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DeSantis GOP's rising star as 2024 hopefuls drill anti-'woke' message at CPAC
Mon, February 28, 2022 by ABC News
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(NEW YORK) — Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has emerged from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference as the potential GOP presidential candidate most competitive with former President Donald Trump, after he took full advantage of CPAC's theme of "Awake Not Woke."
"The 'woke' is the new religion of the left," DeSantis said to raucous cheers during his appearance at the four-day affair. "It's about tearing up the fabric of our society and trying to replace it with something that will be much, much more sinister."
He cemented his introduction as "America's Governor" by stressing his moves during the two years of the pandemic that have triggered his rise as a Republican Party star.
"In Florida, we reject the biomedical security state which erodes liberty, harms livelihoods and divides our society. And we not only reject it if it's government, we have done things like ban vaccine passports and mandates because it's unacceptable to simply subcontract out Fauci-ism to big companies," he said.
CPAC was held in Orlando for the second year in a row after moving outside of Washington, D.C., because of pandemic restrictions and in mid-February, DeSantis announced Florida for the second quarter in a row had broken its tourism records, a feat he credits to an influx of visitors fleeing their blue states' pandemic restrictions.
His position may have helped him in CPAC's 2024 GOP presidential nomination straw poll, in which he was the only potential candidate gaining ground on Trump. Capturing 28% of the vote, DeSantis was favored far more than other GOP prospects, including other CPAC speakers Mike Pompeo, Kristi Noem and Ted Cruz, who all got less than 2%.
Trump handily won the conference's poll, but his 59% total was a stark drop from the 70% he earned in a CPAC straw poll in Dallas last July.
Even so, support for a Trump bid as GOP nominee in the 2024 election was underscored throughout the conference. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., former Trump adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., all signaled what they hoped would be the twice-impeached president's second term in the White House.
But notably missing from Trump's cheering squad was the increasingly popular governor of the Sunshine State.
In a recent CNN poll, DeSantis is the only Trump-alternative GOP potential candidate who pulled more than 20% approval.
Yet any love lost between DeSantis and Trump did not seem to dent Trump's potential presidential ambitions.
"We have no choice. We have to fight like Hell," Trump told an enthusiastic crowd of thousands at the CPAC conference Saturday evening.
"This is a tipping point for the country and the stakes could not be higher. Losing is not an option. "We must win in 2022. We must win in 2024." Trump said. "We will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again."
Republicans now see an advantageous political climate, where digging into a battle against the alleged "woke" agenda may resonate with an electorate that increasingly finds Democrats less reliable. Heading into Tuesday's State of the Union address, Biden and his administration are currently seeing political vulnerabilities.
Biden's approval rating is at a career low — 37%, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. The only other presidents who have entered with lower approval ratings are Gerald Ford and Donald Trump. Perhaps most concerning for Democrats, nearly half the country (50-40%) say they prefer the next Congress be held by Republicans and a check to the Biden administration, per the same survey.
While the term "woke," according to Merriam Webster, simply means being "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)," over the past few years it's been championed by Democrats as they push for sweeping progressive social change, and, in turn, has become something of a dog whistle for conservatives, a catch-all term for what they call destructive, even authoritarian, left-wing ideologies, meant to threaten Americans.
And at this year's CPAC, several rumored candidates for the Republican contest to snatch back the White House from Biden in the next presidential election parroted this "anti-woke" messaging.
Former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hammered into conservative ethos during his speech, cautioning that the left is trying to minimize their ideals by teaching critical race theory, an academic concept analyzing the relationship between race and law in America.
"We know that this is a nation with a deep Judeo Christian footing. We must defend it at every turn," Pompeo said.
"I battled, I battled adversaries all across the world…There is no threat and break into the United States than that which emanates inside of our Republic. Emanates inside our school system," he said.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, an ally of Trump who has counted out a presidential run if Trump throws his hat into the ring, said Democrats "trampled civil liberty" by promoting vaccination and mask mandates in their jurisdictions while echoing grievances of a divisive left that champions "cancel culture"
"The left divides us based on our differences. Conservatives, we unite around our shared values," said Noem. "The left crushes free speech, conservatives celebrate free expression. The left says America is racist and that it's evil. Conservatives know America is not the sum of our past mistakes."
Sen. Ted Cruz ignited conservatives' fear of losing the identity politics battle.
"The threats in our country have never been greater," said Cruz. "I'm going to suggest that the fundamental conflict that is playing out across this great nation is a battle between power and liberty."
Cruz's proposed conflicts include clashes between vaccine mandates and nurses; Spotify and Joe Rogan; Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and a caravan of angry truckers, among themes like big technology censorship and Democratic political opponents.
Hawley pushed conspiracy into the culture wars, suggesting the Biden administration is playing hardball against parents who oppose mask wearing at their childrens' schools.
"[Biden] has turned the FBI of the United States on the parents of the United States. Can you believe it? Treating School Board parents at school boards as if they are domestic terrorists, sending FBI agents to go and knock on people's doors, if they have the temerity to stand up and say 'I don't want my kids dad to be masked in school,"" Hawley said.
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I distinctly remember when President Richard Nixon resigned on Aug. 8, 1974. I was 9 years old, and I was playing over at the house of my friends, Matt and Grant Robbins, whose parents had recently purchased and moved into what is now called St. Clement Vineyards on Highway 29.
"What do you want to do now?" asked Matt.
"I'm fine just hanging out," I said.
I was looking out the window of the attic playroom, amazed by how far I could see over the Napa Valley.
We'd spent most of the day out in the woods behind the house searching for a cave that was reportedly hidden somewhere near the old cistern, which we never found. After hours of searching through poison oak-covered hillsides, we'd headed back.
The house was spectacular: a grand mansion situated on the side of a hill with vineyard terraces stepping down toward the road and thickly treed slopes behind. Inside the house a sweeping staircase lifted through multiple floors, each one with long beadboard-lined halls and thick oak doors that opened to small, brightly lit, ornately decorated rooms, most of them in light blues and whites.
A narrow, twisting stairway led to the attic, where a playroom had been constructed with an M.C. Escher-like ceiling with wonderfully interesting angles making it feel like the room was the center of some crystalline geode. The room, a kid's dream, was full of games such as "Twister," "Mouse Trap" and "Monopoly." An addictive pachinko machine covered in Japanese symbols and lettering was in the far corner near where I stood at an octagonal window.
"Boys," a deep voice boomed from below. It was Matt's father, whom I'd rarely heard speak before. His voice and demeanor were as stern as a ship's captain's.
"I'd like you to come downstairs to witness this," he called.
I'd never been asked to witness anything, so the word caught me off-guard and made me a little nervous. I looked at Matt and he shrugged.
"We'll be down in a minute," Matt yelled back.
"Can I just stay up here?" I asked.
"Better come down," Matt said, as he put the finishing touches on a Lincoln Log cabin he'd been building.
I reluctantly pulled myself from the view and we headed down the staircase. Matt slid down the handrail, the sound of the TV increasing as we descended.
In a small room lined with bookshelves Mr. Robbins sat in a leather-bound high-backed chair, his face even more stern than normal. He made no indication he'd noticed our arrival but instead looked angrily toward the TV set in the corner of the room. On the floor my brother, Scott, and Matt's brother, Grant, sat cross-legged on the floor while Mrs. Robbins stood to the side holding a blue and white dishtowel that she twisted distractedly.
Matt sat on the floor and indicated that I should do the same. But I couldn't, unnerved as I was by the somberness of the scene.
At home I'd heard whisperings of something bad happening in our country, and I imagined that this was something related. I knew a war had recently ended, but I'd heard that many kids had been killed in the war, and I worried that another war might be starting. At school we often practiced air-raid drills when an alarm would sound and the teacher would yell for us to get under our desks. From under the desk I watched most other children treat this drill as a game, but I was planning how I might escape after a bomb dropped, crouched looking out, seeing my teacher under her desk, above her the American flag flanked by the picture of our president.
Matt repeated his encouragement for me to sit down on the floor, but I shook my head and instead stepped back to stand near the doorway, finding comfort in the afternoon light streaming through the colored glass of the front door down the hall only a few yards away.
Mr. Robbins' body grew stiff and his jaw clinched. Mrs. Robbins ceased twisting her towel, and her hands now hung limply at her sides.
The president continued, but I wasn't listening. Instead I watched Mrs. Robbins as she repeatedly lifted the towel to one eye and then another. Her shoulders shuddered slightly as Mr. Robbins cleared his throat.
When I looked back to the faces of Mr. and Mrs. Robbins their expressions had changed. Instead of fear and anger they now seemed to show something different, a sense of resolve and determination, as if they knew they were strong and resilient and we would survive, whatever was ahead. Their expressions seemed to say that there would be tough days ahead, but with vigilance and integrity we'd make it through this, like we've made it through other tough patches in the past. There would be epic challenges in the days ahead, but those are other stories.


