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PDP lawmakers were sitting and drinking whiskey in the National assembly — Ojudu
The special adviser to president Muhammadu Buhari on political matters and a governorship aspirant in the immediate past Ekitit governorship election, Babafemi Ojudu, says lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were sitting and drinking whiskey in the National Assembly while DSS lay siege.
Speaking on Channels TV, Ojodu accused the PDP lawmakers of trying to "elicit public sympathy."
There were photos of the PDP lawmakers, about 30 of them – a mixture of senators and reps – where they sat down at the lobby, drinking whiskey," he added.
Ojudu said the presidency was alerted immediately the news of the siege broke and it was discovered there was no planned impeachment as was being reported.
"I was asked to go and find out what was happening at the national assembly. I got there at about 11am and I found about 25 or 30 lawmakers of the PDP sitting down at the lobby and I didn't see anything (regarding the rumoured impeachment plot)," he said.
"When this was happening, they were on their normal caucus meeting. No single member of the APC was at the premises of the national assembly.
"I spoke to some of the senators yesterday on what the meeting was about and they were concerned and worried about the president's budget; they were concerned and were asking 'what do we do?' If things continue this way, there may be no election next year."
The presidential aide also dismissed speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari would not have acted decisively on the siege just as Acting President Yemi Osinbajo did.
According to him, "many of you don't seem to know President Buhari at all. He is not that kind of person (that would not act). He is a very just kind of person. If he was around, he probably wouldn't have allowed this kind of thing to happen without some kind of sanctions".
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Renowned playwright, actor and director, Chief Adebayo Faleti, boasts of an enviable career in the theatre spanning five decades. From an operatic group, which he floated in the early 50s, the artiste's professional career traversed the stage, radio, television, film and lately the home video.
Among his major works are: Won Rope Were Ni (drama), Omo Olokun Esin (prose), Idaamu Paadi Mukailu, and Maagun which was adapted to Thunderbolt by Mainframe Productions in the year 2000. He also scripted for Remdel Optimum Communications, Afonja , an epic drama.
As an actor, Faleti has acted in a number of films like Saworoide, Thunderbolt and Agogo Eewo, by Mainframe and Remdel's Afonja. The filming of his historical drama, Basorun Gaa, which will soon be released in home video format, was his first major work to be shot into a movie. The drama, which was serialised by the Western Nigeria Television/ Broadcasting Service (WNTV/WNBS) in the early 70s, had its press preview recently. Speaking with Daily Sun at the event, held at Lagos Television (LTV) premises, Ikeja. The award winning dramatist spoke about his passion for the theatre, his pioneering efforts, promotion of Yoruba language, screening of Basorun Gaa and why the stage should not be allowed to die.
Something is in the offing. Plans are underway to shoot Omo Olokun Esin, a historical novel into home video. That is going to involve Mainframe, Remdel Music and myself. Another historical work which is going to be exclusive to Remdel is Kurunmi, the Ijaye generalissimo, and a name to reckon with in Yoruba history. I am working on the script now.
We cannot simplify the language for the sake of the younger generation. What we could do is try and demonstrate what the language connote. You may say that the language I used in Omo Olokun Esin is difficult perhaps because of your linguistic background and your age. I think that the ultimate aim of any production, be it historical or fictional, should be to give the audience new things and enable them appreciate your language better. By retaining the language, I believe it is a way of teaching the people, the vocabulary of the Yoruba language.
I was very young when he was writing. Actually, he influenced me quite a lot. Unfortunately, his influence died by accident. For instance, my first novel, Suru ati Ogbon (Patience and Wisdom), was fictional and it used characters that are also imaginary and bear strange names. That was how far Fagunwa influenced me. Regrettably, the manuscript of that novel got lost. After that, I decided to write something realistic. It was I who brought reality to Yoruba drama. I pioneered the use of real names in Yoruba literature.
Before then, novels and drama in Yoruba employed strange names which no one could relate with. For instance, in my first novelette, Ogun Awitele, real names of people were used. So, when I was writing Omo Olokun Esin and Idaamu Paadi Mukailu, and Won Ro Pe Were Ni, real names of people were used. In addition, I pioneered division of plays into acts and scenes like the English.
I did not form my theatre group after meeting the likes of Duro Ladipo, Kola Ogunmola, Oyin Adejobi and the likes. My first drama group was founded in 1950. It was called Oyo Youth Operatic Society. I did not work in Osogbo until 1956. We were contemporaries when I met the Osogbo-based dramatists. As a result, we became friends. However, I went a step further than them because I was writing scripts for my plays. Before that time, plays were improvised. After that, I founded the Egbe Alebiosu Drama Group in 1958. I was a drama producer on television and radio then. At a point, I was tired of producing drama through improvised dialogue. So, I was compelled to write the script for television. That group, Egbe Alebiosu, was founded to use the scripts that I wrote. At that time, between 1958 and 1974, I knew that I must write a drama script in a week. I introduced the Adegboye detective series in Yoruba and for four years, I was turning out a scripted episode per week.
I was in information service when I was at Osogbo. From Osogbo information service, I joined the television service. At the television service, I was not in production at all. I had nothing to do with programmes. I was discovered when I was doing part-time broadcasting with Radio Nigeria. It was there that somebody pointed me out to them. So, I was transferred to the programmes department. I didn't start my career in broadcasting with production, I was in film editing department.
That was a time of big rivalry among the big dramatists. When I wanted to produce Basorun Gaa, I wanted to introduce something that was unique. Remember that drama troupes were run on group basis at that time. So, I invited both the Yoruba and the English groups-talking about the Armchair Theatre in Ibadan then and the Orisun Theatre. In my cast then were the likes of late Wale Ogunyemi, Nike Ladele and Jimi Solanke. In like manner, I invited the other groups and all the major artistes of the period. I extended the same invitation to the late Chief Hubert Ogunde, but he felt that I was doing a silly thing. Ironically, the initiative he rebuffed was what actually sustained him when he started producing his own films.
Basorun Gaa costs quite a lot of money. The production gulped some millions of naira.
The location was a village called Daago, very close to Ibadan. What we did was to put thatched roof on all the buildings.
Actually, it is killing it but we don't want it dead. I think that it is expedient for live drama to be revived, how, I don't know. I think members of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP) are thinking about it. I think that the Artistes Night which members of ANTP hold should be converted to live performances. Unfortunately, most of the home video actors today have not tested themselves on stage. We all know that the stage is more challenging than video. You could make amendments if you make a mistake in a film, but the same cannot be said for stage acting.
All the Yoruba speaking states should make laws that will make the study of Yoruba in schools compulsory at the primary and secondary levels.
When they come to act in Yoruba, they speak in Yoruba. Is it not a shame on us that we cannot take on Igbo films and speak Igbo like them? Some of the Igbo artistes speak Yoruba, some even speak better than we, Yoruba. By now we should begin to learn Hausa and Igbo languages, so that, when we produce a film, we can produce Igbo and Hausa versions of the same film instead of subtitling them. By so doing, Nigerian languages, and the home video industry will grow simultaneously. The Igbo are the only ones making concerted efforts. So, if we invited them and they responded and now, they are doing well, it is a boost to Yoruba culture.
I speak French. I studied at the University of Dakar. I read French literature and I did French as a subsidiary.
Of all my writings, I have translated Ogun Awitele to French. Many of my poems have been translated too. Ominira (Freedom) for instance, and Didake Akewi ( Poet's Silence) have been translted to French too.


