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50+ Best Things To Do in QueenslandTravelling to the Sunshine State - Here are the Best Places to Go!
50+ Best Things To Do in Queensland
By Kate Carlile
Kate brings sexy back to the office as our Administration Manager and all-round most loveliest lady in the world. She is super Mum to four and the SAHM office would literally fall apart without her. Her dream is to colour the world purple whilst travelling around it in a lavender Winnebago!
What does the Sunshine State have to offer?
You guessed it – plenty of sunshine, surf and smiles all around.
Families across Australia often flock to Queensland for their yearly getaway and it's easy to see why. Okay so now Rona has hit – but Queensland is open for Queenslanders, so it's time for us to enjoy our beautiful state. From theme parks to tropical surroundings, you can expect the perfect Queensland getaway! Here are my top picks of great events, places and things to do in the Sunshine State! Here are the 50+ Best Things To Do in Queensland!
1. Visit the Qantas Founders Museum
Location: Longreach
First stop is in the "Spirit of Australia"- Qantas Founders Museum. Located in 177 km Winton, Queensland – the original town of Qantas – is a home to Boeing 747-200 and many other Qantas airline jets. Among the other things it displays is their first ever airline jet, a Boeing 707-138B. Experience the fun and excitement as you discover the history of our national airline through a Jet Tour, 747 Wing Walk, Flight Simulator Experience and more. The four to five hours tour is all worth it!
Visit the website here!
via www.tripadvisor.com.ph
2. Brisbane Powerhouse Museum
Location: New Farm, Brisbane
Located near Brisbane river, what used to be a pre-war industrial power station has now been re-opened as a historic art centre. It's a multi-purpose centre for arts and culture performances from theatre, music, comedy, festivals and more.
Visit the Brisbane Powerhouse Museum here for more information.
via www.expedia.com
3. South Bank Parklands
Location: South Bank, Brisbane
A sprawling recreation, cultural and educational centre is a popular attraction in Sunshine Coast. The walkways, gardens and the ambience is perfectly family friendly, you could spend a day exploring this area.
"The parklands are home to many restaurants and cafés as well as landmarks such as the Queensland Conservatorium, the Wheel of Brisbane, the Nepal Peace Pagoda, Streets Beach (a free man-made swimming area), and the Grand Arbour. Approximately 11,000,000 people visit the South Bank Parklands each year."
For more information, see the Visit Brisbane website.
via www.wotif.com
4. Boggo Road Gaol
It's a place for Australia's most notorious inmates. Named after the boggy quagmire of a road that led to it, Boggo Road was formerly known as the 'Brisbane Prison'. For many years, this has become Australia's main prison but today, it's been opened for the public through a guided historical tour. Notorious criminals who spent time at Boggo Road include:
The Whiskey a Go Go Bombers
Patrick Kenniff – Australia's last bushranger
Ernest Austin, the last man to be executed in Queensland.
You can even do a two hour ghost and gallows tour at the jail!!!
5. Warner Brothers Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World is a village roadshow theme park that has movie-themed rides and attractions. Hold on tight and get the ride of your life with their thrilling and breathtaking rides, magic and entertainment. Don't miss the action. Suitable for all ages.
Grab tickets for a 3-Day Warner Brothers Movie World, Sea World and Wet N Wild
6. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Be ready to meet Australia's cuddly koalas and speedy kangaroos and their cute joes. It's one of Gold Coast's most popular destinations.
"Voted one of the Gold Coast's most popular tourist destinations, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is the crown jewel of the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) [NTAQ] properties. As one of Queensland's earliest nature-based tourist destinations, the Sanctuary is a physical embodiment of everything the NTAQ represents: dedication to conserving our nation's indigenous, natural and historic heritage and culture. With Blinky Bill now present for daily shows, the amazing viewing experiences available at the Wildlife Hospital and hundreds of native Australian animals on display in natural bushland and rainforest settings, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is the ultimate holiday adventure for the entire family."
Grab tickets and information here
7. Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
Location: Surfers Paradise
Be amazed at the life-like figures here and "Experience the Fun" with interactive exhibits and unbelievable artefacts. Great for inquisitive kids who love trivia and the world.
via www.tripadvisor.com.au
8. SkyPoint Observation Deck
For the adventurous, this is the perfect spot for you — an open-air adventure atop one of Queensland's most recognised land marks – the iconic Q1 Resort Building. Lasting 90 minutes and rising 270m into the air, this is Australia's highest external building climb and provides 360 degree views of the Gold Coast and beyond.
See ticket pricing and information here
9. Go Whale Watching at Hervey Bay
Location: Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay is the whale watching capital of the world. There are seven different vessels to choose from and prices start at $95 per adult. Hervey Bay is where the whales stop to relax and play on their long journey.
Hervey Bay Whale Watching Deal:
Go on a full day whale watching tour on a 58-foot catamaran and get up close to the whales off Hervey Bay.
Group of two for just $280.00
Find out date availability here.
10. Take a trip to Fraser Island
Location: Fraser Island
Formerly known as Great Sandy Island, this world heritage island has amazing sand dunes that have been accumulated for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock. It also has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps and cool coastal heaths. You can take your vehicle over via a ferry which leaves from Rainbow Beach.
via www.australia.com
11. See the Maheno Wreck
The Maheno is the most popular among the Fraser Island wrecks. It was bound for a Japanese wrecking yard when it was driven ashore just north of Happy Valley after a cyclone that happened in 1935. It used to be a well-known trans-Tasman liner. Now, the hull, which is slowly deteriorating, has become a great part of Australian history and is a popular attraction for those visiting Fraser Island.
See the Visit Fraser Coast website for more information.
via theplanetd.com
12. Visit Lake McKenzie
Located in the Great Sandy National Park, this perched lake can attract visitors who enjoy camping and going on picnics. Be amazed by its white silica sand and pure lake water.
Find out more at the Visit Fraser Coast website.
via www.travelycia.com
13. See Whitehaven Beach
Location: The Whitsundays
Awarded Queensland's Cleanest Beach in Keep Australia Beautiful's 2008 Clean Beach Challenge State Awards, Whitehaven Beach is a 7-km stretch along Whitsunday Island and is known for its pristine white sand and breathtaking scenery. Its sand also amazingly does not retain heat, so it's comfortable walking barefoot even on a hot day.
via www.cruisewhitsundays.com
14. The Great Barrier Reef
Enlisted as a World Heritage site, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef, which stretches for over 2,000 kilometres along the Queensland coastline. You can snorkel, scuba dive or take a scenic flight over the reef or sail the Whitsundays, trek the Daintree Rainforest, enjoy the tropical islands of Hayman and Lizard or island-hop or stay in some coastal getaways such as Cairns, Hervey Bay, Missions Beach or Port Douglas.
via www.telegraph.co.uk
15. Australia Zoo
Location: Beerwah (Sunshine Coast)
Get to see and meet various animal species and experience the ultimate wildlife adventure only here at the Australia Zoo, and enjoy and learn as well along the way.
via brisbanetours.travel
16. The Big Pineapple
Location: Woombye (Sunshine Coast)
Known as a Queensland Tourism Icon, you can enjoy the amazing view on the observation deck of the Big Pineapple, take a train ride and explore the process of pineapple farming from start to factory. You can climb the pineapple for free!
17. The Eumundi Markets
Location: Eumundi (Sunshine Coast)
If you want to see original art pieces or something unusual but special, visit Australia's premier artisan market, Eumundi Markets. Here, you'll find just about everything — from furniture, handmade toys, homewares, skincare, even food. Make sure you buy the most amazing soap in the world at Oska & Willow, or eat some fresh hot profitegies.
via www.visitsunshinecoast.com
18. Gympie Music Muster
Location: Amamoor (near Gympie)
Music lovers with a cause converge together in this country music festival. A fundraising initiative of the Apex Club of Gympie, this is a four-day festival attracting musicians from across Australia and internationally, in which profits are being distributed among different community groups and charity partners, both locally and nationally. Isn't it just great to help others while enjoying music?
