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8th Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference
Decolonizing Ethnographies of Migration from the Southern Mediterranean
Doing Ethnographic Research in the Field of Anti-Trafficking
Ethnographies of Algorithms and (Big)Data
Ethnographies of energy production in times of transition
Ethnographies of Supermarket and Logistics Revolutions
Exploring Death in the Twenty-First Century: Field Research Results
Exploring Everyday Responsibilities
Gendering Ethnography
Heritage, Conflicts, Tourism and the Role of Researchers
International Mobility and African Cities
Materializing Ethnography
Micro-Sociality of the Giftee
Multiple Spiritualities through the Lens of Ethnography
Public Health Interventions: Global Problems, Local Solutions
Reflection on Research Experiences among "Unmarked" Groups
Relatedness through Transnational Reproduction
Sensorial Worlds of Production and Consumption
Social Sciences from Dissonance to Ambiguity: Breaking the Deadlock
The Engaging Side Of Pain
The Researcher's Role in Militant Ethnography
Youth Collectivities: Making them Visible and Researchable
Ethnography of Finance
Everyday Chauvinisms
Education in a Digital Era
Pre-conference Seminars
Epistemological and Methodological Challenges in the Ethnographic Field
Convenors: Assunta Viteritti & Leonardo Piromalli (University of Rome "La Sapienza")
Contact: leonardo.piromalli@uniroma1.it
Digital technologies are nowadays interwoven in the very fabric of our everyday lives: from health to the environment, from research to clinic, from media to politics, from economy to gender, from bank accounts to online purchases, from spiritual life to gym activities. Our personal and professional worlds are entangled in increasingly complex knots of digital technoscientific knowledges.
The phenomenon of digitalisation is emerging in education too. Its growing importance has been discussed in terms of a digital governance of education (Landri, 2018) that is being fabricated and enacted across Europe and beyond. Digital technologies are indeed relevant to the fields of school (Selwyn et al., 2016), higher education (Williamson, 2018) and lifelong learning (Romito et al., 2019).
Digitalisation opens up new methodological challenges for qualitative research. The 'offline' methods do not seem sufficient for thoroughly capturing digital-mediated educational policy and practices, within which multi-sitedness is inherent (Marcus, 1995) and spatialities as well as temporalities shrink, stretch and overlap (Elliott & Urry, 2010).
At least two visions emerge for investigating education in a digital era. A first relevant approach addresses the digital as an ontologically recognisable space. A continuity with the ethnographic tradition can be found in terms of guiding epistemology, range of methods, view of the field. Techniques such as a/synchronous internet-based interview (O'Connor & Madge, 2017) and digital ethnography (Pink et al., 2015) can be placed within this approach.
In other approaches, the digital is engaged as a space of non-continuity and multiplicity to be investigated through different categories than those employed for more consolidated explorations. Social reality is seen in terms of processes, relationships and assemblages constantly on the verge of becoming something different (Law, 2004; Lury & Wakeford, 2012). Techniques and methods are experimented and re/invented for inquiring education as it happens within and through the digital: genealogies (Williamson, 2018), diagrammatic analyses (Decuypere, 2016), semiotic analyses (Landri, 2018), etc.
This panel aims at opening a space for reflection around qualitative methods for investigating on formal, non-formal and informal education in a digital era. Existing methods have to be refined and new methods have to be constructed for analysing it and untangling its social effects – not least the ones related to the values inscribed in a platform society (Van Dijck et al., 2018).
Empirical and theoretical contributions are welcome that focus the mentioned approaches by bringing them together, relating them, pointing out their strengths and weakness, and – above all –engage education in a digital era not as a matter of fact but as a matter of concern (Latour, 2004).
- Which types of ethnographies emerge from the digital world of education?
- What do ethnographers do when they implement digital ethnography in the field? Which mistakes become resources?
- What must the ethnographer do when she acts in the field of digital ethnography?
- What should I do when I do digital ethnography in the educational field?
- Which new ways to construct the field and examine phenomena does the digital ethnography afford?
- Is it useful, possible – and how? – to engage actors and their knowledges as epistemic partners (Konrad, 2012) in the digital fieldwork? How (where, when, with whom, etc.) should the researcher position himself?
- How to investigate the users in their engagement towards the digital?
- Which methods and techniques to unravel the hidden cultures inscribed in invisible digital infrastructures?
- How to inquire from an ethnographical point of view digital platforms and platformization processes? How to visualize the recent events of platform societies (Van Dijck et al., 2018)?
- How to inquire from an ethnographical point of view the digital governance of education (Landri, 2018)? How to visualize the digital governance practice and the digitalisation processes?
Education, learning, digital, digitalisation, online, platforms, visualization.
Anthropology of education, Computer design, Digital sociology, Pedagogy, Philosophy of education, Sociology of education.
Decuypere, M. (2016). Diagrams of Europeanization: European education governance in the digital age. Journal of Education Policy, 31(6), 851–872. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2016.1212099
Elliott, A., & Urry, J. (2010). Mobile Lives. London: Routledge.
Konrad, M. (Ed.). (2012). Collaborators Collaborating: Counterparts in Anthropological Knowledge and International Research Relations. New York: Berghahn Books.
Landri, P. (2018). Digital Governance of Education: Technology, Standards and Europeanization of Education. London-Oxford: Bloomsbuy.
Latour, B. (2004). Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern. Critical Inquiry, 30(2), 225–248. https://doi.org/10.1086/421123
Law, J. (2004). After Method: Mess in Social Science Research. London: Routledge.
Lury, C., & Wakeford, N. (2012). Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social. London: Routledge.
Marcus, G. E. (1995). Ethnography in/of the World System: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography. Annual Review of Anthropology, 24(1), 95–117. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.24.100195.000523
O'Connor, H., & Madge, C. (2017). Online Interviewing. In N. G. Fielding, R. M. Lee, & G. Blank (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods (pp. 416–434). London: Sage.
Pink, S., Horst, H., Postill, J., Hjorth, L., & Lewis, T. (2015). Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice. Los Angeles: Sage.
Romito, M., Gonçalves, C., & De Feo, A. (2019). Digital devices in the governing of the European Education Space: The case of SORPRENDO software for career guidance. European Educational Research Journal, 1474904118822944. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904118822944
Selwyn, N., Nemorin, S., Bulfin, S., & Johnson, N. (2016). Toward a digital sociology of school. In J. Daniels, K. Gregory, & T. McMillan Cottom (Eds.), Digital Sociologies (pp. 143–158). Bristol: Policy Press.
Van Dijck, T., Poell, T., & De Waal, M. (2018). The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World. New York: Oxford University Press.
Williamson, B. (2018). The Hidden Architecture of Higher Education: Building a Big Data Infrastructure for the 'Smarter University'. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 15(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0094-1.
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July Construction Starts Increase 6 Percent
Gains Reported for Public Works, Power Plants, Multifamily Housing, Healthcare Facilities
Dodge Data & Analytics
NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The value of new construction starts in July advanced 6% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $728.1 billion, it was reported by Dodge Data & Analytics. Leading the way was a 26% jump by the nonbuilding construction sector, which reflected an improved level for public works and the start of two massive power plants, located respectively in California and New York. Residential building in July increased 8%, as multifamily housing rebounded after three consecutive monthly declines. Running counter was a 7% slide for nonresidential building following its 14% hike in June, as both office buildings and hotels retreated from June's elevated activity, outweighing a sharp rise for healthcare facilities in July. During the first seven months of 2017, total construction starts on an unadjusted basis were $411.9 billion, down 1% from the same period a year ago. Dampening the year-to-date performance for total construction was a steep 44% decline for the electric utility/gas plant category, even with the two massive power plants reported as July starts. If the electric utility/gas plant category is excluded, total construction starts in this year's January-July period would be up 3% from a year ago.
July 2017 Construction Starts
July's data lifted the Dodge Index to 154 (2000=100), compared to an upwardly revised 145 for June. After this year's strong first quarter, the Dodge Index had receded 11% in the second quarter. July's total construction gain brings activity back to within 2% of the first quarter's pace. "July's increase means the third quarter began on a healthy note, which should help to maintain the up-and-down pattern on a quarterly basis that's been present for construction starts over the past year," stated Robert A. Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. "Within that up-and-down pattern there remains a modest upward trend, as it appears that construction starts are still in the process of reaching a peak, as opposed to having already reached a peak. Public works construction, after sluggish activity earlier in the year, is showing hesitant signs of improvement. It's true that residential building is now seeing generally decreased activity for multifamily housing, but the monthly declines continue to be mixed in with monthly gains, such as what took place in July. For nonresidential building, growth is being supported by its institutional segment, while commercial building is leveling off due to varied behavior by its individual project types."
