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Dillon Francis responds to DJ Hanzel's small hands claim – Dancing Astronaut – Dancing Astronaut

It’s no secret that DJ Hanzel and Dillon Francis have a certain… hostile dynamic—you’ll certainly never see them in the same room. And the tension only ripens, with Hanzel (actually, Francis’s satirical alter ego) publicly accusing Francis of stealing his song on their latest glitch-house offering “Talkin.” He also feigned utter confusion when Francis received credit on Hanzel’s second original single “Make Me Feel.”
The drama persists, as Francis recently made an appearance on Sirius XM’s BPM to promote some upcoming tour dates and release plans. In an interview with Geronimo, things took an awkward turn when Geronimo brought up recent allegations that Francis has smaller hands than Hanzel. “He just hates me and tells me that I have small hands… I don’t have that small of hands I think,” says Francis. Geronimo proceeds to tell the story of Hanzel leaving his “extra large” gloves in the SXM studio one day, and that he really does have “manly man hands” from what he can tell.
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After making his September debut on “Make Me Feel,” Hanzel has been toiling away at steady club dates to close out 2022. Clearly, the German personality will continue to step on Francis’ toes.
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Babe Ruth baseball glove sells at auction for record $1.53 million – ESPN

A baseball glove personally donated by Babe Ruth to St. Louis Browns third baseman Jimmy Austin sold Saturday at the 19th annual Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory auction for $1.53 million, shattering the record paid for a baseball glove.
The previous record is believed to be $387,500 for a Lou Gehrig glove sold with Sotheby’s in 1999. In 2013, a Jackie Robinson glove believed to have been used in both the 1955 and 1956 World Series sold for just over $373,000 by Steiner Sports.
The Ruth glove was manufactured by Spalding for Ruth’s use circa 1927-1933. An audio recording from 1964, used in “The Glory of Their Times,” captures Austin discussing the glove and pounding its leather with his hand.
“My childhood memories with my ‘Uncle Jim’ are extremely dear to me,” Susan Kolokoff, niece of Jimmy Austin, said in a statement from Hunt Auctions. “The glove had rested in a box for the last 30 years until we learned of its history and heard the amazing audio recording.”
According to Hunt Auctions, which handled Saturday’s sale, the glove was originally believed to be a vintage Babe Ruth store model when submitted for consignment. But the provenance and authentication process — including a possible photo match to a Ruth image bearing the same model glove with identical tobacco staining — yielded something much more.
“This monumental glove is truly [one] of the most historic pieces of its medium to have ever been offered at public auction,” David Hunt, president of Hunt Auctions, said.

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Campbell's Caleb Hopkins Is A Master Motivator | UFC Fight Pass – UFC

Sometimes you have to go deep undercover to motivate teammates, as Campbell University’s Caleb Hopkins knows.
Growing up in Alaska, Hopkins didn’t have the ability to load up the car and drive to the Midwest or Northeast to test himself in the thick of the action. The remote nature of Alaska is what makes it beautiful, as well as confining, but if you have the will to win of Hopkins or the will to win Hopkins secretly plants in your brain, you’ll find a way to wrestle your way into a D-1 program.
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For the majority of his high school career, Hopkins and the rest of Alaska would look to the popular ranking service AKMat for the rankings across the state. Every village, every town, every city was accounted for. Unfortunately, heading into his senior year, Hopkins heard the site was shutting down and the resource would no longer be available.
But a new one would be.
The goal with the Instagram page was to gain more followers than the Team Alaska page, which seemed very possible due to the traction Hopkins’ page was starting to gain.
Wrestlers on the team knew of the page, coaches knew of the page, and parents knew of the page, but as much as people referred to it after meets, nobody knew where it was all coming from.
“It was anonymous for a very long time, and still, most people in Alaska don’t know who runs it,” Hopkins said.
The IG page was beginning to turn ugly. The early decision to keep himself publicly removed from the rankings proved to be a wise one when the comments started flooding in.
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“There was some cyber bullying that was happening on the page and my dad wanted to catch who was running the page so I couldn’t tell him who it was,” Hopkins explained. “I was scared of my dad. I really didn’t want to get in trouble, so I went and deleted all of the comments that were going to get people in trouble, and basically told everyone that they can’t cyberbully on the page.”
It was becoming a bit of a hassle keeping the secret, as well as keeping it hidden from everybody, but Hopkins was noticing results from the page beyond what he had intended. What started as a way to convince all his opponents he was an underdog was turning into much more. Hopkins was finding ways to manipulate the work ethic of those around him.
“Sometimes I would put my teammates really low under guys they’d beaten before just to get them mad,” Hopkins said. “One of my brother’s best friends in high school I’d consistently rank low, and by his senior year he ended up winning a state championship and he DMed the Instagram page and said, ‘Hey, I just want to thank you because by you ranking me super low you motivated me to work harder.’”
The evil genius began worming his way into the brains of his teammates and figuring out what would get them going in the practice room. Wrestlers with egos that needed to be boosted may climb in the rankings, while more emotional wrestlers would be given lower rankings than they deserved to grow the chip on their shoulder.
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The IG page served its purpose, but with only one year to work with, all good things had to come to an end. Hopkins went the whole season without anybody but his brothers knowing he was behind the controversial rankings. He handed it off to his brothers when he left for college and finally revealed it to a few close friends.
Not known for his poker face, Hopkins dropped jaws when he revealed the truth.
Long after his reign of the page had ended, his dad finally found out, and the website has since largely gone dormant. It never did reach the level of followers that AKMat had, but it served its purpose, and it still has around 350 followers to date. And best of all, he didn’t get in trouble.
“When my dad finally found out, it wasn’t too bad; he’s a levelheaded guy,” Hopkins said. “When the cyber bullying was going on he was pretty upset, but it had been like a year, year-and-a-half when he found out. To this day, I honestly don’t know how he found out. He just texted me and my brothers and said, “Guys, these rankings are so bad, you got to do better.” I‘ve tried to ask him how he found out, but he won’t tell me.”
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The fear ran deep enough that on his recruitment visit Hopkins told former coach Cary Kolat about the page, but his laughter was cut short so he could make sure to tell Kolat not to tell his mom.
Kolat and the Camels saw something they liked in him, as well as the heir to the IG page. Both he and his brother Levi have made a collegiate career out of wrestling for Campbell, and you still never quite know how Hopkins plans to motivate those around him like he did in high school.
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Haley Joelle Two Places At Once – Prelude Press

