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NASHVILLE – It's hard to believe, but we're about to close out October.
It's been a good month for the Titans, who've now won four straight games.
The Texans are next, on Sunday in Houston.
Let's dive into another mailbag to discuss what's on your minds…
Here's the link to submit questions: CLICK HERE
Tyler Ebert from Hanover, Pennsylvania
Question: Jimmy Dubs! As always, thanks again for what you do and with grace and humor - you're the man!
Just a few questions/comments for you today - rapid fire style:
-Any word on the new proposed stadium having natural grass? I figure it'll be turf but, I'll still hold out hope for natural grass.
-The toughness of this team is incredible! In typical Titan fashion, we'll take those ugly, slugfest wins any day of the week. Hopefully we can get a few of our key guys healthy for the Texans this week. I can't help but feeling like this'll be our yearly trap game....
-Feels so good to consistently kick the Colts a** after all those years of Luck destroying us. The South runs through Nashville ladies and gentlemen!
-Any word on how McMath and Burks are coming along? Having them back for the 5-game gauntlet (Chiefs, Broncos, Packers, Bengals, Eagles) would be huge! I'm looking at the Chiefs/Bengals/Chargers match-ups down the stretch as HUGE games
-Quick prediction for Sunday: The King explodes for 200+ yards and 3 tuddys.
Jim: Hey Tyler. I'll respond in rapid fire fashion.
-The new stadium will, in fact, have turf, not grass.
-Definitely a tough team, and this is definitely a dangerous game – remember, the Texans beat the Titans last year.
-Things have sure changed in the Titans-Colts series since Reggie Wayne and Pat McAfee trolled Titans fans at the 2019 NFL Draft. Who's laughing now, huh?
-McMath isn't close, but Burks is eligible to return on November 13 vs the Broncos.
-Hard to believe Henry has gone over 200 yards three straight times vs Houston.
Dyshon Reeves from Trenton, New Jersey
Question: Hey Jim second time writing you. 4 straight wins after an 0-2 start. Let's keep this rolling. I noticed on Sunday they switched Hooker to Nickel and Adams played Safety. Which worked out well. My question is to you what do you think will happen once my boy Elijah Molden comes back? He's a beast at that position. And also I know Racey and Burks is on IR. Do you see the Titans trading for a receiver? After the Texans we have games like Chiefs, Packers, Bengals and ext. Those games we have to score. Do you see us getting receiver or waiting until Burks n McMath come back?
Jim: Hey Dyshon. Amani Hooker did do a solid job, and so did Andrew Adams. I've always thought Elijah would take over in the slot when he returns, but heck, it's been a while since we've seen him. He'll have to work his way back into playing shape when he return, and then he'll have to earn the spot back. I'm sure you saw where the team signed receiver Chris Conley off Kansas City's practice squad this week. We'll see if the GM has anything up his sleeve at the trade deadline, but I'm not expecting a blockbuster deal tbh.
Kenta Hamada from Toyokawa, Japan
Question: Hi Jim! I'm Kenta. I'm watching Titans game from Japan.
I'm glad to see Titans streak winning.
Titans offense seems to struggle to score points in the 2nd half.
Are there any reasons Titans offense power down in the latter half of the game?
Jim: Hi Kenta. Thanks for the support from Japan!
Wish I had a great answer for you on this one, because it's been a problem all season – the Titans have outscored their opponents 95-47 in the first half of games, and they've been outscored 81-20. A lot of excuses could be made, but the reality is the team is going to have to find a way to be better.
Elaine Hamilton from Glasgow, Scotland
Question: Hi Jim. I was wondering if you think Treylon Burks is on track to return after his 4 games are up after kc?
Do you see him about the place rehabbing? We certainly could do with him over the second half of the season.
Love all you do, best wishes. Elaine
Jim: Hi Elaine from Scotland! I'll be honest: I haven't seen Treylon since he was injured back on October 2. I've seen other guys rehabbing on the field, but not him. I imagine part of his rehab is to stay off the foot/toe, as much as possible. The best thing for turf toe is rest, but even then it can be troublesome. I remember Steve McNair and Eddie George both struggling with it. There's optimism he'll be back at some point next month, but I haven't heard anything definitive, and a lot hinges on if he has any setbacks during his return-to-play program.
Jeremy Snell from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Question: My question isn't a football question it's about the new stadium. The info that they have given says the capacity is 60,000. One of the reasons for doing this is to host Super Bowls. Doesn't the NFL have a 70,000-seat requirement to host a Super Bowl? And I can only assume the people involved with the stadium is aware of this? And making sure we are set up to be qualified to host Super Bowls? Thank you for your time.
Jim: Hi Jeremy. There's definitely been a lot if confusion on this topic. There is no capacity requirement to host a Super Bowl. I was at Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium a few years ago and the attendance for that game was 62,417. The current capacity for State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where this year's Super Bowl will be played, is 63,400.
I also asked Titans President and CEO Burke Nihill about this for a Q and A earlier this month.
Here's his answer:
"We've had conversations with the NFL and other promoters and the idea of more seating being a prerequisite is old thinking. What the NFL cares about, what the other promoters care about, is the same thing the team cares about and other events care about. It's not the quantity of seating, but the quality of seating. At 60,000-capacity, the NFL would be very excited to bring its biggest events to a stadium with the characters and seating mix we are promoting, and the same holds true for other promoters as well, so there is no need to scale up. There's just not a bad seat in the house."
And, don't just take Burke's word for it.
This statement is from Peter O'Reilly, Executive Vice President, Club Business and League Events for the NFL:
"The National Football League is excited the team, the City of Nashville and the State of Tennessee have reached this point as they look ahead to a new stadium for the Tennessee Titans and the community. While there is still more work to do in the process, this new stadium will undoubtedly create a first-class experience for NFL fans.
"The Super Bowl host city selection process is a thorough one, guided by the League's Fan Engagement & Major Events Advisory Committee and voted upon by full ownership. A number of factors are considered when selecting a Super Bowl host including: stadium quality, local venues and hotels, participating team experience, vision for fan activities and more. There is no minimum stadium capacity that precludes a stadium from hosting the Super Bowl, America's most-watched event."
Dan Lorenz from Fairfield, New Jersey
Question: Are there Titans fan groups traveling to Houston to meet up and tailgate with?
Jim: Hey Dan. Yes. The folks with 'Tennessee Titans Fans in Houston' have a tailgate planned for the Blue Lot at NRG Stadium on Sunday morning, starting at 11:05 a.m. Remember, it's a 3:05 kickoff. Have fun! It should be a wild night in Houston on Saturday night, with Game 2 of the World Series in town.
Troy Rogers from Sunland, California
Question: Hi Jim. Just want to thank you for keeping us fans informed. After 23 seasons of seeing every home game from section 146 Row K seat 9-11, I missed my 1st game. With new opportunities in CA I moved to LA and am starting a new life out west. But still being 2-tone blue I'm looking forward to seeing you at SoFi stadium on December 18 for Chargers game. I now really appreciate all you do to keep the info and opinions coming. TITAN UP!
Jim: Appreciate it, Troy. Man, what a great run by you! Best of luck out there, and give me a shout if you see me at SoFi!
Gary Goodman from Tennessee
Question: We have tailgated at the same spot in parking lot A for 20 plus years. With the new stadium will we still be able to park and tailgate close to the stadium when the project is complete? Thanks.
Jim: A lot TBD here, Gary. We're years away, with a lot of construction ahead. But I do know parking is going to be much different with the new stadium, and there won't be a lot of surface lots.
Scott Martin from Satellite Beach, Florida
Question: Hey Jim. Huge fan, love your candor as always. You published my unflattering statements a couple years back about Isiah W, anyway, I digress
Now the Question: Why is it we struggle so much and have such close games with the Houston Texans after DWatson was removed? It seems they would be the patsy for us and DWatson used to kill us, yet we struggle to get victories against unknown Texans. We have such a dominance over Indy in recent times and For many years Jacksonville, what gives? Why do we play down to this division foe who seems to be in rebuild mode for a few years? Thank you for your consideration, and god bless, btw I lost mom to cancer and I hope yours and her are Resting In Peace.
Jim: Hi Scott. Sorry for your loss. Losing a mom is rough. As for the Texans, they have been a tough out for the Titans. I just think division games are hard, because the teams know each other so well. The Titans have won four of the last five in the series, but some of the wins have been close games (28-25, 41-38, 42-36 OT and the 35-14). I think it's going to be a tough game again on Sunday, and the oddsmakers agree. The last time I checked the point spread the Titans were favored by just two points.