Nonbuilding construction in July was $195.8 billion (annual rate), up 26% from June and achieving its second highest amount so far in 2017 after February. The public works categories as a group rose 12%, rebounding after a 7% decline in June. Water supply construction had a particularly strong month, soaring 136% with the lift coming from the start of the $844 million Vista Ridge water supply pipeline project in San Antonio TX, as well as an $88 million recycled water treatment facility in San Francisco CA. Sewer construction improved 37% after a weak June, although river/harbor development receded 2%. Highway and bridge construction increased 10% in July, and featured the start of the $322 million I-74 bridge replacement across the Mississippi River in Davenport IA, a $192 million highway expansion in San Antonio TX, and a $94 million rehabilitation project on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York NY. Through the first seven months of 2017, the top five states in terms of the dollar amount of highway and bridge construction starts were – Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The miscellaneous public works category, which includes natural gas pipelines and mass transit, slipped 10% in July, continuing to recede after very strong activity back in May. Even with its decline, miscellaneous public works still included the July start of the $1.5 billion Brownsville to Nueces natural gas pipeline in Texas and a $225 million rail transit project in Bellevue WA. The electric utility/gas plant category surged 64% in July, registering its second straight monthly gain in contrast to the substantially weaker activity reported during the first five months of 2017. Two massive natural gas-fired power generation facilities were included as construction starts in July – the $2.2 billon Carlsbad Energy Center in Carlsbad CA and the $1.6 billion Cricket Valley Energy Center in Dover Plains NY. There were five other large power plant projects that reached groundbreaking in July, located in Connecticut ($550 million), Georgia ($400 million), Minnesota ($300 million), Arkansas ($203 million), and Nebraska ($150 million).
Residential building in July was $301.1 billion (annual rate), up 8%. Multifamily housing increased 30%, strengthening after three monthly declines in a row. There were 9 multifamily projects valued at $100 million or more that reached groundbreaking in July, led by the $360 million Wolf Point East apartment tower in Chicago IL, the $225 million multifamily portion of the $280 million mixed-use redevelopment of the Domino sugar factory in Brooklyn NY, and a $225 million condominium tower in Honolulu HI. In July, the top five metropolitan areas in terms of the dollar amount of multifamily starts were – New York NY, Chicago IL, Los Angeles CA, Boston MA, and Atlanta GA. Through the first seven months of 2017, the top five metropolitan areas, with their percent change from a year ago, were – New York NY, down 20%; Los Angeles CA, up 16%; Chicago IL, down 2%; San Francisco CA, up 27%; and Washington DC, up 6%. Single family housing in July was flat with the previous month, not yet showing renewed growth after settling back 4% in the second quarter following its first quarter 6% gain. By geography, single family housing in July performed as follows relative to June – the Northeast, up 3%; the South Central, up 2%; the South Atlantic, up 1%; the West, unchanged; and the Midwest, down 3%.
Nonresidential building in July was $231.2 billion (annual rate), down 7%. The commercial categories as a group dropped 22%, retreating after climbing 24% in June. Office construction in June had surged 82%, boosted by the start of 8 office projects valued at $100 million or more, led by a $585 million Facebook data center in Omaha NE and the $400 million office portion of the $500 million renovation of the Willis Tower in Chicago IL. In July office construction fell 52%, with only one project valued at $100 million or more – the $118 million Wheaton Town Center in Wheaton MD. A similar pattern was present for hotels, which surged 65% in June with the push coming from the start of the $575 million hotel portion of the $900 million Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino expansion in Hollywood FL. In July hotel construction fell 42%, with the largest project being the $78 million hotel portion of a $115 million hotel/apartment mixed-use project near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. On the plus side, warehouse construction jumped 46% in July, lifted by the start of a $144 million warehouse complex in Stockton CA, a $135 million Wal-Mart distribution center in Mobile AL, and a $100 million Amazon distribution center in Fresno CA. July gains were also reported for commercial garages, up 9%; and stores and shopping centers, up 7%. Manufacturing plant construction in July fell 29% from its June amount that included the start of a $1.8 billion methane plant in Louisiana. While down from June, manufacturing plant construction did see the start of several large projects in July, such as a $1.1 billion polyethylene plant expansion in Beaumont TX.
The institutional side of the nonresidential building market climbed 16% in July, in contrast to the declines reported for the commercial and manufacturing segments. Healthcare facilities jumped 108% after a weak June, led by groundbreaking for the $1.5 billion Penn Medicine Patient Pavilion in Philadelphia PA. Other large healthcare facility projects that started in July were the following – the $349 million Inspira Medical Center in Glassboro NJ, the $125 million Bristal Jericho assisted living facility in Oyster Bay NY, a $110 million hospital expansion in Bethesda MD, and a $105 million ambulatory care complex at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City UT. Transportation terminal construction also posted a large percentage increase after a weak June, rising 85% with the help of a $121 million aircraft maintenance facility at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City OK. The religious building category, while still at a very low level, increased 24% in July. On the negative side, educational facilities slipped 3% in July, although the category did include the start of several large school construction projects, including a $104 million high school renovation in Cleburne TX, a $104 million high school in Buda TX, a $96 million public school complex in Willoughby OH, and a $91 million high school in Stoughton MA. Through the first seven months of 2017, the top five states in terms of the dollar amount of educational facility construction were – Texas, New York, California, Washington, and Massachusetts. July declines were also registered by public buildings (courthouses and detention centers), down 13%; and amusement-related work, down 32%.
The 1% slippage for total construction starts on an unadjusted basis during the January-July period of 2017 was due to diminished activity for nonbuilding construction, as both residential building and nonresidential building managed to post gains. Nonbuilding construction dropped 15% year-to-date, with electric utilities/gas plants down 44% and public works down 2%. Residential building year-to-date was up 1%, with a 9% increase for single family housing slightly outweighing a 14% slide for multifamily housing. Nonresidential building year-to-date climbed 8%, with institutional building up 12% while commercial building held steady, combined with a 27% increase for manufacturing building that marks a shift from this category's sharp declines in 2015 and 2016. By geography, total construction starts during the January-July period showed this pattern relative to a year ago – the South Atlantic, up 8%; the Northeast, up 6%; the West, up 2%; the South Central, down 7%; and the Midwest, down 14%. The 7% year-to-date decline in the South Central reflected in part the comparison to the first seven months of 2016 that included $6.2 billion for two liquefied natural gas terminals, while the 14% year-to-date decline in the Midwest reflected in part the comparison to the first seven months of 2016 that included the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.
Monthly Summary of Construction Starts
Prepared by Dodge Data & Analytics
Monthly Construction Starts
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates, in Millions of Dollars
Nonresidential Building
Nonbuilding Construction
Total Construction
The Dodge Index
Year 2000=100, Seasonally Adjusted
July 2017.......154
June 2017 .....145
Year-to-Date Construction Starts
Unadjusted Totals, in Millions of Dollars
7 Mos. 2017
Total Construction, excluding
electric utilities/gas plants
About Dodge Data & Analytics: Dodge Data & Analytics is North America's leading provider of analytics and software-based workflow integration solutions for the construction industry. Building product manufacturers, architects, engineers, contractors, and service providers leverage Dodge to identify and pursue unseen growth opportunities and execute on those opportunities for enhanced business performance. Whether it's on a local, regional or national level, Dodge makes the hidden obvious, empowering its clients to better understand their markets, uncover key relationships, size growth opportunities, and pursue those opportunities with success. The company's construction project information is the most comprehensive and verified in the industry. Dodge is leveraging its 100-year-old legacy of continuous innovation to help the industry meet the building challenges of the future. To learn more, visit www.construction.com.
Media Contact: Benjamin Gorelick | Spector & Associates +1-212-943-5858, [email protected]
SOURCE Dodge Data & Analytics
http://www.construction.com


