It's been a long 21 years for motoring enthusiasts as they waited patiently for the return of the legendary Toyota Supra in the United States. Now it's time to celebrate thanks to the launch of the fifth-generation GR Supra, the first global Toyota GAZOO Racing model. Staying true to its 50+ year lineage of unique Toyota sports and GT cars, the all-new Supra is powered by a potent turbocharged six-cylinder engine along with an iconic rear-wheel drive layout. True to its roots, the Supra is powered by a turbocharged six-cylinder engine along with a rear-wheel drive layout. Designed to be instantly recognizable as a Supra, its bold exterior styling emphasizes its short wheelbase and sophisticated chassis structure.
Driver, car, and road become one instantly once you grab hold of the steering wheel. On the exterior, a unique double-bubble roof design reduces drag by trimming the roof center to reduce the projected frontal area without negatively impacting occupant headroom. Vibrant, expressive color options include Nitro Yellow, Downshift Blue, and Renaissance Red 2.0 — each of which add a sense of exhilaration typically associated with a high-performance sports car.
Drawing inspiration from the fourth-generation Supra, the front fascia of the 2020 Supra sports a prominent central grille section accented by large air intakes on each side. Engineered to excel on both the street and the track, its double-bubble roof design lowers aerodynamic drag while making no compromises on interior headroom. At the rear, a prominent arching integrated rear spoiler works to suppress aerodynamic lift while simultaneously paying tribute to the fourth-gen Supra Turbo. Six-lens LED headlights integrate both daytime running lamps and turn signal functions to create a distinctive lighting signature. For a distinctive look, available Phantom Matte Gray combines a matte finish and a hint of blue for a metal-like texture on the Toyota Supra.
Discover a perfect balance of function and premium comfort and convenience features inside the Toyota Supra. Dual automatic climate control, Keyless Smart Entry, auto-dimming rearview mirrors, rear camera, rain sensor windshield wipers, garage door opener, power folding mirrors, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel are examples of standard features. A low, narrow-section dashboard layout gives the driver expansive forward visibility. Critical for performance driving, the tachometer and shift-timing indicator allow the driver to easily focus on vital control information. Helping to keep your eyes focused on the road, an optional full-color Head-Up Display projects navigation and drive data directly onto the windshield. A lightweight composite hatch gives you seamless access to the smartly trimmed luggage area of the Supra.


The old Jameson whiskey distillery is a beautiful and historic building in the heart of Dublin.
It's undergone numerous changes in its long life, the most recent of which has seen the building transformed into a spacious venue for distillery tours and events.
The distillery was originally built in 1780, and was one of only a few distilleries in Dublin. Uncertain times fell upon the Irish whiskey industry following prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933, followed by a trade war with Britain later in the 1930s. It was also during this period that, like so many large buildings in Dublin's city centre, the distillery was used as a base for rebels during the fight for independence.
The decline of Irish whiskey helped Scotch and bourbon to become global favourites. In fact, by the middle of the twentieth century, Irish whiskey was almost dead in the water.
Brutal, but effective. The distillery was one of the last to survive in Dublin, eventually closing its doors in 1971, when distilling operations moved to Midleton in Cork. For almost three decades the Bow Street distillery lay vacant, finally reopening in 1997 as a visitors' centre. Jameson's distillery in Midleton became the perfect location for perfecting the unique flavour of Irish whiskey, allowing it to carve out a niche for itself around the world as an alternative to Scotch and bourbon.
Since the reopening in the 90s, the Bow Street distillery has undergone three refurbishments. These have generally been completed to update the building and accommodate more visitors, of which there have been four million so far.
But it's the latest refurbishment that is the most interesting. Bow Street is now the Jameson brand home with a maturation house. It remains very much true to the original structure; thankfully, most of the building survived the years of neglect.
There's also a giant old millstone that was used in the original distillery. The project team worked closely with conservation architects during the renovations in order to preserve as much of the old building as possible. And walking around, you see the fruits of that labour. You really get a sense of the old building, despite a number of newly installed features – and the fact that the original copper stills were sold off long ago.
In a secretive room behind the maturation house lies a beautiful old desk, equipped with an ancient typewriter and an original leather-bound notebook of John Jameson; his handwriting was very elegant. They call this part of the distillery JJ's Office. "We're not entirely sure what we'll do with this section," Paula says. "It's a beautiful space, filled with a lot of artefacts, and the room has been preserved really well." She suggests it may be used for private, small functions. But as of yet, it is a room of secrecy and beauty.
The distillery will now host whiskey tastings and mixology classes, as well as interactive tours. More and more original artefacts are being discovered in Midleton and brought up to Bow Street for display, making it a museum as much as a distillery. The excellently preserved and tastefully renovated building is a site of real interest to anyone intrigued by whiskey, as well as one of historical relevance in Dublin's ongoing narrative.
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Ten of Dublin's most eminent statues have been given a new lease of life – and a voice - thanks to a project called Talking Statues by Failte Ireland with support from Sing London and Dublin City Council. Dublin is a city with a rich past. Its history is full of humour, folklore and, most of all, characters - many of whom have been immortalised as statues. James Joyce They stand in parks, on street corners and in galleries. They connect us to a time gone by, and they all have a story to tell. But when was the last time you stopped to look at a statue? Or gave a moment's thought to who it portrays and why it's there? Talking Statues helps us to remember the achievements and ideas of the people who were turned into stone or bronze. It keeps their stories alive using an artfully crafted monologue delivered directly to your phone. Just scan a QR code near the statue, and James Joyce or even Cúchulainn will give you a bell. I can assure you that it takes communing with a statue to a whole new level.


