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Rinspeed Etos Is an Autonomous i8 with Its Own Drone
Mike Duff
It was only a matter of time before the big tuner companies started to create their own takes on the autonomous car. We figured it would probably be shortly after self-driving vehicles actually hit the streets, but Swiss fettler Rinspeed decided that a mere detail like the not-quite-readiness of the technology wasn't going to slow it down. So it's bringing a self-driving BMW i8 concept to the Consumer Electronics Show next month. The Rinspeed Etos, as it's known, has both a fold-away steering wheel that stows itself invisibly when not needed and, because 2016, its own drone.
We're told that this is the personal project of Rinspeed supremo Frank M. Rinderknecht, and it's fair to say that the official release—which we suspect the car may have translated itself—doesn't shy away from the temptation to sing the boss's praises: "As always the Swiss mastermind approaches the mega topic of 'self-driving cars' primarily from the perspective of the driver and the occupants," it says, "and as always, he garnishes his concept with a host of inspiring and emotionally appealing highlights."
There are plenty of these. The Etos features a steering wheel that motors itself away into the dashboard when not in use, twin 21.5-inch curved display monitors, a camera system with virtual mirrors that only activate when a driver looks at them, active eye-tracking to monitor what the driver has seen and what he or she has missed, and even a curb cam to help end the scourge of curb rash. We also like the idea of active cell-phone-signal monitoring, which warns occupants how long they have to finish a conversation before entering a known dead zone. There's also a mechanical clock on the dashboard inside a rotating housing that moves to wind the mechanism.
The drone is where it gets really, well, Rinspeed. This has a landing platform at the back of the car that includes 12,000 LEDs, allowing it to double as "an electronic message board or a visual dance floor." Of the drone, the release says, "it can quickly pick up a bouquet of flowers for the significant other ordered on the way home. And the little flyer is a lot of fun when it acts like a UFO, shooting a selfie of the ride in the Etos on your local favorite route and streaming it live to friends. Heads up: that little thing has an extremely high addiction and envy factor!"
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There's no mention of mechanical changes, or indeed whether the Etos can move under its own power. It will be on display at CES as part of the Harman event at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, it will make its auto-show debut at Geneva in March.


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The International Society for Applied Ethology is the leading non-profit professional organization for academics and scientists interested in the behaviour and welfare of confined or domesticated animals, including companion, farm, laboratory and zoo animal species.

The Society was created in Edinburgh in 1966, as the Society for Veterinary Ethology (SVE). It rapidly expanded to cover all applied aspects of Ethology and other Behavioural Sciences, which are relevant to many human-animal interactions, such as farming, wildlife management, the keeping of companion and laboratory animals, and the control of pests. The Society also quickly became increasingly international: it now has a federal, international structure as well as regional representatives around the world. In 1991, on the 25th anniversary of the SVE, the society was renamed the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE). At the International Congress that year a paper was presented by Carol Petherick and Ian Duncan entitled "The Society for Veterinary Ethology 1966-1991 the 25th Anniversary Review".

Administration of the Society is the responsibility of a Council. The council also provides technical evidence on topics relating to animal behaviour and animal welfare during the committee stages of government legislation, for example, by discussion with groups such as the UK's Farm Animal Welfare Council. The European Parliament and the Council of Europe also consult council on such matters.

The membership is drawn from all areas of the world and is divided into 11 regions based on geography. ISAE encourages academic activity within the regions, including support of regional meetings, and also holds an annual Congress based, in alternate years, in Europe and elsewhere in the world. The 50th Anniversary Congress was held back in Edinburgh in July 2016 and commemorated with the publication of the book "Animals and Us: 50 Years and More of Applied Ethology."

ISAE's official scientific journal is Applied Animal Behaviour Science (AABS), a monthly publication, originally established as Applied Animal Ethology in 1974. AABS continues to be published by Elsevier.

Honorary Fellows of the society include Ruth Harrison, Donald Broom and Michael C. Appleby. Another notable member is Temple Grandin.

