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Q: What's causing undefined method `form' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) when filling in a form with ruby cucumber I am trying to fill in a number of form forms using ruby cucumber and I am getting undefined method `form' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError). On the first page it fill out the form correctly but on the second page i get that error messgae.
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Then /^next page Licence Type: "(.*)", Licence Years: "(.*)", NCD: "(.*)"$/ do |licence_type, licence_years, ncd|
   step 'I wait "1" seconds'
   frame = @browser.frames.find{ |frame| frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").exists? }
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").select(:id => "ctl03_content-216088_drivinglicencetype-213533_dd").select licence_type
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").select(:id => "ctl03_content-216088_drivinglicenceyears-213534_dd").select licence_years
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").select(:id => "ctl03_content-216088_ncd-for-new-models-767231_dd").select ncd
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").select(:id => "ctl03_content-216088_nrofclaims-213540_dd").select "None"
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").select(:id => "ctl03_content-216088_nrofconvictions-220190_dd").select "None"
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").radio(:id => "ctl03_content-216088_usualpaymentmethod-231551_rbRadioList_0").click
   frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047").button(:id => "ctl03_navigation-216089_table-261670_row-261671_next-261674_next-261675_pbNext").click
   step 'I wait "1" seconds'
end

Then /^next page 2 Mileage: "(.*)", Car Value: "(.*)" & Overnight Location: "(.*)"$/ do |mileage, car_value, overnight_location|
  frame = @browser.frames.find{ |frame| frame.form(:method => "post").exists? }
  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322").select(:id => "ctl03_content-231405_car-details-231421_annualmileage-231427_dd").select mileage
  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322").text_field(:id => "ctl03_content-231405_car-details-231421_vehiclevalue-231426_tb").set car_value
  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322").text_field(:id => "ctl03_content-231405_car-details-231421_purchase-date-231428_MONTH").set "01"
  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322").text_field(:id => "ctl03_content-231405_car-details-231421_purchase-date-231428_YEAR").set "2008"
  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322").select(:id => "ctl03_content-231405_car-details-231421_garage-231424_dd").select overnight_location
  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322").button(:id => "ctl03_navigation-231432_copy-of-table-261677_row-261678_next-261681_next-261682_pbNext").click
  step 'The page Assumptions containing the following text'
  frame.form(:action => "post").button(:id => "ctl03_navigation-279445_copy-of-copy-of-table-279454_row-279455_next-279458_next-279459_pbNext").click
  step 'I wait "1" seconds'
  price =  frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5334").div(:id, "premiumprice-882008").exist?
  puts price
  puts assert price.eql? (true)
end

A: You're getting that error because frame is nil - it could not find a frame with a form with :method => "post". Perhaps you should be looking for the form by the action :action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5322" as you do in the first example. Or maybe you need to add the wait step in before looking for it - these are the only differences to your working example that I can see.
Also I'd highly recommend assigning the form to a variable so you don't keep repeating frame.form(:action => "Default.aspx?Action=nav&Page=5047") etc - yuk!

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package com;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static com.ObjectMemoryDump.getAddress;

/**
 * Run with -Xms256m -Xmx256m -XX:+UseSerialGC
 * expect to see Object has been reallocated
 *

 * -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGC -XX:+PrintGCDetails
 * expect to see GC (Allocation Failure)
 *
 * @author vladimir.dolzhenko@gmail.com
 * @since 2016-11-27
 */
public class ObjectReallocation {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final Object theObject = new Object();
        final long initialAddress = getAddress(theObject);

        List gcKeeper = new ArrayList();
        gcKeeper.add(theObject);

        long currentAddress = initialAddress;
        while (initialAddress == currentAddress) {
            Object o = new Object();

            gcKeeper.add(o);

            currentAddress = getAddress(theObject);
        }

        System.out.printf("Object has been reallocated: 0x%08X -> 0x%08X"
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}

