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Malik Taylor is one of four students chosen for the Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship.
Growing Diversity With the LA Orchestra Fellowship
By Sarah Pilla South Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES — Opening his French horn case to begin a practice session has become a long-time routine for Malik Taylor.
It was in this band room at Bret Harte Middle School where he played his first note, and where he learned that he loved to play music.
"I get the chills just playing it, I love the sound, it has its own unique sound", said Taylor.
Malik is one of four students chosen for the Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship, a post-graduate program designed to increase diversity in American orchestras, because less than five-percent of those working in American orchestras are people of color.
The rigorous three-year fellowship is a three-way partnership, where Malik will receive instruction from the USC Thornton School of Music, he'll mentor the next generation of musicians at the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, and he'll get to play professionally with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
"We get to sit side-by-side with professional musicians who have been doing this for years, we get to work with world-renowned conductors, guest artists who will be playing with us as well, so I'm looking forward to it and I know it's going to help out in the long run", said Taylor.
Born and raised in South L.A., playing music provided him a way to stay safe in an area known for negative distractions.
But the road to the fellowship for Malik, was paved by three mentors that he still has today.
The first being his middle school band leader Greg Martin who saw his talent and drive.
"Of course you can tell when the talent is there, but that was coupled with discipline and his overall character, and his sense of humility", said Martin.
Greg then took Malik to Bob Watt for private lessons.
Bob was the first Black French horn player hired by a major American orchestra and played with the L.A. Phil for 37 years.
"The blowing through the horn part, he had a way of blowing through that was absolutely correct and you know some things are so precious you don't want to mention them, least they disappear", said Watt.
And Greg took Malik to Chuck Dickerson, the founder of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles where Malik played every Sunday, and is the first from the program to make the fellowship.
"We all kind of feel like he's a son to us. How proud can a father be? But then to see his child sitting up on the stage of Disney Hall or Carnegie Hall?" said Dickerson.
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All three mentors have been pivotal in his musical development, and for Malik, being in this fellowship will hopefully give him an idea of what it's like to be a professional classical musician and how to win a job with an American orchestra.
"My main goal is to be in the Los Angeles Philharmonic like my mentor Bob Watt. It's just a huge dream of mine", said Taylor.
And a platform where he can be a positive example to all aspiring youth, to show what's possible.