Jeff Fradsham from Crewe, Virginia
Question: Hey, Jim, Happy fourth.... consecutive win! I admit I spend too much time engaging with the internet talking titans heads, but I gotta get this off my chest, so to speak. Yes the 2022 titans are not a perfect team, but we have a good kicking game, a world class defense. ok, our offence could be better, but we have derrick henry! So many people take shots at Ryan Tannehill, but he is one beast of a quarterback. I dont know how many times he has been hit sofar this year, but I am sure it is a bunch, That pass to Hilliard he completed in the second half against the commanders with 300 pounds of defensive lineman draped across his back was unreal! I hope Malik is paying attention! Plus, whenever things go bad, he does not call out other players, he just says " We have to play better" Leadership in every possible way. This is what Vrable wants in all his players, TEAM!
Jim: Good to hear from you, Jeff.
Jamie H. Steele from Hendersonville, Tennessee
Question: Founding member & have listened to Mike & crew 104.5 Every Home game (sorry missed 3) anyhow I know there is a delay in broadcast (generally 2-3 seconds But Sunday (Colts) it was far more 5-7 seconds. Several fans said same (North end zone) Are we just slow? Thanks appreciate your reporting. 😎Chief:
Jim: Good question, Jamie. I asked Rhett Bryan of Titans Radio this, and here's what he replied: "Sounds like someone didn't take the game out of delay on the Zone. That's the only reason I can think of that would cause that. … It's normally around 2-3 seconds. The Zone runs in delay 99% of the time so that they can hit the dump button in case someone swears on-air." Since you said several folks dealt with the same thing, it makes me wonder myself. Hopefully it's back to normal for the Texans game, and for the next home game vs the Broncos.
Rick Pinkerton, from Terryville, Connecticut
Question: Jim, What a game against the Colts. We were at this game, looking for you but with no luck. It seemed to me that the crowd affected the Colts. Were we louder than usual. I didn't hear many Colts fans. It is something that we can win without scoring many TD's. We have yet to have a 4 quarter offensive game which when it comes it will be awesome. It would also be awesome for Derrick to tie or break the TD record at Houston, where it all began. We stayed at La Quinta. When looking at the stadium across the parking lot, is that where the new stadium is going to be built. Finally please say a prayer for the two fallen Bristol Ct, police officers, one whom we had a connection to.
Jim: Sorry I missed you, Rick. Yes, the new stadium will be located in the area East of Nissan Stadium, in those parking lots. And, I'm sorry to hear about your loss, and about the terrible tragedy. Prayers up.
Franky Markle from Dyersburg, Tennessee
Question: Jim, I gotta say that video of Vrabel and Ben Jones in the tunnel is a CLASSIC!! I've never been more proud to be a Titans fan. Vrabel is the man and no wonder that our team would run thru a wall for him. Shoutout to the whole team. The toughest team in football !! I know you can't say much about players that play for other teams, but do you see us making moves to make our football team better? Thanks for all you do!!
Jim: Definitely an emotional video, and shows how much each one of them cares. I think the GM would tell you he's trying every day to make the team better, whether that's adding guys to the 53-man, or the practice squad. Heck, this team continues to add players one way or the other. We'll have to wait and see if he has anything planned for the trade deadline. I'm skeptical, but he's surprised me before.
Aaron Kintzle from Estherville, Iowa
Question: Hi Jim! First time writing here! Just attended my second Titans game (first at Nissan stadium against the Colts) and wow what a game it was! Stadium was rocking and defense really stepped up and made some plays!
I know we are awfully tight when it comes to cap space before the trade deadline. Do you anticipate us making any moves before then? I would imagine we would have to restructure some contracts? Love to hear your thoughts/opinions! As always, TITANUP!!!
Jim: Hey Aaron. Glad you had a big time. As for a potential trade, you're right on the cap space – it's tight. That why I'm skeptical, as I mentioned to Franky. It would require restructuring some deals, and I'm not so sure the team is going to want to take that road. We'll all find out by next week.
Tim Wynn from Kodak, Tennessee
Question: Hi Jim, hope you're doing well. My question is, why isn't more attention being paid to improving the quality of Titans offensive line? It seems to me every issue the team has relates to the performance of the line. Tannehill is 34-15 as a starter, I'll take that any day of the week. I believe his decline last season was due to the line not doing well in pass blocking, but they were still doing a good job in run blocking so everyone pointed their fingers at Ryan. This year I think they are doing poorly in both categories. No blocking, no points. No points, no wins. Hope more focus can be put on this area. Would appreciate your comments and suggestions. Thanks.
Jim: Hey Tim. The Titans have had some bad luck here – left tackle Taylor Lewan lost for the season after one game, right guard Nate Davis sidelined the past two weeks. I admit, the group has had its share of struggles as a whole, but it hasn't been all bad – center Ben Jones has been dependable, rookie right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere has performed well. Aaron Brewer has held his own for the most part at left guard. But there's no denying the fact the team has had issues at left tackle, with Dennis Daley. The group is going to have to be better pass blocking, but I think the run blocking has been better of late.
Cliff Cushman from Magnolia, Texas
Question: Howdy, J.W.! Just finished reading the Tuesday mailbag & I was wondering if I was watching the same game as some of these so called Titans fans. No one mentions the 3 critical plays Hooper made or the fact that we ran out the clock pounding the Colts with our running game. I did hear about how the offensive line sucks but I saw Henry run for over 100 yards AGAIN with two starters out and Ben Jones barely able to stand. We are what we are right now. We are going to win ugly for a while. Two things I noticed. Hooper and Tannehill gave us a taste of good things to come in making our passing game more dynamic as they build chemistry out there. Henry is getting more passes thrown his way on play action this year, which means defenses can't plaster the tight ends and receivers as much as last year. On that first interception in the Bengals playoff game that Tannehill threw, there was no player within 10 yards of Henry after the play fake. The receiving threat will also get Henry more touches which is always good. If we can avoid any more injuries and win the turnover battle, I like our chances for a ring. Either way, you won't hear me pissing and moaning about how many points are on the board when we are getting W's. Sorry, Jim. Just venting. TITAN UP!!
Jim: Good to hear from you, Cliff.
Have a great weekend everyone!


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It Lies Within, a Flint-based metalcore quintet who recently covered and released Panic! At The Disco’s “Victorious”, has announced “The 11th Plague Tour” via Luxor Records. Joining them will be My Heart To Fear, a five-piece metal/rock band from Williamsport, PA.
It Lies Within released their sophmore album “PARAMOUNT” earlier this year, which ranked #7 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and #11 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Album Chart. The band is known for their electrifying energy on stage as well as spreading a positive message through their music.
Touring nonstop since 2011, It Lies Within has gained swift traction by builing an impressive number of loyal and dedicated fans. According to High Road Publicity, this “highly motivated five piece is on a non-stop path to shed a different light on the metal scene with their creative music writing, positive message, and insane live show.”
“The 11th Plague Tour” will kick off on December 2nd in Toledo, Ohio and will come to a close on December 18th in their hometown of Flint, MI.
12/2/2016 Toledo, OH @ Realm
12/3/2016 Danville, IL @ Vintage Villains
12/4/2016 Warren, MI @ The Ritz
12/6/2016 Joliet, IL @ Bada Brew
12/7/2016 Madison, WI @ Shorty’s Hall
12/8/2016 Kansas City, MO @ All Star Rock Bar
12/9/2016 Omaha, NE @ Lookout Lounge
12/11/2016 Ft Worth, TX @ Tomcats West
12/12/ 2016 Bryan, TX @ Grand Stafford Theater
12/13/2016 Houston, TX @ BFE Rock Club
12/14/2016 Shreveport, LA @ Bushnookies
12/15/2016 Nashville, TN @ Daisy Dukes
12/16/2016 Newport, KY @ Thompson House
12/17/ 2016 Kalamazoo, MI @ Papa Pete’s
12/18/ 2016 Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop

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BARRY McCANN looks back at Scrooge 1951, starring Alastair Sim in the Charles Dickens yuletide redemption tale…
RELEASED: 31 October 1951
DIRECTOR: Brian Desmond Hurst
SCROOGE 1951 CAST: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Michael Hordern, George Cole
Scrooge 1951 Review
How many screen adaptations of A Christmas Carol have there been? I have read estimates ranging from 57 to 135, figures depend on whether listings include the more derivative versions. Poor old Ebenezer Scrooge has found himself repeatedly reincarnated for animated adventures, musicals, modern interpretations, even encounters with Mickey Mouse and the Muppets!
Purists will of course prefer the more faithful film and TV versions, which themselves have varied in quality. But there is one which still stands as the most popular and well known version of all, not just because it remained faithful to the Dickens tale but expanded on it, giving more body to the narrative.