Pop singer-songwriter, Haley Joelle has released her new project, Two Places at Once today. Known for her approach to storytelling in her songs, Haley expands even further on her stunning world with the new twelve-song release, which features latest single, “Something To Do“. Listen to the release now below.
Of Two Places at Once, Haley said, “I feel so many things about this project, proud, emotional, excited, and mostly grateful. The biggest thing I learned throughout this process was how thankful I am that I can express and process my feelings through music, and how that will never go away. When this heartbreak happened I didn’t know what to do with myself except write. What’s funny is I didn’t set out to make a project about the seven stages of grief, but that wound up happening because I was writing it in real time. We created a heartbreakingly dreamy Parisian world, with each song taking on a different angle of the heartbreak. Every lyric, melody, and presentation couldn’t be more perfect to me, and releasing this body of work into the world is my proudest moment yet. I’m also excited to finally give my fans a longer, more cohesive concept project, like they’ve been asking for.”

Haley Joelle is a 23-year-old songwriter and artist from outside of Portland, Oregon but currently based in Los Angeles. Haley attended and graduated from the inaugural year of the Lillehammer Institute of Music Production and Industries (LIMPI), production duo Stargate’s new pop music school in Lillehammer, Norway.
Haley is known for her unique and specific approach to storytelling in her songs that have resonated with millions of people around the world. Haley’s lyrics touch on family dynamics, suicide, the complications of growing up, grief, and heartbreak, all lending themselves to help her listeners feel less alone.

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VIP AUDIO 11/11 – WKH – Smackdown Review: Usos vs. New Day for tag title reign length record, World Cup begins, Six-Pack Challenge to face Rousey for title, more (24 min.) – Pro Wrestling Torch – PWTorch


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Black Hawks of Panama Releases Scorching Club Tunes on Hot Creations – EDM Identity

DJ and producer Black Hawks of Panama, aka Danny Whitehead, came from a family of DJs and promoters who were active in the Manchester scene in the ’70s. Naturally, he pursued a musical career, cutting his teeth DJing on the White Isle – and this project is his house music production outlet, inspired by disco, deep house, and northern soul sounds. His studio time is approached with storytelling in mind, as is reflected in his versatility as an artist, and today he brings forth Nobody But You, three dancefloor weapons on Hot Creations.
Bisi offers stunning vocals and songwriting to the title track, “Nobody But You.” With Danny’s synthesis for inspiration, she loved the musical concept and quickly flew out to meet him – writing lyrics on the plane and ready to create. With an interesting musical background, including time as The Blues Brothers’ Mistress of Ceremonies, Bisi integrates her stage and life experience into her songwriting and performance. “Nobody But You” itself is a dangerously hot track that attains mystique by the use of flowing synth effects and Bisi’s velvety vocals. The synthesizers achieve a vintage tone that’s still rich in quality. This tune is sure to bring an instantaneous groove to any dancefloor it meets.
Heavy House Society label head Sidney Charles contributes the ’80s/New Wave-inspired remix of “Nobody But You” on this release, showing some significance between her and Danny Whitehead’s Black Hawks of Panama. Having worked together for years, they say they “…bonded over our love of artists like Patti Labelle, Prince, and Chicago House.” This inspiration is clearly heard immediately in Sidney’s remix of the tune, with clicking percussion and bubblegum synth sounds and some choppy alteration of Bisi’s vocals.
The final track on the release, “We Will Not,” offers a delightful peak-time mood with an upbeat bassline and sailing percussion. The vocal sample used is different enough from Bisi’s vocals in the title track but still offers a gentle mystique. Delayed chord plucks give some spread to the tune during the buildup, landing us in a punchy breakdown balanced out with hissing, crispy house cord harmonies.
Black Hawks of Panama displays his ability to work with multitudes of different sounds to create excellence for the club atmosphere. Make sure to give Nobody But You a listen on Spotify or your preferred platform, and let us know what you think about the music on Twitter!
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Scientists design algorithm that 'reads' people's thoughts from brain scans – Livescience.com

