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Film Review – Baywatch (2017)
by Nick Kush · Published May 26, 2017 · Updated November 28, 2017
21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street were smashing successes both with fans and at the box office. Naturally, when studio executives saw how successful the films were they instantly got to work on which 80's television show they would turn into a zany comedy. There have been two such attempts in 2017 thus far: the much maligned CHIPS and now the show that had teenage boys everywhere getting a little too exited, Baywatch! But did this reboot prove to be a worthy cause? The following review will be spoiler free.
Baywatch is directed by Seth Gordon and stars a bunch of beautiful people in bathing suits including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, and Kelly Rohrbach. The film follows these lifeguards as they patrol the local bay of which they've been assigned. Mitch Buchannon (Johnson) is the leader of the force that attempts to keep order on the beach by creating an incredibly cohesive team that works as one single unit. However, a local mogul threatens to disturb the balance of the beach, forcing Mitch and hotshot Matt Brody (Efron) to come together and solve a case that is not meant for the typical lifeguard.
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Hollywood continues its trend of attempting to piggyback off another franchise's success by rebooting another 80's television show into a raunchy, R-rated comedy. What's next? Joania Loves Chachi?
I struggle getting excited for films such as these, which are obvious attempts to gain a quick buck because another movie was so popular. Where's the originality in that?
However, I then saw the team behind the film which made me wonder, could this be another comedy gem? We certainly haven't had one in a while and most people were certainly skeptical of films such as 21 Jump Street.
No matter what anyone says, The Rock may be the most charismatic, hard-working actor in Hollywood. He's seemingly in a film every other week, and yet he still is beloved by people everywhere and not characterized as "overexposed." You combine him with Zac Efron, who has shown to have serious comedic chops in the past with Seth Gordon (director of Horrible Bosses) behind the camera, and you might have a solid movie on your hands.
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The best thing about this movie is obviously Zac Efron's abs. I mean, just look at those things:
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How is that even possible? I need to go to the gym more…
What I Didn't Like
Other than Efron's cut midsection, Baywatch is a serious misfire.
Like I've said before, comedy films rely heavily on the chemistry of the cast which Baywatch surprisingly has to a certain extent. You certainly get the feeling that everyone involved enjoys each other's company and had fun during the filming of the movie. However, what each of these characters is saying to each other is the major problem here.
The lines that these actors are reading just aren't very funny. There's a few scenes where you can even notice the actors grimacing at what they're saying because it's completely unimaginative and sometimes even annoying. I love a good dick joke just as much as the next guy, but they have to be slick or else it just comes off as crass and tasteless.
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Since this film is so desperately trying to be 21 Jump Street, it must be compared to 21 Jump Street. Yes, those films have countless gross out jokes with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, containing perfect chemistry. However, they had fantastic writing to go with them from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who have since signed on to direct a Star Wars film because they are so talented. Baywatch, according to Rotten Tomatoes, had five screenwriters. This is the best you could come up with?
What I Didn't Like…Continued
Moreover, this film has the nerve to give Baywatch a somewhat serious story with ever present themes of teamwork and getting over one's past. Is this film really the best place for such concepts when put next to Zac Efron lifting up a dead man's family jewels to check for evidence? I certainly don't think so.
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Baywatch clocks in around two hours for those are you wondering, partly because it stops the movie dead to discuss the themes mentioned above while creating manufactured conflicts that are forgotten the second after they occur. This film should have been an hour and a half long containing fifteen minutes of actual plot with the rest of the film delegated to showing beautiful people do beautiful things while in bathing suits. Nothing more.
What I Didn't Like…Continued…Continued
John Bass also stars in the film. You probably don't know that name, however. This is mostly because Baywatch was meant to be his big break. Unfortunately, his big break has yet to come because he was fairly insufferable for the entirety of the film.
It's obvious from his stature and size that he was meant to be the comedic foil to the rest of the cast. This is perfectly fine for a dumb comedy. The problem is that the lines he delivers aren't just unfunny, they're routinely cringe-worthy. I'm not sure whether the issues were in the writing or his performance, but it clearly didn't work out well for the film.
Baywatch showed glimmers of a nice film somewhere beneath its unfunny exterior, but there isn't nearly enough laughs for this critic to recommend it in any fashion. It gets a D-. I would strongly urge that you save your money for some of the other upcoming films that are due out. They'll probably be far more entertaining. Unless you want to watch a bad comedy that contains hilariously bad fire and green screen effects, I would suggest waiting until next time to see a comedy in theaters.
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Michael Seidel says:
There was a guy running on the street today, triggering recall of your "Baywatch" review. Shirtless, his abs would shame Zak's.
Nick Kush says:
I don't know about that, have you seen those things??? Lol
LOL – The other part is how often Zak's abs are mentioned in reviews! Does that say more about the movie, or the abs?
Maybe a bit of both!
TMH says:
Favorite lines: How is that even possible? I need to go to the gym more… and What I Didn't Like…Continued…Continued
Lol I thought you all might enjoy that!
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Land for sale, 1 £per acre; no takers. That was the end result of advertisements for available land in the Chemainus valley in 1857. In November of 1858 one J. A. Grahame, a clerk for the Hudson Bay company in Fort Vancouver bought 75 acres (35 hectares) on River Road. Known as 'Grahames' Prairie' or 'Rainbow Ranch' it is considered the first homestead in the Chemainus Country. There is no indication that he ever lived there or ever developed the property.
In 1859 the first 'wave' of settlers, six families of 212 applicants, settled in 'Chemainus Prairie.' By 1880, Chemainus Prairie's name was known as Hall's Crossing, named after the first owner of the Quist Farm. By 1886 the railway was put through and Captain C. E. Barkley became post-master (by general consensus). The little post office was called Westholme after the name of Captain Barkley's house, and the name stayed. The 1861 census by the Land Office's List of settlers names: William Robertson, George Watson, Robert Watson, James Mars, Thomas Cunningham and William Alexander Scott.
In 1863, David Wishart Mainguy bought pre-empted land along the river and mouth of the Chemainus River, as well as Mainguy and Round Island. He developed the land with barns and gardens, chicken run and pig sty. From his first shack, to his house on Mainguy Island to the house he built across the river from All Saints Church, Westholme, he can be considered one of the original settlers.
The logging industry in the Chemainus Valley had begun to bustle in 1850 and Chemainus had been a thriving native community by 1858 (considered its founding year). It was the sawmill built on Horseshoe Bay in 1862 that drew in the people. The sawmill offered as many as 500 jobs and the town was born.
Step into the past by visiting the Chemainus Valley Museum and check out the logging display. It's located next door to the Waterwheel Park, 9799 Waterwheel Cres.


