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This is the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic. When Alex Rangel headed into work on March 12th, 2020, as the lead audio engineer at Denver ’s Ball Arena, his professional life as he knew it was coming to an end. That period was, he says, “possibly the most intense and frightening 30 hours of my career.” Lead audio engineers typically hold full-time, salaried positions at many of the country’s leading arenas, but not in Denver. Rangel and several colleagues in similar positions are employed as hourly contract workers; Rangel makes $22 an hour. Unlike many peers who might have received some unemployment benefits or reduced pay throughout 2020, Rangel has been entirely dependent on finding more work in order to make ends meet. Related Stories Exit/In: Inside the Last-Ditch Effort to Save Nashville's Legendary … [Read more...] about How to Mix Sound for Masked Singers and Empty Arenas

The Queen will pause for a final 'moment of reflection' with Prince Philip just before his funeral. The monarch is expected to look at the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin from her moving car ahead of it being taken into St George's Chapel for the ceremony. It will be the last time the Queen is alone with her husband of more than 70 years before his funeral at Windsor Castle's chapel on Saturday. In honour of Philip's wishes, she has decided on 'each and every detail' for his ceremony to make sure it is as close to his plans as possible under the trying circumstances of the pandemic. Sign up to our newsletter to get the day's biggest news straight to your inbox The Mirror's newsletter brings you the latest news, exciting showbiz and TV stories, sport updates and essential political information. The newsletter is emailed out first thing every morning, at 12noon and every evening. Never miss a moment by signing up to our newsletter here . The Queen will sit on her own … [Read more...] about Queen to pause before funeral for final ‘moment of reflection’ alone with Philip

Ruby Dee, the multitalented and highly decorated actress, writer and activist has died at the age of 91. Dee died Wednesday in her home in New Rochelle, New York, of natural causes, her personal representative confirmed Thursday. See also: 10 Maya Angelou Quotes That Will Lift You Up She was best known for starring in the 1961 film A Raisin in the Sun before she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in American Gangster in 2008. Dee got her start on Broadway, but easily made the transition to television and film, and was nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning one for the 1990 TV movie Decoration Day . She also won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album with her late husband Ossie Davis, With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together , which tied with former President Jimmy Carter in 2007. Her many honors include Screen Actors Guild awards, the National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center honors. Dee was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Harlem, New York … [Read more...] about Ruby Dee, Decorated Actress, Activist and Writer, Dead at 91

When Maya Angelou passed away on Wednesday, the world lost not only a revered author and poet, but a guiding light for humanity. Angelou's ability to inspire will live on in her prolific thoughts, proverbs and works; her words could be compiled into a guidebook for leading a fulfilling, successful life. See also: 32 Tweets of Wisdom From Maya Angelou Though the world is less wise with Angelou's departure, her wisdom will continue to serve as an inspiration. Image: Mashable Composite Doug Mills/Associated Press. Image: Mashable Composite Lawrence Jackson/Associated Press Image: Mashable Composite. Chuck Photo/Associated Press Image: Mashable Composite Associated Press Image: Mashable Composite Nell Redmond/Associated Press Image: Mashable Composite RNewsFoto/Forsyth Medical Center/Associated Press Image: Mashable Composite Jeff Daly/Invision/Associated Press Image: Mashable Composite Mary … [Read more...] about 10 Maya Angelou Quotes That Will Lift You Up

The White House has provided some detail on how the NSA and other US government agencies make decisions around whether to publicise tech security flaws they have discovered — or whether to keep them under wraps for intelligence purposes. More Heartbleed How to protect yourself Lesson: Passwords must die Before Heartbleed: Worst vulnerabilities ever? LastPass' Security Check has you covered OpenSSL needs corporate funding to avoid Heartbleed repeat CloudFlare keys snatched Heartbleed's engineer: It was an 'accident' Did open source matter for Heartbleed? The recent Heartbleed bug has put the spotlight back on zero day flaws — hitherto unknown and unfixed security flaws — and how they are used by the US government as part of secret surveillance projects. In a blogpost, White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel reiterated that the US government had no prior knowledge of the existence of Heartbleed, one of the most high profile … [Read more...] about Here’s how the NSA decides to tell you about a zero day – or not