The New Human | Tolle Idee!
As a prelude to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the DVD edition "The New Man - A New Start and Everyday Life in Revolutionary Russia" will be released. It shows the cinematic utopias of those years of upheaval that followed the civil war and wanted to create the New Man.
The MFG film fund is backing the production of the TATORT special "Five minutes in Heaven" as a pilot project with concern for the preservation of natural resources, Tolle Idee! is acting as advisor.
See here director Katrin Gebbe with the investigation team led by chief inspector Ellen Berlinger alias Heike Makatsch.
We offer consulting, development and execution of sustainable audiovisual projects. We provide advice and tips for green filmmaking processes.
Discussion with the artists for the opening of the exhibition "Despite of Everything"
Lectures, film programs and workshops in Munich and Los Angeles, based our extensive research on the history of antiwar film and pacifism. Docugame in development.
Released in March 2017: the DVD edition from Absolut Medien and Suhrkamp Filmedition, edited by Rainer Rother and Alexander Schwarz, with a comprehensive booklet by Alexander Schwarz.
In the wake of the far-reaching watershed in world history represented by the October Revolution, film served as a means of utopic self-projection designed to reform society and humanity. This selection of eight feature films, documentaries and animations from the period 1924-1932 – all available on DVD for the very first time – demonstrates the (idealised) image of the young Soviet state in the wake of the revolution and before the advent of Stalinism. Happy, healthy and productive members of society are held up as archetypes of the New Human, while the old and the bourgeois – depicted as alcoholics, bureaucrats or homeless people – are pushed to one side. These melodramas and comedies of everyday life convey a new image of women and the family, along with key themes of the Soviet state such as industrialisation and collective agriculture, literacy, the battle against alcoholism, and so on.
In famous films such as KINO-PRAVDA NO. 18 (Vertov, 1924), BED AND SOFA (Abram Room, 1927), FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE (Fridrikh Ermler, 1929), or the first Soviet talkie ROAD TO LIFE (Nikolai Ekk, 1931), as well as several newly discovered feature films and animations by David Maryan, Nikolai Khodataev and Olga Khodataeva, and Aleksandr Ptushko, all use humour and melodrama to depict everyday life and the new idealised images of women, families and heroes.
We have obtained the films from the Russian archives, translated and subtitled them, and described their context in the comprehensive accompanying booklet.
As part of the events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, Alexander Schwarz gave a presentation on the topic "Revolutionary Images: The Visual Memory of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union and the GDR" at the Erfurt Symposium on "The 1917 October Revolution: From Event to Myth", organised by the Stiftung Ettersberg, Weimar, and the Thuringian State Office for Political Education.
This was followed in autumn 2017 by presentations and film introductions on the subject of the "New Human" and on "The October Revolution in Film" at the Munich Film Museum, the Kommunales Kino Freiburg, the Münchner Volkshochschule, the cinema of the U-Centre for Art and Creativity in Dortmund and the Stadtkino Basel, as well as a panel discussion to mark 100 years since the October Revolution with Dr Alexander Schwarz, Brigitta Milde, Thomas Krüger and a performance by AMOK AMOR in Schwerin and at the Kunstforum Bochum.
In remembrance of the armistice of World War I the Goethe Institute Abu Dhabi is planning to present an evening with films on November 11, 2018 - with a lecture by Alexander Schwarz on anti-war films.


There's no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light.
The boy has lived in the basement his whole life. His family were all disfigured in a fire, his sister wears a mask to cover her hideous face, and they can never go into the world outside. But the boy doesn't know why.
Beautifully written and very mysterious, The Light of the Fireflies is translated from Spanish (although you wouldn't know it – the English flows perfectly). The haunting story of a young boy living in a basement with his family, slowly untying their lies with his growing curiosity about the world above.
What's wrong with the boy's brother? Who is the father of his sister's baby? What's really behind her mask? Who is the cricket man? There are so many layers to this story, and so many possible reasons for the strange things that go on in the basement. Names are never given for any of the characters, and in this book that really works. Some of the content is pretty unpleasant, but not graphic at all which makes it bearable and all the more intriguing. Everything comes together as secrets are revealed, with a poignant and moving climax.
Those unwilling to look beyond their own little world will be left in the dark.
If I gave star ratings, this would get them all.
Wow! Then it must be good! All right! TBR!
It's weird and confusing in parts, but I absolutely loved it.


OK. So here I am. I'll spare you the scary in-between pics (weird foil and other strange things they do to your hair when coloring it and stuff) and show you the results instead.
I decided to go to a totally different hair stylist this time to see what would happen. Devachan is the name of the place and they specialize in curly hair. I really had a great experience there the whole way through. I was pampered as soon as I walked in the door.
I had scheduled a hair appointment just to cut my hair and a hair color consultation (the hair coloring would come another time). So what I didn't mention earlier is that I had a VERY different hair style before this final hair style. I LOVED IT BUT it wasn't me. My awesome hair stylist told me that if any adjustments were needed on my hair she'd do them at the coloring appointment. So I really thought about how my hair was during the 4 days between appointments and came to the conclusion that it was really NOT going to work out. I was looking for something fun, more out of my face (find that more and more I can't stand it too much in my face–think it's sensory thing with health stuff), off my neck (heat reasons due to MS and well probably the lupus too), could handle wearing a hat more (lupus–need to wear one almost all the time if there's any UV rays or I can FEEL them), handle the curls, a little funky too AND OF COURSE IT HAD TO HAVE PURPLE! Sooooo, at the coloring appointment I had a heart to heart with my stylist and she took care of it and together we came up with this. I got to have 2 different hair styles and pamperings in 5 days! I call it the ME DO. She's a Junior Stylist who is working her way up to Senior Stylist and I think she was pretty nervous because she was trying something very new and NOT what she had recommended at first.
However, AT THE FINALE, the Senior Stylist who was there was blown away by the outcome and exclaimed how SUPER CUTE it was! That it was TOTALLY me and that I was a true artist by telling her what I needed. So it worked out great because my Junior Stylist got a lot of praise and was also happy with how it came out. I think we both learned a lot from each other. She was very funny, sweet and honest. Meant for me I think. Turns out the Senior Stylist wanted pictures right away from his phone so that he could include them in their own Hair Style Manual for examples. Well then. That's a pretty neat compliment if you ask me.
Here's the Final! Doesn't really show how good it looked but it shows the purple!
Side view! Needed the cut to be short to be off my neck for health and heat reasons mostly. I love it that short!
And when I got home I kept playing with it so we could see it from all angles. It's purple, it's practical, it's cute and it's ME! I LOVE IT!
And another angle because I was having fun!
And I just had to show the top!
And I post this one because I feel like it shows my spunkier side. I'm thrilled with this style FOR ME!
AND A WEEK AND A HALF LATER I STILL LOVE IT! WOO HOO!


The Dutch government is consulting the public about proposed legislation on registration of ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO). The legislation aims to implement the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. The consultation period ends on 28 April 2017. Under the proposed legislation, personal data on UBOs must be entered in the Dutch Trade Register.
Some personal information on the UBO will be publicly available: name, month and year of birth, nationality, residence status, and type and size of the UBO's interest in the company. However, other personal details (for example, the UBO's address) can only be accessed by national authorities such as the Dutch Revenue Service. Data on minors and those incompetent to handle their affairs can be partly protected if so requested.
This legislation is expected to become effective on 1 January 2018. This means that registration of UBOs needs to be finalised on 1 July 2019, at the latest.
The additional information that national authorities have access to also includes the UBO's date and place of birth, home address, tax numbers, passport or other identification documents, and proof of UBO status.
All companies registered at the Dutch Trade Register must comply with the legislation and register at least one UBO. There are limited exceptions to these registration duties. The responsibility to register the UBO lies with the owner of the company, the managing directors, or the person responsible for the day-to-day business.
Click here for the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and here for the consultation document (in Dutch only).