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Using fMRI, scientists decoded what people were hearing and thinking.
Scientists can now “decode” people’s thoughts without even touching their heads, The Scientist reported (opens in new tab).
Past mind-reading techniques relied on implanting electrodes deep in peoples’ brains. The new method, described in a report posted Sept. 29 to the preprint database bioRxiv, instead relies on a noninvasive brain scanning technique (opens in new tab) called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). fMRI tracks the flow of oxygenated blood through the brain, and because active brain cells need more energy and oxygen, this information provides an indirect measure of brain activity. 
By its nature, this scanning method cannot capture real-time brain activity, since the electrical signals released by brain cells move much more quickly than blood moves through the brain. But remarkably, the study authors found that they could still use this imperfect proxy measure to decode the semantic meaning of people’s thoughts, although they couldn’t produce word-for-word translations.
“If you had asked any cognitive neuroscientist in the world 20 years ago if this was doable, they would have laughed you out of the room,” senior author Alexander Huth (opens in new tab), a neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin, told The Scientist. 
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For the new study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, the team scanned the brains of one woman and two men in their 20s and 30s. Each participant listened to 16 total hours of different podcasts and radio shows over several sessions in the scanner. The team then fed these scans to a computer algorithm that they called a “decoder,” which compared patterns in the audio to patterns in the recorded brain activity. 
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The algorithm could then take an fMRI recording and generate a story based on its content, and that story would match the original plot of the podcast or radio show “pretty well,” Huth told The Scientist. In other words, the decoder could infer what story each participant had heard based on their brain activity. That said, the algorithm did make some mistakes, like switching up characters’ pronouns and the use of the first and third person. It “knows what’s happening pretty accurately, but not who is doing the things,” Huth said.
In additional tests, the algorithm could fairly accurately explain the plot of a silent movie that the participants watched in the scanner. It could even retell a story that the participants imagined telling in their heads. In the long term, the research team aims to develop this technology so that it can be used in brain-computer interfaces designed for people who cannot speak or type.
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Rockin' the boat: HARP to present 'Guys and Dolls' – Altoona Mirror

Nov 12, 2022
Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Alex Garver as Lt. Brannigan talks with Baret Monahan who plays Arvide Abernathy.
Picking productions for students with the Hollidaysburg Area Repertory Players involves researching the available shows and picking a production that matches the talent pool, and that’s how director Stephanie Everett and music director Wendy Jo Nagy decided on “Guys and Dolls,” to be staged at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17-18, and a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Hollidaysburg Area High School auditorium. Tickets are available at the door, by calling 814-695-4416 ext. 7525 or by emailing [email protected]. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, children and senior citizens.
“We knew there was a great pool of talent, so we picked a show that would suit the singers and actors the best,” Everett said.
Under the direction of Everett, with student assistant directors Lauryn Conway and Kendra Jones, the show involves the unlikeliest of Manhattan pairings: a high-rolling gambler and a puritanical missionary, a showgirl dreaming of the straight-and-narrow and a crap game manager who is anything but.
According to the synopsis, “Guys and Dolls” tells of con-man Nathan Detroit’s efforts to find new life for his illegal, but notorious, crap game. When the trusty venue is found out by the police, Nathan has to find a new home for his crap game quickly — but he doesn’t have the dough to secure the one location he finds. Enter Sky Masterson, a high-rolling gambler willing to take on any honest bet with a high enough reward attached. Nathan bets Sky that he can’t take the “doll” of Nathan’s choosing to Havana, Cuba, with him on a date. When Sky agrees to the bet, Nathan chooses uptight Evangelist Sergeant Sarah Brown, head of Broadway’s Save-a-Soul Mission. Sky thinks he’s been duped, but he’s in for even more of a surprise when his efforts to woo Sarah are so successful that he falls in love with her himself.
Guys and Dolls takes the audience from the bustle of Times Square to the dance clubs of Havana to the sewers of New York City as it demonstrates the great lengths to which a guy will go when he truly falls in love with a “doll.” The show features some of Frank Loesser’s most memorable tunes, including the classic “Luck be a Lady,” “If I Were a Bell” and “Sit Down You’re Rockin the Boat.”
Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Pit orchestra members Neo Chen, Patrick Harker, Destiny Molinari, Alexis Ketner and Collin Edgell practice for the upcoming production of “Guys and Dolls” at Hollidaysburg Area High School.
Students in grades 9-12 auditioned for parts the first week of school in August, Everett said. When rehearsals started, students practiced for about two hours a day three days a week, and as the showtime drew near, practices were upped until, with the show just days away, students are now in the auditorium every night perfecting their lines and stage presence.
“We then have an intensive week of rehearsal at the end,” Everett said.
Sometimes practices may be missing a character or two, though, as the group works to accommodate students who are involved in marching band and fall sports, she added.
Choreographer Melissa Baser worked with the students to perfect their dance steps and Terri Benton-Monahan, costume director, made sure they are outfitted in garb to reflect the time period and their character, thanks in part to a costume cupboard that is available at the school.
While woodcraft teacher Joe Krupka helps Everrett design and create the sets, students get involved, too, tackling painting, design and more.
“We’ve had a great time prepping for the show,” she said. “We have some great new talent this year and I really enjoyed working with them all.”
After the last curtain closes on the fall production, Everett said she hopes students received the “whole theater experience.”
“I personally credit the immersive experience that I had growing up in theater, to really influencing my artistic direction in life,” she said.
Cast (in order of appearance): Gideon Karn as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Gavin Ross as Benny Southstreet, Jackson Connell as Harry the Horse, Orphie Hartman is Sarah Brown, Baret Monahan is Arvide Abernathy, Annabel Keth is Agatha (mission band), Addison McClusky is Martha (mission band), Madison Brown is in the mission band, Alex Garver is Lt. Brannigan, Benjamin Gervinski is Nathan Detroit, Johnathan Vu is Angie the Ox, Jude Pascual is Brandy Bottle Bates, Bryan Gearhart portrays Joey Biltmore, Liam Cannarsa is Scranton Slim, Brenna Urban is Miss Adelaide, Jack Peterman is Sky Masterson, Rachel Daras portrays Mimi, Gia Mosey is General Matilda B. Cartwright and Adam Frederick is Big Jule.
The Hotbox Girls are played by Rachel Daras, Riley Mackey, Ellie Betwy, Emily Jones, Olivia Miknis and Paisley Pearce.
Pit orchestra members under Conductor Wendy Jo Nagy, include woodwinds: Janey Schwind, Bob Scholl, Leah Snelling, Collin Edgell, Beth Carpenter, Jarod Gaston, Alexis Ketner and Riley Hensley; trumpets: Larry Detwiler, Jack Bailey and Jada Droesch; trombone: Nathan Karn Jr.; horn: Ben Freedman; violins: Jennifer Pappal, Neo Chen, Patrick Harker and Destiny Molinari; cello: Gretta Rhodes; bass: Kelly Detwiler; piano: Mary Villani; and percussion: Brandon Harris and Bryan Gearhart.
Stage crew includes Sidra Zammam, Tyler Schutt, Sabrina Arshad, Rylee Swander, Luke Jandora, Caleb Engle, Braden Lutz, Dominic Watt, Marissa McKee, Amelia Darnell, Dylan Deur, Haleigh Morgan, Levi Sensenig, Amelia Vu.
Audio is by Brian McConnell and former Hollidaysburg student Nick Lashinsky handles lighting for the show. The box office/lighting coordinator is Kelly Black.
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Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman in the classic cartoon “Batman: The Animated Series,” has died, friends and Warner Bros. Discovery have confirmed. He was 66.
According to friend and fellow voice actor Diane Pershing, Conroy died Thursday after being ill. Pershing memorialized Conroy in a Facebook post on Friday morning, confirming the news.
In a statement given to Batman-News.com, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed Conroy’s death as well, saying the “beloved actor” died after a short battle with cancer, KTLA sister station WFLA reports.
The statement from the studio remembers Conroy as an “unparalleled voice.”
“He would establish never-to-be-broken records as the quintessential voice of Batman, bringing the super hero to animated life in nearly 60 different productions, including 15 films – highlighted by the acclaimed Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; 15 animated series, spanning nearly 400 episodes and more than 100 hours of television; as well as two dozen video games,” Warner Bros. wrote.
Several stars who worked with Conroy in the past weighed in on the loss, including Mark Hamill, known for playing “Batman: The Animated Series’” iteration of the Joker, as well as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars.”
“Kevin was perfection,” Hamill said. “He was one of my favorite people on the planet, and I loved him like a brother. He truly cared for the people around him – his decency shone through everything he did. Every time I saw him or spoke with him, my spirits were elevated.”
Conroy is survived by his husband, Vaughn C. Williams, and siblings Trisha and Tom Conroy.
His memorial services have not yet been decided, according to Warner Bros.


