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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using CardMaker.XML;
using Support.IO;
using Support.UI;

namespace CardMaker.Card
{
    public class DrawTextRenderer : IDrawText
    {
        public void DrawText(Graphics zGraphics, ProjectLayoutElement zElement, string sInput, Brush zBrush, Font zFont, Color colorFont)
        {
            if (null == zFont) // default to something!
            {
                // font will show up in red if it's not yet set
                zFont = DrawItem.DefaultFont;
                zBrush = Brushes.Red;
            }

            TextFormatFlags zFormatFlags =
                TextFormatFlags.WordBreak
                | TextFormatFlags.NoClipping;

            switch (zElement.GetVerticalAlignment())
            {
                case StringAlignment.Center:
                    zFormatFlags |= TextFormatFlags.VerticalCenter;
                    break;
                case StringAlignment.Far:
                    zFormatFlags |= TextFormatFlags.Bottom;
                    break;
            }

            switch (zElement.GetHorizontalAlignment())
            {
                case StringAlignment.Center:
                    zFormatFlags |= TextFormatFlags.HorizontalCenter;
                    break;
                case StringAlignment.Far:
                    zFormatFlags |= TextFormatFlags.Right;
                    break;
            }

#warning TextRenderer apparently does not support opactiy?!
            Bitmap zOpacityBitmap = null;
            if (255 != zElement.opacity)
            {
                zOpacityBitmap = new Bitmap(zElement.width, zElement.height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
                zOpacityBitmap.SetResolution(zGraphics.DpiY, zGraphics.DpiY);
            }

            if (zElement.autoscalefont)
            {

                var zSize = TextRenderer.MeasureText(sInput, zFont, new Size(zElement.width, int.MaxValue), zFormatFlags);

                if (zSize.Height > zElement.height || zSize.Width > zElement.width)
                {
                    float newSizeRatio;
                    if ((zSize.Height - zElement.height) > (zSize.Width - zElement.width))
                    {
                        newSizeRatio = (float)zElement.height / (float)zSize.Height;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        newSizeRatio = (float)zElement.width / (float)zSize.Width;
                    }

                    var scaledFont = new Font(zFont.FontFamily, newSizeRatio * zFont.Size, zFont.Style);
                    Logger.AddLogLine(scaledFont.Size + " was [" + zFont.Size + "]");
                    zFont = scaledFont;

#if true            // the preprocessing above will get the font size close but not perfect, the slow code below further refines the size
                    // slow mode - but perfect precision (well arguably with the Graphics.MeasureString)
                    bool bUpscaled = false;
                    const float FONT_SCALE_ADJUST = 0.25f;
                    if (0 < sInput.Trim().Length)
                    {
                        while (true)
                        {
                            zSize = TextRenderer.MeasureText(sInput, zFont, new Size(zElement.width, int.MaxValue), zFormatFlags);
                            if (zSize.Height > zElement.height || zSize.Width > zElement.width)
                            {
                                if (zFont.Size <= 1)
                                {
                                    break;
                                }
                                zFont = new Font(zFont.FontFamily, zFont.Size - FONT_SCALE_ADJUST, zFont.Style);
                                Logger.AddLogLine("ADJ A [" + zFont.Size + "]");
                                if (bUpscaled)
                                {
                                    break;
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                zFont = new Font(zFont.FontFamily, zFont.Size + FONT_SCALE_ADJUST, zFont.Style);
                                Logger.AddLogLine("ADJ B [" + zFont.Size + "]");
                                bUpscaled = true;
                            }
                        }
                    }
#endif
                }
                // else -- font size is fine for this element
            }
            else
            {
                zFormatFlags |= TextFormatFlags.EndEllipsis;
            }

            Logger.AddLogLine("[" + zFont.Size + "]");

            var arrayDrawLines = new string[] { sInput };
            var nLineOffset = 0;

            var fEmSize = zFont.Size;

            switch (zFont.Unit)
            {
                case GraphicsUnit.Point:
                    fEmSize = zGraphics.DpiY*(zFont.Size/72f);
                    break;
                default:
                    Logger.AddLogLine("This font is using the Unit: {0} (not currently supported)".FormatString(zFont.Unit.ToString()));
                    break;
            }

            foreach (var sLine in arrayDrawLines)
            {
                if (0 == zElement.outlinethickness)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        if (null != zOpacityBitmap)
                        {
                            // TODO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18838037/drawing-text-to-a-bitmap-with-textrenderer

#warning too bad this makes the font look terrible
#if true
                            var image = new Bitmap(zElement.width, zElement.height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);

                            // create memory buffer from desktop handle that supports alpha channel
                            IntPtr dib;
                            var memoryHdc = CreateMemoryHdc(IntPtr.Zero, image.Width, image.Height, out dib);
                            try
                            {
                                // create memory buffer graphics to use for HTML rendering
                                using (var memoryGraphics = Graphics.FromHdc(memoryHdc))
                                {
                                    // must not be transparent background
                                    memoryGraphics.Clear(Color.White);

                                    TextRenderer.DrawText(memoryGraphics, sLine, zFont, new Rectangle(0, 0, zElement.width, zElement.height), colorFont, zFormatFlags);
                                }

