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Doughboys and Dumb Things Humans Have Done
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This November 11th at 11 a.m. will mark 95 years since World War I ended. Next July 28th will mark 100 years since it started. The world war, the great war, the war for no good reason, the war of poison gas, the war to end all wars, the war of mass stupidity, the war that went on for days after the Germans agreed to end it, the war that continued until 11 a.m. as that time had been set to end it, the war whose last man killed in action was a suicidal American who ran at the Germans at 10:59, the war that in fact was intentionally not ended but extended into mass-punishment of the German people until World War II could be commenced, this century-old piece of historical stupidity that shames our species is about to be commemorated on a serious scale — so dust off your gas masks and get ready.
A hundred years. A hundred ever-loving years, and we've neither learned that wars don't end wars nor ever really ended World War II, ever brought the troops home from Japan and Germany, ever scaled back the taxation and military spending and foreign basing and war profiteering.
The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten War by Richard Rubin is 500 pages of excellent history of World War I but without the appropriate rejection of the decision to go to war or the embarrassment one should feel for those who thought they could find glory or goodness by joining in that mass murdering madness. We tend to look down on all sorts of aspects of early 20th century morality. Colonialism, sexism, racism, corporal punishment in schools, creationism — you name it, we've moved on. Yet writers still recount wars as if the decision to take part in them were neutral or admirable.
In a way this makes sense, given what we're all taught about history. The Khan Academy is a wonderful website for kids (or anyone) to use in learning math. But if you click over to the section on history it's literally nothing but wars. Perhaps they plan to add in a few unimportant things that happened during the pauses in between wars, but they haven't done so yet. It's nothing but war after war after war. That's history. President Kennedy supposedly said Lincoln would have been nothing without the Civil War — it takes war to make greatness. It takes war to be in the history books.
Richard Rubin found and interviewed the last remaining U.S. veterans of World War I before they died. As he spoke with them their average age was 107. Everything he learned and recorded is of great interest, but much of it is simply about what it's like to become 107. Such a study could have been done of non-veterans. A comparison could have been made of veterans and non-veterans. Or a study like this one could have looked at World War I resisters. That there's not a similar book about them, and now can never be, says little about them and a great deal about all of us. A comparison of the lifespans of veterans and refuseniks would have been an interesting test of the author's theory that going along to get along increases your life.
It is perhaps not too late to track down and interview the last remaining survivors of the strongest peace movement the United States has known — that of the 1920s and 1930s — but somebody would have to do it and do it soon.
Perhaps Richard Rubin will take up that idea, but I tend to doubt it. His fascination is with war, not wisdom. And not just his fascination, but most people's. The sad fact is that, in Rubin's telling, these World War I veterans didn't tend to develop an appropriate sense of regret over a period of 85 years. There are, no doubt, cases of slave owners who by 1950 were able to express some regret over slavery. But slavery was on its way out. War is ever on its way in.
Despite my lengthy caveat, The Last of the Doughboys really is an excellent book, for what it is. The discussions of World War I songs and World War I books, and so forth, are quite wonderful. And Doughboys is not blatantly dishonest war hype. It includes the facts about the Lusitania (that Germany had warned Americans not to get on a ship with arms and troops as it would be sunk). It doesn't look closely at the war propaganda, but it is straightforward enough on the clampdown on speech and civil liberties, and the vicious demonization of Germans and the Kaiser. It doesn't mention the Wall Street coup or the name Smedley Butler, but its coverage of the Bonus Army is otherwise good. It doesn't focus on opposition or alternatives, but it does convey the pointlessness of the horror, and it does recount the badly misguided way in which the war was ended.
Yet, ultimately, Rubin is striving to give more credit and honor to warriors unfairly overshadowed by the glorification of World War II. The heroes of the original world war saved the world in the snow and shoeless and uphill both ways. Rubin wants World War I to get its due — unlike some wars. The war on the Philippines, for example, he calls "not much of" a war, despite the fact that it cost the population involved a greater percentage of its lives than any other U.S. war has inflicted on any other population, including the population of the U.S. — including in the U.S. Civil War. Go to the Philippines and say it wasn't much of a war, I dare you. It was the model for the costly, pointless, racist, one-sided slaughters of the 21st century. World War I was a model only for its expansion into World War II. Otherwise it's obsolete.
My friend Sandy Davies, who knows this stuff, recently looked up what the costs have been of the ongoing warmaking by the United States since the pair of World Wars. I think it's relevant because every single time I speak about ending war and take questions on the topic I'm asked "What about Hitler?" In the days since Hitler's been gone, as the world has moved on from Hitler-like expansionism, as a great portion of the world has moved away from war, the United States, according to Davies, has spent $37-40 trillion (in 2013 dollars) on war and preparations for war.
There's $32 trillion since 1948 in Department of So-Called-Defense spending documented in http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2014/FY14_Green_Book.pdf plus $780 billion to the War Department in 1946-7 before it was rebranded. Extra funding to the Energy Department, the V.A. and other departments is harder to find, but can be estimated at:
Nuclear weapons (DOE): $1.7 – 3 trillion
V.A.: $1.3 to 2.5 trillion
Other departments: $1 to 2 trillion
Then there's the real cost: 10 to 20 million dead in wars the U.S. has been directly involved in, or 15 to 30 million if you count the DRC, Cambodia, the French War in Indochina, and the Iran-Iraq War. "These numbers are very conservative," says Davies, "based on publicly available estimates, generally ignoring Les Roberts' findings in Rwanda and the DRC that passive reporting methods generally only count 5-20% of deaths in war zones." These figures include:
Korea: 2.5 to 3.5 million
Vietnam: 2 to 4 million
Iraq: 400,000 to 1.5 million
Afghanistan (total): 1 to 2 million
China: 1.75 million
Indonesia: 500,000 to 2 million
Angola: 500,000 to 1 million
Somalia: 300,000 to 500,000
Guatemala: 200,000 to 300,000
Greece: 200,000
East Timor: 100,000 to 220,000
El Salvador: 100,000 to 120,000
Syria: 90,000 to 130,000
Operation Condor: 60,000 to 100,000
Peru: 70,000
Colombia: 50,000 – 200,000
Laos: 40,000 to 100,000
Nicaragua: 30,000 to 55,000
Libya: 25,000 to 50,000
plus smaller numbers in many other countries.
Either we're on a record streak of greatest generations after greatest generations, or we've caught a war addiction so badly that we've come to imagine it's normal, and that — in fact — it's all that ever has happened in the world.
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Epstein's death came within 24 hours after long-sealed documents were released by a federal court in a since-settled lawsuit against Epstein's ex-girlfriend by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's accusers.
The documents included depositions of years of alleged sex acts involving underage girls. The material, released as a result of petitions by the Miami Herald and other news media, included sordid allegations involving prominent individuals.
Among the documents are police reports, flight logs and even a purported memoir by a woman who says she was a victim of Epstein's when she was teenager.
Sigrid McCawley, Giuffre's attorney, said Epstein's suicide less than 24 hours after the documents were unsealed "is no coincidence." McCawley called on federal authorities to continue their investigation, focusing on Epstein associates who she said "participated and facilitated Epstein's horrifying sex trafficking scheme."
"The reckoning of accountability begun by the voices of brave and truthful victims should not end with Jeffrey Epstein's cowardly and shameful suicide," McCawley said in a statement. "The victims await the true justice they have sought and deserve."
Jennifer Araoz said in a statement Saturday she and other accusers will be scarred for the rest of their lives, while he won't confront the consequences of the "trauma he caused so many people."
Brad Edwards, a lawyer for nearly two dozen other accusers, called Epstein's suicide a "selfish act" that was "not the ending anyone was looking for."
Epstein was arrested by federal agents in July at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey after his private jet landed from Paris.
The federal indictment claims Epstein "incentivized his victims" by paying them hundreds of dollars for each girl they recruited. Encounters with his victims would begin with a "massage" before Epstein would "escalate the nature and scope of physical contact with his victim," the indictment says. It also says unnamed employees of Epstein aided in scheduling the girls.
Julie K. Brown, a reporter for the Miami Herald whose dogged reporting led to a re-examination of the Epstein saga, told CNN Saturday that his death may bring out more witnesses.
"It might open up the case even more," she said. "There will be people that maybe will not be as afraid to talk now."
Contributing: Joey Garrison and Associated Press.