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An animal study has identified new pathways by which cannabidiol (CBD), the non-intoxicating compound in marijuana, affects the brain and nervous system without getting users high. If replicable in humans, the finding may strengthen the argument that a moderate dose of CBD could be a safer alternative to standard pain and anxiety meds for many patients.
While excitement continues to build around CBD's therapeutic potential, research showing the drug's mechanism of action is still quite thin. Most attempts have focused on the endocannabinoid system, home of the CB1 cannabinoid receptors that marijuana's psychoactive compound, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), binds to, resulting in the euphoria associated with the drug.
But the latest study shows that CBD acts on different receptors to deliver pain and anxiety relief without euphoria. Specifically, the findings point to interaction with serotonin (5 HT) receptors that are central to the management of anxiety, and vanilloid (TRPV1) receptors, a target for non-addictive forms of pain relief.
"Our findings elucidate the mechanism of action of CBD and show that it can be used as medicine without the dangerous side effects of THC," said lead study author Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University.
Another area that's been shallow in CBD studies to-date is effective dosing. The latest research explored that issue as well, finding that just a moderate, body-weight-based dose of the drug over a week's time was enough to deliver results.
"We found in animal models of chronic pain that low doses of CBD administered for seven days alleviate both pain and anxiety, two symptoms often associated in neuropathic or chronic pain," added first author of the study Danilo De Gregorio, a post-doctoral fellow at McGill.
Since this was a study involving rats, a human-dosing equivalent isn't clear, but the findings bring us a step closer to an answer.
More importantly, the results get us closer to understanding how CBD interacts with neurons in entirely different ways than its well-known partner compound, THC – sidestepping drawbacks of affecting the endocannabinoid system in the process. And if these findings replicate in humans, we're also closer to harnessing CBD's potential to deliver non-addictive pain and anxiety relief, offering patients on highly addictive opioids and benzodiazepine anti-anxiety meds another way to go.
None of these insights would be possible without research, which until recently was frozen in time. The times are changing, however, as shown by the US FDA approving the first drug comprised of CBD to treat severe forms of epilepsy earlier this year. While CBD derived from cannabis is still a Schedule 1 controlled substance under federal law in the US, hemp-derived CBD is more widely accessible (though its legality in terms of federal law is also murky).
The latest study was conducted in Quebec, where CBD recently became legal following passage of Canada's Cannabis Act, which legalized recreational cannabis use nationwide.
The study will be published in the journal PAIN.
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Courting Pennsylvania by way of Constantinople, Lincoln puts the finishing touches on his appointment of Keystone State Congressman Edward Joy Morris, the Minister Resident to Turkey; the Seal of the United States, the President directs, is to be affixed to the envelope of a letter - carrying Morris' credentials - addressed to His Imperial Highness, the Sultan of Turkey.
A month before, Lincoln wrote that it seemed "Pennsylvania is well entitled to the place," and so picked Morris who, happily, was not only a good Republican, but a seasoned traveler who had visited, and written about, the Levant. In 1842 he published Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Arabia Petraea, to the Holy Land " and in 1855, translated from the German Alfred De Besse's The Turkish Empire, Embracing the Religion, Manners, and Customs of the People: with a Memoir of the Reigning Sultan and Omer Pacha.
Morris remained Minister at Constantinople until October, 1870.
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I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the envelope of a letter addressed to His Imperial Highness, the Sultan of Turkey, (Mr. E. Joy Morris' credence) dated this day, and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant.
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Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) and Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue, Camelot, Heroes Reborn) lead the cast of the legal drama. Alex Carter (NCIS, Ransom, Saving Hope), Benjamin Ayres (Saving Hope, Bitten, Dan for Mayor), Nicola Correia-Damude (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments), Meegwun Fairbrother (Hemlock Grove), and Star Slade co-star.
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Name:Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience; FirstDate:2001-03-24; FinalDate:2001-10-07; Location:Japanese American National Museum; Organization:Japanese American National Museum; Curator:Kristine Kim; Karin Higa; Producer:; KeyStaff:Ron Stroud (designer); Website: http://www.janm.org/exhibits/sugimoto/ ;
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Retrospective exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) featuring the work of Issei artist Henry Sugimoto , who was best known for his depictions of the wartime incarceration experience, many of them executed while he was confined at the Fresno , Jerome , and Rohwer camps. Debuting at JANM in 2001, the exhibition subsequently traveled to Sacramento and to Arkansas.
The exhibition's roots go back to 1990, when Sugimoto's estate bequeathed 142 works to JANM upon his passing. With the success of its The View from Within: Japanese American Art from the Internment Camps, 1942–1945 exhibition—which featured some of Sugimoto's work—in 1992 and the opening of its new pavilion in 2000, JANM decided to put together a retrospective exhibition on Sugimoto. Co-curators Karin Higa and Kristine Kim visited Sugimoto's daughter, Madeline Sugimoto, in New York and were surprised to find that she had kept his studio essentially intact and that it held hundreds of additional works, as well as photographs, archival material (including an unpublished memoir), and artifacts. Along with a set of large works that Sugimoto had donated to the Wakayama City Library (Sugimoto was originally from Wakayama prefecture), the works from the JANM bequest augmented by these new discoveries formed the core of the exhibition.
The approximately one hundred works displayed spanned his entire career from his acclaimed European influenced prewar work to the work he did while incarcerated to postwar explorations of Japanese American history. Opening at JANM on March 24, 2001, Painting an American Experience spanned both the JANM's historical building and two galleries in the newly opened pavilion, with the works in the former arranged chronologically and in the latter thematically. Also part of the exhibition was a specially produced documentary film, Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto , directed by John Esaki, as well as a book length catalog including a biography by Kim that was published by Heyday Books. A full slate of public programs took place over the run of the exhibition, which closed on October 7, 2001.
The exhibition subsequently traveled to the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, California, where it ran from January 26 to March 24, 2002. It was also one of eight exhibitions that opened in the Little Rock, Arkansas, area as part of the Life Interrupted project in 2004. Displayed at the Cox Creative Center of the Central Arkansas Library System, the exhibition was augmented by additional Sugimoto works held by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
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Kim, Kristine. Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience . Foreword by Lawrence M. Small. Introduction by Karin Higa. Epilogue by Madeline Sugimoto. Translations by Emily Anderson. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2000.
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The famously unconventional Djedjotronic is back with more of his unpolished brilliance on Boysnoize Records. Frenchman Djedjotronic always cooks up dystopian drama with a tangible physical aesthetic that rips dancefloors apart. He does so on CPU, Zone, and this label and is in his element in a sweaty low-ceilinged basement as much as he is the iconic techno hub that is Berghain. A master of dark and uncompromising grooves, he has more than ten years in the game behind him but still serves up the unexpected. This most thrilling of EPs opens with "Boish", a twisted electro tune with dark drums and coarse synth textures crashing down all around you. It's haunting and haunted and brilliantly unrelenting. Next up is "Global Surveillance", a more quick and slick electro track with big, busted kick drums powering along the crisp boom bap of the analog percussion. Paranoid synths add a wonderful sense of tension to this standout production. Slowing down the tempo is closer "Rusted" with its corrugated bass and jittery metallic hits. It's the sound of a ruined warehouse late at night at some point in the future, long after humans have left. These are high powered, high impact tunes once more from one of the best in the game.
