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Contact us Your gift helps advance ideas that promote a free society In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender in May 1945 the Hoover Institution Library & Archives has released more than 800 digitized audio recordings and transcripts of conversations relating to 20th century conflict – most notably undercover conversations with high-ranking Nazis who had fled to South America Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) – In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender in May 1945, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives has released more than 800 digitized audio recordings and transcripts of conversations relating to 20th century conflict – most notably Drawn from the Gerd Heidemann collection the tapes offer unprecedented insights into the ideologies together with a new lens on Heidemann’s reporting and research across Africa and South America from the 1960s through the 1980s The acquisition of this collection was led by Hoover Research Fellow and Taube Family Curator for European Collections Katharina Friedla and Hoover Visiting Fellow and University of Aberdeen Professor Thomas Weber The release of these Heidemann tapes and the diligence of all those Library & Archives staff involved with processing the collection demonstrate Hoover’s enduring mission: to safeguard voices from history Gerd Heidemann (1931– 2024) was a German investigative reporter and photojournalist who accumulated an expansive trove of materials that document major world events The newly released recordings comprise only a fraction of the enormous collection Among the recordings are conversations from the 1970s with former high-ranking Schutzstaffel (SS) officials including Bruno Streckenbach and Klaus Barbie Other tapes address topics spanning postcolonial warfare and political scandals on both sides of the Atlantic the unrepentant mindsets of Nazi perpetrators Barbie – while speaking freely to Heidemann while undercover – boasts about his implementation of the Holocaust in France: Barbie shares a war criminal’s perspective on atrocities we have previously known only from that of the victims’ such as the violent anti-Jewish raids in Amsterdam and their aftermath:  the Jews from upstairs and us from the street They even threw chamber pots at us and we threw hand grenades back “When it comes to first perspectives of top Nazis and of extremists we generally have to rely on interviews that were conducted after 1945 in court rooms And here we have first person perspectives of people where they really represent themselves the way they want to be seen [by like-minded people] and that is extremely important in trying to understand extremism – both then and now.” Friedla says that “the release of these new recordings is relevant both for academic research and broader public understanding.” “By making the audio and transcripts widely available the Library & Archives has helped to illuminate how extreme ideologies can endure in exile and how former perpetrators recall or even rationalize their crimes The human dimension of extremism and the concept of historical accountability are themes that all can reflect on while listening to these first-person recordings.” All 889 recordings and their transcripts – available in both English and German – have now been digitized, transcribed, and provided publicly for wide online access through the Library & Archives’ Digital Collections portal where the materials are searchable by name This digitization project marks a major milestone for the Library & Archives in both scope and accessibility “We hope this collection will be mined by students and scholars for generations to come,” said Eric Wakin Everett & Jane Hauck Director of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives “The recordings clearly document the beliefs and actions of perpetrators of the Holocaust in their own evil words." The Hoover Institution Library & Archives is a world-renowned repository for primary source materials on war With more than one million digital items – including government records and testimonies – it preserves evidence of history’s most consequential events and actors To watch the event that followed the opening of the Gerd Heidemann collection and previewed the new TV documentary by Dutch filmmaker Foeke de Koe, click here The first screening of this documentary in the United States will take place at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in summer 2025 To explore the digitized materials from the Gerd Heidemann collection, click here Elements of the Gerd Heidemann collection are open for research in the Library & Archives reading room and online. Plan your visit For coverage opportunities regarding the Library & Archives contact Lauren Covetta at lcovetta@stanford.edu Katharina Friedla is a research fellow and the Taube Family Curator for European Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University Thomas Weber is professor of history and international affairs as well as the founding director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen (by reservation) The opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker All 5 Releases Avery Dennison Performance Tapes introduced its Flashing and Seaming Portfolio a new line of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes for use with a wide range of building envelope materials The peel-and-stick materials are engineered to keep water and air out to prevent damage while enhancing building comfort and energy efficiency The portfolio includes multiple tape constructions and adhesive technologies for use in many applications when building envelope flashing and seaming are required as well as foundation and concrete insulation the portfolio contains products for barrier and membrane use cases The tapes meet 711-20 standards of American Architectural Materials Association (AAMA) “Our tapes work in conjunction with traditional flashing materials to fill gaps or seams or provide a temporary seal before a permanent solution is installed to prevent the infiltration and leakage of air and water,” says Maria Pitorak Senior Product Manager – Building & Construction Performance Tapes “They offer easy peel-and-stick applications to speed up construction while ensuring durability even in extreme environments.” The featured product in the portfolio is FT 0088 a single-coated waterproof flashing tape that is conformable adheres to a wide variety of building materials and sealants The tape features an extremely aggressive adhesive that bonds well to damp surfaces and will not melt or stain at high temperatures FT 0088 resists UV exposure for six months and offers low vapor transmission rates © National Glass Association. 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Privacy Policy The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the credibility of a sealed cover Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report submitted by the union government on the leaked audio tapes allegedly featuring former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh and directed the government to submit a “fresh” report (File Photo) A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the Central FSL will need to re-examine the audio files in which Singh is purportedly heard saying that the ethnic violence in the state was instigated at his insistence The bench asked the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to secure instructions from the union government on getting the Central FSL to “re-examine” the audio tapes and submit a fresh report The court issued the directions after examining a report that was submitted by the Solicitor General in a sealed cover on Monday You (union government) have to speak to your officers about it Read the content and then talk to the offices please examine and bring a fresh report,” the court said Even as SG Mehta said he had not personally examined the contents of the report and hence the court said neither the judiciary nor the union government was expected to “protect anyone.” The apex court was hearing a petition filed by the Kuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust through advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the tapes claiming that they reveal evidence of the CM’s involvement in fuelling the ethnic clashes between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur that began in May 2023 and lasted till February this year The violence claimed more than 230 lives and displaced tens of thousands in the northeastern state After two years of unrest and violence in the state who was the chief minister of Manipur at the time leading to the imposition of President’s rule in the state on February 13 The leaked tapes in question allegedly pertain to audio recordings made by a whistleblower during a closed-door meeting with Singh The petitioner NGO has claimed the tapes substantiate allegations of deliberate instigation of ethnic violence in the state SG Mehta questioned the credentials of the petitioner NGO and called it a “rookie organisation.” Mehta also said a probe into the violence was already being conducted by the State and it needed at least a month more for the same “Peace is now prevailing and the high court (of Manipur) can examine the issue rather than escalating the situation any further,” Mehta said said irrespective of who was the petitioner the government and the court did not need to protect anyone “Let us ignore the petitioner but if there is something wrong done don’t have to protect that wrong,” the court said and directed the Solicitor General to secure instructions on re-examination and the fresh report by July 21 Compensation for these roles is $25 per hour This is a closed-door reading (no performance) for development purposes SYNOPSIS: When her mother goes missing in the desert between the US/Mexico border Solana must journey out with a group of activists to bring her back Solana must overcome a lifetime of hurt and suspicion to undertake an extraordinary transformation in the hopes of keeping her family together My Mother the Sun is a meditation on the way borders arrest grief and the need for unconditional hospitality in the face of institutional cruelty Please send:1) A self tape of the side for the character you are interested in.2) Your headshot and resume.3) Confirmation that you are available for the whole rehearsal process To Parity Productions Producing Associate Meg Gilbert, [email protected] DUE MONDAY MAY 5TH we do not expect sides to memorized or utilization of green screens or ring lights in the self tape.Sides can be found at parityproductions.org/work-with-us Solana moved to the United States with her father during her parent’s divorce and has not spoken to her since her father’s funeral Solana’s life was mostly about keeping her 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That would be the ever-consistent Tory Lanez who's made a promise to unleash tons of unreleased music every weekend It's quite the commitment he made to his fans as he's obviously serving his 10-year prison sentence But lately, Tory Lanez has been focusing his energy on the "Twitch Tapes." For those who haven't been following these are quick songs that barely crack the one-minute mark The are all pulled from past livestreams of his own or from guest appearances on other content creators' platforms He had dropped a few here and there when the "Lost Tapes" were getting rolled out Also in the mix were "Prison Tapes" which were laid down in real time Lanez recently said on social media that for the indefinite future the "Twitch Tapes" were going to be getting his attention Read More: Keri Hilson & Beyoncé Beef: A Timeline Of The One-Sided Beef Good sex and a Rolex and a time pieceI can never play her like a side pieceI can never try to do her grimey gotta keep her beside meMoving through the city and I'm cruisingTying up the loose endsHaving wet dreams Read More: How Many Kids Does Ayesha Howard Have? Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations The first-ever NYC Tape Fair is Sunday at Selva an art gallery and record store in Bushwick More than a dozen vendors will be selling rare The festival comes at a moment when cassette tapes Top sellers like Taylor Swift and Charli XCX each moved tens of thousands of units last year former station director of Columbia’s student-run radio station WKCR He said that tape cassettes are the cure for everything he dislikes about streaming services algorithms and the “mechanization of music.” “When I sit down with a tape in my Walkman I’m just stuck with the music that’s in front of me,” said Schmiedeler “I should be able to listen to a full album on a walk and with Spotify I often can’t bring myself to do that.” there’s an incredibly low financial barrier to entry – under $20 and you get amazing stuff,” said Anthony Morton seeing some of the more niche and obscure VHS and tapes is just a fascinating piece of Americana.” While movie studios and TV networks aren’t producing new VHS tapes there’s a thriving market of niche collectors The Found Footage Festival created by comedians from The Onion and "The Late Show," describes itself as “a celebration of the videos that time forgot.” In a weekly YouTube series they show off their latest bizarre VHS finds along with commentary and “where are they now” updates about the subjects Morton said the Found Footage Festival will be at the tape fair as well selling VHS doubles and extras from its archive and connecting with other fans of the format Cassette-heavy stores including Paradise of Replica and Captured — the physical outpost of Brooklyn record label Captured Tracks — will be offering their wares at the Tape Fair along with VHS tapes from the newly reopened Night Owl Video and sizable independent collectors including Morton and cofounder Ricardo Marrero Schmiedeler said cassette tapes are a big part of WKCR's music library, especially in the international music department, where fans and alums of the station have donated sizable collections of rare cassettes that get regularly play on popular shows like the Sunday evening “Raag Aur Taal,” a long-running South Asian classical music show that birthed the annual Ragas Live Festival. “A lot of that stuff is yet to migrate onto the internet, so those shows really rely on tapes,” Schmiedeler said. “I think tapes are going to make a big comeback similar to vinyl. They’re going to be an ‘aesthetic’ soon,” Schmiedeler said. “People will find it cool to further move away from Spotify and algorithms, and walking around with a Walkman might become a signifier of that soon.” “I’m telling people to get in early,” he said. “I hope this book makes people realize just how much queer history happened in every neighborhood, on, like, every block,” author Marc Zinaman said. Ready to enjoy what the city has to offer outside? Tulips, block parties, parades and more await. Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily. Gothamist is a website about New York City news Digitized recordings of conversations with protagonists of 20th century conflict - including undercover conversations with high-ranking Nazis who fled to semi-hiding in South America - will be released ahead of the 80th anniversary of Germany's surrender in World War Two They form part of the Gerd Heidemann collection held at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University which  is described by University of Aberdeen historian and Hoover Visiting Fellow Professor Thomas Weber as ‘the most important private collection on the Third Reich and the inner lives of extremists acquired by a university archive’ Weber and his Hoover colleague Kathatina Friedla facilitated the acquisition of the archive by Hoover which includes an abundance of conversations with Nazis spanning the 1960s to the 1990s Friedla is the Taube Family Curator for European Collections at Hoover’s Library & Archives Among those Heidemann interviewed – included in the material made available – is Bruno Streckenbach the head of personnel of the SS agency in charge of the Holocaust who spoke about what Heydrich and Himmler had told him regarding Hitler's role in the Holocaust The release of the recordings and transcriptions in both German and English The conversations were conducted by German investigative journalist Gerd Heidemann – a contentious figure who accumulated an expansive trove of materials that document major world events His reputation was sullied in 1983 by the acquisition of forged Hitler diaries but new research led by Weber and Friedla has shown that he played a crucial role hunting down Nazis which included work over two decades for the Israeli intelligence services went to great lengths to authenticate Heidemann’s Collection which included an authentication of Streckenbach’s voice recording by the former head of the voice recognition unit of the German Federal Police Weber and Friedla say the release of the Heidemann tapes is an important landmark in understanding the inner lives of key Nazi perpetrators “It is due to the tenacity and diligence of Gerd Heidemann as an investigative journalist that we now have at our hands a collection of more than seven thousand folders of papers and a hundred thousand photos in addition to the audio tapes pertaining to 20th century conflict,” they said “We long knew about the World Press Photo Award that Heidemann won in the 1960s for his coverage of colonial warfare Through an interview I recorded with Gerd Heidemann two weeks prior to his death we now also know much better about the trust Mossad’s Nazi war crime unit put in him in the 1970s in hunting down Nazi war criminals in hiding,” Professor Weber said “Camouflaging as an aide to former SS-General Karl Wolff Heidemann managed to get in touch with the community of Nazis who had fled to South America responsible for the deaths of many Jews and resistance fighters Professor Weber added that the newly released tapes show that while being recorded by Heidemann Barbie and other Nazi war criminals boasted perfectly openly of what they had done “The recordings pull away the rug under the lies that Nazi perpetrators told in postwar court rooms Heidemann managed to get Bruno Streckenbach to reveal how SS perpetrators and their lawyers had lied in court rooms in a coordinated fashion about their role in the ‘Holocaust by Bullets’ which resulted in the death of 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews,” Weber said  “This is an enormous archive and we’ve only really begun to scratch the surface of the secrets like this that it may hold." alongside all those interested in the meaning and role of history can now begin to sift through the ‘new trove of material’ that will allow them to study in greater detail than ever before the first-person perspective of the radicalization and crimes against humanity by extremists something Professor Weber says is absolutely vital at a time at which the world once again is starting to give in to the lure of extreme political behaviour “In line with new breakthroughs in the study of extremism we need triangulate the inner lives of extremists against other evidence relating to their behaviour” “As Dutch scholar of extremism Rik Peels has said ‘extremists are also people who act from convictions who think and reflect and make difficult choices To truly understand and explain radicalization we must not only look at all kinds of factors that transcend them but also at what they themselves bring to the table when they explain their beliefs and actions “I have spent more than a decade working to ensure the Heidemann archive could be preserved and with the wonderful work of Katharina and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives it will now be opened up to researchers and the general public across the globe.” For more information about this collection, visit the Hoover Institution Library & Archives digital collections website and YouTube channel the Hoover Institution Library & Archives has served as a platform for a vibrant community of scholars and a broad public interested in the meaning and role of history and make available for research the most important library material and archival collections on war revolution and peace from across the globe They build connections to those records through a robust program of fellowships The activities of the Library & Archives are carried out with Herbert Hoover’s words in mind: "The overall mission of this Institution is to recall the voice of experience against the making of war and by the study of these records and their publication to recall man's endeavours to make and preserve peace and to sustain for America the safeguards of the American way of life the Institution itself must constantly and dynamically point the road to peace." University of AberdeenKing's College,Aberdeen,AB24 3FX The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInCEREDO/KENOVA W.Va (WSAZ) - If your VHS tapes are collecting dust at home you can now bring those memories back to life in a digital format Staff at the Ceredo-Kenova Memorial Public Library can take the footage on your VHS or VHS-C tapes and put it onto a thumb drive The footage has to play in real time when transferring and Jack Streets is a one-man-band doing all of this at the library it’s harder and harder to remember exactly what happened 10 These are something that can fill in the gap,” Streets said Streets said it is $5 per tape to have them digitized Streets highly recommends bringing a 32 or 64 gig USB thumb drive If you do not have one of these thumb drives you can purchase one at the library for $5 All of the proceeds go toward new carpet that the library is trying to get for renovations Undefeated since turning professional in 2013, Rafael Espinoza, 26-0, continues his climb in the featherweight division. The Mexican boxing standout captured the WBO featherweight title in December 2023 with a majority decision win over Robeisy Ramirez He will defend it for the third time on Sunday against Edward Vazquez at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas “El Divino” enters the bout on the back of three straight wins two over Ramirez and one against Sergio Chirino Sanchez is coming off a TKO victory over Kenneth Taylor The Fort Worth native previously challenged Joe Cordina for the IBF junior lightweight title in November 2023 His matchup against Espinoza marks his second shot at a world title Rafael Espinoza vs. Edward Vazquez Weigh-In & Face Off#InoueCardenas pic.twitter.com/WzeKWyYTGv The Espinoza-Vazquez clash is part of the main card headlined by Naoya Inoue vs Ramon Cardenas for the undisputed super bantamweight championship The event also features four additional bouts Juan Leon for the NABF Junior welterweight title is the reigning WBO featherweight champion scoring a third-round knockout over Victor Valadez in his debut reaching a career high in December 2023 when he stunned Robeisy Ramirez to capture the WBO title in what many considered a major upset.  “El Divino” went on to defend his belt against Sergio Chirino in June 2024 and in a highly anticipated rematch later that December this time forcing a stoppage due to an eye injury Espinoza carries the nickname “El Divino,” a tribute to El Divino Rostro,  a sacred image of Jesus Christ in his hometown of La Palma he prayed for victory at the shrine and has since embraced the name as a symbol of strength and faith throughout his boxing career enters the biggest fight of his career with a 17-2 professional record After a standout amateur run that included around 90 bouts and multiple national titles he turned pro in 2016 and quickly built a reputation for his slick movement and defensive skills Vazquez came close to championship glory in November 2023 when he challenged Joe Cordina for the IBF junior lightweight title He bounced back with a statement TKO victory over Kenneth Taylor this time against WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza "Two-time elbow champion."Edward Vazquez isn't afraid of the champ 👀 pic.twitter.com/U9M9RnvZ9j Known as “Kid,” Vazquez carries a blue-collar mentality into the ring shaped by his upbringing and sharpened by years of experience His nickname reflects both his youth when he began boxing and his relentless drive to make his mark on the global stage Also Read: What Time Is the Rafael Espinoza vs. Edward Vazquez Fight? Espinoza vs. Vazquez Ring Walkout Time, Streaming Details and More Read More: Naoya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas Head-to-Head Record, Tale of the Tape and More! 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To get it to play, we'd have to prop the tape up in the deck with a matchbook.\nRead More If someone is using AI to create a self-tape for audition purposes Director of Performing Arts Programming Eric Weiss said it’s important to be aware of how AI can help or hurt when making self-tapes “We really are interested in who applicants are as people,” said Eric Weiss MA ’01, MFA ’21 to Backstage “Overly produced material can act as a barrier to getting a sense of who they are.” Actors may make self-tapes for auditions to be cast in productions or to apply to colleges But Weiss told Backstage that applicants should avoid AI-enhanced tools like using autotune But Weiss did point at ways that AI can be helpful for self-tapes “Any tool that actors can use to help organize the process is absolutely a good thing,” added Weiss Read the article on Backstage In the Press , , , Addressing Acts of IntoleranceThere’s Still Time to Join ‘Justice at Work’Discover the Cultural Center: Your Space for Community and More! 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projects have been fast-tracked in recent years thanks to California’s ‘Cutting Green Tape’ program SACRAMENTO – California is making it faster, easier, and more affordable to launch environmental restoration projects across the state, thanks to a program the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife established in 2021 called Cutting Green Tape It’s a simple idea: streamline the complex red tape – ‘green tape’ in the case of restoration work – that often delays or blocks habitat restoration projects Instead of forcing good environmental work to get stuck in paperwork Cutting Green Tape removes unnecessary barriers and helps important conservation projects get approved more quickly the program has helped more than 500 restoration projects move forward by reducing costly delays and making the approval process easier to navigate These efforts have already contributed to the restoration of nearly 200,000 acres of habitat the reconnection of 5.5 million acres of land and the improvement of over 700 miles of California streams All of these projects are critical for fish The results speak for themselves: California is proving that cutting red tape and protecting our environment go hand-in-hand we’ve cut red tape on more than 500 projects that have restored nearly 200,000 acres of habitat and improved hundreds of miles of streams We’re unleashing projects from being stuck in endless paperwork and bureaucracy – all to support California’s thriving biodiversity and better protection against climate impacts like wildfire and drought It also means public funds and community efforts go further and have a bigger impact CDFW estimates the program has already saved nearly $10 million in permitting costs — savings that go right back into protecting the environment Restoration projects require permits from the state to ensure they are environmentally responsible CDFW recently issued its first newly expanded Restoration Management Permit (RMP) a streamlined permit that consolidates 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cutting down on time and cost This is a huge benefit for California’s restoration projects and I anticipate many more streamlined approvals to come.” Located along a tributary to Butano Creek in the Pescadero Creek watershed the goal of the project is to restore fish passage at an existing 15-foot-tall chute This will increase access to the Little Butano Creek watershed enabling certain fish to complete their lifecycle and keep these species thriving The project is expected to enhance approximately 1,000 linear feet of aquatic habitat and 3.52 acres of riparian and wetland habitat for the benefit of coho salmon Santa Cruz black salamander and San Francisco dusky-footed woodrat “The Restoration Management Permit is a game changer enabling us to complete high-priority habitat restoration much more quickly and cost-effectively in partnership with CDFW,” said Kellyx Nelson Press Releases, Recent News News SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement today after the 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News What you need to know: As part of the California Jobs First initiative the state is awarding $30.5 million in tax credits to seven companies committed to creating new jobs and investing over $2.1 billion across key industries like clean energy News LOS ANGELES — California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom today joined students and athletes at two schools in Pasadena and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula’s East Palo Alto Clubhouse to celebrate Move Your Body © Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Recycle Smart The City of Springfield is a Single Stream Recycling community Single Stream Recycling refers to a system in which all kinds of recyclables such as plastics  are put into a single bin by residents Once the recyclables are collected they are transported to the Springfield Material Recovery Facility (MRF) where they are sorted and processed recycling has changed and evolved over time Recently the markets have changed and recycling no longer provides the same fiscal benefits to communities as it used to This is all the more reason we continue our work as a community to improve our recycling efforts We have a full time Recycling Enforcement Coordinator who is out in the community Tuesday through Friday working to help keep our recycling stream clean or you may have seen evidence of him in the form of the orange stickers left on recycling barrels These stickers are just a friendly reminder of what can and cannot go in the recycling barrel We understand that everyone makes mistakes sometimes and that’s why our Recycling Enforcement Coordinator is available to answer any questions you may have and his vehicle is always stocked with helpful educational materials to hand out We stay ever vigilant to enforce clean recycling because contaminated recycling comes at a high cost to our City in the form of pricey fines every scenario that involves contamination in the recycling comes with a cost once the recycling truck has finished a particular street and a barrel was left behind for contamination we often get a request to return to the residence to empty the barrel While we understand the reasoning behind these requests it is cost prohibitive to return to areas once they have been completed However rest assured we will be back on your following recycle week and we will be glad to empty your barrel as long as the contamination has been removed If you find that you have an overflow of recycling please feel free to place any additional recycling in a cardboard box next to your recycle barrel and it will be picked up with your recycling Residents are also welcome to drop off their recycling at the Bondi’s Island Landfill To find out when your recycling day is, simply enter your address in our GIS mapping system here.  You may also call the 311 Service Center with any questions regarding your recycling services For a complete list of do’s and don’ts click here “For recycling information in mobile home parks serviced in Springfield: Visit the MassDEP’s Recycle Smart page at Beyond the Bin Search | Recycle Smart (recyclesmartma.org) But it's not clear what they've actually done The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has claimed that the US government has saved a million dollars per year “by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70-year-old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records.” In a message on Elon Musk's social media platform X the Musk body said the General Services Administration (GSA) IT team "just saved" the money through the migration While tape storage was invented 70 years ago the magnetic tapes used by the government are based on newer technology - transistors are similarly 70+ years old but semiconductors are much more advanced now Linear Tape-Open (LTO) has advanced significantly vastly improving its storage capabilities and read speed tape remains the cheapest and greenest approach At rest, tape requires no power, and can last 15-30 years, depending on storage conditions. Microsoft is in the midst of an ambitious effort to build a new cold storage technology out of silica glass but the project is still years away from fruition - and It is not clear what DOGE means by "permanent modern digital records." No storage system is permanent requiring copying forward at the end of the medium's useable life With hard drives and SSDs lasting just a few years if actively run (and a few more if not) that means regularly shifting the data to a new generation of hardware and destroying the old equipment Also unclear is when the data migration occurred - digitizing and converting 14,000 tapes would be a large task DOGE has claimed credit for modernization efforts that predated it so it is possible this was already in the works but the data was likely moved to a cloud provider - who might ultimately use tape for the storage It is also possible that the GSA shifted the data to hotter storage to be able to access it faster and more regularly the DOGE claim remains hard to verify and at odds with the realities of storage costs This is not the first time Musk and DOGE have taken aim at physical storage In February 2025, Musk criticized a federal contract with Iron Mountain to store physical records labeling it a "time warp" and adding: "The speed at which the mineshaft elevator can move determines how many people can retire from the federal government The latter claim appears to be unfounded. While a 2019 Government Accountability Office report criticized the process and incomplete applications were to blame for the delays The department did not respond to requests for clarification regarding the savings it claims to have made by digitizing the magnetic tapes Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Former Charlottesville weatherman Josh Fitzpatrick told investigators he has been making sex tapes since before 2018 The revelation came in court documents filed shortly before the 42-year-old and onetime 29News employee made his first local court appearance "You should have a lawyer," Judge Matthew Quatrara told the suspect Friday in Albemarle