We all love stories. Stories have characters that we relate to or hate, there's drama, heroes and villains, and the best stories stir the emotion. The same goes for companies and their stories – all companies have a story. Most stories are in-process still, whereas some have ended, such as the story of Enron – sometimes transformation efforts fail. What is your story? If your company is amidst a transformation or a turnaround, what does that story look like? What chapter are you in?
A Transformation is a fundamental change that penetrates the heart, mind, and soul of a company. It is not superficial, or a flavor-of-the-month change. In these tough economic times, superficial changes won't do anymore – a fundamental change is often required to survive and, eventually, win.
An effective story is simple and is most effectively executed when it is everybody's story. Like any story, it will contain characters and chapters. Organizational stories are no different.
The proposed story approach above is one I've used several times with organization. It has been effective because it is so simple.
The chapters in that story should have a performance metric attached to it – a metric that describes how we are doing. Each chapter is a "theme".
Lastly, this chapter should lay-out the portfolio of initiatives that are aligned to a theme or chapter and, when rolled-up, will collectively make your story a reality.
The recipe above is helpful and focused on the long-term, but tactically and attacks the short-term. But the vision is toward the long-term.
Think about your story. Does the story make sense? Do the chapters fit together? Do your initiatives fit within the chapters?


Would you like to escape the cold and shoot images in a nice warm environment, then this outing to the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory is perfect for you.
Tripods and Monopods are allowed until 10.00 am if you wish to stay past 10:00 am only monopods are allowed after that when they open to the general public.
Should there be inclement weather and we should have to cancel the outing registered members will be refunded their payment.
Instead of driving in to were the main parking lot is in front of the Butterfly Conservatory, you will drive further down Niagara Parkway to the next driveway. this is considered "overflow parking".
Signage is very poor all you will see is a small sign on the gorge side of the parkway that says "Accessible & Bus Parking" with and arrow pointing to the driveway opening.
It is a long winding road but it leads only to the back of the Butterfly Conservatory and a small parking lot. I have created this map to help you find the road to the back of the greenhouse.
Clicking on the map will increase its size.
Thank you for registering for the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory Outing.
Once you click "SEND" to register for the Outing you will also need to click "PAY NOW" to make your payment for the outing.


