Hello arty-crafty folks! Hope you celebrated the 'World Watercolor Month' with lot of colorful creations this July. In the last 'Crafter in the Spotlight' for this month, let's read about the crafting journey of Priti Jani, an enthusiastic crafter who has lived in different parts of the country but is now settled in Bangalore.
A computer science graduate, Priti is originally from Durgapur, West Bengal. She had a flair for art and craft since her school days and was encouraged to try various crafts like card making, décor projects, clay work in her school.
Her love for art and craft rekindled when she tried her hands on a felt fabric kit from Itsy Bitsy. It got her interested in learning about new craft forms. Since then, there has been no looking back. Priti's favourite craft form is decoupage. She is now turning her ideas into creations!
Read further to find out more about how did Priti get into crafting, her crafting style, her favorite Itsy Bitsy offerings and catch glimpses of a step-by-step project by her. Don't forget to shower some love and best wishes on Priti in the comments section.
Rashmi Closepet MD, Itsy Bitsy : Tell us a bit about yourself & your background?
Priti Jain: Hi everybody, this is Priti. Though I am from Durgapur, West Bengal but I have grown up in different parts of the country for education (Durgapur, Dehradun, Kota and then Bangalore). A computer science graduate, I worked in the IT industry for more than 10 years, most of it as a technical writer and then became a home-maker when our bundle of joy arrived.
RC: How did you get into crafting?
PJ : I have always been passionate about art and craft since school days, especially all through my boarding school days where we were encouraged to make something like cards, wall décor using stitch kits, pottery, clay work etc.
As my daughter was growing up, I got engaged in teaching her new things like colors, shapes etc and my passion for crafting reignited. I started reading about the different crafting techniques being used by crafters. I used the felt fabric kit from Itsy Bitsy to make fruits and vegetables for my daughter and then one thing lead to another and here I am, crafting to turn my ideas into creations.
RC: What is your favourite type of craft?
RC: What are your favourite products at Itsy Bitsy?
PJ: The list is endless but my favorites include Chalk Paints, Decoupage glues and Varnish, Mixed media paste, handmade Flowers, Burlap, Sparkle Paste, etc.
RC: If you had magical powers, how would you contribute to the Crafting World?
PJ: If I had magical powers, I would make all craft supplies endlessly available. As soon as a jar of glue got empty, it would refill itself automatically, thereby ensuring no artist / crafter has to stop their creations midway.
RC: Your prized possession in your craft stash from Itsy Bitsy?
PJ: I really can't thank the Itsy Bitsy team enough for the awesome craft supplies. Chalk paints and mixed media paste are my favorite.
RC: How would you describe your style of crafting?
PJ: Imbibing a bit of gracefulness in my designs.
RC: How do you organize your time for crafting?
PJ: My little one's sleep schedule gives me ample time for my crafting hobby.
PJ: Get started, that's all it takes. The world never has enough artists/crafters.
RC: Your all -time favourite quote?
I recently bought a few pen holders from the Itsy Bitsy, Banashankari store at an amazing offer price.
So, here's my step by step procedure of working on it using decoupage techniques.
These are the Itsy Bitsy products which I will be using for today's tutorial.
I used some sandpaper to clean the surface of the pen holder. Later, I applied the newly released Plum and the Snow chalk paint on the surface of the pen holder. The quality of these chalk paints is really amazing.
I used the decoupage matte glue to layer the 3-ply decoupage napkin. Thereafter, I covered small portions at a time to avoid creases or air bubbles.
Once dry, it looked clean and wrinkle free. I used the sand paper to remove the extra napkin stuck on the top and bottom edges. Then, I applied varnish on the top edges and inside the holder. The consistency of the decoupage glue and varnish is just perfect for layering/adhering the napkin.
Now it's time to use the 2 steps Crackle Medium. I just followed the instructions given on both the bottles. I applied the base coat on top of the napkin area.
I left it to dry completely.
Then I applied the top coat on the napkin area and left it to dry. Later, I rubbed some distress ink and immediately cleaned the surface using the wet wipes so that the cracks are easily visible.
Many congrats Priti for being the CRAFTER IN THE SPOTLIGHT – ITSY BITSY!!
You will receive Rs.500/- Itsy Bitsy gift voucher & a Crafter in the Spotlight badge, which can be proudly displayed on the side bar of your blog and other platforms. Looking forward to many more creations, Happy Crafting!


Another day another blog, I should have started this one last night but Civilization 5's Brave New World expansion is out, and it's really good. I am going to try to finish the Go Bag series before moving on to 'web 2.0 forensics' and dealing with JSON fragments. In other news I'm reaching out to more companies I like that provide forensic products I use that want to provide prizes for the Sunday Funday contests. I'm happy to announce that Paraben is offering free tickets to the PFIC conference. The first of them, a $399 ticket, will be given away this Sunday to the best answer to make sure to pencil in some time on Sunday if you are interested. I'll be speaking there as well some other very talented DFIR pros and the conference is a great deal of fun, and its held in a ski resort!
Note: Remember that most NAS's are not windows embedded systems and thus will likely not have the same file system internally that the custodian was using. This means the custodians computer will treat the underlying file share as it would any windows network file share but what file system metadata actually gets recorded (change versus recorded time stamps for instance) depends on what file system the NAS has formatted the volume to do be.
These devices typically have a couple of drives internally and run embedded linux. Some of these will just have one drive. You can either remove the drive and image it or in some models attach it to your imaging laptop via USB. The important part here is that you realize there is a difference between what the NAS exposes and what you can acquire.
Physically imaging the drives - typically consumer grade NAS systems don't have iSCSI so i'll leave that option out of this section. You will have two options at this point, you can remove the drives from the NAS and image them (for many models this is easy as they are meant to be swapped out) or if you are luck and there is a USB port you can attach the NAS to your system for imaging. Remember to use a USB write blocker (software or hardware) to prevent writing to the drives.
Small business NAS's typically have more features but lack the USB option for direct connection. What feature they will typically add though is iSCSI. iSCSI allows you to present the local physical disk to another system over the network, this is how f-response provides access to remote disks (but they do so in a read only fashion). If you can create an iSCSI connection then you can get the physical image you want using any tool that you have on your forensic workstation, if your going to do this i would recommend doing it in Linux or WinFE to prevent the system from touching the disk as I'm not aware of a iSCSI write blocking solution outside of f-response.
If iSCSI is not available then look at the other two options listed to determine what you have available to you.
Enterprise NAS systems like those from NetApp may or may not have an iSCSI function but what they typically do have is some type of maintenance connection giving you a command shell on the local system. With these systems I typically will acquire the data logically and then log into the command shell and run dd locally and output the data to my collection system via a netcat listner. This isn't fast but when you get to proprietary systems it may become the only way to get the data out.
If i can actually load a utility onto the box for execution f-response is a great option here.
If you want system logs or data you can also logically take the contents of the running NAS out over a netcat listener this way as well.
Time to put together my notes and see whats left for this series before moving on. Have questions about handling onsite imaging situations? Ask them in the comments!


John Harcha of Portsmouth, Ohio, graduated from Marietta College's Physician Assistant Studies Program during a ceremony in the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center on July 18, 2015. In all, 36 students were part of the 12th graduating class that completed the 26-month program.
Harcha earned a bachelor's degree from Shawnee State University before starting the Master of Science program.
The Physician's Assistant Program began in 2002 after receiving a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
The master's program is designed to help meet the need for qualified health care providers, by choosing individuals who have the academic, clinical, and interpersonal aptitudes necessary for education as physician assistants.
The program is broken into two phases — didactic and clinical. The didactic phase begins with classroom and lab experiences in the basic medical sciences and clinical medicine. It is scheduled for the first 12 months. The clinical phase, which includes the capstone project, is designed to provide instruction in the clinical setting by physicians and PA preceptors. It is scheduled for the final 14 months.
Students who wish to enter the program must have already obtained a bachelor's degree, having earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in all prerequisites and their GRE scores.
Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,300 full-time students. The College offers 45 majors and has been listed among Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review.


at a young age. I've always been intrigued with images that have a mystery to them. I believe that when our eyes find the image there should be a question, a hint of the unknown. I want the viewer to look and not necessarily see the intentions, maybe they will look a little longer.
The beginnings of my career in filmmaking began at the age on 10. My first efforts were in Super 8, and the subjects ranged from Vampires to Cowboys. I continued until I started making 16mm short films by the time I was 16. During this time, I worked a few summers with a commercial production company, it was here that I developed an interest in commercial spot work. After that, I went on to work as a cameraman / editor for a local TV station. My next move was on to a film equipment rental house. I took that direction as a means of having access to film equipment to produce my own short films. During my 8 years in that end of the business, with the help of an AFI grant I produced four short films.
During the past 27 years I have worked as Director/DP on numerous projects for clients such as Bellsouth, Dodge, Jefferson Pilot Insurance, Remington, Belks Department stores,Carolinas Health Care, Lowes Foods and more. Awards include several Addys, Emmy, Promax Silver Medallion and Telly awards.
My philosophy on what I do is to prepare as much as possible and have a good time and do great work.


