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xXx: The Return of Xander Cage Parent Guide
The male fantasy movie's real focus is creating action sequences -- plot is just an incidental detail.
Overall C
xXx is believed dead --- but Xander Cage (Vin Diesel), the extreme athlete turned government agent, gets back into the game when a friend is killed and his country begs him to help stop powerful technology from falling into dangerous hands.
Sexual Content C
Substance Use B-
Why is xXx: The Return of Xander Cage rated PG-13? The MPAA rated xXx: The Return of Xander Cage PG-13 for extended sequences of gunplay and violent action, and for sexual material and language.
The good, the bad, the extreme and the insane. That is how Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) describes the team he puts together to go after a stolen piece of powerful technology called Pandora's Box.
In truth, the extreme athlete who was pressed into service (as seen in the 2002 film xXx) by an unconventional recruiter for the National Security Agency, had never intended to come out of retirement. But loyalty to his former boss Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), plus the call to be a patriot by a new department head (Toni Collette), eventually coax the reluctant agent into doing his duty again. However, nothing will convince the rebel to do it the traditional way. Hence his choice of eclectic helpers (played by Ruby Rose, Kris Wu and Rory McCann).
The first order of business is to track down the mysterious, highly-trained group of thieves that took Pandora's Box in the first place. This requires Triple X to do a little "undercover" work (an orgy is implied) and then travel to an isolated, off-the-grid island (which still has enough power to run a wild rave complete with lights, music, well-stocked bar and sensually dancing women). There the operative finds his targets (Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Tony Jaa and Michael Bisping) and discovers they have something in common – they have all been members of Gibbons' organization. That means they are equally matched as opponents. Where they differ is in what they think they should be done with the stolen hardware. The dangerous gadget has already been used by an unknown terrorist to bring down a satellite and crash it into a populated city.
With this premise, the script is set up to examine trust: Who should be given control of such a weapon? With whom should the characters place their allegiances? What ulterior motives might they be hiding? While some of those questions are explored, in reality the film's plot is just an incidental detail in this male fantasy.
The movie's real focus is creating action sequences, like heist scenes, stunts with skis, skateboards, motorcycles, cars and planes, as well as spectacular crashes and explosions. Combat is pervasive and includes fistfights, martial arts moves, gun and weapon use, along with depictions of deaths, injuries, bloody wounds and bone breaking sound effects. Characters even play in traffic – beating one another while trying to avoid oncoming vehicles. Interspersed with these violent portrayals are plenty of peeks at scantily clad girls, and a brief sexual encounter with passionate kissing, moans and fondling. Profanities are shot about too, along with a strong sexual expletive and three crude finger gestures.
Anyone who has seen the other offerings in this franchise (a sequel, xXx: State of the Union, released in 2005) are likely to find much of the same thing presented here. Yet those looking for family entertainment may feel like they are also dealing with the good, the bad, the extreme and the insane. The characters do want to do good in the world, but they aren't afraid to do bad things to meet those objectives. Meanwhile, their extremely reckless behavior makes them terrible role models, and you'd have to be insane to believe the implausible stunts (motorcycles that can run underwater, people surviving falls from airplanes) and brainless attraction the many babes have for this brawny bad boy.
Directed by D.J. Caruso. Starring Toni Collette, Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Deepika Padukone, Donnie Yen. Running time: 107 minutes. Theatrical release January 20, 2017. Updated July 17, 2017
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Why is xXx: The Return of Xander Cage rated PG-13? xXx: The Return of Xander Cage is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for extended sequences of gunplay and violent action, and for sexual material and language.
Frequent portrayals of non-graphic violence, including gun battles, knife threats, martial arts combat, fistfights, bone breaking body holds and explosions. Infrequently these depictions include bloody wounds. Many injuries and deaths are implied, and a few corpses are seen. Point blank shootings are shown on screen. Characters are in peril, often by choice. Characters engage in reckless driving (cars, motorcycles and boats), as well as extreme sports and stunting on skis and skateboards. Spectacular car crashes and chases are shown. Characters run through traffic and begin fighting as vehicles swerve to avoid them. Crime and rebellion are glamorized. A sniper disarms safari hunters, injuring one and leaving them to be preyed on by a lion. People fall and are thrown from heights. Terrorist activities kill and injure the public. Planes and satellites fall to the earth in a blaze of explosions and falling debris. Hits to the groin are shown. Characters are threatened and killed with grenades.
Frequent depictions of women in bikinis or other skimpy clothing. Sexual banter, references and innuendo are heard. A brief portrayal of sexual activity (with passionate kissing, fondling, sexual sounds) is included. Women dance seductively. Characters embrace and kiss. An orgy is implied after a group of women body search a man. A woman confesses to appearing nude in public.
Profanity:
Three sexual finger gestures are seen and one use of a sexual expletive is heard. Frequent use of scatological slang, mild and moderate profanity and terms of deity. Crude anatomical terms and racial slurs are also included.
Characters drink alcohol in clubs, bars and private meetings. Illegal drug use is mentioned. Tobacco use.
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage Parents' Guide
Most of the characters depicted in this movie have a rebellious attitude. How does the script make them rebels with a cause? How do you feel about Serena's (Deepika Padukone) motives after she claims that she decided to change the world instead of rage against it?
In reality, does being disobedient to rules and laws make a person a good candidate for secret service to their country? How might ignoring orders create trust problems? Why is it hard to accomplish anything in a group where everyone would rather follow their own plan?
How are women portrayed in this movie? How many of them are depicted as sexually alluring? How many appear to be smart? How are the men depicted? Do they possess any other traits, besides strength and fighting skills? Are either of these gender depictions accurate representations of men or women?
The most recent home video release of xXx: The Return of Xander Cage movie is May 16, 2017. Here are some details…
Home Video Notes: xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage releases to home video (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy) with the following special features:
- Third Time's the Charm: Xander Returns
- Rebels, Tyrants & Ghosts: The Cast
- Opening Pandora's Box: On Location
- I Live for This Sh#t!: Stunts
- Gag Reel
Other movies in the franchise include xXx and xXx: State of the Union.