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AFROTAK TV
About AFROTAK TV
AFROTAK TV AFROTAK TV Tasks and Objectives AFROTAK TV cyberNomads are committed to an equal partnership between Africa and Europe and to the emancipation of migrants and people of color, the African diaspora in Germany, as well as to equality between women and men. Through the promotion of educational, media, artistic and scientific exchange, AFROTAK TV cyberNomads also contribute to the sensitization of migrant topics in Germany. We are committed to building structures that challenge the European definition power through economic, political and cultural resources, and counteract the racist structures in favor of an equitable exchange . The focus of AFROTAK TV cyberNomads is the self-determined educational, media, artistic And scientific initiatives initiated by the Black Germans and Africans initiated debate with Africa in Germany - into the general mainstream. And thus the attention of the explicit prejudices, The structure analysis of the relations between Europe and Africa, but also the relations of the white German population and the black German population, as well as the people of color in general, is necessary for AFROTAK TV cyberNomads to effectively communicate cultures in the spirit of diversity and international understanding. Only those who know the imperial, colonial and racist past and present and contextualize can move forward into a future that is linked to the spirit of the equal rights partnership. AFROTAK TV cyberNomads offer the initiatives of the Black Germans, Afro-Europeans and Africans a platform for your perspective of Germany, Europe and Africa, which complement the prevailing perspectives of the white experts and replace where necessary to provide a more realistic picture of our existence in the world And thus to contribute in small steps to lead this world into a future which is also ecologically sustainable. AFROTAK TV cyberNomads was founded in 2001 as cyberNomads, a politically independent initiative for political development in the fields of education, media, culture and ecology. We are based in Berlin but work nationally and internationally. We work for equal partnership in Africa and Europe, the emancipation of the African Diaspora Germany and the equality of women and men. Documentary, communicating and visualizing content of self-awareness, art, culture and the arts , Political and cultural resources derived from a colonial past. Only the acknowledgment of an imperial, Racist past and present can empower black-and-white Germany to go into a future that is deriving its strength from the spirit of diversity and understanding of its people. AFROTAK TV cyberNomads is a platform for perspectives of Black Germans, AfroEuropeans and African Diaspora Germany to complement the perspective of the world. African Diaspora Germany Berlin Project Coordination - Culture Media Education Development Cooperation - Book Publications, Multimedia Productions and Political Lobbying - TV Channel and Social Network Africa Germany - AFROTAK TV cyberNomads - Black German Education Media Art & Culture Archive - Black Media Watch since 2001 AFROTAK TV cyberNomads have, since 2001, made educational policy work for a tolerant, diverse society in 3 core areas: 1 culture production / event management & conception 2 documentation, publication and distribution , social networking, online TV channel 3 Political commitment/ exercise of offices, participation in political decision-making bodies In 2010, we organized joint events at the CrossKultur Festival of the Integration Officers Berlin Tempelhof / Schöneberg as part of the exchange with the Turkish community 2010 Media Partner of the Action Plan of the Local Action Plan Berlin-Pankow within the framework of the Federal Program VIELFALT TUT GOOD! Youth for Diversity, Tolerance and Democracy in the Pankow District 2010 Participation Fees European Conference 2010 "Citizenship in the European Union" as experts for migrant citizenship 2010 Participation in the 3rd Bundesfachkongress Interkultur Bochum 2010 as media and cultural lecturer for Migrant Culture Strategies 2010 Participation in the Medienpanel-Talk of the Afrika Festival Steinhude 2010 as a media and cultural speaker 2010 Orientation of AFROTAK TV Media Lounge at Africa Art Exhibition Hamburg 2010 in cooperation with ARCA - Afrikanisches Bildungszentrum e. V. 2010 Participation in ECRI ( European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance) and the German Institute for Human Rights 2010 on the Germany Report 2010 Publication of the article "Negritude - Black global liberation movements of the 20th and 21st century" in the book "Racism in good German" Brandes und Apsel Verlag 2010 2010 Project management . Culture and Media - Coordination on behalf of the Berlin Brandenburg Migration Council to develop the NGO content and recommendations that were included in the regional action plan against racism and ethnic discrimination of the Berlin Senate 2010 Organization of the Black History Month Berlin in cooperation with African Union African Diaspora Committee Germany, Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland Berlin Funding by the Integration Commissioner of the Berlin Senate 2009 Participation in the Berlin Convention on Anti-Discrimination in the Federal Government 2009 on the Offensive for a Non-Discrimination Society 2009 Preparation and co-founding of the African Union Association African Diaspora 6th Region e. V. as the central organ of the African Diaspora Germany on the mandate of the African Union 2009 Organization of the Black History Month Berlin with Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Berlin and the Federal Center for Civic Education . Organization of Panels on "Identity of the African Diaspora in Germany" and "Perspectives of the African Diaspora in Germany" - Funding by Federal Center for Political Education In 2009, AFROTAK TV cyberNomads were invited by the House of World Cultures to initiate a discussion group of German cultural institutions on the integration of migrant women as an adviser and opening speaker 2005 Digital literacy training for refugees and asylum seekers, focus on young people in cooperation with Refugees Emacipation Potsdam. Conception and realization of the MAY AYIM Award - the first Pan-African Black German Literature Award under the auspices of UNESCO Germany. The invitation to tender was designed to deal with black German themes and was awarded a UNESCO project to commemorate the slavery trade and its abolition. Conception of the Black Germania as a symbol of the merging of African and German culture. Realization of the Skultpture by Stephen Lawson. Black Media Congress Berlin 2004 - From Berlin Africa Conference 1884 - Afrofuturism - in cooperation with the Federal Center for Civic Education, the House of World Cultures in Berlin . FOCUS WORLDWIDE / Location House of World Cultures Berlin Funding by Federal Center for Civic Education. Conception and operational project management for professional congresses for students, students, NGOs and multipliers from the media, education and art. 2004 Editor for the online dossier of the Federal Center for Political Education "African Diaspora in Germany" - funding by the Federal Center for Civic Education 2004 Editing and publication of the book "The Black Book - Black Eyelids" on the topic of African Presence in Germany from the Middle Ages to the Present in Cooperation with the Anti - Discrimination Agency Cologne - IKO Verlag 2003 Initiation Black Culture Network Germany Black Media Congress Berlin 2003 - Networking Europe - Best Practices between Grassroots and Mainstream. Content conception and operational project management of a congress for teachers, multipliers, students, students, NGOs, media, education and art. In cooperation with the Federal Center for Political Education and the Heinrich Boell Foundation Berlin . FOKUS EUROPE / Location Heinrich Boell Foundation Berlin Funded by Federal Center for Civic Education 2002 -2006 1. Digital inventory and documentation African presence in Germany. Online premiere of Africa in Germany Online Portal. Bundesweites hosting and editorial support of more than 50 initiatives and associations without their own web presence, eg Africa-Council Berlin, Brothers Keepers - ADERFA eV - AFRO-LOOK - AFRO TV - ANEE e. Association of the Guinnessens de Berlin - BLACK FLOWERS eV - Egbe Omo Onduduwa eV - Global Afrikan Congress - IAAH - ISD Berlin eV - Joliba - Mama Afrika eV - NIDO eV - Oromo Horn of Africa Center - PAF - Pan-African Forum - RACIBB e. V. - Refugees Emancipation eV - Sierra Leone Community eV - Sudanclub eV - Uganda Community Berlin - Umoja wa Tanzania eV Encyclopädica Afro Germanica - Structure of the Digital History Archives . Digitization of existing community archives, print publications, magazines, expansion of the video documentation of the African Diaspora in Germany, which began in 1987. Probably the most extensive existing archive on Africa in Germany. Black Media Congress Berlin 2002 - Soul Power and Cyberspace Content Conception and operational project management of a congress for teachers, multipliers, students, students, NGOs and media, education and art. In cooperation with the Federal Center for Civic Education and the Goethe Institute Berlin FOKUS GERMANY / Location Goethe Institut Berlin Funding by Federal Center for Civic Education. In 2002, we launched the Black Media Network , an overview of Schwarzer Medien's work in the fields of print, television, radio and online presences in various forms. We are celebrating the experiences of the Black German Media, And those of the African Diaspora Germany. It is an important concern for us to meet the mainstream for the exchange of experiences and the expansion of the educational horizon, as well as the creation of new forms of racism and discrimination-free education. Close cooperation with institutions such as the Federal Center for Civic Education has resulted 2001 Eventmanagement Bonn - content conception and operative project management of a congress for teachers, multipliers, students, students, NGOs and the media, education and art. - the inventory of educational products in the historical context. In cooperation with ADEFRA and the regional center for political education NRW funding by Federal Center for Political Education AFROTAK TV cyberNomads - OUR Project-History The Beginning The Diaspora experiences of the AFROTAK TV cybernomads team serve as a pool for a variety of contacts around Europe and around the Black Atlantic. In 2001 we started with an old 300 MHz Pentium computer, which was the first ideas for the project. Michael Kueppers-Adebisi's long-term passion for the documentation of the Afro-German experience as a diaspora in private archives, together with his original concept for a black. The concept for a digital culture pilot project dedicated to the integration of selfempowering migrant diaspora communities into the German mainstream what developed in close co-operation with Thorsten Schilling - the head of the multimedia department at BpB (Federal department for Political Education in Germany) in Summer 2001. In fall of 2001, the BpB has been involved in the development of a digital architecture for cyberNomads as a pilot community project for ISD Berlin eV (Initiative Black Germans and Blacks in Germany). January 2002 cyberNomads opened its office in the old Jewish quarter in the heart of Berlin Mitte at Hackischer Markt.A strategy plan for the development of the community For political education in NRW. In summer 2002 we have a major multimedia design company to supply the project with a professional content management system. The goal is to provide a platform uniting the various isolated and often fragmented Black German Diaspora communities of African descent around Germany. As a result we had the first major content management system used by a non-profit initiative in Germany. Due to our avant-garde concept the Bertelsmann Foundation in 2002 chose the project as one of the 15 best social business ideas from over 600 competition entries worldwide. We called the databank behind it, the "mother ship archives" the launched in autumn 2002 in Berlin. At the end of 2004 co-founder Abdulrahman Satti left the project to focus on his artistic development. Since 2005 we keep the project alive with our private funds and resources. Project History: Highlights & Milestones 2001 cyberNomad's conceptual position 2002 cyberNomads Internetportal Online premiere online database including CMS system Realization by Anymotion Düsseldorf Project Funding Federal Center for Political Education Bonn CyberNomads Participants Final Social Business In spring 2003 cyberNomads AFROTAK succesfully developed and realized the 1 st Afro German Multi Media Spoken Word Performance in Berlin's prestigious museum Martin Gropius Bau. CyberNomads Thus introducing spoken words by Black Germans and people of African descent to a major art institution. Afro German Spoken Word Artists enact their trans-cultural experiences. They are looking at each other in a different way, and they are looking at each other. The word turns into a nomad. It turns to music, dance, painting and installation in the search for a new transcultural identity. Afro German Roots are re (dis) covered in JazzOetry and Prenzlauer Berg Lyrics, Ragga and Concrete Poetry, Acid Jazz and New Hoerspiel and Dub Poetry and Haikus as the Afro German That lasts for about 1 ½ hours and takes you beyond the spiritual limitations of what is known as genre. Agna Sharifa Mami Watu, Amy Rebecca Evans, Olumide Popoola, Bullet Proof Soul featuring Curley Energies The AfroEnglish MultiMedia Spoken Word Performance can be booked through AFROTAK cyberNomads and is updated according to event, Afro German Spoken Word Performance Concept & Multimedia Direction by cyberNomads Performance in Martin Gropius Bau Berlin and Project Funding Federal Center for Political Education Bonn / Deutscher Kirchentag

