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Rabelais' masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel was published in four books and in many editions from 1532 to 1552. A fifth book was published posthumously in 1564 under the title L'isle sonnante, the Ringing Isle, but the authorship of this last book has been disputed although it certainly exhibits the brilliantly ascerbic and scatological style of the earlier books. The whole work is one of the great satires of all Western literature castigating, without shame or pity, the institutions, culture and society of the time. It became immediately popular but, not unnaturally, also provoked intense opposition, particularly from the Church authorities, and it was later placed on the Index of Forbidden Books.
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, from which the present images are taken, was first published in 1565 by Richard Breton in Paris. It consisted of an introduction and the 120 cartoons which I am displaying here. The cartoons in the original edition had neither titles nor descriptions but presumably were intended to be illustrations of characters from Rabelais' work. This original edition gives us little further help or information as to the author or artist indicating only in the brief introduction that the publisher knew Rabelais well and therefore decided to bring 'this last of his works to light.
We can note that the publication of Gargantua and Pantagruel quickly inspired imitations, commentaries and parodies by other writers, one of the earliest of which was a long poem by François Habert published in 1542 based on Rabelais' first and second books and called, perhaps significantly, Le Songe de Pantagruel. Another such was the Les Navigations de Panurge (Lyons: de Tours, 1543). It need not surprise us therefore that, in the case of the Songes Drolatiques, the enterprising publisher or the anonymous artist may have thought to take advantage of both Rabelais' material and his name to publish what he hoped would be a best seller although there is at least one suggestion that Rabelais himself could have arranged the book's publication as a response or as an accompaniment to Habert's poem. Two of the images include the initials AN or Alcofribas Nasier, an anagram of François Rabelais, and the name which was used by Rabelais as the author of the first two books of Gargantua.
It has also been proposed the artist of the Songes was one François Desprez principally because he signed the dedication to another work also published by Breton in the previous year, 1564, the Recueil de la diversité des habits, a Collection of the diversity of dress, illustrated by images not wholly dissimilar in style from the Songes Drolatiques. I show here two of the most similar of these pictures from Desprez' Receuil. In my own view, they are not nearly of the subtlety or artistry as the images from the Songes. You can form your own judgment.
Whatever the immediate inspiration for these pictures, they take their place, and perhaps represent a climax, in the wider context of grotesques, drolleries and monstrosities each of which had a long tradition in the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The grotesques and drolleries which are depicted in the margins of manuscript illuminations of the Middle Ages (and in the ecclesiastical sculpture of the time), had a revival in the 16th century in the work of Bosch and Van Breughel both of whom were contemporaries of Rabelais (see some examples of drolleries from the early 16th century Book of Droleries or Croy Hours here). Books of monstrosities were also common-place during this time. For example, we can take, just from the French canon, Boiastuau's Histoires Prodigeuses of 1561, the Prodigeuses of Lycosthenes of 1557 and Ambroses Paré's Des monstres et prodiges of 1573. The popularity of this genre reflects the growing interest in the reports of Renaissance travellers, and is another illustration of the moment of transition from the medieval age of fable and allegory to our modern age of empiricism and what we call the natural sciences.
The present images are taken from the second printing of the Songes Drolatiques which appeared in 1823 as the last volume of an edition of the complete works of Rabelais. For this edition, the images were recut with astonishing accuracy but lack something of the delicacy of those in the first edition. The editors of this second edition added references to Rabelais' work for each of the images but these references are now regarded as almost uniformly fanciful and worthless. There is a suggestion that the images are to be viewed as pairs, the first as a monstrosity and the second as a drollerie but, personally, I find such distinctions difficult to detect.