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External links
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Formula 1 2020 | 5 Things We Learnt From The Austrian Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas wins event-laden opening race of 2020 Formula 1 season in Austria
Charles Leclerc comes in runner-up, as Lewis Hamilton finishes fourth after late five-second penalty
Lando Norris claims maiden podium step, McLaren complete top-five double as Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel endure frustrating weekends
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Hamilton faces fight for history
After a four-month delay to proceedings, the opening race of the 2020 Formula 1 did not disappoint as the Red Bull Ring saw a dramatic 71 laps unfold on the Styrian plain.
With Valtteri Bottas picking up from his impressive late-season form of last term, the Finn came home first at the Austrian Grand Prix, however his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton – in pursuit of F1 history this season – finished off the podium in fourth after being penalised after a late incident at Turn 4 with Alex Albon.
As the 35-year-old Briton looks to win his seventh World Drivers' Championship this year and draw level with the great Michael Schumacher, the result was a clear indication that Hamilton will have to scrap in order to reach the summit of F1 again.
Seeing Charles Leclerc take the runner-up spot also – with the retirement of no less than nine cars this past Sunday – the evidence is clear for all that the chasing pack are closing in on the reigning and three-time-succesive champion.
Hamilton has fought back from adversity before in recent years, but his task of reaching sporting immortality could be his biggest mountain to climb yet. Happily for the Briton, the chance to remedy matters in Austria comes along immediately this weekend.
Verstappen denied triple
If Hamilton's Austrian Grand Prix had not gone to plan, the same was true for Red Bull's Max Verstappen who was denied the chance of even defending his position as two-time successive winner in Spielberg, after suffering power loss on lap 11.
As one of the main contenders for the F1 crown, the Dutchman's false-start to the campaign will be a blow to his hopes of leaving the Styrian GP next week at the top of the points pile, whilst also giving his rivals a points head-start going into the early races of what will be a chaotic and condensed season.
The opening race of this term in particular was always set to deal an unpredictable hand across the paddock, and in those terms Verstappen must simply move on.
After a consistent first six races in 2019, the new and unprecedented era has began in disappointing fashion for the champion-in-waiting however, and for a driver who has suffered more than his fair share of mechanical issues with his car, will hope to correct matters for the Styrian GP in mere days.
Norris and McLaren rise to occasion
As the new season embraced its' very different surroundings, the chance for a new face to emerge from the pack was realised as Lando Norris claimed his first Formula 1 podium place, after an impressive performance across the weekend in Austria.
The man dubbed the 'new Hamilton' made light work of any new-term nerves and with a sprinkle of fortune in coming on the fortunate side of a late chassis altercation with Sebastian Vettel – not to mention a certain six-time champion's late penalty – the Bristolian finally showed why so many suggest Norris could be the heir to the British F1 throne.
As his mechanics revelled in an unlikely top three finish, his team McLaren also enjoyed their best showing in recent years, with Carlos Sainz's fifth-placed finish completing a superb double top-five berth for the Woking manufacturer.
In just his second season the 20-year-old is showing the instinct of his more illustrious compatriot on the track, and after just 22 races has achieved a feat few other drivers have accomplished at such a tender age.
Indeed, Norris has even eclipsed Hamilton in becoming the youngest Briton in F1 history to stand on the podium – doing so with a break-neck final lap time – and his success in Spielberg could point to a break-out season in 2020 also.
For McLaren on a wider scale, with Daniel Ricciardo's obvious and still burning talents to arrive in 2021, the British former constructors champions who have not had a World champion on their books since Hamilton in 2008 – but who dominated the late '80s to early '90s – could be building something special and with a British core.
Albon must learn F1 savvy
Staying with a homegrown flavour, one Brit's success was paved by the misfortune of another former member as Alex Albon was again left frustrated after being denied his own first top three finish, after a late collision with Hamilton.
Completing a rare and miserable weekend for Red Bull on home tarmac this past weekend, the London-born Thai driver had threatened to challenge for the race lead after one of a plethora of late safety restarts, but was left licking his wounds for the second time against the Briton – similarly to Brazil last year – with a very realistic of a headline-making result.
Forced to retire three laps from the end after his meeting with the gravel trap, Albon was too eager to impress and win at all costs, where a dash of patience and thought in attempting to manoeuvre past the reigning champion could have resulted is a more successful outcome.
Following a gamble of near-genius to switch to soft tyres during the second safety car period, Albon's chances were doused with the chance of glory beckoning, an occurrence which Team Principal Christian Horner believes Hamilton owes his number two an apology for.
Speaking to F1.com, Horner stated:
"It was just a misjudgement by Lewis at the end of the day and it'd be good if he apologised for it."
To his credit, Hamilton has openly taken the blame for the incident, but that will be of little consolation to the rising Albon. After taking the drive of the under-performing Esteban Ocon in the mid-point of last term however, the latter has taken his chance with both hands. If he can develop more of a steel on the track, Albon could be the real deal this season.
Vettel faces tough Ferrari swan-song
Across the paddock at Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel endured the first of what could be a difficult swan-song season for Scuderia, with the news that German will be replaced by Sainz in partnering Leclerc from next season.
As if to rub salt in the four-time champion's wounds, the veteran concluded an awkward weekend in Styria with a collision with the aforementioned Spaniard, heaping both misery and irony on the tenth-finishing Vettel.
After last season's position as Ferrari number one, the rise of teammate Leclerc has directly impacted the German's chances of competing once more with Hamilton, and after a number of high-profile fallings-out last term, now faces what could be an uncomfortable season in the Prancing Horse cockpit having been ushered out.
With his best days behind him and the bright young things of F1 increasing in number, it is forgotten that Vettel has been one of the sport's lynch-pins for over 15 years, however with one season left with famed Italian giant, the upcoming one could bring great uncertainty.
The inaugural Styrian Grand Prix takes place this weekend, at the Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria.
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Who is Winning the Google Fiber Race?[Updated Daily]
Welcome to our first installment of our Google fiber optic tracking report. This report will features news and updates over time to reflect that status of the various communities that are all vying for Google's attention, but this initial report will serve as a general overview of what this project is and how it works.In essence, the Google Fiber Optic race can be viewed in many ways. The way we have chosen to look at the race, at least initially, is by using popular social networking sites as metrics for the actual interest level in Google's fiber optic broadband service and data gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau for population statistics.
Update Nov 2015: In the years since tracking the deployment of Google Fiber, Google has decided to continue to expand to more and more new cities. You can see their expansion plans on this page: https://fiber.google.com/newcities/. Additionally, there may be a chance that Municipal fiber may be on it's way to your city.
Update Aug 2011: So as you may have heard Google selected Kansas City, Kansas for the initial deployment of its fiber gigabit service. For all the other towns vying for fiber, don't give up, they may expand to more cities in the future depending on how the first deployment goes. In the meantime, if you're lucky enough to be in area where Fios (from Verizon) is available, http://www.defefx.com/fios-deals/ shows how you can save the most on Verizon's fiber service.