His compositions include a wide range of vocal and instrumental works, as well as electroacoustic, interactive and multimedia works. His works are published by Associated Music Publishers (G. Schirmer, Inc.), American Composers Edition, and APNM music publishers. Recordings of his music: Regions I, Four Songs of Departure, and Harlequin are available on the OPUS ONE record label. Agarttha, is available on the Capstone label, Trio for violin and piano, and Concerto for clarinet, chamber orchestra and interactive computer are available on Albany Records. L'espace entre nous is recorded on the SIMAX label and Le miroir de l'ombre is available on Urlicht Audio Visual. Internationally acclaimed ensembles have performed Zahler's compositions, including the American Composers Orchestra, the Manhattan Sinfonietta, the Arden Trio, the Charleston String Quartet, the Meridian String Quartet, the League of Composers/ISCM, and University of Iowa Center for New Music, as well as other groups and individuals throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Zahler's writings on and about music include three articles in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, six articles in the New Grove Dictionary of Music in the United States, a critical edition of Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question (Peer Southern Music Publishers, 1986), and numerous articles on music theory and composition, artificial intelligence and music, and computer music. He is listed in Who's Who in Music, Who's Who in the United States and Who's Who in the World. Currently, Dr. Zahler is Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Long Island University, Post campus.


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The covenant chest of the Eternal One had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months.2 Then the rulers of the Philistines sent for their priests and fortune-tellers.
Rulers: What should we do with this chest of the Eternal One? We need to get rid of it. What should we send with it when we return it?
Priests and Fortune-tellers: 3 Whatever you do, don't send this covenant chest of the True God of Israel back by itself. You should certainly offer Him compensation for your guilt. If you do, you will all be healed. That's the only way you can be certain that His hand will be lifted.
Rulers: 4 What should we send as this guilt offering to Him when we return the covenant chest?
Ancient people understand diseases and various infestations as omens of divine wrath. In order to appease the God of the Israelites, the Philistines cast metal tumors and mice to give back to the Eternal One what He gave to them.
Priests and Fortune-Tellers: Have your artisans make five gold tumors and five gold mice, one for each of the rulers of the Philistines' capital cities, because the same plague came upon all of the Philistines and all of our rulers. 5 So you must make images of the tumors and of the mice that devastate our land and honor this God of Israel. Maybe then He will release His grip on this land, its people, and its gods. 6 Why would you be as stubborn as the Egyptians and their Pharaoh were?You've heard the stories, haven't you? When this God had taught them a lesson, didn't they release the people of Israel? Didn't they go?
7 So do this now: have your carpenters make a new wagon, find two milk cows that have never been yoked, and yoke them to the cart. But take away their calves and pen them up. 8 Take this chest of the Eternal One and set it upon the wagon. In a box beside it, put the gold images you are presenting to this God as a guilt offering. Then turn the cows loose, and let them go on their way.9 Watch closely. If the team pulls the wagon up to this God's country, to Beth-shemesh, then you know that He has been the One punishing us. If they don't, then at least we'll know that it was not His hand that struck us, that it has just been bad luck.
10 And that is what the leaders did. They separated two milk cows from their calves. They yoked the cows to the wagon and took the calves home. 11 They set the covenant chest of the Eternal upon the wagon, and next to it, they placed the box with the gold tumors and gold mice. 12 The cows went straight along the road toward Beth-shemesh, mooing after their lost calves as they went. They went straight ahead without any hesitation, and the rulers of the Philistines followed as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 The people of Beth-shemesh were in the valley harvesting their wheat at that time. When they looked up and saw the covenant chest, they ran to greet it with joy. 14 The wagon came to a halt at a large stone in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh. The people split up the cart for firewood and sacrificed the cattle as a burnt offering to the Eternal One on the large stone. 15 The Levites took the chest of the Eternal and the box next to it down from the wagon. They took the gold images from the box and set them upon the stone altar. Then the people of Beth-shemesh offered sacrifices and made other burnt offerings to the Eternal One.
16 When the five rulers of the Philistines saw how their offering had been received that day, they returned to Ekron.


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Q: Convert QUrl with percent encoding into string I use a URL entered by the user as text to initialize a QUrl object. Later I want to convert the QUrl back into a string for displaying it and to check it using regular expression. This works fine as long as the user does not enter any percent encoded URLs.
Why doesn't the following example code work?
qDebug() << QUrl("http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen").toDisplayString(QUrl::FullyDecoded);

It simply doesn't decode any of the percent-encoded characters. It should print "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en" but it actually prints "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen".
I also tried a lot of other methods like fromUserInput() but I could not make the code work correctly in Qt5.3.
Can someone explain me how to do this and why the above code doesn't work (i.e. showing the decoded URL) even when using QUrl::FullyDecoded?
UPDATE
After getting the fromPercentEncoding() hint, I tried the following code:
QUrl UrlFromUserInput(const QString& input)
{
   QByteArray latin = input.toLatin1();
   QByteArray utf8 = input.toUtf8();
   if (latin != utf8)
   {
      // URL string containing unicode characters (no percent encoding expected)
      return QUrl::fromUserInput(input);
   }
   else
   {
      // URL string containing ASCII characters only (assume possible %-encoding)
      return QUrl::fromUserInput(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding(input.toLatin1()));
   }
}

This allows the user to input unicode URLs and percent-encoded URLs and it is possible to  decode both kinds of URLs for displaying/matching. However the percent-encoded URLs did not work in QWebView... the web-server responded differently (it returned a different page). So obviously QUrl::fromPercentEncoding() is not a clean solution since it effectively changes the URL. I could create two QUrl objects in the above function... one constructed directly, one constructed using fromPercentEncoding(), using the first for QWebView and the latter for displaying/matching only... but this seems absurd.

A: You can use QUrlQuery::toString(QUrl::FullyEncoded) or QUrl::fromPercentEncoding() for this converting.

A: I am not sure why toDisplayString(QUrl::FullyDecoded) does not work.
After trying several versions I have found that copy.query(QUrl::FullyDecoded) does decode the query part. The Documentation has an example with the the following code does return the decoded URL:
QUrl url("http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen");
url.setQuery(url.query(QUrl::FullyDecoded), QUrl::DecodedMode);
qDebug() << url.toString();

To solve the problem this way is not optimal because the query part is copied without need.

A: #Conclusion
I've done some research, the conclusion so far is: absurd.
QUrl::fromPercentEncoding() is the way to go and what OP has done in the UPDATE section should've been the accepted answer to the question in title.
I think Qt's document of QUrl::toDisplayString is a little bit misleading :

"Returns a human-displayable string representation of the URL. The output can be customized by passing flags with options. The option
RemovePassword is always enabled, since passwords should never be
shown back to users."

Actually it doesn't claim any decoding ability, the document here is unclear about it's behavior. But at least the password part is true. I've found some clues on Gitorious:

"Add QUrl::toDisplayString(), which is toString() without password. And fix documentation of toString() which said this was the method to
use for displaying to humans, while this has never been true."

