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WHAT DOES THE DOCTOR THINK TODAY? POLICE STINGER OR COFFEE MACHINE?
Posted on November 5, 2020 by Ray Thompson
As I write this the Covid noose is tightening again as the number of cases rises, seemingly inexorably. We are really comfortable, hiding in our new house and, honestly, I am grateful for the prolonged opportunities to tidy the garage, the loft and the garden. The big downsides are the inability to see our children, the grandchildren and all our friends from Norfolk. Readers, we miss all of you greatly and it is hard not to be depressed about it. Zoom, Skype and the like do not really "do it for us". Another downside to our seclude existence is the lack of things to write about in these monthly articles. However, this month, there are two topics which, in normal time, might seem insignificant but, in these times, seem worth mentioning, so here goes!
On the whole, Management and I like to watch the same television programmes but, when our tastes diverge, we do have two sitting rooms, one large and the other a "snug" intended for the kids. Both have televisions so we can separate at times of crisis, like "East Enders".
Anyway, we both quite like "Police Interceptors" on channel 5. Big hairy policemen chase weedy, drug fuelled toe rags who drive uninsured, untaxed or stolen cars at horrendous speeds until they escape the police BMWs, crash or get caught. Police helicopters, dogs and lot of yellow BMWs are present. Quite often, the police use a stinger – a metal sheet containing spikes which puncture tyres. The police throw it across the road in front of the toe rag's vehicle and, all four tyres having been punctured, the car grinds to a halt and, the baddies run away and the police chase begins.
One access to our road is from a very fast dual carriageway. Coming from Hagley High Street, we go around a roundabout, travel half a mile along the dual carriageway and then take a right hand slip road before crossing the oncoming lane of traffic through a gap in the central reservation. Very dodgy and the site of frequent accidents. One day last week, as we set off along the dual carriageway, I passed a parked transit minibus. Hidden behind it were about 8 hairy policemen in reflective jackets and, on the ground by the van was a stinger, ready to be used. Great excitement! We crossed the carriage way into our road and pulled up in an old gateway, well out of the way. We then watched the proceedings from the safety of the nearby grass verge. Lots of police activity, marked cars, motor cycles, etc. We stood and waited. Suddenly, a black BMW came screaming along the dual carriageway with a high speed marked police Beamer on its tail, blues and twos in full mode. A result! We waited for the stinger to be deployed, as they say, but nothing much seemed to happen. The black BMW slowed down, indicated right , crossed the central reservation and headed back towards the roundabout. The marked BMW turned off his blue and twos and followed. The black BMW was an unmarked police car with two reflective policemen in it and the marked BMW had one policeman driving it. Obviously, they were killing time while the villain's car approached. We stood there in the cold, desperate to see the villain caught. Eight times, the above high speed chase was repeated and the police stared to grin at us as they went around. Eventually, the police all got in the minibus and pushed off. Obviously, the villain had taken another route. Eventually, the marked police car drove up to our vantage point and the officer got out and approached us. Head office terrified he was going to reprimand us! He looked amused, thanked us for watching and explained (Yes, you have guessed it) that it was a training exercise to teach new officers how to use a Stinger. The black police beamer was playing the villain and our friend in the marked car had been chasing him. The trick is for the police to deploy the stinger and then whip it out of the way before the chase vehicle hits it. We had a lovely chat with the officer and he had done a great public relations job.
We treated ourselves to a new coffee machine. Made by Magimix, the Vertuo Next had good reviews. It arrived, I took it out of the box and looked at the instruction book. The first page described the procedure to toggle Bluetooth/Wi-Fo on/off. It then told me how to pair the Bluetooth in the coffee machine with my smartphone or tablet. Well, I don't much care what colour teeth it has and my smartphone, a5S, won't even drive the NHS Covid app soI moved on. I have no desire to operate my coffee machine from my car or my bedroom.
After that, the instructions were more straightforward. To flush the machine before use, I had to turn the machine on and run it without a coffee pod. Easy. Just press the button on top of the machine. The button will flash and, when the machine is ready, the light will be constant and ready to make coffee. No matter how often I tried, the light never became constant. After about an hour, I was about to telephone the manufacturer for help when I discovered in the very small print that the machine is delivered with Bluetooth switched on, so it will only work when paired with a smartphone or tablet.. WOT??! To turn off Bluetooth, I had to unplug the machine and wait ten seconds.Then, I had to place the handle in the unlocked position, press and hold the on/off button and plug the machine in again while keeping the button depressed. I did all this and the machine worked straight away, just by pressing the button on top. Unfortunately, in this switched off mode, I am unable to operate the machine from my bedroom, the car, Hong Kong or anywhere else. From switching the machine on to drinking coffee takes about 20 seconds so why on earth would I want to operate it remotely from my 'phone? More to the point, why don't they deliver the machine with Bluetooth off and the option to turn it on if you are so minded?
A friend wrote this: I would like to share a personal experience I had about drinking and driving. This might save you the cost and embarrassment of being arrested for DWI. As you know, people have been known to have unexpected brushes with the authorities from time to time, often on the way home after a "social session" with family or friends. Well recently, it happened to me. I was out for the night to a party and had more than several margaritas coupled with a bottle of rather lovely red wine. It was held at a great Italian restaurant. Although relaxed, I still had the common sense to know I was slightly over the limit. That's when I did something I've never done before… I took a taxi home. On the way home there was a police roadblock, but since it was a taxi they waved it past and I arrived home safely without incident. These roadblocks can be anywhere and I realized how lucky I was to have chosen to take a taxi. The real surprise to me was that I had never driven a taxi before. Not sure where I got it, and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it. If you want to borrow it, give me a call.
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Gardening November
Late autumn is a quiet time in the garden, with short, cold days and long, often frosty, nights. Most plants are dormant at this time of year and require very little attention, however there are still tasks to do and there is little time to sit around doing nothing. You may need to force yourself outside, but once you do your mood will instantly lift. Here is the list of 'most urgent' tasks this month.
• Net Brassicas and Gooseberries to prevent damage from birds
• Clean slippery paths and driveways
• Place grease bands around fruit trees to protect them from winter moths.
• Continue to clear leaves from paths and lawns.
• Place tree guards on young trees and woody shrubs to prevent damage from nibbling by Rabbits, deer or squirrels.
