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March 1, 2009 Community calendar
February 28, 2009
The Portales News-Tribune offers this space for community events. To submit or change an announcement, contact the Editorial Department at 356-4481 several days in advance. For Sunday's paper, items must be submitted by mid-day Wednesday. Please keep submissions brief and to the point as space is limited.
Lamp Lighters Alcoholics Anonymous — 11 a.m.-noon, non-smoking regular, 106 N. Ave. B. Hotline, 769-6052.
Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site — Call 356-5235 for special tours.
Blackwater Draw Museum — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Details: 562-2202.
Good Gospel Singing — 2-4 p.m. Memorial Building.
Portales Traditional Jam — 2-5 p.m. Wesley Foundation, 1417 S. Ave. K, old time, bluegrass, Celtic music. All instruments, ages and skills welcome. Information, 356-1051.
Alcoholics Anonymous — 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 106 N. Ave. B.
Pregnancy and TB Tests — 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. at La Casa Family Health Center, 1515 W Fir.
Seniors Oil Painting — 9-11 a.m. class, Senior Center, 421 N. Industrial Drive, 356-8741.
ENMU Athletics Bench Club — Luncheon, noon, Campus Union Building. Coaches give the inside story about the previous week's games. Lunch cost is $6.25, including beverages.
Roosevelt County Literacy Council — Free GED, ABE, ESL and citizenship classes, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Volunteers are also needed. Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, 356-8500.
TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) — 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Portales Church of God at 1427 E. Amazon. Contact Terry Pharis, 356-9119, or Daris Hay 359-0144.
ENMRSH — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free development screening for infants from birth to 35 months. Call 742-9032 in Clovis/Portales, 487-2372 in Logan, 461-0212 in Tucumcari and 472-3111 in Santa Rosa.
Lamp Lighters Alcoholics Anonymous — 6-7 p.m. non-smoking regular, 106 N. Ave. B. Hotline, 769-6052.
Seniors' Exercise — 8 a.m. Portales Senior Center. Information: 356-8741.
Seniors' Knitting — 9 a.m. Portales Senior Center. Information: 356-8741.
Seniors' Walking — 3:10 p.m. Greyhound Arena. Information: 356-8741.
Seniors' Beadwork — 9 a.m. Portales Senior Center. Information: 356-8741.
Mood Elevators — Wellness support group for any and all health conscious people or people who want to think and feel better. Meets 5:15 p.m. at


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Topic: "Ruby on Rails Bible" Ch. 6 example Amazon AWS help
I've been stuck on this for a day and a half now and I hope someone could help me out...
It really looks like I got everything right and I'm constantly getting a HTTP 400 back.
I installed ruby-aaws via gems:
user@localhost:~$ gem list
actionmailer (2.3.4)
actionpack (2.3.4)
activerecord (2.3.4)
activeresource (2.3.4)
activesupport (2.3.4)
amazon-ec2 (0.7.3)
builder (2.1.2)
highline (1.5.1)
hoe (2.3.3)
json_pure (1.2.0)
mime-types (1.16)
mysql (2.8.1)
rack (1.0.1)
rails (2.3.4)
rake (0.8.7)
ruby-aaws (0.7.0)
ruby-aws (1.2.0)
rubyforge (2.0.3)
xml-simple (1.0.12)
I have my ~/.amazonrc config file set up, in the seemingly correct format:
key_id = 'my Amazon Key ID'
secret_key_id = 'my secret amazon key id'
cache = false
locale = 'us'
And finally here in irb:
Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.4)
>> require 'amazon/aws/search'
=> ["Amazon"]
>> include Amazon::AWS
=> Object
>> include Amazon::AWS::Search
=> Object
>> con=Request.new('--my key id -----', 'calibanorg-20' )
=> #<Amazon::AWS::Search::Request:0xb71d36cc @locale="us", @key_id="--my key id -----", @conn=nil, @cache=#<Amazon::AWS::Cache:0xb71d2560 @path="/tmp/amazon">, @user_agent="Ruby/Amazon/AWS 0.7.0", @tag="calibanorg-20", @encoding=nil, @config={}, @api=nil>
>> is = ItemSearch.new('Books', {'Keywords' => 'Ruby Programming'})
=> #<Amazon::AWS::ItemSearch:0xb71ca8b0 @response_group=#<Amazon::AWS::ResponseGroup:0xb71ca4dc @params={"ResponseGroup"=>"Large"}, @list=[:Large]>, @params={"Operation"=>"ItemSearch", "Keywords"=>"Ruby Programming", "SearchIndex"=>"Books"}, @kind="ItemSearch">
>> resp=con.search(is)
Amazon::AWS::HTTPError: HTTP response code 400
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-aaws-0.7.0/lib/amazon/aws.rb:170:in `get_page'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-aaws-0.7.0/lib/amazon/aws/search.rb:305:in `search'
from (irb):6
My only clue, I think, is up there @config{}... its nil. Thought it should contain my secret_key_id from the config file, .amazonrc.