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begin
  require 'vagrant'
rescue LoadError
  raise 'The vagrant-junos plugin must be run within Vagrant'
end

# This is a sanity check to make sure no one is attempting to install
# this into an early Vagrant version.
if Vagrant::VERSION < '1.7.0'
  fail 'The vagrant-junos plugin is only compatible with Vagrant 1.7+'
end

module VagrantPlugins
  module GuestJunos
    # plugin to support Junos guests
    class Plugin < Vagrant.plugin('2')
      name 'Junos guest'
      description <<-DESC
      This plugin installs a provider that allows Vagrant to manage
      Junos VMs, such as Firefly Perimeter
      DESC

      guest('junos') do
        require File.expand_path('../guest', __FILE__)
        Guest
      end

      guest_capability('junos', 'change_host_name') do
        require_relative 'cap/change_host_name'
        Cap::ChangeHostName
      end

      guest_capability('junos', 'configure_networks') do
        require_relative 'cap/configure_networks'
        Cap::ConfigureNetworks
      end

      guest_capability('junos', 'halt') do
        require_relative 'cap/halt'
        Cap::Halt
      end

      guest_capability('junos', 'insert_public_key') do
        require_relative 'cap/insert_public_key'
        Cap::InsertPublicKey
      end

      guest_capability('junos', 'remove_public_key') do
        require_relative 'cap/remove_public_key'
        Cap::RemovePublicKey
      end
    end
  end
end

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A new school building is constructed in Gazakh on the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation
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If A Person Is A Good Prisoner, Can His Jail Sentence Be Reduced?
Home/Criminal Defense/If A Person Is A Good Prisoner, Can His Sentence Be Reduced?
Sort of. The sentence isn't actually reduced if the person is a "good prisoner" but the better behaved someone is, the less likely they are to "max out" their sentence. The fewer disciplinary infractions an inmate has, the sooner he can be paroled, after his initial period of parole ineligibility.
All inmates have to serve a certain period of time in prison before they are eligible for parole.
In some cases, there is a statutory amount of time that must be spent in jail, although the total number of days would be reduced by the appropriate credits.
Commutation credits, gap time credits, jail credits and minimum custody credits are all subtracted from the minimum amount of time that the person has to spend in jail. They are all used to calculate a parole eligibility date.
An inmate would not necessarily have time automatically added for disciplinary infractions, unless it involved a further conviction and a separate sentence, but it would be something the parole board would consider in determining whether to release a person on parole once they are eligible.
Is It Too Late To Try To Reduce The Sentence Or Jail Time If The Person Was Already In Jail?
There are ways for jail time to be reduced while the person is already in jail. For every 5 days of work at the jail, for example, they would receive one day of credit from his sentence.
Thus, someone with a job could earn time off of their sentence. Any time the person spent in jail beforehand would be taken from the back end of the sentence. The NJ Parole Board has a good chart and informational guide about parole, which can be found at NJ Parole Board.
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"Police were under pressure by the RSS and VHP activists in the village," Pastor Pal said.
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PHOTO: The federal Department of Transportation is launching a new campaign to encourage pedestrian safety.
BALTIMORE - It's sobering news, with the start of school just weeks away. The number of pedestrian deaths in Maryland is increasing for the second year running. A new report from the federal Department of Transportation finds 21 percent of traffic fatalities in Maryland involved pedestrians, compared to less than 10 percent in neighboring Virginia.
Montgomery County Police School Safety Director Terri Guilday said she sees people taking too many risks.
"Many pedestrians are not using marked crosswalks, crossing between cars and darting out before they see that it's safe. "
The report says 102 pedestrians were hit and killed in Maryland in 2011, compared with 101 the year before.
Yolanda Savage-Narva, campaign director with the advocacy group America Walks, joined transportation officials outside the DOT for the release of the report Monday. She said community leaders need to work on creating more walkable environments.
"A safe community; sidewalks, crosswalks, signals; aesthetically pleasing" are what's needed, she said.
According to the DOT, most pedestrian fatalities happen in urban areas at night, and almost a fifth of the children between ages five and nine who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians.
Link to the DOT report at nhtsa.gov.


