![]() ![]() ![]() He’s a ham, makes a lot of racket, invites strangers in on conversations with acquaintances, makes a huge production of goofing around with the baby in stores. His voice is hilarious, and he’s aware it’s funny, uses it to his advantage. Think Charlie Day with a slightly deeper tone. His voice is expressive and loud he do great voice overs for cartoons. He’s always invited to parties, vacations, golf foursomes and shows. He is constantly joking around and teasing, laughing and having fun. He makes an impression on men because of his physicality and appearance, on women because he looks like a good time.īut his presence is due to his famous smile, which he is nicknamed for. Gay men cruise him at the mall and give me withering looks. Every waitress, hairdresser, and secretary gives me the stink eye while trying to engage him. He’s good looking and women make fools of themselves for his attention, some men want to fight him for this. His arms and shoulders are huge, so he takes up a lot of space. He plays every sport and his posture and strut reflect it. His presence, it seems, was deliberately manufactured rather than organic. He was a skinny, short kid a sidekick until his twenties. ![]() He isn’t tall (5’10), doesn’t have a deep voice and has the belly of an aging athlete. The tone of voice you will have then is the audio- version of presence. Forget your own self- consciousness and focus on this really cool news that you just want to share with everybody, convinced they will like it as much as you, even if you cant tell them personally but have to do it by microphone. If you want to try what it is like to have that presence, just volunteer to make an general annoucement most people would be interested to hear, for instance, volunteer to announce over the mike at a wedding that the open bar will now open. Maybe they need our help, maybe they want to tell us something, maybe they just really like we’re there because they like people, period. The Jack Blokes of this world simply radiate that they are confident, attractive, and that they would like to interact with us. We feel it if someone notices us, want something from us, right? If they look at us with some intensity, we notice them and we, in turn, look closer at that person to see what it is he wants with us. Imho, presence is something really simple. ![]()
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![]() As Herodias, star soprano Mattila lurches around the stage, doing her bare minimum to protect her daughter from her husband’s lecherous gaze. Michael Schade and Karita Mattila, arguably the big names in this show, are an excellent pair of terrible parents. There also needs to be a nod to the the Canadian-cast Five Jews – Owen McCausland, Michael Colvin, Jacques Arsenault, Adam Luther, and Giles Tomkins – who make earnest art out of Strauss’s brutally difficult music. Frédéric Antoun is a clarion Narraboth, his easy tenor leaning almost Helden-like in this role, and Carolyn Sproule sings a rich, desperate Page. Michael Kupfer-Radecky booms as Jochanaan, and leaves a hint of grit in the sound to bring the imprisoned prophet to life. The COC Orchestra surges and soars under music director Johannes Debus and, in the best way, one forgets they’re there – no easy task, given their size. The character-building compounds and compounds, and by the time she was cradling a severed head as if it’s a newborn, her expression serene, I gave way to the full heebie-jeebies. ![]() And its full meaning comes out because of the groundwork laid by Braid – the subtle and omnipresent sort of damage that she infuses into Salome. As the music reaches its tense peak, we’re left having seen a sad glimpse into all the times the Salome was reduced to a thing meant for men.Įgoyan’s Dance of the Seven Veils is a stunning moment of theatre. First we get flashback scenes – a charming backyard, a smiling young girl – and then we get a real dance, shown with a gorgeous bit of shadow-play by performers Clea Minaker and Faye Dupras. As opera’s sexiest music begins to play, the stage gives way to film projections on a fluttering screen. She’s used to getting what she wants – she grows suicidal when Jochanaan rebuffs her – and she’s resigned to the fact that, if she ever needs to, she can use her beauty and sexuality to seal the deal.