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April 4, 2017 Posted by Chris_Carrasquillo
At The Drive In have released a new music video for their brand new single "Hostage Stamps" off of their upcoming album, in•ter a•li•a.
At The Drive In will be on the road this May.
Check dates below
2017 LIVE DATES
5/6/17 — El Paso, TX — County Coliseum
5/8/17 — Tempe, AZ — Marquee Theatre
5/9/17 — San Diego CA — Soma
5/12/17 — San Francisco CA — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
5/13/17 — Los Angeles CA — Shrine Auditorium
5/17/17 — Mexico City — Pepsi Center WTC
6/7/17 — Austin, TX — Stubb's +
6/9/17 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theater +
6/10/17 — Houston, TX — Revention Music Center
6/12/17 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom
6/13/17 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Criterion
6/15/17 — Denver, CO — The Fillmore
6/17/17 — St. Paul, MN — Palace Theatre
6/18/17 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
6/20/17 — Columbus, OH — Express Live!
6/21/17 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Theatre
6/22-25/17 — Montebello, Canada — Amnesia Rockfest 2017
8/15-17/17 — St. Pölten, Austria — FM4 Frequency Festival 2017
8/16-19/17 — Paredes De Coura, Portugal — Paredes De Coura Festival 2017
8/16-19/17 — Kiewit, Belgium — Pukkelpop Festival 2017
8/18-20/17 — Biddinghuizen, Netherlands — Lowlands Festival 2017
8/22/17 — Sesto San Giovanni, Italy — Carroponte
8/23/17 — Munich, Germany — Zenith
8/25-27/17 — Weatherby, UK — Leeds Festival 2017
8/25-27/17 — Reading, UK — Reading Festival 2017
8/25-27/17 — Saint Cloud, France — Rock En Seine 2017
+ sold out
For more info go to http://www.atthedriveinmusic.com
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12/4/17 – Beaver Dam Community Hospital will host the 28th annual 'Tree of Lights' program Monday evening. The program allows local residents to purchase a tree light in honor or in memory of a friend or loved one. Organizers call the trees located in front of the hospital, Hillside Manor and Stone Terrace 'symbols of loving, remembering and giving during the holiday season.' The free program starts at 7pm in the hospital's conference center and features a choir performance and continues with the tree lighting followed by a reception in the cafeteria. Tree lights cost $5 apiece and proceeds fund the hospital's Hospice and Lifeline programs. Lifeline offers security for those living in their home by providing help with the single push of a button. Hospice supports and assists patients dealing with terminal illnesses and their families.