Help me, Obi-one-kinobis...

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LAKE FOREST – Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (concussion) hopes he'll be back on the field Sunday at Soldier Field against the Minnesota Vikings.
But when asked if he would play versus the Vikings, Cutler said, "I don't know. We'll see." He added that he hopes to practice tomorrow. Bears head coach Lovie Smith said Cutler has been cleared to practice on a limited basis, however he has not yet been cleared to play Sunday.
Cutler said he is not experiencing any concussion symptoms right now, though he admitted even if he was he wouldn't tell the media. Cutler acknowledged there are potential long-term risks when it comes to concussions, but he vowed to not change the way he plays the game.
Cutler said he is not in favor of a mandatory one-week off after suffering a concussion.
"Every player is different," Cutler said. " ... When you get hurt, it's an isolating feeling."
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Soundmagic E10
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With the goal of offering studio-level sound quality to everyone SoundMAGIC has created the E80C earphones. Listening with the E80C opens up the world of studio quality sound that never sounds boosted or enhanced with a neutral and poised sound stage. Equipped with a 3-button remote with automatic switching between Apple and Android smartphones for interchanging devices with ease make the E80C...
Soundmagic E80 in-ear monitor headphone
"At the time this review was written, the Soundmagic E80 in-ear monitor was on sale for $51.99 USD on Micca Store's website. Here is a link to a listing of their product at the time of the review: http://www.miccastore.com/soundmagic-e80-noise-isolating-inear-headphones-p-138.html Introduction Reviewing headphones is a labor of love. To be completely honest, the better an earphone..." --Hisoundfi
SoundMAGIC ES18 In-Ear Headphones (Black/Red)
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I saw a Norwegian Viking today, similar to the one with the round shield but the shield is more central. Dark coloured helmet and body. Label on back but could only read Norway, will take a loupe tomorrow.
Interesting, I only recently obtained the first one (on the right in Ivo's photo) complete with label. Also took a fancy to Pukeberg 'solifleur' vases, so it's time to clear another shelf!
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Dec '10 - Aug '12
We hosted a midterm review at University of Tokyo joined by 9 schools from US, Europe and Asia.
Participating schools:
University of Tokyo
Princeton University
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
University of Hong Kong
Columbia University
California College of the Arts
Tsinghua University
Osaka Sangyo University
Nagoya institute of Technology
This is a mega-microblog of a master student @ obuchi lab university of tokyo. G30 Architecture & Urbanism University of Tokyo @ Archinect: http://archinect.com/schools/cover/28188564/university-of-tokyo-g30-architecture-and-urbanism


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Has anyone here read Fred Seaman's book about John?
I see on Steve's Abbeyrd website that Yoko is going to court next week to try to get photos that Frederic took of John and the family.
374 photos. Yoko also wants letters that Fred has that John wrote.
Julian Lennon said that Fred brought him John's diaries very briefly after John's murder, but that Fred had to return them to Yoko, because he took them without her permission. Julian said they were very interesting and he would like to have had a chance to read those diaries. Frederic said that John wanted Jules to have them. Why does Yoko not want Jules to have his own father's diaries? What is she afraid of anyway? Why can't Fred keep the photos he took of John? What is all this garbage?


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Skip to comments.US married father's horror after wife places his child with an adopted family without telling him
Posted on 12/04/2012 12:24:52 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
A Texas man is battling for custody of his first-born daughter after his wife successfully gave her up for adoption without telling him - to a family who now refuses to return the girl.
Terry Achane, 31, a drill instructor in South Carolina, says it was just days after he left his pregnant wife for his new job out of state that she quietly signed over their unborn baby to a family of seven in Utah.
His newborn baby, whom he had wanted to name Teleah, was given to Jared and Kristi Frei, who now say the girl is theirs and won't give her back without a fight.
Mr Achane says that he and his wife, Tira Bland, were having marital problems not long after learning she was pregnant in 2010, leading to her decision and his now spiraling struggle today despite a judge ordering the girl returned to him last October.
The now ex-husband says Ms Bland had suggested having an abortion or giving their child up for adoption - fearing she would end up as a single mother - but he said no, encouraging their daughter's birth.
It was just months later in February of 2011 that Mr Achane found himself sent to Fort Jackson in South Carolina for work, believing hed leave and come back a new dad.
Ten days after his move, however, his wife went gave birth to a premature baby and signed away their child before cutting all contact with her husband.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Family courts in this country are just completely out of control.
Does he have to pay them Child Support?
Hmm, I know for a fact that in Texas both the biological mother, the biological father, the legally married husband, and the legally married wife all need to legally sign away their rights to the child. The mother can't do it on her own.
21 months the baby has bonded with the new parents. He needs to move on, it really is sad, but the damage of taking a little one away from the bonded parents is very devastating... The child´s rights at this time are greater than the sire´s right.
Another version here:
The judge had some rather harsh words for the ex-wife, agency, and adoptive parents.