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Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation
For many people in the Valley - especially Derby - Ed Strang was Mr. Scout in the Valley symbolizing a lifetime of dedication to Valley youth and the Boy Scouts.
Pioneer Scouter and the oldest Cubmaster in the United States, Edmund D. Strang died May 31, 1995, at the Hospice in Branford after a brief illness. He was the husband of Caroline Booth Strang. Son of the late Edmund J. and Anna Strang, Ed was born in Derby, March 8, 1910 and was a lifelong resident. A graduate of Derby High School, he was captain of the football and basketball teams.
Ed joined Boy Scout Troop 3 in 1922 and became Troop 3's second Eagle Scout in 1927. In 1927 he was asked by Scoutmaster Rev. Alfred Budd to organize a program for the younger brothers of the scouts. Cub Pack 3 was formed three years before Cub Scouts became an official program in the United States. Ed served as Assistant Cubmaster and Cubmaster for 68 years and was the longest tenured Cubmaster and oldest Cubmaster in the US.
Having lost his father to the 1919 influenza outbreak, Ed was able to attend Scout Camp in 1922 at Camp Irving only due to a campership he received from a local businessman. Ed so thoroughly enjoyed summer camp that he stayed the whole summer, returning the following years as a member of the camp staff and eventually serving as the Camp Director of Camp Irving for many years.
While serving as Cubmaster, Ed also became Scoutmaster of Troop 3 and held that position from 1935 to 1960. Ed served as the troop coordinator and held the weekly Patrol Leaders meetings at his home for more than 50 years. During his tenure as Scoutmaster Ed led Troop 3 Scouts at the 1937, 1950, 1953 and 1957 National Scout Jamborees. In 1939 Ed helped organize Explorer Post 33 for the older scouts. He led groups of 40 Explorer Scouts on 3 week trips to Europe on four occasions in addition to numerous trips to Canada and New York City. Under his encouragement and example 194 Troop 3 and Post 33 Scouts achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
During World War II Ed was drafted into the US Army at age 33 and he served two years in Hungary as a Cryptographer in the allied Control Commission. During that time he helped form George Washington Boy Scout Troop 1 in Budapest. During this time he also delivered a letter from Pope Pius XII to Cardinal Mescenti in which the Roman Catholic Church denounced communism.
Upon returning to Derby after the War Ed served on the Governor's Committee for handicapped youth and in 1949 he was instrumental in bringing Little League to the Valley, serving on the Derby Little League's Board of Directors since its inception. He coached the Laurels for 12 years and 3 league championships.
A lifelong member of the Derby United Methodist Church, Ed served as Sunday School Superintendent in the 1930's and was a 30 year trustee. He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, He was Past President and secretary of the Derby Shelton Rotary Club and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was also on the Board of Directors of the Derby Veteran's Community Center, Oak Cliff Cemetary and he was a past vice-president and 50 year member of the Housatonic Council BSA Executive Board. He was a 60 year member of the Housatonic Council Camping Committee, serving as it chairman since 1955. He was a co-founder of the Housatonic Scout Reservation which opened in 1961. The 186 acre camp located in Goshen was renamed the Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation in 1990.
Ed organized an exchange scout program with the Woodlands Verndun, Canada Scout Troop for over 40 years and for the past 20 years he coordinated exchanges with scouts from Derby and Peterborough, England and Limerick, Ireland. Having retired in 1975 after 42 years as Derby Office Manager of United Illuminating, he enjoyed travelling with his wife to England to visit his many Scouting friends.
For 70 years he served as Interlocutor of the Pack 3, Troop 3 and Explorer Post 33 annual Scout Minstrel Show. In addition to Interlocutor, he was the manager, director and the driving force behind the show for 50 years.
Ed has been honored by the National Boy Scouts of America many times having received the Silver Beaver Award, the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the Spurgeon Award for Exploring, the James E. West Fellowship and the Silver Antelope Award, which was presented to him by Governor John Rowland on behalf of the BSA's Northeast Region. Ed was awarded Regent for Life by the National Eagle Scout Association .
He was also honored by the community for his service to youth having received the first Valley Lawyers Association's Liberty Award, the first Chamber of Commerce Gold Seal Award, the Valley United Way's Flynn Humanitarian Award, Derby-Shelton Boys & Girls Club Man of the Year, Derby Senior Center's Man of the Year and the Nutmeg Athletic Club Alumni award.
The Methodist Church awarded Ed the Cross and Flame Award and he was the first non-Catholic in Connecticut awarded the Bronze Pelican Award by the Archdiocese of Hartford. Strang Road was named in his honor and his portrait was hung in the Derby Aldermanic Chambers following the Ed Strang Day celebration. The city sponsored event featured movie actor Brian Dennehy, who returned to Derby to honor his former Cubmaster.
Upon the awarding of the Silver Beaver Award to Ed in 1939, the late Lucien Desaulniers, Housatonic Council President and former editor of the Evening Sentinel, said of Ed, "Ed is the type of leader who just doesn't happen very often, and there can be no doubt but that Ed Strang is a man devoted to a cause, fortunate for us that cause is the Boy Scouts of America."
Frank Gates Memorial Dining Hall
Frank Gates was the last in a long line in the Gates family, who became quite wealthy. What was interesting about them is they became wealthy through business ventures in old Derby - as in what is now East Derby.
They never really invested in Birmingham. There was a Gates Hall in East Derby that was pretty much the central gathering place for people in the mid 19th century in old Derby.
Frank was the Sherriff of New Haven County at one point. The family lived in the same site, at the corner of Derby Avenue and Bank Street for over 170 years. It evolved into Derby's most beautiful mansion. Frank and his brother Ross never married, and when Frank died he left in his will that he wanted no one outside the family living in the house. Since he was the last Gates family member, this meant the house was torn down shorly after his death a little over 50 years ago. He left most of his family's assets to the many organizations he was involved with in the Valley, with the lion's share going to the New Haven Foundation, in order to benefit charitable organizations in the Valley area.
It is interesting that his family's monument at Oak Cliff Cemetery, which could have been huge, is actually modest compared to others, though it contains several pillars in it, which I think is highly symbolic as the family really was one the pillars of the community for many generations. His charity was legendary, and a lot of organizations, from the Humphreys House Association (who maintained the building before Derby Historical took it over in 1961) to Housatonic Council BSA, to Highland Golf Course, to attracting the Yale rowing team to Derby, to helping the Military Order of the Purple Heart get on their feet, he was pretty much involved in everything.
The Frank Gates Dining Hall at Housatonic Council's Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation was funded in part by the Gates Foundation portion of the New Haven Foundation in 1961. In the 1930s and 40s Gates was a Committeeman of Troop 3 Derby, Honorary President of Housatonic Council and a representative on the National BSA Executive Board. He attended the 1937 National Scout Jamboree in Washington DC and took color movies there. Frank Gates also donated an ambulance to Derby, England during WWII but it never made it as the ship it was on was bombed and sunk.
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The Katharine Matthies Foundation is the legacy of Miss Katharine Matthies, a lifelong Seymour resident and benefactor. She was born August 26, 1903, the daughter of George E. Matthies and Annie Wooster Matthies. Members of her family were leading industrialists in Seymour throughout much of the past century. They played a major role in the economic development of the Town of Seymour.
Miss Matthies lived a very active life and had a wide range of interests. She collected books, stamps, coins, paintings, jewelry and Netsukes. Among her pursuits were photography, trout fishing and an enjoyment of the outdoors. She was very active in the national, state and local societies of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In addition, she served for many years on the Seymour Board of Library Directors. She was involved with many community and charitable activities and supported many youth programs, like Housatonic Council BSA. Katharine Matthies was an extremely generous individual and benefactor of her community. The Foundation continues that spirit of philanthropy that marked her lifetime.
The Foundation, established in 1987 following the death of Miss Matthies, was left in trust in her estate to support programs that meet social and community needs. Foundation assets now total over $17,000,000. Since its' creation, the Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $5.5 million to fund projects that serve the towns of Seymour, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Ansonia, Shelton and Derby.
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EOCA opens conservation project vote
KENDAL – The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) has invited industry-wide input as it looks to whittle down the list of projects it's set to fund with a combined €180,000 in the coming months.
A public vote has opened today and will run until 21 October. Those involved are able to vote across three categories; one of which will hone in on tackling plastic pollution and providing capital to worthy clean up missions around the world. ECOA and its members have set an ambitious target of combatting plastic pollution across 3000km of coastline.
Catherine Savidge, joint general manager of EOCA noted: "Following a summer of carefully assessing and scoring over 70 different funding applications and discussing them with our Scientific Advisers, we are now delighted that we have a shortlist of worthwhile conservation projects, all of which EOCA wishes it could fund.
"This autumn, EOCA has €180,000 to grant to projects and so is asking for your help to choose which projects receive the funding," she added.
The three categories – which people can vote across once per electronic device – includes one with a focus on plastic pollution clean-up actions, and two that more broadly explore conservation issues dear to the hearts of outdoor enthusiasts.
Those selected to receive funding are entitled to up to €30,000.
"Repeatedly, we get feedback from projects involved in the vote that taking part brings many benefits to them beyond selecting which projects receive funding," Savidge said. "It is an opportunity to raise awareness of their projects on an international platform, and to highlight the critical conservation issue they are working on. Time and again, the projects get support from unexpected places during the vote including national press, TV and radio, celebrities and politicians."
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Q: scanf " %c" does not read whitespace in C I need to read user input characters including whitespace and store them in linked list. If i use scanf("%c", &charas) it runs loop 2 times and allows to input only 1 time. If i use scanf(" %c", &charas) it does not read whitespace.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
struct sarasas {
    char zenklas;
    struct sarasas *kitas;
};
typedef struct sarasas Sarasas;
typedef Sarasas *SarasasPtr;