This article is the list of all tracks composed for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and its expansion Kane's Wrath. They were composed by Steve Jablonsky and Trevor Morris.
The tracks were recycled and used in Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances.
These tracks do not appear in the digital downloads release.
These are the tracks added in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. The other tracks are shared with Tiberium Wars. They were composed by Trevor Morris.
For the first time since Red Alert: Special Edition, no soundtrack disc was included in any release of the game. However, a digital download is available at SoundtrackNet.
Certain Tiberium Wars themes were heard in several television programmes without visible credit to Steve Jablonsky. These included Survivor, Top Gear and Mongrels.
The theme Light Infantry is used on 2017's BioWare videogame Mass Effect: Andromeda, also published by Electronic Arts.


Sunday, 13th July 2o14 was the 8th day of Sri Azhagiya Singar Swami Brahmothsavam. .. this is very special –for the 'aesal (oyyali)' that occurs at Car Street [Theradi theru] and more so for the 'Thirumangai Mannan Vaibhavam'.
The Lord holds the reins of the golden horse – Azhwar Kaliyan comes chasing on his 'adalma'. Neelan, (Kaliyan) – known by various other names was a local chieftain' who used to feed thousands everyday. He had vowed to feed thousands of persons each day and also needed money to build temples. Thirumangai mannan's disciples were -Neermael nadappan, Nizhalil odhunguvan, Thaloodhuvan, Tholavazhakkan. Not finding enough resources he and his disciples had to resort to robbery and Sriman Narayanan in his various Leelas chose to play with him, by getting robbed, making him realize his folly and turning him to his trusted devotee. Kaliyan understanding the significance became Thirumangai Azhwaar and rendered Periya Thirumozhi; in Naalayira Divyaprabandham, Thirumangai mannan has contributed 1137 hymns. Neelan, ordained to listen to the Ashtakshra mantra, becomes Thirumangai Azhwar. In the photo of Azhwar on the small horse, one can see him armed with sword and shield.
This divine act is recalled and as stated in the 'sthala puranam of Thiruvallikkeni' – Perumal and those accompanying Him lose their valuables. The entire act is read out in a sanctimonious rite called 'pattolai' (literally the verses in palm leaves covered with silk) – which is rendered by Dr M.A. Venkatakrishnan Swami in his inimitable style. After the enactment of this vaibhavam, Kaliyan learns 'Ashtakshara mantra' and in the purappadu the opening of Periya Thirumozhi'"வாடினேன் வாடி வருந்தினேன்" ~ is rendered.
Here are some photos of the Kuthirai vahana purappadu. The bigger horse is that of Perumal; Thirumangai mannan also comes in a horse [smaller one]; providing a great treat to the bakthas and bagavathas at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam. It was late in the night ~ but the enthusiasm and the crowd will have to be seen to be believed.


True Irishman song lyrics and guitar chords, written by Edward Connors from the Soairse Irish Band, the guitar chords are courtesy of Marc Fahrbach. This song uses just two chords, there is a riff [music intermission that takes a different form from the medley] in the middle of the song. Play the Am chord for this part of the song. This is a very catch song, once it gets into your head it's very hard to get out. The melody/tune is not written in the naturally Irish folk style which is a welcome break. A great piece of sonwriting.
I (Am)am a true Irishman but there I was not (G)born.
I'm (Am)living here in places far across the native (G)foam.
I'd (Am)like to sit and have a drink and tell you of my (G)day.
I (Am)am what I (G)am and I (Am)do not give a damn.
Ah, (Am)go away, ye traitor, for you'll tell to me no (G)lies.
Get (Am)on your bike and (G)hit the road. I (Am)won't be taking you back.
I (Am)went inside a session from night to early (G)morn.
But the (Am)emptiness in(G)side me heart the (Am)music did replace.
And I'll (Am)bring it back a(G)gain and (Am)then I might just stay.
I am a true Irishman but there I was not born.
I'm living here in places far across the native foam.
I'd like to sit and have a drink and tell you of my day.
I am what I am and I (Am)do not give a damn.
Ah, go away, ye traitor, for you'll tell to me no lies.
Get on your bike and hit the road. I won't be taking you back.
I went inside a session from night to early morn.
But the emptiness inside me heart the music did replace.
And I'll bring it back again and then I might just stay.
I am what I am and I do not give a damn.


Southeast University, a prestigious higher learning institution in East China's Jiangsu province, published its 10 science and technology issues in the provincial capital of Nanjing on Dec 27, 2018.
Eyeing the frontiers of science and technology, the 10 issues include digital clones, 6G mobile networks, molecular ferroelectric materials, big data and legal tech, information meta-materials, internet-based network swarm intelligence, digital city planning, ultra-high energy efficiency design on high-end chips, precise construction of 2-dimensional materials, and intelligent control of integrated energy systems.
Wu Gang, vice president of Southeast University, said it was a practical move of the school to focus on the frontier of science and technology fields and to strengthen itself with more capability over international peers.
"We will provide at least 50 million yuan ($7.41 million) in three years to encourage various cutting-edge research projects among the campus," Wu said.
Project leaders also shared brief introductions at the announcement. Lu Zuhong from the digital clones team said his project innovates in new drug testing as combining virtual and reality for customized application.
"The technology enables us to digitally clone a patient's tumor cell, cultivate it on a chip, and then use it for new drug testing," Lu said.
While discussing the initial studies of 6G mobile networks, professor and team leader You Xiaohu said that compared to 5G technologies, 6G will cover a wider range of fields with higher speed and greater security.
The early research and development will mainly focus on intelligent mobile communications, massive wireless communications, millimeter wave/submillimeter wave wireless communications, optical wireless communications and broadband satellite mobile communications.
"There's still a long way to go in applying 6G technologies into our daily life. Experts predict that 6G technologies will go into commercial operation by 2030. However, the 6G competition has already begun among many enterprises," You said.


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Troubled smartphone maker Smartisan seeking revival upon $150m funding
|By Emma Lee
Floundering smartphone maker Smartisan has raised RMB 1 billion (around $150 million) in fresh funding, the company's charismatic founder and CEO Luo Yonghao disclosed at Geek Park's Rebuild 2017 conference.
The former English teacher and now internet celebrity did not disclose the participating investors but did reveal that the new funding will allow the troubled smartphone maker to ship five to six products every year to cover low- to high-tier markets
At the same occasion, Luo also shared the painful experience that Smartisan team has gone through in their "hardest time" in 2016 when the company was on the verge to collapse and almost got acquired by Xiaomi (in Chinese).
Founded in 2012 amid China's smartphone boom, Smartisan has always been one of the most unique brands, famous for its idealism. Targeting a narrow group of tech-savvy users, the company aimed to draw upon a spirit of artisanship to offer fans a first-rate user experience.
In a crowded marketplace, however, fast-moving competitors don't leave enough time for those who move slow. The hype surrounding the company in its early days soon faded away due to problems such as failure to ship products on time. Also, the higher-than-expected price tag for early products also put the startup on disadvantage in a market where budget phones like Xiaomi's prevailed.
Despite the early setbacks, the company's recent smartphone releases, like Smartisan M1 and Nuts Pro, have received positive reviews and strong market reaction. The struggling company is expected to make a comeback with positive word-of-mouth and sufficient financial support.
Previous investors of the company include PurpleSky, Buttonwood Capital and Tang Yan, founder of Chinese social networking firm Momo.
Funding News Smartisan Smartphone