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Roanoke woman found slain in a trash bin in Las Vegas a 'beautiful person who suffered from a horrific disease'
Tess Henry and her son
The Roanoke Times | Dec. 28, 2017
Theresa Henry wanted to come home.
She would call her mother and say, "Please get me home. I want to get home."
Her mother, Patricia Mehrmann, spent weeks trying to coordinate how to get her 28-year-old daughter, who went by Tess, out of Las Vegas and back to Roanoke. Henry had gone to Las Vegas in February so she could go through a long-term treatment program for her opioid addiction. But the treatment didn't work out.
Mehrmann told her daughter that all she wanted for Christmas was for her to get home.
But on Christmas Eve, Mehrmann received the kind of news she always knew was a possibility but hoped would never come. But she figured it would be a call about an overdose.
On Christmas Eve, a homeless man found her daughter's unclothed body at the bottom of a trash bin in Las Vegas. She had been partially burned, plastic melted to her body, police said. She died of head trauma. Police are searching for her killer.
"What happened to my daughter, I'm beyond understanding why this happened to her in this way," Mehrmann said. "How someone could do something like that to her?"
Henry had been wandering the streets since May after she abandoned treatment programs, her mother said.
Mehrmann said she kept her cell phone close so she wouldn't miss any communications from her daughter. She always sent her reminders of how much she was loved and that her 2-year-old son couldn't wait to see her again.
Henry assured her mother that she was a soldier, that she was tough and could hold her own in the streets. Mehrmann said her daughter never indicated to her that she was in any serious danger.
"She was the strongest soldier I ever knew," Mehrmann said. "But I told her to be careful because even soldiers fall."
Henry grew up in Roanoke, but went to high school at Cave Spring in Roanoke County. Mehrmann said she enrolled her daughter there because she was talented at basketball and wanted her to play on a good team.
Henry had been battling addiction since high school. Her mother said it started with cough syrup with codeine in it. Then she started experimenting with pills and other substances. Soon, she was hooked on heroin and methamphetamine.
Henry tried a treatment program in Galax, but it didn't work out. Mehrmann and Henry's father found the long-term program in Las Vegas that included transitional housing. After that program also didn't work out, Henry went to another 30-day program, which she completed.
Everyone thought it was best that Henry come back to Roanoke to regroup and find a new treatment program. Getting her home also presented challenges. A bus ride would take days, and she would begin detoxing. They were trying to find a direct flight from Las Vegas to Roanoke.
"I'm just at a loss for the ending of her story," Mehrmann said. "She didn't get another chance to fight her way out of this disease with the support here."
Mehrmann said if there is anything positive to come from what happened to her daughter, more people will talk about the struggle of addiction. She's hopeful that as more people talk about what they're going through or families talk about the loss of a loved one, the stigma will be reduced and more promising solutions to the opioid crisis will emerge.
She said her daughter knew people judged her for her addiction and looked down on her losing custody of her son.
"People like Tess, I see her as one of the strongest women I can ever imagine," Mehrmann said. "Not just because of the struggles of living on the street, but because when you come from an addiction like that and are around people who look down on you because of your disease, she still walked among them and held her head high. There were so many times I was with her and I knew the smile on her face was not a real smile. I knew the comments people made caused her pain. But she would be silent and smile through it."
Mehrmann expects her daughter to return home in the next few days for her funeral.
"She's a beautiful person who suffered from a horrific disease," Mehrmann said. "Addiction is not something people choose. People don't want to shoot up and live in the streets and be hungry. That's not a dream. It's an addiction, a disease. And it's one of the hardest diseases to fight."