int tarpas(struct sarasas* sar, int index)
{
    struct sarasas* dabartinis = sar;
    int i;
    for (i=1; i<=index; i++)
    {
        if (dabartinis->zenklas == 32)
            return(i);
        dabartinis=dabartinis->kitas;
    }
}

int main()
{
    int i, n, tarpo_vieta;
    char charas;
    SarasasPtr sar;
    sar=(SarasasPtr) malloc(sizeof(Sarasas));
    SarasasPtr pradzia=sar;
    printf("Iveskite skaiciu n\n");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    printf("Veskite elementus: \n");
    for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
    {
        printf("%d\n", i);
        scanf("%c\n", &charas);
            sar->zenklas=charas;
            sar->kitas=(SarasasPtr) malloc(sizeof(Sarasas));
            sar=sar->kitas;

    }
    sar->kitas=NULL;
    //tarpo_vieta=tarpas(pradzia, n);
    printf("%d\n", tarpo_vieta);
    for (i=1;i<=n;i++)
    {
        printf("%c\n", pradzia->zenklas);
        pradzia=pradzia->kitas;
    }
}

Also i cannot use arrays.

A: use fgets
fgets(comment, sizeof comment, stdin);

Or
use
scanf("%[^\n]",word);

A: Try using getchar() to read one character instead of scanf():
 charas = getchar();

A: Use this one, some time our scanf and and also gets will not work properly, these happen so to read the value using different read function,
scanf("%[^\n]s",word);

this scanf will read your value upto new line means till you will not key enter this will read your input(size of string is a limit).
scanf("%[^*]",word);

this will read up to your '*' char if you pressed.

A: First try running this:
char c;
do {
    c = getchar();
    putchar(c);
} while (c != '.');

While the code apparently deals with a single character per loop, what the program actually does it it takes input of any length from the user and then prints it character by character until it encounters a period.
You can use a similar loop, just instead of putchar in my code, write the code to add c to the linked list.

A: The problem lies with scanf("%d", &n); as although is does read in int n, it leaves the '\n' or Enter in stdin.  This is scanned in with the next scanf("%c\n", &charas);.
Also a problem: scanf("%c\n", &charas); which does not return until a char, optional white-space (like \n, all which is consumed) and a non-white-space is entered.  (That non-white-space is returned to stdin though)
As @miushock says, check scanf() family results.
Rather than:
scanf("%d", &n);
for(i=1;i<=n;i++) {
  scanf("%c\n", &charas);
  sar->zenklas=charas;
}

Do
char buf[40];
if (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin) == NULL) Handle_EOForIOError();
if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &n) != 1) Handle_InputError();
for (i=1; i<=n; i++) {
  if (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin) == NULL) Handle_EOForIOError();
  if (strlen(buf) != 2) Handle_InputError();
  sar->zenklas = buf[0];
}

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By Carlos Gutierrez Nov. 14, 2017 Updated: Nov. 14, 2017 5:49 p.m.
On Tuesday, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, his Canadian counterpart James Carr and Mexican counterpart Pedro Joaquín Coldwell met in Houston to discuss how to improve what is already a major success story - the productive integration of the North American energy market. With major efforts underway to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, the message going forward must be that the best way to ensure a bright energy future for all Americans is to maintain an agreement that strengthens and expands, rather than undermines, our three nations' energy integration.
Over the past 20 years, trilateral trade in crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products and electricity has made North America a global energy powerhouse, one likely to reach energy self-sufficiency as early as 2020. North American energy exports support 10.3 million Americans working in the natural gas and oil industry. Free trade of refined products with Canada and Mexico supports 107,800 direct refinery jobs across the United States, many of them in Texas.
While advances in technology, infrastructure and transportation have all played a role in the success of the this energy region, it is clear that the 23-year-old NAFTA accord was the key policy catalyst. The agreement's tariff, regulatory and investment provisions have been a great boon to the energy sector. And, in laying the groundwork for more streamlined trade, NAFTA prompted efficiencies that drastically reduced energy costs for consumers and created greater demand in all three countries.
The integration of this energy region is only part of the NAFTA story. During the last two decades, overall U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada has more than tripled. International trade supports more than 1 million jobs in Texas, and exports to our NAFTA partners account for almost 50 percent of Lone Star state exports. In fact, Houston is the largest exporter of any metropolitan area in the country, exporting in 2015 more than $97.1 billion in goods.
Countless Texas jobs are indirectly supported by the wider trade in goods, services and energy throughout North America sparked by NAFTA. Consider, the hundreds of railcars and trucks that transport fuel, petrochemical products and energy-related equipment each day between the three countries. Or the thousands of workers across the U.S. who provide an array of professional services, from construction to engineering to accounting services, which in turn help make U.S. energy producers among the most successful in the world. All of these workers have benefitted from NAFTA's facilitation of cross-border trade and reduction of regulatory burdens.
The energy sector will benefit from continued and improved trilateral energy collaboration that enhances competition in global energy markets. But this expansion will only be possible if the agreement is revised and improved so that companies in all three countries can rely on a stable framework for business.
Unfortunately, faced with the opportunity to improve and modernize NAFTA, the Trump administration's signal that it wants to make the agreement more restrictive - or to withdraw entirely - threatens to move energy trade in the wrong direction. It leads to the question of whether the administration has fully weighed the consequences of these actions.
A more restrictive deal will stifle industry progress, while withdrawal would increase cross-border transactions by reintroducing tariffs. It would remove protections for U.S. energy companies in competition for contracts or investing in Canadian and Mexican energy markets. And it would stymie new efforts on regulatory cooperation.
Worst of all, it will put at risk hundreds of thousands of energy, transport and service jobs in Texas, and across the country.
Competitiveness is the key to prosperity. Globally competitive economies grow faster and create more jobs. For the United States, the first step should be to strengthen, not undermine, the relationships that spurred development of one of the most prosperous commercial regions in the world. Competition is vital throughout our economy. Nowhere is that more so than in the sector vital to our energy future.
Gutierrez is former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He currently chairs the National Foreign Trade Council and the Albright Stonebridge Group.


