So another application for this could be if you have someone that is noise sensitive around you. I don't think she liked guns because she never shot anything while she was there. I know they won't cycle the action of an AR but he wants to play around with the idea. The far upstream flow is subsonic, with a velocity 0 < Vu < cu and the downstream flow is supersonic with a velocity Vd > cd > 0, where c (.A friend's father is asking about it and I have no first hand experience. Sent from my Inspire 4G using FirearmsTalkĮdit: there was also a girl at the range with her boyfriend that said she enjoyed the sub loads too because they didn't make her jump. 223 ammo to subsonic velocities I know it can be done but my search didn't turn up anything. If you want more details on this load just say so. ments of Intensity, Scale, and Spectra of Turbelence in a Subsonic Jet. My gal really liked the noise level and the fun she got from it. Computed Velocity and Intensity Data for Run 103. In life, strive to take the high road.It offers a better field of fire. I found anything lighter than that lost reliability. I load a 57 gr Hard cast, gas check bullet at 2500 and it will cycle reliably. This is a good load that I would suggest to anyone looking to small game hunt with an AR, or if you have a recoil sensitive shooter that you want to start out small. To load subsonic (under 1100 fps) you will be hard pressed to get enough gas to cycle the action. Anyone reloading heavy bullets in 223 to be subsonic Im about to load up some and was looking for some proven load data. 223 ballistics chart (external) generated using our ballistic trajectory calculator. 223 caliber Solid Copper Defensive round, with a muzzle velocity of. For crimping what I did was set the taper crimp on my die for a slight crimp on the trimmed brass, then I left it there for the untrimmed. Built with Lapua brass casings and all new components, the TCX223 62 is a 62 grain. The second I didn't trim the cases because it is so much faster that way. Trying to get something a little quieter for my 223/5.56 SBR. The 5.56 Ultra Stealth Match Subsonic is the most quiet and accurate 5.56 x 45mm NATO Subsonic round on the market. Both used 55g FMJs from winchester and 3.9g of trailboss. Anyone have information on subsonic loads for 223/5.56 using H4895 or other powders with 65gr/69gr/75gr bullets for use suppressed I know H4895 has been the Military's main powder since WWII and heard that it works well with under charged loads and less than 1,000fps. 223 Remington and 5.56x45mm caliber weapons platforms.
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Their live shows became the stuff of legends, as captured on the recently Live At the Phoenix Concert Theatre “bootleg” cassette (and digital), which showcased many songs from You Forgot It In People, like the 15 minute rendition of “It’s All Gonna Break”. The record won Alternative Album of the Year Juno Award, and really established the band as having a lot of contributors (which on recorded included Priddle, Jessica Moss, Brodie West, Susannah Brady and Ohad Benchetrit). Always fun to see a random trumpet on stage, always fun to see singer Jill Harris skipping/dancing on stage to take lead vocals.įor this 2022 tour, BSS is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their second album, You Forgot It in People. So practically every song, there’s something new. Not everyone is on stage at once, sometime they are backstage taking a break, especially if the song doesn’t require their instrument. The thing is with BSS, is that no other band is this visually fun to watch and listen to. With vocalists Feist, Emily (Metric) Haines and Amy (Stars) Millan off doing their own projects, the female vocals opposite main vocalist Kevin Drew fell to new addition Ariel Engle (who’s also in AroarA and married to BSS’s Andrew Whiteman) with Drew commenting after ‘7/4’- “we’re already having a wonderful time, let’s do this together” eventually making his way into the crowd of the crowd and politely shaking hands (a very Canadian gesture) as he sang.” The last time they played in the area, it was in Sep 2017 (five years ago), which we said, “With an ever-rotating line-up boasting almost thirty members, the Toronto collective Broken Social Scene took to the stage with about a third of that, for their 110-minute headlining set, going way back to 2002’s ‘KC Accidental’ to begin, in support of the new Hug of Thunder, released in July on Mom+Pop. Their alumni includes everyone from Amy Millan (of Stars) to Emily Haines (of Metric) to Feist to Lisa Lobsinger (of Reverie Sound Revue) to Elizabeth Powell (of Land of Talk), etc. Songs on their set seemed to be mostly from the new album called Madness, including the title track.Įvery musician in the Toronto area have been, at some point, a band member of Broken Social Scene. They were missing bassist Chris Bierden, who couldn’t make it to the show. In contrast, at last night’s show, it was as a trio: Channy Leaneagh on synth and vocals, and two drummers, Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu. With Music for the Long Emergency, Poliça and s t a r g a z e accomplish all of that, and manages to be mesmerizing live in concert as well.” The last time we saw the band, it was in promotion of their album Music for the Long Emergency (Totally Gross National Product / Transgressive Records), in Feb 2018, and they had a whole string section Stargaze, “With 2018 continuing the same almost daily chaos of the year before, the best art in more perilous times incites, calls to action, reflects the state of the world, and provides a glimmer of light in any darkness. Creating the ring on the forward goal zone of the top path will also create a ring on the forward goal zone of the bottom path and vice versa. These ally Pokémon can also warp back to where the large ring was created.