Passed away suddenly at home surrounded by her loving family, March 16, 2017, Ruth Simpson, age 77 years. Predeceased by her parents Robert and Jennie Simpson, brothers Bob and Harry, sisters Marion Tremblett, Violet Simpson and Florence White. Leaving to mourn brothers Ron (Elsie) and Walter (Alice) and sister Dorothy Hammond; sister-in-law Violet (Art) Hill and Mark; as well as a large number of extended family. Visitation at Carnell's Funeral Home, 329 Freshwater Road, on Saturday March 18 from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday March 19 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held from Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle on Monday March 20 at 11:00 a.m. with interment to follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Donations in Ruth memory may be made to the Diabetes Association or Gideon's International in Canada.
I was saddened to see the announcement of Ruth's homegoing this morning. As a child at Camp Emmanuel and later as an attendee at Elim, I remember Ruth as a kind and lovely lady. Her physical beauty was magnified by her grace. Her faithfulness to her church and family was an inspiration. May God comfort you all through our blessed hope.
Dot, David and family, so sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. The memories I have of 42 Cashin Ave feel like they happened yesterday; I even remember Pilot's Hill. Thinking of the family at this time.
I first met Ruth back in 1961 at my late sister's wedding in Badger. She was so beautiful and I discovered she was as beautiful inside as she was outside. What a wonderful person she was, with that warm smile.
I am so sorry to hear of her passing, but we know that she is absent from the body and present with the Lord.. While you hearts are in pain and you will miss her greatly, you also know that there is a heavenly Comforter and the assurance of the Blessed Hope that is ours forever.
We are thinking of you today as you celebrate her life with wonderful memories.
Story and and a wonderful example of the Christian life. Ruth we are so glad to have had you as part of our ministry story. Those who knew and loved you look forward now to seeing you when we too reach home. Sleep now in Christ.
We were very saddened to hear of Ruth's passing. You are in our thoughts and prayers that God will sustain you, especially today.
To the Simpson Family: We are sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. During our time attending Elim we always found Ruth to be a great friend. Always enjoyed our conversations. Rest assured our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this most difficult time. God Bless.
Sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. She was a beautiful and faithful lady who loved her Lord, family and church. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. In the midst of your sorrow, we are praying that our Heavenly Father will hold you close and comfort you not only today but in the coming days.
Wayne and I are so very, very sad to know that Ruth has passed. Wayne always loved to get his hug from Ruth on our visits home. Her passing has made us reminisce about all the wonderful days as young people at Elim. Our deepest sympathy to the family who we hold dear in our thoughts and prayers.
Ron, Dorothy, Walter and the Simpson Family.
We were sorry and saddened to hear of Ruth's sudden passing. Little did I think when I gave her a hug in December that it would be the last time. A pleasure to know for many years, always cheerful and faithful to her family and her church. She will be missed.
The Simpson Family; I was sorry to hear that Ruth passed away. I pray God will give you comfort at this time. Although I have not seen Ruth for many years I remember her very well. She was always so bright and energetic. Faithful to her God and her church. It is our loss and heaven's gain.
So sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time.
Ron, Dorothy and all the Simpson family, so sorry to hear of the sudden passing of your sister Ruth.. My prayers and thoughts are with you .
Ron, Dorothy and all the Simpson family. We were shocked and saddened to hear of Ruth's passing. She was a wonderful lady and so pleasant to chat with. Our prayers and thoughts are with you as you go through this difficult time.
I have the fondest memories as a young girl, standing next to Ruth in the choir and singing alongside her for the Old, Old Story broadcast!! She was always laughing and carrying on!! I haven't seen much of her in recent years, but when I did see her, she had THE biggest smile for me. A great lady for sure!!
SO SORRY TO HEAR OF RUTH'S PASSING , PRAYING THAT YOU FIND COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT SHE IS NOW IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
Dorothy, Mark, Ron, Elsie and family. Sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. Praying that you will find comfort in knowing that she is now in the Presence of the Lord. May God's peace, mercy and grace be yours as you walk this road with Him. He has promised to never leave us, never forsake us. In Christian love.
I am so sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. I knew Ruth through my time at Fortis Properties and remember her as such a lovely lady, My sincere sympathy to her family and friends.
From. Linda Toope Davis and husband Graham & family..
Very saddened by this news today… it's heartbreaking but she Is dancing in the streets of gold tonight! Ruth's (and Dot's) dedication and love for the CMC Supper Bowl ministry was something that shone from her every time she was there… she always gave me a hug and told me she was praying for me… She always had nothing but the kindest words for everyone! She will be greatly missed! My prayers are with the family at this difficult time!
What a shock to hear the news of Ruth's passing. We have been friends for years starting at our youth meetings., then Sunday school, n choir. She was also involved with the radio broadcast – The Old, old story (which was my fathers passion). .After a ten year absence, I visited Elim last summer n had a chat with Ruth. Our sympathies to the Simspon family n friends. May u rest in the knowledge that ur loved one is now with her Heavenly Father n her loved ones. Good nite Ruth, c u in the morning.
So sorry to hear of Ruth's passing. My heartfelt condolences to the Simpson family.
Linda and I were shocked and saddened to hear of Rith's passing. Memories go back to Elimi especially for Linda as she worked with Ruth in th Sunday school office, sang in the choir as well as involvement in CA's. Ruth was also a part of our wedding party 48 years ago. We often met Ruth as well as Dot and Dolly out shopping and always stopped to chat and catch up on family news. Although it is a sad time, Ruth has gone to her hevenly reward,. Blessings and prayers to the entire Simpson and extended families.
Our deepest sympathies to the Simpson family. Ruth was a joy to know. Such a beautiful woman both inside and out. She will be greatly missed.
I am shocked as well to learn of Ruth's passing, she and I worked together at Newfoundland Power. She and I always had a chat at our NP Ladies Get Together Dinners. I will miss seeing her.
What a shock to learn of Ruth's passing yesterday evening. She was a faithful secretary of our Sunday school fior many years before I took the position, a faithful member of Elim'c choir and The Old Old Syiry broadcast choir for many years. I always wanted to sit next to her, if possible, to help me with the alto notes. Well done, good and faithful servant. You will be missed. Hugs to all.


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I think this is an area, a bit like First Aid, where we assume that we know what we are talking about, based on what we have always done, or what others have told us, or what we have had inferred to us, without actually investigating and gaining all the facts, this is true for me as the director of SFA, CIC I have had to register myself and the company to carry out DBS checks for staff.
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To be eligible for an enhanced level DBS certificate the position must be included in both the ROA Exceptions Or der and in the Police Act1997(Criminal Records) regulations.
So as a consequence it's useful to know what a regulated activity is, i.e. one that requires the person to obtain a DBS certificate in order to prove that they are eligible to work in at the regulated activity.
Work under (i) or (ii) is regulated activity only if done regularly: "regularly" is defined in detail on the following pages under items (a) to (f).
HM Government is publishing statutory guidance on supervision of activity that would be regulated activity if unsupervised.
It is imperative and the law that those who are requesting you to provide your DBS and other certifications are acting within the law to do so other wise it is a contravention of your privacy and not only that they are breaking the law by requesting this information.
If you are working self employed as a Forest Schools Practitioner as a one off in a school environment or for two sessions a month or even three, then you do not require a DBS and the School is not at liberty under Data Protection to ask you for one. If you work with another adult person and are under supervision or watchful eyes then you do not need one. They would be breaking the law as it is a non-regulated activity that you are offering. If you are 'employed' by them, i.e. you are on their payroll then you do fall under the regulated activities and they can ask you to apply for a certificate.
Similarly if you work with vulnerable adults, in you role as a Forest Schools Practitioners in the woodland or other outdoor setting, you will only require a DBS in that instance if you are responsible for their personal hygiene and other toileting or private matters (e.g. assisting with issues re menstruation) unsupervised. What this means is that if there is a parent or other care giver or personal assistant with them, their personal hygiene is carried out by themselves or by another then you are NOT required in law to obtain or show a DBS certification and it is illegal for that organisation to ask you to provide one. If you are employed by a care home, a residential or other set up and on their pay roll then you may be required to hold one. You must check.
The organisation in order to request DBS certification and to apply for one has to prove that they are eligible BY LAW to do so, i.e. they have to provide documentation to the autorising body (representing the government) that the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 is complied with and if an enhanced check is required then the Police Act 1997 (criminal Records) regulations.
It is not simply a case of, well we al have them, we all need them, and this is what we have always done. It is a very serious legal situation and one where those we employ are protected by law and that their data is personal and that we will only ask for checks when they enter into a Regulated Activity where a check is required.
Gone are the days of months and months of waiting, checks now are taking in the region of 5 to 10 days, so an activity that was not regulated and becomes one, by the time the DBS is needed for UNSUPERVISED work then the practitioner, volunteer, parent, employee can apply very quickly.


