Remember those amazing images of open pits on Mars? NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has come back around and taken another image of one of the features, and this time it spotted a wall on one side. This wall indicates that these "pits" are probably tunnels, similar to surface features on Earth called "pit craters".
The new images were captured with the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE), the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet. It first noticed the features on May 5th, 2007. In its original image, MRO captured a photo from almost directly overhead, and saw only darkness. This time around, on August 8th, it captured the image from the west, when the Sun was also shining at an angle, revealing a wall on the eastern side of the pit.
The rim of the pit is 150 by 157 metres across. And the new image shows that the depth is at least 78 metres deep.
Here on Earth, you can find pit craters in Hawaii, around the Kilauea Volcano. They're circular-shaped craters that are believed to form when a magma lake empties out underneath. The crusty top then collapses down forming a bowl shaped crater. For example, here's a link to an image of a pit crater in Hawaii.
This isn't the first time that pit craters have been seen on Mars. For example, here's another image captured by HiRISE of pits along the floor of Cyane Fossae, a set of fissures between the giant volcanoes Olympus Mons and Alba Patera. These fissures formed when the surface of Mars was being stretched by volcanic activity, causing underground voids to collapse. But these are much shallower than the newly discovered "pit".
New Scientist is covering this story from the angle that these pits could serve a refuge for astronauts, protecting them from the dangerous ultraviolet radiation streaming from the Sun. Unlike the Earth, Mars has no protective ozone layer that blocks ultraviolet radiation. These pits could provide a wall of nice protective dirt, assuming they remain in the shadows.
I'm sure we'll hear more on this story in the weeks and months to come. It's very exciting.


