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Shredful Compositions
An Interview with Thommy Price of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts & Billy Idol
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VWMusic January 5, 2022 June 24, 2022
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Thommy Price's discography reveals how revered and influential the New York-based drummer has been in the Rock 'N' Roll community.
Aside from being an accomplished session musician, playing with the likes of Roger Daltrey, Blue Öyster Cult, Ric Ocasek, and Michael Monroe, among others, Price is perhaps best known for his work with Billy Idol, and as a member of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts for over three decades.
From his earliest introduction to the world of music as a teenager growing up in Staten Island, to his most recent endeavors, we discuss Thommy's decorated career in the industry in this career-spanning interview.
Andrew:
Who do you consider to be among your most prominent drumming influences, Thommy?
Thommy:
Well, I grew up in the 60s and 70s, so it was pretty general. It was Keith Moon and John Bonham, but I also really had a passion for R&B music. I used to listen to a lot of Blue-Eyed Soul music, like The Righteous Brothers and The Young Rascals. Dino Danelli from The Young Rascals was a big, big influence on me. John Bonham, Keith Moon, Dino Danelli — somewhere between those three guys — I was born. They influenced me and I took it from there.
Among the many interesting aspects of your career, you burst onto a booming New York music scene at a very young age. What was your earliest introduction?
I moved from Brooklyn to Staten Island when I was a teenager. I met a bunch of musicians out there, and one of them was a good friend of mine, Kasim Sulton, who played with Todd Rundgren's Utopia for quite a few years; still works with Todd. When the Meatloaf's first Bat Out Of Hell record came out, Meatloaf used most of Todd's band, so Kasim was on that record. We were very young back then — seventeen or eighteen years old. So, it came time for Meatloaf to put a band together to tour, and Kasim had said to me, "Listen, Meatloaf is probably auditioning players. You should go up and check it out."
I went up and checked it out; it was a big loft. Back in those days, in the 70s, bands used to share lofts for rehearsals. So, there was another band that was just hanging out in there and they had just gotten signed to RCA Records, a band called Flame. Jimmy Iovine, the producer, happened to be working with [Flame]. And after I auditioned with Meatloaf, Jimmy asked me to audition for Flame because they were going to the studio to record. I wound up turning the Meatloaf thing down because, first of all, the music wasn't the kind of music I wanted to do; it was theatre music. The first Bat Out Of Hell record was kind of all over the place. It was a little weird for me; I just wanted to play with a Rock band. So, this other band, that happened to be sharing the loft with Meatloaf, auditioned me like a week later or something, and I got the gig. And that's how I hooked up with Jimmy Iovine. After that, I did some records with Jimmy; he had me come in and do some other records with him. So, it was kind of a stepping stone for me.
So, how did you end up landing the Scandal gig shortly thereafter?
The bass player, Ivan Elias, and I worked and recorded records with Helen Schneider. Ivan and I had done two records with her, and then Ivan had gotten the Scandal gig. When it came time that [Scandal] needed the drummer — Frankie LaRocka was playing before me, he did the very first Scandal record — [Frankie] had left the band, and Ivan called me and asked me to come in. So, it was kind of through a musician fellowship-friend thing.
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When you were recording The Warrior album at Electric Lady Studios, had you any idea that it was poised to take off with MTV?
Thomy:
Not at all. We had Mike Chapman producing that record, so there was a good chance, and we were coming right off of "Goodbye to You." So, with The Warrior record, we knew it was gonna make some noise, but we didn't expect it to go as far as it did.
While I was making The Warrior album at Electric Lady, Billy Idol happened to be working upstairs at another studio. They needed a drummer and heard me downstairs while I was making The Warrior album. So, that's how I got the Billy gig. I was recording Rebel Yell and The Warrior album at the same time. I went up and down the stairs every other day; I'd run upstairs and do a couple of tracks with Billy then come back downstairs, and work on a song or two with Scandal.
The Scandal tour was forever, man. We were on the road for about a year straight with no breaks. That "Goodbye to You" record [Scandal], once that thing took over, that kept us on the road forever. So, by the time I had come in to start recording The Warrior album, I was ready to make a change already. Once Billy approached me and asked me to make a move, it was a smarter business move for me. I never even toured for The Warrior record.
That's what I was going to ask because if the timeline matches up to how I'm envisioning it, you couldn't have done The Warrior tour. It would have overlapped with Rebel Yell.
No. Not at all. In fact, I didn't even finish recording The Warrior album; Andy Newmark had to come in, because at that time, I had finished Rebel Yell, and I was already doing gigs with Billy. Like New York, local gigs; doing some pre-production tour stuff. I think there came a time where Scandal needed me in the studio, and I just couldn't do it, because I was out of town with Billy or something. And I had to get Andy Newmark to finish The Warrior album.
So, which songs did you play on?
The whole album. I think there are two songs I didn't play on; the last two tracks of the record.
Do you recall your first encounter with Billy and Steve Stevens?
Well, I happened to be downstairs in Studio A. They had come downstairs, and were hanging out in the lobby, and heard me through the door. At the same time, they were going through some drummer changes. I think they had put only samples on the Rebel Yell record, and at the end of the day, they needed to put real drums on the stuff. That's when they heard me playing with Scandal, and by the time I walked out, they approached me — both Steve and Billy.
Rebel Yell remains iconic to this day. I actually listened to it just recently. What are your memories from recording the album?
They were great times. I had just met Steve and Billy and it was all fresh to me. It was all really new. Like I said, I had just come off the road with Scandal after almost a year on the road, so I was kind of ready for a change. It was a great vibe. Great atmosphere. Keith Forsey produced that Rebel Yell record and Michael Frondelli engineered it. Making that record was cool, because we would stay there, sometimes all night, and record the stuff. Then right after that, there was this great bar called The BeBop Café that was right next door. After hours, they'd keep it open for us. We'd go in there, eat hamburgers, drink a bunch of beers, and hang out until there until seven in the morning, or something. That was a good time, back then, because 8th street was booming.
I recently had a chance to do some extensive reading on a long flight, and went with Billy's autobiography, Dancing With Myself, which was fantastic. He paints a vivid portrait of what the West Village was like during that period.
Aw, man, it was so exciting. It was a really, really exciting time. We'd go out every night; we'd work in the studio, and then we would either go to The China Club, or we'd go to The Limelight or Club Nirvana on 42nd Street. I mean, we were all over the city. It was just a great time for him; this was right when "White Wedding," and "Dancing With Myself" were big dance club songs. This was right before Rebel Yell came out, so it was pretty exciting.
I remember the title track, "Rebel Yell," having a pretty cool music video; the drums on that track sounded amazing. Do you have any recollection of recording the song?
The very first song that they had me play on — I think they had already pre-recorded it but didn't have drums on it — was a song called "Do Not Stand In The Shadows." I think that one and maybe "Blue Highway," and then of course, "Rebel Yell." And ["Rebel Yell"] was also one of those songs we didn't know was gonna be as big as it was. We shot the video for it at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. From there, that's when the record came out and it really shot up the charts quickly. It kept us on the road for a long time.
Now, did you play on every track, Thommy, or were any other session drummers used?
I'm the only drummer, but there's a lot of drum machines; a lot of LinnDrum on the Rebel Yell record. It's in and out — I mean, "Catch My Fall" — maybe a little more than half the record is real drums, and then the rest is samples.
The drumming on that record is brilliant. It allowed songs like "Rebel Yell," and "Eyes Without A Face" to further distance themselves from contemporary songs of the time.
Yeah. I mean, people are still hiring me these days just for me to play that same groove that I did on "Rebel Yell." I just did a record two days ago with a local guy here in San Antonio, and he's a big Steve Stevens fan. And he's got a few songs on his record that have the same feel, and vibe of "Rebel Yell." So, he knew what he was getting when he hired me for his songs.
Keith Forsey served as the producer, but he also did the drum programming on that record if memory serves. What was Keith like to work with?
Keith was a riot, man; he was one of the band members. First of all, Keith's a drummer. That's him playing on "Dancing With Myself." That's Keith Forsey. Like you said, he did all the LinnDrum programming, all the drum programs. Back in that day, he made it sound like a real drummer; the way he set up grooves. I started making other records after that, years later, and I used all of his ideas of how to play to a drum machine. How to play real drummers; how to get a really, cool sixteen-note shaker vibe going. His grooves were always so cool. He understood everything I played, and vice versa. We worked really well together.
Did Billy ever extend you an offer to be an official member or was it more, album-by-album session work?
Well, he made me an offer for me to leave Scandal. I don't know if it was really a band member, but in those days, [Billy] didn't use anyone else. So, it was the same guys for many years. Mostly through '84 until '89, I did his tours and his records.