• Lift Plant Pots Off The Ground: It's impossible to tell how much rain we'll see over winter, but if there is lots your plant pots could end up waterlogged.
• Sow Now: Sow pots of herbs in a heated greenhouse or on a bright windowsill indoors. Try basil, dill, chives and parsley. Direct sow outdoors Broad Beans and hardy peas.
• Plant Now: Plant tulip bulbs now – later than most bulbs, but a late planting may help reduce problems with the disease tulip fire.
• Prune Now: Vigorous rose bushes and shrubs such as lavatera and buddleia and be pruned by a third to prevent damage from wind rock. A clean cut is advisable, but more accurate pruning can follow on the other side of winter when the sap is rising.
Feature: Too good to let go?
Some plants are not hardy enough to survive the winter outside and need frost protection. Overwintering plants can be a good way to save money and to have a more established plant for next spring. The chances are your space to store plants inside is limited, so you will have to decide what's worth keeping and how you will care for them. Here's a few helpful tips:
• Keep only healthy plants. If something has been struggling all summer under the best of conditions, it is not going to improve indoors.
• Never bring in a plant with pests or disease.
• Give 'dibs' to your favourite plants, the ones you've been coddling for years, things you've trained into a standard, or your sentimental favourites.
• If the plant would look good as a house plant, bring it in and use it as one (coleus and impatiens are good examples)
• Be realistic about space and available light.
Personally, I don't keep annuals, their entire life mission is to produce seed to ensure future generations. They have pretty flowers to attract insects so that it can be pollinated and we dead-head all summer long to force the plant into producing more flowers to set seed. Annuals are in-expensive, easy to grow from seed, and by changing them each year you can experiment with new plants and colour schemes without making a long-term commitment.
Tender perennials such as pelargoniums (tender geraniums), heliotropes and fuchsias are best moved to a frost-free greenhouse, porch or conservatory. I don't keep 'bedding geraniums' instead I reserve the space for more expensive scented and regal pelargoniums. As we live in a relatively mild part of the country, I don't recommend lifting Dahlias or Cannas. Leave them in-situ and protect them with a good mulch of compost or leaf mould. Begonia corms are best lifted and stored dried.
For those growing exotic plants outside, protect the "hardy" bananas (Musa basjoo), Palms and tree ferns by wrapping their trunks and crowns in straw and use an outer layer of garden fleece or hessian. Don't use bubble wrap as the plants sweat, causing fungal issues. I'm a lazy gardener, my Bananas are grown in large pots which I site just outside
Other plants are hardier, but dislike exposed sites, or winter wet and therefore require some protection these include Lemons & citrus, Olive, Salvia, Agapanthus and French Lavenders. Winter wet isn't usually too much of an issue in dry East Anglia, simply raise your pots to ensure they drain.
Rachel Sobiechowski BSc (Hons) P&R Garden Supplies, Fengate Drove, Brandon 01842 814800 www.p-rgardensupplies.co.uk
Draft Minutes of Stoke Ferry PC Minutes October 2020
STOKE FERRY PARISH COUNCIL
Draft (until approved at the next meeting)
Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on
Wednesday 7 October 2020 at 7.05 pm, Virtually online via Zoom
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COUNTRYSIDE NOTES FOR NOVEMBER 2020
I often wonder who invented all the words we use. Most have been about for a long time although new ones are continually being added. When Covid kicked off I wondered if 'furlough' was one of these but it was in my 1998 'Little Oxford'. At least I know what it means now! The easiest meanings to trace are place names which, thanks to past invaders, are derived from Celtic, Latin, Anglos Saxon and French languages. Many are references to hills, rivers, fortresses, forest clearings, animals and land ownership. First recorded in Old English (mid7th century) over time many have become distorted through being mispronounced and wrongly spelt.
There are many simple historical suffixes which appear in place names today. For instance 'ton' and 'tun' once meant a farm or a hamlet, 'ham' meant a settlement, village or estate, 'ly' or 'ley' a wood or a clearing, 'down' came from the Celtic 'dun' meaning hill or hill fort, 'stow' was a place or meeting place, wic was a farm or dairy farm, 'wella' was a spring, 'bury' was a fort and 'ford' was where a river could be easily crossed. Often these were added to the names of local geological features such as rivers. An excellent example is the ancient Norfolk town of Thetford standing on the river Thet. Activity has been known in the area since Neolithic times and, as a crossing point of the river, it was very important in Roman times. By the time of the Norman Conquest Thetford had become the sixth biggest town in the kingdom.
Kings Lynn was once called Bishops Lynn when, in 1101, Bishop Herbert de Losinga of Thetford first developed the town. It became Kings Lynn in the 16th century. The word 'lynn' means pool and it's thought it referred to a tidal pool on the Ouse.
Closer to home, Downham means a settlement on a hill, it has a commanding view over the Fens. In Saxon times it became Downham Market and is one of Norfolk's oldest market towns. The interpretation of Swaffham is the settlement of the Swabians. It was valued highly in the Domesday Book of 1086 and by the 14th and 15th century was prospering from the sheep and wool industry.
Barton Bendish was recorded as Bertuna. Its modern name is derived from 'bere-tun' meaning a grain farm, 'binnan' = within and 'dic' = a ditch. The ditch referred to is the Devil's Dyke, a linear earthwork stretching between Barton and Beachamwell and possibly dating to the early Saxon period. Boughton was recorded as Buchetuna meaning a settlement belonging to Bucca. Beachamwell was recorded as Hekeswella and originated as 'the spring at Bicca's homestead'. Originally it was two distinct settlements – Bitcham and Wella.
Wereham was recorded as Wigreham. Regarding the prefix, it's thought perhaps the old name for the River Wissey was Wigor or Vigora, which was changed to Were as in Wereham.
It's awesome that we all live in places where people were going about their daily business more than a thousand years ago.
The fashionable world of the Villebois family and the conditions of their poor. Jim McNeill, Stoke Ferr
The Parish of Marham was once famed for its cherry and walnut orchards. The orchards were felled for use by gun manufactures during the Napoleonic wars, and it was around this time that Marham came under the lordship of the Villebois family (1). The two Henry Villebois', father and son, had their country seat at Marham House: built by Henry senior (1777-1847) with the fabulous wealth he obtained as a major shareholder in London's Truman brewery. Henry senior was the great-grandson of William Villebois, a French dance teacher who married one of his pupils. The pupil was Francis Truman, the grand-daughter of Sir Benjamin Truman and the founder of Truman's Brewery. When Sir Benjamin died, he left the bulk of his estates worth £330,000 (the equivalent today of some £460million) to John & William Truman Villebois who then became majority shareholders. These shares remained in possession of the males of the family until the death of Henry Villebois junior in 1886 (2).
Each generation of the Villebois family showed little interest in their vast brewery empire. Their primary passion was hunting during the winter months followed by spending summers in their mansion houses in Belgravia or Gloucestershire.