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 "What kind of threats did Mr. Hoagland warn Mr. Pashinyan about?
"What kind of threats did Mr. Hoagland warn Mr. Pashinyan about?
The interview of Richard Hoagland, an accomplished diplomat and former United States co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, to the ''Voice of America'' US State Radio Station was recorded and disseminated by the Armenian Mass Media outlets failing to reveal the central ideas and messages.
To read between the lines with intention to decipher the diplomats' ideas is more challenging than processing regular political texts uttered in plain, non-diplomatic language. Those ideas are generally veiled with non-essential and generic phrases. That is why during the process of deciphering diplomats' texts it is very important to put aside the emotions and take heed of new uncommon thesis, which contains the central message. The highlight of Hoagland's interview was not handing over the liberated territories of Artsakh to Azerbaijan. This thesis was described in negotiated documents. Even former Armenian authorities overtly talked about it. Richard Hoagland expressed novel ideas that were unheard of and alarming but on the other hand some ideas infused hope.
and loyal oligarchs. Who were on the opposite side of Vazgen Sargsyan and Karen Demirchyan? The same forces.
There were times when Vano Siradegyan was warning Vazgen Sargsyan about the threats of physical reprisal. Vazgen Sargsyan's wings were clipped when Vahram Khorkhoruni and Artsrun Margaryan were assassinated. But even in that case, Vazgen's physical extermination was not so easy as his legitimacy was shared by another powerful politician Karen Demirchyan as well as such experienced and renowned politicians as Yuri Bachshyan, Leonard Petrosyan and Armenak Armenakyan.
That is why the perpetrators of the October 27 parliaments shooting had to lay down an extremely complex terrorist operation. Who shares the legitimacy with Nikol Pashinyan now?
Vazgen Sargysan made some erroneous decisions but, nevertheless he was a brave and strong politician. Because of this he surrounded himself with strong and experienced politicians. Without a doubt, Nikol Pashinyan is fearless himself, but where is the courageous/experienced team around him. The team, which should have been as powerful, that the elimination on Nikol Pashinyan from political area would be not only meaningless for his and people's enemies but also dangerous. Where are those 2-3 politicians, because of whom Prime Minister would been as a 'less dangerous'' in the eyes of his enemies, than the political who will occupy his seat if he desapear from political arena.
Indicating the above-mentioned danger on Levon Ter-Pertosyan's example (putting Vazgen Sargsyan and Karen Demirchyan in the same context would be too much), Hogland advises Nikol not rush when making decision about Artsakh. But you, honorable journalists, in order to create a sensation, put 'the issue of hand over the territories'' in the very titles of your articles. The more, after mentioning this thesis Mr. Hogland rushes to clarify that "this is only my opinion." This view does not coincide with the position of official Washington. This man is conveying an open message to Washington saying that the United States is not interested in the quick settlement of the Karabakh issue at this stage. The reason for this he clarifies in other paragraph saying that the only settlement plan for the time being on the table is ''Lavrov's plan'', which does not satisfy both sides, because, ATTENTION, "At the moment neither party has accepted this settlement because the deadline for the referendum is not set." Have we heard the truth? In other words, Baku also strives to know the exact date of the referendum. Hoagland reaffirms: "Right now, Yerevan and Baku want to set definite date of referendum." This is a serious and radical change that publicizes the former American co-chair.
and now in Ukraine. Some believe that the Kremlin does not want these conflicts to be resolved, because if they are settled, he will lose his influence. For Kremlin the influence is the most cherished value." Well, Washington does not trust the Kremlin, it's no secret. But if Washington is against a quick solution to the Lavrov scenario, what should be understood under the "step by step"? "... The sides can remove the military from the contact line, replacing them with border guards. It will also be a positive development. Look, this is also the means of building the same step-by-step confidence building mechanism''.
Message N3. Washington does not consider the deployment of peacekeepers for the near future.
"... If we look at the other frozen conflicts in the region, in particular South Ossetia, where the EU has provided observer groups and Russia has granted permission to them to act does not mean it's bringing the conflict settlement closer. ... The issue of peacekeepers is a matter of distant future, it is not relevant today. I do not think this question worries anyone." By saying anyone he clearly implies to the US. We know well that it is Russia, who concerned about this issue. Russia wants to introduce its or "CSTO" peacekeeping troops in Artsakh. It is not a secret for anyone. And this is probably one of the risks of Lavrov's plan, which, even if not enshrined in the document, probably, assumes the possibility of the Kremlin-led troops deployment in Artsakh which is alarming for Washington.
Once Lavrov's plan was prevented by Sasna Tsrer. As a result, in order to strengthen its position in Armenia, Russia sent a potential heir to Armenia in the form of Karen Karapetyan. The operation "Karen Karapetyan" also failed because of the Velvet people's revolution. Now, it is Nikol Pashinyan's turn to slow down and resist the plan of the "normalization" process, which in reality should be called "lavrov's trap," with re-centered on confidence-building measures agreed in Vienna in 2016, as a "small steps". It seems, that, Washington offers its support in the realization of those steps.
And most importantly, the Prime Minister should take political steps to ensure his own security.