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aleo solar unveils new high-power module
Prenzlau / Berlin – aleo solar has presented a new high-power module that generates yields of around ten percent higher than those produced by conventional PV modules. Since being acquired by the Taiwanese solar company Sunrise Global Energy in the spring of this year, aleo has reopened its production plant in Prenzlau under German-Taiwanese management and has now released its monocrystalline 300 watt high-power module.
"We have improved our module and cell technology even more and brought together our best components to create the new aleo high-power PV module. For example, we have successfully integrated a cell connector capable of reflecting light in such a way that a higher proportion reaches each cell. In doing so, we have been able to solve a technical problem that many manufacturers are currently striving to overcome and have used this solution to boost our module's performance," states Günter Schulze, Managing Director of aleo solar GmbH. The qualified mechanical engineer previously held the position of CTO at aleo solar AG, before which he had set up plants for a number of other companies. He and Taiwanese Managing Director William Chen, who had formerly been Assistant Vice President of Sunrise Global Energy, have been at the helm of aleo solar GmbH since May 2014. "Before being taken over, we only bought our cells from Sunrise. However, joining forces has enabled us to develop cells and products together, which is excellent news for us and the quality of our modules. The collaboration has also resulted in aleo being able to cover the entire production chain."
Thanks to its combination of carefully selected components and state-of-the art solar cells, the 300 watt module has an efficiency value of more than 18.3 percent. In addition to the cell connectors, anti-reflection coated front glass and a highly transparent EVA film enable more light to reach the cells. The module also reacts especially well to weak light conditions, producing only approximately two percent less power when exposed to diffuse light and during the morning and evening as it does in full sunshine. In Germany, around 60 percent of the annual amount of irradiation is classified as weak light.
"When taken together, all the characteristics of the module result in it generating roughly 20 percent more power over the same surface area than a standard 250 watt module. This means that to fit a system with the same level of output on a roof, installers must, for example, only install ten modules instead of twelve, saving both time and money," explains Thomas Platzeck, Head of Development at aleo solar.
The aleo production plant in Prenzlau has been manufacturing modules again since the end of May and currently has a production capacity of 120 megawatts (MW). aleo solar GmbH employs around 190 members of staff in sales and production.
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Renewables cover 44 percent of Germany's electricity consumption
In the first half of 2019, solar, wind and other renewable sources accounted for 44 percent of the electricity consumed in Germany, marking a record high. Preliminary calculations by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Federal Association of Energy and Water Management (BDEW) yielded this figure. Renewables had accounted for 39 percent of electricity consumption in the first half of 2018.
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Many governments around the world are pushing for more renewable energy, a big percentage coming from solar. Taiwan manufacturers are seizing every opportunity to introduce high-quality and innovative products. Intersolar is the leading solar exhibition and will be held this year in Munich, Germany from May 15-17, 2019. Taiwan Solar Pavilion will be comprised of 13 Taiwanese companies that offer a one-stop total solution to solar needs.
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'Morning Coffee', New York, New Jersey Sports Overload Edition
By Jared Smith@JaredSmithCNY Apr 26, 2012, 9:02am EDT
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Whose idea was it to hold the first round of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall and also TWO Game 7s, one at Madison Square Garden (Rangers vs. Senators) and the other in Miami Gardens (Panthers vs. Devils) on the same day, a pair in the same city? Wow.
(Oh, and the New York Knicks are finishing up their regular season at Charlotte too!)
If there's one thing for certain Thursday -- besides the certain drama from an almost unpredictable first-round and the intensity of Game 7s -- is that New York/New Jersey sports fans will be in overload. And to be honest, isn't that how we want it?
Rangers, Senators, Game 7, Madison Square Garden -- Enough Said
So far, the NHL playoffs have featured already one Game 7 -- Washington advanced past Boston Wednesday night -- and sandwich between a third is New York and Ottawa (7 p.m. on NBC Sports Network). A lot has happened to get to this point, and most blueshirt fans are hoping the home-ice advantage will be what puts them over the top.
NFL Draft Round 1, Radio City Music Hall -- Does It Get Any Better?
New York Giants and Jets fans, your teams are officially on the clock at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN or NFL Network. Months after winning Super Bowl 46, the Giants will try to fill-in some pieces to make another title run. Meanwhile, the Jets are trying to get better so they can live up to the promises of their head coach.
If you need a scouting report on possible prospects, SB Nation New York has a position-by-position StoryStream going.
More Morning Coffee after the jump...
Devils, Panthers, Game 7 -- Hey! We're Playing Too!
At 8:30 p.m. on NHL Network, New Jersey fans will pray goaltender Martin Brodeur returns to his old self and the Devils can score enough goals to advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The recaps from Wednesday night...
Rangers 7, Yankees 3: Hours after hearing the terrible news about starting pitcher Michael Pineda, who will miss this season and the beginning of next season to shoulder surgery, New York lost the three-game set in Arlington, TX. The good news? Shortstop Derek Jeter kept up his torrid hitting streak going 2-for-4 at the plate.
Mets 5, Marlins 1: What the heck is going on in Flushing? Behind a two-run home run by David Wright and a solid pitching performance from R.A. Dicky (one earned run over seven innings), New York downed Miami for the second straight night.
Knicks 99, Clippers 93: By the way, the Knicks played last night and won. New York can clinch the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference with a victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Thursday.
Side note: Meanwhile, at Madison Square Garden last night, Jets' quarterback Mark Sanchez and wide receiver Santonio Holmes were booed. I figured most Knicks fans as Giants fans anyway.
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Richard Dale Jenkins was born on the 4th May 1947, in DeKalb, Illinois, USA and is an actor best known for his roles in the movies "Flirting with Disaster" (1996), "The Visitor" (2007), "Step Brothers" (2008), "The Cabin in the Woods" and "Jack Reacher" both in 2012 as well as in TV series such as "Six Feet Under" and "Olive Kitteridge". For the latter engagement, Richard was honored with a Primetime Emmy Award.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this veteran actor has accumulated so far? How rich Richard Jenkins is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total size of Richard Jenkins' net worth, as of early 2017, is over $8 million, acquired through his acting career abundant with credits in almost 100 film and TV series, and which has been active since 1974.
Richard was born to homemaker Mary Elizabeth and dentist Dale Stevens Jenkins, and has a bit of Irish, English, Welsh as well as German ancestry. After matriculating from DeKalb High School, Richard enrolled at Illinois Wesleyan University from which he graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts. He then transferred to Providence, Rhode Island where he joined the Trinity Repertory Company within which he stayed for the next 15 years, with occasional outings to movies and television. However, his Trinity Repertory Company engagements provided the basis for Richard Jenkins' now respectable overall net worth.
Richard Jenkins debuted as an on-camera actor in 1974, in "Feasting with Panthers", one episode of the "Great Performances" TV series, and later in another episode, "Brother to Dragons" in 1975. However, he continued his theatre career until he was cast in a support role in Lawrence Kasdan's 1985 western movie "Silverado". Ever since, Richard Jenkins has managed to keep a continuous streak of on-camera acting roles in numerous movies as well as TV series. All these engagements have certainly helped Richard Jenkins to further increase his overall net worth.
In the late 1980s Jenkins began to appear in more demanding roles, and got the chance to show his full acting potential. In 1985 he was cast as a DEA agent in one episode of "Miami Vice" TV series and in 1989 he appeared in the Al Pacino-featured crime drama "Sea of Love". Between 1990 and 1994, Richard served as Trinity Repertory Theater's artistic director, then in 1996, he secured a notable role in David O. Russell's comedy "Flirting with Disaster" featuring Ben Stiller in the leading role. Between 2001 and 2005, Richard Jenkins starred as Nathaniel Fisher in HBO's drama television series "Six Feet Under". Although his character was killed in the very first episode of the show, he reprised his role as a ghost in another 20 episode through all five seasons. It is certain that the latter role and the whole "Six Feet Under" engagement helped Richard Jenkins to increase his popularity as well as the total size of his wealth by a large margin.
For the main role of Professor Walter Vale in Tim McCarthy's 2007 drama "The Visitor", Richard Jenkins was honored with an Academy Award nomination as well as with almost a dozen other prestigious film festival award nominations. In 2008, Richard appeared in two comedies, "Step Brothers" and "Burn After Reading" and for both engagements was rewarded with San Diego Film Critics Society Special Awards. Some other notable roles of Jenkins' include appearances in Hollywood motion pictures such as "The Core" (2003), "Eat Pray Love" (2010), "The Rum Diary" (2011) and "Killing Them Softly" (2012). For the role of Henry Kitteridge, the father of the title character in 2014 TV mini-series "Olive Kitteridge", Richard received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. Doubtlessly, all these roles and achievements have dramatically impacted Richard Jenkins' overall net worth in a positive way.
When it comes to his personal life, Richard Jenkins has been married since 1969 to his college sweetheart, Sharon R. Friedrick with whom he has a son and a daughter. With his family, he currently resides in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Place Of Birth DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.
1 (On his role in the 1985 film Silverado) I auditioned for this really great part, and I remember my manager called me up and said "You got it! You're Kelly." And I said "Who?" "Kelly." I searched through the script, and I was in two scenes. I said "Howdy" in the first scene, and in the second scene, I said "You can't do that," and they shot me. And I was on the set for seven weeks. It was a cover set, which means if they couldn't work outside with it snowing or bad weather, they would move inside and do that scene they were saving for bad weather, so I couldn't go anywhere. I was hanging out in the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and everybody else was working on the movie.
2 I was at a real funeral once, around the time I was doing Six Feet Under, when a woman tapped me on the shoulder and asked "Are they filming this?" It was one of those things where you're thinking "Is she kidding, is she not kidding?" She wasn't. That was jaw-dropping.
3 (On working with the Coens brothers) Well, I audition for them, for every movie. Raising Arizona was the first one. I auditioned for Miller's Crossing, and my agent called me up and said "I've got great news, it's between you and Albert Finney." I said "Oh really, that's great. Who would you choose?" And of course, Albert Finney was wonderful. I wanted Fargo, that's the one I wanted so badly. And when I saw it, and I saw William Macy in the part, I said "Oh, no wonder. He's incredible." But I stopped going in to audition. I'd say "No, they're not going to cast me anyway." And then they called me up and asked me to do The Man Who Wasn't There. And I said "So the only way to get a part in your movie is not to come in and audition?"
4 (On filming Witches of Eastwick) My first really nice part after Silverado. And my first day of shooting, they wouldn't let me on the set, cause they didn't believe I was in it. We were shooting in Massachusetts, and I drove up from my house, and I didn't have any ID on me or anything. I just drove up to the gate, and said "I'm here to shoot the movie." The guy said "Who are you?" I said "I'm an actor," and he said "Yeah, you and everyone else in town." I said "No, no, I'm an actor." And one of the grips or crew guys was walking by, and the guard asked "Hey, do you know who this guy is?" And the guy looked at me and said "Never seen 'em before." Finally I got an assistant to say "Yeah, yeah, he's in the movie." You think it's hard getting into movie sets? It is.
5 (In response to his first starring film role in The Visitor (2007)) I would say 'I'll go back to my trailer now', and they'd say, 'No, no, you're in the next scene. It's one of those things that I didn't know if I would ever get an opportunity to try. I've been waiting my entire professional life for this experience.
1 Shares the same birth name as Richard Burton.
2 He has Welsh, English, Irish, and German ancestry.
3 He worked as a summer truck driver for the father of actor John C. Reilly in Illinois. Jenkins coincidentally met Reilly when the latter was four years old. The two later worked together in Step Brothers (2008).
4 Was considered for the role of Dr.David Morgenstern on ER (1994).
5 He attended school with Larry Shue and worked with James Pickering, according to an interview of February 20, 2009. Pickering acted as the Nerd in Shue's famous play, "The Nerd," adapted as "Laus im Pelz (1987)".
6 He has two grown-up children, Sarah Pamela and Andrew Dale, from his long-time marriage to wife Sharon.
7 One of several Rhode Island residents who have made films for the Farrelly Brothers. In four of their pictures, Richard even bought a house down the street from the brothers' childhood home in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
8 Parents: Dale Stevens and M. Elizabeth Wheeler Jenkins.
9 A member of the Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island for fifteen years, he appeared in such 1970s and 1980s Trinity Repertory productions as "Brother to Dragons," "Of Mice and Men," "True West," "American Buffalo" and "Waiting for Godot"; directed such later productions as "Tartuffe," "The Glass Menagerie", "The Miser" and Shekspeare's "Macbeth" and "Twelfth Night"; and was the company's artistic director for four years.
10 Has a son and daughter with wife, Sharon.
11 Studied theater at Illinois Wesleyan University.
12 Served as an artistic director of Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Theater.
13 Frequently works with the Farrelly Brothers and the Coen Brothers.


Question: As a Seventh-day Adventist do you believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image?
Success: We both believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image.
Question: As a Seventh-day Adventist do you believe that Adam and Eve sinned when tempted by Satan?
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Question: As a Seventh-day Adventist do you believe that in union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath?
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Failure: As Christians we believe that only through God's saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.
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Failure: As Christians we believe that Adam and Eve sinned when tempted by Satan.
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During JPMorgan's investor day, CFO Marianne Lake said the company's blockchain initiative - the Interbank Information Network - was working.
The Wall Street giant's CEO - Jamie Dimon - famously called bitcoin a "fraud." And in a big regulatory filing the bank noted it could one day be disrupted by cryptocurrencies.
The Wall Street juggernaut launched its so-called Interbank Information Network (IIN) in October 2017 and the firm's chief financial officer Marianne Lake says the initiative is working. The platform, which is built on top of the bank's private Quorom blockchain, allows JPMorgan to exchange information with other banks to address compliance issues in certain cross-border payments, Lake said during the bank's investor day on Tuesday. The pilot involves JPMorgan, Royal Bank of Canada and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, but Lake said that other banks are looking to "join the party."
That's not totally surprising considering how difficult cross-border payments can be. The time and expense of such payments is one of the things bitcoin seeks to remedy. A bitcoin holder can send or recieve a coin in a matter of minutes, when the network isn't super clogged up.


