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Q: scaling a UIImageView at the center of a UIView I'm trying to make a scaling ring, which scales in the center of a UIView.
Setup is the following:
In IB, I have a view and my ImageView attached to it (just a transparent PNG with a ring).
Setup an IBOutlet to the ImageView (theRing) and a button to trigger the action.
ImageView is set to «scaleToFill» in IB.
The code for the action is:
-(IBAction)buttonPressed:(id)sender{

    CGRect theFrame = theRing.frame;

    theFrame.size.width = 16;
    theFrame.size.height = 16;

    [theRing setFrame:theFrame];  //Scale down the ring first
    theRing.center = [self.view center];  // Center the ring in the center of the view

    theFrame.size.width = 300;
    theFrame.size.height = 300;

    [theRing setAlpha:1.0];

    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];

    [theRing setFrame: theFrame];
    [theRing setAlpha:0.0];
    theRing.center = [self.view center];

    [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
    [UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector: @selector(animEnd:finished:context:)];
    [UIView commitAnimations];

}

Now - when I hit the button the first time, the image is scaled with the reference point being the upper left corner of the ImageView (means, it scales, but the ring expands to the lower right of the screen).
BUT: When I hit the button again, the whole thing works as expected (means, the ring stays in the middle of the screen and is scaled).
Any ideas?

A: try to use ImageView mode Aspect Fill


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'The Rover' is directionless and dull
Hazy tale is too minimalist to be compelling
'The Rover' is directionless and dull Hazy tale is too minimalist to be compelling Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1qjisQH
Claudia Puig, USA TODAY Published 5:09 p.m. ET June 19, 2014 | Updated 5:22 p.m. ET June 19, 2014
Tedious story feels like an exercise in futility, despite a strong lead performance by Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce, left, and Robert Pattinson star in the grim sci-fi Western 'The Rover.'(Photo: Matt Nettheim, A24 Films)
Society collapsed a decade before the disturbing events of The Rover (** out of four; rated R; expanding Friday).
It's never expressly stated what led to the decimation of civilization. Actually, very little is verbalized in this grim, deliberately paced sci-fi Western set in the Australian outback.
It's not just the lack of dialogue but a thin story that keeps this nihilistic tale from conveying a convincing sense of suspense. Too many details are withheld to keep the audience captivated.
The post-apocalyptic film opens briefly with a palpable sense of mystery, but soon becomes a bleakly meandering road movie.
Director David Michod's dark vision is familiar and tedious. A slow burn of a thriller, its violence is jarring and unwarranted.
Stragglers from a variety of countries populate the outback. Living on the edge of what little culture remains, they speak a variety of languages but all have a similarly hollow-eyed look.
The cinematography captures the stark landscape with low-key flourish.
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Guy Pearce plays Eric, a laconic, intense loner we first meet sitting in his car looking about as miserable as a person can look. He wanders listlessly into a bar. A short while later he looks out the bar's grimy window and sees a trio of guys crash their truck and steal his car.
The entire movie is propelled by his determination to get his car back. Why he would care about his wheels in this bleak scorched-earth landscape is the question that fuels the story. Unfortunately, it doesn't mitigate the long dull patches in the story. Eric's absurd sense of injustice, given the sorry state of the world around him, doesn't help to make him relatable. How he got to the low place he's plummeted to goes essentially unexamined. Mostly, he just seems off-kilter.
Pearce conveys the character's emotional atrophy well, though he's supremely unlikable. In the opening scene he seemed to have been sitting in his car contemplating suicide. It's not until the final scene that the audience learns why he is so hell-bent on tracking down his car, at the cost of all else.
He's clearly been deeply emotionally wounded, but it's nonetheless hard to view him as any kind of sympathetic soul after he callously and unnecessarily murders a dwarf who tries to sell him a gun.
Shortly after that brutal killing, Eric meets Rey (Robert Pattinson), the battered, dim-witted brother of Henry (Scoot McNairy), one of the thieves who stole Eric's car. Rey has been left for dead after being shot during a hold-up he and his brother were pulling. It's not difficult for Eric to persuade Rey to help him track down the brother who couldn't be bothered to help him.
Rey's simple-minded ways are not very convincing. Pattinson mumbles unpersuasively, in an inconsistent accent from the American South.
Michod's last film was 2010's Animal Kingdom, which was also savage, but more absorbing. Endless miles of scrubby brush are punctuated at intervals by telephone poles with crucified bodies on them.
While thematic kin to Cormac McCarthy's The Road, the latter was far more involving, melancholy and hauntingly powerful.
The Rover is a bleakly dystopian film with an aimless sense of direction.
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For those who love bulalo soup but not the messy part of holding the beef leg bone upright to allow the bone marrow to fall off, I have a solution. Consider it a way to serve bulalo soup, fine dining style. Simmer the beef leg bones for several hours, tap out the bone marrow, mash a bit and pour back into the broth. Add whatever meat and vegetables you want, and you get the richness of the marrow in the broth, and the texture of meat and vegetables to go with it. It's delicious.
What's the idea? Why let the marrow mix into the broth? The inspiration has nothing to do with any attempt to eat fine dining style at home. It has everything to do with Speedy and me competing for the bone marrow. He gets irked when I scoop and eat the marrow while the bone is still in the pot (I tell him I have to taste while I cook) leaving him with a much smaller share of the loot. So, he came up with the idea of putting all the marrow in the broth so that we get more or less equal shares. And the result was a soup worthy of a fine dining experience. The prep time is very short, it's the time to simmer the bones that take a while but the wait is well worth it.
The beef leg bones can be bought as "scrap soup bones". They're so much cheaper when bought that way instead of getting what is labeled as "bulalo". It's the same thing really, except that bulalo cut has a little meat. But, for purposes of making this soup, you don't need that little meat anyway, so, go for the scrap soup bones. Ask the butcher to cut the bones into sizes that will fit into your pot.


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Q: Printing contents of all files in a directory C programming Hello and good evening,
I'm making a program that will gather all the files in a given directory and print out all of the integers inside them.
This is homework but not THE homework.  This is a small part of it that I can't figure out.
Here's the code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "mergefiles.c"

int main(int argc, char **argv) {

if(2 != argc)
{
    printf("Directory name missing!\n");
    return 0;
}
DIR *dp = NULL;
struct dirent *dptr = NULL;
FILE *input_file;
FILE *next_file;
char c;

if (NULL == (dp = opendir(argv[1])))
{
    printf("Cannot open the given directory %s", argv[1]);
    exit(1);
}
else
{
    while(NULL != (dptr = readdir(dp)))
    {
        if(!strcmp (dptr->d_name, "."))
        {
            continue;
        }
        if(!strcmp (dptr->d_name, ".."))
        {
            continue;
        }

        input_file = fopen(dptr->d_name, "r");
        if(input_file == NULL)
        {
            perror("Cannot open file or no file exists\n");
            fclose(input_file);

            return 0;
        }
        c = fgetc(input_file);
        while(c != EOF)
        {
            printf("%d", c);
        }
        printf(%s\n", dptr->d_name);
    }
    closedir(dp);
}
return 0;
}

I started with this slowly.  First, I read a directory.  Then I printed the names of all the files within the directory.  All of that works just fine (which is really cool!).
However, i'm getting a segfault whenever I try to do the fclose(input_file) within the first while loop.  At first, I thought it was because there was nothing in the file (I fixed this by putting something in the file), but that doesn't work.
Strangely, when I take out the fclose(input_file), it will compile, but throw out the second error: Cannot open file or file doesn't exist.
All the files contain integers, one on each line, of varying depth.  I did my best to proofread the code so if there are any errors (typo's and such) let me know and I'll edit it right away.
Thanks for any all words of wisdom. :D
Update:
So I get a segfault because the input_file is NULL and I'm trying to close it...which makes sense and I can't believe I missed it.
What I don't understand is why the input_file is NULL in the first place.

A: The reason why you get input_file equal to NULL is obvious, because there is no such file that you want to open is in the current directory.
Suppose for example consider your working directory as (this is where you are compiling your C program)

/home/student/Myfolder

Let us assume you want to open "Input" folder and there are two files 1.txt and 2.txt.
After compiling what compiler does for fopen() is it searches for file as

/home/student/Myfolder/1.txt

But the actual path is

/home/student/Myfolder/Input/1.txt

I hope you understand that. To overcome this you have to get the current working directory cwd() function and then append the directory name and file name. Below is the complete program. Please do note the commands I have made in the program.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {

if(2 != argc)
{
    printf("Directory name missing!\n");
    return 0;
}
DIR *dp = NULL;
struct dirent *dptr = NULL;
FILE *input_file;
FILE *next_file;
char c,cwd[256]; //created new character array

if (NULL == (dp = opendir(argv[1])))
{
    printf("Cannot open the given directory %s", argv[1]);
    exit(1);
}
else
{
    while((dptr = readdir(dp))!=NULL)
    {
        if(!strcmp (dptr->d_name, "."))
        {
            continue;
        }
        if(!strcmp (dptr->d_name, ".."))
        {
            continue;
        }
    if(getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)) == NULL) //this is important
    {
        printf("No such file or directory");
        continue;
    }
    if(dptr->d_name[0]=='.')  //Files never begin with '.'
        continue;
    strcat(cwd,"/");   //For windows "\"
    strcat(cwd,argv[1]);
    strcat(cwd,"/");   //For windows "\"
    strcat(cwd,dptr->d_name);
    printf("%s",cwd);  //check for working directory
        input_file = fopen(cwd, "r");
    printf("%s\n",dptr->d_name); //validation check
        if(input_file == NULL)
        {
            perror("Cannot open file or no file exists\n");
            fclose(input_file);
            return 0;
        }
        c = fgetc(input_file);
        while(c != EOF)
        {
            printf("%d", c);
        }
        printf("%s\n", dptr->d_name);
    }
    closedir(dp);
}
return 0;
}

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Q: Injecting the azure table storage connection string for Webhooks I am using the azure table storage for the one of our webhook sender service.
For this, the MS_AzureStoreConnectionString has to be set in the web.config file.
Now i need to get the above values from the key vault which can be done through custom implementation only.
I removed the "MS_AzureStoreConnectionString" key in my web.config.
And i have tried to inject the azure table storage connection string to the default web hook implementation as below in my startup class.
SettingsDictionary settings = new SettingsDictionary();

string connectionString = helper.getTableSrorageConnectionString();

ConnectionSettings connection = new ConnectionSettings("MS_AzureStoreConnectionString", connectionString);

settings.Connections.Add("MS_AzureStoreConnectionString", connection);

But I am facing the below issue while running my APP.

