Paris bar Café Moderne's Head Bartender Jennifer Le Nechet is kicking some serious goals. Currently holding the title of World's Best Bartender, Le Nechet is the first woman to be awarded the title in spirit conglomerate Diageo's World Class Competition, thanks to her extraordinary steam punk pop-up bar at the 2016 event, held in Miami.
Following her huge success in the competition, Le Nechet has been travelling the world as ambassador for the top brands in Diageo's Reserve spirit portfolio, as well as judging national finales for the competition in every corner of the globe. Le Nechet took five minutes out of her busy schedule to have a chat with Gram about all things booze.
How did it feel to be awarded Best Bartender in the World?
It makes me happy and proud. I worked so hard for this competition.
What has it meant for your career?
Now I'm World Class Ambassador, and I travel to different countries to share my experience with the future candidates, and to judge the national finales.
Why and how did you become a bartender?
I never studied bartending at school. I have a [degree in] Spanish and Latin American Literature and Civilisation.
During my studies, I had the chance to live in Spain for a year, where I discovered a new culture and lifestyle. When I got back to Paris, I decided to work in the hospitality business.
What is unique about the French bar scene that you haven't seen anywhere else in the world?
We have the chance to [grow] a huge [culture] in spirits and gastronomy. We use a lot of the techniques from the [French] kitchen.
But now, we live in a very connected world, so we can [be inspired by] anything in any place or country.
We've hit winter here in Australia. What are your top picks for spirits, and cocktails, to drink in the colder months?
For winter, I prefer the dark spirits. I like to use them with spices and sherry.
What is your favourite cocktail? How do you make it?
A negroni!!! I make it with half sherry, half red vermouth.
Do you think it's difficult for women in the bartending business to get ahead?
If we are talking about numbers, yes we have more men than women in this industry.
Nevertheless, it's not a man's world. I've never had any difficulties working as a woman in this industry.
Right now I'm still working in Cafe Moderne in Paris, but I'll be opening my own bar in few months.


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Critically-Acclaimed Musicians Collaborate on MOTHER INDIA Soundtrack
Some of the music industry's very best are collaborating with Noah Lamberth (cinematographer and editor of MOTHER INDIA) to develop a high-quality soundtrack to accompany the documentary. We are honored to have either original instrumental tracks or licensed music from each of the following individuals:
Jon Foreman – founder of Switchfoot
With help from his brother Tim Foreman on bass and Chad Butler on drums, Jon formed the band Chin Up in 1996, and they soon changed the name to Switchfoot. The band recorded a debut LP, 1997's The Legend of Chin, for Charlie Peacock's re:Think imprint. The follow-up, 1999's New Way to Be Human, was a huge commercial success in Christian markets, with the title track garnering a 1999 Dove Award for Song of the Year. Released in 2000, Learning to Breathe found Switchfoot moving more toward mainstream modern rock, and its success, along with the band's inclusion on the soundtrack to the 2002 Mandy Moore film A Walk to Remember, brought Switchfoot a major-label run. The Beautiful Letdown, their first release for Columbia/RED, appeared in 2003. Thanks to the radio hits "Dare You to Move" and "Meant to Live," the album went double platinum and hit number one on Billboard's Christian Albums chart. Switchfoot's fifth album, Nothing Is Sound, appeared in 2005 and almost immediately went gold. A sixth album, Oh! Gravity, appeared in 2006, and their seventh studio album Hello Hurricane received a Grammy award in 2011 for Best Rock Gospel Album. Learn more about Jon at www.jonforeman.com.
Patrick Matera – lead guitar with Katy Perry
As a kid Patrick was always interested in music and eventually attended Berkeley College where he was further educated in music. After moving to Los Angeles to do freelance work, he was invited to join Katy Perry's band. Patrick said "I had about four days notice to learn all of the songs before flying to Portland for the first show. Because Katy was not feeling well for the rehearsals, the first time I played with her was on stage for the show." Patrick currently plays lead guitar for Katy's band, which is on tour to promote their new album. Follow Patrick on Twitter.
Korel Tunador – keyboard with The Goo Goo Dolls
Korel is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He went to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he got a degree in Tenor Saxophone. In Boston, he also started playing guitar, singing, writing songs, and touring with the well established Boston band, Shockra. In 2001, Korel also won an endowment from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, a Creative Achievement Award grant, as an Emerging Artist. Moving to Los Angeles, in 2003, Korel began a new round of very diverse musical adventures. His first tour out of L.A. was in 2004 playing keys with Mississippi songwriter, Charlie Mars. The next year he took a 180 degree turn and played guitar with Actress Jada Pinkett-Smith's Metal band, Wicked Wisdom. They recorded an album and toured on Ozzfest in 2005. In 2006, Korel started playing keys, guitar, sax, and singing with The Goo Goo Dolls for the tour supporting their album, "Let Love In." Korel toured internationally with them for 3 years, performing on dozens of television shows such as Jay Leno, (several times with the Goo Goo Dolls and another with Papa Roach), Conan O'Brian, Live from Abbey Road, and various morning shows. In late 2008, Korel joined up with Katy Perry's band to be the live house band as she hosted the European Music Awards in Liverpool, England. He then toured with Katy through 2009, playing guitar, keys, sax and vocals. They went around the world several times, played on the 2009 Grammy Awards, and many television shows, such as The Today Show, Ellen, and a number of international shows. In September 2009 Korel returned to The Goo Goo Dolls and joined in with vocal harmonies and keyboards on their new record, "Something For The Rest Of Us." Learn more about Korel at www.koreltunador.com.
Sean Watkins – guitar with Nickel Creek
Sean is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter as a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family, and the supergroup Works Progress Administration. Nickel Creek has released three albums and a CD composed of their hits (called Reasons Why: The Very Best) and won a Grammy for This Side — a coveted trophy that Watkins reportedly put on top of his toilet at home. Explaining the somewhat odd situation, Watkins said that "it seems like a humble place. I didn't want to put it out in plain view of my house. I didn't feel like displaying it right when you walk in. It's a nice crown for the porcelain." In addition to playing with Nickel Creek, Watkins has released 3 solo albums and appeared on several others. Watkins' solo music career seems to reflect Nickel Creek's: turning from traditional bluegrass songs to indie rock with bluegrass instrumentation. Learn more about Sean at www.seanwatkins.com.
David Trasoff – sarode with Sangam India Music Trio
David has studied sarode perfomance and North Indian classical music under maestro Ali Akbar Khan, India's 'Living National Treasure,' since 1973. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.F.A. in music from California Institute of the Arts. David has appeared in concert in arts centers, universities, conservatories and festivals in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has made numerous per forming tours in India. In 1997 he and David Philipson were selected to perform for The Music Circle in Los Angeles; the first western performers of North Indian music to be so invited. In 2003, David provided the on-screen music for the popular and widely acclaimed film Leela, diected by Somnath Sen. In 2012, he was named the Gordhan L. and Virginia B. "Jinx" Patel Distinguished Visiting Professor in Indian Music Arts at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Learn more about David at www.davidtrasoff.com.
David Philipson – bansuri with Sangam India Music Trio
David began studying Indian classical music in 1978 at California Institute of the Arts with Amiya Dasgupta and Taranath Rao, where he received his BFA and MFA in music. In 1984 he was awarded a Fulbright grant to study in India with the leading exponents of the late Pt. Pannalal Ghosh lineage of bansuri performance; V.G. Karnad, Devendra Murdeshwar and Nityanand Haldipur. Philipson has also received guidance from Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Bellare and Rajeev Taranath. Philipson has performed extensively in the US, Europe and India. In 1997 he and David Trasoff were selected to perform for The Music Circle in Los Angeles; the first western performers of North Indian music to be so invited. In addition to many recordings, he can be also heard on the film scores of Xena:Warrior Princess, 'Man from Elysian Fields', 'Perfumed Garden', 'Leela' and 'Outsourced'. Learn more about David here.
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So, anywhoo, I have been asked to join this group of 23 fabulous and famous quilter ladies.
Each of these are 36 inches square and are even more impressive in person than on the 'puter screen.
I am excited to see how working with these exemplar stitchers will help me make my crater in the industry.