So, Billy extended an offer to entice you to leave Scandal?
Well, he offered me a good business proposition that Scandal wasn't offering me. They wanted me to stay in the band, but Billy was actually offering me a piece of the pie, which I was fighting for for years with Scandal, and they weren't giving it to me. And Billy, out of the clear blue — not even knowing me — made me feel that he needed me bad enough that he gave me a piece of the records.
I understand that your relationship with Joan Jett pre-dated you joining the band in 1986. How was the relationship initially forged?
Well, I'm an old friend of her partner, Kenny Laguna. I met Kenny in the 70s, around 1976/1977. He was producing this guy that I did some demos with that was signed to Leber-Krebs Management. Kenny happened to be sharing an office space with Leber-Krebs, and when this kid got signed to Leber-Krebs, they asked Kenny to do them a favor and produce these demos. Anyway, I was the drummer on those demos — and these were way before he was even involved with Joan. So, over the years, we kept in touch and called each other from time to time. So, once he started working with Joan, he had to put a band together for her. He had called me to come up and play with Joan and see if I dug it. And in fact, I went up and I played with her, and this was before she had Ricky Byrd; I think Gary Ryan was the only original member. They offered me the gig, and I had just secured the Mink DeVille gig at the time, and I had booked an entire European with them, so I couldn't really do anything with Joan.
By the time I had come back from Europe, Kenny had already hired a drummer, which was Lee Crystal of The Blackhearts. So, that was that. And then, years later, Lee left the band, and Joan was doing a movie with Michael J. Fox called Light of Day. So, the producer on the record was Jimmy Iovine, so he wanted me to do this Light of Day soundtrack with Joan. And this was the very first time over the years that we fell out of touch that I saw her again, and I started working with her. So, I did the Light of Day record, and then I think she might have toured for a year or two until the next record they called me for, which was Good Music. And I think from that record on, I was in and out with Billy, and I started making Joan's records, and started doing gigs with her. So, whenever I wasn't working with Billy, I'd be working with Joan. So, in the mid-to-late 80s, I was doing both gigs; I was doing some gigs with Billy, I'd come off the road, and go into the studio with Joan. I did that for quite a few years until I just stayed with Joan.
You've spent three-plus decades with Joan, so in what ways, if at all, has your role within the band evolved over the years?
Well, I don't know if I really ever had a role, besides being the drummer in the band and helping [Joan] create a sound. Joan and I went through different incarnations of The Blackhearts; it was always her and I through all those years, but we always had different guitar players and bass players. So, I think she kind of leaned on me as far as being, if you wanna say, the musical director. We'd always talk about — when it became time to get another bass player, or she was getting tired of the guitar player — she would consult with me. She didn't live in New York City, she lived outside of New York City, so I was always going out. I knew the locals, I knew a lot of the local bands throughout the years, so she kind of always leaned on me towards at least bringing them into a rehearsal or a record.
In 2015, Joan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Take me through that night.
That was spectacular, man. It was the highlight. A couple of years before that, she was getting awards every week, for this, for that, so we were on like a roll of doing award shows every week. So, by the time the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony came, that was like the highlight of all of the award shows we were doing. That was one of those nights you never forget; we had Tommy James on stage with us; we had Miley Cyrus on stage with us; a couple of the original Blackhearts. Dave Grohl was on stage with us. It was a great night; it was fabulous.
That's obviously a testament to Joan's accomplishments, but also yourself, Thommy. You were a member of that band for over thirty years. That's special, man.
I sure was. It was a family. They'd always make jokes about the "Blackheart Mafia." It was one of those things where even if you're not in the band anymore, you're still part of the family; they never meant to let you leave. But it's an all-around great experience working with Joan. She taught me a lot, and we've been buddies for a long time — more than half our lives.
I doubt you get asked about this one a lot given your lengthy discography, but in 1989, you and Steve [Stevens] reunite for his Atomic Playboys album. Ted Templeman was involved in that, as was Beau Hill. What can you recall from the recording process?
Well, those were the days where we used to cut everything live. Not like the way it is now. I think we did that record up in Media; I can't remember. But yeah, working with Ted was incredible. He was at all the pre-productions — I think we rehearsed at SIR [Studios] — and he came to all our rehearsals. That was a great experience doing Steve's record. He put together a great band and had really good songs.
So, you and Steve obviously maintained a relationship over the years.
Oh, yeah. For sure. To this day, I keep in touch with Steve. In fact, over the years, we've done gigs with Billy while I was with The Blackhearts; we'd be on the same bill at a lot of festivals in the states, so I'd run into those guys every once in a while.
Steve's solo in "Eyes Without A Face" remains one of my all-time favorite solos.
Oh, yeah. That's great. He does it great live, too. He does it exact live. It's beautiful.
You also worked with Michael Monroe on 1989's Not Fakin' It. Michael is a brilliant, creative artist, so what was it like working with him on that project?
For the Not Fakin' It record, he had collaborated with some friends of mine; this guy Phil Grande, who was — he passed away — an incredible songwriter and guitar player. Kenny Aaronson played bass on that record, too. So, Michael had a really incredible band. Michael had put together a really fantastic band. We did a couple of Japanese tours with that band. I think maybe, by the time he toured, Kenny had left, and Sami Yaffa played bass with us. But Michael, he's a character, man. He's an incredible entertainer. I mean, he is the ultimate frontman. He's an incredible harp player. It's badass, man; he writes really good songs. Another guy, over the years, that I've kept in touch with quite of a bit. He's back in Helsinki, and he's got Steve Conte playing with him now.
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By your estimation, what are the qualities that make you such a highly coveted session drummer?
First of all, I'm easy to work with. I've been recording for so long, that I'm very comfortable in the studio. I know what to do and I work with engineers really well. Of course, I get hired for my style and my feel. So, if a song calls for like we were talking before, the "Rebel Yell" alley — that kind of style — then they'll hire me. I kind of do it the best. [Laughs]. I mean, it's not just that style, either. Lately, I've been doing a lot of these Tex-Mex bands here in San Antonio, and up in Austin. I just did a new record with Patricia Vonne; she's this Tex-Mex gal that's incredible. I did her Christmas record that's out now. I'm doing this Mickey Gilley record, so I'm kind of getting into this Texas vibe here. People are starting to hire me for other things, and I'm enjoying it. I really dig it, because for so long, people were kind of pigeon-holing me, and hiring me for that one sound. Meanwhile, I can do whatever it takes for the feel to sound good. I hate getting hired for the exact same thing over and over and over again. It does pay the bills, but I like to do other stuff, that's why I'm having fun doing some of this music coming out of Austin, and San Antonio these days.
Very cool. So, you've adapted to Texas pretty quickly it seems?
Yeah, I did, man. I've had a little bit of help here; I have this incredible partner, this guy Matthew Medellin, and he's been taking me around and introducing me to people. He's in the music scene here in San Antonio, so he's opened up a lot of doors for me. Helping me with introducing me to different people — [such as] a couple of producers up in Austin that I've been getting some work from. It helps to have someone. I've never lived outside of New York — I've traveled all over the world — but never left New York. I always went back to New York; I've lived there all my life. So, this is a new thing for me, and it's a great experience, living somewhere besides New York City.
What does a typical day entail for you, Thommy? Being in such high demand, I imagine you're always in constant motion and spreading yourself pretty thin.
Well, the past eighteen months, I haven't been with the whole COVID thing. But it's starting to open up just recently, the past four or five months. People are starting to know that I'm actually in town, and living here. So, the word is spreading a little at a time. It was only recently that I started going back to work; I was off for quite a few years because I'm a cancer survivor. So, that's what took me off the road with Joan. Right after the Hall of Fame thing, we did a tour supporting The Who. Right after that tour, we had come off the road, and I had gotten diagnosed with cancer. So, that really put a damper on the next five years of my life.
It was a journey. My entire life changed. I went from being on the road constantly, and that was the height of The Blackhearts, in 2016. We had just done the Hall of Fame, we had just come off supporting The Who, so I was walking on clouds, and then all of a sudden, I get hit with that, and my life drastically changed. I haven't done many live shows; I did a Robert Gordon show last year, before COVID, in New York before I left. And that's really the last live dates that I've done. And I'm just getting back to work now.
Session artists typically operate in relative anonymity. That said, is there anything that you've played on that most wouldn't know?