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I'd Like Sharon Sund To Run For Congress
By gregladen on February 3, 2014.
This is an open letter to potential CD3 congressional candidate Sharon Sund. There is no declared candidate in this district at this time, but there is an increasing interest in recruiting Sharon to run against Erik Paulsen.
Dear Sharon,
Three years ago I decided to get involved in the Minnesota Third Congressional District election. I had been involved in previous races, supporting various DFL candidates through the caucus, primary, and election process. But this time I decided to explicitly seek out a candidate who was science oriented, who would make issues like climate change a campaign priority and not just an add-on, and volunteer my time. I was pleasantly shocked and amazed to quickly discover that you were seeking the DFL nomination and that you were explicitly pro science, and that you had a degree in an area of science and had worked as a scientist yourself.
You may remember that I contacted you to find out more, to verify what it said on your web site, and that we chatted. Not only did it become clear that you really were a science oriented candidate, but that you were also a progressive with experience organizing progressive campaigns (such as support of the Affordable Care Act) and an experienced fund raiser. In short order I volunteered for your campaign, and eventually became staff on that campaign, and at the same time, we became friends.
Working on that campaign was a great pleasure for me. One of the things I remember most is the internal policy of that campaign to always be honest, always play fair, always respect other members of the DFL. The idea was to win the nomination, but if not, to remember -- and these words were often said by staffers, volunteers, and by you -- that we are all Democrats. We did not gain the nomination at the convention, but the very first thing (after a bit of crying and hugging and such) after that was to concede gracefully, to shake the hands of the winner and his team, and to wish them well.
Now it is time to consider the next Congressional election. I am asking you to run again, to declare candidacy for Congress of the United States for Minnesota's Third District. Here are some of the reasons I think you should do this.
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What happened in Minneapolis? last night there were literally thousands of separate caucuses across the state. I was in mine with six other people. There were dozens in Minneapolis. I haven't heard anything.
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This is my last post at Scienceblogs.com. In the future I will be blogging at Greg Laden's blog, located at its original home at gregladen.com. I have a feeling that Scienceblogs will not last long without me. What do you think? :) But seriously, I'll be talking about the story of the current…
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Hotel 1929 – An iconic boutique hotel along Keong Saik Road in Chinatown
One of three ethnic enclaves in Singapore (the other two being Kampong Glam and Little India), Chinatown still remains culturally and historically significant, a fact recognised by the URA who have designated many parts of the area as national heritage sites. Though it celebrates the past, it is an area very much looking to the future, and is a fantastically thriving, pulsating district right in the heart of Singapore.
ABSD – A Double Edged Sword
My Exclusive Condo Buyer & Seller Must Know April 22, 2016 September 5, 2020
A piece of legislation introduced at the back end of 2011 is going to have a dramatic effect on the Singaporean property market – meaning potential bargains for house hunters and on the flip side sizeable losses for developers.
It all stems from the ABSD – additional buyers stamp duty. This ticking time bomb, set in motion on the 8th December 2011, stated that developers had to not only complete all residential projects, but sell all of their units within 5 years of purchasing the land. Any units remaining unsold would then be liable to a levy of 10% of the purchase price of the site. That percentage was increased to 15% in January 2013.
Changi – The Jewel in Singapore's Crown
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Jewel in the East
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Changi Airport was recently voted the best airport in the world – for the fourth year in a row. The airport, like Singapore itself, is not one to rest on its laurels however, and its current redevelopment looks like it isn't going to relinquish its crown for some time to come. Scheduled for completion in 2018, Jewel Changi looks set to become one of the most incredible developments – never mind airport.
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Bidadari Estate
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New HDB scheme
My Exclusive Condo Buyer & Seller Must Know April 14, 2016
New HDB Scheme for rental flats families
Singapore families who have been staying in rental flats may now be eligible to purchase smaller 2-room flexi flats now. Under this new Scheme, the eligible families will be given a housing grant of up to $35,000. Besides the normal 99-year lease 2-room flat, the applicants will also be given an option to choose shorter lease periods ranging from 45 to 65 years . However, unlike the 5-year Minimum Occupation Period(MOP), the MOP for 2-room flexi flats is 20 years. This is to ensure that the applicants will not be selling the flats too early and the children in the families will also get to stay in a stable home environment.
In order to be eligible for this scheme, the family will have to prove that they have been having a stable income and occupation and their children are attending school regularly. This new scheme will be commencing in late 2016 and more information will be updated again.
Below are some of the upcoming New launch Condo in the housing market now
Lake Grande
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Existing new launches
Cooling measures to stay
Cooling measures
Despite countless requests by many including two members of the Parliament, the Minister of National Development had once again emphasised that it was still premature to call for a removal of the cooling measures. Some reckoned that the estate market in Singapore had mellowed down with the property bubble much deflated now, it was the right time to tweak the measures to prevent further deterioration and create a negative impact.
However, according to Mr Lawrence Wong the Minster of MND, the housing property had remained bright with strong demand, removing the property curbs could have led to a rebound instead. The prices of the resale HDB flats were actually more affordable compared to the past. With the softening of the market, property buyers were also given more attractive options.
Mr Wong also added that the property market could also be affected by external factors such as the global economy. Hence, they would definitely monitor the situation closely and ensured that appropriate actions would be taken when necessary.
So what are the new launch condos that have been selling well despite the implementations of the ABSD and much softened housing market? Below are some of the popular new launches in the market now,
High Park Residences
Tanah Merah Site
My Exclusive Condo Upcoming Development Plan April 10, 2016 December 25, 2016
Source : Business Times
CEL Residential Development by Chip Eng Seng had recently been rewarded the tender for a land parcel at Tanah Merah. There were a total of 8 bidders for this land parcel and CEL was rewarded the tender and beat the rest of the 7 bidders at a bidding price of S$419.38 million (S$718 psf ppr). The bidding price is only mildly lower than its neighbour land parcel (The Glades Condo) in 2012 by 3.8%. Being situated close to Tanah Merah MRT station could be one of the main reasons why a number of bidders from several reputable developers were attracted.
The land parcel which has an area of 23,000 square metres and a plot ratio of 2.1 is estimated to be able to house about 720 condominium units. Full condo facilities along with a child care centre are part of the proposed development within this upcoming new launch condo.
Learn more about this upcoming Tanah Merah Condo, Grandeur Park Residences by clicking on the link below
High Park Residences, which was one of the best selling projects in Singapore 2015, is another residential development by CEL. Up to January 2016, High Park Residences had already sold 94% of its 1390 units. Other upcoming new launches in 2017 are
Shunfu Ville Condo / Marymount Condo
The Clement Canopy
Lifestyle hub in Aerospace Park
My Exclusive Condo Upcoming Development Plan April 9, 2016 April 9, 2016
First Smart Home EC
New cooling measures in Shenzhen
My Exclusive Condo Buyer & Seller Must Know April 7, 2016 April 7, 2016
Different types of Public Housing in Singapore
HDB Properties
HDB flats are public residential development by the Singapore Housing Development Board (HDB). New HDB flats are sold at a subsidised price and this is only exclusively meant for Singapore Citizens. They are open for application either during Build-To-Order (BTO) sales launches or Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) sales launches. Both Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents that meet HDB eligibility conditions can also purchase HDB flats in the resale market.
HDB Decoupling
My Exclusive Condo Buyer & Seller Must Know April 5, 2016 September 14, 2016
Gone are the days when a Singaporean couple could just do a decoupling on their existing HDB flat to avoid the Additional Buyer Stamp Duty (ABSD). If you have vaguely heard about HDB Decoupling, are interested to find out more or have the intention of doing it so that you pay lesser stamp duty in your next property purchase, unfortunately you are way too late.
Decoupling
Transformation of Jurong Lake Gardens
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The new crew of the Starship Enterprise first hit the big screen in 2009. Chris Pine (Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Karl Urban (Bones), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), and Anton Yelchin (Chekov) brought the iconic characters back to moviegoers. They reunited in 2013 for Star Trek Into Darkness. Now in Star Trek Beyond they again bring the crew of the Enterprise to life in a new story that is filled with plenty of fun and a lot of special effects.
This movie epitomizes the core of the Star Trek universe: that all kinds of beings can live in harmony. The Enterprise visits a man-made base in space, which is described in the bonus features as a "proxy earth." This base, Yorktown, is a Utopian location where all kinds of aliens coexist in peace.
Then the crew is sent on a rescue mission to an unexplored planet, Altamid, where they encounter the possible destruction of humanity, as well as one of the original spaceships, the Franklin. It's on this planet they also encounter Krall (Idis Elba), a man of secrets and hatred. They also meet Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), an alien that befriends the crew and aids them in defeating, or trying to defeat Krall from using the ultimate weapon against the Yorktown.
The bonus features examine the characters as well as the history of the franchise. Director Justin Lin grew up with the franchise and brings his own love of the characters to the screen. The movie was co-written by Simon Pegg, who also costars in the film.
Bonus features explore the heart of the movie, including the relationship between Bones and Spock, who are opposites in character but ultimately make a great team. The sets are also examined in detail. Instead of simply turning the camera, a revolving set of the Enterprise was built so as the ship was spinning out of control, the actors had to actually maneuver themselves to stay upright.
For the Yorktown the filmmakers went to Dubai where a futuristic city was pretty much already set up. The green screen sets were also used and they created Krall's command center in the middle of a rock quarry. Watching the bonus features adds a lot to the background of the film and demonstrates the dedication of the filmmakers to the franchise.
This being the 50th anniversary of the franchise called for something special. So what did they do? They created 50 unique alien races for the film. How's that for dedication and commitment to the love of the franchise? A gag reel and deleted scenes are also included.
There is one more bonus that will touch the hearts of viewers. It is a tribute to Leonard Nimoy (the original and iconic Spock) who passed away during the writing of the screenplay, and Anton Yeltsin (Chekov) who passed away after the film was completed.
Star Trek has been a beloved franchise with several spinoff series' as well as this new crew stepping into the shoes of the original cast. Sci-fi is at its peak with this series. Through the years it has reflected man's hopes and desires that a peaceful existence is in our future. While it often is difficult to think that way, given the horrors happening on this planet, Star Trek offers the hope of a bright future. Live long and prosper.
The combo pack includes a Blu-ray, a DVD, and Digital HD. The film is also available on other formats. It is rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence.
Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment industry for over 20 years. She also writes about products and travel. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as Internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, from Sourced Media Books.
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Just $66 to get to Okinawa on Jetstar Asia!
byStaff Writer
Jetstar Asia has announced the return of its direct service to the subtropical island of Okinawa in southern Japan, with one-way tickets going as low as SGD66.
The three-weekly service, slated to commence on 17 November (pending regulatory approval) to coincide with the start of the year-end school holidays, will be Singapore's only scheduled connection to the popular holiday destination amongst locals throughout the year.
Jetstar Asia listened to customers
The launch of the new scheduled service is also the result of customer feedback.
In 2014, Jetstar Asia first provided charter services to Naha Airport in Okinawa, making the airline the first low-fares carrier to fly direct between the two cities.
As part of Jetstar's ongoing customer engagement process, the airline frequently polls its 'Jetstar Customer Panel' of over 35,000 customers across Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, to gauge where demand is.
Okinawa emerged as Singapore's top choice, with an overwhelming majority over other popular beach and city holiday options, according to Jetstar Asia's CEO.
Okinawa is the largest of 160 islands between Japan and Taiwan.
Okinawa is also known for its history, traditional culture, crafts and cuisine. The island is home to ancient castles listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
The islanders are also world-class masters of traditional crafts including distilling, glass making and pottery making.
According to the airline, 36,000 Singaporeans travel to Japan every year. 8.77 million travelers arrive in Okinawa every year as well.
The new service will be operated by Jetstar Asia's 180-seat A320. Promotional fares are available for purchase from SGD66 from Singapore. To book flights, visit Jetstar.com.
One-way Economy Starter Fares+ from Singapore starts from SGD179.
The service will see Jetstar Asia operate up to 20 services a week to Japan which includes Osaka. From Japan, customers can connect to the rest of Japan through sister airline Jetstar Japan.
Jetstar Japan currently operates nine services a week to Naha in Okinawa from Narita, Nagoya and Osaka in Japan.
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Casey Haines (born August 23, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey player who last played for the Fife Flyers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Playing career
Haines attended Ferris State University where he played NCAA Division I college hockey with the Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey team scoring 25 goals and 35 assists for 60 points in 142 games.

On July 13, 2010, the Reading Royals signed Haines to his first professional contract.

After two seasons with the Royals, Haines signed abroad in the United Kingdom signing a one-year contract with Fife Flyers of the EIHL on August 8, 2012.

After hockey, Casey pursued a career in data analytics with The Nielsen Company, where he quickly became a data ninja. After two years of being the downright Data Copperfield of Nielsen's Kellogg team, he retired in his prime.