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A Conversation with DJ Paul
Photo Credit: Arturo Serrano
Watch Andrew Barber's in-depth conversation with Three 6 Mafia member DJ Paul, which tells the stories behind the rapper-producer-entrepreneur's approaches, independence and ongoing vitality.
Tearing Da Club Up
Hypnotize Minds and Southern Powerhouse Labels
The Well-Known Unknowns Become Famous
The New Parliament Funkadelic and Never Compromising
Yeah, You Know the Business
Keeping a Group Together
The Sound of Memphis
The Future of DJ Paul
Hypnotizing Minds
Emerging from Memphis, TN, in the early '90s, Three 6 Mafia built the foundation for most contemporary rap. From its distinct sonics to unique flow, the group pioneered what became known as crunk music and came of age just as southern rap began to break through on a national level.
Three 6 Mafia — originally comprised of DJ Paul, Juicy J, Gangsta Boo, Lord Infamous, Crunchy Black and Koopsta Knicca — also stood out thanks to its controversial name (originally, Triple 6 Mafia) and dark undertones. Were they devil worshippers? Part of the occult? No one could say for certain, but the mystery and controversy worked in their favor.
The group had another advantage in that visionary members DJ Paul and Juicy J acted like a two-person wrecking crew. Playing the roles of label executive, A&R scout and more, they produced every record released in their stable. They were prolific; they were originators; they were unlike anyone else in the industry.
Initially, their group's music lit up the regional market. But after DJ Paul and Juicy J partnered with Relativity Records for national distribution of their indie label, Hypnotize Minds, Three 6 Mafia scored its first major hit with "Tear Da Club Up 97'." Allegedly banned in 17 states due to igniting fights on dancefloors, the song helped the group catch fire from coast to coast. Meanwhile, Three 6 Mafia (and its in-house label) held its own against other southern juggernauts such as Cash Money Records, No Limit, Rap-A-Lot and Suave House by appealing to fans who purchased everything based on name recognition alone.
Relativity Records was eventually swallowed by Loud Records. The house that Steve Rifkind built soon catapulted Three 6 Mafia to platinum status with "When the Smoke Clears," the album that includes the smash "Sippin' on Some Syrup" featuring UGK. More hits, as well as breakout solo albums from the likes of Gangsta Boo and Project Pat, followed, cementing Hypnotize Minds as one of the most dominant and bankable brands in rap.
Even as its peers began to fade, Three 6 Mafia continued to drop platinum hits and albums throughout the 2000s. (The group's 2005 release, "Most Known Unknown," is its biggest-selling album to date.) In 2006, Three 6 Mafia became the first hip-hop group to win an Academy Award (Best Original Song) for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from the "Hustle & Flow" soundtrack.
While the group largely dissolved by 2012, with DJ Paul and Juicy J going separate ways for solo projects and offshoot endeavors, Three 6 Mafia's sound and influence remain as relevant as ever. G-Eazy's "No Limit," Rae Sremmurd's "Power Glide" and Cardi B's "Bickenhead" are just a few hit songs that borrow from DJ Paul's arsenal. It's a trend that doesn't seem like it will be slowing any time soon — and one of the many topics addressed in this exclusive, in-depth conversation about Three 6 Mafia's history, legacy and future.
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Sportsmanship – Try It
February 8, 2016 BstrawRadio NFL, Oh'Brien's Blog
Once upon a time, sporting events were as much about building character, learning fairness and how to conduct yourself as they were about perfecting a skill. Today it would appear that "sportsmanship" has little to do with sports.
Instead, sports are all about building self-worth and personal enjoyment. Heaven help anything that gets in the way of those two goals.
Winning? Well, that's somewhere on the list of goals but certainly not above self esteem and fun.
I hate to boil this post Super Bowl discussion down to it's simplest form – okay no I don't mind at all. This love or hate of Cam has nothing (or very little) to do with race, it's about old school versus new school. Should our athletes display sportsmanship in victory – and defeat, or should they be completely self-absorbed and we can then be either entertained or outraged by their actions?
Newton acted as he wanted in running up a 17-1 record showing no regard for the feelings of those the Panthers were beating along the way. Cam simply called it "having fun" and anyone who saw it for what it truly was, a classless acts completely devoid of sportsmanship, were painted as racists. (Now, full disclosure, there are still too many fans that are racists and don't like Cam because of the color of his skin.)
Let me see if I can highlight the difference between old school versus new school as opposed to racism in viewing the public's love or hate for Cam Newton. Let's compare the general feeling most NFL fans have for Russell Wilson and Johnny Manziel. Wilson, a black person who carries himself in a way most old school fans would want to see their quarterback behave, is generally liked and respected. Manziel, who seems to care little about the consequences of his actions, is extremely polarizing. Much like Newton you either love or hate Johnny Football, not because of the color of his skin but because of the way in which he seems to show no regard for anyone other than himself.
Newton visiting hospitals or donating footballs to kids after touchdowns, much like the thousands of autographs Manziel gave freely to memorabilia dealers while at A&M, doesn't change the way they carry themselves as celebrities.
Newton couldn't show any class or sportsmanship in victory so it comes as no surprise that he couldn't handle defeat without petulance and the behavior of a spoiled brat.
I can do without the "dab" but I still enjoy watching Newton play. He's become a better NFL quarterback than I thought he'd be. He earned the MVP this season and I enjoyed watching him play. I also enjoyed watching Manziel at A&M and was hoping to see that QB in Cleveland, but his immaturity and personal demons seemed to have taken that opportunity away.
But don't blame the player. The "old school generation" is the one that can't understand why their children seem entitled and lacking grace and understanding. After-all they gave them 4′ trophies for participating in tee-ball at five years old because the risk of having their kids earn a trophy by winning might have hurt their self-esteem if they actually had to, you know, earn it by winning.
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This is the first year we were able to attend and we loved it! We rent a cottage every year on Bass Lake and feel like we are home when we are there. Thank you to all the tireless volunteers for working hard to make sure we all enjoy this event! We will be back and next year, even though it won't count, I want a turkey kit!
Thanks for your comments and we're so glad you had a good time!
What about thanking all of the vendors? We are a MAJOR part of the fair!!
While of course we're happy that we have vendors at the fair, and they do make up a big part, we focus on thanking the people who volunteer their time and money – people who don't see any gain, but help out of generosity. These are the people who make it so the vendors will have over 5000 people in one place walking by their booths so they can make some money. While I agree that vendors are part of the attraction of the fair, without the volunteers and donors, there simply would not be a fair at all. I think we show our appreciation for vendors by our very reasonable fee and the changes we made to the set up which created a safer enviroment for fairgoers and vendors.
There's no fee. Our motto is 'A free day of family fun!' The only purchase you would need to make is if you want to buy food or something from a vendor. And just to note – the date this year is Sept 17.
hi Great fair. Found it by accident while out driving one Sat. Had a great time. The next year we brought our daughter and had another great time. We've been the last 3 years. This time my husband got drenched but we still had a great time. We hope to attend for many more years. Great people, great food and great entertainment. Thanks to all involved to make this such a good time. See you next year.
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Discovered at a tryout camp in Greensboro, N.C., at age 18 in the autumn of 1934, Enos Slaughter made a rapid rise through the Cardinals' system. From almost the first day Slaughter arrived at the Cardinals' major-league spring training site in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1938, manager Frankie Frisch deemed the rookie St. Louis' starting right fielder.
Confident and talented, Slaughter collected an extra-base hit in each of his first five regular-season games for the 1938 Cardinals. No other big-league player achieved that feat until Will Middlebrooks, a third baseman for the 2012 Red Sox, got extra-base hits in each of his first five major-league regular-season games.
Slaughter, a left-handed batter, had an extra-base hit in each of five games against the Pirates and Cubs from April 19 through April 23 in 1938. Slaughter, who would turn 22 on April 27, had three doubles, a triple and a home run in that stretch, with a batting average of .435 and a slugging percentage of .783.
Slaughter, a native of Roxboro, N.C., had been a standout high school player. He attended the Cardinals' tryout camp as a second baseman. He had trouble fielding grounders consistently, but displayed a strong arm, speed and hitting ability. The Cardinals signed him and converted Slaughter into an outfielder.
In his first professional season, 1935 at Class D Martinsville (Va.), Slaughter had 25 doubles, 11 triples and 18 home runs in 109 games. He went to Class B Columbus (Ga.) in 1936. Playing for manager Eddie Dyer, Slaughter hit .325 with 31 doubles and 20 triples in 151 games.
At Class AA Columbus (Ohio) in 1937, Slaughter put together a season that earned him his chance at the major-league roster the following year. Slaughter hit .382 and compiled a .609 slugging percentage, with 245 hits, 42 doubles, 13 triples and 26 home runs in 154 games.
At spring training in 1938, Frisch was seeking a right fielder to replace Don Padgett, who hit .314 but committed 11 errors in 1937, and join an outfield of Joe Medwick in left and Terry Moore in center. Slaughter was the immediate choice.
"Enos hits to all fields, has made a goodly share of extra-base blows and has shown as strong a punch against left-handers as against the supposedly easier right-handers," The Sporting News reported.
Slaughter finished his rookie season with a .276 batting mark, .438 slugging percentage, 20 doubles, 10 triples and eight home runs.
He played 13 years for the Cardinals in a 19-season major-league career that earned him induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.