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Martial Arts Are Magic in Wesley Chu's 'The Art of Prophecy'
Exclusive cover reveal and excerpt from the bestselling author's upcoming martial arts fantasy epic.
The Art of Prophecy, the newest book from acclaimed bestselling author Wesley Chu, is an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic -- the story of a spoiled hero, an exacting grandmaster, and an immortal god-king. And we are pleased to present this exclusive cover reveal and an excerpt from the novel.
The first book in the "War Arts Saga" trilogy, The Art of Prophecy is set in a world where martial arts are magic. A prophecy has foretold that a child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. But the prophecy was wrong. Because when Taishi, the greatest war artist of her generation, arrives to evaluate the prophesied hero, Jian, she finds a spoiled brat unprepared to face his destiny. But the only force more powerful than fate is Taishi herself. Possessed of an iron will, a sharp tongue -- and an unexpectedly soft heart -- Taishi will find a way to forge Jian into the weapon and leader he needs to be in order to fulfill his legend.
While the book doesn't hit shelves until next year, the "War Arts Saga" already has a TV series adaptation in the works from Neal H. Moritz's Original Film and Sony Pictures Television.
The Art of Prophecy is due out August 9, 2022 from Del Rey. Here is a first look at the book's gorgeous cover, from artist Tran Nguyen and designer Cassie Gonzales:
Read on for an exclusive excerpt from The Art of Prophecy.
Jian stood up and scanned the rest of the palace. He should have seen someone, anyone, by now. There were no archer snipers, no assassins lurking in the shadows, nothing. He pushed through the double doors and made it two steps when he saw the first living soul. In some ways he wished it had been an assassin.
Taishi, that hateful old woman, was sitting on the throne up on the dais, peering at him from behind a teacup. Jian gripped his saber and marched up to her. "It's a capital offense to sit on the throne. Not even I am allowed. It's a symbol that the States have no emperor. You can be hanged for this."
She eyed him with disdainfully. "It took you long enough to find your way here," she remarked. "I was informed that you rose with the King."
"My attendants did not wake me. They have all gone missing," he replied. "What are you doing here? I ordered you gone from the palace."
Taishi took a long, exaggerated sip. "No more giving orders until you've earned that right too. Authority is earned, not given. A strong leader is forged, not born. No more groveling servants and scraping sycophants. No more corrupt masters and lords fawning over you to seek advantage. You are a soldier and a student. And from this point on, my student. I am taking over your training. You are now my ward and responsibility. It is past time you begin walking the true path of a war arts master to reach your full potential. Now, come here." She held out her opened palm with her half-empty cup resting on it. "Your first lesson is humility. Pour me more tea, boy. Dash of honey."
Jian tried very hard at that moment to kill Taishi with his glare. "Pour it yourself, you hateful, crippled hag." He swatted at the cup.
Taishi flexed her palm and bounced the porcelain teacup straight up into the air as his hand passed underneath. The cup rose up to his eye level and then fell, leaving a stream of tea following it back down. Not a drop was spilled. Jian tried again, but only succeeded in grabbing a handful of her sleeve. He yanked hard, causing the cup to slip from her palm. The top of her foot tapped it as it fell, and the cup bounced back up again. It landed on the top of her foot which then she sent leaping upward again, landing perfectly and completely un-spilled back onto her palm. She held it out. "Refill. My. Tea."
Jian turned his back to her. "I don't need to put up with this." Jian stomped away, his heavy boots echoing around the cavernous ceiling of the throne room. "I'm going to instruct Palacelord Faaru to have you shot next time you step foot into the Celestial Palace." He managed to make it five steps when he felt a light tap on the crown of his head, and then Taishi landed in front of him, the teacup still in her hand.
"The front gates are locked, and the walls are too tall to climb. I'll offer one chance to escape me, however. If you can smash this cup, then I will unlock the gates, and you will never see me again. Otherwise, serve me tea and begin your training."
"I hate you!"
Taishi shrugged.
This time Jian didn't hold back, aiming a killing blow as he went at her with renewed fury. His heel missed rearranging her nose by inches. He followed up with the Ningzhu family switch kick, Sun family double thrust. The almighty Jang lunge. Taishi gave an exaggerated yawn as she avoided his blows, her arms and legs swaying away from his attacks like a feather blown about by the wind. He might as well have been batting air. Jian quickly wore down, missed strikes were often more draining than ones that found their marks. Then to his shock, she slapped him. Again. Hard this time.
Her open palm came flying toward his left cheek and past it, swiveling his head to the side and rattling his skull. A giant bell rang in his head as his knees gave out and he spun in a complete circle and crashed to the ground.
"Stop slapping me!" Jian probably should have taken a moment to collect himself, but in his fury, he bounded to his feet right away. He did not see her palm until it connected with his right cheek. As he stumbled, she slapped his ear, breaking his equilibrium, and then slapped him once again in the solar plexus, causing the air to rush out of his lungs. A moment later, he was on the floor again, this time face down.
Jian was a little slower to get up. A whimper escaped him. His head was still ringing and the world swaying when he wobbled onto his hands and knees. He came at her again: Sinsin sucker punch followed by the Wang sweep, and then the--no, he changed his mind and switched to the Hili hammer-fist. It was all for naught.
"You move with the grace of a two-headed donkey when you don't run a set routine." Taishi calmly shifted out of range. His attacks were only just missing her. Jian extended further, thinking the next blow would be the one to find its mark. He tried harder and harder until he found himself precariously off balance.
"You are also easily taunted into making mistakes." She stuck her foot out and his legs disappeared from under him as the world flipped upside down. His head bounced off the gold and purple tiles once, twice, three times. A high-pitched whine escaped his lips.
Jian gnashed his teeth and picked himself up once more. He took a step forward and got slapped on the nose. He took two more swift shots to the forehead and neck before he finally penetrated the diminutive woman's guard. Then, he wasn't sure how she did it, but Taishi bumped him with her tiny hips and he went flying. None of his masters had ever hit him so hard before. Jian landed roughly sprawled on the marble floor. He forced himself to his knees.
"A good warrior knows when to submit," she droned.
"A good warrior keeps his mouth shut." Jian grabbed the half empty pot of tea that had spilled onto the floor. He flung the contents at her.
"First thing we've agreed on," she conceded as she parted the spray of liquid with a brush of her hand.
Their next exchange went as well as the last. Still, that did not cure Jian's stubbornness. Five more times he picked himself up and went at her. Five more times she slapped him to the ground. Each subsequent time he rose more slowly than before.
After six more attempts, Jian lay on the floor, his body stinging and numb, but it was his ego that hurt most. Whatever little self-control he had left failed him then. Jian began to cry, shoulder-shaking sobs that wracked his entire body. Nothing made sense anymore. The sense of being an absolute failure smacked him over and over. He had let everyone down. Jian brought his knees to his chest and turned away from Taishi, his face burning with shame.
"Heroes betray no emotion," Wang had lectured the first time he had cried as a little boy.
"The true warrior steels his nerves," Ningzhu had added.
"Heroes do not cry. Babies cry. Which are you?" Sinsin had practically yelled into his face.
The other masters had only stared at him in quiet disappointment and disdain every time his emotions got the better of him. Jian had learned to sniff quickly and wipe the tears away. Now it was too much to keep in. Jian didn't know how long he stayed on the ground, bawling like a child.
A hand touched his shoulder. "You fought well, boy. Better than I gave your masters credit for." Taishi knelt beside him. Jian tried to brush her away and cover his face. She touched his hand softly and lowered it. "There's no shame in tears. Nor in defeat. Both can be great sources of strength."
He sniffed and sat up to face her. "It doesn't make me weak?"
A small smile, the first he had seen on her face, appeared. "There is nothing weak about being in tune with your emotions. There is great strength once you learn to harness it. I want you to care so deeply it brings tears to your eyes."
From the book The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu. Copyright © 2022 by Wesley Chu. Reprinted by arrangement with Del Rey Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
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Overview of Self-Esteem in ages 5 and over: what healthy self-esteem consists of, the benefits and where our culture has gone astray in trying to build self-esteem.
Learn about the development of self-esteem in childhood and adolescence, ages 5+, as well as the negative effects of praise on self-esteem and what to do instead.
Learn about lots of ways to support your child in developing healthy self-esteem in childhood and adolescence, ages 5+, as well as the negative effects of praise on self-esteem and what to do instead.