Support for the government may be falling, but the shock resignation of the Democratic Party's top leadership shows that the crisis in Japan's opposition is far deeper still.
If Japan had a domestic equivalent of Washington political drama House of Cards, the entire writers' room would have been fired this week for the latest implausible twist in the story. The slump in the polls for Shinzo Abe's cabinet shows no signs of abating, the Prime Minister's personal ratings continue to slide, and the Defense Minister has been forced to resign after the latest in a series of hugely damaging scandals. The Abe government, until this point arguably one of the strongest and most stable administrations of Japan's post-war era (in terms of its political position, if not its policies), has never looked weaker.
The dramatic plot twist that would, in fiction, utterly shatter the suspension of disbelief of many viewers? The resignation of both of the most senior members not of the ruling LDP, but of the opposition. In the space of two days, party leader Renho and secretary-general Yoshihiko Noda have both resigned, leaving a complete power vacuum at the top of the main opposition party.
This is, first and foremost, a tremendous shot in the arm for Abe's political future. Since the LDP's defeat in the Tokyo elections precipitated his drastic collapse in the polls, Abe has faced renewed speculation about internal challenges. Shigeru Ishiba's formerly low-key campaign to be the LDP's next leader has gone into overdrive; Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is rumored to be seeking to exit the Cabinet in order to take a senior party role as a precursor to a leadership bid. Even Shinjiro Koizumi's name has been thrown into the ring, though Koizumi fils is a canny enough politician to have a fine tuned "not yet" response to any talk of leadership ambitions; at 36, time is on his side.
The resignations of Renho and Noda are a high-profile reminder to the LDP's membership that Abe's drop in the polls has not been accompanied by a corresponding rise in support for opposition parties. On the contrary; the opposition is more fractured and disorganised than it's ever been. Abe's falling popularity won't do the LDP any favours in any future election under his tenure, but in the absence of a credible alternative to vote for, dissatisfaction with Abe or the LDP is more likely to be reflected in falling turnout than in votes for other parties. With the Democratic Party now completely lacking leadership, Abe can point to the disarray of his party's opponents and make a strong case for the LDP's stability being its most valuable advantage – even if that stability rests upon a leader who's no longer the electoral asset he once was.
Japan's opposition parties have been prone to bouts of starry-eyed talk of "opposition realignment" in recent years; there was some excitement about the coordination of major opposition parties in the House of Councillors election last year, for example, with some observers hoping that it might hint at the emergence of a more unified and credible alternative to the LDP in the future. The resignations of the DP's leadership are a sharp reminder of how little that project has progressed; in fact, opposition unity has regressed if anything. The inclusion of the Japan Communist Party (a far more moderate social democratic party than its name suggests) in the opposition alliance was sunk by loud objections from the DP's right-wingers; meanwhile, the country's three largest cities, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, have all birthed local populist movements that have effectively taken over the reins of political opposition in those regions, leaving the DP and its allies out in the cold. Meanwhile, the only man who ever won an election for the Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, is a divisive figure within the DP who remains outside the fold as leader of his own tiny Liberal Party.
Much of the problem is rooted in the nature of the Democratic Party itself – a rag-tag group of politicians for across a broad range of the ideological spectrum, many of whom don't like one another very much, finding themselves united only by the common trait of not wishing to be in the LDP for one reason or another. The present Democratic Party is a Frankenstein's Monster of a thing; formed by a union of the old DPJ (a hybrid of the remnants of the Japan Socialist Party, outcasts from the LDP and a handful of the neoliberal reformist parties that flourished briefly in the 1990s) with the Japan Innovation Party – itself a witch's brew of a party whose heritage included hardline nationalists (from Toru Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Shintaro Ishihara's Sunrise Party), right-wing libertarians (Yoshimi Watanabe's Your Party) and deregulation-obsessed neoliberals (Kenji Eda's Unity Party). Ostensibly the party aligned most closely with Japan's trade unions, the Democratic Party includes in its membership people inimical to the very notion of organized labor. It's no wonder that coherent policy-making has been an insurmountable challenge for the party; one person involved in policy drafting for the DP told me that many of the party's grandees presently hold the rather extraordinary view that the DP should focus on winning power and worry about policy after it's back in government.
That Renho's tenure as leader of the DP was such a complete failure does not speak well to her capacity to organize and lead, and is hugely disappointing given her personal popularity as a politician. However, this is ultimately less about Renho and more about the fact that the Democratic Party is not a coherent political organization. Whoever next takes a shot at the leadership – Seiji Maehara and Yukio Edano seem like the most likely candidates – may enjoy more authority than Renho did, but will nonetheless be inheriting the same poisoned chalice that ended her tenure so early. The political realignment that Japan's opposition needs is nothing as simple as a rebranding of the Democratic Party, or some shiny new leadership. If the LDP is ever to be ousted from power again, and Japanese politics recalibrated into something approaching a normal rotation of power between parties, a whole new opposition is required – one that is ideologically coherent, politically competent and capable of articulating a different vision for the future of Japan. As of now, the Democratic Party ticks none of those boxes.


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Ki's 2 ¢ents on "Life After Doubt" by Kingpen Slim
Listeners treading water in a sea of drug laced turn up trap beats, with little to no lyrical content, have just been thrown a lifesaver. Kingpen Slim, a veteran rapper from the District of Columbia's Indie music scene, once again delivers a solid offering from his long line of solid albums. "Life After Doubt" is not like anything currently trending in the music game. He took it back to the days when great storytelling reigned. Not fiction, but true life stories; something that is absent and greatly missed in Hip Hop. He comfortably occupies a spot amongst great storytellers like Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie, and Scarface. Rappers that shared their truths not to brag, but to educate and allow listeners an insight into the man behind the music.
"Life After Doubt," released November 11, 2016 on SoundCloud strictly for streaming, is a fourteen-track project that depicts a young man coming of age hustling on the mean streets of Washington, DC. Villz, Roc Mikey, and Jus Paul play the roles of Kingpen Slim's accomplices on the musical assault.The album features production from J Buttah, Lil Lody, Mark Henry, Osinachi, and The Directors. Each producer provides Kingpen Slim the perfect stage to exhibit his masterful wordplay, giving the album an epic feel which ensures it will become a classic album that will catapult him out of the local scene and onto the national stage.
Kingpen Slim, never one to follow trends or run with cliques, sets himself further apart with countless metaphors and double entendres. The rapper manages to do what many of his local contemporaries fail to do, and that's deliver lyrical content that will stand the test of time. He is not rapping about the usual trappings of trapping; fast cars, fast money, and fast women. Instead, he is reminiscing about a "Road Trip" he took while "Dreaming of Kilos" relishing in his role as the "Bad Guy." "In Real Life" a "Golden Future" is what he seeks, yet fighting with "D'mons" leaves him believing "Life Don't Matter."
The album opens with a sweet conversation between the rapper and his Grandmother which allows listeners to see the softer side of the rapper. Aside from these chats with Granny, Kingpen Slim is in American Gangster full takeover mode. T rock inspired "Still Family," produced by Mark Henry, marries rap and rock in a grawl delivered over a drum-heavy beat, intertwined with guitar licks. On this track he explores his family tree attempting to explain how, why, and who is he is now.
"Golden Future" has Kingpen Slim answering the question of what his life is like through a barrage of metaphors and pop culture references that you might miss on your initial listen. Jus Paul adds a sultry, smooth, melodic chorus. The partnership between the rapper and the singer guarantees the track will be the winter hustler's anthem.
Kingpen Slim makes it difficult to pick a favorite track, as each of the fourteen tracks on this project tell special tales most listeners will be able to appreciate, if not identify with. From start to finish "Life After Doubt" is a genuine piece of art that welcomes listeners to get intimately acquainted with the rapper, as well as get a glimpse into where he's heading...straight to the top of the rap game! Kingpen Slim put together a classic album which I am giving 4.5 out of 5 flames. Production keeps the head nodding while lyrical content forces you to pay attention so you don't miss one of many dropped gems. Kingpen Slim has a real winner on his hands, a major key sure to unlock the door and freeing him from his local success. This is the ticket to usher him onto the national scene. As a native Washingtonian, I am proud to have him reppin for the city and I am excited to share him with the world.
Visit KingpenSlim.com to hear "Life After Doubt."
If you haven't already, make sure to support Kingpen Slim by following him on
Instagram @KingpenSlim & Twitter @KingpenSlim
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Gergely Daróczi
daroczig@ceu.edu
Gergely Daroczi studied Philosophy and Sociology (MA) at Pazmany Peter Catholic University, finished PhD at Corvinus University, has 10+ years of experience in teaching statistics and quantitative methods, authored a book on "Mastering Data Analysis with R" and contributed to a number of scientific journal articles, mainly in social sciences but in medical sciences as well.
He started his professional career in 2006 as a data engineer and R programmer contractor working for survey and market research companies, then founded a company doing web-based reporting and R consultancy, where he led a small tech team for 4 years, before relocating to Los Angeles to serve as the Lead R Developer and Research Data Scientist, later the Director of Data Analytics at CARD.com. Currently he is Senior Director of Data Operations at System1.com in Marina del Ray, working remotely from Hungary.
Besides maintaining a dozen of open-source R packages, he is an active member of the R community in means of contributing to online forums, such as on StackOverflow and GitHub, attending and speaking at R and data science conferences, and founding the Budapest Users of R Network, the Hungarian R group (with 1700 members), and organized the first satRday conference (200 registrants) and the second eRum conference (500 registrants).