I'll tell you what, going way back to the Punk scene, there's a few records back then that probably a lot of people wouldn't think I'd have done. Remember the band Television? I did a solo record with Tom Verlaine after he left Television; I think it was 1977. I love that record, it's called Words From The Front. But yeah, there's plenty of stuff out there; a lot of European records; a French record; an Italian record. Every once in a while, somebody will post a record that looks familiar to me, and I'll say, "That looks awfully familiar," and then I'll remember, "Oh, I played on that record!" There's a lot of stuff from the 70s and 80s that I've done that I don't remember. The 80s were rough, man! Drugs were good back then.
What's on the horizon for you in the new year, Thommy?
Well, I hope to be starting up doing some live shows here. A producer friend from Austin named Danny Harvey — he produces a lot of local and bigger records, too — he does a lot of local gigs. I was talking to my wife about this the other night, about, you know, "I gotta start getting out there a little at a time." I don't wanna go right into arenas with a band; I want to start playing again and just gradually get into it to break the ice. I'm looking forward to doing some local gigs here; just getting up and playing a set or two with some local dudes. And then, of course, I'm gonna continue doing these records here in San Antonio and up in Austin, too with these couple of producers. I've got a new website that's now up, and running now, too, for drum tracks: www.thommyprice.com. If you go to that, you'll see all the choices of custom drum tracks that I can do virtually.
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Today we visited numerous special locations around London. Many South Africans say they don't like London because it's not pretty, or doesn't have cocktails and beaches. Why you'd want to go somewhere that's just like South Africa, I don't know! But I like to discover all the inner secrets of London and this day perfectly proves that.
We started off by visiting one of my all time favourite places in London, the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. It's home to some of the world's most famous and beautiful artworks. It's moving, overwhelming and exciting to see some of the art works that you've heard, read about or loved for years.
Turner is one of my favourite artists, as is Von Gogh. I think it's because their pictures always capture movement, they seem alive. I always scurry over to the Turner corner in the National gallery to take in their life size paintings. Even paints that you don't know are incredibly beautiful and it's worth taking a good look around at all the exquisite paintings.
After our painting viewing session we headed over the White Cross Street Market via Piccadilly Circus.
I visited the street food market last year while Mr John had been sick and unable to join, so this was a good opportunity for him to catch up. If you've ever watched Andy Bates' Street Feasts on the Food Network – well its the place that he has his Street food is the theme and there are many, many options with cuisine from all over the world. It's really fascinating seeing the stands churn out such delicious, high quality food and then once lunch time is over they rush to pack up their goods and vanish. No third world hanging about for these lot!
I decided to try a Mexican wrap (burrito) from a very busy stand called Luardos Jesus. They were cranking their wraps out at the speed of light, but they were still super fresh and delicious. The only thing I didn't like was the choriso as it had a weird taste, but once I picked them off, it was great (lol)!
I was also surprised to find street art at White Cross Street. Art is everywhere in London, another one of my favourite characteristics of the city.
On our way back to the hotel after lunch, Mr John had remembered seeing a note about London's premium vape store, the Vape Lab, being near by so we went on a mission to find it. Which isn't too difficult to do by foot as Shoreditch (London's hipster area) is interesting and filled with fun things to look at like art, activations, shops, etc. Mr John's favourite pass time is vaping (yes, he quit smoking last year too) and he likes to keep an eye on international trends, technology developments, etc. They have a clever system where you can buy a plastic cap to go over the top of a vape. This allows you to be able to switch canisters so that you can taste a few flavours – without passing on the germs, of course! Not the friendliest staff in the world but that's Europe for you.
I loved seeing all the street art of Shoreditch. I wonder if Cape Town could ever be this decorated?
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The Canberra Raiders have signed former Brisbane forward Neville Costigan today in a new three year deal that will see him playing in Canberra until the end of 2009.
Costigan's arrival in Canberra will bolster the Raiders depth in the forward pack, with the departure of Jason Croker, and Michael Hodgson at the end of the season.
Costigan said he is looking forward to a fresh start with the Raiders, and is excited about where the club is headed in the future.
"It will be good to start again and get my football back on track," Costigan said. "I think the Raiders have a great future with a great bunch of young players and a lot of talent coming through."
Costigan said he is looking forward to renewing some new friendships with some of his former teammates and opponents, and also meeting the Raiders crop of young stars.
"I have played with and am good mates with Tom Learoyd-Lahrs from our days at Brisbane, and have also played with Craig Frawley and against Dane Tilse, so to play with these guys will be great," he said. "I think with the players they have at the moment and the guys developing, there is a big chance that we could win a grand final."
With the Raiders about to embark on a new age under a new Coach in Neil Henry, Costigan said he is ready to work hard for his new mentor.
"Neil seems very genuine and I'm looking forward to having him coach me next year," he said. "He said if I work hard and have a big off-season I will be chance to start the year in the back row and that's what I want to do."
Raider's co-assistant coach David Furner said the Raiders are looking forward to Costigan arriving in the nation's capital, and his connection with some of the players will see him settle in quickly.
"I think the club has done a really good job of securing Neville," Furner said. "We have been looking at him for a while and he has a good connection here with a good friend of his in Tom Learoyd-Lahrs."
Furner said the Raiders will present Costigan with an exciting chance to build a career with the club, and explained to him the future plans for the Raiders when negotiating his contract.
"The Raiders will give him a good opportunity to play first grade, and he will be a good asset for the club," he said. "I think one of the things that was explained to him was what the club was trying to achieve with getting young players here, and one of the policies that club has is to look to the future.
"All the players at the start of next year will be on a level playing field, and Neville will be one of those guys looking for a first grade jumper."

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Q: skipping certain number of frames on a timeline i have a mathematical problem which is a bit hard to describe, but i'll give it a try anyway.
in a timeline, i have a number of frames, of which i want to skip a certain number of frames, which should be evenly distributed along the timeline.
for example i have 10 frames and i want to skip 5, then the solution is easy: we skip every second frame.
10/5 = 2
if (frame%2 == 0)
    skip();

but what if the above division does result in a floating number?
for example in 44 frames i want to skip 15 times. how can i determine the 15 frames which should be skipped?
bascially i am looking for an algorithm that distributes that 15 frames as evenly as possible along the 44 frames.
it will probably look like something like skipping after 2 and then after 3 frames alternately.
thanks!

A: You could keep an additional floating point value, t, that corresponds to the next frame to skip, and update it every time you skip. Like this:
int frame_num = 44;
int skips_num = 15;
double dt =((double)(frame_num))/skips_num;
double t = 0.0;
...
// then, in your loop
if (frame == (int)t) {
  skip();
  t += dt;
}

A: You can obviously not always do it really evenly in case the number of frames you want to skip is not a divisor of the total number of frames. So if it is important to always skip at least the number of frames you want, perform a floor on the division (totalFrames/framesToSkip).
Having said that, you can apply the same trick as you proposed.
if (totalFrames % floor(totalFrames/framesToSkip) == 0)
    skip();

Note that in the case of 44 and 15 you skip much more than 15. The other posibility is to ceil instead of floor, in that case you wont skip 15 frames but 14 frames.
Yet another solution is to do a round to the nearest integer, this is a better approximation, however, you sometimes skip more than wished and sometimes less than wished but on average you have better results

A: It strikes me that the problem of mixing skips in with non-skips is a bit like the problem of mixing steps that go diagonally downwards with steps that go straight across when drawing a line with pixels. The line-drawing problem is solved in great detail at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresenham%27s_line_algorithm

A: I set off to write a solution that improves on Igor's, but at the end the only improvement I really found was to explicitly state that round(t) should be used instead of (int)t. So here's Igor's solution again (with some variable names changed so it is more obvious and using round function).
int frame_num = 44;
int skips_num = 15;
double frames_between_skips =((double)(frame_num))/skips_num;
double next_skip = 0.0;
...
// then, in your loop
if (current_frame == round(next_skip)) {
  skip();
  next_skip += frames_between_skips;
}

Using round(t) will make it be the most fair and try to drop the frame (int) that is closest to the ideal drop frame (double) while keeping the full precision timer (next_skip).
Couple of notes

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*take care if the frame starts with 0 or with 1 and adjust accordingly,

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Avengers' playable Spider-Man releases this month – still no gameplay
Hopefully there'll be an actual trailer in the next few weeks (Pic: Sony)
PlayStation owners will finally get to play as Spider-Man in the Avengers game at the end of November.
It's been well over a year since he was announced, but Marvel's Avengers fans now know exactly when the wisecracking webslinger himself, Spider-Man, will be added as a playable character to the game.
According to the official website, he will arrive at the end of the month on November 30 as part of Patch 2.2, which also includes a new raid against sonic supervillain Klaw and a few new gameplay systems and reworks.