                                // copy from memory buffer to image
                                using (var imageGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(image))
                                {
                                    var imgHdc = imageGraphics.GetHdc();
                                    BitBlt(imgHdc, 0, 0, image.Width, image.Height, memoryHdc, 0, 0, 0x00CC0020);
                                    imageGraphics.ReleaseHdc(imgHdc);
                                }
                            }
                            finally
                            {
                                // release memory buffer
                                DeleteObject(dib);
                                DeleteDC(memoryHdc);
                            }

#else
                            var zGraphicsTemp = Graphics.FromImage(zOpacityBitmap);
                            zGraphicsTemp.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
                            zGraphicsTemp.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit;

                            TextRenderer.DrawText(zGraphicsTemp, sLine, zFont, new Rectangle(0, 0, zElement.width, zElement.height), colorFont, zFormatFlags);

                            var zColor = new ColorMatrix
                            {
                                Matrix33 = (float)zElement.opacity / 255.0f
                            };
                            var zAttrib = new ImageAttributes();
                            zAttrib.SetColorMatrix(zColor);
                            var zBitmap = new Bitmap(zOpacityBitmap); // target image
                            var zGraphicsX = Graphics.FromImage(zBitmap);
                            zGraphicsTemp.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
                            zGraphicsTemp.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit;
                            // draw the source image into the destination with the desired opacity
                            zGraphicsX.DrawImage(zOpacityBitmap, new Rectangle(0, 0, zBitmap.Width, zBitmap.Height), 0, 0, zBitmap.Width, zBitmap.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel,
                                zAttrib);
#endif
                            // offset is already applied
                            zGraphics.DrawImageUnscaled(image, 0, 0);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            TextRenderer.DrawText(zGraphics, sLine, zFont, new Rectangle((int)zGraphics.Transform.OffsetX, (int)zGraphics.Transform.OffsetY, zElement.width,
                                    zElement.height), colorFont, zFormatFlags);
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception)
                    {
                        Logger.AddLogLine("Unable to render text (font issue?)");
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    // prepare to draw text
                    var zPath = new GraphicsPath();

                    try
                    {
#warning is there a path based text renderer thing to use?
                        var zFormat = new StringFormat
                        {
                            LineAlignment = zElement.GetVerticalAlignment(),
                            Alignment = zElement.GetHorizontalAlignment(),
                            Trimming = StringTrimming.None,
                            FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.NoClip
                        };

                        zPath.AddString(sLine, zFont.FontFamily, (int)zFont.Style, fEmSize, new RectangleF(0, nLineOffset, zElement.width, zElement.height), zFormat);
                        DrawItem.DrawOutline(zElement, zGraphics, zPath);
                    }
                    catch (Exception)
                    {
                        Logger.AddLogLine("Unable to render text (font issue?)");
                    }

                    // fill in the outline
                    zGraphics.FillPath(zBrush, zPath);
                }
                nLineOffset += zElement.lineheight;
            }
        }

        private static IntPtr CreateMemoryHdc(IntPtr hdc, int width, int height, out IntPtr dib)
        {
            // Create a memory DC so we can work off-screen
            IntPtr memoryHdc = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc);
            SetBkMode(memoryHdc, 1);

            // Create a device-independent bitmap and select it into our DC
            var info = new BitMapInfo();
            info.biSize = Marshal.SizeOf(info);
            info.biWidth = width;
            info.biHeight = -height;
            info.biPlanes = 1;
            info.biBitCount = 32;
            info.biCompression = 0; // BI_RGB
            IntPtr ppvBits;
            dib = CreateDIBSection(hdc, ref info, 0, out ppvBits, IntPtr.Zero, 0);
            SelectObject(memoryHdc, dib);

            return memoryHdc;
        }

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
        public static extern int SetBkMode(IntPtr hdc, int mode);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
        private static extern IntPtr CreateCompatibleDC(IntPtr hdc);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
        private static extern IntPtr CreateDIBSection(IntPtr hdc, [In] ref BitMapInfo pbmi, uint iUsage, out IntPtr ppvBits, IntPtr hSection, uint dwOffset);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
        public static extern int SelectObject(IntPtr hdc, IntPtr hgdiObj);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        public static extern bool BitBlt(IntPtr hdc, int nXDest, int nYDest, int nWidth, int nHeight, IntPtr hdcSrc, int nXSrc, int nYSrc, int dwRop);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
        public static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hObject);

        [DllImport("gdi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
        public static extern bool DeleteDC(IntPtr hdc);

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        internal struct BitMapInfo
        {
            public int biSize;
            public int biWidth;
            public int biHeight;
            public short biPlanes;
            public short biBitCount;
            public int biCompression;
            public int biSizeImage;
            public int biXPelsPerMeter;
            public int biYPelsPerMeter;
            public int biClrUsed;
            public int biClrImportant;
            public byte bmiColors_rgbBlue;
            public byte bmiColors_rgbGreen;
            public byte bmiColors_rgbRed;
            public byte bmiColors_rgbReserved;
        }

