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On Assignment: Caleb Vaughn-Jones, Act Two
Two years ago I first photographed an outstanding young cellist named Caleb Vaughn-Jones. Caleb is exactly the type of person I partnered up with the Howard County Arts Council to meet, and I was very pleased when he emailed back a few months ago to commission another set of photos.
Nothing fosters creativity like collaborating with creative people. He's been doing some amazing work since 2010, and I was excited to get to work with him again.
Caleb is part of what I think of as a new breed of classical musicians. He is tech-literate, pretty much lives outside of the box and is focused on his music as an agent of change.
One of his themes has been to bring classical music to unusual places, and that has seen him traveling around the world to developed and developing countries. The world cultures, in turn, influence his music as much as his perspective.
Here is a piece he recently recorded as ambient music for the new video game Civilization 5. It was composed by Geoff Knorr and is an adaptation from human voice (a traditional Mongolian song) for cello, entitled Genghis Kahn Peace:
Is that kickass, or what? As a musician, I find these gender-bender mashups to be completely mesmerizing. Caleb is grounded in traditional classical music, but also plays his own classical compositions and jazz improvisations.
So my first thought was to stay away from typical orchestral environments and work with his theme of bring music everywhere.
The photo at top was kind of a found situation. We were using the concrete abutment of a pedestrian bridge as a textured backdrop (planning to light it like this) when I backed up across the street and saw the geometry of the bridge itself.
We had plenty of close- and medium-range stuff, so I overpowered the ambient by 2-3 stops and hit Caleb with a grid spot from hard camera right. The light is just out of the frame, about 15 feet away and 10 or so feet up. It's pretty stark, with some dark shadows, but I did not want to overdo it by lighting too much of him
I love the lines and tones in the photo, but even more so the experience while shooting it. He was playing the Bach Cello Suites, largely because we were shooting in public. It's a very recognizable piece, and we thought that might soothe the savage beast should anyone get irked that we were blocking the sidewalk.
As it happened a girl, about 8 years old, walked by with her mother. The girl was toting a violin, and stayed for an impromptu concert. She hung out near my light, so I didn't include her in the photo. But it added a nice layer to the already cool experience.
The second photo above was made in the same session as the top-light photo I blogged recently. But this was done with a single head in an FTX white beauty dish at upper camera left.
I used a lot of natural light on this shoot, as in the photo above. We were in an old barn for this image, with the open barn door acting as a soft box to camera left.
On a whim I shot some video of him playing. Amazingly, he had no live video of himself online. His career is young, unique and is blooming in several ways, but none of those ended up with video happening. It was windy in the barn so the built-in mic of my DSLR was useless. So as a hack we recorded the sound with an iPhone on a table just out of frame, wrapped in his wool cap as a (mostly) wind screen. Not ideal, but will do until something better comes along.
I since have bought a better sound recorder, and will be better prepared for this sort of thing in the future.
How do you get access to an old barn for shooting? It helps to have been part of a group of photographers who did a pro bono shoot on the property a couple of years ago.
We also shot in an airy, windowed great room on the property, framing him from a second story balcony overlook against the reflection of a large window in the floor.
Over the course of a couple of afternoons we were in seven locations, and ended up with a nice selection of photos for him to use for editorial handouts, promotion or whatever.
Caleb has since left for Cape Town, South Africa, where he'll be playing both in the city and out in the townships, in keeping with his goal of getting classical music to as many places as possible.
Next: Night Soprano Pt. 1

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LPP, the Polish owner of fast fashion store Reserved, is set to target rapid UK expansion over the next year, despite its first UK store making a loss.
Reserved opened its debut UK store to much fanfare in September 2017, in the old BHS store on London's Oxford Street. Chief executive of LPP, Marek Piechocki, told The Sunday Telegraph that despite UK operations being loss making in the first year, there were plans to roll out numerous UK locations in the near future.
Despite high street uncertainties, which have included young fashion rival New Look undertaking a CVA, Piechocki remains optimistic about the future. "For sure right now we have losses [in new the UK market], everybody does for their first couple of years. When H&M entered Germany, which is today their biggest market, they had losses for seven years," he said.
Reserved is a big name in the eastern and Central European retail sector, and also has stores across Germany. Founded in 1998, Reserved has grown from a 215 sq ft corner shop in the town of Gdynia, Poland into a network of more than 450 stores across 20 countries.