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The new jobs luring miners back to work
Mining workers are in demand. Picture: iStock
by Melanie Burgess
AUSTRALIA'S miners are in demand again, but the sector has changed since the boom days.
Research from SEEK revealed job advertisements in the mining, resources and energy sector grew 34 per cent year on year, recording the largest increase of all employing sectors in May.
It was followed by government and defence (up 29 per cent), community services and development (26 per cent) and engineering (25 per cent).
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Most sectors recorded growth in advertised roles on SEEK. Picture: Supplied
Mining, resources and energy experienced its strongest growth in Queensland, where SEEK job ads increased 46 per cent year on year, followed by the Northern Territory (45 per cent), Victoria (36 per cent), Western Australia (31 per cent), New South Wales (25 per cent) and South Australia (21 per cent).
Despite the growth, the sector had not returned to it's old self.
The type of roles being advertised had changed significantly over the past six years.
Between 2012 and 2018, the portion dedicated to maintenance and operation increased from 63 per cent to 78 per cent, while the portion dedicated to exploration and geoscience surveying decreased from 17 per cent to 6 per cent.
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Miners may have to take their helmets back off the hook as work ramps up again. Picture: iStock
NAB economist Kaixin Owyong said there had been a shift from capex (capital expenditure) hiring to opex (operational expenditure) hiring.
"During the mining boom, there was a huge amount of investment that significantly increased the mining capital stock," she said.
"This phase also required more exploratory roles for potential greenfields investment.
"Immediately after the boom, mining firms were focusing on keeping costs low, and put off maintenance work. However, more recently, commodity prices have lifted and firms are spending again on maintenance roles, which are needed to keep the capital stock running."
Contract work had also become much more common between 2012 and 2016, although it was now turning around again.
During the mining downturn, employers were reluctant to hire permanent staff and the ratio of contract to permanent job ads climbed steeply to reach a peak of about 0.9 in 2016.
This meant there was almost an equal number of contract roles and permanent roles being advertised in the sector.
The SEEK data showed, however, this trend was now reversing, suggesting renewed confidence among employers.
The ratio now sat at about 0.6, so there was roughly two contract roles advertised for every three permanent roles.
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SEEK ratio of contractor to permanent job ads in mining in May 2018
ManpowerGroup's recent Employment Outlook Survey suggested mining and construction positivity would continue into the third quarter, too.
It revealed a seasonally-adjusted Net Employment Outlook - the portion of employers anticipating higher headcounts minus portion anticipating lower headcounts - of 10 per cent.
This was in line with Australia's overall NEO (also 10 per cent) and stronger than that of manufacturing (9 per cent), finance, insurance and real estate (8 per cent) and wholesale and retail trade (5 per cent).
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Year of an Indie Writer: Week 43
Who's doing NaNoWriMo?
This coming Friday is 1 November, the month associated with National Novel Writing Month. Thirty days, 50,000 words, no looking back, just charge ahead.
I'm gonna do it. Pretty sure. I wrote in this column a few weeks ago about writing short stories to get out of the slump. That's fine, but I think I'm better at writing novels. Longer works, because even my short stories are rather long. The short story I submitted to an upcoming anthology came out to nearly 8,000 words. Is that long?
So I'm looking at starting a novel this Friday. I've done NaNoWriMO before back in 2015. I've done a "NaNoWriMo" in multiple other months. Averaging 1,667 words per day can seem daunting if you've never done it before, but when you get in a groove, the words fly. My plan is to average around 800 words per writing session: one at 4:45-6:00 am and another at lunch time. That's for weekdays. Weekends should likley be early morning sessions each day.
The biggest decision between now and Halloween night will be to decide which tale to tell. I've got three in the hopper: one modern mystery, one modern slice of life story, and one...thriller. I think. I've come up with the idea for the story--based on a song, no less!--but I'm trying to figure out its style. Good thing about not planning ahead: the style will reveal itself during the writing process.
Looking forward to having some fun.
Truth Told
Do Some Damage was founded in part to discuss the writing process. All of the writers who have posted all have our own takes on the subject of writing and creativity. It's one thing to hear how we writers who are not as famous as other folks say what we have to say, but its something quite different when a person as famous as Christopher McQuarrie weighs in.
In a 24-part Twitter thread, McQuarrie speaks truth upon truth upon truth. Most of it is difficult to read, especially if you are betting on the 'lottery' [his term]. I zeroed in on Tweet #8 because it echoed what I've always called "Control the Controllables":
8. The secret to success is doing what you love, whether or not you're being paid. The secret to a rewarding career in film (and many other fields) is focusing entirely on execution and not on result.
Read the whole thing. Print it and tape it to your writing desk.
The Great Kevin Smith Watch
In case you missed some of my other posts, I made a decision this summer: watch all twelve of Kevin Smith's films leading up to the thirteenth coming out this week here in Houston. This past Wednesday, I posted my twelfth review for Yoga Hosers. This coming Wednesday, I'll be seeing the new film, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, at a special event here in H-Town. Smith and his friend Jason Mewes are traveling with the new movie in which they show the film to the audience and then do a question and answer session.
I'll be posting my review of the new film on 6 November, but as a placeholder, this week I'll be posting my ranking of Smith's films. I instantly knew my top three, the fourth one, and the one in dead last. What I didn't know was what film would get the top spot. I sat with a piece of paper and started putting the movies in my own order. When I finally realized which film I liked best, I looked forward to publishing the list. It's unconventional, but easy to understand if you know me and what I like.
TV Show of the Week: Evil
Two Thursdays ago, my wife suggested we watch episode four of the new TV show Evil on CBS. I had seen the previews all summer long while watching Elementary. Initially it looked like something not in my wheelhouse, but I gave episode four a try.
Intrigued. Very intrigued.
Then I watched episode one. Hooked. All in.
I've now seen episodes five and two. Just have to see three and I'll be caught up.
Anyone else watching this show?
That covers it for the week. As I write this, the Houston Astros are up 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh. Hopefully when you read this tomorrow, the team from H-Town will have a World Series win in 2019.
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The twist in the tail
I've written my whole life, and been a published author for several years now, and every time I think I have the whole thing locked down, the universe sort of twists. Sometimes, it shows me something shitty about the whole writing thing that I had been unaware of, but others - more often, to be honest - it shows me something brilliant that would never have happened to me if I hadn't written a book, sent it out into the world, and allowed myself to say "I'm a writer."
One of those amazing things is the sheer volume of friends I have acquired since I became a writer. I was never exactly friendless, but I have found, in writing, my tribe, and it's my tribe that sent this blessing my way.
You see, back in July my dear friend Paddy Magrane (author of the brilliant Chase Thrillers Disorder and Denial) was doing some work in Israel at a charity called Safe Haven for Donkeys.
Safe Haven for Donkeys was set up in 2000 to help the thousands of working donkeys in Israel and the West Bank. They provide life-long care to around 200 unwanted and abused donkeys of all ages but the charity's work does not stop at the sanctuary gates.
Each month, their mobile clinic helps around 1,000 working donkeys, mules and horses across the West Bank and they also have a permanent clinic in the city of Nablus, where my friend Paddy was working.
In early July, Paddy, at the clinic, met a donkey who's leg had been broken
Now, a donkey with a broken leg is of little use and if the owner cannot afford vets bills and / or decides that the cost of feeding and healing the donkey is more than he's willing to bear, the animals can be abandoned. Cast aside the way you or I might chuck a broken vase in the trash.
And that's what had happened to this donkey. He'd been found, by the outreach people at Save Haven For Donkeys, abandoned in the street in Hebron. Left to starve.
And so they took him in, and by the time Paddy met him, the donkey had made a full recovery. One small problem remained. He had no name. As a visitor, Paddy was given the huge honour of naming him.
It was the third of July, Paddy was far from home, but he knew that the day in question was my birthday, and so he christened this donkey – the one who was left to die, and who got lucky and lived – Derek.
And so here, I suppose, we need to talk about me. Like I said, I write crime novels. They're about – spoiler – crimes. But they're also about family and friendship and love and compassion (but not, so far, about donkeys). But nothing prepared me for how emotional I'd feel at this naming. Cos I've often, in the past, felt broken and abandoned. Sometimes it's been because I've broken and abandoned my self, but often it's been because I'm hearing the voices telling me that people like me can't do what I've decided I really want to do; and being told you're not good enough – being told by the people entrusted to educate and form your spirit that people like you are worthless – can leave you feeling lost. Abandoned. Alone. So Derek the Donkey made perfect sense to me.
Last week, Paddy was back in Nablus, and sent me a picture of Derek, sprightly and spirited (and certainly more spirited than I'd be if I'd been left out by the trash with a broken leg just a few months previously).
Paddy was given the honour of helping put the named bridle on to my spirit animal. It's not the first time I've been referred to as a donkey and had a bridle put on me but the previous time was in a long condemned club on Tooley Street in the late eighties, so we'll leave that story for another time…
Suffice it to say that Derek and Doctor Studley Al-Vetski are doing well. Yes, I saw your eyes straying to Dr Studley. Isn't it lovely when the people who help animals are as beautiful on the outside as they are on the inside? And that, I think, is where I will leave that one.
Many of the donkeys at Safe Haven are available for adoption. Chill: This does not mean they do a home visit and then send your donkey of choice around in a crate (though I am sure that some of you are now considering 'donkeysbymail' as a business venture). What it really means is you pay an amount, they send you a picture and a fact file and a cuddly donkey toy and you get the joy of knowing that you've done something for something and someone else.
I highly recommend it. I've already adopted Daniel in honour of the titular hero of my series, and am negotiating a name change for a Caz so I can adopt the pair and have them as enduring mascots at book signings.
Derek Farrell is the author of 6 Danny bird mysteries. "Death of a Diva," "Death of a Nobody," "Death of a Devil," and "Death of an Angel" can all be purchased from the usual e-stores or directly from the publisher here. The fifth, "Come to Dust," is available exclusively as a free download from his website . The sixth - Death of a Sinner - is on Fahrenheit Press's fall 19 slate.
His jobs have included: Burger dresser, Bank teller, David Bowie's paperboy, and Investment Banker on the 80th floor of the World Trade Centre.
He's never off social media and can be found at.
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Takedowns and Breakdowns.
All this reaction to Martin Scorsese (and Francis Coppola afterward) criticizing Marvel movies has got me thinking about the times artists take digs at other artists or artists state their dislike for particular types of work. It's a time-honored tradition really. And it also has me recalling times I've come across writers or filmmakers I like criticizing other writers and filmmakers I like. I've always found this to be a source of interest, and quite often it's cause for amusement as well.
When I read that filmmaker Jean Luc Godard says he doesn't like the films of David Lynch (one of my all-time favorite directors) because every Lynch film is only about himself and that "On the enigma of dream, dream life, I prefer to read Edgar Poe," I had to laugh while admitting that Godard, 88 years old and no less cranky and opinionated now than he was at 28 years old, may have something of a point about Lynch. But even if he does, this doesn't diminish my love for Lynch's movies. Nor does it make me angry at Godard for saying what he did about Lynch. Godard's films are still entirely his own (the great ones, the good ones, the inscrutable ones), and just because he made a comment about a filmmaker I revere doesn't mean I'm going to start denigrating Godard. He's someone with a strong aesthetic sensibility of his own, and for whatever reason, that sensibility doesn't take to Lynch's sensibility. I still like both. It's not an either/or proposition.
And speaking of Edgar Allan Poe: What about Henry James' takedown of him? James is not an author I rank among my favorites (though I do really like The Turn of the Screw and some of his other shorter works), and he's someone who you might say does have something of a rarified sensibility. Poe I've loved since I was a kid and I'm sure I will always love. James said, "An admiration for Poe is the mark of a decidedly primitive stage of reflection".
So here James is going after not only Poe, but people who have the temerity past a certain age to still like Poe. In a sense, you could say he's insulting all adult Poe readers. Again, though, so what? All you have to do is read a little Henry James, with all his reticence and misdirection, to understand that there would be something profoundly unpleasant to him about Poe's stories. It's the same with how James felt about Baudelaire (a poet I love), who he said had a "permanent immaturity of vision". Harsh words. Ostensibly, anyone who likes reading Baudelaire would share this "immaturity of vision". I couldn't disagree more, but again, it doesn't make me think any less of James as a writer. He doesn't think much of Poe and can't fathom why anyone over a certain age would like Poe, but how I would love to sit down with Henry James (Over tea or booze, his choice) and debate this with him. And then I would go on reading Poe and Baudelaire and James.
Perhaps my favorite literary takedown artist of them all is Vladimir Nabokov, another writer who'd I put in my personal pantheon. He had strong opinions - as one of his books is called - on just about everything, and not the least of these was his loathing for Fydor Dostoevsky's writing. Now I happen to think Notes from the Underground is brilliant, and I like The Gambler, Crime and Punishment and "White Nights" a lot. What does Nabokov say? He writes of "Dostoyevsky's lack of taste, his monotonous dealings with persons suffering with pre-Freudian complexes, the way he has of wallowing in the tragic...this trick his characters have of 'sinning their way to Jesus', or, as a Russian author, Ivan Bunin, put it bluntly, 'spilling Jesus all over the place'."
Okay. Ummm....Nabokov is not exactly wrong about Dostoevsky, and of course, the way he attacks him - and there's more - is quite funny. But is there a choice to be made here? Of course not. I still somehow manage to love Nabokov, love Dostoevsky, and love Nabokov's takedown of Dostoevsky.
Nothing in the arts, for crying out loud, is sacrosanct.
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The Guy Who Hated Columbo
That's not me, the guy who hates the series Columbo . Far from it. I watched the series as a kid and through the Seventies especially ...