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Let's Talk About . . . 'The Chosen' (Seasons 1–2) – Christian Standard

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We typically review movies in this format, but today we will review a streaming series. As always, we provide talking points and questions to help explore spiritual topics and to share your faith experience with family and friends. 

Unrated • 2017 • Historical Drama • 16 one-hour episodes  
Starring: Jonathan Roumie, Elizabeth Tabish, Paras Patel, Shahar Isaac  
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Every generation needs to rediscover Jesus and tell his story in a way that touches not only the head but the heart. The multi-season streaming series The Chosen takes enormous artistic liberties with the historical facts of the Gospels. However, it convincingly portrays Jesus as enigmatically both human and divine. 
HARNESSING 21ST-CENTURY MEDIA 
The Chosen was produced and marketed in a unique way that takes advantage of 21st-century media to take the message of Jesus to new audiences. It was designed as a multi-season series of one-hour episodes, intended to be binge-watched much like similar programs on online streaming services.  
Distributer Angel Studios is a video streaming company that is paying for the series’ production through crowdfunding—online donations from people who believe in the project. Contributors can be included as extras in future episodes. To date, the project has raised over $40 million, making it the most successful crowdfunded television project in history. 
ACCURATE JESUS, ACCURATE SETTING 
In some ways, the Jesus of The Chosen seems like the best cinematic depiction of the Messiah to date. American actor Jonathan Roumie portrays him with a tension between approachability and regality, simplicity and mystery, gentleness and strength. Watching him, it’s easy to imagine wanting to be in the presence of this charismatic man, yet at the same time feeling some trepidation at what unexpected thing he might do or say. It feels very much like the reaction we might have at meeting the real Jesus. 
The cast of this production is diverse, including talented actors of Indian-American, Israeli-American, and other ethnicities speaking accented English. This is not just a nod to modern sensibilities; it’s actually a more historically authentic way to think of the cosmopolitan environment of first-century Israel under Roman occupation. Similarly, while the series is filmed in Texas and Utah, it succeeds in replicating a convincing Middle Eastern setting that feels deep, rich, and historically accurate.  
This is no accident. The Chosen has three script consultants: a Roman Catholic priest, a Messianic Jewish rabbi, and an evangelical New Testament scholar (Dr. Doug Huffman of Biola University). Two members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded the production company that produced the series, but rumors that The Chosen promotes or benefits that church are unfounded. 
AN IMAGINATIVE STORYLINE 
The plot of The Chosen is another matter. While adhering to the general outlines of Jesus’ life and ministry, the script takes huge artistic liberties to create fictional backstories and drama for other characters.   
Some of these seem generally consistent with the biblical account. We’re introduced to Mary Magdalene (Elizabeth Tabish) from the beginning of the series, and learn a little about her as a child, as an adult of questionable morals battling demon possession, and then her transformation into a devout woman after encountering Jesus. Other biographical story arcs stretch credulity, such as an intrigue that sees Peter (Shahar Isaac) informing on fellow Jews to Roman authorities to try to erase his debts.  
It’s easy for those familiar with the Gospels to pick out the fiction; not so much for those who are biblically illiterate. The Chosen is perhaps best seen as Jesus in an “alternative universe”—how would he interact if the characters of the Bible actually did these things? From that perspective, the viewer can enjoy the story as a work of fiction while being inspired to consider the character and example of the real Jesus, and how he might interact with us individually today. 
This does create a dilemma when showing the series to children or adults with poor knowledge of the Gospels. It can be a useful tool to inspire interest in Jesus but that should be followed up with intentional Bible study to help viewers distinguish fact from fiction. 
HOW TO VIEW THE CHOSEN 
Seasons 1 and 2 of The Chosen are available free for anyone with a computer, smartphone, or smart TV. Access episodes through the studio’s website (www.angel.com) or via multiple streaming services, including Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, and others. You can also download the app—The Chosen: Stream the Series. 
The first two episodes of season 3 will be released in theaters nationally Nov. 18. Look for a review of those new episodes here at christianstandard.com in the coming weeks. 
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10 November, 2022
Chaplains Charles DeVore and Lertis Ellett share about their service to God while serving in the military in the South Pacific during World War II. “Any man who has the courage and love to preach the gospel in civilian life can also preach it in the Army,” DeVore wrote.