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JW Anderson Biography In Details You Must Know
April 16, 2022 August 18, 2021 by fortunablog
Do You Know About JW Anderson's Biography?
Who is Jim (JW Anderson) Wapp?
What is JW Anderson? Who is Jim Wapp?
What Is JW Anderson's Latest Range?
Who is JW Anderson in Real Life?
Live Interview of JW Anderson
This is one question that people are constantly asking about famous British designer Jim Wapp (JW Anderson).
Wapp started working as a designer for London Fog in the late seventies.
He went on to design clothes for many other well-known brands including Burberry, D&G, Christian Dior, and many more.
Jim Wapp was born in southeast London and is one of three children of a Jewish family who were forced to emigrate to the UK after the birth of their third child.
He later worked as a carpenter in New York City.
JW Anderson is a British designer, based in London, who is one-half of the world-famous WAP group along with Paul Tobin and Michael Kors.
JW Anderson is the creative force behind the wildly popular womenswear brand, which has gone from being an obscure luxury brand to a fashion mainstay in the fashion industry.
Jim Wapp has been criticized for his bold style of clothing.
However, this style has attracted a large following of women who love to wear high-end and cutting-edge clothing.
A notable feature of the JW Anderson clothing line is its striking and unique colours along with the brand's signature unusual cuts and unusual fabrics.
These are just some of the questions that are being asked about this famous clothing label.
Jim Wapp started working as a carpenter in London after emigrating to the United Kingdom in the seventies.
He then started working as a designer for London Fog, one of the most popular and respected names in men's formalwear.
In the late eighties, he started designing his own clothing line, which launched on the London Fashion Week.
After this, Wapp ventured into producing his own collection of ladies' clothing and men's wear.
He is also well known for his innovative and unique embroidery work. Many of his designs are still hugely in demand today.
The popular women's clothing line includes tops, dresses, bottoms, jeans, and skirts.
Some of the designs include a stunning pencil skirt and a beautiful blouse and cardigan in floral prints.
There are also several different styles of tops in this collection such as oversized sweaters, sleeveless shirts, oversized sweaters, and tank tops.
There are a few different bottoms available including leggings, boots, knee boots, platform thongs, and gladiator sandals.
Apart from these, there are also several new styles of shoes in the collection. For instance, there are sandals designed in the signature JW Anderson style.
Also, there are gladiator sandals and ankle boots.
The footwear range is huge and covers everything from casual wear to smart urban wear.
JW Anderson was born in South Africa where he gained his knowledge of fashion at a very young age.
This led him to study at the London School of Fashion for two years, after which he travelled around the world to hone his skills.
In the late eighties, he decided to set up his own brand.
Today, JW Anderson Shoes & Jewelry are one of the most popular brands in the country.
In case you are wondering whether JW Anderson's fashion designs are actually authentic, then you have nothing to worry about.
They are inspired by the latest trends and are in sync with the times.
If you wish to shop for an authentic piece of clothing from an African fashion house, then the best place to shop is online.
This is because there are many websites that deal with authentic JW Anderson clothing.
However, if you prefer to shop at brick and mortar locations, you can do so also.
While doing so, be sure to check out a number of stores so that you are able to compare prices.
Remember, the prices of authentic JW Anderson footwear may differ a bit from those of imitations.
If you do not have much cash to spend, you should stick to replicas, which are generally cheaper than the original ones.
The styles of the shoes offered by JW Anderson are as varied as their popularity.
While women's footwear tends to follow the latest trends, men's footwear follows the classics.
However, you need to take care while choosing the kind of shoes you want to wear.
It is better to wear good quality footwear even if it is a man's shoe because these shoes will last longer.
Also, try and go for leather shoes, rather than plastic ones.
A lot of people have tried out wearing a particular piece designed by JW Anderson.
There have been several articles written on how people have dressed up and looked beautiful with an original piece by the designer.
A lot of these articles have come from fashion magazines and other related sources, which prove that JW Anderson has helped a lot of people look great.
So, if you too want to look and feel like a celebrity then you should definitely buy a few pieces from JW Anderson.
Jonathan Winters is an American designer who has designed clothing for men's, women's, and children's apparel.
He is also the founder of JW Anderson and was a key member of the design team for the iconic American designer Bill Davidson.
Winters has had great success with some of his collections over the years with his own label and was also the creative director of Spanish designer, LOEWE.
Here is the full background on the man who was so instrumental in the birth of the concept of American fashion.
Winters was born in Ohio and earned a degree at DeMott High School.
His interest in fashion started at a very young age when he would sew and make clothing for his family.
As he grew older, he decided that he wanted to be a designer. He attended the College of Fashion Design and graduated in 1968.
After that, he joined the John Freiberg Galleries in New York City where he worked with legendary designers such as Vivienne Westwood.
Winters spent much of the '70s working in the fashion industry and went freelance after that.
It was then that he decided to go into business for himself and in doing so created his own line of clothing called Blue Ivy.
His clothing was very popular and sold extremely well.
He then decided to expand and open a store, which is where his true creative genius emerged.
He decided to use only American-made clothing when creating Blue Ivy and as a result, this led to him receiving many awards for his work.
The success of his clothing company brought him into the limelight, which suited him perfectly.
In order to gain more publicity, he decided to enter into reality television where he was famous for his clothing.
His style and sense of humour coupled with his talent for marketing really came through and he was a contestant on the first season of "The Apprentice".
This gave him even more exposure and the show was a huge success. He went on to "Dancing with the Stars" and "The Voice" as well.
Once he had gained so much popularity, he decided to move into producing films.
He was able to make movies very quickly and this led him to Hollywood.
He is one of the greatest actors in the history of Hollywood, and he has achieved a lot of success. His films "Lucky Number Slevin" which was a box office hit and "The Replacements" also were very successful.
Other films which he has produced have been "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "The Pursuit of Happyness", and "The Desperate Youngsters".
He has also gone from working solely in television to acting in movies, commercials, and music videos and he has also become a popular motivational speaker.
There are several things about Jordan That You Should Know. One thing is that he is such an experienced actor that he has always been able to take on new roles very well.
He has also proven to be very versatile and was known for playing different characters during his career.
Also, he has a great sense of humour and he enjoyed coming up with character masks for the characters he played.
His best-known mask was Don't Take Me Alive. He also did several movies in the 1970s.
These included "Irene", "Dante", and "Get Shorty". A few of these films are Easy Rider, Grease, and Scrooged.
He was also married to dancer and singer Twista on two occasions, which helped him to further expand his career.
He also produced and wrote several music albums.
Throughout his career, he was also responsible for some of the greatest songs of all time, including hits for both The Monkees and Beach Boys.
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TORONTO, ON, July 9, 2012 – Lexus will hold the World Premiere of the new Lexus LS flagship sedan at a special invitation-only event in San Francisco on Monday, July 30.
More information about the new LS will be available at 8:30p.m. PDT on July 30, following a live webcast of the reveal on Lexus.com and facebook.com/lexus.


In Judaism, "tzedakah" is the obligation to do what is right and just.
Helping others, giving to others, is not voluntary. It is required.
I am fortunate to have been born in the United States into a Jewish, middle class, hard-working family. And for a decade, I have belonged to a Buddhist meditation group. So my desire to use my abilities and resources to good purpose is strongly grounded. This purpose is reflected in my artwork and, for many years, I have made it my mission to help women, women and trans artists, and more recently, the LGBTQ community.
Knowing women in the arts do not have parity with men—starting in the 1980's, I began to collect art by outstanding women artists for the purpose of building a collection to donate to a museum—as a way to support other women artists, and so more art by women would be seen and appreciated.
In 2010, after a quarter century of collecting, I gave my entire collection to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. At present, the Art by Women Collection encompasses more than 500 works of art across a broad spectrum of mediums, styles and points of view. My collecting continues.
In 1991, I started the Leeway Foundation to make grants to women artists of the greater Philadelphia area. Today, Leeway is a community-led, grant making foundation that supports women and trans artists and cultural producers working in communities at the intersection of art, culture, and social change.
In 1997, the Bertha Dagan Berman Award in Women's Health at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School was founded. The award honors my Aunt Bert, who was like a mother to me. The endowment provides for several medical students each year to spend six months in a focused, hands-on experience studying some aspect of general women's health, and to work on a publication or article generated from the research.
Over the years, I have served on the boards of local arts organizations including the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), the Print Center and the Poetry Review. Currently, I serve on the art and archives committees of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts promotes the transformative power of art and art making. PAFA will inspire the future of American art by creating, challenging, cultivating, and celebrating excellence in the fine arts.
We at Leeway believe that art is a vital tool for community building, self-expression, and individual and collective transformation.
Please Know: Full purchase price of original artwork purchased by way of this website will be contributed to the Leeway Foundation, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, or the William Way LGBT Community Center. Anyone who purchases artwork will be able to decide which of these three not-for-profit organizations will receive their contribution. The contribution will be made in their name, unless advised otherwise. Contribution does not include Sales Tax & Shipping & Handling costs paid by purchaser.


