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Coi Leray Says People Would Make Fun Of Her For Using TikTok — Then, The Platform Helped 'No More Parties' Go Double Platinum
Ngozi Nwanji. Oct 14, 2022.
Coi Leray is setting the record straight on whether or not her debut album, "Trendsetter," is deemed a success.
In an interview with Amazon Music's Bars and Nuggets podcast, the rapper recalled how the blogs were ridiculing her after the album was released in April.
The album "Trendsetter" debuted at No. 89 and sold 11,500 sales in its first week.
Nearly six months later, the 25-year-old has an update — her album is on its way to being certified Gold.
Coi Leray Responds To The Blogs' Hate
"People try to sh-t on my album," she told Bimma, The Storytella. "They said the first week it sold 11,000 sales. It's so crazy because out of all the albums that dropped, nobody goes viral like that but of course, Coi Leray is perfect at headlines. It's like 'Cool.' I keep their lights on, they keep my lights on. So, I don't mind the blogs doing what they gotta do. But y'all gonna respect me. Y'all gonna appreciate me."
"If you look at any of your favorite female artists and you look at their first debut album and their sales, come on," she added.
Leveraging TikTok
While speaking on her sales, Leray emphasized how she believes the music industry's evolution plays a significant factor. She credits how finding her lane on TikTok helped her gain new fans and up her numbers. Leray mentioned in the interview how people would make fun of her for using the platform yet her hit "No More Parties" is double platinum.
"Once I knew that TikTok drove streams, I'm about my money and I'm about strategy…Check the numbers out because TikTok is helping me go crazy and as you can see now, everybody's on TikTok."
Leray used her popularity on TikTok, growing from four million to ten million followers in a year, to create Trendsetter Studios, a marketing and production company to help other artists and brands.
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Besides their skill in battle, the ancient Spartans were also known for their way of life and culture that differed completely from the rest of Ancient Greece. The biggest difference was in the food they ate. Some scientists even claim that it was responsible for the renowned Spartan discipline, fury in battle and unwavering.
In Sparta, luxury was unheard of. Food for Spartans was a means of survival, not an item of individual choice. The entire population ate in mess halls, which in Ancient Greek were called "sistii" or "lunch clubs".
The method of food preparation was such that even an amateur cook today would probably pull their hair out. Each member of a sistii would bring a product they found in their home and put it in the same cauldron. The entire hodgepodge of ingredients was boiled and everyone sat down to eat together.
This system was established by the nearly mythical king Lycurgus, who wanted to bring the citizens of the city together against his many enemies. He set it up in order to maintain equality among the citizens, as well as to more easily control their lives. In the small collective, where everything was out in the open, the life of each separate individual depended to a great extent on the people around him.
It was strictly prohibited for a Spartan to come to the sistii already fed. Members of the lunch club watched each other eat and ridiculed those who didn't take a liking to the crude and disgusting food.
The most widespread dish in Ancient Sparta that had even the slightest semblance to any type of culinary custom was the so-called "black soup". It consisted of boiled pig's blood, seasoned with vinegar and salt. During the Peloponnesian War, an Athenian diplomat, after having tried the dish in question, exclaimed that he now understood why all Spartans wanted to die. The soup was vile to the taste and eating it was a real challenge.
Most food in Sparta was similar - heavy, without any extravagance. A common assortment was peas, beans, rye and oats. Spartan leaders believed that by giving this sort of food, that barely sated their warriors' hunger, would make them better prepared for an eventual war. Spartans believed that scarce food strengthened their young men, made them tougher, healthier and more beautiful.


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Q: Given a rational number $x$ and $x^2 < 2$, is there a general way to find another rational number $y$ that such that $x^2Suppose I have a rational number $a$ and $a^2 < 2$. Can I find another rational number $B$ such that $a^2<B^2<2$?
Based on the answer to this question, I thought of doing the following:

$$ a^2 < 2 \implies a < \frac{2}{a}\\
\text{Let}\hspace{1cm} B=\frac{a+\frac{2}{a}}{2}=\frac{a^2+2}{2a}
$$

$B$ is greater than $a$ because:

$$ \begin{array} {aa} B>a & \implies \frac{a^2+2}{2a}>a \\
& \implies a^2 + 2 > 2a^2 \\
& \implies 2 > a^2 \\
& \implies a^2 < 2
\end{array}$$

If $B^2$ is less than $2$, then $B^2-2<0$, but:

$$\begin{array} {aa} B^2-2 < 0 & \implies \left( \frac{a^2+2}{2a} \right)^2 - 2 < 0 \\
& \implies \frac{a^4+4a^2+4}{4a} - \frac{8a^2}{4a^2} < 0 \\
& \implies \frac{(a^2-2)^2}{(2a)^2} < 0
\end{array}$$

Which is a contradiction since the left hand side of the inequality will be positive for all values of $a$.
But I think we must be able to find such a $B$ since based on my understanding of this answer, we can find a another rational number whose distance from $a$ is less than the distance between $a$ and $\sqrt{2}$
Therefore, I have 2 questions to ask:

*

*Why does this approach work in the case of $a^2>2$ but not when $a^2<2$?

*How should I approach these kind of questions since it seems that there are a few ways to construct a $B$ that satisfies a given set of restrictions? For example, see here (the proof is immediately before the section "13. The Completeness Axiom".

A: Suppose that $a$ is a positive rational number such that $a^2\lt 2$. Let
$$b=\frac{3a+4}{2a+3}.$$
First we show that $b\gt a$. We have
$$b-a=\frac{3a+4}{2a+3}-a=\frac{2(2-a^2)}{2a+3}\gt 0.$$
Now we show that $b^2\lt 2$. We have
$$2-b^2=2-\left(\frac{3a+4}{2a+3}\right)^2=\frac{2-a^2}{(2a+3)^2}\gt 0.$$
Remark: The choice of $b$ may seem somewhat magical, but it is not.  It comes from the theory of the Pell equation $x^2-2y^2=1$, or alternately from the continued fraction expansion of $\sqrt{2}$.

