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The 2018 Pilot Flying J Road Warrior Contest ("Contest") is sponsored and administered by Pilot Travel Centers LLC dba Pilot Flying J ("Sponsor"), 5508 Lonas Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909.
NOMINEES AND NOMINATORS MUST BE (A) LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND (B) 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. NOMINEES MUST ALSO BE A PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVER AT THE TIME OF NOMINATION (see "Eligibility").
1. CONTEST TIMING: The 2018 Pilot Flying J Road Warrior Contest (the "Contest") nomination period begins on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 12:00:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time ("EDT") and ends on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT (the "Nomination Period").
All eligible Vote Now will be considered by a panel of Judges based on predetermined criteria (see "Judging") to determine the twelve (12) Finalists. The twelve (12) Finalists will be featured on the voting tab of http://RoadWarrior.PilotFlyingJ.com on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The voting period will begin on August 8, 2018 at 12:01:00 a.m. EDT and end on August 15, 2018 at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT (see "Voting Period"). During the Voting Period, visitors will have the chance to cast their vote for one (1) of the twelve (12) Finalists to determine the Grand Prize, Second Place and Third Place contest winners. Visitors can vote one (1) time per day. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on the Pilot Flying J Facebook page on Saturday, September 1, 2018. See "Prizing" and "Finalist and Winner Notifications" for details.
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2. ELIGIBILITY: All Entrants must be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia and eighteen (18) years of age or older. Eligible entrants can nominate themselves as a Nominee or submit a Contest entry as a Nominator by nominating another eligible Nominee. All Nominees must be a Professional Truck Driver (i.e. employed or self-employed full time as a commercial truck driver as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) at the time of nomination. By participating in this Contest, Entrants: (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the interpretations of these Official Rules by Sponsor and by the decisions of Sponsor; (b) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules; (c) represent and warrant that he or she has nominated a Professional Truck Driver that meets all the eligibility criteria set forth in these Official Rules; and (d) agree to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. LIMIT: Five (5) nomination entries per Entrant (submitted for separate Nominees) during the Nomination Period. Sponsor and each of its advertising and promotion agencies, (collectively, the "Promotion Entities"), and each of their immediate family members and/or people living in the same household are not eligible to participate. All eligibility is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. All entries submitted are the property of Sponsor. Sponsor's database clock will be the timekeeper for this Contest. This Contest shall be void where prohibited by law.
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5. VOTING PERIOD: The twelve (12) Finalists will be featured on the voting tab of http://RoadWarrior.PilotFlyingJ.com on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The voting period will be available for a seven (7) day period to begin on August 8, 2018 at 12:01:00 a.m. EDT and end on August 15, 2018 at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT. Visitors will have the chance to cast their vote for one (1) of the twelve (12) Finalists to determine the Grand Prize, Second Place, and Third Place contest winners. Visitors can vote one (1) time per day. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on the Pilot Flying J Facebook page on Saturday, September 1, 2018.
In the event of any ties, the tied entries will be re-judged by the Sponsor under the same criteria. Sponsor reserves the right to determine the Grand Prize, Second Place, and Third Place contest winners at its sole discretion.