#Test Code
In order to discern the decoding ability of different functions. The following code has been tested on Qt 5.2.1 (not tested on Qt 5.3 yet!)
QString target(/*path*/);

QUrl url_path(target);
qDebug() << "[Original String]:" << target;
qDebug() << "--------------------------------------------------------------------";
qDebug() << "(QUrl::toEncoded)          :" << url_path.toEncoded(QUrl::FullyEncoded);
qDebug() << "(QUrl::url)                :" << url_path.url();
qDebug() << "(QUrl::toString)           :" << url_path.toString();
qDebug() << "(QUrl::toDisplayString)    :" << url_path.toDisplayString(QUrl::FullyDecoded);
qDebug() << "(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding):" << url_path.fromPercentEncoding(target.toUtf8());

*

*Return QByteArray: QUrl::toEncoded

*Return QString: QUrl::url, QUrl::toString, QUrl::toDisplayString, QUrl::fromPercentEncoding
P.S. QUrl::url is just synonym for QUrl::toString.

#Output
[Case 1]: When target path = "%_%" (test the functionality of encoding):
[Original String]: "%_%"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(QUrl::toEncoded)          : "%25_%25"
(QUrl::url)                : "%25_%25"
(QUrl::toString)           : "%25_%25"
(QUrl::toDisplayString)    : "%25_%25"
(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding): "%_%"

[Case 2]: When target path = "Meow !" (test the functionality of encoding):
[Original String]: "Meow !"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(QUrl::toEncoded)          : "Meow%20!"
(QUrl::url)                : "Meow !"
(QUrl::toString)           : "Meow !"
(QUrl::toDisplayString)    : "Meow%20!" // "Meow !" when using QUrl::PrettyDecoded mode
(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding): "Meow !"

[Case 3]: When target path = "Meow|!" (test the functionality of encoding):
[Original String]: "Meow|!"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(QUrl::toEncoded)          : "Meow%7C!"
(QUrl::url)                : "Meow%7C!"
(QUrl::toString)           : "Meow%7C!"
(QUrl::toDisplayString)    : "Meow|!" // "Meow%7C!" when using QUrl::PrettyDecoded mode
(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding): "Meow|!"

[Case 4]: When target path = "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en" (none % encoded):
[Original String]: "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(QUrl::toEncoded)          : "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"
(QUrl::url)                : "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"
(QUrl::toString)           : "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"
(QUrl::toDisplayString)    : "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"
(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding): "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"

[Case 5]: When target path = "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen" (% encoded):
[Original String]: "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen"
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(QUrl::toEncoded)          : "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen"
(QUrl::url)                : "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen"
(QUrl::toString)           : "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen"
(QUrl::toDisplayString)    : "http://test.com/query?q=%2B%2Be%3Axyz%2Fen"
(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding): "http://test.com/query?q=++e:xyz/en"

P.S. I also encounter the bug that Ilya mentioned in comments: Percent Encoding doesn't seem to be working for '+' in QUrl

#Summary
The result of QUrl::toDisplayString is ambiguous. As the document says, the QUrl::FullyDecoded mode must be used with care. No matter what type of URL you got, encode them by QUrl::toEncode and display them with QUrl::fromPercentEncoding when necessary.
As for the malfunction of percent-encoded URLs in QWebView mentioned in OP, more details are needed to debug it. Different function and different mode used could be the reason.

#Helpful Resources

*

*RFC 3986 (which QUrl conforms)