A: The trouble with taking the arithmetic mean of $a$ and $\dfrac 2 a$ is, as you observe, that it gives a value $> \sqrt 2$.  Try taking the harmonic mean instead.
Btw, some of your logic chains are reversed: you have right arrows where you need left arrows.

A: I too, remembered that this was explained in Baby Rudin:
Associate to each rational $p>0$ , the number:
$p':=\frac{2p+2}{p+2}$
then, if p is in $S_A$:={$x:x^2<2 $}, then $p'^2-2=[(2p+2)/(p+2)]^2-2= \frac{2(p^2-2)}{(p+2)^2}<0$ , so $\frac{2p+2}{p+2}$ is in $S_A$.
Similarly, if p is in $S_B$:={$x:x^2>2$} , then we have, since $p^2>2$ , that p'is in $S_B$

A: The substitution $$a \leftarrow \frac{a^2+2}{2a} $$ is exactly what you get from Newton's method for the function $f(a)=a^2-2$.  This will result in iterations that are greater than $\sqrt{2}$ since $f$ is an increasing convex function on $(0, \infty)$.  I will sketch two alternatives, both based on Newton's method, to get iterations less than $\sqrt{2}$.
First idea.  Use some other function than $f(a) = a^2-2$ with Newton's method.  For example, if $0 \leq p < \sqrt{2}$ then
$$
\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+p} = \frac{\sqrt{2}-p}{2-p^2}
$$
and so $\sqrt{2}$ is a root of the function $$f(a) = \frac{2-p^2}{a+p}-a+p = \frac{2-a^2}{a+p}.$$
This function is convex and decreasing on $(0, \infty)$.  Applying Newton's method to this function results in the iteration
$$
a \leftarrow \frac{p a^2+4 a+2 p}{a^2+2 p a+2}
$$
which produces an increasing sequence that converges to $\sqrt{2}$ from below as required. For example for $p=0$ you get
$$
a \leftarrow \frac{4a}{a^2 + 2}
$$
which is exactly the harmonic mean of $a$ and $\frac{2}{a}$ as suggested by haruspex.  For $p=1$ and $p=\frac{7}{5}$ you get
$$
a \leftarrow \frac{a^2+4a+2}{a^2+2a+2} \textrm{ and } a \leftarrow \frac{7 a^2+20 a+14}{5 a^2+14 a+10}
$$
respectively, to give just two other examples.  Substituting $a=\frac{7}{5}$ in the latter results in $\frac{1393}{985}$ which is less than $4\times 10^{-7}$ below $\sqrt{2}$.
Second idea.  For this idea I will assume that $a\geq 1$.  As you already found out we have $$a < \sqrt{2} < \frac{a^2+2}{2a}.$$
Therefore we could try to take some weighted average of $a$ and $\frac{a^2+2}{2a}$ that ends up below $\sqrt{2}$.  So we're looking for some factor $\lambda \in (0,1)$ such that
$$
\lambda a + (1-\lambda)\frac{a^2+2}{2a} < \sqrt{2}
$$
for all $a \in [1, \sqrt{2})$.  It is not difficult to show that this is the case exactly if $\lambda \in (3 - 2\sqrt{2}, 1)$.  We can take $\lambda = \frac{1}{5}$ or $\lambda = \frac{5}{29}$ for example to get the iterations
$$
a \leftarrow \frac{3 a^2+4}{5a} \textrm{ and } a \leftarrow \frac{17 a^2 + 24}{29a}
$$
respectively.

A: Here $x<2$, so for all numbers $\delta\in(0,1)$ we have the estimate
$$
(x+\delta)^2=x^2+2x\delta+\delta^2=x^2+(2x+\delta)\delta<x^2+5\delta.
$$
So if $m=2-x^2$, then $0<m<2$, and the above estimate shows that we can select
$$
y=x+\frac m5=x+\frac{2-x^2}5.
$$

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Murphy, Gary (1996) The politics of economic realignment, Ireland 1948 - 1964. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.
This dissertation analyses the transformation of Irish economic policy formulation from the formation of the first inter-party government in 1948 to the breakdown of Ireland's application to join the EEC in 1963 and its immediate consequences. Based on extensive research in departmental files, and the personal papers of politicians and other policy players, and interviews with officials, businessmen and others who were active during the period, the study has a dual approach. It offers a historical analysis of the route Irish policy makers took in moving economic policy from a protectionist framework to one in which interdependence with other economies was assumed. The study also discusses the influence of trade unions, employers' groups and farmers' organisations on policy and on each other and charts shifts in their thinking on key issues of economic management. It is argued that their dealings with government during this period marked the inception of a corporatist style approach to national policy making. This thesis argues that changes in thinking at both a governmental and a nongovernmental level led Ireland to adopt an interdependent approach to economic policy making. While some policy makers were reluctant to accept any form of multilateral trading arrangements which would alter protected industry and the country's privileged access to British markets, the severe economic crisis that affected Ireland throughout the 1950s led to the adoption of fresh economic thinking both within and outside the civil service.