Įgoyan uses the famous Dance of the Seven Veils – which he calls “the most famous striptease in history” – to tell us that Salome has a history with abuse. Braid’s Salome has the emotional intelligence of a child, no doubt the result of growing up a princess and having terrible parents, one of which regularly ogles and objectifies her. The result is a real light bulb moment with this opera. And she does it all with the voice – be it her round, glinting soprano or the near-feral utterings of Salome at her worst. Right away, we’re dropped into Salome’s obsession with Jochanaan, and Braid carries us from curiosity to lust to sheer rage without a dramatic beat left empty. Braid’s portrayal of the Judean princess is unnerving in its realism, devoid of any archetypes about royalty or bratty teenage girls. Yet it’s soprano Ambur Braid who reveals just how disturbing Salome can be. Nearly 30 years old, Egoyan’s production fuses live theatre with film – his signature medium – and leans hard into Salome’s inherent shock value.Īhead of Salome performance, soprano Ambur Braid opens up on sex, scandal and power ![]() And that’s a sight we see in Atom Egoyan’s production of Salome for the Canadian Opera Company, currently onstage through Feb. There’s something uniquely revolting about a woman singing a beautiful aria while holding a man’s matted, dripping, severed head. Now more than a century old, Salome is still shocking. ![]() Salome grows enraged, and demands that her stepfather, King Herod, bring her the prophet’s severed head on a silver platter. Salome tells the prophet that he is beautiful and begs to kiss him, but Jochanaan refuses, saying she is damned for her sins. Princess Salome grows obsessed with the prophet Jochanaan, who is imprisoned in the palace. The opera’s text is a German translation of Oscar Wilde’s 1891 play, where the story is swift and direct. At opera houses that didn’t ban it for its obscene depravity, shocked audiences poured in to see Richard Strauss’s take on the infamous biblical princess of Judea. When Salome premiered in 1905, it made waves. ![]() ![]() ![]() Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) Note: The Early Bird Special bonus pack can only be obtained by purchasing a Season Pass. This instant bonus pack contains four pieces of exclusive gear for BioShock Infinite, a Machine Gun Damage Upgrade, a Pistol Damage Upgrade, a gold skin for both weapons and five Infusion bottles that allow players to increase their health, their shield durability or their ability to use Vigors by increasing the quantity of Salts they can carry. Climb the Leaderboards and earn new achievements.īioShock Infinite: Early Bird Special Pack Complete Blue Ribbon Challenges and unlock concept art, Voxophones, Kinetoscopes, and more in The Columbian Archeological Society. This pack features 60 challenges in four brand-new environments. Combine weapons, Vigors, Gear, Tears, and Sky-Lines in ways you never thought possible as you square off against impossible odds. This first add-on pack puts an intense focus on BioShock Infinite combat. This pack is included in the BioShock Infinite Season Pass and will contain new Trophies. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two is the last of three BioShock Infinite add-on packs and it concludes the storyline of BioShock Infinite and Burial at Sea. Developed by Irrational Games, the studio behind the original BioShock and BioShock Infinite, this continuation of the Burial at Sea saga features parts of Rapture you’ve never seen before, incudes modified stealth-oriented gameplay that brings you new weapons and plasmids, and involves nearly every major character from the original BioShock and BioShock Infinite. Set immediately after the conclusion of Burial at Sea – Episode One, this final episode puts you in the role of Elizabeth as she journeys through Rapture in an effort to rescue the little sister she abandoned. ![]() See the world through Elizabeth’s eyes in BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode Two. This pack is included in the BioShock Infinite Season Pass and will contain new Achievements.īioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two Why are Booker and Elizabeth in Rapture? What was the city like before everything fell to pieces? The answers to these questions and more will be found in BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode 1. It includes a new weapon, an old favorite weapon from the original BioShock as well as the return of the weapon wheel, a new Plasmid, new Gear, and Tears.Įxplore the city when it was at the height of its beauty, meet some old “friends,” and make some new ones, all through the eyes of Booker DeWitt. ![]() ![]() The combat experience has been rebalanced and reworked with a greater emphasis on stealth and resource management to give the player an original BioShock combat experience that merges the best parts of BioShock and BioShock Infinite. Developed by Irrational Games, the studio behind the original BioShock and BioShock Infinite, this DLC features Rapture as you’ve never seen it before-a shining jewel at the bottom of the ocean, built almost entirely from scratch in the BioShock Infinite engine. Get three DLC packs at an incredible discount only available to Season Pass holders.īioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode OneĬome back to Rapture in a story that brings Booker and Elizabeth to the underwater city on the eve of its fall from grace. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, when I started using MAMP, I chose their “default” Apache port value of 8888. Here are my step-by-step instructions to get pretty URLs when using MAMP! I did a bunch of research to finally fix this problem to get a clean local development URL of this format: mysite.local So, I figured that a simple entry in my hosts file would fix it, but I discovered that hosts files can’t handle port numbers or subdirectories. ![]() Also, it was kind of ugly, but this was just for development, so who cares, right?īut, I recently wanted to copy a WordPress Multisite install to my local computer and wasn’t able to get it to work with this URL format. Occasionally, I’d have a problem when a site used root-relative links, but I just lived with that. That was fine for most of my local sites. When I started using MAMP for local website development, my local URLs were of this form: 127.0.0.1:8888/ If you want to keep struggling with MAMP (like I did for a long time), keep reading: The Original Article I’ve kept the article below for those still using MAMP, but rather than messing with these settings, I’d recommend that you check out LocalWP. Note, since writing this article, I have switched to LocalWP, which is superior to MAMP in practically every way and has clean URLs from the get-go. ![]() ![]() 249, and in the UK as Rapid Sight Reduction Tables for Navigation AP 3270/NP 303. Volume 3 covers latitudes between 39 and 89 Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation are published in the USA as Pub. Volume 2 covers latitudes between 0 and 40. Volume 2 and Volume 3 contain values of the altitude to 1' and azimuth to 1 for integral degrees of declination from 29 north to 29 south, for the complete range of latitudes and for all hour angles at which the zenith distance is less than 95 (97 between latitudes 70 and the poles) providing for sights of the Sun, Moon and planets. This publication is aimed at the navigator using astro-navigation and provides the optimum selection of stars for a three-star fix. The latest edition is that for epoch ending 2015. Volume 1 contains the altitude to 1' and true azimuth to 1 for the seven stars most suitable for finding your position with a sextant, for the complete range of latitudes and hour angles of Aries. Volume 1 contains tables for selected stars for all latitudes, calculated for the epoch of 2010, it is intended for use for 5 years, when a new edition will be issued. This is a reprint of the Sight Reduction for Celestial Navigation, Publication 229, Volume 1 in 8.5' by 11' format.To see all Marine Navigation Publications off. These seven stars represent the best selection for observation at any given position and time, and provide the data for presetting instruments before observation and for sight reduction afterwards. Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: DOWNLOAD EBOOK. ![]() Volume I, used by both the marine and air navigator, contains altitude and true azimuth values of seven selected stars for the complete ranges of latitude and hour angle of Aries. The Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation consist of three volumes of comprehensive tables of altitude and azimuth designed for the rapid reduction of astronomical sights. Nautical Almanac v.3.Edited, upgraded, improved, minor bug fixes and price reduction in 2014. Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation - National Imagery and Mapping Agency USA Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2021 - Kendal carter Vol.3 - USA Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic…Īltitude and Azimuth Calculation - Unknown Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation. 249 (HO-249)- Epoch 2015 - HO Ĭelestial Navigation astronomical calculations exercises - Capt. Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation Pub. Nevertheless this remains the most popular tabular system in use.Īdditional info: Vol 1 - scanned, Vol 2 + Vol 3 - Ebooks This star, if observed on some unlikely occasion, say through a break in the overcast, could not be computed using the 249 tables. ![]() The only drawback to this arrangement, is that it is possible that a star may be observed that is not one of the pre-selected ones, and whose declination is more than 29° north or south. This volume is applicable for an 8 year period, centered on its Epoch date. Volume 1 contains some stars (whose declinations may be more than 29°) that are pre-selected for optimum viewing and direction. This covers the sun, moon, planets, and only those stars whose declinations fall into this range. The way the 6 volumes of 229 were combined into this 3 volume set is this: volumes 2 & 3 cover all latitudes, but work only for declinations from 0° to 29° north or south. 