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The Northeast Kingdom Fund was established in 2011 by the Community Foundation and local partners as a permanent philanthropic resource to support the people and communities of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties. Visit vermontcf.org/nekfund to learn more and apply.


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Addleshaw Goddard advises Frontier Development Capital on its first regional investment
Addleshaw Goddard's Northern Banking team has advised Frontier Development Capital (FDC) on its investment into 120-strong Yorkshire based agency, Ingenuity Digital Holdings Group (IDHL).
The funding package sees a £4m investment from FDC's newly launched National Mezzanine Fund, which is open to businesses that require flexible finance packages to achieve their growth aspirations regionally.
A further £14m investment was seen from HSBC, with the over investment package supporting the MBO of IDHL and enabling the existing senior management team of IDHL to become majority shareholders of the business.
The AG team included Richard Oman and Jessica Burgess.
Richard Oman, Partner, at Addleshaw Goddard, said: "We were delighted to have been able to advise Frontier Development Capital on their first investment for their National Mezzanine Fund. This deal is a fantastic showcase for Frontier Development Capital's financing packages and creates a strong platform to support an ambitious, growing business in IDHL."
Ondrej Okeke, Regional Investment Director at Frontier Development Capital (FDC), said: "This company is a perfect example of the type of business we are focused on supporting – a regional business with ambitious growth plans and a very credible management team.
"IDHL's success to date has been based on its highly client-focused approach, underpinned by robust proprietary systems – with such a strong base and energy, we are looking forward to working with the team and seeing just how much they grow the business in the coming years."
Addleshaw Goddard advises DunPort Capital Management in respect of the financing of the Schivo Medical acquisition of APN Global
Addleshaw Goddard strengthens German finance practice


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Buford softball opens season going 3-0 during Rumble at the Ridge tournament
The Buford High School Lady Wolves softball team opened their season on a dominant note winning all three games they played in as part of the Rumble at the Ridge tournament Friday and Saturday. Buford defeated host Peachtree Ridge on Friday night 7-1. On Saturday, the Lady Wolves beat Grayson 7-2 and Alexander 3-0 at the Buford Softball Complex.
Buford 7 Peachtree Ridge 1
Peachtree Ridge would score first off of a wild pitch in the first inning. Buford got things going in the 3rd inning when Taylor Malvin scored off of a single by Mackenzie Pickens. Pickens would steal third. Sophomore Adriana Martinez homered which brought in Pickens and herself. The score is now 3-1 in Buford's favor. In the fourth inning, Olivia Duncan had a solo home run. In the fifth inning, Emma Castorri had a three-run home run to put the Lady Wolves up 7-1. The game was called after the fifth inning due to lightning and tournament time limits.
Duncan recorded the win. The junior pitched four innings, had three hits, one earned run, two strikeouts and no walks.
This was the first win for new head softball coach Trent Adams.
Buford 7 Grayson 2
Buford hosted Grayson at the Buford Softball Complex bright and early Saturday morning. Senior Taylor Malvin had a milestone during the game as she hit the first home run of her high school career with a two-run home run. Overall, Malvin was 2-for-4 with her two-run home run, three RBIs and a run scored. Other offensive standouts for Buford were Castorri who was 1-for-3 with a solo home run (inside the park) and two RBIs and freshman Abby McKinnis was 2-for-3 with one RBI, two runs and a stolen base.
Sophomore Emma Grace Williams was the winning pitcher. She went for seven innings, allowing two runs to score (one earned), four hits, four strikeouts and no walks.
Buford 3 Alexander 0
In Buford's second game on Saturday, the Lady Wolves shut out Alexander 3-0. This means Buford is 3-0 on the season and during the tournament. Buford's three runs scored came in the 2nd inning.
Offensive standouts for the Lady Wolves were Tavye Borders who was 2-for-2 with one run and four stolen bases; McKinnis was 1-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored; Malvin went 1-for-3 with an RBI and two stolen bases and Duncan was 1-for-2.
Duncan earned her second victory in less than 24 hours after she pitched six innings giving up no runs and only three hits. She struck out 10 batters and had three walks.
Up next for the Lady Wolves is an away game at region opponent Dacula on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Buford High SchoolOlivia DuncanRumble at the Ridgesoftball
Qualifying period for municipal elections runs from Aug. 16-18
Gwinnett commissioners approve contract renewal to film 'The First 48,' 'After the First 48'


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Prince Andrew Will Not Attend Today's NATO Reception at Buckingham Palace
The Queen's son officially stepped back from his royal duties last month due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
During President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom earlier this year, Prince Andrew was front and center. The Duke of York accompanied the U.S. President on a tour of Westminster Abbey and to a business-focused breakfast at St James Palace. And of course, the Queen's second son was in attendance at the lavish Buckingham Palace banquet held in honor of the visit.
Andrew was a natural companion for Trump as the two men have much in common. Some of their mutual interests are innocuous, like a shared love of golf; others are more controversial—they were both acquainted with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Prince Andrew accompanied the U.S. President and First Lady on a tour of Westminster Abbey.
STEFAN ROUSSEAUGetty Images
But as President Trump makes his return to the U.K. this week to participate in a NATO summit, Prince Andrew is nowhere to be seen.
Today, Queen Elizabeth will host a reception for NATO leaders and their partners at Buckingham Palace, and while many senior royals will be in present at the event, the Duke of York isn't on the guest list.
"Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by other Members of the Royal Family, will host a reception for NATO leaders, spouses or partners, and delegations, at Buckingham Palace to mark 70 years of the NATO alliance. The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will formally receive the NATO leaders and their partners," reads a statement released by Buckingham Palace last month.
"The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duchess of Cambridge, The Earl of Wessex, The Princess Royal, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra will welcome the guests in the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace."
Notably Prince William will not be in attendance as he is currently on an official visit to Kuwait and Oman. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are also skipping the event as they are taking some time out of the public eye. But Prince Andrew's reason for missing the reception is perhaps the most significant.
In late November, the Duke of York stepped back from his royal duties "for the foreseeable future" in the aftermath of his disastrous Newsnight interview about his friendship with Epstein.
Prince Andrew during his Newsnight interview.
Courtesy of BBC
"It has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family's work and the valuable work going on in the many organisations and charities that I am proud to support," he said in a statement.
"Therefore, I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission."
Today marks the first time his new status as a non-working member of the Queen's family is evident. It's unclear if or when he could return to public life.
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What's Next for Prince Andrew?
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Queen Elizabeth Gives Prince William a New Role
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France – More than 80 police officers were injured, five of whom are in critical condition, after two nights of anti-police rioting in the Parisian suburb of Villiers-le-Bel. Now authorities are trying to cope with a third consecutive night of unrest. Trouble broke out following the death of two youths who died in a automobile accident with a police car. The two were riding a motor-bike at the time and police fled the scene of the wreck. By the second night, violence had spread to 6 more towns in the Parisian suburbs and has now flared up in the southern city of Toulouse.
Rioters threw stones, fireworks, petrol bombs, and even shot fire arms at police. A Villiers-le-Bel police station was set fire to, and another one in near by Arnouville was trashed. Scores of riot police have been deployed to restore order and protect property. They have used tear gas, rubber bullets and clubs against rioters.
It wouldn't be surprising if rioting continued for a number of weeks, or even months after taking into account the history of similar conflicts in the poor outer perimeters of France's urban centers. In 2005, the accidental deaths of two youths fleeing police in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois sparked two months of intense rioting primarily involving disaffected unemployed immigrant youths. Then like now, violence quickly spread to other parts of France and even reached other urban centers in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, and Greece.
Last year some similar flare ups took place but failed to spread with the intensity and determination of 2005's unrest. This years clashes have been characterized as something more akin to guerrilla warfare than the protest riots of the previous years. "It's different, there's much more violence," said Christophe, a 30-year-old police officer on duty at Villers-le-Bel and during the 2005 riots. "Back then, it was more of a revolt. This time, they're after us and they're armed."
Gilles Wiart of the police union said he did not believe it was an "ethnic problem." "Most of all it is youths who reject all state authority. They attack firefighters, everything that represents the state."
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=pod

=head1 NAME

SSL_load_client_CA_file - load certificate names from file

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/ssl.h>

 STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *SSL_load_client_CA_file(const char *file);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

SSL_load_client_CA_file() reads certificates from B<file> and returns
a STACK_OF(X509_NAME) with the subject names found.