I've mentioned in many previous posts that government debt is really not like private debt. Instead government bonds are more like another type of currency or money. The key difference between government bonds and paper money is that bonds pay interest and money doesn't. That's about it. But it's a key point because government bonds, specifically T-Bills, are actually used like money. Large corporations and pension funds don't keep cash (paper money) lying around. Instead these days they take whatever money they have each day and put it into liquid T-bills to earn just a little interest.
If the debt ceiling is not raised at some point the US government will be unable to meet all of its obligations.
I assume that they will make their interest payments and bond redemptions on schedule and the shortfall will be in paying social secutiry, medicare, military and other obligations. This will naturally impact aggregrate demand and generate a significant negative impact on the economy. Given the severe weakness in the economy this shock most likely would tilt the economy into a recession.
This is rather straight forward analysis, but the more severe situation would be the consequences of the government failing to redeem T bonds and/or T bills or failing to make an interest payment of these debt obligations.
Large business and financial institutions do not leave large sums sitting around not earning interest. For the most part firms invest idle balances in T bills. This reached the point long ago where banks introduced sweep accounts where they will go through a firms deposits late in the day and sweep their balance out and invest them in T bills overnight. This is where the risk free instrument comes to play a major role in the financial system and the economy. In many ways the risk free investment of T bills are like the oil in an engine. It provides the buffer or lubrication in the financial system that allow the various moving parts of the economy to move freely and not rub against each other. If the risk free instrument of the T bill is removed from the system there is nothing around of sufficient size to provide the lubrication that the system requires. Thus, if firms no longer have T bills or risk free instruments to invest in there is a danger that the financial system will seize up like an engine without oil. It becomes a question of confidence and we could quickly have a repeat of something like what happened in 2008 after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and lenders pulled in their horns and refused to lend to otherwise good credits. This is why those claiming that the US defaulting on its debts would not have severe and wide-ranging consequences are completely wrong. It is why some of the largest financial institutions are already starting to take measures to protect themselves against this possibility.
Anybody who tells you they know exactly what's going to happen if Congress doesn't raise the government debt ceiling before next week is just making it up. Reality is we don't know for sure. As Brad Delong notes (and Krugman and Nick Rowe), economists don't even have nicely worked-out theoretical models of what happens if the government defaults. It was just never considered.
Obviously, the devil is in the details. A lot depends on how the Congress deals with it – the details of any "deal". Many of the "plans" that have been floated on Capitol Hill to "deal" with the debt ceiling would most likely have consequences not much different from defaulting and not raising the ceiling at all.
And a lot depends on how millions of people think other millions of people will deal with it. Another reason we have no good prediction of the consequences is because there are millions of investors worldwide involved. And each of them is making decisions based on what they think the other millions of investors will do. It's often tough to predict the behavior of 2-3 poker playing partners. Predicting how millions of investors will place their bets is near impossible.
Interest Rates – Nobody knows for sure. A majority of economists and bankers believe that a government default will raise interest rates on government bonds. Accepted theories on interest rates then imply that all other interest rates would likely also go up a similar amount. But this is far from certain. Japan has had debt levels more than twice as high as the U.S. for well over decade. Ratings agencies have down-graded Japanese debt. But Japan still enjoys interest rates lower than the U.S. I've read analyses by respectable economists and Wall Street types that pose plausible scenarios in which markets don't raise interest rates at all, or that only government debt rates go up but private debt doesn't. I've even read scenarios wherein interest rates might slightly decline – although they are already so low there's not much room to go lower. Right now the markets aren't showing any indication of higher rates. Anybody tells you they know what will happen to interest rates is telling you more than they know. In fact, they're telling more than what's knowable now.
Government Spending Cuts & GDP. This one we know for sure. If the government cuts it's spending significantly at this time of high unemployment & low demand, it will slow the economy, depress GDP, and raise unemployment. How much? Here's a quick rule-of-thumb, back-of-the-envelope calculation. The GDP is now roughly $15 trillion. Of that $15 trillion, $3.8 trillion comes from federal government spending. $150 billion is 1% of GDP. So every $150 billion in spending cuts that the government does this year means a drop of 1% in GDP. Right now, projections are that the government deficit in August alone will be close to $140 billion. So, if the government has to suddenly cut it's spending to match tax receipts (an instant balanced budget), it means the GDP shrinks by 1% every month. In 2008-09, GDP only dropped by approximately 6% in total. An instant balanced budget with no increase in borrowing will mean a recession more severe than 2008-09. What will that do to unemployment? According to estimates of Okun's law, every 1% drop in GDP will bring a half percentage point increase in the unemployment rate. So if we instantly balance the federal budget by cutting spending as many Tea Party members want, we will decrease GDP by 5% and unemployment will rise to around 11.5 – 12% by Christmas.
Business Confidence. Many Tea Party types and others are claiming that a balanced budget and no increase in the national debt will "restore business confidence" and unleash economic growth. Hogwash. Won't happen. Can't happen. Hasn't happened before. This is the "growth from government austerity" pitch that has been made to Ireland in 2009. Ireland did it and has only slowed further and had unemployment rise. The Conservatives in the UK promised that budget cuts last year would stimulate the economy. Hasn't happened. The UK economy slowed and is dead in the water now. In fact, we don't have any recorded episodes of a major developed country stimulating it's economy and reducing unemployment as a result. That's because cutting spending is contractionary fiscal policy, which is, well, contractionary. Government spending creates jobs and incomes just as much as private spending. Right now, with high unemployment, we have too little aggregate spending in the economy. Businesses are not spending because they fear the government's budget. They're not spending because nobody's buying – there's no demand. Instead of wagering that government austerity will bring growth and employment, you're better off betting on pigs flying. The odds are better.
UPDATE: More on what might happen here and the dynamics of how any crisis is likely to unfold here.


The trip between Glasgow, located in Scotland and Birmingham, situated in England is well served by trains. The trains are operated by the following train companies: Cross Country, ScotRail, Virgin Trains.
There are 253 miles between the 2 cities and the average journey time from Glasgow to Birmingham is approximately 4h31m. Taking the train is often the quickest option to get to Birmingham from Glasgow, and it's also more environmentally friendly than driving your car or flying.
We found trains from £18.00 to travel in the next 30 days. Fares may change depending on the travel date as well as how much time in advance you book your ticket.
Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Glasgow to Birmingham by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.
When are the next trains to Birmingham?
Based on our data, 14 trains from Glasgow to Birmingham are available today and 0 tomorrow. The first Glasgow Birmingham train leaves at 07:00 and the last one leaves the station at 23:03. The first and last departure times can vary every day and there can be fewer services during weekends as well as public holidays. Rail operators may also adjust the number of trains during school holidays or depending on the season.
The Prices for train tickets Glasgow to Birmingham tend to increase the closer you get to your departure day. Based on our data, if you purchase your ticket 1 month in advance, the price of the ticket starts at £21 whereas when booking on the day you're travelling, you will need to spend at least £60 for your trip. Thus, you will save 65% on the price of your ticket by buying your ticket 1 month in advance as opposed to on the day you're travelling.
We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Glasgow and Birmingham by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Birmingham to Glasgow and find the best deal for your outbound journey.
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To understand the savings that you can make with a railcard, you need to assess the number of journeys you need to make earnings. You will see that commonly only a few trips are needed.
For your calculation, you must include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, the discount on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average cost of a Glasgow Birmingham ticket is £82.71 (1).
Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £82.71: £88/£82.71 = 1.06. You will need to make on average 2 trips from Birmingham to Glasgow (one way trip) with your railcard to start saving money.