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Q: How do I get path to python script, with proper case? I have a script, B.py,  that is imported from another script, say A.py
If I import B in A, the __file__ magical constant, has converted some uppercase letters in its path to lowercase.
If I run B file directly, the __file__ constant HAS proper case regarding the path.
In short this is what happens. The following:
telplugins_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

give me a path like this
C:\\Python\\lib\\site_packages\\mypackage

when it should be
C:\\Python\\Lib\\site_packages\\mypackage

Observe the change on 'Lib' -> 'lib'
Anyone have an idea on how to get the path to __file__ with proper case? Running this on Windows.

A: The windows file system is case-insensitive.
Python is just configured with the C:\Python\lib\site_packages path in the sys.path search list, so when you import your module, python constructs the filepath with the lowercase version.
This is not a problem. Windows will continue to load files using the lowercased version of the path.

A: On windows, the win32 module contain the function GetLongPathName. It does solve the above problem.
That is, the following gives a path with correct case:
aFile = win32api.GetLongPathName(__file__)
pathWithCorrectCase = os.path.split(aFile)[0]

However, I would like to avoid using the win32 module, since it seem not totally "standard".

A: Yields via standard library:
cased_path = glob.glob(re.sub(r'([^:])(?=[/\\]|$)', r'[\1]', __file__))[0]

A: There are certain calls you can make on windows that do fail with improper casing. There are also scenarios such as mine where these calls are being sent to a machiine that IS case sensitive.
Whatever the case may be, if you need proper casing on windows this is the best solution i have found.
For individual files, its easy enough to listdir, but if you have a directory path that you are not positive is properly cased:
import win32com.client as com
_dir = <your path>
fso = com.Dispat("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
folder = fso.GetFolder(_dir)
path = folder.path

This will return the properly cased path.