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Time for Liverpool to Rethink How to Manage Steven Gerrard's Later Years
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Two of the defining components of England's bygone Golden Generation experienced contrasting fortunes in the Premier League last weekend: While Frank Lampard scored a dramatic late equalizer after coming off the bench against old club Chelsea, Steven Gerrard was given the runaround by former Liverpool flop Stewart Downing against West Ham United.
After what has transpired over the last few months—Lampard being released from his contract at Stamford Bridge after 13 glorious seasons and becoming Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer, and Gerrard being nominated for the Football Writers' Player of the Year award after his pivotal role in Liverpool's outstanding season—the contrast couldn't have been bigger.
While England's dismal display at the Brazil World Cup ultimately led to two of their greatest-ever midfielders announcing their international retirement later in the summer, it seems that two modern legends of the Premier League era have since embarked on drastically different career paths.
With Frank Lampard adopting a role as a key squad player at Manchester City and making an instant impact in the penalty box on Sunday, and Gerrard finding himself targeted week after week as the deepest-lying playmaker in the Liverpool midfield, perhaps it's time for the Reds to rethink how they are and should be managing the final years of Steven Gerrard's career.
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Steven Gerrard, the Impact Sub?
We've seen this with Ryan Giggs in the previous few years and, increasingly over the past few seasons, with Frank Lampard at Chelsea and now at Manchester City: As players enter the final years of their careers, their game time needs to be managed so they can stay at peak fitness and still remain productive when they do take to the field.
This is especially true for players relying on explosive pace and power to conjure up split-second moments of game-changing magic. While Gerrard has never been the pacy wing wizard Giggs used to be in his prime, the Liverpool skipper made his name with his lung-bursting runs from midfield, barnstorming drives into the penalty area and blockbuster shots from long range.
There's nothing wrong with Brendan Rodgers pushing Gerrard deeper in the midfield to take up his current deep-lying playmaker position per se; the problem is that at 34 years of age, Gerrard is still completing 90-minute games week in, week out.
And with the Champions League now back in Liverpool's schedule, that is simply unsustainable.
After a tough win at home against unfancied Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad in the Champions League, Gerrard's 90 minutes at Upton Park was unsavory at best, depressing at worst. Compared to leaving his midfield area glaringly vacant for opponents to storm into time and again, getting overrun by Stewart Downing is already a less concerning headline.
Rodgers' toughest mandate during his time as Liverpool manager arguably isn't to have gotten the Reds back into the European big time; it was to phase Gerrard out in the right way and to manage the latter stages of his career.
Recent injuries to Joe Allen and Emre Can have forced his hand, but Liverpool fans should reasonably expect to see Gerrard feature more as an impact substitute as the rest of the season unfolds.
Only as an impact substitute, or at least a lessened status as a squad player, will Gerrard's career really be prolonged, and not hastened towards becoming the main liability in the middle of the park for Liverpool.
Making Use of Gerrard's Versatility
One factor that should influence Rodgers' planning and thinking over the next couple of seasons is the fact that he is one of the most complete midfielders to ever have come out of England. In that regard, the likes of Ryan Giggs and Frank Lampard don't even come close.
It's one thing to have a skill set comparable to Andrea Pirlo's (even if his positional discipline and tactical understanding are inferior); it's quite another to have won the PFA Player of the Year award playing as an unorthodox right-winger, to have struck up a world-class partnership with Fernando Torres as a second striker and to have influenced the biggest stage of all—the Champions League final—as a makeshift right-wing-back.
Now, there is no need for Gerrard to fill in at right-back—Liverpool are comfortably sorted at the moment with Javi Manquillo proving to be an astute acquisition and a number of players capable of assuming the role—and indeed the Reds' optimal 4-4-2 diamond formation doesn't allow for a right-winger.
Yet as Rodgers clearly still seems to regard Gerrard as the one "undroppable" player in his team—often substituting his midfield partners when Liverpool are in need of a change in formation or approach, before he takes that drastic step to drop his captain from the starting XI and turn him into an impact substitute—there is another blueprint that he can reference.
There's no finer example than Roberto Mancini's favorite tactical switch during his reign at the Etihad Stadium: Sending on a defensive midfielder (often Nigel de Jong), releasing Yaya Toure's defensive shackles and pushing him forward into a free attacking-midfield role.
That Rodgers doesn't have a world-class defensive midfielder at his disposal is perhaps down to the fact that he regards Gerrard as his optimal regista sitting at the base of his midfield, with Jordan Henderson and Joe Allen providing protection and help around him. Emre Can's arrival, however, is interesting and could potentially pose an alternative for the Liverpool manager.
While not a specialist defensive midfielder, Can—who ironically has a skill set most comparable to Yaya Toure's out of Liverpool's midfield contingent—has more than enough to offer in terms of steel, physicality, pace and defensive nous. All Rodgers needs to do, when Can returns from injury and if he starts on the bench, is send him on and let Gerrard rekindle his magic with a free-scoring forward.
Only this time it's Daniel Sturridge.
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A Case for Gerrard the Forward
It's interesting that Rafael Benitez, the manager credited with realizing Gerrard's potential as a devastating attacker rather than a controlled midfielder, stated during Gerrard's peak years that he saw him becoming a striker later in his career, according to The Sun (via Emily Benammar in the Telegraph). Rodgers, on the other hand, has suggested he could become a right-sided center back, per BBC Sport.
Both suggestions reflect Gerrard's universality as the complete modern footballer, to the extent that two managers who have reinvented his game can't even agree on whether it's his attacking game or defensive abilities that make him stand out.
But while he has always been known as much for his match-winning piledrivers as he is for his last-ditch tackles and thunderous challenges, Gerrard has always been afforded the freedom to do essentially whatever he wanted, wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted. It's for this reason he so frequently drove into the box in his heyday to score important goals.