    }
}


His research brought him to Diego Velazquez, whose long-lost portrait of Prince Charles has eluded art experts for generations. Velázquez (1599–1660) was the official painter of the Madrid court, during the time the Spanish Empire teetered on the edge of collapse. When Prince Charles of England—a man wealthy enough to help turn Spain's fortunes—ventured to the court to propose a marriage with a Spanish princess, he allowed just a few hours to sit for his portrait. Snare believed only Velázquez could have met this challenge. But in making his theory public, Snare was ostracized, victim to aristocrats and critics who accused him of fraud, and forced to choose, like Velázquez himself, between art and family.
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8 Oct, 2012 18:56
Athens police fire tear gas in crackdown clashes at anti-Merkel protest (VIDEO)
Police fired tear gas as angry protesters clashed with officers in Athens as thousands rallied in the Greek capital in protest against German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit. Merkel is in Athens for austerity talks with the country's Prime Minister.
Demonstrators, dressed as Nazis, wave a Greek and a swastika flag as they ride in an open-top car in Syntagma Square in Athens as they protest against the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, October 9, 2012. (Reuters / Yannis Behrakis) © Reuters
Angry protesters picked stones from the cracked pavement and hurled them at police, who responded with tear gas, pepper spray and stun grenades. AFP estimated that at least 25,000 people turned out to express their anger at Greece's austerity policies.Demonstrators hoisted banners reading, "Merkel out, Greece is not your colony" and "This is not a European Union, it's slavery."Teachers, doctors and other public employees went on strike Tuesday, taking to the streets of Athens alongside trade unions and opposition political parties. Many Greeks say they cannot take more of the wage cuts and tax hikes that have left every fourth person in the public sector jobless."They've turned our lives into hell," one the protesters told Reuters. "We don't want [Merkel] here." Two Nazi flags were set on fire near parliament as demonstrators chanted, "No to the Fourth Reich!"The rallies were mostly peaceful, but police briefly clashed with several dozen demonstrators. Around 200 people were detained in Athens, including students and members of a 'Solidarity Network' protest bloc.
As protesters raged in the streets, Greek PM Antonis Samaras welcomed his "friend" Angela Merkel. After talks with Samaras, Merkel said that the EU country "has done a lot, but much remains to be done." Merkel vowed that she wanted Greece "to remain in the euro." Samaras responded by saying that Greeks were "bleeding," but would stick with their austerity program and were likewise determined to stay in the eurozone. Merkel's trip to Athens lasted six hours.
Merkel is seen as the representative of economic aggression against Greece, Panagiotis Sotiris, a sociology lecturer from the University of the Aegean told RT. "What happened today in Athens – these demonstrations we witnessed – were just something like a message that we are going to see much more protests and anger in Greece," he said. "We are in the fifth year of recession. We are in the third year of austerity measures. And they are asking us for even harder austerity measures."And the Greek government has not even made public what the new austerity package will include, Sotiris noted."The actual cuts have not yet been announced," he said. "They are going to announce them in the coming days; they will have to put them through parliament. This is going to see days of protests, days of strikes."
Authorities issued permits for only two of the planned protests. At least 7,000 police from across the country were deployed in Athens, including rooftop snipers, water cannons and hundreds of undercover agents. Security forces erected steel fences around the capital's parliament building.Locals said that snipers were stationed on the roof tops of government buildings in Athens, and that commando units were also seen on standby as helicopters patrolled the skies over Athens.
"It will be one of the biggest security drills in recent years," said a senior police official who chose to remain anonymous. These extreme measures are being put in place because Merkel's brief visit comes amid growing unrest in Greece over new cutbacks.Greek authorities, who are struggling to talk bailout creditors into unfreezing a vital loan installment, appear determined to prevent riots whilst Merkel is in town.Public Order Minister, Nikos Dendias, called on protesters to "protect the peace, and above all our country's prospects and our international image."
Greece has depended on bailouts from fellow EU member states and the International Monetary Fund since May 2010. To get the loans, it implemented a series of deep income cuts and tax hikes, while increasing retirement ages and facilitating private sector layoffs.However, Greece must axe another $17.5 billion over the next two years to qualify for its next rescue loan payment – without which the government will run out of cash next month.Germany has provided most of the EU's bailout fund – but has also remained one of Greece's toughest critics, demanding more reforms from the Greeks to keep their economy solvent. Tensions ahead of the visit are already simmering in the Greek capital, with thousands gathering in front of the parliament building in Syntagma Square, chanting against fresh budget cuts and burning an EU flag.More than 8,000 protesters vented their frustration at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who they see as an instigator of their crippling reform program.
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The Parisian catacombs comprise more than 150 miles of tunnels beneath the French capital.
TWO TEENAGERS HAVE been rescued from the catacombs beneath Paris after getting lost in the pitch-black tunnels of the underground burial ground for three days.
The two, aged 16 and 17, were taken to hospital and were being treated for mild hypothermia after being found by search teams and rescue dogs in the early hours of the morning.
"It was thanks to the dogs that we found them," a spokesman for the Paris fire service told AFP at the end of the four-hour operation.