Scrooge was made in 1951 with Alastair Sim as the titular miser from a screenplay by Noel Langley. It was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, and shot in glorious crisp black and white by cinema photographer C. M. Pennington-Richards. George Cole, who Sim was mentoring as an actor, took the part of the young Scrooge looking uncannily like a younger Sim himself. Michael Horden, who later played Scrooge himself for the BBC, appeared as Jacob Marley.
Unlike some of the previous versions, Langley’s script did not tamper with the original storyline. A previous, depression informed 1935 adaptation had managed to completely miss out Scrooge’s childhood while paradoxically padding out other events in the tale to the point of verbosity. Langley, however, had stronger ideas in mind.
While almost slavishly following the structure of the text, the screenplay also opens up more backstory which weaves into Dickens’s vision so seamlessly that one would think that the added details actually came from the quill of the author himself.
For instance, the film reveals that Ebenezer’s much loved sister, Fan (Carol Marsh), died while giving birth to her son, Fred (played as an adult by Brian Worth), which stokes up Scrooge’s his resentment of his nephew. This is further cemented by the also added reveal that Scrooge’s mother died giving birth to him, explaining his father’s resentment of him. To facilitate these revelations, Langley did have to slightly tweak Ebenezer as the younger brother of Fan, as in the original story she is his younger sibling.
However, the more memorable exposition was an additional section in which the Ghost of Christmas Past (Michael J. Dolan) reminds Scrooge of how he transitioned from a happy, carefree employee of Mr. Fezziwig (Roddy Hughes) to the miserable money lender he is now, something the Dickens original pretty well skips.
Mr. Fezziwig has a business friend and rival in Mr. Jorkin (Jack Warner) who warns him the world of their respective businesses is getting tougher and more competitive. He also recognises young Ebeneezer as the kind of “Young Buck” who can cut it in this new world, and eventually persuades Scrooge to go and work for him.
Joining Jorkin’s company, Ebenezer is introduced to Jacob Marley (a young Patrick Macnee) and agrees with him that “I think the world is becoming a very hard and cruel place… One must steel oneself to survive it, not be crushed under with the weak and the infirmed.”
When Scrooge later oversees the takeover of Fezziwig’s company, a pang of guilt prevents him from approaching his departing, former employer, especially after coldly informing one of the workers there he can only stay on for a shilling a week less.
The importance of these scenes lie in the portrayal of a hardening young Ebenezer still being on the cusp of his humanity, and not too late for him at this stage to mend his ways. But he follows the path of ruthless materialism and this costs him the woman he loved, Alice, who sees what he is becoming and wants not part of it.
Appropriately, the vision then leaps forward to the elder Scrooge and Marley present at a shareholders’ meeting where Jorkin is exposed as an embezzler of the company’s funds. The opportunistic pair offer to reimburse the stolen money in return for 51 per cent of company shares, in effect a takeover giving birth to the firm of Scrooge and Marley.
With this gap in the story filled, Langley’s script then continues with the Dickens text, though with the nice odd little addition here and there such as the giddily reformed Scrooge playfully terrorising his confused housekeeper. We also get to see him introduced to Fred’s wife (Olga Edwardes) and who can resist a lump to the throat when he humbly asks her “Can you forgive a pig headed old fool for having no eyes to see with, no ears to hear with all these years?”
The film was a box office hit in in Britain but not so in the United States. However, it became a popular Christmas Eve tradition on American television from the late 1960s onwards, a run interrupted in 1981 when Gold Key Entertainment were unable to renegotiate the US TV screening rights in time for its usual festive airing. The company head, Bob Muller, declared “They’re calling me Scrooge… I’m not trying to be the bad guy, I love the film myself…”
Fine versions have followed since, but the 1951 Scrooge remains the definitive take on Dickens’s tale, immortalising Alastair Sim as Scrooge. Indeed, he later returned to the role in 1971 to voice an acclaimed 25 minute animated short for America’s ABC Television. The fact Michael Hordern also returned as Marley’s ghost underlined its homage to their classic version.
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V8 Supercar Veteran racer, Craig Lowndes is extremely proud of the new team that carried him to fourth place in the 2016 series championship, especially as it was their first year together as an extended arm of the Triple Eight Engineering squad.
“I am especially proud of my guys at TeamVortex,” Craig said in his column for Tyre Power. “Putting together a new collaboration of guys and girls to work together successfully as one group, under the TeamVortex banner, was always going to take time to find its feet.”
With their debut season together now a thing of the past, Craig is looking ahead to the challenges that 2017 will bring as together with Team Vortex they plan to improve on this year’s accomplishments…
“But we’ve done that, we have a group that’s gelled well, and we head toward 2017 confident of a very competitive year. Right now I’m enjoying the break and some family time, but I know it won’t be long before I’ll be thinking about going even better next season.”

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You know how those styrofoam peanuts start taking over everything when a new package arrives. Well, one year I had a "ton" of them from our school order. I hated to throw them away. I saved them in a big gree bag(yes, I had that many) and thought I'll come up with something later. That "later" occurred at Halloween time. I thought they made great bone shapes--so we made a skeleton.
For the project I use:
1 12x18 piece of black construction paper
glue(I use tacky)
1 skeleton head cut out
For the project I "draw" a skeleton shape with the tacky. Then I let the children cover the glue with the peanuts to make the skeleton bones.
Finally, they glue the head on--here I let them use a glue stick--and he's done. He's really cute and looks great hanging around for Halloween.
I got our first skeleton book this year for our library from Scholastic. The book is called "Skeleton hiccups," by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by S.D. Schnidler. I find it quite amusing. I'm not sure what that says about my sense of humor. There is not a lot of text, but one has to pay attention to the illustrations. The story is about a skeleton with hiccups and his morning antics and quest to rid himself of the bothersome hiccups.


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FEMMEPOP DELIVERS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE SCENE!
From A girl who never sleeps by Femmepop I first became familiar with the work of Margaret O'Sullivan aka 'Femmepop', when a friend of mine turned me onto her debut EP, entitled 'Kick'. Released it 2009, it took me back to the alternative rock sounds of
From A girl who never sleeps by Femmepop
I first became familiar with the work of Margaret O’Sullivan aka ‘Femmepop’, when a friend of mine turned me onto her debut EP, entitled ‘Kick’. Released it 2009, it took me back to the alternative rock sounds of the early 90’s and drew some resemblance to the likes of Hole and The Breeders. Even from my first listen, it was immediately evident that O’Sullivan was enormously talented, her abilities as a singer/songstress were unquestionably accomplished from the get go and her songs never faltered in conviction and sincerity from beginning to end.
Following the release of ‘Kick’, Femmepop released a handful of singles, the first being ‘Beautiful Boy’ in 2013, a hooky sugar coated rock song, complete with a dirty guitar riff that wouldn’t sound out of a place at a riot grrrl show. The same year saw Femmepop transition into synth-pop with her single, ‘1983’, shortly followed by the first of 3 back to back collaborative singles, ‘Timescapes’ and ‘Our time’ both with Timecop 1983 and ‘Not that kind’ with Robert Parker.
On September 17th 2014, Femmepop released ‘From a girl who never sleeps’, her debut full length album, of which she wrote, recorded and produced. Mixing and mastering duties on the album were carried out by Gavin Monaghan, of who has previously worked with Babes in Toyland and The Twang. This eleven track gem is a perfect representation of O’Sullivan and she succeeds here in stitching together different sounds and influences, almost as if she were presenting you with a mix-tape. I’ve read a couple of reviews of this album that have highlighted that it sounds uneven in places and that the fusion of guitar and drum songs along with straight up synth songs doesn’t quite work together. I on the other hand believe that this only adds to its overall charm and in return makes for a much more interesting listen. In turn this further showcases O’Sullivan as not a one trick pony but as an artist with versatility. As a whole this record takes us on a nostalgic trip, with an overall tone that is greatly upbeat and hopeful. As a synth record it delivers with ease and songs like ‘Neon Nights’ and ‘Astrogate’ could hold their own even against some of the retro scenes big hitters. Femmepop’s vocal range is incredible and at times is reminiscent of Madonna, helping cast the mind back to when the self proclaimed Material Girl was making good records. Whether you’re a fan of Femmepop’s guitar sound or her synth sound, the truth is that there’s something here for everyone and I strongly believe things will go from strength to strength for her. If your going to do anything today, swing by her bandcamp page and check it out for yourself. You wont be disappointed.


Anurag Aggarwal and Jatinder Yadav to go on study tour for green city concept
Chandigarh: UT is all set to adopt the Bristol’s way for green city concept. The two-member team of UT administrative officers will leave for Bristol on November 4. UT Administrator V P Singh Badnore reviewed the concept during the meeting held at his newly renovated office in UT Secretariat on Wednesday.
