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How to view ‘The Wizard of Oz’ with Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’
Urban legend claims that if you play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon while watching “The Wizard of Oz,” there’s an incredible synchronicity that could only come about had the band literally planned the entire album around the movie.
Pink Floyd has denied the rumor outright for years, with Floyd drummer Nick Mason giving one of our favorite answers to MTV in 1997: “It’s absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ It was all based on ‘The Sound of Music.’”
OK. So those evil flying monkeys could be symbolic Nazis. But it sure seems like Wizard of Oz is a better fit — at least, hearing the line “I don’t know; I was really drunk at the time” while we gaze upon Munchkin Land seems like a pretty realistic reaction.
There are plenty of tidy thematic coincidences between Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of the Moon. The movie’s keynote song, “Over The Rainbow,” fits neatly with the iconic, light-splitting prism design used for the album’s cover art. The album boasts the song “Great Gig in The Sky,” which sounds like the perfect name for a song to go with a movie about a tornado.
For the most part, the biggest coincidences seem to show up on the first trek through the album. That may be due to greater familiarity (and, by extension, observational powers) of what’s going on in the movie and on the album. Or, it could be that writing an album to hold up through two and a half cycles isn’t exactly easy — or, possibly, wasn’t even done in the first place.
In our book, this urban legend lands somewhere between reading a horoscope and analyzing literature: There’s probably some truth in it somewhere, but finding the “truth” relies upon the user doing a lot of mental heavy lifting, and those theories may not match up with what the authors actually intended. Judge the coincidences for yourself.
Regardless, this was a fun way to spend a Saturday night. Warning: Even if you love Dark Side, you’ll probably want to have something else to listen to for a few weeks after doing this.
Continue readingOrlando FreeFall to be taken down following death of Missouri teen
Months after the death of Missouri teen Tyre Sampson on Icon Park’s Orlando FreeFall ride, the operator has decided to shut the ride down permanently. Orlando Slingshot Group announced that the ride would be taken down in a press release on October 6.
“We are devastated by Tyre’s death. We have listened to the wishes of Tyre’s family and the community, and have made the decision to take down the FreeFall,” said Ritchie Armstrong, with Orlando Slingshot in a press release. “In addition, Orlando Slingshot will honor Tyre and his legacy in the classroom and on the football field by creating a scholarship in his name.”
Sampson fell from the ride this spring, while the drop tower was plunging riders toward the ground. His restraints failed to keep him in his seat and he was thrown from the ride, ultimately falling to his death in a gruesome incident that was captured on video.
The death and the widely shared video of the incident, led to shut downs, protests, investigations and lawsuits. Sampson was much larger than the suggested limits on height and weight found in the manufacturer’s manual for the ride. Investigations into the ride found that operators manually adjusted the restraints to allow the 6′ 5 teen to ride.
Icon Park backed the decision to close the ride while keeping their carefully maintained distance as a landlord to independent ride operators.
“Tyre’s death is a tragedy that we will never forget. As the landlord, ICON Park welcomes and appreciates Orlando Slingshot’s decision to take down the ride,” they said.
National debt tops $31 trillion for first time
America’s gross national debt exceeded $31 trillion for the first time this week, a grim financial milestone that arrived just as the nation’s longterm fiscal picture has darkened amid rising interest rates.
The breach of the threshold, which was revealed in a Treasury Department report, comes at an inopportune moment, as historically low interest rates are being replaced with higher borrowing costs as the Federal Reserve tries to combat rapid inflation. While record levels of government borrowing to fight the pandemic and finance tax cuts were once seen by some policymakers as affordable, those higher rates are making America’s debts more
costly over time.
“So many of the concerns we’ve had about our growing debt path are starting to show themselves as we both grow our debt and grow our rates of interest,” said Michael Peterson, the CEO of the Peter Peterson Foundation, which promotes deficit reduction. “Too many people were complacent about our debt path in part because rates were so low.”
The new figures come at a volatile economic moment, with investors veering between fears of a global recession and optimism that one may be avoided.