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By Justin Walker, Mike Ellott, Tim Robson Photos TR • October 28, 2019 • Reading Time: 7 Minutes
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1. Road cycling
Road riding is probably the most easily understood discipline of cycling – we see them in their natural habitat all the time! Born not long after the invention of the first bicycle in the early 1800s, road cycling has always been at the more competitive end of the bicycle spectrum. The form-fitting Lycra, the drop-style handlebars and the skinny tyres all pay homage to the speed and focus of a typical road rider – not to mention those classic bikes of the 1920s and '30s.
What kind of bike do I need?
While pretty much any bike can be ridden on a road, a proper road bike is a lot more than your average weekend cruiser. Modelled on the machines that are ridden at superhuman speeds over insane distances in mass start races from the hills of Adelaide to the vineyards of France, a typical road bike is incredibly light, very efficient and amazingly adept at covering big distances.
A full-size machine can weigh as little as six kilograms, while its tyres are no more than 28mm wide – which is a big jump from the 19mm wide version of only a few years ago. Gearing is tall, meaning that while a typical road bike can cover vast distances over moderately rolling terrain, big inclines can be challenging for the average rider.
If you're looking at buying a road bike, a decently light machine from a well-known brand with good quality components won't leave you any change from $2000. Stepping up from there will net a bike that's both lighter and stronger, and the $3500-4000 region is packed with amazingly good machines. If your tastes run higher than that, then the sky is the limit. We saw a customised Canadian-made road bike on a bike shop floor recently for the eye-watering sum of $17,000…
Where's the best place to ride?
Within Australia, the popularity of the Tour Down Under in January each year has fostered an incredible road riding scene in around the city of Adelaide in South Australia. The roads are wide and easy to ride, the terrain is stunning and the post-ride food and drinks are nothing short of amazing.
Online services like Ride With GPS also offer a great way to find routes around your local area.
2. Mountain biking
Born of pot-smoking Californian motocross bums of the 1970s looking for the next big thrill, the sport has graduated from butchered beach cruisers to electronic suspension, self-dropping seatposts and carbon-fibre wonder bikes that can cost more than a good car.
The sport is enjoying a resurgence of sorts, too, as governments around the country finally wake up to the notion of adventure tourism, while myriad trial building experts ply their trade from Queensland to Tasmania and everywhere in between.
Like the rest of the cycling world, the mountain bike (MTB) morphed from a general purpose bike into something very specific to the task of riding over dirt, gravel, tree roots and rocks. Broadly speaking, there are two streams of bike – the cross-country bike and the gravity bike. As its name suggests, the cross-country (XC) bike excels at carrying its rider over long distances, thanks to its lighter weight, more reactive handling and its ability to scale huge climbs and rail down long descents.
Gravity bikes, on the other hand, are less fun to ride up hill, due to their heavier weight, more aggressive tyres and relaxed frame angles. However, overcome these obstacles with either a chairlift or a shuttle service to the top of a mountain, and the gravity bike's longer suspension travel, bigger brakes and inherent stability thanks to those relaxed frame angles means you can carry huge speeds downhill.
There are plenty of bikes that intersect with both usage graphs, of course, and it's possible to give a XC machine some gravity traits by changing tyres and suspension parts, or rein in a gravity beast by changing a few parts to suit a particular terrain type.
Mountain bikes are not cheap. It's possible to buy a $1500 MTB, but you'll soon wish you spent more on a model with front and rear suspension, better parts and a lower weight. While $4000 sounds a lot, it opens up more options across the spectrum to pick the bike that best suits your riding style.
Mountain bike parks offer the advantage of well groomed trails and obstacles, with the added advantage of knowing someone will stumble across you sooner or later if you crash and are unable to ride out. Some of the best riding in the world is in a park-style area known as Blue Derby, near Launceston in Tasmania, while similar riding areas are starting to pop up in other states.
On the other hand, exploring new trails is part of the fun of the sport. A great app called Trailforks opens up a whole new world of dirt you never knew existed – and even trails in your own back yard.
3. Gravel/adventure/touring
It's actually not that long ago that a bike was just that… a bike. In a world of no automobiles, it was a tool of transport, a daily connection to the world outside and a vital part of transport infrastructure. With the advent of the car, the bike became a leisure item… but the freedom provided by the bike still burns brightly.
Touring bikes came to prominence in the 1970s, and although modelled on sporting road bikes of the day, featured a more heavy-duty construction, stronger brakes and a relaxed geometry to easily cover longer distances.
The cyclocross bike, meanwhile, was devised as a way for European riders to train throughout the winter months by racing lightly modified road bikes over muddy paddocks.
The touring bike has largely faded into history, while the pure cyclocross racer still exists at the pointy end of the retail spectrum… but the best of both bikes lives on in the souls of the gravel and adventure bikes. What's the best way to think about these bikes? Well… they're just bikes.
For the sake of argument, the modern gravel bike and adventure bike can be regarded as basically the same thing. Based around a road-style frame with drop handlebars, the gravel/adventure bike differs from its road-going cousin by way of wider, stronger wheels, better quality brakes (usually disc) and different, more relaxed handling characteristics.
Again summarising a bit, a road bike is like a thoroughbred race horse; it's fast and nimble, but it can be nervous and flighty. A gravel/adventure bike, meanwhile, is like a faithful brood mare; it's compliant, comfortable, and can carry a load, at the expense of a bit of speed.
A typical adventure/gravel bike will generally sport an aluminium frame, which is both affordable and durable, while it'll offer disc brakes that can stop far more quickly than the old-style road side-pull brakes, especially in inclement weather. It will offer mounting points for accessories like luggage racks to allow it to be used as a pack horse, as well as a wide gear range to better tackle hills.
A good adventure rig starts around $1700, with excellent bikes for sale at around the $3000 mark. We'd recommend steering away from a carbon adventure bike; alloy is more durable and cheaper to repair or replace if damaged. Equally, custom-built cromoly steel or even titanium frames give the rider a more comfortable, compliant ride and, in the case of steel, it can be repaired anywhere a welder can be found – making it ideal for around-the-world touring missions.
The world is literally your oyster. Australia, for example, still has 600,000km of unsealed roads, so if gravel riding is your desire, you're well catered for.
Even entry-level adventure bikes can be put to good use as overseas tour machines. Riding across Vietnam, for example, is a worthy adventure, with plenty of tourism operators on hand to help with planning and logistics.
4. E-bikes
E-biking has slowly burbled up to the surface in recent years, and refers (mostly) to electrically assisted bikes (known as pedalec bikes) that are limited by Australian Design Rules to a certain performance level.
Leaving aside pedalec commuter machines, the big growth in e-bikes has been in the area of mountain bikes, or e-mtbs. Almost every major manufacturer has one or two on fleet, while all of them will have them in 2020.
And if you're dismissive of the idea, just think that we used to get up off the couch to change TV channels once, too!
The e-mtb is still in its infancy, but there are already plenty of bikes and electric assistance systems to look at – and it's worth noting here that there is arguably no safe, easy or convenient way to convert a normal bike into an e-bike.
An e-mtb uses a small electric motor down near the bike's cranks to send no more than 250 watts into the pedals arms. That motor is fed by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which is often worked to fit into the downtube of the bike's frame to give it a maximum range of somewhere between 50-100km, depending on the size of the battery, how much climbing is performed and even how cold the day is.
The electric system only works when the cranks are turning; there's no throttle to pin!