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EU police Detain Kosovo war veterans' leader, raid offices
PRISTINA, Kosovo — European Union safety authorities detained the leader of a Kosovar war veterans institution for obstruction of justice when officers withdrew its offices Friday, seemingly to find global prosecutors' documents from a war crimes investigation the association stated it obtained anonymously.
Hosni Ducati was detained following an arrest warrant and move order with a pre-trial judge, according to a statement in the Specialist Prosecutor's Office in the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers. The prosecutors were aided by police officers from the European Union Rule of Law Mission, or EULEX, and police.
A statement stated Ducati's"arrest warrant was issued to the defendant for offenses against the administration of justice, specifically intimidation of witnesses, retaliation, and breach of secrecy of proceeding "
The pre-trial judge's conclusion stated Ducati"made accessible to the websites private and non-public data and documents regarding the job of the Specialist Prosecutor's Office, also made no exceptions when Nasim Haradinaj cited by name particular (possible ) witnesses and advised their location of residence and other private details… thereby exposing these people to possible dangers to their security."
"Such disclosures are created with explicit indifference to safety dangers posed to (possible ) witnesses and to delegitimize the Specialist Prosecutor's Office and the Specialist Chambers, he doesn't comprehend," it stated.
EULEX police stayed in the institution's offices for approximately eight hours and court officials were spotted leaving and taking computers and files together.
Members of the veterans' association, which represents the former ethnic Albanian separatists who fought Serbian troops at a 1998-1999 war for liberty, were prevented from moving into the institution's offices.
Attorney Tome Gashi also stated that Gucati's deputy, Nasim Haradinaj, denied being taken into custody by EULEX authorities and was arrested by Kosovar authorities.
Ducati has been moved to The Hague, in which a particular courtroom is investigating alleged crimes by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or KLA, during and after the Balkan country's war.
"We are against this type of court. Full stop," Haradinaj told journalists ahead of the arrest, calling Kosovo's government and parliament to respond.
Neither Gucati nor Haradinaj was summoned before from the courtroom for questioning.
An Associated Press video journalist detected police officers telling people to steer away from the entry.
Before this week, the war veterans group said that for the third time in 2 weeks an unidentified person had supplied war crime documents from The Hague investigation. The specialists said they'd make the documents public.
Professional Prosecutor's Office spokesman Christopher Bennett explained that releasing the records could be"undermining the correct administration of justice" and also making them public proved to be a criminal act.
Former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, an ex-commander from the Kosovo Liberation Army, composed on Facebook that"there is not any good reason for surgeries or storming because everybody will respond willingly to justice"
Haradinaj himself was double prosecuted and acquitted in a different global war crimes court at The Hague.
On Thursday, The Hague-based court detained a former KLA commander on fees such as torture of detainees and the murder of a single captive held in a chemical in Kosovo. He had been carried to the court's detention center in the Netherlands.
A pretrial judge has not decided on whether to proceed with their situation.
Thaci said there was not any demand for magnificent actions because no possible defendant would escape prosecution. Leaking of this war crime documents" has ruined the image of the Kosovo state and also the rights of the possible suspect," he explained.
"The entire world understands that Kosovo is a sufferer. The KLA and the whole Kosovar people confronted genocide and ethnic cleansing," he explained in a statement.
The 1998-1999 war for Kosovo's independence from Serbia leftover 10,000 people dead — many of them ethnic Albanians out of Kosovo, and over 1,600 people remain unaccounted for.
Kosovo, that will be dominated by ethnic Albanians, declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a movement recognized by several Western countries but not Serbia or its allies Russia and China.
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You can choose to visit Australia for a thousand reasons: for its local culture, the aboriginal one, which in recent years has conquered a beautiful slice of tourism, for its beautiful cities that with their modernity represent a beautiful reality of our times, for its people, primarily formed by bright young and dynamic lovers of outdoor life and sport. But indeed the fascinating aspect of this beautiful country is undoubtedly the naturalistic one.
It seems that Australia is equally far from any part of the world. And the more surprising is the fact that this country is considered one of the most popular destinations for budget travelers. Far does not always mean expensive, so we found several reasons why you should visit Australia holiday destinations.
In Australia, there is one of the most famous reef systems in the world, in which most of the known marine animals live. One of the best dive locations around the globe is The Great Barrier Reef. Here you can see various turtles, the most exotic sharks, small bright fish and, of course, incredible beauty corals. Traditionally, travelers travel to the Reef from Cairns, but you will see much more interesting if you leave Port Douglas.
In addition to the world-famous opera, Sydney has a stunning harbor, many huge bridges, cozy parks, fantastic surfing opportunities and terrific, delicious food. It does not matter whether you visit Manly Beach or stay in Bondi, you will get great pleasure in any case. In Darling harbor, you will find many quality restaurants and lots of entertainment for every taste. And in search of leisure for the night is better to look into the area of King Cross.
Uluru is a giant round stone. And if it seems to you that a thing with such a description cannot be interesting, you are mistaken. The surface resembles a waveform but differs in a reddish-orange color due to the increased iron content. Such an unusual form has been formed over thousands of years due to the wind. Many residents refer to this place as sacred, so when visiting, remain polite and correct.
Australians know a lot about many things, and barbecue is one of those that is worth trying in Australia. To meat, or slightly to the process itself is very serious, even have their traditions, and specially designated areas for frying beef (they can be found in almost every park). Just imagine a warm summer night, a few glasses of beer or wine and excellent meat. Is there anything else I need to fall in love with this country?
Several luxury destinations in Australia are famous for their vineyards – the Margaret Valley (near Perth), the Barossa Valley (near Adelaide) and the Hunter Valley (near Sydney). And this is not all wine that is worth trying in Australia. Take a closer look primarily to the varieties Shiraz and Pinot Noir. You can book a tour of the vineyards with a separate trip, you can go to an excellent wine boutique and order a tasting, and after drinking a bottle, you especially liked in one of the city parks.
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Many people use their WordPress websites to sell products and earn money. Most of the WordPress themes are compatible with WooCommerce which is the most famous open-source application to sell anything and turns your website into an online store. However, to get the most of it you always require a powerful WordPress payment gateway plugin so that your customer can use their credit or debit cards for the transaction. These best WordPress payment gateway plugins also help you to accept donations and allow users to subscribe to any content that you provide through your website.
Here in this article, we have listed the most used and trustworthy WordPress payment gateway plugins that enhance your functionality and offer a secure and easy channel to accept online payments.
Authorize.net is a popular payment gateway which is being used by thousands of online stores to accept online payments through Visa, Discover, and Master Card, etc. You don't require SSL Certificates and PCI Compliance to use this plugin, and it is easy to install and set up. Users get the option to configure message for Payment Successfully made or Payment Failure. Your payment will be processed on the servers of Authorize.net, so it is a safe way to accept payments via debit or credit cards. The plugin is compatible with latest versions of WooCommerce and WordPress.
Typically you store the sensitive information of user's credit or debit card on a separate server and secure it with different username and password so that no one can hack it and cause a breach. This process is secure yet tough, and an ordinary guy who runs the online store on WordPress themes find it difficult. Stripe is the plugin that allows users to take payment in an easy and secure manner. All you need to do is just install this plugin and embed the SSL certificate, and all hard work will be done by the Stripe. The card information will never hit your server and will go directly from the customer's computer to the Stripe's server.
The free edition of full Stripe lets users accept payment for their WordPress websites with ease. Your customers have no need to go to any third party web page, and you can take payment directly from any page or post on your website.
The free edition includes many useful features such as Drop payment forms with simple shortcode for any page or post, Ajax style forms without page re-credits to accept payment, etc. Users can choose between donation style payment forms or set price. Users can customize the forms by adding or changing email ID and billing address; they can view a list of received payment and do much more.
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You can also decide where the timed payments or subscription need to enabled and you can also set the frequency of the timed payment for example monthly, weekly, etc. as per your choice. You get the choice of text, for example, Buy Now or Donate on the submit button. The plugin also provides return URL when payment is complete and provides cancel address when the payment is canceled.
WooCommerce is an open-source application and one of the best eCommerce tool that helps users to sell everything and generate revenue from their online stores. PayU biz offers easy and secure payment collection from enterprises and PayU money provides the payment collection facility with no setup cost.
The PayU India provides support for both of them. This plugin powered by these powerful gateways and tools allows users to take payment in a fast, smooth and safe manner. The plugin has gained so much popularity in the past couple of months and is being used by thousands of people as of now.
The PayPal for Digital Goods lets users accept payment for digital accessories using PayPal. The plugin offers a shortcode to create a customizable PayPal payment button so that users can pay instantly for a popped up digital item using the PayPal for digital goods API/Gateway. The customer doesn't leave your website, and a window pops up for the full checkout.
The plugin is highly recommended for the selling of downloadable files such as Audio files, Video files, Image files, PDF or Excel documents via PayPal. The plugin allows users to download the file automatically when the payment is accepted, and the transaction is complete. You can view all the transactions via the admin panel of your WordPress site.
Stripe Checkout is a payment gateway that offers basic functionality on purpose and let users accept payment directly on their websites using the built-in Stripe Checkout Button via their Stripe.com account. It ensures a successful payment transaction and your customer never leaves your site while entering the credit card details during the checkout process.
The plugin is easy to set up and provides necessary Stripe checkout functionality with any requirement of an extra plugin. However, it doesn't work with EDD taxes turned on. The plugin can work with over 130 currencies and API requires CURL to be installed on your server to function.
These WordPress payment plugins are easy to use and enhance your functionality. They allow your customers to stay on your website while payment the payment and offer secure methodology. Hopefully, the list of best payment plugins for WordPress we have provided will help you to make your mind and choose the one that suits your needs best. Please share your experience with the above-mentioned payment gateways and do not hesitate to give your valuable feedback.