Villager, aka Alex Young, is a dynamic new producer who has been signed to the iconic Boysnoize Records for two fresh new EPs, kicking off with the superb Aura. This promising artist has an arresting and energetic sound that perfectly fits in with this label and comes after years touring with DJs such as Skrillex, Diplo, and Cashmere Cat. As well as the focus on refining his ability as a producer in the studio, the Villager project is also about taking the live electronic experience to a new level, using visuals created and curated by Alex himself, and featuring a balance of DJ sets along with shows that are live and improvised, using synths, drum machines, and the latest in music technology. Opener "Vessel Boy" shows off his skills immediately: it features hard hitting drum loops and is wired up with synths, whirring machines and distant bird calls that all froth with energy. The excellent "Aura" then pairs lo-fi beats with taught synth sequences and crashing hits to really bring a new rave sound. "Chimera" shows off another side to this artist with celestial melodies raining down the face of a vulnerable, piano-laced groove that slowly transforms into a shuffling house track. "Treehouse 1" is more delicate, with a suspensory groove detailed by thoughtful pads and deft melodies that drift and float in a wide open and late-night expanse. "Treehouse 2" is the standout closer, with distorted drums and manic synths layered up into high pressure rhythms that are designed for warehouse destruction. This is a fascinating EP that covers plenty of vital club sounds from a brand-new perspective.
LOCKED CLUB
Russian duo Locked Club joins Boysnoize Records for the release of IRAK, an EP of dark and utterly kinetic electro and techno with a punk edge. The legacy of Detroit and The Hague get roughed up on the streets of Moscow with overdriven percussion, booming bass and aggressive acid elements keeping one foot firmly planted in the past while the other kicks the future in the face. This is absolutely banging stuff for dangerous dancefloors, and it crackles with visceral energy. The title track "Irak" is the most restrained, with slowed vocal loops and a delirious mijwiz sample that make the 130bpm tempo of the straight 4/4 feel much faster. "Doschitai" puts frantic chops and distorted bass over a start-stop rhythm with some very hot claps. When the "Nautilus" sample creeps in, so do the chills -- this is truly a massive tune. "Two Girls" brings back the 4/4 but with maximum jack. Ominous voices continue the dark mood of the EP, but the syncopated cowbells and stuttering bassline make this the stand out track for your body. Locked Club end with "999999999", where a melancholy ambient introduction is quickly betrayed by metallic breakbeats, neuro-funk sonics, and haunting Eastern vocal samples. It's a track you'd play towards the end of the night (morning?) to give everyone a moment of calm before plunging them back into hysteria. Locked Club's IRAK EP never hesitates and it does not care if you can keep up. But for those looking for the adrenaline of a fight on the dancefloor, the IRAK EP provides it -- no violence necessary.
A Convenient Excuse Pt. 2
There's a notable progression in A Convenient Excuse Pt. 2 with Cardopusher appearing to be a producer in fast-forward stride. If Pt. 1 (BNR 183EP) was a survey of the darker side of '80s industrial and EBM, Pt. 2 takes a more focused look at the sort of "haunted Italo". Four of the five tracks are up-tempo and club ready this time, driven by vicious arpeggios and bit crushed drums. Skinny Puppy atmospherics still make their appearance, and it is still music to play a tabletop game of Shadownrun to.
Venezuela's electronic legend Cardopusher is back on Boynoize Records with the first of a two-part EP. The slow, twisted opener is "Broadcast Signal Intrusion", which has haunting bass and crashing hits over heavy drums. Then "Blood & Pain" picks up the pace with electro drums and contorted metallic synths. Slowing things down to a crawl is the masterful "How Deep Is Your Love" with its distorted bass and icy hits. The brain-frying "Subjected To Disintegration" has haunting sounds, shadowy bass, and an emerging dubby groove. "Temporary Forever" is a dirty, rough-edged electro track with stiff bass and edgy chords.
Take Me Down (Feat. Douglas McCarthy)
Remix package of Djedjotronic's "Take Me Down" featuring Nitzer Ebb's vocalist Douglas McCarthy including remixes by Obscure Shape and SHDW and Broken English Club. An additional track features Djedjotronic himself as the remixer for a techno mix of "Avatars Have No Organs".
R.U.R.
BNR 174LP
Techno has a long legacy of channeling the future through aural exploration. It's always been a time traveling genre with a specific focus on the interface between man and machine -- or perhaps the replacement of the former by the latter. These cross-temporal experiments continue on Djedjotronic's LP R.U.R., where cold machines are sequenced by a warm heartbeat, unless of course it's the other way around. There are lots of nods to the great techno-futurist producers of the distant and recent past, from Cybotron to I.F. to The Hacker to sounds of the legendary Thursdays at Pulp in Paris when Ivan Smagghe helmed the decks. In the album's most aggressive, dancefloor-focused moment, Nitzer Ebb's Douglas McCarthy lends vocals for an industrial-arpeggiated monster of a track. Much of the album, however, explores lower BPMs. From the ambient opening of "Dr. Rossum," to the OG electro styling of "H+," to the aptly jacking "Cockring Robot," the album serves as a haunting time-traveling trip temporally and through genres. It rightfully ends with the titular track "R.U.R.," Djedjotronic's own vision of the future. The past's own prophecies of technology usurping humanity are all but coming true, and this album is Djedjotronic's call to arms.
BOYS NOIZE & VIRGIL ABLOH
Orvnge
Fashion design is a creative task involving the shaping, bending, and breaking of codes. Techno is similar, as one mines the genre's legacy in order to navigate new territory. Creative polymath Virgil Abloh is most widely known for his fashion work, but it's no surprise his track "Orvnge" with Boys Noize is a powerfully executed exercise in the shared practice of finding the memetic, fractal base that forms the skeleton for a myriad of patterns that inevitably follow. "Orvnge" is a club weapon serving as a robust beginning for the further possibilities of their collaboration yet to unfold. Orange vinyl.
SCNTST
Scenes And Sketches From The Lab
SCNTST provides the fantastic album Scenes And Sketches From The Lab on Boysnoize Records, three years after his last one, Puffer (BNR 024LP, 2015). Bryan Müller makes classy shadowy techno as Skee Mask on Illian Tape, but as SCNTST he focuses more on expansive and cinematic atmospheres, rich melody, and shifting timbres. As such, Scenes And Sketches From The Lab is a considered and cerebral affair that shows maturity and musicality across all fourteen tracks. It reimagines techno, ambient, bass, IDM, and electronica into new forms that are artful and highly detailed, and as such it works as well in headphones as it no doubt will in the club. Opening up the album is "Dilettante Fonk", four minutes of lithe and celestial breakbeats with heavenly pads that suspend you in a crystal clear blue sky. "Espera" is a weightless mix of stuttering synth riffs and broken rhythmic patterns which work in a manic but beautiful fashion above a cacophony of live sounding drums. The exquisite synth craft continues on tracks like the pixelated "And Don't Dis The Arp" and beguiling experimentation of "08141 PtII". No drums in this album are standard, they all explore a wide range of styles and tempos, pushing the envelope as they go. Some lurch and loop and others bounce about loosely below blissful chords such as on "The Ends From Castle Road". More introverted moments come on "Morf (Tomchord Mix)", the tempo rises with driving techno on "Jomox Plus MFB" then SCNTST shows a playful side on the swaggering "Outline Dub". Acid lines makes an appearance on the brain-melting "Opus Quod Acidum" and after serene hi-fidelity percussive workouts like "'14 Tepéca" things close on the excellently doleful ambiance of "Power Remains". This is an utterly spell-binding album that shows off impeccable studio skills as well as a wealth of fresh ideas.
BOYS NOIZE
Boys Noize Presents Strictly Raw Vol. 2
Strictly Raw Vol. 2, follows Strictly Raw Vol. 1 which was released in 2015 and described as, "a collection of his label Boysnoize Records' filthiest industrial stalwarts" by SPIN Magazine. Boys Noize on the concept of Strictly Raw Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: "The idea of the Strictly Raw release is to take one drum machine and one or two synths and make a track with it. Over the years, friends came in and out of my studio and sometimes we'd end up jamming on my machines. Since it's #BNR10YR I wanted to collect the good ones and put them all together, and there is some magic going on. As a DJ, you always look out for this timeless house or techno music and here are nine tracks that go from breaks to techno to acid to classic house; all analog, all strictly raw!"
JENSEN INTERCEPTOR & ASSEMBLER CODE
6th Element
6th Element is Jensen Interceptor's newest release with frequent collaborator Assembler Code. "2231" is an evil acid stomper with haunting metallic hits strongly rooted in the likes of Skinny Puppy and early Noise Unit. The title track is both the deepest and most frenzied, with a tension and release arrangement built for the dancefloor. "Runner" is a proper title for a track in which the breakbeat and acid line never stops going and your body can't either. "FM Expander" takes an interesting approach to reductionism, with a Jersey club kick pattern keeping time for sparse, bit-crushed percussion.
New Cult Fear