*Encode table

*Source of qurl.cpp on Gitorious

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Substitute for Rock Sugar
Sugar is the main ingredient behind the popular sweet taste in many dishes. It comes in different forms and could be raw or natural, usually found in most fruits and dairy. It can also be in refined granulated and hard irregular forms, popularly known as rock sugars.
These rock sugars are used just like the other forms of sugar to give sweet flavors to recipes; it is often used as a sweetener in teas and liqueurs. Sugar is a staple in Asia and may not be easy to find in some parts of the world. This makes the need for a substitute important, and when it comes to sugar, there are a lot of other ingredients with similar flavors, which can be substituted for rock sugar.
What is Rock Sugar?
Rock candy is a type of sugar made from granulated sugars. It is a mixture of granulated sugar and hot water, and this mixture cools off and crystalizes into large hard forms. It takes about 6 to 7 days to form properly and is popularly produced and consumed in China, Kwangtung Province.
It has two types, the first one is the transparent white rock sugar made from refined white sugar and the second one is the golden-colored rock sugar made from concentrated sugarcane extract or brown sugar. Food coloring is added to the saturated mixture of sugar and hot water when sold as candy.
The history of rock sugars dates back to the seventh century A.D where a monk in Sichuan Province unintentionally found out that boiling the juice from sugar cane produces a thick to strong rock when left to cool.
Rock sugars have a mildly sweet flavor and pair well in sweet and savory recipes; it dissolves well in sauces and braises, giving it a unique texture. It is also used in liqueur, tea, soups, and northern Chinese poultry dishes. Rock sugars can be crushed into fine powders in recipes that call for granulated sugar.
Rock Sugar is used in recipes
In most Asian countries, granulated sugars are not widely available, so they opt for the next best thing, which is rock sugar. Since it is made from granulated sugar, it can be added to recipes that require granulated sugar. It is used in the famous Chinese braise called the ("red braise"). The rock sugar also adds its mild taste and shiny texture to recipes. It is used in recipes, especially in China but also in different parts of the world, and some of them include;
Chinese New Year Sweet Rice Cakes (Nian Gao)
Chinese Almond Tea (Traditional Style)
Shanghai Smoked Fish (Xun Yu)
Shanghai-Style Braised Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou)
Chinese Sweet Soup Dessert
Shanghai Sweet And Sour Ribs (Tang Cu Pai Gu)
Lion'sLion's Head Meatballs
Sour Plum Drink (Suan Mei Tang)
Chinese Sesame Peanut Brittle
Taiwanese Sesame Oil Chicken Soup
Saffron Nabat
Chinese Braised Oxtails
Fryske Sûkerbôle
Roasted Braised Duck
Rock Sugar Substitutes
Rock sugars are a staple in most Chinese cuisines. It is produced and consumed mostly in china which makes it readily available in China. This ingredient may not be easy to come by in other parts of the world, it is usually sold in most Asian markets, but it is still not widely available to most persons. Other alternatives can be used for rock sugar when you can't find one, and they include:
1. Granulated White Sugar
Granulated white sugar is extracted and refined from sugar cane or sugar beets; It is used mostly in baked goods and pastries and added in savory recipes.
Granulated sugar is the base ingredient for the white rock sugar, and this would be easy to substitute for the rock sugar. It comes in different forms: cube, powdered, granulated, and superfine.
The granulated sugar can be easily found in grocery shops, and a tablespoon of granulated sugar can be substituted with one crystal of rock sugar in recipes.
Brown sugar is also gotten from sugar cane and sugar beets. It can be substituted well for rock sugar, especially the golden-colored ones because they share the same molasses flavor. It is a popular ingredient in Asian dishes like the "orange chicken".
Brown sugar is mostly used over white sugar because it is considered healthier. After granulation, it still retails the brown color and does not contain pesticides and additives. Instead, it contains magnesium, potassium, and calcium, leaving long-lasting energy in your body. Brown sugar can be substituted for rock sugars by using a tablespoon for a crystal of rock sugar or granulated rock sugar.
3. Sugar Canes
Sugar canes are a healthy substitute for rock sugar, containing lower calories, and it is often grouped with beet sugar but slight flavor differences. It is a rich source of carbohydrates and fills the body with energy to get hungry.
Brown sugar is also used when making yellow rock sugar, and a tablespoon of brown sugar can be used for a crystal of rock sugar in recipes.
4. Palm Sugar
Palm sugar is another healthy alternative for rock sugar; it has a mildly sweet flavor and a low glycemic index to natural sugars like honey.
The palm sugar is produced by boiling the sap gathered from the cut buds of sago or coconut palm trees, so the palm sugar is also called coconut sugar. It is popularly produced in Vietnam and is called đường thốt nốt.
It comes in different colors like mahogany, caramel brown, yellow, cream, white, and clear forms. It also comes in crystals and hard textures, usually scraped or poked at with a knife. A tablespoon of palm sugar can be substituted for a crystal of rock sugar.
How do you preserve rock sugars?
Rock sugars can be kept in an air-tight container, and because of the low moisture, it contains, it would last for a long period.
Are rock sugars natural?
Rock sugars are made without other additives and are considered a natural ingredients.
Can you make your rock sugars?
Rock sugars can be granulated white or brown sugars with hot water. The mixture is left to cool and then broken into the desired shape.
Rock sugars are popular in Asia and are used in various Asian cuisines, and they are also used in other parts of the world but may not be easily found in grocery shops. These substitutes in this article are easily accessible in most places and can be used in place of the rock sugars.
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A7: A steep climb to the Devil's pulpit, and a (slightly) more gradual descent to a rural paradise
This is one of the more iconic walks in the lower Wye valley. It takes a steep route upwards from Tintern, to the rock lectern where the devil is supposed to have tempted the monks of Tintern Abbey to turn to evil. The return route is north along Offa's Dyke, with a descent into the pleasant valley in which Brockweir is situated (a less strenuous route to the Pulpit is described in a Walk A8).
Grade: Moderate-Difficult – the climb up to Offa's Dyke has some steep stony sections, whilst the descent to Brockweir has steep and sometimes muddy bits. Fallen trees may need to be negotiated – and it's better not to do this walk if high winds are forecast.
Length:5 miles
Key Features: Devil's Pulpit, Tintern Abbey, Offa's Dyke
Refreshments: Brockweir shop and cafe; Brockweir Inn
Park in Brockweir, and take a small road to the left of the Brockweir Inn (as you are facing it), and follow this around the Moravian church, over a stile and along the river bank. About 2/3 of the way along the field, the path goes left and upwards taking you to a stile.
After you have negotiated the stile turn right, and follow the old monks' road. When you reach the section where the path goes over a railway tunnel (there is a low stone wall on the right hand side of the monks'road at this point), turn sharp left following the signed path to Offa's Dyke. After a few yards the path forks, and you bear right towards Offa's Dyke. Continue for about another 20 yards, and you will see a path going more steeply upwards, on your left. This path is indicated by a yellow marker. This is the original way to the Devil's Pulpit, as you will see from the stone steps you'll come across later on. Until recently the official signposts directed visitors along broader and more gradual paths, and so the old path has become somewhat neglected.
You will eventually arrive at a forestry track, where you go right for about 5 yards, and then turn left at a path signposted to the Devil's Pulpit (about a yard past this sign is mossy old stone signpost, and you can just about make out some of the letters).
After a few yards turn left again, and continue along this path until it crosses over Offa's dyke. Turn right here and follow the Dyke (the earthen wall of the Dyke is on your left, and you are walking in the 'ditch' part of the structure). You will know when you're coming close to the Devil's Pulpit, because the path has been restored by the AONB.
After you have looked at the views from the Pulpit, you may want to carry on for ¼ mile or so because more views have been opened up along this section of the Dyke.
Retrace your steps, going straight ahead at the junction marking the path which you originally climbed up to the Dyke, following the signs to Brockweir and Saint Briavels.
Keep straight along the Dyke ignoring paths which go off to either side, until you shortly after you reach a section where the path goes sharply to the right and over a stile. Once you are over the stile there are few ups and downs, and you continue along the Dyke until you see a newly renovated path on your left which will take you towards Brockweir.
As you emerge aim towards the stile on the lower right hand part of the field. Once you over this stile you go through a tunnel of trees, and come to a signpost. If you go straight on here (signed Offa's Dyke and the Hudnalls) you will reach an asphalted road, and if you go uphill for ¼ mile you will find the Brockweir village shop on your left – a good place for a cup of tea and cake.
If you turn left (signed Offa's Dyke, Brockweir and the Wye) it will take you to the bottom of Brockweir where you may have parked your car – and the pub at the bottom is a good place for a drink.
This is one of my favourite walks, particularly at a time when there are fewer people around. This area reeks of the past. On the section of Offa's Dyke that you go along on this walk, you will see several ancient yew trees, and just off the Dyke before you descend to Brockweir is one of the oldest lime trees I've ever seen.
The medieval monks toiled along the monks' road to farm their fields, and to pick apples for cider. About 300 years before them Offa made quite a statement with the Dyke which for many years marked the boundary between England and Wales, keeping the Welsh out of England. Now, in this section, it is the river which divides the two countries. Between the river and the Dyke are the houses of people in a no man's land. Health Services, telephone connections, and the post all come from Wales. Taxes however are paid to Gloucestershire, and emergency services are – confused.