The curriculum for PDS was carefully selected for content, age appropriateness, biblical truth, and teachability. Curriculum changes are made with great thought in order to progress PDS in its quest for excellence and as unto the Lord.
All students receive Bible as the foundation of educational training in the classroom. Students attend chapel weekly, memorize Scripture weekly, and pray in and out of the classroom.
The Abeka Program, a Christian curriculum, is currently being used in kindergarten through sixth grade. Achievement tests are administered each spring.


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Film Review: Sylvie's Love
An old-fashioned love story and a homage to jazz music, this feature premieres on Amazon on this month.
By Tracey Korsten on Dec 02, 2020
Writer-director and musician, Eugene Ashe, has pulled together all of his creative passions in Sylvie's Love, his second feature.
Premiering at Sundance this year, it tells the story of the eponymous Sylvie, (Tessa Thompson) in the late 50s in Harlem. She is engaged to Lacy (Alano Miller), but whilst working at her father's record store she meets, and falls in love with, jazz saxophonist Robert (played by Nnamdi Asomugha).
This is an unashamedly old-fashioned love story. In setting the story in this period, Ashe is clearly also creating a homage to a certain kind of film of the time: the star-crossed lovers. Yet this is not just a feel-good tear-jerker. Ashe's screenplay dips into racism and sexism. Sylvie's dream is to become the first woman-of-colour to produce prime time TV. Lacy lands a big work contract mainly because the client is in trouble with the NAACP. And of course, the man's job comes first: the woman's job is just a paid hobby. Ashe delivers a slice of television history, music history, and social history.
But perhaps the most refreshing and delightful aspect of this feature is the music, pervading as it does both the narrative and the soundtrack. The choice of years in which the story is set is quite deliberate, covering as it does the period when jazz faded from being the main popular music, and rock and roll became ascendant.
Sylvie's Love is certainly syrupy, and maybe even a tad corny, but Ashe is so committed to his project that a charming authenticity shines through.
This is one for the jazz lovers, the lovers of gentle social commentary, and…well…just the lovers.
Sylvie's Love premieres on Amazon Prime on December 23rd.
IMPOSSIBLY CHARMING 3.5 stars
Tags: Alano Miller,Eugene Ashe,Nnamdi Asomugha,Tessa Thompson
Tracey Korsten
Tracey Korsten is a freelance writer, poet, speaker and performer, based in Adelaide. She blogs at middleagedlove.
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I did, once, know someone who held the world record for memorizing the first 15,000 digits of pi from memory. He wasn't the most intelligent person I've ever met - proving that there can be a difference between memory and reason/intellect/rationality and memory.
I understand that the current record is about 70,000 digits.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Pi Day.
I thought that perhaps the 32 trillion digit thing might put the "Too much time on your hands" view into perspective.