Venezuela born, Barcelona based Cardopusher's career goes back over 12 years -- the proverbial 10,000 hours to master a skill long fulfilled. New Cult Fear, on Boysnoize Records, proves it through disciplined, focused craftsmanship. It's the type of no-frills production that deceives the amateur listener with its simplicity, while the seasoned listener knows that the simpler the elements, the harder it is to make a track that moves the dancefloor. Moving dancefloors it does, although there are few smiles to be had. This is music for dark rooms, for Nitzer Ebb's famous pairing of "muscle and hate". This is being electrocuted by a broken TB-303 -- only you find the feeling erotic, your exclamations recorded on a haunted reel-to-reel. And it's never sounded so good. The 11 tracks of the LP sit squarely in "the zone", that time in the club when time itself has stopped, when mind turns off and body takes control. Menacing acid lines, jacking bass, and harsh, reductionist production build the backbone to fragmented Latin percussion and vocals (including a feature by Miami's Cuban/German Otto Von Shirach), which nod to Cardopusher's South American roots and lend a sense of exoticism to its otherwise Detroit rooted aesthetic. This sense of geographic and temporal disconnection/reconnection permeates the LP; this is Detroit techno and Chicago acid, broken, fragmented, sent through antiquated and illegal P2P networks to Venezuela, burnt to CDr and snail-mailed to a Barcelona basement rave, recorded live, then blasted wide open in fractal bits over a global electronic network and reassembled here-and-now in a darkly crystalline execution. As the title New Cult Fear suggests, this is less the stuff of dreams and more-so of a paranoid nightmare. But let your body take control, and nightmares never sounded so good.
Pilo makes his debut on Boysnoize Records with the pure dancefloor grit of his Flourishes EP. Following his breakout Boys Noize collaborative single Cerebral (2015), the rising star has hit full stride with a four-track assemblage packed with his signature textures and ethereal mesh. Flourishes brings out Pilo's full range as it puts forward both the relentless darkness seen in past productions coupled with a fresh emotive momentum. The result is a new direction for Pilo and an evolving soundscape far beyond his years. And his mom loves it. "Axiom" features Dean Grenier.
Mayday Remixes
The album Mayday (2016) saw Boys Noize take his raw, aggressive production to new levels of musicality - true songs instead of club tools. Never one to stray too far from his roots however, Mayday Remixes brings it all right back to the basement. Nearly every track from the album is reworked by Boys Noize with the club and DJ in mind, and the techno gods should be thanked because his Roland TB-303 and TR-808 could handle it. "Overthrow" gets an absolutely jacking acid overdub, "Mayday" is tweaked for maximum dancefloor effect, "Dynamite" gets a Benga dub, "2 Live" morphs into sonically rich disco, "Euphoria" gets a hard percussive techno overhaul, and fans finally get the epic live reprise mix of "Starchild" heard in Boys Noize's sets across the world in 2016. The new album additionally offers remixes from a diverse roster of fresh faces and respected talent. The brutally aggressive "Hardkotzen" gets a proper techno remix by Sydney's Jensen Interceptor, BNR's young rave revivalist Raito brings his signature '90s touch to "Midnight", and Rockwell - of course - offers an utterly mad "Birthday" remix. Mayday Remixes, and edits, expand the original album's world providing its fans, new listeners, and DJs alike a wealth of choice cuts - always shedding cliches, always pushing the boundaries of electronic music and culture forward, and always, always Boys Noize. Also features: Remy Banks, MXM, GILA, Polica, Hudson Mohawke, and Spank Rock.
BLACK MERLIN
George Thompson, aka Black Merlin, continues to push his retro-aggressive style forward with his new Control. The first two cuts, "Control" and "Secondo", capture the neurotic, mechanical energy of a fantasy after-hours in a weapons factory with production evoking the most dancefloor forward moments of Front 242. The last two tracks discard the club's restraints for excursions into sound and narrative. "Blindfold" is a nightmarish soundtrack to automated torture, complete with shouts and screams. "Sequencer" closes with slow, moody, analog arpeggios, rising, falling, filtering, twisting around, through, over, and under each other.
Midnight Remix EP
Boys Noize about "Midnight": "I've had the vocal for a long time and I played with it in my DJ-sets but I never found the right angle to make this an actual song. My first attempt was this industrial break sort of idea but I kicked it away and tried many other versions... So, I decided to re-visit my very first idea and yes it became my favorite version. This process is a good example of trusting your initial feelings and intuition." Remixes by: Boys Noize & Mr. Oizo, Addison Groove, Audion and Cardopusher.
Thru Infinity
SCNTST returns to Boysnoize Records with a heavy-hitting remix EP of "Thru Infinity". After his latest album Puffer (BNR 024LP, 2015) and his latest EP 4FRIENDZ (BNR 142EP, 2015) the young Bavarian strikes again. With vibrating synths creating a thrilling rhythm full of emotions, the sound of "Thru Infinity" displays an excursion into danceable beats. A new sound produced with perceptible blood, sweat and tears. The EP includes remixes by none other than the Bavarian brother duo Zenker Brother (Ilian Tape) as well as Chicago born Hieroglyphic Being.
WINK, JOSH
Josh Wink ties techno in knots with Shoelaces. Josh Wink, a master at acid techno, is right in his wheelhouse on the acid mix of "Shoelaces". Throbbing electro rhythms and acid squelches define this mix. Finnish producer Mono Junk offers a more stripped down take on "Shoelaces". The remix is raw yet no less intense, providing the EP with its dark corner. Los Angeles's Truncate follows with a mix for the all-out banging, hammering techno fans.
Djedjotronic presents Strapon. "Strapon" is a sweaty pulverizing tech jam with all the subtlety of a jet black 15" double ender, its sweeping bass riff sways back and forth guaranteeing the essential climax every time. "Solar Bird" takes us deeper into the Frenchman's psyche as he takes us on a trip through techno past, present and future. Further into the EP we strike electro gold as Djedjotronic guides us through a maze of classic breakbeats with lavish metallic ripples, squelching acid flurries and industrial strength textures before we're bid a passionately paranoid adieu on "System".
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_Unsubscribe_ is the production duo of Dave Clarke and Mr. Jones. The pair met through Clarke's White Noise radio show in 2011 but it wasn't until a couple of years later that they began working together. Their debut single, Spek Hondje, came out on Houndstooth in 2013 (HTH 004EP). Here, _Unsubscribe_ join the Boysnoize Records family with the pounding Penultimate EP. With three unrelenting original productions and a remix courtesy of Housemeister, Penultimate is a confident reminder of Clarke and Mr. Jones's fierce style and abilities.
Midnight/Los Niños
Two massive, industrial-inspired analog tracks from Boys Noize. "Midnight" features a darkly processed spoken mantra -- "Midnight, 1 a.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m., 4 a.m. . . . 9 a.m., 10, let's do it again" -- over rough breaks and distorted, cavernous bass, making it a hauntingly effective dancefloor tool for any time of night (or morning). "Los Niños," is an impeccable nod to classic EBM and new beat that could be a lost production from decades ago. If Liaisons Dangereuses, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Silent Servant had children together, they would be "Los Niños." Vinyl only. Limited edition of 300.
Hoshina Anniversary follows his 2014 album Barcelona with Tough, another striking piece of work. The intoxicating "Tough" and the more laid-back "Motion Emotion D.I.C.E." make up the A-side. American techno producer D'Marc Cantu (2AM/FM, Spectral Sound, Ghostly) and Greg Beato (Apron Records, L.I.E.S.) deliver remixes of "Tough" on the B-side.
4FRIENDZ
With 4FRIENDZ, the production style of SCNTST again continues to grow in stature. With vibrating bass kicks creating a thrilling rhythm full of emotion, the sound of 4FRIENDZ displays an excursion into danceable beats. A new sound produced with perceptible blood, sweat, and tears.
Cardopusher is a Venezuelan-born and Barcelona-based DJ, producer, Red Bull Music Academy alumnus, and co-founder of the Classicworks label, which he runs with Nehuen. Inspired by labels like Warp, Schematic, Planet Mu, and Rephlex, and the diverse scene surrounding them in the early 2000s, he decided to begin creating his own productions. Since then he has been cranking out works in different genres of the electronic music spectrum, developing his vision in house, techno, acid, electro, and rave territories and gaining attention from established DJs and producers around the world. Following a couple of EPs on BNR Trax and contributions to Boyznoize's Miami Noize 5 (2014) and 6 (2015) compilations, he delivers his debut Boyznoize full-length, Manipulator. It's a ten-track, hardware-composed album inspired by early rave, '90s EBM/industrial, and lo-fi acid house/techno blended together with modern production touches. Perfect for peak-times or late hours, this record pays homage to underground music. Includes MP3 download codes.
Brain Frequent
Celebrating the 2015 tenth birthday of Boysnoize Records and the #BNR10YR Tour, Boys Noize gets raw with these three analog jams, taken from Strictly Raw Vol. 1 (2015) and now available as supreme DJ cuts on vinyl. "Overstayer" is a slow analog techno monster; it's joined by "Brain Frequent," on which Alex Ridha shows his love for EBM and industrial, and "Dawnload," a halftime hi-tec-core jam.