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Performing a complete website review is rarely easy. I've found that you can start a site analysis intending to spend just a few minutes looking over it only to find that it quickly spirals into a multi-hour marathon of research. Complete website reviews can be time consuming and often produce many more hours of work beyond that.
One of the problems is that people tend want to skip right to search engine optimization forgetting that users matter. Many people want to rush into the marketing without realizing that the website itself is part of the marketing process. This is a shame.
Investing in SEO and PPC marketing, without having performed a thorough analysis of your website is largely an exercise in vain (and yes, even new websites often need a usability analysis!) You don't have to have a perfectly usable site in order to rank well in search engines, but it is increasingly difficult to rank a site without a strong usability focus, unless you're in a very niche industry. And even if you do rank well, without good usability you're losing more customers than you need or want to be losing.
Where do you start in performing a usability review?
One of the hurdles many people have in performing a usability review of their own site is that they don't know where to start. Over the past several months I've written a number of posts outlining various usability and website architectural elements that should be a part of any detailed review process. But going through each of those can take many hours.
Being able to do a quick-scan through a site can be a very handy skill. It will help you uncover some glaring issues without having to invest hours upon hours of time all at once. After you have performed your quick scan and have fixed the bigger issues, you then have an opportunity to go back and perform a more thorough analysis.
Here is what you need to know in order to do a quickie usability review. I've also provided links to my previous posts that provide you with a lot more detail and will help you perform a more thorough analysis as time permits.
Site wide navigation, including top, bottom and side navigation, should be as user-friendly as possible, ensuring that your visitors find what they expect when they click a navigation link. Check to make sure your navigation shows a logical flow of topics, subtopics and subject matter within the site and it enhances the user's ability to find key information.
The content of your website is your #1 sales tool. Content weighs heavily both in terms of how users interact with your website as well as how visitors are able to determine what you offer and what each page of your website is about. Always write for your visitors. Give them the information they need in a way that spurs them to action.
How the site is developed, along with the underlying coding structure, plays a significant role on whether your site meets the usability requirements of your audience. Check to make sure the overall design looks clean and doesn't feel cluttered. Colors and fonts should be easy on the eyes and should enhance rather than distract from the visitors experience.
Your home page is the single most crucial page of your site. It is essentially your store front. Your home page should identify your site and direct your visitors to the most important information, the information they are most likely coming to your site for. Keep it clean and focused and drive your visitors quickly to the sections that are more apt for selling.
Visitors that find their way to your About Us page tend to have a higher conversion rate than those that don't. This is where the visitor gets to know you and your company. Make sure the page contains information on company history, biographies of managers and your mission statement.
The Contact Us page could be considered the absolutely most important page on your site. Even if the rest of your site succeeds in the goals, if visitors fail to find the information they need to contact you then you will bring their shopping experience to a screeching halt. Always have multiple contact options and be sure web forms are working properly. Having a phone number listed is also extremely important.
Product pages maintain considerable strategic importance for ecommerce websites. Your visitors enter your product pages not only with an intention to buy something (the most desired end action) but to also learn, research and compare what you have against a competitor. Your product pages must provide enough information to help you visitors make the best decision possible. Be sure that calls to action, such as "add to cart" are readily available along with relevant pricing and shipping info.
While shopping car abandonment cannot be completely eliminated, it can be dramatically reduced. It is a failure of the shopping cart page itself that leads visitors to abandon their items which they do, in fact, wish to have. Make sure your shopping cart navigation buttons (update cart, checkout, etc.) are easily found. If you have multiple steps in the check out process, outline those steps and be sure to answer any questions regarding security and shipping.
If your web forms don't function properly or it's difficult to correct information input errors then you can lose a lot of visitors from frustration alone. Be sure to make inputting data easy by labeling fields properly, keep required information to a minimum and make sure errors are easy to understand and correct.
Implementing a search function improperly is often a greater source of frustration than not having one altogether. My rule of thumb is if you can't deliver perfect results 80% of the time then you're probably better off not having an on-site search. Pay attention to the location of the search bar, place it where it is typically expected, and test, test and test some more to ensure that the results are as expected. Misspell products and search for products you know you don't carry just to make sure you can deliver relevant results for products you do carry.
Building up your Help and FAQ pages can greatly enhance your visitor's experience with your website, giving them much needed information and possibly saving them a phone call. Keep these pages focused on providing information that isn't available anywhere else and make sure they are easy to find and easy to read.
Sites that require users to log in to access certain information and/or purchase products add an additional layer of potential complication to the usability process. Think carefully before requiring visitors to login. Do you really need that? If not, don't force it. Be sure to provide the benefits of creating an account and link to pages that outline your security assurances.
Your website's privacy information and security settings can be significant hurdles when it comes to gaining trust with your visitors. Be sure you provide links to these pages where best suited and applicable. Be sure to provide as much information you can that gives assurances that their information is safe.
Site maps provide a dual purpose: They provide search engine spiders easy access to all of your site pages and they provide site visitors easy access to all of your site pages. The best advice is to make sure all your site map files stay current and are easy to find.
Customer engagement goes beyond just getting the customer's attention, you must keep their attention. This can be done by providing your visitors near immediate gratification. Your content needs to get their attention, tell them what they need to purchase and link out to other important pages that can help them make the purchase decision.
Above all things you need to make sure your website provides strong customer satisfaction. You can do this by making sure information is easy to find, eliminate broken links and keep pages and images relatively small so they don't take long to load.
Since the "purchase" is the ultimate conversion, it is imperative that you remove as many obstacles from the customer's research-to-buy cycle as possible. Make sure your products are available or otherwise noted. Adding product reviews and up-sell opportunities can lend to increased sales.
Your ability to convince your visitors that yours is a trustworthy business is one of the key components to getting visitors to convert into customers. Always providing prompt and complete responses to visitor inquiries. It's also valuable to provide multiple delivery options, discounts and allow your customers to provide feedback.
The selling process-from initial interest to the very last checkout page-must be able to grab shopper's attention and proceed to drive them through to the finalization of the sale. In other words, once you have them, you don't want to lose them. Keep your content organized and clutter-free, make sure the site looks good across the most popular browsers and make sure that you follow up after the sale.
As more and more users gain access to the web, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that your website is accessible to all, not just a few. Be sure your website is constructed in a way that it is accessible to mobile phones, text based browsers and screen readers.
The one thing to understand about usability is that nothing is set in stone. You can go point by point of any usability guide and still get it wrong. You can overcome that by testing. Whenever a change is made test the results. Make sure it has the intended effect and you get the results you want. If it doesn't help, change it back and try something else. Over time you'll incrementally improve overall site usability and find conversion rates climbing as each successful change is implemented.
Many thanks for all your informative offerings, not sure how you find the time ?
We are in the process of finalizing our new web site and you have been a great help to us over many years.
Your writings are easy to follow, simple to read but to the point and of great value.
You are one of the few who we read on a regular basis and for your time and effort, we thank you.
Great Tips Stoney, always a pleasure to read your work. Much respect, indeed.
Clear cut and incisive. Probably has everything one has to look at to avoid making mistakes that may eventually cos them.
Stoney - great tips! These are definitely some key areas that can cause a lot of grief once visitors get to your site.
I think we should make the list 20 though, and add call to action. One thing we see over and over is that companies aren't telling visitors what they want them to do. Every page of the site should have a call to action above the fold, whether your ultimate goal is sales (add to cart), leads (contact), readership (subscribe) or something else. You should constantly be driving visitors toward a specific goal, and make it very easy for them to get there.
Some really good information there.. keep up the good work!