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'use strict';
// jscs:disable disallowMixedSpacesAndTabs
// jscs:disable maximumLineLength
// jscs:disable requireCapitalizedComments
// jscs:disable disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements

// Third Party.
require('linq-es6');
let doT = require('./../node_modules/dot/doT.js');
doT.templateSettings = require('./dotSettings')();
// Internal
let cmd = require('./cmd')();
let stack = require('./cmd.stack')();
let services = require('./cmd.services');

let organization = require('./process.organization');
let association = require('./process.association');
let user = require('./process.user');

let sms = require('./sms.utility');
let l = require('./logger')();

let temp = require('./../data/templates');
let data = require('./data.sources')();
let cmdres = require('./../data/cmd.resource');
let docres = require('./../data/copy.classifiers');
let copyins = require('./../data/copy.instructions');
let copysms = require('./../data/copy.sms')
  .services
  .asEnumerable();

module.exports = function() {
  let current = 0;
  let commands = [];
  return {
    commandParser: function*(query, req, res, frm, txt, ckz) {
      // Exit if query wasn't parsed.
      if (!query.command) {
        // No core commands found.
        l.c(`No core-commands parsed.`);
        return false;
      }
      let cmd = query.command;
      // 2. Figure out which command.
      l.c(`running ${query.command} against engine.`);
      switch (cmd) {
        case 'help':
          {
            let docs = docres.taxonomy
              .asEnumerable()
              .toArray();
            let list = doT.template(temp.help.results)({
              list: docs,
            });
            sms.respond(ckz, req, res, list);
            return true;
            break;
          }
        case 'unsubscribe':
          {

            // Check if the user is associated with an organization.
            let assoc = yield association.orgid(frm);
            if (assoc.length) {
              let rid = query.phrase.tags
                .asEnumerable()
                .where(x => x[0] === 'resource')
                .select(x => x[1])
                .toArray();
              let docs = docres.taxonomy
                .asEnumerable()
                .where(x => x.node == rid)
                .toArray();
              let n = docs[0][`name`];
              l.c(`Removing service association from user profile.`);
              association.remove(frm, rid);
              // Notify the user
              sms.respond(ckz, req, res, `Successfully unsubscribed from ${n}.`);
            } else {
              let txt = `It doesn't appear you're associated with an organization.`;
              // Notify the user
              sms.respond(ckz, req, res, txt);
            }
            return true;
            break;
          }
        case 'profile':
          {
            let p = yield user.profile(frm);
            let u = p[0];
            let t = {
              name: u.name,
              organization: undefined,
              status: u.enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled',
              list: [],
            };

            let assoc = yield association.orgid(frm);
            if (assoc.length) {
              let orgid = assoc[0]._id.orgid;
              let org = yield organization.select(orgid);
              t.organization = org[0].name;
            } else {
              t.organization = 'an unsubscribed organization'
            }