There's unfortunately still no gameplay footage of Spider-Man in action or even any still images or a story trailer. But Crystal Dynamics has at least explained what Spider-Man will actually be doing when he shows up.
Spider-Man's story involves foiling another AIM plot, but while he will be teaming up with the Avengers, he needs to adjust to working as part of a group after operating solo for so long.
He'll also be insistent about keeping his identity a secret and Crystal Dynamics is teasing new friendships with Ms. Marvel and Black Widow, with a key plot point being whether Spidey will join the Avengers full time or not.
Unlike previous expansions, Spider-Man's story will take place across a series of unlockable missions that can be accessed via the Avengers Initiative post-campaign.
There's still no clue as to what Spidey will look like in-game (pic: Square Enix)
As a reminder, Spider-Man will only be available for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of the game, with there currently being no plans to bring him to the Xbox, PC, or Stadia versions.
As for the other gameplay additions, the patch will increase the maximum power level (which is determined by what gear you have equipped) from 150 to 175. Crystal Dynamics encourages players to take on the new Klaw raid, which it describes as the toughest challenge in the game, if they want the best gear.
The patch will also introduce shipments, which are a new means of earning items and cosmetics through gameplay. They can only be bought with units (the in-game currency which can be earned by playing the game) and are essentially loot boxes since what you'll get is completely random, although you'll be allowed to see their contents before buying one.
Spider-Man's inclusion will likely draw back a number of players given the character's popularity (at least on PlayStation), but Avengers' long-term future isn't looking particularly good, especially now that Square Enix has openly admitted that it has been a disappointment for them.
Marvel's Avengers is available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Stadia.
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Psychologist, Dr. Mark Johnson, returns to the show to discuss the stress the average middle class family may be taking on due to healthcare premiums. Joel Elconin of Benzinga previews a little Big Ten football. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O'Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, wonders what the market would look like without the help of the Federal Reserve over the last nine years. Bob Cerone, Founder & CEO of CognosHR returns to the show to take a deeper dive into healthcare reform. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures' Peoria, AZ location delves inside the mind of a Trump supporter.
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Dr. Mark Johnson works with the best people who are curious about themselves, their world and their relationships. Roughly 2/3 of his practice is focused on individuals with the remaining 1/3 being couples. His best "fit" is with clients who expect to work, are active, verbal and want to be in an interactive therapy. Dr. Johnson freely shares the "map" that he's working from as they go. A central goal is to access authenticity so that therapy addresses struggles in clarifying what people want, know, think and feel.
He specializes in relationships. To that end, his work looks at your responses to both inner and outer authority, your development of intimacy with others, and ultimately, how you cooperate with the important people in your world in order to have gratifying relationships.
With over 25 years of private practice experience, Dr. Mark Johnson feels comfortable knowing how to navigate through difficult times and spaces with the people he sees. There's a premium on you having equal footing in the process and being able to claim your own authority going forward.
Years in Practice: 25+ Years
School: Penn State University
Year Graduated: 1983
License No. and State: # 048.0000280 Vermont
JOEL ELCONIN
Joel's introduction to trading was in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index futures pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Also, during his time at the CME, he was involved in Index Arbitrage as well as trading foreign currency futures and options. From 1994-1999 he was a proprietary trader for Olde Discount Corporation. Following his tenure at Olde Discount, he founded the Detroit office of Bright Trading, LLC. His responsibilities included trader recruitment, orientation and education as well as the day to day management of the office. He held this position office until 2003. Since 2003, Joel has been an independent trader researching and developing proprietary indicators and trading systems for the equities and futures markets. In 2007, Joel joined JC Trading Group as a Market Consultant and trading supervisor. He provides daily market commentary at www.premarketinfo.com. Joel obtained his Bachelor of Art in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1985. Also, he is a graduate of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Continuing Education Program. He also holds his Series 7 and 63 licenses and is a licensed real estate broker.
KENNY POLCARI
In the realm of institutional financial services, Kenneth Polcari stands out as a go-to expert in starting up, turning around, and growing investment operations to consistent profitability and world-class service. His background in managing institutional relationships and directing trading strategies has given him the steely drive, inventiveness, and perseverance to prevail in the most volatile economic climates.
Currently Mr. Polcari is Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O'Neil Securities, Inc – the B/D division of Wm. O'Neil & Company out of Los Angeles, CA and represents the interests of global institutional asset managers that need to access the world's equity markets. He is a Board Advisor/Markets Expert for The Integral Board Group and a speaker on behalf of The American College. Prior to this he was a Managing Director for 15 yrs at Icap Corps, LLC- a British based Inter-dealer Broker. Earlier in his career, Mr. Polcari served as Senior Vice President, member New York Stock Exchange and division manager with Salomon Brothers directing their NYSE Division during the heady bull market of the 1990's. In addition to managing the division, he helped design an equity technology platform that automated and enhanced trading functions and significantly improved productivity. Mr. Polcari gained a reputation for superior management skills, client service and relationship building, as well as a savvy insight in risk mitigation.
Mr. Polcari has leveraged his superior communication and presentation skills and is a "CNBC Exclusive Contributor/Market Analyst". You can find him giving market commentary from the floor of the NYSE across a range of their US programming including "The Half-Time Report", "Power Lunch" and "Closing Bell" in addition to giving US market commentary to CNBC Asia and CNBC/Italy. In addition he is oft quoted in major print media outlets that include the WSJ, FT, Reuters and regional local and International publications.
He is an engaging public speaker that seeks to help the industry and the public understand current market structure and trends as well as institutional investment styles. Topics include the Evolution of the U.S. Equity Markets & the Role of Technology, Rules And Regulations, Policy Initiatives as well as
The Impact of 9/11 on the U.S. Financial Markets.
Mr. Polcari received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a major in Finance, from Boston University. He holds FINRA Licenses in Series 7, 24, 27, 55, and 63.
Active in the financial community, he is as a member of the Security Traders Association (STA) and has served on its Trading Rules Committee. In addition he is a board member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), the Security Traders Association of NY (STANY) and the National Security Traders Association. Leadership roles include past president of the Independent Floor Brokers, former governor of the NYSE, former member of the Market Performance Committee, the Technology Committee, and the FACTS Program. He is also a supporter of a variety of charitable causes including the Members Handicapped Children's Fund, The Headstrong Project, the Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, and The Spaulding Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Hospital. He lives in Westchester County, NY with his wife – also a former member of the NYSE – and is the father of two daughters.
Mr. Kenny Polcari is a member and Director of NYSE Floor Operations on behalf of O'Neil Securities, Inc. representing the interests of institutional asset managers needing access to global equity markets. In addition to his role as an Adjunct Professor at the Boston Graduate School he is also a Markets Expert at Integral Board Group, LLC. His decades long experience in the equity markets and his position on the floor of the exchange gives him and his clients a unique view of the daily market action. Mr. Polcari is a veteran equities trader, a CNBC exclusive contributor / market commentator appearing across a range of CNBC Global programming, an engaging speaker and champion of the U.S. capital markets and can be found working with the financial media, industry conferences and investor events helping public audiences understand the markets. In addition to CNBC – media highlights have included Bloomberg, CNN (domestic and international), ABC, Fox, Reuters, AP, BBC, WSJ, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance. Additional international credits include Der Spiegal, China Business and RAI. He is well known for his daily boots-on-the-ground market analysis. Every morning, Mr. Polcari publishes a large-audience newsletter starting with insights on the day's market action and ends with a recipe to serve the mood of the markets. Earlier in his career, he served as Managing Director at ICAP Corps, LLC and was Senior Vice President, member New York Stock Exchange and division manager with Salomon Brothers directing their NYSE Division. Mr. Polcari graduated from Boston University School of Management with a BS/BA degree with a concentration in Finance. He is a frequent lecturer on topics such as the Evolution of the U.S. Equity Markets & the Role of Technology, Rules And Regulations, Policy Initiatives as well as The Impact of 9/11 on the U.S. Financial Markets.
BOB CERONE
Bob Cerone is the Founder and CEO of CognosHR in Chicago, IL. Specializing in healthcare, human resources and payroll, Bob is a long-time contributor to the Stocks & Jocks radio show.
JOHN NEAL
John Neal directs PTI Securities' Glendale, Arizona office serving the firm's clients in the Phoenix metro area and across the Western U.S. He oversees day-to-day operations, including client services, investor education, staff management and marketing. John has more than 12 years of management experience in the securities and financial services industry. He joined PTI Securities in 2003 in this role. Prior to that time, he was a branch manager with Phoenix area firms, Granite Capital Management and, most recently, Independent Financial Management. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, John earned a bachelor's degree in international management from Arizona State University in Tempe. Away from work, John enjoys reading, live music and outdoor activities. He also volunteers with the St. Vincent De Paul Society and the Lupus Foundation of America. Married with two children, John and his family live in Peoria, Arizona.