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Mystery continues to surround Christopher Shale's death at Glastonbury after a pathologist's tests came back inconclusive.
The Tory official, 56, who was a close friend of David Cameron was found dead in a Glastonbury toilet hours after receiving a phone call from No. 10 Downing street warning him that a leaked memo was going to be published in a Sunday newspaper.
He was discovered slumped in a toilet cubicle in theVIP area of the festival on Sunday morning after the alarm was raised by concerned family members at Worthy farm.
It is believed his his body may have lain undiscovered for up to 10 hours.
Festival organiser Michael Eavis initially said he believed it was a 'suicide situation', however this has been denied by the police.
Shale was chairman of the Conservative association which covers Cameron's constituency of Witney, Oxfordshire. On Saturday Shale received a call from Barry Norton, the Prime Minister's election agent, warning him that an article, due to be published by the Mail on Sunday the following day, would reveal a critical memo that he had written about the failings of the Conservative party.
In the memo, Shale describes parts of the Tory party as "crass and grasping" and said that, "we are not always a group of people to whom many of our potential members are going to be magnetically drawn."
However, according to Downing Street, Shale was not being rebuked for the memo and his death was not related.
The inquest, which lasted just a few minutes, was adjourned until a later date by East Somerset Coroner Tony Williams.
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Impress Blinds is your one stop shop for all kinds and types of windows blinds. Are you looking for cheap but very stylish composite material Custom Roller Blinds or unique Vertical Blinds are your first preference? We have all designs and colors available. Our custom Roman Blinds are not only made from thick and durable fabric materials but also provide enhanced privacy and luxurious folding exposing your windows for fresh daylight and air when required. Get fresh and attractive colors with our Vision Blinds that let in all the daylight and fresh air that your need and also have a look at our top quality Metal Venetian blinds providing cheap and long lasting window coverage at all times. For your conservatories in Middlesbrough, we have special Conservatory Blinds as well along with Custom Wooden Blinds in all colors and designs to suit majestic luxurious interiors.
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HomeNews14 housing projects allocated under 24-24-24 project in Seychelles
14 housing projects allocated under 24-24-24 project in Seychelles
The government of Seychelles has completed and allocated 14 housing projects under the 24-24-24 project (24 houses in 24 districts in 24 months) launched in 2017. The ambitious government-funded housing project was announced by President Danny Faure in his 2017 State of the Nation address to alleviate the housing problems in the country.
According to the principal secretary for infrastructure, Benjamin Choppy, despite delays with the 24-24-24 plan, the housing ministry is satisfied with the progress made as more than half of the projects have been delivered as at July 2020. "Altogether we have allocated 326 units out of 575 that we have planned to build under the 24-24-24 project, which represents 13 housing projects," he said.
Another housing project comprising of 16 units in the central district of Roche Caiman was allocated bringing the total to 14. A project in the southern Mahe district of Takamaka is almost completed and will be allocated in September. Construction work is almost completed in two other districts; Anse Aux Pins and Pointe Larue, and allocation is expected to be done by September.
Also Read: Construction of "The Alma" in Ruaka, Kenya, resumes
24-24-24 project
Housing remains a major social issue in the island nation with a population of approximately 95,000 people. At the end of last year, there were around 3,000 applications for social housing. This is the main reason behind the 24-24-24 project.
The project was expected to be delivered within two years but encountered delays and challenges. According to the PS, some sites had sitting tenants, so they had to build by phases. "Also, we had not secured land in some districts when the project was announced and negotiations to get the land earmarked for other projects took some time, which delayed the construction," he explained.
Out of the remaining nine districts, work will be completed in eight districts by the end of this year. Two central districts; English River and Plaisance will be completed next year.
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The The Winans ft. Aaron Hall – A Friend Mp3 ringtone is categorized under Android Ringtones since the file is built in mp3 format. However, any other phones that recognize the mp3 file as a ringtone can download the The Winans ft. Aaron Hall – A Friend mp3 ringtone as well.
The The Winans ft. Aaron Hall – A Friend Mp3 ringtone is filed under "Soul / RnB Ringtones" for tags.