County General District Court "I don't have one right now," replied Fitzpatrick appearing on video from the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail a jail official advised the judge about the value of Fitzpatrick's bank account and his vehicle and said Fitzpatrick was receiving Medicaid and food stamps automatically allows the public to fund Fitzpatrick's legal defense "The law says if you receive public assistance it's presumed that you qualify," said Quatrara Fitzpatrick relocated to his home town of Gallipolis shortly after the investigation into him began and he was arrested in Gallia County on April 22 "I didn't know I had warrant out or I would have headed back to Virginia to defend myself," said Fitzpatrick "The situation in which you find yourself is not a do-it-yourself project," replied the judge Quatrara then shared an anecdote about once tinkering with a generator in his yard and seeing a giant spark leap from his wrench "This is not a do-it-yourself project," Quatrara repeated Because prosecutor Holly Vradenburgh opposed bail Fitzpatrick will remain jailed at least until whoever ends up representing his interests can arrange a bail hearing in advance of a preliminary hearing they appear to have been investigated at least twice According to the criminal complaint penned by detective Michael Schneider of the Albemarle County Police Department's special victims unit authorities received a report about Fitzpatrick in 2018 when a man identified only by his initials which The Daily Progress will not be sharing due to the sensitive nature of the case contacted the department to allege sexual extortion The report doesn't explain why that investigation foundered When a new alleged victim came forward in late February of this year Schneider returned to the first man and learned that Fitzpatrick had made a secret video of a consensual sexual encounter and was threatening to put it on the internet "[The first victim] did not consent to any video being taken of him," wrote Schneider the alleged motive for threatening to post the footage was to urge additional sexual activity Such a motive was also named in the more recent accusation by a victim also identified only by their initials This second man told investigators that he had consensual sex at Fitzpatrick's apartment in the Eagle's Landing complex southwest of Charlottesville at some point between 2020 and 2022 Fitzpatrick has been harassing him for years and soliciting more sexual encounters and has threatened to release the 'sex tape' if [the victim] doesn't comply with his requests," Schneider wrote The second man reported receiving Fitzpatrick's messages on Grindr Fitzpatrick has sent screenshots of the video to him where he is nude and engaged in sexual acts with Mr "and screenshots of videos with other males that are engaging in sex acts with Mr That would explain why Albemarle County police are urging "anyone who may have had an encounter with Fitzpatrick" to contact Schneider at (434) 296-5807 The last person convicted in a local court of sexual extortion was former coffee shop manager William Aleander Portillo he admitted to tricking a University of Virginia student into sending nude pictures of herself and then demanding money to prevent their release Portillo faces sentencing in Albemarle County Circuit Court on June 6 A state conviction of sexual extortion is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison The other charge Fitzpatrick faces is producing a nude image without the consent of the subject a misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months hspencer@dailyprogress.com Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email Email notifications are only sent once a day Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memoryKrapp’s Last Tape Since my late teens I’ve returned time and again to Samuel Beckett’s brief but monumental one-act play in which a purple-nosed “wearish old man” spools through reels of memoir recorded each year on his birthday Krapp’s Last Tape is not quite a monologue It becomes a kind of dialogue between the 69-year-old Krapp and his recorded 39-year-old self who in turn reflects on how he behaved in his late 20s “Perhaps my best years are gone,” says Krapp towards the end of the play disproves any such suggestion with an acutely moving performance boosted by the use of his own archive recording of the younger Krapp’s lines – done on a whim by the actor in 2009 and stowed away for future use Rea worked with Beckett on Endgame in 1976 (and did a film of it in 1991) and brings to bear the great writer’s note on that play When I talked to Hurt about his memories of Krapp’s Last Tape the year after its 1999 run at the Barbican’s Pit He instantly replied that he wished I’d seen it in 2013 by which time he had withdrawn the anger from his portrayal The recording of the younger Krapp that he made for the Barbican run was used for all his subsequent productions Hurt was similarly critical of that audio performance he acknowledged: “The more I come to dislike what I did on the tape the more it plays into the hands of the present Krapp.” In depicting a man who is frustrated – even deflated – by his past, both personally and professionally, Beckett’s play taps into the self-critical actor’s quest for the perfect performance. This gained an unexpected charge on the night I saw Robert Wilson’s thundery expressionist production a nearby theatregoer was so unimpressed that they booed Wilson who took his bow seemingly still in character as Krapp Michael Gambon as Krapp in 2010. Oldman’s production features the same machine that Gambon used. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianRea’s Krapp, directed by Vicky Featherstone twice looks over his shoulder at the pitch-black that surrounds him is more like a cell than Beckett’s “den” and brings an air of confession or self-interrogation Krapp’s desk comes with comically deep drawers Playing Krapp comes with high potassium levels: you usually see this number of bananas eaten by tennis players not actors Krapp berates himself for tucking into them and keeps the fruit under lock and key – it’s a rigmarole to reach them much like his system for storing away memories that bring a similarly peculiar mix of pain and pleasure Rea seems to inhale the scent of his first banana before taking a huge bite that leaves its stringy bits dangling from his lips Malcolm Rippeth’s sepia lighting for Oldman’s cluttered set evokes a bruised banana; Oldman slings his skins to the floor and gives a sly grin before biting into his second one Recognising that every sound matters in Beckett Oldman fills the theatre with the sound of laborious masticating Both actors excel at the comedy of Krapp: Rea skittering on and off stage with the reels Oldman affecting a light and airy voice as he draws out the word “spooool” When Rea reads from the dictionary a description of the “vidua bird” with its black plumage the humour is increased by the actor’s own mop of dark curls Rea turns the memory of a “bony old ghost of a whore” into a cantankerous standup routine Each actor nails the self-satisfied 39-year-old’s grand proclamation to be at the “crest of the wave”; both emphasise how the older man has not changed as much as he might have wished in the decades since and the relationship between the three Krapps is pivotal to the play as suggested by the on-the-nose choice of We Three (My Echo as introductory music for Oldman’s production His set accentuates the clutter and resembles an attic as he seems to emerge from beneath to potter around boxes crates and old furniture that form a lifetime of precious detritus which also suggests he is shored up on an island even implies a connection between Krapp’s ramshackle belongings and the fragmented scenes and gestures that Beckett wrote for the character even the passing references to other characters in Krapp’s Last Tape emphasise its themes – like Old Miss McGlome who sings “songs of her girlhood” Intimate staging … James Hayes in Krapp’s Last Tape at Jermyn Street theatre Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianThe first Krapp I saw was soon after reading it at university That performance was memorable for being halted when an acrid smell wafted off the machine and the theatre’s tech team were called in to investigate I recall feeling cheated that they resumed at the same point and didn’t do the 50-ish minute play once more from the top I saw that show with a friend who died at the age of 41 – I now realise that the only tapes I own are compilations he made for me over the years A trip to Krapp’s Last Tape in my 20s rekindled a romance that I would come to replay with my own sense of regret The most striking lines of this singular play – where even the stage directions are longer than the speeches spoken live – are about a breakup he recalls it like this: “I said again I thought it was hopeless and no good going on and she agreed without opening her eyes.” It occurs on a punt on a sun-kissed afternoon he perfects the agitated state in which Krapp searches for the section – capturing Hurt’s belief that Krapp is an addict Krapp is a play about memory-making: about stockpiling the moments that define us, not unlike assembling a mix tape or organising your iCloud. It’s what the younger Krapp, an aspiring writer, calls “separating the grain from the husks” – about as good a description as you could use for Beckett’s precision as a playwright. But it is also about self-deception and not facing down the difficult episodes, such as the death of Krapp’s mother. Beckett tells us the play is set in the future – his masterpiece acknowledges the weight of what may lie ahead as well as what has passed This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. racketeering and transportation for prostitution I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the former music mogul, is headed to Manhattan federal court on Monday for his high-profile sex trafficking crimes trial Prosecutors have charged Combs with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation for prostitution purposes. The charges stem from allegations made by four unnamed people Details of the accusations are related to “freak offs” or drug-fueled parties that Combs is said to have hosted with others where victims were allegedly coerced into having sex with sex workers Combs and his “enterprise” of associates allegedly threatened victims with extortion or sometimes physical violence to remain quiet about the “freaks offs.” Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges rejected a plea deal and maintained his innocence and a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates will need to be seated in the case by the end of the week better known by his stage names “Diddy” or “Puff Daddy,” is a rapper music producer and executive of Bad Boy Records who has made a name for himself producing some of the biggest artists of the past two decades Combs has faced various allegations of abuse and making threats against people His legal disputes took a turn in 2023 when his ex-partner, Cassie Ventura, filed a lawsuit against him alleging rape, sex trafficking and physical abuse. Combs claimed innocence, but the two settled the case out of court. But a slew of civil court cases brought by other people emerged after many with allegations of abuse or coercion into sex acts In September, Combs was arrested in New York on a three-count indictment brought by a grand jury The indictment claimed he ran a decades-long criminal enterprise using the people around him to assist in abusing women and coercing them into lurid sex acts That enterprise is central to prosecutors’ racketeering charge – a crime also known as RICO that was initially created to go after mobsters Combs allegedly lured people into his orbit with promises of career success or financial support and then became controlling over their lives dictating everything from their housing to medical records to make victims compliant with his desires and then directed “freak offs” which were recorded – sometimes unknowingly to the victim – and later used for Combs’ pleasure He allegedly used intimidation tactics such as brandishing an AR-15 threatening victims with financial consequences claiming he would use embarrassing or incriminating footage in the “freak offs” against them and other methods to force women into doing what he wanted His arrest came six months after agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided two of the music mogul’s homes. During the raids, helicopters captured agents removing things from Combs’s home while two of his sons were detained – a typical procedure The sons were released after the raid was complete and have not been charged prosecutors have brought two superseding indictments that include more counts of the same crimes and further details of abuse Combs could be facing life in prison if he is found guilty on the charges overseen by District Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to last eight weeks – thought it could be longer or shorter The prosecution is made up of several attorneys including Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and former lead prosecutor in Ghislaine Maxwell’s case. The lead attorneys for the government include Emily Johnson Combs’s lead attorney is Marc Agnifilo an experienced criminal defense attorney who previously represented NXIVM sex cult leader Keith Rainere Prosecutors will use evidence collected during the home raids to assist their case. In the indictments, attorneys for the government alleged Combs had more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant stocked in his home to use during “freak offs,” as well as narcotics and AR-15-style firearms with defaced serial numbers Agents said they also uncovered electronic devices that they say contain photos and videos of “freak offs.” The defense previously tried to get the 2016 video of Combs beating up Cassie declared inadmissible but the judge denied the request Combs’s lawyer has asserted the videos will show adults having “consensual sex” and contain no evidence of violence It’s unclear who will testify in the case as the list is not publicly available but sources told CNN that Ventura is expected to serve as a central witness for the prosecution Several other victims are expected to testify but they may remain unidentifiable to protect their identities Agnifilo said the defense is prepared to have several of Combs’s former employees testify to his “dedication Although Combs is facing more than 30 other civil lawsuits Only allegations directly related to the charges in the indictment are allowed A group of potential jurors in New York will be asked questions about themselves and their background so attorneys for both sides and the judge can determine the best people to judge the case against Combs Jurors’ identities are likely going to be kept confidential because some of the questions they will be asked will be about personal experiences with sexual assault or domestic abuse Once a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates are seated Combs has been held in Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York while awaiting trial. The judge overseeing his case has denied his requests for bail. govt and politics"},{"score":0.81272,"label":"/society/crime/personal offense/human trafficking"},{"score":0.779234,"label":"/society/crime/personal offense/homicide"},{"score":0.7728,"label":"/society/crime/sexual offense/rape"},{"score":0.713758,"label":"/law baby oil and the Cassie tape: The shocking allegations behind Diddy’s trial","description":"Music mogul so we'll hang onto that thing for a while One of my favorite nostalgic Facebook pages shared something that other day that triggered a memory of McDonald's that you may also share you could purchase a VHS tape for a special low price with your nuggets and fries The McDonald's Holiday Film Fest was an annual event from 1991 to 1994. Some ads I've seen had movies listed for $5.99 and $7.99 with the purchase of a large sandwich or extra-value combo meal Some of the movies came with rebates for a couple of dollars off the purchase of other movies And just look at those retro menu boards and display cases Some of the movies included in these promotions were the Indiana Jones trilogy films All of the tapes were marked with the McDonald's logo and a "not for resale" label there was a major controversy in 1992 with the Dances With Wolves promotion Various VHS tape retailers were upset over the partnership between the fast food company and distributor Orion Home Video Making this and other films available for such a low price at McDonald's meant retailers lost out on potential sales Did you ever purchase one of the VHS tapes from McDonald's Do you still have any of them in your collection Gallery Credit: MKAT Relive the magic of the McDonald's Holiday Film Fest from 1991 to 1994. Movies like Back to the Future, Wayne's World, Land Before Time, Dances With Wolves, and more were available for purchase.\nRead More One of my favorite nostalgic Facebook pages shared something that other day that triggered a memory of McDonald's that you may also share This adds to a string of divestitures this year under CEO Kevin Kwilinski It comes a week after Amcor announced plans to acquire Berry Since taking the helm at Berry in October 2023, Kwilinski has been vocal about streamlining the company’s focus Kwilinski said the tapes sale “further supports these efforts and the continued focus on our high-growth consumer portfolio.” Earlier this year, he said the company had divested its Strata and Promens Vehicles businesses within its Consumer Packaging International segment, netting $47 million in total proceeds. He teased more to come, estimating in May that divestitures over the next year could result in at least $2 billion in cash proceeds The strategy with divestitures was to get at least 70% of Berry’s volumes to have a consumer products focus “I am absolutely committed to getting this portfolio right as fast as we can so that we can be very focused on growing our core consumer business,” Kwilinski said in May Rhode Island-based private equity firm Nautic Partners whose portfolio is partly focused on industrials Its companies include polymer compounding business Aurora Material Solutions said Berry’s tapes business “has significant runway to grow.”  Private equity has played a role in numerous transactions across the packaging industry this year Berry expects to use the approximately $400 million in proceeds from the tapes sale to pay down debt Berry anticipates the two recent sales together generated $1.3 billion The company reported its pro forma net debt following the two deals was $5.9 billion as of Sept It listed pro forma revenue at $9.7 billion Berry reported that selling the tapes business “further reinforces the strategic rationale” for its combination with Amcor “and has no material impact on the financial profile of the combined entity.” Following the Amcor-Berry deal announcement last week Amcor CEO Peter Konieczny was asked about potential divestitures; he said there’s “very little overlap.” He also said that there could be “an opportunity to shed businesses” in the future senior paper and packaging analyst at Truist Securities said in a memo late Monday following the tapes sale announcement that the move is “consistent with [Berry’s] strategy to minimize exposure to more cyclical industrial end-markets and reorient the portfolio to higher-growth consumer end-markets.” Get the free daily newsletter read by industry experts Soaring use of these medications for weight loss is shifting demand including for packaging manufacturers that serve pharma and food customers Analysts say the game-changer is an opportunity for innovative companies Some organizations focus exclusively on closed settings that offer big contracts — low-hanging fruit opportunities they think will scale reuse faster. But that’s not discouraging others from working in complex open-loop environments The free newsletter covering the top industry headlines The York Theatre Royal has to be up there as one of the best theatre exteriors in the UK it's like a theatre's been stuck behind Dracula's castle (first and last Gary Oldman reference) - just pipped for me by the very exterior exteriors of the Minack Theatre As a Beckett nerd whose University city was York I jumped at the chance to hop on the train and catch Gary Oldman perform Samuel Beckett’s haunting memory play And at just fifty-five minutes and a nine-page script Samuel Beckett’s marmite monologue is a difficult one to keep spinning eating bananas and listening to tapes of his own voice from birthdays gone by We hear him speaking at his thirty-ninth; there’s love recounting memories he struggles to hold and understand in a statement that I'm sure would make many any English Literature student cry - think Black Mirror if it were written in 1958 photos and your Facebook friends from secondary school memory is a changing concept - like Krapp - it is not something that will disappear entirely fragments of everything will always exist to remind you of the life you lived There is an inescapable whiff of vanity project hanging around the production I think he might have a pop at scanning the tickets on the way in as well it is clear that watching a Gary Oldman spectacular is by no means a bad thing With an epic stage and screen career under his belt he is regarded as one of Britain's finest and he again proves here to be an endlessly versatile performer the shuffling drunkard with a love for bananas Oldman finds a home amongst the darkness and grime He commands the York Theatre Royal with just his eyes or the slight move of a finger His expert voice work on the tapes carries the piece; it is rich soothing and captures the sadness in his thirty-ninth year and my eyes and heart were fixed on him for the whole thing Beckett’s one-act play feels like a ritual the ageing Krapp sits with his tape machine and records a tape for the year that has been then the tape machine is god - it is in fact the same machine used by both John Hurt and Michael Gambon in their previous performances of Krapp Through Oldman and the etchings on the machine I struggle to decide whether the performance I watched was a captivating piece of theatre or an academic exercise Oldman has chosen to deviate from Beckett’s notoriously rigid script telling an actor down to the very second how long to leave the stage for and drink Oldman stays seated; he also emits most of the comedy from the piece with an early Charlie Chaplin banana peel-based gag being cut I hate that productions (in many famous cases have a Google) are legally required to stick to the letter of Beckett's writing but the choice to cut the small glimmers of light and air in an otherwise dense play feels misguided I worry how easy it is to get wrapped up in the grandeur of this production a few hundred University dissertations have been written on For all its nuance and intelligent ponderings on life and memory Should it have footage of Subway Surfers playing on a loop underneath to keep Gen Z theatre students entertained Krapp’s Last Tape is playing at the York Theatre Royal until 17th May Tickets from: https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/krapps-last-tape/  The inspiring story of how Czech Republic won gold at the first Olympics to feature professionals from the NHL On January 14th,1996—his 21st birthday—Ricardo López started videotaping himself laying out his plot to attack the Icelandic popstar Björk López said Björk was a symbol of purity and innocence to him an image which he said she destroyed by having relationships with two different black musicians previously with Massive Attack’s Tricky and López lays out his initial plan to send Björk a package that would infect her with AIDS he changed this plan to a letter bomb containing sulfuric acid in which López commits suicide wearing red and green zigzagging face paint while Björk’s music plays in the background now has a notorious reputation on the internet with gifs of it being linked by online trolls or the clip being edited into other videos for unsuspecting viewers.  