It was hunting for game which, in 1803, first brought Henry Villebois senior to our region when he began purchasing recently enclosed lands at Marham where he installed his fox and stag hounds. Each season his fox hounds met in various local villages; Stoke Ferry, Methwold, Barton Bendish, Fincham, Gooderstone, etc., as well as on the Marham estate. Early newspaper notices record: "FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES…Mr. and Mrs. Henry Villebois for Marham, near Stoke Ferry, in Norfolk…"; and "HUNTING APPOINTMENTS…Mr. H. Villebois's harriers, on Monday, at Oxburgh [sic]; Wednesday, Stoke Ferry Field ; Saturday, at the Town Barn, Swaffham, at eleven."
After a day's hunting there were sumptuous feasts with fine wines. Lavish Hunt Dinners and stylish Balls were held at Marham, Swaffham, King's Lynn, etc. One feast is recorded for 1829; "Mr. H. Villebois's hunt dinner took place…at the Crown Inn, Stoke Ferry; a large party attended, and after a number of loyal toasts and hunting songs, the gentlemen returned home thoroughly gratified". As well as fox and stag hunting, the Villebois' also organised hare coursing and the mass shooting of game birds.
The hunt-obsessed philanderer, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), became close friends with Henry junior and this Henry went on to run the Sandringham Hunt (3), spending summers sailing his luxury yacht (part of the Royal Yacht Squadron) on the Solent. Following the death of his father in 1846, he sold all the livestock and farming equipment in the Marham area and leased off his farms. But his lack of interest in farming did not prohibit him from becoming President of the Norfolk Agricultural Association in 1880!
As well being local magistriates, the two Henry's were, in turn, the High Sherrif, and the Deputy Leiutennant of Norfolk. Henry junior was an active member of the Conservative Party's 'one nation' Primrose League. He was also a Freemason and was married to Maria, the eldest daughter of the Tory MP, William Bagge of Stradsett Hall (3).
Memorials and contemporary newspapers and journals record the two Henry's in glowing terms such as, "the perfect model of English gentlemen", "genial manners and kind-hearted", "endeared to all classes of society from the Royal to the humblest cottager". But is that wholly true? And, what happened to those common folk who suffered from the enclosure of their common lands and the imposition of the Game Laws?
In 1869, influential landowners in and around Marham moved to arbitarily deprive the poor of their rights to "cut turves for fuel and of agisment (5) on fens and marshes" on Marham Fen. This Fen was typical of 'marginal land' that had escaped enclosure and cultivation to be used instead to provide meger resources for the poor. The landowners' scheme was that the 'owners' of the newly enclosed Fen land were to pay an annual rent and this rent money to be dispursed amongst the poor of Marham. The plan was supported by The Poor's Allotment, a charity run by the local church wardens along with Henry Villebois, Lord of the Manors of Oldhall, West Acre and Marham, and Sir Thomas Hare, Lord of the Manors of Newhall & Shoudham. Practicly every poor resident signed a petition against the plan. When there was an attempt to mark out the Fen lands for enclosure, two hundred females 'armed' with frying pans and tin-boilers confronted the local constabulary and a number of officials who had to stop their work. Twenty-eight of these women were subsiquently charged with affray and taken before the Magistraits at Downham. Eventually, the strenth of local feeling forced Henry Villebois junior to attend a meeting to hear the objections of the poor to the landowners' attempt to "make Marham one of the poorest Parishes in Norfolk". As a result, an enquiry was established and twenty acres of land was set aside for the taking of turves, and 40-50 acres was set aside for garden allotments. The land in question is now owned by the Marham Poor's Trust.
Here are names of just some local males punished for crimes on Villebois property and their hunting grounds: Robert Carter, Watt Mason, William Goddard, George Hobbs; charged with shooting at Villebois gamekeepers, sentenced to transportation for life; John Boughen charged with stealing a Peck of potatoes value 8d, property of Henry Villebois, seven days imprisonment; Richard Hitchings, John Hitchings, Ruben Oats, and William Martis, four little boys, charged by a Villebois's gamekeeer with poaching for rabbits, each fined 3s.6d; James Hard, 19, stealing a bridle belonging to Henry Villebois, gaoled for one month; Edward Hudson, labourer, of Narborough, charged by a Villebois' gamekeeper of using traps to take game, fined 6s. and 14s. costs; two Villebois gamekeepers involved in an armed struggle with George Ripper, William Newton and Robert Burton, all of Swaffham, who were night poaching at "The Contract", near Narborough, sentence unknown; Robert Burton of Swaffham, charged by a Villebois gamekeeper of night poaching at Narborough, two months prison; Robert Brown of Narborough, charged by a Villebois gamekeeper of using a snare to take and kill game, fined 18s. and 12s. costs; Henry Mason, labourer, and Walter Blye, dealer, both of Fincham, charged by a Villebois gamekeeper of poaching near 'Devils Ditch', each fined £1 and 11s costs; John Watkins and Edward Shafto, charged by a Villebois gamekeeper with stealing six pheasants eggs, each fined 5s. for every egg and 10s. 6d. costs; making £2.0s.6d each.
End Notes of interest: In the 1930s, most of Marham House was demolished, re-built using original materials in 1937, fully refurbished c.2005. Today within Marham there are nods to the past with a Villebois Road as well as a Walnut Walk and a Cherry Close. A little known fact: the father of Ann Lee of Shouldham Thorpe was the sign-writing artist for many of Truman Brewery's pub signs.
(1) See also my article referring to the Villebois family in the Village Pump, October 2020, 19th Century Game Laws; complicated and challenging
(2) When Henry Villebois junior died, Truman's brewery, with operations in London, East England, and Burton-on-Trent, ceased to be family-owned.
(3) Originally there were no foxes at Sandringham, they had to be introduced and 'preserved' to allow fox hunting to take place.
(4) Sir William Bagge (1810 – 1880) was a Conservative MP for West Norfolk in 1837-57 and 1865-80.
(5) Agistment, is the right to take cattle to graze.
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Katy Perry has explained the meaning behind 'Bon Appetit'
"I'm in control this time."
Nick Reilly
Katy Perry has explained the meaning behind recent single 'Bon Appetit', and revealed that it's about female empowerment in the face of patriarchal oppression.
The discussion of the track came during an interview on Australia's Kiss FM – after she began discussing the process behind the video for Bon Appetit, which sees Katy being cooked by a group of men, and its double meaning.
"It's like 'oh you just think you have me all figured out' and also we aren't just pieces of meat. You just want to use me, dispose of me, the parts that you want – I'm sorry, I'm in control this time", Katy revealed.
Mainly though, she's hoping that the track can provide some "escapism" for her fans.
"It's not my job to preach at a person or tell them what they should think", she said.
"It's nice, though, if I can pose a question or broaden a perspective – I just have to reflect sometimes on what's going on in the world a little bit, but also make some escapism music."
Last month, Katy also performed at Glastonbury Festival where she, among other things, stage-dived and notably failed to recognise the Scottish flag.
"I can see all of you. Even that security guard in the neon. Way in the back by that blue flag with the X", she mistakenly said.
She'll also return to the UK next year for an extensive tour, including a show at London's O2 Arena.