Please provide a Microsoft Azure Storage connection string with name 'MS_AzureStoreConnectionString' in the configuration string section of the 'Web.Config' file.

i don't want to persist the connection string in the web.config / app settings.
How can i inject the connection string to the default web hook implementation?
Kindly suggest the possible solution on this.

A: According to your description, if you want to set the connection string in the codes. I suggest you could create your own InitializeCustomWebHooksAzureStorage method in the WebApiConfig class.
After the InitializeCustomWebHooksAzureStorage  get the SettingsDictionary, then you could add the connection string into the SettingsDictionary.
More details, you could refer to below codes:
  public static class WebApiConfig
    {
        public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            // Web API configuration and services

            // Web API routes
            config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

            config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
            );
            config.InitializeCustomWebHooks();
            // Change the method
            config.InitializeCustomWebHooksAzureStorage2();
            config.InitializeCustomWebHooksApis();
            config.InitializeReceiveCustomWebHooks();
        }

        public static void InitializeCustomWebHooksAzureStorage2(this HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            if (config == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(config));
            }
            WebHooksConfig.Initialize(config);
            ILogger logger = config.DependencyResolver.GetLogger();
            SettingsDictionary settings = config.DependencyResolver.GetSettings();
            settings.Add("MS_AzureStoreConnectionString", "connection string");
            IStorageManager storageManager =  GetInstance2(logger);
            IWebHookStore store;
            store = new AzureWebHookStore(storageManager, settings, logger);
            CustomServices.SetStore(store);
        }

        private static IStorageManager _storageManager;

        internal static IStorageManager GetInstance2(ILogger logger)
        {
            if (_storageManager != null)
            {
                return _storageManager;
            }

            IStorageManager instance = new StorageManager(logger);
            Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _storageManager, instance, null);
            return _storageManager;
        }

    }

A: The below snippet also worked for me. you have to add the below lines before  config.InitializeCustomWebHooksAzureStorage()
ConnectionSettings value = new ConnectionSettings("MS_AzureStoreConnectionString", "connectionString")
SettingsDictionary settings = config.DependencyResolver.GetSettings();  settings.Add("MS_AzureStoreConnectionString",value );


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Sant Martí del Congost o Església d'Aiguafreda de Dalt és una església del municipi d'Aiguafreda (Vallès Oriental) inclosa en l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya. La seva consagració, promoguda per l'abadessa Emma, filla del comte Guifré el Pelós, la va dur a terme el bisbe Gotmar de Vic el dia 5 d'agost del 898 amb el nom de Sant Martí de la vall del Congost. A l'acta de consagració s'indica que els servidors de lésglésia seran sacerdots, monjos i Deodicades. L'any 1105 es va tornar a consagrar el temple, reconstruït en l'estil romànic; d'aquesta segona data procedeixen els vestigis més antics de l'església.

Descripció

Situada a la part alta de la muntanya, a 3 km del nucli urbà actual. Planta de creu llatina. Nau única coberta amb volta de canó. Absis cobert amb volta de quart d'esfera, amb set absidioles i decorat a l'exterior per una cornisa amb arcs i faixes llombardes. Hi ha alguna finestra d'espitllera. Els braços del transsepte () són coberts amb volta de creueria d'un gòtic molt senzill. A banda i banda de l'absis es practicaren dues obertures per ubicar la sagristia i la capella del Sant Crist. L'antiga porta d'accés orientada a migjorn fou tapada i substituïda el  per una altra porta situada al seu costat. A la façana de ponent es conserva una antiga finestra bessona no visible a l'exterior degut al campanar d'espadanya, el qual fou substituït al  per l'actual cloquer.

Als peus del massís de pedra tosca on està construïda l'església hi ha una cova formada pel creixement de la tosquera, que conserva restes de sepultures tallades a la roca de cronologia altmedieval. De fet, les excavacions arqueològiques en curs a la rodalia del conjunt monumental estan aportant coneixement sobre l'ús funerari del massís des de la Tardoantiguitat.

Història
La primera acta de consagració de l'església data de l'any 898. En l'edifici es troben diferents etapes constructives posteriors, referents als segles XII-XX. Cal esmentar l'existència d'un comunidor del  situat davant l'església.

Referències

Martí del Congost
Esglésies romàniques del Vallès Oriental
Patrimoni monumental d'Aiguafreda

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So, after all that, was the swordfish any good?
I heard it tasted like chicken. But I got to hold the swordfish which to me was way cooler.
R'Natan, I accept your argument for the intrinsic kashrut of swordfish - assuming that the juvenile form features encompassing scales that are removable without difficulty. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that a fish that was kosher at one phase of its life can't become non-kosher in a subsequent phase. If the converse was treated by the Talmud as kosher, then certainly once kosher-always kosher. However, your statement that the accepted view of the Ramban that scales must be easily removable to designate a kosher species has no basis in torah or talmud is mistaken. The proof text of the relevant gemara identifying the biblical 'kashkeshet' with scales alludes to the analogy with scale armor that is considered a 'levush'. A 'levush' (garment) is something easily removed from the body. Hence, it is but an evident implication that the fish scales must have that feature. The practical significance, however, of declaring swordfish to be intrinsically kosher has little relevance in the current marketplace. As you pointed out, the swordfish appearing in the market are cut from huge adult fish at the fishing dock or at sea. Unless there is hashgacha from the catch to the point of sale, the kosher customer can't rely on its kashrut. There is a rabbinic prohibition of consuming cut fish without signs or testimony of kashrut. While your assemblage of exotic food eaters were justified in eating a swordfish that was delivered uncut, the feast may have prompted some readers to buy cut swordfish in the marketplace. Methinks that more of a warning is justified as in "don't try this at home".
The very treife-looking sea-life (whether the food, the decorations, or the just the shapes of the plates) reminded me of some of my Passover dinners, where we ate meatballs and spaghetti (-squash), matzah lasagna, and the most chametzdik-tasting kosher l'Pesach almond butter cookies.
From your very fine evolution article: "(supported by evidence such as) the presence of vestigial organs (such as the tiny, useless wings of flightless birds)" - When you say "useless", are you referring just to the use for flying, or are you referring also to all the other posited uses of "half-a-wing," such as for gaining a footing as the birds run up steep slopes?
I feel compelled to retract my last post in which I agreed with the proposed intrinsic kashrut of swordfish - with caveats to the consumer. Now I'm not sure that this fish - as marketed is biblically kosher. The torah insists that only fish with scales and fins are to be considered kosher (Kol asher yesh bo snapir vekashkeshet, otoh tocheilo.). The adult swordfish in the market has no evident scales. While close examination reveals hidden scales, I don't know if such is sufficient to satisfy the biblical requirement. While the relevant gemara in Hulin can be read as permitting such fish, the rationale given (allegedly losing scales when lifted out of the water) doesn't apply to real swordfish. Those of us who are concerned with evident torah strictures regardless of leniencies of custom or rabbinic rationales will refrain from swordfish whether whole or in pieces.
DId you read my article about swordfish? It's online.
Yes, I read the linked article and made my comment afterwards. In what way would I have been further enlightened?
"The second, no less significant, specific characteristic of the swordfish is that it is by far the most common of all billfish species in the Mediterranean. If the swordfish were to be a non-kosher species, then the Talmud would not describe another billfish as being kosher, and mislead people into thinking that it was talking about the more common swordfish."
Do you mean to say that if the Gemara refers to something that has a similar counterpart we assume the more common one is being referred to? If so I do not understand how such a sevara can be used as a proof it seems very weak.