Back to the history. Well before Offa, this area was inhabited by stone age and iron age folk. The yew tree which you will see to the back of the pulpit, with its roots fantastically contorted through slabs of stone, has always has drawn me more strongly than the man made tales of a devil and some monks. It has been speculated that the stone had a role in pagan religious rituals, and that the section of Offa's dyke which I've described may have been a ceremonial route. Who knows? Here though the past sometimes seems stronger than the present.
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A transport company has been fined $450,000 following the "avoidable" death of a 30 year-old worker three years ago.
Nationwide Towing and Transport Pty Ltd was convicted and fined on two counts under the Occupational Health and Safety Act at the Melbourne County Court, following a 2007 incident at Narre Warren where a 20 tonne excavator slipped as it was unloaded from a trailer.
"This workplace fatality was entirely avoidable. The equipment provided by the company to do the job wasn't appropriate, and the worker hadn't been trained to identify the risks," WorkSafe's Acting Executive Director for Health and Safety Marlo Baragwanath said.
The court heard the worker was trying to drive a steel-tracked excavator off a steel-decked trailer when the excavator slipped and fell to the ground, killing the worker.
WorkSafe's investigation found the trailer was too narrow to support the excavator, and the method of unloading was unsafe. The worker was required to drive the excavator from the trailer with its treads hanging over the sides of the trailer.
In addition, the investigation found the surface of the steel-decked trailer didn't provide enough grip, increasing the risk of the excavator slipping when the trailer was tilted.
"This death is even more tragic because it echoes a similar situation which occurred less than two years earlier, where no-one was hurt," Ms Baragwanath said.
"Despite the company changing its administrative processes following the first incident, to prevent this type of trailer being used to transport this type of excavator, their systems failed and a worker died.
"This was a tragic death which should have been prevented," she said.
Judge Michael Bourke commented during the sentencing that the trailer used was inappropriate for machinery of this type and size.
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On Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, Israelis and Palestinians held their fourteenth consecutive joint Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) ceremony in what has become one of the most polarizing events in Israel. It is an event opposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who in his capacity as defense minister denied entry permits to Palestinians wishing to attend but was overruled by Israel's High Court. It is also an event opposed by many – if not most – Israeli Jews.
The opposition to a joint memorial ceremony marking the most solemn day on Israel's calendar is easy to understand. Yom Hazikaron is dedicated to the memories of Israeli soldiers who were killed defending their homeland and Israeli civilians who were killed in terrorist attacks, with those numbers standing respectively at 23,741 and 3,150. It is a reminder of how perilous Israel's existence was in its early years, and how vigilant Israel must remain today. Unlike Memorial Day in the U.S., Israelis do not celebrate it as a day off filled with barbecues to mark the unofficial start to summer, and the idea that it should be expanded to incorporate Palestinians who died while trying to kill Israelis is for many beyond the pale. Many Israelis see it as an insult to the memories of those who gave their lives in service of the state and as a further provocation in implying that there is equivalence between Israel's fallen heroes and those who were responsible for their deaths.
There is something particularly jarring about it this year in particular coming right on the heels of the most sustained rocket fire on Israel from Gaza since Operation Protective Edge in 2014 and the deaths of four Israelis. And indeed, the opposition to the ceremony organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle Families Forum came this year in the form of denunciations by politicians and efforts to disrupt the event, with five protestors arrested for attempting to cross police barriers and throwing trash at participants.
I'm not sure that I would be comfortable participating in a joint Yom Hazikaron ceremony were I an Israeli. This is an instance where particularism feels altogether appropriate given the circumstances. Israelis should be able to remember their dead and mourn as a society without turning it into a larger statement on the universal tragedy of war and expressing a common humanity. This is all the more so given that Israelis are not living in a post-conflict reconciliation period and Israel is not a place where the fallen are removed from most people's direct experience; Israelis still routinely die in the service of the state and even more commonly are killed in terrorist attacks,. Moreover, Israelis have a personal connection to military experience that only a fraction of Americans – and an even tinier fraction of American Jews – will ever have. I do not for a moment judge Israelis who don't want to participate in a shared Israeli-Palestinian memorial service, or who are repulsed by the fact that it even exists.
But there is a powerful reason for Israelis – and particularly right-wing Israelis – who find the entire enterprise offensive and inappropriate to nonetheless be grateful that the joint ceremony happens every year and is in fact growing in size. One of the fundamental differences in worldview between those on the right and those on the left is what precisely drives the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For the left, it is largely a question of circumstances, namely the occupation and the growing settlement enterprise, and ameliorating and then reversing these circumstances will eventually lead to a peace agreement and the end of the conflict. For the right, it is largely a question of ideology, namely the refusal of Palestinians to accept Israel's legitimacy and right to exist as a Jewish state, and thus the conflict will continue indefinitely until Palestinians en masse acknowledge Israelis' rights and connection to their historic homeland.
This diagnosis of the problem has led Israelis to make Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state a core demand, and encourages the view that the conflict is not about Israel's presence in the West Bank but about basic recognition. As Netanyahu said in his 2016 United Nations General Assembly speech, "this remains the true core of the conflict, the persistent Palestinian refusal to recognize the Jewish state in any boundary." Once this recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and the Jewish narrative happens, the right views all of the other issues receding into the background and being easily solved.
The joint Yom Hazikaron ceremony is the starkest example of precisely what the right-wing wants to see happen. Set aside for a moment the Israelis who are involved and toward whom other Israelis' ire is directed; the Palestinians who apply for permits to come to the Jewish state and mourn their dead in the first modern-day Jewish city alongside Israeli dead on the day that Israel has set aside as its national memorial day are providing the recognition that Israelis so crave. They are legitimizing Israel, its right to exist, its right to defend itself, and its right to do so in the historic Jewish homeland. They are memorializing the IDF soldiers whom the overwhelming majority of Palestinians see as invaders and military occupiers, and instead accepting them on Israeli terms as defenders of the Israeli state and as guarantors of Jewish rights. The Palestinians who participate are going against the recidivist elements in their own camp, spurning the powerful forces in Palestinian society pushing for anti-normalization, and not conditioning recognition of Israel or its own narratives on any larger political objective. They are modeling the exact mindset that Netanyahu and many Israelis have identified as the one thing that Palestinians must do in order for peace to flourish, and rejecting the single thing that Netanyahu and many Israelis have identified as the biggest obstacle. Shouldn't everyone be cheering this on as precisely the type of movement that needs to grow and be nurtured rather than tar it as a disgraceful affront? Shouldn't the Israelis who have engaged with these Palestinians be celebrated for their success in engaging the other side in Israel's core narrative rather than demonized as Nazis and traitors?
I understand the anger and the discomfort from the Israeli side. But if you take a step back, you will see that a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony is precisely the recognition that Israel wants. Today, as we celebrate Israel's independence, it should be a reminder that Zionism's ultimate success is not national self-determination and sovereignty in the historic Jewish homeland, but will come when that self-determination and sovereignty is accepted and recognized by all.
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Desmond had a three-run triple in the third inning and a two-run single in the eighth. Charlie Blackmon had a two-run triple in a four-run sixth inning and scored three runs. Blackmon, Desmond, DJ LeMahieu and Trevor Story each had three hits for Colorado.
Freeland (11-7) gave up one run on three hits over six innings with four walks while winning for the fifth time in his last six decisions.
Ozzie Albies had three hits for the Braves, who lost consecutive games for the first time since a four-game losing streak July 24-28. The Braves fell to 11-6 in August and 14-6 over their last 20 games.
The Braves took an early 1-0 lead on Nick Markakis' first-inning sacrifice fly. Desmond's bases-clearing triple in the third inning gave the Rockies the lead for good. Desmond is now 4-for-6 with two outs and the bases loaded, giving him 10 of his 65 RBIs on the season in that situation.
Chris Iannetta had an RBI single in the sixth inning for the Rockies in front of Blackmon's two-run triple. Blackmon scored later in the inning on a wild pitch. LeMahieu added an RBI single in the eighth.
Braves starter Sean Newcomb (10-6) gave up seven runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings, with three walks and five strikeouts. Newcomb lost for the first time since July 14 and has given up a combined 12 earned runs over his last two starts.
Freddie Freeman and Markakis, who entered first and second in the National League batting race, were a combined 1-for-8 for the Braves, but did drive in three runs. Infielder Charlie Culberson pitched the ninth inning for Atlanta, giving up a run.
The Braves scored three runs in the ninth inning off Rockies reliever Chris Rusin. The Rockies are in search of their fourth consecutive series victory at Atlanta.
In was the second time this season that Freeland and Newcomb have matched up in a game. On April 8 at Colorado, Newcomb was the winner, going six scoreless innings for his first victory of the season.
Freeland, who improved to 10-3 with a 2.59 ERA since the start of May, earned his first career victory against the Braves in four starts.