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CEDAR FALLS — As public support for Iowa's universities governed by the state Board of Regents is on the decline, postsecondary academic institutions are ramping up their financial-aid offerings to students.
While the effects of the state Legislature's midyear budget cuts to the regent institutions' financial-aid programs — which amounted to approximately $18 million across the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa — remain largely unknown, the regents discussed the universities' 2015-16 financial-aid report at their June 8 meeting at UNI.
The regents' report revealed that as the institutions' financial-aid awards rise, students graduating from the universities are seeing a drop in indebtedness upon their departure.
According to regents' documents, UI students graduate with $26,557 in debt on average. In 2014-15, the national average was $28,100.
Jason Pontius, the regents' director of institutional research, said at the regents' June 7 Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting that more than $1 billion was awarded to students. He noted a decline in the percentage of that money coming from the federal and state governments.
Pontius said 6 percent of state aid is given to students attending regent universities, but compared with other states, in regard to state aid, Iowa has the lowest percentage of need-based grants given to students at public colleges.
Although the report shows a decline in student loan debt, likely thanks to the boost in financial aid, the fiscal 2017 midyear budget cuts cast a shadow on the UI's affordability down the line.
UI President Bruce Harreld said in a February interview with The Daily Iowan that philanthropic efforts to raise money will contribute to scholarship programs as time goes on. Through donor money, the UI funds scholarship programs, research, and other major university programs or initiatives, so long as it aligns with the donor's wishes.
The UI announced in February its nearly $2 billion For Iowa. Forever More. fundraising campaign total; of that amount, $52 million will be put toward student financial aid, according to campaign documents.
Despite these contributions from philanthropic efforts, private donations do not entirely replace the money the state provides through appropriations.
Harreld announced in February that the UI would eliminate certain scholarships, mostly ones that contributed to legacy students, as one way of responding to the midyear budget cuts.
At the regents' June 8 meeting, Harreld discussed prioritizing first-generation and underrepresented students in the UI's financial aid models.
"I think that the bigger question is continuing to make sure we use that money wisely and refining and improving to identify specific students who need it," he said.
Prior to the regents' approval of a tuition hike, UI Student Government President Jacob Simpson said in a statement at the regents' June 8 meeting that neglecting to determine who will be able to access and afford a UI education would lead to barriers between the UI and incoming low-income or unrepresented students, echoing Harreld's sentiment.
Simpson encouraged the UI to use financial aid as a mechanism to provide accessibility and affordability for students burdened by rising tuition.