The motor is quite hefty, and it throws out a lot of torque, so frames need to be built more strongly to handle the loads. As well, components are also beefed up to handle more weight, torque and speed, which all adds up. A typical mountain bike weighs around 14-15kg, while an e-mtb is 22-25kg on average.
E-mtbs come in hardtail (rigid rear end, suspended front end) or dual suspension styles, and we'd recommend the latter if you plan to ride off-road. It makes things far more comfortable, and because you're travelling more quickly, you're hitting bumps a lot faster!
Think of an e-mtb as a way to get to the top of your favourite hill a lot faster; the electric assistance cuts out at 25km/h, and it's actually advisable to turn your assistance level down to its lowest level on the way down the hill. Not only does it conserve the battery, but the extra torque could kick in at the wrong time if you're pedalling through a slower corner, pushing you towards the outside of the turn.
An e-mtb opens up a whole new world of possibilities… but there are instances around the world where trail operators are banning e-mtbs because of a misguided view that they are motor bikes, rather than assisted bicycles. We reckon that an e-mtb causes no more adverse effects on trail networks than a pedal bike, despite the extra weight, and thankfully Australian trails are largely free of such restrictions.
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It has been 8 years since the release of the documentary 'The Cove' that highlighted the dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. We dove in to see what has changed since the spotlight was put on this horrific annual event. The changes we found were not what we had hoped. The 2016-2017 hunt produced only 45% of their typical quota, which has led experts to believe that certain species that were commonly hunted in Taiji are now facing the threat of extinction. This includes the bottlenose dolphin, the false killer whale, and the Pacific white-sided dolphin. The Japan Fisheries Agency has responded to the decline by opening up two new dolphin species for hunting this year, the melon-headed dolphins and rough-toothed dolphins. Hunters quickly fulfilled the original quotas set for these new species, so the Japan Fisheries Agency increased their quotas to allow the hunt to continue for the full season.
After eight years of silence, a representative from the Japan Fisheries Agency agreed to give an interview about their annual hunt. They are unapologetic about their methods or their targets, claiming that this is how the people of Taiji have survived for generations. He points out that crops are scarce in that area, and they would have no other way to make a living. The representative also attempts to draw a comparison between the cattle and pig industries, saying that there isn't as big of an uproar over those industries simply because it is all done behind closed doors. The agency has no intention of stopping this tradition.
Advocates are still fighting hard to protect these dolphins. The Save Japan Dolphins Campaign has been fighting this fight for years, but they are trying to do it in way that will help the people of Taiji move on from the hunting industry so that the change will be lasting. They have come up with a multi-pronged plan to help transition fisherman from the dolphin and whale hunting industries into sustainable and profitable alternatives that will help preserve these animals and their environment. One successful alternative is to encourage more local tourism and start providing dolphin and whale sightseeing tours, which have proven successful all around the world. Another option they are trying to provide is to teach sustainable fishing methods. Most of these fisherman have been taught that dolphins and whales are killing the fishing industry, when in fact that line of thinking is untrue, misinformed and leads to overfishing and pollution, as well as the unnecessary killing of dolphins and whales. The Save Japan Dolphins Campaign can teach them how to develop truly sustainable fishing methods that protect the fish stocks, as well as the environment.
Sadly, dolphin hunting is not specific to Taiji, or even Japan. Dolphin hunts are being performed, albeit illegal, in West Africa, Latin America, the South Pacific and Asia for food consumption on a thriving dolphin meat black market, as well as to be used as shark bait. With the shark fin market on the rise in China, the demand has caused an increase in using dolphins as bait. Organizations like the International Whaling Convention, the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention of Biological Diversity are all constantly working to highlight these issues and find a resolution before it is too late.
Dolphin hunts are so detrimental and disturbing, not only because of the plummeting dolphin populations in our oceans, but also because of what we now know about dolphins. They express empathy and altruism, they are clever and incredible problem solvers, and their brain to body ratio is second only to humans. They are also known to mourn the dead. Beyond that, dolphin meat contain toxic levels of heavy metals and pesticides that can lead to major health problems in humans. Savagely hunting these magnificent creatures for human pleasure is both inhumane and dangerous.
Please help us spread awareness about the dangers of swim with dolphins programs, dolphinariums, and any programs that exploit captive dolphins. With the natural upturned mouth of dolphins that resembles a smile, people are often unaware of their suffering. Educate yourself on the issue, and talk to your friends and family about the connections between those family dolphin attractions and the dark and dirty industry of dolphin hunting. The more people know and understand about dolphins, the better chance we have to putting an end to these needless killings.
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The hunters believe that dolphins and whales are killing the fishing industry
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The hunters believe there is no difference between the cattle and pig industry and dolphin hunting
What method did the Save Japan Dolphin Campaign offer to help dolphin hunters transition away from dolphin hunting?
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They would teach them sustainable fishing methods
They would offer new business startup advice
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Why do fishermen hunt dolphins other than for food?
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Dolphins are believed to have medicinal uses
Dolphin fins are believed to bring good luck
Dolphins are only hunted for food consumption
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Q: How to Match Parenthesis to Parse a S-Expression? I am trying to create a function that does the following:
Assuming that the code input is "(a 1 2 (b 3 4 5 (c 6) |7) 8 9)"
where the pipe | symbol is the position of the cursor,
the function returns:
a String "b 3 4 5 (c 6) 7" representing the code that is in the scope of the cursor
an int 8 representing the start index of the string relative to the input
an int 30 representing the end index of the string relative to the input
I already have working code that returns exactly that. However, the problem lies in ignoring comments, while keeping track of context (e.g. String literals, my own literal delimiters, etc).
Here is the code which keeps track of context:
public static void applyContext(Context context, String s, String snext, String sprev) {
        if (s.equals("\"")) {
            if (context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN) {
                context.context = Context.Contexts.STRING;
                context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote = true;
            } else if (context.context == Context.Contexts.STRING && context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote && !sprev.equals("\\"))
                context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;
        } else if (s.equals("\'")) {
            if (context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN) {
                context.context = Context.Contexts.STRING;
                context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote = false;
            } else if (context.context == Context.Contexts.STRING && !context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote && !sprev.equals("\""))
                context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;
        } else if (s.equals("/") && snext.equals("/")) {
            if (context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN)
                context.context = Context.Contexts.COMMENT;
        } else if (s.equals("\n")) {
            if(context.context == Context.Contexts.COMMENT)
                context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;
        }
        else if (s.equals("\\")) {
            if(context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN)
                context.context = Context.Contexts.PATTERN;
            else if(context.context == Context.Contexts.PATTERN)
                context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;
        }
    }