=head1 NOTES

SSL_load_client_CA_file() reads a file of PEM formatted certificates and
extracts the X509_NAMES of the certificates found. While the name suggests
the specific usage as support function for
L<SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3)>,
it is not limited to CA certificates.

=head1 EXAMPLES

Load names of CAs from file and use it as a client CA list:

 SSL_CTX *ctx;
 STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *cert_names;

 ...
 cert_names = SSL_load_client_CA_file("/path/to/CAfile.pem");
 if (cert_names != NULL)
   SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(ctx, cert_names);
 else
   error_handling();
 ...

=head1 RETURN VALUES

The following return values can occur:

=over 4

=item NULL

The operation failed, check out the error stack for the reason.

=item Pointer to STACK_OF(X509_NAME)

Pointer to the subject names of the successfully read certificates.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ssl(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

=cut


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Short thoughts on KirinDave's post The Opposite of Momentum, which the anti-Ruby crowd has latched on to as more evidence that Ruby is "falling flat on its face".
Dave's post appears to largely lament the lack of progress in the C implementations, be it their lack of performance, presence of memory leaks, or relatively primitive GC implementations. He briefly mentions alternative implementations, calling Rubinius "the light and hope of the Rubyverse" and summarizing JRuby as "great" before dismissing both.
In Rubinius's case, he may have a point. There have been many setbacks, and after a year of funding six developers it's still not really usable for real apps. The sad news that their team has been cut to two paid developers certainly doesn't help. Most will agree that the Rubinius ideal, that of Ruby implemented in Ruby, is a great goal...perhaps the highest ideal for a Ruby implementation. But in practice, it's turned out to be a lot harder to execute...and impossible to execute in a year with six smart hackers.
Update: My intent here seems to have been missed. I am not in any way claiming "Rubinius sucks", because Rubinius isn't even finished yet. I would not make such a claim about any incomplete project. I mention Rubinius only because Dave dismissed both in the same breath; to address one case I felt I needed to address the other. Rubinius will succeed...of that I have no doubt. And already it has proven many things possible nobody ever expected to see. It's unknown how long it will take to "get there" but it will "get there" eventually, and be a major contender for replacing the standard impls. Dave's use of Rubinius to help prove a lack of momentum is almost as questionable as his out-of-hand dismissal of JRuby. We've started to attempt an integration of Rubinius's kernel into JRuby, and we've added Rubinius's FFI and MVM APIs because they were very well-designed. We continue to contribute to the RubySpecs, and I eagerly offer any technical help I can whenever the Rubinius team has questions about how JRuby solves certain problems. What more good things do you want me to say about Rubinius?
However when we look at JRuby, Dave is entirely wrong to dismiss it in a single sentence. JRuby *is* what he wants, in almost every way.
JRuby runs on the best available dynamic language VM, Hotspot. Hotspot has its roots in the Smalltalk world Rubyists hold in such high esteem, and real steps are being taken to make it even better than before for dynamic languages. The end result will be trivially inlinable dynamic calls nearly as fast as static Java code, which no other VM in the world can claim.
JRuby does not have GC headaches and memory leaks like the C impls because we use the existing GC options on Hotspot...which are, again, some of the best GC implementations in the world. It's folly to say that an implementation from scratch is going to be able to compete with JRuby on JVM, because the simple truth is that making a world-class VM and/or GC is super dooper hard.
Even where JRuby still stumbles a bit, like the classic JVM problem areas of memory use and startup time, we've made huge strides. JRuby starts up no slower than Rubinius at its fastest...in many cases under a second. And memory-wise, we pay little cost beyond the JVM's own 20-30MB memory tax, while still working to reduce our overall consumption with every release.
JRuby is also moving faster than any implementation available. A year ago, we were generally a bit slower than Ruby 1.8.6; this year, we're faster in most cases than Ruby 1.9. A year ago, there were a handful of early-adopting production users; this year, dozens of them, ranging from small orgs and agile projects to governments, banks, and telecom. There's no lack of momentum when it comes to JRuby.
To top all this off, there's still dozens of folks working to make Hotspot even faster, it's GCs even smarter, and we just come along for the ride. Yes, we've done a lot because we haven't implemented our own VM specifically for Ruby. But that's exactly the point...we've been able to focus on areas that matter most, like actually running apps and running them as fast as possible.
The bottom line, as far as I can see it, is that if the C impls of aren't moving fast enough, and the "light of the Rubyverse" is hitting a few roadblocks, you damn well better give JRuby more consideration than one sentence. I certainly hope this wasn't a reflection of any continuing anti-Java bigotry in the Ruby world, since as I've mentioned previously that attitude will only make things worse. If it reflects simple ignorance as to why JRuby really will be a better Ruby, then we're not doing a good enough job educating...help us do better.
JRuby is continuing to do things no other Ruby has been able to do. We've cracked the Enterprise glass ceiling, with numerous deployments inside some of the most rigidly Java-centric and intransigent organizations around. We've shown it's possible for Ruby to perform extremely well, and we've only scratched the surface of Hotspot's potential. We've implemented most of Ruby 1.9's features in just a few months, where other implementations have barely gotten 1.8 working. And we're just getting started...we have plans upon plans to continue improving compatibility, performance, scaling, and ease-of-use, and the various folks working on the JVM will continue making it a better and better host for dynamic languages. If you haven't used JRuby yet, you're really missing out. It's time to give it a try.
(Footnote: Don't take this as a shot at any of the other impls; it's obvious JRuby had a big head start, and we've been funded longer (albeit less) than most of them. This post is squarely focused on anyone like Dave that thinks if the C impls don't solve all Ruby's implementation woes, Ruby is doomed. The truth is that Ruby will survive despite any lingering issues in the C impls, and JRuby is a crucial part of that survival.)
Posted by headius at 1:55 PM
murphee November 24, 2008 at 12:56 AM
"Rubinius's case, he may have a point. [..]after a year of funding six developers it's still not really usable for real apps."
Yeah: doing infrastructure work is always a thankless job. You seem to forget what's come out of all this:
- RubySpec, the massive amount of executable specs that are now run by every Ruby implementation; this didn't exist before Rubinius.
- ruby_parser (finally a Ruby based Ruby parser, something beneficial for _every_ Ruby implementation, and a first step to wean IDEs off the JRuby AST dependency)
- ffi (which JRuby seems to be happy to adopt, but it originated in Rubinius)
- the initial MVM implementation;
- Rubinius Kernel and all the bits that'll allow to make Ruby go full turtle-on-turtle at some point;
And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few other things. So yeah, it took longer to get up to speed than expected, but in the process the Rubinius gang improved the Ruby and Ruby VM space significantly.
A last Nitpick: "Hotspot has its roots in the Smalltalk world":
Who gives a plonk? The thing was forked off the Strongtalk source, what, 10 years ago. All the dynamic goodness has been covered by a thick Java/JVM crust... and now it'll take a few years to knock holes in that to get back at the fancyness that made Strongtalk fast. If it's "the best available dynamic language VM"s, why is it fighting dynamic languages all the way? (no lightweight classes, no lightweight methods, Permgen/classloader blowups, etc). I can definitely appreciate the technical and pragmatic benefits of Hotspot (stable codegen backend, wealth of stable GCs,...), but that kind of hyperbole is best left to marketing bunnies.
Tonio November 24, 2008 at 3:31 AM
I have used JRuby for a bit between 1.0 and 1.1.2 (I think) and it worked great for the most part. With the continuing improvements I imagine it is a great alternative to MRI.
Howhever, the biggest JRuby limitation and the one stopping me from using it fully is the support for most C-based gems. If I want to use NArray ou Ruby GSL I'm stuck with MRI.
Do you plan to solve this, somehow? I know FFI is a good mid/longterm solution but it doesn't cover all cases, especially if it isn't used by gem developers.
Cheers. Keep up the great work!
Charles Oliver Nutter November 24, 2008 at 3:48 AM
Murphee: Thanks for stopping by! WRT Rubinius you are correct on every point, except that JRuby was the first impl with MVM and the recent JRuby team work was to make good on bringing FFI to MRI. I explicitly called out Evan for coming up with the original API, and noted we and the Rubinius team worked together to improve that API. But you missed my point entirely. If Dave's purpose was to point out that C ruby users aren't a great deal better off running real apps on real, working implementations, Rubinius does not represent any sort of answer to that accusation. Many great things have come out of Rubinius, there's no denying it. But Rubinius itself is not yet a compelling answer to the "ruby implementations suck" claim. I've no doubt it will be some day.
WRT Hotspot, I'm not sure you have all the facts, or else you are unintentionally misrepresenting them. Hotspot is far more than a nice codegen backend and a handful of GCs. No other mainstream VM can inline across dynamically bound calls. No other can optimize those calls as a whole. No other can dynamically promote objects from the heap to the stack if they do not escape a compilation unit. And perhaps most importantly, no other can do all this aggressively, eagerly, knowing that its deopt capabilities will fire if early assumptions prove false. It is perhaps one of the least-appreciated pieces of software in the world, and belittling its potential simply because its Java exterior is most apparent is myopic at best. Yes, that exterior makes it a bit trickier to implement dynamic languages, but no more difficult than its nearest competitor, the CLR (with or without the DLR). And improvments are being made and will ship in Java 7...as if that were necessary, since Hotspot is OSS and buildable by anyone anyway. It is a far, far bigger deal than you give it credit for, and your do a disservice to your readers by saying such things.