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PolyPhotonix is pioneering the early adoption of organic light. They work with designers and potential end-users, to create new products and to support the design process right through to large-scale manufacture.
"We started as many companies do, as one person with an idea. We managed to get that funded through an early Technology Strategy Board (TSB) project, that offered significant investment of £3.5m, over 3 years. We were very fortunate in that we were then able to work with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), which was a good place to incubate the company and work with their scientists and management. Fairly quickly, we were able to work as a larger company might because we had the back-up and we had the systems."
But what differentiates PolyPhotonix from other science-led start-ups is their keen sense of the commercial imperative. When their first brainwave proved more costly than they'd thought to develop, they diversified.
"Our great strength is that we're driven by the market, not by our technology and we've been very good at talking to one potential funding body and linking them with another. The TSB, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the NHS have all been supremely helpful to PolyPhotonix. We've managed to migrate between these big, powerful organisations with a clear message and to pull a little bit of support from here and from there – joining all those dots to get the right outcome."
Their clear message has managed to raise £12m in four years. Which sounds like a lot for joining some dots – and it is. A lot of that has gone through PolyPhotonix to the seven universities that are currently running long-term clinical trials for its new treatment for macular eye disease.
They're feeling confident, but are cautious about attracting premature publicity for the treatment: "We're three years away from finishing trials. People who are losing their sight are understandably desperate for any therapy, immediately. It's just not fair to make big statements until we're ready to go to market."
In the meantime, Kirk and his colleagues are constantly looking for the next brainwave. "We talk continuously to other scientific sectors. It's great to get physicists, medics and biologists – people who are all at the top of their game – together in one room to spark ideas off each other. I love to engineer those meetings – and I make sure we do it frequently."
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Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun to Play WesFest 13 at SIR Hollywood
For 13 years, WesFest has raised over $200,000 for continuing bass players through the Wes Wehmiller Scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Each year's recipient is flown to Los Angeles to have the opportunity to meet Wes's parents and friends, and to experience playing onstage with world-renowned artists. It's the only scholarship of its kind at Berklee!
For 13 years, WesFest has raised over $200,000 for continuing bass players through the Wes Wehmiller Scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Each year's recipient is flown to Los Angeles to have the opportunity to meet Wes's parents and friends, and to experience playing onstage with world-renowned artists. It's the only scholarship of its kind at Berklee!
The explosive rhythm section that drives the Grammy Award winning rock band Living Colour, is the dynamic duo behind the SoundSystem that is Head>>Fake.
Pioneers in jungle, drum & bass and dubstep performance, Head>>Fake, since 1995, has been breaking sound barriers with its mastery of technology and musicianship. Their signature song, "Cycles," a mid-tempo trance-inducing groove with psychotic bass romping and bombastic drumming, is a like a canvas of the musical personalities that form the band.
Will Calhoun received his BA in recording and engineering from the Berklee College of Music. Will has produced recorded and toured with artists from around the world including Mick Jagger, Harry Belafonte, Pharaoh Sanders, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Salif Kieta, Marcus Miller, Mos Def (Yassin Bey), Stanley Jordan, Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon, Emily Sailers and Public Enemy, to name a few. His unique style of blending acoustic and electronic rhythmic concepts puts him in a class of rare new breed Rhythmatist. Between touring and recording, Will spends much of his time abroad researching Music and Ancestral Rhythms in West Africa, South America, and remote parts of Asia.
Doug Wimbish by Petra RichterovaAs bassist for the legendary rap label Sugar Hill Records backing The Sugar Hill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to the pioneering Living Colour, Doug Wimbish has lent his innovative and creative bass grooves and sounds to a roster of world – renowned musicians. Considered a pioneer in hip hop bass playing and in the use of bass effects, alternate tunings and extended hand techniques, Doug's mastery of the bass is unparalleled. Doug's highly regarded career as writer, producer, bassist, engineer and ambience director has spanned all musical genres, recording and touring with artists such as Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Madonna, Depeche Mode, Seal, Mos Def, Black Jack Johnson, Tarja Turunen, Joe Satriani, Carly Simon, James Brown, Al Green, George Clinton, Kanye West, Schiller and Annie Lennox among others. Besides his work with Living Colour, Doug continues his collaborations with fellow bandmates in the groups Tack>>Head, Head>>Fake, Jungle Funk, Little Axe and DMD the Band (with Daru Jones & Marcus Machado).
Doug enjoys a successful solo career as well, releasing Trippy Notes for Bass in 1999 and CinemaSonics in 2006.
As producers, players, multi-instrumentalists, and songwriters, Will and Doug collectively worked on Herb Alpert's Grammy-nominated CD, Colors.