The graph below depicts the top 15 cities measured by community support levels. The community support levels are calculated by taking the single social networking source with the largest following and dividing by the population of the city. Social networking sources include Facebook Pages (the fan count), Facebook Groups (the member count), and Twitter followers. This graph will change automatically as new data is accumulated.
Recent Surges
The next graph show which cities have posted the largest increase in supporters over the past week. The supporter counts are a sum of the three social networking sources: Facebook Page fans + Facebook Group members + Twitter followers.
Leaders by Sheer Numbers
While the Overall Leaders graph uses population to make the comparison more fair, it's still fun to see which cities have the largest actual number of supporters, which is exactly what the next graph shows.
Social Networking as a Benchmark
In essence, the Google Fiber Optic race can be viewed in many ways. The way we have chosen to look at the race, at least initially, is by using popular social networking sites as metrics for the actual interest level in Google's fiber optic broadband service and data gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau for population statistics.
The reason that social networking sites were used to gather honest information regarding community interest in Google's fiber optic campaigns is fairly simple. One reason has to do with the alternative, which is online voting or polling. Well, that method can and has been easily manipulated in the past. There are numerous examples of people writing scripts or manually influencing such metrics. That is not to say that it is impossible to fool social networking sites, but the process is a little bit more difficult. Additionally, Google themselves have been monitoring the social networking scene, which tends to make it not only more relevant than a proprietary setup, but it also acts as a sort of data-police. Google already has advanced social networking/benchmarking algorithms designed to foil attempts to manipulate social networking data.
Even though the users of social network sites may not represent a large demographic of the population, we feel it is exactly the demographic that Google is interested in gauging. These users represent the first adopters of technologies like fiber-to-the-home. These are the users that would actually make use of a Google gigabit connection, and will foster the progression of next-generation web applications, which is exactly what Google has set out to do.
When it comes to population, the U.S. Census Bureau is the definitive source, and that is where all of our population statistics come from. While some of the data is a few years old, there really seems to be no fairer metric than this. Hopefully everyone will be filling out their new U.S. Census Bureau registration cards in the immediate future. A few acknowledgments are in order, however, before continuing further.
The first is that cities with smaller populations are probably more prone to percentage based fluctuations than cities with larger populations. This is a given, but it is something that we have not found a great way of solving. The simple fact is that a town of 1000 could increase or decrease population based on the activity of employers or just particularly amorous couples much more so than a town with 100,000 residents. The other issue is that some cities have updated their U.S. Census Bureau data more recently than others. In all cases, we used the most recent data possible. Why did some cities update more recently than others? That is a good question, and one we hope to answer in the future, but ultimately these two problems should not make any large difference to our reporting for a few reasons.
The first reason is that only cities with a certain number of fans/followers/members are being tracked. This means that incredibly small towns might be left out of the equation, but that is nothing new or noteworthy; Google is looking to serve a minimum of 50,000 people. Sorry towns of 1,000, but Google will not be picking you exclusively, though there is a lot of hope that you will be served by Google picking a larger region and servicing your needs as part of that choice. For our metrics, we decided to focus more on the idea that Google would be picking larger towns and this naturally means that we had to make a cutoff in terms of population as well as a cutoff in terms of fans/followers/members. Secondly, getting back to the population vs. growth issue, these larger towns are (as previously mentioned) less prone to radical changes in population. In short, we think the Census Bureau data is reliable for our purposes.
Measure of Intent
Many people might wonder why population information was considered at all. The reason is fairly simple: desire. How bad an individual wants something can be figuratively measured by the fibers of their being, and a macro version of this is substantially more literal; how many people within a community want something bad enough to go through the minimal effort of signing into a social networking service and becoming a fan or member? It does not seem difficult, but it certainly shows intent. This intent divided by the number of people in a community should be a reasonable way to gauge the desire of that community as a whole for Google's gigabit fiber optic service.
New Cities with Fiber Offerings
Since we initially started Google Fiber's expansion hundreds of small municipal broadband networks have popped up.
While Google has stated that it is slowing down it's rollout, the attention Google brought to the need for fastest broadband didn't go unnoticed. Today many small cities also have regional for profit providers that have risen up to meet consumer demand.
A good example of these providers is MetroNet which serves parts of Illinois and Indiana. They offer gigabit speeds for less than $100/mo. They're also regularly listed in the top 100 fastest internet providers in the US.
Are there any regional providers that are making waves in your area? If so, leave them in the comments and we'll include them in this resource.
Posted in: Google Fiber on May 10, 2010 · 87 Comments
Alissa Sheley April 30th, 2010
Thanks for posting this report and providing the cool widget tracking Topeka's progress as compared to other cities vying for fiber.
I wonder if you've got or are able to obtain data showing the population of Facebook & Twitter users for each city. I think that information would be very interesting and think that metric could potentially show a more accurate view of the community support.
Thanks again for posting!
@AlissaSheley
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jen May 05th, 2010
Yay go Grand Rapids!
ZhahnDoe May 05th, 2010
Go Grand Rapids!
Rob Hoffman May 06th, 2010
We like this argument in Ann Arbor and support the ideas behind it, but there should be one caveat attached to it: The definition of an urban area can vary widely. As one of my colleagues pointed out, there are residents of the (larger) metropolitan Grand Rapids area who would benefit from the fiber, so there's a vested interest in someone from the metro area supporting the movement even if he or she doesn't live in Grand Rapids proper. In Ann Arbor, because we are so close to Detroit, our metro area is much smaller i.e. it's unlikely that anyone further away than next-door Ypsilanti would benefit from Ann Arbor having fiber. Therefore, the city's social-media numbers are closer to the city's population itself.
Bruce Floyd May 10th, 2010
You have neglected to include the Google Fiber for Gainesville initiative, otherwise known as Gig4GNV.
http://www.gig4gnv.com
http://www.facebook.com/gig4gnv
http://www.twitter.com/gig4gnv
Jacob May 11th, 2010
Glad to see Huntsville, AL hanging in there!
fiberforall May 11th, 2010
Thanks Bruce! Gainesville will show up in the reports momentarily.
Deb Hild May 12th, 2010
Mason City…a place to grow.
Lori Axdahl May 12th, 2010
Mason City, Iowa is a great city in the heart of the midwest.
David Eicks May 13th, 2010
Anderson wants "Google" Anderson is the best site for the future of fiber and the development of new applications!!!
Michael Thomas May 13th, 2010
GO ANDERSON INDIANA!!!! 🙂 WE WANT GOOGLE!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
cynthia shackleton May 14th, 2010
Go Mason City
Joe Manzella May 14th, 2010
I wouldn't put too much stock into who joined who's facebook group! There are plenty of factors that Google will take into account when they make their decision – it could be a single street, a block, a town, several towns, or some combination thereof! Stay tuned!
Linette Heimbuch May 18th, 2010
Go Mason City!
Martha McCoy May 18th, 2010
Chanute, Kansas is the one ! We want GOOGLE! We are a Main Street City that is moving to the future! Come visit us! Home of Osa and Martin Johnson Safari Museum, Octave Chanute, Chanute Art Gallery, Chanute Historical Museum and already ready for GOOGLE!