9 November, 2022
Mark and Caroline Worley, who both passed away in recent weeks, leave a legacy at Dallas Christian College. Also, in other news, Lincoln Christian College honors two alums, and a bridge is named for Duard Walker at Milligan University.


8 November, 2022
A student who leaves for college too often leaves the church for good, but students who receive special attention from their home church will realize they are valuable to the body of Christ. Consider some of the following strategies to help your church go the extra mile with your college students, whether they attend a Christian or secular college. 


7 November, 2022
Judging from the reaction of kids and adults last week in Columbus, Ohio, the annual International Conference on Missions is connecting with a new generation to take the gospel to all nations! 


4 November, 2022
Among the 15,000 Ozark Christian College alumni, Meredith Williams is a legend. During his 46 years at OCC, Meredith wore many hats, including admissions director, alumni director, and many others. Nicknamed “Mr. OCC,” he’s been the college’s single best cheerleader, and when he retired in 2013 at age 73, his ministry didn’t stop. He just moved it to Facebook. . . .


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Waves just added 30 new plugin bargains to its early Black Friday sale – MusicRadar

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Early bird discounts apply to 60 plugins including Waves Tune, Abbey Road, signature collections, bundles and more – plus the discount gets bigger the more you buy
We’re well into November now, and the Black Friday plugin deals are starting to flood in. Waves got in on the discounting early this year, launching their early bird Black Friday sale last week. Now they’ve added an additional 30 discounted plugins into the mix (opens in new tab).
So, what’s actually up for grabs? Well, for a limited time you can save up to 89% off a range of Waves’ biggest hitters, some of which feature in our guide to the best Waves plugins.  
For this early bird sale, prices have dropped as low as $24.99 on a range of plugins – from compressors, reverbs and EQs, to vocal processors, signature packs and even the popular Abbey Road plugins, they’re all present and correct. There’s also big cash off bulk-buy bundles such as Waves Platinum (opens in new tab) and Silver (opens in new tab), which both hit their lowest price ever earlier this week (in fact you can still bag Silver for just $99.99). So, whether you’re looking to upgrade or you want to add some new tools to your arsenal, now’s is certainly the time to invest.
Even better, the more you put in your basket, the more you will save. You’ll get an additional 10% off your second plugin, 30% off your third plugin, and 50% off your fifth plugin. That’s some serious cash back in your pocket. 
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Get your hands on stone cold Waves classics like CLA Vocals, Waves Tune, Abbey Road Vinyl and loads more, saving potentially hundreds of dollars in the process. Even better, the more you spend, the bigger the discount gets.
Waves bundles: starting from just $39.99 (opens in new tab)
Bundles represent one of the best ways to get your hands on loads of killer production tools for way less than you would pay buying them individually. You can get up to 91% off the classic Gold, Silver and Platinum packs, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg, with artist bundles, virtual instruments and more all included.
Black Friday will officially land on 25 November, but we’re certain there will be plenty of crazy deals dropping from Waves in the coming weeks. Often they do things week by week, adding more and more deals as the weeks go by. As it stands, last week’s deals are still live in addition to the new ones, but it’s highly likely these deals will all end once the official Black Friday offers kick in.
Our advice would be to pounce on these early deals when you see them, because many of them won’t return to these super low prices again.
As we get closer to the big day, keep it locked to our Black Friday music deals page for all the latest and biggest offers.
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Entertainment complex on San Pedro waterfront begins construction – Los Angeles Times

Construction of West Harbor, the long-anticipated replacement for the Ports O’ Call Village waterfront attraction in San Pedro, is finally set to begin.
Developers of the entertainment complex said Thursday they have secured financing to build the $155-million first phase that will include restaurants, bars and shops overlooking the busy Port of Los Angeles.
Work will begin immediately and finish in 2024, said Brian Saenger, chief executive of Ratkovich Co.

Restaurants anchoring West Harbor will include Yamashiro, the second branch of a Japanese-themed Hollywood destination for locals and tourists.
Another large restaurant will be King & Queen Cantina, a Mexican-themed eatery with an an overwater bar. There will also be a food hall with multiple restaurants and Bark Social, a membership off-leash dog park bar and cafe.

West Harbor has been in the works for more than a decade, when port officials selected Los Angeles developers Ratkovich Co. and Jerico Development Inc. to redevelop the 42-acre site of Ports O’ Call. The kitschy imitation of a New England fishing village built in the 1960s fell out of favor years ago and was razed in 2018.
The developers have a 66-year lease with the port to build and operate West Harbor. Its plan includes a 6,200-seat amphitheater now undergoing an environmental review. The venue is being developed with music and theater impresario Nederlander Organization.