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The Dayong Gao Young Investigator Award (DGYI Award), sponsored by GoldSIM, is the Society for Cryobiology's prestigious award for early career researchers. The award carries a cash prize of $5,000, as well as a special lecture and registration waiver to the Society for Cryobiology's annual meeting.
The aim of the award is to foster and encourage early career cryobiology researchers who are in the first 10 years of their post-PhD career/research. The DGYIA is open to cryobiology researchers from around the world. Applicants do not need to to be a member of the Society for Cryobiology.
Applications to the DGYI Award close March 1, annually. Information on how to apply for 2020 will be posted on this page soon.
• The Society for Cryobiology Young Investigator Award is open to cryobiology researchers from around the world. Applicants do not need to be members of the Society for Cryobiology.
• Applicants must be less than 10 years post-PhD at the time of the Society's Annual Meeting (July 2019).
• The individual must, except under exceptional circumstances, be available to travel to the next Annual Meeting (Chicago, July 2020) to present their research.
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• Letters must highlight the research contributions made by the submitted papers and the essential role of the applicant in the research projects.
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• At least one letter must be from an individual who is not named as a co-author on any of the three papers submitted as part of the application.
• All applications will be assessed by the Society for Cryobiology Awards Committee, and their decision is final.
• Applicants will be evaluated on the overall quality of the applicant's CV, and three original publications, and the letters of support.
• Applications must be submitted in English
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2019: Dr. Leandro Godoy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Maintenance of stem cell viability and differentiation potential following cryopreservation within 3-dimensional hyaluronic acid hydrogels
Sudhir Khetan et al.
Argon–helium cryoablation for liver carcinoma in high-risk locations: Safety and efficacy
Qian Yan et al.
Catalase incorporation in freezing mixture leads to improved recovery of cryopreserved iPSC lines
Sophia Fernandes et al.
Survival, re-expansion, and pregnancy outcome following vitrification of dromedary camel cloned blastocysts: A possible role of vitrification in improving clone pregnancy rate by weeding out poor competent embryos
Fariba Moulavi et al.
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When is the best time to book flights to Mexico?
The price you pay for your flight to Mexico may vary depending on when you book. For the best chance of a lower fare, look to book 57 days in advance of your trip. Fares are likely to increase a fortnight or so before your departure date.
Which day is cheapest to fly to Mexico?
The cheapest day to fly to Mexico is usually Sunday. At the moment, Thursday is the most expensive.
Flights at midday are typically the cheapest time of the day to fly to Mexico. Flights in the morning are usually the most expensive.
Mexico is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and has almost 10,000km of coastline. Travellers booking flights to Mexico will find it heaven for almost everybody – surfers, golfers, sun worshippers, party-goers and culture vultures.
Cozumel is consistently named the top dive destination in the Western world; La Paz boasts coral reefs and rocky beds; and the Yucatan Peninsula has "sand falls", sunken vessels, and the cenotes, to mention just a few. Sport fishing is also a major attraction, and charter boats with expert crews can take you where the fish are.
Mexico has a seemingly endless variety of flora and is one of the five most biologically diverse nations. History buffs can explore archeological sites while Copper Canyon is popular with hikers.
In their celebrations, Mexicans excel. Carnaval (just before Lent) is celebrated with gusto as is Semana Santa (Holy Week before Easter). The Day of the Dead (November) is marked with great reverence while Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (12 December) honours Mexico's national patroness, Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Mexico City and the rest of Mexico's higher, inland elevations are temperate and dry, but the coastal plains are hot and humid. Daytime temperatures range between 21 and 32 degrees. It's hot and humid between May and October, especially on the coasts. During the rest of the year it cools down a bit. Some inland areas can even reach freezing temperatures in the winter.The rainy season lasts from May through September, with some slight variations in different areas. Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta see most of their rain between June and October; in Cancun it's mid-September through mid-November. Rain usually falls more on the coast than the higher elevations. The hurricane season lasts from late September to early November in Puerto Vallarta and in from May through September in Cancun.
Southern-coast resorts are packed with tourists between July and September, especially since July and August are the peak holiday months for foreign visitors and native Mexicans. This is when the majority of tourists step off their Mexico flights. Semana Santa (the week before Easter) and Christmas week are also very busy.
Right after the rainy season is a good time to take flights to Mexico – smaller crowds, more reasonable prices, and the hills and mountains are green from the rain. However, it can still be very humid in Puerto Vallarta.
For getting around on your own, walking or renting a car or moped are popular options.
Mexico has more 20 airports, which makes getting from one part of the country to another easy. Domestic Mexico flights are cheap and reliable.
Mexican cities and resorts typically have public transport and taxis. Check before you go to find out what is best at your destination. For example: Cancun has a popular city-bus system. There are also private buses, but they charge far more than the city buses. Puerto Vallarta's city buses are easy to use, inexpensive, and can take you to most locations. However, stay away from buses named Rambo, Terminator, etc. They don't always stop for pedestrians, and they frequently have accidents that result in fatalities. In Cozumel getting to some of the hotels and the beaches requires transportation. Cozumel has a strong cabbies' union and the fares are set (there's no bargaining). Mexico City has an extensive public transportation system, lots of taxis, and a problem with crime.