A network of around 250 kilometres (150 miles) of underground tunnels forms a maze beneath Paris, with only a small section open to the public at an official visitors' site in southern Paris.
Entering the other galleries has been against the law since 1955, but daredevil school children, explorers and alternative partygoers are known to access them through secret entrance points.
The transfer of human remains from Parisian cemeteries to the tunnels began towards the end of the 18th century for public health reasons, with the bones of approximately six million people found there.
The ambient temperature in the dank narrow passageways is about 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit).
It was not clear who had raised the alarm about the missing teenagers or why they got lost.
The operator of the Catacombs museum, a popular attraction where the queues are sometimes several hours long, stressed that no-one had ever got lost in the two-kilometre (over one mile) of tunnels open to the public.
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Top 100 v1.51 Lance Haun On The Go v 2.03
HRExaminer Issue v1.02
On January 15, 2010, in HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser
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Our feature story looks at the first of 5 possible scenarios for the future of Recruiting. It's an interesting time to ponder the future of recruiting when the profession is 30% to 50% smaller than it was 18 months ago, technology is changing rapidly, and a new generation is coming to work.
No doubt, it would serve us well to ask what's on the mind of a top notch consultant as she leads an organization of 7,000 HR professionals and consultants who execute the HR operations for 30 major global concerns? That's this weeks Top 100 Influencer Mary Sue Rogers.
Perhaps we should run the numbers on this score? That's just what Infohrm would say. On The HRExaminer's desk is one of the most amazing pieces of HR work we've ever run across. At 600 pages, the spiral bound book is a ream of paper devoted to the documentation of HR Metrics. You guessed it, we sum it all up for you in this week's HRExaminer.
To cap this week off we look at the Top 100 Influencer Project at midpoint and discover it has Influenza in Influenza Top 100 Status Report while going on to ponder topics like why big companies suck and the value in firing people who do an adequate job from this weeks In-The-Know – Five Useful links v.1.02.
John Sumser
John Sumser is a principal analyst for HRExaminer, an independent analyst firm covering HR Technology and the intersection of people, tech, and work. John's mix of experience over the course of his career gives him a broad and unique perspective on the industry. Like anyone trying to process a lot of information, he is two or three steps ahead in some areas and still learning about others. Sumser's work includes deep research into the nooks and crannies of HR Technology to identify and explain rapidly evolving trends. Built on a foundation of engineering, design, and philosophy, John's seeks to understand and advise clients on where their technology works best, for whom, and in what context. Each year, John examines the insides of hundreds of companies, their products, and ecosystems. He delivers vendor analysis by building the framework from which to deliver the critique. He is constantly connecting and making visible the front end of change. He can help you see the path of evolution and the risks on the journey. The HRExaminer is Sumser's vehicle for understanding and explaining the inner workings of the industry. With three weekly podcasts, and written commentary, he covers emerging ideas, the state of the industry, and the executives who operate it.
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Celebrity Big Brother 2018: Who is Dan Osborne? What is he famous for?
Ex-TOWIE cast member Dan Osborne had a rumoured romance with fellow Celebrity Big Brother 2018 contestant, Gabby Allen
Radio Times Staff
Published: Monday, 3rd September 2018 at 5:03 pm
Latest: What has Dan Osborne been up to in the house?
Dan Osborne's time in the house has been notable for him being one of the housemates who believed Roxanne Pallett's accusations against Ryan Thomas. He has also been notable for being in the same house as former Love Island contestant Gabby Allen, who he was rumoured to have had a fling with while estranged from his wife Jacqueline Jossa (best known as Eastenders' Lauren Branning). He has spoken of the rumours in the house, saying that nothing happened, but has also admitted that their flirty behaviour doesn't help matters.
He recently had an emotional moment after receiving a letter from Jossa, and their daughter Ella.
Who is Dan Osborne?
Celebrity Big Brother contestant Dan Osborne is no stranger to cameras getting up close and personal: as an ex-cast member on The Only Way Is Essex, he's used to seeing all his fights, hang-ups – and hook-ups – aired on the small screen.
Osborne's already proven himself a big personality – but is he ready for the Big Brother House?
Who is going into the Celebrity Big Brother house in summer 2018?
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The 27-year-old former model first starred on TOWIE back in 2013, when he was 22. The show charted his relationship with then-girlfriend Lucy Mecklenburgh, but he was dropped from the ITVBe show in 2015 after leaked footage showed him shouting at ex-girlfriend Megan Tomlin.
Since then Osborne has rebranded himself as a fitness guru. His Instagram account, which boasts over 90,000 followers, catalogues his tips and work-out advice.
Is Dan Osborne single?
Dan Osborne and Jacqueline Jossa (Getty)
In 2017 Osborne married former EastEnders star, Jacqueline Jossa, who played Lauren Branning in the BBC soap – although the couple are reportedly separated after Osborne became caught up in a rumoured romance and subsequent media storm along with former Love Island star Gabby Allen (and fellow Celebrity Big Brother 2018 contestant...).
Apparently, Channel 5 producers are hoping that there could be romance between the two ITV reality stars.
Who is Dan Osbourne? Key facts:
Job: TV personality and social media influencer
Twitter: @DannyO
Instagram: @danosborneofficial
Celebrity Big Brother 2018 begins at 9pm on Thursday 16th August on Channel 5


