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Pontifications on a road less travelled. Feed me!
December 5, 2018 Comments: 11
You see it's all the fault of 'the other lot.' The growth in foodbanks is all due to the wicked tories, or it's because the last labour government spent all the money, or they're all scroungers anyway. (Delete as your current political allegiance dictates.
But it's worth taking a look at the embarrassing details. In the UK, the impetus to found the first Foodbank, the Salisbury Foodbank, came in 2000. The UK Foodbank Network was formed in 2004. Now these didn't just spring into operation and then go round wondering if there were people who needed feeding. You don't start a Foodbank in a town and by that one act create a pool of desperate people who come to you for food. The demand is there, the Foodbank is formed to meet a demand that people in that area have noticed. The need for the Salisbury Foodbank was there long before 2000.
In the UK the Trussell Trust now has 420 Foodbanks. These actually work out of about 1200 centres, so a Foodbank in a city can have a couple of extra distribution centres so people don't have to travel too far at their own expense.
There are other independent Foodbanks that are not affiliated to the Trust. Figures differ but it's estimated that the Trust gave out 1,332,952 vouchers last year.
In comparison the Germans have over 900 Foodbanks and according to the latest figures I can find, in 2014, 1.5 million people a week used Foodbanks in Germany. Again, it looks as if about 3.5 million people rely on Foodbanks in France.
The number of Foodbanks in Germany
The figures aren't directly comparable, a lot of French Foodbanks seem to provide hot meals rather than just food, and German Foodbanks look to be a lot larger.
But one thing is obvious. A phenomenon that started in the 1990s in the UK, Germany and other countries, isn't just something you can blame on one UK party. After all, the three main parties have been in power, alone or in coalition, during that period and none of them actually bothered to do anything to deal with the issue.
The problem is far deeper. Some of it might be that political parties and movements have become fixated on systems and have largely ignored real people. Some of it might be that our political elite are so cut off from the real world at the Foodbank door, that they assume that if you just put money in the appropriate government budget, then the problem is solved. Whether the money is used well or badly, spent on the poor or frittered away on consultants and staff bonuses isn't an issue they've ever considered to be important.
Perhaps it's 'globalisation'; perhaps it's the fact that the EU drove austerity?
And the solution? Well at the moment the only people who're actually doing anything about it are the volunteers in the Foodbanks. In churches up and down the country, or in rooms that have been begged or rented, volunteers and a miniscule number of paid staff are taking the strain.
Whilst politicians are happy to blame it on their political opponents; the churches and other bodies are actually doing something to help.
Whilst a political elite pontificates, I for one would respect them more if they just shut up and put in a shift, anonymously helping in the warehouse.
What is it Tolkien said?
"This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great."
Just tell the politicians to get out of the way and let the people fix the problem.
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11 thoughts on "Pontifications on a road less travelled. Feed me!"
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt December 5, 2018 at 10:22 pm Reply
The problem is far deeper than just food. I think we've had them a long time here.
jwebster2 December 5, 2018 at 10:43 pm Reply
yes I know you have foodbanks and food pantries and similar but I wasn't sure how comparable they were with our system so I decided not to mention them. The problem is deep
M T McGuire December 9, 2018 at 8:51 am Reply
I think there is a disrespect for other people. As a meritocracy those who have dragged themselves up by their bootstraps and made something of themselves look down on others who lack the drive, determination or out-and-out good luck to do the same thing. I absolutely agree that the political classes are completely out of touch. My grandfather used to commute to London on the train. She carriage, same people. One of them was Harold Macmillan. The country's prime minister commuted to London on the train with all the other businessmen. Nobody thought twice about it. Sure he was only mingling with the bowler hatted classes, and the guard, but at least he was out of the strange and rarified atmosphere of Westminster – although that was probably less strange and rarified back then too. As we become more security conscious and go everywhere in cars we meet a less varied selection of people. As we happen upon less should from other backgrounds we and become more way of them and any other folks who aren't like us. I think people were always snotty with one another. But we're probably more suspicious these days.
Sorry I meant as we happened upon smaller numbers of folks from different backgrounds in passing we become more wary of folks who are like us.
jwebster2 December 9, 2018 at 9:59 am Reply
I think you're right. We've lost the big shake up we had during the war. I remember one chap with a broad Lancashire accent commenting that "when he's dragged you out of a burning tank you don't care whether he talks like a toff"
M T McGuire December 9, 2018 at 9:25 pm
I was thinking about it today after a dig. There are all sorts from all backgrounds and of all beliefs but we are united by a common interest and it's brilliant. What's more we all get along very well, which just goes to show.
jwebster2 December 9, 2018 at 9:28 pm
A lot of male pursuits/hobbies can be like that as well, for many of us, the 'hobby' is all absorbing and lesser matters fade into the background 🙂
I say 'male pursuits' because by definition they are the ones I know. Whether the ladies have similar I cannot say.
Yep we do. Different kinds of things and occasionally we get something like metal detecting where both sexes can enjoy it. 😊😊
Round here I've never met any female metal detectorists which has surprised me because it never struck me as an obviously male pursuit. But I have two female friends on social media, you and one in the antipodes who both are keen.
I get occasional phone calls or visits from people wanting permission to do metal detecting, and in three cases it has actually been their wife or daughter who've phoned, because they want something for husband/dad that will help him get out.
In one case the man is recovering from a nervous breakdown, so the peace is brilliant for him. In the other case he's got a serious long term condition but he's determined not to let it stop him and he really enjoys himself when he's out and about. We've even had him helping moving sheep before now 🙂
Wise advice from Jim Webster on food distribution to those in need.
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Q: Form Multiple Combination Of String According To Square Bracket I have a string (path) which have multiple square brackets and in every single square bracket, I can split them to multiple values. Now I am able to get the number of square brackets that exist in the string, split the value from the square brackets. I am facing issue whereby I don't really know how to form all possible combinations. Wish to have advice from members here. Thank you.
Example: lib/abc/[max|min][_total]/_def[_adj|_adj2|_adj3].[lib|lab]
Possible Combination:
lib/abc/max_total/_def_adj.lib
lib/abc/max_total/_def_adj2.lib
lib/abc/max_total/_def_adj3.lib
lib/abc/max_total/_def_adj.lab
lib/abc/max_total/_def_adj2.lab
lib/abc/max_total/_def_adj3.lab

and the same go to min as well.
I have try following code but it is only able to get the last value in the array. @number is the array to get the number of square brackets in the path. @number also add on backlash to support the regex substitution. @number_2 is the array to store of content in every square brackets. @number_3 is the array to store all value in square brackets.
    my @number = ($release_structure_split =~ /\[(.*?)\]/g);
    my $number_size = @number;
    my @number_2 = @number;
    my $number_2_size = @number_2;
    foreach my $number (@number){
        $number = '\['.$number.'\]';
        $number =~ s/\|/\\|/g;
    }
    for (my $m = 0; $m < $number_size; $m++){
        my $release_structure_split_temp = $release_structure_split;
        my @number_3 = split ('\|', $number_2[$m]);
        my $number_3_size = @number_3;
        if ($number_3_size == 1){
            push (@number_3, undef);
        }
        $number_3_size = @number_3;
        for (my $o = 0; $o < $number_3_size; $o++){
            if ($release_structure_split =~ $number[0] ){
                $release_structure_split =~ s/$number[0]/$number_3[0]/g;
                push (@release_structure_full_3, [$release_structure_full_2_unique[$l][0], $release_structure_split]);
            }
            elsif ($release_structure_split =~ $number_3[0]){
                $release_structure_split =~ s/$number_3[0]/$number_3[1]/g;
                push (@release_structure_full_3, [$release_structure_full_2_unique[$l][0], $release_structure_split]);
            }
            else{
                my $oo = $o - 1;
                $release_structure_split =~ s/$number_3[$oo]/$number_3[$o]/g;
                push (@release_structure_full_3, [$release_structure_full_2_unique[$l][0], $release_structure_split]);
            }
        }
    }

A: A different approach uses glob.  First, format your string to make it compatible with glob by transliterating square brackets to curly braces, and pipes to commas.
use warnings;
use strict;

my $str = 'lib/abc/[max|min][_total]/_def[_adj|_adj2|_adj3].[lib|lab]';
$str =~ tr/[]|/{},/;
my @paths = glob $str;