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Interview Tiara Thomas - Influence Still Shining
Tiara Thomas - Influence Still Shining
by Addi Stewart
A jewel that is just waiting to be discovered by the world at large, this magnetic acoustic soul singer/rhymer/artist extraordinaire continues to build her momentum towards what certain music lovers all over wishes will become a sparkling success, due to this humble star's undeniable gift of giving something special in her sweet new songs. The first time the world got hit with the blinding light of Tiara's delicate but intelligent vocalism was on Wale's 'Mixtape About Nothing' in 2011, on the chronic smoker's anthem, 'The Cloud', as Tiara strums some wicked rhythms for Wale to flow on, before he puff-puff-passes the mic to Tiara, who turns the burning melody into a sound sweeter than nag champa as it rides out. She rocked with The Board Administration (his label) for a few years, before moving on. Modeling for American Eagle Outfitters also brought this multi-talented songstress to the eyes and ears of the masses, broadcast on billboards across the United States, She released an EP called 'Dear Sallie Mae' in 2013, where she expressed her acoustic potential on the guitar, and singing/rhyming abilities on the mic, and continued to expand as an open-minded musician willing to experiment with new sounds and styles. Not everything is as equally stunning sonically, but even in her "failures", the will to experiment and explore makes Tiara a creative force worth certainly respecting. She been a next big thing on the low though, between holding down the 'They Don't Know' Remix by Rico Love featuring Ludacris, T.I. & Emjay, hitting up another Rico Love joint on 'To My Ex', to holding up a bank in the magnificent video to her heist flick/love story 'One Night', Tiara's complex creative touches continue to delight and fulfil those looking for a woman who isn't afraid to kick ass and fuck shit up. Furthermore, I suggest all true music lovers don't sleep on the smouldering, sultry, scandalous 'Nikki', if not continuing to enjoy her popular YouTube channel cover versions of modern chunes, such as Lil Wayne's 'Love Me' or Drake's 'Say Something' (my favorite being her alluring cover of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIq0sSjFR2Y ). Her story is not the typical, and following her trajectory is not the easiest, since she has been signed to a few labels and business situations thus far that haven't catapulted her to the level of stardom she deserves, but don't count her out. And don't miss out on the ethereal party anthem 'Class on Sunday', if you want to hear something different and dynamic from an artist that has a I believe do believe has a deliberately divine destiny. This is a woman willing to push boundaries while otherwise playing all the right notes to be the next in line of the great multi-talented solo artists on the level of Lauryn Hill to Nina Simone, Queen Latifah to Rihanna, while being someone beyond...
She is crafting her debut album 'The Bad Influence' for release in 2015, and I personally anticipate something truly special and unique. I pray Tiara Thomas is allowed to express her multi-dimensional artistry and complex personality on this Interscope Records release. Shine on, sister.
Hip Hop Canada - Hi, what up!
Tiara Thomas - Hi.
Hip Hop Canada - Am I talking to T-Nasty?
Tiara Thomas - T-Nasty in the houuuse! I'm currently drinking Strawberry Starburst Freeze from Taco Bell? I can't believe they made it...
Hip Hop Canada - No, but I got something on my to-do list now!
Tiara Thomas - You really need to make that move. Just letting you know.
Hip Hop Canada - Straight up, your flavor game is on another planet! You put some Grape Kool-Aid in some chocolate chip cookies*, yo? What the fuck?! *(from a clip on her YouTube channel show)
Tiara Thomas - Ha ha ha...
Hip Hop Canada - How'd they turn out?
Tiara Thomas - Well... um... honestly, I didn't eat that.
Hip Hop Canada - Ha ha! Thank you, fam. Keep it real with me. I would never lie to you. It's cool. You at least had the courage to do it. You're an innovator on that level so... respect, still. It smelled wrong or it just didn't look right? What happened?
Tiara Thomas - Honestly, I don't know... the whole purpose of the baking show is that I'm high the whole time. And you know when you're high, sometimes you just do really stupid stuff. It was all improv. So I just started picking up ingredients and throwing them in...
Hip Hop Canada - Straight up, you made a fan out of me instantly, because... I mean the music is beautiful, but there are people in music that are NOT stars, and you are a true star.
Tiara Thomas - Thank you.
Hip Hop Canada - You're clever, funny, improvisational, sharp, beautiful obviously... and you're a true star talent.
Tiara Thomas - I appreciate that.
Hip Hop Canada - Fuck anyone that doesn't recognize that shit. They are missing out.
Tiara Thomas - Exactly.
Hip Hop Canada - First, just to let you know, I live in Toronto. Have you ever been here to perform?
Tiara Thomas - No. Never. But one of my favorite people is from Toronto.
Hip Hop Canada - I had a feeling... so talk to me a bit about that. I'm not even fronting but... I have a few personal Drake stories myself. I'm assuming Drake is the person you are talking about?
Tiara Thomas - Actually, I was going to say my manager, but I do love Drake! But, it's okay. Drake is one of my Top Five artists right now.
Hip Hop Canada - I'd love to see you in Toronto! I think they'd really feel your sound and vibe out here.
Tiara Thomas - I really want to come! I did a cruise before from New York to Halifax and it was a really bad experience, and I was judging Canada based off of that, but I know that's not how it is, so I want to get out and experience some Toronto properly, and meet up with some of my Toronto fans.
Hip Hop Canada - Please come out here. Not only is Toronto one of the most slept-on cities in hip hop history, but it's never been as good as it is now. It would be a good time to bring your sound and vibes out here. Plus I think Drake fans would appreciate your work. Not only just them, but anyone who appreciates good R&B and good hip hop, or good music period. I just found out you are self-taught. You taught yourself how to play guitar and produce?
Tiara Thomas - Yeah. I taught myself when I was like 11 or 12. I used to want to play the drums, but my dad didn't want to deal with the sound of a drum set in the house, so I asked him to buy me a guitar, so I taught myself how to play guitar.
Hip Hop Canada - Are there any other instruments you are picking up these days?
Tiara Thomas - No... but before I started playing guitar, I was kind of messing around and playing the keyboard a bit. But when I got on the guitar, I just dropped the keyboard. That's something I still wished I kept up with. So I'm still thinking about buying one, and teaching myself what I can on that.
Hip Hop Canada - Please do that. One day when the vibe comes, you can start creating...I gotta ask: I'm a weed lover myself, and your love of blunts is beautiful to see. I gotta ask: what was your first weed smoking experience like?
Tiara Thomas - Hmmmm.... good question! Wow.... that was a long time ago. Okay, so... listen: I first for sure smoked weed in high school. I was to say I was like 15 or 16. But I don't really think it did anything to me, I don't think it really affected me that much. But I can admit and go back and think about the time I started smoking weed a lot. And it's so funny how high I used to get. I wasn't used to smoking. It was really like I couldn't even think... I was so overwhelmed. That was tough...
Hip Hop Canada - How much did you used to smoke? Some Snoop Dogg/20 blunts a day shit?
Tiara Thomas - Oh no no no... I'm not on no Snoop Dogg/20 blunts a day shit. It depends. if i'm really busy, I probably won't smoke at all that day. but for sure before I go to bed. and then one mid-day smoke. I want to say like three times a day.
Hip Hop Canada - That's healthy, that's cool.
Tiara Thomas - It's nothing crazy. But if I smoke, I'll be good for a while...
Hip Hop Canada - Word. Cause if you keep smoking all the time, that's when you stop feeling it. Then you need to chill anyways. So, it was really cool to find out how hilarious you are and how multi-talented you are, but I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't ask... what's up with the album? Are you working towards a next project? What would you like to do musically and visually for 2015?
Tiara Thomas - So, I been dropping a bunch of new music with visuals with this project I have right now called 'Up In Smoke', and we are re-releasing it song by song. i've already put out 3 songs from it with visuals with those. And then we are going with another single coming in the spring, then the album is coming, and it's called 'The Bad Influence'. I been working like a year on that. I took some time to be in the studio and really discover who I am as an artist and discover what I want my sound to be. and I think it came together really well. I'm really excited about my album 'Bad Influence'. I got SXSW coming up... yeah. it's gonna be a good year.