james November 24, 2008 at 4:03 AM
"But Rubinius itself is not yet a compelling answer to the "ruby implementations suck" claim."
You *can* make a broader point concerning the Ruby community without taking potshots at Rubinius, can't you? I say this as an outsider; I don't program Ruby very often and my opinion may not be worth very much. But I follow JRuby somewhat loosely and I find that kind of behavior somewhat disconcerting.
It very much comes off as "Rubinius sucks. Oh, I don't really mean that; its developers have done so much good. But did I mention how much it sucks?"
james: I appreciate that my tone did not appropriately convey my intent. I do tend to be a bit clinical in my assessment of competing implementations. I've added a short update to help clear things up.
tonio: Wayne Meissner of the JRuby team made an attempt at supporting C extensions, and while he was able to get basic ones working, we decided very quickly that it was not going to be worth the effort. C extensions are not always simple nice-to-have add-ons, they are frequently also invasive memory-twiddlers inextricably married to C ruby's internal implementation. To support them in a general way means mimicing the internal APIs of String, Array, Hash, and others in such a way that they are indistinguishable from C ruby itself. In some cases, it's possible, albeit with horrendous performance overhead from copying data back and forth (to/from JVM heap to pinned memory the extension can use). In other cases, it's nearly impossible (many extensions depend on C ruby's specific implementation of Hash, which we can neither mimic nor reasonably marshal back and forth).
Ultimately, however, FFI is the only way Ruby itself is going to be able to grow beyond the current C impls. Because current extensions have full, unfettered access to the internal structure of Ruby objects, the optimization and redesign potential for C ruby is very limited. A new GC can't simply be dropped in, since extensions have access to live memory addresses. The memory model can't be changed substantially. Optimizations to object internals can't be implemented. C extensions are at once a great boon to the C impls and a great curse. Argue vigorously for their abandonment, and when using JRuby help implement or seek out alternatives that may already exist.
GroovyMag November 24, 2008 at 5:44 AM
This reminds me slightly of the GNU/Linux relationship that has evolved. Linux users say "Linux rocks!" Stallman points out that Linux is built on GNU tools, which were developed while putting down the basis for a kernel (IIRC). I know it's not an exact comparison, but it's what I was reminded of. :)
DrGB November 24, 2008 at 8:36 AM
I have been following JRuby's progress with great admiration, and using JRuby for small personal projects. (Still write Java for pay). JRuby is currently IMHO, the best Ruby implementation happening.
My question is, is there a way to bundle up JRuby with a minimal JVM, or does JRuby inevitably come with the entire 72 MB (and growing) JVM?
I know, we live in a world of cheap 8 GB flash drives, terabyte hard drives, and 4 GB of RAM so maybe I should just get over wanting something that feels tighter and smaller than JRuby with all of Java. I get the entire boatload whether or not I need it or use many portions of it in my application. Any thoughts?
shevegen November 24, 2008 at 9:45 AM
What annoyed me a lot was that the guy you mentioned (the one who was bitching against ruby losing momentum) - does not even have a comment field.
Blogs/Writeups without comment fields are a complete waste of time - and incredibly boring.
So, heads up for you!
rob November 24, 2008 at 2:47 PM
I read that guys whining post earlier in the day. I thought a lot of his concerns were answered by JRuby, which he obviously hasn't tried at all.
I also don't get why he dismissed 1.9, which I think is an important next-step for ruby.
Anyway - he's way off base...
Phil November 24, 2008 at 3:38 PM
> If it reflects simple ignorance as to why JRuby really will be a better Ruby, then we're not doing a good enough job educating...help us do better.
I was really encouraged by what I saw at the JRuby talk at RubyConf.
Previously you've focused on things like, "hey look, you have access to all these awesome Java libs" and "you can deploy WAR files". But your average Ruby dev sees those Java libs as just a set of really ugly APIs, and as for war files, I think the response is something along the lines, "We are a peaceful people..."
But this last talk I heard you focus a lot more on stuff that Rubyists care about. Memory savings, good I/O, easy deployment... these things speak a lot more loudly to us.
Hervé November 25, 2008 at 3:01 PM
@Anonymous: Why being Anonymous ? ;-)
@JRuby team: Keep the hard work, what you are doing with JRuby is great for Ruby AND great for the JVM too !!!
CH November 25, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Charles & Team,
You've done an amazing job with JRuby. It seems like only yesterday when JRuby was too slow even be usable. You've come so far. I agree that the only rational road forward is Ruby on JVM and hopefully CLR someday. However, it sounds like the 37 Signals team isn't using JRuby and I can't understand why they wouldn't unless it's conservatism/legacy issues. I'd love to hear their answer.
Chris Richards November 26, 2008 at 2:58 AM
Jruby runs faster than 1.8.x MRI in nearly all benchmarks... Apart from when running Rails. When will this change?
Eugueny Kontsevoy November 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Well said. Java is a great platform for "dark corner" server-side in-a-rack deployments and after evaluating JRuby for a while we're ready to move on in that direction. Very impressive indeed.
The original rant, however, is still valid. JRuby, while great on a server side, will never become a mainstream implementation precisely for the same reason Java was never able to, and you mentioned them yourself: minimum 30MB of JVM plus the startup delay, while MRI is 3MB and it starts under 100 milliseconds on my MBP.
When MRI gets to CPython level of maturity I'll see no reason not to develop general purpose software in it, reserving JRuby for high-performance, high-volume server work.
Beoran November 27, 2008 at 1:16 AM
First of all, the bug in Tom Werner's logger that KirinDave mentioned has been solved in Ruby 1.9.x. Together with many other problems.
The language and culture barrier may make it hard to see that our friends in in Japan are working hard on making MRI better. MRI 1.9.x is a huge improvement over MRI 1.8.x. For me, in the game I'm programing, it has proven to be between twice to ten times as fast, and it has a better memory use, better stability, less problems with garbage collection, and some nice extra features that round off the language and make it even more fun to use.
I think that with MRI 1.9.x, Ruby is as stable CPython as is technically feasible, seen the different way they handle memory. And with JRuby, it's more so, and a lot more secure to boot.
KirinDave seems to want more features in Ruby, but which one? If you think Ruby if moving forward too slowly, or if you want new features, then please help implementing them in stead of complaining. Matz himself knows well that Ruby needs more momentum, but he can't make it alone.
Finally, JRuby has an underestimated great potential: ever heard of the gjc, the Gnu Java compiler? Between JRuby's ability to compile Ruby to java bytecode, and gjc's ability to compile Java bytecode to native code, we're close to getting a Ruby-to-native compiler.
Osvaldo Doederlein November 28, 2008 at 6:58 AM
Just to be picky:
"No other mainstream VM can inline across dynamically bound calls." - I think you forgot other first-grade JVMs like IBM's and BEA^H^H^HOracle's, they both do aggresive devirtualization etc. (although the last time I checked, HotSpot was still the best on this). But this raises the interesting question, how well does JRuby run on top of these other JVMs? Some of these guys are also moving into the dynamic language bandwagon, e.g. check IBM's new WebSphere sMash (Groovy & PHP), if their JDK is not good at dynamic languages I'm sure they should be working on this now.
"No other can dynamically promote objects from the heap to the stack if they do not escape a compilation unit." - HotSpot doesn't do that yet (up to 6u10 or 6u6p). AFAIK this is now promised for Java SE 7.
Malson December 2, 2008 at 3:50 AM
Headius,
JRuby is something you work hard for and result speak for itself. It should be something you and the world should be proud of and hence I do not see why there are some developers here that express discomfort over your tone.
I do not see your tone as been arrogant becaue it is just your personality as you always speak and write in this tone.
No amount of words can describe you and your mate's contribution and achievement to the Ruby's world.
Do retain your individuality and personality because that is what make you a interesting genius.
Your sense of pride and "showmanship" are something seriously lacking in many developers'blog because they are over-conscious of offending the reader that they suppress their joy and pride. Little did they realize that joy, pride and ego may be factors that drive them to their goals. And hence by suppressing those innate "tone", they are missing a good part of been a great developer.
Roger Pack December 4, 2008 at 11:06 AM
I like Jruby. I might start to prefer it over MRI, simply because of the stable GC [though I'll admit some attempts have been made to help MRI currently]. That being said, could you please direct me toward benchmarks showing that jruby is faster "in most cases" than 1.9? [re: cagiano's benchmarks, alioth shootout, etc.] Let's be honest with ourselves here...
-=R
Charles I love JRuby! Used it on Netbeans and it was great. Fast and everything works. I love the fact that I can call Java from ruby. Excellent excellent work. I initially doubted your project would work. You have shown everybody that your choice was the wisest.
One tip though, you have got to be a bit careful about how you come across. You tend to rub people the wrong way. Your a bit competitive so you have a tendency to run down other implementations. You will go a lot farther if you are careful about things like this.