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Love and obsession are two different things - here's how to tell them apart
Lindsay DodgsonFeb 15, 2018, 17:08 IST
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If you're falling in love, prepare for butterflies and excitement.
However, if you're still distracted and completely wrapped up in someone after months have passed, it could be a sign of obsession.
Obsessive passion isn't a healthy basis for a relationship.
Here's how you can tell the difference.
Love is great. You've finally found someone who finds all your little quirks endearing, and who you can share your spit with.
Usually, if you're dating someone, you either have the feeling or you don't. If it doesn't work out, it tends to be because there's no spark, the chemistry is off, or you just don't have enough in common. When it is working, you'll have butterflies and want to see the person again and again.
But while it's easy to get wrapped up in the whirlwind of a new relationship, it's important to remember there's a difference between a healthy, growing love, and an unhealthy obsession.
When you first meet someone, your expectations might have been tainted by romantic films and books. You might expect to be swept off your feet, and told how your new lover "can't live without" you. In reality, this might not actually be what you should aim for.
If someone you are dating showers you with affection and gifts right at the start, it could be a sign of love bombing - where a manipulative person makes you believe you've found "the one," only to start being cruel and distant once they've hooked you.
It's a tactic abusive narcissists often use to control their partners, because the victim will do anything to get the attentive, kind person back who they thought they met at the beginning.
Being all-consumed by a relationship in its early stages could also be a sign of obsession. Being completely engrossed in someone isn't necessarily a red flag that your partner is abusive, but it isn't a good sign either.
In his book "The Psychology of Passion: A Dualistic Model," psychologist Robert Vallerand says obsessive passion is more of a threat to a relationship than no passion at all.
If someone is in love with you, they trust you. They want you to be the best version of yourself and only want good things for you. That includes giving you space when you need it.
On the other hand, someone who is obsessed with you will be jealous and possessive. They won't like the idea of you growing as a person, or having any independence, lest you meet someone else and leave them.
Obsessively passionate people are insecure and so preoccupied with losing their partner they actually end up neglecting them. They are defensive, controlling, and resentful, so it's no surprise women in relationships with obsessively passionate men report being less sexually satisfied.
One way to tell if you - or your partner - are smitten or obsessed is by looking at what's appropriate for where you are on your timeline.
The start of a good relationship is going to be exciting, and feeling butterflies is a normal, fun reaction to this. But if months go by and you still find yourself distracted at work, or you ignore your friends, family, and hobbies for your partner, that's not a sign of a healthy match.
Jonathan Marshall, a psychologist and relationship expert, told Business Insider that when people fall in love it's natural for everyone else to feel out of view for a while. But if you start noticing your primary focus is this other person to the point you're becoming isolated from things that were previously important, it's typically a sign something isn't right.
"When that other person becomes our raison d'être, it's too much," he said. "When the other person becomes your god, when your inner compass gets lost in the relationship and in the other person, then I think you're in trouble... Falling in love is a bit of a sickness because we go a bit insane, but if that insanity lasts for a long time, and you can't find your inner compass, then I think that's a sign it isn't in balance."
Butterflies, excitement, and daydreaming aren't red flags on their own. In fact, they are hints you're on the right path for something great. But if you feel you are being controlled by your passion, rather than the other way around, things can easily spin out of control.
Ultimately, if something is right, you'll feel it. If you think one of the two of you is obsessed, you'll probably feel that too.
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In Catholic canon law, the canon law of contract follows that of the civil jurisdiction in which Catholic canon law operates (Latin contractus; Old French contract; Modern French contrat; Italian contratto).

"Canonization" of civil contract jurisprudence

Sometimes canon law makes the civil law (the law of civil society) its own, giving it the same effect in canon law as if it had actually been promulgated by canonical legislators, subject to the proviso that such civil law does not contravene divine law and canon law  does not provide otherwise. This should be considered more than "a mere recognition" of secular law; such secular law "is made into canon law."

Contract law is an area of civil jurisprudence which the 1983 Code "canonizes". If a contract is valid in civil law, it is valid in canon law also. If a contract is rendered invalid by civil law, it is thereby rendered invalid in canon law as well.

Prior to the 1917 Code, canon law required that the Roman law of obligations be observed when ecclesiastical moral persons (termed "juridic persons" in the 1983 Code, except for the Holy See and the Catholic Church as such) entered into contracts. Canon 1529 of the 1917 Code made a shift regarding contract law, recognizing the civil law binding in the particular territory in which a contract was made as binding in canon law as well (with certain exceptions).

The legal capacity of physical and juridic persons to contract comes from canon law itself, however, and not from civil law, even though the provisions of the civil contract law are observed in canon law with the same effects.

Canon law, therefore, cannot be said to have a universal contractual law.

Roman origins and moralist doctrine

The canonical and moralist doctrine on this subject is a development of that contained in the Roman civil law. In Roman law a mere agreement between two parties to give, do, or refrain from doing something was a nude pact (pactum nudum) which gave rise to no civil obligation, and no action lay to enforce it. It needed to be clothed in some investitive fact which the law recognized in order to give rise to a civil obligation which should be enforced at law. Not that the nude pact was considered to be destitute of all binding force; it gave rise to a natural obligation, and it might afford ground for a legal exception. A man of honour would keep his engagements even if he knew that the law could not be invoked to compel him to do so.

Moral theology, being the science of Christian conduct, could not be satisfied with the mere legal view of the effect of an agreement. If the agreement had all other requisites for a valid contract, moral theology must necessarily consider it to be binding, even though it was a nude pact and could not be enforced in the courts of law. Canon law made this moral attitude its own. In the Decretals of Gregory IX it is expressly laid down that pacts, however nude, must be kept, and that a strenuous endeavour must be made to put in execution what one has promised. It thus came to pass that nude pacts could be enforced in the Christian courts, and the Church's legislation served eventually to break down the rigid formalism of Roman law, and to prepare the way for the more equitable law of contract which all Christian nations now possess.

In the canonical and moral doctrine there is hardly room for the distinction between a nude pact, or mere agreement, and a contract. The Roman jurist's definition of the former is frequently used by canonists to define contract. They say that a contract is the consent of two or more persons to the same proposal; or, bringing out a little more definitely the effect and object of a contract, they define it to be an agreement by which two or more persons mutually bind themselves to give, do, or abstain from something.

From the moralist's point of view, then, every agreement seriously entered into by those who are capable of contracting with reference to some lawful object is a contract, whether such agreement can be enforced in the civil courts or not. The intention of the parties is looked at, and if they seriously intended to bind themselves, there is a contractual relation between them.

Morally-binding force of legally null contracts

This doctrine, however, gives rise to a question of some importance. The Church fully admits and defends the right of the State to make laws for the temporal well-being of its citizens. All States require certain formalities for the validity of certain actions. Last wills and testaments are a familiar example, and although they are not strictly contracts, yet the principle is the same and they will serve for an example of what is meant. A deed, the only formal contract of English law, is another example.

A will destitute of the requisite formalities is null and void at law; but what is the effect of such a voiding law in the forum of conscience? This question has been much debated among moralists.

Some have maintained that such a law is binding in the internal as well as in the external forum, so that a formal contract, destitute of the formalities required by law, is null and void in conscience as it is in law.

Others adopted the contrary opinion, and held that the want of formality only affected the external forum of civil law, and left intact the natural obligation arising from a contract.

The common opinion takes a middle course. It holds that the want of formality, though it makes the contract void in the eyes of the law, renders it only voidable in the forum of conscience; so that, until one of the parties moves to set the contract aside, it remains valid, and anyone deriving benefit under it may enjoy his benefit in peace. If, however, the party interested moves to set it aside, and does so effectively by having recourse to the court of law if necessary, both must then abide by the law which makes the contract void and of no effect.

References

Bibliography

The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary—Edited by James A. Coriden, Thomas J. Green, Donald E. Heintschel (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985).