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1986 births
American men's ice hockey left wingers
Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey players
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Lake Erie Monsters players
Living people
Norfolk Admirals players
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American expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland
Ice hockey people from Pennsylvania
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I was cleaning up some off my work gear the other day. To put away my tools and other stuff I take up to the mountains I use old army boxes. Those are the only boxes I found in Chiang Mai that are water proof and strong enough to survive the abuse when I go into the mountains. This one is the stuff I always throw on the back off the truck before I leave. I know not very much. But I guess I'm bit of a minimalist. Depending on the project or work I will add other boxes with tools etc.


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Q: Rails 4 - Can't save model without creating new nested model with 'has_one' association I have a Visibility model, which has some boolean attributes and other things defining how other models can be seen.  Visibility is polymorphic, because I want it to belong to both the User and Activity models.  Visibility:
class Visibility < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :viewable, :polymorphic => true
end

User (edited to include totality):
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  # Relations
  #has_many :posts
  has_one :fb_connection
  has_many :activities
  has_many :participations
  has_many :activities, :through => :participations
  has_one :visibility, as: :viewable, dependent: :destroy
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :visibility

  has_many :friendships
  has_many :friends, :through => :friendships
  has_many :sent_friend_invites, :through => :friendships
  has_many :received_friend_invites, :through => :friendships

  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
  :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :confirmable

  # Callback to set a user's default visibility for their activities
  before_save :default_values

  # paperclip helper method
  has_attached_file :profile_pic, styles: {
    thumb: '100x100>',
    square: '200x200#',
    medium: '300x300>'
  }, default_url: "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/743320/q_silhouette.gif"

  # Pagination
  paginates_per 100

  # Validations
  # :email
  validates :first_name, presence: true
  validates :last_name, presence: true
  validates_format_of :email, with: /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/i

  # Paperclip validation
  validates_attachment :profile_pic, :size => { :in => 0..10.megabytes }, :content_type => { :content_type => /^image\/(jpeg|png|gif|tiff)$/}

  def self.paged(page_number)
    order(admin: :desc, email: :asc).page page_number
  end

  def self.search_and_order(search, page_number)
    if search
      where("email LIKE ?", "%#{search.downcase}%").order(
      admin: :desc, email: :asc
      ).page page_number
    else
      order(admin: :desc, email: :asc).page page_number
    end
  end

  def self.last_signups(count)
    order(created_at: :desc).limit(count).select("id","email","created_at")
  end

  def self.last_signins(count)
    order(last_sign_in_at:
    :desc).limit(count).select("id","email","last_sign_in_at")
  end

  def self.users_count
    where("admin = ? AND locked = ?",false,false).count
  end

  def get_display_name
    if display_name =~ /./  # Just check that the display name is not ""
      #puts "display name: " + display_name
      return display_name
    else
      #puts "name: " +  [first_name, last_name].join(" ")
      return [first_name, last_name].join(" ")
    end
  end

  def get_profile_pic_thumb
    return profile_pic(:thumb)
  end

  def measurement_labels
    return I18n.t('user_label_use_metric_true') if use_metric
  end

  private

  def default_values
    viewable ||= Visibility.create(default_viewable_params)
  end

  def default_viewable_params
    {:public => true, :app_friends => true, :facebook_friends => true, :strava_friends => true, :viewable => self }
  end
end

Activity (relevant parts):
class Activity < ActiveRecord::Base
    ...
    has_one :visibility, as: :viewable, dependent: :destroy
    ...
end

I can't for the life of me get this to work.  Any time I just save a user model -- even if the Visibility model is not modified -- it creates a NEW Visibility model for the user.  E.g., in the console:
user = User.find(5)
user.foo = false
user.save

I get this output:

(0.4ms)  BEGIN   SQL (1.0ms)  INSERT INTO "visibilities" ("public",
  "app_friends", "facebook_friends", "viewable_id", "viewable_type",
  "created_at", "updated_at") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
  RETURNING "id"  [["public", "t"], ["app_friends", "t"],
  ["facebook_friends", "t"], ["viewable_id", 5], ["viewable_type",
  "User"], ["created_at", "2015-10-23 23:06:57.431922"], ["updated_at",
  "2015-10-23 23:06:57.431922"]]    (21.3ms)  COMMIT  => true

And naturally, trying to update the Visibility model through User fails.  While it is updated, a new one is also created in its place.  Here is the applicable user_controller methods and view using simple_form_for:
#user_controller
def preferences
    @user = current_user
    if !@user.visibility
      @user.visibility = Visibility.new
    end
end

def update_preferences
    user = current_user
    user.update!(user_pref_params)
    flash[:notice] = I18n.t('user_flash_update_success')
    redirect_to profile_path(user)
end

private

def user_pref_params
    params.require(:user).permit(:use_metric, visibility_attributes: [:id, :public, :app_friends, :facebook_friends])
end

<!-- preferences form -->
<%= simple_form_for @user, :url => update_preferences_path do |f| %>
    <%= f.simple_fields_for :visibility do |v| %>
        <%= v.input :public, label: t('user_preferences_label_public'), as: :select, required: false %>
        <%= v.input :app_friends, label: t('user_preferences_label_app_friends'), as: :select, required: false %>
        <%= v.input :facebook_friends, label: t('user_preferences_label_facebook_friends'), as: :select, required: false %>
    <% end %>
    <!-- Preference for system of measurement -->
    <%= f.input :use_metric, as: :select, collection: [[t('user_preferences_use_metric_true'), true], [t('user_preferences_use_metric_false'), false]], label: t('user_preferences_label_use_metric'),  include_blank: false %>

    <!-- Submit button -->
    <%= f.button :submit, :label => "Save", :class => "btn btn-primary" %>
<% end %>

This attempt at mass assignment gives me this feedback:

Started PATCH "/users/updateprefs" for 127.0.0.1 at 2015-10-23
  17:02:52 -0700 Processing by UsersController#update_preferences as
  HTML   Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓",
  "authenticity_token"=>"FXj3kWxNDE7tl7InvBvL68UzlvmWR/d3aJ4/gTg7cCCEGEafJJZO10ud31kU2120SdKF3aNj5gy0FiizURHTeQ==",
  "user"=>{"visibility_attributes"=>{"public"=>"false",
  "app_friends"=>"false", "facebook_friends"=>"false", "id"=>"64"},
  "use_metric"=>"true"}, "commit"=>"Update User"}   User Load (0.4ms)
  SELECT  "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = $1  ORDER BY
  "users"."id" ASC LIMIT 1  [["id", 55]]    (0.3ms)  BEGIN   Visibility
  Load (0.8ms)  SELECT  "visibilities".* FROM "visibilities" WHERE
  "visibilities"."viewable_id" = $1 AND "visibilities"."viewable_type" =
  $2 LIMIT 1  [["viewable_id", 55], ["viewable_type", "User"]]   SQL
  (0.6ms)  INSERT INTO "visibilities" ("public", "app_friends",
  "facebook_friends", "viewable_id", "viewable_type", "created_at",
  "updated_at") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7) RETURNING "id"
  [["public", "t"], ["app_friends", "t"], ["facebook_friends", "t"],
  ["viewable_id", 55], ["viewable_type", "User"], ["created_at",
  "2015-10-24 00:02:52.244397"], ["updated_at", "2015-10-24
  00:02:52.244397"]]   SQL (0.5ms)  UPDATE "users" SET "use_metric" =
  $1, "updated_at" = $2 WHERE "users"."id" = $3  [["use_metric", "t"],
  ["updated_at", "2015-10-24 00:02:52.247304"], ["id", 55]]   SQL
  (0.5ms)  UPDATE "visibilities" SET "app_friends" = $1, "updated_at" =
  $2 WHERE "visibilities"."id" = $3  [["app_friends", "f"],
  ["updated_at", "2015-10-24 00:02:52.250120"], ["id", 64]]    (13.3ms)
  COMMIT

As you can see, Rails is both creating a new visibility and updating the existing one!  I can maybe jerry-rig this to work around it with some really ugly code, but I would appreciate any help to keep my controller actions clean.