Īn intact ally forward goal zone can also be designated as the location where the large ring is created. Ally Pokémon that return to their base in this manner must wait a short time before the HP recovery from being in their base triggers. After a set amount of time, Hoopa and any ally Pokémon in the area of effect will return to their base, and their movement speed will be increased for a short time. Hoopa creates a large ring at the designated location, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon in the area of effect. The explosion deals damage to opposing Pokémon in the area of effect and decreases their movement speed for a short time The telekinetic force clings to that Pokémon and then causes a delayed explosion. Has the user unleash a telekinetic force in the designated direction, dealing damage to the first opposing Pokémon it hits. When Hoopa is Unbound, it unleashes beams of light with every basic attack, dealing damage to up to two nearby opposing Pokémon In the event that no berries from the opposing team's side were warped, the cooldown until this Ability's next use is reduced.īecomes a boosted attack with every third attack, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon by unleashing a beam of light. If there are no Berries on the opposing team's side but there is Aeos Energy on the ground, then some energy is warped in front of Hoopa instead. In battles where the map is divided into an ally team and an opposing team side, this Ability creates a hole under one of the Berries on the opposing team's side (chosen at random) and warps it to right in front of Hoopa. Black: Victini & ReshiramWhite: Victini & Zekrom.Pokémon Ranger & The Temple of the Sea!.Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Time & Darkness.Mystery Dungeon: Blazing, Stormy & Light Adventure Squad.Pokémon Battle TrozeiPokémon Link: Battle.Its fragile bulk is also very underwhelming when compared to the meta in Master League. Hoopa's slow moveset renders it unviable for Master League. Overall it's probably best to pass on this Pokemon if you're serious about winning consistently. Cresselia and Lugia also beat Hoopa despite being weak to Shadow Ball, due to them outspeeding Hoopa and landing their Charge Moves before Hoopa can land Shadow Ball in any even-shielding scenario. Wins against Deoxys-Defense and Armored Mewtwo are attributed to Hoopa's access to Shadow Ball, while the fight against Gengar is a loss due to animation speed (since Confusion is so slow). Wins against Fighting-types are to be expected, but most other meta Pokemon become a challenge for Hoopa. The same problems that Hoopa suffers from in Great League drag it down in Ultra League. Fun fact though: Hoopa can KO a Toxicroak in just 3 Confusions. To add insult to injury, there's already competitive Psychic-types in the meta like Hypno and Cresselia who perform much better. Hoopa performs poorly in Great League for two primary reasons: its high ATK stat results in fragile bulk, and its slow moveset causes it to fall behind most meta Pokemon. But, it still manages to be lighter than a hundred other complex video and audio software. At 66MB, Anchor.fm is heavier than most media apps. Perhaps, the only bothersome element about the app is its size. Play Store even recognised it under its ‘Best Apps of 2018’ selection. If you’re a podcast fan, and have been wanting to create content of your own, Anchor.fm is a great starting point. Never pay more no matter how much content you publish or how popular you get Easy Creating Get started without the learning curve. 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The feature was built after Spotify acquired Betty Labs, the maker of Locker Room, which was originally a sports discussion app.The battle of the music apps just got louder as Spotify, YouTube Music add to your list of choi.Įmpowering ordinary creators with extraordinary tools Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources. Most recently, Spotify launched Greenroom, its Clubhouse rival for live audio broadcasting. (You might have to click on the right arrows to reveal the section). This should open the developer tools menu of your browser. Press Command+Option+I (Mac) or Control+Shift+I or F12. Preview Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks on Spotify Home Spotify. Not every app has to be TikTok Spotify, now the latest victim to the craze. Spotify will eventually take a cut of those fees. Open a new Incognito window at and login to Spotify. Spotify, now the latest victim to the craze. In April, it rolled out a paid model that lets podcasters offer subscriptions to listeners, which includes ad-free versions of their shows. The acquisition is a further example of how Spotify isn’t slowing down in its podcast push. As well as investing, Hilton and Couric used Podz to promote their own shows. Even though minimal, it has it all a catchy