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We Met The Safety Inspector Of Bray Wyatt's Firefly Funhouse, And It Wasn't Good
January 5, 2021 by Erik Barnes, featured in Wrestling
One of the most compelling segments on WWE TV today is Bray Wyatt's Firefly Funhouse. However, no one has really seen the Firefly Funhouse when the cameras are off. Which is why we found the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspector of Wyatt's romper room to learn more about this heart-warming dwelling.
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"Inspecting and reviewing Mr. Wyatt's 'home-office,' as he classified it, was a unique experience," said OSHA representative Ted Melbers. "For a 'kid-friendly' environment, there were several violations that needed to be addressed."
"First, there needed to be a "CAUTION: HOT" sign near the Furnace of Friendship," Melbers said. "I know Mr. Wyatt explained that the furnace was needed for his Fireflies to sacrifice their toys to the 'Eternal Playground,' but all heat-generating apparatuses need proper labeling."
"Also, I could not tell if the brown paste smeared across various parts of the hardwood floor was Huskus the Pigboy's chocolate or scat, but either way it'll attract bugs," he continued. "Abby the Witch needs to install a safety rail in front of her 'Dark Void of Sharing.' Additionally, Mercy the Buzzard apparently built a nest out of broken glass. A lot of work definitely needs to be done."
"In spite of all of this, Mr. Wyatt was incredibly affable. He literally smiled the entire time and utterly refused to break eye contact. He offered me some 'Ramblin' Rabbit Jam,' and I gotta say that it was the only time I could describe a taste as both 'incredibly fruity and meat-like.'"
Needless to Say, It Was All Very Problematic
"Regardless of Mr. Wyatt's hospitality, the inspection left a permanent negative impression on me," Melbers said. "First, he kept saying, 'Let me in,' which confused me as we were already inside his own house. Secondly, when faced with such seriously negligent violations, 'YOWIE WOWIE' is not the correct response. But mostly, while it's admittedly a personal matter, there was the whole thing with my face."
(While Mr. Melbers requested privacy for his malady and declined to take photographs, we can confirm that Melbers' has small tentacles growing from his face and blue ooze dripping from his nose and eyes. Physicians described Melbers' condition as "Cthulhu-like" and "Cronenbergian." Melbers claims this was due to consuming the jam, but medical tests have yet to confirm).
In spite of all this, Melbers left us with a positive message. "I'm sure that once these drastic changes are made, Bray Wyatt's Firefly Funhouse can become a fun and safe place."
Then a tiny mouth formed in Melbers's left ear that screamed, "ALL HAIL THE FIEND!"
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Uczyć się z historii / Projects / Never again – why we need children's rights!
This learning module enables to get a different perspective on historical events like National Socialism. Since there had been children's rights written down in the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of a Child in 1924 and were nevertheless extremely violated during National Socialism, the students learn that these rights are insecure and have to be fought for (especially since these rights were not and are not today laws but only guidelines). So this learning module shows children's rights in different historical periods: the violation of the Geneva Declaration during National Socialism and the violation of the UNCRC today. By combining both fields, historical learning and education for human rights, the author hopes the students find this new approach motivating and inspiring.
Target group: students grade 10.
The learning module can be downloaded here soon.
Especially before visiting a memorial site like the "Bullenhuser Damm", it is important to prepare the students for this. In the case of the author, the students are not taught in their usual class. They have a special comfort zone. In this comfort zone they can talk about their feelings and problems. In the typical, course system, they are taught together with other students they might not even know. So it could be a problem that the students don't want to talk about their feelings and emotions during the visit or the learning module.
In the opinion of the author, it is necessary to implement a lesson containing exercises for confidence building before the learning module starts. For the reflection of each topic, it is important to have simple rules, like "everybody has the right to finish speaking", "everybody has the right to have his or her opinion" or "everybody has the right to be listened to". This is also a social skill the students must learn.
In this case, the destiny of the children of the Bullenhuser Damm is dreadful, the children were used for experiments and all their rights were taken away. There is no possibility to give them their rights back, no turning point, total hopelessness. So as I mentioned before, it's impossible to teach the students how to prevent the violation of children's rights in a case like this or to take actions and help other children to get their rights back. But the destiny of these children builds up empathy within the students and therefore leads to an attitude towards the violation of children's rights.
It's always possible, that something unexpected happens, so that the timeframe is not realistic. Some groups or students want to speak a lot about their experiences, feelings, opinions… In this case the teacher should decide, if it is more important to stop the discussion so he/she can continue with the learning module, or not, because this discussion is very efficient for the learning process.
It's important to learn that specific rights can't be taken for granted and that people have to fight for them. The violation of the Geneva Declaration of the Right of a Child from 1924 especially shows this. A lot of children nowadays don't even know that the UNCRC exists, or if they know of it, they don't realize that this convention is violated in almost every country, even in their own country. They find out, that children's rights aren't laws but only guidelines. This awareness hopefully leads to the attitude that it's important to take action and to fight for the rights.
The students visited the memorial site of Neuengamme in Hamburg and found out about the children of the Bullenhuser Damm. They were very interested in this topic and asked me to tell them more about it. Thus I started preparing my learning module with the visit of this memorial site. By preparing this visit, I came across the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of a Child from 1924 and decided to connect the violation of these rights with the violation of the UNCRC today.
In the table the author presents a lot of methods, where the students have to work with each other, listen to each other or express their own opinion. I think this is very important for an atmosphere of "learning within Human Rights".
It would get boring for the students only to do group work, or only to prepare posters, or only to discuss, I tried to implement different methods in each lesson.
The facilitator should mention the time available before each part. If possible, he/she should write the time on the board so that it's visible for the students during their work. Then they know how much time they have left for their work.
It's important to use current articles or texts related to the news. So if there are some violations ongoing in a country, it's necessary to use these for the group work. Here, it doesn't make sense to use articles, which are one or two years old and are not related to the environment of the students. Then they wouldn't be interested in the texts. But if these texts are current, they will find it useful to learn about these violations.
It's very easy to find these texts on the internet or in newspapers. It's also possible to let the students find articles on the internet or in newspapers as homework after the 2nd lesson.
It's also possible to visit any other memorial site in the 1st module. If you want to visit the memorial site at the Bullenhuser Damm, you have to book a tour via the "Museumsdienst Hamburg". They coordinate different kinds of visits for groups. The website is www.museumsdienst-hamburg.de. The memorial site at the Bullenhuser Damm has got a website, too. It is http://www.kinder-vom-bullenhuser-damm.de/die_gedenkstaette.html.
Furthermore, an implementation without any knowledge about the Holocaust could be difficult. In my case, the students have already learned about the Holocaust before and have visited the memorial site in Neuengamme.
Photo: 'Platz der Kinder vom Bullenhuser Damm' - Großmannstraße in Hamburg Rothenburgsort.
Very important are the self-sustaining skills concerning "developing an own opinion" and the social skills concerning "listening to other's opinion and respecting it".


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Darn you all, cause I always used to pride myself on being a 'species' person!
And, I used to be primarily a complex hybrid person. This forum is truly eye opening and educational in oh so many ways.
That last one is just out of this world! I love the colour, form and patterns!
Never seen anything like this, but I should keep my eyes peeled at the International London Orchid Show from tonight until Saturday, in the hope that I will find some of the amazing novelty hybrids I have come to adore since joining this forum!
Has anyone had any more bloom out? How are you growing them? I think this is really going to have some nice flowers come out.
Has anyone taken any to judging yet?
I have 4 seedlings, 2 mounted, 1 in bark and one potted in sphag.
I have 2 more that have yet to spike. I wish they would hurry up!