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Two major projects at the original Port of Los Angeles are moving ahead despite the pandemic. It’s part of a dramatic reshaping of the waterfront.

The amphitheater is to be open to the public on non-show days and used to host community events such as fitness classes, outdoor movies, cultural celebrations and educational series.

San Pedro Fish Market, one of the highest-grossing restaurants in the region, will move to make way for the new development. Owners of the popular seafood venue intend to expand and wanted more space than would have been available at West Harbor.
The port is negotiating with Fish Market executives who want to build an elaborate dining venue elsewhere on the waterfront, port spokesman Arley Baker said. “Discussions are focused on an expedited transition to a new site.”
The Fish Market’s former footprint at West Harbor will be partially occupied by Yamashiro and Sugar Factory, a trendy brasserie known for bombastic desserts and other Instagram-friendly fare.

The West Harbor complex was laid out by James Corner Field Operations, the architects and urban designers behind the High Line park in Manhattan and Tongva Park in Santa Monica. Port officials have installed courtesy boat slips to accommodate water taxis and visiting boat owners on day trips.
Other confirmed tenants are Mike Hess Brewing, Hopscotch, Poppy + Rose, Jay Bird’s Chicken, Pitfire Pizza, the Win-Dow, Olala Crepes, Marufuku Ramen, Mario’s Neighborhood Butcher Shop and Delicatessen, the Baked Bear and Harbor Breeze Cruises.
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Here's a First Look at the Broadway Premiere of KPOP – Broadway Shows

The new musical KPOP, inspired by the global phenomenon of the K-pop genre, has arrived on Broadway, and now, fans can see photos from the show. The production opens at the Circle in the Square Theatre on November 20. Featuring a book by Jason Kim, music, lyrics, music production and arrangements by Helen Park and music and lyrics by Max Vernon, KPOP is directed by Teddy Bergman and stars Luna, Kevin Woo, Min, BoHyung, Julia Abueva, Major Curda, Jinwoo Jung, Jiho Kang, Amy Keum, James Kho, Eddy Lee, Jully Lee, Timothy H. Lee, Abraham Lim, Kate Mina Lin, Aubie Merrylees, Patrick Park, John Yi, Joshua Lee, Lina Rose Lee and Zachary Noah Piser. Check out the photos below!

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Grab your hat – Wear A Christmas Hat Day is back – Brain Tumour Research

Dig out your Santa hats, festive fascinators and tinsel-topped hats Wear A Christmas Hat Day is back! Join in the fun on Friday 16th December and raise vital funds to help find a cure for brain tumours.
Bring everyone together for fabulous fundraising events at school, work or in your community. And if you can’t join in on Friday 16th December, don’t worry! You can hold your event on any other day in December to suit you.
“This is a fantastic event which helps to raise awareness of this devastating disease and much-needed money to help find a cure.”  That’s why Mark Tindale and his son Jake, 17, are encouraging everyone to get involved.
It’s after Jake (pictured with Mark and step-mum Liz) was diagnosed with an astrocytoma in December 2020. He had surgery to remove the tumour two days before Christmas and an MRI scan twelve weeks later gave him the all clear. Now two years on, Jake’s first yearly scan came back clear and he has started a music production course at sixth form college.
“The news was fantastic, like he’s been given a second chance and he’s now making the most of life. Jake’s been on an incredible journey and his attitude has been amazing to help get him through,” Mark added. “Brain tumours are such a serious condition and more needs be known about them. I just want to give something back in the hope of finding a cure so that other families don’t have to go through what our family has gone through.”
Whatever your plans, wherever you are, we hope you’ll get involved and help us bring hope to the one in three who know someone affected by this devastating disease.
To register and find out how to get your free fundraising pack, please visit: www.wearachristmashatday.org
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Princess Kate's Latest Outfit Is a Master Class in Monochrome – Yahoo Life