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This period was from May 1-June 30, 1970.
The U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division, supported by USAF airlift and
tactical air forces, on May 1, 1970, swept into the Parrot's Beak, the
Cambodian salient west of Saigon. On May 6 U.S. troops also moved
into the so-called Fishhook area of the Cambodian border, near the town
of Phuoc Binh, about 75 miles north of Saigon.
During the incursion, the 834th Air Division delivered supplies initially
at Katum, some 55 miles northwest of Saigon. at Loc Ninh, about 65
miles northwest of Saigon, and later at Bu Dop, 80 miles north of Saigon.
When other landing sites were unavailable, the airlifters used Song Be.
an all-weather strip 15 miles east of the border, on the outskirts of Phuoc
Binh. USAF C-130 and C-7 transports also flew cargo and troops to the
northem front, landing primarily at Plei Djereng, 10 miles from the
border and about 15 miles west of Pleiku, a provincial capital 215 miles
northeast of Saigon. From June 23 to 25, USAF C-123s evacuated
civilian refugees from the Cambodian towns of Ba Kev, about 45 miles
southwest of Pleiku, and Buong Long, 14 miles further west. The 834th
Air Division, from May 1 to June 30, delivered 75,000 people and
49,600 tons of cargo to forward areas in support of the Cambodian
Sanctuary Counteroffensive.
Meanwhile, Seventh Air Force provided close air support and flew river
and road convoy escort to permit the reinforcement of troops in the field
and the movement of supplies to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
B-52s bombed enemy base sites and troop concentrations beyond the 18-
mile limit inside the Cambodian border that restricted the deployment of
ground forces and tactical aircraft. By June 30, 1970, B—52s had flown
763 sorties against enemy targets in Cambodia. During the Cambodian
incursion, the Allies surprised the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese
forces and destroyed or captured significant quantities of weapons,
vehicles, and other supplies. Air power helped ensure the success of the
campaign, and the USAF continued to fly missions over Cambodia after
Allied ground forces withdrew on June 29, 1970.
Shortly after the Cambodian counteroffensive began, Communist forces
sharply increased their attacks in South Vietnam. On May 8. 1970, the
Viet Cong shelled 64 bases and towns, and North Vietnamese troops
attacked several ARVN camps near the DMZ. The battle in Cambodia
also spread into Laos, and on May 13 Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese
troops attacked Royal Laotian forces on the Bolovens Plateau. On June
9 the enemy captured the provincial capital of Saravane. in the Laotian
panhandle, but withdrew 3 days later. Despite increasingly effective
enemy antiaircraft fire, the USAF continued interdiction missions in
southern Laos.
Although the United States had limited its flying activities over North
Vietnam to reconnaissance after the bombing cessation of 1968, these
missions resumed in 1970. Between May 1 and 4 almost 500 U.S.
tactical aircraft attacked missile sites, antiaircraft guns, and logistics
facilities near Banhelemy and Ban Karai Passes and Dong I-loi. a sea-
coast town about 40 miles north of the DMZ.* In Paris, meanwhile, the
peace talks continued intermittently; Communist delegates frequently
boycotted sessions on various pretexts. For example. the Communists
boycotted the session on May 6. 1970. protesting the renewed bombing
of Notth Vietnam.
* These were the first aerial attacks against Nonh Vietnam since the November
968 bombing halt. The United Staaes conducted sueh raids occasionally until,
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After taking last week off, we're back with a new Amusement Park Podcast. Chris and I look at the final Avengers: Endgame trailer for clues, react to Disney re-hiring James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, review Netflix's Triple Frontier, and wonder if "streaming fatigue" is real.
Difficulty lining our schedules up and what appeared to be a slow news week were the primary reasons for us not recording last week. But even if we had recorded, we probably would've missed the Avengers: Endgame trailer and news of Disney re-hiring James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Hopefully, you'll still want to hear what we have to say on those subjects, along with some thoughts on streaming "subscription fatigue" among consumers.
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An EXCLUSIVE Interview with BILL MEDLEY!
A Righteous Blues Brother:
An EXCLUSIVE interview
BILL MEDLEY
Stephen SPAZ Schnee
The history of Rock 'n' Roll, Soul and Pop music would not have been the same without Bill Medley. Along with his singing partner Bobby Hatfield, Medley was one one-half of The Righteous Brothers. Their unique brand of Blue-Eyed Soul was on the rise before The Beatles brought the British Invasion with them. Bill and Bobby continued to have hits when many of their Pop and Soul contemporaries were displaced and replaced when the Fab Four and their ilk took over the charts in the early and mid-'60s. The Righteous Brothers worked with some of the finest musicians and producers including the legendary Phil Spector. They had hits with timeless classics such as "Little Latin Lupe Lu" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in 1963, "Unchained Melody" (1965), "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration" (1966) and "Rock And Roll Heaven" (1974) as well as the resurgence of "Unchained Melody" in 1990 when it was used on the soundtrack of the hit movie Ghost. Medley scored one of his biggest hits in 1987 with "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life," a duet with Jennifer Warnes taken from the soundtrack of Dirty Dancing. So, in a nutshell (if you weren't paying close attention), Bill Medley has had hits in the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s and he remains one of the very few artists to achieve such a feet. As for the icing on the cake, The Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March of 2003, just eight months before the untimely death of Hatfield. Fast forward more than a decade later and Bill Medley is just as busy in 2014 as he has ever been. With his old hits in constant rotation all around the world, Medley has continued to connect with his fans through constant touring. Now in his '70s, his voice is remarkably strong and more passionate than ever.
Your Heart To Mine: Dedicated To The Blues is Medley's musical tribute to the Blues artists that inspired him. More than just a stroll down memory lane, Your Heart To Mine is an album that showcases just how strong his voice is today. Thankfully, the arrangements of the songs are not over-produced and glossy. For this album, the songs are often times stripped to their basic elements with Medley's voice front and center. From acoustic Blues to Gospel Blues to Electric Blues, Your Heart To Mine is an honest album that takes Medley from where he first began his journey to where his heart is at today. It reminds the listener that Bill Medley was never just another Pop vocalist from the '60s – he was and remains one of the greatest Blue Eyed Soul vocalists of his generation… with an emphasis on the Blues!
Stephen SPAZ Schnee was able to chat with Bill Medley about Your Heart To Mine and even managed to hit on some of the high points in his long and illustrious career…
STEPHEN SPAZ SCHNEE: Your Heart To Mine is about to be released. How are you feeling about this album and the reaction you've received so far?
BILL MEDLEY: Well, everybody that's heard it loves it. It's an easy album to love because it's dedicated to all the great black artists that I was influenced by in the '50s, in the '60s, and I just took what I felt was my favorite song from each one of those guys so it's almost a proven thing. You know, you do a great Ray Charles song or a great B.B. King song or Sam Cooke – you would have to really get in your own way to screw that up I think. (Laughs) I've done it in the past!
SPAZ: Well, what inspired you to reconnect with the Blues? Did it have anything to do with writing your autobiography – going back down Memory Lane?
BILL: Well, a little bit… In '55, I was 15 and I got very, very turned on to Rock 'n' Roll and Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry – all those guys. Then when I was about 17 or 18, I discovered Blues and Rhythm & Blues. I used to listen to the little Black radio station KGFJ out of LA, and it just went directly from the radio right into my soul. It never even hit my brain. It just went right to my soul and the first song I ever basically sang on stage was a B.B. King song in a kind of a Blues band, and I was a young kid and I didn't know what I was doing, but I just loved B.B. King and of course, Ray Charles, was … I just idolized Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland….. I mean, that's where I started….that's how I was taught. After I bought their albums it was like they were coming to my house every day and teaching me how to do that.
SPAZ: If you break down music's basic elements, Blues seems to be the common denominator in Country, Rock, Soul, and Gospel. Now do you feel that you're personal love and sort of understanding and passion for the Blues has allowed you to be a more versatile vocalist?
BILL: Yeah… you know, you're exactly right. I mean, if Blues was where you started, and all depending on your voice, if you can turn around and do a song like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – as long as you have that Blues foundation and you're recording earthy music… I mean Country music is some of the best Blues. A slow, sad Country song is some of the best Blues you can do because it's a little more chord-wise and melodically and word-wise. It's just a lot of fun to do and that's kind of why I did songs like "Drowned In My Own Tears" by Ray Charles – because it's just more of a song. There's a little more to it than 12 bar Blues progression. It's very limited… it's absolutely wonderful to do and it's great to do, but, you know, like "Change Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke – there's just more song and it allows a singer…. like Ray Charles and Bobby Bland – Bobby Blue Bland had the chops to do that. B.B. King probably is a little more handcuffed vocally to the Blues, you know, the 12 bar Blues.
SPAZ: I was really fascinated because you've got the slow Gospel Blues and you've got acoustic Blues and you've got the horn-laced, electric Blues. Was there a particular session … or one of the styles you felt more comfortable with?
BILL: No, I love 'em all. Like I said, with 12 bar Blues – I've been asked to do that several times, you know like do a show of just Blues Blues, 12 bar Blues…B.B. King Blues, and I couldn't take doing an hour of just that. I can do an hour of full music of Blues music, but I would have to do "Change Gonna Come" or a Bobby Bland song - I did "You're The One" on that album and it's just a little more melodic and lyrically it just is a little more interesting. So, I love all of it. I just absolutely love all of it and truth is, is I'm real Gospel-driven, you know? I went from loving the Blues and starting to hear Black Gospel music so with those two, that's really where I'm at, and I guess a lot of Country music is based around .. You know, just feels kind of Gospelly to me.
SPAZ: How long was the original list of songs that you wanted to record and what was your criteria when it came time to choosing these 12?
BILL: Well, I first wrote down the artists that I wanted to do…that I had to do… and the only odd one in there is "This Magic Moment" by The Drifters, but I just so loved the Drifters. I just said, I have to do that. "This Magic Moment" was one of my favorite songs and that's a song that certainly isn't necessarily a Blues song. It can be done soulfully, but I wrote down the people that I wanted to do – Etta James, "I Want To Make Love To You" was an Etta James song that I learned when I was a bartender and during the day when nothing was happening, I would play it. It might've been the B side of "At Last." I don't know, but I fell in love with it and I loved Etta James. So, I just put a bunch of names on there and then I tried to come up with 10 or 12 of the ones, without question, that I had to do. Jimmy Reed, "Baby What You Want Me To Do" and B.B. King "Rock Me Baby," and those were just songs and artists that inspired me.
SPAZ: Whose idea was it to put the album together? Was it yours?