Black Jack Johnson, a supergroup of Doug and Will with P-Funk synth master Bernie Worrell and Dr. Know (Bad Brains), produced, wrote and recorded with Mos Def on his RIAA certified Gold album, The New Danger.
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Doug Wimbish Brings the Wimbash to the NAMM Show Friday, January 22nd
Doug Wimbish will present WIMBASH at the NAMM SHOW, a free concert on Friday, January 22, 2016 at the NAMM Nissan Grand Plaza Stage (outside between the Hilton and Marriott Hotels), Anaheim, CA from 2:00 pm to 2:40 pm. Proceeds from the event raffles will benefit the NAMM Foundation "Believe in Music" Fund.
On The 'Line': Doug Wimbish looks back
Berklee's Bass Department Welcomes Gary Willis, Michael Manring, John Patitucci, Victor Wooten, Doug Wimbish, and Steve Bailey
Berklee College of Music's Bass Department Welcomes Gary Willis, Michael Manring, John Patitucci, Victor Wooten, Doug Wimbish, and Steve Bailey for their visiting artist series
Doug Wimbish Takes You Inside His Effect-Driven Grooves (VIDEO)
Doug Wimpish gives you an up close and personal look at his use of effects and playing technique
Doug Wimbish's New Band DMD Release Single "After Dark" (LISTEN)
The first single from DMD, the world's most anticipated music collaboration in urban jazz fusion.
Live And In Living Colour With Doug Wimbish
"I should have known something was up," Doug Wimbish says. "I flew into a hurricane that day. I'll never forget it."
By E.E. Bradman | Photo By Mike Marquez
Doug Wimbish and Living Colour Release New Single "Come On" From Upcoming Album (LISTEN)
Living Colour have announced the release of their latest studio album, 'Shade,' due September 8
Doug Wimbish - Living Colour's Touch And Feel
"BASSES ARE LIKE microphones," says Doug Wimbish. "What sounds good in one player's hands can sound like crap in another's. Everything depends on exactly what you put into it." Wimbish is a master of touch, and he uses a wealth of techniques to yield the rich tone that he's applied to practically every style of music in his three-decade session career.
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'Corpse Bride' Film Review: A charming grave fairy tale
by Rianne Hill I. Soriano - June 20, 2006 March 22, 2021 1018
This Tim Burton offering presents a morbid and romantic trip between the cold dwelling of the living and the colorful underground world of the dead. Behind its eerie theme, Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" presents a morbid and romantic trip between the cold dwelling place of the living and the colorful underground realm of the dead. Fun, genial, expressive, and charming, this semi-musical stop-motion piece is set at death's door, saluting the liberating power of true love and sacrifice. The story revolves around
'Ang Nawawala' Film Review: A Loss for Words, A Passion for Music
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by Rianne Hill Soriano - September 13, 2012 July 10, 2020 1025
Ang Nawawala (What Isn't There) promotes resounding tunes about coping up with loss, falling in love, and discovering oneself. It follows the life of a young man who is still profoundly affected by a trauma from his childhood. Unable to speak after a family tragedy, this deeply troubled youth finds solace in the company of friends, and in no time, in a series of romantic encounters with a fascinating woman who shares his taste for music. However, his dark past makes
'Lucky You' Film Review: A poker life
by Rianne Hill Soriano - May 15, 2007 August 19, 2019 147
"Lucky You" straightforwardly shows the grueling world of gambling and betting as the various characters inside this realm create a whole new world of their own. While within the high-stakes backdrop of Las Vegas, this motion picture brings the audience a gist of sub-stories about human relationships, inhabiting a number of snapshots of personal dramas that unfold in every laying out of the cards. Set in the gambling world of Las Vegas, this romantic drama tells the story of Huck Cheever (Eric Bana), a happy-go-lucky bachelor
'Dreamboy' Film Review: Reality romance
by Rianne Hill I. Soriano - June 17, 2006 July 16, 2019 1718
"Dreamboy" is a commercial treat targeting those who want to get a pinch of love from a feel-good romantic tale. It talks about a game of chances in love with so much risk at stake. The story springs up from the fact that TV networks are going gaga over reality shows' newfound potential for better TV ratings. Utilizing that usual girl-meets-boy premise, the major plotpoints kick off with the romantic meet-ups between the clueless spectator Cyd (Bea Alonzo) and the ideal guys Phillip, Eboy,
"Can This Be Love" is a simple romantic tale capitalizing on the charm of one of the most popular love teams in the country to date — Hero Angeles and Sandara Park. In this movie, they are two very different people who prove that love can bloom amidst cultural differences. In a larger scope, it offers a gist of the economic issues that push young Filipinos to find greener pasture elsewhere in the globe. This rom-com flick features a very traditional story where a foreigner
'Let the Love Begin' Film Review: Taking the generic ride
"Let the Love Begin" is GMA Films' comeback project after a four-year hiatus. The film outfit's last movie before it was the 2000 picture "Death Row." Prior to this, they produced a few other projects including "Jose Rizal," "Sa Pusod ng Dagat," and "Muro Ami" — all of which were given due credit by a number of award-giving bodies. But this time, GMA Films comes back with a light love story that is quite different from its usual roster of cinematic offerings. "Let the Love Begin" hangs on such
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Q: Get model name from instance of Spine.js Model Is it possible to get the model name from an instance of a spine js model?  For example, say I have the following object:
var Client = Spine.Model.sub();
Client.configure('Client', 'id', 'name');

