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Nearly 50 years later, you can still hear it in Sonny Vaccaro’s voice, an unmistakable confidence and certainty that is something much more than hindsight bias. An idea that proved to be revolutionary was something that, to Vaccaro, was simple, straightforward and obvious, even if others around him couldn’t conceive of it. In order to transform a small company primarily focused on running shoes into a preeminent  brand that would come to dominate all levels of basketball in the United States, Vaccaro believed an initial, all-important step had to be taken by Nike – it had to pay college basketball coaches.

I have never eaten a flour tortilla in Sonora, Mexico, where this style originates. But I recently encountered this soft, thin, and impossibly stretchy marvel in Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is in the Sonoran Desert, the Mexican food there is incredible, and these tortillas are abundant. I am forever changed. Since then, I’ve been working to get my own recipe straightened out. The ingredients are simple, so the technique matters. I tested different methods of incorporating fat (lard) into the dough, hydration ratios, and water temperature.

Thank you everyone for your sweet texts and tweets about the first half of my interview with Sophie. I know she read this newsletter—especially the posts about drugs and raves—and I looked forward to the post-COVID day when we’d catch up. Transcribing this interview has helped soothe the loss of what will never be, and I’m grateful that it struck a chord. It’s 2015 and I’m standing on the red carpet at thehottest party in New York City.

Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint. — Ludwig Wittgenstein For all its critical analysis philosophy has not yet managed to root out its psychopaths. What do we have psychiatric diagnosis for? That grizzler Kierkegaard also belongs in this galere. — Carl Jung, Personal letter to Arnold Kiinzli, 28 … ncG1vNJzZmismJq5qsLIp56poJmhvLS7z6GwZ6ull8C1rcKkZZynnWS9cL%2FOq5ynZZuesrO3xKCYmqqUYsGpsYyfmK2glad6sLKMnq%2Biq6Sau7W1wKWgrKU%3D

In this article, we will learn about Soroban Capital, a $11 billion AUM hedge fund with roots in cyclicals and commodities. In the hedge fund land flooded by firms chasing high-growth stocks at any price, some argue that Soroban’s investment style is a dying breed, but Eric Mandelblatt, Soroban’s founder, believes the future is unlike the past. You will learn how to make money in cyclical stocks and understand the future supply and demand dynamics for energy and basic materials companies amid two major global conflicts and secular trends.

This week’s new music Friday — the period when singles drop at midnight on Thursday — included a new collaboration between Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Lil Wayne, another genre-bending single from Disney sensation Olivia Rodrigo, and an allegedly disappointing album from J. Cole. Somehow, the most interesting track didn’t come from any of these guaranteed chart-toppers. The runaway hit on Friday, May 14 was “Build a B*tch,” the debut pop single from a TikTok influencer named Bella Poarch.

Sort Your Music is a web app that lets you re-order the tracks in your playlists by a number of different attributes including: release date temp (beats per minute) energy danceability Loudness Valence Duration Acousticness Popularity Randomness Today, I’ve updated Sort Your Music to include ordering a playlist to evenly distribute artists throughout the playlist. This is useful if you want to avoid having your artists bunched up in clumps in your playlist.

Report By Olaniran Julianah In the early hours of Tuesday,16th April 2024, the Soun of Ogbomoso land, Imperial Majesty, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, Orumogege III and the prominent chiefs of the town visited the leadership of Ladoke Akintola University of technology Ogbomoso. During that visitation, the Soun commend the effort of the management of the university at becoming a leading player at the International level. Image Credit: LAUTECH Newsletter He also urged the leadership of the university to have a view of developmental projects and see areas where he could assist in achieving the desires of the state university.

So much of producing narrative audio seems to be geared towards building a clear structure and giving our listeners a specific perspective. Making more abstract audio, outside the confines of journalism, gives us an opportunity to instead leave listeners with a feeling. Katie Semro makes sound art that blends interviews, sound design and music, and has collaborated with visual artists and galleries.  The composer and performer was invited to make a piece for Sound Scene, an interactive sound festival in Washington DC.