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Once again, the Princess of Wales is exhibiting her stellar style expertise when it comes to dressing in monochrome.
Kate wore different shades of military green today during a solo outing to Colham Manor Children’s Centre in Hillingdon. She started with a knit base layer, opting for an effortlessly cool olive green dress from . The midi dress (which also comes in a rich coffee-colored option) featured long sleeves, a high collar, and vertical ribbing.
Over the dress, Kate stayed warm in a long wool coat from London-based label . The coat was inspired by military wear, with its double-breasted design, angular lapels, and cuff details. It also included a tie belt at the waist.
She finished the ensemble with a pair of dark green pumps from her go-to footwear brand, Gianvito Rossi, and a green croc-embossed clutch from Jimmy Choo.
As patron of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, the Princess of Wales’s visit to the children’s center is a continuation of her ongoing work to champion the cause of early childhood development. In particular, today’s visit, which was hosted by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, will highlight the life-changing effect that a multidisciplinary system of holistic care has toward families who have been impacted by perinatal mental health issues.
Kate has long made matters regarding childhood development part of her signature work as a senior royal. She explained her passion for the field in a poignant video shared last year.
“My own journey into understanding the importance of early childhood actually started with adults, and not with children,” she said at the time. “It was about prevention. I wanted to understand what more we could do to help prevent some of today’s toughest social challenges, and what more we could do to help with the rising rates of poor mental health.”
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She met with a group of young mothers who have been supported by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance’s organization.
While on a royal visit in west London today, the Princess of Wales gave her poppy pin to a 3-year-old.
An outfit fit for a princess.
Fairytale princesses are very different from royal family princesses, yet Kate Middleton seems to be a bit of both. The Princess of Wales is a champion for children, who has focused on early childhood development and mental health. She’s also a mother herself, as she shares Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, […]
Kate Middleton seems to be going through a very specific fashion phase because the monochromatic look has officially taken over her wardrobe for not one, not two, but three appearances in a row. Yesterday, the Princess of Wales visited the Maternal Mental Health Alliance in London. While there, she conversed with the staff and learned how the facility helps new mothers and families. Karwai Tang/WireImage As we all know, the royal cares deeply about early childhood development. And for the outing
Kate Middleton seems to be going through a very specific fashion phase because the monochromatic look has officially taken over her wardrobe for not one, not two, but three appearances in a row. Earlier this morning, the Princess of Wales visited the Maternal Mental Health Alliance in London. While there, she conversed with the staff and learned how the facility helps new mothers and families. Karwai Tang/WireImage As we all know, the royal cares deeply about early childhood development. And for
Kate Middleton is becoming more likeable by the day, and her latest outing is proof. This week, Princess Catherine stepped out for a solo appearance at the Colham Manor Children’s Centre in London. (She’s a patron of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance.) DANIEL LEAL/POOL/AFP/Getty Images During the outing, the royal spoke with health professionals, clients and children who showed up at the event. While chatting with a young boy named Akeem, the Princess of Wales used her go-to parenting move and
If you’ve recently logged onto social media (namely Instagram or Twitter) and ventured over to Kate Middleton and Prince William’s official accounts for the latest news update, you may have noticed there was a slight change. From one royal admirer to another, we’re here to tell you that we noticed it too. This week, the Prince and Princess of Wales changed their profile picture across all of their social media profiles. Previously, the royal couple had a snapshot of them enjoying their trip to I
A trend she basically invented over 20 years ago.
Kate Middleton made a last-minute change to her Christmas Carol invitation following Queen Elizabeth’s passing. The Princess of Wales hid a special tribute to the late monarch on the hand-drawn card, which was created by Aurelie Baudry Palmer. The London-based illustrator recently sat down for an interview with Hello! magazine and shared details about Princess Catherine’s request. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aurelie Baudry Palmer – Home-Drawn (@homedrawn21) After Palmer presente

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The best female Old Master you’ve never heard of. Until now. – The Boston Globe

Five years ago, Antwerp’s Rubens House posted the digital equivalent of a “wanted” poster for a group of missing 17th-century Flemish paintings not seen in more than 40 years. The five works had never been exhibited publicly, surfacing only rarely at auction as they passed through private collections for more than 350 years.
“A single black-and-white image of one of the paintings is the only known visual record,” wrote the museum, noting the works last appeared at auction in the mid-1970s. “There has been no further trace of the five works since then.”
Perhaps more mysterious than the missing group of paintings, however, was the artist who created them: Michaelina Wautier, who in recent years has emerged as among the most talented of the so-called female Old Masters — largely forgotten women artists whose skill is on par with their male counterparts but are only now getting their due.
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“We knew nothing about her,” said Christopher Atkins, director of the Center for Netherlandish Art at the Museum of Fine Arts. “As a specialist working in the field, I didn’t know she existed.”
Now, Wautier and her once-missing series are getting a close-up at the MFA, which on Saturday will open “Michaelina Wautier and ‘The Five Senses’: Innovation in 17th-Century Flemish Painting” — the first-ever exhibition dedicated to Wautier’s work in the US.
Equally surprising: All the Wautier paintings in the small exhibition come from Boston-area collections, having been discovered in the the past few years.
“It’s really pretty amazing,” said Atkins, describing how art historians have traditionally focused on male artists from the era. “How did we miss these things as a field for so long?”
Wautier might have remained in the shadows were it not for Katlijne Van der Stighelen, an art historian who began researching Wautier after she encountered the artist’s monumental “Triumph of Bacchus” in the storage area of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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Wautier, who lived from 1614 to 1689, painted the work at a time when most women artists were confined to more sanitized subject matter — children, genre scenes, still lifes. But here Wautier portrayed the boozy god surrounded by a rowdy entourage of nearly nude males, slyly inserting herself into the scene, a calm figure who gazes directly at the viewer.
“This is really astonishing, because we do not have another woman who was able to paint such a range of male bodies,” Van der Stighelen said by phone. “How did she manage to attain this kind of level?”
Despite years of research very little is known of Wautier’s life and work. Born to an affluent family in Mons, she never married, eventually moving to Brussels with her brother Charles, who was also a painter. It remains unknown where she received her training. She never joined the guild, and, to date, scholars have attributed fewer than 40 paintings to her.
Those paintings, however, display an astonishing range for any artist, including portraits, mythological scenes, history pieces, religious paintings, genre scenes, and, of course, “The Five Senses.” Her work was clearly admired in its day, said Van der Stighelen: Not only did she paint portraits of several powerful military commanders, but Archduke Leopold Wilhelm held four of her paintings in his collection.
Still, many questions remain: How did she gain access to paint such influential men? Where did she train? And though she died in 1689, her last signed painting dates from 1659 — what did she do in her final three decades?
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“It’s so frustrating that this woman who was so intelligent, creative, and productive didn’t leave more traces,” said Van der Stighelen, who added that Wautier is not mentioned in any books on Flemish art from the time.
“There are references to women artists . . . but they were all in a way minor artists,” she continued. “It’s very surprising that, let’s say, the best woman artist we had in those days has never been mentioned.”
But her obscurity has also led to a swelling of interest as the market for female Old Masters is stronger than ever. A painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, perhaps the most prominent woman painter of the era, set a record price of more than $5 million in 2019. Similarly, a small work by Wautier sold last year for nearly seven times its low estimate of roughly $80,000.
“She’s just become so famous in such a short time that every dealer is looking for paintings by Michaelina,” said Van der Stighelen, who organized the first major retrospective of Wautier’s work in 2018. “Every two weeks I receive an image of a painting said to be by Michaelina in my mailbox, and 95 percent of them have nothing to do with Michaelina.”
The other 5 percent can be astonishing: Witness the six paintings that will be on display at the MFA show, which in addition to “The Five Senses” will feature a recently discovered self-portrait by Wautier.
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The large painting — in which the artist, dressed in pearls at her easel, looks confidently out at the viewer — has hung for years in the home of a private Boston-area collector. The unsigned work was once attributed to Gentileschi, but the owner contacted Van der Stighelen to inquire if it was perhaps by Anna Maria van Schurman, a 17th-century polymath whom Van der Stighelen has also studied extensively.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” she said. “I immediately thought it was a self-portrait of Michaelina that we can connect to the ‘Triumph of Bacchus.’”
The Netherlandish Center’s Atkins called it “mind-boggling” that the painting has been in Boston all this time, “less than a 20-minute car ride from the museum.”
“It’s bang on,” he said, describing how the portrait has numerous technical similarities to other works by Wautier. “It’s absolutely correct.”
A similar moment of revelation came for Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, Dutch art collectors who along with Susan and Matthew Weatherbie founded the CNA as part of broader transformational gift in 2017.
The van Otterloos had only recently become aware of Wautier’s work when Rose-Marie received a call from Christie’s auction house, saying the owner of “The Five Senses” wanted to sell the works in a private transaction.
“When Eijk came home, I said you have to look at this. It’s a trifecta: a female artist, a Flemish artist, and ‘The Five Senses’ are all together,” she said. “We bought it right away.”
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The paintings, signed and dated 1650, present the senses through a series of young boys: One examines his hand through a pair of spectacles. Another holds his nose at the smell of a rotten egg. A third plays a recorder, as a fourth bites into a piece of bread. The final boy scratches his head in confusion after cutting his finger with a knife.
Wautier’s treatment of the subject differs markedly from earlier compositions, said Atkins, where smell might be shown by sniffing “a rose instead of a rotten egg.”
“There’s a considerable amount of humor,” he said as he observed the painting, which along with the rest of the series has been on view at the museum since it reinstalled its Dutch and Flemish galleries late last year.
The upcoming show, however, will be the second in the CNA’s innovation gallery, which seeks to present new academic research to Boston audiences. Working with art history students at Brown University, curators have paired the six Wautier paintings with treatments of the five senses by other artists including Cornelis Cort and Johannes Gillisz van Vliet.
Van Otterloo, who said the paintings “will definitely go to the MFA,” added that the couple now focuses its collecting habits with an eye toward enhancing the Boston museum’s collection.
“We really bought this sight unseen,” she said, adding the auction house sent them high-resolution images. “I just didn’t want to lose the chance of somebody else getting in there and buying them.”
Malcolm Gay can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @malcolmgay.
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Avid revives the Mbox: Pro Tools-friendly Mbox Studio promises 'more I/O than any other desktop audio interface' – MusicRadar