Great Service, well decorated rooms, amazing food I must say. The bar at night is so relaxing. Loved the extra facilities provided by Dannic hotel. Love coming here again.
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Long ago, Mox became alive. He no longer needs to find inspiration from me. I think that he just needed someone to speak to during the day when Lena is not there.
I have a dog, so I can completely relate to Mox. She's the best thing that ever happened to me, because she gets me out of the house.
BTW, I featured your blog on my blog and Twitter today. There have been several retweets about it as well. If you were wondering about the upswing in traffic that might be why. Keep up the great work!
bonjill, what a good review, thank you very much! I'm very flattered and my traffic did increased (may visitors from Ohio ;) ). Your blog has been since the beginning in my "blogs I follow" section and, in my opinion, is a must-visit.
You should have a pet! Kind of a way to calm you down...or cheer you up. It all depends on your needs when translating!
Do you have a pet, Ju? In a few months I'll move from the capital to the countryside. It could be a good moment to buy a pet.
Thanks Céline! BTW, very nice blog!
Don't have a pet, but do have a vegetable garden: sooo relaxing!
AND I can be addicted to your great work, Alejandro!!


David will be playing at the Carpe Cafe in Smyrna, TN on Saturday Nov 2nd from 7-9pm. Please come on out and support this small, locally owned coffee shop that exists as a ministry to connect Christian artists with the local community. He will be playing a mix of songs but mostly songs from the new album and songs written in the past year or so.
We're excited to announce that our new album Do Not Fear is finally available digitally and in a few weeks physically as well. Those who have supported us on this latest sonic journey know some of the obstacles that we faced getting this completed, including David's move to Nashville and career shuffle. We are hopeful that this album will provide arrangements and presentation of songs that will serve the church in public and private worship. Most of the arrangements are sparse, which resonates with my vision to serve smaller and often musically under-served congregations. Please spread the word and support this project and our ministry.
We have a lot of repenting Pharisees at my church, including me, which is why we enjoy singing "Not In Me" as we worship God. In fact, our band recently led this hymn at Sovereign Grace's Worship God East conference. Although the song might have been new to many attendees, the crowd enthusiastically sang this modern hymn.
Our friends at Sovereign Grace music mentioned that they used the song at a conference a few weeks ago. It was also mentioned on the post about their new album, Grace Has Come.
I thank God that a lot of great songs for congregational worship have been written recently, like Not in Me and Man of Sorrows. More people are trying to write songs that are theologically driven, gospel aware, fresh, and singable.
We were honored to find that Worship Leader Magazine published a review for The Gospel Coalition's Songs for the Book of Luke project in which they mentioned our song Not In Me in particular.
"Not in Me" is a definite standout track and ready for you to bring into your service of worship. Solid biblical faithfulness creates solid sung theology.
You can check out their review here.