            // Rollup subscriptions and commands.
            for (let a of u.associations) {
              for (let s of a.service) {
                let docs = docres.taxonomy
                  .asEnumerable()
                  .where(x => x.node == s)
                  .toArray();
                let n = docs[0][`name`];
                let cmds = cmdres.commands
                  .asEnumerable()
                  .where(x => x.resource === s)
                  .toArray();
                t.list.push({
                  name: n,
                  lineitems: cmds,
                });
              }
            }
            let list = doT.template(temp.profile.results)({
              profile: t,
            });
            sms.respond(ckz, req, res, list);
            return true;
            break;
          }
        case 'subscribe':
          {
            let parsed = false
            try {
              let rid = query.phrase.tags
                .asEnumerable()
                .where(x => x[0] === 'resource')
                .toArray()[0][1];
              let state = require('./cookie.state')(ckz);
              // Check if user is associated with an organization.
              let assoc = yield association.orgid(frm);
              if (assoc.length) {
                l.c(`Add user org assocation resource to the user.`);
                // Associate user to resource
                association.add(frm, rid);
                let cmds = cmdres.commands
                  .asEnumerable()
                  .where(x => x.resource === rid)
                  .toArray();
                let list = doT.template(temp.select.results)({
                  rid: rid,
                  cmds: cmds,
                });
                // Remove cookie.
                state.reset();
                // Notify the user
                sms.respond(ckz, req, res, list);
                parsed = true;
              } else {
                // Save requested resource subscription
                state.set(state.states.ADD_ORGANIZATION);
                state.setTemp(rid);
                // Ask user to find organization.id.
                sms.respond(ckz, req, res, copyins.register.orgnotfound);
                parsed = true;
              }
            } catch (err) {
              l.c(err);
              // sms.respond(ckz, req, res, err);
              parsed = true;
            } finally {

            }
            return parsed;
            break;
          }
          // case 'show': {
          //   // Execute show on category.
          //   l.c(`Running Show Command.`);
          //   let result = stack.execute(new services.show(query));
          //   yield stack.getCurrentValue()
          //   .then(function(obj) {
          //     l.c(`Found node for Show Command.`);
          //     sms.respond(ckz, req, res, doT.template(temp.show.results)(obj));
          //   })
          //   .catch(function(error) {
          //     l.c(`Match not found for (${query.message}) sub-category.`);
          //     sms.respond(ckz, req, res, error);
          //   });
          //   break;
          // }
          // case 'select': {
          //   // Execute Select.
          //   l.c(`Running Select Command.`);
          //   let result = stack.execute(new services.select(query));
          //   try {
          //     let oeNode = yield stack.getCurrentValue();
          //     let rid = oeNode.id
          //       .replace('"', '')
          //       .replace('"', '');
          //     // Check if user is associated with an organization.
          //     let assoc = yield association.orgid(frm);
          //     if (assoc.length) {
          //       l.c(`Adding service resource to the user.`);
          //       let resId = (ckz.get('resourceId') == undefined) ? rid : resourceId
          //         .replace('"', '')
          //         .replace('"', '');
          //       // Associate user to resource
          //       association.add(frm, resId);
          //       let cmds = cmdres.commands
          //         .asEnumerable()
          //         .where(x => x.resource === resId)
          //         .toArray();
          //       let txt = doT.template(temp.select.results)({ rid: rid, cmds: cmds });
          //       // Remove cookie.
          //       ckz.set('resourceId', undefined);
          //       // Notify the user
          //       sms.respond(ckz, req, res, txt);
          //     } else {
          //       // Found Second or Third level service node.
          //       ckz.set('resourceId', rid);
          //       // Ask user to find organization.id.
          //       yield organization.find(query, req, res, frm, txt, ckz);
          //     }
          //   } catch (err) {
          //     sms.respond(ckz, req, res, err);
          //   } finally {
          //
          //   }
          //   break;
          // }
        default:
          {
            return false;
            break;
          }
      }
    },
    notificationParser: function*(notify, req, res, frm, txt, ckz) {
      if (notify.command.length == 0) {
        // No notification commands found
        l.c(`No notification commands parsed.`);
        return false;
      }
      let handled = false;
      // 1. Find out which org the user belongs too.
      let assoc = yield association.orgid(frm);
      // 2. Is user subscribed to the service being notified?
      if (assoc[0]
        .service
        .asEnumerable()
        .where(x => x = notify.resource)
        .toArray()
        .length === 1) {
        // 3. Get the organization associated to the user.
        let org = yield organization.select(assoc[0]._id.orgid);
        let orgname = org[0].name;
        let orgid = org[0]._id;
        let zipcode = org[0].zipcode;
        let cmdphrase = notify.command.join(' ').trim();
        // 4. Save the notification.
        yield user.notify(orgid, frm, notify);
        // 5. Let the user know.
        sms.respond(ckz, req, res, copysms
          .single(x => x.name == 'notification')
          .copy
          .replace('{0}', orgname)
          .replace('{1}', cmdphrase)
          .replace('{2}', notify.value));
        handled = true;
      } else {
        // 2.1 - User not associated
        sms.respond(ckz, req, res, copysms
          .single(x => x.name == 'notsubscribed')
          .copy
          .replace('{0}', notify.command.join(' ')));
        handled = true;
      }
      return handled;
    },
  }
};


Here are a few items to tempt you, they all went on sale just today (looks like Zappos is moving some inventory out). Are you tempted? If you nab one, be sure to comment so we can share in your victory!
UBER DEAL #2… LOVE this color blue, great for fall!


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Barton: Our boys showed great quality and character
Joey Barton after Burton win | Interview
Fleetwood Town boss Joey Barton spoke to the press after Saturday's 2-1 win over Burton Albion in Sky Bet League One.
Goals from Callum Camps and Paddy Madden earned the Cod Army all three points, despite John Brayford's equaliser for the visitors.
Here's what Joey had to say after the game:
On the result...
"It was a really competitive game, but we're delighted to take maximum points. It was a strange game really; I don't think I've seen the post and crossbar hit so many times in one game!
"When you're seeing so many chances come off the bar and cleared off the line, you think if you don't get those second and third goals against a competitive side like Burton, you expect them to keep coming at you.
"Our boys showed great quality and character to get that second goal and from then on I thought we were relatively comfortable, so really, really pleased – there was three points on offer and we took the maximum."
On Madden being back on the score sheet…
"It's what he does isn't it (score goals), he's been top scorer for the last two seasons here and after being suspended from last campaign you want to get him in the team.
"He gets goals, he's probably a tad unfortunate not to get another just after, but with Paddy and goals, it almost makes a perfect sentence."
On Sam Stubbs and James Hill…
"I thought Hilly had earned his place in the team on merit based on the first two games, Harrison Holgate was unlucky to drop out but we just felt we needed a little more senior experience in.
"To be fair, Stubbsy hasn't played a full 90 minutes all pre-season but I thought the pair of them did really well today.
"I thought for an 18-year-old making only his second league start, young James Hill was immense today and that should give them both enormous confidence going into the rest of the season."
Fleetwood Town vs Burton Albion on 12 Sep 20


Dwight and the Auto Search Technologies (AST) team had a great time at the National Independent Auto Dealer (NIADA) and National Association of Buy Here Pay Here Dealers (NABD) Convention in Florida earlier this month.
One of the most exciting things? The announcement of AST's latest product, AutoSTRADA.
AutoSTRADA is the new flagship product for AST, replacing the popular AutoBAHN.
Clients will find AutoSTRADA is a completely responsive high performance SEO website. The auto dealer website is built using Bootstrap 4, the responsive framework for building mobile-first websites optimized for search engine placement.
The website product still has the same beautiful designs and proprietary search engine optimization technology that allows AST's clients to rank on the first page of Google for local searches, but the design and UX / UI is now optimized for mobile users.
The NIADA Convention was the perfect place to officially announce our new product, an event we've been part of for years as Apogee and through AST. We have been providing software for the NIADA and many of the state associations with for years, and are a Corporate Partner to the NIADA and NABD.
We have many friends and clients that attend this growing event, including Chase Tidwell, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the NIADA.
AST is an ApogeeINVENT company. You may recall that recently we re-acquired majority ownership in the company we built and launched about a decade ago. AutoSTRADA is the first major joint project we've completed since we began working more closely with the AST team.