Contract law
Law of obligations
Jurisprudence of Catholic canon law
Catholic canon law of property

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Trump's Golan gift to Israel condemned by UN, Gulf & European allies
Posted on March 31, 2019 by Ben
Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's annexation of the Syrian Golan has been met with condemnation by the international community, with the UN and Washington's Gulf and European allies slamming the move.
The US president signed a declaration on Monday recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was present at the signing ceremony, praised Trump's unilateral move, comparing the president to biblical and Zionist heroes. But reactions among the international community – including Washington's closest Gulf and European allies – were considerably less enthusiastic.
The United Nations, which has long maintained that Israel's occupation of the Golan is illegal under international law, signaled that its position had not changed. A UN spokesman said that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will continue to honor a December 1981 resolution which called Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights "null and void and without international legal effect."
The declaration was similarly unpopular among nations which normally follow Washington's foreign policy lead.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait – Washington's accommodating Gulf allies which host US military bases – have criticized Trump's move.
"It will have significant negative effects on the peace process in the Middle East and the security and stability of the region," a statement on Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA said. Saudi Parliament Speaker Mishaal bin Fahm al-Salami reaffirmed Riyadh's "principled position" that the Golan Heights is Syrian land.
NATO ally Turkey also lashed out at Washington. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the US has "ignored international law" by recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Washington's northern neighbor Canada echoed similar concerns.
In a statement, Ottawa said that it "does not recognize permanent Israeli control over the Golan Heights."
Canadian government statement on the Golan Heights. pic.twitter.com/dLT1OOmC7d
— Alexander Panetta (@Alex_Panetta) March 25, 2019
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne went so far as to take a subtle jab at US foreign policy.
"The Golan Heights is a matter for Israel and Syria to determine through negotiations in the context of a comprehensive peace settlement," she said.
"US policy positions are a matter for the US government."
Different, perhaps fence-sitting, statement from Australian FM Marise Payne:
"The Golan Heights is a matter for Israel and Syria to determine through negotiations in the context of a comprehensive peace settlement."
"US policy positions are a matter for the US Government." https://t.co/l0lSMU2brE
— Primrose Riordan (@primroseriordan) March 26, 2019
Trump's declaration will also likely exacerbate already strained relations with Washington's European allies. Both Germany and France issued statements last week in an attempt to pre-empt the president's Golan decision.
"If national borders should be changed it must be done through peaceful means between all those involved," a German government spokesman said.
The French Foreign Ministry tweeted about its opposition to the move, describing it as "contrary to international law."
#GolanHeights: France does not recognise the Israeli annexation of 1981. The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, an occupied territory, would be contrary to international law.https://t.co/IuWjN3czDRpic.twitter.com/iPooPevLy2
— France Diplomacy (@francediplo_EN) March 22, 2019
Not surprisingly, Trump's Golan resolution received an equally chilly reception from nations with less cordial relations with Washington.
Syria's government said the decision was a "slap" to the international community, claiming that Trump's Golan resolution makes Washington "the main enemy" of Arabs.
Following suit, Lebanon's Foreign Ministry insisted the Golan Heights are "Syrian Arab" territory and that "no country can falsify history" by seizing land from another nation.
Tehran expressed bafflement over Trump's "unprecedented" move.
"No one could imagine that a person in America comes and gives land of a nation to another occupying country, against international laws and conventions… Such action is unprecedented in the current century," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. He added:
At a time when colonialism dominated, some colonial powers were doing these things and giving part of a country to another, but this is unprecedented in the current century
For its part, Moscow said that Trump's decision marks yet another unilateral violation of international law.
"This decision will definitely have negative consequences both for the Middle East settlement process and the entire atmosphere in the Syrian political settlement. No one doubts this," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Similar to Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, his Golan resolution will likely face a vote in the UN General Assembly. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already promised to bring the issue before the international body.
The December 2017 resolution condemning Trump's Jerusalem decision was supported by 128 nations – almost two thirds of the UN's 193 member states. Only nine countries backed Trump's position.
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module Tracee
  # Suppose, we have a code that works too slow, still it runs for 50ms.
  # You measure time in 5 points between calls, and it gives you the first time:
  #   0.025997, 0.012339, 0.037864, 0.0415
  # the next time:
  #   0.01658, 0.011366, 0.046607, 0.052117
  # the third time:
  #   0.016733, 0.011295, 0.032805, 0.036667
  # How long has each block of code been executed _actualy_?
  # The code runtime may fluctuate slightly because a PC does some work beside your benchmarking.
  # The less the code runtime, the more relative fluctuations are. Thats why we do enough passes to minify them.
  #
  # This module allows to not only measure time between arbitrary calls (ticks),
  # and not only get an average from multiple repeats of a block,
  # but to get a list of averages between each arbitrary call (tick) in a block.
  #
  # Here's a sample:
  #
  #> $log.benchmark(times:20) {Ability.new(u)}
  #  23:29:59.021 INFO [ability.rb:76 :assistant_permissions]: [tick +0.576797]
  #  23:29:59.034 INFO [ability.rb:84 :assistant_permissions]: [tick +0.245685]
  #  23:29:59.075 INFO [ability.rb:93 :assistant_permissions]: [tick +0.728214]
  #  23:29:59.120 INFO [ability.rb:111 :assistant_permissions]: [tick +0.866646]
  #  23:29:59.120 INFO [(irb):8 :irb_binding]: [tick +0.000559] [120.978946ms each; 2419.578914ms total] #<Ability:0x000000088c89c8>
  module Benchmarkable

    def benchmark(times: 1)
      return yield unless info?

      self.benchmarker = Benchmark.new
      before_proc = Time.now

      prev_level, self.level = self.level, :unknown
      (times - 1).times {yield}
      self.level = prev_level
      benchmarker.last_pass!
      result = yield

      now = Time.now
      self.benchmarker = nil

      diff_ms = (now - before_proc)*1000
      milliseconds_total = highlight_time_diff(diff_ms)

      if times == 1
        info "[#{milliseconds_total}ms total] #{result}", caller_at: 1
      else
        milliseconds_each = highlight_time_diff(diff_ms/times)
        info "[#{milliseconds_each}ms each; #{milliseconds_total}ms total] #{result}", caller_at: 1
      end

      result
    ensure
      self.level = prev_level
      self.benchmarker = nil
    end

    alias bm benchmark

    def tick(msg='', caller_offset: 0)
      return unless benchmarker or info?

      now = Time.now

      if benchmarker
        if prev = checkpoint
          tick_diff = benchmarker.add_time(now - prev)
          if benchmarker.last_pass
            info "[tick +#{highlight_time_diff(tick_diff)}] #{msg}", caller_at: caller_offset+1
          end
          benchmarker.next
        # else we just write `now' to a thread var
        end
      else
        if prev = checkpoint
          info "[tick +#{highlight_time_diff(now - prev)}] #{msg}", caller_at: caller_offset+1
        else
          info "[tick] #{msg}", caller_at: caller_offset+1
        end
      end

      self.checkpoint = now
      nil
    end

    def tick!(msg='', caller_offset: 0)
      return unless benchmarker or info?

      benchmarker.first! if benchmarker
      self.checkpoint = nil

      tick msg, caller_offset: caller_offset+1
    end

    def benchmarker
      Thread.current[:tracee_benchmarker]
    end

    def benchmarker=(bm)
      Thread.current[:tracee_benchmarker] = bm
    end

    def checkpoint
      Thread.current[:tracee_checkpoint]
    end

    def checkpoint=(cp)
      Thread.current[:tracee_checkpoint] = cp
    end

    private

    def highlight_time_diff(diff)
      diff.round(6).to_s.sub(/(\d+)\.(\d{0,3})(\d*)$/) {|m| "#$1.".light_white + $2.white + $3.light_black}
    end

  end

  class Benchmark
    attr_reader :ticks_diffs, :last_pass, :tick_number

    def initialize
      @ticks_diffs = Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = 0}
    end