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One (1) Grand Prize: $10,000 payable to the winning Nominee ("Grand Prize Winner"). If Grand Prize fails to collect the prize in the time designated by Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right to withhold the grand prize and award the grand prize to the Second Place Winner. This will be the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
One (1) Second Place Prize: $5,000 payable to the winning Nominee.
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One (1) Ninth Place Prize: $1,000 payable to the winning Nominee.
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One (1) Twelfth Place Prize: $1,000 payable to the winning Nominee.
Three (3) Nominator Prizes: $500 payable to the nominator of the Grand Prize Winner, $500 payable to the nominator of the Second Place Winner, and $500 payable to the nominator of the Third Place Winner. The Nominator may elect, in his or her sole discretion, to direct Sponsor to donate the $500 to a 501(c)(3) charitable organization of his or her choice. Upon notification, Sponsor will pay the $500 to the selected charity on Nominator's behalf.
Total value of all Contest prizes not to exceed $28,000.
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• Nominators do not receive any prize, with exception to the nominator of the Grand Prize Winner, nominator of the Second Place Winner, and nominator of the Third Place Winner. Nominators may receive a Nominee prize, as well as multiple Nominator prizes.
7. FINALIST AND WINNER NOTIFICATIONS: The twelve (12) finalists will be notified on or around Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Conduct of the Contest is under the supervision of the Sponsor. Finalists will be notified via email, phone, or mail based on the information supplied during the entry process. Finalists will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, W-9 request for tax payer identification, and (where legal) a Publicity Release (collectively, "Prize Claim Documents"). Finalists may also be required to provide evidence of eligibility. If a Finalist does not respond to notification or refuses or fails to sign and return all Prize Claim Documents within three (3) days of prize notification, the Finalist may be disqualified and another Finalist will be chosen by Sponsor.
Once eligibility has been verified and the Sponsor receives all requested information, the Sponsor will feature the twelve (12) Finalists on the voting tab of http://RoadWarrior.PilotFlyingJ.com Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The voting period will be available for a seven (7) day period to begin on August 8, 2018 at 12:01:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time EDT and end on August 15, 2018 at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT. Once the Voting Period has concluded, the Sponsor will notify the Finalists of their prize on or around Wednesday, August 22, 2018 via email, phone or mail based on the information supplied during the entry process. Finalists must also complete any additional legal documents provided by Sponsor with respect to the Prize and return them as instructed within the timeframe specified or Finalist may forfeit Prize at Sponsor's sole discretion. If a Finalist is unable to participate in or accept the Prize for any reason, Sponsor will have no further obligation to the Finalist and reserves the right to select another winner. Prize or Prize Documents returned as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of Prize.
The Grand Prize Winner only will be announced publicly on the Pilot Flying J Facebook page on or around Saturday, September 1, 2018. Sponsor expressly reserves the right to delay the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner for any reason Sponsor deems necessary. In addition, Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate Grand Prize Winner in the event that any potential Finalist fails to comply with these Official Rules or fails to execute the documentation within the timeframe specified. The Grand Prize Winner (except where prohibited by law) agrees to be available on a mutually agreeable date for one (1) service day, not to exceed (4) hours. The service day will include, onsite appearance at a mutually-agreeable Pilot or Flying J Travel Center, media interviews, photographing, recording (including, without limitation ADR and b-roll, behind the scenes footage or otherwise), and/or re-recording scripts for any of the materials set forth herein.