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Q: Rails: Skinny Controller vs. Fat Model, or should I make my Controller Anorexic? I know similar questions have been answered before - such as:

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*Where should logic go

*where to do certain tasks, etc.

But I have a more specific question - How far should I take this axiom: keep your controller skinny, make your model fat!
Here is an example:
For instance let's say I have multiple source of verification data. A good example would be a VIN number -
I can verify it against, manufacturers data source, DMV's data source, also my local databases - to see what I have on record.
So I have a model called Vin and vins_controller. Inside the model I have 5 methods:

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*check_against_local_db

*check_against_dmv

*check_against_car_maker_1

*check_against_car_maker_2, etc.

In my controller keeping with the REST, in action show - I have a simple case statement which looks at the params[:source], and based on source specified - will call specific check method.
Now here is the question:
Should I leave the logic that governs which data source to call  in controller or should I move it to model and then in controller just do something like check_vin(source, vin)?
Should I make my controller anorexic?
EDIT
I'm switching this to official answer from @jay-godse ( thank you - at the time it was a good answer).
Things changed a lot since 2010 and this question  still gets some views - so hopefully this will point some people in the right direction and help them organize their code properly.
Trailblazer gem  addresses problems brought up in the question really well.

A: I would put the logic in my model, especially if I'm TDD'ing (and I always TDD, except when I don't.)  Testing the model is usually much easier than testing the controller.

A: I like to approach questions like this by thinking about responsibility. What in this case is "responsible" for verifying the VIN? The model. The controller is simply there to pass along the parameters...to "control" based on user input.
If it's not entirely clear, think of it this way: where will putting this code cause the least amount of impact if it needs to be re-used? Say...if two different actions in two different controllers both need to verify a VIN, what would need to be done? If you left this code in the controller, you'd essentially have to duplicate it in the new controller as well, but if you had placed it in the model, you'd simply call the check_vin method from the new controller, and no code duplication would be needed. By assigning responsibilities where they make the most sense, you've improved the re-usability of your code.

A: It's the controller's responsibility to "parse" params, but validation should be done in the model.
I would do something like this on the controller:
@my_model = MyModel.new(:source => params[:source] ...)
if(@my_model.valid?)
  # treat valid model here (i.e. save the model and redirect to show)
else
  # treat validation error here (usually throw an error)
end

Your controller will actually be just "skinny". For truly "anorexic" controllers, you might want to have a look at inherited_resources or resource_this. In some cases these will give you a 3-lines controller, implementing the whole RESTful stack.

A: You should give Trailblazer a go. This is a thin framework on top of Rails (actually, it runs with all Ruby frameworks), it introduces a service layer, form objects, indirection between persistence and domain code, and so on.
It really helps to keep all your software components skinny as it gives you more abstraction layers that make it so much easier to figure out where to put what.
For example, why would you press your validation logic into controller and model when you have a form object for that?

A: There is an old saying,

Smart data structures and dumb code
  works a lot better than the other way
  around.

Everything you have described is about how one piece of data relates to another. That itself is your clue that the logic for those relationships, including validation should be in the model or database layer.
An anorexic controller is a sign of well-designed (smart?) data. My experience tells me that the more effort you put into designing your data, the less code you have to write overall.
Controllers are best at parsing inputs, calling the appropriate models, and then formatting the outputs.

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When Melissa Di Donato, chief revenue officer at SAP S/4HANA Cloud, was going through the interview process at Walldorf, the company's home town, she was asked whether she had been there before. Di Donato took the opportunity to reveal the SAP watch she was wearing, issued the better part of two decades ago, which showed she was a certified consultant through her work at PwC.
While the company had never appeared on her CV per se, starting with a dean at business school who suggested getting into 'this SAP thing' as it 'may catch on', through consultancy, to a hosting partner, to even the other side of the fence with IBM, Oracle – "as one does" – and Salesforce, SAP has been very close throughout Di Donato's career.
Hence moving to the company towards the end of last year, to help accelerate the cloud ERP business, felt like coming home.
The message is now around 'intelligent cloud ERP'. As this publication reported in February, SAP is looking to S/4HANA, its public cloud offering, and adding artificial intelligence (AI) to ERP, helping customers to adjust and adopt business processes based on real-time data and insight.
Earlier this month, this went up a notch with the general release of CoPilot, a 'digital assistant for the enterprise' as the company's annual SAPPHIRE conference. Bernd Leukert, executive board member, summed up SAP's roadmap for attendees. "Openness is the game-changer, driving new business value," he said. "Openness in every part of the company allows you to reach completely new levels of business process excellence.
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Investigation being carried out in right earnest in JNU violence case, Delhi Police claims
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): DCP South West Delhi, Devendra Arya on Monday said that investigation is being carried out in right earnest in the JNU violence case and relevant sections of the law have been invoked in the matter.
"Sections related to rioting and sections under Damage to Public Property Act have been invoked in the JNU violence case that took place on Sunday. As far as the question of identification remains, we are monitoring all the messages communicated on social media by both sides. We are carrying out the investigation in the right earnest," Arya told reporters.
Dr Pravesh Kumar, Professor of Comparative Politics in JNU said: "Whatever that happened yesterday is condemnable. There was a fight between students. One of the sections of the students wanted that registration should take place whereas the other section did not want it. Some of the students warned me that there was going to be a fight in the evening. I took shelter at Periyar Hostel warden's house. Students who are part of ABVP were targeted by the perpetrators of violence. Then in the night students staying in Sabarmati Hostel were targeted. This is not a students' movement as they are targeting teachers and wardens now."
On Sunday evening, more than 30 students of the university, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were injured and were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods.
The JNU administration and political leaders, cutting across political lines, condemned the attack on students and urged the police to take action against the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, the situation remained tense but peaceful outside JNU on Monday morning as the university guards maintained a strict vigil at the gate, checking I-cards of all those entering the university. (ANI)
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package io.oasp.gastronomy.restaurant.staffmanagement.logic.api.to;

import io.oasp.gastronomy.restaurant.general.common.api.datatype.Role;
import io.oasp.gastronomy.restaurant.staffmanagement.common.api.StaffMember;
import io.oasp.module.basic.common.api.to.AbstractEto;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * The {@link AbstractEto ETO} for a {@link StaffMember}.
 *
 */
public class StaffMemberEto extends AbstractEto implements StaffMember {