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All-time favourite guitar lick
Murray MacLeod 03 Jan 01 - 12:05 AM
GUEST,Little Jimmy Martin 03 Jan 01 - 12:11 AM
Bugsy 03 Jan 01 - 12:13 AM
Matt_R 03 Jan 01 - 12:19 AM
ddw 03 Jan 01 - 12:24 AM
Mark Clark 03 Jan 01 - 12:27 AM
Big Mick 03 Jan 01 - 02:21 AM
GUEST,Steve 03 Jan 01 - 10:17 AM
Mountain Dog 03 Jan 01 - 10:27 AM
Rick Fielding 03 Jan 01 - 11:31 AM
GUEST,Mooh at folkcensor's computer 03 Jan 01 - 11:35 AM
dwditty 03 Jan 01 - 11:57 AM
GUEST,Ramblin' Boy 03 Jan 01 - 12:07 PM
Rick Fielding 03 Jan 01 - 12:12 PM
John Hardly 03 Jan 01 - 12:14 PM
Peter T. 03 Jan 01 - 12:19 PM
BlueJay 03 Jan 01 - 12:24 PM
Clinton Hammond2 03 Jan 01 - 12:38 PM
UB Ed 03 Jan 01 - 04:30 PM
Matt_R 03 Jan 01 - 04:41 PM
Benjamin 03 Jan 01 - 11:41 PM
ddw 03 Jan 01 - 11:42 PM
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Mooh 04 Jan 01 - 06:10 AM
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Subject: All-time favourite guitar lick
From: Murray MacLeod
You know what I am talking about here. You are listening to a song, and suddenly you hear this amazing piece of inspired guitar playing which transfixes you.
I know that there are many 'Catters out there who have listened to far more music than I have, and I would love to have their opinions regarding these guitar "magic moments". Please let's not include whole guitar performances here, just these little flashes of inspiration which transform a song.
To start the ball rolling, my favourite guitar "magic moment" is by Doc Watson, singing"Snowbird" (Yes the Anne Murray song). At the end he plays this amazing descending run which just blows my mind. I can't even remember which album it is on, but I have no doubt someone can remind me
Maybe Rick Fielding can even tell me how to play it !
Murray.
PS I just know somebody is going to nominate Nic Jones "Canadee-I O" so it might as well be me. Sorry!
Subject: RE: All-time favourite guitar lick
From: GUEST,Little Jimmy Martin
Well the "Lester Flat C run" is a standard, that practically anyone who's ever flat-picked has probably played it, copied and or used it at some point or another, or twisted it into something entirely different.
From: Bugsy
Cop an earful of Martin Simpson's guitar when he backs June Tabor on "Heather Down The Moor".
From: Matt_R
Ok theres are mine: (well, the ones I play the most)
--One Perfect Moment (The Bad Examples)
--Rusty Cage (SoundGarden)
--Summer Rain (David Allison)
--King of Morning, Queen of Day (Horslips)
--Kuiama (ELectric Light Orchestra)
--10538 Overture (Electric Light Orchestra)
--Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (Bob Dylan)
--Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine (Bob Dylan)
--Friends (Led Zeppelin)
--Arms Wide Open (Creed)
--Shakermaker (Oasis)
--Live Forever (Oasis)
--Desert Mountain Showdown (Hootie & The Blowfish)
--Music For A Found Harmonium (Patrick Street)
Right on Bugsy, also how about "Flash Company "?.
From: ddw
Bruce Langhorn used to do amazing little pull-off trills. Probably the best example is in his backup of Tom Rush on Urge For Goin', but you can hear them in some of the stuff he did behind Odetta, too.
And I don't know off-hand who the guitarist was, but somebody does a series of key-changing runs on Ian Tyson's version of Sierre Peaks that just blows my mind every time I hear them. I thought Ian might have done the picking himself, but he took a by on it when I requested it during a concert a few years ago, so I suspect it wasn't him.
Matt, you are not in the spirit of the thing here, I want these "magic moments", not whole songs. God knows, David Allison has never recorded a magic moment in his whole career .......
From: Mark Clark
I've been "transfixed" a great many times but one lick that comes to mind is Blind Reverend Gary Davis' introduction to "You Got To Move" on his album "A Little More Faith." I remember wearing out the grooves trying to learn that one.
One that still blows me away is Lead Belly's "Fannin Street" lick. I've heard many people try to do it, including Pete Seeger and Fred Gerlach, but I've never heard anyone get it exactly right.
DAMMIT, WELL MAYBE I THINK HE DOES MURRAY!!!
So, to break it down for those less astute:
The funky little sliding Dm7 shapes that go up and down
The killer sycopated hammer-on ostinato played throughout the song, then the slow burn rubato bends near the end
Just the whole tune is a dream come true, with all those little magic pull-offs
The amazing solos and intros with the hammer ons and the delicious little slides that give you shivers
The sycopated hammer-ons that lead into the boingy country style dropped D drone
That mmm mmm good lead in arpeggios, then the crazy cello lines that rule on the guitar bass
Those cool little blues riffs
Just that crazy bouncing rhythms is a riot to play
Just a whole bunch of fun with all the sliding pinky work while the chords are strumming...wow
Just hearing that opening arpeggio tells you something good is going to come
The crazy sliding 12 bar blues lick with those added top notes...makes you wanna shake
The solo...well what can I say? One of the greatest moments in rock. Right up there with the licks from Stairway To Heaven.
Then funky bass boom chick and sneaky bass runs are so much fun
Just the whole bleeding thing!
You can make an appointment at Paltalk with me and I can and will provide an demonstration of each. Thank you.
BTW DAVID ALLISON RULES! AND I DON'T GIVE A RATS ASS WHO THINKS HE'S GOOD OR NOT! THIS GUITAR PLAYER LIKES HIM.
Attaboy Matt ! But really, in our hearts, we both know who really rules, now don't we? But I have promised myself not to mention his name again on the Forum ...
NO! I've heard his stuff and it bores me. And don't you DARE tell me what's in my heart. Not you or anyone else knows that. So leave me alone.
OK Matt I'm laying the pistol down and backing off, real slow ......
From: Big Mick
Geez, Matt, you make this eloquent, well thought out statement in defense of your picks..........blew my mind..........then stomp your feet and start talking about not telling you what's in your heart.....lighten up fer chrissakes..........
This is one of those impossible to answer deals cause I can come up with 15 or 20 off the top of my head, but one that immediately comes to mind is on The Chieftains "Another Country" album. Chet Atkins on guitar plays off Paddy Maloney on the Uillean Pipes. Atkins starts out with a guitar version of Tahitian Skies and Maloney answers back on the pipes. Then Maloney makes your skin crawl by launching into Chief O'Neill's Favorite Hornpipe, and Atkins answers on the guitar. Brilliant stuff.
From: GUEST,Steve
The intro to "Standin on a Rock" by the Amazing Rythym Aces on their "Too Stuffed to Jump" Album. Took me a whole day to figure it out!
From: Mountain Dog
Richard Thompson has a perfectly beautiful and spine-tingling solo on "Just As the Tide Was Flowing". (Maddy Prior on vocals with some incarnation of the Albion Country Band - I used to have it on an LP called "The Antilles Sampler").
Also, Ry Cooder's heart-wringingly soulful slide solo on his own version of "Across the Borderline" from the "Get Rhythm" album.
From: Rick Fielding
Tremendous thread Murray (well for guitar-nurds like me anyway)
Most of those licks that stick in the mind were heard when I was young and impressionable and simply couldn't BELIEVE that notes could be that beautiful.
1. Reverend Gary Davis' spellbinding "high to low" guitar run near the end of his thirties recording of "Oh Lord Search My Heart". I practically passed out!
2. Earl Scruggs "Maybelle-like" break on "You Are My Flower".
3. Big Bill Broonzy's flat-picked line on "How You Want It Done". My Gawd, he was 19 years old! Listening to his early playing (mostly fingerpicking) is the best guitar lesson I can imagine.
4. Norman Blake's "Cross-chording" on Church Street Blues. I've tried for years to get a handle on it. No dice.
5. Many others. I'll try and think of them.
Hey Murray..I could give you the NOTES he plays...but to get it as smooth and fast as he plays it? Well I think ya gotta be Doc (or at least set aside a year of non-stop practice). I agree. He really MADE something from that song. Wonder if Anne Murray heard his recording...or Gene MacLelland for that matter.
From: GUEST,Mooh at folkcensor's computer
Any part of the solo from Sympathy For The Devil by the Stones. Recently I've taken a shining to Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson, but I couldn't ID the specific part from here. There's a pretty cool solo on one of the Simon Mayor cd's too but I'm not at home to ID it more closely. Remember the first Dire Straits release? That sent alot of us back to the woodshed to learn how to play fills properly, great expressions.
Mooh.
From: dwditty
Amos "The Other Canadian Guitarist" (*BG* Rick) Garrett's solo in Maria Muldaur's Midnight at the Oasis has always done it for me. Albert Lee in Country Boy. Mark Knoffler in Sultans of Swing.
From: GUEST,Ramblin' Boy
The trade off licks between Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins in "There'll Be Some Changes Made" from the Neck and Neck album.
Amos Garrett was one of the first "really good pickers" that I ever saw up close. Like Knoffler he just has a "touch". Love his playing.
The guitarist (forget his name) with Gerry Rafferty on "The Ark". Great solo.
George Harrison's slide guitar on "My Sweet Lord". Verrry nice.
Alton Delmore's flatpick break on "Blue Railroad Train". Lots of unexpected turns.
Leadbelly's run from D to A on many things. Inventive!
From: John Hardly
I just saw a thread titled "Fielding isn't god" but from your selections on this thread, you wouldn't get agreement from me (About the god thing)--GREAT selections, especially the Blake.
I've heard dwditty play and I can see that it must be great influences (like his picks) that make great guitar players (like him)!
mine?--Tony Rice's kick-off of Muleskinner
From: Peter T.
I must confess that I am currently besotted with Bob Dylan's little phrasings and chordings on the bootleg versions of "Blood on the Tracks". They are so simple. "Tangled Up in Blue" has these immensely evocative phrases.
Joni Mitchell's Amelia (including the Pat Metheny solo on the Shadows and Light version) is also evocative.
yours, Peter T.
From: BlueJay
!. The break on Norman Blake's version of "John Hardy"
2. The chorus on Bruce Cockburn's "Barrelhouse Blues": the slide down thingy with the run following it. Great blues guitar.
3. The instrumental break on David Bromberg's version of "Mr. Bojangles"
That's all I can think of now. Goodnight, BlueJay
From: Clinton Hammond2
The first few bars of Don Ross's song "Afraid To Dance" off his album 'This Dragon Won't Sleep'... I don't know how the hell he does it but it sound fantastic!!!
For those who don't know it, it's the worlds first solo guitar, hip-hop tune!
From: UB Ed
Stones, guys, Stones! After thirty years, I can't get these out of my head:
Into to "Jumpin Jack Flash" (especially from Ya Ya) Intro to "Under My Thumb" Intro and repeat in "Satisfaction"
Additionally, the Who covered "Young Man's Blues" on their Live at Leeds album. Listen to that introductory lick.
Oh yeah, and how 'bout the intro to Sweet Jane on Lou Reed's "Rock N Roll Animal"
Hard to stop....
Sorry Mick, that was before I read my horoscope this morning which said "Don't be put on the defensive by a strongly biased person".
From: Benjamin
I'd say my favorte lick was on Loves Holiday off the All in All album by Earth Wind and Fire. In the second and third chorus in the middle of the third line as Maurice White sings "Love" (the lick is here) "has found its way. "It amazes me how Johnny Graham takes a slow scale and can execute it perfectly between words like that.
Other than that, I love the base runs in Blind Willie Johnsons Let Your Light Shine on Me.
That's all that really comes to mind right now. Get back to me.
A couple of people have mentioned Chet Atkins and it reminded me of something I haven't thought of in years, but was mightily impressed by when I was first learning a little guitar. It's his Yankee Doodle Dixie — in which he plays both songs simultaneously. Never did figure out how he did that. Thought it might have been multitracking, but saw him perform it on television once and they showed closeups of his hands often enough to convince me he was really doing it.
Can't disagree with Rick's praise of Big Bill's licks, but I've just received all of the tracks Blind Blake ever recorded (so the company says, anyway) and there are some pretty fine passages in what I've listened to so far.
Also have to love a lot of the stuff Josh White did and I love Blind Boy Fuller's riffs and Sylvester Weaver's Bottleneck Blues.
OK now don't laugh. Glen Campbell's intro and lead part to Southern Nights.
Have to agree with Peter that Dylan's little figures are great.
Clarence White's solo on Nine Pound Hammer.
From: mousethief
First thing that comes to mind, and refuses to leave, is the wonderful flying guitar solo on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" -- I forget if it's in the first parts or the second parts -- where he's playing absolutely at the top of the fretboard, just a couple of bars before it breaks into the lyrics, and he runs up to the highest note, then falls back down playing two notes at a time. Shivers.
Oh, and the walk-down in "32-20 Blues" as played by Robert Johnson.
And the lightning-fast hammer-ons and pull-offs at the end of Sultans of Swing.
From: Mooh
Mouser, you reminded me. The solo from Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd seems to almost transcend guitar. It would sound great with almost any instrument. Mooh.
From: catspaw49
Not exactly a lick, but uh...................
I have always been kinda' gassed when I listen to Arlo pick along while he talks. Listen carefully. Its effortless and has small changes in whatyever it is as he goes along. Now, most of us pick and sing, it goes together......But just talking away, rambling on, while you seemingly play on autopilot is a particular talent. Obviously Arlo has had a lot of practice at it with Alice, but there are so many others where he does this. His playing is very underrated.
I did get a good lick in on an old Yamaha one day. Tasted like ginger and soy sorta'.
Well dang guys, you got me going to! I've been playing Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" a lot recently, and what about dem licks? All those neat little hammer-on and pull off that are stuck in the strummed chords. It's such an amazing thing that that's coming from one guitar.
1. Chuck Berry's intro lick to "Johnny B. Goode" - used so much it's now a Rock 'n' Roll cliche...
2. Alvin Lee and Ten Years After live at Woodstock doing "Goin' Home" - blistering moment during Lee's solo where he does some kind of triplet-based phrase repeated over and over and then drops one of the notes in the phrase a half-step during the change to IV and plays those triplets over and over...
3. Same idea during Jimi Hendrix's solo on his version of "Red House" where he hammers those three notes forever at the change to IV.
4. Any of Hendrix's solos on "All Along The Watchtower," but especially the one right after he says "Hey" - with the "underwater Wah-Wah" sound... or his solo right after he "shot her" on "Hey Joe"...
5. The slide work on Allman Brothers' live version of "Statesboro Blues"...
Paul Simon's I Know What I Know Has some amazing licks through out the song.
Doc Watson has too many for me to pick one (or two).