If for some reason Sponsor is forced to disqualify the Grand Prize Winner, the original Second Place Winner will receive the grand prize, the original Third Place Winner will receive the second place prize, and a new replacement third place will be chosen. Similarly, if the original second place is disqualified, the original third place will receive the second place prize, and a new replacement third place will be chosen. If the original third place is disqualified, a new replacement will be chosen from the list of Finalists.
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Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its designees to use the prize winner's Attributes for purposes of advertising, promotional and other purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world for a period of two (2) years from the conclusion of the Contest, without further compensation, notification, or permission unless prohibited by law.
9. DISQUALIFICATION: Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules (including, but not limited to confidentiality restrictions) or to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, or to disparage, annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. No incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will be accepted. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
10. CONFIDENTIALITY: The twelve (12) Finalists or Nominators may not make any public announcement (including, but not limited to, social media posts) concerning the awarding of any prize in the Contest prior to the Sponsor's public announcement of Finalists, which information will go live on the voting tab of http://RoadWarrior.PilotFlyingJ.com on August 8, 2018 at 12:01:00 a.m. EDT. Similarly, the Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, and Third Place Winner may not make any public announcement (including, but not limited to, social media posts) concerning the awarding of any prize in the Contest prior to the Sponsor's public announcement on the Pilot Flying J Facebook page on or around Saturday, September 1, 2018. Failure to follow this requirement may, in Sponsor's sole discretion, result in disqualification.
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A: Muscle Driver, which is a manufacturer and distributor of athletic equipment, has recently created Team MDUSA that will train in their custom facility in South Carolina under Glenn Pendlay for the sport of Olympic Weightlifting. These athletes receive a stipend and train together as a group. They're allowed to work elsewhere and have opportunities to make money teaching seminars, appearances and so on.
Vendors are cherry-picking athletes to create individual sponsorships. Some of those vendors are marketing their group of Crossfit Games athletes as a "Team." However, said "Team" is pretty much in name only as they are just a group of individuals spread across the country.
On their own, top-level competitors are training together. For example, Patrick Barber, Jason Khalipa and Neal Maddox are all training at Khalipa's gym. Patrick has Dan Bailey moved to train with Games' champion Rich Froning in Tennessee.
Many of the top-level guys are still working full-time jobs in order to live. Aja Barto from the South Central is training full-time for the Games, running a new affiliate and working for his old gym.
Is it time such a model was adopted for an all-star team of Crossfitters? How much would it cost?
Team MDUSA has three stipend levels. 4 at $1000/month; 3 @ 700/month; 3 @ 400/month. Total of $7300 / month or $87,600 / yr.
They likely have to pay a reasonable salary to Pendlay. Let's say that's $75k. Facility upkeep, marketing, etc. probably add up to another $15k / yr with travel expenses for events at another $30k. So, a likely budget for Team MDUSA of about $200,000 per year.
Who could afford this and have it make sense? For a big distributor of equipment, definitely doable. For a Reebok, it's a drop in the bucket. For Again Faster or Rogue, they're big enough to get into this sponsorship deal for real and stop dabbling. Having your name and t-shirt shown on ESPN at the Games about 45 times an hour would be worth the money.