A: In your User model, in the default_values method, you're creating a new visibility and assigning it to viewable.  However, this is scoped such that it is only available to the method, not the class as a whole (and thus does comparison against the method variable).
Also, viewable is the correct usage of the association only in the Visibility model.  In the User model, you will have to reference it as visibility.
What needs to be done is to use self to apply the comparison and assignment to the instance variable instead.
def default_values
  self.visibility ||= Visibility.create(default_viewable_params)
end

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Q: Is encoding an entity type in the top few bits of a 64 identifier better than a guid? WHY

*

*I would like the ability to have unique identifiers across all entities in my system.

*Being able to identifier the owner "type" form the id would be great, even better if i dont have to hit the db.

GUID
DOWNS:

*

*Cant tell type without querying db.

HIDING TYPE IN THE TOP X BITS
Lets face it 64 bits will never run out. The idea is to use perhaps the top say X bits to encode the "type" of an entity. This will mean that ids will be exceptionally large.
NOTES

*

*The top bits are masked and cleaned to get the true id for db stuff.

UPS

*

*Can easily determine type of id by examininig the right bits.

ENCODING TYPE IN BOTTOM X BITS
Rather than encode in the top few bits, shift the true id, and encode in the bottom bits. If i wish to reserve 5 bits for "types" then a true id of 3 + an id type of X would turn out to be 5 + 3 << X.
NOTES

*

*Just like the other encoding method described above the type bits are masked out when doing db stuff.

DOWNS

*

*If i need more than X bits for types at some later stage then i will need to encode the remaining bits in the top end of the 64 bit value.

UPS

*

*No need to query db to determine "type" of entity from id.

OPINIONS
Which option is best ? I personally like the last option, picking a good size for X leaves enough room for expansion without overly large ids.

A: I've used this technique, and I found it useful to use the top bits, rather than the bottom bits. This is because if you later decide to expand the number of type bits used to allow for more types, the chances are good that the bit is 'unused' by any existing ids.
Also, for a small number of types, it's possible to get accustomed the ranges used for each type, and after a while you just know the type by looking at the id, which can be useful when debugging!

A: I've used something similar to this before, but with a slight variant: for production code, I just generate a random GUID as normal. Aside from anything else, this makes it really simple to write that production code and be confident that the randomness hasn't been compromised.
However, for test data, I specified GUIDs explicitly and baked that knowledge into the test code infrastructure too. Each entity GUID was basically a combination of the "type number" and a counter for how many entities had been created. It made the test data easier to understand: if something went wrong it was much easier to find "entity X number 3" than try to look for an arbitrary GUID.


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"Stomp" is "dream job" for local percussionist
Clinton Township resident Jonathan Elkins has been a performer in "Stomp" for the past four years. The show comes to the Macomb Center on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 11-12. (Photo courtesy of the company)
"Stomp" performs Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 11-12, at the Macomb Center in Clinton Township. (Photo courtesy of the production)
By Gary Graff |
PUBLISHED: January 9, 2020 at 8:34 a.m. | UPDATED: June 17, 2021 at 4:49 a.m.
"Stomp" was something Jonathan Elkins wanted to do since he started playing percussion in the Hazel Park High School Band.
He's proof that wishes do come true.
Elkins, 29 – raised in Ferndale and now living with his wife in Clinton Township – has been part of the "Stomp" ensemble for the past four years, making sound and music with everything from trash cans and lids to newspapers and brooms.
"The allure of 'Stomp' is different from person to person," Elkins says. "Some people are attracted by the movement and choreography and dance. There's a lot of slapstick comedy in it, too, and some people like that. For me it's the drumming, the music, that kind of punk, street aspect of it. But really I like it all."
Elkins is certainly one of "Stomp's" most versatile cast members.
Hailing from a family of musicians, particularly on his father's side, he started playing around sixth grade and went on to study percussion at Western Michigan and Wayne State universities. He's been part of the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons drum lines and has done improvisational comedy with Second City in Chicago, the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and Go Comedy in Ferndale. Elkins also does freelance work, giving private lessons and coaching drum lines around the Detroit metro area.
All of that makes "Stomp" a "dream job" for Elkins, though he's also feeling the pull of some domestic ambitions.
"Maybe after one more tour with 'Stomp" we're going to get a house, settle down, try to have a family, all that stuff," he says. "At some point you've got to buckle down, but ('Stomp') is something I really wanted to do, and I love it."
"Stomp" is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Macomb Center, 44575 Garfield Road, Clinton Township. Tickets are $48.50-$64.50. Call 586-286-2222 or visit macombcenter.com.
Gary Graff


FASHION EVENT. DEBENHAMS AW14. THAT ORANGE TWO PIECE! | Life Looks Perfect.
FASHION EVENT. DEBENHAMS AW14. THAT ORANGE TWO PIECE!
Another week, another set of fabulous clothes, completely unimaginable to wear in Summer heat but hey that's the way the fashion industry works. On Wednesday, I was very lucky to be invited to the Debenhams press day. Last month I was gutted to miss their beauty press day that looked and sounded fabulous, so I had high expectations. Just like my last fashion event post, I will share my favourite pieces from the collection and hopefully give you an over view on what the latest trends are coming up for AW14.
It happened, I am obsessed with orange. God knows if orange even suits me but my eye loves it and my life needs it. At the gorgeous high ceiling, gold adorned ornate setting of the Debenhams Press Day, I can't express how these clothes had a backdrop to live up to. As soon as I arrived I spotted a gorgeous orange coat from Red Herring, I just wanted to whip it off the mannequin and run out the door with it. Now this happened on quite a few occasions with Henry Holland's Hi collection with amazing fun animal prints and an oversized coat that just was beautiful. Alot of the coats were very textured and seemed to be available in a similar oversized fit in warm autumn tones with huge oversize lapels which I love.
As I haven't been to many AW14 press days yet, I have to say that you can certainly pick up on big trends that seem to be coming through every designers collections. One of these is the two piece. Now I have a thing for matching two pieces, they remind me of the 60's when woman looked fabulous in cute matching suits in loud prints or subtle pastels. Whether its a matching top and skirt or a sophisticated trouser suit, I can't help but fall in love with them. Now you may have see this one above on my instagram but I can't wait till it's out in store as I NEED it! Again from Red Herring, who for me provided most of my eye candy, I fell in love with this skirt and short sleeved bright retro orange print. I can't remember how much it cost now but I don't care as I want it! You could wear it in the summer and dressed up a little with tights and a cardigan for Winter. I also have to mention Julien McDonald's jacquard style suit below. I loved the tailored trousers and matching blazer. Its print was right up my street!
As a gal who loves her monochrome, I found some amazing pieces and prints that would fit straight into my wardrobe. Full skirts are of course staying here for AW14 in thicker, bolder fabrics. I still haven't taken the plunge in buying one yet as I am so short, I am worried it will swamp me in fabric and will be more maxi skirt than midi. They are just so elegant though. As for accessories, I must say I didn't really see anything that I was that excited about but you can see that ankle boots and bold statement jewellery are going to be huge again for adding a touch of glam to your woolly knits.
I hope you like my edit of my favourite parts of the Debenhams AW14 Press Day and that your just as confused as me to this thought of Winter at the start of Summer! Please do let me know if you like these fashion posts as I know it's a bit different for my some what beauty focused readers. Don't worry beauty is still at the top of my list but whilst lots of previews are going on I really wanted to share them with you as they excite me and I feel inspired!