Firstly, I'll be using the function above like so:
String sampleCode = "(a b "cdef" g \c4 bb2 eb4 g4v0.75\)";
Context c = new Context(Context.Contexts.MAIN);
for(int i = 0; i < sampleCode.length(); i++) {
    String s = String.valueOf(sampleCode.charAt(i));
    String snext = *nullcheck* ? String.valueOf(sampleCode.charAt(i + 1)) : "";
    String sprev = *nullcheck* ? String.valueOf(sampleCode.charAt(i - 1)) : "";
    applyContext(c, s, snext, sprev);
    if(c.context == blahlbah) doBlah();
}

Second, I'll be using this both forwards an backwards, as the current method of doing the function stated at the top of the description is (in pseudocode) this:
function returnCodeInScopeOfCursor(theWholeCode::String, cursorIndex::int) {
  var depthOfCodeAtCursorPosition::int = getDepth(theWholeCode, cursorIndex);
  Context c = new Context(getContextAt(theWholeCode, cursorIndex));

  var currDepth::int = depthOfCodeAtCursorPosition;
  var startIndex::int, endIndex::int;

  for(i = cursorIndex; i >= 0; i--) {//going backwards
    s = .....
    snext = ......
    sprev = ......
    applyContext(c, s, snext, sprev);

    if(c.context == Context.MAIN) {
       if s = "(" then currDepth --;
       if s = ")" then currDepth ++;
    }

    when currDepth < depthOfCodeAtCursorPosition
      startIndex = i + 1;
      break;
  }

  currDepth = depthOfCodeAtCursorPosition;//reset
  for(i = cursorIndex; i < theWholeCode.length; i++) {//going forwards
    s = ...
    snex......
    sprev.....
    applyContext(c, s, snext, sprev);

    if(c.context == Context.MAIN) {
      if s = "(" then currDepth ++;
      if s = ")" then currDepth --;
    }

    when currDepth < depthOfCodeAtCursorPosition
      endIndex = i - 1;
      break;
  }

  var returnedStr = theWholeCode->from startIndex->to endIndex

  return new IndexedCode(returnedStr, startIndex, endIndex);

As you can see, this function would work both forwards and in reverse. Or at least most of it. The only problem is that if I were to use this function backwards, the proper scanning of comments (denoted by the standard ECMA double slash "//") goes haywire.
If I were to create a separate function for reverse context application and check every line recursively for a double slash, then making everything after that '//' a COMMENT (or in the direction of the function's usage, everything before that //), it will take way too much processing time as I want to use this as a livecoding environment for music.
Also, removing the comments before trying to do that returnCodeInScopeOfCursor method may not be feasible... as I need to keep track of the indexes of the code and what not. If I were to remove the comments, there will be a big mess with all the code positions and keeping track of where did I remove what exactly and how many characters etc....
The text area input GUI I'm working with (RichTextFX) does not support Line-Char tracking, so everything is tracked using char index only, hence the problems...
So... I'm utterly perplexed as with what to do with my current code. Any help, suggestions, advice etc... will be greatly appreciated.

A: Could you pre-transform comments from // This is a comment<CR> to { This is a comment}<CR> you then have a language you can walk backwards and forwards.
Apply this transform on the way in and reverse it on the way out and all should be well. Notice we are replacing //... with {...} so all charaqcter offsets are retained.

A: Anyways, after a little experimenting with OldCurmudgeon's idea, I came up with a separate function to get context of the code in a reverse direction.
public static void applyContextBackwards(Context context, String entireCode, int caretPos) {
        String s = String.valueOf(entireCode.charAt(caretPos));
        //So far this is not used
        //String snext = caretPos + 1 < entireCode.length() ? String.valueOf(entireCode.charAt(caretPos + 1)) : "";
        String sprev = caretPos - 1 >= 0 ? String.valueOf(entireCode.charAt(caretPos - 1)) : "";

        //Check for all the flags and what not...
        if(context.commentedCharsLeft > 0) {
            context.commentedCharsLeft--;
            if(context.commentedCharsLeft == 0)
                context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;//The comment is over
        }
        if(context.expectingEndOfString){
            context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;
            context.expectingEndOfString = false;
        }
        if(context.expectingEndOfPattern) {
            context.context = Context.Contexts.MAIN;
            context.expectingEndOfPattern = false;
        }