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The Falcon
Recognizing the humanity in our icons
Nina Simone, born in 1933, was a civil rights activist and jazz player. Courtesy of Creative Commons
Bella Tollestrup-Wimbish
A girl never forgets artists that reveal truths about the world to her.
For me, one of these artists is Nina Simone. She was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on Feb. 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina.
Nina Simone is arguably one of the most iconic singers in the music history.
I remember listening to "Four Women," a song that describes aspects of the lives of four different Black women, each woman representing a stereotype of how Black women are seen in America. This song grew my empathy for the struggles that other Black women face.
Today, I hear and see Simone in many different artists' creations. Kanye West uses clips of her cover of "Strange Fruit" throughout his song "Blood On The Leaves" in which the song title is named after a lyric in the song. Beyonce features Nina Simone's album cover of "Silk & Soul" in her album video "Lemonade." Jay-Z uses Nina Simone sound bites in multiple songs such as "4:44," "The Story of O.J," and "New Day," which features Kanye West.
Hozier named his EP "Nina Cried Power" after Simone, referencing her song "Sinnerman" in which she screams "power" for a good portion of the song.
Simone is known as the "High Priestess of Soul," and is an important figure for the civil rights movement.
In the mid-1960s, Simone became a voice for the civil rights movement. Her songs like "Mississippi Goddam," "Four Women" and "Young, Gifted and Black" spread music around the nation that educated people about the injustices and social issues happening in the nation.
Simone's work changed the industry for the better, and continues to influence artists in new generations. Her music still impacts the way artist make hip hop, jazz, and blues. She is an inspiration to many young musicians, especially to young Black artists who are trying to make it in America.
However, while I love her music and appreciate what she did for Black people in America and the civil rights movement, I still have to recognize all the aspects of her life–even the negative, unfortunate aspects.
Lisa Simone Waymon, Simone's daughter, said "My mother was one of the greatest entertainers of all time hands down, but she paid a huge price."
Simone battled with mental health for a good portion of her life, a struggle that significantly impacted her career and her relationship with her daughter.
Simone said she loved being a mother; three hours after Lisa was born she said she was in love with the world. However, her husband, Andy Stroud, abused Simone and the cycle of abuse continued to her daughter.
Her daughter suffered by the hands of her mother.
In the 2015 documentary about Nina Simone's life "What Happened, Miss Simone?," directed by Liz Garbus, Maya Angelou said, "Miss Simone, you are idolized, even loved, by millions now. But what happened, Miss Simone?"
The documentary tells the story of Simone's life, focusing on both positive and negative aspects.
Lisa Simone talks about how her mother suffered from bipolar disorder and manic depression. She would beat her daughter to release her anger. Lisa Simone stated when talking about her mother that "she went from being the comfort to the monster in my life."
As much as I love and admire Nina Simone, I have to look at this side of her story and consider all the things she did in her life that shaped her whole persona and legacy.
The reality of her story forces me to recognize her as a human being, rather than the revolutionary icon I imagine in my head. Though part of her character was that icon, she was also a person who struggled, suffered and hurt others in the process.
It saddens me when someone who I have seen as such an incredible human being all my life turns out to be not as incredible as I thought, and has a much darker past.
Simone's complicated legacy makes me question what is important when it comes to the artists we listen to. When considering the musicians we love, it is okay to hold them to high standards. But we also cannot forget the good parts of their legacy while we recognize the negative.
It is essential that we look at everything about them instead of just their music.
Even though it is easier to ignore the story that comes with a person whose art we adore, we cannot afford to ignore the whole person behind the image or sound. Otherwise, we will erode the sense of truth and honesty that is essential to authenticity in art.
Bella Tollestrup-Wimbish, Author
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Happy Monday Everyone! Ms. H's 247th episode of the Mom's Minute Video Game Show begins with Ms. H welcoming everybody. She discusses the free video game, Claire: Extended Cut that she played on her PS4, followed by new video game releases. Information is shared on an Xbox video game from a Mom's Minute with Ms. H Video Game Show caller. Ms. H discusses the probability of playing the South Park video game on Twitch. The video game event is the GamesBeat conference scheduled to be held in Berkeley, CA. Lively discussion was held on the Tomb Raider movie as well as the new upcoming Tomb Raider video game, Shadows of the Tomb Raider. Dark Souls Remastered's future availability on the Nintendo Switch tops the video game news. Ms. H's 411 question dealt with the closings of Toys R Us stores. Ms. H congratulates the winner of the previous Mom's Minute Trivia question, and announces a new trivia question. Ms. H rounds out the Mom's Minute with Ms. H video Game Show with words for you, short and sweet that helping others is a virtue better served generously.