That Gerrard reserves his best performances when a select duo is played as his midfield colleagues—now usually and preferably Henderson and Allen—means that Rodgers needs to tailor the entirety of Liverpool's approach play to Gerrard by shaping the midfield, and thus forward line, around his strengths and deficiencies.
Without his famous acceleration, pace and power, Gerrard is required, perhaps more so than ever, to sit in front of his defence, command his midfield, control his area and remain positionally disciplined, which is a huge ask of a player who has always turned up to save the day when his team has needed him to.
That sounds all right until he ventures forward at his own will, leaving his area and the defence exposed—while without having the pace or stamina to track back to atone for a positional error.
Slotting Gerrard into a more advanced position akin to his prime might not see him replicate his majestic runs, but it would allow Rodgers to address a badly imbalanced midfield with more steel and defensive presence at the base, while retaining his captain's famous vision, passing and game-changing shooting ability closer to the opponent's goal.
After all, Gerrard is arguably the second most natural finisher currently in the first team—behind Daniel Sturridge—while the timing of his arrivals into the box have seen many a late winner, and his heading has long been an underrated facet to his attacking game.
In short, he is one of Liverpool's few complete attacking weapons.
Moving him forward, playing him selectively and using him wisely in the wider context of the whole Liverpool team would reverse his rapid decline—and who knows, maybe Liverpool fans will be able to start cheering yet another superhuman winner from Steven Gerrard again. It's been a while since we've seen one of those.
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Why Fabio Borini Should Be Ahead of Rickie Lambert in Liverpool Pecking Order
For their last two fixtures, Liverpool have turned to another Italian striker for further support up front in the second half. Not Mario Balotelli, but ex-Anfield outcast Fabio Borini.
It's a considerable turnaround in fortunes for Borini, given that he found himself in limbo after rejecting a last-minute summer move to Queens Park Rangers, according to Chris Bascombe of theTelegraph. Liverpool's earlier pursuit of Loic Remy and subsequent signing of Balotelli suggested that Brendan Rodgers had other options in mind ahead of Borini, who looked to be on his way out of Anfield.
Yet circumstances have fallen into place for Borini to perhaps salvage a career for himself at Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge's injury, sustained while on international duty with Roy Hodgson's England, has forced Rodgers to rely on his bench options.
Liverpool's first signing of the summer may have been Rickie Lambert, but the current Reds setup almost demands that Borini should move ahead of the local Liverpudlian in the pecking order—and crucially, Rodgers seems to think so as well.
Rickie Lambert, a Poor Man's Mario Balotelli
When Lambert was recruited from Southampton, where he enjoyed a stellar career and became an England international in the process, it was clear that Rodgers was looking for something different to the Luis Suarez-Daniel Sturridge pairing that was so successful last season.
Lambert brought an interesting combination of strength, aerial prowess, composure and technique to the forward line that the Reds perhaps didn't have last season, and he would've provided a useful outlet who could turn out to be one of the bargains of the offseason.
Rodgers' highly public pursuit of Loic Remy after Suarez's departure for Barcelona suggested that he was on the lookout for a striker with pace and direct running who would be useful on the break and alongside Sturridge, and who would further strengthen Lambert's status in the squad as the go-to bench option up front.
Yet his subsequent chasing of Wilfried Bony—similar in style and mould to Lambert—and the eventual signing of Mario Balotelli has since moved him down the pecking order, as Rodgers now has a better and more established version of Lambert at his disposal.
Sure, Lambert made a difference when he came off the bench in the late win against Southampton on the opening day of the season, but with Balotelli firmly instilled as first-choice at Anfield, things don't look too good for Lambert.
Fabio Borini's Strengths as a Sub
And what Fabio Borini brings to the table makes him an ideal option to change things up—not just from Liverpool's perspective, but against tired legs in the opposition when he comes off the bench in the second half.
Borini's effervescent running—not many people can realistically argue against his work rate—and excellent attacking positioning makes him a nuisance to deal with from a defensive point of view. In this sense, his effect may be compared to Southampton's Shane Long, who also doesn't boast a prolific scoring record but is prized for his contributions to the team up front.
Indeed, what Liverpool have been missing this season is Suarez's immense work rate from a deeper-lying forward position, as Rodgers looks to continue instilling a similar work ethic into new recruit Balotelli, now tasked with that same role, according to David Maddock of the Mirror.
Borini's good grasp of positioning and ability to get into the game with his running, regardless of his personal form, means that he gets into good positions to threaten the opposition goal—see his header against Ludogorets that forced goalkeeper Milan Borjan into a fine save not long after he came off the bench—and has the legs to stretch the play and occupy defenders.
Contrast this with Lambert's more languid style of play: Speed has never been a hallmark of his game, while he relies more on a strong understanding of space to create and finish, rather than being a nuisance to defenders, which is now essential to Rodgers' blueprint at Anfield.
This makes it hard for Lambert to influence the game just by being on the pitch, especially after coming on as a substitute and requiring time to settle into the rhythm of the game.
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Two up Top Is Now Indisputably Liverpool's Best System
A summer of attacking midfield signings in Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic to add to an already strong collection including Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling hinted at Rodgers' interest in potentially exploring a 4-2-3-1 system at Anfield, which he has done in the first few weeks of the season.
Yet this was perhaps also an enforced switch, with Sturridge's injury rendering Balotelli as their only fit senior striker.
Unfortunately, Balotelli still has quite a way to go before he can match Suarez's effect on the team from a work ethic standpoint, while the lack of penetration ahead of the midfield area has unsurprisingly seen a downturn in Coutinho's form.
Perhaps Coutinho as the No. 10 works best when there is a Sturridge alongside Balotelli to stretch defences for the Brazilian playmaker to find space to launch his game-changing passes—and perhaps Sterling isn't quite as cut out to play that off-the-shoulder striker furthest forward as he is as behind a front two.