image, social media icons, a donation button, and of course an audio player integration. It raised $2.5m in funding from M13, Canaan Partners, Charge Ventures, Humbition, Katie Couric and Paris Hilton. In order to achieve this community, creators and listeners need channels through which they can engage directly with the content and with each other. Podz was only launched earlier this year by founders Doug Imbruce, Seye Ojumu, Rasmus Zwickson and Greg Page. “We believe that Podz’ technology will complement and accelerate Spotify’s focused efforts to drive discovery, deliver listeners the right content at the right time, and accelerate growth of the category worldwide.” After you’ve made your account, you can create and upload a first episode before deciding on a title, description, and/or art, or go straight to finalizing the details of your show. “Spotify has had machine learning experts focused on improving audio discovery for almost a decade, but there is more work to be done,” the company said. Creating a Podcast in Anchor It’s simple to get started on Anchor, and they provide you a roadmap for doing it. The distribution of your podcast is handled by Transistor that has access to platforms such as Overcast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. No financial terms for the deal have been disclosed. The tool provides a website for your podcast, a place to store all your audio files, and an iTunes-ready RSS feed. Spotify said it has begun to integrate Podz into the platform and expects a full roll-out by the end of the year. Podz’s tech will be applied to Spotify’s 2.6m podcasts on its service, “making it easier for listeners to find the content they want to listen to, and for creators to be discovered and build a fan base”. Podz bears some similarities to Headliner, which allows podcasters to clip segments of their shows to post in video format on social media to promote the show. Spotify is trying to improve its podcast discovery features in the same vein as its music discovery and recommendations. Podz is a small start-up developing a podcast discovery tool that uses machine learning to pluck out clips of podcasts to generate previews for users. Spotify is continuing its dive into podcasting with the acquisition of podcast discovery start-up Podz. The feature is free to use, available through Anchor, the roll-your-own-podcast company Spotify acquired last year. In its latest acquisition, the music streaming giant is hoping to replicate for podcasts what it did with music discovery. The musicians and dancers are also available for off-site hire and this is frequently booked where capacity is exceeded or where a group wishes to have exclusivity in a different location. The Cobblestone The Cobblestone Dublin Live Music Events 4. Whelan’s Whelan’s Dublin Live Music Events 3. The show is over at 10pm allowing ample time for delegates to linger afterwards or return to their hotels if they have an early start next day.Ĭapacity at the show is 200pax plus another 60pax in a private room. Live Music In Dublin: Our List of the Best Dublin Music Pubs 1. The audience participation, engagement, humour and banter from the stage, will leave guests in no doubt they have been treated to an exceptional introduction to Irish culture. The superb Irish dancers will literally mesmerise guests with their foot work. This pub is owned and run by traditional musicians who have a hands-on approach to everything – including performing at the shows every night – and the high energy show is everything you could wish for in Irish music. There is a great buzz in the pub as people chat and enjoy the ambiance and hospitality before the entertainers take to the stage. On arrival, guests enter the atmospheric and historic Merry Ploughboy Pub – established in the 18th Century.Ī four course meal of excellent Irish food precedes the show. A fast-paced, authentic, entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable Irish experience in a real Irish pub, owned and run by musicians.This event is an excellent first night ice-breaker, social event or final night farewell evening for meeting delegates. Multiple times winner of Ireland’s “best traditional Irish evening” of Irish food, hospitality, music, song and dance. RM ARPC60Traditional Irish pub musicians playing bodhran and flute music in a bar in the town of Bantry, County Cork, south west Ireland. All you need is just one Smart TV or a streaming device like a Fire Stick or Roku and voila! Access to all your favorite streaming sites made easy without the added cost of extra equipment or countless cables strewn across your floor – talk about a shortcut! There's an easier way with streaming services. If Blu-Ray is beyond your budget, don’t worry. Now that you've got your TV and speakers, you'll also want to determine how you'll view your movies. It may not be cheap but with its ability to produce spatial sound experiences, it's worth every penny - particularly if you love being immersed in those legendary action scenes. If you're looking for that true cinematic feeling but don't want to go all out, try a sound bar - it'll cost less than setting up surround-sound, while still making whatever show or movie you're watching sound significantly better than your standard TV speakers.