Spaw, I agree re Arlo and Alice. I still can't play and speak the part. I am a little worried: although we occassionally see "pro" bass fisherman kiss a fish, I don't know if the public is ready for an artist licking their guitar.
Pink Floyd and Hendrix had great licks too. Too bad Mr. Gilmour was eclipsed by Roger Water's Dark Side of the Moon (ie The Wall). Don't forget Hendrix's "Castles made of Sand."
Gilmour wasn't eclipsed by The Wall. His composition (Comfortably Numb) was the brightest light on that Wall.
As for I Know What I Know, isn't the guitar amazing? It sounds like it has rubber strings. How do they DO that?
From: M.Ted
Danny Gatton playing the lick from "The Simpsons"
I completely agree about Alice's Restaurant: so casual ("We're just waiting for it to come around on the guitar again", like it was an independent being. Audience in the palm of his hand.)
A few splendid Beatle moments:
The bass line in "Hey Bulldog" -- not my favourite Beatle song, but it sure moves. (like "Ballad of John and Yoko" -- McCartney made that song.)
Speaking of George Harrison, that hint of slide things to come in "For You Blue".
The opening of "Day Tripper".
The opening of "I Feel Fine".
(weel, we could go on all day about this one.)
MouseThief, you're absolutely correct re "Comfortably Numb." I seem to have this Waters vs. Gilmour soapbox to drag around (time to get over it). Forgive me least we thread creep.
From: Branwen23
I'll agree with Peter T. about Tangled up in Blue (Indigo Girls)... There's some really beautiful guitar work in that one.
I also like the part in "Carry on My Wayward Son" (Kansas) right after the first verse where they go into that wicked instrumental led by groovy guitar licks...
From: GUEST,Willie-O
I would normally go along with Amos Garrett.
In recent history, though, I sure like JP Cormier's fingerboard blitzkrieg on "Kelly's Mountain".
Willie-O (now one of those infamous surfers-at-work)
Have you ever heard Soig Siberil play "The Piper's Quest (Kest Ar Choad)"? His fingers are flying so fast it's spooky!
From: Wesley S
How about: Doc Watson's intro to "Deep River Blues"
Geoff Muldaur's intro to "Devil Got My Woman"
Mississippi John Hurts "Creole Belle"
Bruce Cockburn's "If I Had A Rocketlauncher"
And Stevie Ray Vaughn's intro to "Cold Shot" and the bass intro to "Crossfire"
Or even The Chambers Bros "Time Has Come Today"
I am NOT a guitar player, but I used to go to Winfield and hear the flat picking championships, and I have WATCHED Norman Blake (and others), and it is amazing what is done...Norman has this one song (it may BE Church Street)where he is into this pretty amazing run, and he ADDS a triplet without missing a beat!...and all the time he is making faces and interacting with the crowd....
and there was this young kid from California, Jeff Pearson, who played most of 'Black Mountain Rag' in the high register without a cutaway guitar...cant see how his hand made that reach!
Which part of Rocket Launcher? I'm trying to remember any memorable guitar licks.
The rhythm riff is what I was refering to
But there are some nice slide riffs on it too.
I'm not sure how they get that tone in I know what I know. But I've been looking for the band that played the music on that song, General M.D. Shirinda and the Gaza Sisters. I've searched record stores and all over the Internet. All I found were a couple album tittles on some guy's web site who decided he'd list every recording he had. If anyone could help me find an album (CD would be the best) I'd be thankfull!
The guitarist on Hugh Masekela's Uptownship, John "Blackie" Selolwane, gets a tone in a couple parts that sounds like a steal drum.
From: MarkS
The instrumental break on Mr. Bojangles by Bromberg. Oooooooh yes!
I love Clarence White's work on The Byrds, "Chestnut Mare" . I also have to agree with , "Sultans of Swing", some fine work.
The guitar during the last verse in David "Honeyboy" Edwards' Howling Wind Blues.
From: Grab
Add my vote for Sultans of Swing. And Telegraph Road - the driving rhythm as that winds up is great.
The "Chris Rea riff" (if you listen to CR, you know the one I mean). Simple but catchy.
Davey Graham's No Preacher Blues riff.
The solo out of Alannah Myles' Black Velvet.
Grab.
From: GUEST,richlmo
I don't know why I'm a Guest all at once. I'm the one who likes Clarence White on " Chestnut Mare". Maybe I haven't been participating lately.
I can't believe that I haven't mentioned some of the dual lead stuff that Stephen Stills and Neil Young did in Buffalo Springfield, which happens to be my all time favorite damn band. Yep, the lead work on Bluebird and Rock n' Roll Woman was pretty spectacular shite. Neil on the lectric and Stills on the box. Mr. Soul, Kind Woman, Expecting to Fly, Broken Arrow, and the overexposed but still fantastic For What It's Worth. Those were marvelously crafted, arranged, harmonized, songs. But it is the guitar work between those two which made them brilliant.
The opening lick in Quincy Jones' (Brothers Johnson's) Is it love that we're missing?
If your into the wah peddal, the the tone in the opening licks on Quincy's Boogie Joe the Grinder is amazing!
From: GUEST,CraigS
Hey, don't pick your favourite guitar player and say I like THIS lick! My favourite guitarist might be Gary Moore, but the lick that makes me wet my underpants is six notes in the middle of "Nuages" (clouds) by Django Reinhardt - starts with a bend down, and carries on. Hendrix could make me weep - Castles made of sand is a good example. If you're into real "hit you between the eyes" licks, Chris Bond is another man who knows how - but there's a world of difference between what is premeditated in the modern-day recording studio and the live, inspired stage situation.Best live thang I've ever seen is Johnny Winter.
The little hickup in Leslie West's intro to Mountain's take on Roll Over Beethoven. This guy played with more raw spirit than all the rock pretenders and posers of his time.
Jimmy Page's main solo in Since I've Been Loving You. Electric blues purity. His Gallow's Pole riff is cool too. I always thought it was cool how Led Zeppelin was influenced by old blues and folk.
From: GUEST,Joe B
One out of many shining guitar doodahs that comes to mind is a little four-note gem played by Don Felder on the last verse of the Eagles' New Kid in Town. It comes right after the second line of lyrics. He places the most tasteful little fill there, an oozing, yearning, perfect little electric masterpiece.
Thanks Mooh, I hadn't thought of those Zep ones, but you're right! I love that little sliding Am7 thing at the beginning of Gallows Pole. But my favorite Zeppelin song is almost on big riff..."The Rain Song". Such aching...such beauty. It takes a lot of retuning your guitar to play it right, but it's worth it. When you finish playing it, it's one of the times when you stop and sigh and thank God or whoever you want, for letting such music be created. It makes you feel good to know that such musical tenderness can be harnessed by a collection of wood and steel. Amazing.
--Matt
ooh, I just remembered one.... I don't know if it counts, but I think it's wicked: The bass line throughout "Spanish Moon" (Little Feat.
From: voyager
John Fahey's version of LAYLA on "LET GO"
The lick in Bobby Womack's Think Your Lonely Now is quite good! Though you do hear it more than a few times through out the song.
From: GUEST,Justa Picker
Lest we forget Steve Howe's illustrious opener to the Yes hit "Roundabout" and just about anything he plays acoustically. Just give a listen to "The Clap" off of Yessongs, and see if you can even figure out half of what he's doing. The man's a genius and tastey.
From: Plume
Nothing astounds, perplexes and fills me with envy like Nic Jones' Canadee-i-o. If anyone could ever teach me to play that song that well I would ask no more of life. Another brillian bit of Jones fretwork is his accompaniment to June Tabor's singig of Bonny May from the Airs and Graces LP. I do also love yet another track from the Martin Simpson/June Tabor collaboration, that being Admiral Benbow. Martin Carthy's Siege of Delhi is pretty darn thrilling throughout, as is his work on The Bedmaking on Crown of Horn. I quite like Sultans of Swing as well as Mark Knopfler's end credits for Local Hero. How is it that no one has yet mentioned And Your Bird Can Sing? And for bass lines, what about the Beatles' Rain? And back to back briliance of Colin Moulding's bass lines on Mayor of Simpleton and King for a Day from the XTC album Oranges and Lemons.Actually it's diggicult to come up with a favorite bass line from the XTC catalog, so much of Moulding's work is so good. To my ears, Ry Cooder has never sounded better than on the Jazz and Get Rhythm albums - again, hard to single out a best riff or even track. And then there's Richard Thompson who I always enjoy most when he's not trying so damned hard. The opening riff on Hand of Kindness, the brief, chunky solo on Wall of Death, that's economy and clarity to me. Charlie Christian on Breakast Feud, Django on, well, anything. Man, the more I think about it the more I realize how many really wonderful guitar players there are and have been in the world. Thanks to all of them for enriching my life — but especially Nic and Martin.
Oh yeah, I LOVE "The Clap"!!! The tab for it is INSANE! How anyone can do that is pure mindblowing talent.
I too have checked out the tab for the Clap at a Renegade Olga site; some of it's accurate, other parts aren't. You're probably aware of this Matt, but Steve Howe now has his own website here. (Sorry for the bit of thread creep.)
From: GUEST,Steve Latimer
Could never pick a favorite, but I sure like the Johnny Winter's Meantown Blues riff.
From: Lucius
Can't claim that it's my all time favourite lick, but I melt when I hear Artie McGlynn's fills on "Cabbage and Kale".
SAme here Lucius! I love Arty...his riffs on Dick Gaughan's "Sail On" (on of my favorite songs ever) brings tears to my eyes.
From: LR Mole
Dave Edmunds' triple octave highdive in the live "Heart of the City". Yow!(And isn't that Lenon sliding on "For You Blue"?)
From: Steve Latimer
Joe Walsh's Raunchy intro to Funk #49.
Jeff Becks pretty little Run on She's a Woman.
Muddy Waters' slide on Nineteen Years Old.
Almost forgot Mick Taylor's soaring lead over Keith Richard's funky rhythm on the Stones "Can't You Hear Me Knockin?"
Taj Mahal's extremely subtle slide work on "East Bay Women"
From: fat B****rd
davy graham better git hit in your soul, duane eddy on peter gunn
From: GUEST,Paul
Don't have the recordings no more, but Blind Willie McTell's instrumental phrazings are unique. Likewise Skip James; poiniant and simple, like his vocals.
From: GUEST,Alex Roan
Pink floyd's "Wish You Were Here" was mentioned. Where on line can I get lyrics and if possible sheet music and/or abc and/or chords?
From: Scabby Douglas
Much of what went before...
Right at the end of "The Hen's March to the Midden/The Four-poster Bed" by Fairport Convention, someone - it might be Richard Thompson but also could be Jerry Donahue lets rip with an astounding country-style run at 400 mph.
That's the very business...
From: GUEST,jonesey
Besides the intro to J.B. Goode the 'only' licks still recognized worldwide are both from '64. The intro to the Temptin' Temptations' 'My Girl' and Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman'. No matter where you are or what kind of gig you're playing you break into either one of those licks and everybody in the room knows the song. The My Girl lick was played by a Motown session guy whose name escapes me, but I did read an interview w/him once and he said he always hated that lick. Said it was out of tune and corny, but Berry Gordy didn't want to do a retake so they left it as is. He's right, it is slightly out of tune, but who cares? The Pretty Woman lick was played by Bobby Goldsboro on 12 string. Speaking of 12 str. how about Eric Darling's lick on 'Walk Right In'? Hard to argue with any of the other choices, however. This is a killer thread...kudos
From: mooman
Very, very hard to decide as there are so many good ones to choose from but, after much deliberation, I think the one at the bottom of the page here takes some beating.
mooman
From: Midchuck
Norman Blake's break before the last verse of Tom Ames'Prayer, on Steve Earle's Train a'Comin' album.
John Herald's intro to Four Rode By, on Ian and Sylvia's Northern Journey album back in '64 or '65.
Doc Watson's ending to Black Mountain Rag, on his first Vanguard album from '64.
Andrew Hardin's breaks to Tom Russell's Angel of Lyon.
More as I think of them.
From: Steve in Idaho
Guest Steve - took me a day to learn it also - and I can still do it - the timing was a killer!! Takes a good rythm guitarist to hold the beat for it.
ddw - I saw Chet do this live and he was BSing with the audience while he did it. Talked about how he was bored one night and just kind of playing when he realized he was doing this double song. He preceeded the elaborate little deal with a "I'm a bit behind because I've been talking to much so I'll do two at once to get caught up."
Norman Blake's chorus picking on "Greycoat Soldiers."
And an obscure little rendition Blake did on "Under the Double Eagle" that I've been trying to learn for the last couple hundred years!! I can do it slow - but not at his speed.
From: 53
the intro to i feel fine by the beatles. BOB
From: Terry K
GUEST Alex Roan
OLGA has it - that's www.OLGA.net under P for Pink
Cheers, Terry
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
I don't like to nominate "the best" or "favourite" things as they change for me so often and I have so many...BUT two opening licks stand out for personal reasons.
The Animals-style intro to House of the Rising Sun reminds me of my Greek friend Yorgos, as when he starts off with that it means he's finished serving for the night and its time for me to earn my free brandy. The other is one I mentioned here recently: the intro the Inkspots used on so many of their recordings. I hear it and launch into what I guess will come next. That means I'm usually doing Whispering Grass while the Inkspots are doing something else entirely, but then I'm often singing something completely diferent to everyone else!
RtS (What you say, Hoppy? You told those babbling trees?)
PS Hi, MattR, welcome back.
Looking for Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" , words and music. Got to this thread by an archives search.
The Lightfoot thread reminded me of Willie Nelson's intro to his version of "Me and Bobby McGee". The solo is pretty darned good too. I have no idea how Trigger survived that session.
I a Chuck Berry compilation in my car CD changer right now. Where do you even start. I'm thinking the intro to Carol. But God bless Chuck, it's amazing to hear all of those licks on one CD. Yes, many are pretty similar, but they became the absolute backbone of Rock.
From: GUEST,Tim
Here are some of my favorite classic riffs to play that haven't been mentioned yet
neil young: cinnamon girl grateful dead: sugar magnolia the who: intros to pinball wizard and behind blue eyes hendrix: hey joe
Graceland. (Ray Phiri throughout).
forgot Baghiti Khumalo, bass player; Demola Adepoju, pedal steel, same album!!!!! yours, Peter T.
Roger, check the date on Matt_R's posting ! But I know he is back and probably reads this thread, so I will welcome him back too.
DOH! Do you wonder they're retiring me?
another good lick is the opening to DAY TRIPPER BOB
From: Raptor
Can't you hear me knockin Mick Taylor Private investigations Mark Knophler Find the cost of freedom C,S,N,Y I need a lover Mike Wacanak (John Cougar)