  // UUID
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  private String name;

  private String firstName;

  private String lastName;

  private Role role;

  private Locale language;

  /**
   * The constructor.
   */
  public StaffMemberEto() {

    super();
  }

  @Override
  public String getName() {

    return this.name;
  }

  @Override
  public void setName(String name) {

    this.name = name;
  }

  @Override
  public String getFirstName() {

    return this.firstName;
  }

  @Override
  public void setFirstName(String firstName) {

    this.firstName = firstName;
  }

  @Override
  public String getLastName() {

    return this.lastName;
  }

  @Override
  public void setLastName(String lastName) {

    this.lastName = lastName;
  }

  @Override
  public Role getRole() {

    return this.role;
  }

  @Override
  public void setRole(Role role) {

    this.role = role;
  }

  /**
   * @return language
   */
  public Locale getLanguage() {

    return this.language;
  }

  /**
   * @param language the language to set
   */
  public void setLanguage(Locale language) {

    this.language = language;
  }
}

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Though Botox is traditionally used for treatment of upper face, it can be used to treat issues concerning the lower face like Bunny Lines or Nose Scrunch, lines near the upper and lower lips and hanging corners of the mouth. Bunny Lines are wrinkles across the nose that are caused by our facial expressions like laughing. Botox Treatment can be effective in eliminating these fine lines by targeting the surrounding muscles to give you a smooth nasal bridge.
Smoker Lines or Lipstick Lines are wrinkles that become visible vertically above our upper lip. As we age, the lines become more noticeable due to the loss of volume. Combined with Dermal Fillers, Botox can help you have a more youthful look by restoring a wrinkle free smile.
Ageing can cause the outer corners of the mouth to turn downwards, also called Marionette Lines.
Dr.Vivek Nair, with a vast experience in modern cosmetic treatments, is highly skilled in Botox Treatment and has successfully performed many Botox Treatment for the Lower Face, a treatment usually performed only by a select number of dedicated clinics.


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Free and legal MP3: Like Bells (musically adept trio from Oberlin)
"Sea Salt" – Like Bells
And this one, not so simple. But still pure, in its own way. "Sea Salt" begins with such an extended introduction that first time through you are excused if you think it's an instrumental. This long opening section unfolds via a series of eight-measure riffs that, together, slowly develop and shift the feel and texture of the music. We begin with a nimble bass line plucking out a handsome, ambling groove over tapping cymbals. After eight measures of that, a rhythm guitar joins, lightly played, and off the beat. Pay particular attention to the goings-on in the third eight-measure set, beginning at 0:35, featuring the introduction of the violin, as it plays a melody that becomes important much later. Then the lead guitar steps in for an eight-measure answer.
The next two minutes explores the musical ground established by the first minute, with the violin and guitar each having a chance to to lead the way, each in turn moving steadily into louder and more involved playing. This ends up being quite a bit of fun, since the trio (guitar-drums-violin; bass playing is split between the guitarist and the violinist) met while students at the Oberlin Conservatory. Which means they are actual musicians. Which is a nice bonus in the indie rock world. I like that the instrumental section maintains a nice clip—it seems too easy here in 21st-century rock'n'roll-land for instrumentals to bog down in overly dramatic slowness—and I like the relatively unexpected but musically satisfying entrance of actual vocals three and a half minutes into the proceedings. Violinist Garrett Openshaw does the singing, and he hinted as much back at 0:35 when the first thing he played on his instrument was the melody he would eventually sing.
Like Bells' self-titled 2009 debut was pretty much all instrumental, with just a hint of vocalizing from Openshaw. Palma, their 35-minute, seven-song new album, features more singing, but as you can see from "Sea Salt," the singing does not necessarily dominate. The album was released digitally in April and is now out on vinyl as well, on Exit Stencil Recordings. MP3 via Exit Stencil.
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10 Inescapable Traits Of An Avid Traveler!
Have you been wondering too whether you're caught in a travel hype or you are actually an avid traveler? Fret not, the signs of being a frequent traveler are inescapable and can't go unnoticed for long. Scroll through the list below that helps you realize signs that say you indeed are an avid traveler.
The travel bug has caught on to the millennials like a mouse to cheese. Therefore, there are bound to be people that have just caught on to the fad, and the others, that actually take travel not merely as a source of getting a break or a reason to party. Some people form a deeper connection with travel than other.
Got wanderlust? Go through the pointers below to find out whether travel is no more a hobby for you or not.
Ever found yourself daydreaming in the middle of a busy workday about you enjoying your dream travel destination? Chances are that the avid traveler inside of you wants you to take the plunge and finally plan the vacation you are meant to have.
Extend weekends are a blessing from God to travelers who want a way out to travel far and wide. Many tempting weekends throughout the year come with a public holiday attached on either side that urges you to go on that trip you've been wanting to go.
If you're always waiting and saving for that bunch of holidays to come your way, you are most likely a frequent traveler.
Suggested Read: Travel Etiquettes Around The World That Everyone Needs To Follow – With Examples!
Ever got a call from a friend at 11 in the night asking for best beach places to visit in February? Well, you have certainly established yourself as a reliable source of travel information amongst your peers.
The people close to you consider you as an avid traveler and are ready to rely on your advice to enjoy a vacation. Speak wisely!
Do you end up reciting anecdotes in the middle of a college friends reunion of that 'one time in Thailand' or that 'crazy night in Prague'? The more you travel, the more fascinating stories you have to tell.
Travel opens you up to new cultures, experiences, and people with whom first interactions can often be eventful (to say the least)!
5. As you come back from your vacation, you start planning for the next one!
The dust has barely settled from your trip to Sikkim when all of a sudden a post on your Facebook feed gives you an idea of where your next vacation could be. Then, within a blink of an eye, you find yourself researching about a destination on Google.
An avid traveler would often find it prudent to plan in advance to make sure of where he is headed next.
As soon as you see an airline newsletter membership, you subscribe to it immediately. Frequent travelers are often on the lookout for cool discounts on flights that sometimes even trigger them to plan an impromptu trip to their next destination.
An avid traveler is very keen on spending wisely on his/her vacations, as they always look to minimize the variable costs which in turn helps them to travel more.
7. You prefer not to party every weekend!
When you know travel is what you crave for the most, you start to prioritize things in life. If you ever find yourself ditching on your friends for a weekend party plan in favor of saving money for an upcoming trip, signs are ripe that you indeed are an avid traveler who has formed a deep connection with travel.
Ever find your office desk cluttered with souvenirs from far-off dream destinations like London, Paris, Bali, or Sydney? Chances are that you are very attached to the places you travel and like to carry the good travel vibes with you wherever you go.
Traffic jam on a busy Friday evening and two friends moaning and groaning looking at the ETA on Google Maps. But all your attention is centered towards that upbeat song playing on your phone routed to your soul via your ever-so-reliable earphones.
Signs are that you've become used to long journeys and have successfully devised a method to zone out all the negativity while on a slow commute back home.
Not as good as the pasta you ate in Italy? Not as good as the Medu Vada you had in Chennai? Close, but still not as good as the dumplings you had in Sikkim? This indeed an unavoidable sign that indicates your love for travel.
Often avid travelers come back home and rush to restaurants in search of 'that delicious local cuisine' they tried on their vacation only to be disappointed by the drop in quality. Well, of course, your travels lead you to places where the local cuisine was undoubtedly the best in the world. To try and find a match of that in your hometown would just take away the charm of visiting that place, wouldn't it?
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This is Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, USA. Credit: R.A. Schweickert et al.
The faults scarps in the Bay are very sharp, with steep faces sloping between 30 and 60 degrees — surprisingly steep for scarps that could be thousands of years old. "You would only see that steep angle on land exposures for faults that had just moved within the last few hundred years," Schweickert says, but noted the scarps were likely preserved by being underwater instead of being repeatedly exposed to running water on land.
Schweickert says that the bathymetric data paired with direct underwater observations with the ROV show conclusively that the scarps are related to faults. "We've been able to produce the highest resolution maps with the greatest amount of detail of anywhere in the Lake Tahoe Basin," he added.
After studying the ROV, bathymetry, and LiDAR data, the team noted that over the past 20,000 years, the TSFFZ and WTDPFZ were moving vertically, with no strike slip motion. Schweickert says their discovery was a bit of a paradox to what might be expected in the Lake Tahoe basin. Ten to 15 years of satellite GPS measurements show a northwest movement for the Lake Tahoe region, relative to the interior of North America. But the TSFFZ and WTDPFZ don't reflect that direction of movement — at least not recently.
"I think this shows us that the GPS data really doesn't tell us what the faults themselves are doing on a local scale," says Schweickert. "They do their own thing." He adds that scientists studying other faults in the Lake Tahoe area have reached similar conclusions.
"There's more to this story that still needs to be known," says Schweickert, and notes that studies like theirs have value for policy and planning.