Home / Art Things / How Was The Film Birdman(2014) Made Like A Single Shot?
How Was The Film Birdman(2014) Made Like A Single Shot?
The Birdman is a 2014 film directed by Alajandro Gonzalez Inarritu won the Academy award for this film.The film Is about a former Super Hero Actor comes to Broadway to make films.
and a broadway critic find him non worthy artist as he was from hollywood,and thinks he was here to make money.The Protagonist became fame after all the struggles with His Actor,his drug addic daughter,people and the critic.and proved himself as an artist.It is truly a black comedy ,thus it attacks the other super hero films and showed itself like a reality/real life.So the Whole film is Showed as a single shot as the real life have no cuts and edits.
So How They Made It?
The Camera man pans the camera through out the films every 2 seconds.It is the first trick,The Cut was made from them.Yea... Pans.as the first shot ends in a frame of pan ,The next shot begins in the exact frame where the previous shot ends with a normal editing. You Can't tell the difference as it hold the same area.
There Are Always an Unnoticed barriers split up the frame for atleast a second.That's the other trick.If you watched closely you can see barriers which helps to cut the prevous shot and joins them to the next shot.
The transitions used between two shots are also helped to look like a single shot.While the previous shot goes to frame a non living subject ,The next shot begins From the same end where the previous one goes.Yes it is a transition with a edit cut it is within the method of pan cut.
Timelapse ,it is always a great way to make a single long shot ,you can set the camera at something/a non living subjects with light changes and can go for a dinner, date and comes back to take the next scene and It All look like a single Shot with out any interrupt cuts.But It takes one thing the hour(of particular camera).


Best of travel panoramas 2015 to 2017.
> February is a perfect month to get OUT of Berlin. Southern Europe isn't really hot either but you get the first impression of how spring will smell. And there is always some green and sun. But what's best is that it feels like visiting the tourists spots in a strange 'backstage' mode. Almost no people at the seaside, empty beaches and people painting empty houses in fresh white.
> Puglia. The most southern spot in Italy is our favourite destination at the moment. And we found a holiday house there that is just more you could ever ask for. We have been there two times now for almost a month last year to live and work and it has been hard to leave this 'home'. It's this garden on a 8 square km wide property in an old olive grove that you see from the window when you wake up in the morning. What else do you need? Thanks, James and Amber!
> The flat land of the Mark Brandenburg with all the space and lakes, sleepy little villages and farm houses is a rather underestimated destination. If you look for fresh air, tranquility and the smell of German countryside this is just the right place.
> Getting bored by Tuskany and Florence? Visit Lecce and the Pugla region! Lecce is a beautiful baroque city and the capital of the region. It's famous for it's soft sandstone. And they made a lot of amazing stuff out of it in the last couple of centuries. I really love this city and their almond pastries. Make sure to visit the stunning cementary (Pic 3) and my favourite restaurant for lunch 'Osteria Il Poeta Contadino' at Piazza Castromediano Sigismondo (Pic 2). The perfect place to sit outside in January to enjoy the amazing Puglian kitchen and get a small sunburn.
> Germans favourite holiday destination. It really is a beauty. You just have to know where to go and where not to go. There are so many beautiful and different beaches and beautiful villages in the inner country and the mountains. I just chose this picture because it kind of sums up the style of the landscape of the island. And a picture of the garden of the house we rented via airbnb. A very nice Finca in the middle of fields of almond trees, figs and citrons.
> Without words. Ask George Clooney.
> We made a round trip on Sardegna for around 4 weeks in the spring of 2015. After landing in Olbia (upper east coast) we drove straith to the west coast to our first rental. A small holiday house somewhere in the middle of the Macchia of a nature reserve at the ocean (Pic 1). After exploring the villages and the coastline around for almost 2 weeks and a few cold April nights, we headed towards Cagliari, the capital of the island. A very nice city extending over serveral levels from the harbor area to the old town on the hilltop. After another 5 days we took the breathtaking panorama route SS125 from Cagliari through the mountains up to the 'Costa Smeralda' with a few stops inbetween (Cala Gogone, Oresei etc.). This landscape is amazing and fun to drive in case you like curves (Pic 2). Arriving in our secluded house at the Golfo Aranci - a bit below the very fancy area of Porto Cervo - it finally became warmer and we had another two sunny weeks to enjoy the beautiful emerald coast (Pic 4) and the even more stunning nature of the small island 'La Maddalena' (Pic 5).
> Since we are a half Finish studio and family we are up north once in a while. Once you have been up there you understand the rather layed back way of life of Scandinavians.
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A lot of Ruby sites I have seen have performance issues.

