 intact, and there was apparently evidence that at least some of the crew survived until water impact! Had there been a separation mechanism, drogue and main parachute system incorporated in the original design, the disaster might have been survivable! Of course, the “stack” would have paid a considerable weight penalty, but in retrospect it would have been a good thing.
I don’t know what the current figures are, but back in the early 1980’s, the survival rate for aircraft ejections was about 50%, depending on where the pilot/seat were in the performance envelope. The Russians have one of the best aircraft ejection seat setups…spectacularly demonstrated when that Su-25(?) “departed” at the Paris Air Show, and the pilot ejected upside down and about 100 ft above the ground. The seat’s guidance system righted itself with the pilot on board and gave him enough altitude and airspeed to deploy the chute. IIRC, he got about one swing before landing, but walked away relatively unscathed.
Let’s pray that things make such systems unnecessary!
Seven years ago co-hosts Cara Cooper & Jessica Rush started a support group for mothers in the New York theater community, Broadway Baby Mamas, and about a month ago they invited them to join in a group “scream”. Like The NY Times did earlier this year, the Mamas wanted to provide a space where the women could just let go of everything they’d been holding onto. This episode is a raw and emotional glimpse into what working artist mothers have been grappling with these past 18 months and how they are moving forward one step, one breath at a time.
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Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales.
Edited by Cara Cooper
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesNow, now. Bring on the downvotes, but I'd like to think that sexuality is more complex than just nature OR nurture. I've always thought that a person's sexuality is not preset as specific/exact points on the sexuality spectrum, but perhaps as broad sections, and our experiences influence where exactly we end up in that preset section of the spectrum.


Like, say I was born with a preset tendency toward a section of the sexuality spectrum that lies mostly on the straighter side of the spectrum, but there's a bit of overlap into the homosexual side. Not a lot, just a little. This means I'm *most likely* going to turn out straight, but if I'm influenced in just the right way I could have a bisexual streak in me at some point, and I might even have a small chance of loving a person of the same sex if I go through the right experiences. Maybe I won't go through those experiences and never realize or have any knowledge of that potential attraction at all.

I may be thinking about this too hard, but I think the black or white argument when speaking of sexuality is simply ignorant no matter which way you spin it, especially when you realize that straight or gay are just two  factors on a larger scale of what/who someone's attracted to.

Tldr; Nature and nurture don't have to be mutually exclusive.Sydney Sixers won the latest edition of BBL.
The recently-concluded tenth edition of the Big Bash League -BBL was the most-watched tournament in league’s history, Cricket Australia reported on Monday. The latest edition of Australia’s premier T20 tournament came to an end on Saturday with the final between Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
According to the release by Cricket Australia, an average audience of over 1.4 million watched the Sixers beat the Scorchers to win back-to-back BBL titles across Seven, Foxtel and streaming services including Kayo. That represented a 15% increase on the BBL 2019/20 season Final and ranked as the fourth most watched BBL game ever.
The recently-concluded final reached 2.5 million viewers on Seven and 669,000 on Foxtel, capping an extraordinary season in which as players, officials, staff and broadcast partners successfully navigated through the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Talking about the game, the Sixers beat the Perth-based outfit by 27 runs to retain their title. Riding on James Vince’s 95-run knock, the Sixers scored 188 for 6 before restricting the Scorchers to 161 for 9.
As far as the viewership for the entire tournament is concerned, a total of 41.17 million viewers watched it, up by 1.4 per cent from the ninth edition of BBL. The addition of the streaming figures to that tally makes BBL 2020/21 season the most watched since the competition expanded to a full home-and-away season three years ago, and the most viewed Big Bash tournament ever.
Alongside the record viewership numbers, more than 500,000 people attended matches in person during the tournament which makes up for a very impressive number at a time when the crowd restriction norms were in place across Australia due to the pandemic. Cricket Australia’s Head of Big Bash Leagues, Alistair Dobson, expressed his delight over the success of the tournament and said the record numbers reflect the passion Australians have for the BBL.
“The KFC BBL has the best fans in the country and we are grateful to the record number of Australians who tuned in to watch our tenth season. Bringing joy to our fans was the driving force for everyone across the league and clubs all season and we thank every one of them, whether they watched on TV or a device, listened on radio or attended at the stadium. We trust they enjoyed the incredible action on display in KFC BBL|10 and we can’t wait to welcome them back next season, hopefully in a more relaxed public health environment,” said Dobson.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (born as "Máxima Zorreguieta"; 17 May 1971) is the wife of King Willem-Alexander,
Early life and education.
She was born Máxima Zorreguieta in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 May 1971. Máxima is the daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini, a farmer and a politician (died 2017). He was the under-secretary of Agriculture under Jorge R. Videla's military dictatorship. She studied in Northlands School, in Argentina. She has two brothers, a sister and three half-sisters by her father's first wife.
She graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 1995 before working for large international companies in Finance in Argentina, New York and Europe.
In June 2018, her sister Inés Zorreguieta, committed suicide by hanging herself at her Buenos Aires apartment, aged 33.
She has been serving as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) since 2009.
Relationship with Willem-Alexander.
Máxima met the crown prince in April 1999 in Sevilla, Spain, during the Seville Spring Fair. This is an important annual event, to which many people from other countries come and dress in typical Spanish Andalusian costume. In an interview, they stated that he introduced himself only as "Alexander," so that she did not know he was a prince. She thought he was joking when he told her he was a Prince. They agreed to meet in New York, where Máxima was working for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, two weeks later. Their relationship apparently began in New York, but the Princess did not meet the Prince's parents, Queen Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg, for some time.
The news of the couple's relationship and eventual marriage plans caused controversy in the Netherlands. Máxima's father had been the Minister of Agriculture during the regime of former Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla, a military dictator who ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1981 and who was responsible for many atrocities against civilians (non-military people). An estimated 10,000–30,000 people disappeared during this and later military regimes. Democracy was restored to Argentina in 1983.
Jorge Zorreguieta claimed that, as a civilian, he did not know about the Dirty War while he was a cabinet minister. Professor Baud was asked by the Dutch Parliament to research in what way Jorge Zorreguieta was involved in the war. He concluded that it would have been unlikely for a person in such a powerful position in the government to not know about the Dirty War. But the research also found that Máxima's father had not been directly involved with the many deaths in question.
The Dutch parliament gave permission for Máxima and Willem-Alexander to marry. This is necessary by law for the Prince of Orange to be able to become king. Because of the research around his involvement in the Dirty War, Máxima's father offered not to attend the wedding. Out of solidarity with her husband, Máxima's mother also did not come to the wedding on 2 February 2002 in Amsterdam.
Marriage.
The couple announced their engagement on 30 March 2001. Princess Máxima talked to the nation in fluent Dutch during the live broadcast on the occasion of the engagement.
Princess Máxima and Prince Willem-Alexander were married on 2 February 2002 in a civil ceremony in the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam. After that they had a religious ceremony at the N