        //After all the flags are cleared, do this
        if(context.commentedCharsLeft == 0) {
            if (s.equals("\"")) {
                if (context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN) {
                    context.context = Context.Contexts.STRING;
                    context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote = true;
                } else if (context.context == Context.Contexts.STRING && context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote && !sprev.equals("\\"))
                    context.expectingEndOfString = true;//Change the next char to a MAIN, cuz this one's still part of the string
            } else if (s.equals("\'")) {
                if (context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN) {
                    context.context = Context.Contexts.STRING;
                    context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote = false;
                } else if (context.context == Context.Contexts.STRING && !context.stringDelimiterIsADoubleQuote && !sprev.equals("\""))
                    context.expectingEndOfString = true;//Change the next char to a MAIN, cuz this one's still part of the string
            } else if (s.equals("\n")) {

                int earliestOccuranceOfSingleLineCommentDelimiterAsDistanceFromThisNewLine = -1;//-1 for no comments

                //Loop until the next \n is found. In the process, determine location of comment if any
                for(int i = caretPos; i >= 0; i--) {
                    String curr = String.valueOf(entireCode.charAt(i));
                    String prev = i - 1 >= 0 ? String.valueOf(entireCode.charAt(i - 1)) : "";

                    if(curr.equals("\n"))
                        break;//Line has been scanned through

                    if(curr.equals("/") && prev.equals("/"))
                        earliestOccuranceOfSingleLineCommentDelimiterAsDistanceFromThisNewLine = caretPos - i;
                }

                //Set the comment context flag
                //If no comments, -1 + 1 will be 0 and will be treated as no comments.
                context.commentedCharsLeft = earliestOccuranceOfSingleLineCommentDelimiterAsDistanceFromThisNewLine + 1;
                if(earliestOccuranceOfSingleLineCommentDelimiterAsDistanceFromThisNewLine > 0) {
                    context.context = Context.Contexts.COMMENT;
                }
            } else if (s.equals("\\")) {
                if (context.context == Context.Contexts.MAIN)
                    context.context = Context.Contexts.PATTERN;
                else if (context.context == Context.Contexts.PATTERN)
                    context.expectingEndOfPattern = true;//Change the next char to a MAIN cuz this one's still part of the Pattern
            }
        }
    }


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When you think about it, video poker is rather simple game to understand and play. You click the button that says "Deal" and you receive a set of five cards. They all show up on the screen. Then you have a decision to make as to which cards are going to work toward your benefit and which cards are not. What you will do is get rid of, or "discard," whichever cards you deem to be no good for you and replace them with cards that hopefully will improve your chances of putting together a combination that will score with the pay table.
This is a game of five-card draw, like you have probably played throughout your life. In fact, this is most likely the first game you ever learned. Keep in mind that there is a difference between that particular game and the game that you will be playing with at a video poker screen. You are not, for instance, looking to achieve the best hand out of all the players at the table. You are the ONLY one at this poker game. And it is simply you and your talents (or luck, as it were) against the house, not against other players. And whereas you may have been able to discard a maximum of three cards on a casual game you may have had with friends, when you are playing video poker, you can get rid of all your cards if you want. Then you are basically starting again from scratch, but you might be able to make a better hand that way. If you play your hand correctly, you may be able to gain an advantage and win some nice payouts in the long run.
Of course, the "discard" part of video poker is a one-time thing, meaning that you can't do it over and over. It's not like you are playing at a poker table, where there are various rounds of play, followed by betting. Also, there is no such thing as bluffing opponents to "steal" a pot. There is no raising the stakes and chasing opposing players, whether what you have is good or bad. That, simply put, means that you are left with nothing but the actual strength of the hand you have compiled. One of the very good things about video poker, as opposed to other forms of poker, is that you can improve your hand with the possibility of a big payout while at the same time putting a limit on the amount of money you can lose. You've just got to get rid of the trash.