BILL: Yeah, it was mine. I was asked to do the book. I didn't go after doing the book, but once I started doing the book, you know, it just felt great to do and doing this album was great to do because I'm 73 and I wrote a song called "I'm Gonna Die Me" and what all this was about is I really want people to know musically who I am and what I am and even who the Righteous Brothers were. You know, we were R & B singers. We were Rhythm & Blues singers. And that's how we started and then we were very fortunate to do "Lovin' Feelin'," but it just kind of took us off into this big dramatic ballad period of our life and we broke up in '68, but we had decided if we were gonna stay together, we were gonna go back, you know, try and get back to the more Rhythm & Blues part of our life.
SPAZ: People are always thinking of the Righteous Brothers as a Pop duo.
BILL: Exactly.
SPAZ: But if you go back and listen again, you'll hear the strong Rhythm & Blues vibe…
BILL: Yeah, yeah, it's apples and oranges. It's absolutely two different careers and we were like the first white act to have big success being white guys sounding black and the Black radio stations called us the Blue-eyed Soul Brothers because they were trying to tell their audience that these guys are white. And we certainly didn't think we were cool by doing any of this or commercial. We knew that we were dead ass wrong. Everything that we were doing was going against the grain, but that's what we loved and that's what we did, and we didn't want to do white Pop music. We wanted to do R&B.
SPAZ: The album is so stripped down that only the basics are there and it really puts your voice up front. Was that the initial idea when you went into the studio?
BILL: Yeah, absolutely. No question about it and I wanted it to be amazingly simple, with a four piece rhythm section, five pieces with the organ, and we put some strings on some of the stuff because I just wanted to pay tribute to these guys. I didn't want it to feel like, well they just went in there and threw songs together and popped it out because it was very important for me to do it very stripped down, but very honest and real and let the song and the singer do their job.
SPAZ: Did you take any liberties with some of the arrangements? Were any of the things worked out live?
BILL: Yeah. All the songs I sang live. I went back and redid the vocals…but everybody played live and I sang in the booth and I just used the best musicians that I could. They were handpicked and they were brilliant. And they're just guys that didn't overplay. They just underplayed and they knew the songs, which was a big plus, you know? When you know the song, you know that you don't have to get in the way. So, they just so underplayed, and they were very confident in what I was doing as a vocalist, and it was just the perfect combination. I told them, less is best, you know? If the song needs something weird going on with the guitar or something then we got the wrong song. You know, kind of to put my nuts on the line - if it doesn't work, it's gonna be because I couldn't cut it.
SPAZ: Now, what about the recording? Do you find that sort of today's technology is more or less fulfilling than back when you and Bobby first stepped into the studio for the first time?
BILL: Well, it's certainly not as artistic as in the old days. In the older days, you had to come in very prepared, very prepared, and you really needed to know what you were doing. And today, you can go in kind of unprepared and sing the song about a hundred times and they take the best of each line and this and that, and you know, in the old days you sang it all the way through and a lot of these songs that I did on this album I sang all the way through because the kind of singer that I am – the more I sing it, the more emotional you get as a song progresses
SPAZ: I guess it's kind of like a pair of shoes where it may be uncomfortable, but then you just grow into them…
BILL: Yeah, absolutely and if you sing it from top to bottom, you just get more emotional and it just feels better and it feels honest and as long as the tracks are done correctly. I think it's a great tribute album. I can't call it a Blues album or anything like that. I don't know what it is. It's just thanking those people for giving me a life and doing my favorite song that they did. I tried to do it with as much respect and thought thought out that I could so… and I think that's why people like it. It just… it's very honest.
SPAZ: It's also introducing an audience to these songs that they may have never heard before.
BILL: Yeah, I mean, "Drowned In My Own Tears" by Ray Charles was before Ray did any of the Country stuff. I just thought was the epitome of Soul music and Soul music to me is not that different from Blues. Soul music is just kind of this cross between Blues and Gospel, you know? That's just my opinion, but that's what I feel.
SPAZ: Do you have fond memories of recording with Phil Spector.
BILL: Recording with Phil was great. I mean, we were a little apprehensive because he had recorded mainly girl groups. I know everybody thinks they're going to hear some weird horror story, but our time with Phil was pretty sane, you know. I think he wanted people to think that he was eccentric… I think that's the reputation that he was going for and he wanted and apparently he worked himself into it, you know?
SPAZ: He convinced himself…
BILL: Yeah, I think he convinced himself and a lot of other people…but working with Phil was really great fun. He worked us a lot harder because I produced the stuff before that. I even produced the albums that we did with Phil. He just produced the singles. So, Phil obviously pushed us a lot harder than I did with the Righteous Brothers, but every time we did it, it got better and better and better. And like I say, I'm a Blues R & B guy and stepping into doing "Lovin' Feelin'" was a whole different animal for me.
SPAZ: You said that you produced a lot of the stuff. Did you learn the tricks of the trade by working with other people or?
BILL: No, I learned by fire. (laughs) I wrote the song "Little Latin Lupe Lu" and we went in and recorded it and because I wrote it and I heard it in my mind completely done. When we got into the studio, I just told everybody exactly what to do and I worked with my arranger, the arranger, who was just a guy that knew how to write music… but for the horns, and I said this is what I want…exact… so I was just kind of thrown into the position because I wrote the song and then Moonglow asked me to produce the album and then it just never stopped.
SPAZ: After the '60s and '70s, you defied the odds and you had your biggest hit with "Time Of My Life?" Did you even have a feeling when you were standing there recording this song that this is gonna be massive?
BILL: Absolutely not. First of all, it probably wouldn't have been a hit unless the movie was a hit, and the odds of that movie becoming a hit were, you know, astronomical. And they called me to do it because I've done a lot of movie work, and this guy called me and I turned it down because my wife was pregnant and I promised her I'd be there for the birth and they stayed after me. Jimmy Ienner just called me every week saying we still want you… we need you…. and my wife finally had our child. So, they said Jennifer Warnes will do it if she can do it with you, and I love Jennifer, and I thought it would be a great combination. So Jennifer and I just basically sang it just to work together. We went into the studio. We laid down a whole bunch of tracks and they put it together and it came out…and that movie just became giant and the song was in a perfect place for the movie and it just became a monster.
SPAZ: Jennifer is one of those people who just hasn't received the credit that she deserves.
BILL: There's no question about it. She's one of the go-to people if you want to get something done great and get it done right. She's just the epitome of an artist, which maybe has stalled her career once in a while because she just is a true artist, and I have such props for her. She's just a dear friend of mine and a great artist.
SPAZ: What were you feelings when you were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
BILL: Well, I thought it was great. I mean, we thought we were probably passed over, but apparently there was some political stuff involved there and the minute that cleared up, we were nominated to go in and then we got inducted. It was great. You know at our age – I think we were 63 - it was a real great cap on our career. It was kind of like the stamp of approval – yeah, you were here…you meant something… and you taught…you taught a lot of kids some stuff…
SPAZ: Now, looking back on your career, is there a recording that you're particularly proud of … something that if somebody said – okay, show me the one thing that you think really defines you as an artist? What would that be?
BILL: Well, the song that followed "Lovin' Feelin'" was called "Just Once In My Life" and it was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It's just a great song, a great production, and I think we did one of our better vocals on that so I would say that after having this kind of "whiter" career from "Lovin' Feelin'" on. But there was a song that Bobby and I wrote and did in the early days, and it was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and it was called "Try To Find Another Man." I think that's the best early Righteous Brothers that there was. But "My Babe" and "Lupe Lu" – all that stuff was real Righteous Brothers.
SPAZ: What is next for Bill Medley?
BILL: God, you mean there is a next? (laughs)
SPAZ: Starting today going forward…
BILL: You know what? I have this book coming out in April and I have this album coming out in April and I'm hoping that something jumps out of there. I have no illusions of grandeur here, you know? I just hope something happens to keep me working. I just want to keep working. I love to sing. I love to perform. Somebody said, yeah man, but if you did this and this, you could make 50 million dollars, and I said what the hell would I do with 50 million dollars? Give me 3 million and the middle lane. I've been experimenting, by accident actually, but somebody asked me to do a speaking engagement and I did it, but I did it with the guy who wrote the book with me and it was amazingly successful. And so, I'm going to experiment with going out there and doing... I can't really say it's a one man show, but it's all the stories, you know? And certainly I'll sing. I'll sit at the piano and sing and tell people how we got started and you know, Elvis Presley was a good friend. Frank Sinatra took us to Vegas in '65. We were on the first American Beatle tour and first Rolling Stones tour… So I have a lot of knowledge, and it seems like I'm at the point in my career and it seems like my fans are at the age that they're very, very interested in the stories. I think we're at that age. I think people want to know how you recorded "Lovin' Feelin'," why you recorded "Lovin'.." how was it to work with Phil, you know – a lot of the questions that you've asked me.
SPAZ: What is currently spinning in your CD, DVD, or record player?
BILL: Absolutely nothing. I write a little bit still, but you know, I mean it's like I do have a lot of CDs and stuff. I love the Eagles. I love Elton John. My favorite right now is Bruno Mars. I think Bruno Mars is exceptional. I think he has a lot of old school in him and there are some country acts that I think are very good like Band Perry and Martina McBride I think is just frighteningly good. I have a daughter, 27, that is the same way. She never really fell in love with the artist. She fell in love with music. And that's so good for her because I fell in love with Ray Charles and I was Ray Charles for the first 10 years of my career! Everybody was… anybody that had any brains was Ray Charles at first...
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Movie clips: Casting call for "Hunger Games" finale, "Barely Lethal" filming
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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is burning it up at the box office, beating records previously set by the "Harry Potter" films, according to CNN.com. "The Hunger Games" sequel was filmed in Atlanta and so will the finale, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay." Like many films being made nowadays, the finale will be a two-parter. Projectcasting.com published a casting call for men and women in the Atlanta area willing to shave their heads for the"Mockingjay" film.
Our friends at Decatur Metro report that the upcoming "Barely Lethal" movie will be filming at the Decatur Courthouse next week. "Barley Lethal" features actors Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Alba. According to Internet Movie Database, the plot involves, "A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a 'normal' adolescence (who) fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school." As Decaturish.com reported a few weeks ago, the movie is also filming scenes at Decatur High. To read the full Decatur Metro article, click here.