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Q: Rails: undefined local variable or method `resource' Toastr Rails I wanted to add toastr-rails to my application and now I'm getting the following error.
undefined local variable or method `resource' for #<#:0x854eb18>
In the first application everything worked fine, I don't know what went wrong this time...
Probably there is a conflict between gems ?
My Gemfile:
source 'https://rubygems.org'
git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }

ruby '2.3.3'

# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '~> 5.2.1'
# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
gem 'sqlite3'
# Use Puma as the app server
gem 'puma', '~> 3.11'
# Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
# Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
# See https://github.com/rails/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
gem 'duktape'
# Use CoffeeScript for .coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.2'
# Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5'
# Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.5'
# Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production
# gem 'redis', '~> 4.0'
# Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
# gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'

# Use ActiveStorage variant
# gem 'mini_magick', '~> 4.8'

# Use Capistrano for deployment
# gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development

# Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb
gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.1.0', require: false

group :development, :test do
  # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
  gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
end

group :development do
  # Access an interactive console on exception pages or by calling 'console' anywhere in the code.
  gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0'
end

group :test do
  # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver
  gem 'capybara', '>= 2.15'
  gem 'selenium-webdriver'
  # Easy installation and use of chromedriver to run system tests with Chrome
  gem 'chromedriver-helper'
end

# Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby]
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~>3.3.6'
gem 'devise', '~>4.2'
gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2'
gem 'toastr-rails', '~>1.0'
gem 'activeadmin'
gem 'active_skin'

User.rb:
class User < ApplicationRecord
  # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
  # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable, :trackable and :omniauthable
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
         :recoverable, :rememberable, :validatable, :confirmable,
         :omniauthable, omniauth_providers: [:google_oauth2]

  validates :fullname, presence: true, length: {maximum: 25}

  def self.from_omniauth(access_token)
    data = access_token.info
    user = User.where(email: data['email']).first

    unless user
    user = User.create(name: data['name'],
                     email: data['email'],
    password: Devise.friendly_token[0,20]
         )
     end
    user
end
end

Application_controller.rb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  before_action :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?

  protected

  def configure_permitted_parameters
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.permit(:sign_up, keys: [:fullname])
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.permit(:account_update, keys: [:fullname])
  end
end

_devisemes.html.erb
<% unless resource.errors.empty? %>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    <% resource.errors.full_messages.each do |value| %>
      toastr.error('<%= value %>')
    <% end %>
  </script>
<% end %>

A: 1. Add your toastr gem to your gemfile.
gem 'toastr-rails', '~> 1.0'

2. In your application.js you will need to add //= require toastr
3. In your stylesheet.scss you will need to import toastr @import "toastr";
4. Then run bundle install in your terminal
5. Then go to view/shared folder and create a partial view file and name it _message.html.erb. Inside add the following:
<% unless flash.empty? %>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    <% flash.each do |key, value| %>
      <% type = key.to_s.gsub('alert','error').gsub('notice','success') %>
      toastr['<%= type %>']('<%= value %>')
    <% end %>
  </script>
<% end %>

Basically you're saying If flash is not empty run what's inside the script. In the script you creating a new variable called type then look for every single flash, but toastr does not have notice or alert but toastr does support the type error and success. So we can get a key from flash, then change it to a string and replace alert with error ('alert','error') and replace ('notice','success') then we say toastr['<%= type %>']('<%= value %>') which is some thing like toastr['error']('Full name can not be blank')
6. Now you need to render this partial view inside all your devise views.
7 Go to application.html.erb and render the shared message in the partial view. Something like this: <%= render shared/message %>. You most likely want to render this under your navbar partial view if you have one in application.html.erb
8. Now go back to your app, log out and log back in and you should get the notification message.
For the messages in all your devise views inside the views/devise folder you will
find something like this <%= devise_error_messages! %> You'd pretty much do the same thing. Just a little differently.

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Pour 2 cups water into 2.5-litre (10-cup) rice cooker; place steamer basket in cooker.
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New study finds Death Penalty to be applied unfairly
A new study found another arbitrary element that seems to play a role in who gets executed in America: the inmate's level of education
The Birmingham News, 9/12/08
THE ISSUE: A new study found another arbitrary element that seems to play a role in who gets executed in America: The inmate's level of education.
One of the chief problems with the death penalty is it is applied so randomly. Many more people are convicted of capital crimes than sentenced to death. Fewer still are executed.
If the outcomes could be traced back to sound, legal reasons, that might be OK. But they're not.
Past research has shown, for instance, that the race of the victim is a key factor in whether a defendant is sentenced to death. Even when adjusted to account for the scary particulars of the crime and the defendant, the victims' skin color played a role in which defendants were sent to Death Row.
Now comes a new study that offers more evidence of arbitrary factors affecting who lives and who dies in our system of justice.
Researchers at Texas A&M University designed an artificial intelligence computer system to try to predict who among those sentenced to Death Row would actually be put to death. The results were curious, and disturbing.
The study used profiles from 2,000 Death Row inmates, including such information as race, gender, age, type of offense and criminal history. Gender was the biggest predictor of who would be put to death; women make up only a tiny fraction of Death Row and are seldom executed.
Otherwise, the chief factor was how many years defendants had spent in high school.
Granted, the data don't include some pretty relevant information, like whether the defendants had good legal representation at their trials or DNA testing of evidence.
But the frightening fact remains, the computer can predict who on Death Row will be executed - with more than 90 percent accuracy - based on facts so arbitrary as the defendant's level of education.
Those who are inclined can try to come up with theories about why Death Row inmates with less education would be more likely to be executed. But it's hard to imagine hitting on a theory that would attest to our justice system's fundamental fairness.
Professors Stamos Karamouzis and Dee Wood Harper, who conducted the Texas A&M study, certainly didn't think so. "The results pose a serious challenge to the fairness of the administration of the death penalty," they wrote.
Life and death decisions in our court system should at the very least be based on relevant facts, such as the horror of a particular crime and the guilt of a particular defendant. Instead, they seem to boil down to such irrelevancies as race, wealth, gender and, yes, education.
That's just wrong.
You can call it whatever you want. But it's not justice.
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Diabelska Kręgielnia – rozbudowany system wąwozów utworzonych w utworach lessowych Wzgórz Strzelińskich zlokalizowany na wschodnich stokach Gromnika. Wąwozy Diabelskiej Kręgielni rozcinają płaty lessów na głębokość do 8 m. Najdłuższe formy dolinne osiągają tu do 750 m długości.