Held in August. Although it may be cancelled this year due to rona.
via www.queensland.com
19. Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum
Location: Maryborough
Learn the history and bravery of Australian soldiers in the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum with over 7,000 items of military and colonial memorabilia, including two of the most historically significant medal groups to Australian soldiers for the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973. You can even enjoy tunes from WWI right up to present day hits. See a REAL Victoria Cross!
via www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au
20. The Mary Poppins Walk
See Mary Poppins' statue outside the heritage-listed bank building where the author P.L. Travers was born in 1899. You can even dress up and experience the magic in the trail of the world's most famous nanny.
Find more information about the Mary Poppins Walk here.
via blog.queensland.com
21. The Workshops Rail Museum
Location: Ipswich
Have an interactive experience at Australia's oldest railway workshops still in operation today, just as it has been more than 140 years ago. See over 15 larger-than-life exhibits, including the Vice-Regal carriage and Australia's oldest working steam locomotive, some hands-on exhibits, multi-media encounters and amazing stories on the impact that rail has had on our lives.
Find out more at the website here.
via www.discoveripswich.com.au
22. Mini Moke around Magnetic Island
Location: Magnetic Island (off Townsville)
Take the mini moke and explore the Magnetic Island and its brilliant blue sea. From Townsville, go the 8-km stretch to the island and enjoy the scenic winding roads and discover over 20 bays and beaches, even spot koalas in the wild and walk through the ruins of the Forts complex operated during World War II.
via nomadsworld.com
23. Billabong Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: Nome (south of Townsville)
Want to get a hold of a koala? At Billabong Wildlife Sanctuary, it's possible! Plus get to see over 100 species of Australian mammals and reptiles in this 11-hectare wildlife sanctuary in Nome, 17 kilometres south of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.
Find out more information here.
via www.the-ville.com.au
24. The Haunted Cemetery at Ravenswood
Location: Ravenswood, Queensland
Once a booming place, being the first major mining town in North Queensland after the discovery of gold back in 1868, Ravenswood has now become a ghost town after its mine shafts sunk into a water table and gold can no longer be extracted. Today, this heritage-listed Ravenswood now stands as a beautiful and ghostly remnant of its former glory. A two-hour walking tour includes visits to the historic Imperial & Railway Hotels, courthouse, and church.
via www.theaustralian.com.au
25. The Birdsville Races
Location: Birdsville
For horse racing lovers, Birdsville holds horse races each year in September, where funds are raised for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. In addition, Birdsville has a range of attractions which include the Big Red sand dune, Waddi Trees, the old historical cemetery, Blue Poles Art Gallery and Royal Hotel Ruins.
via www.altitudeescape.com.au
26. The Woodford Folk Festival
Location: Woodford
Artists unite in this annual folk festival which is held for more than six days and six nights from Dec 27th through to January 1st as over 2000 performers and 438 events are programmed featuring local, national and international guests. Among the activities include concerts, dances, street theatre, writers' panels, film festival, comedy sessions, acoustic jams, social dialogue and debate, folk medicine, an entire children's festival, an environmental programme featuring talks, debates and films, art and craft workshops, circus performances and workshops, late night cabarets, parades and special events including a breathtaking fire event. All these happening in 35 performance venues.
via www.onyamagazine.com
27. Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
Come alive in this cultural party featuring floral parade, food, wine, entertainment and all things spring! Take part in their iconic Grand Central Floral Parade, Ergon Energy Flower, Food and Wine Festival, Heritage Bank Live Concert Series, Kids Day Out and more.
via www.weekendnotes.com
28. The Brisbane Ekka
Explore Queensland's culture through this annual event which features a sideshow alley, showbag pavilion, various food and beverage outlets, award ceremonies, exhibits, educational displays, including nightly fireworks displays. It usually starts on a Friday in August and continues for 10 days to close on a Sunday.
The Ekka is held in August.
via www.ier.com.au
29. Spirit of the Outback
Location: From Brisbane to Longreach
Travel by train from Brisbane to Longreach and see historic outback towns along the way under summer skies and rich golden soil. This 1325 kilometre journey is the perfect start to a great outback adventure.
via www.australian-trains.com
30. Kuranda Scenic Railway
Location: Kuranda (North Queensland)
This tourist railway passes through the scenic tropical gardens of Kuranda rail station. The line also cuts through the breathtaking Barron Gorge National Park, including stops for a look at the amazing Barron Falls, including Stoney Creek Falls. The station is also near a zoo, where you get to hold a koala, feed kangaroos. You can also enjoy markets, art galleries and ethnic Aboriginal crafts at the station.
via www.travel-pictures-gallery.com
31. The Majestic Theatre at Pomona
Location: Pomona (Sunshine Coast)
This heritage-listed theatre is the oldest authentic silent movie theatre in the world, and the longest continuously operating movie theatre in Australia. This is one of the few pre-World War II picture theatres remaining in Queensland that was not demolished or adapted to other uses.
via www.themajestictheatre.com.au
32. Goomeri Pumpkin Festival
Location: Goomeri
Have a great fun-filled family day out at the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival where you can get to be a pumpkin roller for the Great Australian Pumpkin Roll or other pumpkin competitions. Join the hundreds of pumpkin rollers sending their pumpkins racing down Policeman's Hill which has become a tourist attraction as people come to see where these pumpkins roll.
Check their website for dates.
via www.abc.net.au
33. See the 74 Whitsundays Islands
Sail the 74 island wonders in Whitsundays located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy the stunning natural landscapes of coast and islands, the incredible diversity of the sea and islands from the bow of a sailboat. You can also get a quick snorkel or scuba dive and splash away in the clear shallow waters of world famous Whitehaven Beach, or have an adventure amongst the hillside national park trails on foot or mountain bike.
Visit Tourism Whitsundays for more information.
via www.goway.com
34. The Ginger Factory at Yandina
Location: Yandina, Sunshine Coast
Visit this working ginger factory which has become a tourist attraction for its fun rides and tours of the factory through their 100-year-old Ginger train as you relax in their open-air carriage and enjoy their beautiful gardens. Other activities include a live bee show where you can taste their sensational varieties of honey.
Visit their website here.
35. Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
Location: Smithfield, Queensland
Relax at the breathtaking view of the Cairns Rainforest with the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway as it takes you on an amazing experience over Australia's World Heritage-listed Tropical Rainforest canopy and deep into the forest. Inside the comfortable six-person gondola cabins, the Skyrail journey will allow you to see the wonders of an ancient tropical rainforest where you'll see, hear, smell and become part of the tropical rainforest environment.
via www.skyrail.com.au
36. Airlie Beach Lagoon
Location: Airlie Beach
Swim in the Airlie Beach Lagoon which has become popular with backpackers. It was built since the Airlie Beach is inhabited by box jellyfish. Enjoy the fresh, self-chlorinated water near the beach. The Great Barrier Reef is also easily accessible from Airlie Beach, with different types of tours available.
via www.medresorts.com.au
37. XXXX Brewery in Milton
Location: Milton, Brisbane
Take a tour at the XXXX Brewery in Milton to experience the inner workings of the 136-year history of a Queensland icon, where you'll learn about the raw ingredients and brewing processes and of course, a tour wouldn't be perfect without a taste of this iconic beer as you relax in their bar and enjoy their famous beers, brewery-fresh!