Sunday the 8th of February we talked about the "Dignity of the Human Person" and how this dignity is wrongly defined in our culture as "usefulness". As God tells us in the scriptures, "Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without the Father's knowledge. Even the hairs on your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." Matthew 10:29-31.
Saint John Paul II says, "The opposite of love is not hate- it's use". How do we contribute to this cycle of use? Do we see those around us including ourselves as only good if they can contribute to our needs and desires or meet the demands of society?
To be "pro-life" we must stand for the dignity of the human person in the way we speak and act in our daily lives. This means a total transformation of self and bravely going where the culture does not go; asking the homeless to pray with them, speaking out against injustice, and living an authentic Catholic Life.
Sunday the 15th of February Fr. John talked about Lent by comparing a scene from "How to Train Your Dragon" to how we should approach God during the Lenten season. We need to reach out in complete faith and with persistence to achieve intimacy with God just like the Viking "Hiccup" reached out the dragon "Toothless" in the movie. He did not get discouraged or resentful, just rather waited patiently for a response. This is our call during Lent! Let us prepare the way of the Lord!
Sunday the 22nd of February we talked about Masculinity and Femininity and the ways in which we need one another's special calls to holiness. Men and women are very different but both image our Creater in beautiful and life-giving ways. For each one of us to live out our calls to holiness, we need our brothers and sisters in Christ to lead us to heaven. Let us take up the crosses God intended for us and walk with one another this Lenten season!
Sunday the 1st of March we talked about Sexuality and the Church and what Christ desires for our sexuality. We established by an analysis of the pop culture music video "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith, that the human person desires perminant, sacrificial, and meaningful relationships. Then we watched the video "Crucifixion Type Love" as the radical re-definition of relationships, sexuality, and a love that lasts. The devil works in division, isolation, and use. God works in unity, communion, and eternity. Let us not forget that a love that is not willing to suffer is not a love good enough for the life God has in store for us!
Sunday the 8th of March we heard Mr. Robbie Shadburn's witness talk about his troubled past and incredible redemption. He discussed the role that Christ played in his life and how God's great love for him brought about the many blessings he now has. His powerful witness touched us so much! Thank you for your witness to the faith, Mr. Shadburn!