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There have been many praises as we reflect back on the year 2012!
The 3 greatest ones are: life, our marriage, & our loving Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, who has so carefully orchestrated our steps , & given us the strength to face our daily challenges, disappointments, & inabilities.
Israel: My healing progress is slow but sure. I have been able to get off some of the pain medications, which has been a well worth it though it has been a challenging and painful process.
The pain has subsided a little since my last update, but it does persist on the end of my right leg.
The prosthetic work on my new legs & feet is moving forward. I have been fitted for the new legs and now it's the slow process of " fine tuning " the details of the legs to fit just right! I got to attempt walking on them for the first time while standing between hand rails.It's a whole new learning process that is especially hard without my natural knees. They have gotten me special computerized knees that are able to read my stride to a very minute detail.
These legs stands me back to my 6′ height & size 13 foot!!!!
Cori: Israel's weeks have been very busy with doctor's appointments, chiropractic appointments,prosthetic apts., & physical therapy starting up also!
There are things he is trying to fix, enjoy,& do, during this healing time Here are a few pictures. -cleaning up construction mess at our house, fixing the luggage rack on our car, bowling, etc.
We are both very excited about the progress being made on our house!
We are VERY overwhelmed & SO thankful for the MANY kindhearted, generous, individuals & companies who have donated there time, labors, skills, money & materials to make this home a reality for us! We want to thank Joe from Image Drywall who got his whole crew to drywall the entire house in two days! This week is the start for the drywall finishing, which will be followed shortly with painting!
Israel's brother David & his wife Heidi ( my sister), continue to be very hospitable to us as they let us make their home ours also ( temporarily ) while our home gets built!!!
We are concerned that our inability to say a personal "Thank You" to each & every one of you who has "carried our burden" with us, be it ever so small, will be interpreted as a lack of thankfulness, or a taking for granted of the many kindnesses done for us. Please know each one means SO very much to us, & often God brings it at just the time we are shedding some tears over the change that has taken place in our lives. So, though it seems general, we say "Thank You", & may our Lord Jesus richly bless you!!!
May each of you have a wonderful new year( remember, life is short, eternity forever- be ready to meet God)!
obstacle of it being both legs & no knees.
Note: Our next posting will be January 3oth!
Donations may also be made via Paypal, below.


Cyber 'guru' friend to the rescue?
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Cyber security doesn't have to be a complicated subject and securing your computer and devices can be quite straightforward.
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Next: ensure you always update your software when prompted. It can be inconvenient to update when you are in the middle of something, but make sure you install the update as soon as you're finished (or select the install overnight option). The longer you delay the longer your device is vulnerable to threats like ransomware.
Then: back up your devices regularly. A popular option is to update to a cloud service such as Google Drive or Dropbox. These can be very handy, practical and don't require you to buy an external hard drive. If you choose to backup via a cloud, make sure you secure your account with a strong password and two-factor authentication if available.
Always: use unique strong passwords and two-factor authentication to secure your accounts (especially if they contain personal information and banking details).
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Lewben Art Foundation presents project "Shaping Ideas: Sculptures" at the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius'16
From 9 to 12 June in the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO (Laisvės ave. 5, Vilnius) the international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius'16 will be taking place. For the third year in a row, the Lewben Art Foundation is partnering with ArtVilnius and presents the exposition "Shaping Ideas: Sculptures".
This exposition presents work by nine contemporary artists: Hans Op de Beeck (b. 1969, Belgium), Jake & Dinos Chapman (b. 1966 and 1962, Great Britain), Michael Dean (b. 1977, Great Britain), Marcel Dzama (b. 1974, Canada–USA), Kendell Geers (b. 1968, South Africa–Belgium), Petrit Halilaj (b. 1986, Kosovo–Germany), Thomas Houseago (b. 1972, Great Britain–USA), Bertrand Lavier (b. 1949, France), Mandla Reuter (b. 1974, South Africa–Germany).
All artists on show in this exposition are recognised worldwide. Their work was presented at some of the most esteemed art institutions in the world, including MoMA PS1 in New York, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, The Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev (Ukraine), Tate Britain in London, Centre Pompidou in Paris. Also their work have been shown at the most important exhibitions all over the world, such as Documenta and The Carnegie International, and have been included in the most important biennials, including Venice Biennale, Berlin Biennale, Havana Biennale, Istanbul Biennale, Taipei Biennale and Lyon Biennale. Works by some artists are held in major museum collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Two great masters of sculpture used to describe their approach to creating a sculpture in very simple words. Auguste Rodin, one of the greatest figurative sculptors, used to say: "I choose a block of marble, and chop off whatever I don't need." And Henry Moore was one of the greatest abstract sculptors: "A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds." According to the curator Francesca Ferrarini, how they approached both the material and the ideas beyond the shape help us to read the evolution of sculpture up to today. Throughout the last century, sculptors experimented with different materials and ideas, sometimes combining abstraction and figurativeness, and even going beyond the material, using sculpture to create stages.
The exhibition offers a journey through different forms of contemporary sculpture, and a video projection. Why is a video the background to a sculpture exhibition? Because Staging Silence (2) (2013) by Hans Op de Beeck focuses on the process behind ideas becoming sculptures.
Curator – Francesca Ferrarini
Organiser of the exposition – Lewben Art Foundation
Co-ordinators: Ugnė Bužinskaitė, Indrė Tubinienė, Giedrė Marčiulaitė
Sponsors: Lewben Group, Strategy Labs, Nordgain, Craftstone, Enercom Capital, Živilė and Jonas Garbaravičiai, Lithuanian Council for Culture
Media sponsors: artnews.lt, echogonewrong.com
The exposition will be open:
9 June (Thursday) 3.00 p.m.–8.00 p.m.
10 June (Friday) 11.30 a.m.–8.00 p.m.
11 June (Saturday) 11.30 a.m.–8.00 p.m.
12 June (Sunday) 11.30 a.m.–6.00 p.m.