Filmmaker Heather Landsman seriously considers López’s footage in her new film The Best of Me which condenses the 20-some hours of tapes López produced into a hauntingly candid look into a deeply unwell and alienated individual Landsman strives to create as objective a viewpoint on López as possible instead letting López reveal—often in duration—his terrifying and sad psychosis The footage that Landsman assembles feels incredibly prescient: in its proto-vlog format its engagement with a life that has been reduced to a memetic “creepy pasta” image by the internet and its explication of an extraordinarily lonely individual’s violent fixations built from media consumption.  The Best of Me is being independently distributed by Landsman through the Film-Makers’ Cooperative Upcoming screenings include Los Angeles’s Whammy on May 9 and the Cooperative itself in New York City on May 24 This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  DOCUMENTARY: The Best of Me reminded me of the feeling of stumbling across these videos in the middle of the night and sitting with them for a long time HEATHER LANDSMAN: I think my first exposure to this story was stumbling upon it as a kid when I shouldn’t have been One thing I found interesting about this is how it got mythologized on the internet especially the final tapes with him in that red and green face paint I definitely knew from the get-go that I wanted it to be no editorializing no commentary—just straight from his words especially even in regards to the proto-vlog style I didn’t think about it a lot as I was editing it but it’s one thing that a lot of people have brought up to me since: he’s kind of the original vlogger He used this style of video diaries to talk to himself or the camera in the mid-to-late 90s before it became such a normal part of YouTube and the internet.  It’s almost as if the camera is just a way to speak to somebody but it also puts the viewer in a therapist's perspective.  HL: The idea of adding any kind of commentary to it felt wrong to me because you get all of it from him He incriminates himself in every facet and any possible way that people could diagnose this case Something that was very important to me was that I wanted this to be a very objective viewing experience because The first thing he does when he starts recording himself is admit that he has this racist psychosexual fixation on Björk and the fact that she is with a black man is why he feels he has to punish her He doesn’t leave anything up for interpretation he’s been thinking through it the entire time I looked back at this one documentary that was made right in the midst of this case happening, The Video Diary of Ricardo López (1999) it’s just someone narrating over little snippets of the footage You can’t talk about the case without talking about his racism The way I want the viewer to sit with this person empathetic sense and not gloss over any of those monstrosities it hits like a bullet—the language he uses the way he talks about her and her boyfriend at the time You get this very interesting window into his life surrounding his plan but also a little bit of what his life is outside of that and his mental state at the time.  D: He’s very open about how this fixation is entirely formed by his media consumption and how insular his life is—he’s open about being a virgin and he self-diagnoses with Klinefelter syndrome his parents are calling and they’re concerned,” or he talks a little bit about his job That’s an entirely different world than what we see we see just what’s going on in his mind in his apartment.  HL: One of the most impactful tapes is that one where he talks about his condition and also his family life Though he mentions his mother throughout all the tapes about how “My mother will be emotionally destroyed because of this.” I knew that whole tape was super essential to include because of that it’s that brief window into his life outside his plan.  there would be points where I would lull back listening to what he was saying and what kind of visual information was in this tape All of a sudden I heard that quote and was like “Wait what?” I had to run that back and include that.  D: That part is funny too because he’s trying to remember the quote while he’s saying it But he really wants to get out exactly what it was and he wants to be recorded the exact way he wants to be seen He’s thinking about how somebody would watch and interpret him the whole time.  HL: It was very important to me to include the outside the edges of that—setting up the camera flubbing his lines (if that’s what you want to call it),  fixing his setup I knew that needed to be in there to give you a little bit of a sense of him when he doesn’t think the camera is rolling or footage that he doesn’t think people are watching.  D: By allowing the film to speak for itself and be self-evident it lends a certain “objectivity” compared to documentaries where the filmmakers choose to use archival footage to editorialize HL: One inspiration for me—both as a formal aesthetic but also as thematic and ethical reference point—was Gus Van Sant’s Elephant (2003) It’s one of my favorite movies of all-time While The Best of Me is a documentary a lot of people forget that in making a documentary you narrativize real life in every interview for Elephant in the press run Gus Van Sant talked about how he didn’t want to diagnose the shooters The role of the form of going between these different perspectives and following them unbroken was to give you a sense of every single thing leading up to it and you take that as you will I knew that this needed to show every single aspect of his life that he brings up in reference to Björk reading through writing on it and also the way it got mythologized as this piece of visual internet horror or “creepy pasta” troll gif it really struck me how little any of the real coverage of it or online actually got into just his life and his mental state at the time.  D: In the 2010s into the post-COVID moment online incel culture became very endemic in young men Was this something that was on your mind while going through the footage HL: I wasn’t really thinking about it while making but having seen the movie at the different screenings and just sitting with it and thinking more about that kind of rise in that weird corner of the internet that has that fascination with “lolcows.” Ricardo López  predated that Something that always really disturbed me is men on the internet’s fascination with these sad people who are clearly hurting but also they clearly need some form of help especially as of late with stuff like Chris Chan and Daniel Larson World of T-Shirts is someone who’s less of a monstrous person but clearly hurting They all got lumped together into this modern niche of people who have become a punching bag—in some ways Alex Lei is a writer and filmmaker based in Baltimore His writing on film has appeared in Documentary, Filmmaker © 2024 International Documentary Association Privacy Policy Diddy's long-awaited trial is just around the corner While it's been an incredibly rough few months for the mogul when it comes to public perception he may have at least one thing going for him Read More: Diddy Adds One More Lawyer To His Legal Team Mere Days Before Trial's Start Date It also comes days after Diddy confirmed in court that he turned down a plea deal offer from federal prosecutors. "Yes I did," he 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DePaepe discovered the recordings before making Boykins aware of them ruling that Corbett and Richmond were not on any of the recordings The South Bend Common Council previously demanded the recordings when news of the tapes' existence became public but the city administration refused to hand them over The common council filed a motion to strike portions of evidence from the intervenors in January 2025 claiming the evidence was "excessive" and "irrelevant," Woods' March 14 ruling states The motion was denied on the judge's ruling that the evidence is "proper and necessary" being directly related to the case The court finds that the background of how and why the recordings were made is essential to determining the "broader legal and equitable issues in this case," the judge's order said The legality of the recordings remains unresolved therefore the common council's motion for a summary judgement was denied These matters require the court to weigh evidence and credibility within a trial The court also wants to prevent the unlawful disclosure of the recordings to prevent potential future harm During the investigation, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg — who took office in January 2012 — demoted Boykins to the rank of captain and fired DePaepe according to a violation of policy 21 4.2: conduct unbecoming a city employee. Boykins sued Buttigieg, the city and Mike Schmuhl, the mayor's former chief of staff, claiming "racial animus" as the reason for his demotion and sought compensatory and punitive damages In December 2013, Boykins, Corbett, Richmond, Wells, Young, Sandy Young and their attorneys received a settlement related to the ongoing wiretap controversy Email Tribune staff writer Camille Sarabia at csarabia@gannett.com We Are Rewind's EDITH WE-001 combines old-school looks with Bluetooth and USB-C charging but the EDITH WE-001 has Bluetooth for your headphones and a 12-hour rechargeable battery it's priced at £129 / $159 / €149 If you know what connects a pencil to a C90 cassette tape We Are Rewind has the perfect portable music player for you Its a lovingly-crafted homage to the Walkman era it comes complete with a pencil for tightening up tapes when they go a bit wonky It also appears to have taken its pink and green colour scheme from a 1980s tracksuit Don't let the retro looks fool you, though. The deck comes in rugged aluminium rather than flimsy plastic, and there's some modern tech in there so you can use it with the best wireless headphones as well as old-school over-ears We Are Rewind also makes a suitably retro-looking pair of wireless headphones as an optional extra The EDITH WE-001 cassette player dumps the double-A batteries in favour of a rechargeable internal battery capable of delivering up to 12 hours of playback but there's a 3.5mm input jack for an external mic or another sound source for your recording home and active products from the T3 experts I think the recording feature could be fun I like the idea of hooking up a digital music source to the EDITH WE-001 and recording it onto hissy tape It could also prove a rather colourful dictaphone for meetings The EDITH has a recommended retail price of £129 / $159 / €149 / about AU$268 making it a little