Hip Hop Canada - Word up to 'The Bad Influence'! I'm really glad you said that, cause I'd like to talk about the 'How It Is' video with the two worlds and the moon and the earth colliding. That was beautiful.
Hip Hop Canada - These days, it's a real visual world we live in these days, but the way your music and sound, and images you choose and your
look all come together, it's really beautiful to see the way you put it together.
Tiara Thomas - NICE! Thank you. and I'd rather people see that side. You're an open minded guy. some people will look at me and be like 'oh, she's ratchet'. and that's just people that don't understand... those are the people we're never trying to make happy!
Hip Hop Canada - Ha. Those are the kind of people that enjoy judgement and negativity. you're just a creative soul to me. I didn't know your material too well before I was assigned this interview, but I checked your online writing and your artistry and was like "this girl is dope on a variety of levels!" Just dropping mad jewels and being yourself, when a lot of people in music these days are not being themselves at all and aren't trying to give beautiful visions and sounds, and are only trying to have the popular look, but not bring much else. Something that may sound ratchet, but is actually a really dope statement, is you said: "all these girls know how to suck dick, but they can't make a pizza from scratch!"
Tiara Thomas - Ha ha ha ha!
Hip Hop Canada - That's a jewel! That's ill. I love that you said that!
Tiara Thomas - Haha, that was just another one of those things that came out of my mouth just in the moment...
Hip Hop Canada - But it's true! Know how to feed yourself, and your lover! You know, sex is good and all, but when we're done fucking... what are we going to eat?!
Tiara Thomas - Ha ha ha!
Hip Hop Canada - I was also going to ask who are some of your influences before I even knew you titled your album 'Bad Influence'. So I'll just ask now.
Tiara Thomas - Musical influences? Well, I get a lot of inspiration from a lot of 90's music. I like a lot of the girls and the music, espeically the R&B. Like Lauryn Hill, Aaliyah, TLC, Brandy... all those 90's girl groups. Every girl in the 90's... WAS FIRE. Even if you don't hear them now. That music was so dope. So I get a lot of my vibes from 90's music. I grew up listening to stuff my dad listened to, like Elton John, I like all kinds of music. I like everything. And that's kinda like what my music is like. It's not like totally R&B, not totally hip hop, it's everything.
Hip Hop Canada - Yeah, and I appreciate it because you stay true to your own voice and sound, you're not just trying to be famous like "who was the last most popular person? let me try to steal their style and sound" with like a little hybrid version.
Hip Hop Canada - So, where are you based out of? Los Angeles?
Tiara Thomas - Nah, I'm from Indiana, but I'm in Miami now.
Hip Hop Canada - So, do you have any touring plans to push the album this year, and what's up after SXSW?
Tiara Thomas - Well, the album is done so now is the time to get out on the road with it, we're dropping music. I'm trying to build my fanbase, so there's going to be a lot of shows coming up. I just got a new booking agent, so... it's gonna be a great year.
Hip Hop Canada - So... is there anything that's on your mind or in your heart that you really want to put out in the world right now? Anything you're going through, anything pissing you off on any level... just curious.
Tiara Thomas - Hmmmm..... well, this is what I've been thinking about every day lately. And it's for everyone, no matter what you're trying to do. I saw this quote that I really liked: "Don't put your key to success in someone else's pocket." Basically what that meant to me was "you really have to take your life into your own hands", you know? And a lot of people are just sitting and waiting around. people that are my age, young people, are just sitting and waiting, or they want to do something and they keep making excuses not to do it... and you're going to look up when they are old as fuck and you're not going to be where you want to be in life. You're going to be upset and that's because you didn't take your life into your own hands. That quote meant a lot to me. You just can't wait around for anybody. You have to take your life into your own hands. You have to be very self-sufficient. Especially if you're trying to have your dreams come true... there are certain people who just exist and are cool with it, but then there's some people who are like "I want to have that and this..." Well, you gotta go get that. Straight up. I think about that every single day.
Hip Hop Canada - Thank you so very much for that wisdom. I appreciate it and agree. So, I was wondering, how much of your own personal relationships go into the songs you write? Do you write from personal experience, or from things you hear your friends and family going through, or some combination of both, if not something else?
Tiara Thomas - Well, I write songs about myself as well about other people. I think if I'm in a situation... I don't know. I'm a writer, so... a song is a story. And that's the kind of music that's attractive to me. I don't like basic lyrics like "oh my heart aches" and all that. You gotta say something that everyone thinks and everyone feels in a way that no one has ever said it before, so a lot of the time, I just make up stories based off of things I've seen. Maybe I saw it with a friend, or I heard it from hanging around some people and it's like "damn that's a fucked up story, I'm about to write a song about that..." Like, this girl was braiding my hair and she was like "yo... my best friend slept with my baby daddy" and I was like "WHOA that's a fucked up! I never been through that shit, but... I'll write a song about it!" And I'll put myself in the perspective of the person it's happening to. But sometimes I will write about my own life. It just depends.
Hip Hop Canada - That's beautiful that you can see it from all those different perspectives. Because some people are just... selfish with it.
Tiara Thomas - I been trying to do better at that. Seeing things from other perspectives because you could hurt someone and you have no idea, and you just go on with your life, but they are looking at you like "damn, I fucking hate this person" and you don't even know why, because you didn't take the time to see from somebody else's perspective...
Hip Hop Canada - That's true wisdom.
Tiara Thomas - Yo, I'm not that deep and I usually don't talk so much, but I'm high right now. You caught me at a time where I'm really talkative.
Hip Hop Canada - Well you're talking to someone that actually cares to listen to you, so thank you. And don't stay that about yourself, love. We're all deep and infinite and amazing. It's nice to meet you and talk to you.
Tiara Thomas - It's nice to meet you and talk to you too!
Hip Hop Canada - So, I just have to say for the record: YOU'RE HILARIOUS. My friend and I were cracking up for real watching your video clips like "she could be a comedian, for real" I was scrolling down your facebook, and was like "wow, this woman could be a supermodel, for real". She's absolutely beautiful. So, if you could, and not to say you're not already doing many things, but is there a childhood dream that you had when you were younger that you didn't explore yet? Do you want to be a painter or an astronaut or some shit like that?
Tiara Thomas - What was my dream? Oh, I just thought, hmmm if I wasn't doing music, what would I be doing? And the answer is: babysit puppies.
Hip Hop Canada - Babysit puppies? Yooo, that's dope. You love dogs that much?
Tiara Thomas - I LOVE puppies. And puppies makes everyone smile, so... yeah. Who doesn't like puppies? That would be fucking fun. They don't talk back to you. They don't have attitude, they just love to play and they just want love. That's it.
Hip Hop Canada - Oh, that's the magic word. Amen! You'd be amazing at that. Well, it's never too late.
Tiara Thomas - I think if I ever take a break, that's what I'ma do.
Hip Hop Canada - Go holler at Big Boi and get down with his dogs.
Tiara Thomas - Ha.
Hip Hop Canada - Yo, one last question: when we were talking about smoking, i was wondering if you have ever smoked with any one of your idols yet, like Snoop or Dr. Dre. And if you could smoke with anyone dead or alive, who would you smoke weed with? I know it's kind of a cheesy question, but from one smoker to another... plus, for me, I've always wanted to smoke with Method Man and Redman, so what about you?
Tiara Thomas - Who do I want to smoke with? Who would be fun to smoke with? Gotta be someone funny. Can't be no lame ass, falling asleep.
Hip Hop Canada - Word, on some Dave Chappelle skit shit...
Tiara Thomas - Did you say Dave Chappelle? That would be HILARIOUS. he would be on TEN. That would be funny.
Hip Hop Canada - Yo, you and Dave Chappelle together would be TOO MUCH.
Tiara Thomas - I gotta get better at my improv to do that... but yeah. Him.
Hip Hop Canada - Well, I hope to see you in Toronto one day!
Tiara Thomas - You will!