Artificial Intelligence's (AI) growing importance to the consumer electronics industry was on full display at CES® 2019. Almost thirty AI companies were featured exhibitors at the event; however, products incorporating AI were on display in almost every category. From startups to leading companies like Google and Sony, vendors are deploying AI across the CE landscape.
AI-powered voice assistants maintained their momentum from last year's event, with Google and Samsung making the product category a focal point of their exhibits.
· Google announced a new set of tools called Google Assistant Connect that makes it easier for third parties to incorporate Google Assistant into their devices or customers to connect their smart home devices with their Google Assistants. The new platform strengthens the company's position against market leader Amazon by providing a competing service to the Alexa Connect Kit.
· Google also announced that Google Assistant would be on Google Maps for Android and iOS starting this month, greatly expanding the reach of the voice-enabled assistant. The Assistant in Maps will let users get directions via voice, share estimated arrival times with others, and play music and podcasts. Of more importance to Google, it provides the company with a direct connection to millions of Google Map users on iPhones who otherwise wouldn't interact with the Assistant.
· Samsung announced last year that it would include artificial intelligence capabilities in every device it manufactures by 2020, and this year, Samsung announced that its Bixby voice assistant would be incorporated throughout its product ecosystem as an open AI platform for products such as mobile devices, TVs, appliances, air conditioners, and smart home devices. Samsung is far behind market leaders Amazon and Google, so the company's strategy is to leverage its strong presence among U.S. consumers (the company estimates that 70% of U.S. consumers have a Samsung product) to drive adoption of Bixby.
Parks Associates estimates that at the end of 2018, voice-first smart speakers from Amazon, Google, Apple, and other manufacturers were in more than one in three (35%) U.S. broadband households and adoption will increase to almost one in two households by 2022.
· Samsung introduced new versions in its 8K lineup with an AI algorithm that learns user preferences and simplifies content search and discovery. New sets will also work with the Bixby platform and the AI Remote as well as Amazon Echo and Google Home.
· LG Electronics enhanced its LG ThinQ smart TV capabilities to include AI-optimized image and audio quality, applying deep learning techniques to analyze source content and determine the best way of presenting it. For example, the TV can adjust the brightness levels depending on lighting conditions and volume levels based on background noise. The new TVs will also support both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
· Hicense introduced the H8F series Android TV with Google Assistant voice control and compatibility with Amazon Alexa. The company also introduced artificial intelligence chips, which can enhance the viewing experience by detecting the content being broadcast and adjust factors such as motion rates to optimize the content presentation.
· TCL introduced a series of AI-powered 8K TVs under its new TCL AI-IN branded AI platform, which incorporate Android TV, Roku TV, or Amazon Alexa technologies, depending on geography.
· Intel and Alibaba announced a partnership on developing an AI solution for 3D-tracking of athletes during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Combining deep learning algorithms with images from multiple cameras will enable creation of "3D mesh" digital models of the athletes. This will provide broadcasters with greater ability to instantly review content and better determine what to air.
· NVIDIA announced that it will be building AI architecture for Mercedes-Benz cars. The new NVIDIA Drive will centralize the cars' computing functions, controlling areas such as windows, door locks, power steering, and braking to provide a greater autonomous driving experience.
· Samsung demonstrated its Digital Cockpit 2019, which provides a personalized connected car experience. Using Bixby, drivers can perform actions such as checking fuel levels or setting interior temperature via voice control. Onboard cameras can recognize specific drivers and passengers and modify their personal space (seat position, display preferences) based on historical data.
Despite the plethora of offerings being highlighted as CES, artificial intelligence usage in the consumer electronics space is still in the early stages. To drive real value, the industry needs to evolve from offering a myriad of devices that automate simple tasks to more integrated solutions that better simplify and improve consumers' lives. There is a good deal of momentum in this direction, with companies including Amazon and Google developing ecosystems with significant AI capabilities. It will certainly be interesting to see what progress has been made by January 2020.