A: Yes, Ruby on Rails sites do have performance issues, just like any other site. And just like any other site, those performance almost always are rooted in architectural decisions, not the language or the framework.
There was a nice presentation a couple of years back by Joyent (might have been RailsConf 2007?), which showed on one slide all the servers that are running on a single instance of their Rails platform. About 40 processes. Only one of those processes was the Ruby interpreter, everything else was stuff like the DNS resolver, web server, database server, MTA, memcached, message queue, reverse proxy, load balancer, etc. Every single one of those can screw up your performance. That's a 97.5% chance that your performance problems have nothing whatsoever to do with Rails or Ruby.
There's some really nice E-Mails on the JRuby mailinglists, and also some Tweets and blog posts by people who rewrote their Java web applications in Ruby and got a 10% performance improvement.
A really good example is Twitter. Twitter is one of the biggest Ruby on Rails sites in the world. It is also one with a very unusual usage pattern that will give any framework that is designed for "normal" web applications a tough nut to crack.
Now, you might think, why did I choose Twitter of all things as an example of performance and scalabilit, when clearly it is the exact opposite that they are known for? Well, that's exactly the point: they have had a ton of scaling, performance and reliability problems. And not a single one of those had anything to do with Rails or Ruby. In fact, Rails and Ruby were pretty much the only pieces in their stack that they did not have problems with.
They had problems with unexpected growth. It doesn't matter which language or framework you use: if users are signing on faster than you can buy new servers, there is nothing you can do.
They had problems with the performance and scalability of MySQL. Again, MySQL has nothig to do with Rails or Ruby. In fact, MySQL is written in C, so if you really absolutely must make any ridiculous conclusion about a programming language, based solely on a single incident, then it would be this: C is slow. If you want performance, stay away from C.
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They had problems with the performance and scalability of the overall system. It turned out that, in order to get the product out quickly, they implemented absolutely no caching whatsoever. Even the "static" Twitter homepage was completely dynamically generated for every single request. Again, this had nothing to do with Rails or Ruby. You can bring any site down by turning off their caches, I guarantee you that.
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A: As I see it - RoR is only a bit slower. At least slower than .Net, cause ruby is interpreted language.
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Calling for online ecommerce platforms to be held accountable for flaws in their seller feedback systems that allow dishonest vendors to pull the wool over buyers' eyes, Head of Home Products and Services at Which? Natalie Hitchins said: "Our investigation has uncovered yet another example of online reviews being manipulated to mislead people.
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Responding to the findings of Which?'s investigation eBay said in a statement: "The research does not fully consider that there are distinctions between product reviews (which provide buyers with a holistic review of the same product), and seller feedback (which can be used to see specific reviews of a seller's performance and may reflect the item's condition)."
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that US politicians had called on lawmakers to hold ecommerce companies such as eBay and Amazon to account if they fail to prevent third-party vendors selling counterfeit or substandard products on their platforms.
Major 'lover boy' prostitution gang broken up by coalition of European law enforcement agencies
A Romanian human trafficking and prostitution network that used the "lover boy" method to entrap young women before forcing them into sex work has been broken up a coalition of European law enforcement agencies.
The lover boy method, also known as the "Romeo pimp" method, involves young men seducing victims with the objective of coercing them into prostitution.
Lover boy traffickers groom their victims to believe they have entered into a serious romantic relationship before using emotional, psychological and sometimes physical abuse to intimidate them into working in the sex services industry.
Investigators from Spain, Romania, the Czech Republic and several other European nations were involved in the operation that resulted in the dismantling of the gang, which is said to have groomed and exploited at least 10 young women by forcing them to work as prostitutes.
The operation resulted in the arrest of 14 people in Romania and Spain, the safeguarding of 10 trafficking victims, and the confiscation of a number of items, including a quantity of cash, jewellery, expensive vehicles and several electronic devices.
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Once under the traffickers' control, victims would be abused and drugged before being sold onto other members of the network for as much as €6,000 ($6,632) each.
The women would then be moved between locations and countries on a regular basis as part of the gang's efforts to avoid the attention of police.
Profits made by the network were laundered through the purchase of property, expensive jewellery and high-value cars.
Ongoing investigations into the network's activities are focussed on the theory that it was working in cooperation with another gang.
Enquires have already resulted in the identification of more than 40 additional women who fell victim to the two criminal organisations.
In a statement, Europol said: "Europol facilitated the information exchange between the participating countries, provided coordination support and analysed operational information against Europol's databases to give leads to investigators.
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Taking cocaine will not cure people struck down with the coronavirus, French government warns public
Authorities in France have been forced to inform the public that taking cocaine will not cure people infected with the coronavirus.
Taking to Twitter on Sunday, the French Ministry for Solidarity and Health told its followers that cocaine is not only ineffective when it comes to fighting the coronavirus, but is also a highly addictive drug that can cause serious harm to users' health.
The government department was seeking to counter fake news circulating on social media that taking the drug could cure or prevent the virus, including doctored news stories that appeared to confirm the drug's effectiveness at fighting the disease.
The ministry's Twitter post included a link to a government information page that provided further guidance on disinformation circulating about the coronavirus outbreak.
As well as encouraging those worried about the coronavirus to start taking cocaine, online trolls have also suggested that bleach can also help fight the disease.
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In August of 2019, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about that dangers of consuming bleach, noting: "Drinking any… chlorine dioxide products can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and symptoms of severe dehydration."
As well as warning about cocaine's inability to fight the coronavirus, the French government has also told members of the public that spraying bleach or alcohol on their bodies will not neutralise viruses they have already been infected with.
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 Стернин В. Г., Никоноров И. В., Бумейстер Ю. К. Электролов рыбы — М.: Пищ. промышленность, 1972. — 360 с.
 Извеков И. П. Экологическая безопасность электролова рыбы и эффективность промысла во внутренних водоемах / И. П. Извеков, Г. А. Асланов // ВНИЭРХ, ОИ. — 2000.- № 2. — 68 с.
 Карпов Н. А. О влиянии электроудочки на фауну водоемов / Н. А. Карпов, С. Н. Бойков // Актуальные проблемы управления заповедниками в Европейской части России. Материалы юбилейной научн.-практ. конф. — Воронеж: ВГУ, 2004. — С. 38-41.
 Кочет В. Н. Реакции рыб на воздействие промышленных электрических орудий лова в замкнутых водоемах Днепропетровской области (Украина) / В. Н. Кочет, О. А. Христов // Поведение рыб. Матер. докл. IV Всеросс. конф. с междунар. участ. — М.: АКВАРОС, 2010. — С. 166—172.
 Новицкий Р. А. Незаконное ресурсопользование на днепровских водохранилищах // Актуальные проблемы водохранилищ. Тез. Всерос. конф. (Борок, 29 октября — 3 ноября 2002 г.) — Борок, ИВБН РАН, 2002. — C. 224—226.
 Новицкий Р. А. В одной лодке с электробраконьером // Рыболов. Украина. — 2007. — № 5. — С. 106—108.