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Polybius – The urban legend bought to life
If you've read up on an arcade game called Polybius, you will find information about an arcade cabinet from 1981 that became an urban legend. It was apparently a crowdsourced psychology experiment that produced psychoactive and addictive effects. The legend also talks of men in black attending the cabinets, simply for the purpose of data-mining. The arcade cabinet is as rare as rare can be and there are rumours that only a few of the original cabinets exist; one of which is stored in Basingstoke. The James Rolfe, aka The Angry Video Game Nerd, did a piece on the legend too, so it has an interesting history.
If you've read up on an arcade game called Polybius, you will find information about an arcade cabinet from 1981 that became an urban legend. It was apparently a crowdsourced psychology experiment that produced psychoactive and addictive effects. The legend also talks of men in black attending the cabinets, simply for the purpose of data-mining. The arcade cabinet is as rare as rare can be and there are rumours that only a few of the original cabinets exist; one of which is stored in Basingstoke. James Rolfe, aka The Angry Video Game Nerd, did a piece on the legend too, so it has an interesting history.
That was true until 2017. You may remember that late in 2016 I attended the Play Expo and at the time of writing it was under test. I told you at the time that "Trying to describe this game is going to be pretty impossible" and having now played it a bit more, I am still struggling to find the words. A little warning, I have a deep love for almost everything Llamasoft do, so yes this review might be written with some rose tinted glasses on.
Published: May 9th, 2017
Price: £13.99 from the PlayStation Store
Genre: Arcade shooter
Developer: Llamasoft
Metacritic Score: 84%
Before you start the game, you are asked to confirm that you are fine with psychedelic visuals and flashing images. It's probably quite important if you are sensitive to this sort of thing to pay a lot of attention to it. The last thing Llamasoft want to do is cause somebody a seizure. There are three game modes. Classic, which allows you to restart from your best effort and gives you an extra shield at the end of the level, Yolo where you are given nine shields to begin and no shield increase at the end of the level and Pure where you are forced to start at level 1. Entering the first level you are given very minimal instructions which is something that Llamasoft tend to do, the first bit of instruction being simply "Do what comes naturally". What you're about to experience is a pure arcade shooter which shows off the power of VR. Sadly I don't have a VR headset so I have to play it in plain old 2D but the controls are simple, move your ship with the stick left and right and shoot with the X button.
Polybius is all about getting into a flow. You are encouraged to run through the gates put before you, but the idea is that you run through the gates that feel right, rather than trying to get through all the gates. Your eyes are somewhat assaulted by the speed and colours and it's at this point I fear that Polybius may lose a lot of people. I think it helps that I am a seasoned Llamasoft game player because I actually really like how this is done, your eyes soon learn to relax past the initial onslaught and the game starts to show itself.
Every time I come back to Polybius I am constantly impressed by the speed and feel of the game itself. I don't have a PS4 Pro but if I did I am sure that it would output in it's advertised 4k at 120FPS. I love the finding out more about the game, the little almost subliminal encouraging messages or realising that I am being told how good I have been playing and awarding me for it. To top it all off there is a seriously good soundtrack for it that you can buy on Bandcamp for just £6, it's good electronic music, made by the Llamasoft community and is really nice to listen to outside of the game.
It's a marmite game for sure; one that might generate polarising views. Yes, it's mostly there for the experience and I am sure that it looks and feels incredible in VR. I personally can only play a few games of it in a row before it all just gets a bit too much for my brain to handle, but in those games there is genuine enjoyment. Moments where you really feel like everything is racing past and you almost have no idea what is going on, but it feels so fluid that it is hard to look away from it.
It's not without its flaws, however. It could be criticised for those moments where you just have no idea what is going on; some people have said that the hit detection on the gates are unforgiving, but when you're going at such a crazy speed, or you're messing with the flow, it's hard to tell who was in the wrong here.
Jeff is not afraid of trying something different, even if it may only sell a few copies. A previous game of his, Space Giraffe, was a Tempest-like shooter that received very mixed reviews personally. I played it a lot on Xbox and thoroughly enjoyed it. How I feel about Polybius is very different – I can certainly appreciate the sheer speed and general feel of the game. There are times where I have no idea what is going on, but I am still enjoying it as an experience. Games get criticised for attempting to be an experience, Polybius does not attempt to be an experience, in my opinion.
It is one.