Keith Kamp May 19th, 2010
GO Austin,Minn. We need it badly for Hormel and the Hormel Institute for cancer research closeness to the world famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mn it woild benefit more people now and in the future
Pat May 19th, 2010
Go Chanute!! We can do it!
rick May 26th, 2010
Come on GR, make a comeback to first!
tiff June 01st, 2010
Go Anderson, Indiana.
Amber Eckert-Jones June 01st, 2010
GO Anderson IN!!! I can only imagine all of the possibilities that this could bring to Anderson. We can get them here!
Natalie June 02nd, 2010
Go austin Mn!! we need a better and faster internet in our community… it would also benefit Hormel and the Hormel cancer research… It would also benefit mayo clinic in rochester one of the top hospitals it the Usa!!!
Michelle June 04th, 2010
Ann Arbor is the place to be…
Terri Markham June 05th, 2010
We maybe a small community but we are mighty!!!! GO CHANUTE !!!!
Larry Helwig June 07th, 2010
Niagara County, NY will contribute $250,000 toward the build out of the Google Fiber project. Go Niagara !
Terri June 07th, 2010
Go Austin, Mn
The possiblities would be endless.
Victoria V. June 08th, 2010
Go go google fiber Austin Minnesota! ! !
Jean June 09th, 2010
Yeah AUSTIN, MINNESOTA!!! We need better and faster internet in our community… Better and faster internet would be a huge benefit to Hormel, also for the Hormel Cancer Research Center. It would also be a huge benefit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, which as everyone knows is one of the top hospitals in the USA!
Shawn Riley June 10th, 2010
Good morning on this fine June 10th…
What happened to Austin Minnesota? We aren't on the list today. Yesterday we were #12.
Koreen Klein June 10th, 2010
Google fiber for Austin Minnesota! ! !
Angela Hamrick June 10th, 2010
AUSTIN MINNESOTA IS THE BEST PLACE!!!!!
Sam Roberts June 20th, 2010
Measuring Popular Support in this manner has some merit, the accuracy is degraded by many factors. First, the Census data used is 10 years old. Anderson, Indiana is one city who population has declined significantly during that decade with the abandonment of General Motors and it's subsidiaries. Secondly, the popularity of Twitter is minute in comparison to Face Book and should not influence the numbers. Many of us see Twitter as a "Fad" that won't survive. One thing that I'm certain Google is considering is climate and weather conditions. Fiber and fiber installation will have to stand the test of the elements.
Just my 2 cents. Thanks for showing us the information you've collected.
Chad June 21st, 2010
No method is without its flaws. We pretty much covered why did selected the methods we used, and we stand by them for lack of a better way to measure popular support.
Jan June 25th, 2010
Spamtown USA, Austin, MN!!!
Ann Williams June 30th, 2010
We WANT GOOGLE in Anderson, IN for faster internet in our community. Anderson, Indiana is the best site for the future of fiber. We are ready; just say the word and we will run with GOOGLE!
Austin Minnesota was #12 and is #81 again… this happened and was fixed before. Is there an issue with the population side of the script you use?
Go AUSTIN MINNESOTA!!! http://googleaustinmn.com/
KB July 01st, 2010
Where did Austin, Minn., go on the list? Is something wrong – we were #12.
Quincy Fiber July 06th, 2010
Please include Quincy, IL.
She has 6.25% population support at the current moment.
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Valerie Shedd July 06th, 2010
Come on Ann Arbor!!!! We can do it!!
Dale K. Cochran July 10th, 2010
Go Austin,Mn. I agree,this would help our research for cancer.And the medical fields in our area.
Jerald Jones July 11th, 2010
Let's Go Austin. We need this for our children.
Sheri Jo Wilson July 12th, 2010
Go Austin, MN……Spamtown USA….
Josh King July 20th, 2010
Chanute is doing a good job. Keep up the hard work, and lets GIT-R-DONE!!!!!!
fiberforall August 02nd, 2010
Quincy, IL has been added!
Steve Leif August 05th, 2010
We can do it.
Josh August 06th, 2010
GO AUSTIN MN!!
tragul August 31st, 2010
go ANN ARBOR
Trevor Terpstra September 07th, 2010
Google my Grand Rapids! XD
josh September 25th, 2010
Go Ann Arbor – A2fiber!
Michael Matry September 30th, 2010
Go Grand Rapids, Go!
Alex Stanton October 19th, 2010
GOOGLE FIBER FOR GRAND RAPIDS
I WANT GOOGLE FIBER
Stephen Glaesman October 20th, 2010
Grand Rapids!!!!
Jessica October 29th, 2010
Chanute, KS!!!
lamapper November 04th, 2010
Google Map showing current locations in the USA where you can get bi-synchronous Fiber To The Home (FTTH) connections for Internet access. My friend told me he could not wait to learn which lucky 5 cities get selected by Google as he was seriously thinking of moving to one of them. Here is the shortened URL, maybe we can share this with others and put pressure on the telco/cable/wireline/wireless/cellular monopoly to finally give us FTTH, but I will not hold my breath…: http://sn.im/1axal4
Google map, current US FTTH bi-synchronous availability: http://sn.im/1axal4
Tyler November 06th, 2010
Go Longview, Texxas
We want Google Fiber!
Barney November 11th, 2010
Go Chanute …. we are ready. Whatever it takes, we need you & Goggle should want us
Palmtree November 16th, 2010
GOOGLE GRAND RAPIDS!!!!!!!!!!!
Craig Hoium November 16th, 2010
We need google in Spamtown USA, Austin Minnesota!
Nathen December 01st, 2010
Go Grand Rapids! This city could really become one of the greatest with the access to an expeditious internet connection.
Kathy Jones December 08th, 2010
Chanute, KS leads the area in technology in our schools. Chanute needs to continue to provide ways for our students and adults throughout our community to be true 21st century learners. Google fiber we need you and are looking forward to your announcement soon!
Martha McCoy December 08th, 2010
WE LOVE GOGGLE! CHANUTE, CHANUTE, CHANUTE!!!!
Nathan Falk December 09th, 2010
How many of these other towns are directly linked to a Level 3 substation? How many already have over 20 miles of fiber ready and waiting? Chanute is ready.
Cindy Morrison December 13th, 2010
Chanute Chanute Chanute… WE ARE READY!!!
Terri Orozco December 13th, 2010
Dear Santagoogle: All I want for Christmas is google fiber for my community. Chanute is a community of innovation and google would put is on the map…because we are the center of google earth…I can live withoutmy two front teeth….but not without Google!!! Thank you Santa!!!
Dan H January 31st, 2011
I'm wondering why the graphs posted on this site as of 1/31/11 appear to only show Twitter followers? What happened to the facebook fan page followers?
Kj February 01st, 2011
Cancer research at the Homel Institute would benefit greatly from Google!!!…
WE GIG IT!
Santino February 03rd, 2011
Go Austin-Mn the Spam town, we are progressing!!
Peter Bjorndal February 05th, 2011
Go Austin Minnesota!!!!!
Janice February 08th, 2011
GOOGLE FIBER FOR Austin Minnesota
Braun Oldenkamp February 12th, 2011
GO AUSTIN GO!!!!
Austin could greatly benefit from google fiber,
and would be a great help to the Hormel Institute!!!!
Gregg February 23rd, 2011
Hey, how come we can't look up our community? We're in there as Humboldt Bay.
fiberforall February 28th, 2011
Gregg, Thanks for noticing! We just added Humboldt Bay.
Janice March 03rd, 2011
Shawn Riley March 15th, 2011
Austin Minnesota is still moving! 1 year anniversary of the We Gig IT campaign is now upon us. We are still engaging the community and helping to push forward.
Travis March 16th, 2011
Anyone know what has become of this? I thought they were supposed to have chosen the cities by now…
Nate March 22nd, 2011
Take IBM, The University of Minnesota Cancer Research Institute, the Mayo Clinic, the Hormel Foods Foundation and Google Fiber. Welcome to the future in Austin, Minnesota. Yes, there is an Austin in Minnesota.
Lois Nelson March 24th, 2011
You rock, Austin! Very deserving for this rcognition because of both community need andsupport. Good luck!
steve arens March 24th, 2011
The Hormel institute in Austin Minnesota has made some of the most remarkable discoveries in cancer research in recent years. They are discovering cures for cancer. Google Fiber in Austin could result in the most good for the most people. It's like a humanitarian effort.
Steve Arens
Kerry March 25th, 2011
I worked at the Hormel Institute from 1981 – 2005 in various positions. The Hormel Institute was an awesome place to work. The thing that I liked the most was the diversity of the people who worked there. I was able to meet people from many different countries and learn of their customs and personalities. In my opinion, the Hormel Institute is the research institution that will leave their mark in the world as the discoverers of cures for cancer and many other diseases. Google Fiber will only enhance their ability to communicate and work with other great research institutions all over the world. Please come to Austin!!!