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The Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line stretches eastward from Ogikubo Station in Tokyo's western suburbs through Shinjuku Station and the heart of central Tokyo before turning north and then northwest toward Ikebukuro Station. It forms a lopsided "U" shape.
Color-coded red, the Marunouchi Line was the second subway to be built in Tokyo following the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and is named for the Marunouchi business district by the Imperial Palace. Its name means "within the circle", referring to the moat that encircled Edo Castle.
There is a three-station branch line in the western part going to Honancho Station. "M" is the alphanumeric prefix for stations on the Marunouchi Line.
Color-coded red, "M" is the alphanumeric prefix for stations on the Marunouchi Line
While Ikebukuro Station is a stop on the Marunouchi Line, it is best reached from Shinjuku Station via the JR Yamanote or Saikyo lines.
The Marunouchi Line is named for the Marunouchi business district between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace
Key Destinations
Kasumigaseki Station
Exit here for a view (or a tour) of Japan's parliament, the National Diet Building. The imposing structure was completed in 1936 and contains the House of Representatives, or Lower House, and the House of Councillors, or Upper House. The latter is open to public tours on weekdays and provides an interesting look at some of the mechanics of Japanese democracy. Tour information can be found here.
Located in Nagatacho, the hilltop Diet commands views of the Imperial Palace moat and the Sakuradamon Gate, which dates to the 17th century Edo Castle and is a brief walk from Nijubashi Bridge and the Imperial Palace East Gardens.
Kasumigaseki Station is also served by the Tokyo Metro Hibiya and Chiyoda lines.
Train fare: 170 yen
Train time: 14 minutes
Ginza Station
Ginza is Tokyo's premiere shopping district, and has all the brands from Apple to Zara. Highlights include the Mitsukoshi Department Store, the Nissan showroom, the Sony building and the recently rebuilt Kabuki-za theater. Sushi restaurants abound in Ginza, as do fine dining spots of every cuisine, and the Tsukiji fish market – where all the fish come from – is a roughly 15-minute walk to the south.
Ginza station is number M19 on Marunouchi Line
Ginza Station is also a stop on the Tokyo Metro Ginza and Hibiya subway lines. A long underground passage connects it with Hibiya Station to the northwest and Higashi-Ginza Station to the southeast
This large rail hub is at the symbolic heart of Tokyo, right on the doorstep of the Imperial Palace, home to Japan's emperor. The Marunouchi Line stops just under the Marunouchi side of JR Tokyo Station, a stunning 1914 red brick edifice designed by Kingo Tatsuno that has been recently restored.
While the inner grounds are usually closed to the public, Nijubashi Bridge provides a view of part of the Imperial Palace
Tokyo Station is a departure point for the Tokaido, Tohoku, Akita, Joetsu, Yamagata and Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains. The JR Yamanote Line and Narita Express also stop here, as does the Chuo Line (Rapid), which makes the trip from Shinjuku Station in about 13 minutes.
Korakuen Station
Korakuen Station is close to several sights focused on entertainment and relaxation. There's Tokyo Dome, the home base of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team, as well as the Tokyo Dome City Attractions amusement park, Korakuen Hall for martial arts, boxing and wrestling matches, and LaQua spa.
Korakuen Station is by Tokyo Dome City, home to a baseball stadium, amusement park and spa
The name "Korakuen" refers to the nearby Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens, a beautiful traditional Japanese garden dotted with cherry, maple and plum trees as well as scenic ponds.
Note that the garden entrance is closer to Iidabashi Station than Korakuen Station, which is also served by the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line. The station is linked to Kasuga Station on the Toei Mita and Oedo lines.
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April 9, 2014 Ryan Towey Metro, Sports
Peter Krause, an assistant professor of political science, prepares for a run. Krause ran in the 2014 Boston Marathon to honor the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. (Emily Fahey / Heights Senior Staff)
Running The Marathon With Professor Peter Krause
Peter Krause is usually a cautious athlete.
If he finds himself hurting during a basketball game with friends, he quells his competitive nature and takes some time out—no use making it worse.
The 34-year-old Boston College assistant professor of political science applied the same mentality to his training for the Boston Marathon. When he pulled his hamstring while preparing for a half marathon in the fall, he spent a month healing. When an IT band injury started plaguing his right knee after Spring Break, he took two weeks off from his 18-week Hal Higdon running program.
But as he began his 20-mile run around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir—his first run in two weeks and his longest before his first marathon-the time for caution was running out.
The Boston Marathon was 23 days away, and he had a promise to keep, a promise made to the thousands of people who read a letter he sent to The Heights last year in response to the bombings that rocked the city.
When his right knee started throbbing by the 4-mile mark, Krause knew he was at a crossroads.
He ran through the pain.
On the same day that he promised to run the Boston Marathon, Krause swore that he never would.
He and his wife, Alissa Goldhaber Krause, a Suffolk County assistant district attorney who grew up in Chestnut Hill, were at a party in Washington Square hosted by one of Alissa's high school friends to watch the 2013 Marathon. As they cheered for the passing runners, Alissa asked her six-foot-four husband whether or not he would ever consider running the race.
"Not in a million years," Krause said.
Though he could play team sports like basketball for as long as he wished, Krause had never run more than five miles in his life. The last time he tried was at Frisbee practice in college, and it nearly killed him—he was more than happy to remain a Marathon spectator.
"I respect those who do," he said, "but running 26.2 miles just isn't for me."
Four days ago, Alissa called these her husband's "famous last words."
After spending an hour at the party cheering on the runners, Krause left to finish some grading in his McGuinn 229 office at BC. His wife stayed behind.
Alissa did not remain at the party for much longer than an hour after her husband left, leaving to run a couple quick errands. She made her way through spectators along Beacon Street to make sure their taxes were postmarked on time at the post office, and she stopped by a Trader Joe's near their Coolidge Corner apartment.
Then her phone rang. It was her mother, calling to alert her to the first rumblings of news that something was not right at the finish line. Alissa looked through the windows of the Trader Joe's to see the runners still moving at a normal pace and the spectators still cheering—everything seemed okay at mile 24. Her mother, however, was insistent.
After immediately calling her husband to relay her mother's message, Alissa left the grocery store to find a very different atmosphere on Beacon Street. Police officers were on the road, rerouting the marathoners and shouting at the crowd to get off the streets and return to their homes.
"I actually started to run to get back to our building," she said.
In less than 15 minutes, Alissa was back in the sixth-floor apartment that she has now shared with Krause for about four years. She turned on the television and heard her husband's voice.
Krause was already conducting a phone interview with one of the many news stations that would call him on Marathon Monday and during its aftermath—New England Cable News, MSNBC, ABC-Boston, CNN. Krause, who earned his Ph.D. at MIT, has a strong background in Middle East politics and the causes and effects of terrorism. He frequents local news stations that are looking for an expert opinion on the topic.
Alissa called Krause again, and they agreed that he should stay put at BC until more information came to light.
"I remember feeling the same way on 9/11," she said. "Is something else going to go off in an hour? What else is happening?"
While Alissa sat frightened on one end of the Reservoir, Krause sat on the other end in his BC office—preparing to craft a response to her fear.
He had put his grading to the side, but his students were still on his mind. In his 15-week Introduction to International Studies class, which every sophomore in the major takes, one week is dedicated to the study of the causes and effects of terrorism. That week of study would begin the next day. He dreaded having to teach his students about terrorism in a way that was not abstract, but that had immediate and personal implications. A native New Englander from Connecticut, Krause knew that Boston had been largely exempt from the threat of terrorism in the past, and he recognized that this was about to rapidly change.
He understood that his students would, to some extent, have the same feelings that he had during his senior year at Williams College, when his friends woke him up (ever the academic, he had spent a late night working on his thesis) and told him about the first plane colliding with the World Trade Center. Together with his housemates, Krause watched the events that brought the nation to a standstill.
His students would feel uncertain, Krause decided, about both the nature of the situation and how they could respond.
"Maybe I should try to do something about this," he thought.
To ease their uncertainties, Krause penned a letter to the editor that was published through The Heights that afternoon and would receive substantial attention from local media outlets.
"I don't have any inside information about who the attackers are," Krause wrote. "But I can say with confidence that they made a huge mistake."
A professor who prides himself on his objectivity, this letter was a departure for Krause. No longer just a professor who presented the facts, he had injected himself into the scenario as a participant.