I am trying to make this as I type. Do you think it's necessary to boil. Milk prior to making yoghurt – I always do but suspect it is not essential.
Wish me luck with the lab eh, currently suspended precariously over a jug!
Hi CAthy my experience is that if the milk is at room temperature all will be fine. Takes longer to 'yogurtise' if milk is straight from the fridge. Don't boil as it messes up the proteins – just bring to blood heat. I, too, have added powdered milk in the past but find that if I bring to blood heat and let the rest happen it is pretty good. Looking forward to hearing how the labneh turns out.


I'm a painter and landscape designer based in New York City.
I paint and draw the city with people and empty landscapes, sometimes abstracted, hopefully more so in the future.
My MUFC paintings include some of the stadium, of past players and of the emblems, patterns and colours associated with the club.
Regular contributions to United fanzine, Red News and commissioned football pieces have appeared in Bleacher Report, Pickles Magazine and Mundial.
The nice people at Untapped Cities once published an interview with me - you can read it here.


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Saffire XL 23" Platinum Grill Head by Saffire Grill Co.
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Dimensions L29" x W29" x H37"


Just heard and here's the gist of it............ Vegas opening race for playoffs, Indy's the final race for regular season, Richmond is a playoff race now, and !!!!!!! Charlotte gets the final race of the round of 16 in the playoffs......................... ON THE ROAD COURSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are 2 rookies and 1 person who has run 3 chump car races (Daytona twice and Atlanta once) that are looking to race the June 22 Charlotte race. We are willing to be split up among a couple cars, realizing you may not want to put three novices together. Any info on availability would be great. We live in Charlotte and are really excited do some local racing.
I know it's still only March but I want to get a head start on looking for an open seat for Charlotte in June. Message me and I'll send you my resume of what I have done. Thanks!


Thirty Four charter schools have petitions up for renewal or approval Tuesday. Eleven charter renewals and three new charter school petitions are commended for denial. Schools from Alliance and Magnolia, STEM Prep and Equitas Academy are among those recommended for denial. Several KIPP schools are recommended for approval but only with benchmarks the organization finds unacceptable.
Fifteen other charter schools have public hearings for petitions that will be voted on at next month's meeting. The entire agenda can be viewed here.


Cypselus (Greek: Κύψελος, Kypselos) was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BC.
With increased wealth and more complicated trade relations and social structures, Greek city-states tended to overthrow their traditional hereditary priest-kings; Corinth, the richest archaic polis, led the way. Like the signori of late medieval and Renaissance Italy, the tyrants usually seized power at the head of some popular support. Often the tyrants upheld existing laws and customs and were highly conservative as to cult practices, thus maintaining stability with little risk to their own personal security. As in Renaissance Italy, a cult of personality naturally substituted for the divine right of the former legitimate royal house.
After the last traditional king of Corinth, Telestes, was assassinated by Arieus and Perantas, there were no more kings; instead prytanes taken from the former royal house of the Bacchiadae ruled for a single year each. Cypselus, the son of Eëtion and a disfigured woman named Labda, who was a member of the Bacchiad family, the ruling dynasty, usurped power, became tyrant and expelled the Bacchiadae.
According to Herodotus the Bacchiadae heard two prophecies from the Delphic oracle that the son of Eëtion would overthrow their dynasty, and they planned to kill the baby once it was born; however, Herodotus says that the newborn smiled at each of the men sent to kill it, and none of them could go through with the plan. An etiological myth-element, to account for the name Cypselus (cf. κυψἐλη, kypsele, "chest") accounted how Labda then hid the baby in a chest, and when the men had composed themselves and returned to kill it, they could not find it. (Compare the infancy of Perseus.) The cedar chest of Cypselus, richly worked with mythological narratives and adorned with ivory and gold, was a votive offering at Olympia, where Pausanias gave it a minute description in his 2nd century AD travel guide.
When Cypselus had grown up, he fulfilled the prophecy. Corinth had been involved in wars with Argos and Corcyra, and the Corinthians were unhappy with their rulers. At the time, around 657 BC, Cypselus was polemarch, the archon in charge of the military, and he used his influence with the soldiery to expel the Bacchiadae. He also expelled his other enemies, but allowed them to set up colonies in northwestern Greece. He also increased trade with the colonies in Italy and Sicily.
He ruled for thirty years and in 627 BC was succeeded as tyrant by his son Periander, who was considered one of the Seven Sages of Greece. The treasury Cypselus built at Delphi was apparently still standing in the time of Herodotus. Cypselus' second son Gorgus became tyrant of the Corinthian colony Ambracia, followed after his death by his son Periander of Ambracia. Cypselus' other grandson by Gorgus was Psammetich, who followed the sage Periander as the last tyrant of Corinth.
^ J. B. Salmon, Wealthy Corinth. A History of the City to 338 B.C. (Oxford: Clarendon Press) 1984.


