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auroralarson-au · 4 years ago

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Timeline

1989; Age 0

January 19- Four years after her older brother (Brandon) and two years after her older sister (Misty), Aurora Ophelia Larson is born to Deborah and Eugene Larson at Rumford Hospital in Rumford, Maine.

January 21- Deborah and Eugene return to Avon, Maine with their new baby girl.

1991; Age 2

A window repairman teaches Aurora three chords on a guitar

1992; Age 3

August 17- Debora and Eugene welcome their youngest child, Matthew, to the family.

1995; Age 6

August- Aurora starts at Phillip’s Elementary School

1999; Age 10

Aurora start performing songs at different bars.

2002; Age 13

March 11th- While Aurora was alone due to being sick, The Larson family vacation home in Basin, Vermont explodes due to a gas leak. Aurora loses her hearing, and her leg is shattered due to shrapnel in the blast. The loss of her hearing is devastating for Aurora to discover.

August- Due to her balance being off, Aurora has to do online classes. Her hearing makes it impossible to her communicate well with her friends, and she becomes isolated.

2003; Age 14

January- Aurora begins to attempt to write music without her hearing. She start depending on how the beat feels, how her mother responds, and how the sound feels to write songs.

June- Brandon moves to Georgia to start school at Duke University. Aurora’s family decides to move to LA to help Aurora chase her dreams.

December- Aurora is signed with her first label.

2005; Age 16

January- Aurora is signed with her second label Large Green Conductor

September- The Larson family wins five million dollars in a lawsuit against the company that owned the gas tank and lines at the family vacation home. Her family immediately puts all of it into an account for Aurora.

October- Aurora Larson releases her debut album Aurora Larson.

2006; Age 17

June- Misty moves to Cambridge, England to start at the University of Cambridge to study drama.

August- Aurora starts her associates at a an online college.

October- Thanks to a new medication, Aurora finally is able to start walking long as she has a cane.

December- Aurora’s family buys her a hearing aid for Christmas, and for the first time since the blast Aurora hears something. She now can hear major sounds like talking while wearing the hearing aid, but she can’t hear high pitched or low pitched noises out of a certain ranges

2010; Age 21

November- Aurora releases her second album Fearless

2012; Age 23

June- Aurora starts to notice a friend of her, Rashida Al Najjar, has a boyfriend, Chester Vossen, that treats her badly. Aurora jokingly thinks to herself that she’s going to try to steal Rashida from him, and she begins to befriend Rashida.

September- Aurora and Rashida begin to spend a lot of time together.

October- That same month Rashida breaks up with Chester. A week later, Rashida Al Naijar and Aurora begin to date. Immediately, Chester begins to tell everyone that Rashida cheated on him with Aurora.

November- Aurora is pulled aside by one of her producers to request that Aurora stop interacting with Chester. Aurora hasn’t talked to Chester since picking up Rashida’s things after the break up.

December- One of Aurora’s favorite producers stops talking to Aurora because Chester is telling everyone that Aurora is bullying him despite the fact that she insists that she wasn’t and that there is no evidence that she was.

2014; Age 25

January- Chester begins to tweet a lot about Aurora.

February- A lot of people in the business begin to look at Aurora differently. Aurora’s refusal to talk about what happened makes everyone think that she did do what Chester says she’s doing.

March- After performing one night, Chester confronts Aurora about sending him pictures of her with Rashida. Aurora insists that she wasn’t, and she tries to avoid him. Chester attacks Aurora leaving bruises and lacerations. Aurora tries to report this, but is told by her manager to drop the accusation to stop causing drama or she is going to be dropped.

September- Rashida and Aurora fight when Aurora finds out that Rashida has been texting Chester. Rashida promises not to text him again. After several years of abuse from Chester, Aurora is forced to stop going to many of her favorite places in fear of encountering him.

October- Aurora releases her third album Speak Now. Mid-way through the month Chester finds out that Aurora is going to a bar that he suddenly likes. Once again he begins to tweet about her, but now he is more famous and more people start to distrust Aurora.

November- Aurora is pulled aside by the boss of her record company and told that she needs to stop interacting with Chester. Aurora tries to get her boss to listen, but he takes Chester’s side.

2015; Age 26

May- Aurora finishes her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

2017; Age 28

Aurora releases her fourth album Red.