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Celebrity Name Game Board Game
Introduction to Celebrity Name Game Board Game
The Benefits of Playing the Celebrity Name Game Board Game
How to Play Celebrity Name Game Board Game
Tips and Strategies to Win the Celebrity Name Game Board Game
Who Would Enjoy the Celebrity Name Game Board Game
Where to Buy Celebrity Name Game Board Game
Celebrity Name Game Board game is a fun and interactive way for people of all ages to test their knowledge about popular figures in entertainment, sports and pop culture. The game was created by the renowned TV producer, Courteney Cox and is a sister to the television personality based on her own show Celebrity Name Game.
The popularity of Celebrity Name Game Board Game saw a resurgence in interest in 2021 when it became an instant hit among house party gimmicks. The game board includes 4 categories: movies, music, TV/media, and celebrities " all of which are accompanied by various levels of difficulty meaning that both knowledgeable pros or novices will be able to find enjoyment playing this game.
Players must draw cards which feature photos and clues related to the chosen category before attempting to guess who the celebritiy is before time runs out. In this way, each round can become exhilaratingly competitive as teams vie for victory points depending on the correct guesses made! Meanwhile, players must work against a ticking clock as they try deciphering their celebrity-related clue from the list of possibilities provided. When players susses out their celeb's identity correctly then they can advance further around the board! Ultimately, with its endless variety and attractive design elements, it's no wonder that more and more people have come to realize why Celebrity Name Game Board Game has become such a hit during these pandemic days!
The Celebrity Name Game Board Game is a fun, interactive party game that tests players' knowledge of celebrity personalities and popular culture. Players take turns guessing the names of celebrities based on clues provided by other players. The game can accommodate up to eight players and is suitable for ages eight and up.
Playing the Celebrity Name Game Board Game can be not only entertaining but also beneficial to mental health and cognitive development. As players guess who the celebrity is, they need to think quickly and remember details, improving memory skills. The game also provides an opportunity for social engagement where play- ers must come together to brainstorm potential clues and solutions. This may help develop communication skills while providing an opportunity for engaging in meaningful conversations among participants. Additionally, being able to identify celebrities reflects pop culture knowledge which may provide a sense of pride when correctly guessing a character or clue within the game.
Celebrity Name Game is a fun family-friendly board game that provides hours of fun and laughter. The game works in teams of two, three, or four; each team has a designated "celebrity" they have to guess based on a few clues provided by another team member.
To play the game, start out by setting up the board with all the clue cards and two different colors for each team. Then, choose someone to be the moderator who reads out the clues from each card.
Cryptid Board Game 2 Player
Now it's time for the guessing to begin! The hints given include an occupation and at least one related fact about the person (i.e., Celebrity X loves cats). Each player must offer guesses until someone reveals who the celebrity is. When this happens, the correct player gets two points for his or her team!
After collecting their two points, that team moves their pieces forward on the board. If any players struggle with a clue, they can use clue chips as helpful boosts " just make sure one person hasn't used too many though!
When a team reaches the end of the path on their side of the game board first (also marked by "X" tiles) then they win! Round up your friends and family members " Celebrity Name Game is sure to excite everyone involved!
One of the key strategies in the game is to remember names of popular celebrities. Knowing many actors, singers, athletes, and other famous figures will allow you to move faster around the board. It can also be helpful to know the name of their spouses or partners, and sometimes even specific movies they've starred in. When playing with younger kids it may be more advantageous to offer multiple choices when guessing.
For example, if an adult in the group knows that a young actress was in High School Musical and Wizards of Waverly Place as well as Descendants, then you could offer up all three potential answers for the child who guesses first. You will benefit from giving them multiple options because this way your team won't lose a turn if one answer is incorrect.
Additionally, try not to repeat celebrity names too often during gameplay. If a certain actor or singer was guessed twice within a few turns, pick something else instead until you continue making progress with new answers. Variety is key!
Tips for Different Skill Levels
Beginners: Make sure you have a pen and paper handy so that everyone can write down any clue words that are given throughout gameplay; this will help ensure no one forgets during later rounds of play. The team should communicate often so that all members have some idea what another player has already guessed or attempted to guess. Communicating between players can be tricky, but important when it comes to getting all players on the same page " literally!
Advanced Players: Use tactics such as offering multiple wrong answers on purpose so as not to get stuck eliminating multiple options completely and come across easier options more quickly. Use more complex clues that may require outside knowledge such as movie titles or company affiliations; this will give your team an edge over others who may merely use first/last names or professions for clues! Finally, try not repeating celebrity names too frequently so that other teams do not catch onto your overall strategy and catch up with points faster than yours!
The Celebrity Name Game Board Game is a great game for all types of players of various ages and group sizes. It is suitable for younger children and families, as well as for adults, with slight modifications to the gameplay possible. For family groups or young children, the player can provide clues in different categories or levels based on age/difficulty. For older people or larger groups, this game is still applicable as you can increase the time given to make a guess or combine teams for extra competition. Advanced players may also add extra rules such as bonus point questions or shorter rounds to make it more involved and challenging. Ultimately, the Celebrity Name Game Board Game is perfect for everyone who loves pop-culture trivia, whether they are younger kids wanting an entertaining interactive activity with their parents, teenagers having fun with their friends, elders playing together at home or even work colleagues on team building events – there are options to cater to anyone's needs!
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The Celebrity Name Game Board Game is an exciting game that puts a new twist on the classic name game. The goal of the game is to guess the celebrity names while being provided with clues from other players. This popular game has recently become available in retail stores worldwide and offers hours of entertainment for groups of all ages.
Where to Buy Celebrity Name Game Board Game: The game is currently available at major retailers such as Walmart, Amazon, Target, Best Buy and many more. Prices for the game range from around $25-35 depending on which retailer it is purchased from. Many online retailers such as eBay also offer new and used versions of the game at discounted rates. Additionally, independent hobby shops may also stock the Celebrity Name Game Board Game in limited quantities. Customers can also find information about availability and pricing on social media sites like Facebook Marketplace or Instagram accounts dedicated to selling games.
The Celebrity Name Game Board Game is a fun and interactive way to find out who your friends and family really know about famous people. This game is great for people of all ages, making it an enjoyable experience for everyone involved.
Overall, the Celebrity Name Game Board Game provides an entertaining game that allows players to flex their knowledge on celebrities while having a good time with family and friends. It encourages critical thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving skills as participants race to guess correctly before the other team. With interesting rules like the Cat & Mouse twist, this game will keep you challenged and engaged throughout. All in all, it is an exciting game that encourages friendly competitiveness and bonding opportunities.
In conclusion, the Celebrity Name Game Board Game offers a unique way to spend quality time with family or friends while challenging one another's knowledge of celebrities in a competitive environment. If you're looking for something new and different for your next get-together, this board game should definitely be at the top of your list!
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Mahatma Gandhi had once said that real India exists in rural India.If at all India has to develop, it should cater the needs of rural masses.There is lot of hidden talent in rural India.
In an attempt to fulfill the dream of the Father of the Nation we have established the engineering college at Wadwadi, in the vicinity of picturesque location of Engineering Marvel, Bhatgar Dam, with the state of art infrastructure necessary for the development of the students.
Lot of industries in various fields are coming up in the vicinity of our college at places like Shirval, Khandala, Mahad etc.With students graduating from our engineering college, there will be no dearth of engineers in this industrial area.
This is just the beginning of new era to strengthen the rural students & encourage them to serve the nation in the best possible way.