hy chen March 25th, 2011
Go,Austin,Go
Riley March 25th, 2011
Austin Minnesota need Google Fiber! We have Hormel, the Hormel Institute, and Mayo is not far away! We could get and share information so much faster with this and it would help our schools too. Right now it is so hard to get something done at school because the internet is so slow. teachers cant load things fast enough to show us and students that dont have internet at home cant complete certain assignments on time because the internet is too slow. I have internet at home but its super slow. So something that should only take 30 minutes can take up to 2 hours. youtube videos take an hour or longer to load and it would be nice to see them way faster! Austin Gigs it!!
Char March 28th, 2011
The Austin, Minnesota community would greatly benefit from the Fiber To The Home Access to Internet. We have a wonderful school system, but this would make a huge improvement to our math and science programs in the schools. The rural areas
around the city do not have high speed internet connections, so this would benefit this area as well as the Science Research Facilities with the University of Minnesota,
Hormel Institute in association with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. It would be a Win-Win situation for everyone!!
We all thank you,
Kj March 30th, 2011
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Former Mexican Security Chief, Genaro Garcia Luna in plea negotiations with U.S.
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Genaro Garcia Luna is in plea negotiations with the United States. It would be pragmatic for the U.S. to negotiate a plea with the former security chief of Mexico as going to trial could become a sticky situation for the U.S. especially if Garcia wants to spill the beans on former presidents he worked under, namely Fox and Calderon.
It would be very unlikely that the U.S. could act on any information Garcia could share, although many Mexicans are salivating at the thought.
In 2004 the U.S. took to trial and convicted the former prime minister of Ukraine, for money laundering and other crimes. It was only the second time in history that a foreign head of government was successfully prosecuted. And more interesting is it was the first time a head of a foreign government was convicted in part on crimes committed in his country.
With respect to Mexico—even the idea of prosecuting a former president, for crimes committed in Mexico, could have disastrous implications given the close relationship our two nations have and must have.
Highly doubtful it would be done for crimes committed in Mexico. And there is the issue of immunity.
What Garcia could do, is share information on narcos yet to be prosecuted. In other words he becomes just another cooperative witness in the massive sea of bad guys.
Perhaps a legal mind can weigh in?
Borderland Beat Reporter Chivis Posted at 11:23 AM
Does garcia have proof former Mexican presidents took bribes?
Cooperate and plea, do his short stint in prison, gets to stay in the US, doesn't spill the beans on other US and Mexico politicians and business as usual, drugs keep getting sold and people keep getting killed. Crime does pay.
Ask a poor Mexican person if he'd do 5 years in federal prison and then gets a large sum of money and gets to stay in the US. My guess, over 90% would say yes!
@11:46 pretty much sums it up I'd say, except you forgot: 'and the drugs keeps on flowing, the bribes being paid and the poor keep on dying'.
Resistance 1981 January 7, 2020 at 12:41 PM
Of course..what bull$hi+ example of u.s justice..he will get time at country club fed..no bankers or money launders will be prosecuted..lame..
@12:41 but u ain't surprised, rite?
The thing about the former Ukrainian pm being the first head of state to be prosecuted for crimes committed in their own country is untrue. The US and France both prosecuted Noriega.
Chivis January 7, 2020 at 1:26 PM
I stated it was the second time. as for france and U.S. prosecutions it was for crimes in the U.S.
I think france claim was that he purchased a luxury apt complex to laundry money in france, same in US money laundering and trafficking. complex because he was technically a POW.
Everybody from CDS is in a plea agreement with the U.S. for leaner sentences. How many people can have valuable info on that cartels workings however? I, mean after Chapo, Zambada Kids, Chino Antrax and more why is it CDS is still as strong as ever if they all cooperate with American authorities after their capture?
It's all a joke! If the U.S. was not helping CDS this cartel would be gone.
Zamabada and the rest of the Guzman family is out and about enjoying themselves to this very day and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future as proof.
I wouldnt say strong as ever. I live here in Culiacan. And have my fair share of insides with certain individuals that i shall not mention. Due to the fact that its no ones business. But let me tell you something; before, i am 30 years old and have done 8 years in United States federal prison system. Didnt snitch either. And the money doesnt flow in quantitites like it used to. Theres still heavy hitters getting millions dont get me wrong. But begore the war anyone could get a substantial amount of work and get money and theyve really trim the fat. Dont get me wront thwrees stil a lot of work and money coming in but its coming in to a very minimal amount of people.before a lot of random motherfu kers were ballin here in Culiacan. Lemme tell u. Many might play the role cuz they have 14 push start decent vehicle. But people that ive seen with millions are scraping by. The lifestyle gets more anf more expensive as the years go by. Dont believe the hype people.
So true👍
1:56. That's because poor people starting in the drug businesses are getting paid less and less for their work. Specially if they are not there by nepotism or something of the sorts. Much like American corporations that only theirnedecutived and CEOs enjoy healthy raises each year regardless if the businesses is doing well or not while the remaining 87 percent of their employees do not receive any decent amount of wage increase.
1:56 I appreciate your honesty, most people from sinaloa hype sh!t up too much and the majority live in the states SMH
That lifestyle ALWAYS catches up to you and it's not worth it. Know of many who were doing good without a care in the world getting money but now gave it up or got kidnapped for ransom $$ and many in prison
It's CLEAR that CDS CARTEL is PART of 🇲🇽 government with backing from U.S..
I wouldn't be surprised if chapo was in sinaloa relaxing laughing at the people who THINK he is locked up in ADX 😆
Only suckers think this about Chapo and also believe in the war on drugs.
If history has taught us anything as the Chapo trial has peeled back the onion of criminality is that it can only exist at any level in a civilized society with nurturing and encouragement from the authority AKA The Man. The US govt wants to avoid a pony show because their behind his rise and fall. Plus, Genero gets the Anthrax deal....7 a 10 anos en Club Fed ese tiene que pasar...
Why enter plea negotiations? Lesser sentence for more clarity, and if it's former president's, why would we care. Are we into protecting the political elite of each country? When has the truth ever harmed anyone. Straight up. Luna, no breaks, because whatever you can give up, is Sinaloa bags of money and knowledge that will not be acted upon.
Chema January 7, 2020 at 9:11 PM
Hes just gonna give info on people that have him bribes
To much $$$$$$ involved to prosecute high level Presidents. Look Amlo he let's the Cartel do what they want, he will get rich also. Too much $$$$$ in drugs.
What a shame. GGL could open all the locked doors of corruption. He and the CORRUPT US backed SIU were paid by BLO, los Zetas, CDG and Sinaloa. They used their positions of trust to coddle US intel and Law Enforcement. They took precious intel and sold it to the cartels. He will be swept quietly under the rug to avoid the embarrassing complacency and complicit actions of his USG friends. The Allende massacre, Monterrey fire, blatant obstruction of Chapo arrest operations, protection of ABL from capture on multiple occasions just to name a few of he and his creation the SIU's crimes. He had his associates murdered and sold the reigns of control to Ramon Pequeno who sold it to Ivan Reyes. The USG and MX are afraid of the truth coming out. Its not just GGL its also his successors, a line of murder, corruprion, and intelligence betrayed for money that continues to this day. Countless informants have been killed as a direct result of the treachery of these men and sadly condoned or at the least ignored by willing US partners.
His azz is grassed, should have kept his nose clean, but temptation got the best of him, time to pay the Piper.