China has launched a free Google Earth-like online global mapping service, that would allow users to search and view 2D and 3D images from across the world.
The government-funded Map World project will be able to update its geographical data twice every year, while Google Earth updates after every few minutes.
The work on the online service has already begin and is "at a preliminary stage", the country said. The online mapping service is being under taken by China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
Google's plans to launch its own mapping service in China was stalled after the country passed a new law which required a company providing internet-based mapping services to first gain permission from the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.


Date: Sep 20 2018, 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Come down to the North End Lounge for a nice cold beer with friends and co-workers. We have four various beers on tap and many to choose from in bottles. Also for you wine lovers we have a variety of all different quality wines for you to choose from! We hope to see you there!
**During the summer the North End Lounge operation on Thursday evening will take place at the Jellison Field!


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Sustainable supply chains
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Aerial view of a log depot near Douala, Cameroon—one of the links in a tropical timber supply chain. Through its projects and activities, ITTO works with its members to implement best practices at every link in the chain. Photo: A. Walmsley/TRAFFIC
A supply chain comprises the organizations, activities and processes associated with all stages of the business processes involved in planning, sourcing, processing, manufacturing and delivering goods and services. A sustainable supply chain is one that minimizes negative environmental and social impacts, addressing issues such as water and energy use, pollution, the treatment of workers, biosecurity, marginalized people, biodiversity and land use.
Sustainable timber supply chains ensure efficiency, best practices and transparency at every "link" in the chain—in the forest, on the log truck, in the mill, on the ship and in the showroom. Sustainable timber supply chains enable purchasers in domestic and international markets to become drivers of sustainable forest management (SFM) and legal compliance in tropical timber-producing countries by increasing demand for legal and sustainable forest products, thereby creating a virtuous cycle.
Sustainable tropical timber supply chains bring benefits to all stakeholders, from forest owners in the tropics to consumers of the final products—as well as to the global environment. Businesses might want to implement sustainable supply chains because they are good corporate citizens but also as a means for reducing costs and increasing efficiency. The concept of sustainable tropical timber supply chains captures many of the elements of sustainability that ITTO has been promoting since its inception. At its most fundamental, it requires that timber is harvested and traded legally.
The tropical forest sector has immense potential to contribute to the sustainable global supply of goods and services. ITTO's mandate is to promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests. It will, therefore, continue championing sustainability—the crucial ingredient in the long-term health and vitality of the tropical forest sector.
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F5 Application Delivery Controllers Certified as VCE Vblock Ready
F5® now a VCE Technology Alliance Partner; Vblock Ready certification enables orchestrated service capabilities and brings converged infrastructure benefits to mutual customers
SEATTLE – F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) announced today that its BIG-IP® product portfolio is now certified as a Vblock Ready solution through the VCE Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The TAP program is designed for independent software vendors, hardware manufacturers, virtual appliance vendors, and other technology providers looking to simplify and accelerate their solutions for deployment with VCE Vblock Systems.
As the result of dedicated certification efforts, organizations can confidently combine F5 and Vblock solutions in integrated, validated scenarios to optimize converged infrastructure and enhance data center and cloud deployments. Specifically, F5 technologies provide intelligent service delivery functions around application security, optimization, and availability that mesh seamlessly with leading converged infrastructure from VCE, increasing the value, utility, and flexibility of deployments in all types of IT environments.
VCE Vblock Systems provide rapid deployments and dramatically lower IT costs by offering pre-integrated, pre-tested, and pre-validated IT infrastructures that combine best-in-class compute, network, storage, data protection, and virtualization technologies from Cisco, EMC, and VMware, delivered as a single product with unified support. Vblock Ready certification provides customers with the assurance that F5's BIG-IP Application Delivery Controllers can now interoperate with Vblock Systems.
F5 supports evolving infrastructure through a combination of its unique technologies (including ScaleN™ for ultimate growth and scalability) and an ecosystem of alliance partners. With F5's elastic, fabric-based approach to services, customers can pursue dynamic resource models that support leading virtualization, cloud, and data center environments through a combination of physical, virtual, and multi-tenant solutions. Vblock Ready certification adds to F5's growing list of integrated partner solutions.
VCE works with Superna™ to conduct and administer Vblock System certifications for VCE TAP program members. This certification enables mutual channel partners and customers to accelerate adoption of Vblock Systems while leveraging F5 solutions for impactful, consolidated functionality in the data center and the cloud.
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"Our goal is to make it as easy and seamless as possible for organizations to efficiently combine and automate F5 services with other solutions in the larger IT landscape. The F5 Synthesis™ platform provides a flexible, fabric-based approach in orchestrating dynamic functionality between software, hardware, and cloud-based infrastructure components. To this aim, partnership efforts play a crucial role in combining F5's Software Defined Application Services™ with technology from leading vendors and industry organizations to integrate capabilities for L2-7 and beyond."
Calvin Rowland, SVP, Business Development, F5 Networks
"As a VCE TAP partner, F5 can now integrate its products with Vblock Systems, delivering transformative data center solutions for mutual customers that further enable the agility, simplicity, and economics of converged infrastructure with F5's expertise in application delivery. We're pleased to welcome F5 as a Technology Alliance Partner for VCE Vblock Systems, and look forward to additional collaboration opportunities."
D.J. Long, Senior Director, Technology Alliances, VCE
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world. F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center, and software defined networking (SDN) deployments to successfully deliver applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem of leading technology and data center orchestration vendors. This approach lets customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their needs over time. The world's largest businesses, service providers, government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead of cloud, security, and mobility trends. For more information, go to f5.com.
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Puget Sound plan to shutter Colstrip coal units approved
Talen Energy
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission unanimously approved a multi-party settlement allowing Puget Sound Energy to increase electric rates by 1% and reduce gas rates by almost 4%, while clearing the way for two units at the Colstrip coal plant to be retired.
The settlement, reached in September, allows PSE to recover its remaining costs associated with closing Colstrip units 1 and 2, which the utility will mothball no later than 2022.
A total of $10 million will go towards community planning for the town of Colstrip, Mont. PSE and shareholders will each put $5 million towards the efforts, as the town absorbs job losses and revenues.
As increasing numbers of coal-fired power plants retire, there will be a stream of small towns left to cope with job and tax revenue losses as well as a changed way of life. The Billings Gazette reported closing Units 1 and 2 will have a $500 million impact southeast Montana over a span of three years. The settlement attempts to address some of the issues.
Along with the $10 million for community development, PSE has agreed to work with stakeholders to develop a "community transition plan" and funding mechanisms to address the loss of a major employer and tax payer. The settlement also creates a one-time $2 million increase in weatherization assistance funds for low-income customers.
Puget Sound Energy has agreed to shut down Units 1 and 2 no later than 2022. For Units 3 and 4, the order speeds cost recovery for those units by 18 years through 2027. The settlement also revalues PSE's share of Colstrip and establishes a financing mechanism for the decommissioning and remediation of the Units 1 and 2.
Regulators acknowledged the significance and complexity of the proceeding. In the order, the three-member commission said the scope of the proceeding "distinguishes it as one of the major complex litigations before the commission during the past two decades."
The UTC hailed the settlement as an "historic agreement, which addresses, among other things, many challenging issues regarding the Colstrip coal-fired power plants that the commission and parties have grappled with for more than a decade."
PSE will be required to report on its progress in shutting down the two units, and give updates on the anticipated timeline for Colstrip 3 and 4. The utility must also complete an annual evaluation of the funds to decommission and clean up Units 1 and 2, and determine if they are sufficient.
The average residential power customer will see a monthly bill increase of about a dollar, to an average of $95.16. For gas customers, the average customer will see a decrease of $2.67, to $66.15.
Public comment on the case was lopsided. The UTC revealed it received 479 public comments on PSE's rate proposals, and only 7 supported it.
Billings Gazette Plan to close Colstrip power plant by 2027 approved, leaving $10M for community transition
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SKorea suspends civilian drills to help talks with NKorea
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea has suspended its summertime civil defense drills aimed at preparing against a North Korean attack to keep alive a positive atmosphere for nuclear diplomacy with the North.
Seoul's decision on Tuesday to "temporarily suspend" the nationwide civilian drills had been anticipated since the United States and South Korea halted their annual military exercises following a summit last month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Streets in South Korean cities froze at the sound of air-raid sirens every year during the Ulchi drills in August with cars stopping on roads, pedestrians moving into buildings and subway stations, and government workers evacuating from their offices.
Kim Boo Kyum, minister of the interior and safety, said the suspension of the civilian drills was a follow-up to the suspension of the military exercises amid recent changes in "South-North relations and other security situations." He said the government and military will work to design a new civil defense program to be launched next year that will be aimed at preparing people for natural disasters and terrorist attacks in addition to military attacks.
"The government will firmly maintain national preparedness for emergency situations," Kim said in a news conference also attended by Defense Minister Song Young-moo. The ministers did not take reporters' questions.
After their summit in Singapore, Trump and North Korean leader Kim issued a vague aspirational statement on the North's denuclearization that didn't describe when and how it would occur. It's now up to a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to hammer out details in discussions with senior North Korean officials. The follow-up talks got off to a rocky start, with the North accusing the United States of making unilateral demands, though Pompeo called the talks in Pyongyang last week productive.
The Ulchi civilian drills were launched in 1969, a year after a failed attempt by North Korean commandos to assassinate then-South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee. Since 2008, the civilian drills have coincided with the Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises between South Korea and the United States. Following his summit with Kim, Trump said that the allies would suspend the war games as long as negotiations with the North continue in "good faith."
There had been criticism on whether the civilian exercises were adequately preparing South Koreans from North Korean threats. For most South Koreans, there's no real training, with people standing around in gathering spots, staring into their phones or looking frustrated. Many schools didn't participate in the air-raid drills.
While South Korea has nearly 19,000 evacuation shelters, mostly in subway stations and parking garages, surveys have shown most people did not know which shelters were closest to their homes.
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Jordan Poyer's sweet moment with wife Rachel Bush after Bills loss
Monday night did not go the Bills' way, but Jordan Poyer was still feeling the love from his favorite fan.
Bills safety appears in wife Rachel Bush's Instagram story following Buffalo's game on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.
Following Buffalo's 14-10 loss to New England, the Bills safety, 30, appeared to enjoy a sweet moment with his wife, Rachel Bush, who attended the game at Highmark Stadium.
In an Instagram Story, Bush is seen standing behind Poyer, who then grins at the screen. Though off-camera, it seems Bush may have kissed the top of his head before calling it a night.
Rachel Bush ahead of the Bills' "Monday Night Football" game on Dec. 6, 2021.
Amid a chilly and windy night in Buffalo, the Bills fell to their AFC East rival and are now 7-5. They will face the Patriots again in Foxborough later this month.
Poyer, who is in his fifth season with the Bills, addressed the loss postgame with teammate and fellow safety Micah Hyde, both of whom were less than thrilled with a reporter's question.
Bills safety Jordan Poyer and wife Rachel Bush
During Monday's AFC East showdown, the Patriots threw the ball three times and logged 222 rushing yards on 46 carries. Running back Damien Harris scored New England's lone touchdown in the first quarter.
The secondary duo was asked if they were "embarrassed" by the Patriots' ability to control the game with their running attack.
"We made stops when we had to. They had one big run. I mean, they've got good backs," Poyer said. "They kept coming back to a couple runs. I mean, I don't know how you want us to answer that question."
Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson and Bills safety Jordan Poyer on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.
The Bills will take on the Buccaneers (9-3) on Sunday afternoon in Tampa.
Despite Monday's loss, the Bills remain in the playoff hunt as they are currently the No. 7 seed in the AFC. The Patriots, however, are No. 1.
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Get the interesting information about the notable American screenwriter of television, film and radio on Facts about Lucille Fletcher. She was born on 28 March 1912 and died on 31 August 2000. The Hitch-Hiker was one of Fletcher's works. She wrote it for Orson Welles as a radio play. The Twilight Zone TV series adapted this work for an episode.
The most famous work of Fletcher was Sorry, Wrong Number. This radio play has been adapted into a film noir classis released in 1948.
In 1939, Fletcher and Bernard Herrmann married. Her husband was a composer. In 1943, he began working on his opera Wuthering Heights. In 1951, the opera was finished after the couple divorced. Fletcher was the writer for the libretto.
The birthplace of Fletcher was located in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was Violet Fletcher. Her father was Matthew Emerson Fletcher.
Before being enrolled at Bay Ridge High School, she went to Maxwell Training School and Public School. She was appointed as the school magazine editor and president of Arista honor society.
During the National Oratorical Contest on the Constitution of the United States, Fletcher won the title as the champion student orator at the age of 17. She earned the prize of $1,000, a gold medal and a trip to South America. She also had the ticket to move to the nation championship where she finished at the third place.
In 1933, Fletcher earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College.
She worked as a publicity writer at CBS, copyright clerk and music librarian in 1934 until 1939.
Bernard Herrmann was a composer who met Fletcher when he conducted the CBS orchestra. Because of the objection of her parents, the couple had delayed marriage after dating for five years. On 2nd October 1939, the couple married.
"My Client Curley" earned her the first success. Norman Corwin adapted her magazine story into a radio play.
On 31 August 2000, Fletcher died due to a stroke.
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Mary Rodriguez is a native of San Antonio and a 1973 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. She earned her Baccalaureate degree in Music Education from St. Mary's University in 1976. From 1977 until 1984, Mary taught music in San Antonio area parochial schools. In 1984 she became manager of band instruments for Caldwell Music, a position which involved her directly in retail sales of musical equipment and accessories to school districts and to the general public.
Mary began her career in the financial services industry in1985 when she joined the San Antonio agency of Principal Mutual Life as a career agent. Over the next few years, Mary's practice became more focused in the areas of disability income and health insurance.
In 1990, after five years as a career agent with Principal, Mary joined with her husband, Jerry Mathis to open an independent insurance agency, M.A.R. Financial Group.
In 2007, Mary and her husband opened the A R M Insurance Agency,Inc, an independent "Trusted Choice" agency to complete services to their business clients by providing access to general liability, workers' compensation, and allother business insurance lines as well as personal insurane products such as homeowners, auto, and umberella.
Mary was installed as a Fellow of the Life Underwriters Training Council in 1990, and she has been a frequent moderator for the LUTC education program, teaching the disability income and business insurance courses. She earned the Registered Health Underwriter's designation in 1995. She is currently involved in studies leading to the designation of Registered Employee Benefit Consultant.
Mary is an active member of the National, Texas, and San Antonio Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, serving as a member of the professional development and continuing education committees. In 1999 she was elected to a two-year term as Director for the Association for Health Insurance Advisors, a focus group of NAIFA. In 2006 she was elected President of NAIFA-San Antonio. She is also an active member of the National, Texas, and San Antonio Association of Health Underwriters.
Mary is a frequent public speaker before civic groups on the topic of insurance and risk management, and she has lectured on business insurance concerns for SCORE. Mary holds the position of associate professor at St. Phillips College where she has served the college and the small business incubator program as insurance resource person.
Mary has authored articles on Disability Insurance and Medical Insurance which have been printed in theSan Antonio Business Journal, as well as several national publications. She has been frequently quoted as an expert on Health and Disability insurance in theSan Antonio Express News and other periodicals.
Jerry Mathis has been a resident of San Antonio since 1978. He entered the financial services industry in 1983 after a successful career in the automotive aftermarket. During his first two years in the insurance business, Jerry qualified for the Frost Bank Rookie of the Year Award, The Bankers Life Presidents Early Achievement Award, Bankers Life Premier Club and Century Club. He also qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table, the National Sales Achievement award, the National Quality Award, and the Texas Leaders Round Table.
In 1985, Jerry accepted a position as unit supervisor for the Bankers Life of Des Moines, Iowa. For the next two years he was responsible for recruiting and training new sales associates for the company. He returned to personal production in 1987, while continuing to work with agents as an advanced underwriting consultant.
Jerry earned the Chartered Life Underwriter designation from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania in 1986 and the Chartered Financial Consultant designation from the same institution in1988. Since 1991 He has been an active member of the San Antonio Chapter of Financial Service Professionals, and has held several executive positions with that organization, most recently Dierctor of Membership 2013-2014. In 1991 he earned the LUTCF designation from the Life Underwriters Training Council in Bethesda, Maryland.
. He has been a frequent moderator for the LUTC program, teaching business insurance, personal insurance, advanced business planning, estate planning, and personal retirement planning. Jerry served three years on the national textbook review committee for the advanced sales series of courses for LUTC. From 1994 to 1997, he served as chairman of the LUTC program for the San Antonio Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers.
From 1997 through 2003, Jerry served the San Antonio chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors as a Director, Officer, President, and as Immediate Past President for the year 2003-2004. In January, 2006, Jerry was inducted into the NAIFA-San Antonio "Hall of Fame" an honor bestowed on only 17 other individuals in the 76 year history of the organization.
In August of 1990, Jerry co-founded the M.A.R. Financial Group, and today serves as life and retirement plans development manager for that firm.
A 1991 graduate of the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, John earned his degree in Economics prior to joining the family firm, Market Distribution Specialists, one of the nation's leading distributors of telephone directories.
After the passing of his father, and seeing what was on the horizon with the coming of the iPhone, John left the family business, moved to San Antonio, Texas, and started his insurance career with one of the nations leading insurance agencies, MassMutual. In 2018, John joined MAR bringing his small business expertise and operational skills to our agency.