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Master Paintings Evening Sale
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO | MADONNA OF THE ROSARY WITH ANGELS
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO
Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid
MADONNA OF THE ROSARY WITH ANGELS
signed and dated on the pedestal: JOA. BATTA: TIEPOLVZ.F. / ...1735
96¾ by 61½ in.; 246 by 156 cm.
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To request a condition report for this lot, please contact Isabel.Richards@sothebys.com.
Possibly sold, London, George Stanley, 31 March 1824, lot 6;
John Webb, Esq., London;
By whom sold, London, Harry Phillips, 11 June 1829, lot 201, for £43.10 to Peacock;
Michael Peacock, London;
By whom sold, London, Foster's, 28 February 1844, lot 29, for £37 to Lake;
Lake Collection;
Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1797 - 1864), called Munro of Novar, London;
His Estate sale, London, Christie's, 1 June 1878, lot 116 (dated incorrectly to 1734) for £99.15 to Sedelmeyer;
With Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1878 - 1898;
Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, 1st Bart. (1840-1929), Dudley House, London;
His sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1923, lot 45;
Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, 1st Bart. (bought back);
Thence by inheritance to his daughter, Princess Natale Labia (née Ida Louise Robinson), London;
Thence by inheritance to her two sons, Prince Giuseppe B.R. Labia and Count Natale Antonio Labia;
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1989, lot 73;
There acquired by the present collector.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Robinson Collection, 2 July - 14 September 1958, no. 35, reproduced no. 10;
Cape Town, National Gallery of South Africa, The Joseph Robinson Collection, 1959, no. 10;
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung Sir Joseph Robinson, 1840-1929: Werke europaischer Malerei vom 15. bis 19. Jahrhundert, 17 August - 16 September 1962, no. 10, reproduced fig. 5;
Venice, Museo del Settecento Veneziano Ca' Rezzonico; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696- 1996, 6 September - 15 December 1996; 24 January - 27 April 1997, no. 30.
W. Frost, and H. Reeve, eds., A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Water-colour Drawings, and Prints, in the Collection of the Late Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, Esq., of Navar, at the Time of His Death Deposited in His House, No. 6 Hamilton Place, London, With Some Additional Paintings at Navar, London 1865, no. 234, p. 140;
The London Times, 10 June 1878;
Illustrated Catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters...of the Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris 1898, no. 259, p. 284, reproduced p. 285;
G. Redford, Art Sales: A History of Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art..., vol. I, London 1898, p. 276; vol. II, p. 254;
P. Molmenti, G.B. Tiepolo, la sua vitae le sue opere, Milan 1909, p. 260;
E. Sack, Giambattista und Domenico Tiepolo, ihr Leben und ihre Werke, Hamburg 1910, no. 497, p. 219, reproduced fig. 212a;
P. Molmenti, Tiepolo, la vie et l'oeuvre du peintre, Paris 1911, p. 198 (date incorrectly given as 1753);
E.K. Waterhouse, The Robinson Collection, exhibition caalogue, London 1958, cat. no. 35, reproduced no. 10;
L. Frolich-Bume, "Sammlung Sir Joseph Robinson," in Weltkunst, vol. 28, August 1958, pp. 4-5, reproduced p. 5;
H. Shipp, "Treasures of the Robinson Collection: Some Problems of Attribution," in Apollo, vol. LXVIII, no. 402, August 1958, p. 41, reproduced;
A. Scharf, "The Robinson Collection," in The Burlington Magazine, vol. C, no. 666, September 1958, pp. 300 and 303, reproduced p. 298, fig. 1;
G. Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste: The Rise and Fall of Picture Prices, 1760-1960, London 1961, p. 461;
A. Morassi, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G.B. Tiepolo, London 1962, pp. 19 and 43, reproduced fig. 81;
G. Piovene and A. Palluchini, L'Opera completa di Giambattista Tiepolo, Milan 1968, no. 106, pp. 83, 90, 101, reproduced p. 101;
A. Seilern, Italian Paintings and Drawings at 56 Princes Gate... vol. V, London 1969, under no. 341;
J. Hayes, "Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson," in Petit Larousse de la peinture, vol. II, Paris 1979, p. 1579;
H. Braham, The Princes Gate Collection, exhibition catalogue, London 1981, no. 107, p. 73;
M. Gemin and F. Pedrocco, Giambattista Tiepolo: I dipinti (opera completa), Venice 1993, pp. 86, 249 under no. 73, 312 no. 207 and 313 under no. 208, reproduced p. 312;
K. Christiansen, ed., Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696- 1996, exhibition catalogue, New York 1996, pp. 30, 205-08, cat. no. 30a, reproduced in color p. 206;
S. Loire, "Rezensionen:... Massimo Gemin, Filippo Pedrocco, Giambattista Tiepolo. I dipinti..." in Kunstchronik, vol. L, January 1997, p. 30;
G. Pavanello, "Tiepolo e la scultura: dalla copia all'inve nzione," in Giambattista Tiepolo nel terzo centenario de/la nascita, Padua 1998, vol. I, pp. 167 and 169, reproduced vol. II, p. 67, fig. 14;
F. Pedrocco, Giambattista Tiepolo, Milan 2002, pp. 235-6, no. 116, reproduced p. 236;
M. Stevenson, Art & Aspirations: The Randlords of South Africa and Their Collections, Vlaeberg 2002, pp. 44-48, reproduced in color p. 47, fig. 11;
J.L. Seydl, Giambattista Tiepolo: Fifteen Oil Sketches, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles 2005, under no. 2, pp. 27 and 29, reproduced in color p. 29, fig. 2.1.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, the greatest painter of the Venetian Rococo, painted this signed and dated Madonna of the Rosary in 1735, during his early mature period. The dramatic composition, grand scale, and bold coloring of this painting draw on the rich history of Italian Renaissance religious art. At the same time, the Madonna's monumental stature and elegant pose against the imagined backdrop point toward the fantastical, theatrical elements of the Grand Manner for which Tiepolo was celebrated. Most works of this caliber by Tiepolo remain in situ or in major museums. In fact this seems to be the only large-scale altarpiece still in private hands. The legendary provenance of this painting includes influential collector Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar and South African diamond magnate Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson and his daughter, Princess Ida Louise Labia.
Despite the prominent signature and date and large size of this canvas, its original commission has yet to be determined. It was almost certainly painted for a Dominican church or oratory, as it was this order that promoted the cult of the Rosary throughout Europe. The popular devotional practice of praying the rosary enjoyed renewed emphasis during the papacy of the Dominican Pope Benedict XIII (1724 – 30). Here the Virgin holds a rosary in her outstretched left hand (detail, fig. 1), as if offering the beads to a devotee, and she wears the less typical red cloak that associated her with royalty as well as with the roses symbolically associated with the rosary prayers.
By 1735, the demand for large altarpieces in Venetian churches had diminished, and Tiepolo had not yet received a major religious commission there. In the same year, he was employed in Udine, however, and this altarpiece may have been intended for a church in that provincial city. Catherine Whistler has also suggested this painting could have been made for a church in Vicenza, where Tiepolo is recorded in 1734, decorating the Villa Loschi (Zileri dal Verme).1 Around this time Tiepolo was asked to decorate the Royal Palace in Stockholm—an assignment he was able to turn down due to the demand for his works in Italy.