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REVIEW: The Bridge heads to the past to move forward
This week is Tommy's story. The guy Henrik picked out of the files and put at the top of the investigation board gets an 18-minute long pre-credit explainer. I'm not usually a fan of this way of storytelling, but we are presented with a perfect concise package - a gift to the viewer that comes packed with answers we've been dying to find out for weeks.
Four Years Ago
Tommy Peterson worked for the dangerous mob boss William Ramberg and was a police informant trying desperately to keep a violent gang war from happening. Henrik and Lillian promised to intervene before the shooting started, but couldn't get sign-off from the prosecutor's office. All this takes place on Tommy's son's birthday, and his son is revealed as wheelchair-user Kevin from Henrik's NA group. Only four years ago he had the use of his legs and was called Brian.
Tommy is a patient of Niels the psychologist who can't help him other than by prescribing drugs. And he goes to Richard Dahlqvist to do a tell-all for a newspaper - "Six Dead in Gang War. Police Informed, Did Nothing". Unfortunately, Richard's eye for detail is Tommy's ultimate undoing. The way he smokes a cigarette is distinctive and described in the article. In a terrifying meeting with William, it's clear the gangsters know he's the snitch and they're preparing to kill him. Turns out Danish cigarettes can kill you in two very different and equally nasty ways. Tommy is clever though, and has set up an escape route but is let down by his friend Moyo. In a classic gangster movie scene, it's William in the car who comes by to sweep up poor Tommy. There's nowhere left to run.
So with this new information about his father could Brian/Kevin be the brains behind all this?
He certainly seems clever enough, and a young man robbed of his beloved father seeking horrible revenge on those who let him down sounds like an excellent motive. But is Kevin too obvious, especially in a series so concerned with fractured parent/child relationships? What about Grandma Solveig Peterson? She's furious about how no one protected her son from his grizzly death and that anger hasn't gone away, especially as the enquiry at the time failed to assign any blame to the police or prosecutors. But a man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman seem an unlikely partnership in these horrific murders, however angry they both are. And how about Nicole, the mother of Tommy's son? She's undergone quite some plastic surgery, maybe to hide from dangerous men, and is now married to Tobias who might have some shady gangster links via his brother Marcus. Is she lying when she insists she just wants to leave the past behind?
Be careful who you hand your baby to Nicole. Not everyone feels comfortable holding little Sonny. Poor Saga's abortion happened just yesterday and she gets handed the baby as she's the only woman in the room. Saga points out baby Sonny's eye colour to supposed dad Tobias in a pretty full list of the most awkward things to ask about a birth. She's still learning about appropriateness in her actions both big and small. "Should I go back and apologize?" she asks. "No," says Jonas, "it's too late for that". Which could fit equally well with her actions towards Henrik. Lovely Viking mechanic Tobias shows his dark side, and assaults brother Marcus yelling "You've ruined everything!" Is this about being Sonny's biological father, or something more murderous?
Away from the revelations about Tommy, Theo is creating division in the village "It's about our values!" he insists as he assembles his mob against the newcomers. He could have a bright future in politics. And this week Sofie finally realises that her bolthole is actually Hotel California "You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave". Her sinister protector Frank will make sure of that.
Douglas is a man barely introduced one minute and shot in the head the next. He's linked to Neils by a phone call, and to the Sonning's because he has photos of them all over his desk. What was he investigating them for? Moyo's wife Sandra gets even less of an introduction. We see her with Moyo four years ago and then dead in this episode at the hands of this vengeful killer. Oh well. It's a simple way to keep any new characters in check!
Worryingly as they were both involved with Tommy as an informant, Lillian and Henrik are both likely victims. Lillian says Saga is the closest person to Henrik so needs protection. Ouch. And Saga, without malice, asks Lillian who would miss her if she died. Double ouch, especially as we see Lillian staring at a blank piece of paper as she tries to write a list. Now dear old Hans is gone, who loves her?
Saga wants to find a way to stop Henrik being disappointed in her. It's heartbreaking to watch her pointed glances across the office and his flat-out refusal to have anything to do with her. In the scene with her therapist Saga's usually steady hands twitch non-stop. We've never seen her this anxious before. Henrik meanwhile reverts to type and is back out on the pull exactly as we met him (and judged him) at the start of Series 3. He may have said Saga is incapable of love but it looks to me like he's trying pretty hard to break her heart.
Saga's best guess at ending her conflict with Henrik is to find his daughters even though she put aside that case as impossible. But we do move forward, and yes, as many other online commenters suspected Frank is linked to Alice Sabroe - he was her counsellor. And that's why he reacted strangely to the surname when Henrik introduced himself. Franks' daughter Astrid speaks Danish and had a sister Anna who died. Surely, surely this is Henrik's daughter, kidnapped and brainwashed by master manipulator Frank.
This is a hell of a twist to leave the episode on, but we're not done! Moyo, Tommy's friend who let him down so terribly four years ago, needs to be located and given protection. Too late of course. His wife Sandra is hanging from a noose on a door in her house. In a classic horror sequence, Henrik goes to the body and we see a shadow at the end of the corridor illuminated only by a red GoPro light on his forehead. There's a flash, a gunshot and that's all she wrote. Another blinding cliffhanger and another week of unbearable tension awaits!
Contributed by Sarah Kennedy
The Bridge Continues Friday at 9.00pm on BBC Two.
Labels: BBC2, Custardtv Reviews, Foreign drama
Caroline Lawrence said...
Great summary! Many thanks. :-)
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package org.nam.generator;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import nam.PomModuleGenerator;
import nam.client.ClientModuleGenerator;
import nam.data.DataModuleGenerator;
import nam.model.Application;
import nam.model.ModelModuleGenerator;
import nam.model.Module;
import nam.model.Project;
import nam.model.util.ApplicationUtil;
import nam.model.util.ProjectUtil;
import nam.service.ServiceModuleGenerator;

import org.aries.Assert;
import org.aries.util.FileUtil;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ProjectGeneratorTest extends AbstractProjectGeneratorTest {

	//private static String FILE_NAME = "bank-0.0.1.wsdl";
	//private static String FILE_NAME = "HelloWorldWS.wsdl";
	//private static String FILE_NAME = "SimpleInvoke/SimpleInvoke.bpel";
	//private static String FILE_NAME = "SimpleInvoke" + File.separator + "SimpleInvoke.aries";
	//private static String FILE_NAME = "AsyncEcho" + File.separator + "async_echo.aries";
	private static String FILE_NAME = "/AsyncEcho/async_echo.aries";

	private PomModuleGenerator pomModuleGenerator;
	private ModelModuleGenerator modelModuleGenerator;
	private ClientModuleGenerator clientModuleGenerator;
	private ServiceModuleGenerator serviceModuleGenerator;
	private DataModuleGenerator dataModuleGenerator;

	@Before
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
		super.setUp();
		pomModuleGenerator = new PomModuleGenerator(context);
		modelModuleGenerator = new ModelModuleGenerator(context);
		clientModuleGenerator = new ClientModuleGenerator(context);
		serviceModuleGenerator = new ServiceModuleGenerator(context);
		dataModuleGenerator = new DataModuleGenerator(context);
	}

	@After
	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
		pomModuleGenerator = null;
		modelModuleGenerator = null;
		clientModuleGenerator = null;
		serviceModuleGenerator = null;
		dataModuleGenerator = null;
		super.tearDown();
	}

	protected String getProjectName() {
		return "model2";
	}

	@Test
	public void testGenerate() throws Exception {
		String fileName = FileUtil.normalizePath(FILE_NAME);
		Project project = getAriesModelForTest(fileName);
		//Project project = getAriesModelForTest(getFilePath(FILE_NAME));
		Assert.notNull(project, "Project must exist");
		Application application = context.getApplication();
		Assert.notNull(application, "Application must exist");
		Collection<Module> modules = ApplicationUtil.getModules(application);
		Iterator<Module> iterator = modules.iterator();
		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
			Module module = iterator.next();
			context.setProject(project);
			context.setApplication(application);
			context.setTemplateHome(context.getTemplateName()+"-"+module.getType().name().toLowerCase());
			generate(project, module);
			//generate sub-models
			List<Project> subProjects = ProjectUtil.getSubProjects(project);
			Iterator<Project> subProjectIterator = subProjects.iterator();
			while (iterator.hasNext()) {
				Project subProject = subProjectIterator.next();
				context.setProject(subProject);
				generate(subProject, module);
			}
		}
	}

	protected void generate(Project project, Module module) throws Exception {
		switch (module.getType()) {
		case POM: pomModuleGenerator.execute(project, module); break;
		case MODEL: modelModuleGenerator.execute(project, module); break;
		case CLIENT: clientModuleGenerator.execute(project, module); break;
		case SERVICE: serviceModuleGenerator.execute(project, module); break;
		}
	}