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require "eon/deploy/dsl/app"
require "eon/deploy/dsl/nginx"
require "eon/deploy/dsl/unicorn"

module Eon::Deploy
  module DSL
    include App
    include Db
    include Nginx
    include Unicorn
    include Pg
  end
end


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Ocean's hidden world of plankton revealed in 'enormous database'
- Planktonic organisms such as these single-celled creatures are found throughout the oceans
The hidden world of the ocean's tiniest organisms has been revealed in a series of papers published in the journal Science.
An international team has been studying samples of plankton collected during a three-year global expedition.
They have so far found 35,000 species of bacteria, 5,000 new viruses and 150,000 single-celled plants and creatures.
They believe that the majority of these are new to science.
Dr Chris Bowler, from the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), in Paris, told BBC News: "We have the most complete description yet of planktonic organisms to date: what's there in terms of viruses, bacteria and protozoa – we finally have a catalogue of what is present globally."
- This tiny crustacean was found in a sample taken in the South Pacific
Planktonic organisms are minute, but together they make up 90% of the mass of all of the marine life in the oceans.
They include viruses, bacteria, single-celled plants and creatures (protozoa).
They form the very base of the food chain, and produce – through photosynthesis – half of the oxygen we breathe.
However, until now, little has been known about this unseen ocean ecosystem.
The Tara expedition, primarily funded by the French fashion designer Agnes B, set out to change that.
- Many of the organisms are new to science
- So far the team has analysed 579 of the 35,000 samples that were collected
An international team of scientists took part in expeditions onboard the Tara schooner between 2009 and 2013.
It sailed 30,000km across the world's oceans, with researchers collecting 35,000 samples, taking them from the very top layers of the ocean down to 1,000m below the waves.
The project has cost about 10m euros.
New viruses
So far the scientists have analysed 579 of the 35,000 samples collected, presenting the results in five scientific papers.
Dr Bowler said the research was transforming our understanding of these ocean communities.
"For the viruses, we describe about 5,000 virus communities – only 39 of these were previously known.
"And for protists – unicellular organisms – we estimate something like 150,000 different taxa.
"There are about 11,000 formally described species of plankton – we have evidence for at least 10 times more than that."
- The analysis has revealed that many of the organisms are sensitive to temperature
- The researchers also looked at how the different organisms interacted
- Planktonic organisms such as these tiny jellyfish and fish are found throughout the oceans
Of the 35,000 microbes found, most had been seen before, however a genetic analysis of them revealed many new genes.
"We have 40 million genes – about 80% of which are new to science," explained Dr Bower.
The researchers also analysed how plankton communities are organised.
"We have thrown all of these together to see who interacts with whom," said Dr Bower.
"We now have a big dataset where we can ask: 'who do you always find with someone else?' or 'who do you never find with someone else'.
"This helps us to describe symbiosis and interactions that go beyond grazing and predator-prey relationships."
'Enormous' database
The researchers have found that many of the organisms, particularly the bacteria, are sensitive to temperature.
Dr Bowler said: "It is temperature that determines what sort of communities of organisms we find. If we look at our data and we see what organisms are there, we can predict with 97% probability the temperature of the water they are living in.
"These organisms are most sensitive to temperature, more than anything else, and with changing temperatures as a result of climate change we are likely to see changes in this community."
The researchers say that this scientific analysis is just the beginning.
They are making their findings freely available to the scientific community to gain a better understanding of this vital but unseen underwater world.
Dr Bowler continued: "The amount of data we have released is already enormous; it is one of the largest databases of DNA available to the scientific community. But we've analysed perhaps 2% of the samples we have collected throughout the world – so there is a huge amount of work to do in the future to understand even more about the functioning of these marine ecosystems and the importance of that for the wellbeing of the planet.
"So it's really just the beginning of the study."
Story by Rebecca Morelle, originally published on BBC News – Source
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious - the knowledge of the existence of something unfathomable to us, the manifestation of the most profound reason coupled with the most brilliant beauty.
Albert Einstein - The Ideal of Service to our Fellow Man


A while back here at Wanderlust Leather Co, we launched our new Travel Book (if you haven't seen it, look for it under the New Products tab in the online store, it's pretty cool).
We've created this product to inspire you to document your journeys and travels as well as your thoughts.
Write down special street names or coordinates of the place you love most, draw the pigeons while you're sitting on a bench sharing your sandwich with them. Put the dares you made on your road trip in writing.
Photographs and videos are great for remembering but sometimes you need to capture what your senses are experiencing in words to remember them more vividly. There's just something about paper, about creating lines with a black ink pen. Turns out it's also good for you to write down your dreams, thoughts, memories and to do's.
By writing down how you feel and getting it all out might just make it a little easier to breathe. If you write down all the big stuff you're worrying about before bedtime along with the things you have to do the next day, it will help you to clear your mind and have good night's sleep.
If you write these down, chances are that you will be able to see them with more perspective. This will give you a starting point for problem-solving to find solutions that will help make these concerns and fears become tiny little blips on your radar.
Try writing down small events or things that happened during your day, try recording what your senses experienced, now try to write a little story from this event, true or fictional. This is a great exercise to help your imagination stay in check. You can also make drawings and doodles and use different materials, like water paint, sharpies, colour pencils etc. when journaling to stimulate your creative mind.
By recording and documenting the things that make you stop in your tracks will give you the opportunity to relive it anytime you'd like. We live in world where we are obsessed with other people's stories, go back and read your own, you may just feel content with all the little journeys you go on every day that you take for granted, you may just see something old through new eyes and be thankful all over again that you were able to climb that mountain.
When journaling the good and the bad try to write down or draw something to be thankful for with every entry, it doesn't hurt to let a little light in, also it's like a muscle the more you practice it the easier it will be to use those positivity vibes.
Basically our lives are very short and it's scary that we won't be able to remember most of it, you might lead an ordinary life and you might not go on big trips around the world every week, but you are alive dear Wanderer and that is worth documenting, the human experience is worth writing about.
In your journal you can go wherever you want, you can tell about that time that you visited the Angkor Wat or your grandmother in De Aar. You can look back and remember the time you had lunch with Bruce Springsteen or what you would talk about if you ever got the chance.
Write down the yesterdays that are important and the dreams of the beautiful tomorrows that awaits you. One day these will be your treasures.