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Q: Database supporting fast approximate nearest neighbor queries Is there a database that supports fast approximate nearest neighbor queries in high-dimensional vector spaces?
I'm looking for a database that would fit the following use case:

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*Works for millions of points

*Works for hundreds-thousands of dimensions

*Potentially uses cover trees or locality sensitive hashing for indexing

Does a robust implementation of this exist?

A: There's the ANN library which works pretty well for high-dimensional large datasets, but it's not a full "database" and is not a distributed solution.
There's a startup called SpaceCurve (no relation to me) working on a commercial spatial database, so depending on your needs and budget they might be worth looking into.
As a piece of advice: you should think deeply about what "nearest neighbor" really means when you're talking about "hundreds-thousands of dimensions". If you take a million random points in a 20-dimensional cube, the average distance between any two nearest neighbors is already about half the length of an edge of the cube.
This only gets worse exponentially as you add dimensions. Once you're talking about hundreds dimensions you really need impossibly large amounts of points (like > 1030) if they're somewhat uniformly distributed; and if they're differently distributed you're better off with other classification approaches.

A: Take a look at AnnDB.
It's a distributed approximate nearest neighbors database that allows you to horizontally scale to millions of high-dimensional vectors.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of AnnDB.

A: You might want to look at Facebook's Faiss.
From the documentation:

Faiss is a library for efficient similarity search and clustering of
  dense vectors. It contains algorithms that search in sets of vectors
  of any size, up to ones that possibly do not fit in RAM

Notice, it is only applicable for L2 (Euclidean) distances, and dot products.
Link to the project - Faiss

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To celebrate the 2013 World Aquatics Championship in Palau Sant Jordi (Barcelona), the ceremony director Hansel Cereza alongside RPM Events asked us to create a 20-minute video mapping projection for the opening ceremony. The creative content was centered on the transformation and evolution of our planet thanks to water. The raw, grey video mapping transformed itself during the ceremony into a contemplative, lush and lively landscape. 60 acrobats, 150 children and more than 400 volunteers took part in the ceremony. The projection surface consisted of stands for 400 people and a surface area of 32m x 10m, with a 9.5m x 6.5m LED screen, and a 16m x 8.5m projection screen.


Careful with your credit cards!
Here at MICU, we operate as a not-for-profit financial cooperative. That means that our operating philosophy includes advising our members to borrow wisely as we help them build a long-term, solid financial foundation. So we offer the following advice to help you choose which credit card is right for you (or if you should even have one).
Just another way that different is better – and better for you – here at MICU.
There's no doubt that credit cards can be a great convenience.
They can also be very dangerous because it's really easy to fall into debt when you're using credit cards – and it's very difficult to climb out.
So choose your card wisely and use it responsibly.
Evaluate the features of various types of credit cards. Weigh the pros and cons of secured cards, rewards cards, student cards, and prepaid cards. Find the type of credit card that is best for you.
Pros: These cards reward your credit card spending with cash-back, airline miles, and point benefit programs. If you use your credit cards often and pay the balance in full each month, a rewards card could be a good choice.
Cons: Read the credit card offer closely. Some rewards cards have high interest rates or annual fees that cancel out the special benefits. Make sure you understand how the rewards are calculated and redeemed.
Pros: Opening a secured credit card is an easy and affordable way to start building your credit. Secured credit cards can also help you improve and rebuild damaged credit. These cards are used exactly like a standard credit card.
Cons: To secure the card you must put down a $200 to $250 deposit with your application.
These cards also tend to have higher interest rates (14% or higher) and additional charges such as an annual fee (usually around $50).
Pros: Student credit cards are an excellent way to start building credit. These cards are specially designed to accept student borrowers, even if you have no previous credit experience. Having a student credit card can be helpful for unexpected expenses like medical bills.
Cons: These cards usually have higher interest rates than standard cards. Many students end up with debt and damaged credit after using their cards irresponsibly.
Pros: These cards look like real credit cards and can be used for most situations that require a credit card. Instead of granting you a credit limit based on your financial standing, these accounts require you to "load" the card with your own money. Approval for this type of card is easy, even if you have credit problems.
Cons: These cards may not report your repayment history to the credit bureaus. If the creditor does not report your account, this type of card will not help you improve your credit. Pre-paid credit cards cannot be used in all situations. For example: hotels and car rental agencies will not allow you to use a pre-paid credit card to secure your rentals.
For more information, go to www.credit.com.


Photo art. So integrated into the LW universe. Fine art photographer Hannah Lemholt has created a new series exclusive art prints for Love Warriors. This series follows up the vastly beloved Sky Circles featuring the white dove and thus continues the story of balance between black and white, darkness and light, fall and flight.


Five teenagers were assaulted in two separate gang attacks during a terrifying night of violence.
A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital after suffering injuries to his face when three youths launched an unprovoked assault as he walked along Boyles Hall Road in Audley.
And just two hours earlier four teenage boys were mugged by a gang of up to 20 troublemakers outside Audley Fast Food in Church Street.
Police are now looking into whether the two incidents – which happened at 9.30pm and 7.30pm on Saturday (December 8) – are connected.
They are also appealing for witnesses to come forward.
A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "We are appealing for witnesses after a 13-year-old boy was assaulted by up to three youths as he walked along Boyles Hall Road in Audley at around 9.30pm on Saturday evening.
"He was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital for treatment to facial injuries.
Families in the normally peaceful village were shocked to hear of the attacks.
One ambulance attended the incident in Boyles Hall Road.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called by Staffordshire Police to reports of a young male who had been assaulted. A single ambulance attended and he was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101, quoting incident number 866 of December 8.


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I then use @color/primary_color in a wide variety of styles and view definitions.
Is it possible to programmatically change the color value associated with the resource identifier primary_color at run-time to a user-selected color?
Alternatively, is there some other way of globally affecting the primary colors of the application?  I'm aware that I can switch themes somewhat dynamically, but that only allows selection from a predetermined set of themes, and what I'm needing to do is allow selection of an arbitrary palette of colors.
I'm ok with requiring an activity/application restart for the change to take effect.