I hate to run and have never run more than five miles in my entire life, but I am running the Boston Marathon next year and I am raising money to send to the victims of this tragedy and the first responders who prevented an even greater one … Who is with me?
Adejire Bademosi, A&S '14, is one of the many BC students who aligned themselves with Krause's call to action. When the bombs went off, Bademosi was studying abroad in Venice. After spending a harrowing Marathon Monday detached from her peers in Boston—she was restricted to using iMessage and Snapchat to learn about their well-being—Krause's letter to the editor was just what she needed.
Although she had never met Krause, she decided to email him in gratitude. Bademosi opted to follow his lead and run the next Boston Marathon herself by signing up to run with the Campus School. While Bademosi's plans have encountered trouble as a result of the Boston Athletic Association's stricter rules against bandit runners, Krause avoided this obstacle by raising money for the Children's Advocacy Center, which strives to alleviate the trauma undergone by the victims of child abuse and their families during the legal process. Krause's wife, who works for the Child Abuse Unit in the district attorney's office, is heavily involved with the organization.
Despite the uncertain future of her own Marathon run, Bademosi said that Krause was consistently a source of support during her training, asking about her progress and advising her to take some time off when she hurt her ankle.
Now, Bademosi has a class with Krause and is conducting research with him.
"He treats us like actual scholars," she said, "not just as students."
This sense of scholarship is important to Krause. Knowledge, he believes, can alleviate fear.
To that end, Krause gave a public lecture this past Tuesday night called "Terrorism and the Boston Marathon: Fear, Hope, and Resilience." Wearing a black suit and a blue-checkered shirt, Krause demonstrated his strong professorial presence as he paced in front of the lecture hall, delivering the same message espoused in the letter he wrote almost a year ago. If a community can come together and channel its emotions into meeting positive goals, such as doing service work or, of course, running commemorative marathons, then terrorism is a failure.
He exhorted those attending the lecture to support this weekend's Campus School Bandit Run, designed to replace the Boston Marathon in which students like Bademosi will now not be able to complete.
"I'm going to be out there cheering them on," he said.
Sitting in his office last week, Krause looked like the scholar that BC knows him to be—a collar and a tie, a wall of books behind him with titles like Arms and Influence by Thomas Schelling and Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman.
But the shoes he wore underneath his desk—an older pair of blue Nike Pegasus 30s—identified him as the dedicated marathoner that he's become. He hoped that wearing the shoes would help his knees recover from his triumphant 20-mile run around the Reservoir, about which he was still feeling good.
"If you'd talked to me two weeks ago I would still have thought I would have run, but I would have been very worried about if I had to walk a lot, or whatever else," he said. "But now I feel that, barring some big thing, I'll be able to run at a pretty good clip, which is good."
Being able to train on the dirt path around the Reservoir has been better for his knees than the pavement forced on him for the majority of the training season by a harsh Boston winter. The carriage road between BC and the Newton fire station was one of the few sufficiently cleared paths, and he joined a slew of other aspiring marathoners looking to take advantage of the seven-mile stretch. There, they were together in their struggle, and a friendly nod or encouraging thumbs-up was good for Krause—the solitude of running is not like the team sports he knows so well.
In sports like basketball, Krause can focus on several tasks at once, but while running, he has to work hard to quiet the voices in his head that tell him to slow down or take a break-no one would know if he stopped running on any of those random, blistering cold days in January.
"I get out there and I say, 'Why did I do this in the first place?'" he said. "It wasn't for fun. It was because I was sitting in this office last year when the bombs went off at the Marathon after having been there an hour before watching it with my wife, and feeling that this is something I want to do to honor the victims and the first responders."
For Krause, those people are the team with whom he runs.
"We get to decide if we respond to these terrible acts with fear and hatred or with renewed community spirit," he wrote in his letter last year.
When Krause experiences the culmination of his efforts on Marathon Monday, the support of his wife and family, who plan to make posters and be at more than one spot along the route, will serve as evidence of the community spirit that Krause hoped his letter would help inspire.
While he is running, Krause yearns for the crowd not to cheer his name, but the names on the white shirt he will be wearing during the race—Krystle, Lingzi, Martin, and Sean.
It is those names—the names of those lost but still remembered—that will carry him to the finish line.
Featured Image by Emily Fahey / Heights Editor
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Topography of the Western Cape. The Roggeveld and Nuweveld mountains are part of the Great Escarpment (see diagrams below). The other mountain ranges belong to the Cape Fold Belt, also shown in the diagrams below. The Western Cape's inland boundary lies for the most part at the foot of the Great Escarpment.
An approximate SW-NE cross section through South Africa with the Cape Peninsula (with Table Mountain) on left, and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal on the right. Diagrammatic and only roughly to scale. It shows the major geological structures (coloured layers) that dominate the southern and eastern parts of the country, as well as the relationship between the Central Plateau, the Cape Fold Mountains, and the Drakensberg escarpment. The significance and origin of the geological layers can be found under the headings "Karoo Supergroup" and "Cape Supergroup".
A diagrammatic 400 km north-south crosssection through the southern portion of the country at approximately 21° 30' E (i.e. near Calitzdorp in the Little Karoo), showing the relationship between the Cape Fold Mountains (and their geological structure) and the geology of the Little and Great Karoo, as well as the position of the Great Escarpment. The colour code for the geological layers is the same as those used in the diagram above. The heavy black line flanked by opposing arrows is the fault that runs for nearly 300 km along the southern edge of the Swartberg Mountains. The Swartberg Mountain range owes some of its great height to upliftment along this fault line. The subsurface structures are not to scale.
The Western Cape Province is roughly L-shaped, extending north and east from the Cape of Good Hope, in the southwestern corner of South Africa. It stretches about 400 kilometres (250 mi) northwards along the Atlantic coast and about 500 kilometres (300 mi) eastwards along the South African south coast (Southern Indian Ocean). It is bordered on the north by the Northern Cape and on the east by the Eastern Cape. The total land area of the province is 129,462 square kilometres (49,986 sq mi),:9 about 10.6% of the country's total. It is roughly the size of England or the State of Louisiana. Its capital city and largest city is Cape Town, and some other major cities include Stellenbosch, Worcester, Paarl, and George. The Garden Route and the Overberg are popular coastal tourism areas.
The Western Cape is the southernmost region of the African continent with Cape Agulhas as its southernmost point, only 3800 km from the Antarctic coastline. The coastline varies from sandy between capes, to rocky to steep and mountainous in places. The only natural harbour is Saldanha Bay on the west coast, about 140 km north of Cape Town. However a lack of fresh water in the region meant that it has only recently been used as a harbour. The province's main harbour was built in Table Bay, which in its natural state was fully exposed to the northwesterly storms that bring rain to the province in winter, as well as the almost uninterrupted dry southeasterly winds in summer. But fresh water coming off Table Mountain and Devil's Peak allowed the early European settlers to build Cape Town on the shores of this less than satisfactory anchorage.
The province is topographically exceptionally diverse. Most of the province falls within the Cape Fold Belt, a set of nearly parallel ranges of sandstone folded mountains of Cambrian-Ordovician age (the age of the rocks is from 510 to about 330 million years ago; their folding into mountains occurred about 350 to about 270 million years ago). The height of the mountain peaks in the different ranges vary from 1000m to 2300m. The valleys between ranges are generally very fertile as they contain the weathered loamy soils of the Bokkeveld mudstones (see the diagrams on the left).
The far interior forms part of the Karoo. This region of the Province is generally arid and hilly with a prominent escarpment that runs close to the Province's most inland boundary.
The Escarpment marks the southwestern edge of South Africa's central plateau (see the middle and bottom diagrams on the left). It runs parallel to the entire South African coastline except in the very far northeast, where it is interrupted by the Limpopo River valley, and the far northwest, where it is interrupted by the Orange River valley. The 1000 km-long northeastern stretch of the escarpment is called the Drakensberg, which is geographically and geologically quite distinct from the Cape Fold Mountains, which originated much earlier and totally independently of the origin of the escarpment.
The vegetation is also extremely diverse, with one of the world's seven floral kingdoms almost exclusively endemic to the province, namely the Cape Floral Kingdom, most of which is covered by Fynbos (from the Afrikaans meaning "Fine Bush" (Dutch: Fijnbosch), though precisely how it came to be referred to as such, is uncertain.). These evergreen heathlands are extremely rich in species diversity, with at least as many plant species occurring on Table Mountain as in the entire United Kingdom. It is characterised by various types of shrubs, thousands of flowering plant species and some grasses. With the exception of the Silver tree, Leucadendron argenteum, which only grows on the granite and clay soils of the Cape Peninsula, open fynbos is generally treeless except in the wetter mountain ravines where patches of Afromontane forest persist.