Find more information here.
via www.ournakedaustralia.com.au
38. Bundaberg Rum Bond Store
Explore the home of Bundy Rum with a tour to its futuristic technology and interactive visual displays that bring more than 125 years of crafting rum. Soak up the atmosphere of the Bundy Bar, sampling sweet rum at the source or go to the retails store and buy some goods to take home.
via www.outbackfree.com.au
39. Chinchilla Melon Festival
Location: Chinchilla
Have fun at the Chinchilla Melon Festival as you enjoy events such as melon skiing, melon iron man, melon bungee, melon bullseye, pip spitting and melon tossing. Take part in other fun-filled activities such street parade, a free concert, luncheons, a laser show, and buy souvenirs in its markets and arts and crafts.
via event-carnival.com
40. Feed Wild Dolphins at Tin Can Bay
Location: Tin Can Bay
Hand feed wild dolphins at Tin Can Bay, which is a popular holiday destination as wild Indo-Pacific dolphins usually appear next to the Norman Point boat ramp.
via www.tincanbaymarina.com.au
41. Go River Rafting at Tully
Location: Tully (North Queensland)
For thrill-seekers, you can go white water rafting on the clear waters of Tully River. The river flows through Lake Koombooloomba and goes down through the Tully Gorge within the Tully Gorge National Park which is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics.
via www.australian.com
42. Cooking Lessons at The Spirit House
If you want all things Asian, visit the Spirit House at Yandina which is nestled around a tranquil pond and calm waterfalls and enjoy the relaxing sounds of nature. You can even do a Thai cooking class and learn the chef's secrets here.
via www.spirithouse.com.au
43. Coffee on Hastings Street, Noosa
Location: Noosa
Have a coffee and ice cream in Hastings Street in Noosa, which is Noosa's main hub and is just a few steps from the beach and the National Park.
Find more information about Noosa here.
via www.visitnoosa.com.au
44. Cuckoo Clock Shop at Montville
Location: Montville, Sunshine Coast
Want to see or have your own cuckoo clock? Visit the Cuckoo Clock Shop at Montville and delight in the hundreds of exclusive designs such as the majestic Grandfather Clock, the distinct Mantle, Wall or Dutch Clock…name it, they have it.
via www.black-forest-hill.com.au
45. Abbey Medieval Festival
Location: Caboolture
Experience what it was like during the Medieval times as you cheer on competitors for glory and honour at the joust, or watch combatants go all out on the field of valour or prove themselves in the Turkish Oil Wrestling pit. You can also visit the marketplace or the colorful medieval tents and taste the finest medieval cuisines.
via www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au
46. Sea World Resort
Location: Main Beach, Gold Coast
See a Polar Bear at Gold Coast's Sea World, which is a marine mammal park, oceanarium and theme park where you can find fun-filled rides, animal exhibits and more.
via www.couriermail.com.au
47. Viewing Platform at Q1
Here, you'll get to see the amazing sites in Queensland. Q1, an abbreviation of Queensland Number One, is a skyscraper and Queensland's tallest building located in Surfers Paradise in Gold Coast. See a 360 degree view of Brisbane to the north, the Gold Coast Hinterland to the west, Byron Bay, New South Wales to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the east through SkyPoint, formerly known as QDeck at levels 77 and 78, towering 230 metres above the Surfers Paradise beach.
via www.thelightapp.com
48. Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame
For the ultimate outback experience, visit the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre in Longreach. Get ready to be amazed at the museum, stunningly constructed from timber, stone and corrugated iron. Through its unique design, the Hall of Fame stands comfortably amongst its breathtaking rural landscape. Learn about Australia's greatest and bravest explorers, stock workers, pastoralist, and Aborigines through the centre's five-themed galleries.
via www.australiantraveller.com
49. Underground Hospital at Mount Isa
Location: Mount Isa
Go underground in Mount Isa's former underground hospital. This World War II-era building is an air-raid shelter which could function as a hospital was a precautionary measure taken after Darwin was bombed in 1942. Today, this has become the only underground health facility in Queensland which was built during World War II.
via commons.wikimedia.org
50. Great Keppel Island
Location: Great Keppel Island (15km off the coast of Yeppoon)
Play castaway on the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group. It has 17 white sandy beaches where you can explore the astonishing coral reefs on The Great Barrier Reef.
via greatkeppelislandhideaway.com.au
51. Story Bridge Adventure Climb
Location: Kangaroo Point, Brisbane
Conquer your fears and enjoy the majestic view of the Brisbane River as you trek this heritage-listed and longest steel cantilever bridge in Australia that carries vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
See available dates and pricing information
Which among these attractions have you visited or want to visit?
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Who's a Space Flight Fan?
I've been enthralled with space since learning about the planets in second grade. I subscribed to Space Shuttle magazine while it lasted, and collected space patches. So I was eager to read the new book Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Men Who Flew Her by Rowland White.
Based on interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black charts the saga of the Columbia's first mission and the people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration.
The Air Force began planning its own Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1963. Many military test pilots opted for the MOL, believing they'd have a better chance to fly with the Air Force than NASA. When the MOL program was cancelled in 1969, the MOL astronauts were restricted in where and what they could do next because of the classified intel they'd learned. Serving in Vietnam was out of the question, should they be shot down.
Someone suggested calling NASA, but they didn't need more astronauts. They already had a lot. And if they did join NASA, no flights would be available for a decade, at least.
NASA required Air Force support to get the shuttle. The Air Force was happy using reliable, relatively affordable, expendable Titan rockets launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. They didn't need a shuttle to carry their payloads into orbit. Both the Air Force and the CIA offered no more than reluctant commitment to the shuttle. Their satellites weren't compatible with the shuttle.
Since 1959, an Air Force test group in Hawaii had been retrieving film recovery capsules ejected from orbiting US reconnaissance satellites as they descended by parachute to the Pacific. As the film descending, an AF plane snagged it in a net.
Nixon okayed the space shuttle, saying, "Spaceflight is here to stay… and we'd best be part of it." In the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes, "We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." It was Nixon who named the new space transportation system "Space shuttle."
The missing solar panel and "parasol" sun shield are seen here, repairs performed by the astronauts.
When Skylab was damaged during launch in 1973, NASA had no idea whether astronauts could repair it, or what tools they might need. An Air Force spy satellite took photos of the space station. Men in dark suits arrived at NASA, and showed the engineers photos showing the damage. On taking the pictures away with them, they told the engineers, "You never saw these photos and we we've never been here."
It had taken days to the photos to be recovered, developed, and taken to NASA. Real-time intervention might have been possible if the Air Force had been allowed to have its Manned Orbiting Laboratory.
NASA engineer John Kiker got the idea for the shuttle carrier aircraft using a 747 or an Air Force C-5 Galaxy plane. His boss's reaction? "That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard." In the mid-1970s, the oil crisis forced a downturn in commercial aviation. NASA bought a nearly new 747 from American Airlines for the bargain price of 16 million.
The shuttle's journey from design to working spacecraft was long and potholed. The engines and the heat shield tiles bedeviled engineers for years. Impatient to move the shuttle along, NASA was inclined to skip redundant testing. NASA's impatience would crop up again in management's careless launch of Challenger in freezing temperatures in 1985. Eighteen years later, NASA's unwillingness to ask for a spy satellite photo to inspect Columbia for damage condemned the shuttle and its crew of seven.
Columbia's first flight in 1981 saw hot plasma gas seep into the starboard main landing gear door through gaps in the tiles during reentry. The aluminum skin of the door structure softened and buckled, but did not affect the orbiter's landing.
Did you want to ride in the space shuttles?