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Skateboard Trucks Tell The Future of Design With Topology Optimization
by 3DScienceValley · June 13, 2018
When it comes to skateboarding, flips and grabs are cool—but downhill longboarding is completely insane. Reaching speeds of more than 90 miles per hour, downhill longboarders combine skateboarding and surfing in an adrenaline blast that is all about speed. Clearly, keeping the wheels attached to the board is critical to these downhill daredevils.
The "truck" of a skateboard is that piece on the underside of the deck that the wheels are attached to. Made of axles, bushes, and pins, the truck is the interface between the wheels and deck that gives the rider the necessary control through shifts in weight, bending and reacting to the board's travel. It's a pretty important part, to say the least.
And now, like aircraft parts, furniture, and so many other modern objects, skateboard trucks are set to change, thanks to topology optimization and metal additive manufacturing.
Precision-engineering student and downhill skateboarder Philipp Manger applied his expertise to the skateboard truck because in his words, "It's the only skateboard part I haven't made before, and it fit perfectly to try out these new technologies." But this venture, Project TOST (Topology Optimized Skateboard Trucks), specifically caters to downhill longboarding. Traditional skateboard-truck designs work for skating in the streets, but a style called the reverse-kingpin truck is better for longboarding and high-speed skateboarding.
When it came to redesigning the reverse-kingpin truck, Manger used Autodesk Fusion 360 and Netfabb to aid his optimization. Using Manger's parameters and constraints for achieving the same (or higher) stiffness while reducing overall weight, the software output an optimized lattice structure. Lattice designs inspired by nature are intricate, bonelike constructions that look like they've evolved over millions of years. The improvements in weight, performance, and strength are a big deal in industries such as aerospace, but a skateboard isn't that heavy—so what kind of performance does a topology-optimized skateboard truck offer?
Most traditional skateboard trucks are aluminium; Manger used the much heavier titanium, but the lattice pattern required far less material, making the truck much lighter. "Titanium has almost double the density of aluminium, so it was a challenge," he says. "But the big change was that the truck's upper, moving part—called the hanger—is normally a caster with a steel axle inside an aluminium body. Both of my hanger designs are made out of one part, and the axles are hollow as well, with the lattice going inside the axis."
Many topology-optimized parts like Manger's truck are impossible to manufacture traditionally. Milling or casting techniques don't have the finesse to remove material amid that tangle of detail. All of the lattice beams in Project TOST prototypes were less than a millimeter wide, which precluded those methods while also giving the project a quantum leap forward. "It was a goal to investigate the limit for metal additive manufacturing, the minimum feature size," Manger says.
That made the right manufacturing partner critical, and Manger found it in Fraunhofer IWU, a big name in German production-technology R&D. "The Institute's focus is on metal additive manufacturing and other lightweight designs, so it was the perfect partner," Manger says. "I was happy to find such a big organization to work with, and they supported me with the access to the building and manufacturing facilities, especially a GE Concept Laser M2, which is a laser-beam-melting machine. It gave me a lot of know-how."
"The project wasn't really about creating a skateboard truck," he says. "It was more about finding new ways for lightweight designs for metal additive manufacturing. Project TOST shows new approaches from the combination of organic forms and lattice structures. The skateboard trucks just happen to be a demonstrator that everyone can understand."
As yet, Manger has no formal plans to commercialize the futuristic new skateboard truck. It's not yet economically competitive with traditional truck manufacturing (Manger says it'd take a few more years to get there). Besides, the aim of Project TOST was always to enable a proof of concept.
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Oliver Stanley "Olly" Murs (* 14. Mai 1984 in Witham, Essex, England) ist ein britischer Pop-Sänger. In seinem Heimatland wurde er 2009 durch die sechste Staffel der Castingshow The X Factor bekannt, bei der er hinter Joe McElderry den zweiten Platz belegte.