Are The Watchmen Watching 27.com?
The negative side of the cool viral marketing that the studios is doing is what people the Alternate Reality Gaming world call Gamejacks. The Cloverfield craze saw the emergence of Evan Haas and a few other sites which attempted to capitalize on the hype behind JJ Abrams' mysterious monster flick. I'm usually hesitant to report on such new sites, especially due to the studio's unwillingness to confirm such sites as official or "Out of game".
Sam noticed that there was a small HTML tag for an unused photo in the website source – www.27.com/ro.jpg, which brings you to the previously released Watchmen still of Rorshach holding the ever-famous smiley. But if this is an official viral site, who wouldn't Warner Bros use a new still to confirm this fact to fans? It's also worth noting that the image is in an extremely high resolution (3884 x 1810) than I've ever seen it prior (but this could just be a high def enlargement).
What has me interested in this website, is the domain name. It's a two number/letter domain, which many of you probably know, isn't cheap. Unless you had a domain like this locked up for a long while, it isn't something you could easily get your hands on without some big bankroll. The site first showed up in June, and many people believed it to be part of Bungie's online viral game for the Halo video game series.
So I'm hoping that someone reading this speculative post will be able to prove or debunk this site as part of a new Watchmen viral effort. Anyone up for the task?


Global Volcanism Program, 2014. Report on Stromboli (Italy). In: Sennert, S K (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 18 June-24 June 2014. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
INGV reported two episodes of effusive activity at Stromboli, one on 17 June and another on 22 June. Activity on 17 June occurred in the morning within the central part of the crater terrace (Bocca S2) and included explosive spattering. This activity lasted for a few hours and produced a small lava flow directed toward Pizzo Sopra la Fossa. A sharp increase in Strombolian activity began from all of the craters on 22 June, depositing voluminous material along the Sciara del Fuoco. A lava flow ~200 m long extended from the mouth of N2 (within the N part of the crater terrace). During the evening this flow slowed, and then stalled the following day when Strombolian activity decreased.
Geologic Background. Spectacular incandescent nighttime explosions at this volcano have long attracted visitors to the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean." Stromboli, the NE-most of the Aeolian Islands, has lent its name to the frequent mild explosive activity that has characterized its eruptions throughout much of historical time. The small island is the emergent summit of a volcano that grew in two main eruptive cycles, the last of which formed the western portion of the island. The Neostromboli eruptive period from about 13,000 to 5000 years ago was followed by formation of the modern edifice. The active summit vents are located at the head of the Sciara del Fuoco, a prominent horseshoe-shaped scarp formed about 5000 years ago as a result of the most recent of a series of slope failures that extend to below sea level. The modern volcano has been constructed within this scarp, which funnels pyroclastic ejecta and lava flows to the NW. Essentially continuous mild strombolian explosions, sometimes accompanied by lava flows, have been recorded for more than a millennium.


Immerse yourself in an eternal springtime with this charming gemstone creation. Here, 1.40 ct. t.w. pink and multi-colored tourmalines glow in a cluster of happy-hued sparkle. .10 ct. t.w. white topaz create a curvacious border. Set in polished sterling silver. Multi-stone cluster ring.


The perfect little treat for Halloween. Dracula's Raspberry Chocolates filled with a natural red, raspberry or strawberry filling.
As a kid Halloween was probably one of my favourite holidays. I loved everything about it. The dressing up, the spookiness and of course the treats.
Do this month for my little get together with my three Blogger Friends, we decided to celebrate Halloween!
Making these Chocolates was not easy, not because filled chocolates are difficult, because these definitely aren't. But because at the time my house was almost a sauna.
Taking the photos and getting the chocolate to set was a challenge. But I managed, fake spiders and all.
Italy is still taking it's sweet time welcoming Fall. Of course I wouldn't know because at this moment and for the next little bit I am back in Toronto. Where cool weather has arrived!
It's best to use a silicone mold for chocolates (make sure it is a deep mold), easy to remove them.
Use a very good quality of chocolate.
Make sure to temper your chocolate, a candy thermometer is a must.
Make sure ingredients, melted chocolate, raspberry filling is cooled before attempting to fill.
Do not over fill with the raspberry or strawberry filling, 3/4 full is enough.
Chill the filled chocolates before covering with melted chocolate.
And make sure the chocolates have set before attempting to remove them from the mold.
I also found the best fruit for the filling are strawberries or raspberries. Once cooked the colour deepens to the perfect red colour!
Chocolate Silicon Mold easy to remove the chocolates.
Medium Pot for cooking the Raspberry or Strawberry Filling.
So if Halloween is your thing, or even a Dark Chocolate with a Natural Fruit Filled filling, then I hope you give these a try and let me know. Happy Early Halloween!
The perfect little treat for Halloween. Dracula's Raspberry Chocolates filled with a natural red, raspberry or strawberry filling.
Puree cleaned berries, then press through a sieve to remove the seeds. In a medium pot add the pureed fruit, sugar and lemon juice, stir to combine, bring to a boil over medium heat, once boiling, lower heat to low and continue to cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove any foam that forms on top, continue to simmer until thickened approximately 2-3 minutes more (the mixture will be a deep red). Remove from heat and let cool completely (you may want to place it in a clean bowl so it will cool quicker).
In a deep dish over a pot of boiling water (make sure the water does not touch the bottom of the dish). Add 1/2 the chopped chocolate heat until temperature reaches 122 F (50C), remove from heat and add the remaining chopped chocolate, stir continuously until temperature reaches 89F (32C).
Then coat the chocolate mold swirling it around (I used a pastry brush to fill in the empty spots). Tip the mold over to empty out the excess chocolate (I let it drain for approximately 5-10 minutes over a cookie rack), place the mold in the fridge for approximately 15 minutes.
Fill the molds with the cooled filling, fill only 3/4 way, do not fill to the top! Place in the fridge for approximately 30 minutes. Then top with remaining melted chocolate (if the chocolate is firm then heat until melted, but make sure to cool it down before topping the filling). Refrigerate until firm. Pop the chocolates out of the mold once they are firm. Enjoy.
These look delicious and not very hard to make! (A plus for me!) I will definitely be making these! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Lauren I hope you enjoy them.