Art historians have recognized the importance of this painting for over a century. Antonio Morassi first suggested that a bozzetto from the Count Seilern bequest to the Courtauld Institute (fig. 2) was a study for the present altarpiece, though Anna Pallucchini and Helen Braham dated the sketch a decade earlier than our painting, and Massimo Gemin and Filippo Pedrocco in 1993 rejected any relationship between the two works.2 However it seems likely that Tiepolo began the oil sketch for another commission and it remained in his studio, where it inspired the 1735 painting. Notable iconographic similarities exist between the two pictures: the Madonna, raised on a pedestal and surrounded by angels, wears red rather than conventional blue, an angel draws back her veil, and she holds a rosary in her left hand and her Son in her right. In our picture, Tiepolo idealized the Virgin's features and exaggerated her contrapposto pose as well as placed her rosary centrally to communicate the purpose of the altarpiece.
In addition to his own oil sketch, Tiepolo ingeniously synthesized multiple sources of stylistic inspiration to produce this innovative altarpiece. Giuseppe Pavanello connected the Madonna's memorable pose with Antonio Corradini's sculpture of a similar Madonna of the Rosary in the Chiesa delle Eremite, Venice, created in the early 1720s (fig. 3).3 Indeed, the present Madonna's placement on a stone pedestal before a column and curtain and her elongated stature suggest conventions of sculpture, and both Tiepolo's and Corradini's subjects stretch their hand out with a mannered arrangement of fingers to offer the rosary to a supplicant.
In his Villa Loschi frescoes in Vicenza, Tiepolo had introduced statuesque female allegorical figures that likely inspired his treatment of the Virgin here.4 An Immaculate Conception still in situ in Vicenza and dated 1733-34 features the same facial type for the Madonna. The latter painting in its original altar faced an altar that had been decorated earlier by Giambattista Piazzetta (1682 – 1754). Tiepolo certainly knew Piazzetta's works, in particular the 1725 Vision of St. Philip Neri for Santa Maria della Fava in Venice (fig. 4), where Tiepolo had also painted The Education of the Virgin, dateable to circa 1732.5 Piazzetta's Madonna looks down from above with a commanding presence as she holds the Christ Child on her right hip, and two angels lift her veil; Tiepolo was clearly looking at his older contemporary's works when creating the present altarpiece.
Whistler has pointed out even older sources for certian motifs in the Madonna of the Rosary: the gold brocade hanging behind the Madonna recalls early Venetian masters like Giovanni Bellini, and the attendant angel kneeling in the left foreground echoes the placement of similar figures in the works of Mannerist painters Correggio and Parmigianino. The overall emotion and grandiosity of the Venetian masters Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese is evident in Tiepolo's works from the 1730s, and paying homage to these artists was likely encouraged by his patrons.6 From the same stylistic period in Tiepolo's oeuvre is the Adoration of the Christ Child in St. Mark's, Venice (fig. 5), which shares with the present picture and with the 16th-century Venetian painters the bold primary colors and chiaroscuro, strong diagonal composition, and inclusion of attendant angel as well as a putto floating in on a cloud that adds grace to the scene.
Though the early provenance of the altarpiece is unknown, its ownership history is well documented from the 1820s. The first confirmed owner of the painting was John Webb, Esq., who amassed an impressive collection of Old Masters. It was previously believed that Webb sold this Tiepolo in 1824 with George Stanley, as he had sold about thirty paintings with Stanley in 1823 and a "Tiepolo: Madonna" appears in an 1824 catalogue.7 In fact, we have confirmed that it was instead sold with Webb's entire remaining collection on 11 June 1829 with Harry Phillips (see Provenance). Along with the Tiepolo, Webb had owned altarpieces from Italian churches and works by Raphael, Giulio Romano, Caravaggio, David, Greuze, Rembrandt, and Velazquez. This painting is described in the sale catalogue as "a grand altar piece of the largest dimensions, representing the Virgin and Child, with attendant Figures, Angels, &c. This work is the undoubted chef-d'oeuvre of the master, and displays, in an eminent degree, all the excellencies of the Venetian school—splendid and harmonious colouring in union with the most correct and classical drawing. Nothing can exceed the grace and dignity of the whole composition. The form and attitude of the Virgin, the graceful contour, and rich glowing tints of the head, the management of the drapery, &c. give an air of majestic and divine sweetness to this figure, which can scarcely be surpassed by any production of its class. The accessories are all of the most appropriate description; and for breadth and boldness of colour, with the most perfect harmony, this picture may be justly pronounced equal to any of the best performances of the Italian masters."
The next illustrious owner of the altarpiece was Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, called Munro of Novar, a close friend and patron of J.M.W. Turner who also owned Tiepolo's Martyrdom of St. Agatha (circa 1755), now in Berlin's Gemäldegalerie.8 Both Tiepolos were sold by Munro's heirs in 1878 and purchased by Galerie Sedelmeyer, and both later entered the collection of Sir Joseph Robinson, South African gold and diamond magnate and politician.
Robinson purchased Dudley House in London in 1894 and began collecting to fill his 80-foot picture gallery. The present lot was one of his earliest acquisitions. He remained in England during the Boer War (1899 - 1902) after his negotiations with his friend Paul Kruger, president of the Boer Republic, failed to prevent conflict. In 1908, Edward VII made Robinson a baronet in honor of his support of the cause of South African self-government. In 1910, he returned to his home country for good, and in London in 1923 he would place at auction 116 paintings. However, as Ellis Waterhouse recounted9, when Robinson saw his paintings hung for the sale, he fell back in love with his own collection and deeply regretted his decision, so much so that he set prohibitive reserves on this and many of his paintings in order to buy them back. The Tiepolo and much of the collection passed to Robinson's daughter, Ida Louise, who married Conte Natale Labia, Italian Minister Plenipotentiary to the Union of South Africa (d. 1936), and remained in the family until their two sons sold some of the paintings, including this one, in 1989.
1. C. Whistler in K. Christiansen, ed., New York 1996, p. 208.
2. See A. Morassi 1962, p. 19; G. Piovene and A. Palluchini 1968, p. 90 under no. 41; H. Braham in London 1981, p. 73; M. Gemin and F. Pedrocco 1993, p. 249 under no. 73, p. 312 under no. 207.
3. See G. Pavanello in Literature.
4. See M. Gemin and F. Pedrocco 1993, pp. 165-66, 174.
5. Ibid., p. 211.
7. "A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Pictures, Entirely the Property of a Gentleman, a Distinguished Conoisseur," London, George Stanley, 31 March 1824, lot 6.
8. See M. Gemin and F. Pedrocco 1993, p. 437, cat. no. 431.
9. See E.K. Waterhouse 1958, p. ix.