Leben
Neben seinem Zwillingsbruder Ben und seiner zwei Jahre älteren Schwester Fay ist Murs eines von drei Kindern von Vicky-Lynn und Peter Murs. Er wuchs in Witham auf und besuchte die Notley High School, wo er Stürmer in der Fußballmannschaft der Schule war. Später spielte er für Witham Town halbprofessionell. Nach dem Schulabschluss arbeitete Murs in einem Callcenter.

Musik

The X Factor und Olly Murs (2009–2010)
2009 bewarb Murs sich für die sechste Staffel der Castingshow The X Factor, die von August bis Dezember 2009 im Abendprogramm des britischen Fernsehsenders ITV ausgestrahlt wurde. Er erreichte das Finale des Wettbewerbs, unterlag dort jedoch dem 18-jährigen Joe McElderry.

In der Folge ging er mit der Show The X Factor Live auf Tournee. Im Februar 2010 wurde er von den Plattenfirmen Epic Records und Syco Music unter Vertrag genommen. Seine Debütsingle Please Don't Let Me Go erschien Ende August 2010, danach die Single Thinking of Me im November und das Debütalbum Olly Murs folgte kurz darauf ebenfalls im November. Im März folgte dann die Single Heart on My Sleeve und im Mai die Single Busy.

In Case You Didn't Know (2011)
Im deutschsprachigen Raum wurde Olly Murs erst mit seinem zweiten Album In Case You Didn't Know, welches im November 2011 erschien, und insbesondere seiner Single Heart Skips a Beat vermarktet, die am 6. April 2012 auf Platz 1 der deutschen Singlecharts stieg. Heart Skips a Beat erschien im August 2011 und die zweite Single Dance with Me Tonight folgte im November.

Right Place Right Time (2012)
Am 26. November 2012 wurde sein drittes Studioalbum Right Place Right Time in Großbritannien veröffentlicht. Bereits am 18. November erschien vorab der Titel Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida) als Download-Single. In den Vereinigten Staaten erschien Troublemaker am 8. Januar 2013. Am 25. Januar 2013 erschien Troublemaker in Deutschland auch auf CD und erreichte dabei Platz zwei der Singlecharts. In Großbritannien gelang sogar der Sprung auf Platz 1.
Das Album erschien in den USA als Murs' erstes Album am 16. April 2013. Es konnte sich auf Platz 19 der US-Album-Charts platzieren.

Die zweite Singleauskopplung des Albums war Army of Two, welche am 10. März 2013 erschien. Diese konnte Platz 12 der UK-Charts erreichen. In Deutschland platzierte sie sich lediglich für eine Woche auf Platz 96. Die dritte Single Dear Darlin' konnte sich wieder wesentlich besser platzieren. Sie erschien am 26. Mai 2013 in Großbritannien und erreichte Platz 5. In Deutschland wurde sie am 16. August veröffentlicht und stieg bis Platz 2. In Österreich erreichte Olly Murs mit der Single erstmals dort die Nummer 1 der Charts.

Die vierte Singleauskopplung Right Place Right Time erschien am 25. August 2013 in Großbritannien. Außerdem wurde Dance with Me Tonight in einer neuen Version als Single in den USA veröffentlicht.

Im November 2013 erschien eine neue Version des Albums Right Place Right Time. Dazu erschien die nächste Singleauskopplung Hand on Heart am 24. November.