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Q: tabhost implement sliding effects I tried to use this solution:
How to implement TabHost sliding effect?
but doesnt do anything, i mean that everything remain the same.
the implementation i think is very simple:
i include here the code solution:
import android.view.View;
    import android.view.animation.AccelerateInterpolator;
    import android.view.animation.Animation;
    import android.view.animation.TranslateAnimation;
    import android.widget.TabHost;
    import android.widget.TabHost.OnTabChangeListener;

/**
 * A custom OnTabChangeListener that uses the TabHost its related to to fetch information about the current and previous
 * tabs. It uses this information to perform some custom animations that slide the tabs in and out from left and right.
 *
 * @author Daniel Kvist
 *
 */
public class AnimatedTabHostListener implements OnTabChangeListener
{

    private static final int ANIMATION_TIME = 240;
    private TabHost tabHost;
    private View previousView;
    private View currentView;
    private int currentTab;

    /**
     * Constructor that takes the TabHost as a parameter and sets previousView to the currentView at instantiation
     *
     * @param tabHost
     */
    public AnimatedTabHostListener(TabHost tabHost)
    {
        this.tabHost = tabHost;
        this.previousView = tabHost.getCurrentView();
    }

    /**
     * When tabs change we fetch the current view that we are animating to and animate it and the previous view in the
     * appropriate directions.
     */
    @Override
    public void onTabChanged(String tabId)
    {

        currentView = tabHost.getCurrentView();
        if (tabHost.getCurrentTab() > currentTab)
        {
            previousView.setAnimation(outToLeftAnimation());
            currentView.setAnimation(inFromRightAnimation());
        }
        else
        {
            previousView.setAnimation(outToRightAnimation());
            currentView.setAnimation(inFromLeftAnimation());
        }
        previousView = currentView;
        currentTab = tabHost.getCurrentTab();

    }

    /**
     * Custom animation that animates in from right
     *
     * @return Animation the Animation object
     */
    private Animation inFromRightAnimation()
    {
        Animation inFromRight = new TranslateAnimation(Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 1.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
                Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
        return setProperties(inFromRight);
    }

    /**
     * Custom animation that animates out to the right
     *
     * @return Animation the Animation object
     */
    private Animation outToRightAnimation()
    {
        Animation outToRight = new TranslateAnimation(Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 1.0f,
                Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
        return setProperties(outToRight);
    }

    /**
     * Custom animation that animates in from left
     *
     * @return Animation the Animation object
     */
    private Animation inFromLeftAnimation()
    {
        Animation inFromLeft = new TranslateAnimation(Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, -1.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
                Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
        return setProperties(inFromLeft);
    }

    /**
     * Custom animation that animates out to the left
     *
     * @return Animation the Animation object
     */
    private Animation outToLeftAnimation()
    {
        Animation outtoLeft = new TranslateAnimation(Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, -1.0f,
                Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
        return setProperties(outtoLeft);
    }

    /**
     * Helper method that sets some common properties
     * @param animation the animation to give common properties
     * @return the animation with common properties
     */
    private Animation setProperties(Animation animation)
    {
        animation.setDuration(ANIMATION_TIME);
        animation.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
        return animation;
    }
}

so just create an AnimatedTabHostListener object and give it to the tabHost by the setOnTabChangedListener() method
I debugged and the method of the listener are called... but i dont see any animations. how it is possibile?