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So, what is a hair mist? It's another way to wear perfume. I've noticed over the past few years that hair perfumes have been very popular with perfume and haircare brands. There's a few reasons that hair perfumes appeal to me.
It's a different way to wear perfume. Wearing fragrance on hair is going to be different than on the body (where there is more heat). This means that the fragrance will progress differently and probably wear lighter with less projection.
Sure you can wear perfume in your hair but some have ingredients that aren't great for hair (especially color-treated hair). In theory, a hair perfume should be designed for hair (less/no alcohol, without ingredients that may lighten/fade hair). Some even have ingredients that will smooth hair.
Masks odors. I don't wash my hair every day because it's very dry. I like to prolong this by basically wearing deodorant for my hair.
With hair perfumes, I've only tried Maison Francis Kurkdjian Scented Hair Mist and Byredo hair Perfume. I'm happy to see Mugler launch this. I'm a Mugler fangirl but sometimes they are "too much" for me i.e. the fragrances wear me.
So, what's the Alien hair perfume like?
The Hair Mist is the same fragrance as the perfume: Cashmeran, amber and white florals. You can definitely notice the scent. It is a "lighter" version but it's still noticeable. The fragrance lingers in the hair for most of the day. Also, the bottle is small but you don't need more than 1-2 sprays. You could also use this like a body spray or perfume if you are looking for a "lighter" version of Alien.
I realize that using a hair perfume can appear to be an extra step…because it is. It's another way to wear and/or layer perfumes. It's not a necessity but it is something I enjoy using. Do you use hair perfumes? Are they a product that appeals to you?
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"Once upon a time friend of mine (I call him that but he constantly irritated me by being so misanthropic) decided that he was getting fed up with his job. Odd that because he had a very senior position in a huge corporation. You could hardly call him a team player but he was well paid and well favoured despite his mood swings. It was a job with some special trimmings like a super car for him, one for his wife, a gold plated pension and cheap holidays in the Mediterranean. Lucky chap. But that wasn't enough; he wanted to be independent.
He started negotiating what he called his exit package. It took a long time and it didn't go too well. I remember listening to him going on about his wife's reaction to her car being taken away and what he called 'naked constraint of trade' because of the clauses they'd inserted in his severance agreement. He got rather aggressive when I suggested his quietly trying to steal some of the corporation's clients wasn't on.
He'd snapped that I was being soft.
"It's my talent and my honour that matters. When I shave in the morning I want to look in the mirror and say: I'm my own man. I'll tell them to get stuffed." When like that there was no reasoning with him."
Matthew Paris in Saturday's Times wrote that the UK was the petitioner not the aggrieved party. Like my friend there's a disconnect between the grumpy treaty-objectors and the reality of the situation. The UK resigned, not the other way round. When you resign you get what you can.
Listen to what business said last week, that the agreement might not be perfect but it was more or less OK and please can we just say 'yes' and get on with it. Business people understand deals and pragmatic negotiations. They look at the histogram below and say – big market – be realistic - carry on trading/working there devoid of friction. Negotiations can't go on forever and can very seldom be started again.
Politicians only understand power and tomorrow's headlines. It serves them and us ill at times like this. But I try to avoid politics - it's not my thing and as I watch the current pantomime, I wonder who could possibly enjoy it or benefit from it.
RA Butler Tory politician in the 1950s called politics "the art of the possible". I wonder what he'd make of all this.