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Q: pointers to member functions with move semantics When you have a pointer to a non-static member function of an object on the stack, what exactly happens when the object changes its location because of an move? Does the pointer still point to the location of the moved-from object and thus is invalid/dangling?

A: Pointers to member functions do not hold a reference to any instance of the class. This is true even for pointers to non-static member functions.
Such a pointer can be constructed without having an instance of the class:
class star {
public:
    void shine();
};

void (star::* smile)() = &sun::shine;

And an instance needs to be specified when calling it:
star sun;

(sun.*smile)();
std::memfn(smile)(sun);

A: An object does not "change its location". When a move occurs, the state of the object being moved from gets transferred, using some unspecified mechanism (controlled by the object's move constructor or move assignment operator), to the object that gets moved to. The object being moved from continues to exist normally, in some valid but unspecified state.
A simple example would be std::vector. The classical implementation of move semantics for a std::vector involves swapping the internal pointer and size of the contents of the vector. The moved-from vector, at the end of the process, is a valid std::vector with the contents of the moved-to vector (with the moved-to vector having the contents of the moved-from vector).
If you have a pointer to a moved-from object, that pointer still points to the object, in some valid but unspecified state. This remains the case until the object what was moved from gets actually destroyed. In case of an object in automatic scope, that occurs when it normally occurs, when the execution thread leaves the scope with the automatic object. When that happens, you are left with a dangling pointer, no different from any other situation that leaves you with a dangling pointer to an object that no longer exists.

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When you have a pointer to a non-static member function of an object on the stack,

You can not have a pointer to a particular object's member functions. The following is invalid and will not compile:
struct obj {
  void f();
};
void func()
{
    obj o;
    using func_ptr = void (obj::*)();
    f_ptr pointer_to_o_f = &o::f; // Error
}


It's the day before break. We know that people won't be up for a deep discussion. Hence, CS Table this coming Friday, we are going to consider a classic bit of language humor: "How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot" (in your favorite programming language). Because it's a classic bit of CS humor, it has spawned many extensions and variants since its original publication in 1991. We'll work with a fairly nice extension (described below), but you can also search for other versions.
Stepney, Susan (ed). (n.d.). How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot. Web resource at http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/foot.htm. One of the more extensive of the many variants of an article from the December 1991 issue of Developer's Insight.