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For several quarters now, Facebook Inc. (FB - Get Report) has warned on its earnings calls that the number of ads it shows on its core news feed for a given amount of viewing time (ad load) won't grow much in the future, and that it will have to rely on other means to grow ad sales. The company's second-quarter results showed both that its ad load slowdown is very real -- and that for now, it's little to be worried about, as surging ad prices, user growth and Instagram are enough to pick up the slack.
Facebook reported Q2 revenue of $9.32 billion (up 45% annually) and GAAP EPS of $1.32 (up 69%), topping consensus analyst estimates of $9.2 billion and $1.12. The growth was fueled by a 47% increase in (what else?) ad revenue to $9.16 billion. Payments & other fees revenue, hurt by declining PC gaming activity, fell 20% to $157 million.
Shares briefly slipped post-earnings on Wednesday, as some investors that had already seen Facebook gain 41% in 2017 sold on the news. But they soon reversed course, and added to their gains following an upbeat earnings call during which Facebook slightly cut its 2017 spending guidance: The company now sees 40% to 45% 2017 cost and expense growth, versus a prior outlook for 40% to 50% growth, and forecast capital spending will be at the low end of a prior $7 billion to $7.5 billion range.
Early Thursday afternoon, Facebook shares were up 4.4% to $172.85, a new all-time high.
Ad revenue growth slowed just slightly in Q2 from Q1's 51% clip and Q4's 53%, even though Facebook's paid ad impression growth slowed to 19% from Q1's 32% and Q4's 49%. The reason for this: Facebook's price per ad rose 24%, a sharp improvement from Q1's 14% and Q4's 3%.
Those numbers generally fit with what online ad agency Merkle saw in Q2. Merkle reports its "median advertiser" upped its Facebook ad spend by 56% relative to a year ago, even though it typically saw 9% fewer ad impressions and paid 3% less for ads bought on a cost-per-click (CPC) basis. These trends were easily offset by a 57% increase in average price for ads bought on a cost-per-thousand-impression (CPM) basis (often the case for display and video ads), and a 39% increase in paid clicks.
Slower ad supply growth is naturally boosting prices. But given that supply is still growing (albeit at a slower rate), it's also clear that strong ad ROIs -- made possible by Facebook's powerful and steadily improving targeting abilities -- are motivating marketers to pay more for ad impressions and clicks. A growing mix of video ad sales might also be helping, given that video ads tend to carry relatively high prices.
And as far as ad impression growth goes, Facebook (judging by Merkle's data) seems to be getting a boost from higher click rates for ads bought on a CPC basis -- another product of better targeting. User growth, of course, also helps: A month after disclosing it had topped two billion monthly active users (MAUs), Facebook announced MAUs grew 4% sequentially and 17% annually in Q2 to 2.01 billion. Daily active users (DAUs) rose 3% sequentially and 17% annually to 1.33 billion.
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Instagram, which topped 700 million MAUs in April and whose ad load remains below that of Facebook's news feed, is also contributing to impression growth. Facebook doesn't break out Instagram's ad sales, but annual sales forecasts in the $4 billion range aren't hard to find; research firm eMarketer expects Instagram's revenue to grow 106% this year to $3.92 billion. COO Sheryl Sandberg did disclose on the call that over 15 million Instagram business profiles have been created, up from eight million as of March.
CFO Dave Wehner cautioned on the call that in addition to slower ad load growth, ad impression growth could be impacted later this year by Facebook's efforts to invest in non-news feed mobile video services (for example, professional videos show in the Facebook app's Video tab), which feature relatively few ad impressions. He also mentioned that PC ad growth, which came in at 17% in Q2 in spite of lower PC traffic, will slow as Facebook passes the one-year anniversary of the start of its efforts to combat PC ad-blockers.
On the other hand, Sandberg's discussion of Facebook's ad product efforts drive home how much room it still has to improve ad ROIs and, in certain areas, impressions. Among other things, she highlighted Facebook's early success at running ads against Instagram Stories, a problem for Snap Inc. (SNAP - Get Report) , which depends heavily on Snapchat Stories ad revenue; its efforts to help businesses target consumers based on past purchase activity, and the launch of Facebook's Dynamic e-commerce ads for additional verticals such as travel (an attempt to encroach more on Alphabet Inc./Google's (GOOGL - Get Report) turf). She also noted that Facebook still has a ways to go in improving the ability to measure how and when ads drive real-world purchases, something that does much to encourage advertisers to spend more.
Then there's Messenger and WhatsApp, two platforms claiming over 1.2 billion MAUs apiece -- WhatsApp also now has over 1 billion DAUs, according to Wehner -- and which produce almost no revenue today. On one hand, management cautioned repeatedly that it's still early days for Messenger/WhatsApp monetization -- no ads appear on WhatsApp, and Messenger just began testing news feed-like ads on its home tab -- and that it will move slowly to get the experience right. However, Mark Zuckerberg said he'd like to see Facebook "move a little faster" on this front, and suggested messaging monetization will be an area the company invests more in over the next year.
Zuck did also admittedly state that Messenger and WhatsApp are being treated as three-to-five year opportunities, and that over the next two to three years, growing video ad sales is "going to be a much bigger driver of the business." But that just goes to show how much room for expansion Facebook still has: Even with ad load growth slowing, the company has enough near-term growth levers in front of it that it can take a very slow and careful approach to monetizing the world's two most popular messaging apps.
TheStreet's Eric Jhonsa previously covered Facebook's earnings through a live blog.