more expensive than its closest rival We Are Rewind products are sold through Rough Trade, Selfridges, FNAC, Turntable Lab and independent record shops, and the EDITH WE-001 is available now alongside other colour options you will then be prompted to enter your display name Metrics details Long-term biopotential acquisition is of great significance for the early detection and timely treatment of various diseases the standard silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) gel electrodes may cause skin irritation when worn for a long time Repeating the use of electrodes on different individuals can lead to the risk of cross-infection we propose a smart electronic tape (SET) to acquire biopotentials in the form of a dry single-sided tape made from a combination of an ultra-stretchable conductive pattern on substrates with different functions The high stability and durability of the patterned conductors provide accurate and timely acquisition of biopotentials such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and electromyography (EMG) The strong adhesive behavior of the tape as well as the low-cost manufacturing process allow convenient and long-term wearing in a disposable manner We anticipate the SET will pioneer next-gen wearable electronics for applications like disease prevention The main problem for the liquid metal-based electrode is its complex operation it is still challenging to develop self-adhesive and low-cost electrodes with the capability of seamless contact with the skin for long-term monitoring of physiological electricity we report a series of smart electronic tapes (SET) comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs) electrode which take advantages of an optimal second-order serpentine design on biocompatible and chemically inert substrate and excellent breathability are achieved simultaneously cytotoxicity test has been conducted to evaluate the safety demonstrating a harmless behavior to organ cells which enabled firm adhesion to skin without any delamination or detachment after wearing for a long time (7 days) Compared with the traditional Ag/AgCl gel electrode and other electrodes SET has realized long-term and effective monitoring of physiological signals under various human conditions with a low noise level we design a wearable virtual reality (VR) gesture interaction system utilizing the SETs to collect arm’s muscle electrical signals to control the speed and direction of a virtual vehicle in real-time a Photographs of smart electronic tapes b Photographs and application schematics of flexible monitoring system c Photographs of SETs on different substrates materials e Operational diagram of the flexible monitoring system a Adhesion test of SETs with different substrates to glass substrates b Water permeability test of SETs with different substrate materials and second-order serpentine patterns under 100% strain (left) and the corresponding fabricated tapes under 100% strain (right) e The measured relative resistance change under different strains of the four patterns f Resistance changes of second-order serpentine electrodes with different carbon tube contents under 100% stretching and red curves represent the resistance change rates when the proportions of CNTs are 7 wt% g Resistance change of second-order serpentine electrodes under cyclic stretching/releasing of 45,000 at 50% strain The red spheres represent the resistance change rate after every 1,000 stretching/releasing cycles while the green lines represent the continuous change curve of the resistivity during the stretching/releasing cycles h Illumination of an installed LED in second-order serpentine electrodes under different stretching states and compression states is represented by the gray which further verifies the electrode can be used for signal monitoring in complex skin environments Temperature is also one of the important factors that affect the normal use of the equipment. As shown in Supplementary Fig. 7 considering the actual usage scenarios of SETs we monitored the electrical properties of SETs within the range of 20–50 °C The experimental results show that when the temperature rises from 20 °C to 50 °C the resistance change rate of SET is lower than 3% demonstrating relatively stable performance within the common temperature range of the human body (35–40 °C) the resistance change rate of SETs is ~0.33% having almost no impact on the performance of SETs a Schematic diagram of the placement of SETs b Comparing the real picture of commercial Ag/AgCl gel electrodes and PU-SET c Comparison of ECG signals detected by commercial Ag/AgCl gel electrodes and PU-SET The gray curve and the red curve are the ECG signals detected by SET on channel 1 and channel 2 respectively The green curve is the ECG signals detected by the commercial Ag/AgCl gel electrodes on channel 2 d Comparison of signal-to-noise ratio of ECG signals detected by different electrodes The gray bar chart and the red bar chart are the SNRs detected by SET on channel 1 and channel 2 respectively The green bar chart is the SNR detected by the commercial Ag/AgCl gel electrodes on channel 2 e Fluorescent images of cells cultured in the incubation medium with the control sample and PU-SET f Absorption at 450 nm in the CCK8 assay of different incubation groups after 1 g Comparing the pictures of skin after different electrodes have been applied for a period of time h Comparison of ECG signals detected by PU-SET after 1 i Comparison of ECG signal-to-noise ratio after 1 s.d.; The standard deviation is based on 3 repeated experiments j ECG signals detected by PU-SET in compressed and stretched states k ECG signals in different human states detected by PU-SET and dark yellow curves are ECG signals in the relaxing state in the sleeping state and in the post-exercise state respectively l Fourier transform spectrogram of ECG signal in different human states and dark yellow curves are the amplitudes of ECG signals in the relaxing state the performance of the PU-SET decreased by approximately 10% and it was still able to collect ECG signals with high quality The experimental results have verified that PU-SETs are highly stable and reliable for long-term wearing All the results have demonstrated that PU-SET is capable of monitoring all-day activities a Images of circuit module of flexible physiological electrical signal acquisition system b Schematic illustrations of physiological electrical signal acquisition system including signal acquisition processing and wireless transmission (numbers indicate the corresponding labeled components) c Schematic diagram of the placement of electrodes and the distribution of muscles in the arm d The EMG signal detected in channel 2 when the middle finger and ring finger are bending The blue shaded part represents the EMG signal of the flexed middle finger and the dark yellow shaded part represents the EMG signal of the flexed ring finger e Time-frequency diagram of middle finger and ring finger in bending motion f Schematic diagram of wireless wearable gesture recognition and virtual reality interaction assisted by artificial intelligence algorithms g Two-lead EMG signals generated by different gestures h Classification accuracy of different gestures 130 pieces of electromyographic data were collected for each type of gesture 100 pieces of data were randomly selected as the training set and 30 pieces of data were selected as the test set The values on the abscissa represent the order of gestures from left to right in Fig i Photograph of virtual reality interactive system based on EMG signal The negligible delay time (16.6 ms) makes the VR system interaction practically real-time we develop a SET to acquire various biopotentials An ultra-stretchable CNT-based electrode with optimal second-order serpentine pattern has been easily manufactured and transferred to various kinds of tapes The SETs demonstrate superior stretchability (more than 300%) stability (less than 40% change in resistance under 100% strain) durability (over 45,000 cycles of stretching/releasing) Despite the long-term and comfortable wearing both ECG and EMG signals have been successfully acquired by placing the SETs on human arm with comparable accuracy and efficiency to commercial gel electrodes highly accurate and real-time recognition of finger bending and controlling of a vehicle in VR system have also been realized through detecting the EMG signals with negligible delay time We have compared various properties of different types of electrodes, and summarized the values in Supplementary Table 1. As shown in Supplementary Table 1 higher signal-to-noise ratio and higher peak-to-peak value which enables our devices to have the ability to collect high-quality bioelectric signals the SETs also show higher adhesion and stable electrical properties which further ensures the applicability of our devices in complex environments the patterning of the conductive material further reduces its effective contact area with the skin the SET still has difficulty working effectively in skin areas with more hair we could explore and develop flexible substrates that are temperature-insensitive and have excellent directional sweating capabilities to address the negative effects caused by sweat and extreme temperatures we could investigate the integrated design and combination of the wireless signal transmission module and the long-distance wireless energy transfer unit with the smart electronic tape which would further improve the portability and continuity of wearing the smart electronic tape we can either choose or develop new degradable base materials and optimize product design to allow the reuse of key components extending the service life and reducing waste we need to establish and perfect a recycling mechanism to alleviate the environmental impact of the disposable design The patterns are designed using AutoCAD software A laser direct writing equipment has been employed to etch the aluminum plate using the designed pattern A smooth aluminum plate is chosen as the substrate of the mold and various designed patterns are etched on the aluminum substrate by the laser etching equipment to form second-order serpentine lines with a pattern width of 200 ± 20 μm and a depth of about 30 μm The laser-etched template was then rinsed with deionized water and dried at 80 oC for 2 h to ensure that the release agent can completely cover the surface of the mold continuous spraying of the fluorine release agent (DR-518) is carried out for 5 to 6 s at a distance of 20–30 cm from the surface of the mold and the above operation is repeated three times to complete the preparation of the mold PDMS (purchased from Aladdin) solution was mixed with CNTs (13 wt% INC) and stirred for 30 min at room temperature to form a well-dispersed PDMS/CNT mixture the mixture was filled into the mold using the squeegee printing method various pastes were evenly printed on the mixture and dried at 80 °C for 2 h the resultant tape was peeled off after cooling down Conductive carbon oil is used to connect the wires and smart electronic tape and the interface is encapsulated with ultra-thin PU tape purchased from Shanghai cell bank of Chinese Academy of Sciences were used to examine the in vitro cytotoxicity of the tape and control group according to the ISO 10993-5: 2009 (E) standard 8 × 104 L-929 cells were seeded in a 24-well plate with 1 mm medium which contains High Glucose Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM SH30243.01) supplemented by 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS 10099141) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin (PS 0.2 