Free Documentaries Plus More: Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone?
Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone? is a PBS documentary which takes a spectacular trip to distant realms of our solar system to discover where secret forms of life may lie hidden. Combining the latest telescope images with dazzling animation, Finding Life Beyond Earth immerses audiences in the sights and sounds of alien worlds, while top astrobiologists explain how these places are changing how we think about the potential for life in our solar system. We used to think our neighboring planets and moons were fairly boring—mostly cold, dead rocks where life could never take hold. Today, however, the solar system looks wilder than we ever imagined. Powerful telescopes and unmanned space missions have revealed a wide range of dynamic environments—atmospheres thick with organic molecules, active volcanoes, and vast saltwater oceans. This ongoing revolution is forcing scientists to expand their ideas about what kinds of worlds could support life. If we do find primitive life-forms elsewhere in the solar system, it may well be that life is common in the universe—the rule, and not the exception.


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Iván Alejandro Furios (Paraná, Entre Ríos, 20 de mayo de 1979) es un ex-futbolista argentino. Se desempeñaba como defensor central y su último club fue Olimpo de Bahía Blanca.

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Iván Furios inició su carrera como futbolista en el club Patronato a los 16 años. Luego pasó a las inferiores de Boca Juniors, equipo con el que debutó en Primera División el 19 de junio de 1999 ante Unión de Santa Fe. Aquel encuentro, válido por el Torneo Clausura 1999, finalizó empatado 2-2 y sería el único partido de Furios con camiseta xeneize.

Para el segundo torneo de ese año, el Apertura 1999, se incorporó a Chacarita Juniors, donde jugó 114 partidos en Primera y anotó 2 goles. Se mantuvo en el equipo funebrero hasta el 2004. Al año siguiente fue contratado por el club Alianza Lima, del Perú, elenco con el que jugó la Copa Libertadores 2005.

En el 2006 regresó a Chacarita. Sin embargo, a mediados de año viajó nuevamente al Perú, esta vez para jugar por el recién ascendido José Gálvez de Chimbote, equipo comprometido con el descenso y que terminaría perdiendo la categoría. Posteriormente, en el 2007 fichó por el Instituto de Córdoba, donde se mantuvo año y medio. Para la temporada 2008/09 formó parte del Neuchâtel Xamax de Suiza, donde jugó 15 encuentros y fue compañero de Julio Hernán Rossi. En el segundo semestre de 2009 volvió a Argentina para jugar nuevamente en Instituto.

En julio del 2011 se incorpora a Aldosivi de Mar del Plata. El día 29 de octubre de ese año se dio el gusto de marcar el 0-1 (para Aldosivi) frente a River Plate en lo que sería la primera derrota del "millonario" en la Primera "B" Nacional (1-2).

A fines de junio de 2012, se convierte en el primer refuerzo de Olimpo de Bahía Blanca. En enero de 2016 es transferido a Patronato de Paraná. Luego de 2 años, se incorpora al Club Atlético Paraná. Más tarde, en julio de 2019 vuelve a vestir la camiseta de Olimpo de Bahía Blanca.
Desde el año 2019 comienza a incursionar en el ciclismo en la Escuela de Ciclismo de Martin Ornetti, con la cual ya ha participado de varias carreras y logrado varios podios, demostrando la versatilidad y el estado físico de este gran deportista

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By Bitterman in arts and entertainment
I've been thinking about Dungeons and Dragons lately. It's an interesting social phenomenon.
(Before I go any farther, I should make it clear that I'm not out to bash D&D. I earned my gamer cred a long time ago, and I don't have anything to prove to anybody. I learned D&D on literally Dungeons and Dragons. None of this "Advanced" stuff. And 3rd edition? We dreamed of a third edition! We wondered if we'd ever see one the same way I imagine the ancient Norse wondered when Ragnarok would happen. Sure, it was coming. One day. Some day. But today? Nah.)
What's most interesting to me is that when I sit down to look at D&D now, I don't see a strong role-playing system at all. At least not in the way we typically mean role-playing. What I see is a good gaming system. There's a subtle difference. The D&D system has very little to commend it outside of two factors: A) easy mathematical modeling and 2) modularily. The first creates the second, though the second is a legitimate boon to gamers.
Think about it. What's the most well-known icon in D&D from a functional player's point of view?
(I disregard an observer's point of view because in my general experience, outsiders to the D&D experience have little to no idea how the vast majority of D&D players play the game in practice. Most seem to hold an idealized vision of D&D which does exist to some extent, but generally falls far short of the reality.)
No, not the dragon. Players rarely fight actual dragons. Not the wizard, though the fireball spell comes in the top 5 archetypal icons. The beholder, with its giant central eye and numerous eyestalks, has made impressive ground in many minds. But I think all of those fall short of D&D's ultimate symbol.
+1 long sword.
It's every young player's dream. The magic sword! You get +1 to-hit on a 20-sided die, and it does +1 damage (If I recall correctly, the base is rolled on an eight-sided die, so it's a fairly large improvement). Whee! It doesn't sound like a lot, I know. But hey, it's just a start. There are +2 swords, +3 swords, and… dare we dream? +4 and +5 swords out there! Right. Does anybody think anybody walked around medieval France in search of a +1 sword? Yet D&D players do so with frightening regularity.
The +1 sword has no basis in mythology. It has no basis in legend. It has no basis in any folk tradition whatsoever. It's a sword that an engineer would love. Precisely quantified, predictable, replicatable across settings, and very easy to explain.
Dungeons and Dragons may have given the players the tools to create a role-playing game, but I believe that examining the rules shows an attitude and implied culture that doesn't care about the role-playing whatsoever. Let's see it for what it really was: It was the attempt to create a video game before the computer technology for actual video games existed. All of the elements were there. Easy mathematical modeling, an incremental reward system (gold, XP points, treasure), and bosses. Somewhere in our collective unconscious, we yearned for the ability to put the math to work to crunch the numbers and say, "You know… If I spent all my proficiency points on dart skill, I can throw three every turn. I get three extra damage on each… So I do more damage than a long sword! Sweet. Load me up, Scotty."
(In my limited experience, this represents the general line of thought expressed by many/most D&D players.)
Maybe we should be happy. It wasn't enough that math could conquer our world. We had to invent whole new ones for it to conquer, too.
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had completely forgotten that many other nations (which I shall not name here) fare a lot worse in these IQ rankings. Once again, when chasing the rabbit, the hunter is blind to mountains. As a teen, I naturally played Dungeons and Dragons. The post "Dungeons and STR+2" at Ales Rarus tells us what is the most well-known icon in D&D from a functional player's point of view. It's not a dragon, but something completely different. When we remember that well over half of all Americans are young Earth creationists, this
Fred K.
Hilarious and insightful post. I just wanted a vorpal blade. It could cut off folks heads.
Actually, a +1 or +2 sword would be a better-designed sword. I'm not familiar with D&D. Back in college, I played briefly with Steve Jackson Games' system. There, a sword would have more hit ability based on quality of manufacture, design, etc. Were I to try making a sword, I would probably have to make it out of wood. I could in fact hurt someone with it, although one might wonder if I'd have been better off leaving it as a baseball bat.
A convict in prison could make a shiv with better qualities. A metalsmith could make an even better sword. Someone with skill in damascus steel manufacture could do even better.
The problem is the DM letting the players know what they have. He could tell them "This is a better looking sword" or "The craftsman knew what he was doing here!" and hide all calculations and dice throws from the players.
Given the paucity of information available to the players, letting them see the dice throws and know the power of a sword makes more sense.
BTW: In the SJG form, there were odds of a sword breaking. In a programmable calculator-assisted version of the game, we even kept track of wear and tear and required players to get weapons sharpened. I've still got my HP-41CV around here someplace…
I must say I can't disagree more. The *fun* that comes from any group game, IMHO, has little to do with its rules and procedures. Its about everything else that goes on around the game. Its the banter, the comrodery, the time spent with friends, the jokes. But with DND there's two other elements: the story telling and the role playing (note here that DND is not roll playing, as in the roll of the dice).
Yes, when I play UNO, I'm thinking about the Draw Four Wild Card as its symbol. But that's not what makes it fun. When I play Halo, I'm thinking about a good sniper rifle, but that's not what makes it fun.
The rules and procedures simply create the framework for folks to have fun and role play. The rules can't make you role play well, nor can they make the DM (or Dungeon Master, who runs the game) do a good job. The time spent with others is what makes it fun. If you have a group really in to role playing then its even more fun. If you've got a Dungeon Master who is a great story teller, then its awesome.
"The rules can't make you role play well"
"I'm using my charisma." Tee-hee. 😉