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The Difficult Teen Years of Audrey Hepburn
Holland's neutrality had been honored by Germany in the First World War. Baroness Ella van Heemstra believed Germany would again honor Dutch neutrality in the war that began in 1939. She took her daughter back to her native home from England, where ten-year-old Audrey attended boarding school. They lived in Arnhem with the baroness' father, Baron Aarnoud van Heemstra, former mayor of Arnhem.
In May of 1940, the Germans invaded Holland. They confiscated much of Audrey's grandfather's wealth. Her mother, fearing Audrey's English name would attract unwanted attention from the occupiers, had her go by the name Edda van Heemstra, and cautioned her never to speak English outside of their home.
In England, Audrey had discovered a love for dancing. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes at the Arnhem Conservatory. Dancing gave her a dream in their austere life.
The next five years grew progressively worse for the people of Holland. The Germans requisitioned whatever they needed―coffee, oil, gasoline, textiles―for their military or civilians in Germany. As the standard of living sank, poverty and disease rose. Audrey's half-brother Alex was captured when the Dutch forces surrendered, but he escaped and went into hiding to avoid being pressed into forced labor. Ian wasn't so lucky; he was sent to Germany in 1942 to work in a munitions factory.
Audrey and some of her dance classmates performed private recitals to collect money for the underground. At times, they were given slips of paper to hide in their shoes and deliver to resistance workers. Children were unsuspected of aiding the underground.
After the Dutch Underground attempted to destroy a German train, the Germans retaliated by lining up several Dutch against a wall and executing them. Included were Audrey's uncle, a judge, and a cousin, an adjutant at court.
In September, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden. When the shooting in Arnhem and the surrounding area ceased, the Dutch emerged from hiding to discover they had not been liberated. The Allies had failed to wrest Arnhem from German control. The Germans ordered all residents out of Arnhem.
The van Heemstras moved to the baron's country home in Velp. They offered shelter to forty refugees, but had barely enough food for themselves. Because the Dutch railway workers had gone on strike to paralyze the German transportation system during Operation Market Garden, the Germans retaliated by cutting the bread ration and prohibited the civilian use of electricity.
Audrey and her mother had no food at all some days. For a long time, they had nothing but tulip bulbs to eat. Audrey drank gallons of water to fill full and convinced herself she wasn't hungry. During her career as a chorus-line dancer and later as an actress, she would use the same technique to keep her weight down. She never weighed more than 110 pounds except during pregnancy.
On May 5, 1945, the Canadian 1st Army liberated Holland, the day after Audrey's 16th birthday. On the brink of starvation, she weighed ninety pounds at five feet six inches tall, and suffered from anemia, asthma, and jaundice.
Truckloads of food arrived, and the next day, Audrey devoured her first meal. It was too rich for her digestive system and she became violently ill.
In 1959, she was offered a leading movie role in The Diary of Anne Frank. She found it too distressing, not only for the heartbreaking story, but because it revived her own harrowing experiences under German occupation.
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May 1915. Frenchman Julian Olivier will do anything to get out of the trenches. When British Intelligence recruits him to spy behind enemy lines, he jumps at the opportunity. Just before he begins, however, he has a chance encounter with a young French woman who leaves his heart marked for the remainder of the war—and he doesn't even know her name.
Warren Flynn is a Canadian airborne hero, and dogfights with the Germans are all in a day's work. Second only to his love of flying is his fascination with Claire Donovan, the daughter of an American munitions manufacturer living in Paris. Warren flies Julian into Germany and soon receives orders to post the Allies' newest operative—an attractive French peasant woman named Evette—in Claire's home.
As a dangerous ring of spies and saboteurs threatens to turn the war against the Allies, Julian discovers goodness in his enemies' hearts. But even if he survives, will he ever be reunited with the woman whose memory he can't erase? Will Warren survive the war, and will Evette unearth the infiltrator in her own territory before it's too late?
I loved this novel! It provides a stark look at World War I with emphasis on the enlisted men. Men on both sides comment they don't hate the enemy in the opposite trenches; they're both fighting a war they don't want to be a part of. The officers don't care how many are killed as long as they can stand in a progress report.
I liked how the characters were willing to pray. A common response is, I never prayed before; I can't now. Here they prayed because they had nothing to lose.
Author A.L. Sowards joins us now for a visit.
Did you watch any WWI films, like Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory, to get a feel for the war?
I can't think of any WWI movies I watched while writing the book, but I convinced my husband to watch two documentary series with me. One was called WWI: The War to End all Wars. Honestly, it was a little dry overall, but it had interviews with veterans and film footage of the time period, and that was cool. The other series wasn't technically a documentary, it was a series of 36 half-hour lectures by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius available through The Great Courses Company. Most of my research was from nonfiction history books and memoirs. I ended up reading 27 of them and skimming a few others!
You state on your website, "I'll let the characters in my books have all the adventures." What's an adventure that you've had? Did you ever try out for the Olympic swim team?
One year I made the time qualifications to go to Olympic Trials, but that was in 2001, so I was a year late! (I wouldn't have made the Olympic team anyway, because I wasn't that fast, but it would have been cool to say I went.) I swam competitively in college for BYU, and one year we went to Jordan, and that was amazing. We got to see Petra, Mount Nebo, Amman, Jerash, and the Dead Sea. We even had a small international swim meet. If I remember right, I won the 400 individual medley. And I still love hummus, pita bread, and tabbouleh.
You've written several WWII books. What do you see as the biggest difference in mindset between WWI and WWII?
I think a lot of the nations going into WWI didn't know what to expect. They had no idea how long, how costly, and how horrific total war would be. When WWII started, people were more aware of how devastating another war might be. I think this was especially true of the French. At the start of WWI, the French military was eager to avenge their loss in the Franco-Prussian war, and believed good morale would triumph. But it didn't, and the war nearly broke the French nation. Going into WWII, I think there was an underlying feeling that even though they won WWI, that victory had been more costly than their defeat in 1870-1, and that (and a lot of other factors) may have influenced what happened with France in 1940. There's this quote by French resistance writer Jean Dutourd: "War is less costly than servitude. In the end, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Of course, in 1940, the French didn't know about Dachau, and I wonder if they saw the choice as being between Sedan and Verdun, and who would want to repeat Verdun?
Verdun makes it easy to understand why so many favored appeasement. No one would want to go through that again. Thank you for joining us.
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Don't Forget to Flush!
If you've ever watched a World War II German submarine movie, you know the U-boats had two toilets for crews of about fifty men. And at the start of a voyage, one may have been unusable because it was filled with provisions.
The German toilets didn't have holding tanks. Rather, they discharged directly into the sea. This could only be done when the sub was at or near the surface. Otherwise, the pressure on the hull would be too great for flushing. As you may imagine, collecting waste until it could be flushed out added to the stench of diesel fumes and body odor.
U-boat 1206 was a late model sub that began its first patrol on April 6, 1945, one month before the end of the war in Europe. It sailed from Kristiansand, Norway, to seek and destroy Allied ships in the North Atlantic.
U-1206 featured new, improved plumbing. Its high pressure toilets could be operated at greater depths. They were extremely complicated, however, complete with instruction manuals, and designated crewmembers were trained in their operation.
Eight days into the patrol, the sub commander (supposedly) tried to use the toilet without the help of a toilet specialist. He did something wrong, and then summoned a specialist. The trained man misunderstood the situation and opened the outer valve while the inner valve was open. Sea water flooded in.
Directly underneath the toilet were the batteries. The seawater combined with battery acid, producing chlorine gas that spread throughout the U-boat. The commander had no choice but to surface and blow the gas.