cm2 sterile PU-SET were put in the plate indicated as the experiment groups and the group without any material served as control All the groups were cultured at 37 °C in an incubator with 5% CO2 The cell confluency and morphology were investigated with an inverted microscope and the medium was changed 24 h after the cell-seeded CCK-8 and live/dead assays were arranged to quantify the cell proliferation PL701) assay was diluted by 10 times the volume of the medium and 500 µl diluted CCK8 was added to each well substituting medium 200 µl supernatants were collected into the 96-well plate The absorption at 450 nm was detected using an absorption spectroscopy C2013M) was used to observe the live cell rates of different groups according to the manufacturer’s protocol 250 µl diluted calcein-AM was added to each group After 30 min incubation and rinsingd with PBS the samples were observed and recorded using a fluorescent microscope The image information was processed by ImageJ software The tensile and mechanical tests of the device are completed by the test system we built The system is composed of a source meter (Keithley 2400 Tektronix) for real-timely recording the change of electrical properties and a high-precision stepper motor (MTS316 The force gauge (HANDPI HP-5) was used to detect the real-time force change that was applied to materials and devices The accuracy of the moving displacement could reach 2.5 µm loading-displacement curves were conducted with a tensile mold at a peeling test speed of 2.5 mm s−1 When testing the electrical properties of the SET under different strain and 45,000 cyclic tensile experiments the moving speed of the stepping motor was 25 mm s−1 The physiological electrical signal test (ECG and EMG) is completed by our own flexible intelligent monitoring system and source meter cut different types of tapes of the same size select transparent glass bottles of the same size and add an equal amount of deionized water into each bottle seal the mouths of the glass bottles with the tapes and fix the surroundings with sealing films to prevent air leakage mark each glass bottle clearly and weigh it with a high-precision balance to obtain the initial weight weigh the samples at regular intervals and calculate the corresponding water permeability by using the formula 1 \({\Delta{m}}\) represents the weight of water permeated through the device \({A}_{0}\) represents the area of the water-permeable region of the device and \(t\) represents the time of water permeation of the device Data are provided within the manuscript or supplementary information files The rest of the data are available from the corresponding author upon request Wearable and implantable devices for cardiovascular healthcare: from monitoring to therapy based on flexible and stretchable electronics A wearable biosensing system with in-sensor adaptive machine learning for hand gesture recognition Cost-effective processing of flexible 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Electronics (IFE) Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE) Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Biological Diagnosis Treatment and Protection Technology and Equipment in Special Environment Henan Institute of Flexible Electronics (HIFE) carried out the device testing and characterization analyzed the data and composed the manuscript All authors contributed to the analysis and discussions of the results The authors declare no competing interests Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-025-00380-0 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science The Tape Restorator was funded by the School of Languages and Linguistics and by a grant from the Australian Research Council (LE220100010) University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU View all partners you might remember dropping one into a player only to have it screech at you when you pressed “play” people recorded their favourite tunes straight from the radio Some of us made home recordings with our sibling and grandparents – precious childhood snippets And a few of us even have recordings from that time we travelled to a village in Vanuatu and heard the locals performing in a language that no longer exists such recordings are beyond priceless – yet often out of reach due to the degradation of old cassettes over time Our digital archive, PARADISEC (Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures) contains thousands of hours of audio – mainly from musicological or linguistic fieldwork This audio represents some 1,360 languages with a major focus on languages of the Pacific and Papua New Guinea The PARADISEC research project was started in 2003 as a collaboration between the universities of Melbourne and Sydney Like a humanities telescope, PARADISEC allows us to learn more about the language diversity around us, as we explained in a 2016 Conversation article While many of the tapes we get are in good condition and can be readily played and digitised We work with colleagues at agencies such as the Solomon Islands National Museum for whom we recently repaired a set of cassettes that were previously unplayable and just screeched back to Honiara in February and expect to pick up more for further treatment Screeching happens when a tape is dried out and can’t move through the mechanism easily The screeching covers the audio signal we want to capture my colleague Sam King built (with the help of his colleague Doug Smith) a cassette-lubricating machine while working at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies This machine – likely the first of its kind in Australia – allowed us to play many previously unplayable tapes Sam built two versions of an updated machine called the LM-3032 Tape Restorator for PARADISEC 3D printing others and writing code for the controllers The LM-3032 Tape Restorator works by applying cyclomethicone (a silicone-based solvent used in cosmetics) to the length of a tape. This leaves behind an extremely thin film of lubrication that allows smoother playback, making digitisation possible. See more details here Tests have shown this process has no negative long-term effects on the tape tapes treated with this method five years ago still play without issues This technological wizardry allows us to salvage precious analogue recordings before it’s too late these may be the only known recordings – stored on a single cassette Some of the primary research records digitised by PARADISEC have survived long periods of neglect in offices The audio below is from a tape that was kept at Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley for 40 years It features beautiful singing in the local Walmajarri language The first seven seconds are from the untreated tape while the rest is from the treated version Our experience has shown community members truly value finding records in their own languages and we’re committed to making this process easier for them Here’s one testimonial from E’ava Geita, Papua New Guinea’s current acting Solicitor General. In 2015, Geita was overjoyed to hear digitised records capturing PNG’s Koita language: If only you witnessed and captured the reaction in me going through the recordings at home From feeling of awe to emotion to deep excitement The feeling of knowing that your language has been documented or recorded in a structured way hearing it spoken 50–60 years ago and by some people you haven’t seen but whose names you only hear in history is quite incredible It is most heartwarming to know that it is possible to sustain the life of my language Thank you once again for the opportunity to listen to the records Acknowlegement: I’d like to thank Sam King for the technical information provided in this article Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off Broadway Cabaret Dance Opera Classical Music Minneapolis / St. Paul Connecticut Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles Central New York WEST END UK Regional Canada Australia / New Zealand Europe Asia Latin America Africa / Middle East TV/Movies Music Stephen Rea gives a standout performance in this Beckett revival In this latest revival of Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican Centre Directed by Vicky Featherstone and starring Stephen Rea, this one-hander from Samuel Beckett sees an old man looking back at his life through the tapes he makes on his birthday It has been a production that has been almost fated to be: Rea recorded in 2009 the lines heard from Krapp’s younger self while Featherstone was considering a version of this play before she left her position as the Royal Court’s Artistic Director The short running time of just under an hour belies the dramatic power of this 1958 masterpiece It can be deeply underwhelming for first-timers as there are few bursts of emotion and has little in the way of a plot or explicit exposition If Beckett’s more famous work Waiting For Godot is a play where famously “nothing happens this could be seen by some as one where nothing of note happens at all Beckett has aimed squarely for the portrait of a man who knows that the road ahead of him is shorter than the onе behind The tapes he mounts in a stack on his desk are his milestones along life’s paths and seeks out the words of his 39-year-old self Both Rea and Featherstone take the old man’s clowning seriously The 78-year-old actor is older than his character by almost a decade but can still play the fool with a carefree air and immaculate timing testing how far it can be elongated before pattering around in his den As realised through Jamie Vartan’s bare set design this is Krapp’s kingdom where he can drop or throw banana skins wherever he likes His studied over-reliance on the yellow fruit is shown here by having him reach for a key around his neck to unlock a comically long drawer in his desk It is when Rea is sat down with his arms around the tape machine intently listening in on a voice from three decades ago He mourns the relationship he gave up so that he could embrace a career that petered out long ago scoffs at the arrogance he displayed at that age and then nods along with his younger self at the naivety he displayed as a twenty-something This Krapp is not raging against the dying of the light but accepting his choices and where they led him Rea effortlessly brings out the dark melancholy felt in the present day; when attempting to convey his most recent achievements in a depressed monotone he is barely able to find anything to say before he angrily stops and goes back to listening to the older tapes as the lonely oldster wanders away from us into the kitchen we never find out whether the tape he has recorded is his final one or merely his most recent The Irish playwright seems to be flavour of the month. Up in York, Gary Oldman is currently directing and starring in his own Krapp; meanwhile, over in New York, Jamie Lloyd is preparing his vision of Waiting For Godot with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters in the lead roles Bill and Ted’s minimalist adventure begins previews on 13 September Krapp's Last Tape continues at Barbican Centre until 3 May. The historic Saville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue is set to return to live performance for the first time in over half a century, following planning approval from Camden Council. Super show that lightens a very dark subject (corecive control), but does not diminish it Check out photos from the Manchester Opera House gala night featruing a performance from the company of A KNIGHT'S TALE THE MUSICAL. Check out photos from the evening. 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