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Diesel at The Palms
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Written by Jacqui James
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I never intended to write a review about this show, as some people have whinged and whined over the amount of Diesel reviews I have done. But you know what? It's my blog and I can write as many Diesel reviews I like! Anyway last night is worth writing about.
I had been looking forward to this show quite a lot, I even "frocked" up for the occasion. For those who don't know me, the last time I wore a dress was at my Uncle's wedding in 2006! Anyway, onto the show.
Diesel came onstage around eight o'clock and apart from having a fifteen minute break in the middle of the evening, he stayed playing until well after eleven.
The night was split into three sections; solo Diesel, Diesel with his band mates Richie on bass and Lee on drums, then Diesel with strings. Diesel joked and said, "I'm Mark Lizotte and I'm the support for Diesel."
At first the crowd were very subdue, but this was due to the fact that some security guards had instructed them to stay in their seats. Soon Diesel got everyone up and dancing by saying, "Get the fuck up! You own your arses, so get up!" So that's what we did.
The surprise of the night was when Diesel introduced one of his backing singers as daughter Lilly Lizotte. Teenage Lilly then elegantly sang to Sir With Love. She has such a sweet voice. You could see how much of a proud Dad Diesel was.
Another surprise was when a backstage crew member brought out a banjo. As Diesel explained once he had said he would never play a banjo, but there's a first time for everything.
Playing his hits like Junk, Man Alive, Never Miss Your Water and Steal My Sunshine the crowd really revved up and rule of sitting down left the venue. Everyone was dancing, cheering and singing especially after some coaching by Diesel. He also re-visited some songs from his past that some may had not heard for years like Please Send Me Somebody To Love, Never Miss Your Water and Masterplan. Personally I loved hearing One More Time done with an electric guitar backed by the band again.
From his latest album Days Like These he proved how he is a king of imprivsation. The album was only released in August, and yet he and his guitars add new dimensions to them. Please Take My Heart sounded beautiful live in such a venue.
On his Myspace page Diesel sums up the night, "Over the last few years I have been able to put my music into different environments, whether it be solo, acoustic band, electric or with a quartet of strings. Each has its own unique sound and impact on how songs are played. Now for the first time four individual playing styles will get a chance to play along side each other in one night, combining to make an all encompassing diesel experience".
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Totally Plc awarded new contract worth £10 million per annum
Posted on January 16, 2023 January 16, 2023 by Kiran
LONDON: Totally plc, a leading provider of frontline healthcare services, corporate fitness and wellbeing services across the UK and Ireland, has been awarded a new contract by NHS England to provide national NHS 111 contingency services.
The contract, awarded to Vocare Limited ("Vocare"), part of Totally's Urgent Care division, will run from 1 March 2023 at a value of c. £10 million per annum, initially for one year with the option to extend for a further year.
NHS England has commissioned this support to provide additional call handling and clinical capacity to help to alleviate some of the pressures on local NHS 111 services, as required. NHS 111 provides an essential service to the UK population, offering support as wide-reaching as over-the-telephone healthcare advice, to access to urgent and emergency care.
Vocare is a long-standing provider of regional NHS 111 services. This new contract provides additional flexible capacity, which can be precisely targeted where and when needed.
Wendy Lawrence, CEO of Totally, said: "Totally has significant experience providing quality, resilient and responsive regional NHS 111 services. Our services have provided essential access to core healthcare services as demand has risen beyond the level anticipated by commissioners. This new contract re-affirms Totally as a core partner in the delivery of NHS 111 services and moves to recognise the new normal in which healthcare providers are operating, providing essential additional capacity into the system."


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The Theater: Never Land
Sir James Matthew Barrie's Peter Pan, originally produced in London in 1904 with the late Nina Boucicault as the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, ran for 145 performances. The play has been revived in London every Christmas season since, except in the blitz years of '40 and '41. On Broadway, Maude Adams played Peter over 300 times between 1905 and 1916. Marilyn Miller and Eva Le Gallienne had flings at revivals in the '20s and '30s. Last week, the current Broadway production, with Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, played its 238th performance, setting a new Peter Pan record; and there...