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Govt appoints dream team to draw up plan for 'smart jobs'
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O'Keeffe TD has appointed a group of industrialists, academics and civil servants, led by Intel's Jim O'Hara, to draw up a report to spearhead a push for target areas that will create 'smart jobs' for the country.
The high-level group led by one of Ireland's top industrialists has begun work on a five-year prioritisation plan for Government investment in research and 'smart' jobs, according to O'Keeffe.
The research prioritisation steering group, which will be headed by Intel Ireland's general manager, Jim O'Hara, will identify up to 20 target areas in which the Government should focus its allocation of public funding for research and development over five years.
O'Keeffe, who appointed the steering group, has asked that work be completed within 12 months with an action plan for each priority area setting out specific goals over five years.
O'Keeffe wants the group to focus on areas that will yield the best return for taxpayers' investment in research and, ultimately, create high-quality jobs.
"We want to identify research areas that can deliver the best economic dividend for our people through enterprise development and job creation.
"This year, the Government is investing €598m on academic and commercially focused research and development spread across all Government departments and agencies.
"The steering group has now embarked on a major national exercise of structured stakeholder engagement which will set out where best to focus our work and tailor our investment.
Overlook vested interests
"I have asked the steering group to overlook vested interests and place the Irish economy and society at the heart of the strategic consideration process.
"The group will draw on the experience of other countries in drawing up similar plans."
The steering group draws on national and international expertise in the private and public sectors, as well as senior Government officials.
O'Keeffe asked international experts who have completed similar exercises in other countries to assist the steering group.
The Government's economic advisory agency, Forfás, will undertake the project under the guidance of the steering group.
The project will take a year to complete and identify between 10 and 20 priority areas following extensive consultation.
Membership of Research Prioritisation Project Steering Group
Chairman: Jim O'Hara, general manager, Intel Ireland, vice-president, TMG Intel Corporation and member of Enterprise Ireland board
Prof Nicholas Canny, president, Royal Irish Academy
Prof Frank Convery, UCD
Marion Coy, president, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, member of the advisory council on science, technology and innovation (ACSTI)
Prof Patrick Cunningham, chief scientific adviser to the Government
Seán Dorgan, gormer CEO of IDA Ireland and secretary general of departments of industry and commerce and tourism and trade
Dr Alistair Glass, former deputy minister of research and innovation, Ontario, Canada
Brian J Hayes, managing director, Global Transaction Services, Citibank Europe
Prof Brian MacCraith, president, DCU, member of the ACSTI
Kevin McCarthy, assistant secretary, Department of Education and Skills, deputy chair of the Inter-departmental Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation
Dr Tom McCarthy, chairman of ACSTI, CEO Irish Management Institute
Martin Naughton, chairman of Glen Dimplex Group
Ian Quinn, chairman of Creganna-Tactx Medical
Maurice Roche, Delta Partners
Prof Frances Ruane, director of ESRI
Martin Shanagher, assistant secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, chairman of Inter-departmental Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation
Martin Shanahan, CEO of Forfás
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