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With Large Underserved Areas, Idaho Seeks to Establish Statewide Educational Network
August 8 – The state of Idaho took a step toward a broadband strategy with the March 2008 passage of H. 543, a bill that establishes a statewide broadband network.
Broadband Census in the States
Broadband Census Idaho
By William G. Korver, Reporter, BroadbandCensus.com
Editor's Notes: This story and headline have been modified since publication. The previous headline was: "With Large Underserved Areas, Idaho May Soon Deploy 300 Megabit System." (8/9)
This is the fifth of a series of articles surveying the state of broadband, and of broadband data, within each of the United States. Among the next profiles: Alaska, Hawaii and North Carolina. (8/8)
The Idaho network will be similar to the Utah Education Network, and hence used primarily for educational purposes. Still, the network would also aid both industry and government, wrote Sharon Fisher of NewWest.net, an online media company.
The bill seems to rebuff provider Qwest Communications' assurances that the majority of people residing in Idaho and desiring high-speed internet access already have it, wrote Fisher.
Mark Reed, who manages a fiber-optic network for the city of Idaho Falls, said there remain some rural areas in the state that have merely one broadband provider. The network connects all city sites and has also built out fiber-to-the-premise capabilities that are leased to commercial areas.
In an interview, he said that Idaho "can do better" than it currently is doing on broadband.
Fiber builds could be enhanced under H. 543. The text of the law calls for the state to "[c]oordinate the development, outsourcing and implementation of a statewide network for education, which shall include high-bandwidth connectivity, two-way interactive video and internet access, using primarily fiber optic and other high-bandwidth transmission media."
Syringa Networks, which is made up of 12 Idaho independent local exchange carriers, has also created state-wide fiber-optic network in Idaho.
Reed said he had recently met with executives from Syringa and Verizon Communications to discuss a joint project that would bring speeds in the range of 300 megabits per second (Mbps) to 400 Mbps to every home and business.
However, Steve Maloney, general manager of the Boise-based Syringa Networks, said that he was "not aware" of any new joint project involving Verizon. Maloney also said that Boise had discussed Wi-Fi networks in the past, but not recently.
Also, DigitalBridge Communications, a telecommunications service provider focused on using the high-powered wireless WiMAX technology to deliver broadband services to underserved communities nationwide, recently announced what it called the first commercially available Mobile WiMAX network.
The speeds of WiMAX are considerably slower than fiber-optics; however, in a press release, Digital Bridge said that service will be "fast enough to allow full-motion video, voice, and data communications from anywhere in the area."
Also in March of 2008, Rep. Dennis Lake of Blackfoot introduced an withdrew House bill No. 662. The bill would have removed a tax exemption to the companies that provide broadband Internet.
Reed said there is no other pending legislation regarding broadband in Idaho.
Broadband Census Resources:
Bill Underway to Develop Idaho Broadband Network, NewWest.net, February 19, 2008
Lake Pulls Repeal of Idaho Broadband Credit, NewWest.net, March 27, 2008
Idaho House Bill H. 543, as passed
DigitalBridge Communications deploys the first Mobile WiMAX network using WiMAX Forum Certified equipment [PDF], press release, June 30, 2008
Related Topics:Boise (ID) broadbandDennis LakeDigital Bridgefiber opticsIdaho bill H. 543Idaho bill H. 662Idaho broadbandIdaho Falls (ID) broadbandJackson Hole (WY) broadbandMark ReedQwest CommunicationsSteve MaloneySyringa NetworksUtah Education NetworkWiMax
Federal Communications Commission Data on Hawaii Broadband
Federal Communications Commission Data on Idaho Broadband
Fiber Optics Generally a Better Option Than Wireless, Even in Rural Areas, Says Municipal Broadband Advocate
Next Century Cities Highlights State Action for Broadband, Co-Sponsors Broadband Conference in Idaho
Watching the Rio Blanco Open Access Broadband Project in Colorado
Utah Foundation Report Highlights Pioneering Work for Advanced Broadband, Including UTOPIA Gigabit Network
Schools, Health and Libraries Conference a Vital Connection for Public Broadband
How Internet Companies Are Driving a Public Utility Regulation Approach to Net Neutrality
Congress Should Give States More Authority Over Broadband Priorities, Experts Say
Experts suggest states and municipalities should have more leeway with federal broadband funds.
Jasmine Campos
Texas Governor Greg Abbott
June 30, 2021–Congress should allow the states authority over where and how to invest broadband dollars, experts said on a panel Tuesday.
The panel discussed the problem with federal agencies restricting states to only use funds for a distinct purpose, as opposed to allowing them to decide where the money can best be spent.
Federal agencies tend to focus on accessibility, affordability, and future-proofing broadband, but states all have different immediate needs, according to the panelists hosted by America's Communications Association (ACA) on Tuesday. The panelists were discussing the $65-billion allocated to broadband as part of the infrastructure package announced by President Joe Biden last week.
The panelists said they hope that the $65 billion will be directed in a similar way to funds from the American Rescue Plan, which grants states flexibility in spending.
ACA projects $400 million needed for broadband
The panel also discussed recent proposals and statistics gathered by the ACA, which show that roughly 12 million households in America remain underserved, having less than the federal minimum standard of 25 Mbps download speed and 3 Mbps download. An additional 30 million are underserved for other reasons, including affordability.
The results, they say, show that closing the digital gap rests in addressing availability and adoption, and that these issues can be resolved best by deferring to localities.
The ACA report found that these issues can be address if spending was increased to $399 billion, a significantly greater amount of money than Congress is currently mulling. The lack of funds, experts said, means that there will have to be prioritization of funds to either availability or adoption.
Derek Turner, research director at media advocacy group Free Press, said this would amplify the need to let the states handle the money their given because they'll know how to prioritize the funds.
The state of broadband…in the states
States are already being encouraged to take matters into their own hands and form partnerships with private firms to expand broadband access. Experts suggest that, to offset the expenses of building broadband in more rural areas, the government will have to step in and subsidize some of the costs.
In a recent Pew article examining the details of the American Rescue Plan Act, Kathryn de Wit of the research center pointed to the flexibility given to states to assist the federal government in bridging the digital divide. She drew attention to the fact that states have a large role to play in addressing that gap.
Meanwhile, the Texas legislature has already begun to take measures in creating an office dedicated to oversee improvements in broadband in the province. The legislature recently passed House Bill 5, which seeks to expand broadband service to certain areas and requires a state broadband plan be created. The bill is awaiting a signature from Governor Greg Abbott.
Aside from Texas, most states already have a statewide broadband plan.
Vermont House Backs $150 Million Broadband Plan Creating New State Office
Jericho Casper
Photo by Michelle Raponi used with permission
A bill dedicating $150 million of anticipated federal funding to create a new state broadband office to coordinate and accelerate the expansion of high-speed Internet access throughout Vermont passed the State House of Representatives last week with overwhelming bipartisan support.
On March 24th, the Vermont House approved H.B. 360 by a vote of 145-1, backing the creation of the Vermont Community Broadband Authority. If the bill becomes law it would help fund and organize the deployment of broadband infrastructure between Vermont's nine Communications Union Districts (CUDs) and their potential partners, which include electric distribution utilities, nonprofit organizations, the federal government, and private Internet Service Providers.
The bill was introduced in the state Senate last Friday, and discussed for the first time in the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Enabled by a 2015 law, CUDs are local governmental bodies consisting of two or more towns joined together to build communications infrastructure. They were established to create innovative solutions to build broadband networks and provide a combination of Fiber-to-the-Home and fixed wireless Internet connectivity in their respective territories across Vermont, especially in areas where incumbent ISPs fail to provide adequate service.
Vermont's CUDs, which have called for federal funding assistance since the onset of the pandemic, are ideally positioned to distribute funds in a way that will provide reliable and high-performance Internet access to every nook-and-cranny of the state. Vermont's active CUDs have already constructed deep pockets of fiber.
Whether or not the CUDs will be able to reach the state's goal of delivering universal 100/100 Megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service by 2024 now rests in the hands of Vermont's Senate, Congress, and the Biden Administration as state and federal lawmakers wrestle with how to best expand access to broadband.
CUDs Desire State Block Grants
The U.S. government has not yet provided guidance on how states will be able to distribute the federal dollars headed their way. In this sense, amendments added to H.B. 360 before it passed Vermont's House, increasing the bill's appropriation from an initial $30 million to $150 million, reflect the CUDs call for federal funding and state lawmakers' desire for the federal government to establish rules that give states flexibility to utilize the funding how they see fit.
As of yet, it appears one of the main sources of broadband infrastructure funding allocated under the American Rescue Plan Act, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, will be awarded in the form of state block grants. States will be awarded between $100 million and $500 million in block grants for capital projects, which include building improved telecommunications networks at a time when remote work, education, and telehealth are more prevalent than ever.
Vermont's CUDs are hoping little to no constraints are placed on how states can spend incoming federal grant money. In conversation with ILSR, Carole Monroe, CEO of ValleyNet (the operations company of Vermont's first fully-operating CUD, ECFiber) expressed deep frustrations about the strings that were attached to CARES Act funding. Recipients of CARES Act money were required to spend the funds within months of it being distributed. Monroe lamented the fact that it forced recipients to pursue short-term solutions.
"By the time it reached the state, it was too late to do anything except a few wireless access points here or there," said Monroe.
"We've all been hoping for an infrastructure bill, but I think there will be many strings attached," she said, cognizant of her past experiences with bureaucratic contingencies on funding. If the funding comes in the form of "block grants to the state it will make it much easier to move forward" because Vermont has a strategic and well-developed plan.
CUDs Need Startup Capital, and to Consolidate
Based on a Magellan Advisors' report commissioned by Vermont's Department of Public Services, it is estimated that it will cost $1 billion to deploy broadband infrastructure to the estimated 254,000 locations (82 percent of Vermont) that currently lack 100/100 Mbps symmetrical service (see inline map below, or high-resolution version at the bottom of this story).
CUDs have historically had limited access to the financial capital necessary for expansion into unserved and underserved areas of the state, as previous broadband grant programs have not offered the scale to solve the problem, and traditional funding sources tend to shy away from investing in entities with limited revenue history and little collateral.
Though private investors are beginning to show interest in funding CUDs initiatives, Vermont's CUDs see the incoming federal funding as a rare opportunity for the infusion of start-up capital initially necessary for CUDs to be financially self-sufficient.
Monroe said that in order for CUDs to be self-supporting they need enough capital for three years of audited financials, three years of positive cash flow, and three years of positive EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization). After getting CUDs to that point, they would then be able to access the municipal bond market, in which interest on money borrowed is not taxable.
While H.B. 360 will help by developing favorable taxing, financing, and regulatory mechanisms to support CUDs, Monroe suggested that it may also make sense for some of Vermont's smaller CUDs to work together, consolidating Vermont's nine CUDs into perhaps five or six. Some of the CUDs are very small (serving only about 10 rural towns), which may make it more difficult to gain return on investment.
Potential Partnerships
At the heart of H.B. 360 is a call for increased partnerships to deliver resilient last-mile broadband infrastructure. It will be interesting to follow Vermont's CUDs to see what entities they end up partnering with, as each partnership is likely to be unique.
Last Friday, Consolidated Communications, a major provider of Internet service in the region, responded to a CUDs request for proposal, demonstrating that the private ISP is willing to partner with the CUDs to deliver high-speed Internet service.
According to Monroe, a large portion of ECFiber's 6,000 current subscribers switched from Consolidated Communications, so the company quickly learned they needed to improve its service and/or partner with the CUDs to remain viable in the state.
Consolidated Communications could be a desirable partner for Vermont's CUDs given that they already have access to many pole attachments throughout the state. This will save CUDs from spending already-limited funds on utility pole attachments and make-ready work that often leads to increased costs in the buildout of broadband networks.
Another potential partner for CUDs is Green Mountain Power (GMP), the major electric utility in Vermont, which recently reached an agreement with the Department of Public Service to cover the costs of up to $2,000 for make-ready work in each of the utility's unserved locations. With 7,500 unserved locations in the utility's service area, the agreement would reduce the cost of building broadband networks within their footprint by as much as $15 million. Many CUDs are working to calculate how the cost-savings agreement could significantly advance their efforts to expand broadband into unserved regions.
The electric utility's contributions would also help bring equity to Vermont's energy sector. Currently all Vermont electric ratepayers are contributing to the rollout of clean energy technologies, yet not all ratepayers are able to access those technologies because they do not have access to adequate broadband.
One thing is clear: Vermont state lawmakers see federal funding, guided by new state legislation, as key to creating a more equitable future and delivering universal broadband access for its citizens.
See a high-resolution map of locations served by 100/100 Mbps in Vermont here.
Editor's Note: This piece was authored by Jericho Casper with the Institute for Local Self Reliance's Community Broadband Network Initiative. Originally published on MuniNetworks.org, the piece is part of a collaborative reporting effort between Broadband Breakfast and the Community Broadband Networks program at ILSR.
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Stamping out Election Falsehoods Like Playing Whack-a-Mole, Says Georgia's Brad Raffensperger
Derek Shumway
Photo of Brad Raffensperger from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
February 5, 2021 – With election misinformation and conspiracy theories rampant in Election 2020, secretaries of state representing pivotal states swapped stories on Thursday about the howlers they faced – and what they did to try to maintain public trust in upholding election integrity.
Perhaps no one faced more pressure to act to overturn the results of his state's presidential vote tally than Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Among the many false accusations he faced was that a Ron Raffensperger, allegedly a brother of his, works for a Chinese technology firm. While there is such a person, and that person does in fact work for the Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei, that Ron Raffensperger is not Brad Raffensperger's brother.
At Thursday's meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, Raffensperger said again that he does not have a brother named Ron. He also expressed condolences for the real Ron Raffensperger out there.
Stamping out falsehoods is like playing a game of 'rumor-whack-a-mole,' said Brad Raffensperger. Once you eradicate one rumor, another just pops up. It's as if the truth has 30,000 Twitter followers while falsehood has 80 million followers, he added.
Screenshot of the NASS webinar
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs addressed the "Sharpiegate" scandal, another fake claim concocted by Republicans. Sharpiegate was the wrong notion pushed by some that Sharpie pens distributed at polling places were handed out for voting.
But the felt-tip pen's ink bled through the ballot, making it unreadable by a machine and thus keeping the Sharpie victim's vote from being counted. The twist in this particular story is that only the Sharpie-marked ballots cast by Republican candidates were thrown out, somehow.
While recognizing the seriousness of this misinformation campaign, exacerbated by Eric Trump's tweets about it, souvenir Sharpies were ordered bearing "Sharpiegate 2020" printed on them – just as a joke, said Hobbs.
Michigan had a plan in place for months on how to collect, process, and release voting results, said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. However, because its processes were so efficient, Michigan caught its critics off guard. This exposed Michigan to accusations of allegedly counting its ballots too fast in an effort to try to "fix" the election. Robocalls targeted minority majority communities, including in Detroit.
Ohio also anticipated a barrage of misinformation. As a preemptive measure, the state rolled out numerous tools and resources to inform citizens of voting processes.
Secretaries of state need to help voters build confidence knowing their voice will be heard in a fair and honest contest, and not to tear it down, said Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State. He praised Ohio's election integrity and said it had a record low in ballot rejection, and a record high in ballot workers.
The state also tried to stop spreaders of misinformation by warning of felony charges for spreading lies.