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Phil Klemmer and John Enbom (Writers)
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and comments. (December 17, 2006)
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MI.net: How has your role changed since from the first season to the third season? I think you guys were promoted.
John: It's funny, basically in television, everybody sort of does the same job, and just the longer that you do it, the more high-faluting your title becomes. Basically, everybody is a writer. I was confused before I worked in television, when you saw the opening credits, and you're like, "Oh, there's an executive producer, and a co-executive producer, and a supervising producer. I imagined those were all like people who... Those are just senior writers around the table. And our roles, I don't know, how have they changed? I mean not a ton. It's a very small staff compared to a bigger network show. In that sense, things are very compact. Rob does a lot on his own. He's up at like four in the morning every day, doing his business. So in terms of a military structure or whatever, it's not highly hierarchically...hierarchived, or whatever. It's like, we just do our thing, we write our scripts.
Phil: Yeah, you get to talk more at the table, I guess, if you've been there. It's just more getting comfortable. Now that we've been working with Rob and Diane for three years, there definitely isn't the same sort of anxiety like when you are first on staff when you're like, "Oh man, I'm going to go in today and I'm going to wow 'em." Now we have new guys who are hungry to come in. It's kinda cool to see people who are coming into the show with all of the enthusiasm of somebody who has seen it as a fan but hasn't written for it. We have a writing team of John Moskin and David Mulei, and we have a new staff writer Robby Hull. Those are three new guys. It seems like longer than three years we've been on this show when you see the new guys, and you're like, "Ah, I remember when I first...I remember season one."
MI.net: There's a lot of guys in your staff. Six guys as opposed to just one lady.
Phil: Fortunately she's got the power to do it. She's shouldering the entire female half of the show right now. Which obviously she does extremely well. Last year I think we were half and half, and now we've got just poor Diane bumbling against all of us.
MI.net: In the first season, Rob had the stuff pretty much laid out. In the second season, the writers had the chance to have input on the season-long mysteries. And now you guys have three mysteries. How has the writing experience changed?
John: It gets a little more complicated I think just in the sense that...Like you said, when he sold the show at the very beginning, they had a lot of the first-season story, the metastory all worked out and everything. So that when we made it through a first season and then got the second season ordered, we're like, "Hooray!" Now we have to come up with a bunch of that stuff but we have half the time to do it, if even that. Less than half the time to do it. And now it's even more so this year where we have three little mysteries to plot out. When we finished plotting out the first nine episodes, we sort of applauded ourselves and gave ourselves a cheer and were quite happy. And we sat back and were like, "Oh, now we've got to do the next..."
Phil: [chuckles]
John: And because the show is going on under you, it just means that you have to bear down that much more actually. Sit down and look at the big picture because it's very easy to get sort of wrapped up in day-to-day minutiae of running the show and getting each individual script out.
Phil: I think the shorter mysteries...it's easier to stay focused on the milestones that you want to hit over the course of nine or six or seven episodes versus a whole season, where we would put certain turning points in the mystery off until the next episode and by the end of the episode feeling that you have all these twists and turns that had to play out in the very last couple of episodes. Whereas it's very easy to sort of make sure you're pacing yourself properly with the shorter mysteries. From within and from the criticism of the show, I think everybody was made aware of the season two mystery being a bit too convoluted. It was certainly the sort of thing that made your head hurt, which is an experience that I don't think any of us really wanted to repeat three times this season. I think it's nice these are a little bit more spare and sparse in plotting.
MI.net: When you were writing season two, did you guys get a headache?
John: Yeah, it was really difficult. There were embarrassing moments where friends who were fans would ask you some questions and you found yourself giving them an explanation and almost needing a white board to keep it straight in your head. I don't have any regrets. That's part of noir, is getting completely disoriented and lost, but it's difficult in TV when you are trying to entice new viewers and sort of satisfy casual viewers. It's hard to sort of sell, "Oh, it's fun to not understand what is going on!" That's something that doesn't really work in Nielsen households, I imagine.
[Editor's note: It seemed to work for Lost.]
Phil: I think that is really one of the bigger tensions of trying to mount a show like this: striking that balance between "this is a show that you can pop into at any moment and enjoy it," and also satisfy that larger idea of your storytelling having that more dense, noiry kind of plots that we really love. That's the ongoing challenge, trying to find that balance because it actually isn't an easy line.
MI.net: Are there any things that you wished you had done differently?
Phil: I think we are going to take the George Bush stance and say no.
MI.net: Good answer.
Phil: No mistakes were made.
MI.net: Ever.
Phil: That's insane.
MI.net: One of the great things about the show is the combination of humor, drama, and emotions. Is there something you prefer? Writing comedy, or drama, or mystery aspects?
John: I think I have an easier time with the humorous things. I don't think my sensibilities naturally go towards more melodramatic things. But like you said, I think the straddling of genres is what makes the show fun. I don't think there's a lot of writing gigs in Hollywood that would give you the opportunity to do both. If you look at the prospects, either you are on a procedural where you are just sorta regurgitating lab sort of analysis of how people get beat to death. Or you're working on a gooey melodrama. Veronica Mars is the only show I can think of where you get to stretch your legs in a lot of different styles. And it's all compatible with the tone of the show.
Phil: And if there is anything that I think we did try and change a little bit this year is sorta making the mysteries a little less dense; it was just being able to give ourselves a little more leg room to deal with those other aspects of what you were referring to, the drama and character development and all that kind of stuff. Also, I'm a huge noir fan to begin with, and that's one of the things I really love about the show is just that tone of that idea of somebody who has been hard boiled by life at that point. They have a somewhat cynical, witty take on the world, but are also sorta trying to fight the good fight as it were. And I think that combination is what appeals to me. There's no doubt that within the writing staff, I'm sure there's a lot of hustle to get the sharpest dialogue in there, and sort of do everything you can to make the show sparkle and hopefully its trademark. But at the same time service everything else.
[Editor's note: Wait a sec, you mean this show isn't all about LoVe? *gasp*]
John: There's definitely less beats going up on the board recently. I think that's an effort to let episodes unfold kinda naturally. Let scenes breathe a little more. There definitely was a staccato style that I think we backed away from a little bit. And part of that is just, you know...I don't think there's anything more depressing than having ten minutes of scene that just can't go on the air...
John: ...and realizing that you just equaled sorta flushing hundreds of thousands of dollars down the toilet just because you don't have time to let the whole story play out in 41 minutes.
Phil: The crew down in San Diego work absolutely their asses off to shoot the show. The scripts are always dense. They have eight days to shoot an episode, and they're always just jam packed. In my last script that I just finished they were...they sent me back the schedule and, they're like, "This is nine-and-a-half days. You need to do something about this because we'll die." And that's another thing. We're a very small staff, writing-wise, but also our budget is not enormous to shoot the show, so it's also a struggle to sorta just get it on screen. Because our resources are limited. The crew works like crazy to get what we can, but we also have to watch ourselves so that we just don't overload everything.
MI.net: So I guess that's one thing you guys have learned to do better: how to pace the show. To make sure the episode is 41 minutes and not 50 minutes.
John: Yes and no. We still tend to overstuff everything. That's how we've always done it. We go down on set, and every now and then, producer Dan will give us a glare, like, "Thanks a lot. We've been working for fourteen hours, why did you do this to us?" We can't help ourselves.
Phil: But if they saw our first draft...the last one John and I did, when we first put our pieces together, it was 68 pages, which is...
John: For a 42-minute show.
Phil: ...is nearly 20 pages too long. So if they saw what they could be dealing with....
Klembom: [chuckle]
MI.net: They would all quit.
John: Yeah, they would all quit on us.
MI.net: When we interviewed Cathy last year, she said that Phil was a logician who's very good at continuity.
Phil: Oh, yeah?
MI.net: Yeah. And she said John was just a master wordsmith who always had the best quips. What would you consider your strength?
Phil: Oh, man.
John: Oh, man. I don't know if we have any. If I have any strengths it's just that between doing feature stuff and doing TV stuff, I have at least some experience being able to be competent. [chuckles] I think that's all I can find. Certainly screw around the room a lot and I worry a lot of times that's just being counter-productive because we're not getting things done. We're just screwing around, so I'm not going to chock that up as a strength.
Phil: I don't think we...I don't know...oh, boy. I don't even know how to approach this one.
John: [chuckles]
Phil: We're still here. That's gotta be good, right?
John: Yeah. We'll just lie back on that. Like, Diane, you can easily say she has the voice of the show so perfectly lodged in her head. It just comes right out. We struggle, we're like childish.
Phil: We can really do solid Dick Casablancas.
John: Yeah.
Phil: That's probably why he's still on the show. Because Ryan Hansen himself is such a charming guy, and we can't help but cut loose with him. But everything else, there's no doubt that it's a lot of work for us to sort of make sure we're getting things right, getting the voice of the show right. Veronica is such a particular character that we definitely do what we can to make sure we're keeping her true to who she is. And not veering into all-guy territory.
MI.net: Who makes the call on whether or not something fits the voice of the show?
John: That's all Rob. He has last say on everything. We never see him do it, because he's literally in the office five in the morning. So that when we roll in at nine, he's already been working hours and hours, sorta fixing everything that we've messed up. That voice is very much him, it's very much Diane, very much us doing the best we can to copy them.
MI.net: Well, you do a good job of copying.
Phil: Thanks.
Tune in next week to read part two of the interview.
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Just in case you are wondering, panicking wasn't even in the top ten ways to sort this out – about five places below a stiff drink or three!
A case that proves the old military phrase that I was taught at school in the 1970s and 1980s – "precise and proper planning prevents poor performance".
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Had it happened to me I would correct it and then still take my machine in to the Genius Bar and get them to run the tests with my machine hooked up to their diagnostics.
I have sent the log files to Apple Support who have yet to tell me what they think the issue was.


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