Today is a great day to remember a Wolverine All-American named James E. Pace. According to the Wikipedia article linked below, James Edward "Jim" Pace died on March 4, 1983. He was only forty-seven years old at the time of his death. According to the Wikipedia article linked below, he was working as a school administrator in California when he passed away.
Jim Pace was born on January 1, 1936 in Little Rock, Arkansas. However, he grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he became an outstanding high school athlete. Pace starred in football and track. He decided to continue his education and his athletic career at Michigan.
James E. Pace arrived in Ann Arbor in 1954. He spent his freshman year learning the Michigan "football system" and getting knocked around in practice by the upper classmen. At least the ones who could catch him! The varsity went 6-3-0 that year so they needed some help, but only if you were good! Jim Pace also ran track that first year to work on his speed and stamina.
Jim Pace was the Big Ten and Michigan MVP in 1957. Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library at The University of Michigan.
Jim Pace did not start any games as a sophomore, but he played well enough to average 5.4 yards per carry in 1955. He also scored two rushing touchdowns and got a lot of touches on special teams as a punt and kickoff returner. So, Jim Pace was off to a solid start at Michigan. The Wolverines also had a strong season in 1955. Bennie Oosterbaan's footballers won 7 games and lost 2. They finished third in the Big Ten Conference with a record of 5-2-0.
Things continued to go well for Michigan and Jim Pace in 1956. The Wolverines posted another record of 7 wins and 2 losses – and finished second in the Big Ten at 5-2-0. Jim Pace started seven games at left halfback and led the team in rushing with 498 yards. He scored two more touchdowns that year and continued his strong play on special teams.
Bennie Oosterbaan's Wolverines came close to a Big Ten title in 1956, but the championship drought continued for one more year.
In 1957, it appeared that Michigan could contend for the league title that had eluded them since 1950. However, an early loss to Michigan State in game three put them behind in the conference race. Michigan won two straight conference games (Northwestern and Minnesota), but a tie against Iowa set them back again. All chances for a championship vanished after a one-point loss at Illinois (19-20). The Wolverines lost at home to Ohio State and finished the season with an overall record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie. They finished the conference season in sixth place with a record of 3-3-1. It was a disappointing season in Ann Arbor.
Jim Pace finished his career as an All-American in 1957. Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library at The University of Michigan.
One of the few bright spots in the 1957 season was the stellar play of James E. Pace. The talented Pace was on the field a lot. He started all nine games and rushed for 664 yards on 123 carries which averaged out to 5.4 yards per carry. Pace logged the best game of his career in the season finale against Ohio State. He rushed for 164 yards against the Buckeyes and averaged 7.5 yards per carry! Pace also rushed for seven touchdowns in 1957. Jim Pace also caught 11 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. He returned 5 kickoffs for 114 yards and 8 punts for another 98 yards. Jim Pace gained a total of 998 yards for the season with his rushing, receiving and special team exploits.
James E. Pace was named Michigan's MVP for the 1957 season. He was the first African-American at Michigan to be named the Big Ten MVP. Of course he earned All-Big Ten honors in that special year. More important, Jim Pace also became the first African-American running back at Michigan to earn All-American honors in 1957.
So, today is a great day to honor the memory of James E. Pace and appreciate his contributions to the great history of Michigan Football. May Jim Pace continue to rest in eternal peace. Go Blue!


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The group that has the most hit songs according to netizens
Which group has the most hit songs?
1. SNSD?
2. Big Bang
3. SNSD
4. g.o.d..? Big Bang? SNSD?
5. It's Big Bang and IU by my standards
6. As a group, it's like Big Bang
7. TWICE
8. SNSD and Big Bang? Big Bang even has a lot of hit solo songsㄷㄷ…
9. Big Bang, SNSD, IU, Wonder Girls, BTS?
10. I don't like Big Bang, but I think it's Big Bang
11. For the group, it's Big Bang? For solo singers, it's IU
12. 2NE1? Big Bang, IU, SNSD
"NewJeans should also be added" Top 2 girl group debut songs that were the most impactful in history
NCT member calls BTS "That" Group, Knetz reacts
What netizens say about Big Hit running TXT's music video ads
Are there any male idols who dance hard while singing live well?
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FIRST LOOK: Eric Church's "Chief's" On Broadway
Jerry Holthouse December 8, 2022 Nashville Music Scene w/ Jerry Holthouse 385 Views
Eric Church alongside real estate and hospitality entrepreneur Ben Weprin announced the entertainer's flagship bar, restaurant and live music venue, Chief's, earlier this year. As construction is well underway, the co-owners tease the first detailed renderings of the six-story project set to open at 200 Broadway in 2023.
Chief's will feature a ticketed music venue plus additional live entertainment throughout the building and unique décor elements such as more than 3,000 concert posters from throughout the CMA Entertainer of the Year's career papering the ground floor. Chief's will also house a studio for live broadcasting, inclusive of Church's Outsiders Radio SiriusXM channel, with the capability of hosting broadcasts by various media partners.
The venue also taps into Church's Carolina roots in partnership with James Beard Award Winning Pitmaster Rodney Scott. His restaurant, Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ, will overlook downtown with its 'Hell of a Q' rooftop offering.
"I've had a blast working with Ben on the design of Chief's," says Church of the establishment's stage of development. "Like everything we do with our music, the same care and consideration has gone into every detail of this place. It will be unrivaled downtown. I can't wait to play here.."
Situated at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Broadway in historic downtown Nashville, Chief's is designed with Church's direct input to pay homage to chapters in his life. The property boasts character-driven design that revitalizes the former Cotton Eyed Joe building. Between the inspirational interiors and thoughtful focus on unique live performances, Chief's will offer fans an unparalleled entertainment experience in in Music City.
"Chief's is an example of impactful design storytelling at its finest," says Weprin, CEO and Founder of AJ Capital Partners. "We are excited to bring an experience unparalleled in the world of music, food, and entertainment to the heart of Broadway with one of the most storied properties downtown has seen. Through Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ, two seated music venues and a meaningful design, Chief's is a physical manifestation to Eric Church and his musical legacy."
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About Jerry Holthouse
Music editor for Nashville.com. Jerry Holthouse is a content writer, songwriter and a graphic designer. He owns and runs Holthouse Creative, a full service creative agency. He is an avid outdoorsman and a lover of everything music. You can contact him at JerryHolthouse@Nashville.com
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Q: Finding an interval of 100 consecutive composite numbers with Python I'm trying to write a program that can determine an integer A as such as there are no prime numbers between A and A+100 ...
Unfortunately, with my mediocre Python skills, this is all I managed to write:
for A in range (1,1000000):
    if is_prime(n)==False in range (A,A+3):
        print(A)