2019; Age 30

October- Aurora Release 1989

2020; Age 31

August - While at writing emails, Aurora sees that she has one more sent in her inbox than she had before. She opens it, and she finds an email from her work email sent to Chester with pictures of herself with Rashida. The only other person with her email is Rashida since Aurora would check emails from home. Aurora confronts Rashida about this. After a heartbreaking fight, Rashida breaks up with Aurora.

September- Rashida gets back with Chester. Rashida begins to publicly spread rumors among Aurora and her friends that Aurora was emotionally abusive. Aurora can do nothing to fight this. All her friends turn their backs on her. Without any proof from Aurora given to prove she didn’t do what Rashida tells them, the public labels Aurora as an abuser and cancels her. Her social media is flooded with abusive comments, her home is targeted by angry people, and Aurora is forced to step up her protection.

October- For her own safety, Aurora goes into hiding.

2021; Age 32

May- The vitriol towards Aurora has died down enough that she starts going back to the recording studio.

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thatsnotcanonpodcasts · 6 years ago

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Magic the Gathering, Brushing & Cuphead

It is time to grab a cup of tea (Earl Grey Hot for the Trekkies), strap in and get ready for another episode from the Nerds we all look forward to each week. Also grab a slice of birthday cake and help us wish the DJ a Happy Birthday, yep our favourite funny guy is another year older. Now on with the show; that’s right, we once again have another fun packed episode in which we entertain you with some of the latest topics in Nerd pop culture news. This week we start off with news of an animated series coming from Netflix of Magic the Gathering. While details are limited at the moment it is something to look forward to. The boys have some interesting points to consider with this one, and the chief among them is based on who determines what is canon for stories. Also what is possibly the coolest car commercial at the moment?

Next up we look at why brushing your teeth is more important than just to protect your teeth and good breathe. The implications for this are actually quite important, particularly if you want to remember where you hid your favourite comics and figurines. Once again Buck has found a research article that we should take a moment to look at that highlights some very interesting and disturbing facts. So, remember to brush, rinse and floss if you want to have the best health in the nursing home.

Next up Professor brings us news that Tesla is now becoming a rolling game console. That’s right, Tesla cars are gaming consoles with the release of another game to play on the in car tablet style interactive screen. Unfortunately you are not able to play them while driving, um, oops, maybe that’s a good thing. We also hear about what some people have been doing with their Teslas that has been noticed by Elon, and trust us, this is not something we recommend.

The games played this week show us that Buck truly is a grumpy old man, and that DJ is a fan of Clint Eastwood. But honestly tough, who isn’t a fan of Clit? What game is this, listen in or cheat and scroll down to the link. DJ has been playing Mortal Kombat 11 and still hasn’t exhibited any signs of PTSD, lots of other funny behaviour, but hey, that is normal. Professor has set fire to a house and read a book by the light. Then we have the shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and events. Speaking of Birthdays, we wish to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DJ. He is OLD folks!!! As always, stay safe, take care of each other and stay hydrated, catch you all next time.

EPISODE NOTES:

Magic the Gathering the animated series - https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/magic-the-gathering-animated-series-netflix-russo-brothers-1203230595/#article-comments

The wonders of brushing your teeth - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190603102549.htm

Cuphead now playable in Tesla - https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/02/cuphead-will-be-playable-in-tesla-model-3-model-s-and-model-x-cars?sf103564640=1

Games currently playing

Buck

– Get of my lawn - https://store.steampowered.com/app/260410/Get_Off_My_Lawn/

Professor

- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - https://cataclysmdda.org/

– MK 11 - https://store.playstation.com/en-au/product/EP1018-CUSA11379_00-00MORTALKOMBAT11

Other topics discussed

Star Wars making the expanded universe not canon

- https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/star-wars-expanded-universe-not-canon/

Star Wars novels releases by date

- https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_novels_by_release_date

Dungeons and Dragons (live action film series)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(film_series)

Magic the Gathering Lore Trailers

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-PCQJfXX0

Dungeons & Dragons (1983 TV series)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(TV_series)

Renault KWID Outsider featuring Dungeons & Dragons

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC9-bfsNne8&feature=youtu.be

Full report on the wonders of brushing your teeth

- https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333

Report: People who curse have better vocabularies

- https://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-swearing-cursing-rude-words-better-vocabulary-science

A couple shot a porn film in a Tesla

- https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-shot-porno-in-moving-tesla-on-autopilot-2019-5/?r=AU&IR=T