A: Try this code from github https://github.com/jittya/SwipeableTabView
Java Code :
LinearLayout SwipableViewTabConntainer=(LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.SwipableTabViewContainer);
        ArrayList<String> titles=new ArrayList<String>();
        titles.add("One");
        titles.add("Two");
        titles.add("Three");
        titles.add("Four");
        titles.add("Five");

        ArrayList<Fragment> fragments=new ArrayList<Fragment>();
        for(int i=0;i<titles.size();i++)
        {
            fragments.add(new Dummyfragment(titles.get(i)));
        }

        SwipeTabView swipeTabView=new SwipeTabView(this,titles,fragments,getSupportFragmentManager());
        SwipableViewTabConntainer.addView(swipeTabView);

Xml :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/SwipableTabViewContainer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

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Wilton Dentist Celebrates 25 Years!
Published on Monday, 13 May 2019 14:28
Written by Pamela Aris
On May 20, 2019 James T. Aris, DMD, MAGD, PC, will celebrate twenty-five years in dental practice in Wilton, CT.
Inspired by his love of the sciences and arts, Dr. Aris knew early on that he wanted to pursue dentistry as a profession. Since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, he has logged over 2,000 hours of continuing education. Aris' extraordinary commitment to education allows him to perform sophisticated procedures including full-mouth reconstructions, root canals, implants and bone grafts. Aris is among the top one percent of general dentists in this country who has earned a Mastership from the Academy of General Dentistry, and has recently launched a continuing education school for dentists, which is PACE accredited by the Academy of General Dentistry.
What have been some of the changes over the past 25-years? "Innovation and research in dental medicine is enhanced every day, making dentistry less invasive and more comfortable for the patient. For example, the merging of computer technology with healthcare has had a tremendous impact on the practice of dentistry. Our recently added Planmeca dental chairs are software-driven with CAD/CAM technology built into the chair. CAD/CAM technology with 3-D digital scanners have revolutionized restorative dentistry, paving the way for the one-day crown – and creating a better fit, form and function." Dr. Aris continues, "Today, digital x-rays and a paperless office are the norm."
"We are 25-years young," smiles Dr. Aris. "I can honestly say I love to come to work every day because of the patients I'm blessed to serve and our professional team of extraordinary hygienists, certified dental assistants, front-office business team, a Periodontist on Mondays, and Associate Dr. Viviane T. Trinh, a UCONN graduate who is here Tuesday evenings and Fridays," credits Dr. Aris. "Twenty-five years ago, I was fortunate to have Dr. Joseph J. Makovich entrust his patients to my care. Dr. Makovich spent 6 months in the reception room introducing every patient to me, because he was an extraordinary person and dentist." After serving enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Dr. Makovich obtained a bachelor's degree in Biology and then attended Tufts School of Dental Medicine. He returned to the Navy as a dental officer with the U.S. Marine Corps for three years before starting his own Wilton practice in 1957, taking over the practice of Dr. Kevin Hargadon. "I can hardly wait for what the next 25-years holds in store for dentistry. I love being a part of this vibrant community," says Dr. Aris. Passionate about dental health, Aris exclaims, "Your mouth really is a window to your overall health, and we are gratified to help people live healthier lives."
Dr. Aris is a member of the American Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, CT State Dental Society, Spear Study Club, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, a Dawson Dentist Scholar, and past President of the Greater Norwalk Dental Society. He is listed in "The Leading Physicians of the World," a yearly publication that features top international healthcare professionals, where it is written that, "excellence in dentistry is the first commitment of Dr. James T. Aris and his professional staff." Working with children to adults, Dr. Aris' practice Advanced Dentistry of Wilton is located at The Cannon House, 436 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897. (203) 762-5100 open Monday – Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended evening hours on Tuesday until 8 p.m.
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Books with anti-war themes have explicit anti-war messages or have been described as having significant anti-war themes or sentiments. Not all of these books have a direct connection to any particular anti-war movement. The list includes fiction and non-fiction, and books for children and younger readers.

Fiction

 All Men Are Enemies – Richard Aldington
 A Soldier's Quartet - Colin Baldwin, 2021, Shawline Publishing ("A brilliant read..."), novel based on true events in WWI and 100 years later (see https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59082674-a-soldier-s-quartet)
 Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson – George I. Gurdjieff, 1949
 All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque, 1928
 The Americanization of Emily – William Bradford Huie, 1964
 Ashe of Rings – Mary Butts novel, 1926
 Bid Me To Live – H.D. novel, 1960
 Captain Jinks, Hero – Ernest Crosby, 1902
 Catch-22 – Joseph Heller, 1961
 Cat's Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut science fiction novel
 Celestial Matters – Richard Garfinkle science fiction novel
 Company K – William March novel
 Dead Yesterday – Mary Agnes Hamilton novel, 1916
 Death Of A Hero – Richard Aldington
 Despised and Rejected – Rose Allatini novel (published under the name A. T. Fitzroy) 1918
 A Fable – William Faulkner, 1954, World War I
 The Empty Drum - Leo Tolstoy, 1887
 A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway, 1929
 For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway, 1940
 The Forever War – Joe Haldeman science fiction novel
 From Here to Eternity – James Jones novel
 Generals Die in Bed – Charles Yale Harrison novel
 The Good Soldier Svejk – Jaroslav Hašek novel
 Involution & Evolution – Joss Sheldon novel
 Johnny Got His Gun – Dalton Trumbo novel, 1938
 Journey to the End of the Night – Louis-Ferdinand Céline novel
 Lay Down Your Arms! – Bertha von Suttner novel
 Looking Good – Keith Maillard novel
 Lyndon Johnson and the Majorettes – Keith Maillard novel
 Lysistrata – Aristophanes play, 411 BCE
 The Naked and the Dead – Norman Mailer novel
 Non-Combatants and Others – Rose Macaulay novel, 1916
 Not So Quiet: Stepdaughters of War – Evadne Price (as Helen Zenna Smith) novel, 1930
 On the Beach – Nevil Shute novel
 The Once and Future King – T. H. White, 1958
 Quiet Ways –  Katharine Burdekin novel, 1930
 The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane novel, 1895
 Regeneration – Pat Barker
 Shabdangal – Malayalam novel, 1947
 The Short-Timers – Gustav Hasford novel
 Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut science fiction novel
 The Sorrow of War – Bảo Ninh novel, 1990
 The Thin Red Line – James Jones novel, 1962
 The Things They Carried – Tim O'Brien, 1990
 Three Soldiers – John Dos Passos novel, 1921, World War I
 The Tin Drum – Günter Grass novel
 The Train Was on Time (Der Zug war pünktlich) – Heinrich Böll novel, 1949
 Two Women – Alberto Moravia novel, 1958
 Under Fire – Henri Barbusse novel, 1916
 The Unknown Soldier  – Väinö Linna novel, 1954
 Voyage to Faremido – Frigyes Karinthy novel, 1916
"War" - Ludwig Renn novel, 1928.
War Porn - Roy Scranton novel, 2016.
 "The War Prayer" – Mark Twain short story, c.1910
 War with the Newts – Karel Čapek, novel 1936
 The Wars – Timothy Findley novel, 1977
 We That Were Young – Irene Rathbone novel, 1932
 Why Are We in Vietnam? – Norman Mailer novel, 1967
 Why Was I Killed? (retitled Return of the Traveller in the US) – Rex Warner novel, 1943