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Hanoi education international schools
Hanoi: international schools guide
Hanoi is a sparkling, cultural cocktail and the international schools offer a range of curricula to satisfy most tastes. However, most of them are still too new to be awarded a cherry on top.
Transformed, over the last 45 years, from a frightened town on the edge of a war zone, into a charming, small, watery city, complete with almost everything that westerners want, including a choice of international schools. A major candidate for the title, Paris of the east, as the legacy of its French invaders has made croissants as easy to find as dumplings and left behind a Catholic cathedral amongst the 600 temples and pagodas.
In particular, if you live in the 'Old' or 'French' quarters on the edge of the Hoan Kiem Lake (think Sir Lancelot, Lake of the Secret Sword), both favourite spots for expats to settle, you really can enjoy a near-perfect mix of east meets west. Alternatively, a lot of expats choose the even more water covered West Lake District, which has evolved from fishing villages and paddy fields into an upmarket residential area.
Unfortunately, whichever of these districts you choose (and in fact, from almost anywhere that expats are likely to live), you will have to get behind the wheel to take your child to school or use the school bus system that almost all schools operate. Of the schools that we have considered or that parents have recommended, two of them Concordia International School and St Paul American School are well outside central Hanoi and the remainder are between 20 and 40 minutes' drive depending on whether you live in the 'Old' or 'French' quarter or further out in West Lake.
The curricula are as varied as the food but, as in many international cities now, the International Baccalaureate Diploma is available at several different schools. Sometimes, it comes as the last part of a full IB Programme but sometimes it is just offered as the qualification, acquired over the final two years of schooling.
Unsurprisingly, for a city with such long-standing connections with France, the Lycée Francais Alexandre Yersin (a doctor here in the 19th century but a somewhat odd choice of name, considering his notoriety was the discovery of the bubonic plague!) is the oldest foreign school in Vietnam, opened in 1982. Teaching a French curriculum and originally in central Hanoi but recently moved to a campus on the eastern edges of the city, which boasts an extremely professional looking sports field.
There were no international schools (probably, fortunately) in existence before the Vietnam war and the majority, which would now be of interest to expats have only been established in the last few years. Of the older ones, both Hanoi International School and the United Nations International School (UNIS Hanoi) (the only UN school in the world, apart from the one in New York), offer the full IB programme (barring the careers option) from kindergarten to graduation.
There are two schools, Concordia International School and St Paul American School, teaching a full American curriculum, culminating in an American High School Diploma and also offering Advanced Placement courses. The British International School (BIS Hanoi) is owned by the Nord Anglia Education group and offers a smorgasbord of English curricula, IGCSEs and then the IB Diploma. Finally, the International School of Vietnam starts and ends with the IB Primary Years Programme and IB Diploma and sandwiches a Cambridge curriculum and IGCSEs as the filling in-between.
For more information on these schools, please go to each school's individual entry on the GSGI database or The GSGI article 'Best schools in Hanoi considered by expats'.
Not really an option unless you are planning to live here permanently and want your children to integrate entirely into the local culture. There are three layers of schooling - pre-school and kindergarten, primary and secondary – but only primary is compulsory, so if they're rebelling really badly, they can refuse to go, once they hit eleven!
Hanoi is full of charm but apart from the Lycée Francais Alexandre Yersin and the United Nations International School, we haven't had a chance to know enough about the other schools yet to go further than put them on a 'possibilities' list. As soon as we have more personal reports, we will look at the city in greater detail.
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January 9, 2022 by Harsh Rana
The show once again finds the perfect combo of silliness and intensity!! And it is finally here. Cobra Kai Season 4 was as good as I expected it to be. The perfect combo of silly fun and intense action and drama really elevated the show. I think they couldn't have done it any better.
I really thought that they would culminate the series with this season. Because in my opinion, there was nothing else they could have shown to us anymore. But how wrong I was. They set up the fifth season so wonderfully that I am excited about it now.
And that is exactly what a show is supposed to do. Entertain you throughout and make you excited for the upcoming season. The entertainment level of Cobra Kai Season 4 was amazing. There were very few scenes that bored me out.
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The fourth season started right after the end of season 3. Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang have joined forces in a battle against Cobra Kai. Their battle will take place at the All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament.
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require "digest/sha2"

class Version < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :rubygem, touch: true
  has_many :dependencies, -> { order("rubygems.name ASC").includes(:rubygem) }, dependent: :destroy, inverse_of: "version"
  has_one :gem_download, inverse_of: :version, dependent: :destroy
  belongs_to :pusher, class_name: "User", inverse_of: false, optional: true

  before_validation :full_nameify!
  before_save :update_prerelease, if: :number_changed?
  # TODO: Remove this once we move to GemDownload only
  after_create :create_gem_download
  after_save :reorder_versions, if: -> { saved_change_to_indexed? || saved_change_to_id? }
  after_save :refresh_rubygem_indexed, if: -> { saved_change_to_indexed? || saved_change_to_id? }

  serialize :licenses
  serialize :requirements
  serialize :cert_chain, CertificateChainSerializer

  validates :number, length: { maximum: Gemcutter::MAX_FIELD_LENGTH }, format: { with: /\A#{Gem::Version::VERSION_PATTERN}\z/o }
  validates :platform, length: { maximum: Gemcutter::MAX_FIELD_LENGTH }, format: { with: Rubygem::NAME_PATTERN }
  validates :full_name, presence: true, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
  validates :rubygem, presence: true
  validates :required_rubygems_version, :licenses, length: { maximum: Gemcutter::MAX_FIELD_LENGTH }, allow_blank: true
  validates :description, :summary, :authors, :requirements, :cert_chain,
    length: { minimum: 0, maximum: Gemcutter::MAX_TEXT_FIELD_LENGTH },
    allow_blank: true

  validate :unique_canonical_number, on: :create
  validate :platform_and_number_are_unique, on: :create
  validate :authors_format, on: :create
  validate :metadata_links_format
  validate :metadata_attribute_length

  class AuthorType < ActiveModel::Type::String
    def cast_value(value)
      if value.is_a?(Array)
        value.join(", ")
      else
        super
      end
    end
  end
  attribute :authors, AuthorType.new

  def create_gem_download
    GemDownload.create!(count: 0, rubygem_id: rubygem_id, version_id: id)
  end

  def self.reverse_dependencies(name)
    joins(dependencies: :rubygem)
      .indexed
      .where(rubygems_dependencies: { name: name })
  end

  def self.reverse_runtime_dependencies(name)
    reverse_dependencies(name)
      .merge(Dependency.runtime)
  end

  def self.reverse_development_dependencies(name)
    reverse_dependencies(name)
      .merge(Dependency.development)
  end

  def self.owned_by(user)
    where(rubygem_id: user.rubygem_ids)
  end

  def self.subscribed_to_by(user)
    where(rubygem_id: user.subscribed_gem_ids)
      .by_created_at
  end

  def self.latest
    where(latest: true)
  end

  def self.prerelease
    where(prerelease: true)
  end

  def self.release
    where(prerelease: false)
  end

  def self.indexed
    where(indexed: true)
  end

  def self.yanked
    where(indexed: false)
  end

  def self.by_position
    order(:position)
  end

  def self.by_created_at
    order(created_at: :desc)
  end

  def self.rows_for_index
    joins(:rubygem)
      .indexed
      .release
      .order("rubygems.name asc, position desc")
      .pluck("rubygems.name", :number, :platform)
  end

  def self.rows_for_latest_index
    joins(:rubygem)
      .indexed
      .latest
      .order("rubygems.name asc, position desc")
      .pluck("rubygems.name", :number, :platform)
  end

  def self.rows_for_prerelease_index
    joins(:rubygem)
      .indexed
      .prerelease
      .order("rubygems.name asc, position desc")
      .pluck("rubygems.name", :number, :platform)
  end

  def self.most_recent
    latest.find_by(platform: "ruby") || latest.order(number: :desc).first || last
  end