He said, “We have decided to bring Chandigarh on Bristol’s green city concept. Recently Bristol has been adjudged for European Green Capital Award. Earlier, it was Copenhagen which was the greenest city of Europe. We have constituted a team of two administrative officers to study the concept for which they are leaving for Bristol. We will adopt the concept to bring about green concept for the city.”
The team of Home Secretary Anurag Aggarwal and Director Tourism Jatinder Yadav will leave for Bristol on Friday.
Anurag Aggarwal said, “It is great desire of the UT Administrator to get the tag of green city for Chandigarh. We will adopt the model of Bristol, European city for green city. We will be there for two days and after that we will also attend the tourism summit in London where we put up the Chandigarh tourism Stall for seven days. We will promote tourism and also develop contacts with local travel agents.”
He further added that they would study the concepts how Bristol maintains the green city concept with low pollution level or implementation of bicycles for transport and also keeping the city clean.
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Daryl is wonderful! He is super responsive and available. Answered all my questions promptly and sent me videos of my dog during the time he was being boarded and trained. Daryl is extremely professional and considers us part of his family. The dogs he works with are unbelievably well trained. It seems like he does a lot of personal protection dog training, although we took my Corgi puppy to him for obedience training. My puppy is very “willful” and needed an extra week of training and Daryl was incredibly accommodating for us. I couldn’t believe he would be willing to go the extra mile to make sure we and our dog are satisfied. Thanks Daryl!Apr 21, 2018VerifiedAmerica's Best Dog Trainers's reply
Renee, it was more than a pleasure working with Coby. Yes he is willfull but when he gets it he gets it. Always remember you have lifetime follow up lessons included. I really hope you can make it to training a few times to make sure you and Coby stay on the right track. He loves the ranch and the other dogs. Great pup!
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Kimberly so glad you and your husband came to the ranch to visit Sunny before he goes home next. Love this little guy! See you next week - Daryl
I've had an amazing experience with Daryl. I had never had a puppy before, so not only was Daryl extremely helpful with information about puppy training but he was also very comforting and supportive throughout my entire process. Definitely recommend Daryl and his services!!!Oct 14, 2017
great experience with initial training of a high energy dog. great change in behavior and education about how to keep the behavior going. plan to continue with this trainer long term.Aug 30, 2017VerifiedAmerica's Best Dog Trainers's reply
Harold it was my pleasure, looking forward to seeing you and your family at the ranch for your lifetime of free follow up lessons . Don't let them go to waste . Daryl
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Earth has a number of qualities that differentiate it from other planets, including the size of the Moon in respect to the planet. This has a profound impact on Earth's ability to support life. But is a large moon needed to make a planet able to host life?
That may be the case, and according to a new study, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Nature Communications, large moons that allow planets to be home to life might only be able to form around smaller planets, like Earth.
So how does this work?
To understand that, we first need to talk about what is a moon, how is it formed and how does it help biological life thrive.
What is a moon?
A moon is, in essence, a type of natural satellite that orbits around another object in space, whether that be a planet, dwarf planet or something else.
Not all natural satellites are considered moons, though there is no real set limit on what would constitute a moon.
There are many of these satellites in our solar system, orbiting around anything from asteroids to dwarf planets to planets. But complications aside, what is most relevant here are planetary satellites, which are what we most commonly consider moons.
Where did the moon come from?
While there is some debate, the most widely accepted theory is that it was formed after the Earth was struck by a massive Mars-sized object in space (having been named "Theia" by many scientists) in what is known as the giant-impact hypothesis.
This impact resulted in the creation of a partially vaporized disk. Eventually, the matter in this disk would gather together through the process of accretion to form into what they are now.
There are some exceptions to this, though. For instance, Triton, one of Neptune's moons, may not be a moon as we understand it, and is theorized to actually be a dwarf planet that became caught in Neptune's orbit.
Also, not everyone agrees that this is how the Moon formed, with a number of other theories having been put forward.
Moons are prevalent throughout the solar system, with most planets having several. This includes Mars, which has two; Jupiter, which has 80 known moons; Saturn, which has 83 as far as we know; Neptune, which has at least 17; Uranus, which has at least 27; and Pluto, if one considers it a planet, has five.
How does the Moon impact life on Earth?
A number of variables are present on Earth, the only planet home to life as far as we know, that differentiate it from other planets. This includes plate tectonics, a strong magnetic field and, most relevant of all for this explanation, a large moon.
The Moon's gravity has a notable effect on the Earth's tides, as well as the length of the day. Further, it also stabilizes the Earth's spin on its axis. In other words, it helps maintain Earth's climate. And a stable climate may be just what is needed to make a planet able to host life that can grow and evolve.
So is a moon, like our moon, necessary for life to grow?
Possibly. Take into account, for example, Mars and Venus, Earth's two closest neighbors in the solar system.
Mars is often thought of in popular consciousness as the most likely home for alien life, but the fact is there has been zero evidence thus far indicating anything remotely of the sort.
While Mars does have two moons, they are very small, with diameters of 22.2 kilometers and 12.6 kilometers respectively.
For comparison, Earth's moon is much larger, about 25% the diameter of Earth and comparable in width to Australia.
Venus is a planet widely considered to be very similar to Earth and has even been referred to by NASA as Earth's twin. However, the planet is absolutely inhospitable, barring some theories about what might exist in its atmosphere, and this planet has no natural satellites whatsoever.
One should also take into account the size of the Moon with respect to Earth. Aside from its considerable diameter, it also has a mass of 1/81 of Earth's. No other moon in the solar system has such a large size compared to its planet, not counting Pluto and its moon Charon.
However, the Moon is not the largest moon in the solar system - that distinction goes to Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
So how does this size ratio factor into the Moon being so vital to life, and only being able to be found around smaller planets?
That goes back to the disks.
The scientists behind the study used computer impact simulations to calculate what would result from different impact scenarios, whether it be from icy worlds or Earth-like rocky planets. Would it result in a partially vaporized disk that would result in forming large moons?
As the study indicated, size certainly matters in this regard.
When a rocky planet is over six times larger than Earth's mass or when icy planets have a mass larger than the Earth's, the impacts didn't result in partially vaporized disks. Rather, they resulted in fully vaporized disks, which can't form large moons.
So what does this mean?
The implications of this discovery could help lead to further developments in the search for worlds capable of hosting life.
Despite how common moons are in our solar system, that does not seem to necessarily be the case outside of it.
There have so far been around 5,000 definitively identified exoplanets (planets existing outside the solar system). However, no exoplanet has ever been found with a moon (which would be known as an exomoon).
Currently, there are only a few possible candidates that might possibly be genuine exomoons. This includes Kepler-1625 b-i, first discovered in 2018, and Kepler-1708 b-i, a recently identified possible exomoon that would be 2.6 times bigger than Earth. However, their existences have yet to be confirmed.
But it is far from impossible that exomoons could exist. Indeed, exomoons in general are very hard to find in general, as are exoplanets, given that scientists have to rely on the dimming of stars when these objects orbit them to spot them.
But another issue may have also been hindering efforts: Size.
As pointed out by the study's lead author, Miki Nakajima of the University of Rochester, “The exoplanet search has typically been focused on planets larger than six earth masses. We are proposing that instead we should look at smaller planets because they are probably better candidates to host fractionally large moons.”


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Sometimes, a movie trailer is the perfect fit for the most unexpected soundtrack imaginable. For Avengers: Age of Ultron it was Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," and for Star Wars: The Force Awakens it's the music from Top Gun.
This awesome mashup trailer combines The Force Awakens with the classic 1980s guitar track, plus a Top Gun-style Star Wars logo. Obviously the peak moment is when Oscar Isaac's X-Wing pilot character appears, since he's obviously the Tom Cruise of this whole operation.There's only one problem here. What are we going to do when Star Wars: Rogue One comes out? As a movie all about X-Wing pilots, it actually is the franchise's answer to Top Gun. You have a year and a half to up your trailer mashup game, YouTube.
Screengrab via Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Since the 13-episode cutting-edge animated show isn’t coming out until 2018, DeGeneres didn’t have many details to share on the show that combines her two favorite things: Dr. Seuss and binge-watching.It’s for the whole family, she said, and she even gave a little rhyme to demonstrate that point.
You can watch it with a fox
You can watch it on the rocks
You can watch it without socks
And I’m gonna leave the rhyming to Dr. Seuss.
According to Variety, the show will continue the story and follow the various adventures of “some of its characters,” but A.V. Club’s Sam Barsanti isn’t entirely convinced. The book, while excellent, has only 50 words in it, and it gets pretty repetitive. And that’s before where the Netflix show would pick up.