Lambert's similarity—or rather lack of a real differentiation in playing style—to Balotelli means that he is much less ideal as a partner for Balotelli rather than a direct replacement. What Balotelli and his team-mates are now crying out for is movement and running up front.
Step up Fabio Borini, who has it in his locker to make a difference. He did enough on loan at Sunderland last season for them to want to take him on a permanent basis this year but has decided to fight for his place at Liverpool.
Now is his chance to prove that he deserves to not only move ahead of Rickie Lambert in the pecking order at Anfield, but to push Rodgers' first-choice front two for a starting place.
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Why Mario Balotelli Will Be Better at Liverpool Than Manchester City
Mario Balotelli is back in England with Liverpool, and he's still attracting headlines everywhere he goes.
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Kenny Jackett had to take to the media to reject widespread suggestions on social media that Balotelli was involved in a clash during a behind-closed-doors friendly last week, via the Mirror.
Balotelli himself will be expecting more of the same rumor creation and spreading during his time at Anfield, as the media and fans continue to operate under the mythical persona that they have all combined to create.
But as he prepares to make his home debut in Red against Aston Villa this weekend, there are reasons to believe that while he will still be subject to constant scrutiny. Mario Balotelli will be a better player at Anfield than during his time with Manchester City.
Here are five reasons why.
He's Four Years Older
It seems as if Mario Balotelli has been around forever. After all, we've heard all about his temper tantrums dating back to his days at Internazionale, his racism controversies during his time in Italy, then his folk legends at Manchester City.
That he has been in the spotlight since 2007 when he made his debut for Inter is a testament to his talent and potential, which led to Roberto Mancini giving him his debut at the Giuseppe Meazza.
When he arrived at City for £22.5 million, he brought a considerable reputation with him—yet he was only just 20 years old.
Four years on, Balotelli has become Italy's starting striker, with a stint as AC Milan's starting striker sandwiched in between.
At just 24 years of age, Balotelli should finally come of age as a professional footballer, and he will be maturing and growing into his prime years at Liverpool.
A Young and Driven Dressing Room at Anfield
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In the teams he has previously played for, Balotelli was one of the most well-known, probably attracting the most controversy. Yet he was undisputedly one of the youngest stars on the team.
At Anfield, he will be playing with a group that will be hitting their peak roughly at the same time as he will—the likes of Raheem Sterling, Philippe Coutinho, Lazar Markovic, Emre Can, Alberto Moreno and Javi Manquillo, all starting options in Brendan Rodgers' team, are all younger than Balotelli, while Daniel Sturridge, Jordan Henderson and Mamadou Sakho are all in the same age bracket.
Last season was evidence that Rodgers has cultivated a driven and confident dressing room culture at Anfield, and Balotelli will be taking to the training field every day with colleagues all eager to prove themselves as professional footballers.
With an Anfield crowd as adoring and patient towards new and young stars as they are famous for, he will know that time is on his side at Liverpool even when the world of Mario Balotelli seems to always be spinning much faster outside football.
He Can Concentrate on His Own Game
Upon Balotelli's signing in late August, his agent Mino Raiola stated that his client wasn't born to be a leader, and that he had "searched for a team where he can be an important player without being asked to lead," according to the Daily Mail.
Often treated as the main man of AC Milan's attack, coinciding with an alarming slide in the Serie A powerhouse's fortunes and performances, Balotelli is also at an "all or nothing" stage at his age and period in his career, according to Raiola.
That Rodgers has actively looked to recruit leaders and club captains in his transfer business will not have been lost on Raiola or Balotelli himself, and the Italian striker will be surrounded by other vocal presences and leadership figures in the Anfield dressing room.
Raiola also stated that Steven Gerrard will protect him and allow him the freedom to concentrate on his own game, providing him a platform to excel at what he does best.
A Tactical Setup Allowing Him to Excel
And what Balotelli does best is excel as an all-round forward with strengths in almost all areas of the attacking game.
With Rodgers appearing to settle on a 4-4-2 diamond formation as his preferred setup for most weeks, Balotelli will be a regular starter alongside Sturridge with the excitingly talented Raheem Sterling supporting the attack behind them.
A Reds side coursing with pace, energy, composure and off-the-ball pressing sets a platform for a relentless attack to excel, and Sturridge has on many occasions shown that he is much more dangerous in a strike partnership than as a lone striker.
With Sturridge, Sterling and Co. providing the pace and ever-improving tactical intelligence to occupy opposition defences, Balotelli will be given the space and freedom to create and score goals.
Brendan Rodgers' Tutelage
Despite records that Balotelli has enjoyed a decent strike rate so far in his professional career, critics are coming around to the fact that he is not all that potent in open play, with his composure from the penalty spot contributing to his goal tally.
Yet this is where Brendan Rodgers comes in, a manager who worked on Luis Suarez's finishing and goal-scoring output, transforming him into one of the deadliest strikers in world football just a couple of seasons since he was derided for wasting Liverpool's chances in Kenny Dalglish's team.
Add to that Rodgers' increasingly famous knack for providing the man management, motivation, technical and tactical coaching to resurrect players' careers, turning them into potential superstars. This suddenly becomes a mouthwatering prospect for Liverpool fans.
At £16 million, an off-the-shelf Balotelli should already prove to be good value; if he thrives in the environment that Rodgers has created at Melwood and the feel-good optimism at Anfield, he might even be able to one-up his time at Manchester City.
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Q: What's wrong with Rspec, FactoryGirl and real sample data? I've been leaning some of RoR, and when I got to TDD, stuff started to get more complicated. At some point of my App, I thought it would be better to run my tests over the real data.
Real Data vs Sample Data
Searching the web, I found that tests were not meant to run over real data, but over sample data. But yet I couldn't agree with that.
Let's supose my app had an Alias System. So when you access a random url it figures out what that fragment wants and redirects to the proper canonical url. And let's add that an alias dictionary is stored in some models. How would we test agains that dictionary? Hard code spec files for every alias/keyword?
Sticking with real data
The first two things I've realized, yet very unsurely, is:

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*Rspec testing environment wouldn't access development model's data.

*FactoryGirl rules over my testing database, so it's not my option to populate it.

The best solution I could figure out, as the complete newbie I am, is that I could create some classes in spec/support folder and call them inside my factories so as to get that real data. Those classes have a short sample of my real database info, nested, and so my test can go 'real'.
What can pros around suggest to improve it?

A: I think you may want to look into building a seeds.rb file to populate your databases.  This is usually used to initialize the development database so it can be used in your app (and queried in the rails console), but you can use it to seed your test database as described in this answer.

A: You certainly should not use your development database for testing. You can either seed the test database, or create factories that reflect various scenarios.
FactoryGirl rules over my testing database, so it's not my option to populate it.
You can use more than one factory to represent a business entity, depending on the scenario under test. FactoryGirl makes this easy by allowing you to nest factories. You can define a factory with a basic set of valid attributes and use that in unit tests. For integration (feature) tests, you can use a nested factory that expands on the basic attributes to implement a particular scenario. You can have as many variations of these implementation-specific factories as you need.

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BIFA welcomes government package to support employment and training
By Michelle Mooney	 9th July 2020 No Comments
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has said that it welcomes the package of measures unveiled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer today to scale up employment support schemes, training and apprenticeships.
Robert Keen, director general of BIFA, said: "Whilst our members are currently rightly focused on significant business continuity issues, we welcome the additional funding.
"We are ready to help any of our members that are willing to capitalise on the funding being made available to either recruit apprentices; make traineeships available; or increase training for existing employees."
BIFA is currently delivering courses via video conferencing, due to the Covid-19 crisis preventing face-to-face training.
Carl Hobbis, BIFA's training development manager, said: "Having been actively involved in the creation of an International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship, BIFA has committed to promote its availability since it was introduced in 2018."
Keen adds: "We will also be reminding our members, that in addition to the finance announced yesterday, last month the government made available an additional £50 million to accelerate growth of the UK's customs intermediary sector via training, with applications for the new funding being open since the start of this month."
The FTA has also welcomed job creation subsidies for 16-24-year olds.


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Q: How to get zoom out from zoomed image in ios I have code like this..
in loadView()
I have created the scrollview like this with no.of taps and max value
self.scrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
self.scrollView.delegate = self;
self.scrollView.maximumZoomScale = 2;
self.scrollView.autoresizingMask = self.view.autoresizingMask;
[self.view addSubview:self.scrollView];

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapOnce = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSingleTap:)];
UITapGestureRecognizer *doubleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleDoubleTap:)];
[tapOnce setNumberOfTouchesRequired:1];
[doubleTap setNumberOfTapsRequired:2];
[tapOnce requireGestureRecognizerToFail:doubleTap];

[self.scrollView addGestureRecognizer:tapOnce];
[self.scrollView addGestureRecognizer:doubleTap];

Method implementation:
- (void) handleSingleTap:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
//single tap in full screen mode it will dismiss the view
  [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
- (void)handleDoubleTap:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
//double tap will zoom the view to scrollview max value
  [self.scrollView setZoomScale:self.scrollView.maximumZoomScale animated:NO];
}

Now I am able to "zoom" on tapping to full screen image and it will go in maxZoom value, but how to come back from zoomed to min value on double tap on the same, because I have functionality to dismiss the view on single tap. I need to handle one more double tap in the "handledoubleTap" method itself.