The Western Cape is also climatologically diverse, with many distinct micro- and macroclimates created by the varied topography and the influence of the surrounding ocean currents. These are the warm Agulhas Current which flows southwards along South Africa's east coast, and the cold Benguela Current which is an upwelling current from the depths of the South Atlantic Ocean along South Africa's west coast. Thus climatic statistics can vary greatly over short distances. Most of the province is considered to have a Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Both the Great Karoo and Little Karoo, in the interior, have an arid to semi-arid climate with cold, frosty winters and hot summers with occasional thunderstorms. The Garden Route and the Overberg on the south coast have a maritime climate with cool, moist winters and mild, moist summers. Mossel Bay in the Garden Route is considered to have the second mildest climate worldwide after Hawaii.
In December 1968, the South African Student Organization (SASO) was formed at a conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. After its launch, SASO became the medium through which black consciousness ideology spread to schools and other university campuses across the country.
In 1974, the then South African Minister of Bantu Education and Development, MC Botha, constituted the imposition of using Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools, effective with students in Grade 7 (Standard 5) upwards. As early as March 1976, students began passive resistance against Afrikaans, fueling the outbreak of the Soweto Uprising on 16 June 1976. Consequently, the student protests spread to other parts of the country, and Cape Town became a pivotal site for Western Cape student revolt.
Student leaders at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) organised marches. Poster parades by UWC and Black Power Salute marches by UCT was broken by the police, resulting in 73 students getting arrested and detained at Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl.
On 1 September 1976 the unrest spread to the city of Cape Town itself. Approximately 2000 black students from Western Cape townships, namely Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu, matched the Cape Town central business district (CBD). Coloured students also contributed to the protests by peacefully marching to the city, but were blockaded by the police in the CBD. The protests turned violent when coloured students started burning schools, libraries and a magistrate's court in support of the student revolt. Thereafter, 200,000 coloured workers partook in a two-day strike staying away from work in the Cape Town area.
According to a report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the Western Cape experienced the second highest number of deaths and casualties associated with the 1976 uprising protests.
In the 2004 election there was again no absolute winner in the provincial parliament; this time the ANC won 19 seats, the DA won 12, and the NNP won 5. The ANC-NNP coalition continued in power, but van Schalkwyk took up a ministerial post in the national cabinet and was replaced as Premier by the ANC's Ebrahim Rasool. The NNP was finally dissolved after the 2005 floor-crossing period and its members joined the ANC, again giving that party an absolute majority of 24 seats. In the 2007 floor-crossing period the ANC gained a further three members of the provincial parliament. In 2008 Rasool resigned as Premier due to internal party politics, and was replaced by Lynne Brown.
The provincial government is established under the Constitution of the Western Cape, which was adopted in 1998. The people of the province elect the 42-member Western Cape Provincial Parliament every five years by a system of party-list proportional representation. The fifth provincial parliament was elected in the election of 7 May 2014; 26 seats are held by the Democratic Alliance, 14 by the African National Congress, and 1 each by the Economic Freedom Fighters and the African Christian Democratic Party. The provincial parliament is responsible for legislating within its responsibilities as set out by the national constitution; these responsibilities include agriculture, education, environment, health services, housing, language policies, tourism, trade, and welfare.
The provincial parliament also elects the Premier of the Western Cape to lead the provincial executive. Since 2009 the Premiership has been held by Helen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance. The Premier appoints ten members of the provincial legislature to serve as a cabinet of ministers, overseeing the departments of the provincial government. These departments are Agriculture, Community Safety, Cultural Affairs and Sport, Economic Development and Tourism, Education, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Health, Human Settlements, Local Government, Social Development, Transport and Public Works, and the Provincial Treasury.
The Western Cape's total GDP for 2008 was R268bn, making the province the joint 2nd largest contributor to the country's total GDP, at 14%. It also has one of the fastest growing economies in the country, growing at 4% in 2008 At 19.3% the province has a substantially lower unemployment rate than the national average standing at 20% in 2018. The city of Cape Town's Gini coefficient of 0.58 is lower than South Africa's Gini coefficient of 0.7 making it more equal than the rest of the country whilst still being extremely high and unequal by international standards. The Western Cape's Human Development Index is the highest in South Africa at 0.7708 compared to the South African average of 0.6675 in 2003.
The biggest sector in the Western Cape's economy is the financial, business services and realestate sectors contributing approximately R77 billion in 2008. Manufacturing was the second largest contributor valued at R43.7 billion in 2008 with the agricultural sector being the fastest growing at 10.6% in the same year. High-tech industries, international call centres, fashion design, advertising and TV production are niche industries rapidly gaining in importance. The city of Cape Town is ranked as the most entrepreneurial city in South Africa with Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity being 190% greater than South Africa's national average.
The Western Cape has an excellent network of highways comparable with any first-world country. The primary highways are the N1 (from Cape Town to Three Sisters, continuing outside the province towards Bloemfontein and Johannesburg), N2 (from Cape Town to Bloukrans River, towards Port Elizabeth), N7 (from Cape Town to Bitterfontein, continuing towards Springbok and Namibia) and N12 (from George to Three Sisters, continuing towards Kimberley and Johannesburg). Other routes are the "R" roads which connect the smaller towns. All major roads are tarred with major rural gravel roads well maintained. Limited access motorways are limited to the Cape Metropolitan Area, Winelands and Garden Route, however due to the low population density of the remainder of the province, the highways remain efficient and high-speed, except during peak holiday travel seasons, when travel can be slow-going in places due to heavy traffic.
Telecommunications in the province are highly sophisticated. Landline telephones are available extensively, and the majority of large urban nodes have access to ADSL and other high-speed internet services. Mobile cellular networks are world-class, with reception extending from cities to highways and many remote rural areas. Mobile networks also play an important role in the internet space due to their speed and widespread availability. Major cities and towns have access to mobile internet speeds in excess of 21 Mbit/s (HSDPA+). In areas where HSDPA+ is not available, networks make provisions for HSDPA, 3G, EDGE or finally GPRS if demand does not warrant higher speed investment.
The 2011 Census recorded the population of the Western Cape as 5,822,734 people living in 1,634,000 households.:8, 63 As the province covers an area of 129,462 square kilometres (49,986 sq mi),:9 the population density was 45.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (117/sq mi) and the household density 12.6 per square kilometre (33/sq mi).
Roughly 16% (894,289 people) of the Western Cape's population in 2011 were born in the Eastern Cape, 3% (167,524) in Gauteng and 1% (61,945) in KwaZulu-Natal. People born outside of South Africa amounted to 4% of the province's population or 260,952 people.
90% of households in the province have a flush toilet:84 and 90% have refuse removed by the local council at least once a week.:96 75% of households have piped tap water inside the dwelling, while a further 13% have piped water on their property; 11% receive piped water at a community tap, while 1% have no access to piped water.:77 One in seven people live in an informal dwelling.
The average annual household income was R143,460, the second-highest in the country after Gauteng.:37 As of September 2012[update], 69% of the population aged 15–64 are economically active, and of these 25% are unemployed. Overall, 52% of the working-age population are employed. Around 2 million people in the Western Cape labour market (those aged 16 to 64) are employed, 1.3 million are not economically active, 552,733 are unemployed with an additional 122,753 who are discouraged work seekers who want to work but have given up looking for it.
The province is also home to the South African Military Academy.
Over 50% of all cheese in South Africa is produced in the Western Cape.
The Western Cape is known for its wine production and vineyards. The winelands are divided into six main regions: Boberg, Breede River Valley, Cape South Coast, Coastal Region, Klein Karoo and Olifants River. Each has unique climate, topography and fertile soil.
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In a never-ending quest to find new ways to deliver the Model 3 faster to its customers, Tesla has revealed a new initiative. Revealed by Elon Musk, the Tesla Motors CEO in a recent tweet, this new vehicle delivery system uses enclosed trailers to transport your Model 3 straight from the factory to its new home. Musk noted that this new way of delivering their cars is "super convenient" and that the vehicles – even though they are transported without the usual plastic wrap – will be delivered to their new owners in pristine condition.
Just recently, Elon himself participated in the first run of the factory-direct delivery system, taking a brand new Model 3 to Devin Scott from Playa Vista, California. While most will consider this totally random, the location is interesting because of several riveting details.