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Craig and Bill founded Schauermann & Thayer at the same time they purchased the building in 1986. From these modest beginnings, Craig and Bill grew their small firm into what has become the largest personal injury law firm in Southwest Washington.
In 1999, to ease the burdens of their too-busy law practice, Craig and Bill invited a California attorney who had recently moved his young family north to join their up-and-coming personal injury law firm in Vancouver, Washington. Jeff brought a welcome new voice to their team and also brought a unique set of skills in and understanding of aviation law.
The practice kept growing. Craig, Bill and Jeff were working more and more hours and didn't seem to have time to get everything done they needed in order to properly represent their clients. After meeting Scott Staples in 2006 on their attorney softball team, they hired him as a law clerk during his second year of law school. Scott's knack for problem solving and his keen legal mind quickly earned him a permanent position with the firm and he joined as an associate attorney when he graduated law school in 2007. In 2010, Scott was invited to join the firm as a partner and has continued to grow the practice.
With four full time attorneys and a twenty-year client base, the firm's reputation grew as old clients, other lawyers in the community, medical professionals, and even judges referred their friends and family members to Schauermann Thayer for legal representation. In 2011, the firm added me, Scott Edwards, a fourth year attorney with an insurance defense background to the team. I brought a unique understanding of the inner-workings of insurance companies and also helped bring the firm up-to-speed on modern technology. Today the firm is considered one of the most technologically advanced and savvy firms in Clark County. I became a partner in the firm in 2013.
A couple of years after hiring me, Craig Schauermann's relationship with the firm shifted from being a regular presence each day to "of-counsel" status. He still is actively involved in the cases the firm handles but is no longer taking cases of his own and comes in to the office only two or three times a month. He handles the attorneys' "jump start" meetings, where we go through each attorney's case load and discuss each client specifically. His years of experience and insight create invaluable opportunities for our clients—and our attorneys.
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Shortly after Craig's semi-retirement, Jeff Jacobs also retired. Jeff currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife and sends us periodic updates on his new-found extra time and leisure interests. He seems to be enjoying retirement immensely.
The attorney's at the firm felt Jeff's absence in the form of increasing caseloads and difficulty to get all the needed work done with just four attorneys. In 2018, we hired Benjamin Melnick, a young criminal defense attorney who had already begun to shift his practice to personal injury work. Ben's love of the law and respect for attorneys and clients alike had already earned him an enviable reputation in Southwest Washington that we were happy to bring into our growing personal injury law firm.
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How behemoth companies quash innovation
Large corporations have become experts at edging out smaller companies—a terrible omen for the future of progress.
Carl Benedikt Freyarchive page
Nhung Le
The coronavirus has shattered many people's lives, but most of us held on to one bit of optimism from the outset: the belief that we'd eventually invent a vaccine, that we would find a way to move beyond the pandemic. But it's important to remember that, just like the vaccine, the belief in constant progress itself had to be invented. We can't just presume it will continue.
Progress these days hinges on the interaction between larger incumbent companies and nimbler startups. The big, established companies focus more on improving efficiency and protecting their positions, while the smaller, fast-moving startups are more likely to provide the breakthrough inventions.
This story was part of our March 2021 issue
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The problem is that over the past few decades the larger companies have, with the help of regulators, gotten better at edging out startups. The pandemic has in some ways worsened this trend. It is even harder for many cash-strapped young firms to survive. And that doesn't portend well for innovation.
One recent study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University shows that breakthrough inventions are more likely to come from individual inventors or smaller teams. Corporations excel at bringing about incremental improvements, like those that make the production process more efficient. But major leaps in technology tend to come from newer, smaller firms. You can make a better horse carriage, but eventually it takes a radical innovation to make a motorcar—otherwise progress stalls.
Covid-19 has caused more churn of companies entering and exiting the marketplace than any other event since World War II, but we can't read that to mean we'll see a faster rate of technological progress. Instead, we've seen the opposite: restrictions on immigration, plummeting travel, and the isolation of knowledge workers in home offices have made the kinds of interactions that drive innovation less likely to happen.
A bias toward profit
Besides this, there's evidence that venture capitalists have devoted more of their energies to guiding companies already in their portfolios through the pandemic, rather than looking outward for new investments. As a result, the prime beneficiaries from the pandemic have been incumbents with deep pockets. Giants like Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft collectively hold more than $570 billion in gross cash.
Capitalism is in crisis. To save it, we need to rethink economic growth.
The failure of capitalism to solve our biggest problems is prompting many to question one of its basic precepts.
As covid-19 solidifies the market position of behemoths, it also increases their political clout, which tends to stifle the kind of dynamic environment in which nimble startups take risks and create bold new innovations.
The British historian Eric Hobsbawm once wrote, "It is often assumed that an economy of private enterprise has an automatic bias towards innovation, but this is not so. It has a bias only towards profit." He was right.
In the early stages of a product's life cycle, a company will focus on innovation. But once a prototype has been established, that company's efforts shift toward incremental improvements in production to cut costs. At a certain point a company finds that it's more cost-efficient to focus on political lobbying to protect itself from competition than to spend money on innovating. And that's ultimately terrible for the state of progress: research from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that companies with more political connections tend to be less innovative and apply for fewer patents.
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The economy had been trending in this direction since before the pandemic. The French economist Thomas Philippon has documented how business dynamism has declined dramatically in the US since the 2000s, while business spending on lobbying has skyrocketed. In a separate study, Philippon and Germán Gutiérrez show that recent regulations "have a negative impact on small firms, especially in industries with high lobbying expenditures." In other words, powerful firms encourage regulations that hinder the competition and boost their own profits. This is a path toward stagnation, not progress.
Covid makes it worse
One way of halting this economic equivalent of atherosclerosis is to encourage more free trade and global competition. But thanks in part to covid-19, we're moving in the opposite direction. As the pandemic took off in the first 10 months of 2020, G20 members undertook 1,371 policy interventions, of which 1,067 harmed trading partners, according to a recent report by the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
The solutions might have less to do with restraining the billionaires and more with reining in the corporate behemoths.
Should we worry that we're slowing the speed of progress? Absolutely. To take the most immediate example, without progress we would have no vaccines—nor would we be capable of mass-producing them. What's more, innovation is a prerequisite for sustained growth, and an economy that isn't growing becomes a zero-sum game. When growth is static and resources are limited, that leads to greater competition for those resources, which helps explain why violence was more pervasive before modern growth began, as Steven Pinker has shown.
Much has been written about the political power of the top 1% in the US, but the vast majority of campaign contributions come from business lobbying groups rather than wealthy individuals. If innovation has been stifled and people somehow sense that democracy is rigged, the solutions might have less to do with restraining the billionaires and more with reining in the corporate behemoths.
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Q: Bootstrap 3, row прижать к низу Здравствуйте, разбираюсь с bootstrap 3, вот пример:

Нужно, чтоб нижний row был прилеплен к низу контейнера?
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Даниил Петрович Тулинов (1855 — ?) — крестьянин, член Государственной думы II созыва от Воронежской губернии.

Биография
Крестьянин Коротоякского уезда Воронежской губернии. Получил начальное образование. Отбыл военную службу. Занимался земледелием на 1 десятине и 10 квадратных саженях земли.

8 февраля 1907 года избран в Государственную думу II созыва от общего состава выборщиков Воронежского губернского избирательного собрания. Вошёл в состав Конституционно-демократическую фракции.

Детали дальнейшей судьбы и дата смерти неизвестны.

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 Государственная дума Российской империи: 1906—1917. Москва. Российская политическая энциклопедия. 2008. C. 630.
 Боиович М. М. Члены Государственной думы (Портреты и биографии). Второй созыв. М.: Тип. Товарищества И. Д. Сытина. 1907. С. 61.

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Publication - July 11, 2011 - By Pembina Institute et al.
The Oilsands Performance Metrics Summary Report summarizes input from 60 thought leaders who attended the Oilsands Metrics Thought Leader Forum on May 3, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta. It incorporates additional input collected from participants at three follow-up webinars in June 2011.
allow for the evaluation of a company's social licence to operate.
This report discusses and makes recommendations on the key design principles for oilsands performance metrics and provides examples of existing and emerging performance metrics initiatives. The report also explains the needs of the audiences in detail.
The report was prepared by: The Pembina Institute, the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE) and Deloitte.
First up is Clive Mather, the keynote speaker at the event. He says it's important for the varied stakeholder groups to get together and come up with the guiding principles under which oilsands development takes place. He would like to see measurable standards created to help industry perform better and government regulate better because "we frankly need to do things better and metrics is a key way of ensuring that happens."
Bonham is a senior analyst with NEI Investments and he says oilsands metrics are needed to ensure the environmental and social impacts do not outweigh the economic benefits of the oilsands. He says the investment community is increasingly engaging companies on matters of sustainability and that good metrics are critical to help investors make good decisions.
Worbets says metrics are an absolutely, "fundamental piece of a system that's required to allow ourselves, with a clear conscience, to develop an oilsands resource in a sustainable way."
Grant is the oilsands director of the Pembina Institute. She says metrics are a critical source of information to benchmark and assess company performance. She cites the Institute's in situ report card that looked at the environmental performance of nine different companies. Some of the information that came out of that work showed clear room for improvement. "We want to ensure oilsands development proceeds within the limits of air, land and water systems."
MacConnachie, the senior sustainability issues management specialist with Suncor, says the public has a poor understanding of oilsands and that metrics can help. With so much debate about the meaning of the facts surrounding oilsands development, MacConnachie says oilsands metrics will only mean something to people if they are involved in the process of creating them. "It can't be a bunch of industry folks sitting in a room and nor can it be a bunch of environmentalists sitting in a room."
Stelfox is an ecologist who says the GDP is not the only important tool for measuring the benefits and impacts of the oilsands; we need to understand and measure ecological goods and services, too. Stelfox was there with other folks from a variety of sectors to attempt to find some common principles under which a series of oilsands metrics could be developed.
Chris Powter is the executive director of the Oil Sands Research and Information Network at the University of Alberta. Powter says he thinks people are confused about the current state of affairs in the oilsands and what is needed to make it sustainable. "A set of metrics that everyone can understand and can be communicated openly would help people get a better sense of whether oilsands development is in the public interest or not."
Sturgess points to finances as the "sleeper" issue of oilsands metrics. "It's the financial community and the insurance community who are now looking at the oilsands and risks associated with it," says Sturgess. These industries are already using some metrics to decide what form of energy or which company to invest in.