“Green Eggs And Ham has about five characters, and that’s if you count the fox, goat, and mouse that Sam-I-Am and the other guy run into,” he wrote.
We’re inclined to agree with him. It makes for a great children’s book, and it was adapted as part of the 1973 TV special Dr. Seuss on the Loose. But stretching it out into 13 episodes? Even taking into consideration that it’ll be mainly geared for children and not adults on yet another nostalgia kick, the concept is a bit thin.
So we’ve taken it upon ourselves to scour through Theodor Geisel’s bibliography to see what else could make for better binge-worthy TV. After all, the magical minds of Hollywood took How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, already a beloved TV special, and stretched it out into a 104-minute movie starring Jim Carrey that wasn’t completely terrible. (The Cat in the Hat? Not so much.)
1) Horton Hears a Who
It was already made into a 2008 feature film starring Carrey and Steve Carell, but a new series could expand into their world, their politics, and even the Mayor of Whoville’s family life. (Things must get kooky with 96 daughters and a son named JoJo.) Now safe, they can get back to some sense of normalcy while the jungle’s animals seek to protect them—and can make a few cameos.
A person’s a person, no matter how small (a part they may play in Whoville).
2) The Lorax
The film adaptation ends differently than the book, with the Once-ler’s reunion with the Lorax (and many more characters), leading to a realm of possibilities for the town and the creatures of the forest.
3) If I Ran the Zoo
A zoo owner’s child’s imagination runs wild while he or she roams around the zoo growing up and gets into mini-adventures with friends. Kind of like Rugrats but with more exotic animals.
4) The Butter Battle Book
This adaptation would need a name change, but putting two groups of people and having them work together despite their differences would create plenty of conflict—and lessons along the way.
5) The Cat in the Hat
Another adaptation of Seuss’s most famous story would be worth it to see how his own community handles him and his trickster ways—and whether he actually suffers any consequences. Plus you have Thing 1 and Thing 2 to lead the B-plot.
One Russian advertising agency found a way to mesh dashcam videos with viewer impatience to create a powerful ad. It's one that gets its point across while playing with the mechanics of YouTube itself.
This video mimics typical dashcam footage—but if you watch the whole 10 minutes all you see is an unexciting drive around town. However, if you get impatient and scrub forward in the video, you see a head-on collision with an oncoming truck.The Russian ad is in effect a flip book, with single images of the truck collision embedded at the specific timestamps where YouTube pulls stills from, so that it lives up to its title of "MOST TERRIBLE FATAL CAR CRASH EVER." The ad's message about slowing down was created for Intouch, an insurance group.
Playing on impatience could be a great new sneaky ad technique. Fast-forwarding though cat videos could sell you kitty litter, or fail videos that sell you bandages. The possibilities are endless.
It’s been a peaceful couple of months since Fifty Shades of Grey took over movie theaters and the Internet. Our inboxes have been relatively clear of Fifty Shades PR pitches lately, the thinkpieces have dissipated from our feeds, and we’ve only heard small peeps from the stars ever since Dakota Johnson starred in a controversial Saturday Night Live sketch.
But like Christian Grey himself, the blockbuster franchise has a way of creeping back into our world.
The latest aggravation comes in the form of a teaser for the film's sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, which doesn’t even come out until 2017, included as Fifty Shades of Grey Blu-ray extra. It’s 29 seconds of a black screen, white text, and a mirror shot of Jamie Dornan as he puts on a mask, a callout to the mask on the novel’s cover.Even the biggest Fifty Shades fans couldn't make much of this. But as with all great teasers, we have so many questions.
“Are you ready for something darker?”It’s the main question asked of us in the teaser, and it falls in line with recent comments from Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley, who said that Fifty Shades Darker will be “more of a thriller.”
If you thought the first Fifty Shades is a comparative barrel of sunshine and wanted something... darker? Then buckle up. At the very least, Fifty Shades Darker involves Anastasia being stalked by one of Christian’s former submissives and a former boss out for revenge.
But for those covering the Fifty Shades phenomenon? We’re already having nightmares about the incoming pitches.
Why is Christian getting dressed up and putting on a mask?He’s likely prepping for a masquerade ball at his parents’ house—you know, totally normal-people stuff. And if he used it in the bedroom afterwards, it wouldn’t surprise us at all.
Doesn’t he look like a bit of a serial killer?You might be mistaking Christian Grey for Paul Spector, the serial killer from The Fall. Considering Dornan plays both characters (and admitted to stalking a girl to get into the latter role), that’s perfectly understandable.
There’s something positively creepy about his stare, though, and Christian, who’s gone to some creepy and manipulative measures, isn’t entirely innocent in his relationship with Ana. He’s never killed anyone—but he's done plenty of other questionable things.
Is this the best thing Jamie Dornan's done in this series?
Given the screenplay and source material, critics praised Johnson's portrayal of Anastasia Steele, but they weren't nearly as kind to Dornan. Considering he doesn't say or do much here, though, it might be his finest moment in the franchise.
Will we actually see that footage in Fifty Shades Darker?
The footage was likely shot specifically for the Blu-ray release, and since we’ll have to wait until 2017 for the sequel, we won’t know for years. Universal Pictures owns the movie rights to the film, so reusing the footage is likely not an issue.
And if not? It's a single shot. Production could totally redo that.
What about filming?
We’re not sure, and that’s because production is in disarray right now. Screenwriter Kelly Marcel and director Sam Taylor-Johnson both left the franchise in February after reportedly clashing with Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James on set. Universal has yet to find a new director, but although James wanted to write the screenplay herself, the job went to her husband, Niall Leonard, a screenwriter in his own right.
With Leonard onboard, perhaps James’s concerns about the movie’s faithfulness will be calmed.
Will we want to break our computer screens again?
If the movie doesn’t do it, the exhaustive press tour will.
Screengrab via MOVIECLUB Trailers/YouTube
Finding out you have two vaginas is a shock, but one young woman shared it so candidly on her YouTube channel that it's generating massive attention.
Cassandra Blankson started her channel in 2010 to discuss being a model with acne, and her success and struggles with treatment, coverup, and self-confidence. She shares this with her 772,000 subscribers, but last year she shared something even more personal: The discovery of a second vagina.Although the video was uploaded nine months ago, it's just now getting attention on the Web. In the 14-minute clip she discusses how an MRI hoping to diagnose intense back pain related to her kidneys revealed the double vagina.
"'You have a partial duplex [kidney] on one side, and as I suspect you have two vaginas,'" Blankson explained, quoting her doctor. "I looked at her like, 'what?'"
Blankson has two uteri, two cervixes, two fallopian tubes, and just one vaginal opening inside. The condition occurs often when people only have one kidney, according to her doctors. Blankson thinks the double vagina has contributed to her hormones, bad and irregular periods, and other issues. She revealed she has two periods, sometimes simultaneously, and can still have children but might require a C-section and will likely produce twins or higher multiples.
It's back to business as usual for the young YouTuber, who's recently uploaded makeup tips and shopping hauls to her channel, no uteri discussion in sight.
There’s nothing like the soothing feeling of unboxing something—or the potential for rage that emerges when a boxer tries to do it.
Jimmy Kimmel thought it would be funny to give Mike Tyson a shot at the YouTube trend with a Strawberry Shortcake, a children's toy that is the opposite of the famous boxer in every way. And since he wasn’t given any tools to aid him in his unboxing, things got a little violent.
With a plastic container, tape, and all those twist ties holding the doll and her accessories in place, it’s a cruel fate for Tyson, but he messily pushes through.Screengrab via Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube
Crazy as they sound, some of the things that you may have heard about Australia are actually true. It is, for example, filled with dangerous things—we once had this type of snake living in our car for over a week—and there are kangaroos everywhere. I took this photo through my kitchen window.
And while the existence of a pipeline between Summer Bay and Hollywood is currently disputed, it can’t be denied that Australians are overrepresented within the arts.
And so it should come as no surprise that the webseries from Down Under are great as well. Here’s the pick of the bunch.
1) How to Talk Australians
Do you want to know why Australia has disowned Mel Gibson? Some may confidently point to unsavory proclamations in police cars or increasingly erratic behavior toward family members—reasons enough to allow a country to disassociate with someone who wasn't even from there anyway.
But Aussie or not, he still once possessed that distinctive accent, strong enough to require redubbing in the U.S. version of Mad Max—who could possibly fathom the meaning of windscreen anyway?—which has gradually eroded over time. And that is the real reason: Australians hate this. Probably because it is the most outward sign that someone has consciously chosen to leave that remote island in their wake.
