?
Another feature film. I did one several years ago (then I developed an illness which now I've recovered from).
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