If I pass an instance of the object to a method, is it possible to get the model name?
var client = new Client([id: '0', name: 'Anne']);
derp(client);

Something like:
function derp(c){
  c.class() => 'Client'
}

A: You could try
Object.getPrototypeOf(client).constructor.className

or
client.__proto__.constructor.className

__proto__ is deprecated and will be removed from javascript going forward, but works in old browsers. Object.getPrototypeOf should work in modern browsers.

A: Yes, it's the name property: Client.name


Lest we forget the war of 1962.
Understanding the Chinese invasion of India and the aftermath.
In late 1940s two sleeping giants began to stir awake.
Barring the gruesome partition, modern democratic India had a peaceful birth in 1947. Nehru the Indian prime minister therefore believed, power came from eloquence, amity and diplomacy.
China (PRC) on the other hand had a very violent birth in 1949, hence Mao Tse-tung held the belief that power came from the barrel of a gun.
Nehru fancied himself as becoming a world leader. He wanted India and China to partner together, to create a third pole that would not be aligned to either American led West Capitalistic block nor the Soviet led Communist block. In pursuit of this dream he stooped and pampered China to no end. He fawned over China and also rued that he did not have the type of committed cadre that Mao had.
This approach did not go down well with the Americans nor the Russians, who wanted to retain their global preeminence. They both wanted to pull China into their respective orbits of influence.
The preference for China was because world powers never expected India to survive very long as an independent nation and thus India was considered dispensable. For their great game of global dominance, America decided that an unbridgeable divide had to be created between the two traditionally friendly Asian giants, in which China would be supported and India would be sacrificed.
So desperate was Nehru to win over China, the idealistic and impractical Nehru kept on conceding to every demand that China put forward without getting any reciprocity from China. In the bargain Nehru sacrificed India's vital political, military and strategic interests. He bent to such an extent that he fell over backward taking India down. Nehru failed to realise that leaders and nations must seek respect more than liking. In the real world, both soft and hard power is esential.
After China occupied Tibet in 1952, Nehru hurriedly recognised Tibet as belonging to China.
In 1954 the Chinese submitted a list of 9 demands to India, which were unfavourable to India, but Nehru quickly accepted.
Nehru consistently refused military help to the Tibetan people, so as to appease the Chinese leadership.
There were two main areas of tension between India and China. India's supposed support for Tibet, and the dispute over ownership of territory on the Indo -Sino border. The CIA saw these two areas as the fault lines to generate conflict between India and China.
The Americans resorted to using their greatest assets, the people they had cultivated.
Declassified KGB and CIA documents reveal that many leaders, bureaucrats of the era were corrupt and bought out at ridiculously low sums. Oleg Kalugin the Russian master spy remarked, "It seems the whole of India was up for sale." Both the Soviets and America had a field day in fermenting trouble in India.
Defence minister Krishna Menon was in the Soviet communist camp and Finance minister Morarji Desai and YB Chawan in the American capitalists camp. General Thimayya and several generals and bureaucrats were much tilted in favour of the Americans.
Nehru's team was built around his friendship with certain individuals rather than on merit. Individual egos orbiting a vain and egoistic Nehru inhibited the formulation and implementation of a common philosophy and strategy, within his team. Everyone in his team hated and opposed everyone else. It seems that everyone in Nehru's team did pretty much what they wanted.
Gen. Pran Nath Thapar, (Karan Thapar's father) was the army chief simply on paper. He exercised no real power or influence.
It was Lt. Gen. Brij Mohan Kaul, a by-product of flamboyance and nepotism, who due to his proximity of being a relative of Nehru, and repeatedly promoted out of turn, who called the shots. As Corps Commander, Kaul not only vacated his post during the war, but also reported sick and parked himself at his residence in Delhi, from where he tried to direct the war.
Gen. Kaul, "met the US under Secretary of State Chester Bowles the summer of 1962 without the knowledge of the Prime Minister and Defence Minister and discussed with him the possibility of a Chinese attack that fall. The question is, why did Kaul, a serving army officer meet Bowles? If Kaul knew about the imminence of the attack, then why did he proceed on holiday?
Another villain in the piece was BN Mullik (Head of Intelligence). He deliberately fed Nehru false information and met with CIA staff and carried out their bidding.
Nehru based on the advice of these men, adopted the 'Forward Policy' which was the provocative building of many Indians army outposts further north of the McMahon Line in disputed territory claimed by China and even behind Chinese border posts with a view to preventing supplies to the Chinese and forcing their withdrawal from disputed territory. Mullik repeatedly assured Nehru, Menon and others that China would not react, and Kaul assured Nehru that he would throw them out even if they reacted. This action was in retaliation to China's unilateral action of building a road across Aksai Chin.
The Chinese claimed that 120,000 sq. kms of land in India's control actually belonged to China. What China really wanted most was access between their two main western provinces - Xinjiang and Tibet. China proposed a settlement, it was willing to take an uninhabited but strategically important Aksai Chin from India and give up its claim on NEFA (Arunachal Pradesh). Nehru refused to even discuss the matter. This became a major point of contention.
Mullik thought it best to show an aggressive stand. When permission was denied to deploy , troops along the non militarised and quiet border, as it might be unnecessarily provocative, Mullik exceed his brief. He borrowed from the Inspector General of police of Jammu and Kashmir, and posted in the Ladakh area, a company of armed CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). This gave rise to Chinese fears of India's aggressive intentions and duplicity.