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Mattlajoie Georgia
I support it because he is encouraging more tourism and helping the economy, also even though I do not agree with the idea of marriage between homosexuals, I do believe that they should never be harassed and that they should be protected in the same way as heterosexual families.
Domino3 Abolish the ATF
Assuming it's not safe anywhere else in America?
MrsCrayonWax
I think that it's sad that it has to be said.
Reply Like 1 person likes this
cowboy Dawns Highway
Terry McAuliffe's mental disorder is well known. He tried to get rapists and murderers to vote for Hillary.
Reply Like 2 people like this
Manodrizzle Here
What's a guife?
BeachSt Coastal Virginia
Oh god nooo
Like 1 person likes this
Senate101 San Diego
I do, as long as he wishes everyone the same.
MrMilkdud
No. I don't think specific groups should be singled out. That's not equality, that's favoritism.
You dont know its equality until its singled out. Straight is always assumed, therefore minority groups have to be mentioned. Thats the privilege that comes with being the majority, you're the assumed object.
Like 7 people like this
No, a simple "everyone is welcome" does not mean "white, straight people are welcome." What you're describing is paranoia of exclusion by groups who think they need a special invitation.
After hundreds of years of exclusion, a simple paragraph doesnt hurt anyone.
It's like a passive aggressive mother in law or irritatingly insecure college girl who makes a big deal about not going to a party unless she's personally invited and everyone makes a big deal about how they want her there.
You have your equality, now learn to live with it without demanding special treatment.
Its more like the beginning of a short lived relationship where you pay more attention to your exciting partner, make sure they feel happy and excited and then the love dies and that partner just becomes like everyone else.
Great, then be like everyone else and stop expecting special treatment.
It's the beginning of the relationship. We just celebrated one year this past June. But we're still waiting for employment protections like every other historically disenfranchised minority has. But not gays... but dont mention the community, right?
Until we all have the same protections, messages of welcoming are important. States and cities are realizing this. Virginia is far from the only state or municipaility including this message. Even the largest conservative city here lobbied for lgbt inclusion messages.
It's just a marketing scheme to get gay money. Any self respecting gay person should resent this sort of kit glove treatment for the reasons I've already stated.
But hey, if you fall for this sort of nonsense and mistake it for genuine acceptance, then good luck with that. The only way to be truly accepted as equals is to presume it is so.
political Georgia
Oh milk! We know that progressives would never use minorities in a demeaning manner to promote their own agenda. That's why the DNC has been advocating for LGBT rights for 200 years now!
Hey, maybe I should be offended that Hawaii hasn't written a paragraph in their brochure encouraging whites to come visit there. Whites have always been a minority in Hawaii, and that makes me feel bad about myself as a white person.
I think Hawaii needs to reach out to me a little bit more than other groups to make me feel more comfortable about vacationing there.
And Provincetown, Massachusetts is a gay-majority town that caters to gay tourism. I think it's about time that they add some material to their tourism portfolio expressly encouraging hetero-tourism. We've been underrepresented in that community for too long and I demand they make me feel better about it!
No - milk! We need to check our privilege.
Liberty 4,032,064
That's very odd. Does it have a page dedicated to normal couples or are they to be excluded?
A message ensuring safety for straight couples doesnt need to be included..
Wow. What makes their safety less important?
Really? Dont be silly. Safety from targeted attackd only applies to minorities, largely. Are you aware the worst mass shooting happened this year and it was against gays? We need assurances. It surprising how many people cant think about that (compassion) and can only think about how this slights them...
Oh wow that really is nuts. Why wouldn't people not in a special elevated group need safety as well?
Also, the Orlando killer was gay himself. The only "targeting" he did was because he got turned down at the club.
RagingMystic covfefe
spicysteve M14D SBS
I like the sentiment, but I think it's best to keep politics out of something like a travel brochure
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Actually youre wrong. Gay vacationers are sought after because they spend so much money. There's articles on this. Places are vying for gay people.
rons Thanks America
Just a target for money.
They left out blacks and Chinese
www.vatc.org/home/
dxstap Bloomington, Indiana
I'm all for inclusion but don't think a written statement on a tourism guide is necessary.
Too many words for a relatively small % of people.
"Everyone is welcome including people of all races, colors, sexual identity (biological or psychological), left or right handed, political ideals, people born on February 29th, everyone, except for anyone who doesn't fit in one of the aforementioned categories."
Left out something regarding a persons relative level of intelligence or lack thereof.
NKarta Please excuse my sanity
Pandering.
pietsch Another Adoring Fan
Sick of hearing about it. I don't care what people do, quite frankly, but why does it have it be a big theme all the time? So boring.
Because inclusion isnt inclusion if you dont mentioned those finally being included. Otherwise it just feels like the past 50 years of not even mentioning it
EarlyBird Portland
I approve. Very no very.
Very no very?
Is that some trendy new LGBT slang? You're always up on that sort of thing, eb.
medicalmoose
Why does it even have to be said? It's 2016, soon to be 2017, and seriously most of us don't care at all. If you want to be LGBT, good for you, and I'm super happy for you to find happiness in the world. Yes, we should seek out bad people and punish them if they abuse LGBT, or anyone! But why do we have to go out of our way to do this? Can't we just be human and practice life by the golden rule?
sydwel
The deadliest attack ever against the LGBT community in the US occurred in 2016. A president with at the most a mixed record on LGBT issues and VP with horrific views on the LGBT community were elected in 2016. It is *not* necessarily a given that LGBT people will be accepted or even treated with basic decency. Sure, in an ideal world it wouldn't need to be said. But we don't live in an ideal world.
Haha! That's laughable. Meanwhile, liberals are embracing Islam which has very anti-homosexual viewpoints. How do you all keep all of your hypocrisy straight?
My statements are accurate. Sorry you find hatred of LGBT people amusing. I have major issues with Islam and religion in general. It's not hypocritical to oppose religious violence, government religious discrimination, and homophobia.
Hate is not amusing. The distorted logic that was used in your comment is quite humorous. Of course, you knew that, but you wanted quick and easy style points.
Hahaha, the rudeness is fantastic. I highlighted reality, but if you have a counterargument, go right ahead. That was my only intent. Comments here are by nature are relatively "quick and easy", it's not a convenient place for writing an essay.
I don't expect an essay. I just expect a little bit of thought.
Do you actually have a counterargument or just petty personal attacks?
I only speak the truth.
So yes to pettiness, no to argument! You get points for consistency at least.
Is the kettle calling the pot black?
I actually offered a position. I didn't insult your intelligence instead of discussing or anything like that.
I'm genuinely sorry if I've been nasty to you before. Although I don't recall any time I've done so, that wouldn't be acceptable.
But I should know better than to engage with you on any topic so I will stop.
I addressed the hypocrisy above. I grow frustrated when my comments are taken out of context and spun into a million different directions, but I'm used to it. I have stayed on task throughout this discussion.
You can present an argument to my original comment, point out the hypocrisy you see in my comments (what, you can't oppose both religion and homophobia?), refrain from insults, or we can leave it here. Thanks.
I've already did. I'm not going to redo a conversation with you just because you were being difficult by saying things such as, "I don't find hate to be humorous" when that wasn't even my argument.
Oh....And don't forget the "essay" comment. Throughout this whole thread, you have tried to derail the conversation. Don't try to frame me for your own doings.
Does it have a page dedicated to straights too?
Straights dont have to check acceptance of themselves before traveling.
I think you care more about sexual orientation than most people.
Thats the privilege of not having to care about your safety thats showing.
Because of who you love*
There is actually a safety for LGBT travelers site on the state dept to help travelers know where is safe for them to travel. Dont be ignorant just because you dont have to live it. Have a little understanding.
travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/go/lgbt.html
Oh please! Jump out of the fantasy world that you are in. You don't need a page dedicated to LGBT people. That's contrary to the principle of equality that you claim to want.
Are you serious? Even you yourself constantly bring up the anti-gay sentiments of the muslim community and you think a travel page warning of the attitutudes of some places is unecessary?? Pick a damn stance dude..
My stance is quite clear. The hypocrisy of the left to embrace the religion of Islam and gays is mind boggling, but you know that.