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Q: iOS Firebase push notifications alert When my app is running in foreground and I send a notification from my web server (PHP), the iPhone does not alerts that the message arrived. I know that the message arrives because I save it on internal database and I can see it in a viewcontroller.
That's my JSON packet:
{
   "data": {
       "mensagem":"msg",
       "dataEnvio":"2017-01-2016:06:58"
    },
    "content_available":true,
    "time_to_live":3600,
    "priority":"high",
    "notification":{
        "title":"new",
        "sound":"default",
        "body":"msg"
    },
    "registration_ids":["..."]
}

The same problem does not happens on Android.
Someone know what this is happening?

A: When the app is in the foreground the notification portion of the push notification is neglected in both android and ios. I am sure that you are creating the push notification yourself in android on the handling function OnMessageReceived so that it appear when you are foreground.


Giovanni Boldini (31 December 1842 in Ferrara, Italy – 11 July 1931 in Paris, France) was an Italian genre and portrait painter. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting.
Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as the Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known.
Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist. He completed portraits of premier members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster. From 1872 he lived in Paris, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas. He also became the most fashionable portrait painter in Paris in the late 19th century, with a dashing style of painting which shows some Macchiaioli influence and the style reminds us the work of younger artists, such as John Singer Sargent and Paul Helleu. He was nominated commissioner of the Italian section of the Paris Exposition in 1889, and received the Légion d'honneur for this appointment.
A Boldini portrait of his former muse Marthe de Florian, a French actress, was discovered in a Paris flat in late 2010, hidden away from view on the premises that were unvisited for 70 years. The portrait has never been listed, exhibited or published and the flat belonged to de Florian's granddaughter who went to live in the South of France at the outbreak of the Second World War and never returned. A love-note and a biographical reference to the work painted in 1888, when the actress was 24, cemented its authenticity. The full length portrait of the lady in the same clothing and accessories, but less provocative, hangs in the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Boldini was a painter at a special, sad time in Western history- that last few decades before the Great Wars of the Twentieth Century upended the civilization. The French knew it as La Belle Époque, the British as the Edwardian Era, America, The Gilded Age… that time upon which it is easy to look back in longing as a happier, more civilized time (though for many, it wasn't).
Here is a vignette of some of "the beautiful people" of that era- the dancers at the end of time.


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Harkin Joins Congressman Miller, CEA Chair Furman to Call on Congress to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $10.10
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after learning that Congressman George Miller (D-CA), senior Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, would retire at the end of his term. Harkin and Miller were both elected to the U.S. House in 1974 and have worked together on numerous...
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'South Park' Re-Ups With Massive Hulu, Comedy Central Deals (Exclusive)
The streaming service will pay $192 million to the network's owner, Viacom, and the show's creative team for a three-year extension.
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South Park will continue for another five years as a major cable presence and simultaneously as one of the biggest streaming properties with an extension of its Comedy Central deal together with a huge re-up of its Hulu deal. The streaming service will pay Viacom and the show's creative team $192 million over five years, according to sources.
The two pacts — adding three more years to the two remaining on the existing Comedy Central and Hulu contracts — marks a new symbiotic strategy between conventional and streaming television.
For Comedy Central and its parent Viacom, its 50/50 split of the Hulu deal with the show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, represents one of the first instances where digital monies will underwrite current production costs.
For Hulu, the show targets a vital digital demographic and is a key element in building the streaming network's competitive position against Netflix and Amazon.
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For Stone and Parker, who will continue to write and direct every episode — with $110 million earmarked for the creative team over the five-year period — it's a capstone of an 18-year show run that will raise South Park to a more than 300-episode library and a long-term, if not permanent, television franchise.
It is also for Stone and Parker something of a vindication of their efforts to crack the digital code for television, both in their early decision to hold on to streaming rights, and in their part in television's digital piracy battles. South Park, among the television industry's most pirated shows, was a central issue in compelling Viacom in 2006 to sue YouTube and owner Google, widely seen as setting the framework for tougher pirating policies at major platforms and for YouTube's current licensing model.
"This is now particularly satisfying," said Stone in a recent discussion. "It comes full circle since the tech guys came to Hollywood and said you better give us your stuff for free to put online or else it will be taken from you anyway."
The deal, too, is evidence in Viacom's argument that the recent ratings drop at its cable networks marks not so much a weakness in cable but an as-yet-largely-unmeasured expansion of the audience across digital platforms. This deal helps monetize that shift in audience.
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At Comedy Central, facing the departure of Jon Stewart at The Daily Show in August, the deal keeps in place the network's central tentpole. "South Park is one of the foundations on which the house of Comedy Central has been built," said Viacom music and entertainment group chief Doug Herzog, who first signed the show in 1997.
For Hulu, South Park marks its biggest content deal yet — after its $160 million pact for Seinfeld announced in late April and its deal with CBS for all 300 episodes of CSI — in its effort to build a streaming network that competes with Netflix and Amazon by acquiring major franchise television. "Very few shows in the history of television will have made it to 23 seasons," said Lisa Holme, Hulu's vp content acquisition.
In addition to the availability on Hulu of the entire library of South Park — one of Hulu's consistent top draws — current shows will be available a day after airing on Comedy Central, a significant differentiator to almost all of Netflix's licensing deals.
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Hulu, jointly owned by Comcast, Disney and 21st Century Fox, has been refocusing its business model from free, ad-supported programming to a Netflix-like $8 monthly subscription model (though some programming will still be available for free). At the same time, Hulu runs the South Park website, selling ads against a free, curated selection of episodes.
For Stone and Parker, whose "creative studio" is one of the industry's most innovative and successful talent entities — holding the South Park TV and video game franchises, as well as the team's hit musical The Book of Mormon — the deal marks another step in its long-term bet on the expansion of television. "South Park was one of the first shows sold on DVD, the first basic cable show on off-network syndication and the first to retain its streaming rights," said Stone and Parker's partner, entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris, reflecting on the deal.
For Stone, the deal most of all indicates a new level of maturity for digital television in its relationship with the creative side of the entertainment business. "Digital now represents not only a real audience, real money, real competition and a real marketplace, but there's finally an understanding that the business is going to have to rely on the talent community and the franchises that it has built and not on algorithms," Stone said.
"You can't have shows like ours without someone like Doug Herzog who knows how to bet on talent and deal with talent," he continued. "That's not what you get from the technology business. Frankly, in the past I haven't much liked dealing with the people from Silicon Valley. I don't like our stuff being talked about as content. Spoons are metal and guns are metal, but they're not the same thing. We don't make content. We make television. And that's now what digital understands it has to pay for."
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Spike es el nombre de varios personajes de ficción en las franquicias de la editorial Marvel Comics. No deben confundirse con Spyke de X-Men: Evolution, ni con Spike Freeman, otro personaje de los grupos X-Statix y Fuerza-X.