Elon Mush smokes weed on the Joe Rogan Podcast

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VcCzKjXs-8&feature=youtu.be

Victorian Police now has Tesla X police cars

- https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/on-the-road/victoria-police-add-shock-new-vehicle-to-its-fleet/news-story/d43c541e67e72d40f0dfb4a4579493e6

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997 James Bond Film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Dies

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003 movie)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_3:_Rise_of_the_Machines

Bethesda Fallout 76 canvas bags saga 6 months later

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaPo5jgZbj0

All things Apple in WWDC 19

- https://www.cnet.com/news/wwdc-2019-everything-apple-announced-ios-13-dark-mode-mac-pro-macos-10-15-ipados/

1989 Tiananmen Square protests

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests

Trump and Macron honor D-Day veterans

- https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/d-day-anniversary-watch-live-stream-normandy-invasion-trump-macron-today-2019-06-06-live-updates/

97-year-old jumps out of plane for D-Day

- https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ww2-parachute-tom-rice/index.html

That’s Not Canon Podcasts

- General Queeries - https://thatsnotcanon.com/generalqueeriespodcast

- Cosmic Moments - https://thatsnotcanon.com/cosmicmomentspodcast

Shoutouts

3 Jun 2019 - iTunes, the jukebox software that revolutionized the music industry after its launch in 2001 is now shutting down. Apple announced that iTunes will be replaced in macOS Catalina by separate applications for Music, Podcasts, and TV. Finder will also be able to perform the device management capabilities previously contained within iTunes. This change will not affect Windows or older macOS versions. - https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18650571/apple-itunes-rip-discontinued-macos-10-15-ipod-store-digital-music-wwdc-2019

4 Jun 1896 - At approximately 4:00 a.m. on June 4, 1896, in the shed behind his home on Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Henry Ford unveils the “Quadricycle,” the first automobile he ever designed or drove. On call at all hours to ensure that Detroit had electrical service 24 hours a day, Ford was able to use his flexible working schedule to experiment with his pet project—building a horseless carriage with a gasoline-powered engine. The Quadricycle had two driving speeds, no reverse, no brakes, rudimentary steering ability and a doorbell button as a horn, and it could reach about 20 miles per hour. Aside from one breakdown on Washington Boulevard due to a faulty spring, the drive was a success, and Ford was on his way to becoming one of the most formidable success stories in American business history. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-test-drives-his-quadricycle

4 Jun 1940 - British complete the "Miracle of Dunkirk" by evacuating 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including Royal Navy destroyers, merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and even lifeboats - https://www.onthisday.com/articles/the-military-retreat-they-called-a-miracle

4 Jun 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer, an American welder and an automobilemuffler repair shop owner went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer also known as the Killdozer. He demolish the town hall, the former mayor's house, and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer became stuck in the basement of a Gambles store he was in the process of destroying. Heemeyer then committed suicide. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer

4 Jun 2019 – Pride March turns 50. The pride parades are outdoor events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights and pride. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occur annually, and many take place around June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, a pivotal moment in modern LGBTQ social movements. The State of New York is preparing to host in 2019 the largest international LGBT pride celebration in history, known as Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019. - https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/pride-parades.htm

Remembrances

2 Jun 2019 - Alistair Browning, New Zealand actor who won several awards for his work in film, television and theatre, best known for his roles in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Lord of the Rings, Rain, Futile Attraction, Siege, and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge. He died of cancer at 65 in Palmerston North - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Browning

3 Jun 2019 – Paul Darrow, English actor who came to national prominence playing the role of Kerr Avon in the 1970s BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7. He also guest starred twice in Doctor Who, playing Captain Hawkins in the serial Doctor Who and the Silurians which was transmitted in 1970 and Maylin Tekker in the serial Timelash which was transmitted in 1985. He was also the voice of "Jack", on independent radio stations JACKfm and Union JACK, whose lines included dry-witted comments pertaining to current events. He died of a short-term illness at 78 in Chessington,Surrey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Darrow

5 Jun 1916 - Mildred J. Hill, American songwriter and musicologist, who composed the melody for "Good Morning to All", later used as the melody for "Happy Birthday to You". She died at 56 in Chicago, Illinois - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_J._Hill