In view of Nehru's disinterest in saving Tibet, The American objective shifted from not saving Tibet, to triggering the destruction of the Tibetan freedom movement and anger China at India's expense. Chinese reports mention that 87,000 Tibetans being eliminated during the March 1959 Lhasa uprising. As a consequence, His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled to and sought refuge in India.
All these actions convinced a livid China that India was playing a double game. China decided that negotiations with India were leading nowhere. India had to be taught a lesson once and for all. They thought rather than partner with, it was better to subordinate India to China.
China was however worried about the support of America to Formosa (Taiwan) for an impending attack on China. This would mean fighting a war simultaneously on a second front, something China could not afford.
However in June 1962 the Americans gave China a categorical assurance that there would be no attack from Taiwan and that America would remain neutral in the case of a Indo -Sino conflict. Thus China was able to redeploy all its best troops, artillery and equipment from its Eastern front to Tibet for the invasion of India.
The Soviet support to India remained a serious concern. Then in early October 1962 the Soviets assured China that it would drop its India tilt in case of a Chinese attack on India.
The die was cast, the trap was set.
Indian intelligence reported that Chinese preparations of war were afoot. China mobilised equipment and 80,000 troops over the year for the offensive. In the meantime Nehru and Menon supremely confident of their diplomacy and the support of the superpowers retained just 10,000 poorly clothed, almost unarmed brave soldiers without any ammunition, with inadequate equipment, transport, or communications.
From August 1962 onwards skirmishes at the border were now increasing both in frequency and intensity. While the clouds of war loomed on the horizon, Nehru was busy travelling to Paris, Lagos and Accra and Colombo, returning only on 16 October 1962. Krishna Menon left for New York on 17 September 1962 to attend the UN General Assembly and returned to India only on 30 September 1962. Kaul went on holiday to Kashmir.
To India's shock and dismay on 20th October 1962 China invaded India occupied an area of 90,000 square kms including numerous key towns, and strategic locations, before announcing a unilateral ceasefire on 20th November.
India suffered a humiliating defeat, and we lost 3,250 soldiers, nearly 2,000 of them died due to improper clothing, many bodies of brave Indian soldiers frozen to death, were recovered with guns in hand but empty bullet pouches.
The shocking Indian performance was a disaster waiting to happen, the result of a politically and militarily, stupid, incompetent and corrupt leadership. So dysfunctional was the leadership that the relatively powerful Indian Air Force was not even asked to intervene, which would have turned the tide in India's favour.
Ignoring proof that both Pakistan and China were heavily arming themselves. Nehru, proclaimed that since India was a peace loving nation, an army was superfluous. So Nehru and his band of merry men went about rapidly reducing the strength and capabilities of the already depleted armed forces by a further 25%, reducing capital expenditure on equipment, infrastructure etc. not purchasing ammunition, and phasing out much of local defence production of arms and ammunition and all defence items.
Nehru was assisted in his absurd geo political and military leadership by his brilliant but egoistic friend, Krishna Menon the defence minister. Menon could drive and intimidate people but never inspire nor lead.
One of the driving forces was not 'non violence' but paranoia. Nehru was paranoid that the Indian army might one day stage a coup and therefore preferred a weak military leadership and retained an iron grip control of the army without building competencies nor strengths.
All my life I grew up detesting the Chinese, and never trusting them. Only after the Doklam incident when I researched did I discover the truth. How we Indians have been mostly uninformed and greatly misled and misinformed.
Because the Indian government, has mostly been led by the Nehru family since independence, the truth has been concealed, lest it reduces the halo of Nehru. Nehru may have possibly had some good personal qualities, but his qualities as a leader were very seriously wanting and this resulted in the Himalayan debacle of India.
Our text books omit the truth. I believe this can be attributed to the fact that most of our historians, and educationists along with the media are leftists, with considerable sympathy for communists.
Sadly most Indians remain unaware, about the sacrifice of our valiant and noble soldiers, and therefore unable to appreciate their contribution, then and always. Therefore we fail to honour and mourn them.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat the blunders with even greater costs.
Every cloud has a silver lining even such a tragic one as the 1962 war.
1. Parliament and the people had tolerated enough. They wanted the guilty to be held accountable. Menon, Gen. Thapar, and the entire team were sacked, inspite of Nehru trying to save them. Kaul became the most discredited military commander of the 1962 debacle.
2. Indian leadership received a wakeup call to reality.
3. The Indian army was beefed up and further professionalised, with much less political interference. As a result India was able to very effectively handle the subsequent invasions of Pakistani in 1965, 1971, and 1999. It also gave India the ability to cope effectively with Chinese aggression in 1967 and gave them a bloody nose.
4. Now India is officially in possession and control of 87,000 sq. kms in Arunachal Pradesh.
5. Tragically very few Indians, know the truth about the sacrifices our soldiers made and will always make.
People and nations respect only strength.
If India seeks to be great once again, then we must be culturally socially, economically, militarily and politically so strong, that we can actually afford to be the peace loving gentle giant that we have always aspired to be.