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"I absolutely love the sessions with the tuning forks! I believe that sounds have the ability to heal and that each chakra has specific tones to which they are attuned. When I am experiencing a tuning with the forks, I feel as if the Universal Energy Force is working within me to align my body and mind with peace and comfort." Andarta
Solfeggio Tuning Fork Sound Therapy
The sound therapy (as learned in SomaEnergetics Sound Therapy Courses and developed by David Hulse, C.M.S.T.T.) I use is based upon an ancient scale using a 6-tone sequence of frequencies called the "original" Solfeggio scale.
"These original sound frequencies were used in ancient Gregorian chants, including the great hymn to St. John the Baptist. Church authorities reported that St. John's hymn, along with many other chants, were lost centuries ago. The chants and their special tones were believed to impart tremendous spiritual blessings when sung in harmony during religious Masses. The chants and the language of Latin, when combined, were believed to enhance the spiritual experience of its members. Many still believe that when we sing in Latin, or use simple musical tones without conceptual language, we are able to reach deeper levels of the subconscious. Pure music is very powerful since it discards limiting thought forms associated with words and allows the individual to access insights beyond traditional belief systems." Fortunately, they were NOT lost and are now available to us all in Solfeggio tuning forks!
The intent of using the ancient Solfeggio tones via tuning forks is to clear the energy field with a healing modality using sound and to create a vibrant energy field in the client. According to David Hulse, "I firmly believe these sacred tones actually serve as a 'vibrational bridge' to wholistic reintegration of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual…to enhance lives at all levels."
Reduction Of The Frequencies To Their Base Numbers
.396 Hz UT 3+9+6= 18 1+8= 9
.417 Hz RE 4+1+7= 12 1+2=3
.528 Hz MI5+2+8= 15 1+5= 6
.639 Hz FA 6+3+9= 18 1+8= 9
.741 Hz SOL 7+4+1= 12 1+2= 3
.852 Hz LA 8+5+2= 15 1+5= 6
When you add all the Solfeggio frequencies together you get
3573. Using the Pythagorean Method of numerical reduction =
3+5+7+3= 18 1+8=9
The number nine represents completion: the six numbers are complete within themselves!
Hz= a hertz is a unit of frequency or how many times per second something vibrates.
Nicola Tesla said, "If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6, and 9, then you would have a key to the universe."
"As a musician, I have known for a lifetime the magic in musical tones and certainly their ability to transform individuals who listen to them.
Recently, I devised an original means of healing with tones playing the piano or keyboard as divinely guided for individuals. The tones played are unique to the individual and what it is he/she wants healed." Maurah Kaunah
Call for a tuning fork session with Maurah. We can devise a session for you personally…based on your needs physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually. You may also get a reduction in price per session by buying a package of 3. A 1 hour session is $65. Three 1 hour sessions paid in advance are $150. (not $120)


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Crooked River Project
In 1956, with the help of Oregon senators Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger, Crook County landowners and officials persuaded Congress to authorize and fund the Crooked River Project. The project's main component, Bowman Dam (named for A.R. Bowman, a Crook County commissioner and chief project booster), along with pumping stations and irrigation canals, provided water for 10,000 new acres of farmland and 10,000 acres already under cultivation.
Ranchers and farmers in central Oregon's Crooked River Basin had long struggled with having enough water for crops and livestock. The basin had experienced an influx of new settlers in the early twentieth century. People poured into the area - Crook County's population grew over 200% between 1900 and 1910 - hoping to capitalize on inexpensive homesteads and open grazing areas. New settlers placed greater demands on water and prime farmland.
The first successful attempt to irrigate the Crooked River Basin on a wide scale occurred in 1917. Based on unrealized federal and state plans, local landowners formed the Ochoco Irrigation District, raised bonds, and in 1921 built a dam on Ochoco Creek. The reservoir was slated to hold enough water to irrigate 17,000 acres, but it rarely filled to capacity, burdening the local irrigation district with debt and leaving farmers with insufficient water.
For the next thirty-five years, Crook County farmers and ranchers lobbied state and federal officials to build a dam on the Crooked River that would provide additional irrigation for dry farms and ranchlands. In 1957, they finally succeeded when Congress approved the Crooked River Project. The project was one of many Congress approved in the 1950s, as the federal Reclamation Bureau and Army Corps of Engineers competed to build water projects throughout the U.S.
The Crooked River Project delivered on its promises for Crook County irrigators, bolstering the area's agricultural economy by providing an inexpensive, predictable water supply. But area irrigators soon found unexpected competition for Crooked River waters. Fishing, boating, recreational, and retirement industries discovered that the Prineville Reservoir and a recharged Crooked River were valuable commodities, and tourists became the new users of the basin's water.
For years, recreational and agricultural interests battled with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for control of the Prineville Reservoir and, by default, much of the Crooked River. While competing interests fought over how the water should be used, more and more Oregonians were lured to the river and the reservoir for recreation.
By federal law, the reservoir is still designated only for flood control and irrigation purposes. In 1988, however, sections of the Crooked River and its tributaries gained protection under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. This change in status, led by Oregon Senator Mark O. Hatfield, helped solidify recreational and fish and wildlife industries as major factors in how the basin's water is used.
The Crooked River Project remains an irrigation and flood control endeavor, but its significance for the region's economy and its fish and wildlife habitat now go well beyond agricultural uses and the protection of property.
Crooked River, confluence with Deschutes River, 1940
Confluence of Crooked and Deschutes Rivers, 1940.
Oreg. State Univ. Archives, Gifford Photo Coll., Deschutes Basin Explorer series, P218:RIG 0853
Critical Mass in Portland
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Springwater Corridor
Cohen, Scott. "Controlling the Crooked River: Changing Environments and Water Uses in Irrigated Central Oregon, 1913-1988." Oregon Historical Quarterly 109:2 (2008): 36 pars. 28 Dec. 2008 .
Donald Pisani, Water and the American Government (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
John T. Whistler and John H. Lewis, Ochoco Project and Crooked River Investigation (Washington D.C.: GPO, 1916).
The Crooked River Basin lies in the heart of central Oregon, east of the Cascade Mountains and Deschutes River and south of the John Day River. The appropriately named Crooked River, fed primarily by mountain creeks and springs, twists and turns for 155 miles before emptying into the Deschutes River …