Położenie
Diabelska Kręgielnia znajduje się na obszarze mezoregionu Wzgórz Niemczańsko-Strzelińskich w centralnej części Wzgórz Strzelińskich, na wschodnich stokach Gromnika, na północny wschód od miejscowości Samborowiczki. Zajmuje obszar ok. 20 ha, rozciągający się na ok. 500 m w poprzek stoku na długości do 1500 m wzdłuż stoku. Znajduje się na wysokościach od ok. 230 m n.p.m. do 320 m n.p.m.. Najbliższy szczyt – Gromnik – ma wysokość 390 m n.p.m.

Charakterystyka

Geologia
Wąwozy Diabelskiej Kręgielni wykształcone są w płatach lessów zajmujących wierzchowinowe partie Wzgórz Strzelińskich. Pokrywy lessowe to osady eoliczne tworzące się w warunkach klimatu peryglacjalnego, który panował na tym terenie m.in. w czasie zlodowacenia północnopolskiego. Powstanie sieci wąwozów datuje się na późny plejstocen, holocen.

Geomorfologia
System wąwozów Diabelskiej Kręgielni nie jest jedynym z występujących we Wzgórzach Strzelińskich: pozostałe to: Wąwozy Pogródki (okolice Romanowa), Zakrzowskie Wąwozy (rejon Zakrzowa) i wąwozy okolic Nowolesia. System ten reprezentuje rzeźbę lessową, dość unikatową w skali Sudetów i ich Przedgórza. Wąwozy rozwinęły się w osiach suchych dolin denudacyjnych. Gęstość sieci wąwozowej Wzgórz Strzelińskich oscyluje w przedziale 0,6 – 2,9 km·km-2. Obecnie sieć wąwozów Diabelskiej Kręgielni uznaje się za nieaktywną formę terenu; dalszy rozwój form jest hamowany przez obecność pokrywy roślinnej. Współczesną dynamikę procesów rzeźbotwórczych kreują tu procesy sufozji (obecne w terenie pseudokrasowe formy rzeźby: kociołki i leje sufozyjne) oraz działalność zwierząt (nory, jamy) i korzeni drzew. Część wąwozów przyjęła już formę parowu, jednak w terenie wciąż widoczne są charakterystyczne dla wąwozów pionowe urwiska zamykające wąwóz czy progi denudacyjne w dnie wąwozu.

Geneza

Historia powstania Diabelskiej Kręgielni jest złożona, jednak działalność antropogeniczna odegrała tu istotną rolę. Wąwozy te można nazwać głębocznicami – wąwozami drogowymi, gdyż ich powstanie wiąże się z pogłębianiem dróg gruntowych wskutek ich intensywnego użytkowania. Najprawdopodobniej zdegradowane szlaki komunikacyjne przenoszono w sąsiednie miejsca, co doprowadziło do powstania sieci równoległych głębokich linijnych rozcięć erozyjnych. Zagłębienia te pogłębiają się w trakcie ulew i deszczy nawalnych, a także w czasie roztopów.

Turystyka

Szlaki turystyczne
Wzgórza Strzelińskie pokryte są bogato siecią szlaków turystycznych, żaden z nich nie prowadzi jednak bezpośrednio przez teren Diabelskiej Kręgielni. Najłatwiej dostać się do Diabelskiej Kręgielni kierując się na Gromnik:
 szlakiem czerwonym (Strzelin – Paczków);
 szlakiem zielonym (Grodków – Henryków);
 szlakiem żółtym (Biały Kościół – Przeworno).

Geostanowisko
Diabelska Kręgielnia to geostanowisko nr 95 Geoparku Przedgórze Sudeckie. Można dostać się tu rowerem. Obiekt oznaczono jako łatwo dostępny, należy jednak zachować szczególną ostrożność podczas poruszania się w obrębie samej sieci wąwozów.

Geocaching
Na terenie Diabelskiej Kręgielni, na wysokości 304 m n.p.m. znajduje się cache pt.: Tu Czirn z diabłem grał w kręgle o duszę. Skrzynkę ukryto 25.03.2017 r.