Healthy Eating Is Fresh Food Healthier than Frozen?
Let's dispel some of the most common myths surrounding the debate on which is more nutritious, frozen or fresh food. With a growing movement to be healthier and eat nutritious foods, we want to share the facts with you.
There are myriad amounts of 'fresh' food choices at the grocery store. If we examine the meaning of fresh in the US, it does not mean better than frozen. There are few regulations for food labeled 'natural' in the United States, meaning manufacturers can include ingredients that may not be considered natural or fresh by consumers. The poultry industry has been criticized for labeling chicken meat as "all natural" after it has been injected with a saline solution, but there is no recourse for this untruthful labeling.
Let's see if you can decipher fact from fiction when it comes to frozen vs fresh food.
True or False? Frozen Vegetables are Less Nutritious Than Fresh Ones.
This is false. Take into account, for anything you eat, the time it takes for the food to travel to you and the amount of nutrients that get depleted along the way. There may not be a difference in the taste for fresh vs. frozen foods - but fresh food may be lacking in nutritional value. University of Georgia conducted a unique study comparing frozen versus fresh fruits and vegetables. The study mimicked consumer purchasing and storing of commonly purchased fruits and vegetables, in which the results showed nutritional values being higher in frozen foods.
While fresh fruits and vegetables might hold the illusion that they contain more value, they actually lose a lot of their nutrients when being transported. This can be caused not only from time spent traveling, but also lighting and temperature changes causing the produce to lose vital nutrients like vitamin C and folate (which decreases irritability, mental fatigue, forgetfulness, confusion, and insomnia).
On the other hand, frozen fruits and vegetables are flash frozen immediately (within hours) after being picked. This process of freezing locks in sensitive nutrients for an extended amount of time (usually about one year if kept frozen). The produce selected for freezing is harvested at its most ripe stage, unlike fresh food that is harvested early and will ripen on its way to the market. Shortly after being picked, fruits and vegetables begin to lose moisture, become susceptible to spoilage and decline in nutritional value.
True or False? Frozen Food isn't as Fresh as Fresh Food.
False. When we look at different areas of food as well, it still remains that frozen food is fresher than fresh. If you consider where seafood comes from, the remote locations of the ocean where it is caught, to the dock, to the market, then in the display case, in this time it's slowly spoiling. It could be days from catch to your table and by that time it is far from fresh. Seafood is frozen within hours of being caught, preserving its flavor and nutritional value until you are ready to prepare it.
True or False? Frozen Meals are Not Environmentally Friendly.
This myth is also false. Frozen food can actually lessen the amount of spoiled food that is thrown away. Frozen food can be divided to the correct portion sizes (if it isn't already) and can lasts a lot longer than a few days. Also, bistroMD uses the most environmentally safe packages to transport meals - even the cooler is recyclable.
True or False? All Frozen Foods Contain Preservatives.
False. BistroMD has created a good alternative to eating healthy, without having to worry about chemicals or additives. If you try just a week's worth of meals from bistroMD you will understand. You will not only feel the benefit of eating nutritious food but also enjoy the great fresh taste bistroMD has to offer in every meal.
What Other Health Benefits Can Come From Frozen Foods?
One of the greatest features of frozen food is that it eliminates the preparation that usually comes with fresh food. When fruits and vegetables are frozen they are usually prepped and ready for eating or cooking. This is exactly what bistroMD does as well. BistroMD provides you with the same quality food that we would put on our own dinner tables - fresh food that is prepared and ready for you to enjoy without the hassle of time spent going to the store, cooking, and cleaning.
BistroMD has a large variety of meals to choose from with over 200 unique entrees, and a program that allows you to customize and eat your favorites! If you've doubted delivery programs because of typical low quality and non-nutritious meals, let bistroMD show you that we're not like the rest and it is our mission to provide you with the best quality, nutritious meals so you can be the best you!