We all know that beautiful feeling of the first date butterflies. Whether you've swiped right on Tinder, finally asked out the guy at your regular cafe, or worked up the courage to ask out a girl at the gym, the first date is about to happen. First dates are a special time to get to know another person and see if there is a future ahead. First dates are a time to share your past, your present, your hopes and your dreams.
However, first dates are a precarious time in deciding how much to reveal at once, especially for black white dating. You may have known this person for a while, but you haven't known them in an intimate first date setting. Sure, this person knows that you have a different ethnic background to them, but how much detail do you want to tell them about your upbringing. How important is your race, culture, and heritage during the first date?
Obviously, it goes without saying that this is totally up to you. If you aren't comfortable discussing you're race, don't. There are ways to politely change the subject if you aren't happy with where the conversation is going. Just stay true to your own feelings and your own views on topics of race.
It can be uncomfortable when someone you're on a date with asks ignorant or dumb questions. These can range from "so how long have you been learning English for?" when you're a third-generation native born English speaker. Or another classic one is "what do you normally do for Christmas?" when you're actually Hindi or Muslim. These can be awkward, but hopefully the person you're on the date with will be open minded enough to move on from it!
If you're comfortable enough, you can have a laugh about racial or ethnic stereotyping that you've grown up with. Let the person know that you're aware of societal views. Even have a laugh with them about 'growing up white' and throw in a few white privilege jokes if it's going well.
On the first date of interracial dating, it is better to talk mostly about yourself. You don't want to go too far into your family history unless you're feeling really comfortable. Save stories of your parents heritage and their life for a bit further down the track. After all, it's your first date and you want to paint a picture of yourself.
Let your date know that you are confident with your ethnic heritage, but it doesn't define you. Sure, you've faced different challenges in your upbringing, but every had their own stories of the past. Just try not let it be the focal point of the conversation. There will inevitably be times in the conversation that you compare and contrast your childhood stories, but it won't just be about racial differences!


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How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Core Data And Love MacRuby
I am not an expert Objective C, Cocoa, or Core Data coder. There, I admitted it. I expect some of the people viewing this will be, and I encourage you to let me know where I've gotten things wrong. I'm also sure my MacRuby style is…let's call it idiosyntactic.
Too long to fit in the margins of this book
My journey starts with Matt Aimonetti's excellent MacRuby: The Definitive Guide, and it's Core Data chapter. It's a really good introduction to Core Data, but I needed something a bit deeper and more advanced. My dream, of course, would be to use Core Data with Active Record's ease of use. Core Data is really complex, though. Books have been written on the subject; and yet my complete exposure to it has been writing a few Objective C iPhone applications for my own use.
My problem
It's always best to start with a relatively simple action, and figure out how to build on that. My initial problem to solve was allowing the user to select a Category from an outline view on the left (iTunes style) and pull up a list of the items in that Category in a table view in the main part of the UI, like so:
I'm sure I could do this a number of ways, and it's probably even possible to make it work with the standard NSArrayController like in MacRuby: The Definitive Guide, but there are a number of places where it won't work as well, such as when I want to find the item ending the soonest from all Categories, or load and modify specific Auction items during updates or when the user chooses to perform actions on individual items. At that point, it'll become necessary to do the Core Data handling 'by hand', and so I felt it'd be best not to start with something I was going to have to bypass anyway.
The Data Model
It may be helpful to sketch a simple data model, described using the data modeler in Xcode; some other models in the project have been elided for clarity:
Because of the reciprocal relationship between Category and Auction, I could simply load a Category with a particular name, and then refer to category.auctions to get the list (in Core Data form) of Auction objects associated with that category. Adding .allObjects returns the actual objects as an array for easy referencing in a TableView. (This is not efficient, but I'm trying to get the code working right now; I'll manage efficiency once I've gotten it in users hands.)
MacRuby vs. Objective C
The Objective C (that I've written) to do a similar load takes about 80 lines of code; I'm not embedding it because it's too long, and it only loads by name. You can go take a look; it's pretty straightforward. Unlike the Objective C version, the Ruby code can load by any attribute dynamically, and has additional features like limits and offsets.
This is the core of my code when the user clicks a category/folder on the left:
The key code being referenced is this:
@current_category = Category.find_first(context, by_name:category_name)
It's roughly equivalent to the Objective C code (extracted from the app that uses my ObjC code above):
NSArray *cats = [Category findByName:category fromContext:managedObjectContext];
The main difference is that the Objective C code requires a different method for each findBy* that you want to do, whereas the MacRuby code uses the fact that its parameters are really just hash entries using the ':' syntax for faux named parameters. So, for example, while this code is doing a find_first, if it were to use find_all it could also pass ..., limit:20, offset:7) if you wanted to get 20 items starting at the 7th.
The magic, of course, happens in entity.rb which looks like this:
It references inheritable_attrs.rb which is available as a gist of its own
One important part that any entity needs to get is a 'context', which is actually a managed object context. Fortunately when you create a Mac Ruby project using the MacRuby Core Data Application template, a context is available from the AppDelegate class. You may notice that in my AuctionTableDatasource there is: attr_writer app_delegate which doesn't really do anything obvious. That's an 'outlet' to refer to the AppDelegate; using Interface Builder control-click-and-drag from your data source to the App Delegate, and choose the app_delegate outlet to link it up. The default Core Data AppDelegate class instantiates a Managed Object Context which is essentially a link to your Core Data database. It needs to be passed in to code which is going to interact with data from the database, which is why each of the public methods in entity.rb takes a context as their first parameter.
A MacRuby Caveat
I mildly disagree with the default MacRuby Core Data Application template which creates an XML-based Core Data app; specifically it creates a file with the extension of .xml and passes NSXMLStoreType as the persistent store type. I believe it should pass a .sqlite file extension and use NSSQLiteStoreType as the storage type. For small applications, it may not matter, but if you feel you're likely to be storing enough data that handling Core Data by hand will be necessary, then you're going to want the SQL-based storage type. The typical recommendation is to start with an XML type and switch to SQL when you're going to release, nominally because XML is easier to read. I dispute that, though, because there are slight behavioral differences, such as the XML storage type keeping the entire object graph in memory and reports of subtly different handling of (generally incorrectly specified) relations. If you want to use an SQLLite backed database, you'll want to fix up AppDelegate.rb once you've created your project.
Conventions and Features
I know there's a lot of disagreement over Active Record's design, but I happen to like it a lot, and many of the guidelines of Rails creep into my code. I especially like the presumption that there's an easy way to do whatever you're doing, that the code handles for you automatically, but if you want to fight the convention, you can; it just won't be as clean. There's a lot of 'convention' involved in the Entity class, especially in the presumptions that you'll have model classes which are named identically (including case!) to the core data models you've created, i.e. generally with the first letter uppercased. You should be able to override that by setting the entity_name in your subclasses using
require 'entity'
Class OddlyNamedModel < Entity
self.entity_name = 'oddly_named_model'
but it's not something you should do lightly, or at all if you're creating a new project, and embarrassingly, I haven't tested it.