As you can see, I first tried to get it working with an interval of only 2 consecutive composite numbers. I also used a (working) function "is_prime" that determines if an integer is prime or not.
You can start yelling at me for my incompetence !

A: I recommend a sieve-style operation for performance reasons. Create a list of X numbers, mark all primes, then look for an unbroken sequence of composite numbers.

A: You're in the right ballpark. Just gotta finish the rest of the list comprehension.
for A in range (1,1000000):
    if all(is_prime(n)==False for n in range (A,A+3)):
        print(A)

style nitpick: not is_prime(n) would be preferable to is_prime(n) == False.

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At United, our mission is connecting people and uniting the world. Every day, we celebrate the people and communities across our planet — which is why we understand the need for bold action now to combat climate change. United is committed to reducing our emissions, so that we can continue to appreciate the wonders of this world, today and into the future.
"We're embracing a new goal to be 100% green by 2050 by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions 100%. And we'll get there not with flashy, empty gestures, but by taking the harder, better path of actually reducing the emissions from flying. We (also) realize there's a limit to what a single company can do alone. That's why we are continuing to seek opportunities to collaborate with other industries. We must reach across industries to develop coordinated efforts to accomplish what must be our collective goal of carbon neutrality."
— Scott Kirby, Chief Executive Officer
Our path to carbon neutral
As an industry that depends on fossil fuels to operate, we recognize our contribution to climate change and our responsibility to help solve it. Our shared purpose of "Connecting People. Uniting the World," is no longer enough. We want to ensure the world has a future, as well. We are committed to investing in innovative technologies that will measurably reduce the speed of climate change. United has done this by committing to sustainable aviation (SAF). Some of the ways we're decarbonizing aviation and making sustainability the new standard in flight:
In September 2021, we committed to investing in and purchasing 1.5 billion gallons of SAF from Alder Fuels. This purchase agreement makes this the largest publicly announced SAF agreement in aviation history.
In July 2021, United Aviate Ventures (UAV), along with Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Mesa Airlines, has invested in electric aircraft startup, Heart Aerospace. Heart Aerospace is developing the ES-19, a 19-seat electric aircraft that has the potential to fly customers with zero emissions when powered by renewable electricity.
In July 2021, Air Transport World magazine named United its Eco-Airline of the Year for the third time since we launched our Eco-Skies program.
In June 2021, as part of our agreement with Boom Supersonic, we will initially purchase 15 of Boom's "Overture" airliners. Slated to carry passengers in 2029, the net-zero aircraft plans to fly on 100% SAF.
In April 2021, we announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind Eco-Skies Alliance, a group of leading global corporations that are contributing to purchase SAF to reduce their aviation-related impact on the environment.
In February 2021, we announced an agreement to work with Archer Aviation to accelerate the development and production of their electric aircraft. These 'air taxis,' will give our customers another opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint before they even board a United flight.
In December 2020, we announced our new goal to be 100% green by 2050 by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions 100% without relying on traditional carbon offsets.
In 2020, we became the first airline to announce a commitment to invest in carbon capture and sequestration by investing in 1PointFive, a venture that plans to build the first industrial-sized Direct Air Capture plant in the United States. A single plant is expected to capture and permanently sequester one million tons of CO2 each year, the equivalent of the work of 40 million trees, but covering a much smaller area.
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In 2019, we operated the Flight for the Planet, the most-eco-friendly commercial flight of its kind in the history of commercial aviation.
In 2018, we became the first U.S. airline to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050. This goal has since been superseded by our 100% green commitment.
In 2016, we became the first airline globally to use SAF in regular operations on a continuous basis with SAF from World Energy.
In 2015, we invested $30 million in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a SAF producer that converts trash to low-carbon jet fuel, the largest investment by any airline in a SAF producer.
United wins Air Transport World's (ATW) 2021 Eco-Airline of the Year award
"United is honored to be recognized for the industry-leading steps we have taken to decarbonize travel by ATW as its Eco-Airline of the Year. United has committed to purchase more sustainable aviation fuel than nearly the rest of the world's airlines combined. We'll need the world to come together to solve this global problem and that's why we created the Eco-Skies Alliance to allow like-minded companies and individuals to help us invest in even more sustainable aviation fuel. These new ideas are a product of the innovative thinking that is at the core of United's culture, and it's never been more important or more timely for us to apply this expertise to help save our planet." – Scott Kirby, Chief Executive Officer
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27-2. All baptized persons, being members of the Church are subject to its discipline and entitled to the benefits thereof.
DIGEST: The current PCA text remains that of PCA 1973 and the Proposed Book of Church Order (1973). Only a comma after the word "Church" distinguishes PCUS 1933, upon which the PCA text was based, and the PCUS Revision of 1925. PCUS 1869, I-.2 retains the reading of PCUS 1867, but with stylistic changes ("Church"; "honour").
In the one sense, all baptized persons, being members of the Church are subject to its discipline and entitled to the benefits thereof ; but in the other sense it refers only to those who have made a profession of their faith in Christ.
In the one sense, all baptized persons, being members of the Church, are subject to its discipline and entitled to the benefits thereof ; but in the other sense it refers only to those who have made a profession of their faith in Christ.
In the one sense, all baptized persons, being members of the Church, are subject to its discipline and entitled to the benefits thereof; but in the other, it refers only to those who have made a profession of their faith in Christ.
Using the term in its wide sense, all baptized persons being members of the Church, are subject to its discipline, and entitled to the benefits thereof; but, in its narrow sense, it refers only to those who have made a profession of their faith in Christ. In this sense, the ends of it are the rebuke of offences, the removal of scandal, the vindication of the honour of Christ, the promotion of the purity and general edification of the Church, and the spiritual good of offenders themselves.
Using the term in its wide sense, all baptized persons, being members of the church, are subject to its discipline, and entitled to the benefits thereof; but, in its narrow sense, it refers only to those who have made a profession of their faith in Christ. In this sense, the ends of it are the rebuke of offences, the removal of scandal, the vindication of the honor of Christ, the promotion of the purity and general edification of the church, and the spiritual good of offenders themselves.
All baptized persons, being members of the Church, are under its government and training, and when they have arrived at years of discretion, they are bound to perform all the duties of members. Only those, however, who have made a profession of faith in Christ are proper subjects of judicial prosecution.
All members of the church, both communicants and those who are members by virtue of baptism only, are under the care of the church, and subject to ecclesiastical discipline including administrative and judicial discipline.
144.--II. In the one sense, all baptized persons, being members of the Church, are subject to its discipline and entitled to the benefits thereof; but in the other, it refers only to those who have made a profession of their faith in Christ.
The exception of non-professing members from judicial prosecution is justified by the consideration that the Church, already excluding them from the Lord's supper for not accepting and professing Christ, has no higher censure to inflict. The subjection of them to judicial process for other sins would only irritate them and exaggerate the heinousness of other sins as compared with not accepting Christ.
Charles Hodge, on Chapter 1, paragraph 3 of "The Revised Book of Discipline" (1858), pp. 697-699.
Thirdly. Such being the nature and grounds of discipline, who are its subjects? To this question the natural answer is, church members. But who are church members ? Some say only communicants. This answer is founded on the assumption that the church is, as it is defined by Independents, a body of believers united by covenant for the purpose of worship and mutual watch and care. Those only, therefore, who have entered into this covenant are members of the church, and consequently the proper subjects of discipline. Others say that the visible church consists of all those who profess the true religion together with their children. Therefore, all baptized children, as well as those who make a personal profession of religion, are the subjects of discipline. Others again say, that although baptized children, so long as they are, in the church sense of the term, minors, are members of the church, and therefore under its watch and care, yet when they become adults, unless they personally profess faith in Christ, they forfeit their church standing, and are not the subjects of discipline in the strict sense of that word.
According to this last mentioned theory, the visible church consists of those only on whose conversion the church has pronounced in charity a favourable judgment, in receiving them to the Lord's table, together with their infant children. According to the other view, we are bound to regard and treat as members of the church all baptized persons, who have not renounced their baptismal vows, are free from scandal, and acknowledge themselves to be amenable to the authority of the church.
In our present Book, the question, Who are the subjects of discipline, is answered in these words: "All baptized persons are members of the church, are under its care, and subject to its government and discipline; and when they have arrived at the years of discretion, they are bound to perform all the duties of church members." This is founded on the last of the views of the nature of the visible church mentioned above. In the revised Book the answer proposed is: "All baptized persons, being members of the church, are under its government and training, and when they have arrived at years of discretion, they are bound to perform all the duties of members. Only those, however, who have made a profession of faith in Christ, are proper subjects of judicial prosecution." This answer does not seem to differ in principle from the old one. It admits that, all baptized persons are members of the church, and, therefore, subject to its government and training. But it makes a distinction between baptized and professing members; declaring the latter alone to be the subject of judicial process. This section bears on its face evidence of being a compromise, and, as is apt to be the case with compromises, it does not hang well together. We voted for it, however, and share the responsibility of recommending its adoption, although we prefer the old form. The fact that we never knew of any baptized person, not a communicant, being made the subject of judicial process, reconciled us to the adoption of the rule as it is reported. So long as it is admitted that all baptized persons are under the government of the church, the principle involved in the case is saved.