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Q: Mongo Document.find({}) returning undefined in router.js (using Meteor with React, FlowRouter and React-Mounter) I'm building a blog as a personal project, and currently I'm trying to set up RESTful routes, more or less. Specifically, I am trying to render a full Blog in a new route (after a user clicks on it in a list from the main page).
I'm stuck because when I try and Blogs.find({...}).fetch() it doesn't return a usable Blog object.
Current router.js:
// Imports and two other routes above this

FlowRouter.route('/blogs/:postId', {
    name: 'Show.Blog',
    action(params, queryParams) {
        const theId = params.postId;
        console.log(theId);
        const blog = Blogs.find({
            "_id": "tbJ9aesG99u2rRyYP",
        });
        console.log(blog)
        mount(Appshell, {
            content: <FullBlog key={blog._id} blog={blog}/>
        });
    }
})

Resulting console prints:
Object { collection: {…}, sorter: null, matcher: {…}, _selectorId: "tbJ9aesG99u2rRyYP", skip: 0, limit: undefined, fields: undefined, _projectionFn: _compileProjection(), _transform: null, reactive: true }

I tried to take that and add:
const blog = Blogs.find({
        "_id": "tbJ9aesG99u2rRyYP",
    }).collection._docs._map;

Which narrows it down to:
    {}
        PeRTpg7FuHhLeL59o:
            Object { _id: "PeRTpg7FuHhLeL59o", title: "On Sleep", body: "//displays the body, it's pretty long", … }

RPZzFov3t9L54tMT3: Object { _id: "RPZzFov3t9L54tMT3", title: "On Half-Finished Poems", body: "//displays the body, it's pretty long", … }

RQEtvFt3sHcspjprE: Object { _id: "RQEtvFt3sHcspjprE", title: "", body: "//displays the body, it's pretty long", … }

rnoZwAyb3zExdhLaL: Object { _id: "rnoZwAyb3zExdhLaL", title: "", body: "//displays the body, it's pretty long", … }

tbJ9aesG99u2rRyYP: Object { _id: "tbJ9aesG99u2rRyYP", title: "On and On and On", body: "//displays the body, it's pretty long", … }

__proto__: Object { … }

So I know it is capable of finding my data, I just can't seem to get it through the usual Docs.find({}).
What am I doing wrong?
(My repo on GitHub. The branch is ~~'aadd-mongo'~~ edit: 'add-mongo'.)
Edit: If I change it to
const blog = Blogs.findOne({
    "_id": "tbJ9aesG99u2rRyYP",
});

console.log(blog) prints undefined.
Edit: This question seems similar to what I'm experiencing. https://stackoverflow.com/a/31357970/7903932


text:
Are You Really Gluten-Sensitive?
Study finds no reaction to gluten in most people who say they're sensitive to it.
By Scott Douglas
Celiac disease has become a well-known condition in recent years. It's an autoimmune disease in which the small intestine becomes damaged owing to an intolerance for gluten, which is found in most grains, including wheat. Although diagnoses of celiac disease have increased in recent years, thanks to more testing, they're still rare. Less than 1% of Americans have the disease.
What's not rare these days is people saying that they're gluten-sensitive. This more general condition is marked by some of the symptoms of celiac disease, including bloating, abdominal discomfort and diarrhea. Many people self-diagnose themselves as being gluten-insensitive based on these symptoms and experimenting with removing gluten from their diet.
A new study suggests that most of these self-diagnoses are inaccurate.
In the joural Gastroenterology, Australian researchers published the results of a study involving 37 adults who said they have gluten sensitivity, and who were confirmed not to have celiac disease. The study involved seeing how the people reacted to diets of varying degrees of gluten once their diets were made low in low-fermentable, poorly absorbed, short-chain carbohydrates, or FODMAPs. Many common foods, including apples, artichokes, mushrooms, chickpeas, and wheat, are sources of FODMAPs. A list of such food sources can be found here.
The researchers measured indicators of intestinal inflammation, as well as the subjects' fatigue levels, while the participants moved between diets with varying levels of gluten. "In all participants, gastrointestinal symptoms consistently and significantly improved during reduced FODMAP intake," the researchers wrote. But, they reported, only three of the subjects showed a specific reaction to gluten. That is, when their diets were low in FODMAPs but had varying degrees of gluten, there was no difference in symptoms in almost all of the people who claimed to be gluten-sensitive.
Pamela Nisevich Bede, a sport nutritionist who writes Runner's World Fuel School blog, says that, while the study had a small number of participants, "I think the implications are that people who have not been diagnosed as sensitive to/intolerant of gluten may not benefit from avoiding gluten or even experience improvements in health if they remove gluten from the diet.
She adds, "My caution is that not everyone is intolerant/sensitive to gluten, just like not everyone has celiac disease. This study enforces the fact that, without a clinical diagnosis, people should not remove grains from their diet. Unless they've consulted with their doctor regarding a diagnosis and also a registered dietitian regarding ways to eat healthfully while avoiding wheat/wheat gluten/FODMAPs (if sensitive), they might suffer from nutrient imbalances."
Should Runners Go Gluten-Free?
Running With Celiac Disease
Fight Inflammation With Food
Scott Douglas Scott is a veteran running, fitness, and health journalist who has held senior editorial positions at Runner's World and Running Times.
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text:
///DragAndDropSystem

/*
  paper: paperRaphael, //le canvas Raphael dans lequel on dessine
  keepLastGoodAction : // ou false, indique si on garde la dernière action valide comme référence.
                       // (par defaut à true)
Callbacks :
   canBeTaken(containerID, position) : retourne si l'objet peut être attrappé par l'utilisateur

   actionIfDropped(srcContainerID, srcPos, dstContainerID, dstPos, dropType) :
       dropType: "insert" ou "replace"
       retourne :
       - true si l'objet source peut être inséré à cette destination
       - false si on refuse de l'insérer
       - un objet action(otherDstContId, otherDstPos, otherDropType) pour envoyer l'objet source ailleurs

   drop(srcContainerID, srcPos, dstContainerID, dstPos, dropType) :
      dropType: "insert" ou "replace"
      appelé lorsque l'on vient de dropper l'objet

   actionIfEjected(refElement, previousContainerId, previousPos) :
      appelée lorsqu'un objet est éjecté, par exemple parce qu'il vient d'être
      remplacé par un autre ou bien parce qu'il était en dernière position d'un
      conteneur et qu'une insertion le fait sortir.
      retourne :
      - null si l'objet éjecté doit être détruit.
      - un objet action(dstContId, dstPos, dropType) pour envoyer l'objet ailleurs
          (l'action est alors traitée, entrainant notamment un appel a drop).

   ejected(refEl, previousCont, previousPos) : indique qu'il y a eu une ejection
*/
function _DragAndDropSystem(paper)
{
   "use strict";
   this.paper = paper;

   this.keepLastGoodAction = true;

//Containers
   this.containers = new Array();
   this.addContainer = function(params)
   {
      params.dragAndDropSystem = this;
      this.containers.push(container(params) );
      return this.containers[this.containers.length-1];
   };

   this.removeContainer = function(cont)
   {
      for (var i = 0; i < this.containers.length; i++) {
         if (this.containers[i] == cont)
         {
            this.containers[i] = this.containers[this.containers.length-1];
            this.containers.pop();
         }
      }
   };

   // Create a temporary container, useful for ejection
   this.addContainer({
      ident : 'temporaryContainer',
      cx : -1000, cy : -1000, nbPlaces : 1, widthPlace : 10, heigthPlace : 10,
      direction : 'vertical', align : 'top',
      dropMode : 'replace', dragDiplayMode : 'marker',
      placeBackgroundArray : [],
      type : 'list'});