A visit to the Squire Boone Caverns offers a prehistoric look at the underground.
Located in Mauckport, Indiana the Squire Boone Caverns offer visitors a variety of fun things to do. Take 73 stairs down to million of years of history that awaits you in the cave formations and underground waterfalls. These caverns were discovered by the Boone brothers about two centuries ago.Visitors find many secrets below where the dinosaurs once roamed.
The underground area just got better as two new outdoor adventures have been added for visitors. The interesting Squire's Lantern tour leads groups through the darkness, guided by the soft light of lanterns. Guides tell the tales of Squire and Daniel Boone's cavern discovery. Once visitors reach the dead end of the cavern, the lights come on illuminating the interior and giving visitors a different experience as they make their way out of the cavern. You wll also find plenty of daytime tours.
To add to the fun, try out the high-flying zipline canopy tour taking you high above the caverns on six nonstop tree-to-tree ziplines and a swinging suspension ridge. The zip line adventure is open daily from the beginning of April to mid November. A variety of tours are offered.
The cavern is a growing ecosystem deep below the surface of the earth. Stalactites, stalagmites are prevalent as you walk the lighted pathways.
Outside of the caverns you will find a working gristmill built by Boone. Also, in this village are plenty of things to do and see. Mine for gold and gemstones, visit the rock shop, hike, picnic, watch soap being made, hand dip your own candle and top it off with some homemade fudge.
School House in Corydon The caverns are just 20 minute outside of the first capital of Indiana, Corydon where you will find many things to do in this area of the Hoosier state. With plenty of history, travelers will also find old time ice cream parlors, civil war battlefield and reencatment and one of the oldest standing african american schools.
With plenty of affordable places to stay, a variety of wonderful restaurants, live bluegrass music and a river boat casino, The Horseshoe housing the popular Paula Deen's buffet, the area has a lot to offer.


This rejuvenating oil has a wonderfully earthy scent and is steam distilled from the resin, extracted from the tree. With soothing properties, it helps to tone and rejuvenate the skin.
The essential oil is inhaled through the aromatic steam, as well as being absorbed by the skin. For adults, add up to 5 drops in 2 tbsp bath oil, shower gel, or carrier oil. For children over 2 years old or adults with sensitive skin, reduce the amount to up to 2 drops per 2 tbsp. Not suitable for children under two years old.
This technique helps to clear your head and nose. For adults, add 4–6 drops to a bowl of steaming water, pace a towel over your head and breathe. Children over 2 years old, adults with sensitive skin and asthmatics should not inhale directly. Instead, place the bowl of hot water with added oils in the room nearby. Not suitable for children under two years old.
Relaxes your body and mind while helping to soothe aching muscles. For adults, use up to 15 drops in 2 tbsp of base oil. For children over 2 years old or adults with sensitive skin, use up to 6 drops in 2 tbsp of base oil. Not suitable for children under two years old.
A natural air freshener, this technique creates a relaxing ambiance and mood. For adults, add 1–3 drops in a diffuser or burner. For children over 2 years old, add 1–3 drops in a diffuser. Not suitable for children under two years old.


Erysimum cheiri. Perennial in zones 6-9.
Unique, 1 1⁄2″, velvety crimson flowers start to bloom early in the spring from a mid-summer sowing the year before. Blooms in clusters that make a nice, sweet scented cut flower. The plants are somewhat dwarf, growing up to 2′ tall, and do well in partial or full sun. They prefer soils with good drainage. We have some growing under rhododendrons and the combination is delightful. This species has a long history as an ornamental in Europe and deserves to be more popular in North America. Thrives in our Pacific Northwest climate. In some areas English wallflowers are grown as biennials and are hardy down to -5°F.