Non-fiction

 Addicted to War – Joel Andreas, 1991, 2002
Old man at the Bridge - Ernest Miller Hemmingway May 1938
 An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Era – Charles DeBenedetti, 1990
 The Armies of the Night – Norman Mailer non-fiction novel, 1968
 Autobiography:The Story of my Experiments with Truth – Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1927
 The Bloody Traffic – Fenner Brockway, 1934
 Born on the Fourth of July – Ron Kovic autobiography, 1976
 The Causes of World War Three – C. Wright Mills, 1958
 Choosing Peace:  A Handbook on War, Peace, and Your Conscience – Robert A. Seeley, 1994
 The Cold and the Dark: The World after Nuclear War – Paul R. Ehrlich, Carl Sagan and Donald Kennedy, 1984
 Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians – Chris Hedges, 2008
 The Complaint of Peace – Desiderius Erasmus, 1517
 The Conduct of the Allies – Jonathan Swift, 1711
 The Conquest of Violence – Bart de Ligt, 1937
 Cry Havoc! – Beverley Nichols, 1933
 Disenchantment – C. E. Montague, 1922
 The Education of a Christian Prince – Desiderius Erasmus, 1516
 Einstein on Peace – edited by Otto Nathan and Heinz Norden; preface by Bertrand Russell, 1960
 Ends and Means – Aldous Huxley essays, 1937
 Fate of the Earth – Jonathan Schell, 1982
 The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now – Jonathan Schell, 1998
 Good-Bye to All That - Robert Graves, 1929
 Hiroshima – John Hersey account of the bombings, 1946
 Human Smoke – Nicholson Baker
 If the War Goes On … – Hermann Hesse, 1971
 In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter – Gordon C. Zahn, 1981
 The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War – Frederick Downs, 1978
 The Kingdom of God is Within You – Leo Tolstoy, 1894
 The Inevitable Revolution – Leo Tolstoy, 1909
 Krieg dem Kriege aka War Against War – Ernst Friedrich, 1924
 The Long Road to Greenham: Feminism and Anti-Militarism in Britain since 1820 – Jill Liddington, 1989
 Miami and the Siege of Chicago – Norman Mailer non-fiction novel, 1968
 New Cyneas – Émeric Crucé, 1623
 Newer Ideals of Peace – Jane Addams, 1907
 No Victory Parades: The Return of the Vietnam Veteran – Murray Polner, 1971
 Nonviolence: The history of a dangerous idea – Mark Kurlansky, 2006
 Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe – Graham Allison, 2004
 Nuclear Weapons: The Road to Zero – edited by Joseph Rotblat, 1998
 Pacifism in Europe to 1914, Peter Brock, 1972
 Pacifism in the Twentieth Century – Peter Brock and Nigel Young, 1999
 Pacifism in the United States – Peter Brock, 1968
 Peace Is Possible: Conversations with Arab and Israeli Leaders from 1988 to the Present – S. Daniel Abraham, Bill Clinton, 2006
 Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated – James Mann, editor, 2004
 Peace with Honour – A. A. Milne, 1934
 A People's History of the United States – Howard Zinn, 1980
 Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch – Immanuel Kant essay, 1795
 The Politics of Jesus – John Howard Yoder, 1972
 The Power of Non-Violence – Richard B. Gregg, 1934
 The Root Is Man: Two Essays in Politics – Dwight Macdonald, 1953
 Scapegoats of the Empire – Lt. George Witton memoir, 1907
 Science, Liberty and Peace – Aldous Huxley, 1946
 The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger – Jonathan Schell, 2007
 The Struggle Against the Bomb 1 - One World or None: a history of the world nuclear disarmament movement through 1953 – Lawrence S. Wittner, 1993
 The Struggle Against the Bomb 2 - Resisting the Bomb: a history of the world nuclear disarmament movement, 1954-1970 – Lawrence S. Wittner, 1997
 The Struggle Against the Bomb 3 - Toward Nuclear Abolition: a history of the world nuclear disarmament movement, 1971 to the present – Lawrence S. Wittner, 2003
 Testament of Youth – Vera Brittain, 1933
 The Third Morality – Gerald Heard, 1937
 Three Guineas – Virginia Woolf, 1938
 Conscience for Change, reprinted as The Trumpet of Conscience – (five transcribed lectures given by) Martin Luther King Jr., 1968
 Voices Against War: A Century of Protest – Lyn Smith, 2009
 War and Democracy – Paul Gottfried, 2012
 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning – Chris Hedges, 2003
 War Is a Lie – David Swanson, 2010
 War Is a Racket – former U.S. Marine Major General Smedley Butler speech, 1933 and pamphlet, 1935
 We Will Not Cease – Archibald Baxter memoir, 1939
 Which Way to Peace? – Bertrand Russell, 1936
 White Flash, Black Rain: Women of Japan Relive the Bomb – L. Vance-Watkins and A. Mariko, eds., 1995
 Why Didn't You Have To Go To Vietnam, Daddy? – Steve Wilken, Starving Writers Publishing, 2009
  Why Men Fight – Bertrand Russell, 1916
 Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace – Judith Hand, 2003
 Worthy of Gratitude? Why Veterans May Not Want to be Thanked for Their Service in War – Camillo Mac Bica, Gnosis Press, 2015
 Writings Against Power and Death – Alex Comfort, 1994

Anthologies of anti-war writing

 Instead of Violence: Writings by the Great Advocates of Peace and Nonviolence throughout History – edited by Arthur Weinberg and Lila Shaffer Weinberg, 1963
 The Pacifist Conscience – edited by Peter Mayer, 1966
 Peace is the Way: writings on nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation – edited by Walter Wink
 We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now – Murray Polner, Thomas Woods, 2008

Juvenile fiction

 The Butter Battle Book – Dr. Seuss, 1984
 Children of the Book – Peter Carter, 1982
 The Clay Marble – Minfong Ho novel, 1991
 Fallen Angels – Walter Dean Myers novel, 1988
 Habibi – Naomi Shihab Nye novel, 1997
 I Had Seen Castles – Cynthia Rylant, 1993
 Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War – Gary Paulsen novel, 1998
 Sunrise over Fallujah – Walter Dean Myers, 2008
 War Horse – Michael Morpurgo, 1982
 When the Horses Ride By: Children in the Times of War – Greenfield, Gilchrist poems and illus., 2006
 Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum (published posthumously), Reilly & Lee, 1920.

Juvenile non-fiction

 Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers – Milton Meltzer, 2002
 Lines in the Sand: New Writing on War and Peace – Hoffman and Lassister, eds. essays, stories, poems, 2003
 A Little Peace – Barbara Kerley, 2007
 Operation Warhawks: How Young People Become Warriors – Terrence Webster-Doyle, 1993
 Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World – Jane Breskin Zalben, 2004
 Peace One Day – Jeremy Gilley, 2005
 Some Reasons for War: How Families, Myths and Warfare Are Connected – Sue Mansfield, 1988

See also
 List of peace activists
 List of anti-war songs
 List of anti-war plays
 List of anti-war films

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Bibliographies of wars and conflicts

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At its simplest, be able to reliably remount and paddle your ski in all conditions. Choose a ski that suits your abilities and paddling is a lot faster and more fun. Remounting requires regular practice, especially for the less stable designs in big conditions. Take the opportunity to practice remounts in waves whenever possible.
The other essential is to stay attached to the ski at all times. A leg leash is a mandatory piece of safety equipment at races, as is a pfd, and should be used offshore at all times. Skis blow away very quickly in a breeze; if you lose contact you may be faced with a very long swim home (if you are lucky…). It may also be a good idea to use a paddle leash as a backup.
Paddling in a group is obviously better from the safety point of view, however, as ski paddling is a relatively new sport in Europe, it may not always be possible. If paddling alone then take extra caution over location, conditions and equipment.
Wear a PFD. Tell someone onshore your plan and when you will be back.
Checking the wind, waves and tides before you paddle, especially over any distance, should go without saying. Always keeping in mind that what the forecast says and what actually happens are two different things. As a rule of thumb it's worth taking notice of the weather forecast for the 6-12 hours after your planned paddle, if this indicates bad weather it is not unknown for it to turn up early. Avoiding strong offshore breezes a good idea if you are unsure of your own abilities or the ski's handling.
Assessing conditions is complex and takes experience and learning. Most importantly, if you are unsure – there is always another day.
This will depend on the conditions and how comfortable you are with controlling and remounting the ski. If you are still getting used to a new boat then it is best to stay close to shore and pick shorelines with an onshore breeze, where you can easily get out if it doesn't go according to plan.
Clothing is a conundrum for a ski paddler. The boats reward being paddled fast, but this may mean wearing less clothing than is ideal if you were to end up in the water or even just needing to be stopped for a while. Being stable in your ski and being able to remount quickly are advantageous here. Extended immersion will rapidly result in hypothermia for most of the year around British shores, particularly in early spring. The weather may be warm and sunny but the sea temperature will often be less than 10 degrees. Conditions and the location of a paddle will dictate what to take. If in doubt overdressing is the better option and carrying spare clothes in a dry bag may be an idea.
The different options all have pros and cons.
Flares work only if you know how to use them, and are close enough to shore for someone to see them. They have a very short time when they are actually visible and there is no way of confirming someone has seen you. They are however, compact, relatively cheap and good for pinpointing position to rescue services, if they are already searching.
Mobile phone in a waterproof case appears to be a good option at first glance. Mobile coverage, even a mile or so out at sea, has improved around the country in recent years. However there are still dead spots and it is important to know if these occur in the area being paddled. Using a phone in a waterproof case is also far from foolproof, especially touchscreen phones inside a wet case, even making an emergency call may prove almost impossible. Battery life can be an issue with some models. On the plus side a number of phone apps now allow real time tracking by an onshore contact and for distress messages to be sent. However it is still early days for these.
VHF is often quoted as the key piece of safety equipment for anyone going afloat. It has the advantage that an emergency call is heard by all vessels in range, who may be able to assist before the emergency services. The units are also generally more robust, waterproof and have a longer battery life than a mobile phone. There is some paperwork to legally own and operate a VHF, a operators licence needs to be obtained (after attending a course on proper radio procedures and operation) and the unit needs to be registered with OFCOM. One of the big drawbacks of handheld units on kayaks is that VHF range is generally limited by the height of the aerial above the sea surface. Obviously in a kayak (or worse, in the water) this may reduce the range to such a degree that it is impossible to contact the coastguard or other vessels.
PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) – These have dropped in price in recent years and being a similar size to a mobile phone, robust and easily operated do present a good backup option. They are able to pinpoint their location with good accuracy, which may be important if you are separated form the ski. On the downside there is again no confirmation that the signal has been recieved by the emergency services, it may take time to send and it needs to be kept above water to keep sending position information.
Skis, especially high performance boats are not well suited to assisting other paddlers. This is why being able to remount your ski unaided is the most fundamental skill.
It is possible to raft together to assist someone remounting – an idea for technique can be found in the video below.
Skis are simple craft and there is relatively little to go wrong. Breaking a rudder control line is the one scenario you should be prepared for.
The simplest solution here is a length of bungee with a hook to fit the holes at either end of the rudder yoke. In the event of a control line breakage it should be simple to pass the hook through the hole on the side that has broken (you'll need to get in the water for this so make sure the leash can stretch that far, and that you can get back in afterwards…) and tie the other end off to the bungee behind the cockpit. Under tension this should provide a counterbalance to the remaining control line, allowing functional steering using only one pedal.