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The Wrong Debate About American Aid To Israel
By Jonathan Tobin/JNS.org April 23, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) proved again this week that while she's gotten some competition lately from her friend Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the Queens congresswoman is still the country's most unavoidable political personality.
AOC's latest headline concerns her reaction to Israel's election. When asked on a Yahoo News podcast whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election should affect U.S. policy toward the Jewish state, she gladly took the bait. She said that these were the sorts of conversations Democrats were now having about Israel, and that she thought aid cuts should be part of a conversation she wanted to lead.
This is one more sign of an impending partisan clash between older mainstream pro-Israel Democrats and the increasingly vocal radical left intent on hijacking their party. AOC and her BDS-supporting allies like Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) aren't yet running the Democratic caucus.
But the discussion about the Middle East emanating from their party's presidential candidates indicates that, at the very least, the 2020 presidential race will feature a divisive debate about Trump's pro-Israel policies that will fracture, perhaps fatally, what's left of the bipartisan consensus backing the Jewish state.
But instead of just dismissing AOC's comments, it's worth examining how the issue of fiscal aid works to the Jewish state's disadvantage.
For the moment, aid to Israel isn't in any danger. Indeed, as some Jewish Democrats pointed out in the wake of her statement, the House leadership remains firmly opposed to any effort to tie it to disagreements about Netanyahu's policies. More importantly, the current level of military assistance was set in place by the 10-year agreement signed in 2016 by the Obama administration that guaranteed $38 billion in aid to Israel.
That was a milestone in the relationship, but it was not crafted entirely to Israel's advantage. Though the total and the scope of the commitment was generous, President Barack Obama's purpose seemed to be aimed at hamstringing Israel's ability to say "no" to U.S. demands about peace-process negotiations and to impede measures of self-defense against its Palestinian terrorist or Iranian foes.
Netanyahu was also forced to agree that Israel would not go to its friends in Congress for increases in assistance over and above the amounts in the agreement. Equally important, it phased out Israel's right to use some of the aid on buying weapons made by its own arms industry rather than on American-made armaments.
What AOC and her friends don't understand about U.S. military aid is that it is as much a jobs program for Americans as it is a boost to Israeli security. Almost all of it is spent on U.S. munitions and armaments manufactured here.
Nor do Israel's critics--or even most Americans taxpayers--realize that the intelligence sharing and strategic cooperation that is an integral part of the alliance is a huge bargain for the United States. They don't understand that while the aid total that goes to Israel is the largest in the budget for any form of foreign assistance, it's actually a fraction of the amount the United States spends on defending other allies.
Few consider that the many billions annually spent by Washington on NATO are no different than aid to Israel, except that the amounts are larger, and more of it is spent outside the United States. The difference is that the accounting places it as part of the U.S. defense budget, not foreign aid.
But while Israel's critics like AOC hold onto the false notion that U.S. aid to Israel is a gift that empowers Netanyahu, there is actually a good argument to be made that it's time for the aid to be phased out because it no longer serves Israel's interests.
There was a time when Israel desperately needed both U.S. economic and military aid. But in 1996, Netanyahu told a joint session of Congress that it was time to end the economic portion of the assistance. With free-market reforms enabling it to break free of the shackles imposed by its socialist founders, Israel no longer needed economic subsidies.
But defense requirements were different. With so many of its foes, including Gulf states, able to buy the most sophisticated U.S. weapons, Israel needed to keep up and maintain a qualitative advantage that ensured its security.
But 23 years later, the political price of accepting U.S. aid remains onerous. It limits Israel's options and flexibility with respect to defense procurement, especially when it comes to its own industries.
It also creates the impression that Israel is a beggar that requires Washington's assistance in order to defend itself. That encourages resentment of Israel on the part of Americans who don't like foreign aid even when, as in Israel's case, the United States gets a great deal in return.
It also boosts Palestinian intransigence, which remains rooted in a foolish belief that sooner or later, America and the West will hand Israel to them on a silver platter. It also creates fodder for resentment of Israel's influence in the Beltway.
That feeds the bile of pro-BDS forces, including critics like AOC and her friends who hope to use it, as Obama sometimes tried to do as leverage to force Israel to make dangerous concessions on national-security issues.
While there's no need to worry that AOC and other anti-Israel Democrats will be able to do that in the short term, it would be far better if Israel started to think about ending military aid, too.
For far too long, pro-Israel activism was solely the function of keeping aid flowing to Jerusalem. While the Israel Defense Force has benefited from such assistance, it's time to acknowledge that the Jewish state is on a path to paying its own way, even when it comes to defense.
In the long run, that will be far healthier for both Israel's economy and for strengthening the relationship between two democracies that should relate to each other as friends and allies, not as a patron and a dependent client state.


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You are probably wondering what has taken me so long in posting today's terrifying edition of Frightening Friday. And the short answer is deadlines. The longer answer is "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! SO MANY DEADLINES!" Which brings me to the fact that deadlines are pretty terrifying. I mean, just look at the word "deadlines." First, you have "dead" which requires no explanation. Then, you have "lines," which are one of the most frightening things I can think of. Have you ever stood admiring a waterfall while drinking an extra large Mountain Dew and had a sudden serious urge to take a leak? So you sprint all the way to the bathroom, bladder sloshing, and discover, to your absolute horror, a long line of people waiting to go? Scary. So, anyway, luckily for you guys I knew this would inevitably happen and had a back-up Frightening Friday post ready to go just in case my terrifying deadlines caught up to me. I hope you get as scared as I was when I wrote it.
But the fact that Dracula was a vampire has little or nothing to do with this story. Dracula, in addition to being a bloodsucking menace, very much enjoyed entertaining guests at his castle. Dracula loved to prepare his guest suite when he knew that someone was coming to visit. He left mints on pillows and put out his hand-molded decorative soaps and fancy towels. Most people—-before they were drained of blood or added to Dracula's vampire minion—-were sure to thank Dracula heartily for the wonderful meal and wine that he served. No one could ever say that Dracula was a bad host.
But then a large group of gentlemen came for a visit quite unannounced.
Dracula had only just returned from a trip to England and was very sleepy. So, he had gone downstairs to his coffin to sleep off his boat lag.
Now, you should never drop in on someone unannounced because it gives your host absolutely no time to go to the grocery store or do any vacuuming. Not only did they not call ahead, but the large group of men in question barged right into Dracula's castle in an extremely rude manner. Dracula was sound asleep by then and had absolutely no time to put out any decorative soap or make a single canapé for his guests to snack on.
And even though they must have been very tired from their travels, instead of sitting down in Dracula's parlor for a nice cup of tea and waiting patiently for their host to greet them, the rude gentlemen headed straight downstairs to Dracula's coffin chamber to say hello.
Now, it's another rule of being a houseguest that you should never, ever barge right in while your host is sleeping. First of all, people who are sleeping tend to have horrible breath and might want to brush their teeth before they see you. Secondly, they might like to comb their hair or whiskers to make them a bit less unruly. Thirdly, you might wake them from a delightful dream.
But the group of men cared about none of those things. In fact, they walked right in and lifted up the lid on Dracula's coffin. And then, they proceeded to stab him through the heart with a wooden stake. The whole thing was just rude.
If you know anything about vampires, you are aware that if you stab a vampire through the heart with a stake, he will cease to be undead. In fact, he will turn into the most unpleasant dusty mess. Which is what Dracula did. It was a very sad day indeed, not only because Dracula shuffled off that immortal coil, but also because he never got to fulfill his deathlong dream of opening a bed and breakfast.
Lines ARE scary. I mean, by definition they are infinitely long. What is more scary than infinity? Nothing. Nothing is more ANYTHING than infinity.
-Does Dracula ever have a sudden serious urge to take a leak after pounding pints of blood?
-Seeing as how Dracula is on an all liquid diet for eternity, does he ever have to go number two?
-If a group of living humans stays in Dracula's really old crib, would the plumbing be able to handle the volume of waste generated?
-If Dracula has an overactive bladder (afterall, he is quite old), do medications such as VESIcare help him?
-Does Dracula wear Depends adult diapers if he doesn't take medication?
Although I have had the opportunity to research and play a vampire in film, if this story is true, I suppose we will never know the answers to these questions.
Click on Ask Drac Anything. I'm sure he would be glad to help you out.
It's a travasty that people are never taught to be good houseguests.