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Saudi, UAE led mediation: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout
The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud led mediation efforts that secured the release of Griner in a prisoner swap with Russia, a joint statement released by WAM said on Thursday.
President Joe Biden said Griner was safe and on a plane home from the United Arab Emirates.
"I'm glad to say Brittney's in good spirits... she needs time and space to recover," he said at the White House.
Bout - widely known as the "merchant of death" - has arrived back in Moscow, Russian media reports.
"In the middle of the night they simply woke me up and said 'Get your things together' and that was it," Bout said in brief remarks to a reporter from national television, after landing in Russia.
Bout reportedly came down the aeroplane steps carrying a bouquet of flowers before embracing his mother and his wife.
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and last month she was sent to a penal colony.
The Biden administration proposed a prisoner exchange in July, aware Moscow had long sought Bout's release.
The elaborate swap involved two private planes bringing the pair to Abu Dhabi airport from Moscow and Washington, and then flying them home.
Footage on Russian state media showed them crossing on the tarmac with their respective teams. In the video, apparently provided by Russian security services, Bout is warmly greeted by two Russian officials as Griner, who is 6ft 9in (206cm), looks on. Part of the swap is then edited out before the two parties go their separate ways.
"The Russian citizen has been returned to his homeland," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle praised the efforts of the Biden administration in securing her release: "I'm just standing here overwhelmed with emotions."
According to a joint Saudi-UAE statement, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a leading role in mediation efforts, along with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
But the White House denied any mediation had been involved. "The only countries that negotiated this deal were the United States and Russia," said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
When negotiations began to secure Griner's release during the summer, the US made clear it wanted ex-marine Paul Whelan to be included in an exchange.
Bout's lawyer, Alexei Tarasov, told Russian TV that from the start the US wanted two of its citizens returned, and Russia's foreign ministry complained that "Washington categorically refused to engage in dialogue".
But it became clear that Whelan, jailed in 2018 on suspicion of spying, would not be part of the Russian swap, dashing his family's hopes.
Paul Whelan told CNN he was "greatly disappointed" more had not been done to free him, as he had carried out no crime: "I don't understand why I'm still sitting here," he said.
President Biden finally signed the order for Bout's release, commuting his 25-year jail term, in a direct swap for Griner.
Bout's wife Alla told Russian TV she had spoken to him only two days ago: "He was supposed to call me tonight. Now we'll see each other and hug each other. That's better than any phone call."
Viktor Bout sold arms to warlords and rogue governments, becoming one of the world's most wanted men.
Dubbed the "merchant of death" for gun-running in the years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian's exploits inspired the 2005 Hollywood film Lord of War, which was loosely based on his life.
His secretive career was brought to an end by an elaborate US sting in 2008, when he was arrested at a hotel in the Thai capital Bangkok, to the anger of the Russian government.
He was extradited two years later and has spent the past 12 years in an American jail for conspiring to support terrorists and kill Americans.
Bout's circumstances could hardly be more different from that of his opposite number in the prisoner swap.
Brittney Griner, 32, is one of the best-known sportswomen in America. During the US basketball season the double Olympic champion is a star centre for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.
Her only reason for flying to Moscow was to play in Russia during the off-season in the US. She told her Russian trial that the cannabis oil found in her bag had been an "honest mistake".
Secretary of State Antony Blinken singled out the efforts of presidential envoy Roger Carstens, who accompanied Griner on the plane from the UAE.
Leading figures in US basketball welcomed her release, among them twice WNBA champion Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm.
Udupi, Jan 28: The Parashuram theme park, with a 33-foot-bronze statue of Lord Parashuram, was inaugurated atop Umikal hill at Bailur in Karnataka's Udupi district by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Speaking after the inauguration on Friday evening in Karkala taluk, the chief minister said a masterplan will be drawn to promote culture and temple tourism in coastal Karnataka. Bommai said the coastal region has immense potential for attracting tourists and the government is chalking out a number of schemes to promote tourism.
The government aims to bring in overall development in the region by developing ports and roads. The government does not want to offer promises on packages, but is trying to improve the lives of the people, he said.
Bommai added that the inauguration of the park is historic as Lord Parashuram is said to be the creator of Tulunadu. He was brave and strong and received the blessings of Lord Shiva, the chief minister said.
State Minister for Kannada and Culture V Sunil Kumar, who represents Karkala in the assembly, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shobha Karandlaje who represents Udupi-Chikkamagaluru in the Lok Sabha, Fisheries Minister S Angara, MLAs Lalji Mendon and Raghupati Bhat and noted actor Rishabh Shetty were present on the occasion.
The Parashuram statue installed atop Umikal hill in Bailur, located by the side of National Highway between Udupi and Karkala, is already attracting thousands of tourists from various parts of the country. The theme park has a bhajan mandir, museum, open air amphitheatre, drawings depicting life of Lord Parashuram, audio-visual gallery and a restaurant. The park was set up by the Nirmiti Kendra in Udupi district.
Karnataka polls 2023: Battle of survival for JDS or kingmaker once again?
Will the 2023 Karnataka assembly polls be a battle of political survival for former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led JD(S), or will the regional party once again emerge as a kingmaker, like it did in 2018, in the event of a hung verdict?
Plagued by desertions, internal rifts, and with the image of a "family party", it remains to be seen how Gowda's son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who is in a way single handedly managing the JD(S)' affairs with aging father taking the back seat, would steer the party in the upcoming Assembly polls.
Since the time of its formation in 1999, JD(S) has never formed a government on its own, but had been in power twice in coalition with both national parties- for 20 months with BJP from February 2006 and with Congress for 14 months after the May 2018 assembly polls- with Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister.
This time however, the party has set an ambitious target of "mission 123" to independently form a government on its own by winning at least 123 out of total 224 seats going for polls by May, and has been seeking votes repeatedly invoking regional Kannadiga pride and asserting itself to be the only Kannadiga party.
There are however doubts among political observers and within a section of the party itself about JD(S) meeting this ambitious target, as the party's best ever performance so far has been in the 2004 assembly elections, when it won 58 seats, and 40 seats in 2013 was its second best.
In the 2018 polls, JD(S) had managed to win 37 seats. However, some party leaders are hopeful about the JD(S)' prospects of coming to power, by winning a few more seats than they did last time, and once again using the knack of power politics, by holding the key for government formation, in the event of a hung verdict.
"If such a situation arise we will certainly push for our Kumaranna (Kumaraswamy) to become the Chief Minister, but we will be more cautious on our choices and the bargain with the probable alliance partner this time after last time's bad experience," a JD(S) functionary not wanting to be named said, as he maintained that if not 123, the party will at least better its tally this time.
The party's vote share is stagnant, if not shrinking. It has been ranging between 18-20 per cent, as the party has managed to continue its hold on a sizable number of constituencies, predominantly in the Vokkaliga belt of Old Mysuru region. It is this Gowda family's hold over the Vokkaliga community that dominates the Old Mysuru region comprising 61 seats (excluding the 28 constituencies in Bengaluru), which the ruling BJP and Congress are looking forward to breaking and improving their prospects.
Congress is considerably strong in Old Mysuru region and has been a traditional rival for the JD(S) in the belt, the BJP however is weak here and is aiming to make swift inroads with an aim to get a clear majority.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his recent visit had asked his party leaders to concentrate on the region.
According to political analyst A Narayana from the Azim Premji University, how strong or weak the JD(S) actually is can be decided only after the candidates list is announced, because its survival depends on how many strong aspirants rejected by other parties join it. "It decides two things- the percentage of votes JD(S) is going to poll and the number of seats they win. In constituencies where JD(S) doesn't have strong candidates, they depend on rejects from other parties," he said.
Further, he said that the question is also whether the JD(S) is stronger or weaker in their core area of old Mysuru, when compared to 2018. It appears on the face of it that they are weak, for two reasons- one series of desertions since 2018, second Congress is in a better position among the Vokkaligas; one of the factors for it is D K Shivakumar (a Vokkaliga) as President.
"Also in the 2018 elections, JD(S) won in Mandya and Hassan districts, only because of Vokkaliga anger against Siddaramaiah, and that seems to have not disappeared now but subsided," he said, adding that how the BJP making inroads in Old Mysuru region will affect the JD(S) or Congress, is the question that cannot be answered at the moment.
Political observers are also of the view that the perception about JD(S) being too family centric is one of its major drawbacks.
Eight members of Gowda's immediate family are into active politics. Gowda, who is the JD(S) supremo, is also Member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka, while his son Kumaraswamy is a former CM and MLA from Channapatna. Kumaraswamy's wife Anitha is MLA from Ramanagara segment, and his son Nikhil, who is the JD(S) youth wing President, had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Mandya. The party supremo's elder son H D Revanna is a former minister and MLA from Holenarsipura, his wife Bhavani Revanna was a member of the Hassan Zilla Panchayat, and their sons Prajwal and Suraj are MP from Hassan and a MLC respectively.
The Gowda family has its representation in all the four major houses of public representatives- Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
James Manor, University of London professor, who has been a keen observer of Karnataka's politics, during a webinar recently said, family-centred politics is causing discontent and leading to desertion. "JD(S) suffers from over-centralisation and dictatorial leadership." Narayana too echoing similar sentiments said, the party is perceived to be "over family centric", even among Vokkaligas, leading to leaders deserting the party. "It was also one of the primary reasons for JD(S)' rout in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which was its lowest point ever since the party's formation."
According to some political observers, JD(S) inability to grow beyond the Vokkaliga-dominated old Mysuru region, other than in certain select pockets of north Karnataka is seen among its other drawbacks.
Kumaraswamy on Saturday however exuded confidence that his party will grow beyond its traditional old Mysuru region in the upcoming assembly polls and form a government on its own strength in Karnataka. He also claimed that there is a strong undercurrent in favour of him and his party, especially in rural areas.
Narayana further pointed out that Vokkaliga's support for JD(S) has not been consistent. "Of all the caste groups in Karnataka, I would say that Vokkaligas are more matured voters...In one election they will support Deve Gowda and when they perceive that his government or party has not done well or have disappointed them, they don't hesitate in shifting to Congress. This has happened consistently."
Amid questions of the party's survival and "shortage" of active leaders, Kumaraswamy is on a "Pancharatna Ratha Yatre", a statewide tour that he is undertaking ahead of polls.
This Yatre is to inform people about a five-fold programme called 'Pancharatna' that the JD(S) plans to implement on coming to power, which includes quality education, farmer welfare and employment. He has already announced a list of 93 candidates for the assembly polls, and will announce the second list of 50-60 candidates in about 10 days. " I want to give opportunity to fresh faces...want to build a second line of leadership in the party," he has said.
JD(S) believes it suffered damage in 2018 polls, when the Congress repeatedly called it the BJP's 'B' team, which resulted in Muslim votes going away. The party's decision to bring C M Ibrahim as its state president might be a step towards regaining minority votes. However, noting that any such impact would be marginal, Narayana said, as there a growing sense of insecurity among Muslims this time they may go for strategic voting in which they may completely vote in favour of a party or in favour of the candidate, who is most likely to win against BJP in their segment.
Whatever said and done, one needs to be careful before writing off the JD(S), as before every election since 2008, discussions have always taken place in media and political circles, about it being a battle of survival for the regional party, but it has continued to remain a relevant force, according to political analysts.
Pointing out that this is seen by some quarters as Deve Gowda's last election, Manor had recently said, "His emotional pleas for votes may attract more support from Vokkaligas than that of Shivakumar's. Also, some Vokkaligas resent Siddaramaiah's emphasis on minorities, backward classes and Dalits. Perhaps, the JD(S) may not do too badly, and if it does even somewhat well, it will be bad news for the Congress."