    def last_pass!
      @last_pass = true
    end

    def first!
      @tick_number = 0
    end

    def next
      @tick_number += 1
    end

    def add_time(amount)
      @ticks_diffs[@tick_number] += amount
    end

    def tick_diff
      @ticks_diffs[@tick_number]
    end

  end
end

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Finally, we have a little day baseball today. Four day games, to be exact. In one of those games, Marco Gonzales will be making his major league debut. In Coors Field, of all places. Luckily for Gonzazles, his best secondary offering is a change-up. That's huge considering breaking balls don't work quite as well in Colorado's thin air.
Utilizing his change-up, fastball, and command, Gonzales has produced admirably while shooting through the Cardinals' minor league system. He'll make his major league debut after being drafted in the first round of last year's draft. Gonzales was projected to move quickly, and he has; striking out 28.8% of the Double-A batters he's faced in 38.2 innings at the level since being promoted.
I'm a fan of change-ups, therefore, I'm a fan of Gonzales. His fantasy impact seems a little iffy right now, though. For one, we're not sure how long he'll be up. Secondly, his first two starts will be in Colorado and then versus the Dodgers. Those two games aren't easy tests. Then again, this game, especially at the major league level, isn't supposed to be.
Alex Wood is back in Atlanta's rotation today. Funky mechanics aside, Wood has been very good as a starter. In 101 innings, he has a 3.30 ERA (3.14 FIP) and strikeout/walk rates of 23% and 7.3%, respectively. The Braves need him to pick up where he left off. And they need him to do so immediately.
Today's schedule is packed with front of the rotation arms: Anibal Sanchez, Corey Kluber, David Price, Hisashi Iwakuma, James Shields, Mat Latos, and Stephen Strasburg are pitching today. Zack Wheeler, Garrett Richards, and Collin McHugh, too.
There's plenty of talent on the mound today, but there are also some arms that are exploitable. Ubaldo Jimenez, Hector Noesi, Marco Estrada, Christian Bergman (Yohan Flande), Edwin Jackson, and Nick Tepesch (Joe Saunders) are all decent options to target.
Admittedly, Alvarez' upside isn't huge, due to his lacking of a true wipeout pitch. He does excel at eating innings fairly well, though, averaging over six innings per start.
After battling injuries and a slow start, Bruce has looked more like himself of late, posting a 137 wRC+ mark in June.
Santana, like Bruce, has been much better of late. He's been scorching, actually. Kipnis will be fine, as Eno noted. Anderson is a nice pitcher, with a nice changeup, but I like the high reward that could be possible using Cleveland today.
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Catch some rankings and numbers to satisfy your curiosity below the break.
I don't think I ever experienced chills like the ones I got when I woke up Sunday morning and opened Google Play to find my ranking data when checking the RPGs section of the store. Number 14 in top paid RPGs (now sitting at 12), number 2 in top new RPGs, the demo reached number 36 in top free RPGs, and both games listed as numbers 3 and 4 in what's trending (for RPGs). That's when I realized my goal of at least 200 downloads wasn't unrealistic.
Seeing my game in front of Final Fantasy titles was the moment.
I finally feel like a professional gamedev.
I expected it to be my most popular game yet, but I really wasn't expecting such a good reception at launch. I was overestimating the number people who'd be upset about an amateur charging a whole dollar for a game he spent a year on. I couldn't have asked for a better start. I told my parents (as well as my girlfriend's family) and I finally feel like I have solid proof that I'm not crazy. I really can make a career out of this if I keep improving.
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I hope these numbers keep up through the holiday months (December and January), so I can finally have a baseline to see if my career plan of having a game out every November is a good idea. Only time will tell. I hope to see even more success once Unicorn Training is on other android app stores I upload to.
I really want it on as many platforms as I can find, but android is the only option available right now because of it's low cost of entry. The only reason it's not on Windows Phone is because Unity requires Windows 8 to build the file and I'm using Windows 7. Even though the reach will be contained I think the game will still serve it's purpose in getting my name out there and introducing people to what I want to bring to mobile platforms.
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The history of Univ is a fascinating one. University College owes its origins to William of Durham, who died in 1249; however a legend grew up in the 1380s that we were actually founded even earlier, by King Alfred in 872, and, understandably enough, this became widely accepted as the truth. Nowadays, however, William of Durham is accepted as Univ's true founder, but that still gives us a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford or Cambridge.
A Brief History of Univ
Univ began life as a small and poor College, with enough funds to support just four Fellows reading Theology. During the Middle Ages, this number gradually increased thanks to additional benefactions. The College had next to no undergraduate members until the sixteenth century, when most other colleges had begun to accept undergraduates, and Univ decided to follow suit. The earliest undergraduates had to pay their own way, but towards the end of the century the College found benefactors to endow undergraduate scholarships. Such scholarships were important ways of helping boys from middling to poor backgrounds to better themselves.
As Univ slowly grew in size and wealth, work began in 1634 to replace its medieval buildings with a new Front Quad, paid for with gifts from many Old Members. Although half the new Quad was finished by 1640, it took almost thirty years to complete the remainder, because of the Civil War. The College was luckier with its other main quadrangle, Radcliffe Quad, built in only three years, 1716-1719, thanks to a bequest from one Old Member, John Radcliffe, whose statue can be seen there.
In the eighteenth century, Univ became one of the most intellectually active Colleges in Oxford: former students and Fellows could be found in senior positions in the government and the judiciary. One of our greatest members at this time was the philologist, orientalist and polymath, Sir William Jones, who was elected a Fellow in 1766 when still only an undergraduate. The early nineteenth century, however, was a less distinguished period: the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley came here in 1810, but was expelled the following year.
It was only later in the century that Univ began to expand and improve again. In 1842 the so-called New Building was erected to the designs of Charles Barry, and a Library was built in 1861. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries also saw a great rise in organised student activities: the College first produced a rowing team in 1827; and a Music Society was founded in 1930, which gave the first Oxford performance of Faure's Requiem. The most significant event in recent years, however, came in 1979 when the College admitted its first women students.
For those wanting to find out more, A History of University College Oxford, written by our Archivist Robin Darwall-Smith and published by OUP, is available to buy from, amongst other places, amazon.co.uk
Greater detail on the history of individual Univ buildings can be found on our College Buildings pages.
Timeline of Mastership
Baroness Valerie Amos 2020–
Baroness Amos joined Univ from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where she was Director from 2015 to 2020. Previous roles she has held include Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations, Cabinet Minister during Tony Blair's second and third terms of office, and Leader of the House of Lords.
Sir Ivor Martin Crewe 2008–2020
Sir Ivor served as President of the Academy of Social Sciences in addition to being Master at Univ. While at Univ he spearheaded the implementation of the Opportunity Programme and the creation of the Young Univ Gallery, among other projects.
Robin Butler, Lord Butler of Brockwell: 1998–2008
Lord Butler attended Univ as an undergraduate, then going into the Civil Service, serving as Head of the Home Civil Service for a decade.
Wyndham John Albery: 1989–97
Albery held a Weir Junior Research Fellowship then a Fellowship and Praelectorship in Chemistry at Univ, serving as Junior Dean, Tutor for Admissions, and Dean before being Master of Univ. A celebration of his 75th birthday was held in Oxford in 2011.
Kingman Brewster: 1986–8
Brewster was United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and President of Yale University, before his tenure at Master of Univ. During this time, he was also the chairman of the Board of the United World Colleges.
Arnold Abraham Goodman, Lord Goodman: 1976–86
Lord Goodman was chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain as well as Director of the Royal Opera House and Sadler's Wells, among other organisations. He retired from the Mastership in 1986.
John Primatt Redcliffe Maud, Lord Redcliffe-Maud: 1963–76
Lord Redcliffe-Maud was educated at New College, Oxford, and after a year at Harvard he returned as a Junior Research Fellow at Univ. He was Fellow and Dean at Univ. Following WWII, he became Master of Univ after working at the Ministry of Education and as Ambassador to South Africa.
Arthur Lehmann Goodhart: 1951–63
Goodhart was Professor of Jurisprudence (Law) at the University and the first American to be the Master of an Oxford college. Bob Hawke, later Prime Minister of Australia, was a student during his tenure. The Goodhart Quad and Goodhart Building are named after him.
John Herbert Severn Wild: 1945–51
J. H. S. Wild was a Chaplain Fellow at Univ and then became Master, before being Dean of Durham Cathedral. He was the only clerical Master of Univ in the 20th century.
William Henry Beveridge, Baron Beveridge of Tuggall: 1937–45
Beveridge worked in the Civil Service before being Director of the LSE and Master of Univ. He was the author of the Beveridge Report. He also served as an MP and was subsequently elevated to the House of Lords, eventually becoming leader of the Liberal Party there.