A government report Tuesday that showed signs of some slowing in the labor market was received by investors as a signal that the Fed’s interest rate increases, which have raised borrowing costs for companies, may soon begin to slow.
Higher rates could add $1 trillion to what the federal government spends on interest payments this decade, according to Peterson Foundation estimates.
That is on top of the record $8.1 trillion in debt costs that the Congressional Budget Office projected in May.
The $31 trillion threshold poses a political problem for President Joe Biden, who has pledged to put the United States on a more sustainable fiscal path and reduce federal budget deficits by $1 trillion over a decade.
Rescue signalling – Ground-to-Air emergency code
There are a number of techniques that you can choose to use if you are in distress in the outdoors, depending upon your location and the severity of the situation. This can include shouting for help, calling for help using your phone or taking refuge on someone else’s property. However, if you are in the wilderness and a rescue party is expected to come and retrieve you, then there is a five-symbol standard ground-to-air emergency technique to signal various critical messages to the aircraft and rescue team.
These rescue codes will first and foremost alert the rescue aircraft about your precise location along with the information of any injured personnel requiring urgent help. The five ground-to-air emergency symbols are as follows:
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Bodycam footage shows Arizona authorities opening fire on suspect as he aims gun at K9’s head
Authorities in Arizona released body camera footage showing a suspect in Tucson pointing a handgun at a police dog’s head before the suspect was fatally shot by officers.
“Police, get down. Police, get down,” Tucson police SWAT officers were heard yelling at suspect Francisco Javier Galarza, 49, on Aug. 25 outside a Circle K.
The SWAT team had been surveilling Galarza due to felony arrest warrants connected to a home invasion and bank robbery, the Arizona Republic reported.
“He’s out, just say when,” one of the officers in the bodycam footage says before officers got out of a vehicle and pursued Galarza.
“Take him here,” another officer responded.
Galarza refused to comply with officers and tried to flee, video shows.
“Runner, runner, runner, runner,” an officer yelled as officers ran toward the suspect.
Galarza is seen in the bodycam footage, which was released by the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team, pulling a handgun out of a bag while running from officers on the convenience store parking lot.
A police K9 named Kiro was also deployed to help apprehend the suspect. Video footage shows the K9 was able to get Galarza on the ground before the suspect aimed the gun at the dog’s head.
Law enforcement officials with the SWAT team said the gun was also aimed at officers, prompting two of the cops to open fire on Galarza.
Galarza was given medical attention before the Tucson Fire Department arrived, but he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene.
Police later determined he was in possession of a loaded Taurus G3 9mm, the Arizona Republic reported.
The Tucson Police Department told Fox News Digital later Sunday that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department will investigate the officer-involved shooting.
Man calmly walks to car while CNN reporter gives an academy award winning performance
There are two types of people in this world.
On one hand, take this poor CNN reporter. Struggling to maintain balance, the occasional grasp of the bulletproof helmet (worn either because the hurricane was just so damn deadly, or he was on an average American street and worried he’d get shot).
The cameraman channeling his inner Star Trek and shaking the camera like he was being torpedoed by the Klingons. The onscreen graphics with a live wind meter showing that, yes, it’s in the red so the wind must be super bad. This is the world of Hurricane Ian through the eyes of a major American newscaster.
And then take this random man, in the background of the same report, calmly walking to his car without the slightest hint of difficulty. This is the world of Hurricane Ian through the eyes of Florida Man. And that’s the only time you’ll see us use the term ‘Florida man’ without using the phrase ‘arrested for a bizarre incident.’
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The Dog Poem That Made Johnny Carson Cry
Back in 1981, legendary actor James “Jimmy” Stewart, the star of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and too many other classics to list here, went on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” to share his hobby: poetry. The piece that Stewart read was titled “I’ll Never Forget a Dog Named Beau” about his golden retriever.
At first, the poem made Johnny and the audience laugh, but it had a very different effect in the end. Describing it can’t do it justice; it’s something you have to see — and feel — for yourself, so check out the video and read the text below.
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