My business is too small! The only way to grow your business is to grow your customer base. The easiest way to grow your customer base is accept all forms of payment. If you operate your business on a cash only basis; you are missing hundreds, if not thousands of customers. Most customers today do not carry much more than $20.00 in their pocket or carry less than $1000 in their checking accounts. This limits how much your customer can spend. If you accept payment cards, i.e. credit or debit cards, you expand your customer base by having to do very little except to advertise that you accept credit cards. You also expand the dollar amount a customer will pay for your products or service when they can charge a credit card. By accepting credit cards you can offer instant financing with nearly no risk to your business. Your customer, by using their credit card, can finance your product or service by paying as much or as little per the agreement with their credit card issuer! You get paid in full immediately!
My customers only pay with cash: Again, as stated earlier, most people carry less than $20.00 and have less than $1000 in their checking account. But here is another reason why customers would want to pay with their credit card…REWARDS! That's right; people want to earn the rewards they earn by using a credit card. These rewards make people want to spend more and you never have to worry about a bounced check. Once the card is approved, the funds are transferred into your business account. This means fewer trips to your bank to make deposits. A win-win!
I only do Business to Business: Businesses use credit cards too! Businesses want to use cards to help them track spending, control spending by employees and they can own reward cards as well. There is another great reason to accept cards from businesses. You get paid faster! That has to be the best reason your business should be accepting credit cards from other businesses!
I provide services for the federal or state government: Have you heard of the Paper Reduction Act? This law requires that the federal government pay for services with a card for most contracts under $10,000. In fact, credit cards are actively used by the federal and state governments. Small purchases (under $2,500) are commonly paid for with a credit card. If your business generates its income from business to business sales/services, you should be looking into providing government services as well. Don't miss out on a contract by not being able to accept credit cards!
Lastly- I think it is too expensive: This is where most businesses fail to see the big picture. By accepting cards and offering more payment options, this is the least expensive part of doing business. Think about it. What are your main expenses: employees, and your business space! The least expensive part of growing your business presence is accepting credit cards. There are many ways you can accept cards, using a traditional credit card terminal, a Point of Sale System (acts as a full business management system as well as a payment tool), online or using your smart phone. Sure there may be an upfront cost of equipment, but this can be written off as a business expense. The fees you pay to a credit card processor can always be negotiated. These negotiated fees consist of the processing rates, transaction fees and monthly service fees. Understand that there set fees for each card brand (Visa/MC/Discover.) American Express controls its own fees and will be the same for any processor. Shop around and ask questions. If you are a service company such as a plumbing company, using your mobile phone is probably the best and cheapest. You already have most of the equipment by just having your phone. You are a retail or face to face brick and mortar business: then using a traditional credit card terminal is for you. The prices on these terminals can vary, so again shop around. If you are an online/mail order business, business to business or government service provider, then using a virtual terminal is your best bet. No equipment fees! Plus, most virtual terminals allow for recurring billing. Remember everything can be negotiated. Processing companies want your business. The reality is that you cannot afford not to accept credit cards!
So, congratulations! You are a business owner. Grow your business by doing the simplest thing…accept credit and debit cards!


Let's face it, the internet is full of weight and fat loss gimmicks. Endless tools, pills, weird plans, strenuous programs - none of them work in the long run. Instead of choosing healthy alternatives, cause that seems so boring, we're looking for the magic ingredient to solve all our problems.
It's the time of year that we all start craving hearty, warm comfort meals. The days get shorter and greyer, mornings are super chilly, and we just want to curl up on the sofa after a good day's work. In our house, that means popping some satiating plant-based goodness into the oven… and lately, we've been really into making our own lentil loaf or vegan meatloaf.
Not too long ago, we dedicated a whole article to our love and appreciation for a witty kitchen tool called the Instant Pot. Some of the pictures in there displayed the cooking of a delicious and easy vegan comfort dish: whole grain, veggie-rich Instant Pot Pasta.
Today, we want to share the recipe for this one-pot meal with you.