Arthur Blackburne Poynton: 1935–7
Poyton studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and was a Fellow, Tutor and Bursar at Univ before becoming Master. While at Univ, he was a tutor to C.S. Lewis and E.R. Dodds. He was also Public Orator at the University for seven years.
Sir Michael Ernest Sadler: 1923–34
Sir Michael was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds and led the Sadler Commission before returning to Oxford as Master of Univ in 1923. He collected paintings and encouraged artists throughout his life.
Reginald Walter Macan: 1906–23
Macan was only the second layman Master of Univ. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, he was an undergraduate at Univ, coming back from Christ Church to serve as a Fellow and Tutor. He delivered addresses in the Chapel at least annually.
James Franck Bright: 1881–1906
Bright studied at Univ before being a history tutor at Balliol College, Oxford. He then became Dean of Univ in 1874 and subsequently Master of Univ. The Shelley Memorial was constructed during his tenure. Plumptre was also shot by a woman in an incident at Univ but survived.
George Granville Bradley: 1870–81
Bradley studied at Univ and was then appointed a Fellow in 1844. As Master of Univ, he presided over the celebration of the thousandth anniversary since the College's supposed founding by Alfred the Great.
Frederic Charles Plumptre: 1836–70
Plumptre was elected a Fellow in the same year he finished his degree at Univ. He became Dean and Tutor of Univ from 1821 then Master from 1836. He was involved in the establishment of the Oxford University Museum.
George Rowley: 1821–36
Rowley was Dean and Master of Univ as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University. He was Dean when Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled. He was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1811.
James Griffith: 1808–21
Griffith was appointed a Fellow of Univ in 1784. As Master of Univ he expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley because of his pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. He is also responsible for the south side of the main quad, including the Hall and Chapel.
Nathan Wetherell: 1764–1807
Wetherell was Dean of Hereford as well as Master of Univ and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. He set up the Oxford Paving Commission in 1771 to supervise paving, cleaning and lighting in Oxford.
John Browne: 1745–64
Browne was also Vice-Chancellor of the University in addition to Master of Univ. He chose the design for the Oxford Almanack, including King Alfred in front of Radcliffe Quad. Browne bequeathed his books to Univ, where they can be found in fitted bookcases in the Master's Lodgings.
Thomas Cockman: 1722–45
An undergradate then Fellow of the College, he became Master of Univ following the first election held in 1722. This was contested by Denison but Cockman was successful when the appeal was brought to the Crown, in part by accepting that King Alfred had founded Univ.
William Denison (a rival claimant to the Mastership): 1722–9
Denison was a Percy Fellow at Univ and was appointed by the second election to occur in 1722. The decision was brought to the Vice-Chancellor of the University who approved Dennison's election. However, the Crown decreed in 1729 that Cockman was the true Master of Univ.
Arthur Charlett: 1692–1722
Master of Univ for thirty years until his death, Charlett had been a Fellow at Trinity College, Oxford. He died in his lodgings at Univ and is buried in the college chapel.
Thomas Bennet: 1691–2
Bennet was an undergraduate, Fellow then Master of Univ. His relative, Sir Simon Bennet, funded the Bennet Fellowship, which Thomas Bennet held for a time.
Edward Farrer: 1689–91
Farrer was only Master of Univ for two years before his death on his close-stool. He was a Fellow at Univ from 1651 and curate at Flamstead in Hertfordshire for twenty-five years.
Obadiah Walker: 1676–89
Walker taught John Radcliffe, later Master of Univ, before becoming Master. Walker was responsible for the statue of King James II on the tower in the main quad, one of only two in English. Walker was very loyal to the king and he was imprisoned for following him when he fled.
Richard Clayton: 1665–76
Matriculated at Univ in 1618 then elected a Percy Fellow before being bursar twice. While he was Master there was a lot of rebuilding at Univ, with funds sought for the completion of the library and main quadrangle.
Francis Johnson: 1655–60
Johnson was appointed Master during the Commonwealth of England and had to defend his post when Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660. However, his protestations fell on deaf ears and he was replaced by Thomas Walker, the previous Master.
Joshua Hoyle: 1648–54
Hoyle was Professor of Divinity at Trinity College, Dublin, before he was appointed as Master following Walker's expulsion, dying in 1954. Hoyle was employed by the committee of parliament for the reformation of University of Oxford.
Thomas Walker: 1632–48 & 1660–5
Walker was a Fellow at St John's College, Oxford before becoming Master of Univ. His tenure was divided by the Civil War during which he was expelled from the University for his Royalist sympathies.
John Bancroft: 1610–32
Bancroft was a student at Christ Church, Oxford and elected Master unanimously, in part owing to the influence of his uncle, Richard Bancroft, who was Chancellor of the University. After his tenure he became Bishop of Oxford.
George Abbot: 1597–1610
After being Master of Univ, he was three times Vice-Chancellor of the University, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin, from 1612 to 1633.
Anthony Gate: 1584–97
Gate was the first layman to be elected Master of Univ, taking his MA degree in 1571 and B.Med in 1580. His four sons all attended Univ. The next layman to be Master would be in 1906.
William James: 1572–84
James graduated with an MA degree from Christ Church, Oxford, and became Master of Univ seven years later. He was twice Vice-Chancellor of the University, and Dean of Christchurch.
Thomas Caius: 1561–72
Caius was elected Master on the same day that James Dugdale lost it. He was rejected as Master of Univ in 1552 but elected in 1561. With his treatise, An Assertion of the Antiquity of Oxford University, he strengthened the claim that King Alfred founded Univ and the University, prompting Queen Elizabeth I to visit Cambridge.
James Dugdale: 1558–61
Dugdale was a Fellow at Univ for a year before becoming Master at Univ. He refused to support Queen Elizabeth I with the Oath of Succession and, therefore, lost his Mastership.
Anthony Salveyn: 1557–8
A Fellow then Master of Univ, Salveyn resigned from the post the month after Queen Elizabeth's succession. He was probably the brother of former Master Richard Salveyn.
George Ellison: 1551–7
Ellison was a Fellow at Univ before becoming Master, dying during his tenure in June 1557.
Richard Salveyn: 1547–51
From Durham, like John Roxborough, Richard Salveyn was a Fellow at Univ before being Master. He reisgned from the post and was later depriving of his livings by Queen Elizabeth I for not supporting the Reformation.
John Crayford: 1546–7
Crayford was Master of both Univ and Clare College, Cambridge. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge before becoming Master of Univ, but he died only a year into his tenure.
Leonard Hutchinson: 1518–46
Hutchinson was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and became a Fellow of Univ in 1514-15. He was Master for 28 years, during this period he was rector at Bladon and vicar of Yarnton. While he was Master, the College moved away from being largely a postgraduate institution, accepting Univ's first commoner undergraduates.
Ralph Hamsterley: 1509–18
Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, failing to become Warden there in 1507 and 1508, but elected Master of Univ in 1509 not without controversy. His appointment was contested by the Visitors of Oxford but was upheld by the Chancellor of Oxford and Archbishop of Canterbury.
John Roxborough: 1487/1488–1509
Roxborough, hailing from Durham, held parishes in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Surrey. He was Senior Fellow at Univ before being appointed Master.
William Gregford: 1473–1487 or 1488
Fellow from 1453/4, then vicar in west Oxfordshire before becoming Master until his death. The College Chapel was dedicated in 1476.
John Martyn: 1441–73
Martyn became Master as the Senior Fellow of Univ and held the position until his death, 32 years was probably at that point the longest period anyone had been Master at an Oxford college. Under his tenure, Univ gained its first quad.
Thomas Benwell: 1428–41
Mature commoner, Fellow at Univ, tenant of College property. According to a later Master, Thomas Caius, he was an excellent preacher.
Richard Witton: 1423/4–1428
Fellow at Univ and tenant of a College property. Burton claimed incorrectly that King Alfred had endowed the College with 78 Fellows.
Robert Burton: 1420–1423/4
Burton was a mature commoner, when he was Fellow he was part of the sentence of excommunication alongside John Castell and the rest of the College. The College was granted a dispensation owing to poor financial circumstances.
John Castell: c.1408–20
Fellow at Univ before becoming Master, he then became Chancellor of Oxford. During his tenure, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Arundel, issued a sentence of excommunication against the College.
John Appleton: c.1401–08
Appleton was a mature commoner, Fellow and Master until 1408, receiving a special fellowship from Univ in 1438. Under Appleton, Univ received Marks Hall manor from King Henry IV and developed the area around Logic Lane (previously known as Horseman Lane).
Edmund Lacy: 1398–c.1401
Mature commoner at Univ, Fellow and then Master. Lacy was appointed Canon of the ninth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1401.
Thomas Duffield: 1396–8
Fellow of Univ before becoming Master.
Thomas Foston: 1393–6
Foston was a mature commoner and Fellow of Univ before becoming Master.
John Middelton: possibly Master early 1390s
William Kexby: fl.1376–9
Fellow of Univ prior to becoming Master. In 1379 he became Archdeacon of Cleveland.
Roger de Aswardeby: fl.1353–62
Fellow of University College, Oxford before becoming Master. He then became a proctor of University in 1350.
Robert de Patrington: possibly Master 1340–3
William de Nadale: possibly Master 1332
Hugh de Warknetheby: possibly Master 1307
College Fellowships