Spike / Darian Elliott es un personaje de la serie X-Statix de Marvel Comics.

Spike / Gary Walsh es un personaje de New X-Men, que apareció por primera vez en el número #126 de ese título. Fue estudiante en el Instituto Xavier antes del Día-M.

Un personaje similar apareció en la película X-Men: The Last Stand, interpretado por Lance Gibson.

Spike de X-Statix

Historia de publicación
Spike / Darian Elliott apareció por primera vez en X-Force #121, y fue creado por Peter Milligan y Mike Allred. Es un mutante que podía generar puntas afiladas de su cuerpo, que disparaba hacia afuera con una precisión mortal.

Biografía ficticia del personaje
Después de ver secuencias de vídeo del héroe independiente Spike en acción, el grupo de superhéroes mutantes X-Statix, con sede en Santa Mónica, California, está de acuerdo en que se unirá al equipo. Casi desde el principio, su naturaleza antagónica crea luchas y tensiones entre él y los miembros del equipo Vivisector, Phat, el Anarchist, U-Go Girl y Lacuna.

Durante una batalla con el grupo terrorista mutante La Hermandad, Spike ayuda al Orphan a matar a una de los miembros de La Hermandad empalándola mientras caía de espaldas por un puñetazo del Orphan. En otra batalla, en Centroamérica, Spike y el Anarchist compitieron para matar a tantos milicianos como fuera posible. Algún tiempo después, luego de ver a Vivisector y Phat tomados de la mano, la reacción homofóbica de Spike causa otra grieta con el equipo. Spike es asesinado eventualmente por un impostor.

Spike de New X-Men

Historia de publicación
Spike / Gary Walsh apareció por primera vez en New X-Men vol. 1 #126 (pero no recibió un nombre de pila hasta ocho números después), fue creado por Grant Morrison y Frank Quitely. Fue catalogado como desactivado durante el evento del Día-M.

Biografía ficticia del personaje
Spike es un joven mutante inscrito en el Instituto Xavier de Enseñanza Superior. Spike tiene la capacidad de extender protrusiones afiladas y puntiagudas de su cuerpo.

Otros personajes de cómics llamados Spike
 Una miembro de The People era conocida como Spike. La joven tenía seis brazos pero aparentemente pereció en la destrucción de su mansión. Ella apareció por primera vez (y murió) en Sub-Mariner Vol. 1, #42.

 Spike es también el nombre de un mutante Deviant, quien junto con Coal y String, fue enviado por Ghaur para recuperar el Proteus Horn que podría convocar monstruos submarinos. Fue confundido con Sunspot por Namorita. Apareció por primera vez en New Mutants Annual #5.

 Un miembro de Hellbent también fue llamado Spike. Podía disparar espigas que causaban delirios. Apareció por primera vez en Moon Knight Vol. 3, #58.

 Un agente de Rainman es conocido como Spike también. Fue forzado por White Tiger a dar información sobre el Rainman y apareció por primera vez en Crew #2.

En otros medios

Películas
En la película X-Men: The Last Stand, un personaje nombrado "Spike" interpretado por Lance Gibson apareció en una batalla contra Wolverine en medio de un bosque, tenía la capacidad de desprender espigas óseas de su carne y lanzarlas con mucha velocidad y fuerza. La batalla culmina cuando Wolverine le clava las garras.

Referencias

Marvel Comics
Personajes de X-Men
Héroes de Marvel Comics
Mutantes de Marvel Comics
Afroamericanos ficticios
Personajes creados por Mike Allred
Personajes creados por Peter Milligan


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<?php
namespace CedricBlondeau\PhpEnigma2\Bouquets;

use VIPSoft\Unzip\Unzip;

class Retriever
{
    private $tmpDir;
    private $tmpArchive;
    private $tmpBouquets;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->tmpDir = __DIR__ . '/../../tmp/';
        $this->tmpArchive = $this->tmpDir . 'tmp.zip';
        $this->tmpBouquets = $this->tmpDir . 'bouquets/';
        $this->clearTempFiles();
    }

    /**
     * Download and extract the bouquets archive from the web
     * eg : download('http://domain.tld/bouquets.zip');
     *
     * @param string $url
     * @return string
     */
    public function download($url)
    {
        file_put_contents($this->tmpArchive, fopen($url, 'r'));
        $this->extract($this->tmpArchive);
        return $this->tmpBouquets;
    }

    /**
     * Extract the downloaded archive from tmp directory, return the bouquet directory
     * If the file does not exist, throw an exception
     *
     * @param $file
     * @throws \Exception
     */
    private function extract($file)
    {
        if(file_exists($file)) {
            $unzip = new Unzip();
            $unzip->extract($file, $this->tmpDir);
            $this->renameDirectory();
        } else {
            throw new \RuntimeException("File not found");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Remove the tmp archive & tmp bouquets
     */
    private function clearTempFiles()
    {
        if(file_exists($this->tmpArchive)) {
            unlink($this->tmpArchive);
        }
        if(file_exists($this->tmpBouquets) && is_dir($this->tmpBouquets)) {
            $this->unlinkDirectory($this->tmpBouquets);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Rename the extracted directory
     */
    private function renameDirectory()
    {
        rename($this->tmpDir . $this->getExtractedDirectory(), $this->tmpBouquets);
    }

    /**
     * Get the extracted directory name
     *
     * @return string
     */
    private function getExtractedDirectory()
    {
        $files = scandir($this->tmpDir);
        foreach($files as $file) {
            if($file != '.' && $file != '..' && $file != 'tmp.zip') {
                return $file;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Remove the directory and his content
     *
     * @param string $directory
     */
    private function unlinkDirectory($directory)
    {
        $files = glob($directory . '*', GLOB_MARK);
        foreach($files as $file) {
            unlink($file);
        }
        rmdir($directory);
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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How Obama blew it
Ross Douthat 6:00 PM on November 01, 2010
So what happened to the brave new liberal era? Well, a few things. The Wall Street bailout made big government seem like a corrupt racket. The unemployment rate made activist government appear helpless in a crisis. The yawning deficits made a free-spending government look like a luxury the country might not be able to afford…
Nor have Obama's political instincts helped him through these difficulties. Presidents always take more blame than they deserve for political misfortune, but Obama's style has invited disillusionment. His messianic campaign raised impossible hopes (particularly among Comedy Central viewers, apparently), and he has made a habit of baldly overpromising, whether the subject is the unemployment rate or the health care bill. Obama seems as if he would have been a wonderful chief executive in an era of prosperity and consensus, when he could have given soaring speeches every week and made us all feel tingly about America. But he's miscast as a partisan scrapper, and unpersuasive when he tries to feel the country's economic pain.
Thus his sagging poll numbers; thus the debacle that probably awaits his party on Tuesday. It will not be as grave a defeat as many conservatives would like to think: the health care bill may yet be remembered by liberals as a victory worth the price, the demographic trends are still with the Democrats, and the Republicans will return to power unprepared to wield it. But nonetheless, an opportunity has opened for the Right that would have been unimaginable just two years ago — a chance to pre-empt a seemingly inevitable liberal epoch with an unexpected conservative revival.
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Atari Brings All Things Horsey To Wii
News / by Jason Dobson /
Atari has partnered with the Federation Equestre Internationale FEI (International Equestrian Federation) to release My Horse and Me, a "realistic and immersive" horseback riding and equestrian simulation, this fall for the Wii.
The game is being developed by W!Games, which is also making a version for the PC. The game marks the studio's freshman effort, an arguably unconventional way to hit the ground running. Mistic ( Totally Spies 2: Undercover) is handling the game's DS duties.
According to Atari, the game will feature "extensive customization," a first and third-person mode, and "the most accurate horse models and animations yet realized in a video game," an area of game design I can honestly say is probably largely unexplored.
My Horse and Me will also include a variety of modes and minigames, as well as a globetrotting (har, a pun!) tournament including both indoor and outdoor locations "from rustic stables and classical riding schools to world-class tournament locations."