Attribute names were something else to deal with; I typically name my attributes in lower case while, as mentioned, my entities have their first letter capitalized. So my Category.find_first(context, by_name:category_name) method will look for an attribute called 'name'. I am aware that some people capitalize the first letter of their attributes, so: Category.find_first(context, byName:category_name) would work if you have an attribute called 'Name' and looks very Objective C-ish.
Limits and Offsets
It's straightforward to index into your results, using Category.find_all(context, by_name:common_name, offset:20, limit:10); this would search for all instances that have common_name in their name attribute, and then starting from the 20th, pull down 10 of them. In SQLLite terms, this translates into something approximately like: SELECT * FROM ZCATEGORY WHERE NAME = ? LIMIT 10 OFFSET 20
Conditions (the escape hatch)
Another useful feature is a conditions key, which provides one entry which is raw predicate logic, essentially. An example for finding all categories that end in 'nt' would be: Category.find_all(context, conditions:['name like %@', 'nt']) which translates in SQLLite terms to: SELECT * FROM ZCATEGORY WHERE NSCoreDataLike( ZNAME, ?, 0)
One incredibly useful built-in capability (and the source of the above approximations of the commands issued by Core Data) I've found for doing debugging of SQLLite-based Core Data code is to pass -com.apple.CoreData.SQLDebug 1 to the application from the command line, in order to view the queries as they're being done. From the command line, in the root of your app directory, this would look something like this
bash$ build/Release/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp -com.apple.CoreData.SQLDebug 1
I've tried to make an extremely simple class that I can subclass for my entities, that allows me to do straightforward find operations in a way that doesn't feel overly complex, and fits in a Ruby-ish style. It's working so far for my code, but I can't promise it'll work for everybody's. Especially if you're facing down historical schemas, or other issues, my defaults are probably not going to be appropriate for you. It's definitely less code than the Objective C equivalent, and feels…more comfortable for me.
I'm VERY interested in feedback, and improving this code. As I stated at the outset, the best I could be considered is a hobbyist Objective C coder, and I'm only just starting to dig into the power that MacRuby has. Please feel free to provide pointers, comments, ideas, features, or (if necessary) derision. Especially feel free to fork entity.rb and make corrections or additions as you see fit.
— Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!
Update: A friend and quite excellent Objective C developer David Brown provided his own take on the Entity concept; according to him it's untested and needs a few tweaks, but the basic concept should work equally; check it out on his own gist of entity.m. It's like a Rosetta stone between MacRuby and Objective C!
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On February 11th, 2011 at 3:04 am Terry Says:
Great blog! It expresses a feeling of rubyism(ness) that that macruby needs to embrace. I often get disheartened thinking that macruby is just an objective c wrapper/bridge( like java) but your effort shows that the ruby view is going to make a huge difference.
Not only fun but practical…. perhaps I'm just slightly ruby biased 🙂
On February 12th, 2011 at 10:33 pm Saul Says:
Hi, nice work. I have used Core Data for nearly all my Cocoa apps, and I have a little framework that may be helpful to you. I turns fetching into something more akin to the Rails Active Record model. It's written in ObjC, but I've had success using it for my MacRuby tests. Take a look and I hope it's as helpful for you as it has been for me: http://github.com/magicalpanda/activerecord-fetching-for-core-data
On April 12th, 2011 at 4:42 pm George Janczuk Says:
I'm a long-time software developer, and my wife is a non-IT person but still fairly computer literate.
I put her on to JBidWatcher years ago; it just does what it should without fanfare – the way I like my software.
Anyway… I can see a screenshot for MacBidWatcher on this artice? Are you moving away from Java to Ruby and/or Objective C for MacBidwatcher and/or ?BidWatcher in general? Is this possibly because of Apple lowering the status of the JAVA environment within the MacOS eco-system?
Will Windows (&/or other platforms) be supported with your new MacBidWatcher project?
Anyway… Just curious!
On April 12th, 2011 at 4:57 pm Cyberfox Says:
@George – I'm experimenting with building a Mac-specific version of JBidwatcher, specifically for the Mac OS X App Store. I prefer Ruby as a programming language, so I've been exploring how well MacRuby can work as a desktop application development language. I figure the first major app I build, I should have some solid domain knowledge in first. 🙂
Multiplatform JBidwatcher is not going away. I will continue to develop it for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows, although once I release MacBidwatcher I'll have to think about the work that goes into the Mac OS X version.
There's also a real possibility that as time goes on I'll move more of JBidwatcher's code into Ruby, using JRuby (Ruby under Java) which would let me share the important code base between all the programs.
It's less about Apple lowering Java's profile, than about my own love for Ruby as a programming language. 🙂 Among other things, Ruby has a lot of capabilities 'built in' that I've had to agonizingly hand-craft over the eleven years I've worked on JBidwatcher.
I'm trying to constantly evolve JBidwatcher, to keep it interesting to me, and useful to as many people as possible. I've spent time exploring iPhone apps, web apps, and now a Mac-specific desktop app. Someday hopefully most of those will come to fruition. Or eBay will ban me from their service. 🙂
Best of luck with your auctions!
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Bulldogs players and staff help out homeless in Mad Monday celebrations
By Marc Churches
Unlike previous Mad Mondays where the club attracted controversy after players stripped naked while consuming alcohol at a private function, where they were photographed, the Bulldogs have used this year's occasion to give back to the local community.
The Bulldogs, who finished the season 15th on the ladder, used Monday to visit the homeless and give back at the Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Ashfield.
In what was just their second day out of the NRL's bubble and biosecurity protocols, over 20 players and staff helped prepare food for the homeless.
"What I'm most grateful and thankful of is that this was optional," NRL wellbeing manager Luke Goodwin told Bulldogs Media.
"This was optional for players and staff members to come.
"I'm so proud that the boys have given up their own time.
"We've had players drive over an hour to be here. We have players who are not contracted to the club next year wanting to come.
"We've had players planning on a wedding, players whose partners have given birth."
The club was also out lending a hand with gardening duties by picking up leaves and digging up the ground.
"Coming out here and getting to know the people and hearing their stories, it makes you grateful for what we have," Bulldogs player Christian Crichton said.
"We think we have it tough, but really there are people out there that we have it better than."
Bulldogs Nick Meaney cleaning up (Instagram)
It was a massive change to their usual celebrations after the club in 2018 was fined for their Mad Monday celebrations.
The club was fined $250,000 for bringing the game into disrepute after a number of players were caught partying too hard in front of witnesses.
Captain Josh Jackson preparing food (Instagram)
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South Africa's Remgro to raise $727m to acquire SABMiller's stake in Distell
September 28, 2016 Editor No comments
South Africa's Remgro, an investment group said on Tuesday it would raise R9.9bn ($727m) to consider deals, including a right to buy SABMiller's stake in drinks company Distell Group.
The company said it would raise the funds through a rights offer and the sale of B shares, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Investors will get 10 shares for every 100 they own at a price of R192.50 per share ($14.15) under the terms of the rights issue, which represents a 21% discount on Tuesday's closing price of R241.72 ($17.77).
Remgro has right of first refusal on SABMiller's 26.4% stake in Distell, valued at R9.5bn ($700m). SABMiller was asked to sell its stake in Distell as part of agreement with South African anti-trust regulators to win approval for its merger with AB InBev.
Distell is South Africa's largest wines and spirits company and known for some of its brands such as Amarula, cider brands Savanna, Hunter Gold, Hunter Dry, among others. Remgro already owns 53% of Distell.
No agreement has yet been reached regarding the deal and Remgro would exercise its right only on "commercially appropriate terms," the company said.
"Other strategic opportunities are also being explored by Remgro and its portfolio companies."
Remgro also holds stakes in other companies including consumer goods companies Unilever SA, RCL Foods and more than 40% stake in private-healthcare provider Mediclinic International.
Posted in: Beer, News, Wines & Spirits Tags: Amarula, Distell Group Ltd., Hunter Dry Cider, Remgro, SABMiller, Savanna Premium cider, South Africa, South Africa Competition Tribunal