The commander's official report is a little different:
In April 1945 U-1206 was in the North Sea targeting British Convoys. The diesel engines had broken down. We were therefore unable to charge batteries by snorkelling and they were depleted. In order to repair the diesel we dived to 70 metres about 8 to 10 miles off the British coast, un-molested by British forces. Diesel repairs were taking place, I was in the engine-room when a water leak occurred in the bows. As I later learned, a mechanic had tried to repair the forward toilet and water had leaked through the outboard valve. I would say - although I do not have any proof - that presumably the outboard vent gauge either gave false readings or was incorrectly installed. The Chief Engineer, who at the time of flooding was in the control room, then used all the compressed-air to surface the boat despite the strong influx of water. However the batteries were now full of seawater and chlorine gas fillled the boat. We were by then completely incapable of moving or diving. As by this time we could be discovered by British aircraft and guards, I let the boat sink. The crew then succeded in reaching the Scottish coast in rubber boats. Tragically, in an attempt to climb the dangerous steep cliffs, three crew members were drowned. Several men were taken onboard a British sloop.
In any case, U-1206 was eight to ten miles off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland. The sub was quickly spotted and came under attack. Extensive damage prevented the sub from diving, and the commander ordered Abandon Ship and scuttled the submarine. One crewman was killed in the attack and three others drowned; the other 46 were captured. In the eight days of its patrol, U-1206 caused no harm to Allied ships. Instead, it has the notoriety of being sunk because of its toilet.

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I recently remembered an unpleasant experience I had when I was a young wife. My husband and I were attending a conference. As was usual for us, we were acting very much like newlyweds. Another wife, ten to fifteen years older than I was, asked, "How long have you been married?" When she found out that we'd only been married for seven months, she assumed a superior air and said, "Well, you may feel that way now, but just wait until you've been married for seven years." Her tone and facial expression made it clear that she didn't expect the joy and tenderness to last.
I was shocked and offended. I don't remember how I responded to her, but given my distaste for confrontation, I'm sure it had nothing to do with expressing what was going through my mind, which was something like, How can you say such a terrible thing–and with your husband standing right next to you too? Shame on you! Marriage is a wonderful gift from God. Maybe yours went south after seven years, but ours won't. I'll thank you to keep your negative thoughts on the subject to yourself!
At the time, I knew that it would take hard work and self-sacrifice to build a good marriage, but I felt ready for the challenge. However, though I believed with all my heart that our marriage would always be a place of love and beauty, I had no proof of what our future held, so I felt I had no response to give this older woman with her supposed wisdom. Time alone would prove if I was correct.
Years have passed since then, and this December my husband and I will celebrate ten years of marriage. If I saw that woman again today, I could confidently tell her that she was wrong. After seven years, we were more in love than we had been at seven months, and each year of our marriage has been better than the previous. Though there is a prevalent idea that romantic relationships are only blissful during the dating phase, and they start to go downhill after the wedding, our experience has been the opposite, and we know enough couples like us to believe that our marriage is not the exception that proves the rule. We're so certain of this, that when we're doing premarital counseling, we often reassure couples who are struggling with the awkward aspects of being engaged that it gets better after marriage.
Not long ago, my husband and I and the kids went to a week-long conference. There was excellent child care, and we made good use of it. I remember one morning during the coffee break, we took advantage of the fact that other people were watching our kids in order to have an impromptu date. We scurried to the coffee shop, got a special treat to share, then looked for a comfortable, secluded spot to enjoy it. We couldn't find anywhere that was both confortable and secluded, so we settled for one large armchair that was sitting in a public area. We squeezed into it and thoroughly enjoyed each other's company (and our coffee shop treat). There was a constant stream of people walking past our perch, but they didn't bother us. We were giddy with happiness over doing something special together. As we snuggled, I couldn't help thinking that we would make a great advertisement for marriage. Here we were, three children and almost ten years into the thick of things, and we were acting even more like newlyweds than when that woman made her discouraging remark so many years earlier.
My point in sharing these two stories is not to flaunt our happiness. Rather, I want to be a positive voice for marriage in the midst of the modern cacophony of negative and misguided views on the subject. While this is not a marriage blog, I think this topic is vital and relevant. We married mothers need to focus on cultivating our relationship with our husbands at least as much as we focus on caring for our children. And lest you start to feel selfish about always looking for ways to spend time alone with your husband, remember that a healthy marriage is good for everyone in the family, especially your kids!
Despite the modern idea that marriages are generally unhappy, it turns out that there are still many women who consider themselves happily married. Could we be a silent majority? Fawn at The Happy Wives Club is trying to find out. Check out her marriage-friendly site and join the club!
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Just before Kyrstin was born Greg & I were given this advice by a couple who had been married nearly 40 years and were still acting like newlyweds: "Parenting is a season of life. Don't neglect your relationship. The kids will leave home and once they are gone you will still be married. You want to still be married to your best friend, not to a stranger." We're only 3 years into parenting, but we are both already so thankful for their wise advice.
Amen Sharon! Frank and I celebrated 10 years this past January and are more in love than ever! People say that we act like newlyweds and that it may fade…but we know we can only grow more stronger in love with one another as we are growing in Christ! Our husbands should always be sharpening us as we should them! Loved this post!
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary! I'm looking forward to that milestone! I agree that as we grow in our relationship with Christ, it can only benefit our marriages. That's our top advice to all engaged couples: seek Jesus first, seek Him together, and no matter what happens, always continue to keep seeking Him first.
Very very encouraged It is truly possible!


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Online Gaming Pushes India towards the Trillion-Dollar Digital Economy Dream
By Daily 24x7 News	 Published on Sep 3, 2021
Even without the benefit of proper regulatory framework, the industry is growing at a fast rate and is enjoying the attentions of global investors. The progressive legislation sought by economic operators will bring stability to the sector, enhance consumer protection and fill the nation's coffers.
The Sector Exceeds Growth Expectations
"Higher data consumption, cheapest prices for data and access, 700 million people online, consistently lowering prices of smartphones, when clubbed with renewable power and local language content, makes India a big hub of gaming. Hence, this is where the next decade of online gaming comes in," says Dr. Subi Chaturvedi, Chief Corporate Affairs and Policy Officer at online social skill gaming platform Zupee, in a talk dedicated on the sixth anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative.
Digital media and online gaming were the only segments of Bharat economy that displayed considerable blooming during the Financial Year of 2019-2020 despite the pandemic and all the lockdowns. Fueled by transaction-based games and their 31 per cent growth, online gaming was the only industry that exceeded all forecasts and registered a growth of 43 per cent on a YoY basis (year on year).
Dr. Chaturvedi sees the online gaming industry as the motor that drives India towards the one trillion digital economy dream by 2025. The sector can also contribute towards the nation's mental wellbeing through the proven tool of interactive engagement and help solve the skilling crisis by offering an affordable and entertaining skilling medium.
Sector Regulation will Bring Multifaceted Benefits
A research article by Indian casino affiliate site SevenJackpots places public interest in the form of collection of taxes, consumer protection, job creation, etcetera, as the key factor that calls for the regulation of an existing industry.
The research piece agrees with Dr. Chaturvedi's words that regulation would bring transparency and foreseeability to the sector helping assure investors and operators of its stability.On top of that, the industry analysts point out that express legislation would lower the risks and would work towards the elimination of undesirable effects. Information campaigns, supervising agencies and safety nets such as speed-of-play limits or bans on false wins and reverse withdrawals can be provided for by the legislator.
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The SevenJackpots' casino researchers estimate that, if regulated, the online gaming industry would be making an annual contribution of approximately ₹ 53,000 crore by 2025-2026 to the national treasury, without taking into consideration eventual licensing fees.