Tell us how you feel about games that either try to be or are an experience. If you have played Polybius then let us know what you think, if you own a PlayStation VR then please let me borrow it so I can experience this game as I believe it should be played. As usual, we are anxious to hear from you so use our comments section or get in contact via Facebook, Twitter or Reddit
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Author catharsisjellyPosted on December 27, 2017 December 27, 2017 Categories Gaming posts, Reviews, Video GamesTags 2017, Arcade, Indie Game, Llamasoft, Llamasoft Games, Polybius, Polybius Legend, Psychadelic Video Games, Psychiadelic Game, video game, VR
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Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari says:
That sounds really cool. I wonder how the scoring works when it's telling you to go through the gates that 'feel right'.
As much as I haven't managed to yet properly get into any of Jeff Minter's things, I love the fact that he's around – working on things that maybe no-one else would ever make.
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Lucy Morris | Company Manager
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Justin Teasdale - Sound Designer
I have known Rob Summers for over 20 years and during this time we have worked on many productions in many different capacities.
I was his No 2 on a number of touring productions, we have both worked as freelance sound engineers together and more recently he has operated shows that I have sound designed.
I believe him to one of the best operators I have had the pleasure to have worked with. He has always shown a high degree of passion for this role and subsequently for any production he has been apart of. This coupled with his vast experience makes him, in my opinion, a valuable asset in any sound department. This is why when "Songs for Nobodies" was confirmed to have a West End run myself and Tony Gayle decided he was the best man for the role.
His contribution has been consistently of the highest standard and has helped make this production sound as good every night as it did on the opening night.
About Justin Teasdale
Justin Teasdale started his career as a fully trained Audiologist and spent 5 years testing, diagnosing and prescribing hearing aids, for people with hearing difficulties. During this time he also had a part time job as a stage hand at the Blackpool Grand Theatre.
Once he realised had been bitten by the show business bug he decided to leave Blackpool and worked two Pantomimes as an ASM, one of these shows culminated in me playing the rear end of a Panto Cow.
It was at one of these Pantomimes I met "The Grumbleweeds" who later offered me my first job as a Sound Engineer.
With the help of Rob Summers, Justin have managed to sustain a 20 year career in Professional Live Sound, working my way from Radio Runner to Sound Designer. He have managed to transfer a lot of my understanding of how the human ear works and the physics of sound to this career.
Here are a few highlights of Justin Teasdale's Work. He toured with the following Musicals - Joseph, Annie, West Side Story, Fame, Chicago, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Beauty and the Beast and Matthew Bourne's Highland Fling. He then operated Phantom of the Opera for 2 years in London's West End and also worked for The English National Opera as a sound technician at The Coliseum, London.
Teasdale was fortunate to secure a short term contract at the BBC World Service where he worked as a Studio Manager to cover the Jubilee, the Olympics and also help with the relocation of broadcasts from Bush House to New Broadcasting House.
Last year he started working as a Technician at the Barbican, a 2000 seated concert hall, where I got to work with many International Artists and the London Symphonic Orchestra.
His recent Sound Designs were for the Sound of Music in Egypt and Lebanon.
Justin helps manage the Audio Cartel website with his good friend Tony Gayle. Their aim to raise standards by being able to offer the right level of experience to each role ensuring a happier environment for all, including the sound team. With our combined knowledge we are able to offer a quality package on most budgets to make the best sounding production possible.
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Mark Steel brings quiet humour to Bradford on Avon
IF you like life, and comic takes on it, relaxed, than Mark Steel is your man. Not everyone can find humour in anything, but he admits he tries - and brings his thoughts to Bradford on Avon on Tuesday (April 13).
He's remarkably chipper when we meet to talk about his new show, even though it's about a miserable period in his life when Donald Trump won the White House, Nigel Farage seemed to be running Britain, and to cheer him up his wife decided to leave him.
But as the show's title, Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright, suggests, the comic isn't a man to be defeated by what life throws at him on either a personal or political level; our conversation is punctuated by laughter, and he talks about his optimism for the future.
Because Mark is an avowed Left-winger who writes a political column in The Independent, he is sometimes seen as a political comic, but he demurs. "I've got loads of burning issues to talk about on stage, but the first thing you start with is, What are the things I think are funny?