īut if you really want to amp it up, consider investing in a Dolby Atmos sound system or home theater speaker. No one needs an army of surround sound speakers cluttering up a small space make sure you know the dimensions of your room before buying and placing them strategically for maximum effect. When it comes to creating the best home theater experience, sound is key. Fortunately, thanks to the wonders of OLED technology paired with Dolby Vision, viewing movies in your home theater has never been better (or crisper!) You may also want to consider giving a projector and screen a look - it'll usually cost more upfront than TVs but make up for it in other areas (think: cinematic quality!). In general, TVs in the 55-inch range should do just fine for most implementations - but if you can fit bigger, then go for it! But don't go too wild here - think about the space you have available and start from there. Size matters, so it's tempting to get the largest TV available. It's time to take your home theater dreams seriously, and that all starts with the right screen. Let's dive into the details a bit further. Generally speaking, the following are essential parts of any home theater system: The components you need for a theater room depend on the setup you choose. With all these elements in place, it's time to set up and enjoy your new home theater! What do you need for a theater room? Finally, you can add additional features such as ambient lighting or seating options to enhance your viewing experience. Next, think about soundproofing to reduce noise and improve audio quality. 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With so much potential to personalize your own cinematic experience, it’s important that you bring in an experienced technician who is up to date on the latest tech trends before selecting any parts or supplies. The cost really depends on the type of equipment you install and the design of the space. How much does it cost to build a home theater room?Ĭreating a home theater room can be an exciting project and a great way to improve the feel of your home. You'll already feel like an A-lister in no time by following these budget-friendly tips! So forget those expensive movie tickets and reach for the stars in the comfort of your own home. This blog post will have everything you need to know: from projector selection and sound setup to decorating tips and furniture placement. Sit back, relax, and whip out the popcorn because you're about to discover a foolproof way of turning your media room into an affordable version of a movie theater right at home! With rising ticket prices, who needs overpriced snacks and uncomfortable seats when you can invest in an ultimate movie theater experience with a DIY budget home cinema setup? The main mode is either a 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 match where players will try to collect cores and upload them for points. Making the game even more eSports friendly, it even offers a well done spectator mode, giving a HUD with lots of information and even an optional automatic camera that highlights specific actions. Building a balanced team that works well for the player is vital to victory. Even within the character classes, they each have a specific role, whether it be map control, healing, support, etc. Each character is part of a specific class, currently with Gunners, Mechanics, Tanks, and Summoners (new since our last preview). The gameplay itself is full of strategic options, from choosing characters, gear loadouts, and even team composition. The game still has a nice eSports flavor, offering a lot for competitive players. For now, players can experience this MOBA/RTS hybrid and give the developers some feedback to help improve the game. Sparkypants Studios imagines they’ll be in early access for a few more months before official release, going into a free-to-play model. With the early access release comes new content as well, including a new mode, gear, and balance updates. Due to fan feedback, the game now enters Steam Early Access, making it accessible to all. It’s been a good six months as players have been doing battle in the closed beta, honing their skills and figuring out great strategies. As a nod to summer, I filled one of the glass canisters with driftwood pieces and placed a faux bird’s nest in the other.We’ve covered Dropzone before, having left E3 with a solid first impression. All of the other decorations are from my stash. At $1.48 each, they are the perfect finishing touch!įabric bins and a galvanized bucket work well to hold gloves and hats and other little items. I finally ran across these outdoor house numbers at Lowes. I looked everywhere for some affordable enamel numbers, but none were to be found. Not every one of them hit a stud, but some of them did. The screws go all the way through the bottom of the hutch, into the wall. It is further reinforced by using long screws to attach the hooks that are running across the bottom. This thing will get yanked on a lot as it is where my granddaughters hang their coats and backpacks along with Pookie and I using it for our coats, my pocketbook and the dog leashes, so it has to be sturdy! I made sure to insert the screws for the D rings, that it hangs from, into wall studs. With a little photo editing magic, I was able to get a full frontal shot for you. It’s funny – the wall above my sideboard looks so bare since this photo was taken before I replaced the gallery wall with open