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Arrows and Sound
Album length: 10 tracks: 37 minutes, 0 seconds
Street Date: January 29, 2013
Website: ArrowsandSound.com
Buy It: Bandcamp
If you are like me, then you were introduced to Arrows and Sound via the massive indie samplers released by JFH (please excuse the shameless plug), and you were quite impressed with their inclusions on each, especially their song "Keep Beating," which was (for this reviewer) one of the biggest highlights of the whole second sampler. For those people, actually being able to hear more from this indie electro-rock band is a very welcome and exciting opportunity. And indeed, that time has come as Arrows and Sound has released their self-titled full-length debut, Arrows and Sound.
But even though this band in particular is new to the music scene, the man behind it is not. Philip Zach is best known as a former member of the band Remedy Drive (until recently, consisting of him and his three brothers), but was forced to leave the band due to damage on his vocal cords that required surgery and three months of total silence. It was during this period of silence that Zach was inspired to create a brand of music that utilized sound in unique and emotional ways that listeners could connect with and enjoy, and the idea for Arrows and Sound was conceived. Several studio sessions in his spare time eventually gave birth to the band as we know it, and thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, we listeners have been blessed with this great album.
To describe the sound of this record, one would have to mention names like Future of Forestry, Owl City, and maybe Remedy/Church Music-era David Crowder*Band (and, of course, a hint of Remedy Drive too). Sometimes, it even sounds Plumb-esqe. It is experimental indie pop/rock with very heavy electronic influences; fuzzy guitars, electronic beats, and an effective use of orchestral elements, are mixed together in a way that is almost reminiscent of the ultra-talented hip hop producer Cortland Urbano from Beautiful Eulogy. In addition, Zach's vocals are very soothing and enhance the effect of the music perfectly, making many of these tracks almost fall into the category of easy listening. I really can't think of any single existing band that I can compare the sound to (Travel-era FoF comes the closest), and each time I listen to the album, the experience is just as refreshing as the last time.
The first two tracks are the two JFH sampler inclusions, "What If" and "Keep Beating." I've already mentioned my affirmation of "Keep Beating," and it is well-deserved; the eerie, slow-building, atmospheric track is the best one on the record, and is quickly rising on my list of favorites. Lyrically, it addresses how God refuses to abandon us even despite our depraved state ("I made a promise that I couldn't keep/ I made a promise that I never would forget/ Then I let you down over and over/... How can a heart keep beating / All of its dreams faded away / …But this heart just keeps on beating/ Still I'm here to bleed another day"). After that, the next biggest highlight is "Come Away, Away," an alternately percussive and soaring track where Zach takes on God's perspective and tells the listener "Come Away, Away/ Away from all your fallen stars/...Away from all your hundred scars/…And look at where we can go/…I will carry you." My biggest complaint about this track, however, is that it feels like it's building up to a big climax, and then just suddenly ends. The end is so sudden that it almost feels as if Zach forgot to include the last third of the song. Nevertheless, "Come Away, Away" remains a definite highlight. In addition, "What If," and "Legacy" are also highlights, as is the mostly instrumental "Dead Either Way." All the tracks are solid and there is absolutely no filler; every song is a unique creation and totally distinct from all the others. Any complaints about this album are pretty minor; aside from the sudden end of "Come Away, Away," some other things that bothered me are the middle of "Whisper In A Stormcloud" (which needlessly runs on for too long) and the theme of "Don't Let Go" (which is an often-used and clichéd one in Christian Music circles). Also, structurally, I noticed the first couple times I listened to Arrows that some of the middle tracks felt like finales, and in that regard, it felt like the album should have been split into a couple of EP's. However, after a few more listens, I got used to it and that feeling disappeared.
In short, Arrows and Sound is definitely an artistic achievement and a very enjoyable one at that, and I readily look forward to what Zach does next. For those who are fans of hard copies, they are available on Arrow's Bandcamp page. Otherwise, the album is also available there in digital form, and in another month from iTunes and AmazonMP3. But whatever form you chose to get it, just get it. You won't be disappointed.
- Review date: 1/28/13, written by Mark Rice of Jesusfreakhideout.com
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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.clock.BlazeClock;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.clock.Clock;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.unix.UnixFileSystem;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.inmemoryfs.InMemoryFileSystem;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

/**
 * Tests for the UnionFileSystem, both of generic FileSystem functionality (inherited) and tests of
 * UnionFileSystem-specific behavior.
 */
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class UnionFileSystemTest extends SymlinkAwareFileSystemTest {
  private XAttrInMemoryFs inDelegate;
  private XAttrInMemoryFs outDelegate;
  private XAttrInMemoryFs defaultDelegate;
  private UnionFileSystem unionfs;

  private static final String XATTR_VAL = "SOME_XATTR_VAL";
  private static final String XATTR_KEY = "SOME_XATTR_KEY";

  private void setupDelegateFileSystems() {
    inDelegate = new XAttrInMemoryFs(BlazeClock.instance());
    outDelegate = new XAttrInMemoryFs(BlazeClock.instance());
    defaultDelegate = new XAttrInMemoryFs(BlazeClock.instance());

    unionfs = createDefaultUnionFileSystem();
  }

  private UnionFileSystem createDefaultUnionFileSystem() {
    return new UnionFileSystem(
        ImmutableMap.of(
            PathFragment.create("/in"), inDelegate,
            PathFragment.create("/out"), outDelegate),
        defaultDelegate);
  }

  @Override
  protected FileSystem getFreshFileSystem() {
    // Executed with each new test because it is called by super.setUp().
    setupDelegateFileSystems();
    return unionfs;
  }

  @Override
  public void destroyFileSystem(FileSystem fileSystem) {
    // Nothing.
  }

  // Tests of UnionFileSystem-specific behavior below.

  @Test
  public void testBasicDelegation() throws Exception {
    unionfs = createDefaultUnionFileSystem();
    Path fooPath = unionfs.getPath("/foo");
    Path inPath = unionfs.getPath("/in");
    Path outPath = unionfs.getPath("/out/in.txt");
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(inPath)).isSameAs(inDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(outPath)).isSameAs(outDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(fooPath)).isSameAs(defaultDelegate);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBasicXattr() throws Exception {
    Path fooPath = unionfs.getPath("/foo");
    Path inPath = unionfs.getPath("/in");
    Path outPath = unionfs.getPath("/out/in.txt");

    assertThat(inPath.getxattr(XATTR_KEY)).isEqualTo(XATTR_VAL.getBytes(UTF_8));
    assertThat(outPath.getxattr(XATTR_KEY)).isEqualTo(XATTR_VAL.getBytes(UTF_8));
    assertThat(fooPath.getxattr(XATTR_KEY)).isEqualTo(XATTR_VAL.getBytes(UTF_8));
    assertThat(inPath.getxattr("not_key")).isNull();
    assertThat(outPath.getxattr("not_key")).isNull();
    assertThat(fooPath.getxattr("not_key")).isNull();
  }

  @Test
  public void testDefaultFileSystemRequired() throws Exception {
    try {
      new UnionFileSystem(ImmutableMap.<PathFragment, FileSystem>of(), null);
      fail("Able to create a UnionFileSystem with no default!");
    } catch (NullPointerException expected) {
      // OK - should fail in this case.
    }
  }

  // Check for appropriate registration and lookup of delegate filesystems based
  // on path prefixes, including non-canonical paths.
  @Test
  public void testPrefixDelegation() throws Exception {
    unionfs =
        new UnionFileSystem(
            ImmutableMap.<PathFragment, FileSystem>of(
                PathFragment.create("/foo"), inDelegate,
                PathFragment.create("/foo/bar"), outDelegate),
            defaultDelegate);

    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/foo/foo.txt"))).isSameAs(inDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/foo/bar/foo.txt"))).isSameAs(outDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/foo/bar/../foo.txt"))).isSameAs(inDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/bar/foo.txt"))).isSameAs(defaultDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/foo/bar/../.."))).isSameAs(defaultDelegate);
  }

  // Checks that files cannot be modified when the filesystem is created
  // read-only, even if the delegate filesystems are read/write.
  @Test
  public void testModificationFlag() throws Exception {
    unionfs =
        new UnionFileSystem(
            ImmutableMap.of(
                PathFragment.create("/rw"), new XAttrInMemoryFs(BlazeClock.instance()),
                PathFragment.create("/ro"),
                    new XAttrInMemoryFs(BlazeClock.instance()) {
                      @Override
                      public boolean supportsModifications(Path path) {
                        return false;
                      }
                    }),
            defaultDelegate);
    Path rwPath = unionfs.getPath("/rw/foo.txt");
    Path roPath = unionfs.getPath("/ro/foo.txt");
    assertThat(unionfs.supportsModifications(rwPath)).isTrue();
    assertThat(unionfs.supportsModifications(roPath)).isFalse();
  }

  // Checks that roots of delegate filesystems are created outside of the
  // delegate filesystems; i.e. they can be seen from the filesystem of the parent.
  @Test
  public void testDelegateRootDirectoryCreation() throws Exception {
    Path foo = unionfs.getPath("/foo");
    Path bar = unionfs.getPath("/bar");
    Path out = unionfs.getPath("/out");
    assertThat(unionfs.createDirectory(foo)).isTrue();
    assertThat(unionfs.createDirectory(bar)).isTrue();
    assertThat(unionfs.createDirectory(out)).isTrue();
    Path outFile = unionfs.getPath("/out/in");
    FileSystemUtils.writeContentAsLatin1(outFile, "Out");