Mid-Life Cruising!!!: The Costs of Preparing to Cruise!
The Costs of Preparing to Cruise!
When I had been writing my "NKOTB ... New Kids on the Boat" series, one of the topics that I wrote about was something that many of us future cruisers ask ... "How much will cruising cost"? In my post I mentioned what we think cruising will cost us ... we shall see!
In the meantime, there are cruising costs that occur before one even leaves the dock. I think this topic isn't questioned as much, but for those that have yet to buy their boat those costs may be helpful to share. With that in mind, I recently posted about our 10-week haul-out costs. Since our haul-out almost 3 years ago we've had quite a few other purchases and boat projects. We've also got a lot more things to buy and a lot more boat projects waiting for us. So, I've added a new page to our site ..."Pre-Cruising Expenses".
This page starts from the purchase of our boat through today. As we continue working towards cruising, this page will continue to grow. I just hope it doesn't add up to too much! We're happy that our boat is considered small these days ... a 30 footer. The bigger the boat, the bigger the expense! Check out our new page and feel free to share your thoughts and/or expenses.
*BTW, the numbers on the page aren't lined up pretty that way I'd like ... sorry but I couldn't get it right.
Our 340 sea ray sundancer is 13 years old and I just wrote a check for 6,300.00 in repairs. That won't be the final bill either. There are things that need replacing that are very expensive. Boats are expensive. The acronym for BOAT is bring on another thousand. It's true too.
Looks like you're getting some really good deals. I've been searching the internet comparing boat name decals. $27 is really reasonable. Where did you get yours?
Sandee ... wow! Those Sea Rays are really nice, and I know it's worth every penny to ya, and us!
Carolyn, we bought our name decals from a local company here in Slidell,LA called "Sunny Signs".
I really like the new page. I think I might steal the idea and add a similar one to our blog.
I think you guys are really doing well cost wise. Hell, we just went to the Defender sale and dropped $1,100. That puts us near $8K total since we purchased our boat and our purchase price was a lot more ($62K).
Keep it up. Can't wait until we are both out cruising and can compare notes on costs at that point.


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A Town Named Santa Claus
Santa Claus, Indiana
Long before there were cars or vacations, there was Santa Claus, Indiana.
The town was originally named Santa Fee. When its citizens asked for a post office in 1856, they were told that Indiana already had a post office named Santa Fe and that if they wanted one they would have to change their town's name. "They wanted to keep the Santa," said the curator at the Santa Claus Museum, "and all they could think of was Santa Claus." But that's not a very magical story, so a tale developed that the new-name debate took place on Christmas Eve, and that it was interrupted when a door blew open and sleigh bells could be heard on the wind. "It's Santa Claus!" cried a child, and the town decided that indeed it was.
Santa Claus remained that way for decades of peaceful obscurity. Then in 1895 the Grinch-like Secretary of the Interior changed the name of the town to one word, Santaclaus, supposedly to conform to a nationwide standardization for place names. Town postmaster James Martin spent years trying to change it back, and in 1927 the town became Santa Claus again. This triggered publicity, an appearance in Robert Ripley's Believe it or Not! syndicated newspaper column, and a flood of children's letters.
The Postmaster General was furious (the more mail that came through, the more money postmaster Martin was paid) and he threatened to force yet another name change in 1931, but the public howled in protest and the threat was withdrawn. It was then announced that all letters to Santa -- which had previously been thrown away -- would now be routed to Santa Claus.
In 1935 two attractions arrived in Santa Claus to try and mine its Christmas gold: Santa Claus Town and arch-rival Santa Claus Park. Their owners succeeded only in destroying each other. In 1946 a new attraction opened, Santa Claus Land, which survived and is technically the oldest theme park in the world -- although its name is now Holiday World and Splashin' Safari and it makes Santa share billing with Halloween, the 4th of July, and Thanksgiving.
Melting Snowman at a miniature golf course.
The Santa Claus post office still earns its stripes at Christmastime, postmarking a half-million holiday cards and answering roughly 20,000 letters from children (Santa's address is 45 North Kringle Place, Santa Claus, IN 47579, in case your kids ask). But the days when Santa could take the summer off are over, and Santa Claus has had to adjust to a world in which people want Christmas all year long.
The local motel, Santa's Lodge, features two 12-foot-tall fiberglass Santas on its lawn, and the town fire trucks have been dubbed Rudolph, Dasher, and Blitzen. But a housing community on the south side of town -- Christmas Lake Village -- is off-limits behind security gates. On the north side, Holiday Village has streets such as North Pole Lane and Blitzen Blvd, but also New Year's Eve Rd, Inauguration Day, and Easter Drive. Holiday World is closed on Christmas.
What town is this -- Santa Claus or Santa Fee? Diversity is nice, but not in a town named Santa Claus.
Worth a trip to Santa Claus, Indiana:
Santa Claus Museum | Original Santa Claus Statue | Candy Castle | Drippy Snowman
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Santa Claus Museum
69 N. IN-245, Santa Claus, IN
South edge of town, on the west side of IN-245, just south of its intersection with IN-162.
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Santa's Candy Castle
15499 N. State Rd 245, Santa Claus, IN
On the left side of Hwy 245 about a half-mile south of its intersection with Hwy 162, at Candy Castle Rd.
Hours vary. Call ahead. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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America's First Santa Statue
On the west side of IN-245, just south of its intersection with IN-162. Up on a hill, set back from the road.
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Frosty's Fun Center
Hwy 162, Santa Claus, IN
Frosty's Fun Center. On the south side of Hwy 162/Christmas Blvd just west of Holiday World, next to Santa's Lodge and St. Nick's Restaurant.
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Happy Valentine's Day Junkies! We're doing our best to stay on-brand and still celebrate love. You know, like the love of a great 80s slasher flick!
Scott & A sat down this week to watch this 1981 horror … classic. It comes out pretty early on in the 80s slasher heyday, and it's full of all that goodness: goofy plot devices, loads of teenagers sinnin', plenty of gore and lots and lots of violence. All with great set design, some solid bloody prop work, and the world's best dog actor.
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Gregor said that they have a ground delay program in effect at McCarran International Airport for airports that are within a 1600 mile radius. The program controls the flow of departures for the Las Vegas airport from those airports, achieving a manageable arrival rate at Las Vegas. Officials at the airport said that some flights were delayed by as much as 2 hours and 37 minutes. Passengers in the airport or on planes waiting to depart Las Vegas were waiting for up to an hour.


I was born on May 27, 1991 in Can Tho, Vietnam while halfway across the world in Gainesville, Georgia—on the very same day—American cartoonist Ed Dodd, known for his Mark Trail comics, died. Was it just a coincidence that I became an artist? Am I actually just Ed Dodd incarnated? Maybe-maybe not.
I graduated with a BFA in Visual Communications from The University of Texas at Arlington. You can view my up-to-date CV.
Please note my transition from career boy to "something else" as my mother likes to say.