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UK: York – Castle Museum
We have been to York many times over the years, and one of the places we keep coming back to is the York Castle Museum, which is located right next to Clifford's Tower.
York Castle Museum was founded by Dr John Kirk, a doctor from Pickering, North Yorkshire, and houses his extraordinary collection of social history, reflecting everyday life in the county.
One of its renowned displays is the reconstructed street, Kirkgate, that has been hugely influential in museums displays worldwide. The York Castle Museum is housed in a former debtors' prison and an adjoining former women's prison, both of which are Grade I listed. The museum's name comes from the fact it stands on the site of the former York Castle.
The museum has two wings with a number of permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Click here to get a printable pdf map of the museum
The period rooms at York Castle Museum show how rooms would have looked in earlier times, from a crofter's cottage to homes in the 1970s.
SHAPING THE BODY: 400 YEARS OF FASHION, FOOD AND LIFE
An iron corset, crotchless pantaloons from the time of Jane Austen, bum rolls and a killer dress are a few of the items featured in the museum's latest permanent exhibition which charts the way fashion, food and fitness have shaped the body over the last 400 years.
Dressing during the regency period
KIRKGATE: THE VICTORIAN STREET
The street is one of the oldest recreated indoor streets of its kind in the world, possibly the oldest, and the first to be opened in Britain. It was created by Dr John Lamplugh Kirk, the founder of the Castle Museum. Named after him, it formed the centrepiece of the museum when it opened in 1938.
Dr Kirk wanted to create a street scene where people felt that they were transported to a bygone age. When it first opened, many shops and locations were named after people who had helped to found the museum.
1914: WHEN THE WORLD CHANGED FOREVER
From the pre-war golden age of peace and prosperity visitors are sent to the recruitment office and travel via train to the horrors of the frontline – from rats to foot rot, shell shock to gas warfare. Back home, daily life in Britain was changing beyond recognition while around the world millions would die as Europe's empires clashed in the first truly global conflict.
Military uniforms
The trenches
Household exhibits include food packaging, clothes, electrical items, toys, records and more. Visitors can listen to memories of the decade via special telephones, listen to music on a Jukebox and watch television and film footage from the time.
YORK CASTLE PRISON
York Castle Museum is housed in 18th-century prison buildings. Now you can get a flavour of what life was really like in the original cells and see some of the most infamous inmates brought to life in this exhibition.
Experience a brutal and crooked prison and meet our most notorious prisoner: the legendary highwayman, Dick Turpin. York Castle Prison focuses on the lives of eight former inmates, including Turpin.
The others include the last woman to be burnt at the stake in Yorkshire, a Luddite, a notorious turnkey, a man who was beaten so badly in prison he died and a young tearaway who went on to lead a successful life in Australia.
Planning your visit to the Castle Museum
Tower St, York YO1 9RY
Getting to York by train is both easy and great value for money. LNER and Grand Central will bring you to York in under two hours, while Edinburgh is only two and a half hours away. There are direct services from Birmingham and the South West and additionally, TransPennine Express runs direct train services from Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle.
On average, the bus takes approximately 5 hours and 10 minutes to get from London to York. The fastest journey by bus from London to York is 4 hours and 45 minutes, however, your journey time may vary depending on traffic conditions along the route.
Situated midway between Edinburgh and London, just 20 minutes from the M1/M62 motorway network, York is within comfortable driving times of most regions in the UK. To make your trip to York even more convenient, six Park & Ride sites currently operate in York. They allow you to travel to York by car, park for free in secure car parks and complete your journey into the city centre by bus.
Website: https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/
Telephone: T: +44 1904 687687
Hours: Open Monday, 11am-5pm and Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-5pm
In School holidays, open 10am – 5pm on Mondays
During holidays the hours may vary so check the website
Fees: Adult – £13 online / £14 Walk up price;
Young Person / Students – £11.70 / £12.60 walk up price;
Child (5 to 16 years) – £6.50 online / £7 walk-up price
Under 5 – Free
Best time to visit York
York is a beautifully preserved historic city that has earned its place as one of the UK's top tourist attractions. With sites like the National Railway Museum, York Minster – one of the largest cathedrals in northern Europe – and The Shambles, the most famous of York's charming cobblestone streets, visiting this ancient city is almost like taking a trip back in time. The perfect destination for history lovers, the city also offers some great dining options and some interesting shopping in the cobbled streets of York city center.
But as a northern city, York gets four distinct seasons, and each has something different to offer. So when's the best time to visit York? Well, that's going to depend on what you want to do in the city. If you want the best weather possible, the hottest months of summer might be what you're after. But if you prefer cultural activities in this historic city, you can skip the busy summer months and brave the cooler weather of fall or even winter.
Other things to do in York
1. NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM
The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles such as Mallard, Stirling Single, Duchess of Hamilton and a Japanese bullet train. In addition, the National Railway Museum holds a diverse collection of other objects, from a household recipe book used in George Stephenson's house to film showing a "never-stop railway" developed for the British Empire Exhibition. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001.
See our full blog post
2. JORVIK VIKING CENTRE
At JORVIK Viking Centre you are standing on the site which revealed some of the most astounding discoveries in modern archaeology. Your first experience at JORVIK is an exploration of the Coppergate Dig, with a fully immersive display taking you back to the 1970s.
The Jorvik's interactive ride takes you around 10th-century York city, experiencing what it was like living in the city. The sights, sounds and even the smells of the Viking Age are brought vividly back to life as you journey back 1,000 years. There is also an exhibit of rare Viking artefacts, from delicate earrings and socks to frying pans and padlocks and even a fossilised Viking poo!
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3. TREASURER"S HOUSE
This house was the residence of the treasurers of York Minster from 1100 until the office was abolished by Henry VIII. It belonged to 3 post-Reformation Archbishops of York, the last of whom, Thomas Young, rebuilt it. Further alterations were made in the early 17th century; the building fell into decline during the 19th century by which time Young's mansion had been split into at least five separate properties. The present garden front with its classical central entrance bay dates from c.1630. It now contains the furniture collection of the wealthy industrialist and aesthete Frank Green, who restored and remodelled the building after acquiring it in 1897. Inside, Green's architect, Temple Moore, created a huge hall out of the 2-storey central block with a half-timbered gallery supported by classical columns. There is an early 18th-century staircase that has been attributed to the joiner-architect William Thornton, who worked at Beningbrough.
4. YORK MINSTER
Since the 7th century, the Minster has been at the centre of Christianity in the north of England and today remains a thriving church rooted in the daily offering of worship and prayer. The Minster was built for the glory of God. Every aspect of this ancient building – from the exquisite, handcrafted stone through to the unrivalled collection of medieval stained glass – tells the story of Jesus Christ.
5. CLIFFORD'S TOWER
Clifford's Tower is the largest remaining building of York Castle, northern England's greatest medieval royal fortress. With a spectacular new update for 2022 including a dramatic roofdeck, internal walkways and soundscape interpretation – the fascinating story of Clifford's Tower will finally be told
The tower offers unrivalled views over the ancient city whilst the new interpretation makes the tower's history and interior more accessible than they've been for centuries, bringing its dramatic and sometimes tragic story to life as never before.
Standing as a proud symbol of the power of England's medieval kings; the tower was originally built by William the Conqueror to subdue the rebels of the north, it was twice burned to the ground, before being rebuilt by Henry III in the 13th century.
1. YHA YORK HOSTEL
York YHA is a large hostel housed in a converted manor house in the Clifton area of York with spacious, leafy grounds. The hostel had a £2 million renovation in 2013.
It currently has 203 beds in 45 rooms and 32 rooms are en-suite. Private en-suite rooms can sleep between 4 and 6 people and are accessed by a key card.
There is a well stocked kitchen, a large lounge and games room plus an onsite restaurant and free WiFi on site.
York YHA is a friendly hostel but it is not a party hostel and attracts many groups and business people. It is a perfect choice for visiting York with kids as the hostel is adjacent to Homestead Park and playground.
The hostel offers free parking on site – a rarity in York – and a bike store.
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2. THE JORVIK HOUSE
Dating back to the 1750s and overlooking the 11th-century church of St Olafs and the remains of St Mary's Abbey, Jorvik House has a 24-hour front desk and a bar. Free WiFi is provided throughout the property.
All rooms have en-suite facilities with a bath and shower over or walk-in shower. Complimentary toiletries are provided. The rooms feature a flat-screen TV with Freeview, tea/coffee making facilities and Egyptian cotton sheets. A continental breakfast is available in the morning.
York Rail Station is 10 minutes' walk from the Jorvik and York Museum Gardens is just over 5 minutes' walk away.
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3. GALTRES LODGE HOTEL
Overlooking the spectacular York Minster, this elegant Georgian residence is set in the heart of the historic city centre, just a short stroll away from medieval streets lined with modern boutiques.
Situated in the heart of York's café quarter, within easy reach of the city's many attractions, Galtres Lodge provides the perfect base for your stay with Wi-Fi internet, comfortable rooms and delicious brasserie-style meals.
The friendly and efficient staff aim to offer you the best personal service in order to ensure a memorable and enjoyable stay
UK: York – 10 great things to do
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is a historic county town in Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minster, castle, and city walls.
UK: York – Treasurer's House
UK: York – National Railway Museum
The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles such as Mallard, Stirling Single, Duchess of Hamilton and a Japanese bullet train. In addition, the National Railway Museum holds a diverse collection of other objects, from a household recipe book used in George Stephenson's house to film showing a "never-stop railway" developed for the British Empire Exhibition. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001.