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Sharp-Sharp Thoko!
With adorable illustrations and four heart-warming easy-to-read stories, Niki Daly has created a second book about Thoko – who is sure to become one of his most beloved characters.
Here comes Thoko again!
Thoko is resourceful!
Thoko is full of fun!
Thoko is kind-hearted!
Niki Daly makes reading about life as a kid entertaining and realistic with his delightful new local heroine, Thoko. Thoko skips through life, leaving behind a trail of laughter.
Look out for Hooray! Thoko.
Available in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa and isiZulu.
978-1-4314-2691-1 Aitsa! Thoko Afrikaans
978-1-4314-2692-8 Sharp-Sharp! Thoko IsiXhosa
978-1-4314-2693-5 Kwakuhle! Thoko IsiZulu
Niki Daly has won many awards for his work. His ground-breaking Not So Fast Songololo, winner of a US Parents' Choice Award, paved the way for post-apartheid South African children's books. Since then he has published widely and has given talks in several countries. Among his many books, Once Upon a Time was an Honor Winner at the US Children's Africana Book Awards, and Jamela's Dress was chosen by the ALA as a Notable Children's Book and by Booklist as one of the Top Ten African American Picture Books of 2000. In 2009 Niki was awarded the Molteno Gold Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. Other books include Nicholas and the Wild Ones, Thank you, Jackson, The Herd Boy, Pretty Salma, No More Kisses for Bernard and Ruby Sings the Blues. Niki is married and lives in Kleinmond, South Africa.