Some researchers claim that successful people tend to consume more alcohol. Whether it's true or not, lots of us enjoy a drink or two with friends after a day of meetings and reports. And if it happens to be during happy hours at a nice spot, then it's a winner. Let's explore the top 5 happy hour bars and restaurants of Amsterdam to make it easier to decide where to grab a drink next time.
You wouldn't expect such a cozy a nd warm meeting place as Restaurant 1e Klas to be found in the middle of Amsterdam Central Station. It carries the spirit of the past, allowing you to feel the atmosphere of the elite 19th century, when fancy 1st class passenger were spending long hours here. The best news is that when their pub is open you get to enjoy every second draft beer and house wine for free from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
It might be a bit further away from the center, but the ambiance and authentic Dutch spirit make up for it. Celebrate the start of the weekend with your colleagues here and enjoy Happy Hour together every Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Their outside terrace will come handy soon as the daylight is increasing and the evenings are becoming warmer.
For those sports bar fans out there, Susie's Saloon is the place to be with their Sports TV, a pool table, jukebox and pinball. Their large canal side terrace is full on a summer evening, while beers are cheap every day from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and every evening from 10:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. You will pay only €3 for a pint!
If you're looking for a place where you can start with a happy hour and then stay longer for a party, loud music and cheerful crowd, then Coco's Outback might be just the right choice for you. This Australian pub is famous for its crazy international parties, so beware and don't bring your date here for a soulful conversation. Coco's is quite generous with their Happy Hours: every day all drinks are reduced in price from 6 p.m. to 7p.m., while Cocktail Happy Hour is from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 10 p.m. till close from Sunday to Thursday.
Who said that Happy Hour should be for alcohol only? Hugo's Bar & Kitchen offers delicious Oyster Happy Hour, when oysters are only €1 a piece from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Friday. Slurp them one by one and flush them with Bloody Mary, which are so good at Hugo's!
This bar in the heart of Leidseplein is proud to have live music 365 days per year, and truth be told, sometimes you can discover some awesome new bands there. Their Happy Hour is quite long, lasting from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., when you can get a frosty beer pint for only €3.50! They also organize monthly pool tournaments and jam sessions.


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In continuation of my Salem, MA Visitor Series, I have compiled a list of the best restaurants and bars in the historic Witch City. Gaudet, whose subsequent project is a planned counter-service eatery specializing in ribs and pizzas in Manchester-by-the-Sea, says the pace of new restaurant openings in and around Boston is intense, and that's hurting each the front and the back of the home at a lot of places, new and old. Prices are high here, but the quality matches the expense, so if you fancy an sophisticated treat, this is a very good spot. A very good selection for vegetarians, La Zucca has a much much more exciting menu than other Venetian restaurants.
We also, incidentally, program to publish — as we have in past years — a ranking of America's 101 Greatest Casual Restaurants , accommodating the pizzerias and taquerías and gastropubs and such that aren't included right here, but that we all enjoy (and at times, frankly, favor to the a lot more critical areas ranked here). I hope anyone who enjoys a excellent cup of hot chocolate each now and then finds this details helpful. Obtaining attended Berea College in Kentucky exactly where there are a handful of good restaurants, I really feel like I have missed out on a lot of very good eating that is to be had in that fine state!
Fast forward to the present and Mr. Portillo's hot dog empire has grown to 38 restaurants in 4 states.Portillo's also consists of a successful catering branch as properly as shipping their solution anywhere in the United States (such as Alaska and Hawaii). From the ideal restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles to the most impressive in Chicago, New York City, and beyond The Day-to-day Meal's annual list has you covered for location meals across the U.S. Boston is smack dab in the middle, and has some of the greatest restaurants, bars, sports and sights of the complete state.
In a lot more standard boat noodle restaurants such as the ones at Victory Monument, the portions are tiny, and you are meant to order 4 to 6 bowls at a time, but huge chunks of beef, beef balls, tripe and turnip make this soup a filling meal. The restaurants and cafes are located in Irvine, a young city in Orange County in Southern California and a master-planned neighborhood, whose citizens are afforded comfortable distances to restaurants. If something, the issue in Boston and Cambridge — exactly where a square foot of prime commercial true estate is worth as considerably a month as several pounds of prime beef — is even worse these days than it was then, Lee says.
Even though Chicago climate doesn't make outside dining an choice year round, we all know a hot dog just tastes far better outside. Restaurants are situated inside 5 or ten minutes drive of every single other and have very good parking. Now I have yet another explanation to return to Chicago…(lived there as a youngster)…loved the street vendors with tamales then.
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A60 Ravenshead – Older driver pulls out onto main rd infront of a wagon and drag and slows down to a crawl. Had to swerve to avoid hitting him.
This guy overtake me via footpath then swearing me and show middle finger . The reason could be because I am taking 2 lanes which is normal for lorry In this case. This happened in Dudley Birmingham Merry hill retail park. The date and time are on the video. The reg is DL18RVE.
M6 Knutsford Services. Driver forgets to put his handbrake on!! Credit: Matt Saniuk.
Travelling northbound on m6 (19-12-2018) between j14 and j15 I was doing 50mph in a fully loaded 44 tonne wagon in the road works and came up on this car I flashed lights for it to move over into a clear left lane and they decide to brake check me instead, only to move over a few hundred yards up to exit at j15. Credit: Matthew Thompson.
A34 south of M40 J9. TR55 FLY – Contacted the drivers company and submitted this clip to them. My dashcam battery wouldn't maintain charge so time stamp is incorrect (24/4/2017). I have bought a new battery for it so all other videos are dated correctly. Credit: Steve Davies.
M1 Southbound (10/8/2017), contacted company to inform them and submitted this clip. Credit: Steve Davies.
M6 J6 north – 20/12/2018. EU18 YRR – UPS driver throwing litter out of the window. Eventually managed to speak to an actual human and informed them of the incident. Credit: Steve Davies.
M4 / A34 junction at Chievley Services – 16/11/2016. Less than 400 meters away from a service station and this lady chucks rubbish out of her window. YC66 VDR. Credit: Steve Davies.
A1 south J62 – 18/10/2018. Golf v Scania, Golf holding HGV in lane 2, trying not allowing truck to exit , then giving pursuit/dangerous driving. Credit: Reg Lang.
M25 j16-15, 2/1/2019. How not to leave the hard shoulder. Pulled out in front of 44t loaded with chickens. Credit: Aaron Spall.
M1 J18 south. 30/12/2018. Very late exit. Credit: Mark Hooper.
Offenham, 22/1/2019. I was clearly indicating right and she just didn't pay any attention. Credit: Ben Williams.
M25 clockwise between J9 and 10, 19/1/2019. BMW undertakes on the hard shoulder. Credit: Richey Clarke.
M25 J27, 6/10/2019. Foreign registered minibus takes the slip road very late. Credit: Richey Clarke.
A249 northbound, junction with A2, 24/1/2019. Approaching roadworks with a coned off lane this guy had to get in front. Credit: Richey Clarke.
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Markets witnessed gap down opening in the wake of weak global cues but recovered some losses during the day to close in red. On the daily chart, the indices have tested 61.8% Fibonacci retracement levels of the previous up move and have formed a narrow body formation. At present the narrow range body formation reflects indecisiveness prevailing at current levels. Hence, if indices trade above 18,335 / 5,500 levels then they are likely to test 18,546 / 5,550. On the downside, 17,953 -17,741 / 5,376- 5,313 are the crucial support levels for the indices. Any breach of 17,741 / 5,313 would intensify the selling pressure.