//Draggable elements
   this.addDraggableElement = function(ident,container, position,comp)
   {
      var dragEl = new _draggableElement(ident, container, position,comp);
      comp.draggableElement = dragEl;
      container.draggableElements[position] = dragEl;

      var that = this;
      var start = function()
      {
         if (this.hasReallyMoved) {
            this.upDrag();
         }
         if (!that.canBeTaken(this.draggableElement.container.ident, this.draggableElement.position))
            return;
         this.startcx = this.cx;
         this.startcy = this.cy;
         this.hasReallyMoved = false;
         this.toFront();
      };

      var move = function(dx,dy)
      {
         if (isNaN(dx) || isNaN(dy)) // Très important : peu buggué sur certains navigateur sinon !
            return;

         if (!that.canBeTaken(this.draggableElement.container.ident, this.draggableElement.position))
            return;

         this.placeAt(this.startcx + dx, this.startcy + dy);

	 // tant que l'objet n'a pas vraiment bougé, on ne le detache pas vraiment
	 // sinon ça ferait un effet visuel pas très agréable.
         if (Math.abs(this.cx - this.startcx) > 5 || Math.abs(this.cy - this.startcy) > 5)
         {
            this.hasReallyMoved = true;
            that.hasBeenTaken(dragEl);
         }
         if (this.hasReallyMoved)
            that.hasBeenMoved(dragEl,this.cx,this.cy);
      }

      var up = function()
      {
         if (!that.canBeTaken(this.draggableElement.container.ident, this.draggableElement.position))
            return;

         if (!this.hasReallyMoved)
         {
            this.placeAt(this.startcx, this.startcy);
            return;
         }
		        this.hasReallyMoved = false;

         that.hasBeenDropped(dragEl,this.cx,this.cy);
      }

      comp.drag(move,start,up); // donne au component ses callbacks, qu'il retransmet
                                // à ses sous-objets (voir component.js)

      return dragEl;
   };

   this.removeDraggableElement = function(el)
   {
      for (var i = 0; i < this.draggableElements.length; i++)
         if (this.draggableElements[i] == el)
         {
            this.draggableElements[i] = this.draggableElements[this.draggableElements.length-1];
            this.draggableElements.pop();
         }
   };

   this.getObjects = function(containerId)
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         if (this.containers[iCont].ident == containerId)
            return this.containers[iCont].getObjects();
   };

   this.insertObject = function(containerId, pos, elem)
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         if (this.containers[iCont].ident == containerId)
            this.containers[iCont].createDraggable(elem.ident, pos, elem.elements);
   };

   this.insertObjects = function(containerId, pos, elems)
   {
      // optimized version of insertObject applied to each of the elems
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++) {
         if (this.containers[iCont].ident == containerId) {
            var cont = this.containers[iCont];
            for (var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
               var elem = elems[i];
               if (elem != null) {
                  cont.createDraggable(elem.ident, pos+i, elem.elements);
               }
            }
         }
      }
   };

   this.removeObject = function(containerId, pos)
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         if (this.containers[iCont].ident == containerId)
         {
            var el = this.containers[iCont].draggableElements[pos];
            this.containers[iCont].draggableElements[pos] = null;
            el.remove();
         }
   };

   this.removeAllObjects = function(containerId)
   {
      // optimized version of: getObjects followed by removeObject on each of them
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++) {
         if (this.containers[iCont].ident == containerId) {
            var elems = this.containers[iCont].draggableElements;
            for (var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
               var el = elems[i];
               if (el != null) {
                  elems[i] = null;
                  el.remove();
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }

   //the user uses identifier instead of a reference for containers
   this.userActionToAction = function(act)
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         if (this.containers[iCont].ident == act.dstCont)
            return action(this.containers[iCont], act.dstPos, act.dropType);

      return action(null , act.dstPos, act.dropType);
   };

   // return the action object corresponding to what to do if el is dropped here
   this.getCorrespondingAction = function(el,cx,cy)
   {
      var srcCont = el.container, srcPos = el.position;
      //We test if one containter can recieve
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
      {
         var dstCont = this.containers[iCont];
         if (dstCont.isInContainer(cx,cy))
         {
            var act = dstCont.getCorrespondingAction(el,cx,cy);
            if (act == null)
               continue;
            var actUser = this.actionIfDropped(srcCont.ident, srcPos, act.dstCont.ident, act.dstPos, act.dropType);
            if (actUser == true)
               return act;
            if (actUser != false)
               return this.userActionToAction(actUser);
         }
      }

      //Here, no container can recieve, we thus call actionIfDropped for an empty dst.
      var actUser = this.actionIfDropped(srcCont.ident, srcPos, null,null,'insert');
      if (actUser == true)
         return action(null,null,'insert');
      if (actUser != false)
         return this.userActionToAction(actUser);

      //Default behaviour
      if (this.keepLastGoodAction && this.lastDisplayedAction != null)
         return this.lastDisplayedAction;

      return action(srcCont, srcPos, srcCont.dropMode);
   };

   this.hideIndicators = function()
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         this.containers[iCont].hideIndicator();
   };

   this.updateDisplay = function()
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         this.containers[iCont].updateDisplay();
   };

   this.updateIntermediateDisplay = function(srcCont, srcPos, dstCont, dstPos, dropType)
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         this.containers[iCont].updateIntermediateDisplay(srcCont, srcPos, dstCont, dstPos, dropType);
   };

   this.getElementOver = function(srcEl,x,y)
   {
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
      {
         var el = this.containers[iCont].getElementOver(srcEl,x,y);
         if (el != null)
            return el;
      }
      return null;
   };

// Inner Signals
   this.hasBeenTaken = function(el)
   {
   };

   this.lastDisplayedAction = null;
   this.lastOver = -1;
   this.hasBeenMoved = function(el,cx,cy)
   {
      var action = this.getCorrespondingAction(el,cx,cy);

      var elOver = this.getElementOver(el,cx,cy);

      if (this.lastOver !== elOver)
      {
         this.lastOver = elOver;
         if (this.lastOver != null)
            this.over(el.container.ident, el.position, elOver.container.ident, elOver.position);
         else
            this.over(el.container.ident, el.position, null, 0);
      }

      if (this.lastDisplayedAction == null || !action.sameAs(this.lastDisplayedAction))
      {
         this.lastDisplayedAction = action;
         this.hideIndicators();
         if (action.dstCont != null)
         {
            action.dstCont.showIndicator(action);
            el.component.toFront();
         }
         this.updateIntermediateDisplay(el.container, el.position, action.dstCont, action.dstPos, action.dropType);
      }
   };

   this.hasBeenDropped = function(el,cx,cy)
   {
      this.hideIndicators();
      var action = this.getCorrespondingAction(el,cx,cy);

      var srcCont = el.container, srcPos = el.position;
      this.processDeplacement(srcCont, srcPos, action.dstCont, action.dstPos, action.dropType);

      this.lastDisplayedAction = null;
      this.lastOver = -1;
   };

// Authorization

   this.canBeTaken = function(conteneurId, position) { return true; };
   this.actionIfDropped = function(srcContId, srcPos, dstContId, dstPos, dropType) { return true; };

// User signals

   this.drop = function(srcContId, srcPos, dstContId, dstPos, dropType) {  };
   this.over = function(srcContId, srcPos, dstContId, dstPos) {} ;
   this.actionIfEjected = function(refEl, previousCont, previousPos) {return null; };
   this.ejected = function(refEl, previousCont, previousPos){};