1 offers a speedier way to compute stars. 249 (HO-249)- Epoch 2020ĭescription: These tables were designed for air navigation where weight and space are at a premium, however, they are very popular with sailors too due to the fact that Vol. ![]() ![]() ![]() It won't do any good taking up real estate in that congested spice cabinet of yours. And don't feel guilty if you have to toss and replace a spice. If a spice has some fragrance left but is far less potent than it used to be, just double the amount called for in a recipe.Īlso, remember to keep spices, whether of the ground or whole variety, in a cool, dry place away from your stove with their lids securely fastened so that they keep as long as possible. If a spice is no longer fragrant, it's probably best to replace it. In addition to the color test, you can perform a sniff test as well. Sure enough, it tasted like "paprika light" and was definitely not worth using. Over this past summer, I encountered grayish-brown, not red, paprika at a friend's house and remember being wary. If the vibrant color has faded, then usually so has the flavor. For starters, simply pour out a little and observe its color. If you don't buy McCormick brand spices, there are a couple of things you can do to see if a spice is still good. And as McCormick notes, if a certain bottle of spice originates from Baltimore, it's at least 15 years old, and if you have Schilling brand spices, they're at least seven years old. To ensure that your spices are living up to their potent potential, in addition to a "best by" date, McCormick even has a "Fresh Taster" feature on its website where you can plug in a code found on the bottom of each McCormick spice bottle to verify its age and TOSS (Toss Old Spices Seasonally) accordingly. In fact, I was just eying an almost-empty container of dried parsley that I'm pretty sure has been living on my spice shelf for four-plus years. The many Fairway brand spices that I own aren't so transparent when it comes to their shelf life. Some spice companies like McCormick do include "best by" dates on the bottles while others don't. Pretty straightforward, eh? Sure, but unless you keep some kind of "purchased on…" checklist inside of your cabinet it's probably hard to keep track of how long each and every spice has been kicking around. ![]() Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
![]() This was revolutionary at the time, for a number of reasons: 1: Changed the Order of Spending & Savings As she describes her alternative to budgeting, it’s really as simple as three easy steps: I had previously read and heard about a new concept to me at the time, known as the Anti-Budget from Paula Pant at. ![]() The Anti-Budgetīefore learning about savings rate, there was another concept that bridged the gap between my former way of managing our finances and fully embracing savings rate. A way to manage my money that took significantly less time to implement and manage without missing out on the results. Thankfully, I found a new way to manage my finances. I knew deep down that I didn’t need to do all of the extra work to get the same results. I became so good at controlling my spending on a day-to-day basis that I stopped caring whether I had filled out my budget spreadsheet with last month’s spending. The only problem is that it was taking a lot of time and I started to lose interest. I was getting the results that I had intended. All of the things that I thought I was supposed to do when it comes to personal finance.Īnd it WAS working. I was setting financial goals, setting up and monitoring progress towards future large expenses, tracking our net worth, tracking our spending, saving for retirement. I have been managing our personal finances for many years prior to discovering savings rate. 2015 was the first year that I started tracking our savings rate. Savings Rate = % of Household Income committed to savings or investmentsĪfter being introduced to the concept about 5 years ago, I started setting targets and tracking our savings rate on an annual basis. Saving in this instance simply implies that you are not spending this money during the year. If you are pursuing financial independence, I suspect that most of these dollars that you are setting aside are being invested. Now, the use of the word “saving” doesn’t mean that it has to go into a savings account. If this is a new concept to any of you, as it was for me several years ago, savings rate is the percentage of your annual household income that you are saving. While there