Famous Birthdays

4 Jun 1971 - Noah Wyle, American film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles as Dr. John Carter in ER and as Tom Mason in Falling Skies. He has also played Steve Jobs in the docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff in Donnie Darko (2001), and Flynn Carsen in the Librarian franchise. He was born in Hollywood, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Wyle

5 Jun 1899 - Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor. Barton designed the first bathysphere and made a dive with William Beebe off Bermuda in June 1930. They set the first record for deep-sea diving by descending 600 ft (180 m). In 1934, they set another record at 3,028 ft (923 m). Barton acted in the 1938 Hollywood movie, Titans of the Deep. He was born in New York. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Barton

6 Jun 1954 - Harvey Fierstein, American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007. He was born in Brooklyn,New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein

Events of Interest

3 Jun 2017 - The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum opens in Springfield, Massachusetts. It features artworks that have never been seen in public, along with interactive exhibits, and aims to explain how the author’s childhood experiences inspired his work - http://time.com/4805123/dr-seuss-museum/

4 Jun 1940 - Winston Churchill's speech "We shall fight on the seas and oceans". This was delivered to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In this speech, Churchill had to describe a great military disaster, and warn of a possible invasion attempt by the Nazis, without casting doubt on eventual victory. He also had to prepare his domestic audience for France's falling out of the war without in any way releasing France to do so, and wished to reiterate a policy and an aim unchanged – despite the intervening events – from his speech of 13 May, in which he had declared the goal of "victory, however long and hard the road may be" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches

4 Jun 1973 - A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain. - http://www.famousdaily.com/history/wetzel-barnes-chastain-patent-atm.html

Patent - https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/79/9e/65/c97ddf1419d7b8/US3761682.pdf

Intro

Artist – Goblins from Mars

Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ

Email - [email protected]

Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamated

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrS

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094

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jessskidmorebcufinalyear · 7 years ago

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Visiting the Royal Shakespeare Company

“2016 We open a new The Other Place with a studio theatre, rehearsal rooms and Costume Store

2015 Matilda The Musical came to Australia, opening at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney in August.

2014 We marked the 100th anniversary of the First World War, commissioning a new play The Christmas Truce, and celebrated major roles for women in our Roaring Girls season.

2013 We begin our Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcasts to cinemas and schools across the world starting with Richard II on 13 November.

2012 Gregory Doran becomes Artistic Director and Catherine Mallyon becomes Executive Director. Gregory pledges to stage all 36 plays in the First Folio, making every play an event.

2012 World Shakespeare Festival - part of the London Olympics. We invited UK and international artists and producers to explore Shakespeare as the world's playwright, reaching more than 1.8 million people with 69 productions, 263 amateur shows, 28 digital commissions and films, and much more.

2011 Residency at Park Avenue Armory for Lincoln Center Festival - five Shakespeare productions were performed by a single RSC company of actors in a specially constructed thrust-stage auditorium. For the first time theatregoers in the US were able to experience our theatre just as they would have seen it in Stratford-upon-Avon.

2011 We celebrate our 50th Birthday Season

2011 The Queen officially opens the transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre

2010 Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres reopen for preview events and activities

2008 Michael Boyd's cycle of Shakespeare's eight History plays transfers to the Roundhouse in London

2007-8 The Histories - a project to stage all of Shakespeare's history plays using the same company of 34 actors playing all 264 roles, in the temporary Courtyard Theatre, culminating in the Glorious Moment when audiences could see all eight plays over one long weekend.

2007 Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre are closed for construction work to begin

2006-7 Complete Works Festival - the first time that all 37 plays, the sonnets and the long poems have been performed in one place. We produced 23 productions ourselves, with more than 30 visiting companies, 17 from overseas, including Yukio Ninagawa's Japanese Titus Andronicus, Macbeth in Polish and Twelfth Night in Russian.

2006 The Courtyard Theatre opens as a temporary 1,000-seat theatre

2003 Michael Boyd appointed as Artistic Director

2001 Feasibility Study recommends the demolition of the 1932 RST. We leave the Barbican

1996 We begin working on plans for redeveloping our Stratford site

1991 Purpose-built new The Other Place opens

1991 Adrian Noble becomes Artistic Director

1986 Swan Theatre created from shell of the 1879 theatre

1986 Terry Hands becomes Artistic Director

1982 London operations move to the Barbican, leased from the City of London

1974 The Other Place created from a former store/rehearsal room in Stratford

1968 Trevor Nunn becomes Artistic Director

1963 First Arts Council subsidy