So if you ever want to endear yourself to that favorite Australian in your life you need only do the opposite of Mel and pick up some of the country’s slang or start finishing each sentence with an upward inflection. Which brings us to How to Talk Australians, a mock instructional series from the “Delhi College of Linguistics.” Unless you’re a bludger, it will have you speaking like Nick “The Honey Badger” Cummins by sarvo. Just like a real happy little Vegemite. (And yeah, Coon cheese is a thing.)2) Dayne’s World
Feel free to waste your time wondering just how “real” Dayne Rathbone is, but here’s a warning: All that thinking will just distract you from what he has achieved with his bewilderingly off-beat series, Dayne’s World. And besides, who cares? All art is in some way performative; here it might just be a little more oblique.
In his email interview last year with the Daily Dot Rathbone remained elusive when asked if the series was an accurate representation of his life: “YES or NO because I also do a lot of other things what arent even in the show. My favorite is reading Sam Harris and playing DotA. Plus Mike [Nayna, director] said ‘I dont know if i believe him’ but I sead why would I waist my own Aurora red hand flare!”
Sums it all up, really.
Food programs have always been the softcore versions of eating—all titillation and no money shot—serving only to compel viewers to seek out the real thing. Which seems unnecessary, frustrating, and, frankly, grounds enough to be pilloried.
Which is where Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan’s The Katering Show shines: spoofing a ubiquitous format that doesn't ever really give us what it promises. And better yet, it does it with a wit and whimsy far removed from the po-faced purveyors (the great Keith Floyd excepted) of the differing ways to satiate an essential bodily urge.
4) Warren & Hal
Warren and Hal work in the marketing “space,” which is obviously fertile ground for comedic japes, especially if the practitioners are horribly out of their depth and oblivious to their shortcomings.
But willful delusion isn’t the only thing going on here. Each episode is snappy and lean, and there is some nice meta-tinkering with the format, even screwing with what I like to call a “Larry Tate moment”—those neat episode tie-ups whereby an objectively terrible business idea is inexplicably embraced by the client.
It’s tough to make cancer funny. And while Altrumandoesn’t exactly try to do that, the series is filled with so much warmth and gentle humor that it softens a subject that otherwise could be (to the point of avoidance) harrowing.
The series is centered around a superhero who has just found out that he has testicular cancer, and its premise is a question that the truly selfless might encounter as they contemplate their own mortality: Couldn’t I have done more for me?
Sure, not a thought most of us will ever have the need (or more accurately, right) to ponder, but you know what, I’ve got way too much on my plate at the moment to be encumbered by these sort of big questions anyway.Screengrab via How to Talk Australians/YouTube
In “Box of Lies,” a segment on The Tonight Show, all semblance of common sense goes out the door as Johansson and Jimmy Fallon fib, lie, fake out, and fake out a fake out. The items they’re trying to describe (or not) are as weird as ever, leading Johansson to ask if something Fallon described was designed by Wiz Khalifa.
We already know Fallon has trouble keeping a straight face, but at this point we can only wonder if it’s just a giant ruse to snatch victory from his opponent. Or is Johansson’s inability to not laugh an equal ruse? Either way, don't trust anyone when you're playing a game against someone who’s played a spy.Screengrab via The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
The Daily Show said farewell to its longest-running correspondent in a fitting and heartfelt tribute on Thursday night.
Jon Stewart weaved some humor into his speech as he praised Samantha Bee for all of the work she had done since joining the show in 2003, but he largely let her—and some of her biggest clips throughout the years—bring the laughs and the discomfort.
As she noted to a radio host she interviewed, if she can make a bigot realize that he’s a bigot, she’s done her job.
When Bee came onstage after the montage, all she could do was hold back tears as she and Stewart hugged it out. Sometimes, there are no words.Screengrab via The Daily Show
It's been a turbulent couple of months for One Direction fans and their worlds are about to get turned upside down once again. Former boy band member Zayn Malik has removed the "1D" from his Twitter handle and now the masses of Directioners are tweeting using #YouWillAlwaysBeZaynMalik1D.
In an effort to shed the pop prince image, Zayn has gone from @ZaynMalik1D to @ZaynMalik on Twitter. (Wait, how did nobody already have @ZaynMalik though?)
On Thursday, Malik also tweeted out this cryptic message:Looks like someone's been studying some Socrates. Or possibly some new song lyrics? We'll have to wait to find out.
Malik/One Direction lovers are having mixed feelings about his departure. Some think Zayn should go back to the cohort known for hits like "Story of My Life" and "What Makes You Beautiful". Others think One Direction should just let him go.
If you cringe when you see people’s impeccably lit brunch photos in your Instagram feed, the new TV show Food Porn will likely make your fists clench.
Its existence, however, proves that there are actually people who would watch this show, which will be executive-produced by former Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel. The show’s 14-episode run was announced during this week’s Upfronts as part of lifestyle channel FYI’s programming slate.
NYC restaurant owner Michael Chernow will host the show, traveling “across the U.S. to meet today’s tastemakers—the everyday people behind the delicious online posts—and discover what made the meal so distinctive and worthy to share online. The series will also go beyond just the photo, as Michael will meet with the chefs and restaurants responsible for creating the dishes to find out what’s in them and why they are insanely popular.”
Frankel remarked, “I am excited to be a part of a series that will showcase the decadence and obsession people have with sharing their food online.” And there’s some actual science behind why people are so obsessed with looking at and posting those photos.
FYI also just greenlit a new show about spouse-swapping.
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Get your tissues ready. Taylor Swift hired a new backup dancer and he filmed his phone call to tell his mom he got the gig of a lifetime."I feel so lucky to get to perform alongside people who love it this much," Swift tweets along the almost five-minute video of her dancer and his mom crying over the phone.
All you can see is the young man holding his phone, but you can hear the exuberance in his mother's reaction when she finds out her son has booked a world tour—and then somehow manages to bump it up a notch when she finds out it's Swift's world tour.
"Robert! ROBERT!!" she yells before weeping and spending a few minutes explaining how proud of her son she is and so happy that all of his work has finally paid off. It's a video of a young man achieving his dream and getting to share that with a mom who couldn't be happier for her son—and it's beautiful.
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Larry Wilmore took The Nightly Show to Baltimore on Thursday for a sit-down chat over some pie with former rival gang members, who entered a truce—or is it a treaty?—earlier this week to help bring their communities together.
The discussion brings a sense of levity to the events of the past week, when news organizations, skeptical white people, and fans of The Wire failed to do what Wilmore so easily demonstrates: Listen (and get in a few good zingers).
One of the men told Wilmore, “I was walkin’, and we were all in a pack… and one of the Blood homies, they stepped on my shoe. And I looked at him, and I was like, ‘Yo. You know three days ago I’d have hit you in your mouth for that?” Wilmore shot back, “And three days from now, things may be back to normal. You can hit him in his mouth again.” The group of men assured Wilmore that they are good, though they can’t speak for the rest of America’s gangs.
The conversation explored the complexities of living in Baltimore and the conditions that lead to gang violence, to which Wilmore related by explaining the intricacies of property taxes on his million-dollar house.
Jokes aside, they urged Americans to never give up once Friday’s “police verdict” comes in, because “that’s not the last investigation.”
Even if the gang doesn’t have a corporate credit card, I’m sure it can expense the diner. After all, this was more or less a business meeting.
Screengrab via The Nightly Show/Comedy Central
An app franchise with more than 2.5 billion downloads is now headed for full-on YouTube series fame, and it all revolves around a talking cat.
Launched in 2010, the Talking Tom app lets users interact with an animated cat named Tom, getting him to repeat what you say as a chatbot. It's been followed by a variety of apps—14 in all—that flesh out other characters and ways for users to interact with these creatures.
From the start, the apps have allowed users to generate their own videos of what they're having Tom do, leading to numerous clips of the cat singing Lady Gaga and one with 17 million views that's just called "the annoying song." In fact, half the YouTube views of content featuring their characters are user-generated. That kind of popularity led Outfit7 Limited, the company behind Tom, to develop their own YouTube series about the cat and his cast of friends.
The series includes 52 11-minute episodes chronicling the life of Tom and his gang as they navigate the world of friendship, career, and much more. The first episode sets up Tom and his dog buddy Ben as app developers themselves, a pretty meta joke that might go over the heads of the youngest of fans. The show taps into voice talent from the likes Colin Hanks, Maria Bamford, and Lisa Schwartz, as well as Tom Kenny, most famous for being the voice of Spongebob Squarepants. The cast was on hand at the YouTube Space L.A. to celebrate the series premiere and answer some hard-hitting questions, like who Hanks took inspiration from in the role of Tom.