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Преподобний Феофіл (Феофіл Київський, в миру — Горенківський Хома Андрійович; 1788, Махнівка (Київська губернія, сьогодні Вінниччина) — 28 жовтня 1853, Київ) — український святий, ієросхимонах Києво-Печерської лаври, подвижник XIX століття, юродивий. Блаженний Феофіл був канонізований і прославлений у 1999 році рішенням Синоду УПЦ.

Біографія

Народився в сім'ї священика у містечку Махнівка Київської губернії. Життя повідомляє, що після свого народження Хома не хотів їсти материнське молоко, але не відмовлявся від посної їжі (розварена ріпа і морква). Це викликало жах у його суєвірної матері і вона тричі намагалася втопити дитину, проте він у дивний спосіб був врятовний. До семи років Хома осиротів і став блукаючим мандрівником, що й визначило його майбутнє юродство.

Блукання по сім'ях родичів привели юного Хому у Києво-Братський монастир, де він почав навчання у Академії. Після смерті вуйка, котрий допомагав йому грішми, Хома залишив навчання, став пономарем спочатку в Чигирині, потім в Обухові. Під час франко-російської війни 1812 року він вернувся до Братського монастиря і став послушником.

 11 грудня 1821 року Хому постригають у чернецтво з іменем Феодорит
 30 вересня 1822 року рукопокладають у ієродиякони.
 6 лютого 1827 року Феодорит стає ієромонахом.
 9 грудня 1834 року Феодорит приймає велику схиму з іменем Феофіл.

Після цього він приймає на себе подвиг юродства заради Христа. Життя святого оповідає про його дар пророцтва і чудотворення. За порадами і благословінням до старця зверталося багато людей. Відомо, що Феофіл воздвинув хрести на майбутньому місці облаштування Спасо-Преображенської пустині та Іонинського монастиря. Йому приписують пророцтво про появу жіночого Покровського монастиря на Глубочиці (заснований через 36 років після його смерті великою княгинею Олександрою Петрівною).

28 жовтня 1853 року Феофіл помер в день пам'яті особливо шанованої ним великомучениці Параскеви. Перед смертю він приготував усе необхідне до свого поховання, запалив в келії лампади, обкадивши приміщення ладаном і велів одному з послушників вдарити у дзвін. Життя повідомляє що він помер промовивши євангельські слова Симеона Богоприємця: «Господи, в руці твої передаю дух мой».

Прославлення

У 1993 році разом з преподобними Досифеєю, Парфенієм і Олексієм а також Христа ради юродивим Паїсієм Феофіл був прославлений в лику місцевошанованих печерських святих. Пам'ять святого встановлено на 27 липня та 10 листопада (за григоріанським календарем).

Були віднайдені мощі святого, які раніше знаходилися в приходському Свято-Троїцькому храмі на території Китаївської пустині, 24 лютого 2009 року були перенесені до монастирського храму Дванадцяти апостолів. Там знаходиться і могила преподобного. В роки радянської влади, коли територія монастиря була передана НДІ садівницва, місце поховання ієросхимонаха Феофіла зберегли відомим через те, що тут стояв пам'ятник.

Багато фрагментів з життя Феофіла лягли в основу сценарію фільму Острів.

Примітки

Посилання

 Старець Ієромонах Феофіл, Христа ради юродивий
 Фільм про преподобного Феофіла українською мовою

Юродиві
Старці
Преподобні
Святі України
Уродженці Махнівки (Козятинський район)


Mobile site for the ACMI Game Masters exhibition. Users can browse all the available information regarding the event and buy tickets as well. The site had to follow a style guide created for the event. Eventually design concepts were made for ACMI's main mobile website.


Sen. Charles Schumer says lower crude oil prices don't reflect the price at the pump or of home heating oil, and he wants "stiff penalties" for companies that don't keep pace.
Sen. Charles Schumer says the recent significant decline in the price of crude oil is not being reflected in the cost of gasoline at the pump or of home heating oil. The New York Democrat blames oil companies for the disparity.
At a news conference Sunday, Schumer said his analysis showed that oil companies aren't as quick to drop retail prices when crude oil drops as they are to raise prices when crude oil goes up.
Schumer is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to issue an advisory threatening "stiff penalties" for any oil company whose retail prices for gasoline and heating oil do not keep pace with the overall drop in crude oil.


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Emirates Red Crescent intensifies efforts to support flood victims in Malaysia
Thursday, January 14th, 2021 9:28pm
The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has intensified its humanitarian efforts to support people affected by the floods that hit the state of Pahang in Malaysia.
An ERC delegation is in the country to provide urgent relief aid to thousands of families who have taken refuge in evacuation centres.
The aid programme is part of the first phase of a major campaign to deliver essential items comprising food, shelter and medical materials.
It is being implemented in cooperation with the UAE Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and relevant local authorities.
In the coming days, the delegation, led by Mohammed Salem Al Junaibi, will provide further necessary relief requirements to several affected provinces, despite the difficulties in terms of movement and transportation due to the damage to the state's infrastructure.
The delegation also met with officials of the Pahang State Government to discuss their preparations and ongoing relief efforts.
The delegation then held a coordination meeting with several officials at the Management and Emergency Centre of Pekan Province, to discuss ways of providing the best relief services in targeted areas.
Officials of Pahang thanked the UAE Government for its rapid response and supporting those affected by the floods, as well as for dispatching an ERC delegation.
Families affected by the floods and other beneficiaries of the ERC's campaign also thanked the UAE and its leadership for supporting them.
COVID-19: UAE vaccinates 84,852 people in 24 hours
As many as 84,852 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the UAE in the past 24 hours.