  # This method returns the new versions for brand new rubygems
  def self.new_pushed_versions(limit = 5)
    subquery = <<~SQL.squish
      versions.rubygem_id IN (SELECT versions.rubygem_id FROM versions
        GROUP BY versions.rubygem_id HAVING COUNT(versions.rubygem_id) = 1
        ORDER BY versions.rubygem_id DESC LIMIT :limit)
    SQL

    where(subquery, limit: limit).by_created_at
  end

  def self.just_updated(limit = 5)
    six_months_ago_ts = 6.months.ago
    subquery = <<~SQL.squish
      versions.rubygem_id IN (SELECT versions.rubygem_id
                                FROM versions
                            WHERE versions.indexed = 'true' AND
                                  versions.created_at > '#{six_months_ago_ts}'
                            GROUP BY versions.rubygem_id
                              HAVING COUNT(versions.id) > 1
                              ORDER BY MAX(created_at) DESC LIMIT :limit)
    SQL

    where(subquery, limit: limit)
      .joins(:rubygem)
      .indexed
      .by_created_at
      .limit(limit)
  end

  def self.published(limit)
    indexed.by_created_at.limit(limit)
  end

  def self.find_from_slug!(rubygem_id, slug)
    rubygem = rubygem_id.is_a?(Rubygem) ? rubygem_id : Rubygem.find(rubygem_id)
    find_by!(full_name: "#{rubygem.name}-#{slug}")
  end

  def self.rubygem_name_for(full_name)
    find_by(full_name: full_name)&.rubygem&.name
  end

  def self.created_between(start_time, end_time)
    where(created_at: start_time..end_time).order(:created_at)
  end

  def platformed?
    platform != "ruby"
  end

  delegate :reorder_versions, to: :rubygem

  def refresh_rubygem_indexed
    rubygem.refresh_indexed!
  end

  def previous
    rubygem.versions.find_by(position: position + 1)
  end

  def next
    rubygem.versions.find_by(position: position - 1)
  end

  def yanked?
    !indexed
  end

  def cert_chain_valid_not_before
    cert_chain.map(&:not_before).max
  end

  def cert_chain_valid_not_after
    cert_chain.map(&:not_after).min
  end

  def signature_expired?
    return false unless (expiration_time = cert_chain_valid_not_after)
    expiration_time < Time.now.utc
  end

  def size
    self[:size] || "N/A"
  end

  def byte_size
    self[:size]
  end

  def byte_size=(size)
    self[:size] = size.to_i
  end

  def info
    [description, summary, "This rubygem does not have a description or summary."].find(&:present?)
  end

  def update_attributes_from_gem_specification!(spec)
    update!(
      authors: spec.authors,
      description: spec.description,
      summary: spec.summary,
      licenses: spec.licenses,
      metadata: spec.metadata || {},
      requirements: spec.requirements,
      built_at: spec.date,
      required_rubygems_version: spec.required_rubygems_version.to_s,
      required_ruby_version: spec.required_ruby_version.to_s,
      indexed: true
    )
  end

  def platform_as_number
    if platformed?
      0
    else
      1
    end
  end

  def <=>(other)
    self_version  = to_gem_version
    other_version = other.to_gem_version

    if self_version == other_version
      platform_as_number <=> other.platform_as_number
    else
      self_version <=> other_version
    end
  end

  def slug
    full_name.remove(/^#{rubygem.name}-/)
  end

  def downloads_count
    gem_download&.count || 0
  end

  def payload
    {
      "authors"                    => authors,
      "built_at"                   => built_at,
      "created_at"                 => created_at,
      "description"                => description,
      "downloads_count"            => downloads_count,
      "metadata"                   => metadata,
      "number"                     => number,
      "summary"                    => summary,
      "platform"                   => platform,
      "rubygems_version"           => required_rubygems_version,
      "ruby_version"               => required_ruby_version,
      "prerelease"                 => prerelease,
      "licenses"                   => licenses,
      "requirements"               => requirements,
      "sha"                        => sha256_hex
    }
  end

  def as_json(*)
    payload
  end

  def to_xml(options = {})
    payload.to_xml(options.merge(root: "version"))
  end

  def to_s
    number
  end

  def to_title
    if platformed?
      "#{rubygem.name} (#{number}-#{platform})"
    else
      "#{rubygem.name} (#{number})"
    end
  end

  def to_bundler
    if number[0] == "0" || prerelease?
      %(gem '#{rubygem.name}', '~> #{number}')
    else
      release = feature_release(number)
      if release == Gem::Version.new(number)
        %(gem '#{rubygem.name}', '~> #{release}')
      else
        %(gem '#{rubygem.name}', '~> #{release}', '>= #{number}')
      end
    end
  end

  def to_gem_version
    Gem::Version.new(number)
  end

  def to_install
    command = "gem install #{rubygem.name}"
    latest = if prerelease
               rubygem.versions.by_position.prerelease.first
             else
               rubygem.versions.most_recent
             end
    command << " -v #{number}" if latest != self
    command << " --pre" if prerelease
    command
  end

  def authors_array
    authors.split(",").flatten
  end

  def sha256_hex
    Version._sha256_hex(sha256) if sha256
  end

  def self._sha256_hex(raw)
    raw.unpack1("m0").unpack1("H*")
  end

  def metadata_uri_set?
    Links::LINKS.any? { |_, long| metadata.key? long }
  end

  def rubygems_mfa_required?
    ActiveRecord::Type::Boolean.new.cast(metadata["rubygems_mfa_required"])
  end

  def yanker
    Deletion.find_by(rubygem: rubygem.name, number: number, platform: platform)&.user unless indexed
  end

  def prerelease
    !!to_gem_version.prerelease?
  end
  alias prerelease? prerelease

  private

  def update_prerelease
    self[:prerelease] = prerelease
  end

  def platform_and_number_are_unique
    return unless Version.exists?(rubygem_id: rubygem_id, number: number, platform: platform)
    errors.add(:base, "A version already exists with this number or platform.")
  end

  def authors_format
    authors = authors_before_type_cast
    return unless authors
    string_authors = authors.is_a?(Array) && authors.grep(String)
    return unless string_authors.blank? || string_authors.size != authors.size
    errors.add :authors, "must be an Array of Strings"
  end

  def full_nameify!
    return if rubygem.nil?
    self.full_name = "#{rubygem.name}-#{number}"
    full_name << "-#{platform}" if platformed?
  end

  def feature_release(number)
    feature_version = Gem::Version.new(number).segments[0, 2].join(".")
    Gem::Version.new(feature_version)
  end

  def metadata_links_format
    Linkset::LINKS.each do |link|
      errors.add(:metadata, "['#{link}'] does not appear to be a valid URL") if
        metadata[link] && metadata[link] !~ Patterns::URL_VALIDATION_REGEXP
    end
  end

  def metadata_attribute_length
    return if metadata.blank?

    max_key_size = 128
    max_value_size = 1024
    metadata.each do |key, value|
      errors.add(:metadata, "metadata key ['#{key}'] is too large (maximum is #{max_key_size} bytes)") if key.size > max_key_size
      errors.add(:metadata, "metadata value ['#{value}'] is too large (maximum is #{max_value_size} bytes)") if value.size > max_value_size
      errors.add(:metadata, "metadata key is empty") if key.empty?
    end
  end

  def unique_canonical_number
    version = Version.find_by(canonical_number: canonical_number, rubygem_id: rubygem_id, platform: platform)
    errors.add(:canonical_number, "has already been taken. Existing version: #{version.number}") unless version.nil?
  end
end


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I think you just have bad luck (probably not a good time in your life to go buy a lottery ticket or to go skydiving).
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