![]() ![]() Foyt, Rick Mears and now Castroneves as co-holders of the Brickyard’s most prestigious honor). Elmo’s Steakhouse in downtown Indianapolis that he was ready to join the club of four-time Indy 500 winners (he meant Unser’s father, who stands with A.J. Helio Castroneves poses Monday with the Borg-Warner Trophy after his fourth Indy 500 victory (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images).Īside from incorrectly identifying the most recent golf major won by Mickelson (it was the PGA Championship), Castroneves also referenced telling Al Unser Jr. There were signs of it again amidst the bedlam Sunday. During his 20 years at buttoned-up Team Penske, Castroneves sometimes stood out like a cartoon character with his quirkiness and oft-unintentional irreverence. Yet that star magnetism shades some of his cerebral brilliance in caricature. The former “Dancing With The Stars” winner is an all-time people’s champion in the NTT Ind圜ar Series with fence-climbing, frontstretch-jogging outbursts of exuberance that are contagious for a crowd of 135,000 screaming “HEL-I-O! HEL-I-O.” The ebullient Brazilian showed again at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that he is a man of many talents. The comparison was perfect because just like Brady and Mickelson, it was veteran savvy that sewed up Castroneves’ record-tying fourth Indy 500 victory. ![]() RELIVE THE CELEBRATION: Helio Castroneves’ unforgettable postrace party Phil Mickelson won the Masters and now here we go! So the old guys still got it, still kicking the young guys’ butt, you know! We’re teaching them a lesson. “I don’t know if this is a good comparison or not, but Tom Brady won the Super Bowl. “Let me tell you, it’s not the end of it, it’s the beginning,” he jubilantly said, triggering another in the incessant waves of resounding cheers that rocked the Brickyard for the better part of an hour Sunday after an historic 105 th Indy 500. INDIANAPOLIS – With hundreds of fans surging against the metal barriers surrounding Victory Circle, wildly chanting his name, Helio Castroneves played the crowd with the same virtuosity as behind the wheel. ![]()
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![]() And I really believe that public education is a civil rights issue.įADEL: Do you consider this a protest song? Or how do you feel about the term protest music? MC TAYLOR: So I have always been witness to the discourse around public education and the way that public education has been a punching bag, has been on the chopping block. MC TAYLOR: I have always been around public school teachers my entire life. And you wrote this song to support those teachers, right? North Carolina teachers marched against cuts to public education.įADEL. ![]() Beauty in the broken American moment.įADEL: So this was 2019. The ways to you are oh, so very different. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: (Singing) Rock me, daddy. It's not on this album, but I want to ask about "I Need a Teacher." I don't think that we're in the clear by any stretch.įADEL: Yeah. And, you know, I'm very curious to see what lessons we carry forward out of this. MC TAYLOR: The pandemic, you know, the murder of George Floyd, the election, wildfires - it seemed like a moment in which the cosmos was forcing us to reckon with the way that we behave towards one another, the obligations that we have to one another as humans. ![]() HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: (Singing) Will I be thankful if it comes in the morning? I thought a lot about a songwriter like Curtis Mayfield or The Staple Singers this past year, the way that they positioned hope in their songs during times that must have felt unhelpful some days. You know, I think it's something that a lot of musicians have done in the past. MC TAYLOR: But I feel like I was trying to keep my eye on the potential that hope has for us to help us evolve forward. I had days of hopefulness and days of despair. MC TAYLOR: I didn't find myself to be an unflagging rock of hopefulness this past year. I think I was thinking about the potential for hope, right? There's a spade if you're willing to work on the building.įADEL: So a pain that we trusted, a sword and shield rusting, a spade if you're willing to work on the building. The sword and the shield, lay 'em down, now they're rusting. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: (Singing) Was a pain that we trusted. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IF IT COMES IN THE MORNING") It's something that I thought about.įADEL: Let's listen to a bit of "If It Comes in the Morning." MC TAYLOR: But it does take me away from home. There are trade-offs, you know? I'm doing something that I absolutely love and am obsessed by, and my kids get to see me doing something that I am fully involved with. MC TAYLOR: We have to be away from home so often. MC TAYLOR: Well, the fact that we have to leave home. And it also - I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me question certain things about what being a professional musician requires of us. It's incredible to sort of fall into the home rhythms. It's the longest that my kids have ever seen me. you know, until - I am actually in California right now, the first trip of this nature that I've taken since this all started. Starting in March of 2020, I was in Durham, N.C. But first we got to say 'em.