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A new desktop recording solution for guitarists, podcasters and music producers
Launched around the turn of the century, Avid’s original Mbox was a relatively affordable audio interface designed specifically for use with its Pro Tools software. Over the next decade, it resurfaced in several guises, before being discontinued.
Now it’s back in the form of Mbox Studio. Compatible with Mac and Windows, this USB-C audio interface comes with a one-year subscription to Pro Tools Studio, but is also compatible with other DAWs.
When factoring in the analogue, digital and MIDI connectivity, Mbox Studio offers a total of 21 inputs and 22 outputs, which Avid claims is more than any other desktop audio interface. It features the same mic preamps as you’ll find in the company’s S6L and Pro Tools Carbon system.
Mbox Studio operates at 24-bit/192kHz quality and includes DSP-powered EQ, delay and reverb. There’s also independent cue mixing and low-latency tracking.
For guitarists, Mbox Studio offers variable Z impedance switching on the instrument inputs, so you can change the tone of your guitar when recording direct to complement your effects chain. There’s a handy built-in tuner, and amp emulations come courtesy of  the Eleven MK II and bx_rockrack plugins. There are stompbox effects, tooAvid Mbox StudioThe assignable buttons are intended to be used by podcasters, streamers and other content creators who want quick access to their most essential functions or to trigger sound effects or bring in other audio sources. There’s an audio loopback feature, too.
There are outputs for two sets of headphones and two sets of speakers, and you can also send audio via Bluetooth so that mixes can easily be checked on other devices. There’s a built-in talkback mic as well.
Other supplied software includes a one-year subscription to the Sibelius Artist notation software and the Mbox Ignition Pack. This includes Brainworx Megadual, Ampeg SVT-VR Classic and many other plugins and tools.
“We’re thrilled to bring Mbox back to the music creation community, who are a very big influence upon Avid’s continuous surge of hardware and software innovation,” said Francois Quereuil, Vice President, Product Management for Audio and Music Solutions, Avid.
“Our re-creation of Mbox is uncompromising,” he continued. “It’s overflowing with an amazing array of software tools and takes advantage of the same high-performance components found in Avid’s professional-grade audio solutions, guaranteeing best-in-class sound quality and production for anyone, from entry-level performers to the most accomplished artists.”
This new Mbox certainly looks like the most capable model yet, but that does mean that it’s priced higher than some of its predecessors – it’s available now for $899. Find out more on the Avid (opens in new tab) website.Avid Mbox StudioI’m the Group Content Manager for MusicRadar, specialising in all things tech. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 20 of which I’ve also spent writing about music technology. 
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