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The area is located roughly 2-miles from Tesla's Marina Del Rey delivery center. While the car didn't have to travel long for it to be delivered, it's nice to see that Elon Musk took time away from his busy schedule to make one particular owner really happy. While PR events like these catch the eye of the media, innovative approaches to vehicle delivery are crucial for Tesla to keep delivering the Model 3 on time. With the ramp up in production and with thousands of vehicles slated to be delivered each week, Tesla needs to ensure that the vehicles don't sit idle in their inventory and create a bottleneck in the delivery process.
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I don't see how this can scale better than delivery centers…… it's easier to get lots of people to provide their own transportation to the center (we took the train) than to get lots of trailers and the time to drive back and forth.
Kind of the same way it's easier for FedEX to deliver all those packages than to have 30,000 people come to the post office at once. Not the same, but similar. An economy of scale, different products & means of transport, but works similarly though.
The total price includes a hefty delivery fee.
Really – like FedEx? FedEx typically delivers *lots* of packages to several people in your neighbourhood. This is how their model (or that of any other postal service works). Share the way by *bundling* lots of shipments as much as possible.
Delivering a single car to a customer is not like FedEx. It would be like FedEx if the trailer had 10 cars on it and delivered these all to 10 people in your neighbourhood. Which is precisely *not* what this approach is doing.
It is pretty certain that the trucks will leave with 8-12 vehicles, handling a much bigger amount of customers all at omce. This was probably a one time deal (just ome car being delivered) due to Musk being there. I might be wrong though, but this seems like a logical assumption.
This would be closer to FedEx sending a separate truck for each package. You are already paying for the sales center, now you are adding an additional layer of expense.
in your scenario fedex carries one package at a time returning to their hub between each delivery. brilliant.
The point is skipping the multi-stage approach involving staging areas, batched shipments, delivery centres, and other logistics complexities… Not sure how well that works out in practice, though.
It's simple economics. Wrapping a car for transport is costing time and money, as well as some space to do it. Then there are the transport cost to the delivery center, where someone has to remove the wrapping again, prior to delivery. Granted, the transport cost are probably lower when multiple cars are delivered on one trailer, but for short distances from the factory, the cost savings of not having the car wrapped and unwrapped may exceed the cost of one delivery guy and a short trip to a neighboring city. By getting local deliveries out directly and unwrapped, the existing wrapping infrastructure can handle the same amount of cars as before, but in total, the output for shipping from the factory is higher, while creating a few jobs in the process.
Do you know why they wrap the vehicle?
Vehicle wrapping is standard practice (all manufacturers) as usually long range transport is aspired, e.g. on open trailers or railcars, or temporary storage on a large open lot before further distribution (e.g. at a harbor when waiting for shipping).
The wrapping ensures that dirt, dust and also dead insects as well as bird droppings do not settle in on the shiny new paint job.
For short distances – they generally don't completely wrap the car.
Why not just have the customer drive it home. Cheaper and less CO2.
Unless you found a scratch on it and became engulfed in a Twitter storm.
IT's funny, because I commented on an article where they were asking about how Tesla can boost profitability, and I suggested a special option for purchase to have the cars delivered by Elon personally.
The soap box is not showing in the photo.
Seriously though, this is how they started delivering Model S's in the first place way back in the day. So they have experience in this sort of delivery method. Good for them if they have figured out how to augment their new delivery centers by going back to a successful process they are very experienced with.
Yeah – back in the day when 100-200 cars a day was a lot. And they went away from that even back then to delivery centers because …???
It is to augment deliveries through a second method. Not replace.
Imagine thousands of Tesla Semi (eventually autonomous) on the road each day delivering Tesla cars to customers.
How did they get the car into/out of the trailer? Summon?
Would be a nice idea for states, where Tesla may not have any store. Like New Mexico I guess.
I sense more of an end of the month pressure on this delivery and the need to get inventory out of the door.
Am I just being cynical or is it just coincidence that these customers happen to be young beautiful people?
there's might be a correlation their perceived attractiveness and their presumed wealth.
Why? They did it for years. They already know how to do this.
I can't wait until the day that I just show up and they build the car around me.
I don't think I've ever heard of a CEO of a car company ever being present at a delivery. That shows he is proud of his company's products. Way to go Elon.
Yes, and it has nothing to do with it being a PR stunt.
@Nelson I know right? he's usually so reversed and recluse-like.
Where did my posts go?!?!?!?!?!?
I didn't think people could get bent and mad over a car being delivered.


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We are very excited to announce fourteen-year-old actor Casey Simpson as our Brat Talent Show host. Here's what you need to know about the coolest kid in show biz:
What was it like when you got the call to be on the Talent Show?
I was super excited. I've always loved hosting shows and events so this would be perfect for me. I've always liked watching game shows and talk shows to see what each host does differently. Another exciting aspect for me was getting to be apart of finding the next Brat star.
Did you already know any of the Brat Family? What about the Talent Show judges?
I know a lot of Brat people. As far as judges, I first met Bryce… I actually have no idea where I first met Bryce. He's just always been around! He's basically my father. We hang out a lot.
I first met Sofie at Max and Harvey Mills' Stuck on the Ceiling music video shoot and that was at TikTok formerly known as Musically HQ. We'd seen each other a few times since then and she's really nice and we get along really well.
Jordyn I first met.... I don't remember either, actually! But we've seen each other at events and stuff and she's always been super cool.
What do you love about being on set?
Particularly on this set, the environment is so nice. Everyone gets along really well. It's so cool seeing all the talent that's come from all over and they've all got so much potential. Everyone's so positive on set that when we get to filming it's really easy to capture that on camera. And I have a really cool job as the host because I get to interview everyone, see how they're feeling, and see them after they get eliminated, so I'm really there for the whole ride.
You have the tough job of talking to contestants once they've been eliminated. Tell us what that's like.
Everyone's taken it really well so far and I think they know they're obviously really talented just to be here. They've all done such a good job. But that suspense and build up of waiting for the judges to send someone home is intense and it can make someone feel bad. Luckily everyone's been super understanding and they're all going to go on to do amazing things after this. They've all made it easy on my part too. Everyone put on a brave face and really opened up to me about what was going through their heads.
What's your least favorite thing about being on set?
I love being on set but my least favorite thing is that you never know how much time you'll have before they need you back to camera. Like sometimes they say "five minutes" and it's actually an hour. And I don't mind the waiting around but at least if I know I have an hour I'll go do schoolwork, or watch a show, or go hang out. But you can't really do those things because they may need you back at moment's notice and you have to be prepared.
You just starred in a musical production of In The Heights, a Lin Manuel Miranda musical. Can you tell us a bit about that?
It's my very first musical. I've always loved musicals and sang and danced to them on my own, but never professionally. But then I just randomly found out they were holding auditions for the show near me. So I auditioned and got the part! After that we were rehearsing five to seven hours a day, five to seven days a week, for two months straight. It was definitely intense, but I learned so much. A lot of the directors and producers had been on Broadway before and all the kids were my age too so I made some awesome friendships.
You're an LA native. What does that mean to you?
So, we've moved seven times, all within LA county. It really feels like I've seen all of the city. Growing up, it always seemed so normal to me to be living in Hollywood and I've never spent a lot of time in small towns. But I know people from all over and sometimes LA can seem foreign to them.
You've lived here your whole life but your mom is from Sweden, have you ever been to visit?
Yes! My mom's parents are from a small town in Northern Sweden and I really like that small town experience. I love that you get to walk everywhere! But I still like living in a city best. I love traveling and moving around a lot. I speak a little Swedish too.
You have an older sister, Sabrina. Is she also interested in the performing arts?
My sister is actually how I stumbled into the entertainment industry. When she was younger she was the one who wanted to act and I just happened to be tagging along when they went to visit an agency one day. She was nine and I was three. The agents just noticed that I was super expressive and talkative and they ended up signing me too. I've been working ever since.
If you could be a character on another Brat show who would you be?
Hmm... that's a hard one! I think I'd choose Tim Sharp, Caden Conrique's character. I love his storyline in Season 2 of Chicken Girls when he uncovers the big Robin Robbins newspaper mystery. Plus, he's super "sharp" :)
Favorite musicals of all time?
Definitely Dear Evan Hansen, followed by Book of Mormon, and In The Heights. Today at least, who knows what my favorites will be tomorrow.
What's a role you dream of getting one day?
Evan Hansen from Dear Evan Hansen.
Favorite Song right now?
In My Blood by Shawn Mendes. And anything by my friend Alec Benjamin.
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What's your favorite food?
Ice cream.
What's your favorite flavor ice cream?
Chocolate, of course.
Do you have a favorite ride at Disneyland?
Space Mountain… or California Screamin'.. Or.. No, no forget both of those, sorry! Splash Mountain. Definitely.
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