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The die cut branches and leaves behaved just as I expected when I put them in the hot UTEE, curling and bending - look at the dimension - exactly what I was trying to achieve!
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Stunning! I love that you used paint chips to die cut the leaves, so much fun!!
Really nice and I learned a few tricks too!
LOVE all the tiny birds in the tree, fabulous work!
Wow, love how your brick wall turned out. I swear it looks like real grout and bricks. And a fabulous idea using the punch to make branches. It's gorgeous.
Gorgeous canvas! The brick wall is amazing, and the way you created your tree and birds is outstanding!
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Albanian Parliament Rejects Opposition Resolution Condemning Srebrenica Genocide
From: Bledar Qalliu 12-05-2022 at 13:29
On Thursday, the Albanian parliament rejected an opposition resolution condemning the Srebrenica Genocide committed by Serbian troops in 1995.
The opposition accused the majority led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, who all voted against the resolution, of having close ties to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, a Srebrenica Genocide denier. Meanwhile, the Socialist majority said it could not vote in favor of a document supported by one specific member of parliament: Sali Berisha.
The resolution was initiated by Democratic Party MP Tritan Shehu at a time when Prime Minister Edi Rama has been facing increased criticism over his support for and collaboration with Vucic, which the opposition and many experts consider to be at the detriment of Kosovo.
Simultaneously, the opposition has ramped up its rhetoric against the Albanian government since MP Sali Berisha launched an initiative to take over the main opposition party.
In 1995, Serbian troops killed more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in less than two weeks in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
While the genocide was ongoing, Vucic, then an MP, threatened the international community, warning them not to interfere: "For every Serb killed, we will kill 100 Muslims," he vowed from the Serbian parliament.
Vucic later became a minister of propaganda under President Slobodan Milosevic during the Serbian massacres in Kosovo in 1998-1999.
The government of Kosovo is preparing to ask the International Court of Justice to recognize Serbia's systematic killings of thousands of Albanians during the Kosovo war as genocide. Last year, a similar resolution condemning the Srebrenica Genocide was adopted by the parliaments of Kosovo and Montenegro.
Speaking in parliament today, majority whip Taulant Balla said they could not support a resolution that is also supported by MP Sali Berisha who served as Albania's president during the Srebrenica Genocide. Balla alleged that Berisha had helped Milosevic commit the genocide by sending him oil in violation of an international oil embargo against Serbia.
Balla defended his party's decision to shut down the resolution. Following Prime Minister Edi Rama's example, who calls the 78-year-old opposition leader "the dead one" since he toppled the previous opposition leader Lulzim Basha, Balla also referred to Berisha as "a representative from the other world" and vowed to never support any initiative also supported by the latter.
Berisha denied allegations that he had sent oil to Serbia in 1995, but noted that he had been against the oil embargo as it harmed Kosovo, then under Serbian rule. He added that his government had fought oil smuggling while allowing arms to be sent to Bosnia and Croatia, who were fighting against Serbia at that time.
The opposition leader slammed Vucic for enabling the Srebrenica Genocide, and called him a "little Putin", while warning the international community that the Serbian leader is willing to commit another genocide in the region.
Update, 7:40 p.m.
Prime Minister Edi Rama clarified in a tweet that the majority has "simply refused to include in the parliamentary procedure for the next three weeks" a document signed by Sali Berisha. He reiterated vows that no document supported by Berisha will ever pass in the Albanian parliament.
Rama has harshened his rhetoric against Berisha since he launched a successful movement to take over the Albanian opposition Democratic Party last year. He has vowed to never engage with Berisha because he was designated by the US Department of State over corruption – which was also Rama's stated reason as to why the majority blocked the resolution condemning the Srebrenica Genocide today.
The prime minister invited people to ask themselves "why this resolution today?" in order to find out the real intent behind it, but gave no explanation as to why this resolution today. Instead he called it a "dirty game" by Berisha, and repeated allegations the the then president had helped Milosevic commit the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995 by sending oil in violation of an international embargo.
Rama concluded that he was sorry for those who believe Berisha's game and loathed those who go after him.
Fjalë kyçe: Edi Rama, Sali Berisha, Srebrenica Genocide, Taulant Balla
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In the current scenario quality control became mandatory for all the sectors .This study is intended to examine the impact of internet facilities on students' performance through a Blended Learning as a medium in an academic institution. It was examined, how the Blended Learning encompasses a variety of tools to create flexible, rich learning environments that stimulate learners and maximizes the potential for learning? Another objective is Application of Six Sigma methodology in this study is to improve the medium of learning i.e. internet connectivity through a set of procedures in an effective way. Six Sigma can be again viewed as a discipline or an approach driven by data and methodology for eliminating defects in any process- from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.
Keeping the aforesaid two objectives in mind, data was collected from a sample of 119 students residing in various hostel blocks using stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire was developed after an extensive literature review to measure the impact of internet connectivity in Blended Learning of the students. The questionnaire to measure was based on the model developed by Shawn M. Glynn (2011).The scale was developed by referring to previous models developed by various authors to measure the impact of internet connectivity in the Blended Learning of the students. The statistical analysis used was reliability statistics, KMO, Bartlett's test and Factor Analysis. The data was analyzed by SPSS version 20). We observed that application of Six Sigma methodology is useful to improve the medium of learning.


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Background:
I have an application that reads data over the network and converts that to xml. This xml data is then used by other downstream user applications for various purposes.
Previously, some users had requested to add a setting to allow them to replace certain strings in the data by their custom strings using a regex match. This was then built into the application
Problem:
Now there is a new request where users not only want to use a custom string but they also want to combine it with a part of the match that they get from the regular expression.
I know that we can use matches, groups and captures to do this, but how do I allow it to be configured from settings?
Currently I use a class like below to manage the custom labels and their regexes
[SettingsSerializeAs(SettingsSerializeAs.Xml)]
public class CustomSettingsGroup
{
    [SettingsSerializeAs(SettingsSerializeAs.Xml)]
    public class CustomSetting
    {
        public string CustomLabel { get; set; }
        public string RegularExpression { get; set; }
    }

    public List<CustomSetting> CustomSettingCollection { get; set; }
}

The current logic in the app simply goes over all the regexes for the input, stops at the   1st match, and uses the label for that regex in the input.

A: Perhaps this CustomLabel could allow for positional placeholders, like $1 and $2, which would represent a substitution of a regular expression capture. This is a fairly typical thing to do with regex tools. When you generate the output, you could do a regex replace on anything of the form \$(\d+) with the capture group at the desired position.

A: I pretty much agree with Jacob's idea, I just want to give a more detailed answer. I've done similar configs in the past many times, it's easy.
There is one important thing: In case of regex group capturing it is a very good practice to support regex group names! For example in case of this regex:
 @"^blahblah(?<groupname>\d+)blahblah$"

The specified group can be accessed as either group index 1 or as group name "groupname". This results in much easier and readable configuration. Not to mention that modifying an existing regex with many groups can screw up existing indexes and with group names this isn't a problem.
What you still need is a formatter function that receives a format string as a parameter along with a regex match object (that contains the group values). This is how I usually define the format of the format string:

*

*$$ in the format string translates to a single $ in the formatted string

*$0, $1, ... $N and ${0}, ${1}, ... ${N} translates to the value of the regex group at the specified index

*$groupname and ${groupname} translates to the value of the regex group with the specified name

I usually handle/accept the ${xyz} form too in the format string because without this you can not handle situations like the following format string: Score: ${score}000
Without the { and } the format string would be Score: $score000 so you would parse the group name from the format string as score000.