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Fall Control of Humanoid Robots
Seminar / Lecture
For NYU Community
Dr. Ambarish Goswami
Honda Research Institute USA
Keen interest in humanoid robot balance research sometimes makes us overlook the consequences of a balance failure. Although fall appears to be a rare event in the life of a humanoid robot, its occurrence is virtually unavoidable and its consequences can be disastrous. A major reason that humanoid robots are not allowed to move freely in human environments is the concern of self-damage and injury that can be unintentionally caused by a falling robot.
A falling robot is an underactuated system that rapidly gains speed under gravity. The time to act is very short. How can one intervene? In this respect, we will describe our ongoing work on humanoid robot fall strategy which tries to modify the robot's fall direction in order to avoid hitting a person or an object in the vicinity. Our approach is based on intelligent foot placement as well as a method called "inertia shaping" which is aimed at controlling the centroidal inertia of the robot. We demonstrate our results through the simulation and hardware experiments. Click here to view the announcement.
Ambarish Goswami has been with Honda Research Institute in California, USA for the past ten years, where he is currently a Principal Scientist. His field is dynamics and control, and his main research is in the application areas of humanoid robots, assistive exoskeletons and vehicles. He received a Bachelor's degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, a Master's degree from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA and a Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, all in Mechanical Engineering.
Ambarish Goswami's Ph.D. work, under Prof. Michael Peshkin, was in the area of automated assembly and robot-assisted surgery. For four years following his graduation he worked at the INRIA Laboratory in Grenoble, France, as a member of the permanent scientific staff (Charge de Recherche). He became interested in human walking and in biomechanics while working on "BIP," the first anthropomorphic biped robot in France. This interest in gait study subsequently brought him to Prof. Norm Badler's Center for Human Modeling and Simulation at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, as an IRCS Fellow, and a three year position as a core animation software developer for 3D Studio Max at Autodesk. Ambarish has held visiting researcher positions at the Ohio State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for short periods. Ambarish has more than 70 publications with a total of more than 3000 Google Scholar citations; he has eight granted patents and several pending patents.
www.ambarish.com
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 12:00pm - Monday, December 3, 2012 at 1:00pm
Add to Calendar 2012-12-03 12:00:00 2012-12-03 13:00:00 Fall Control of Humanoid Robots More information about this event is available at http://engineering.nyu.edu/events/2012/12/03/fall-control-humanoid-robots America/New_York public


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namespace csapex
{
namespace
{
template <typename M>
class MSourceNode : public Node
{
public:
    MSourceNode()
    {
    }

    void setupParameters(Parameterizable& params) override
    {
        params.addHiddenParameter(param::factory::declareValue<M>("value", {}));
    }

    void setup(csapex::NodeModifier& node_modifier) override
    {
        output = node_modifier.addOutput<M>("output");
    }

    void process() override
    {
        M value = readParameter<M>("value");
        //        ainfo << getpid() << " send value: " << value << std::endl;
        msg::publish(output, value);
    }

    bool canProcess() const override
    {
        return Node::canProcess();
    }

    void setValue(M val)
    {
        auto param = getParameter("value");

        //        ainfo << "set value: " << val << std::endl;
        param->set(val);
    }

private:
    Output* output;
};

template <typename M>
class MSinkNode : public Node
{
public:
    MSinkNode()
    {
    }

    void setupParameters(Parameterizable& params) override
    {
        params.addHiddenParameter(param::factory::declareValue<M>("value", {}));
    }

    void setup(csapex::NodeModifier& node_modifier) override
    {
        input = node_modifier.addInput<M>("input");
    }

    void process() override
    {
        ASSERT_TRUE(input->hasReceived());
        ASSERT_TRUE(msg::hasMessage(input));

        //        ainfo << "RECEIVED: " << msg::getValue<M>(input) << std::endl;

        setParameter("value", msg::getValue<M>(input));
    }

    M getValue() const
    {
        return readParameter<M>("value");
    }

private:
    Input* input;
};

}  // namespace

class PolymorphicValuesTest : public SteppingTest
{
protected:
    NodeFactoryImplementation factory;

    PolymorphicValuesTest() : factory(SettingsImplementation::NoSettings, nullptr), uuid_provider(std::make_shared<UUIDProvider>())
    {
        std::vector<TagPtr> tags;
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("IntSourceNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSourceNode<int>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("IntSinkNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSinkNode<int>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("DoubleSourceNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSourceNode<double>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("DoubleSinkNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSinkNode<double>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("BoolSourceNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSourceNode<bool>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("BoolSinkNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSinkNode<bool>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("StringSourceNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSourceNode<std::string>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
        {
            csapex::NodeConstructor::Ptr constructor(new csapex::NodeConstructor("StringSinkNode", std::bind(&PolymorphicValuesTest::makeSinkNode<std::string>)));
            factory.registerNodeType(constructor);
        }
    }

    virtual ~PolymorphicValuesTest()
    {
        // You can do clean-up work that doesn't throw exceptions here.
    }

    template <typename T>
    static NodePtr makeSourceNode()
    {
        return NodePtr(new MSourceNode<T>);
    }
    template <typename T>
    static NodePtr makeSinkNode()
    {
        return NodePtr(new MSinkNode<T>);
    }
    UUIDProviderPtr uuid_provider;
};