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Q: How i can add to my appname and version wirh electron-react-boilerplate My app after npm run package looks like Electron React-4.4.0.AppImage
How can I change it to write a new version after every build?
I checked https://electron-react-boilerplate.js.org/docs/packaging
But it didn't work for me unfortunately.

A: If you mean renaming your aplication name, change content of package.json

{
  "name": "electron-react-4.4.0",
  "productName": "Electron React-4.4.0",
  "description": "Electron React-4.4.0 description ...",
  ...
 }

to

{
  "name": "your-app-name",
  "productName": "YourAppName",
  "description": "Your application description",
  ...
 }

After doing this you must delete node_modules and run npm install
and than, after npm run package, will our app looks like YourAppName.AppImage

A: The version used for the package can be change in project/release/app/package.json not in the project/package.json. This has solve problem for me


After making relatively little noise about metadirectory services for several years, Microsoft on Wednesday said it had released to manufacturing a new metadirectory product called Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003.
The product is a complete overhaul of the Microsoft Metadirectory Services that the software giant delivered for Windows 2000 and had based partly on technology it purchased from Zoomit Corp. in 1999.
The new MIIS has the same aim -- allowing Active Directory and other Microsoft directories to replicate with and co-exist with the many directories in place in the enterprise. There are three key elements to the product: synchronizing identity information across a variety of identity stores; provisioning and deprovisioning of accounts and identity management across systems; and enabling self-service and help desk-initiated password management and resets from a Web interface.
MIIS uses SQL Server 2000 as its data repository. It is designed to support replication and identity management in a way that allows the original application or directory to retain data ownership of the identity data.
Broad technologies for interoperating with heterogeneous directory types include support for the LDAP Directory Interchange Format and support for replicating database-based information through SQL's Data Transformation Services. Specifically, MIIS supports replication with Novell eDirectory, SunONE/iPlanet/Netscape Directory, Lotus Notes/Domino and Oracle 8i/9i.
Several product companies and systems integrators have already lined up to interoperate with, extend or help deploy MIIS. Product companies already announcing technologies surrounding MIIS include Business Layers Inc., DigitalPersona Inc., M-Tech Information Technology Inc., Oblix Inc. and OpenNetwork Technologies. Systems integrators working with Microsoft on MIIS-related services include Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, ePresence Inc., Ernst & Young, Fujitsu Services, HP Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Unisys Corp.


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Q: The localhost page isn't working on Laravel 4 I've not been working on Laravel 4 environment for about 2 years now. Now, I'm trying to help a friend out, and make some modification to the site. While trying to get the site up and running, I faced some errors.

Here is what I've did

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*clone the project from repository

*composer update

*chmod  -R 777 to public/ and vendor/ and bootstrap/

*Now, my file permission look like this
-rw-r--r--   1 bheng  staff      252 Oct 26 19:05 test.php -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff      519 Oct 26 19:05 server.php -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff     1913 Oct 26 19:05 readme.md drwxrwxrwx  17 bheng  staff      578 Oct 26 19:05 public -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff      566 Oct 26 19:05 phpunit.xml -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff     2062 Oct 26 19:05 error_log -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff     1027 Oct 26 19:05 composer.json drwxrwxrwx   5 bheng  staff      170 Oct 26 19:05 bootstrap -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff     2451 Oct 26 19:05 artisan -rw-r--r--   1 bheng  staff  1507527 Oct 26 19:05 app.zip drwxr-xr-x  15 bheng  staff      510 Oct 26 19:05 app -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff    26287 Oct 26 19:05 README -rwxr-xr-x   1 bheng  staff      145 Oct 26 19:05 CONTRIBUTING.md -rw-r--r--@  1 bheng  staff        0 Oct 26 19:12 Icon? -rw-r--r--   1 root   staff   105493 Oct 26 19:20 composer.lock drwxr-xr-x  28 bheng  staff      952 Oct 26 19:48 vendor

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*I am using MAMP in my Mac OS.

*I've tried look into my app.php

*I have set the correct URL as 'url' => 'http://localhost:8888',

*Now when I go to the site I kept getting

The localhost page isn't working

Update
I've tried rename my index.php to index_.php
and add this content to my index.php
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Now, I got my php.ini page to load.

How do I take it from here?

A: You should also apply correct write permissions to the /app/storage folder. This will show you where you have the error.


Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 3, 2018, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Jesus is present in the Eucharist for us to adore and receive Him. It is actually Him, truly Him. He will give us the help we need to believe if we ask.


Topic: purpose of "replace space with "+"
Re: purpose of "replace space with "+"
thanks for responding so quickly, I am soooo excited to learn livecode!!
For some reason if I remove that line of code "replace space with..." it still behaves the same way.
I also tried special characters such as ! or ' in the sent messages and it still behaves the same way.
I was wondering if this is a requirement for pre-Livecode 8?
purpose of "replace space with "+"


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Past and current Board members have drafted a Strategic Intent, to articulate a longer-term vision for GOV and how it will grow, based on our core principles, values and needs.
Review it and let us know what you think!
In addition to the Board of Directors, GOV is made possible through the hard work of coordinators who volunteer to take a leadership role with a particular aspect of GOV's programming, and help recruit other volunteers to help with those programs and events. Many Board members are also coordinators, but you do not have to be a Board member to get involved! If you are interested in contributing to GOV as a volunteer, please write to the GOV President, David Muddiman (president@govleague.ca).
At our Annual General Meeting in May 2018, GOV members adopted new By-Laws as a foundation for GOV's governance. As GOV grows, the Board is actively working on building its governance structure in order to maintain GOV's long-term sustainability. This has included the creation of committees to coordinate GOV's operations. Interested in finding out more about GOV's governance? Want to get involved in any of GOV's committees? Please write to the GOV Chair, Tim Klodt (chair@govleague.ca).


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Notes at Noon: Robin Connell, piano & vocal jazz
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Pause for a moment and let your mind and spirit be captivated by The Notes at Noon series as it returns for its third season full of bold performances.
Robin Connell, pianist & vocal jazz
Paul Brewer, trombone
Join us for four consecutive Tuesdays at noon beginning September 27 with a performance by jazz pianist Robin Connell. Following in the tradition of singer pianists Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, and Blossom Dearie, Robin Connell tickles the ivories with original arrangements of time honored classics from The Great American Songbook (Gershwin, Porter, Berlin), jazz standards (Ellington, Brubeck, Davis), and her own unique compositions. With harmonic sophistication at the piano, and a tinge of haunting introspection, she sings and "tells the story" with the depth that comes from true life experience.
The Notes at Noon Series takes place at noon in the Covenant Fine Arts Center Recital Hall on the campus of Calvin College. A dessert reception in the West Lobby follows the concert.
TICKETS: Admission is free; tickets are not required.
View all the events taking place during the department of music's 2016-2017 concert season.


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From deciding the best way to fund educations, to preparing for and enjoying the life you envisioned in retirement, to leaving a legacy for the next generation, planning your financial future can be complicated and takes specialized knowledge and experience. We are here to help you make good decisions by providing you with financial expertise – seasoned by experience – and services as diverse as the needs you will encounter throughout your life. When it comes down to it, we believe individuals leave behind much more than finances when they are gone, and we want to help you leave a legacy you can be proud of.