shelves. Because of the lighting coming in from the breakfast area windows, the walls in the two spaces appear to be different colors, but they aren’t. This shot, taken from the kitchen, gives you an idea of just what an awkward area it is. You rarely see it in any of my blog posts because I usually crop it out of photos since it stays filled with coats, pocketbooks and anything else that winds up there. That hallway includes four different doorways and a double closet, plus it’s L shaped, so it’s an especially tight spot for taking pictures. You can see it in this picture of my breakfast nook when it was decorated for Christmas last year. The dropzone is located in one of THE most difficult places to photograph in my home – the little hallway that’s to the left of my breakfast nook. The doors were removed, the holes from the hinges were filled in with wood putty and the entire piece was sanded and spray painted. After reinforcing the back with a couple of 1×4 boards, I attached two D rings to hang it from the wall with. All I had to do was to remove the screws from the metal to get the two pieces apart. The only thing holding the top half to bottom half were two pieces of metal attached to the back. The hutch is in two pieces and the top half is what became my dropzone. I see these things in thrift stores and on Craigslist all the time, so you should be able to find something similar without too much difficulty. Here she is sitting on our screen porch, before the porch makeover. I can just imagine how proud she must have been when she was able to purchase dining room furniture!īefore I tell you about the transformation of the hutch, take a look at how it started out. Inspiration struck though, in the form of an old hutch that belonged to my mother-in-law and was used in her home during her entire 60+ year marriage. But once the cabinets, sink, washer and dryer were in place, it became evident that it just wasn’t going to work out that way. When we bought this house, I always assumed that I would use part of the laundry room as a mudroom. Heated to 105 degrees, all levels are welcome. The blended, detoxifying class is a unique set sequence which includes challenging balance and compression postures to rinse out internal body systems and create discipline. Yoga by Degrees Vinyasa style meets the Traditional Hot sequence of 26 poses. Heated to 90-95 degrees, all levels are welcome. A focus on muscular & breath control along with deliberate movement & precision. This high energy, low impact workout will help boost metabolism & burn fat while helping to stabilize & strengthen your core & relieve back pain. (Traditional 90 and Modified 60 minute classes available)Ĭlass is based on Pilates & High Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T.) principles. This detoxifying class is a unique set sequence which includes challenging balance & compression postures to rinse out internal body systems & create discipline. The sequence of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises performed in a room heated to 105 degrees with 40% humidity. For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. Heated to 85° F to 95° F and complemented by great music. This is a quick flowing class with an all-body workout. 60/75 minutes.Ī high energy all-levels hatha yoga class that incorporates light weights with vinyasa (flow). See schedule for specific class temperature. Heated to 90° F to 95° F and complemented by great music. Modifications are given for beginner students and variations are offered for more advanced yogis. Vinyasa (or “flow”) yoga links breath with movement to create a flowing meditation in movement. 60 minutes.Ī level 1-2 vinyasa yoga class consisting of basic to intermediate poses sequenced at a moderate pace. Class is room temperature (about 78° F) and complimented by soothing music. Slow down your vigorous yoga practice with a calming YBD Restorative yoga class and leave feeling like you’re floating on air. YBD Restorative yoga, which was based on “Yin yoga”, was designed to help you sit longer and more comfortably for the purpose of seated meditation. YBD Restorative yoga specifically targets the ligaments and tendons in joints in order to improve range of motion and flexibility. In this meditative yoga class, poses are held for longer periods of time in order to stretch and, over time, lengthen the deep connective tissue in the body and improve joint flexibility. For beginners and those wanting a complete refresher of the basics of yoga. 60 minutes.Ī gentle yet challenging, slow paced class that combines the concepts of Taoist yoga with traditional hatha based seated yoga postures. Heated to 80° F to 85° F and complemented by great music. Students will also receive a brief introduction of yoga philosophy and terminology in this class to further their understanding of this ancient practice. All classes are heated and the level of heat depends on the class.īeginner friendly class. YBD 1 introduces the fundamental hatha yoga poses and incorporates them in to a basic “Vinyasa flow” with an emphasis on proper alignment and breathing techniques. There is a wide variety of other class formats to complement the vinyasa practice including: Restorative yoga, Yoga Sculpt, Traditional Hot Yoga, YBD HOT, Restorative/Meditation, and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Pilates classes with weights. Classes are Hatha yoga based (incorporating basic traditional postures) and are designed to accommodate every level and interest. Yoga by Degrees offers a variety of vinyasa (or “flow”) yoga classes which link breath with movement to create a moving meditation. It's still a wild wonderful place, and if you're a frog trying to cross Broadway, as dangerous as ever.