    // FileSystemTest.setUp() silently creates the test root on the filesystem...
    Path testDirUnderRoot = unionfs.getPath(workingDir.asFragment().subFragment(0, 1));
    assertThat(unionfs.getDirectoryEntries(unionfs.getRootDirectory()))
        .containsExactly(
            foo.getBaseName(),
            bar.getBaseName(),
            out.getBaseName(),
            testDirUnderRoot.getBaseName());
    assertThat(unionfs.getDirectoryEntries(out)).containsExactly(outFile.getBaseName());

    assertThat(defaultDelegate).isSameAs(unionfs.getDelegate(foo));
    assertThat(unionfs.adjustPath(foo, defaultDelegate).asFragment()).isEqualTo(foo.asFragment());
    assertThat(defaultDelegate).isSameAs(unionfs.getDelegate(bar));
    assertThat(outDelegate).isSameAs(unionfs.getDelegate(outFile));
    assertThat(outDelegate).isSameAs(unionfs.getDelegate(out));

    // As a fragment (i.e. without filesystem or root info), the path name should be preserved.
    assertThat(unionfs.adjustPath(outFile, outDelegate).asFragment())
        .isEqualTo(outFile.asFragment());
  }

  // Ensure that the right filesystem is still chosen when paths contain "..".
  @Test
  public void testDelegationOfUpLevelReferences() throws Exception {
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/in/../foo.txt"))).isSameAs(defaultDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/out/../in"))).isSameAs(inDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/out/../in/../out/foo.txt")))
        .isSameAs(outDelegate);
    assertThat(unionfs.getDelegate(unionfs.getPath("/in/./foo.txt"))).isSameAs(inDelegate);
  }

  // Basic *explicit* cross-filesystem symlink check.
  // Note: This does not work implicitly yet, as the next test illustrates.
  @Test
  public void testCrossDeviceSymlinks() throws Exception {
    assertThat(unionfs.createDirectory(unionfs.getPath("/out"))).isTrue();

    // Create an "/in" directory directly on the output delegate to bypass the
    // UnionFileSystem's mapping.
    assertThat(inDelegate.getPath("/in").createDirectory()).isTrue();
    OutputStream outStream = inDelegate.getPath("/in/bar.txt").getOutputStream();
    outStream.write('i');
    outStream.close();

    Path outFoo = unionfs.getPath("/out/foo");
    unionfs.createSymbolicLink(outFoo, PathFragment.create("../in/bar.txt"));
    assertThat(unionfs.stat(outFoo, false).isSymbolicLink()).isTrue();

    try {
      unionfs.stat(outFoo, true).isFile();
      fail("Stat on cross-device symlink succeeded!");
    } catch (FileNotFoundException expected) {
      // OK
    }

    Path resolved = unionfs.resolveSymbolicLinks(outFoo);
    assertThat(resolved.getFileSystem()).isSameAs(unionfs);
    InputStream barInput = resolved.getInputStream();
    int barChar = barInput.read();
    barInput.close();
    assertThat(barChar).isEqualTo('i');
  }

  @Test
  public void testNoDelegateLeakage() throws Exception {
    assertThat(unionfs.getPath("/in/foo.txt").getFileSystem()).isSameAs(unionfs);
    assertThat(unionfs.getPath("/in/foo/bar").getParentDirectory().getFileSystem())
        .isSameAs(unionfs);
    unionfs.createDirectory(unionfs.getPath("/out"));
    unionfs.createDirectory(unionfs.getPath("/out/foo"));
    unionfs.createDirectory(unionfs.getPath("/out/foo/bar"));
  }

  // Write using the VFS through a UnionFileSystem and check that the file can
  // be read back in the same location using standard Java IO.
  // There is a similar test in UnixFileSystem, but this is essential to ensure
  // that paths aren't being remapped in some nasty way on the underlying FS.
  @Test
  public void testDelegateOperationsReflectOnLocalFilesystem() throws Exception {
    unionfs =
        new UnionFileSystem(
            ImmutableMap.<PathFragment, FileSystem>of(
                workingDir.getParentDirectory().asFragment(), new UnixFileSystem()),
            defaultDelegate);
    // This is a child of the current tmpdir, and doesn't exist on its own.
    // It would be created in setup(), but of course, that didn't use a UnixFileSystem.
    unionfs.createDirectory(workingDir);
    Path testFile = unionfs.getPath(workingDir.getRelative("test_file").asFragment());
    assertThat(testFile.asFragment().startsWith(workingDir.asFragment())).isTrue();
    String testString = "This is a test file";
    FileSystemUtils.writeContentAsLatin1(testFile, testString);
    try {
      assertThat(new String(FileSystemUtils.readContentAsLatin1(testFile))).isEqualTo(testString);
    } finally {
      testFile.delete();
      assertThat(unionfs.delete(workingDir)).isTrue();
    }
  }

  // Regression test for [UnionFS: Directory creation across mapping fails.]
  @Test
  public void testCreateParentsAcrossMapping() throws Exception {
    unionfs =
        new UnionFileSystem(
            ImmutableMap.<PathFragment, FileSystem>of(PathFragment.create("/out/dir"), outDelegate),
            defaultDelegate);
    Path outDir = unionfs.getPath("/out/dir/biz/bang");
    FileSystemUtils.createDirectoryAndParents(outDir);
    assertThat(outDir.isDirectory()).isTrue();
  }

  private static class XAttrInMemoryFs extends InMemoryFileSystem {
    public XAttrInMemoryFs(Clock clock) {
      super(clock);
    }

    @Override
    protected byte[] getxattr(Path path, String name) {
      assertThat(path.getFileSystem()).isSameAs(this);
      return (name.equals(XATTR_KEY)) ? XATTR_VAL.getBytes(UTF_8) : null;
    }
  }
}


A lot of folks know that my husband and I like to take day trips. Our latest foray took us to Shelby, destination: The Earl Scruggs Center.
This foray came at the invitation of friends Jay and Sylvia, who had recently read a piece about the Center in Our State Magazine.
The Center is easy to find there in the old courthouse on the square. Opened just three years ago, it's a magnificent tribute to Scruggs, a favorite son who picked his way to fame with the Foggy Mountain Boys. Later paired with Lester Flatt, he recorded some notable tunes "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (Bonnie & Clyde), "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (The Beverly Hillbillies) as well as the soundtrack for Where the Lillies Bloom.
Scruggs was born and reared in the Flint Hills area of Cleveland County in a musical family, picking banjo tunes before he started first grade. One of five children, he is a tribute to single motherhood. His father died when Earl was only four. Earl Scruggs is credited with mastering the three-finger picking style.
The Center, billed as "Music and Stories from the American South," offers videos, displays, memorabilia and interactive exhibits. There are banjos for visitors to try out and a computerized "touch table" that lets up to four visitors explore various sounds, vintage photos and text to learn more about the wide world of country music. I've seen similar displays in London, Dublin and Las Vegas. Who would guess there's one in Shelby?
We drove past the Don Gibson Theatre, a vintage cinema that's been converted to a live theatre for country acts such as Rickey Skaggs, Mickey Gilley, Travis Tritt and the Bellamy Brothers.
Gibson, by the way, is buried under an impressive monument in the city cemetery. We learned this because the folks at Scruggs Center were more than happy to direct us to other points of interest.
One of the most impressive parts of this venture—aside from lunch at Bridges' Barbecue, was seeing how successfully a small North Carolina town has gotten their act together. Some town leaders obviously banded together to determine what would make a go in their town and Earl Scruggs, one of their favorite sons, is clearly it.
The other musical notable is songwriter Don Gibson, a second-grade dropout, went on to pen such hits as "Oh Lonesome Me" and "Sweet Dreams." He's a Country Music Hall of Famer.
The Shelby folks have recruited support of those respective families and some major donors, of course, and have made some beautiful music out of what was once a ho-hum downtown district.
That kind of can-do spirit is to be admired. If lazy little Shelby isn't a place you've thought about to visit lately, think again. It's a delightful day trip or stopover on the way to the South Carolina mountains.
I was duly impressed with how they drew in other local color. Exhibits of the textile industry and a quote from local author Ron Rash, an attraction in and of himself. His 2008 novel Serena, which later became a movie, is considered one of the major novels of our time.
It's refreshing to see local folks get their act together. Clearly the people of Shelby have put their town on the map.
The Scruggs Center, in the heart of downtown, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Saturday. Wednesday hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.