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, IntCanBeConnectedToInt)
{
    OutputPtr o = std::make_shared<StaticOutput>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("o1"));
    InputPtr i = std::make_shared<Input>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("in"));

    o->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<int>>());
    i->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<int>>());

    // is compatible
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(i.get(), o.get()));
    // can be connected
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(i.get(), o.get()));

    ConnectionPtr c = DirectConnection::connect(o, i);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, c);
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, DoubleCanBeConnectedToDouble)
{
    OutputPtr o = std::make_shared<StaticOutput>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("o1"));
    InputPtr i = std::make_shared<Input>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("in"));

    o->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<double>>());
    i->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<double>>());

    // is compatible
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(i.get(), o.get()));
    // can be connected
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(i.get(), o.get()));

    ConnectionPtr c = DirectConnection::connect(o, i);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, c);
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, ExactValueDoesNotUseMessageConversion)
{
    InputPtr i = std::make_shared<Input>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("in"));

    i->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<int>>());
    i->setToken(std::make_shared<Token>(makeEmpty<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<int>>()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(msg::isValue<int>(i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(msg::isValue<double>(i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(msg::isExactValue<int>(i.get()));
    ASSERT_FALSE(msg::isExactValue<double>(i.get()));
    i->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<double>>());
    i->setToken(std::make_shared<Token>(makeEmpty<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<double>>()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(msg::isValue<int>(i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(msg::isValue<double>(i.get()));
    ASSERT_FALSE(msg::isExactValue<int>(i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(msg::isExactValue<double>(i.get()));
}
TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, IntCanBeConnectedToDouble)
{
    OutputPtr o = std::make_shared<StaticOutput>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("o1"));
    InputPtr i = std::make_shared<Input>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("in"));

    o->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<int>>());
    i->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<double>>());

    // is compatible
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(i.get(), o.get()));
    // can be connected
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(i.get(), o.get()));

    ConnectionPtr c = DirectConnection::connect(o, i);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, c);
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, DoubleCanBeConnectedToInt)
{
    OutputPtr o = std::make_shared<StaticOutput>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("o1"));
    InputPtr i = std::make_shared<Input>(uuid_provider->makeUUID("in"));

    o->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<double>>());
    i->setType(std::make_shared<connection_types::GenericValueMessage<int>>());

    // is compatible
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::isCompatibleWith(i.get(), o.get()));
    // can be connected
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(o.get(), i.get()));
    ASSERT_TRUE(Connection::canBeConnectedTo(i.get(), o.get()));

    ConnectionPtr c = DirectConnection::connect(o, i);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, c);
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, IntCanBeConnectedToIntViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("IntSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("IntSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<int>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<int>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue(iter);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());
        ASSERT_EQ(iter, receiver->getValue());
    }
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, DoubleCanBeConnectedToDoubleViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("DoubleSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("DoubleSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<double>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<double>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue(iter + 0.5);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());
        ASSERT_EQ(iter + 0.5, receiver->getValue());
    }
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, DoubleCanBeConnectedToIntViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("DoubleSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("IntSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<double>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<int>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue(iter + 0.25);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());
        ASSERT_EQ(iter, receiver->getValue());
    }
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, IntCanBeConnectedToDoubleViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("IntSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("DoubleSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<int>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<double>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue(iter);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());
        ASSERT_NEAR(iter, receiver->getValue(), 0.001);
    }
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, DoubleCanBeConnectedToBoolViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("DoubleSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("BoolSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<double>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<bool>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue(iter);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());
        ASSERT_EQ(iter != 0, receiver->getValue());
    }
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, BoolCanBeConnectedToDoubleViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("BoolSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("DoubleSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<bool>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<double>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue((iter % 2) == 0);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());

        if ((iter % 2) == 0) {
            ASSERT_NEAR(1.0, receiver->getValue(), 0.0001);

        } else {
            ASSERT_NEAR(0.0, receiver->getValue(), 0.0001);
        }
    }
}

TEST_F(PolymorphicValuesTest, BoolCanBeConnectedToStringViaNodes)
{
    GraphFacadeImplementation graph_facade(executor, graph, graph_node);

    UUID node1_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node1");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_a = factory.makeNode("BoolSourceNode", node1_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_a);

    UUID node2_id = UUIDProvider::makeUUID_without_parent("node2");
    NodeFacadeImplementationPtr node_b = factory.makeNode("StringSinkNode", node2_id, graph);
    graph_facade.addNode(node_b);

    graph_facade.connect(graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node1_id, "out", 0), graph->makeTypedUUID_forced(node2_id, "in", 0));

    executor.start();

    auto sender = dynamic_cast<MSourceNode<bool>*>(node_a->getNode().get());
    auto receiver = dynamic_cast<MSinkNode<std::string>*>(node_b->getNode().get());

    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, sender);
    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, receiver);

    for (int iter = 0; iter < 23; ++iter) {
        sender->setValue((iter % 2) == 0);
        ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(step());

        if ((iter % 2) == 0) {
            ASSERT_EQ("true", receiver->getValue());

        } else {
            ASSERT_EQ("false", receiver->getValue());
        }
    }
}
}  // namespace csapex

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