// Process deplacement

   this.processDeplacement = function(srcCont, srcPos, dstCont, dstPos, dropType)
   {
      var newObjects = new Array();
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         newObjects[iCont] = this.containers[iCont].getElementsAfterDrop(srcCont, srcPos, dstCont, dstPos, dropType);

      var ejected = null;

      //If an element is deplaced after the end, it will be ejected
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         if (newObjects[iCont][this.containers[iCont].nbPlaces] != null)
         {
            var elEjected = newObjects[iCont][this.containers[iCont].nbPlaces];
            var previousCont = this.containers[iCont];
            ejected = {'refEl' : elEjected, 'previousCont' : previousCont, 'previousPos' : (this.containers[iCont].nbPlaces-1)};
         }

      //If an element was overwritten, it will be ejected
      var iDstCont = -1;
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
         if (this.containers[iCont] == dstCont)
            iDstCont = iCont;
      if (iDstCont != -1)
         if (dropType == 'replace' && newObjects[iDstCont][dstPos] != null && dstCont.draggableElements[dstPos] != null)
            if (newObjects[iDstCont][dstPos] != dstCont.draggableElements[dstPos])
            {
               var elEjected = dstCont.draggableElements[dstPos];
               var previousCont = this.containers[iDstCont];
               var previousPos = dstPos;
               ejected = {'refEl' : elEjected, 'previousCont' : previousCont, 'previousPos' : previousPos};
            }

      //If we drop into the void, the element will be ejected
      if (dstCont == null)
         ejected = {'refEl' : srcCont.draggableElements[srcPos], 'previousCont' : srcCont, 'previousPos' : srcPos};

      //copy
      for (var iCont = 0; iCont < this.containers.length; iCont++)
      {
         var cont = this.containers[iCont];
         for (var iPlace = 0; iPlace < cont.nbPlaces; iPlace++)
         {
            cont.draggableElements[iPlace] = newObjects[iCont][iPlace];
            if (cont.draggableElements[iPlace] != null)
            {
               cont.draggableElements[iPlace].container = cont;
               cont.draggableElements[iPlace].position = iPlace;
            }
         }
      }

      this.updateDisplay();

      if (dstCont != null)
         this.drop(srcCont.ident, srcPos, dstCont.ident, dstPos, dropType);
      else
         this.drop(srcCont.ident, srcPos, null);

      //If needed, we process the ejection
      if (ejected != null)
         this.manageEjection(ejected['refEl'], ejected['previousCont'], ejected['previousPos']);

   };

   // Ejection

   this.manageEjection = function(refEl, previousCont, previousPos)
   {
      var act = this.actionIfEjected(refEl, previousCont.ident, previousPos);
      refEl.show();
      if (act == null)
         refEl.remove();
      else
      {
         //push in temporary container, little hack
         act = this.userActionToAction(act);
         this.containers[0].draggableElements[0] = refEl;
         refEl.container = this.containers[0];
         refEl.position = 0;
         this.processDeplacement(this.containers[0], 0, act.dstCont, act.dstPos, act.dropType);
      }

      this.ejected(refEl, previousCont.ident, previousPos);
   };
}

//function DragAndDropSystem(paper){return new _DragAndDropSystem(paper);}

function DragAndDropSystem(params)
{
   if (params.paper == undefined)
      alert('paper should be defined');

   var dragAndDrop = new _DragAndDropSystem(params.paper);

   if (params.keepLastGoodAction != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.keepLastGoodAction = params.keepLastGoodAction;

   if (params.canBeTaken != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.canBeTaken = params.canBeTaken;

   if (params.actionIfDropped != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.actionIfDropped = params.actionIfDropped;

   if (params.drop != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.drop = params.drop;

   if (params.actionIfEjected != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.actionIfEjected = params.actionIfEjected;

   if (params.ejected != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.ejected = params.ejected;

   if (params.over != undefined)
      dragAndDrop.over = params.over;

   return dragAndDrop;
};


text:
BGFN MAGAZINE >> Beauty >> Curious >> Ralph Lauren to offer smart apparel collection to be tested at the US Open
Ralph Lauren to offer smart apparel collection to be tested at the US Open
by Silvia Kabaivanova, 25 August, 2014
The luxury lifestyle brand Ralph Lauren is unveiling the high-performance, fashion-forward Polo Tech shirt on opening day of the US Open.
The Ralph Lauren Polo Tech shirt features sensors knitted into the core of the product to read biological and physiological information. The compression shirt also has a sleek look in black with a signature yellow Polo Player logo. The second-skin fit enhances comfort and agility.
As the official outfitter of the two-week U.S. Tennis Association tournament, Ralph Lauren is dressing several ball boys in the Polo Tech Shirt during select matches at the Billie Jean National Tennis Center. Marcos Giron, the No. 1 singles player in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, is playing in his first Grand Slam in Flushing, and he will wear the Polo Tech shirt during his practices. He will track his biometrics and making adjustments in real time to his play, form and breathing.
"Ralph Lauren continues to be at the cutting edge of fashion and culture," said David Lauren, Senior Vice President of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations. "Our goal is to create and reflect the ultimate lifestyle, and we believe that a healthy and active life is an essential part of that. Ralph Lauren is excited to help lead the industry in wearable technology in this ever-evolving, modern world."
David Brewer, US Open Tournament Director, said there are features in the Polo Tech shirt that can "revolutionize how players train and compete."
"The fact that Ralph Lauren chose the US Open as the venue to unveil its Polo Tech shirt enhances our tradition as a showcase for innovation," said Brewer.
Beyond elite athletes, however, David Lauren also sees a place for the Polo Tech shirt in everyday life.
"Our vision is that this will transcend sports to help us at every age and in every aspect of life. Reaching far beyond just the needs of elite athletes, Polo Tech will offer innovative technology for all ages and lifestyles to promote general wellness and quality of life."
The Ralph Lauren Polo Tech shirt was developed with proprietary technology from Canadian-based OMsignal, whose team includes experts in neuroscience, sports medicine and engineering. With OMsignal, the shirt itself is the sensor. The OM platform delivers a wide variety of physiological data through seamless apparel directly to the users via an app on their smartphone.
"It was clear from our very first meeting that Ralph Lauren had clarity of mind about the future of fashion tech," said Stéphane Marceau, CEO of OMsignal. "Its legendary Polo brand and unparalleled design and merchandising capabilities make Ralph Lauren a natural partner to bring smart clothing technology into everyday lives."
With OMsignal, the data collected by the shirt is stored by a "black box," which includes an accelerometer and gyroscope, which capture movement and direction. That "black box" transmits the data into the cloud, where it is plugged into a number of algorithms that gauge important performance-oriented biometrics, including heartbeat and respiration, as well as some psychometrics, such as stress level and energy output.
As Ralph Lauren further expands its high-tech presence, this Polo Tech shirt represents the Company's most recent initiative in the technology realm. The launch follows other innovative platforms already established such as the 4D Light Show, The Dog Walk – a unique digital collaboration showcasing the Ralph Lauren Fall 2013 Accessories Collection in collaboration with the ASPCA® and the RL Children's Virtual Storybook.
The debut at the US Open marks the first time a global sporting event is being used as a platform to launch a collection of wearable products.
Tags:Ralph Lauren, collection, designer, high tech, Ralph Lauren Polo Tech shirt, biometrics, helath, lifestyle, US Open, wearable technology, players, tennis, OMsignal