ĮSQ: Speaking of Fun City, you were once an investigative reporter for Muppets News Flash. In fact, the Muppets were the official New York City Family Ambassadors in 2012, so we definitely still know our way around town. KERMIT: I love New York, and still spend a lot of time here. How has the city changed? Do you ever miss the danger of Fun City-era New York? You eat like that, and you'll turn green, too.ĮSQ: You used to live in New York, or at least you did in Muppets Take Manhattan. And then I wash it down with a grasshopper, or a mosquito mojito. Flies, crickets, beetles, mayflies, horseflies, cicadas, and, if I'm having friends over, millipedes. KERMIT: I eat whatever happens to fly in through the ripped screen door - frogs love ripped screen doors. Do you eat meat? Or are you a p escetarian, only you eat flies instead of fish? The jury is still out on him.ĮSQ: Tell me about your diet. except the ones that are vegetables or minerals. The fact is, almost all of the Muppets are animals. Does that count? If I strike you as an animal, you ought to meet Animal. KERMIT: I have never taken a BuzzFeed Muppet personality quiz. We Muppets are a very resilient bunch.ĮSQ: This is neither here nor there, but have you ever taken one of those BuzzFeed Muppet personality quizzes? You strike me as an Animal. I haven't talked to him in a long time, but I'm sure he's fine, despite the explosions, and other violent mishaps. I was doing schtick, and he mostly worked in commercials. It's true that Wilkins - and his partner Wontkins - started out about the same time I did, back at a local TV station in Washington DC. You must've been up all night on YouTube! Nice. KERMIT: Wow! Someone does their research. and we hope to see more of him in future projects.ĮSQ: Speaking of relatives, what ever happened to Wilkins? Last time we saw him he was. But he'll always be welcome at the Muppets. And I hear that if they reboot the Batman franchise again, he'll be up for the role of Robin. He's got a hop-on part in in Disneynature's upcoming movie Bears. He's up for the part of the half-frog in the all-amphibian version of Two and a Half Frogs. Robin knows he can play "cute," but he also wants to show he's got more range, so he's been auditioning all over town. He wants to step out from the shadow of being my nephew. The truth is, Robin is at the awkward age between tadpole and frog when you've dropped your tail, but you're not quite ready to settle down with your own pad. KERMIT THE FROG: A lot of Robin's fans told us they missed him, so we wanted to make sure he got a shoutout in the new movie. At the same time, there's a joke about how your nephew Robin seems to have been omitted from the last couple Muppet movies. We talked to the hardest-working frog in show business about his music, his diet, and his love of French New Wave cinema.ĮSQUIRE.COM: One of the main themes of Muppets Most Wanted is: family matters. Kermit's absence inevitably throws the Muppets into a crisis, reminding them how much they need their froggy leader. In the film, Kermit, playing himself, is kidnapped by criminal mastermind Constantine (also Kermit), and imprisoned in a Russian Gulag run by Tina Fey's evil warden. It's hard work, but Kermit's contributions have finally been recognized in the Muppets' new movie, Muppets Most Wanted, out this Friday. As the group's manager, he's worked at making The Muppet Show a success for the past 50 years. It's easy to forget how integral Kermit the frog is to the Muppets. Their history dates back over a thousand years so there’s bound to be some remarkably interesting things in their past and present. At the height of Atlantic world piracy around 1720, some 2,000 pirates were attacking ships and threatening trade.Īre there any little known facts about pirates?Īlthough this assumption has plenty of truth to it, there’s a quite a lot about pirates, both in history and currently, that we don’t know about them. Pirates cruised the Caribbean Sea and the North American coast searching for likely targets. Pirates in the Atlantic World With so much valuable cargo crisscrossing the Atlantic, piracy flourished. Where did the pirates go in the Atlantic? Somalia is considered the most notorious producers of today’s pirates, with a huge percentage of them coming from this country. We often think of pirates as swashbuckling and daring or evil and brutish, but in actual fact most of them were ordinary people who had been forced to turn to criminal activity to make ends meet.ĩ Pirates are Still Very Real Today Modern-day pirates come from all over the world, scouring the waters of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the coasts of Africa. Though most pirates targeted ships, some also launched attacks on coastal towns. Piracy in the 21st century (commonly known as modern piracy) has taken place in a number of waters around the world, including the Gulf of Guinea, Strait of Malacca, Sulu and Celebes Seas, Indian Ocean, and Falcon Lake.Ī pirate is a robber who travels by water. |