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Q: Why is linux kernel marking heap as mapped, when the program break has never been altered, libc is not linked, and heap should not exist? I've tried to reduce the code to something more minimal to demonstrate the problem.
BITS 64

global _start:function
global BIG_BAD_BLOCK:data

section .rodata     progbits  alloc   noexec  nowrite  align=4
    hc_str_a: db "Example",   0x0

section .bss        nobits    alloc   noexec  write    align=4
    personZ:  resb  20  ;
    personX:  resb  20  ;

section FAKE_HEAP   nobits    alloc   noexec  write    align=1
    NEXT_ADDR:      resq 1      ; pointer to the next available byte within the block
    BIG_BAD_BLOCK:  resb 204800 ; 200 KB chunk of memory

;   cpu instructions
section .text       progbits  alloc   exec    nowrite  align=16

    _start:                              ; start(argc, argv, envp)                               // the kernel calls _start() with the args provided by the execve() system call
        mov rdi, rsp                     ; (int*)          rdi         = rsp                     // argc is the first thing on the stack
        add rdi, 8                       ; (char**)        rdi         = (unsigned long) rdi + 8 // argv begins 8 bytes after argc
        mov ecx, dword [rsp]             ; (unsigned int)  ecx         = *((int*) rsp)           // argc : the kernel passes initial program arguments on the stack, rather than by registers
        mov eax, ecx                     ; (unsigned int)  eax         = ecx
        mov ebx, 8                       ; (unsigned int)  ebx         = 8
        mul ebx                          ; (unsigned int)  eax         = argc * 8                // how many bytes long is the argv array
        add eax, 8                       ; (unsigned int)  eax        += 8                       // byte length of argv + 8 byte offset for argv's trailing null
        add rax, rdi                     ; (char**)        rax         = (unsigned long) argv + eax
        mov rsi, rax                     ; (char**)        rsi         = envp                    //
        mov eax, ecx                     ; (unsigned int)  eax         = argc                    //
        call init                        ; init(argc, argv, envp)
        nop                              ;                                                       // ignore the do-nothing instruction
    init:
        push rax                         ;                                                       // save the register we are going to clobber (argc)
        push rdi                         ;                                                       // save the register we are going to clobber (argv)
        push rsi                         ;                                                       // save the register we are going to clobber (envp)
        push rbp                         ; (stackframe*)  (--rsp)      = (stackframe*) rbp       // save copy of old top-of-stack at the new top-of-stack 8 bytes down
        mov rbp, rsp                     ; (stackframe*)   rbp         = rsp                     // (this provides us a fixed pointer to the old top-of-stack)
        call init_heap                   ; init_heap()                                           // let's ignore this for now
        mov rax, qword [rbp - 24]        ; (unsigned int)  eax         = argc
        mov rdi, qword [rbp - 16]        ; (char**)        rdi         = argv
        mov rsi, qword [rbp -  8]        ; (char**)        rsi         = envp
        call main                        ; (unsigned int)  eax         = main(argc, argv, envp)
        call exit                        ; exit(eax)
    main:
        nop
        mov eax, 0                       ; (unsigned int)  eax         = 0
        ret                              ; return 0;

    init_heap:
        mov qword [NEXT_ADDR], BIG_BAD_BLOCK    ; NEXT_ADDR will start by pointing to the first byte of BIG_BAD_BLOCK

    malloc: ; malloc(byteCount)
        push qword [NEXT_ADDR]
        add qword [NEXT_ADDR], rax      ; NEXT_ADDR += byteCount
        pop rax                         ; rax = (void*) memoryChunk
        ret

    exit:               ; exit(statusCode)
        mov rdi, rax    ; rdi = (int) statusCode
        mov rax, 60     ; rax = (unsigned long int) 60   // system call #60 is SYS_exit
        syscall         ; SYS_exit(statusCode)           // tell kernel to kill this process

;   To assemble:
;   nasm -felf64 -gdwarf -o HeapProblem.o ./HeapProblem.asm

;   To link:
;   ld -o HeapProblem.bin HeapProblem.o

I assemble and link using the commands above. This is just 1 single assembly file. No includes. No macros. No libraries. Not even libC. Its just that 1 file you see there, assembled using the Netwide Assembler, and linked using the ld core utility. With only that 1 object file being processed by the linker.
This implies:

*

*a traditional malloc is not being loaded.

*No system calls to brk are being made.

*No system calls to mmap are being made.

There is nothing happening except what you see in that 1 assembly file. No other code should be interacting with this binary in any way, except for the linux system kernel itself which will load the binary into memory when a shell invokes execve() on the path to the bin file
After assembling and linking the file, we go to execute/debug it.
gdb HeapProblem.bin
b *_start
run one simple test
info proc mappings
process 5423
Mapped address spaces:

          Start Addr           End Addr       Size     Offset objfile
            0x400000           0x401000     0x1000        0x0 /var/www/html/ASM/HeapProblem.bin
            0x600000           0x601000     0x1000        0x0 /var/www/html/ASM/HeapProblem.bin
            0x601000           0x633000    0x32000        0x0 [heap]
      0x7ffff7ffb000     0x7ffff7ffd000     0x2000        0x0 [vvar]
      0x7ffff7ffd000     0x7ffff7fff000     0x2000        0x0 [vdso]
      0x7ffffffde000     0x7ffffffff000    0x21000        0x0 [stack]
  0xffffffffff600000 0xffffffffff601000     0x1000        0x0 [vsyscall]

maintenance info sections
Exec file:
    `/var/www/html/ASM/HeapProblem.bin', file type elf64-x86-64.
 [0]     0x004000b0->0x00400124 at 0x000000b0: .text ALLOC LOAD READONLY CODE HAS_CONTENTS
 [1]     0x00400124->0x0040012c at 0x00000124: .rodata ALLOC LOAD READONLY DATA HAS_CONTENTS
 [2]     0x0060012c->0x00600158 at 0x0000012c: .bss ALLOC
 [3]     0x00600158->0x00632160 at 0x0000012c: FAKE_HEAP ALLOC
 [4]     0x00000000->0x00000030 at 0x0000012c: .debug_aranges READONLY HAS_CONTENTS
 [5]     0x00000000->0x00000053 at 0x0000015c: .debug_info READONLY HAS_CONTENTS
 [6]     0x00000000->0x0000001b at 0x000001af: .debug_abbrev READONLY HAS_CONTENTS
 [7]     0x00000000->0x00000066 at 0x000001ca: .debug_line READONLY HAS_CONTENTS

print & BIG_BAD_BLOCK
$1 = (<data variable, no debug info> *) 0x600160

So. The first mapping is to the binary itself for the .text and .rodata sections. Cool. That makes sense.
The second mapping is also to the binary, seemingly for the .bss and FAKE_HEAP sections. Which is also more-or-less what we expected. Though it should be noted that the second mapping is larger than what is needed for .bss, but not large enough to completely fit both .bss and FAKE_HEAP. It can only contain .bss and part of FAKE_HEAP.
Then we've got the 3rd mapping, marked as [heap].

I expected 1 of 2 things to happen:
A) The kernel would fail to recognize my FAKE_HEAP section as a true heap, and would simply include the entire thing in the same segment as .bss
OR
B) The kernel would recognize my FAKE_HEAP as being an unusual/non-standard section with attributes that are consistent with a heap, and would thus mark the entire section as a heap. With the mapping start and end addresses exactly matching the memory address onto which FAKE_HEAP was loaded, and its natural end-boundary.
What actually happened:
The kernel seems to have recognized a heap that starts at an arbitrary point within my FAKE_HEAP. It does not align. My FAKE_HEAP starts at 0x600158, with BIG_BAD_BLOCK starting at 0x600160. The kernel says the heap starts at 0x601000. That is 3,752 bytes into my structure. Which does not make sense at all. There's no reason that the kernel should think the heap begins 3,752 bytes past the beginning of this structure.

So, finally, a restatement of the question(s):
Should the kernel be detecting the FAKE_HEAP section or BIG_BAD_BLOCK symbol as a heap at all?
If so, why does the start address not match up with either the section or symbol start address?
If not, why is a heap being detected at all?
How is this heap being detected?

I need to understand why this is happening. Because I cannot find a clear logical or programmatic reason for this behavior. I've been researching this problem for the past 12 hours straight and I cannot figure this out. I've been searching for issues in the assembly, the linker, and the kernel itself.