"I went to a hardcore meditation camp," joked Hanks. "To prepare for the challenge it would be to be talking in a booth for a long time, but really more to find out what it's like to be a talking cat, because we've seen so few of them in the wild." He went on the seriously praise the writers and creators for the creation.
Creator Samo Login fielded questions about whether they have ambitions for Tom beyond YouTube.
"We want to bring Tom and his friends to as much media as possible," he said. "YouTube was a natural choice for us. But every media is still a possibility."
The first episode of the series has already generated more than 2.3 million views in just 24 hours.
Photo courtesy of Talking Tom and Friends
Tangerine, the first feature film shot on an iPhone (with a wide release, at least) was an unlikely breakout hit at Sundance in January, with a whole lot of people talking about the film's positive buzz at the festival. Now we finally have more than just this picture to go on.
Well, that's pretty impressive, and not just because it was shot on an iPhone. After factoring in a plot that involves a transgender sex worker (Sin-Dee) getting out of prison and seeking out the cisgender woman her pimp has been cheating on her with, you completely forget about the whole "shot on an iPhone" aspect. It doesn't appear to be a gimmick; it's just an unlikely tool that was used to bring this awesome-looking story to the screen.
If the plot isn't enough to get your attention, it also lacks any known actors whatsoever (which is always really fun), and was produced by the Duplass brothers, who know a thing or two about making great films with unknown faces.
Tangerine hits theaters on July 10.
Screengrab via Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing/YouTube
Imagine standing on top of camera one in Studio 8H during a Saturday Night Live taping. That bird’s-eye-view position is now possible, at least for one evening of SNL, thanks to the virtual-reality initiative around the show’s 40th anniversary event.
Virtual reality headsets might be the domain of video games (and pornography) in most people’s minds, but they’re also opening up new styles of content consumption that build off the established genres of TV and film. For the Feb. 15 event, which brought back cast members and notable hosts and celebrities from across the history of the sketch show, NBCUniversal mounted a 360-degree camera in an unobtrusive location and documented the night in a whole new way.
“It really started when I found out from the SNL producers what the show was going to be and who was going to be there,” explained NBCUniversal’s VP of Late Night Digital Entertainment Michael Scogin. “This is a moment in time and a moment in history. This may never happen again, so why not try to capture it this way? Most people will never get to go to Studio 8H. You experience that place in a way you can’t do on a regular, flat television screen.”
With a Samsung Gear headset on, you can watch the scene taking place in front of you, look down to check out some of the crew working underfoot, look back and watch the audience, or even peek up at the lights overhead. Currently there are two experiences users can view: Jerry Seinfeld’s audience Q&A, and the Celebrity Jeopardy clip. In the Q&A, as Seinfeld calls out particular audience members, you don’t have to wait for a camera to cut to them. You just turn you head and can watch Taylor Swift sitting next to Sarah Palin for as long as you desire. In fact, it’s sort of more fun to turn and watch the audience, famous or not, as they watch the action on stage. Especially since, as Scogin relates, they weren’t aware of the 360-degree filming, although some have now seen the clips.
“Norm MacDonald was completely blown away,” Scogin said. “All the show producers and Lorne Michaels have seen it. It’s really interesting to see someone involved with the show and how they experience it versus someone in the public. Just to see the reaction from the public was pretty amazing. I think a lot of people have heard about virtual reality and might have seen the Oculus Rift demo, and maybe thought of it as a CGI or video game peripheral. I think this really goes beyond that and shows people. They have a great point of references because they saw it on TV but didn’t experience it like that. This has the power to bring you to a place, physically and emotionally, in a way flat TV can’t.”
To create the experience, SNL and NBC partnered with Chris Milk and VRSE, who debuted the first VR film at Sundance this year.
“The technology serves a creative vision,” said Scogin. “They built an app that works on Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard. But it also works as a 360 experience as well. That was pretty important, because this is a brand new technology and not a lot of people have it. Anyone with an iOS or Android phone can experience that 360.”
There’s still more material to come from the 40th Anniversary special, and although Scogin says they’re not about to start making every SNL episode in VR, they’re hopeful that they can do more original content written and produced specifically for VR in the future, especially in the digital shorts realm.
“That’s definitely something we’ve been discussing,” he said. “I think it’s a great challenge to SNL and the writers. How do you write it with this in mind? A lot of the techniques of television and film are out the window, with framing and quick edits. I’m really happy SNL and Lorne Michaels and NBC let us play around in this. We learned a lot.”
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The current wealth of streaming options has offered us access to countless films and TV shows, but it also means that if you want to watch a movie, you have to jump around two, three, or maybe four sites to find it.
A new startup founded by Rob Hamilton, Guy Hamilton, and Zack Kanter and developed by Quyet Tran Bui, Leanflix lets you search Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and HBO Go to see if a specific movie is streaming, or you can click on a title on the main page and see where it's streaming. Leanflix also offers Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb scores as well as a Leanflix score. Kanter told the Daily Dot the site became a reality out of necessity.
"I found that it was getting harder and harder to find movies worth watching on Netflix and other streaming services," he said. "I spent hours sifting through thousands of movies in order to find a hidden gem that I hadn't seen.
"My two cofounders had the same problem—what we really wanted was a single place where we could see all of the movies available on Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and iTunes, and we wanted them sorted from best to worst. Sorting movies from best to worst turned out to be much harder than it sounds. We eventually developed a machine-learning algorithm that analyzes critic and user ratings as well as other variables, and it generates a simple score on a 1-10 scale."
The site's still in beta, so there are a few kinks being worked out. A chat box in the bottom right-hand corner collects users suggestions and site issues. One of the recurring ones seems to be: Where's Hulu? (They're working on it.)
Kanter says Leanflix "started as a side project, and it has exploded since we launched it a couple weeks ago—we signed up 5,000 users within days of launching." He adds that the site won't just be a tool for discovering whether or not Snatch is on Netflix (it is). He wants to make it a kind of a social network:
"Our bigger vision is to build a community around discovering, discussing, and rating movies and TV shows."
Avengers: Age of Ultron is already tearing up the box office and fans are no doubt thrilled to once again see so many of their favorite superheroes in the same place, but a new interview with director Joss Whedon reveals that one beloved character was never able to make his way from the cutting room floor: Loki.Speaking with MTV, Whedon admits that early chatter about actor Tom Hiddleston appearing as Thor’s troubled brother in the newest Avengers romp wasn’t incorrect, but his appearance just didn’t fit with the rest of the film.
“We did shoot something, and it didn’t play,” Whedon explains. “The movie has so much and is so filled, and we didn’t want it to feel overstuffed. I really wanted to have Loki in it but I understood the decision to, you know, it was like now there are too many voices in the chorus.”
Unfortunate as the decision to axe Loki’s scenes is, it doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t get to see the horned hero’s part—this is the age of Blu-ray, after all, so you can bet that Hiddleston’s unseen work will be a top candidate for the “deleted scenes” reel.
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Caitlin Doughty is YouTube's resident death expert, and her Ask a Mortician series has explored everything from liquified bodies to pet wakes. Doughty's approach to a very difficult subject is relatable and humorous, and her memoir Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory is an extension of that talent for storytelling.
Now, Doughty's memoirs are heading to TV.
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes will serve as the foundation for an upcoming TV series, developed in conjunction with Paramount Television and Anonymous Content."It came about right after the book came out," Doughty told the Daily Dot, "and people started popping up asking about potential adaptations. I ended up going on a ton of meetings around L.A., which was such an interesting experience, given that I've lived here for six years but have never really seen the inside of all the studios. There's not much overlap between a mortician's day job and the glamour of Hollywood; this was a strange week behind the scenes."
Doughty's not sure where the series will land, but she's a consulting producer, so she will certainly make sure it's "accurate."
"I'm honestly more concerned that it portrays the industry and death accurately than it gets 'Caitlin' accurate," she said. "Because I think people know the character is not me, but a spun-off dramatic character based on me."
Chances are you have never eaten at one of James Beard’s restaurants. Perhaps that’s because the man who exemplified all things foodie never owned a dining establishment and is remembered by many as a sellout who for pimped Green Giant corn, Shasta soft drinks, and Omaha Steaks.
A Francophile best known as a teacher and bon vivant ersatz food celebrity, Beard—both the name and the foundation he started—has morphed into a somewhat meaningless, overhyped symbol of a bygone era characterized by the three-martini lunches and pupu platters at Trader Vic’s. Nonetheless, for restaurant insiders (and those who aspire to be) the annual James Beard Awards—2015’s are happening tomorrow—are a time for self congratulating and paying tribute to those who have the ability to merge good food with even better PR.