A: - (void)handleDoubleTap:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
    if ( flag == 1 ){
        flag = 0;
        [self.scrollView setZoomScale:self.scrollView.maximumZoomScale animated:NO];
    }
    else {
        flag = 1;
        [self.scrollView setZoomScale:self.scrollView.minimumZoomScale animated:NO];
    }

}

In the above method just set flag according to your need. Hope this helps.. :)


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Robert Kirkman's Invincible Trailer
Invincible is an upcoming animated series coming to Amazon based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman, who many know as the creator of The Walking Dead. The show will be an hour long each episode and stars Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Gillian Jacobs, Zachary Quinto, Jason Mantzoukas, Melise, Mark Hamill, Mahershala Ali, Seth Rogen and more. The first three episodes will drop on March 26 and every episode after will be a weekly release up to April 30. Here's the official press release / description of the show:
Here's the official trailer for Season 1 of Amazon's Invincible, which will premiere on Amazon on March 26, 2021. Invincible is an adult animated superhero show that revolves around seventeen-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who's just like every other guy his age — except that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). But as Mark develops powers of his own, he discovers that his father's legacy may not be as heroic as it seems.
Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies / TV Series 2021
It's that time of the year again! The time for New Years resolutions, the time for listing how many things we're "leaving behind" AND most importantly listing the things that we anticipate the most about bringing in the new year. Many of us are excited to leave 2020 in the rear view, so with that being said let's discuss what exactly it is that we're looking forward to!
10. Zack Snyder Justice League
Zack Snyder never got to see his vision for the cinematic universe of DC comics come to fruition so it's a breath of fresh air to finally see that we're getting at least a glimpse into what he had in store for his take on DC's world of heroes. His cut includes every scene that was removed from the initial release, mainly the African American actors (which includes Cyborg's backstory as well as scenes featuring Iris West). Here's to hoping that what Zack had in store was a lot better than what we got to see in theaters a few years back. Even if it's not, I'm sure the fans will be happy that they got to see his vision and will more than likely stand by him.
9. Wandavision
(MINOR SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS ENDGAME) The illusive Wandavision project has been teased for a very long time as fans have been waiting for answers as to whether or not this would propel us into the big plot points of next phase of Marvel projects. Scarlet Witch's true power from the comics has yet to be fully displayed in the cinematic universe so many were speculating that this would tease her reality bending abilities. These speculations came from the trailer showing Vision alive and fully well. By the time of this article's release, Wandavision has already hit Disney +.
8. A Quiet Place II
A Quiet Place was a very unique and well acclaimed horror movie that came out in 2018. It relied on the use (and lack of) sound to make audiences sense the dread and tension that the characters on screen did. One of their actress', Millicent Simmonds, is a deaf teen actress that played a deaf character which made the use of sign language throughout the film feel authentic. The sequel looks to show more of the world and hopefully explain dive into how it all started.
7. Spiral (Saw)
Spiral was an unexpected surprise. Starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, this film sees the detectives solving murders that are reminiscent to the Jigsaw killer. The trailer looks to be grounded, dark and gritty. Here's to hoping we get a new sage from this universe that won't be milked.
6. Candyman
This upcoming horror movie is anticipated by many. Produced by Jordan Peele and directed by Nia DaCosta, this film looks to bring back the iconic horror movie villain. The trailer already captures the atmosphere and puts a spooky spin on the Destiny Child's classic, "Say my name" song. Expect to see this in August.
5. Judas and the Black Messiahs
This movie revolves around the late revolutionary figure, Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya). It will follow his life leading up to his tragic murder by the FBI. Hampton accomplished a lot in the 21 years he spent here, he was the leading chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther party. Lakeith Stanfield also stars, so expectations are raised.
4. The Batman
Matt Reeves' upcoming film, The Batman, stars Robert Pattinson as the titular vigilante. This film looks to keep the dark tone alive in the city of Gotham with a seemingly younger Bruce Wayne. As of now it's understood that this "version" of Batman is a separate version from the one we saw in Zack Snyder's films. Regardless, this movie looks promising for the fact that the teased fight scene shows a very brutal and angry Batman as well as a more menacing take on the Riddler.
3. Mortal Kombat
We're finally getting a new live action Mortal Kombat full length film. Since the last iteration (MK Annihilation), we've been waiting for a new film that would do the series justice. This film looks more brutal, bloodier and grounded than the original two movies. Sub Zero, Scorpion, Mileena, Sonya Jax, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Raiden, Kibal and Nitara will all show up in this film (along with a new character, Cole Young). Expect to see this on HBO Max & theaters in April.
2. Ironheart
(MINOR SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS ENDGAME) Ironheart will be taking up the mantle and legacy left behind by Tony Stark. Not much is know about this project but the actress, Dominique Thorne, will be playing this iconic character. Expect to see her crossover in other projects and with the upcoming Ms. Marvel project, we may even see a mcu version of the young Avengers. It appears that we will be getting more leading female superheroes instead of it being far and few between which is a nice addition to this universe.
Nothing much is known about this project except that Michael B. Jordan's production company, Outlier Society, will be producing it. Static has been long overdue for a comeback regardless of the media in which it is. Fans are excited and we here at Hero Network are too!
Let us know your thoughts in the comments! Any movies here that excite you? Do you have 10 movies / projects of your own? If not tell us what you're looking forward to!