įADEL: And you were in the same place for most of the time that you were making this album, which is unusual for you. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: (Singing) When it all feels fake, do the words have no meaning? They will if we let 'em. ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IT WILL IF WE LET IT") But yeah, for the most part, it was composed between March of 2020 and maybe July of 2020. There are a couple songs that probably predate 2020. So I did get some time off (laughter), but I had no idea that it would be as much time off as we all ended up getting.įADEL: Little did you know that the pandemic was coming and mandating some time off for you.įADEL: So you wrote this album during sort of the lockdown at the beginning of this pandemic? MC TAYLOR: I have two kids, 8 and 12 years old. MC TAYLOR: At the end of 2019, I was probably nearing five, six, seven consistent years on the road. So you wrote this album during the pandemic.įADEL: But it seems the mood predates the coronavirus? Can you talk about where you were in your life at the end of 2019? He wrote most of the album, and he joins us now. But I know how to sing about it.įADEL: That's a bit from the song "Sanctuary," from Hiss Golden Messenger's "Quietly Blowing It." MC Taylor is the one singing on it. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: (Singing) Feeling bad, feeling blue. Hiss Golden Messenger's new album is reflective, ruminative and not without a decent beat. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If neither icon lights up, the Spirit Box did not recognise any question. If the 'X' icon displays, one or more of the conditions listed below have not been met.This is considered as evidence of Spirit Box. 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If the player selects Vosk, Windows, or None as the voice recognition method, having voice chat active (by holding the push-to-talk button or selecting Voice Activation) will enable the Spirit Box to automatically "ping" a question every 10 seconds.The player can exit the UI by turning off the Spirit Box. Players can then click to select one of 3 questions. If using the text-based UI, the UI will appear upon turning on the Spirit Box. ![]() If using voice chat, the Spirit Box will recognise any valid question asked by the player.There are three ways to probe for a response via the Spirit Box: The microphone icon will indicate whether or not the Spirit Box is listening (when Push To Talk or Toggle is used), or receiving microphone input (when Voice Activation is used). The spirit box emits a constant static noise while active. Other than these 3 icons, the rest of the display (including the fluctuating numbers) is purely cosmetic. The activated orange display shows a microphone icon on the top left, and a cross ('X') and ghost icon on the bottom right. The Spirit Box can be turned on via toggle (default: right click on mouse). ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternatively, consume 1g of taurine powder mixed with water before bed, preferably on an empty stomach, to assist with better sleep. Best taken before training to help with focus and to draw water into muscle cells. ![]() An important amino acid supplement for endurance performance, muscle gain and lean body composition.Īs a dietary supplement, mix 1g with other amino acids, creatine, pre-workout drink or plain water. And it can help promote better, deeper, more restful sleep. It regulates calcium, which helps to minimise muscle cramps from training. It is a cell volumiser, drawing water into muscles to create a pump and to enhance the rate at which nutrients are absorbed. Taurine has much more going for it than being a key ingredient in popular energy drinks. 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There are four instruction booklets included in a polybag with a cardboard backing so the booklets wouldn’t get wrinkled. I recommend a big table to spread out the pieces when assembling because there will be at least ten different piles. The bricks come in many bags, and when I say many, I mean many! The bags aren’t numbered but are organized very well. The set includes 2503 pieces and retails for $259.99, which is at $0.09/piece. Not really wanting to spend that much on a LEGO set but it was a deal that I couldn’t pass up. To my delight, there was a sale on for the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Shuttle. I'm a big fan, so I'd buy it.Around Christmas 2011, I was looking around different sites to see if there were sales going on at that time. For $249.99 / €259.99 / £219.99 you get a big set with many white pieces, some figs you already had, but nevertheless a great set with many nice details. That makes UCS Star Wars sets very véry expensive. A 16+ will have lots of fun with it, I'm quite sure of that. But then again, I'm not your typical IKEA customer. Closing and opening the side wings could be fun, but I was exhausted after several times. Playability: 8/10 Wouldn't know, never play with sets. Luke looks rather unhappy, too bad both the pilot and the officer have the same face. Stormie is a bit odd as he can't fit anywhere. Even the pieces I found 'new' already appear in other sets.