"There's great comedy in things not turning out as you expect. For example, regardless of your politics, you have to be amused that someone so magnificently confident calls an unnecessary election and mucks its up. Now Theresa May can't even make a speech at her own conference without spluttering like a really useless kid in a Nativity play. And they [the Conservative government] don't know what they're doing from one day to the next. That's funny, isn't it?"
The show also charts his wife of 11 years divorcing him. They underwent "mediation" to divide their financial assets and Mark vents his spleen. "The way that marriage, or rather divorce, is organised in this country is mad. You're better off under some sort of Sharia system," and then hoots with laughter at the thought.
Some of his wife's grounds for divorce lend themselves to comedy: he never cut the privet hedge (not a euphemism); he hadn't trained the dog; he went on tour (he is a comic after all); and he is obsessed with sport. So is he?
"Guilty as charged," Mark admits. "There was one night I said, "I'm coming up to bed in a minute, but then realised, ooh the fencing is on." He deadpans in his defence: "It wasn't just any old tournament, it was a final – Hungary versus Italy."
I ask if everything is material for a show. "No, that makes it sound mercenary. But everything in life has a funny side to it. It doesn't cheer you up or make you laugh, but you know it'll make an audience laugh because they recognise the truth of it."
The show is not about him putting his side of things. "That would be unfair. It's about the process of what happens when a marriage goes wrong. It seemed idyllic, our suburban life living just outside Brighton, and then this happened; someone's furious with you and everything falls apart."
He melds the personal and the political in the show. "In mediation, everything is brought down to the cost of things. It encourages people to be unpleasant and greedy, and it struck me that it's the same philosophy that's driven the world over the past few decades. So education, libraries, health and social care all have to have a financial worth; everything is reduced to whether it has a value that can be worked out on a calculator.
"The kind of people who say, 'Why should I pay for a fire brigade when I'm not on fire?' or 'Why should I pay for someone else's dialysis if they can't be bothered to keep their kidneys scrubbed?'; have had everything their own way for decades.
"But if you think the railways ought to be run for the people who use them rather than making a failed balloonist extremely rich, this is an exciting time. Ideas that have been on the back burner for 30 years are now on the agenda. Young people really do believe that we should look after the old and sick, and I think that's optimistic and encouraging.
"I'm not trying to win people around, but I think the demonisation of Jeremy Corbyn is so mental that it's funny – I struggle to come up with worse things in the show than the right-wing press say about him, like he's going to introduce women-only gravity, so men are forced to float, or something."
The comic's audience is a broad church. Many listen to his long-running Radio 4 show, Mark Steel's In Town, but he also has a younger following from the short films he posts on YouTube, and his amusingly waspish Twitter feed.
Twitter is both a vexation and a source of amusement. "There is not one single selection of words that you can put on Twitter that someone wouldn't go berserk about. If I tweeted, 'I'm enjoying a beautiful sunset in Dorset', I can guarantee someone would reply, 'Not so beautiful if you suffer from sunset aversion in Dorset syndrome. Have a thought for SADS sufferers, Mark." He doesn't get into Twitter spats – "You'd be there all day if you did" – but enjoys seeing "the large number of faux liberals on it moaning because someone uses the wrong word for trans people, or Benedict Cumberbatch said something offensive to otters".
Some of his views may surprise you – "I don't condemn people who voted for Brexit, as some do. I don't think they're all idiots and I can see why they came to that conclusion" – and even admits to a certain regard for the Queen after learning of her disagreement with Margaret Thatcher over apartheid. "I don't wish ill on anyone, but Philip's not going to go on for ever, is he?" he says with a grin. "And if she needs a shoulder to cry on..."
Mark is now living in London with his son, Elliot, 21, who is also a stand-up, and his 17-year- old daughter. "I'm quite chirpy at the moment. I rang home the other day and Elliot was doing the washing and I thought, 'Ah, life's nice, isn't it?"
The show at St Margaret's Hall is part of Bath Comedy Festival. Tickets, £15, from www.bathcomedy.com/whats-on
Miss him here, and there's a second chance to see Mark on May 5 at the Cheese and Grain in Frome, where tickets are £16.50 from www.cheeseandgrain.com
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"Words cannot describe how the staff @ Comstock went above & beyond to make a difficult day for the family feel @ ease & assist very well in starting on our grieving."
"Special thanks to Carl, Dean and all the staff at Comstock-Kaye for the caring, support and attention to every detail. My husbands Celebration of Life was exactly as he planned, from the antique boat motor to the ice cream. My family can't thank you enough."
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Q: Where is the root of all (OOP) dependencies stored? I'm learning C# and the best practices around it.
Now that I know:

*

*Single Responsibility Principle

*Static class

*Singleton

*Dependency Injection

Everyone said to avoid Singleton and Static, and prefer dependency injection instead.
Now I have converted all of my classes so that they won't have to get their own data, such as removing:
_myItem = Repository.Instance.FindById(1);

and instead injecting my dependency inside MyClass.
public MyClass(Repository repository) {
    _myItem = repository.FindById(1);
}

However, now that MyClass following Single Responsibility Principle, and getting all dependencies from outside MyClass, what/which class will be responsible to giving all the dependencies?
My example problem in Unity is:

*

*UIStatusPanelClass depend on CurrentCharacter.

*GameInputClass depend on CurrentCharacter and CurrentCamera.

*CharacterManagerClass hold the CurrentCharacter, but isn't responsible to pass to other class, as its single responsibility is to hold all the character in scene.

*UIInventoryClass depend on InventoryClass, which is hold by CurrentCharacter.

*StatisticClass depend on CurrentCharacter.

*ItemRepositoryClass is responsible to hold List but not responsible to get the item.

Please help me straighten my knowledge of these things.

A:
now that MyClass following Single Responsibility Principle, and getting all dependencies from outside MyClass, what/which class will be responsible to giving all the dependencies?

This is the function of the Composition Root:

A Composition Root is a (preferably) unique location in an application where modules are composed together.

A Composition Root is located inside the application root.
A DI Container is a useful, but optional tool that can play the role as composition engine. Applying DI without a DI Container is a practice called Pure DI. If you use a DI Container, it can be considered to be part of your Composition Root.
One warning about the following code:
public MyClass(Repository repository) {
    _myItem = repository.FindById(1);
}

When practcing DI, injection constructors should be free of any logic, and should do nothing more than just store their incoming dependencies. This means that you shouldn't call FindById from within MyClass's constructor. This should be done in a later stage; in one of MyClass's methods.

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The "incident" gets explained and the angst starts rolling in, things will get cheerier I promise!
Remus has to leave to back to the werewolves after Christmas day, how does he break the news to Tonks?
The reunion of Remus and Tonks, a fight and general happiness!
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Notice is hereby given of the intent to temporarily close the K1 Warburton Crossing Public Access Route from the Birdsville Track to the Simpson Desert Regional Reserve, for the period 1 December 2017 to and including 15 March 2018, pursuant to section 45 (7) of the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989.
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Lawyers representing the music industry and peer-to-peer firms faced off in an Australian court on Friday, as wrangling over the terms of the case and the seizure of copyright material continued
By James Pearce | February 20, 2004 -- 15:25 GMT (07:25 PST) | Topic: Government : UK
Lawyers representing record labels and those acting for peer-to-peer companies argued on Friday in the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney about whether a controversial order used by the music industry to obtain information on file-sharing companies should be overturned.
Two weeks ago Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) obtained Anton Pillar orders covering 12 premises across Australia that allowed it to search for and seize material that it believed might contain evidence of copyright infringement. The following week lawyers for Sharman Networks told Justice Murray Wilcox they would challenge the orders on the grounds that not all appropriate evidence was presented during the discovery phase of the orders.
Sharman Networks is arguing that the case bought by the Australian record labels is substantially the same case as that being fought in the United States, and should therefore be set aside or deferred until the US case is finished. Unsurprisingly, lawyers for the record labels are arguing the two cases are distinct and independent. Early on in the proceedings on Friday, Justice Wilcox asked whether the case was a duplicate of the one in the US, and indicated it would be deferred if it was.
"If it's not a duplication, the fact that Sharman has to fight two unrelated battles on two fronts is unfortunate," said Justice Wilcox, but indicated the case would continue.
Lawyers for the music industry argued that some of the evidence they collected under the Anton Pillar orders took place while "the system was in action". This meant that they wanted to ascertain the technical detail of the processes involved in file-sharing via the Kazaa network. This level of detail, the lawyers said, was not being collected during the US case. They added that the evidence was "of its nature, likely to be ephemeral".
"The US copyright law is more concerned with structural aspects of the technology… rather than the operation of the software [as the Australian law is]," the lawyer representing the record labels told the judge, giving a possible reason why the evidence sought by MIPI wasn't sought by the US legal team under subpoena.
He said that in the US, a person had to either personally transmit a copyright-infringing MP3 file or substantially assist that transmission, while in Australia, ancillary acts constitute infringement.
The lawyer representing Kevin Burmeister, who is the owner of Brilliant Digital Entertainment (BDE), which was also raided, also brought up some issues for the court concerning the Anton Pillar order. He pointed out that much of the evidence seized during the raid was from Altnet, a subsidiary of BDE, which wasn't named in the Anton Pillar order as a target.
The lawyer also raised the issue that the Anton Pillar order had the effect of seizing the source code of the Altnet software. In the United States, the record labels and Altnet are wrangling over the conditions under which the code will be produced, and Altnet is now concerned that it may have lost control of that process. For more coverage on ZDNet Australia, click here.
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