The James Beard Foundation added new media to its awards in 2013, with winners generally coming from bigger names in the food industry or from established distributors such as PBS and the Cooking Channel. The two-pronged category devoted to Web video includes “Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional” and “Video Webcast, on Location.” Given current video production techniques, the naming convention is an awkward tip of the foundation’s naive hand, classifying a video solely by where it was filmed. There must be better ways to parse food and cooking videos—short form versus long form or even by type of cuisine.
Still, that’s the way the cookie crumbles at the JBF, and we bend to its clunky nomenclature by making these picks for tomorrow’s winners.
Handicapping the nominees
In the category “Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional,” my pick is You’re Eating It Wrong with host Dan Pashman. The show airs on the Cooking Channel, with each online segment distilling one of the 30-minute episodes into a bite-sized segment.
What makes this show work is that fact that Pashman is a journalist who brings a level of inquisitiveness and desire to go against the grain. I particularly like the webisode in which he tells the owners of a New York falafel shop they need to serve their fare without a pita. If looks could kill…
The other two nominees in this category are Thirsty For and Chef Steps. Thirsty For, from Tastemade, was the 2014 winner in this category. It’s interesting to note that of the three finalists, only Pashman’s show includes live narration. A cooking video without narration? Seriously?
In the category “Video Webcast, on Location,” my choice is Food Curated, a webseries that delves into emerging trends and rising entrepreneurs making a difference in the U.S. food scene. Perhaps a bit too focused on New York, the show nonetheless balances the show-and-tell aspects of culinary storytelling.
Last year’s winner here was The Perennial Plate: Europe and South Asia, a show featuring chef turned filmmaker Daniel Klein. It returns as a finalist in 2015 (this time with Americas and Africa) with Kitchen Vignettes from PBS as the third in this trio.
Introducing the competition
While these six finalists are fine representations of the growing list of food-related Web videos, seeing the same shows pop up in consecutive years smacks a bit of Meryl Streep receiving an Oscar nomination just for showing up. For the James Beard Awards to be nothing more than a venue for the snoozy tried and true, the foundation needs to broaden its selection process to include some content a bit more daring, and even a few video works that satirically bite the hand that feeds them.
If the powers that be at the Beard Foundation need some suggestions, here are some food/cooking shows to consider for next time:
Started by a group of friends in the U.K. , this five-year-old series is one of YouTube’s top international food channels. The boys went their separate ways when they went off to university, but they would get together to eat, drink, and be merry. It was Ben Ebbrell who became the cooking and food expert, studying the craft in school, but each member of the team pitches in to create a show that deftly mashed up good-natured humor and adventurous, accessible food preparation.
The stuffy people associated with the Beard Awards would prove the have some cred if they were to push this food series—produced by the iconoclasts at Vice—that focuses on food and the personalities that inspire new trends. Rough and raw are certainly two adjectives to describe Munchies, and while some of the episodes are pedantic and self-important, they are uniformly entertaining and always push the culinary envelope.
Raw. Vegan. Not Gross.
I am not favoring this series because I am a vegan; I like this show because the host, Laura Miller, is funny and talented and has the ability to make plant-based diets seem accessible to all. She has solid cooking skills, knows her topic, and the producers at Tastemade add some first-rate production values to the show. It’s probably not in the spirit of James Beard to honor a food show that deals with healthy cooking, but it’s time to celebrate alternative diets and tastes.Screengrab via Cooking Channel/YouTube


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New Delhi: Even though the Centre and states are yet to reach a consensus on certain aspects of the proposed goods and services tax (GST), the groundwork for the technology infrastructure has started. As a part of this exercise, a pilot project has been launched in 11 states. Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said he expects feedback from the information technology (IT) pilot projects by the beginning of next month.
The idea behind the pilot is to make sure that the states’ technology infrastructure is GST complaint so that whenever the roll-out takes place, they are prepared with the back-end building, which can be a painstaking task stretching over many months.
“A strong IT backbone will be the key to successful GST implementation,” said Pratik Jain, executive director of consultancy firm KPMG.
The implementation of GST, one of the most significant tax changes that India has ever sought to make and which will turn the country into one common market, has been held up over various objections by the states.
“Currently, there is a stalemate with respect to certain policy issues on GST. Unless these are removed, the Act will not happen. However, it is important to test and ready the IT infrastructure, which is a time-consuming process,” said a person familiar with the developments. He did not want to be named as the details of the pilot project have not been made public.
While the parliamentary standing committee on finance is examining GST, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is continuing with its back-end preparatory work, said chairman S.D. Majumdar.
“The IT initiative is progressing well in collaboration with NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd),” he said. “The pilot project for creating a single-window portal for registration, payment of tax and submission of reports has been finalized in consultation with some of the states.”
A special GST network unit has been incubated in NSDL, India’s largest depository. The unit will be responsible for drawing up the implementation strategy for the country’s ambitious tax reform.
Once the pilot project has been completed, NSDL will make a detailed project report for GST implementation and roll-out, according to the minutes of a workshop held in January on the subject and reviewed by Mint.
The pilot project will entail testing the system for registration of taxpayers, besides developing a module for payments as well as for filing returns. This will all be done through the central portal, which is being developed as a one-stop interface for all transactions. The first step of the pilot will be to test if the registration process can be done through the GST portal and if the states are able to access and process the data. “The larger idea is to build a national database of all dealers. Migration of existing data will be a key aspect of it and the pilot will test its feasibility,” said the person cited above.
Once the mandate for the roll-out is given, the states will still have to set up a great deal of infrastructure to be fully GST-compliant, he said.
For taxpayers’ registration, a common permanent account number (PAN)-based system will be used.
An empowered group on IT infrastructure on GST, headed by Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani, had said in its report that the unique ID was necessary to identify each taxpayer. “A common PAN-based taxpayer registration has several benefits, including a unified view of taxpayers for all tax authorities,” it noted.
The registration of taxpayers can begin by the end of June or July, said the person quoted above.
“For the purpose of the pilot, participating states would identify taxpayers (maximum of 200 dealers) who would undertake testing from the taxpayer side,” according to the minutes of the workshop cited above. As far as the payment system is concerned, the Central Board of Direct Taxes and CBEC already have a digital system in place. However, it will have to be extended to bring other entities such as banks under its purview, which may take some more time.
Meanwhile, the states are also conducting feasibility studies in terms of what systems need to be modernized and their preparedness. “Some of the states are at an advanced stage of blueprinting their strategy for GST and have already appointed consultants, while the others are in the process of doing so,” said Guru Malladi, a partner at audit and consulting firm Ernst and Young.
NSDL has been mandated to conduct an “as is” study of state tax systems to gather information on the current IT infrastructure and to provide a state-wise status report so that interface requirements for GST’s roll-out can be arrived at. However, initially only the “as is” study of the pilot states will be undertaken.
Nine states—Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh, all members of the GST sub-working group—are part of the pilot project, along with Assam and West Bengal.
The constitutional amendment Bill that’s required before the implementation of GST was introduced in Parliament during the budget session and was referred to a parliamentary standing committee for further deliberations.
Some analysts are sceptical about the pilot. “All state systems are not synchronized. All of the states have different systems. It will not be easy to streamline all of these different systems,” said a partner at one of the consultancy firms, who did not want to be named. “The main issue will be tracking of interstate credit.”
The person familiar with the developments cited earlier said that though the pilot is the first step towards a successful GST regime in the country and shows the Centre’s seriousness to implement it, “rolling it out will be a huge challenge unless there is sufficient push from the powers that be”.

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I'm trying to install IBM Traveler 126.96.36.199 on a 64-bit version of CentOS 6.8 via command line. Domino 9.0.1 installed without any problems.
When I run the silent installer, I get the following error:
[root@traveler]# ./TravelerSetup -f installer.properties -i silent -l en libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work JVMDUMP039I Processing dump event "abort", detail "" at 2016/08/03 11:54:27 - please wait. JVMDUMP032I JVM requested System dump using '/tmp/install.dir.1813/core.20160803.115427.1813.0001.dmp' in response to an event JVMDUMP010I System dump written to /tmp/install.dir.1813/core.20160803.115427.1813.0001.dmp JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Java dump using '/tmp/install.dir.1813/javacore.20160803.115427.1813.0002.txt' in response to an event JVMDUMP010I Java dump written to /tmp/install.dir.1813/javacore.20160803.115427.1813.0002.txt JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Snap dump using '/tmp/install.dir.1813/Snap.20160803.115427.1813.0003.trc' in response to an event libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work Aborted
According to the documentation at IBM, in order to install in silent mode, I need these libraries:
I did make sure all of these libraries were installed using yum, but I still get the same error.