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Pharmacy giant CVS quit selling tobacco products in 2014. Its logic is indisputable. Simply put in the company's own words, "The sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose – helping people on their path to better health." CVS backed up this sensible move by offering smoking cessation programs.
To Kingfisher, zero is not enough. The home improvement company strives to be net positive by 2050. This means doing more than just reducing its negative impact. It means putting back more than it takes: becoming carbon positive; wasting nothing; adding wealth.
The company's journey to net positive starts with a plan to meet 50 environmental, social and innovation targets by 2020. Kingfisher follows in the footsteps of the Crown Estate's total contribution approach and Interface's goal to be a restorative company.
Founded more than 40 years ago, this outdoor clothing and gear company stood for sustainability long before it was popular. In a gutsy move, Patagonia placed an ad reading "Don't buy this jacket" in the New York Times in 2011 on Black Friday, the shopping day after Thanksgiving. The ad entreated potential customers to think twice before buying anything.
Proving that the ad wasn't just a clever marketing ploy, Patagonia offers tips to customers to prolong the life of their products. It also runs the largest clothing repair facility in North America, and encourage customers to return worn-out clothing so Patagonia can recycle or repurpose it.
Realizing that one company can't do it all by itself, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk made his company's patents open to the public to encourage further development of the electric vehicle. Tesla's latest potentially groundbreaking invention is the Powerwall home battery, a system that could well solve the solar energy storage conundrum.
As is often the case with transformation in business, it's the efforts of a visionary that bring about change. In his travels, founder Blake Mycoskie saw how hard it was for children to grow up without shoes. As a result, Toms donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased. To date, it has donated more than 35 million pairs of shoes.
Toms has applied its "one for one" model to other products it sells, including eyewear, coffee (in which case Toms makes safe water available) and bags (maternal health is offered).
A few years back, Unilever CEO Paul Polman rebelled against rampant short-termism in the market and decided his company would no longer issue quarterly earnings guidance. He says that Unilever is looking for long-term shareholders not short-term share traders.
Sustainability is a long-term enterprise. Under its ambitious Sustainable Living Plan, Unilever has set three overarching goals and tens of targets. For example, one goal is to help more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well being by 2020.
The seven examples above are just a sampling of corporate leadership on sustainability. Some of the actions taken might seem like common sense. But in the world of business, these actions are revolutionary. They prove that a mainstream company can pursue sustainability and be successful, trendy even.
Companies that are serious about sustainability take strong stances, adopt new business models, get certified and set targets.
The advisory firm SustainAbility has highlighted numerous companies implementing 20 business model innovations and related strategies that are leading the way to a more sustainable economy. Toms one for one model is but one example.
B Corps are for-profit companies that have been certified to rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. They are required to consider impacts on all stakeholders not just shareholders, and to publish reports of their overall social and environmental performance. More than 1,400 companies worldwide, big and small, are B Corps, including Ben & Jerry's, Method and Seventh Generation.
In the past few months leading up to the Paris climate conference, we saw numerous companies demonstrating leadership on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Under the guidance of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, 10 major oil companies, including BP, Shell, Repsol and Total, confirmed that they "recognize the general ambition to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees centigrade" and "pledged to collaborate" on "reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of the global energy mix."
Companies continue to join RE100, publicly committing to use 100 percent renewable energy. Members number more than 35 and include Ikea, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Nike, Philips, Procter & Gamble, SAP, Starbucks and Walmart.
Corporate sustainability leadership requires more than planting trees and holding lunch and learns. Real leaders shake things up. They're courageous.
Mark Brownlie is Founder and Principal of Responsibility Matters Inc., a Calgary, Canada based firm that has developed sustainability strategies and communications for 40 corporate and non-profit clients worldwide. He has been involved in more than 50 CSR and sustainability reports.


LAC-BEAUPORT (QUEBEC), June 15, 2018 - The Réseau des SADC et CAE is overjoyed to hear of the addition of a $1,360,000 financial contribution to the Réseau's Small Business Support Initiative (SAPE), as announced by Rémi Massé, Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Avignon–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia and Chair of the Liberal Party of Canada's Quebec Caucus on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. The contribution will target the growth of women- and Indigenous-owned businesses.
This contribution is in addition to the $4.5 million financial commitment to the Small Business Support Initiative that was announced in 2016. Thanks to the additional funds, the SADC et CAE plan to coach more than 130 women- and Indigenous-owned businesses in the next year.
These groups have always been a priority for the SADC et CAE, and our professionals understand the challenges they face. They support women- and Indigenous-owned businesses not only with financing and personalized coaching, but also through entrepreneurship awareness programs, networking events and business management training. In recent years, more than 1,000 programs targeting female and Indigenous entrepreneurs have been implemented by the SADC et CAE in Quebec.
After only two years, the Small Business Support Initiative has achieved impressive results among SMEs. The SADC et CAE supported 801 SMEs, enabling them to implement strategies to tackle major economic challenges facing their businesses: innovation, integration of communications technologies and e-commerce, sustainable development, and business succession and transfer. These projects enabled the creation of 1,011 jobs and the maintenance of 7,851 jobs in rural areas.
For more details about the terms and conditions of the Small Business Support Initiative, entrepreneurs should contact their region's SADC/CAE.
To find your SADC/CAE, visit: www.sadc-cae.ca.
The Réseau des SADC et CAE is a network of 57 Community Futures Development Corporations (SADC) and 10 Community Business Development Corporations (CAE) that have been working in community economic development for more than 35 years. More than 1,400 professionals and volunteers support and finance more than 10,000 entrepreneurs and 1,000 local economic development projects every year.


LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) announced today the opening of a new regional hub in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a lease of nearly 6,000 square feet of office space in Colleyville, Texas. The hub positions Greenbrier closer to the bulk of its customer base and North American operations, as well as the important Gulf Coast and Midwest energy and downstream markets.
In June, eight employees focused on product development, engineering and retrofit design work for tank cars will occupy the center. Over the next year, Greenbrier will hire additional employees based at Colleyville in engineering or commercial roles, adding to Greenbrier's talent base located in Oregon, and elsewhere in North America and Europe.
"Our Dallas-Fort Worth hub positions Greenbrier at the center of the burgeoning energy markets that we expect will be a major driver of our business for years to come," said William A. Furman, Chairman and CEO. "The new location allows Greenbrier easier access to the energy, petrochemical and plastics markets, and to key customers including Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway and most of our North American operations. More than 20 of Greenbrier's 37 sites in our wheels, repair and parts network are located in the Midwest and southern U.S., including three of Greenbrier's four shops certified to perform tank car repair and maintenance. In addition, Greenbrier builds new railcars at three facilities in nearby Mexico."
"Our Colleyville staff has product development expertise and strength in engineering that adds to our talented team around the world. Together we will aggressively pursue retrofit opportunities for tank cars, design work for new railcars and other opportunities presented by the dynamic rail transportation and energy markets we serve," Furman concluded.
Greenbrier employs nearly 500 people across the Gulf Coast region including Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. The Colleyville location increases Greenbrier's full-time employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to more than 230 employees, including employees of Greenbrier Leasing Company in Fort Worth and Greenbrier Repair Services facility in Cleburne. Greenbrier's total U.S. workforce exceeds 2,500 employees out of more than 9,000 employees worldwide.