īuild: 8/10 Technic is not my thing, and building beams is different than building Bricks. Parts: 7/10 Nothing special to notice really. would like to have had the escape-pod function as a standard, but apart from that, I think it looks great! Not quite sure what this extra minifig's purpose is in this set, I think he'll swiftly join his band of brothers for more exiting adventures.ĭesign: 9/10 I think it's spot on. Poor TK1138, all alone outside the shuttle in the cold. Looks good, doesn't it! I think the designer was from Sweden, as the set comes with two IKEA-styled keys which you use to open and close the side stabilizers. Once the base is made (rather easily, it's time to show the world the shuttle: Once these are mde, there is no 'Ogel' imprinted in your thumbs, but round holes in pretty much all your fingers. As left and right are built in the exact way, I decided to build them both at the same time, which works perfectly, really. Once those are in place it's time to build the wings. It is built with lots of beams, which thankfully do not have a lot of colour difference between them. Then it's time to build the Dorsal stabilisers and you think "wow, this ship is going to be HUGE!". It is then connected to the hull by plates and bricks, which, as an EU fan, is a pity, as in star Wars EU the cockpit can separate from the hull and function as an escape pod: The cockpit is built separately from the hull, and then you slide it into the hull. Once that is done you basically cover the hull with plates and arched bricks, and it already looks rather good You build ground-up, jam in the Gears, and then build up until you get a full hull: And for a Technic-n00b that's just about easy enough to handle. Old school lightsabers! No more bluish grey or matte chrome, no! It's the real deal! Real chrome lightsabers!īuilding starts with the main hull. Tip: he's the one with the brown eyebrows.ĭo you with sharp eyes see what I directly noticed? Something shiny. That's Luke (not looking happy), Vader, TK1138, Imperial officer and Imperial shuttle pilot (not a hot blonde this time, a pity really ) It was rather hard to spot who's who, as Luke's head wasn't as recognizible as he was in previous sets. ![]() In the meantime I moved on building the set. *sigh*, now I have to call LEGO again for yet another problem with wrinkled stickers in a set. Theme: Star Wars / Classic / Ultimate Collector's Seriesįirst thing when I opened the box? the stickers are wrinkled, and one is even loose from the sheet!! The stickers are just put in the box, and so completely crushed by the bricks during transport. Wow, so many replies, and I haven't even started yet! ![]() Tomorrow I'll provide a full building review :) The box is big, but really filled up to the max with many (not numbered) bags, 4 (!) instruction manuals, and a sticker sheet which, being loose in the box, was badly wrinkled.īelow are the pages with the individual parts. Just received the 10212, and being home late, I wasn't able to start building yet, and for now can only comment on the box and its contents. ![]() ![]() ![]() As we will see, passwords generated by this tool can be bruteforced in seconds.Īfter a bit less than two years, this vulnerability has been patched on all versions of KPM. We will first see an example of a good password generation method, to explain after why the method used by Kaspersky was flawed, and how we exploited it. To generate secure passwords, Kaspersky Password Manager must rely on a secure password generation mechanism. One key point with password managers is that, contrary to humans, these tools are good to generate random, strong passwords. The main functionality of KPM is password management. Product is available for various operating systems (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web…) Encrypted data can then be automatically synchronized between all your devices, always protected by your master password. ![]() This vault is protected with a master password, so, as with other password managers, users have to remember a single password to use and manage all their passwords. Kaspersky Password Manager is a product that securely stores passwords and documents into an encrypted vault, protected by a password. Two years ago, we looked at Kaspersky Password Manager (KPM), a password manager developed by Kaspersky. The product has been updated and its newest versions aren’t affected by this issue. It also provides a proof of concept to test if your version is vulnerable. This article explains how to securely generate passwords, why Kaspersky Password Manager failed, and how to exploit this flaw. All the passwords it created could be bruteforced in seconds. Its single source of entropy was the current time. The most critical one is that it used a PRNG not suited for cryptographic purposes. The password generator included in Kaspersky Password Manager had several problems. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you have an accurate idea of what is going on in your books, you can plan ahead, you can make preparations if your income fluctuates, and you can work out the best ways to spend and invest your money. Budgetingīudgeting is essential for every business. 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