}


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TObje/TObj.msg is now embedded into TObj_Application.cxx.
on instantiation of the first class instance.
UnitsAPI/Lexi_Expr.dat now completely embedded into Units_Lexicon.cxx.
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Ray-Tracing GLSL programs from Shaders are now embedded into OpenGl_View_Raytrace.cxx.
is intended for OCCT development.
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Home › Resources › Articles › Christ Still Reigns
Christ Still Reigns
Author Macleod, Kenneth D.
The Saviour had been crucified. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus had laid Him in the grave. The chief priests and Pharisees recalled that Jesus had foretold His rising from the dead on the third day. They went their unbelieving way to Pilate, claiming to be afraid that the disciples would "come by night and steal Him away", and requesting "that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day". Pilate told them: "Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can".
But no guard, however strong, could prevent Christ's resurrection. Indeed there was no power in earth or in hell which could do so. Christ's rising again had been decreed from all eternity; it was part of the divine purpose to bring about the salvation of sinners. The devil is strong, and his followers in this world may be allowed to go far in opposing God's purposes, but they cannot ultimately prevail, for "the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever" (Psa. 33:11). In particular, it was absolutely impossible for the chief priests and Pharisees to succeed in their attempt to keep Christ's body in the grave. The guards could not even keep calm when confronted by an angel; we are told that "there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men" (Matt. 28:2-4). They had no power to resist when a mere creature appeared, albeit a glorious and perfect creature, which indicates how pointless the attempt was to keep in the sepulchre the body of Him who is the Son of God.
Christ had Himself foretold His resurrection; He had said to His disciples: "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify Him: and the third day He shall rise again" (Matt. 20:18,19). Here was the Prophet; as God, He knew everything; even as man, He could not be in error. If He made known that He would rise again from the dead on the third day after His death, it was true. He had come from God, and He was God; no one – chief priest, or Pharisee, or member of the watch, or even the most ordinary person in Jerusalem – had any right to refuse His testimony.
And Christ's resurrection was according to Old Testament prophecy. God the Father had appointed Him to be the great sacrifice for the sins of the world. But His death was not to be the end of His saving activity; He was to rise again: "When Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days" (Isa. 53:10). This, in common with all other inspired prophecies, was sure.
Yet the chief priests and Pharisees were blind to the significance of all the prophecies pointing forward to the coming of the Messiah and His work; when He came to His own, they did not receive Him. They refused to recognise Him when, for instance, He pointed to Jonah as a type of Himself: "As Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (Matt. 12:40). The accumulated weight of Old Testament testimony was being brought to bear on them Sabbath after Sabbath in their synagogues, but they refused to recognise the fulfilment of the prophecies and of the types in Jesus of Nazareth. Yet their unbelief could not hinder that fulfilment.
Further, there must be an answer to the petitions in Christ's intercessory prayer. He was the great Intercessor, who could in truth claim to the Father: "I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do". And on that basis He prayed, "Now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was" (John 17:4,5). And the first step in that glorification was His being raised from the dead.
At the moment when He breathed out His spirit into the hand of the Father, the work of atonement was complete. Yet He must lie in the grave until the third day. But, as Peter told the multitudes on the day of Pentecost, "It was not possible that He should be holden of" death" (Acts 2:24). He proved this from the fact that the words of Psalm 16 refer to Christ: "Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption" (Acts 2:27). Death could not hold Him who had come into the world to save sinners. In His life and sufferings He had magnified the law and made it honourable; so "the Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake" (Isa. 42:21). It was accordingly certain that God would raise His Son from the grave. No scheme of men or devils could stand in the way. Rather, the effects of the angel's presence on the men who formed the guard at the sepulchre would show that God had supreme power there. And God's absolute power is equally effective in every other situation.
Christ is now exalted at the right hand of God, the place of infinite power. He sits there as King, with authority over all creatures, and nothing can hinder Him in carrying out the divine purposes, no more than the guard at the tomb could hinder His resurrection. He had a right to say, "All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth" (Matt 28:18). And how is that power exercised today? Particularly through the Word of God, as applied by the Holy Spirit. As Prophet, Christ reveals "to us, by His Word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation" (The Shorter Catechism, answer 24), and He does so by divine authority and unlimited power.
In exercising that power, He uses instruments – in the first instance the disciples – whom He sent out with the words: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations … and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28:19,20). Their successors also have the same authority and the same encouragement – from Him who sits at the right hand of the Father. Their preaching may seem a very feeble instrument when measured against the strength of human unbelief and the fearful power of the devil, who does all he can think of to oppose the effects of the gospel. Especially in such an age as this, when the most influential streams of human thought are unbelieving, how can we expect the preaching of the gospel to have great effects? To look for great effects from ministers' preaching today seems altogether foolish.
Yet Paul, inspired by the Spirit, makes the comment: "It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe" (1 Cor. 1:21). It was because Peter on the Day of Pentecost preached as an ambassador of King Jesus that multitudes who heard him "were pricked in their heart, and said … Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (Acts 2:37). Evidently the Holy Spirit was powerfully at work in the 3000 souls who were added to the Church on that day. We can also see here a fulfilment of the prophetical words: "Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive: Thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also" (Psa. 68:18). Christ, exalted on high, was bestowing the gift of salvation on each of these sinners, rebels though they were. And so it is today; in spite of all the resistance to gospel preaching, sinners are born again "" because the authority of the mediatorial King cannot be resisted when He has a purpose to save.
Many voices are raised in opposition to the Church today, but none of her enemies can succeed in destroying her; the power of her King is stronger than all these voices put together. The promise to the Church still holds true: "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn" (Isa. 54:17). The power of the One who rose from the grave on the third day must triumph over all the attempts of men and devils to destroy His Kingdom on earth. "He ruleth by His power for ever … let not the rebellious exalt themselves" (Psa. 66:7).
Rev Kenneth D. Macleod is minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Leverburgh, Isle of Harris. This article is taken with permission from the February 2007 Free Presbyterian Magazine which magazine Mr Macleod edits.
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We're determine to stamp out terrorism, banditry, others – Military
Home » We're determine to stamp out terrorism, banditry, others – Military
The Nigerian Military has reiterated its determination to stamp out terrorism, banditry and other forms of criminality in the country.
Speaking yesterday at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, while addressing journalists on the determination of the military to curb insecurity in the country, Major General, John Enenche,
Coordinator, Defence Media Operations said the Armed Forces and other security agencies will do whatever it takes to secure the country.
" The populace should be rest assured that we are determined to stamp out all forms of criminality across the country in accordance with the directives of the C-in-C.
"Troops deployed for various operations across the nation will remain committed and resolute in achieving the operational mandate which is to decisively curtail the activities of criminals in any part of the Nation. The Military High Command empathizes with all those who have been affected by the activities of terrorists, armed bandits and other criminals in one way or another."
People's Daily recalled that the Chief of Defence Staff General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin on Monday net with the top echelon of the security apparatchik ton rub minds of better ways to curb the challenges in the country.
Those in attendance included; Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, and Heads of other Security and Intelligence agencies.
The meeting was one of the series of meetings to re-strategize and enhance existing synergy among all security agencies to address the lingering security challenges bedeviling the nation.
Also, the meeting focused on developing and mapping out new strategies to address the untoward security situation particularly in the North West, North East and North Central parts of the country.
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The event is open to OCs, Parents and Guests, meeting in The Old Billiard Room circa 1200 and seated for lunch by 1230. Myles Nelson (7024) will say a few words and Paddy Wallace (8489), former Ulster and Ireland, Grand Slam Winner, will welcome those in attendance, Lunch will commence at 1245.
The three course lunch, costing £30.00, should be finished by 1400 and attendees may wish to leave then or stay longer in the Club.
It is planned that the event becomes an annual mid-November diary fixture. In addition to raising awareness of the College's 125th Anniversary, the Business Lunch will provide a great opportunity for groups of OCs to get together in a relaxed setting.
Please contact the Society Office - 02890 763 613 or waltermurphy@oldcampbellians.co.uk for further details and register your interest in attending/make your payment by clicking on the button here at the bottom of the screen.
Paddy Hirsch (6993) has kindly donated five editions of his historical thriller " The Devil's Half Mile" to the College. These novels will be given to five randomly chosen OCs from the first twenty who register online for the lunch!
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