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"Pray" é um single gravado pelo cantor canadense Justin Bieber. A canção foi escrita por Bieber, Omar Martinez, Adam Messinger, Nasri Atweh e produzida por The Messengers. A música é tida como única no Brasil e em vário países europeus de seu álbum My Worlds: The Collection. Nos Estados Unidos e no Canadá, ela faz parte do álbum My Worlds Acoustic. De acordo com o interprete, ele se inspirou na música "Man in the Mirror" de Michael Jackson ao escrever a canção. É uma faixa cristã contemporânea. É usado principalmente instrumentos, no entanto faz usos pequenos de sons eletrônicos.

"Pray" recebeu análises positivas, muitos críticos apreciaram a mensagem que é retratada na música. Ela atingiu as paradas de singles da Alemanha e da Áustria. O videoclipe da canção estreou em 26 de novembro de 2010 em sua página no Facebook. O videoclipe também tem características religiosas, mostrando lugares afetados por desastres naturais, crianças doentes, pessoas sem casa, e mais, que são mostrados por Bieber. O cantor estreou a música no American Music Awards, acompanhado por um coro completo.

Antecedentes

"Pray" foi composta por Bieber com Omar Martinez, Adam Messinger e Nasri Atweh que faz parte do The Messengers. Em uma entrevista para o programa de rádio de Ryan Seacrest, Justin afirmou que foi influenciado pela canção "Man In The Mirror" de Michael Jackson ao escrever a música:

A canção foi lançada como CD Single na Alemanha em 3 de dezembro de 2010.. "Pray" é uma canção que usa a World Music como suporte. De acordo com a partitura publicada pela Universal Music Group, no site Music Notes, Inc, ela é definida em tempo comum com cerca de oitenta batimentos por minuto. É composta pela chave Si maior com o alcance vocal de Bieber que vai desde a nota mais baixa F#3 até a mais alta B4 A canção segue na progressão harmônica de B/G♯–B/F♯–E–B.

No fundo da canção, está sempre presente o uso de violinos e um coro, bem como a guitarra, instrumentos de corda e congos. No entanto, faz uso sútil de sintetizadores e sons eletrônicos. Musicalmente, ela é influenciada pela música cristã contemporânea, e pela música gospel, enquanto inclui pop e R&B. A canção começa com Bieber cantando "E eu rezo" sobre um teclado, enquanto o coro da canção repete um refrão simples, "Eu fecho meus olhos e posso ver uma dia brilhante/Eu fecho meus olhos e rezo." Na letra da música, Justin reconhece a dor e o sofrimento que existe no mundo, e em seguida, oferece uma solução passiva por meio de versos como: Crianças chorando/Os soldados estão morrendo/Algumas pessoas não têm uma casa/Mas eu sei que há luz do sol atrás dessa chuva/Eu sei que há bons tempos atrás dessa dor." Vocalmente, os vocais de Bieber são inferiores comparados a outros singles.

Crítica profissional

Melinda Newman do HitFlix chamou a canção de um "testamento encantador para o poder da oração", comentando que não era apenas para "verdadeiros cristãos", e sim para "verdadeiras Beliebers"." Chamando de momento "Man in the Mirror" de Justin, Newman também disse que enquanto ele não tem o "poder de permanência clássica de Michael Jackson", os temas de como formar as mudanças foram as mesmas. Lucy Jones do The Daily Telegraph, observou a canção como um download recomendando o álbum.

Dan Savoie, do Rockstar Weekly, disse que a letra da canção é uma letra "mais avançada e mostra um lado mais político do cantor, mas a sensação da música realmente funciona com a sua voz". Savoie passou a dizer: "A música acabou de mudar Bieber da categoria pop star para um jovem responsável. Monica Herrera da Billboard escreveu que a música foi uma das mais bem-intencionadas que explicam as crenças espirutuais de Justin.

Vídeo musical e apresentações ao vivo

No vídeo da música, Bieber destaca várias injustiças sociais ao redor do mundo. Aparecem imagens do resgate no terremoto no Haiti e o sofrimento após um Furacão Katrina em Nova Orleães. Outras cenas destacam soldados militares com suas famílias reunidas sem um lar. O vídeo é intercalado com cenas de Justin. Com a música em si, ele também inclui tons religiosos, assim terminado com a citação: "Deus fala no silêncio do coração. Ouvir é o início da oração." Bill Lamb do About.com disse sobre o vídeo: "Há momentos, em que as fotos com as palavras, ficam de fato mais poderosas que a trilha." Dizendo ser o vídeo "excelente para épocas natalinas", Lamb comentou que o tema traz "esperança e alegria para a vida dos outros" relacionadas com "as comemorações que traz até a nós, juntos na esperança de ter um mundo melhor no futuro."

"Pray" foi apresentada ao vivo pela primeira vez em 2010, no American Music Awards. A performance se iniciou com Bieber sentado tocando um piano enquanto a cantava. No meio da performance, o interprete se levantou do piano e caminhou até o centro do palco, ele foi acompanhado por um coro cantando como vocal de apoio. O desempenho terminou com Bieber ajoelhado, a interpretação foi saudada com aplausos da platéia. Segundo Jocelyn Vena da MTV News, Justin "provou que tem o carisma que o deixou famoso". Thomas Conner do Chicago Sun-Times observou que a performance de Bieber foi o destaque daquela noite, provando que ele sabe sim cantar, podendo superar até os passos de Taylor Swift e Miley Cyrus.

Paradas musicais
"Pray" foi lançado como um single apenas em alguns países europeus e teve um sucesso moderado. No Belgian Flanders Tip, a canção alcançou o número cinco, enquanto que no gráfico Belgian Tip Wallonia, alcançou o número quinze e passou uma combinação de oito semanas em ambos os gráficos. No Austrian Singles Chart, chegou ao número sessenta e cinco, passando uma semana na tabela. A obra estreou em cinquenta e um no German Singles Chart. Apesar de não ter sido lançado como single, devido às vendas do My Worlds: The Collection e My Worlds Acoustic, a canção estreou em noventa quatro sobre o Australian Singles Chart, em número doze no UK Singles Chart e no número noventa e um no Billboard Hot 100, chegando ao sessenta e um na semana seguinte.

Posições

Singles de 2010
Canções gravadas por Justin Bieber

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