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Parliament - The City of Cape Town has warned motorists to steer clear of certain roads in the city centre due to road closures between 09:00 and 14:00 on Friday, when Parliament opens.
The following roads will be closed:
* Klipper Road, Newlands: from Main Road (M4) to Newlands Avenue
* Princess Anne Avenue, Newlands: from Newlands Avenue to Union Avenue
* Newlands Avenue, Newlands: from Dean Street to Princess Anne Avenue
* Dean Street, Newlands, westbound: from Main Road (M4) to Newlands Avenue
* M3, Union Avenue, Rhodes Drive, De Waal Drive, City-bound carriageway: from Newlands Avenue to city centre
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* Hertzog Boulevard: from Civic Road to Heerengracht
* Eastern Boulevard: Strand Street off-ramp
* Strand Street: from Russell Street to Adderley Street
* Adderley Street: from Heerengracht to Wale Street
* Heerengracht: between Coen Steytler and Hans Strijdom Avenues
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* Bureau Street: between Adderley and Parliament Streets
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President Kgalema Motlanthe's State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a joint sitting of Parliament will take place under the theme "Parliament entrenching people-centred democracy in achieving development goals".
Traditionally the State of the Nation Address is an annual event, where the President delivers his speech outlining governments Programme of Action (POA) for the year. However, this year, the address comes as the current President, Kgalema Motlanthe's tenure ends.
Parliament said this year, the SONA, would only cover the tenure of the entire third Parliament from 2004 to 2009.
In true tradition, the Presiding Officers have promised a day rich with ceremonial splendour.
On arrival, President Motlanthe will be received by the Presiding Officers at Slave Lodge. He will then be accompanied by the Presiding Officers as they walk the red carpet, meeting people and watching cultural performances.
At the steps of the National Assembly, President Motlanthe will take the 21-gun salute from the military.
The president's address is scheduled to begin at 11:00 on Friday and despite setting out government's POA for the year ahead, Mr Motlanthe will also review the last five years of governance.
The address will be broadcast live on big public screens in all nine provinces, and parliamentary members will also be lined up to be interviewed on the day.
On Sunday President Motlanthe, as is tradition, is scheduled to attend the 10:00 church service at Groote Kerk.