Below, I'll show you how I do classes and packages in Corona SDK. I cover how to extend core Corona classes, what you can/can't do, and how to implement classes, packages, & inheritance in Lua. I also briefly cover some of the OOP alternatives and compare/contrast why I chose t3h closure way.
… your main.lua file starts to get unwieldy large in length. Additionally, some things will work differently depending on scope, which to me, makes the code less readable over time. Breaking out your code into classes, separate Lua files, is the first step to managing lots of code. There are 3 steps to make this happen.
The code for the most part is treated like other Lua code. If you defined globals, they'll put on _G just like code in your main.lua. All globals in Lua go on _G. If you're a Flasher and remember creating classes back in AS1/AS2, this should be immediately familiar to you a la _global. Because of this, you need to treat your code in that file as encapsulated to ONLY put 1 thing on _G: your class.
Notice, however, that the package name is completely discarded; all that's actually stored on _G is your class' name, so beware of name collisions (such as Player being defined in a completely different package).
Those numbers next to table are RAM addresses of where your object is stored. As you can see it's a unique address, thus you have 3 unique instances of your Player class.
Great, we have now have composited both our player.png as well as our HealthBar class both into our Player class. How does it look?
Great, full formation with full hit points.
Let's pretend the 1st plane got damaged. Let's give him 2 public variables to hold his hit points, add them to the constructor, and provide a method to change those values and immediately call it.
If the user touches on the plane, and it's hit points aren't at the max value, it'll increment it up by 1.
Keep in mind, the same applies to timers (timer), transitions, (onComplete), and collisions (preCollision, collision, postCollision).
The use case for a Singleton is when you want to ensure only 1 instance of a class. In Lua's case, we'll just ensure you're always using the same table. Traditionally, Singletons are actually creating instances and not utilizing static variables. Since scope in Lua is really loose via closures, I prefer the static one. Most would call it a static class. Whatever; it ensures only 1 is ever created, and there is no need to have an instance variable over a static one here.
The use case here is for the gaming network. Currently in Corona, you can only use 1 game network at a time, whether OpenFeint or Papaya Mobile. We'll create a wrapper class for both scores and achievements since those work on both Android and iOS for both services. We want 1 single class to handle this regardless of which network we've chosen, and regardless of what OS we're running on.
Notice on line 6 it detects which mode we're in, and calls the appropriate gaming network. Also notice that the signature is slightly different with OpenFeint in that you can show some text with the score. Finally, we dispatch a custom event for those who wish to know when the score value changes.
That's it, you can continue as you were.
One use for statics I've consistently been using is for Sprite Sheets. Since a Sprite Sheet is instantiated once, and instances are created from it, it's a perfect use case for static variables (or class level variables). Here's an example that sets up the Sprite Sheets one time, and only one time.
I could put outside of the class's constructor function to let it run when the class is imported and not have to do an if then each time the class is new'd, but I'd prefer errors happen when running code vs. require; a lot easier to debug.
All globals are stored on _G. Classes, even in packages, become simple tables on _G. Last in wins, although, if you use the require statement, it'll ensure it's only run once if you require it twice. Although packages are supposed to solve class name collisions, in this case they don't, so just ensure your classes have unique names.
Sometimes you're not sure what you're dealing with. You'll print out an object and it'll say "table" with some RAM address. Not helpful. Enter a quick reflection function to see what properties your table has and its values.
which gives... well, a really long and interesting output.
If you're smart (or drunk), you'll notice no name or package information is retained with your class. Annoying. For the name, some people will utilize a name property, usually as a String. The timer in Corona SDK actually calls itself "timer" for example. This is typically done on an instance basis. I've been using a classType convention with my instances, a sort of homage to createClassObject in ActionScript 2. That way, whenever I want to know what type I'm dealing with I can print it out since Lua's type function only works with Lua primitives.
I stumbled upon this Stack Overflow post which corroborated some of what I read on the Corona forums regarding Lua OOP solutions more to my taste. I went down the metatable route, but I was still learning Lua and found it... well, weird. You have to create all these tables and wire them up just to... create a table. Granted, you could abstract it into a base or utility class, but seriously?
Additionally, the Corona DisplayObjects and other classes are core C classes with magic on top. As such, you can't affect them with metatables like other Lua tables. Thus the standard fare of wrapping them to extend their functionality doesn't work.
Then I found middleclass. After trying to wrap my head around making prototypes in Lua for the mere sake of just getting simple inheritance working (BLAH BLAH BLAH META TABLE REFERS TO ANOTHER TABLE BLAH BLAH META OMG WHAT TABLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE!!!?!?!?!), middleclass was a nice breath of fresh air.
Over time, though, I had a hell of a time getting it to work extending the native DisplayObjects in Corona. Additionally, I actually didn't end up doing that much inheritance; I'd usually just add existing behavior to built in Corona DisplayObject classes. Now that I actually know what I'm doing 8 months later, I should take a look at it again, it's just what I have above works without the need of metatables.
Finally, Mr. Lindquist has a great metatable video tutorial.
Use a . when you want to access a variable/property.
Use : when you want to call a function/method.
Your function, onTimer, isn't scoped to anything; if you print out self inside of itself, it'll be nil. If it's a closure, you can access other objects, but then you start doing things like local self = player. At that point, that's why God invented 9mm's for eating.
Same problem; your function is actually scoped to the timer; if you trace out self, it'll refer to theTimer. However, if you make your method a variable instead of scoped to yourself by using a dot like function player.onTimer, and then do the same code above, self will refer to your actual class object like a static.
If you're of the functional mind, you can definitely go down the route of advanced closures, and use local's to get your scope back on track. For the rest of us who want to get things done and don't want to go the Delegate.create route, just stick to the above and you'll be fine.
You'll notice all methods and variables are public. Additionally, there are no access rules, like getters/setters, since I'm not using any of Lua's special sauce functions like setmetatable or __index. Additionally, while each Lua file only creates 1 global variable, you can access all functions on that object. If you want to emulate private, you can put all your methods as local, put on a metatable object, and use that.
So far the Ruby & Python guys seem fine with convention & documentation over access, so... I'm not stressing it.
Creating classes in Lua is simply making a table, giving it a new method, and returning that table. Inside the new method you add additional functions to that object you're creating using a colon to ensure it retains self scope inside the function. For callbacks, you just define the event name, such as timer, as a function/method inside your class, and it'll get called with scope intact just fine. For overriding, you just store the super method as a function reference, and call that in your new, same named function. Inheritance is just calling new, and decorating the same object more in your sub-class. While Corona does have packages, all package information is lost so ensure you don't have same named classes if you can help it. All classes become globals defined _G, the main global table in Lua.
I stole most of my ideas from Darren who helped me get over some large learning curves. Also, Jonathan Beebe gives an overview of modular classes that are similar to what I do but using metatables. He also wrote another interesting post about using modules, and why he and many others (myself included) do not utilize the module function. The lua.org online manual also has some neat examples of how metatables can be applied.
Using the above, you should be able to get all the OOP you need, shield you from Lua's scope rules, and help make your code more manageable as it grows through Composition. Further learning suggestions are the debug object, pcall, and assert. As you start creating more module methods, those last 2 functions will really help you write better, easier to debug and use classes. Good luck and hope this helps!
Display objects are regular Lua tables. It's the metatable where the C code is hiding. I found that you can replace the metatable with your own as long as you keep a copy of the original metatable so that your custom one can pass things to it when needed.
With Player:new(), I would recommend using Player.new() instead. It's a static method, so the reference to self that the : adds isn't really needed because you already have a reference to Player. Plus, it helps to differentiate static and instance methods by sight for someone who is quickly reading your code.
Thanks Josh! I'll ignore the 1st paragraph until I get a Charlie Gordon shot.
To your 2nd paragraph, I agree too, it's more consistent with the API they provide. I'll give a whirl!
Great and very helpful tutorial. Thanks.
Can you post a link to the sourcefiles for this tutorial or are they on github?
Thanks for the great write ups! Definitely making the transition into Corona a whole lot less painful. I checked out your code for the top down Tyrian esque game as well.
I am working on a few general libraries that should hopefully make Corona development even less painful – a TouchManager for figure out how the playing is tapping, swiping, etc (multi touch as well) and also some ParticleEffect engine stuff. While I wish Flash was viable (and still might be…) on mobile I am glad people like you are moving into the Corona community.
Thanks for the great article. I've tried the meta table thing but I found it to be much work for… creating a table … like you said. Giving your method a try … I'm a AS3 developer and I'm used to working with object oriented languages and this "Lua thing" is very confusing to me.
Thanks again for explaining everything… it saved me a lot of time.
i have a file lua for the class and the main.lua… can you distinct where i need to put every portion of code?
@andrea main.lua always goes in your root folder.
For classes, you have 2 options: to use packages or not. Packages are synonymous with folders. If you don't provide/use a package, then the class goes in root (next to main.lua).