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Published on April 9th, 2017 | by James Ayre
AeroMobil (Flying Car Startup) Raises $3.2 Million In New Funding
April 9th, 2017 by James Ayre
The European flying car startup AeroMobil has raised €3 million in new funding, which will be used to help fund production and demonstration of "a new physical model" of its concept, according to the company.
To be more specific, the company will be using some of the new funds to build the new model "following the successful development and testing of the craft's mathematical and geometric design," to use TechCrunch's phrasing.
Here's more from that coverage: "The company has already been demonstrating the ability of its craft to successfully navigate both air and land, using the AeroMobil 3.0 prototype it debuted in late 2014. The pre-launch craft closely approximates the final version, and the company now says it's even closer to that production craft, with the forthcoming physical model resembling closely the version intended for production."
"AeroMobil's new funding comes from individual investor Patrick Hessel, himself a founder of c2i, a maker of aerospace and automotive parts constructed from composite material. c2i is a supplier for AeroMobil, and recently sold a majority ownership stake to LG Hausy, an LG subsidiary that supplies lightweight components for use in aviation and automotive applications."
Interesting. Though, I maintain that with how impatient and careless most drivers are, the idea of flying cars is one I'm skeptical of — unless, of course, the licensing process is incredibly stringent (in which case the technology becomes simply a toy for the rich). What do you think — vaporware? Or will flying cars actually become a real thing at some point?
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05 Apr 2016 on announcement | etcher
Announcing Etcher
Presenting Etcher: A better way to write SD cards.
Writing SD cards is a neglected, and very platform-specific affair, which means using "dd" on certain platforms, (and risking overwriting your hard drive) and downloading software from SourceForge on others (and risking catching spyware). None of the common writers verify that what made it to the SD card is what was intended. In general, it feels like an underappreciated problem, and was definitely the ugliest part of the resin.io provisioning experience.
Not being the kind of people to leave well enough alone, we wanted to do it better, both for resin.io, and the entire community. We wanted an removable drive writer that was:
Cross-platform: The ideal SD card writer works the same on Windows, Linux, and OS X. No longer should tutorials have special sections for each OS.
Open source: Self-explanatory.
Hackable: What good is open source if people can't actually modify and contribute to the project in a language that's accessible(JavaScript)?
Safe by default: Some basic sanity checking goes a long way towards avoiding nuking someone's hard drive.
A building block: The problem shows up all over the place. People should be able to use our work to never have to think about the problem again.
A pleasure to use: Why should writing SD cards mean working with ugly UI? And why don't SD card writers unmount the card by default?
After more than 6 months of work, it's our pleasure to introduce Resin Etcher, which is all those things and more. Etcher v1 has been built by amazing resineer Juan Cruz Viotti, with UI designed by our resident artist, Taahir Isaacs.
Under the hood, Etcher is an Electron app written in JavaScript and supported by a number of npm modules. The UI uses AngularJS, ES6 and Web Components… because we can. For you command-line purists, Etcher also comes in CLI form, which is a much smaller download, but uses all the same modules.
The biggest challenge in having Etcher work was having a cross-platform way to write SD cards. It turns out the number of permission escalations, version discrepancies, and node.js specific limitations was staggering. We also had to make some small contributions to Electron, including a libchromium patch, to make everything work as it should.
Etcher also uses heuristics to make sure we're not writing to your hard drive. Etcher, through its module drivelist, detects system drives, and excludes them. This is a particularly big issue on Windows, since it allows arbitrarily writing data on the system drive even it is mounted.
For the coders out there, Etcher's architecture is also deeply modular, being composed of separate projects, many of which can be used individually. Is your project writing SD cards? The code is on github and npm and waiting to be used.
After a long journey, Etcher is ready for your use and feedback!
We're not known for resting on our laurels, so we naturally have a lot more things we want Etcher to do.
First of all: moar speed! There is some fantastic work coming out of the Tizen project that may allow us to speed writes up significantly on Linux. We want to look deeper into it and see how we can bring the technique across platforms.
Another way we want to investigate speeding up is by streaming a download straight onto the card, meaning that the two waiting periods (downloading and writing) can actually be spent in parallel, cutting something like 10 minutes out of the process, at least when it's the first time an image is being written.
Of course speed isn't everything. One thing we've learned is that people tend to reuse SD cards, and that those SD cards can become corrupted surprisingly early, especially when they've been used in conjunction with a less-than-optimally powered device. To mitigate this frustration, we're looking into is validating that the card indeed has stored the bytes we told it to store.
Finally, the scope of Etcher can be a bit broader than just SD cards, into all sorts of things you attach to a computer and want to write an image onto. The Intel Edison uses DFU to write straight onto the eMMC, and other devices like the BeagleBone also offer this as an option. There is no real reason why Etcher can't write to these devices as well.
If you want to help move Etcher forward on these ideas, or other ones you have in mind, submit issues, fork the source, and send us pull requests!
What are you waiting for? Download Etcher and burn you some SD cards!
Alexandros Marinos
Founded Resin.io to fix IoT DevOps. Offended by things that have been built with the assumption change won't happen.