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The Philosopher's Daughters
By (author) Alison Booth
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A tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of self-discovery, set against a landscape of wild beauty and savage dispossession.
London in 1891: Harriet Cameron is a talented young artist whose mother died when she was barely five. She and her beloved sister Sarah were brought up by their father, radical thinker James Cameron. After adventurer Henry Vincent arrives on the scene, the sisters' lives are changed forever. Sarah, the beauty of the family, marries Henry and embarks on a voyage to Australia. Harriet, intensely missing Sarah, must decide whether to help her father with his life's work or to devote herself to painting. When James Cameron dies unexpectedly, Harriet is overwhelmed by grief. Seeking distraction, she follows Sarah to Australia, and afterwards into the outback, where she is alienated by the casual violence and great injustices of outback life. Her rejuvenation begins with her friendship with an Aboriginal stockman and her growing love for the landscape. But this fragile happiness is soon threatened by murders at a nearby cattle station and by a menacing station hand who is seeking revenge.
Dimensions 127 x 195.58 x 25.4mm | 340.19g
Publication date 02 Aug 2020
Publisher RedDoor Press
Publication City/Country United Kingdom
About Alison Booth
Alison Booth was born in Melbourne, brought up in Sydney and has worked in the UK and in Australia as a professor as well as a novelist. Her most recent novel, A Perfect Marriage, is in the genre of contemporary fiction, while her first three novels (Stillwater Creek, The Indigo Sky, and A Distant Land) are historical fiction spanning the decades 1950s through to the early 1970s. Alison's work has been translated into French and has also been published by Reader's Digest Select Editions in both Asia and Europe. Alison, who holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics, is an active public speaker and has participated in many writers' festivals and literary events. http:// www.alisonbooth.net and https:// www.facebook.com/AlisonBoothAuthor/


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But I would like to ask a question: why do you search scholar using autor:"merelo, J" instead of autor:JJ-Merelo?
It gives more results and it seems to me they are all yours.
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Q: Convert from HKEY to string, C++ I working with Win registry and in one function I need to take from HKEY hKey full path of current 'folder'.
For example, hKey 'work' with section 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB968369'. But i can only take last name of subSection 'KB968369'.
Have anyone some thinking about method like
' string FunctionConvert(HKEY hKey) '  wich return fullPathName of hKey?
Not necessary string type, it may be also TCHAR, char or another text type.

A: There is no such function. Since you create the HKEY, and at some point have access to its full path, you are expected to remember that information.
You'll simply have to remember the path rather than throwing it away.

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August has two more high-profile projects just over the horizon; he co-wrote the script along with Guy Ritchie for Disney's upcoming live-action Aladdin movie and is one of five credited writers on the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark film.
Paramount's Players division has thrown the concept, birthed from the dueling stories of summer romance told by John Travolta's Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John's Sandy Olssen in the song "Summer Nights", into development. Set in 1958, the film, a silver-screen take on Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's 1971 musical of the same name, starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as teenage students Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson, respectively.
I appear to be one of the only people on Team /Film who doesn't mind the original Grease, but news about a prequel is tough to swallow even for someone like me who considers himself a loose fan of the first film.
I mean...isn't that all we need to know?
How did Danny and Sandy meet? From the outside looking in, this prequel seems completely unnecessary.
But long-term injuries to LeBron James and Rajon Rondo threw the team off course and they never recovered. The Lakers organization released a statement, expressing gratitude for his tenure and thanking him.
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Мариедаль (швед. Mariedals slott]) — усадебный дом в стиле барокко, находящийся на западе Швеции, на территории лена Вестра-Гёталанд, в 9 километрах севернее города Скара.

Мариедаль был построен в 1666 году для риксканцлера Швеции, графа Магнуса Габриэля Делагарди на территории графского поместья Сёрбу. Здание состоит из центрального корпуса и двух флигелей, примыкающих с обеих сторон к нему. Стилистические особенности позволяют предположить, что проект дворца составил придворный архитектор Жан де ла Валле. Названа усадьба была по имени супруги графа Делагарди, Марии-Евфросинии (Maria Euphrosine), сестры короля Карла X Густава.

К настоящему времени дворец Мариедаль сохранился в целом в первоначальном, неизменённом состоянии и находится в частном владении.
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Rediff.com » Business » 'Pedigree pays better than degrees'
'Pedigree pays better than degrees'
Pedigree pays, and much more than professional degrees and experience.
According to an analysis by governance firm Institutional investors Advisory Services, in Indian companies, the salaries of professional managers are much lower than those of their counterparts related to the companies' owners.
"There is a substantial gap between salaries of owner CEOs (chief executive officers) and professional executives.
"While our data does not include Esops (employee stock option plans) to professional CEOs, anecdotally, we believe this disparity would still hold, even if Esops were to be considered," IIAS said in a report titled 'Executive Remuneration: Time to rein in the rewards'.
The report added for family-owned businesses in which multiple family members were on the board, their combined remuneration tended to be on the higher side; in one case, it accounted for about 70 per cent of the total staff costs.
But managerial personnel can take heart from the fact that they are better placed than the average employee.
In India, data for Sensex companies show in 2011-12, executives were paid a median remuneration 85 times that of the average employee.
Though the average employee remuneration grew since 2009-10, remuneration of managing directors grew faster.
Another glaring disparity was the one between private companies and public sector undertakings.
On an average, executive directors in the private sector (BSE100) took home an annual remuneration of Rs 6.89 crore in 2010-11. In contrast, the annual remuneration for public sector executives averaged just Rs 51 lakh.
"The growth and performance of any company depends on the quality of its human resources.
Consequently, the remuneration paid is not just a price, but primarily a motivating tool aimed at incentivising the entire workforce.
"In this context, it is important to maintain a balance between the remuneration paid to the senior management and the average employee in an organisation," IIAS said.
This view has also been advocated by management experts such as Peter Drucker and practitioners such as Narayana Murthy, who have recommended the ratio of CEO remuneration to average employee remuneration be capped at 20-25 times.
"Globally this 'rule' is rarely observed. Studies show in developed markets such as the US and Canada, CEOs generally earn 200-300 times the average employee salary," the report said.
At a time when the global markets, plagued by a prolonged slowdown, are stumbling towards recovery, public scrutiny and criticism of high executive remuneration is getting sharper.
In India, while there have been isolated cases of discontent regarding executive pay, as observed recently in the Jindal Steel and Power and Sun TV cases, the umbrage is nowhere close to the 'say-on-pay' movement rocking Europe and the US.
The IIAS report also offers for cheer to employees.
"Our analysis leads us to conclude that while the average CEO remuneration for the BSE 500 companies has risen 25 per cent in the last four years, it is largely in line with increase in profitability -- primarily because of the two-part remuneration structure prevalent in most companies, which comprises fixed pay and a variable component."
The companies paying the highest salaries aren't necessarily the most profitable, or the largest in terms of market capitalisation.
These companies are outliers, and tend to skew the overall remuneration levels of the BSE100 and BSE500 companies.
BS Reporter in New Delhi
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Dianne Reeves Makes a Case for Jazz's Relevance
From Isthmus
Singer Dianne Reeves makes a case for jazz's relevance
By Dean Robbins
The recent death of Abbey Lincoln made it official. The golden age of female jazz singers is over.
But that doesn't mean the genre is played out '" not by a long shot. Contemporary women are finding a way to sing jazz without slavishly imitating Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, the three titans who set the standard over half a century ago. One of the best is Dianne Reeves, who appears as part of the Wisconsin Union Theater's Isthmus Jazz Series on April 8.
Reeves rivals her idol, Vaughan, in virtuosity. She shapes phrases with exquisite subtlety, making use of a shiver-inducing lower register. Her ballads have a languorous quality, with dramatic swooping notes and a delicate vibrato. On up-tempo numbers, the lyrics sometimes dissolve into scat syllables, Fitzgerald-style, and Reeves melts into the band as just another instrument. At times like these, she communicates something ineffable '" a sort of bliss that exists beyond the realm of words.
Familiar melodies don't sound at all familiar when Reeves gets through with them. She has a gift for improvising, to the point where standards like "The Man I Love" and "Love for Sale" become something else entirely '" something she can call her own. This is jazz singing of the highest order, matched by only a handful of others since Louis Armstrong invented the art form in the 1920s.
Read the entire interview here