Never Been Better (2014)
Im November 2014 erschien das vierte Studioalbum Never Been Better. Davor wurde erste Singleauskopplung Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy) veröffentlicht, welche in Großbritannien Platz 3 der UK-Singlecharts erreichte. An seiner Single Up arbeitete Murs zusammen mit Demi Lovato. Die Single schaffte es in Großbritannien auf Platz 4.

24 Hrs (2016)
Im Juli 2016 erschien seine erste Single You Don't Know Love aus seinem fünften Album 24 Hrs, welches am 11. November 2016 erschien. Die zweite Single Grow Up, die ebenfalls vor dem Release des Albums erschien, wurde im Oktober 2016 veröffentlicht. Im Dezember 2016 erschien die Single Years & Years. Im Juni 2017 wurde die Single Unpredictable veröffentlicht. Anders als bei der ursprünglichen Version des Songs auf dem Album, arbeitete Murs bei der neuen Version mit Louisa Johnson, der Gewinnerin der 12. Staffel von The X Factor, zusammen.

You Know I Know (2018)
Am 9. November 2018 erschien sein sechstes Album You Know I Know, bei welchem es sich um ein Doppelalbum handelt. Inhalt dieses Albums sind neue Songs als auch bekannte Songs der anderen bisher erschienenen Alben.

Die erste Singleauskopplung Moves (feat. Snoop Dogg) wurde am 28. September 2018 veröffentlicht. Der Song wurde unter anderem von Ed Sheeran geschrieben. Im Musikvideo, welches in einem Club spielt, spielt Rowan Atkinson den Barkeeper. Außerdem ist Moves Teil des Soundtracks des Films Johnny English – Man lebt nur dreimal.

Im Dezember 2018 erschien die Single Excuses.

Diskografie

Tourneen
Murs war bereits drei Mal in Großbritannien auf Tournee. Außerdem tourte er bereits im Vorprogramm von One Direction durch Amerika und begleitete Robbie Williams 2013 auf dessen Europa-Tournee. Im Oktober 2013 ging er zum ersten Mal auf Solo-Tour in Deutschland. Im Mai 2015 kam er auf seiner Never Been Better Tour unter anderem auch für drei Konzerte nach Deutschland.

Alle Tourneen im Überblick:

 In Case You Didn't Know Tour (2012)
 Right Place Right Time Tour (2013)
 Never Been Better Tour (2015)
 24 Hrs Tour (2017)
 You Know I Know Tour (2019)

Im Oktober 2020 kündigte Olly Murs unter anderem auf Instagram eine Tour durch das Vereinigte Königreich und Irland für die Sommer 2021 und 2022 an.

Fernsehkarriere
2015 moderierte Olly Murs zusammen mit Caroline Flack die britische Sendung The X Factor. Seit 2018 tritt Olly Murs als einer der vier Coaches in der Sendung The Voice UK auf. 2019 gewann er mit Molly Hocking die achte Staffel und 2020 mit Blessing Chitapa die neunte Staffel der britischen Sendung.

Im Jahr 2015 nahm Murs bei dem deutschen Songwriting-Wettbewerb Dein Song als Musikpate teil und arbeitete mit Jamie Odonkor an dessen selbstgeschriebenen Song Let me drop it like this.

Auszeichnungen
Goldene Kamera
 2015: Beste Musik International

Bücher
 Happy Days: Official illustrated autobiography
 On The Road: The real stories on tour

Quellen

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website

Teilnehmer an The X Factor (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Popsänger
Brite
Geboren 1984
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Muslim feminists have too much to worry about already to think about homophobia
24 November, 2009 Angry Malay Woman3 Comments
Once a week I meet with people studying gender in the Middle East and we talk about the assigned articles we've read during the week. Last week, it was about sexuality and homophobia. Emerging from our discussion on homosexuality rights in the Middle East (particularly in Lebanon and Palestine) is the question why many Muslim feminists have failed to include sexuality rights on their agenda. Not one, but two people answered by saying that Muslim feminists have too many issues on their hands to fight for gay rights, which suggests that homosexuality rights is not really an Islamic feminist issue and that more pressing injustices – FGM, polygamy, personal status laws governed by the Sharia court – Muslim women's issues essentially, should always take precedence.
There was for a moment a mental jawdrop, but then I realised that this state of affairs isn't surprising at all; feminism has always been about picking and choosing issues that mattered most to its members who have experienced those issues first hand. White feminists are never really going to care about Black feminists, and perhaps mostly because it's nearly impossible to place oneself in another's shoes and understand what it's like to endure life as a Black woman.
In the case of Muslim feminism, to say that all its members are straight, cis and able women is a bit of a stretch, but this certainly is reflected in their movement – that Muslim feminism is for straight, cis and able Muslim women. Compared to the widespread violence implicated on gay men in Iraq, female homosexuality in the Middle East in general is relatively sheltered from persecution. This is perhaps due to the practice of gender segregation in public and private spaces, restrictions on the movement of women and girls, and the fact that female sexuality and desire are very often devalued. And according to Iman al-Ghafari:
Erotic relations among women are devalued as a temporary substitute for the love of men, and are considered of no real threat to the dominant heterosexual system as long as they remain undercover, or in the closet.
The two huge obstacles to pursuing gay rights activism within the Islamic feminism framework are perhaps the apparent prohibition of same-sex relations in Islam and the deeply homophobic attitude that prevails many Muslim communities. With only the story of the prophet Lut (AS) and the morally corrupt citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah that is hyper-reduced to a story of sodomites (but not their other sins and the dubious doings of Lut (AS) himself) as legally/socially-binding final word on homosexuality, self-identified gay Muslims have very little to defend themselves with from the systematic condemnation often reserved for criminals.
What is being attacked in homophobic societies here are not actually the identities "gay", "lesbian", or "homosexual" the way we understand them but really the 'feminisation' of men and the 'masculinisation' of women. Notions of masculinity/femininity and sexual identities in the Middle East are not commensurable with those constituted within Eurocentric psychological/ psychiatric/ feminist jargon. To be a man and have sex with another man, as long as he stays 'on top', does not necessarily make him gay. In fact, in some Muslim communities, to be the penetrator in whatever form of sexual relations often equates with a kind of hypermasculinity. Those who do identify themselves as "gay" however gain the validation of their identities through the internet, media, and social circles. Arguably, most who do call themselves gay belong to the middle class.
It should matter a great deal to Muslim feminists to take on board other 'non-traditional' issues like sexuality, not to mention transgender and disability. These non-traditional issues can benefit greatly from the activism work and academic rigour that Muslim feminism is particularly strong at. Perhaps then Muslim feminism is not only about Muslim women; which is not a bad thing, but an ever-broadening movement that rises to the challenge whenever oppression and Islam intersect.
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24 November, 2009 at 10:20 pm
when i saw this post's title, i thought you agreed with that Muslim feminists should not think about homophobia. i think it's great that you mentioned how feminism picks and choses the issues that matter.
Muslimah Media Watch » Do Muslim Feminists Have Too Much to Worry About Already to Think About Homophobia? says:
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"White feminists are never really going to care about Black feminists, and perhaps mostly because it's nearly impossible to place oneself in another's shoes and understand what it's like to endure life as a Black woman."
Herein lies the issue. Feminisms problem with the idea of knowledge outside the self.
OFCOURSE a black person can understand a white and vice versa. We are not completely opposite entities. We are human.
Its the same dumb argument that men cant understand women and therefore shouldnt get to speak about feminism or women.
By that standard if I say feminists are incorrect about men then they are, because the majority of them are women and women cant understand men. But thats ridiculous.
Everyone can understand anybody. Not always, and they need information, but with enough of it you truly can understand someone else.