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DataTable dt = ((DataView)myDG.ItemsSource).ToTable();

But I have 20+ columns, and only 10 of them is visible - how can I get only visible ones?
Thanks

A: if you want to have physical columns which are visible then you can directly iterate over datagrid columns collection like
IEnumerable<DataGridColumn> visibleColumns = dataGrid.Columns.Where<DataGridColumn>(col => col.Visibility == System.Windows.Visibility.Visible);

and then you can iterate over your DataTable records to get the value of field which has name equal to visibleColumn.Header.

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When the sun hides behind the threat of thunderstorm clouds all day I figure it is time to walk the dog in search of a bit of sunshine. Find it we did!
Native Florida wildflowers to the rescue!
I think my dog Valentino enjoys Spring flowers and Florida sunshine as much as I do. On our neighborhood walk today he led me out of the clouds and into a patch of sunny yellow wildflowers.
While many consider these native Florida wildflowers weeds, I consider them welcome sprinkles of sunshine. Obviously, my dog does too!
Share your dog-related story or review on a blog post of your own and link up with us this week for PAWSIT Hop Saturday! You can submit your blog links any time throughout the week.


Articulate Storyline was created to help its users create engaging and interactive courses, thereby taking eLearning to the next level. It makes the job of an eLearning designer very simple. Let's now explore the five best features of Articulate that helps you to create next generation eLearning courses.
If you are an eLearning specialist, you have to build courses in such a way that works on multiple devices. And because your course has to work on multiple devices doesn't mean you have more time to work or you have to work long hours to meet deadlines. Articulate provides a solution for this as it helps you to create interactive multi-device courses without much effort.
Unlike many other authoring tools where you might have to modify the course to suit other devices that a learner might use, Articulate Storyline does the work for you. All you have to do is simply build the course and Articulate's responsive player does the rest of the job for you. It also provides a preview of how the course will appear in other devices in the preview window. You can just click through the different device and orientation icons to see how the course you created automatically adjusts for other devices.
Once you publish the course using Articulate, you can see that the responsive mobile course player automatically scales to fit the screen that the learner is using thus providing the best experience for the slide-based eLearning courses. Another important fact is it doesn't require any special app – it works in the device's browser. On smaller devices such as smartphones and tablets, the size of the player is reduced without rearranging the content in the slides and aligning the course content center staged.
Gone are the days when you have to start the work with a blank slide. Thanks to the new Content Library in Articulate that helps you to create professional-looking courses faster. The content library has a library of professionally designed, customizable slide templates and characters that can be readily used to create professional eLearning courses. So all you have to do is select a template from the library, insert content and publish it – all just using Articulate.
Articulate simplifies and speeds the review process by integrating with the new tool – Articulate Review. This offers a solution to the challenges faced during the review cycle as it enables the stakeholders to review the courses and provide feedback in a single place. The review comments can be placed next to the slide that is being reviewed, making it faster and easier to collaborate with others.
The pre-built interactive objects enables the learners to manipulate data and explore cause-and-effect relationships. With all the new triggers added, creating interactive courses is easier than ever. With the help of these powerful features, you can create interactive courses easier.