are many important metrics to track for financial independence, savings rate is the most important. It is still the most important metric that I pay attention to, and I’m not over-emphasizing this. Understanding savings rate has changed the way that we manage our money. And it’s amazing to look back at our financial progress, in large part due to this topic. It was something that I learned approximately 5 years ago now. But, savings rate continues to be an important part of our financial plan. I have since broadened my experience, and found new hobbies. Through all of my research, there was one topic that had a great impact on our lives. I consumed everything I could get my hands on. There was 8-9 year period of time where I obsessed over personal finances. Increase our Income through Side HustlesĪ couple of years ago when I first published this post, I wrote that one of my main hobbies was personal finances. ![]()
![]() Some of the most common types of licenses include: Daily Permits Remember, there are annual, short-term, and lifetime fishing licenses. The officials can use the permit number to confirm if it’s valid.įortunately, the state does have a wide range of fishing licenses that vary with duration and price. And if you haven’t received it by mail, you should carry your picture ID and permit authorized number until you receive it. Each of them will have your picture, which the agents can use to confirm that you’re using your valid license. □ Where to Fly Fish in Missouri Types of Fishing License in MissouriĮveryone needs a permit to cast their lines in all the state waters. Guide Pro Tip: Wondering where to cast a fly in Missouri? Check out this article. So you can either pack your gear or rent one and find out what Missouri offers this weekend. Residents and non-residents can explore the state waters without a license during free fishing days. Summertime Bluegills on a Fly Rod □ Read about tossing flies in the summertime to ‘gills Can Non-residents Fish for Free on Free Fishing Days in Missouri? So you can check and confirm when their next free fishing event will be held and include it in your schedule. The Area Free Fishing Days programs hold several events between April and June that you can typically find here. ( source) Some conservation areas offering free fishing have free fishing gear that people can use. But the usual fishing regulations like daily and size limits will still apply. You won’t need a prescribed region daily tag and trout permit during the free fishing weekend.īut user permits and fees will still apply at the private, city, or county fishing areas. ![]() The free fishing weekend is usually the Saturday and Sunday after the first Monday of June. Yes, Missouri has free fishing days when everyone can fish in the state waters. PDF □ Missouri Fishing Regulations PDF Does Missouri Have Free Fishing? Guide Pro Tip: Download a FREE copy of the Missouri’s Fishing Regulations onto your phone and double check just to be sure you know. To learn more, here’s a link to the Missouri website. Lifetime conservation seniors permit (age 60 to 64): $70.00.Daily non-residents fishing licenses: $8.00.Daily resident’s fishing license: $8.00.Annual non-resident fishing license: $49.00.Annual resident fishing license: $12.00.So let’s drop in a line and see what we can find. After researching, I compiled the following guide on Missouri fishing licenses. And my research caused me to add places like Table Rock Lake to my list of places to visit after all, I enjoy fishing bass. My experience at the Mississippi River made me curious, forcing me to research what the state offers. I love pursuing catfish, and the Mississippi River is one of the best places where I have experienced the best fights. ![]() And one of the places that I love exploring is the Mississippi River around Sulphur Springs. It has several reservoirs populated by a thriving population of smallmouth bass, spotted bass, largemouth bass, flathead, and crappie. ![]() Read my article on catching bass with a fly rod □ Fly Fishing for Bass with Poppers But do you know that it has some of the best fishing spots in the Midwestern region? Besides its unique natural ponds and lakes for swimming, this state boasts some of the world’s best fishing destinations. It has excellent places for hiking in the fall when all the leaves are changing colors or in spring. Missouri is an exceptional destination for outdoor lovers. ![]() ![]() While wine aficionados frown upon and often go as far as actually forbidding wearing fragrance in the tasting room, Kelly + Jones fragrances are specifically meant for exactly that! Each scent is inspired by the tasting notes of a different wine or spirit and is best enjoyed alongside said wine or spirit. ![]() Kelly Jones, Founder of Kelly + Jones fragrances, is in the Perfume Room today! We love a controversial perfume line and this one is no exception. Phlur Tangerine Boy, Maison Crivelli Citrus Batikanga, Matiere Premiere Cologne Cedrat, Chris Collins Citrus Grandis, Houbigant Figuier Noir, Perfumehead, DBE, Penhaligon’s Juniper Sling, Narciso Pure Musc, Garnier Fructise Pure Clean Shampoo, L’Oreal Paris Absolut Repair Lipidium conditioner, By Rosie Jane Calm the Fu*k Down Body Wash and Oil, Costa Brazil Kaya Jungle Firming Oil, Aquatru water filter, YSL Black Opium, Dior Sauvage, Montblanc Explorer, Terre d’Hermes, YSL La Nuit de l'Homme, Pink Sugar Aquolina, Le Labo Santal 33, MFK BR 540, Byredo Bal d’Afrique, Bleu de Chanel, YSL Libre, Chanel Gabrielle, Lancome La Vie Est Belle, Guerlain Mon Guerlain, Burberry Hero, Men's speedstick, Thameen Fanfare, Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia, Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge, Mizensir Solar Blossom, By Kilian Love Don’t Be Shy, BDK Parfums Villa Neroli, ILK Sincere, Masque Milano Lost Alice, ILK Human, Umema, Jorum Studio Firewater, Trimerous, Pentimento, Gorseland, Viktor & Rolf BonBon, Francesca Bianchi Sticky Fingers, La Perla My Day The weirdest fragrance I’ve smelled to dateįragrances I think the Love Is Blind S4 cast wears ![]() Work scent etiquette and my work scent picks ![]() ‘funny’ stories from my childhood (that double as tRaUma) Oooo ooo ooo - it's an all new solo ep this week, and I am answering your burning Qs including: ![]() ![]() SoundHack could fill these gaps and allow one to use multiple music software as well as hardware samplers. For example, Csound used the IRCAM file format, Sound Designer II used the SD2 format, the AIFF format had just been announced (Apple Computer 1989). At the time, the tools that we used all had their own sound file formats. There was also a very practical motivation for the development of SoundHack. Not only was I excited by the sonic possibilities of these techniques, but I was also excited at what sonic creations experimental and electronic musicians might make with them. I became aware of much of the interesting research in computer music during my time as a research assistant at the Center for Music Experiment at UC San Diego (1984–87). My main motivation for programming SoundHack was to make new computer music techniques easily available to the experimental musician community. ![]() I bought a book on programming with Think C and the Mac Toolbox, and started work on SoundHack (Figure 1). When production moved from Oakland to NYC in the fall, and Tom Hamilton took over my role, I finally had time to create the tool I no longer needed for Improvement, but wanted regardless. Instead, the airport was created with reverb, live equalisation and panning, and the Greek chorus modulated a gated Buchla Touché drone providing the pitched resonance. Unfortunately:, the CCM did not own an expensive Unix workstation to run the CARL software distribution (Loy Reference Loy2002), and my attempts to quickly port Mark Dolson’s convolvesf application to a Macintosh System 6 were too difficult to complete while following our 60 hour a week recording schedule. ![]() ![]() I realised that to sculpt this sound I really would have liked to use sound-file convolution for cross-synthesis. When developing the treatments for the Greek chorus and scene 2, ‘The Airline Ticket Counter’, I needed to create specific spaces and resonances that followed the score and conveyed the location, the relation of the characters and any subtext. The character Don (played by Thomas Buckner) was a tap dancer, hence a layer of Tom’s vocals containing only plosives and fricatives that I filtered and gated for more percussive effect. This represented both her constant internal dialog and her mnemonic system in ‘The Contents of Her Purse’. ![]() For instance, the protagonist Linda’s voice (played by Jacqueline Humbert) was recorded with multiple layers: spoken, sung, echoed and spatialised. With our ‘studio as an instrument’ (a Lexicon PCM70, Drawmer dynamics processor, Alesis Quadraverb, mixer, 24-track and Opcode Vision to automate parameters), David Rosenboom and I were to develop vocal treatments and backgrounds specific to each scene and to each performer. One of my main tasks was to develop unique sonic identities for each of the characters in the opera. We worked at the recording and electronic music studios of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College. In the spring and summer of 1989 I was engaged as a recording engineer and electronic musician (along with David Rosenboom, Tom Hamilton and Sam Ashley) for the recording of Robert Ashley’s opera Improvement (Ashley Reference Ashley1992). Robert Ashley and the beginning of SoundHack ![]() |