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Sarangerel refers to a 'Baptized Shaman' at the start of the second degree of initiation. It's hard for me to pin point a single event, but in my fourth year of shamanic work, a lady whom I had been doing chakra healing work with told me she could see a type of Buddha statue or Ongon forming above my head. As I continued my work with her throughout the year, she told me it was becoming more solid and real.
Just after Christmas 2009, I finally finished the Pathwork. A few days later, whilst lying in the yoga room, I had a flash of realization.
The Ongon above my head was Abai Gesar Khan!
Then the next great transformation started. A few nights later, I had a dream in which I was challenged by a demon – I had dealt with dark spirits before but this was different. This was a whole new level of power, intelligence and malice – I was being challenged by a master.
Within weeks my life seemed to disintegrate around me – I quit my job and even ended up moving out of my house. I had found a beautiful park on the harbour in Rozelle, Sydney where I lived. It became my special place to be with nature. I found a hidden spot where no one every ventured and I pitched my tent there and moved in, complete with my two cats.


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Oldtimer.net: - An international directory of classic car sites. with inks to oldtimers and classic car clubs.
Oldtimers & Classic Cars: - Nice site from our friends in the Netherlands. Also features some Belgium entries as well. This site is in Dutch only - so you gotta parle da lingo!
Olive-Drab: - I really like this site, Chuck Chriss sent it to us. What I like the most is that it is a great example of a 'niche' site. It's all about military vehicles, where to buy, keep em, play with them, maintain them and sell them!
Open Mind, Inc.: - Unique and classy European car accessories!
Original Porsche Parts: - If you can read German, this site offers a unique collection of genuine porsche factory racing parts.
Our Canadian Pontiac: - Photos and info on Canadian model 1966 Pontiac Parisienne. Also photo album of interesting cars seen in the Ottawa Ontario Canada area. Info on Canadian Pontiac resources.
Overton Vehicle Overhauls: - We deal in previously owned Bentley and Rolls-Royce motor cars and are based in the UK.
P.W.Cooper: - Vintage & Classic Car Woodtrim Restoration. If you have a classic that has wood in it, see how good these folks can make it look!
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Becoming a nurse requires a strong educational foundation, both in the classroom and in clinical practice. But even once you have a degree in hand and become licensed, the learning never stops. Both nursing practice and the demands of the healthcare industry as a whole tend to change and evolve. In the last ten years, we've been in a period of rapid change, driven by healthcare reforms, the need to contain costs, an aging population with high rates of multiple chronic conditions, and other trends. Nurses have taken on more responsibilities and are being asked to help with discharge planning and preventing hospital-acquired infections. Technology is also becoming more complex and more ubiquitous.
Most state nursing boards require nurses to participate in continuing education every two to three years, as a condition of holding a valid nursing license and as a way to keep up with industry changes. The ANA defines continuing nursing education as "systematic professional learning experiences designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurses, and therefore enrich nurses' contributions to quality healthcare and to their pursuit of professional career goals." Additionally, you may find yourself in a position where your employer asks you to complete certain training programs or certifications, either in conjunction with a nursing specialty or a bid for Magnet status. Specialties like ICU, CCU, NICU, etc. have specific continuing ed requirements in many states. In general, one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is equal to ten hours of instruction.
You should know what specific requirements, if any, your state requires for continuing education. You can check online. For example, New York state requires all nurses to complete CEUs on infection control and identifying child abuse as part of their required hours, while Michigan requires coursework on pain management. Often you can choose the topics for the remainder of your CE credits. Choose wisely! You can use CEs as a way to learn more about a nursing specialty you're interested in before making a career change, keeping current on nursing technologies, or acquiring knowledge in an area like population health so you can contribute to your employer's quality initiatives.
Robert Middleton, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CENP, Vice President Patient Care Services/CNO for Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center (GCRMC) explains how they support their nurses.
GCRMC supports the on-going learning of our staff to ensure they are as knowledgeable as possible for the community we serve. To that end, we provide staff with access to tools, like CE Direct, to provide them countless opportunities for CE credits. Since creating our relationship with CE Direct in January 2016, our nursing and clinical staff have completed over 6,300 CE credit hours of education.
It's highly likely that, as a nurse, you are quite naturally a lifelong learner. A 2012 study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that nurses are highly inspired to seek more education, motivated both by personal growth and professional development. The recent focus on evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP) has also given nurses a reason to expand their knowledge and elevate the level of patient care they provide. If you're motivated above and beyond state CNE requirements, consider earning another degree related to nursing. Today's flexible, online nursing programs are designed with working professionals in mind.
An online RN to BSN program can help you develop critical thinking skills and improve existing communication skills. It can open minds to new ideas and new models of care – resulting in the highest possible standard of patient care that you're able to provide. Perhaps this is why such a large body of research has linked BSN-prepared nurses with better patient outcomes.
Yet, as healthcare grows complex, many nurses are deciding to focus their efforts on a particular area of nursing. Consider an online RN to BSN/MSN degree program to be the critical first step toward any career specialty. There are many benefits to specializing – including increased respect and recognition, greater job security, enhanced career satisfaction, and increased salary potential. Nurses who have their eye on a particular nursing specialty will need a plethora of new knowledge, as well as skills in strategizing, forming collaborative relationships, and taking a multi-dimensional approach to problem-solving. American Sentinel University offers accredited, online MSN degree programs with focused coursework that helps prepare nurses for a career in nursing education, nursing informatics, and nursing management and organizational leadership.


f your estate plan includes one or more trusts, review them before you file your tax return. Or, if you've already filed it, look carefully at how your trusts were affected. Income taxes often take an unexpected bite out of these asset-protection vehicles.


ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan avenged its loss to Wisconsin last month -- and coach John Beilein wants no part of a rubber match against the Badgers.
"Ethan Happ said to me after the game: `I hope to see you again this season,"' Beilein said. "No Ethan. I don't want to see you again the rest of my life."
"This was a bit of a revenge game, because they did beat us," Beilein said. "It was our first loss, people storming the court. We don't like that -- even though it's the right thing to do."