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Spikey Van Dykey, known throughout the country for his drag king performances, was well-appreciated during his performance of a mix of boy-band songs at the GLITZ drag show in June 2018. Spikey Van Dykey will be part of a National Coming Out Day drag show at University of Alaska Southeast. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Coming Out Day celebration is coming up, so are a Mask-erade party and a juried art show
News briefs for the week of Oct. 10, 2019.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 7:00am
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University of Alaska Southeast celebrates coming out day
A drag show at University of Alaska Southeast will celebrate National Coming Out Day.
The University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus, in partnership with Alaska Airlines, is hosting its second annual Drag Show 8 p.m. to midnight Friday in the UAS Recreation Center. The show is a part of the sixth annual Alaska Airlines Student Concert Series.
It is free and open to all ages of the public. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
It will be hosted by Juneau's Gigi Monroe. The show will feature local kings and queens, but also showcase a special guest from Tampa Bay, Spikey Van Dykey.
Mask-erade event benefits museum friends
Mary Lou Gerbi, then-president of the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum, holds two masks, that in October 2018 were autioned off during their Mask-erade event. This year's event is scheduled for Oct. 19. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum are holding a second annual Mask-erade fundraiser and party 8-11 p.m. Oct. 19 at the museum.
The event will be a party inside the museum atrium and include an auction of masks made by Alaska artists, food, a no-host bar and live music by Susu and the Prophets. Tickets cost $35 and can be purchased at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, Hearthside Books and the store at the museum.
The event is for people 21 and older.
There will be a mask-making workshop 1-3:30 p.m. Oct. 19 that is open to the whole family. It costs $5 per mask for materials to participate in the workshop.
Sealaska Heritage Institute is accepting applications for art show
Divina Cole, right, and Kelly Coursey Gray admire the warrior's helmet and armor made by 61 students at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School that won Juried Youth Art Award at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center as part of Celebration 2016. The juried art show is accepting applications. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Sealaska Heritage Institute is seeking applications for its Juried Art Show and Competition.
The show will be held during Celebration 2020.
The show is open to Alaska Native and Native American artists who practice Northwest Coast arts. Artists compete in five categories: Carving and sculpture, two-dimensional and relief carving, sewing, weaving and endangered art.
Artists who win best of category will compete for best of division, and the division winners compete for best of show. SHI also will award a best of formline prize among all pieces submitted. The exhibit will run from April 15-October 15, 2020, and an award ceremony will take place on June 10, the first day of Celebration.
The application deadline is Jan. 8, 2020, and artists can apply online at https://sealaskaheritage.wufoo.com/forms/z1qrlx871t3k0t6/.
Breaking: Elections results are official
Public gets a look at Kensington mine expansion


The Allstate Insurance Agency recently donated $1,000 to the YMCA of Clay County's Strong Kids Campaign. On hand for the donation included (from left) YMCA CEO Deborah Plummer and Allstate Insurance Agent and owner Ted Paris.
The Rotary Club of Brazil recently welcomed new member Mary Jo Archer. On hand for the celebration included (from left) Rotary Club of Brazil President Duane Butts, Archer and President-Elect Mary Jo Alumbaugh.


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January 3, 2019 by Andy Jones
10 ways to rock without a band
These NKS-ready VSTs will get you all of the sound
– with none of the drama
Having a band is a lot of fun, but what if there's no one around to have a band with? Maybe you already have specific song ideas and structures in mind, but your bandmates just aren't up for it? Or simply, you just want to convert existing song ideas into a band arrangement before practising live. If that's the case, then these digital instruments are for you.
Below is a round-up of some of the best rock guitar instruments, virtual drum kits and guitar effects out there – all NKS ready, so they can be played, refined and tweaked with ease by way of your KOMPLETE or MASCHINE hardware. Combining authentic rock sound with the advantages of digital music production.
Strum GS-2 by Applied Acoustic Systems
"Playing guitar on a keyboard has never been so easy!" So boasts the blurb behind GS-2, but they might just be right as this title features pretty much everything you need for virtual guitar playing. There's auto-chord recognition, integrated strumming, a MIDI riff library, amps and effects plus models of both electric and acoustic guitars – and lots of them. The 200-plus presets contain loads of clean, crunchy and distorted electrics, and there are over 700 MIDI loops to get you in a composing mood. GS-2 even recreates the more complicated guitarist moves – palm muting, scratching, sliding and more – making it one of the best guitar experiences (without a guitar) that there is.
Shreddage 3 Stratus by Impact Soundworks
Shreddage is the cover-all title for a range of guitar and bass instruments from Impact Soundworks. Version 3 is the recently-released update that includes an entirely new S3 engine designed to work more fluidly within the Kontakt ecosystem, and also comes with more realistic virtual hand moves for totally authentic fret work. Shreddage 3 Stratus is the first title to take advantage of the S3 engine and is great for rock, funk, metal and blues. It also adds a strumming option for fast and slow playing, 30 effects, three pickups and loads of articulations. Impact Soundworks is also offering an attractive new licensing scheme that makes dipping into the rest of the company's range a lot more affordable.
Session Guitarist Electric Sunburst by Native Instruments
We couldn't create a virtual band without including the latest from Native Instruments. It includes 16GB of pristine samples, all recorded from a guitar classic over two pick-up positions with single notes, strums, articulations and chords. Choose from more than 150 patterns to play different riffs in an instant from a single note press. An Auto-Chord option continues the instant song-creation theme, again generating more complex results from a single key. However, Electric Sunburst really comes into its rock zone when you explore the fabulous suite of effects which you can blend with five amp models and ten cabinets to deliver a wide variety of expressive and electric tones.
Virtual Guitarist IRON by Ujam Instruments
When something says it can provide 'hard and roaring power chords to offer up to the gods of rock' all within the confine of your DAW, you have to sit up and take notice – those rock gods need serving, after all. The best part is that Virtual Guitarist IRON has been designed with all levels of producer in mind, so a relatively straightforward GUI offers guitar and amp types to switch between, and effects to dial in straight away. Perhaps its greatest strength though, is the collection of 1,000 unique sampled phrases spread over 100 different styles. The focus is very much on the power chord but there is versatility in this beast too.
Check out here.
Studio Drummer by Native Instruments
There are a lot of Native Instruments Komplete drum titles to choose from and your rock needs can be served by many of them. Studio Drummer is a great all-rounder, though, with a quite incredible 3,300 patterns to choose from so that even the most inexperienced beat tapper can get drumming. You get three top quality drum kits – a Pearl Masters Premium Maple, a Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute and Sonor SQ2 Drum System – all kitted out with the best snares and cymbals, providing great ingredients at the instrument's core. Then you simply choose the pattern that works with your track, add variations and fills, and your beats are sorted. Studio Drummer is clearly designed to replace your drummer with software and does that job almost too well!
The Blasting Room by Room Sound
The Blasting Room is a 4,000-square-foot studio based in Colorado that has recorded countless bands over the last 20 years. This instrument is all about capturing great drum sounds and drum playing in that quality environment, so the focus is on a multitude of microphones and their positions, and the recording of no less than 25 pieces of drum kit. The attention to detail is second to none and results in 22,000 samples that can be used in any genre, but the focus is definitely on great rock sounds. There's plenty to get you composing beats too, including MIDI files covering a range of styles, effects and a 16-channel mixer.
MASCHINE Kit Bundle by The Loop Loft
The Loop Loft's MASCHINE Kits are designed to be used with NI's finest beat-making hardware and each one provides a different set of beats, kits and loops. There are dozens on offer but this bundle takes the strain out of choosing the best as you get pretty much all of them – a total of 35 different titles – at a massive 80% saving. It's not just rock that is covered – although you do get the rather brilliant Indie Rock Drums 1 and 2 – as you get everything from funk to indie, cinematic to blues. Whatever styles you play or program, then, this bundle will easily fulfil your MASCHINE needs.
Guitar Rig 5 Pro by Native Instruments
Perhaps the ultimate way to create a rock sound is with Native Instruments entire rig of guitar effects, amps and cabinets, suitably entitled Guitar Rig. This has been the standard of virtual guitar effects for many years and features a whopping 17 amps, 27 cabinets and 54 effects. The effects are broken down into fuzz, distortion and overdrive units; reverbs and delays; modulation and filters; and multi-effects – plenty to add to any kind of sound, guitar or otherwise. You even get a choice of microphones and positions when 'mic'ing up' your guitar and bass amps. We would say it, but there really is no other collection of guitar effects with this kind of power and flexibility.
Vintage Amp Room by Softube
Straightforward and easy to use, this simulates three classic guitar amps, each with different but highly-authentic sounds. As well as sounding great the software is worth the asking price for teaching you how microphone positioning affects the resulting sound, and you'll consequently find yourself experimenting with all sorts of recording scenarios. Softube also does a number of other NKS-ready plug-ins, and guitarists will love effects like the Fix Phaser ($99) and Fix Flanger/Doubler combo ($149).
Check here for more info.
GTR-3 by Waves
Most of Waves's plug-ins are now NKS compatible so you really can enjoy the ultimate hardware/software experience, and many of them are featured in this huge bundle of guitar effects. It includes over 30 Amps, 30 Cabs and 25 Stomps with many based on classic builds from Fender, Vox, Mesa/Boogie and Marshall. Currently on sale at the time of writing this is a bit of a steal at $39, so plug in and play.
Check out more here.
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It is my honor to serve as this year's Chairman of the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council, Sporting Clays. We are happy to announce a new time of year and venue this year! The event will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Birds Landing Hunter Preserve, in Birds Landing. This will be a great day of shooting, fun and fellowship. Our event includes Sporting Clays stations, side games, and a barbeque lunch.
Our objective will be to raise funds in support of Scouting's character education programs in the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council Area. These programs help young people develop self-esteem, self-confidence and people management skills at a young age.
I encourage you to support the 2019 Sporting Clays Shoot through a sponsorship or come as an individual shooter. I can guarantee that participation in the 2019 Sporting Clays for Scouting will be time well spent and a great way to meet other enthusiasts and business leaders in our area.
While we appreciate all of our youth marksman this shoot has a minimum age requirement of 13 years old and all minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Registration fee does not include shotgun rentals, a limited number are available through Birds Landing, please contact them directly if you need to rent a firearm.


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Tashmoo may refer to:

 Tashmoo Park, an amusement park in Algonac, Michigan that existed from 1897 to 1951
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