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The Texas Legislature has approved a bill to end life without parole as a sentencing option for juvenile offenders. The bill, authored by Senator Juan Hinojosa, now goes to the Governor for his signature.
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Wanuri Kahiu talks Rafiki and being a reluctant activist
"I am truly a creative. I start from a creative space and not from an activist space. I am like the most reluctant activist you will ever meet."
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The message read: "So sorry love. Film got banned and all hell broke loose."
I still remember the day clearly, back in April on Freedom Day (in South Africa) where I was due for an interview with filmmaker and author Wanuri Kahiu over Skype. But what the both of us could not have anticipated was that she would wake up to find that her film, Rafiki, had just been banned in Kenya.
The film, which made history by becoming the first Kenyan feature film to premiere at Cannes Film Festival this year, is a love story that follows the lives of two lesbian women. The film was inspired by a short story by Ugandan writer Monica Arac de Nyeko called Jambula Tree, where the women have to choose between being safe or defying conservative rules.
But last week, as we pick up where we left our Skype chat in April, Kahiu sounds more upbeat even though the film has not been unbanned.
"It stays banned completely, including the posters," she says.
Kahiu is continuing to showcase Rafiki at film festivals having recently screened it in Ghana and at the Durban International Film Fest last month.
"We're trying to send it into as many African film festivals as possible because we want it to be seen on the continent. And it is also important to show the Kenyan government that if other countries are screening it, then what the hell?"
She says the LGBTI community in Kenya is very marginalised and people generally keep quiet about their sexuality.
"It's harder if you have less money, period. So, if you're middle class and you're gay, you can kind of live a relatively easy existence. But if you're not, then it's a big issue because the community can attack you and it happens quite often. It probably happens more often than we know because it's just not reported on," she says.
It was not the political nature of making the film that attracted her to the project. If anything, Kahiu who is pioneering Afrobubblegum as a movement towards African art that is fun and frivolous says she was drawn to the story because it was about love.
"I am truly a creative. I start from a creative space and not from an activist space. I am like the most reluctant activist you will ever meet...Ask my lawyer," she says with a laugh.
"I just really loved Jambula Tree. I really loved the book and I wanted to turn it into a film. For me love is love, you know what I mean? I wasn't thinking too much about it. I really loved the love story and I wanted to make it into a film".
What is interesting is that although the film is banned, the book is still freely available in Kenya.
The film has garnered worldwide attention, resulting in messages of support for the film's screening in Cannes earlier this year from celebrities like Lupita Nyong'o and Kerry Washington.
Kahiu adds that being in Cannes was an amazing experience especially because she got to meet Spike Lee and tell him how much she appreciated his work.
"Cannes is so fantastic that you cannot imagine that it's real. You know that this is happening for now and it too shall pass but it's a complete bubble because you have to dress up to watch a movie. You have to be in black tie," she laughs, "I can't explain it, it's like a marketplace, truly."
She mentions that she also got admitted into as member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, which means she gets to vote at The Oscars.
But having decided that she wanted to be a filmmaker at 16 before working her way towards her dream through internships and even going to evening adult film courses before winning a scholarship to UCLA, Kahiu is unphased.
If anything she is focussed on growing the Afrobubblegum movement, which she explained in a TED Talk last year.
Transcript of "Fun, fierce and fantastical African art"
TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: We're so used to narratives out of Africa being about war, poverty and devastation, says TED Fellow Wanuri Kahiu. Where's the fun? Introducing "AfroBubbleGum" -- African art that's vibrant, lighthearted and without a political agenda.
"My work is about Nairobi pop bands that want to go to space or about seven-foot-tall robots that fall in love. It's nothing incredibly important. It's just fun, fierce and frivolous, as frivolous as bubble gum.
She continued: "So I'm not saying that agenda art isn't important; I'm the chairperson of a charity that deals with films and theaters that write about HIV and radicalisation and female genital mutilation. It's vital and important art, but it cannot be the only art that comes out of the continent. We have to tell more stories that are vibrant. The danger of the single story is still being realised."
She's written six films, a children's book as well as short story with science fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor that they are currently adapting for the screen.
Kahiu was one of our speakers at Design Indaba 2019. Watch her talk here:
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INDIA: Audi starts Q7 assembly
Audi has started Indian assembly of the Q7 luxury SUV at its Aurangabad plant, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Up to 1,000 will be built a year to supply the Indian market. After the A4, A6 and Q5, this is the fourth model to be assembled in India.
"Local production of the Audi Q7 is part of our long-term growth strategy in India, one of the most promising auto markets in the world," said Audi production chief Frank Dreves.
"The very good infrastructure in the plant, efficient working processes, a qualified workforce and a well developed logistics environment, along with the surging growth of the Indian market, were the factors that motivated us to expand the Aurangabad plant."
The Q7 is made in a newly constructed hall at the Volkswagen group plant Škoda Auto India. Production of the Q3 in the new 20,000 sq m (215,278 sq ft) extension is planned from mid-2013.
"Local production of the Q7 means Audi India is now building a second Q model locally. That will reduce waiting times for our customers and we will be able to offer a wider range of versions," said Audi India chief Michael Perschke.
Increasing demand for the Q SUVs has had a major impact on the brand's growth in India: in the first 10 months, the company increased sales 55% to 7,273 units, well ahead of the 5,511 cars sold in 2011.
Audi will have 25 dealerships throughout the country by the end of this year.
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DGP unveils PWWA J&K calendar for 2023
Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh unveiled the Police Wives Welfare Association, Jammu and Kashmir Calendar for the year 2023 at Police Headquarters today.
ADGP Hqrs. PHQ, M K Sinha, ADGP Coordination PHQ, Danesh Rana, IGP Headquarters PHQ, B S Tuti, DIG Administration PHQ, Sarah Rizvi, AIG Welfare PHQ, Dr Abhishek Mahajan and other officers/officials were present on the occasion.
The calendar highlights the year 2022 achievements and activities of the J&K Police. It also enumerates the initiatives and various youth engagement schemes undertaken by the Police in 2022. Besides the achievements of different Police wings, it also highlights the work of the Police Public Schools, and Welfare Centres, as well.
The welfare activities of the department for its personnel and SPOs, including their promotions have also been included in the Calendar.


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"""
Simple example that sets a key, and retrieves it again.
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import trollius as asyncio
from trollius import From
from trollius_redis import RedisProtocol

if __name__ == '__main__':
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()

    def run():
        # Create connection
        transport, protocol = yield From(
            loop.create_connection(RedisProtocol, u'localhost', 6379))

        # Set a key
        yield From(protocol.set(u'key', 'value'))

        # Retrieve a key
        result = yield From(protocol.get(u'key'))

        # Print result
        print (u'Succeeded', result == 'value')

        transport.close()

    loop.run_until_complete(run())

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