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Konrad Mägi (ur. 1 listopada 1878 niedaleko Tartu, zm. 15 sierpnia 1925 w Tartu) – estoński malarz modernistyczny.

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Urodził się 1 listopada 1878 roku niedaleko Tartu w rodzinie zarządcy dóbr. Gdy miał 11 lat, jego rodzina przeniosła się do Tartu. Otrzymał skromne wykształcenie i w wieku kilkunastu lat rozpoczął pracę w warsztacie stolarskim. W tym czasie zaczął interesować się kulturą fizyczną i sztuką, a na życzenie pracodawcy zaczął uczęszczać na lekcje rysunku. Wyjechał do Petersburga, by studiować na Państwowej Akademii Artystyczno-Przemysłowej im. Stieglitza, jednak wydarzenia rewolucji 1905 roku zmieniły jego plany. Choć na miejscu brał udział w licznych wydarzeniach związanych z rewolucją, wkrótce opuścił Petersburg. W 1906 roku wyruszył z przyjaciółmi w podróż na Wyspy Alandzkie, gdzie namalował pierwsze obrazy. Przez niecały rok pracował w Helsinkach nad transkrypcją estońskich pieśni ludowych, po czym jesienią 1907 roku wyjechał do Paryża, gdzie borykając się z problemami finansowymi uczył się malarstwa i rzeźby w prywatnych pracowniach.

W latach 1908–1910 przebywał w Norwegii, gdzie zaczął intensywnie malować, tworząc co najmniej 75 obrazów. Choć wyjechał tam z zamiarem spędzenia jedynie kilku letnich miesięcy, brak funduszy na powrót do Paryża zmusił go do pozostania na miejscu. W jego twórczości z tego okresu, na którą składają się głównie opustoszałe pejzaże o odważnej kolorystyce, widać inspirację niemieckim i holenderskim impresjonizmem. Dzięki wystawom w 1910 roku w Tartu i Tallinnie, jego prace natychmiast zdobyły znaczny rozgłos w kraju. Dzięki zdobytym środkom Mägi ponownie wyjechał do Paryża, lecz nie udało mu się zaistnieć na tamtejszym rynku sztuki.

W 1912 roku powrócił do Estonii, gdzie z początku popadł w depresję, a lata niedożywienia odcisnęły piętno na jego stanie fizycznym. By zreperować zdrowie, spędził letnie miesiące 1913 roku w prowincji Sarema, która zainspirowała go do stworzenia cyklu pejzaży pełnego światła i koloru. Zaczął uczyć rysunku, a jego malarstwo nabrało cech fowizmu. Wraz z Kristjanem Raudem, Jaanem Koortem i Nikolaiem Triikiem należał do grona pierwszych estońskich artystów, którzy zerwali z tradycją akademizmu. Dla przykładu, jego pejzażowi Vilsandi Motif (1913–1914) bliżej było do abstrakcyjnego ujęcia lokalności, niż realistycznego oddania krajobrazu.

W latach 1915–1917 malował pejzaże przedstawiające południe Estonii, a w 1918 roku wprowadził motywy z Vörtsjärv i Otepää i zaczął posługiwać się ciemniejszą niż dotychczas paletą barw. W jego twórczości zaczęły także wyraźniej wybrzmiewać religijne podteksty. Poprzez pejzaże chciał wyrazić metafizyczne i mistyczne doświadczenia, których brakowało mu w codzienności. W 1919 roku został wybrany na dyrektora nowo powstałej wyższej szkoły artystycznej, jednak rozczarowany sytuacją w Estonii dwa lata później wyjechał do Włoch. W tym okresie wprowadził do swojego malarstwa charakterystyczne dla orfizmu rozumienie koloru, wzbogacając nim wcześniejsze inspiracje ekspresjonizmem. Malował przede wszystkim widoki Rzymu, Capri i Wenecji. W 1922 roku powrócił do kraju, gdzie jego stan fizyczny znacznie się pogorszył. Zmarł 15 sierpnia 1925 roku w Tartu.

Od 1979 roku istnieje nagroda jego imienia, która przyznawana jest za obraz, cykl obrazów lub projekt artystyczny, który w znaczący sposób przyczynił się do wzbogacenia estońskiego malarstwa. Wyróżnienie przyznawane jest co roku, w rocznicę urodzin artysty.

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Travel guide for people with HIV
Posted by Timothy on December 4, 2021 December 4, 2021
For World AIDS Day, the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA) and its charitable IGLTA Foundation created a travel guide for people living with HIV, the 'LGBTQ+ Travel and HIV: Navigating the World Safely'. Travelling as an out LGBTQI+ person can be challenging, travelling as person with HIV as well.
Red ribbons
The guide contains tips for pre-trip planning as well as practical advice to use upon arrival. Just as many countries present added considerations for LGBTQ+ travelers, many also require unique precautions for travelers with HIV.
"We wanted to provide a resource that was easy to follow and addressed the travel process from start to finish", said IGLTA president and CEO John Tanzella in a press release. "The guide takes HIV-positive travelers through entry requirements, safety, packing medications, and staying healthy while on the road, complete with a quick checklist to keep you on track for each trip."
The guide also illustrates the crossover between countries that partially restrict entry for short-term travelers with HIV or deport foreigners with HIV with those that have challenging laws for LGBTQ+ travelers. Longtime IGLTA member Dan Allen authored the guide, drawing from a variety of global resources and interviews with medical professionals.
"Much of the work the IGLTA Foundation does takes place behind the scenes, such as providing education to the tourism industry or assisting LGBTQ+ businesses", says IGLTAF Board Co-Secretary Scott Seed, who led the Research Committee for this project.
"We really appreciate partnerships like this one with Gilead that allow us to put valuable resources directly into the hands of our community of travelers."
The HIV Travel Guide, along with more than 30 LGBTQ+ country and travel safety guides, can be found at iglta.org/lgbtq-travel-guides.
Some countries formally exclude people with HIV, including Jordan, which expressly denies entry to any foreigner with HIV. Others like Bhutan, Iraq and the Solomon Islands permit entry for most short stays, but require an HIV test for slightly extended stays (more than 10 days in Iraq and the Solomon Islands, or more than 14 days in Bhutan).
In a couple of countries, namely Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea, the rules governing HIV testing for short-term travelers are not entirely clear, and may differ depending on age, nation of origin, and place of visa procurement.
Russia does not require HIV tests for single-entry short-term visas, but it does for multi-entry visas.
Can I stay for longer?
Many additional countries do require applicants for longer-stay visas—including most student, work and residence visas, to take an HIV test. These nations include Israel, Egypt, Russia, and all countries on the Arabian Peninsula.
In Australia, visa applications to work or study in the medical field require HIV testing, as do permanent residence visa applications. A positive HIV status will not necessarily disqualify such applicants, but will be factored into consideration as a chronic health condition.
Just because you're allowed into a country doesn't necessarily mean that your HIV status won't become an issue while you're there, and of course, just being openly LGBTQ+ can still put you at great risk in many places.
Nearly 20 countries are known to deport travelers if officials become aware of their positive HIV status. And while deportation rules in some of these nations are only sporadically enforced, you should be aware of, and prepared for, the risk involved should you choose to visit one of those countries.
These countries are: Bahrain, Brunei, China, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen.
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Furthermore, and crucially, travelers should always remember that gay and trans conduct is still criminalized in more than 70 countries around the world, and in more than a dozen, it's even punishable by death.
Those are Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Iraq, Mauritania, parts of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Jubaland in Somalia, the UAE and Yemen.
The complete guide here. Also check out HIVtravel.org.
About IGLTA & the IGLTA Foundation
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association is the global leader in advancing LGBTQ+ travel and a proud Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. IGLTA's mission is to provide information and resources for LGBTQ+ travelers and expand LGBTQ+ tourism globally by demonstrating its significant social and economic impact. The association's professional network includes 10,000+ LGBTQ+ welcoming accommodations, destinations, service providers, travel agents, tour operators, events and travel media, and its members can be found in 80 countries. The philanthropic IGLTA Foundation empowers LGBTQ+ welcoming travel businesses globally through leadership, research and education.
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