Egypt's U.S.-backed military, carefully dressed in "democratic" trappings since massive nationwide protests had forced its 30-year dictator-leader Hosni Mubarak from power in January 2011, was exposed for the world to see on Aug. 13, 2013. With a "mandate" from its appointed "interim cabinet" and its effective declaration of martial law, the regime unleashed a bloodbath in Cairo. According to statistics from the government Health Ministry, well over 600 pro-Morsi sit-in protesters were gunned down in cold blood at Rabea al-Adaweya and Nahda Squares and elsewhere. Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporters put the number of deaths at 2000.
Departing Morsi protesters, arms held high in terror-induced surrender, passed through the single cordoned opening allowed by the military—only to regroup in areas around Cairo including Shubra, Abbasseya, and Ramses Squares, among other locations. The military's killing spree continues across the country.
The unfolding tragedy saw scattered Morsi supporters sometimes taking revenge by destroying a few government buildings and Coptic Christian churches. Meanwhile, the great majority of protesters gathered in momentary safety at new locations for fear of returning home, where the chauvinistic fury unleashed by the capitalist-controlled media in all its variations all but called for house-to house-attacks to drive the "Islamists" from the nation, or even worse measures.
The SP, as with other hate-mongers among Egypt's "liberal" (that is, pro-capitalist, pro-military but secular establishment), also condemned the "lies and hypocrisy" of U.S. and European political leaders, concluding, "We will not allow Egypt's Copts to be targeted for hatred, nor neglected by authorities that do not meet its citizens' demands and rights." This essential "call to arms" to deepen the persecution of Muslims is the stock in trade of the now openly functioning old dictatorship, minus Mubarak.
The terror employed against Muslims must be categorically opposed by all who seek to unite Egypt's oppressed masses today and in the future, regardless of the Morsi government's brutal attacks and murderous treatment of Egyptian workers who struggled to better their lives under his reign. Without doubt, the terror employed today against the Muslim community will be meted out in far greater measure tomorrow against all who protest by the now unmasked dictatorship.
The whirlwind of events since the mass rebellions that first toppled Mubarak in 2011, and since the even greater mobilization of June 30 demanding an end to the year-old Morsi government, have left Egyptian society deeply divided. Not insignificant layers suffer from what might be defined as "historic amnesia" with regard to Mubarak's erstwhile capitalist allies, secular and MB alike, and his bloody crimes. Although they were sometimes persecuted and excluded to varying degrees, these forces nevertheless tolerated or were complicit with his decades-long murderous regime, and were among the last to take to the streets demanding Mubarak's ouster.
Ousted president Mohammad Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood's chief Islamic leader, Khairat Shater, along with several other MB leaders, remain in prison despite U.S. and worldwide pressure to release them and bring about a negotiated "compromise" wherein the MB would be allowed to participate in new elections and be represented in a future government. Before the Aug. 13 crackdown, Morsi and his leading supporters signaled their agreement, with the sole qualification that they be released and allowed to function politically. Undoubtedly, the U.S. will pressure both sides to return to the negotiating table.
The giant June 30 mobilizations demanding Morsi's resignation and new elections were in great part an explosive expression of the mass hatred of Morsi's reactionary and pro-capitalist economic and social measures, which he carried out in full accord with the old regime—the still powerful and unchecked felool and the U.S.-backed and economically powerful, if not dominant, military-industrial establishment.
While it is true that the old regime exacerbated Morsi's insoluble dilemma—that is, presiding over a crisis-ridden capitalist state in the context of a worldwide capitalist economic crisis—Morsi's solutions, like theirs, could only be at the expense of the Egyptian masses. No capitalist government on earth, secular or Muslim, dictatorship or "democratic," or any other variant, is capable of significant reforms, not to mention improvements, in the quality of life of the oppressed masses. Morsi remained tied to the old regime and its policies by his inherent incapacity to break with the exploitative capitalist social system to which he remained tied by a thousand chains and institutions of the old order, which he left virtually intact.
The leading politicians and top advisers of U.S. imperialism cynically believe that anything and everything can be "negotiated" with their lesser capitalist "allies" if the alternative, secretly or privately posed, is the imposition of imperial power via death-squad governments akin to Mubarak's, overt military intervention, economic embargo/blockade, or selected drone assassinations. These U.S. weapons of mass destruction have been routinely employed to varying degrees in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and elsewhere to "stabilize" U.S. imperialist-destroyed states and advance U.S. corporate interests.
The lion's share of Iraqi oil profits, however disguised, flow into U.S. corporate coffers; Afghanistan's resources and strategic geographic location remain under imperialist control; Libya's oil, and the resources of poor nations throughout Africa and Asia more generally, are mercilessly re-colonized. It matters not if the new rulers are "elected" or come to power in imperialist-backed coups; the end result is the same. From the new imperialist point of view, unstable regimes can be tolerated—provided only that they are subservient.
The slaughter of the Cairo sit-in protesters—which shocked the entire world—was not the preferred choice of the leaders of global capitalism. Virtually all of them issued perfunctory statements of condemnation. U.S. Secretary State John Kerry said that Egypt's political reconciliation efforts had suffered a "serious blow". Kerry added, according to the BBC, "This is a pivotal moment for all Egyptians. The path toward violence leads only to greater instability, economic disaster, and suffering." Similar statements came from the UN Secretary General and the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron.
However, all rejected designating as a coup the military's usurpation of a legitimate and unprecedented mass mobilization against a regime that had lost its credibility. The U.S. government in particular, threats to the contrary, ignored its own law prohibiting aid to regimes that come to power by forcibly removing elected governments. To date, the U.S. has declined to cut off the $1.4 billion it annually bestows on its long-time Egyptian military allies.
Healing the massive divisions that today plague Egypt's workers, peasants, and the poor is a prerequisite to re-focusing the just anger of the vast majority against the horrific conditions imposed by Mubarak and Morsi—that is, against Egypt's capitalist elite. The relatively sudden shift of popular sentiment from Morsi to the military, with the latter tragically hailed by many in the streets as national saviors, is far from the final chapter of the still-unfolding revolutionary wave in Egypt today. No wing of Egypt's capitalists offer the slightest solution to the critical issues that have repeatedly brought millions and even tens of millions into the streets demanding fundamental change.
In the United States, antiwar and social justice fighters must begin by demanding an immediate end to all U.S. aid to Egypt and an end to all U.S. intervention in the affairs of that nation.
In Egypt the best revolutionary currents have hopefully learned some critical lessons, including rejecting electoral or any other support to any and all capitalist candidates. In their propaganda and agitation they must also warn against the possibility that the vast majority's wholly justified expectation of democratic change could again be manipulated to achieve reactionary ends—as was the case when the U.S.-backed and advised Egyptian military seized the moment and postured as national saviors only to become the unmasked murderers that they have always been.
History teaches that there is no straight line to the revolutionary transformation of society. The great Russian Revolution of October 1917 had its roots, at least in part, 12 years earlier when the St. Petersburg masses mobilized, religious icons in hand, to the Tsar's Winter Palace, demanding bread. They were met with gunfire and death, but their illusions in the "great monarch's" benevolence were shattered. They came back twice again in 1917, the first time to remove the Tsar, and the second to remove the "liberal" provisional capitalist government that had proved incapable of meeting their elementary needs.
In the course of those 12 years in Russia, revolutionary fighters carefully constructed a deeply rooted and massive revolutionary socialist party, which was free from any illusions in capitalist self-reform, and was prepared to storm the heavens to bring into being the world's first state based on the direct rule of the working masses and the expropriation of the expropriators—that is, the ruling capitalist minority. Nothing less will meet the challenges posed by the uprisings that the Arab Spring ignited throughout the Middle East.
August 16, 2013 in Middle East.
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Pam, just catching up on "Neff Rd" today! Do you know which school house this was? You know there was one on the corner of Neff & Byreley which was probably your grandfathers farm. This wouldn't be that one, would it? I've often wondered about that building, it was long gone before I moved on that corner!!
Janet, my grandmother taught at the one room school house on Neff and Byreley.
These schools are both on Hog Path I think. The bigger school is the only one I'm not sure of. I love those old school houses. Each time I see them I can imagine my parents of children in old fashioned clothes running to play tag in the yard and to pump the old pump handle.


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Emojis, emoticons now conveying messages on Facebook
IANS | London | January 18, 2017 2:03 pm
On social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram, emojis and emoticons have replaced non-verbal cues like facial movements, voice pitch and other gestures to clarify a message, a study has found.
More than 90 per cent of online population uses emojis and emoticons into their texts and emails.
Researchers from the Edge Hill University in Britain found that emojis and emoticons are now being used frequently as visual aids to clarify and understand a message.
"We mostly use emojis like gestures, as a way of enhancing emotional expressions," said Linda Kaye, a cyberpsychologist at Edge Hill.
"There are a lot of idiosyncrasies in how we gesture and emojis are similar to that, especially because of the discrepancies as to how and why we use them," Kaye added.
The data available with the researchers can be used to understand how communicating through emojis and emoticons can provide insights into social inclusion.
Manifestation of these virtual emotions can impact how we perceive each other.
"If you look at personality traits, like agreeableness, how amenable you are to other people, it seems to be related to whether you use emojis or not," Kaye added.
People may not be necessarily accurate when they make judgments based on how they see others using emojis.
"What we need to be aware of is that those judgments might differ depending on where or with whom you are using those emojis, such as in the workplace or between family members," noted the study published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
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