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Istanbul Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor İrfan Fidan has demanded life sentences for jailed journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül.
Can Dündar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, and Ankara Bureau chief Erdem Gül were arrested on Nov. 26 2015 for allegedly revealing confidential state security information for political and military espionage, divulging state secrets, attempting to overthrow the government and wilfully aiding an armed terrorist organisation.
The charges came after they covered a story on trucks owned by Turkey's state intelligence agency National Intelligence Agency (MİT) believed to be carrying weapons to extremist militants in Syria.
The indictment carries one aggravated life sentence, one life sentence and an additional 30 years in jail for each of the journalists.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey and Hakan Fidan, chief of the National Intelligence Agency are named as the plaintiffs in the case.
President Erdogan had said "I also filed a lawsuit. What only matters to them is casting a shadow on Turkey's image. I suppose the person who wrote this as an exclusive report will pay a heavy price for this," on an interview with Turkey's state TV, TRT.
The case has raised international concern over worsening issues with press freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey.


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Raise your hand if you think you need to train for three hours a day, five days a week to get results.
Okay, now raise your hand if you actually have that time to spare.
With work, kids and wanting to have a life (how dare you!), it's easy to understand why free time is limited. Add travel plans for the holidays and you've got it set in your mind that you'll never get a workout in.
But what if you could get strong, move better and feel better AND have a life?
Resistance training = Lifting heavy objects CORRECTLY.
Seriously, you don't need to spend hours in the gym to move well, feel better, burn fat or gain muscle. Assuming your goal isn't being a professional athlete, giving yourself a few hours per week of appropriate exercise is all you need.
Devote your time to a variety of different movement patterns: squat, hinge, push, pull and throw. Also, do some ground based exercises to pattern higher level moves and carry heavy things.
Humans are designed to move well and move often. If you can focus your time and energy on doing the right movements, you will succeed.
These are our general training tips, but they're also applicable to anyone in a time crunch. With the holidays right around the corner and your free time becoming more finite, doing what you can as often as you can will help you stay on track until things calm down after the new year.
Time is the enemy of fitness. Think of a realistic amount of days per week you can fit a workout in. Remember, a workout doesn't have to be 75 to 90 minutes. An effective workout can be done in 20-45.
If you absolutely cannot hit the gym, workout at home or do some type of movement you enjoy. From there, get a Functional Movement Screen screen to help you choose the most effective exercises to reach your goals in the quickest and easiest way possible.
It's never "no pain, no gain". Pain alters motor control, so even if you can can "work through it," your body is compensating in ways that may lead to further pain down the road. There's no rule that says "If you don't deadlift you can't get strong." There's always a way to move pain free or find a substitution for any exercise.
Traditional bodybuilding focuses on muscles or muscle groups. When you're in a time crunch you want to use as many muscle groups as possible for a more effective workout.
Think about exercises like a squat or lunge, push something or plank, hinge, pull something and carry stuff. Exercises in these categories use more muscles than a bicep curl or leg extension. That way you can spend less time at the gym and more time adulting.
So how do you put all of this together? Pick a few non-competing upper and lower body moves. Do some sort of squat or lunge and pair it with a plank variation. Do a few sets or set a timer and rotate between the 2 exercises for a few minutes.
Another combination might be doing a deadlift or bridge with a pulling exercise (think rows) and explosively throw a medicine ball. Alternating between upper and body moves means you don't have to wait as long in between sets to rest, you can workout safely, burn a good amount of calories and have an efficient workout in a short amount of time.
Now that you have this knowledge, you can't use your workout cancel your plans with the in-laws. Find the right movements for your body and get after it!


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What's next for China's Olympic golden girl Eileen Gu?
Matt Eaton
Eileen Gu celebrates after winning half-pipe gold in Beijing.
PHOTO: Reuters file
Eileen Gu is going to Stanford this year, that much is clear. But beyond that, the three-time Olympic medallist is keeping her cards close to her chest, for now anyway.
The 18-year-old leaves the Beijing Winter Olympics a bona fide star, a household name in China, and someone who has the world in the palm of her hand. After her historic two golds and one silver at Beijing 2022, California-born Gu now looks ready to slide from the Olympic podium into being one of China's biggest stars.
Her success at the Winter Olympics, her unblemished public persona, and a rare media savvy that crosses geographical lines, leaves the door wide open for a career in fashion, media, as a brand ambassador, a writer, academic, not to mention more competition.
"I've always said my goal is to be an ambassador for the sport and create bridges by breaking boundaries and records, and I'm proud to say that in addition to plenty of sleepless nights, moments of doubt and fear, and immeasurable growth, I had the best two weeks of my life," Gu wrote on Instagram.
But when it comes to questions about competition, it is a different story. "I'm a very competitive person and I'm also a very goal-oriented person," Gu told media during the Olympics.
"I do know that I'm going to go to Stanford. I do know that I still love skiing and I know that I want to continue my work in the fashion industry and I want to continue being a nerd and I want to keep writing and I want to get some of my writing published.
Winter Olympics: China's Eileen Gu clinches second gold in halfpipe
"In terms of competing, I have no idea what I am even doing next year. I would love to continue competing. But in terms of resources and time and what else I'm juggling, it depends. I'm gonna do whatever feels right and hopefully be able to create some positive change out of any decision that I make.
"I have a lot of big goals coming up in the future, but I don't really know what I'm going to be doing," she said. "You guys will have to stay tuned on that one."
Gu's success at the Games made her a rare athlete who is able to bridge the divide between the United States, where she was born, and China, the country she decided represents as an athlete. The ease at which she was able to wear both hats has earned her millions of new fans both within and outside China.
After the Beijing 2022 Olympics, the freeski phenomenon appeared live on Douyin, China's TikTok precursor, with superstar singer and actor Lay Zhang to talk about recording a song together.
As Gu and Zhang talked on the show hosted by Liu Yuxi, one of China's most famous TV sports hosts, the views and the likes racked up in their millions: Eighteen million were watching live at the peak with the video racking up more than 120 million likes.
Gu's Douyin account picked up 17.6 million followers in 15 days on the platform, with that number still rising fast.
Eileen Gu of China celebrates her second gold medal of the Beijing Games.
And it's not just Douyin where growth is coming. On Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform, she now has close to six millions followers. Throw in another 1.4 million on Instagram and Gu has a global fan base at the tip of her fingers.
It's that celebrity power that has seen a growing list of Chinese and European brands sign Gu as a brand ambassador. The likes of Chinese milk company Mengniu, coffee chain Luckin Coffee, Quark APP, Cadillac and home appliance group Midea are just a few of a growing portfolio she holds.
Shanghai-based media outlet Yicai Global says Gu now fronts at least 23 brands, that also includes global luxury powerhouses Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co and IWC Schaffhausen.
Gu is not just digitally savvy, but has a certain kind of authenticity that brands want. She also has the special gift of being honest and open with her fan base — something she attributes to family, friends, coaches and "all the girls" who show their support.
"They not only push the envelope, but they do it with smiles, friendship and sportsmanship. You guys inspire me every day and I'm so fortunate to be a part of this amazing family," Gu says.
In addition to being the youngest freeskiing Olympic gold medallist in history, the first extreme athlete to win three medals in the same Olympics, the only person to win a grand slam, X Games, freestyle skiing female athlete at the World Championships and the Olympics, it's safe to assume that Gu will continue to keep breaking down doors in whatever she chooses to do next.
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"My life belongs to me, I just do what I love. It's great if people support me, as I can encourage more children to get into in winter sports or to do whatever they want."
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This article was first published in South China Morning Post.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs received the attendants of UK Royal College of Defence Studies
Siranush Ghazanchyan Send an email June 3, 2014, 18:17
On May 3, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received a delegation of attendants representing different states of The Royal College of Defence Studies of the United Kingdom, who arrived in Armenia.
Minister Nalbandian presented to the attendants of The Royal College of the UK the main directions of Armenia's foreign policy, efforts exerted by Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs towards the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, regional issues and Armenia's stance on ways of their settlement, the process of Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Union, European Union-Armenia cooperation.
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The Revolutionary Communist Party (Organizing Committees) (abbr. RCP(OC)) was a Canada-based communist organization advocating the overthrow of the capitalist system. The ideology of the organization, founded in 2000, can be regarded as anti-revisionist in character. It described its ideology as "Marxism-Leninism-Maoism", which it considered the third phase of Marxism. The group did not take part in electoral politics, instead aiming to educate the working class about the need for a revolution in the style of the Russian and Chinese revolutions. The RCP(OC) was non-collaborationist and opposed all Canadian political parties, including those calling themselves communist. The RCP(OC) considered all current political parties in Canada to be reformist and therefore non-revolutionary by nature. Likewise, they also regarded the bureaucratic leaderships of the unions as collaborating with the bourgeoisie in an effort to undermine the revolutionary struggle of working class.

The RCP(OC) worked closely with a communist youth organization, the Red Youth Front, which held its founding meeting in Montreal in November 2005.

Canadian Revolutionary Congress
In November 2006, the RCP(OC) held its first national congress, the Canadian Revolutionary Congress, in Montreal, Quebec. At this congress the RCP(OC) put forward a resolution to support the founding of the RCP proper. The resolution was supported by the majority of the  participants, and the RCP(OC) re-formed itself as the Revolutionary Communist Party of Canada. The words "of Canada" are not officially part of its name, but are included to differentiate the Canadian RCP from the Revolutionary Communist Party USA.

Defunct Maoist parties
Anti-revisionist organizations
Maoist organizations in Canada
Communist parties in Canada
Far-left politics in Canada
2000 establishments in Canada
2006 disestablishments in Canada

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