In the 80s into the 90s, I would see convention panels or magazine interviews where game professionals said that their game writing left them no time for game playing. Those writers might admit to an occasional session of Call of Cthulhu—that was the role-playing game the pros played once they felt too mature for bashing monsters in dungeons. But writers of the era's countless setting books rarely seemed to play their own games much anymore.
After D&D's headquarters moved West from Lake Geneva, more designers played, but with a small cadre of friends and co-workers.
If you want to write games and adventures for strangers to play, then you benefit from playing with strangers.
How does a private game among RPG professionals and their friends differ from the convention games I frequent? I can think of two likely differences: The players in the designers' private groups act more predictably and they favor more role playing.
Every regular group settles into a play style. Do they play recklessly or cautiously? Heroically or ruthlessly? How do they settle conflict between PCs that pull in opposite directions? Regular groups seek activities they all enjoy. A group's style makes them predictable. When we play long enough in one style, we tend to forget other ways.
DMs who operate in public eventually see groups that defy even the most common customs of D&D. New players love to split the party.
Organized play adventures tend to come from veteran convention dungeon masters who branched into writing. I think these authors do better at anticipating what random players might do, and do better at accounting for players who veer off the path.
In general, full-time professionals do worse at predicting how players will act, and they seem less interested in helping DMs account for unexpected actions.
The pros play their own material. They enjoy a deeper understanding of their scenarios than anyone can gain from the text. This mastery makes improvising changes and additions easy. If their players go off book, a designer has no fear of inventing some detail that wrecks the plot printed in the adventure's next 5 chapters. So pros underestimate the difficulty other DMs face when ad-libbing changes to a published adventure.
Organized play authors understand the challenges of running an adventure from a text. Their adventures sometimes even include troubleshooting sidebars that help DMs account for actions that threaten to break an adventure.
What do the pros do better? In general, their adventures feature more polish and a greater mastery of the game's rules, history, and lore. When the designers add new monsters and magic, the additions work without upsetting game balance.
Remember the first time you sat down and played? How you had such a blast rolling dice and killing monsters? Remember the time you stayed up all night doing it? Every day, new players discover D&D and find just as much fun in monster slaying. On the other hand, many new players find speaking in funny voices odd and potentially embarrassing.
Meanwhile the pros have faced every monster countless times. Routine combat scenes lack their former excitement. Between those past battles, the pros learned to love playing make-believe in the guise of a fairie-tale creature. They relish a chance to role play. They play with folks who share this passion.
In my post on preparing to run adventures, I grumbled about how the authors of Hoard of the Dragon Queen assume that PCs will spend weeks traveling with cultists and wagons loaded with treasure instead of just attacking the cultists and taking their gold like every D&D player ever.
But obviously not like every D&D player. The authors' groups saw a chance to travel with the cultists, uncover their secrets, and savor a session full of role playing and intrigue. Authors Steve Winter and Wolfgang Baur read their groups' tastes and catered to them. I rarely get to play with groups with the same patience for intrigue, so a strategy that seemed inevitable to Steve and Wolfgang struck me as far-fetched.
Every group is different. You can't play with everyone, but if you want to write for everyone, you benefit from reaching out to game with random strangers.
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This an issue near and dear to my heart, David! It really surprised me, especially in the 3E era, that some Wizards staff seemed not to play their own game and seldom saw it played. In the Living Greyhawk community (a 3E organized play campaign) there was the sense that a large portion of new rules needed errata solely because the designers weren't familiar enough with the game to see (obvious) exploits and problems. When you did hear about designers playing D&D, their campaigns sounded vastly different (often, the PCs were anti-heroes weaving a path of destruction and very heavy on roleplaying).
I think that really changed in 4E, and I'm always curious if it may have started with a few people. Maybe it was the makeup of Chris Perkins' Iomandra campaign, featuring more influential designers? Maybe it was Greg Bilsland focusing on a better way to tackle errata? Maybe it was several players who started to play other RPGs regularly? Maybe it was the organized play background of Mike Mearls? Maybe it was editors like Tanis O'Connor, who played D&D organized play regularly and had to correct other designers, pointing out why 4E material had to be changed prior to publication? Or maybe it was a bit of all of these, but steadily D&D designers' Twitter feeds were reporting plays of D&D, of other RPGs, and of mixing it up with more groups. Greg taking on errata, or Perkins and Jeremy Crawford answering 5E questions on Twitter, means they had a personal stake in the rules making sense not for them but for the greater public. They also have to know the rules to answer them.
One of the great changes for organized play, and not just for D&D but for all RPGs, is that RPG designers are starting to see OP as normal and critical. Up until maybe early 4E, most designers seemed to think of organized play not as truth, but as a false way of playing (perhaps due to the incorrect reputation of min-maxing?). That change has been terrific for RPGs, validating the time they spend with the public.
One of my favorite parts of the rise of RPG celebrities running liveplay games is that they _have_ to then play their games with other people. I really think it is fantastic that Perkins' job includes running liveplay games and that so many others at WotC have run and played in the games. You see Emi Tanji (who works on art direction for all releases) play in several games. That's truly fantastic because it can only help her capture the vision of the game at a level that is more in-tune with the wider audience.
I played D&D with a pick-up group (and my son) two days ago at a local gameday. It was interesting to see that the DM handed out Advantage to every player after their character introduction (cool trick!) and every single player seemed to use it as a reroll. It tells you a lot about how others play. And, I was playing an adventure I had played before (but with another character). Seeing a different DM run it and how a different set of players react to it was very educational. It gave me a host of ideas on how to write scenarios of that nature – in this case around how to keep player agency high.
Does the D&D Open happen at Origins every year? Life circumstances have joyfully given me a bit more free time than I have had historically and I'm looking around at which conventions might be the most awesome. PAX seems to sell out too quickly, although my wife and I would love to see Acquisitions Inc. in-person…and GenCon seems like it might be a madhouse. I am loving 5th edition and the opportunity to play with the designers seems like it would be really cool.
PAX is a brute… unless you sign up to DM. You do have to do a fair amount of DMing, but it is a really fun place to DM and then you get a badge, hotel room, and events don't have a cost!
Gen Con is fantastic – the biggest feeling from an RPG standpoint. But, landing a hotel within walking distance is tough. If you are okay with commuting on shuttles from a hotel, then Gen Con is really a great pick.
The other one to consider for D&D Adventurers League (and a small selection of other RPGs and board games) is Winter Fantasy. No hotel issues, no badge issues. Super intimate feeling but still big, and there is a ton of D&D with excellent judges and players.
Thanks, alphastream. I have two copies of your Fathom Events adventure; my wife and I each got one when we saw Acquisitions Inc. in theatres. Hoping I'll get to play it at some point; it looks like fun. Origins looks like it might be the best bet in terms of distance and accessibility; we'll see. Thanks for the run-down of the convention scene.
Absolutely, and I am always eager to learn from anyone playing something I write or help write. You can reach me at my blog anytime with questions or feedback. Thanks!