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4 min read . Updated: 21 Mar 2017, 02:39 AM IST Adam Minter
If Chinese consumers lose faith in local Internet companies, the government's efforts to promote technology and innovation are certain to struggle
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China's communist government has never shown much concern for the privacy of Chinese citizens. If you have something to hide, the thinking goes, we probably need to know it. In one form or another, surveillance and monitoring have evolved into a well-honed form of social control. And as a result, neither companies nor consumers have traditionally had very high expectations for individual privacy.
That might have been fine before more than 700 million Chinese went online, and before the government began counting on sectors such as e-commerce to ease the economy's dependency on investment and exports. If China's biggest online players want to chart a bigger role for themselves at home and abroad, they are going to need to start taking privacy much more seriously.
The problem came into sharp focus this month, with new data showing that Chinese police had arrested 4,261 suspects in 1,886 cases related to the theft of personal information last year. That's a steep increase from prior years. Between 2010 and 2014, there were roughly 260 prosecutions under China's law prohibiting the sale of personal information. Last year's suspects included nearly 400 "industry insiders" in banking, e-commerce, telecommunications and delivery services. One estimate placed losses related to these reported crimes at $13.2 billion. Almost certainly, the scale of the problem is much bigger.
Several factors have made Chinese vulnerable to identity theft. One is cultural. Broadly speaking, Chinese society favours collective rights over individual ones. Privacy, except for the wealthiest and most powerful, has historically been a luxury, especially in a country where households were typically crowded, multi-generational and located in tightly knit rural communities. Compared to the snooping most people accepted at home, the government's poking around in one's business probably didn't feel like such an extreme violation.
Companies have taken advantage of this lackadaisical attitude. The service agreement for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's "Alipay" mobile payments system grants Alipay carte blanche, in perpetuity, to disclose user information to third-party vendors; this can include behavioural profiles based on transaction and location history. Users have almost no recourse if they feel that the data has been misused.
And Alipay is hardly alone. Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest video game company and owner of its most popular social media programme, ranks well below international peers like Alphabet Inc. (formerly known as Google), Facebook Inc., and Twitter Inc. in its efforts to protect user data. According to a 2015 survey by a Chinese Internet security organization, 44% of Chinese websites had security vulnerabilities that led to data leakages.
Cyberthieves have little to fear from the law. Earlier this month, Chinese police arrested a ring of 96 suspects involved in pilfering personal data; one was an engineer at JD.com Inc., one of China's biggest Internet retailers, who had a record of doing the same thing at other Internet firms. Many third-party brokers ply their trade in the open. In one recent, high-profile example, a journalist with one of China's leading newspapers reported how he was able to obtain a colleague's banking information, real-estate transaction history, hotel reservations, border entry-exit records and travel information for roughly $100. When he tried to report the third-party service he had hired to provide the data, multiple law-enforcement agencies brushed him off.
China can no longer afford that kind of complacency. If Chinese consumers lose faith in local Internet companies, the government's efforts to promote technology and innovation are certain to struggle. And whatever their previous attitudes towards online privacy have been, Chinese are growing more demanding as mobile commerce has become tightly integrated into middle-class lives.
Chinese social media exploded with outrage last summer when an 18-year-old high-school graduate suffered a fatal heart attack after losing her personal information and being defrauded of her tuition. Newspapers were soon flooded with accounts of similar scams.
Concerns about data security will also cramp Chinese companies' ambitions to expand overseas. China wants firms such as Alibaba and Tencent to be global brands no less than Facebook or Google; Tencent's WeChat, China's most popular social media platform, has more than 70 million users overseas and aspires to more. But if they can't prevent user data from leaking at home, consumers abroad aren't likely to trust them either.
In 2014, Target Corp.'s revenue saw its profits halved after hackers stole credit card and other personal information from as many as 110 million customers. Chinese companies, largely unknown outside of their home markets, have the added burden of making a good first impression.
The good news is that a consensus is growing in China that the problem must be addressed. Any solution will have to start with the government writing national standards on protecting online data. It can't end there, though.
Earlier this month, during China's National People's Congress, Tencent's chief executive officer Pony Ma called for standards to be combined with a national system for reporting data breaches, allowing companies like his to close leaks as soon as possible. Such a system might help deter data thieves. More importantly, it would be a reminder to China's online masses that they, too, have a role to play in protecting their privacy. Bloomberg
Adam Minter is a Bloomberg View columnist.
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