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More Law, Less Justice
Posted by The Celtic Underground | Oct 7, 2011 | Season 2011-2012 | 0 |
The potential issues that surround this list of possible offences are significant. For example, the fact that offensive behaviour applies to matches not just in Scotland will surely open a hornets nest of legal and judicial quandaries. What would happen if offensive behaviour took place at away European matches? How would punishment be dispensed or indeed even merited?
The absence of domestic property in the section where matches are broadcasted are an interesting omission especially considering the frequent publishing of domestic abuse figures after Celtic-Rangers games. Surely the writers of the bill would consider domestic abuse as offensive or threatening behaviour and it is certainly not inconceivable that some of this domestic abuse would have sectarian overtones?
The Scottish mainstream media's love-in with the 'Tartan Army' will also be surely put to the test if their now famous levels of xenophobia are displayed (especially if Scotland's opposition on any occasion is England). Scotland fans, for example, roundly booed 'God save the Queen' at the Nations Cup tournament in Dublin before the summer. Would this behaviour bring punishment for Scotland fans? If so, how?
The biggest variable within this whole 'rap sheet' however is that it will be up to the police, at any individual incident, to judge what is "expressing or inciting religious, racial or other forms of hatred" and/or "threatening or offensive behaviour". How will levels of consistency be maintained? What will happen if they are not?
Nevertheless, the bill is not without some merit. The 'Threatening Communications' section is a measure that has needed to be taken for some time now as the internet and technology has expanded rapidly. Under the bill "his offence will strengthen current law covering threats of serious harm and criminalise threats inciting religious hatred. It covers:
threats of serious harm intended to cause fear and alarm, or reckless as to whether it does;
implied threats (e.g. bullets or images depicting serious harm)
threats intended to incite religious hatred.
it will be a defence that the behaviour was in the situation "reasonable", to ensure that artistic performance etc. are excluded.
Maximum penalty of an unlimited fine and 5 years in prison."[ii]
With the increase in 'keyboard hardmen' and dedicated facebook pages that support the inflicting of harm and violence on certain individuals, nobody should be under the illusion that these particular measures are not necessary. Due to the nature of the internet (and social networking in particular) , the lack of standards of decency has seen a growth in the perception amongst people that offences in cyber world are not subject to the same legalities as the real world. Nevertheless, the clause that states that certain behaviours would be reasonable in an artistic context needs more clarity. again it will be up to the individual police officer investigating that certain event or incident to decide whether or not the was reasonable artistic expression!
Coupled with the confusion and lack of clarity within potential offences has been the arbitrary choice of 'expert consultants'. The consultation experts that the architects of this proposed bill have approached have ranged from the expert to the celebrity. This was typified by the inclusion of journalist Graham Spiers and 'pundit' Pat Nevin for reasons as yet unclear. In their summations, both Spiers and Nevin (in particular) appeared to direct any blame, and lack of action, on sectarianism onto Celtic and Rangers without any attempt at contextualising the problem (i.e. demonstrating the problem as a nation wide one as opposed to simply an 'old firm' problem) and ignored any possible responsibility that regulatory bodies may have had in perpetuating the problem e.g. SPL or SFA. For example Mr Nevin told the committee: "Whatever we do, I want to make it [sectarianism] culturally unacceptable and legislation may be needed to do that. I feel that a number of people feel there isn't a problem [sic], they say ultimately it is something you let Celtic and Rangers get on with it, it will be sorted, Uefa don't agree with that. I hope that good legislation can go through." Mr Spiers, who said that as a child he supported Rangers, said some supporters liked the "old offensive, bigoted chants". He told the committee: "Supporters in private like the songs, but in a public forum they don't want to admit it. Fans have been pulled kicking and screaming into this debate"[iii] There was no specifics or definitions mentioned nor were there any possible solutions highlighted by these speakers.
Compare these shallow contributions with the intellectual vigour and criticism of Professor Tom Devine, who warned the bill could be "counterproductive". He said the main "difficulty" police, prosecutors, sheriffs and juries will have will be within the definition of "offensive behaviour", a term which he suggested covered much more than sectarian attacks. "I can't define what is offensive. Offensiveness is in the eye of the beholder…You've continuously asked witnesses throughout this process to define what this means and intellectually the answers have been unconvincing.". He said it was "inevitable" that people will fall foul of the new legislation who do not regard their conduct as criminal and who would not have breached existing laws. He also said the legislation encroached on legal areas that are "particularly controversial, ambiguous, and the legal process will perhaps end up looking like an ass…The original legislation of 2003 in relation to some of the issues that confront you is perfectly adequate." In Professor Devine's opinion, the main problem was lack of enforcement by police at football matches and that the only loophole needed to be fixed by the new Bill was offensive behaviour in electronic form, such as email or posts on football websites.[iv]
The speed at which this bill consultation was completed at was also un-nevering and has drawn high-profile and expert criticism. For example, the Glasgow Herald stated in a recent editorial that "Sound legislation must be evidence-based. Yet…the Scottish Government has failed to publish the figures about sectarian hate crime accumulated over the past eight years, adding to the suspicion that this would reveal most of it is directed against Catholics. Certainly action is required on internet hate crime but, in the absence of empirical evidence, would the ends of justice be better served by simply enforcing current anti-sectarian legislation more rigorously? Or by marginally widening the definition of breach of the peace to make it easier to target rabble rousers at football grounds?"[v]
Bill McVicar, the convener of the criminal law committee at the Law Society of Scotland, also stated in The Scotsman that: "With the threatening communications element of the new bill, our view has been that it does not add to the law, as to make threats to anyone is already an offence in common law. We recognise something needs to be done about these issues, but not new legislation – rather better enforcement of existing laws."[vi]
Leading sociologist Stuart Waiton, wiriting for the 'Free Society' website was also highly critical of the make up of the bill as well as media reporting of sectarianism itself: "Reading the bill one would think that Glasgow was a place of virtual tribal warfare. However, the very fact that the concerns raised are almost entirely related to Celtic and Rangers actually undermines this idea. If sectarianism were a serious issue and social force in Scottish society, then chants, abuse and even the occasional fight at a football match would be seen as pretty insignificant to the wider problem…the notoriety of 'sectarianism' increasingly looks like something that is kept alive less by bigots themselves than by a political and media class who use it as a form of pornography – something to get off on while grandstanding and looking important, standing tall against this straw man that is such a 'blight on Scotland's national game and upon Scotland itself'.[vii] He also stated in a different article that the bill itself was as a "snob's law" that would effectively make any sort of unpleasant behaviour at football matches a crime and that the legislation could be construed as an assault on free speech. He said: "Tolerance does not mean we are 'non-judgemental'. It is all about judging. We should say what we think about one another, about what their fans and what our own fans are saying. That is what a free, tolerant society is all about. Genuine tolerance means we judge, say what we think, but also accept that others who we disagree with must also have that freedom without the threat of arrest."[viii]
Ultimately, the SNP have proved to be dreadfully reactive in regards to anything regarding sectarianism. Absolutely no measures were taken to combat sectarianism in any way during the SNP's first term in office and it took a massive media over-reaction to a bad-tempered (but not violent) Celtic-Rangers game to actually spur them into action more recently albeit in an unsubstantive and shallow manner.
As one message board contributor has outlined: "this discussion is the result of politicians recoiling in horror at what happens at and around football games in Scotland, asking themselves how things can be thus in the twenty-first century and not really liking the answer very much. It is extremely unpalatable…It's far easier to insist that both sides are as bad as each other and that it's confined to the west of Scotland…Yes, it's about religion, which a lot of people prefer not to talk about, but it's also undeniably linked to football, which we all like to talk about."[ix]
The SNP's aims and objectives regarding this legislation are also unclear and there is realm of thought that proposes that, such was the scale of the most recent SNP electoral victory that the ultimate SNP goal of independence is very attainable. Therefore the new preoccupation of the SNP government is to try and keep the electorate sweet for 4 more years and any major controversy which has the likelihood of splitting the population should be kept a lid on.[x]
I stated in a previous piece that "The SNP took over as the Scottish Government four years ago and, under their term in office, have allowed bigotry and sectarianism to run wild. No attempts have been made to deal with bigotry by the SNP and the height of their involvement was a media-friendly summit that was big on publicity and short on substance and measures. We are still awaiting the SNP 'master-plan' to deal with bigotry and, in the meantime, we have had the justice minister Kenny MacAskill commend the marvellous atmosphere of the league cup final – a league cup final littered with numerous renditions of 'no pope of Rome', the 'famine song', and the 'billy boys'. The SNP need to up their game significantly over the coming period to avoid any 'absent landlord' comparisons with their previous term in office".[xi] One can reasonably surmise that the SNP have not raised their game in the slightest. Instead, we appear to be heading for the imposition of, not just bad legislation but, knee-jerk, ill-conceived legislation. What would we have expected in reality though? The entire premise for the SNP's approach to sectarianism appears to have been a bad-tempered football game. I hope for the sake of the rest of us that the remainder of the SNP's manifesto is not based in such similar superficial reasons.
I will leave the last word to someone who experienced his fair share of the law, and law-makers, failing to discharge their responsibilities and duties correctly:
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/law/sectarianism-action-1/football-violence/bill/Q/editmode/on/forceupdate/on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14800819
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/8763546/Tom-Devine-SNPs-anti-sectarian-bill-is-a-disaster.html
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/good-law-needed-on-sectarianism-1.1127494
http://news.scotsman.com/comment/Bill-McVicar-Why-are-we.6837241.jp?articlepage=2
http://www.thefreesociety.org/Issues/Free-Speech/the-anti-bigot-bigots
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/National/article/17646/abertay-lecturer-urges-old-firm-fans-to-take-stand-against-disproportionate-bill.html
http://celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=6656&cpage=2#comments
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/salmond-to-meet-bishop-as-bigotry-bill-row-escalates-1.1127726
http://celticunderground.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=664:settling-scores&catid=45:season-2010-2011&Itemid=80
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NG-Conf 2016 - Day One Wrap Up
I just finished up the first day of ng-conf 2016 and as usual, it has been a great informative conference. Thanks to the organizers, sponsors, and Angular team members for all your efforts.
Here are some highlights from today:
Brad Green's keynote address, of course, covered the big picture of the Angular development work. The Angular1 site had 1.3 million visitors and the Angular2 site has already had 306 thousand visitors, even though the first release candidate was only made available yesterday. The team is focused on making Angular2 a robust framework, but there are still some gaps to fill before it will be ready for production release.
What was really impressive is the breadth of applications that can be created with Angular2. Web applications we all know and love are just part of the story. You can create progressive apps that can be used offline. You can create mobile web applications with native-like user interface using Ionic. You can create truly native mobile applications with NativeScript. You can create cross-platform desktop application on top of Electron.
If need a quick look at what Angular2 actually looks like, John Papa does a great job of live-coding an Angular2 application.
The features around localized CSS are a very nice addition to Angular2. Being able to create a component with it's own CSS that doesn't leak out to other HTML elements will really help in the creation of reusable components. Justin Schwartzenberger provides the details.
Universal applications (where the Angular2 application is rendered on the server rather than just in the browser) will provide a lot of value. This is not only for Search Engine Optimization (SEO), but it will also help with Progressive Web Applications. Jeffrey Whelpey and Patrick Stapleton talk about some of the issues they had to work through to create the framework for Universal applications.
Misko Hevery gives a big picture view of the important features of the router in Angular2. As I mentioned, the first Angular2 release candidate (RC1) was made available just yesterday and I'm in the process of upgrading my Angular2/Redux example application to the release candidate. But the router functionality was changed significantly from the Beta release. These changes are detailed here.
Augury is the new tool that replaces the Batarang tool used for Angular1 applications. It will have a much broader feature set than the original.
The documentation has been updated at Angular.io and now also includes the Angular2 Style Guide.
Julie Ralph gave some interesting details about how Zones.js is used to improve testing in Angular2.
One of the most interesting presentations was by Tero Parviainen demonstrating "Generative Art" using Angular2. It was an impressive demo not only because of the application being demonstrated, but I thought it also showed the elegance of Angular2 itself.
And of course, Shai Reznik does another hilarious ribbing of the Angular team.
Looking forward to Day Two!