Podanie ludowe

O Diabelskiej Kręgielni krąży legenda jakoby Jan Czirna, pan zamku na Gromniku, zaprzedał duszę diabłu. Przed swą śmiercią postanowił zagrać z diabłem o duszę w kręgle. Tak powstały długie na kilkaset metrów rowy. Jan Czirna wygrał z diabłem, co doprowadziło diabła do wściekłości. Czart rozrzucił zatem kręgle po całym wzgórzu, a pozostałościami tych kręgli mają być obecne we Wzgórzach Strzelińskich skałki i głazy.

Zobacz też
 Schemat szlaków turystycznych Wzgórz Niemczańsko-Strzelińskich [dostęp: 19.01.2018]
 Regionalna Odznaka Turystyczno-Krajoznawcza "Wzgórza Niemczańsko-Strzelińskie" [dostęp: 19.01.2018]
 Geopark Przedgórze Sudeckie [dostęp: 19.01.2018]
 Strona PTTK Strzelin [dostęp: 19.01.2018]

Przypisy

Wąwozy
Wzgórza Niemczańsko-Strzelińskie
Formy ukształtowania terenu
Przedgórze Sudeckie
Erozja
Samborowiczki

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John quotes the Master thrice in defining His disciples: First, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed." (8:31) Then, "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (13:35) And finally, "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples." (15:8) Herein the Apostle plainly delineates the requisites of authentic discipleship. A true-blue follower of Christ will know and obey His Word, this proved by the love of Jesus flowing forth from his life, and manifested ultimately through the fruit of the Holy Spirit in his life. The genuine believer obeys God, loves God, and brings glory to God; for this kind of life reflects the life of the Son, who ever and completely obeyed the Father, loved the Father, and sought to bring glory to the Father.
So the test is set before every professing believer: are you obedient? Are you loving? Are you living a fruitful life? Upon examination can you show the credentials of your faith? If not, get on your knees and repent! Jesus knocks at the door of your heart even now. It is time to seek the Lord!


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55 immigrants become U.S. citizens at Concord ceremony
Monique Larson stands outside the Warren Rudman Federal Court House after the naturalization ceremony on Friday, July 19, 2019. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff '; }
Newly naturalized citizen Jim O'Connell outside the Warren Rudman Federal Building on Friday in Concord. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff '; }
Baneen (left) and Kareem Aged from Manchester pose with their naturalized citizen certificates outside the Warren Rudman Federal Court House in Concord on Friday, July 19, 2019. Father and daughter came from Iraq seven years ago. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff '; }
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Jim O'Connell hustled out the tall double doors of Warren B. Rudman Courthouse minutes after becoming a U.S. citizen. He had to get to Manchester city hall so he could run for office.
"Manchester school district is the largest school district in the state and it's got lots of issues," said O'Connell, who plans to run for an at-large seat on the Manchester school board. "I'm running to make change."
O'Connell and 54 others were naturalized at the federal courthouse in Concord on Friday. Presiding Judge Andrea Johnstone said this nation of immigrants became even stronger with them as citizens.
"America needs your experience, talents, culture and diversity," Johnstone, who's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Poland and Germany, told the group.
Gov. Chris Sununu welcomed the new citizens and reminded the crowd that almost every American has an immigration story. His grandparents became Americans after coming from Lebanon and Ireland, he said, and just the ability to become an American makes this country special.
"You can go to Japan to live, but you cannot become Japanese. You can go to France to live and not become a Frenchman… Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American," the governor said, quoting the last speech Ronald Reagan made as president.
The governor also implored the new citizens to serve the country.
Friday was the last day to register to run for the school board, O'Connell said, so he felt lucky he was naturalized in time to meet the governor's challenge.
"I think I've been called!" he said.
Eager to work for the community, O'Connell saw a contradiction between the naturalization ceremony and recent rhetoric from President Trump and his supporters calling for four elected representatives who are women of color, three of whom were born in the U.S., to "go back" to other countries.
"Every word that was said in there today, I couldn't get it out of my mind – the discord, the disconnect… it all flies in the face of 'Send her back! Send her back!'" O'Connell said, referencing chants heard at a Trump rally in North Carolina on Wednesday.
O'Connell came from Ireland and has lived in six countries. His many national identities make him a typical American, he said.
"You aren't an 'other' American. You're an American," O'Connell said. "When you become a citizen of the United States you are as part of that family as anybody else. Nobody is more of a citizen than you are, even though there are people in our community who like to think that."
Friends and family filled every seat between the wooden columns in the back of the courtroom. As a young woman sang the national anthem, the crowd gently joined her, each voice self-assured and reverent.
"It's an honor, it's a privilege," said O'Connell, who has lived in the country for 27 years. "I don't take it lightly. There are people all over the world who would love to be standing in my position today."
For many, the ceremony capped a long journey.
"This is my home country now. This is my home, and I'm happy here," Monique Larson, of Rumney, who came from South Africa and has called the U.S. home for 16 years, said.
Rony Camille of Nashua said his first order of business as a citizen would be to register to vote.
"It's kind of crazy that this is it," said Camille, who led the newly naturalized in the pledge of allegiance with his family. "I'm now a U.S. citizen."
Karla Garcia's three daughters and husband waited for her in the back of the courtroom as she got her papers. She gave her certificate of citizenship a hard look as she stood in line to take a picture with Judge Johnstone.
"I'm excited and nervous at the same time," said Garcia, who lives in Concord and came to the U.S. from Mexico. "And I'm proud to be an American."