Indian Online Gaming Industry Attracts the Interest of Global Investors
Zupee's senior corporate affairs officer quotes data from a recent KPMG primary research paper that estimates India's online gaming market at ₹ 13,600 crore (FY 2021) generated by a user base of 433 million. The report expects the sector's total revenues to reach ₹ 29,000 crore by the Financial Year of 2025 and the number of online gamers to grow to 657 million.Dr. Subi Chaturvedi views the staggering 7.3 billion mobile games downloaded in India just for the first three quarters of 2020 as a proof that this is not to be some short-lived buzz, but a serious industry that is in the spotlight of global investor interest.
The real money online quiz tournament platform Zupee recently raised $ 30 million in a Series B round led by WestCap Group from the Silicon Valley and Tomales Bay Capital with the participation of existing investors Orios Venture Partners and Matrix Partners India.This was the company's second funding round for the year, with both rounds raising a total of $ 49 million. Zupee's valuation increased five-fold after the last round to half billion US dollars.
"Our user and revenue growth has been phenomenal, with very strong unit economics and margins," says the company's co-founder Dilsher Singh Malhi. "Our revenue has jumped 15x in the last 12 months and our user base has grown over 10x in the last 12 months, so I think that itself describes the steep jump in valuation."The majority of Zupee's 35 million registered users are from the 18-35 age bracket who live in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities and the platform's paid user base is 15 per cent. Users spend between ₹ 1 and ₹ 10,000 on a single game and Zupee collects a commission of 10 per cent.
The Sky above the Booming Online Gaming Sector is not Cloudless
The uncertain regulatory environment, the insufficient number of skilled manpower and the regressive unscientific attitudes of some people are the main challenges that the industry is facing according to Dr. Subi Chaturvedi."A central progressive policy framework to protect investors and startups, innovation in learning and skilling to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow and further growth of new users and new territories," she says.
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First deals for ITV-backed factual SVOD service
Factual SVOD service Curio will launch in Sweden and Norway next month after the ITV-backed service secured deals with pay TV operators in the region, TBI has learned. In Sweden, Curio will be on the Com Hem platform, the largest in the country, and in Norway, on GET, the second largest nationally. Curio comes from […]
ITV takes majority stake in Euro SVOD service
ITV has taken a majority stake in Cirkus, the best-of-British on-demand service. The UK broadcaster was already a minority shareholder, but has now upped its ownership level in the streaming service. Financial details were not broken out but Martin Goswami, ITV director of pay and distribution, said: "Cirkus is an important part of ITV's international […]
ITV-backed Cirkus launches new SVOD service
ITV-backed Cirkus is launching Curio, a new SVOD service programmed with factual programming, TBI has learned. Cirkus runs branded streaming services for pay TV operators and has partnered with several platforms in the Nordics. To date it has offered a 'best of British' offering, with a 600-hour line-up of drama from international distributors including ITV […]
Cirkus agrees Vodafone Iceland deal
On-demand service Cirkus, which offers 'Great British TV' to international markets, has agreed a carriage deal with Vodafone in Iceland. Mobile and IPTV provider Vodafone Iceland is investing in cross-platform video services and will launch Cirkus as part of its offering at the end of the month. "British programming is hugely popular in Iceland and […]
ITV looks to international business for growth
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The Guild of Music Supervisors on Thursday unveiled the list of nominees for its eighth annual awards. The awards will recognize outstanding music supervisors in 17 categories representing film, television, trailers, TV promos, advertising and video games.
By their own admission, it's been a crazy several months for La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who captured the best original song Golden Globe Sunday night for "This Is Me," from The Greatest Showman.
If you want to know what tunes will be on the next Guardians of the Galaxy movie, you don't have to wait until post-production — just visit director James Gunn during filming. For him, the music in his movies is so "baked in" he's playing it on set during shooting.
David Shire was hired to compose the soundtrack for Apocalypse Now but had a falling out with the film's director Francis Ford Coppola. Now, Shire's original electronic, all-synthesizer score is being released for the first time.
As the Jan. 12 deadline for Oscar nominations voting approaches, expect songs from socially conscious-oriented films and entries from past winners to dominate the best original song category.
Nerdist sits down with co-sound supervisors Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce to discuss what went into making the sound effect soundtrack for The Last Jedi and learned about sounds from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a race car, and more.
There is a lot of great music SMV listens to each year that doesn't always find a home in their projects. Here they share some of their favourite tracks from 2017 with their friends and colleagues.
Like the cast, script, and look of The End of the F***ing World, the show's soundtrack is bloody amazing. Not only is the show self-aware enough to acknowledge its American influences, but the soundtrack even features songs from British artists whose sounds have roots in American blues, soul, and rock music.
As the music supervisor for television shows on MTV, Hulu, and Comedy Central, Matt FX took underground dance music mainstream, shaping today's culture—success he owes to his father's lessons in classical composition.
Trailaurality look back on a year full of trailers from thrilling to sombre and everywhere in between, and tip the proverbial hat towards a variety of trailer soundtracks that they thought stood out among the rest in particular ways.
Netflix seems to be dominating our viewing right now, and season 4 of Black Mirror gives us Tunefind's top TV song last week. The track is used several times throughout Black Mirror's S4E3: Crocodile to help characters remember an accident that took place.
When music supervisor Barry Cole signed on for Lena Waithe's show The Chi, about the intersecting lives of black Chicagoans on the city's South Side, he had two distinct jobs.
Broken People, the lead track on the OST to new Netflix film Bright, brings together two musicians who go into 2018 with all guns blazing. With his hit 1-800-273-8255 (463,733 sales, OCC) up for two Grammys this month, Maryland rapper Logic unites with Rag'N'Bone Man, who's passed 1 million sales for debut album Human.
"His voice is so angelic," Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino says of singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, whose music acts as a "sort of narrator" to the romantic coming-of-age drama.
Seven-time Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar will team with Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith to produce and curate Black Panther: The Album.
To understand Guillermo del Toro's core drive and thematic interest when it came to The Shape of Water, look no further than the film's title. "[Water] takes the shape of everything. It goes through the air, it's invisible, it's transparent, but it still has a lot of power," Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat explains of the film's central idea.
The Cinema Audio Society has announced nominees for excellence in sound mixing for 2017. In the live action feature film category, Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water kept a perfect streak alive with its 10th guild or industry group citation. The film was joined by Baby Driver, Dunkirk, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Wonder Woman.
Diehard Star Wars fans can hum "Yoda's Theme," or "Princess Leia's Theme," or even, Anakin and Padme's love the, "Across the Stars," but what does Han Solo's theme music sound like? This May, John Williams will answer that question as he creates new themes for Solo: A Star Wars Story.
In the case of All the Money in the World, composer Daniel Pemberton remained the rock that director Ridley Scott relied upon as he embarked on a last minute reshoot weeks before the pic's holiday release.
The score is by Australian-born, Iceland-based electronic composer Ben Frost whose intense, at times unsettling, style really compliments the series' atmosphere, and the Sinfonietta Cracovia string quartet really bring it to life.
The GDC YouTube channel has released a new video where both Marcin Przybylowicz and Mikolai Stroinski talk about the inspiration behind the stunning musical stylings behind the legendary Geralt of Rivia, including the "beautiful ugliness" and what inspired the sound selection.
By 2007, Activision's Guitar Hero franchise was a known quantity and a wild success in the video game industry. But with Rock Band, which arrived that December, MTV Games changed the game.
The conference will feature discussions on the different aspects of video game music, such as composition and music theory, and seeks to bring together scholars who specialize in these topics.
Whether you're switching radio stations in GTA or trekking across epic mountains in The Elder Scrolls as a choir serenades you, music and games often go hand in hand. A soundtrack can make or break a game's success, even more so when it's emotionally and narratively driven.
Gaming Bolt run through their favourite video game soundtracks of 2017, and give their Best Music of the Year award to the game that stood tall against its competitors.