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Q: In Node/Express, how to fetch the current route handler? How do I fetch the syntax/name of the current route handler, ignoring the current specific param values?
e.g.:
app.get('/users/:id', (req, res) => {
    let route = ?
    console.log(route) // --> "/users/:id"
})

(Question 2 - can I do this in a middleware function?)

A: The correct answer is req.route.path
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1. Call directly from main file (app.js / index.js):
app.get('/admin/:foo/:bar/:baz', async (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.originalUrl);
    console.log(req.url);
    console.log(req.path);
    console.log(req.route.path);  // this one is your answer
    console.log(req.baseUrl);
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    res.sendStatus(200);
});

API call:
http://localhost:3000/admin/a/b/c

Output

/admin/a/b/c           (originalUrl)
/admin/a/b/c           (url)
/admin/a/b/c           (path)
/admin/:foo/:bar/:baz  (route.path)
<nothing>              (baseUrl)
localhost              (hostname)

2. Call from a module:
app.js
const express = require('express');
const app = express();

...

const users = require('./users');
app.use('/api/users', users);

users.js
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();

...

router.get('/admin/:foo/:bar/:baz', async (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.originalUrl);
    console.log(req.url);
    console.log(req.path);
    console.log(req.route.path);  // this one is your answer
    console.log(req.baseUrl);
    console.log(req.hostname);
    res.sendStatus(200);
});

API call:
http://localhost:3000/api/users/admin/a/b/c

Output

/api/users/admin/a/b/c           (originalUrl)
/admin/a/b/c           (url)
/admin/a/b/c           (path)
/admin/:foo/:bar/:baz  (route.path)
/api/users              (baseUrl)
localhost              (hostname)

A: You can see below example for information about req object that you get.
/users can be obtained from req.baseUrl and :id can be obtained from req.params.id
app.use('/admin', function (req, res, next) { // GET 'http://www.example.com/admin/new?a=b'
  console.dir(req.originalUrl) // '/admin/new?a=b' (WARNING: beware query string)
  console.dir(req.baseUrl) // '/admin'
  console.dir(req.path) // '/new'
  console.dir(req.baseUrl + req.path) // '/admin/new' (full path without query string)
  next()
})


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Coral bookies halve spin time to get around new laws.
Come here to post jokes, oh and to play the occasional frutie.
Bunch of thieving rats the lot of em.
I wonder... when drug dealers go to court do they complain about the lost jobs in their supply chain?
Bookies have been warned about trying to get around the new rules. Of course though if there are loopholes in the rules/law, than there is nothing a determined bookie to use them.
The trouble is that people aren't going to mass boycott them, because a lot of people won't agree with the new rules anyway, as many don't see they have a gambling problem. A lot of people still only gamble on the horses/dogs/football etc and don't touch the machines.
if you ask me its a `fruit machine` pre-gamble, that has a roulette feature. the title `half spin time to get around the law` is complete bollox, despite actually being the outcome. its not something they did per se. its more the outcome if a £2 spin on a cat. b2 machine.
its been tried and tested on cat c. by astra/bellfruit before; with an equally shite response from the consumer.
basically what you have is a means to still do £2-£50 on the roulette, but the time has been double. if your the type of guy who likes £13.80 on a number, the pre-gamble wont bother you as its still roulette odds.


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var utils = require('../utils/index');
var path = require('path');
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;

function eslint(params) {
    var command = path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js');
    var args = params._spawn;
    console.log('$ %s %s', path.basename(command), args.join(' '));

    spawn(command, args, {stdio: 'inherit'});
}

eslint._description = 'lint JavaScript code';
eslint._defaults = function(config) {
    return {
        'config': config.path.eslintConfig,
        'ext': ['.js', '.jsx'],
        '': path.join(config.path.src, '**')
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};

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Q: Override NSUserDefault preferences at build time I would like to be able to set app preferences at build time in my iOS project.  I know that I can create different targets in xcode but I think with the amount of preferences I might end of making I could end up with a nightmarish amount of targets in my project.
An easy example is setting the a default integer for a default called 'amount'.  Currently 'amount' is defined in a plist file in my app called 'preferences.plist'.  I load that plist file and register defaults with that plist on NSUserDefaults.
NSURL *preferencesFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"preferences" withExtension:@"plist"];
    NSDictionary *defaultPreferences = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL:defaultPreferencesFile];
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]  registerDefaults:preferences];

I assume I could write a script to modify the preferences.plist file before I build, then build it.  However I think might become a nightmare when I need to mod a bunch of different preferences.
End game is to have jenkins build my IPAs.  I would like to easily create multiple jenkins builds that will point to the same code based but build my app with different preferences.
Android has flavors, and the ability to set resource values.  Does iOS have a something similar that I can use to build these different 'flavors' of apps?

A: I don't have enough working experience with Android.
I'd approach this with multiple plists.. One for each flavor..
And i'll try either of the below options --

*

*I'd have Jenkins swap the plist based on the flavor i am trying to build.. the script will pick the right plist for a given flavor

*I will define compile-time MACROS for each flavor and load the appropriate plist.. something like this
#ifdef FLAVOUR1
    NSURL *preferencesFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"preferences-flavour1" withExtension:@"plist"];
    NSDictionary *defaultPreferences = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL:defaultPreferencesFile];
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]  registerDefaults:preferences];
#endif
#ifdef FLAVOUR2
    NSURL *preferencesFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"preferences-flavour2" withExtension:@"plist"];
    NSDictionary *defaultPreferences = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL:defaultPreferencesFile];
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]  registerDefaults:preferences];
#endif
#ifdef FLAVOUR2
    NSURL *preferencesFile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"preferences-flavour3" withExtension:@"plist"];
    NSDictionary *defaultPreferences = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfURL:defaultPreferencesFile];
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]  registerDefaults:preferences];
#endif

A: I use a Jenkins build action to inject the appropriate variables into the plist before the Xcode build:
plutil -replace MyBuildBranch -string ${BRANCH} MyProj/MyProj-Info.plist

I then read that value at runtime using something like:
NSBundle * bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[AppDelegate class]];
NSString * myBuildBranch = bundle.infoDictionary[@"MyBuildBranch"]


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