While the elbow is not a weight-bearing joint, repetitive motion and traumatic events in everyday life can injure the joint. Common injuries include lateral epicondylitis, better known as 'tennis elbow', and osteoarthritis of the elbow, a degenerative bone condition. While conservative treatment options are always preferred, certain cases require surgical intervention.
Whatever your unique case may be, Dr. Robert Haar can evaluate your elbow injury and provide a recommendation for the best and most comfortable treatment option to fit your needs. Dr. Haar specializes in elbow care and elbow surgery, including arthroscopic treatment of lateral epicondylitis. To find out more about treatment options available at Haar Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, schedule an appointment at Dr. Haar's New York City office, conveniently located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
The elbow joint is made up of three bones: the radius and the ulna, both found in the forearm, and the humerus, or upper arm bone. At the end of the humerus are a number of bony protrusions, known as 'epicondyles'. At the lateral epicondyle, found on the outside of the elbow, forearm tendons attach and hold the elbow joint together.
Lateral epicondylitis, more commonly known as 'tennis elbow', is characterized by an inflammation in the forearm muscles that line the elbow. Due to repetitive motion and overuse of the forearm, the forearm muscles and tendons become damaged, causing pain, discomfort, and limited range of motion. Typically, the inflamed tendon that causes tennis elbow is the Extensor Carpi Radiallis Brevis (ECRB).
The elbow is one of the joints least affected by arthritis because of its well-matched joint surfaces and strong stabilizing ligaments. Despite this strong structure, patients can develop osteoarthritis of the elbow as a result of a previous elbow injury, including dislocation or fracture. As cartilage in the elbow deteriorates, the bones wear against each other and cause pain and a loss of range of motion. Joint swelling may also occur; however, this typically occurs later as the disease progresses.
Nonsurgical treatment is always preferred to a surgical solution; however, conservative treatment methods are not always enough to control the symptoms of elbow pain, necessitating surgery. A variety of surgical solutions can be utilized to treat musculoskeletal conditions affecting the elbow, including arthroscopy.
Arthroscopy is only indicated for patients whose wear or damage is limited; however, it has been shown to improve the symptoms of elbow disorders, including tennis elbow and osteoarthritis. During an arthroscopic elbow procedure, loose bodies and inflamed tissue are removed from the joint. Additionally, the surgery aims to smooth out irregular surfaces found in the joint. Because of the minimally invasive nature of the procedure, elbow arthroscopy is often performed on an outpatient basis, with quick rates of recovery.