For Bleeding Cool's Best Video Game Soundtrack award, their esteemed judges were tasked with ranking the top soundtracks designed for a video game in the entirety of 2017.
While the film and music worlds hunker down for awards season, there is another battleground getting underway involving ad agencies, their brand-clients, music publishers and supervisors as the countdown to NBC's broadcast of the 52nd Super Bowl on Feb. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis rapidly approaches.
The charts may have belonged to hip-hop in 2017, but the ad world still flocked to rock to score its commercials. Many of this year's top-performing tracks on Billboard & Clio Music's Top Commercials Chart came from rock/alternative artists, including Imagine Dragons and Portugal. The Man, whose latest singles all cracked the top 5 on the Hot 100 after scoring major synchs from big brands like Jeep, Microsoft and Vitaminwater.
According to a study, popular syncs are proven to boost consumer engagement — but experts say how these songs are used is just as important.
On September 12, Tucker Halpern was watching Apple's keynote product release event when he heard a song that he recognized: his own. "Best Friend," a song he produced with Sophie Hawley-Weld, one of his actual best friends and his musical partner in the dance-pop duo Sofi Tukker, soundtracked the unveiling of the iPhone X (price tag: $1,000). It was their second spot for the company, following a 2015 Apple Watch ad.
When Kenzo's co-creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon started thinking about out-of-the-box ways to bring their Spring 2018 campaign to life, it's no surprise that they turned to Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman and longtime friend Karen O for a soundtrack.
The Drum's Shazam chart is based on the number of times each ad has been Shazamed over the past week using the music identification app. Here are the charts from the last week.
Every week, Clios.com, in partnership with Shazam, rounds up the most Shazamed ads of the previous week. These are the top spots from December 25th to December 31st.
After dropping 3 albums in their musical careers, ODESZA has reached a new milestone with the sync licensing deal made with the NBC Olympics.
Sam Smith's "Palace" rises 4-1 on Billboard & Clio's Top TV Commercials chart, powered by Shazam, for December, thanks to the song's appearance in Apple iPhone X's "Sway" commercial.
In her new role, Condro will oversee placements of the company's music catalog in film, trailers, television, TV marketing campaigns, sports and video games. Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Condro reports to Evan Lamberg, president of UMPG, North America.
Wilson joins from Warner Music UK where he spent nearly four years as Senior Creative Manager, leading various sync campaigns with artists including Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Royal Blood, and Ed Sheeran.
The business of sync licensing remains a key revenue stream for music rights holders. But what did this year hold for the sync sector? We take a look through some of the figures and trends in 2017.
Anyone who has worked, in any capacity, on a film, TV or advertising project, broadcast or released between April 1st 2017 and March 31st 2018, anywhere in the world, that they feel has been notably enhanced by the music or sound, is invited to submit their work.
As 2018 kicks off, we count down our 10 most popular blog posts of the last year, from trends in trailer music to interviews with music supervisors and other sync professionals.
Working smart in today's music industry means exploring new revenue streams beyond the standard of album sales, gigs, and merch. If done right, sync and licensing can be an effective source of additional income, and we're here to help! Join us on January 17th as our group of industry pros uncover the key to successfully placing music in film, television, and ads.
This masterclass, held by The UK & European Guild of Music Supervisors, will provide an insight into the world of supervision and the work of a music supervisor (spoiler alert, there's a lot more to it than choosing music!).
Looking for more events? We've updated our popular worldwide list to include 2018 dates. Don't miss out on music industry events in your area – bookmark it now!
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Music circus is an American theatrical form begun in Lambertville, New Jersey, by St. John Terrell in 1949. Established as summer stock, the new theatre venues primarily housed light operas and operettas, produced in the round, under a circus-style big top.

History

Actor and adventurer St. John Terrell was born in Chicago, Illinois. He started in show business with a carnival act and later starred on the radio show Jack Armstrong, All American Boy. Referred to as "Sinjun", he served in the Philippines with the USO. When a visiting touring company of an Irving Berlin musical needed performing space, Terrell suggested bulldozing a large pit for a stage in the center and audience on sloping and rising seating all around covered by a tent. This became the genesis to his original New Jersey Music Circus in 1949. Although rejected by the USO, he used his back pay, war bonds and loans after the war, to do it himself. Inspired by Greek amphitheaters, audience members sat in folding chairs no further back than 15 or 16 rows. Although a full orchestra was used, the sets were simple and low to keep sight lines clear. Props were carried on and off by stagehands, in clear view, running up and down aisles. Within 8 years, 30 separate canvas-topped theatres had opened in the US.

St. John Terrell's Music Circus was an instant success, and launched a wide variety of copycats, with 40 "tune tents" scattered around the country, including Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Miami, Florida and Sacramento, California. While the modern musical theatre genre was being developed on Broadway by the likes of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Loewe, the product being produced by most summer stocks remained primarily older works.  The first Lambertville season included The Merry Widow, The Desert Song and The Chocolate Soldier, but nothing from the contemporary Broadway canon. As modern musical theatre works became more popular, music circus producers incorporated more of the contemporary works and fewer light operas.

Other venues
Broadway Sacramento's Broadway At Music Circus' 10-show season in 1951 included newer works Brigadoon, Annie Get Your Gun, and the seminal Show Boat. Slowly, the population of music circus theatres around the country diminished, with Terrell's big top folding in 1970. As of 2001, only three theatres of the original design still remained: Broadway At Music Circus (Sacramento, California), South Shore Music Circus (Cohasset, Massachusetts), and the Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod), the latter two venues no longer producing musical theatre, but serving as concert sites. In 2002, Terrell's open air music circus model ceased to exist as Broadway At Music Circus lowered its canvas tent for the last time to make way for a new enclosed theatre-in-the-round—the Wells Fargo Pavilion.  As a nod to history, the new arena theatre was still topped by fabric—a Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric manufactured by BirdAir.

References

External links
History of California Musical Theatre

Theatre in the United States
Theatrical genres

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Without a doubt, the user experience is big last 2018 and would continue to flourish this year. This year comes an array of new digital trends, especially in the ever-changing world of web design.
In today's vastly crowded online world, creating an excellent user experience and compelling web design isn't something that's voluntary ‒ it's already expected. That's why investing in compelling web design in the Philippines is vital.
If you want to come up with a compelling design strategy that has the power to captivate your audience and keep them coming back for more, why not try switching up your content?
Leave users wanting for more by coming up with an innovative video for your brand that's specifically created for your homepage. Why not try rotating the titles of the articles, and call-outs? Having these kinds of options could leave your users with a unique experience every time they visit your site.
A flat designed is inclined on a more minimalistic approach featuring the usage of clean, open space, two-dimensional illustrations, and vibrant colors.
Flat designs started just like any other design trend, but over the years, it has become quite a standard in the world of web design. Its rise of popularity is mainly attributed for the ever-growing need of faster loading sites, providing users with a superior browsing experience both in mobile and desktop.
This type of design relies primarily on simple illustrations that are not data-heavy since it doesn't rely on large images and heavy visuals. As a result, you'll experience a quicker loading time for your site. That's why this particular style is preferred by many from a UX perspective.
2019 web trends aren't just about thinking outside of the box. In fact, this year, it's actively breaking it.
You're probably familiar with the grid system, a layout guide that has been used for a long time helping maintain alignment, consistency and balance the web designs in the past.
However, 2019 is all about breaking the grid. Asymmetric layouts are great, especially if they're applied with the right skill, it adds interest and depth to your overall web designs.
Keep in mind, however, that you need to be consistent with the overall asymmetry. Create a hierarchy and utilize repetition to ensure that web users can easily navigate your page.