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Rydgren, Jens. 2007. "The Power of the Past: a Contribution to a Cognitive Sociology of Ethnic Conflic." Sociological Theory. 25:3 225-244. Link
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the ways in which the past matters for ethnic conflict in the present. More specifically, by presenting a sociocognitive approach to the problem, this article sets out to specify macro-micro bridging mechanisms that explain why a history of prior conflict is likely to increase the likelihood that new conflicts will erupt. People's inclination toward simplified and/or invalid (but often useful) inductive reasoning in the form of analogism, and their innate disposition for ordering events in teleological narratives-to which causality is typically attributed-will be of particular interest for this article. The article will also emphasize the ways in which collective memory sites become activated in such belief formation processes. For instance, the memory biases inherent in analogical reasoning often lead people to overestimate the likelihood of future conflict, which may lead them to mobilize in order to defend themselves, and/or to take preemptive action in ways that foment conflict.
Saito, Hiro. 2006. "Reiterated Commemoration: Hiroshima as National Trauma." Sociological Theory. 24:4 353-376. Link
This article examines historical transformations of Japanese collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by utilizing a theoretical framework that combines a model of reiterated problem solving and a theory of cultural trauma. I illustrate how the event of the nuclear fallout in March 1954 allowed actors to consolidate previously fragmented commemorative practices into a master frame to define the postwar Japanese identity in terms of transnational commemoration of ``Hiroshima.'' I also show that nationalization of trauma of ``Hiroshima'' involved a shift from pity to sympathy in structures of feeling about the event. This historical study suggests that a reiterated problem-solving approach can be efficacious in analyzing how construction of national memory of a traumatic event connects with the recurrent reworking of national identity, on the one hand, and how a theory of cultural trauma can be helpful in exploring a synthesis of psychological and sociological approaches to commemoration of a traumatic event, on the other.
Olick, JK. 1999. "Collective Memory: the Two Cultures." Sociological Theory. 17:3 333-348. Link
What is collective about collective memory? Two different concepts of collective memory compete-one refers to the aggregation of socially framed individual memories and one refers to collective phenomena sui generis-though the difference is rarely articulated in the literature. This article theorizes the differences and relations between individualist and collectivist understandings of collective memory. The former are open to psychological considerations, including neurological and cognitive factors, but neglect technologies of memory other than the brain and the ways in which cognitive and even neurological patterns are constituted in part by genuinely social processes. The latter emphasize the social and cultural patternings of public and personal memory, but neglect the ways in which those processes are constituted in part by psychological dynamics. This article advocates, through the example of traumatic events, a strategy of multidimensional rapprochement between individualist and collectivist approaches.
Autry, Robyn. 2013. "The Political Economy of Memory: the Challenges of Representing National Conflict at `identity-driven' Museums." Theory and Society. 42:1 57-80. Link
This article investigates how national histories marred by racial conflict can be translated into narratives of group identity formation. I study the role of ``identity-driven'' museums in converting American's racial past into a metanarrative of black identity from subjugation to citizenship. Drawing on a thick description of exhibitions at 15 museums, interviews with curators and directors, museum documents, and newspaper articles, I use the ``political economy of memory'' as a framework to explain how ideological and material processes intersect in the production of exhibitions. I show that in addition to struggles over the truth and interpretive styles, more prosaic issues of funding, attendance, and institutional capacity-building hve an impact on representational selectivities. I explain how these issues affect black museums operating during the civil rights and post-civil rights eras. I consider the motivations and consequences of ``remembering'' national histories of violence and intolerance through the prism of group identity formation.


Boruto: Naruto Next Generations' Mitsuki Disappearance arc has seen less of a focus on Mitsuki as it continued, but it seems like before it's all said and done it will return to how Mitsuki feels now that he's wrapped up in this that preview for the next episode of the series teases that Mitsuki will be in one of his most toughest fights yet, at least emotionally, as he has to do battle with his new friend Sekiei.
The Episode 90 of the series is titled "Mitsuki and Sekiei," and the preview teases the fallout of Mitsuki's "betrayal." In the latest episode of the series, Mitsuki attacked the Fabrications' leader Ku and revealed that he was really working on the side of the Hidden Leaf all along and Sekiei was hurt by this. Sekiei has been the Fabrication closest to Mitsuki, even vouching for him when he figured out that Mitsuki was probably going to betray them.
Sekiei unveiled to Mitsuki how much he had been hurting after losing two of his friends, and now another that he's confided in him has betrayed him. Sekiei has been the one closest to outright developing "human" emotions, so it's no surprise to see him lashing out as emotionally as he does in the next episode.
The preview for the episode teases that Sekiei's battle with Mitsuki will continue to tear his body apart much like his comrades, so Mitsuki still wants to reach out and save him while there's still a chance. Sekiei's lost in his emotions, however, so he doesn't want to listen at all. With Mitsuki still wondering about what constitutes one's will, the fight here may bring him as close to the answer as he would hope.