Jeff Sessions, a racist bloodhound, is considering indefinite detention of people who cross the U.S. border seeking asylum.
Over the past several months, Sessions has instructed judges to deny victims of domestic and gang-violence asylum, and now he is reportedly considering to deny bond hearings to asylum seekers, even if they have passed the credible fear interview. This means that anyone seeking safe haven in the U.S. could be detained indefinitely.
A decision set by a case called Matter of X-K, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) allows asylum seekers to be released on bond if they pass a "credible fear" interview, in which officials assess whether the asylum seeker is at risk of persecution in their home country. Sessions is reportedly trying to find a way to overturn the BIA's decision.
Immigration lawyer Ginger Jacobs told San Diego station KPBS that, as a result, asylum cases are becoming harder to win. "We've seen him do this now with about a half a dozen cases — he's starting to pick up speed in going through these cases and referring them to himself so he can basically assert his interpretation of the law," Jacobs said of Sessions.
Meanwhile, the administration is also trying to undo a 1997 agreement known as the Flores Settlement, which requires ICE to release minors as quickly as possible, and provide them with basic, humane living standards in the meantime. Upending the Flores Settlement means that ICE could detain children and families indefinitely with even less oversight and transparency than it currently has.


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Delta Food Industries Will be Presenting the Middle East Hozpitality Excellence Awards 2016 in Dubai
Hozpitality Group
DUBAI, UAE, November 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Over 57,000 Votes Received for Awards by Popular Choice for Hospitality Leaders in Middle East and Africa
Delta Food Industries FZC will be presenting the second Middle East Hozpitality Excellence Awards 2016 in Dubai.
Delta Food Industries FZC is a leading food manufacturing company that has come a long way from a fledgling producer of tomato paste barely five years ago to a multi-million-dollar company that it is now.
Mr. Shiraz Osman started the company in 2011 with the multi-talented Dr. Ali Parpinchi, entrepreneur Mr. Ammar Bilaspurwala with his brother Mr. Hozefa Ibrahim; they together established the brands Delta Royale and Delta Milko, which today are one of the most prestigious and leading brands in the Middle East and Africa. Delta's product range carried tomato paste, tomato ketchup, hot sauce, milk powder, oats, custard powder, semolina and cornstarch.
January 2015, Rafi Agri-Foods International FZC and Canada-based Ronald A. Chisholm came on board with Delta Food. This new partnership was the foundation stone of the new dairy factory for evaporated milk and cream. Production started in March 2016 and is one of the few factories of its kind in the world.
January 2016, Mr. Safdar Khatri, a leading businessman in UAE and Mr. Sharad Anand who carries a great deal of experience in packaging industry joined hands with Delta to build its new can manufacturing plant. This new plant is the most advanced can manufacturing unit in the Middle East.
Chairman and Founder Mr. Shiraz Osman and his dynamic directors have catapulted Delta Food Industries into phenomenal heights in just five short years of operation, making it one of the strongest startup businesses in the region.
Over 300 candidates enter the race to be nominated as one of the best in their category. We received over 57,000 votes already and the voting ends this week, Raj Bhatt, CEO Hozpitality Group said. The awards are different as these are popular choice awards for the hospitality Industry where selections are purely done on basis of online voting received for various categories. The voters will also have a chance to win an iPad after they successfully complete the voting.
Nominations have been divided into 2 categories - Personal nominations and Company nominations. The full list of finalists can be seen at:-
http://www.hozpitalityexcellenceawards.com/finalist-2016
The Award function in 2016 will take place on the evening of Monday, 12th Dec 2016 at Dusit Thani Dubai, where more than 400 top industry figures will meet at this spectacular gala dinner said Raj Bhatt, CEO, Hozpitality Group. The glamorous evening will include a reception, a great meal and excellent entertainment, in addition to the actual awards ceremony, Mr. Bhatt added.
The Hozpitality Excellence Awards 2016 will be presented to recognize top industry organizations which have shown skill, creativity, ingenuity and success in the Middle East & North Africa's growing hospitality industry.
For more details and to cast your vote, Please visit:-
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Hozpitality group is emerging as one of the fastest growing online companies in the Middle East, North America and Asian market. We have over 600,000 registered hospitality professionals in our three websites, http://www.hozpitality.com - "Dedicated hospitality job board" , http://www.hozpitalityplus.com - "Dedicated hospitality networking group" and http://www.hozpitality.ca - "Dedicated hospitality website in Canada" . Apart from the registered candidates we also reach out to over 800,000 hospitality professionals through our monthly email marketing from over 196 countries.
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Río Congo Arriba
Corregimiento in Darién, Panama
Corregimiento
Darién
Chepigana
July 29, 1998[1]
329.5 km2 (127.2 sq mi)
5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Population density calculated based on land area.
UTC−5 (EST)
Río Congo Arriba is a corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,916 as of 2010.[1] It was created by Law 58 of July 29, 1998, owing to the Declaration of Unconstitutionality of Law 1 of 1982.[1] Its population as of 2000 was 1,752.[1]
Platanilla is the main village and corregimiento seat within Río Congo Arriba; which hosts a school, health center, community center, police station, and corregiduria. Other settlements in the corregimiento also include Río Venado, Nuevo Paraíso, Río Pavo, Buena Vista, Río Bonito, and the indigenous Embera communities Tres Piedras and Monte Rico.
^ a b c d e f "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
Darién Province
Chepigana District
Camoganti
Garachiné
Puerto Piña
Sambú
Setegantí
Taimatí
Tucutí
Pinogana District
Boca de Cupe
Metetí
Pinogana
Púcuro
El Real de Santa María
Wargandí
Yape
Yaviza
Santa Fe District
Cucunatí
Río Congo
Río Iglesias
Zapallal
Bay of San Miguel
Bayano Caves
Bayano Dam
Darién National Park
Darién Gap
Lago Bayano
Tuira River
Easternmost point of Central America
El Llano – Cartí road
Inter-American Highway
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