Another big trend this year is moving towards a more freeform design. While the more traditional framework aesthetic is fast and accessible, sticking to these design rules isn't enough to keep making people engaged with you. It's something more profound than that. So, try to steer clear from sites that are hyper-functional immutable containers of plain information and texts. Instead, introduce something fun, like trying to rotate something up to 45 degrees!
While maintaining highly responsive designs have been quite a mainstay, for now, this year, Google took the mass mobile migration a step further. It's now indexing algorithm and considers not just desktop content, but your mobile content as well.
Therefore, creating a modern web design isn't just about incorporating mobile usability. Instead, you need to make it as one of your top priorities most especially now because mobile usage has now surpassed desktop.
Almost everyone these days browse and shop through their smartphones. While you might have to ditch those large, beautiful photos in the mobile version, utilizing icons are much more economical concerning space. Mobile usage has been increasingly common, and users have no trouble understanding them.
The integration of user interactivity is a trend that became increasingly popular and will continue to rise. Chances are, customers are spending more time on pages of responsive sites that have user interactivity features.
The problem with this web design trend is that most companies hesitate to pay for the advanced interactivity features even though most of their clients, as well as their team, want to engage in features like these.
Hopefully, for the next couple of months, more automated development processes will start to appear that will help slash down the cost for those who want to add more unique, interactive features on their websites.
Modern web design is moving towards a 'less is more mindset.' That means, more and more websites are choosing to go with simpler layouts with more massive amounts of whitespace. White space, also known as negative space, is just a blank space found on your webpage.
Just imagine it as an extra breathing room around the other page elements of your site. Whitespace helps various separate sections of your pages, improving the overall readability and assisting users to digest significant bits of information.
Trends on the last couple of years tend to focus on straight, horizontal lines to separate different sections on a website's pages. However, do you know that having a diagonal line design can make your site look even more visually intriguing? It generates a directional purpose for a site user's eyes to follow to the point of call-to-action and down to the page.
Utilizing diagonals in your web designs helps increase the number of users that scrolls through the entire length of your site.
These days, more and more websites are trying their hand and experimenting with different scrolling techniques for unique user experience. Instead of utilizing a traditional vertical scroll that you usually see on websites, integrating a horizontal scroll on top of your site helps to grab a user's attention, showing your company's highlights and a couple of fast facts about your business.
Many websites have already strayed from the traditional scrolling, and are more focused on the different parts of the web design that users scroll through. This 2019, we're expecting to see more non-traditional scrolling features that web designers can come up with.
The inclusivity through omnichannel content is likely going to pick up this 2019. The idea behind is that by understanding the specific context (for instance, you specifically know what particular stage your customer is on their buyer's journey or the specific demographic of your audience.) As a result, you're able to deliver more appropriate content for them.
By learning to understand how to be exclusive through better tools and personalization, it's more convenient to be inclusive in a diverse set of audience. But 2019 is just the start. With more artificial intelligence and machine learning being incorporated in delivering content, web design will continue to evolve to assist the diversity of content that could be achieved. Algorithms can provide visual or text-based content varying from different formats and sources, and in various lengths and quality.
By this time, you should be aware by now that web design isn't just how things will look. Instead, it's how they will work. That's why it's crucial for you to be aware of these technologies and strategies to keep up with the times.
Millions of users have different tastes and preferences, whether it's their preferred styles or characters, and what's comfortable for them. Without a doubt, websites and apps have already been a part of their daily routine. The more variants, diverse set of options and features you offer for them, the easier it is for users to find the ones that meet their specific needs. Only time can tell which of these trends will end up as the most popular at the end of the year.
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Hurry up! Apple iPhone 13 gets heavy discounts on Amazon and Flipkart, Check the offers here
By Pratyay Last updated May 22, 2022 1
The Apple iPhone 13 has been in the smartphone market for some months and users are quite happy with the product. The product was launched at a price of Rs 79,900. However, the prices have dropped significantly in the last few months. Buyers can avail excellent discounts on e-commerce websites (Amazon and Flipkart) if they are using proper offers on the respective platform.
Apple iPhone 13 (128GB) offers on Amazon and Flipkart are mentioned below in detail.
The Apple iPhone 13 (128GB) is currently priced at Rs 73,990 against the original price of Rs 79,900. Users can get a flat Rs 5000 instant discount on HDFC bank credit/ debit card transactions. Users can also avail of an exchange offer of up to Rs 15,100 off on exchange. If a buyer uses the HDFC card offers along with the exchange offer, the price of the Apple iPhone 13 can come down as low as Rs 53,890. The other variants of the iPhone 13 (256GB/ 512GB) also receive a similar offer on the e-commerce platform.
The Apple iPhone 13 (128GB) is currently priced at Rs 74,900 against the original price of Rs 79,900. This means the users get 6 percent off on the base price. Users can get a flat Rs 5000 instant discount on HDFC bank credit/ debit card transactions. Additionally, users get an exchange offer of up to Rs 16,000 off on exchange. If a buyer uses the HDFC card offers along with the exchange offer, the price of the Apple iPhone 13 can come down as low as Rs 53,900. The other variants of the iPhone 13 (256GB/ 512GB) also receive a similar offer on the e-commerce platform.
Apple iPhone 13 was launched in September 2021. Apple's latest 5G smartphone runs iOS 15 and features a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display and A15 Bionic chipset, a 12MP dual rear camera set up, and a 12MP selfie camera. The iPhone 13 is dust and water-resistant too. The phone packs a 3227 mAh battery that claims to be able to play movies for 18 hours.
Note: The discounts that are mentioned in the article include exchange benefits. It must be noted that the exchange discount on different phones is different. While the price of the iPhone 13 on Amazon is slightly lower than on Flipkart, the final price of both websites is almost similar.
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Kunal says 10 months ago
Very useful and informative content.


So left to right above are five of the interior illustrations from the book. One of the things Mom said to me last night was how much she was enjoying the afternotes, so I'm trying not to repeat those too much, but to add a touch more to them.
Leftmost is a star like pattern, which accompanies far future story "Timesnip," in which 18th century Victoria Woodhull copes with life in the future as a traveling saleswoman dealing in time travel. It's actually a version of one of the other illustrations, arranged in a star cluster, which mark didn't point out to me till later. That seems very fitting, given the circularity of the story.
The second pattern is one that accompanies the story "Amid the Words of War." Its cramped interior echoed the desperation on Six's part that I wanted to convey over the course of the story. The story is about war and conflict and the distrust they force on each other. The pieces in the book are black and white and here Mark's chosen to create a white "eye" for a number of the illustrations which (to me) just adds to the coolness and makes each one become a creature presenting itself sideways to the camera.
The third design accompanies the story "Kallakak's Cousins". Again, there's that eye looking out, and sometimes it's a creature and sometimes a face, sometimes a helmet built of butterflies and submarines.
The fourth accompanies a flash piece, "Futures." It resembles a submarine, or perhaps a rocket ship, although once more there's an eye, set dead center in this case.
The fifth is used with the slipstream afterlife story, "Bus Ride to Mars." It's one of Mark's older pieces, a sideways slash of a piece that appears differently in here than in the book itself.
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Q: По какой книге лучше изучить C++? Есть и Страуструп и Дейтел. Какая книга по-вашему самая простая и эффектная для самостоятельного изучения языка? Базовые знание уже есть.
A: если Вы имеете начальное представление о C++, то Страуструп, пожалуй, сложно будет переварить. хотя его последнюю книгу 2011 года все хвалят, мол она более простая в понимании.
Дейтел - хороший вариант.
PS ещё много положительных отзывов слышал о книгах Липпмана "Язык программирования C++. Вводный курс" и Шилдта "С++: базовый курс".

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