This is the purpose of redefining marriage to include queers: so children become nothing more than chattel to satisfy the "needs" of adults.
In another article, I read that, yesterday, a judge ordered that the child be returned to her father.
Article goes into more detail.
Achane!? Bland!? Married!?
NOT making much sense here. I thought when people got married the husbands name was now the wifes as well.
In another article, I read that, yesterday, a judge ordered that the child be returned to her father.
In another article, I read that, yesterday, a judge ordered that the child be returned to her father.
In another article, I read that, yesterday, a judge ordered that the child be returned to her father.
These Frei people do not look very good, if this article is at all accurate.
Pardon the multiple postings.
Doesn't it seem like the U.K. press is breaking a lot of interesting stories the U.S. press is not? It was true during the campaign as well.
If the poor little girl was given a sensible name by the adoptive parents, can she keep it?
So a couple who defrauded the father and contumaciously ignored the court's order has thereby bestowed new rights upon the child? Hardly.
Why the hell doesn't our media pick these stories up? Something is rotten here, and it ain't even partisan.
That's life.
Stockholm Syndrome is not an enduring basis for family law.
My guesses as to why:
1. The US has four times the population of the UK; i.e., four times the news, all things being equal.
2. It's safer for UK papers to report on US events - UK libel laws are very biased in favor of the plaintiff.
3. Human nature - misery is more entertaining when it's far away.
4. The US is the world's big dog - when we bark, everybody hears.
She was married.
The adoption is not valid.
Good luck to the father, the adoptive family is being absurd.
I am sure they love the child, but she is not theirs.
What the hell?
She is not even two, he is the father and the child is hers.
What the hell are you thinking? That child HAS NO RIGHTS, unless her FATHER signs them away. Children are not chattel, but they do belong to the birth parents, EXCEPT IN A SOCIALIST STATE. WE ARE CLOSE, BUT NOT THERE YET. Mayby you need to go stand in a corner and think about it.
At 21 months, the baby may cry for a couple of days, or may not. At 21 months, she is still a toddler, depending on someone to clean her crap. She will be happier in the long run, WITH HER FATHER. It will make an interesting story, but she will KNOW how much she is loved! **
A South Carolina man whose wife put their baby up for adoption without his knowledge or consent will be reunited with his daughter after a nearly two-year legal battle, a Utah court ruled.
A Provo judge ruled he was astonished and deeply troubled" by an adoption agencys deliberate efforts to circumvent the legal rights of father Terry Achane, who was serving as an Army drill instructor when his child was adopted without his knowledge. -click pic to read full article
Great word!
Judging by the woman's character the bio father should request a DNA test on the child before he goes any further to be sure the child is his.
The family court got it right. The couple knew the father had not consented to the adoption as did the agency. The adoption was concealed from him by his wife and the agency. The court has ordered the child returned to her father.
21 months?
that is nonsense.
The court returned custody, the ex did adoption fraud. The father is known, and so he gets the child. The case law supports a pro-active father.
The delay caused by adoptive parents is a legal tactic to prevent the inevitable via nusance.
The law is on the father's side on this one.
succinct, and to the point. I had to get wordy and seek more info... see update above
Thirty years ago when I still read three newspapers a day Russell Baker wrote a piece entitled "In Praise of Ignorant Contumely," which was very fine and very funny.
I carried around the faded newsprint copy for some years but eventually it was lost.
Even now in the near-deathless age of google I have been unable to dig it up again. But thanks for resurrecting the term, for me at least.
How is this not kidnapping??
Wow, I learn something new on this board every day.
(1) We knew the father hadn't given permission. We were willing to accept that challenge! So reward us for parenting through challenges!
(2) We had already adopted a child of this ethnic background, and we wanted to steal another in order to have a matching set! You are going to throw off my whole family decoration scheme!
Absolutely what I would do. Women be crazy.
He will get the baby back. The marriage contract trumps all bonds and the family would be fools to fight it.
Happended to a friend who adopted, years and years ago. Sad crazy women.
lawyers for the couple adopting in these cases have only one option. delay delay delay. The longer they delay the more they can game the system. Demand fitness hearings, mediation, offer supervised visitation, offer unsupervised visitation and so on and hope the child will become aware enough to bond with the couple and learn to hate the father.
The couple, in this case, should sue the mother and the adoption agency. I am willing to bet the mother had the baby and gave it up for adoption as a vindictive passive agressive action.
(btw the court would have already ordered paternity first)
"How is this not kidnapping??"
I agree. They all knew the father wpuld object and proceeded anyway — the mother, the agency, and the adoptive parents.
He's serving in our military and this is what happens behind his back? I think there should be chargtes too.
Maybe his wife knows something he doesn't.
Has he done a DNA test?
He told her we had moved away and he lost track of us. this was 40 years ago and she made no attempt to find us. He didn't tell me for several years and I was thankful that I didn't know because I would have been worried that she would show up on our doorstep one day. This was back in the day before open adoptions.
I have four adopted at birth children.
The baby is not yours until it is legally yours. It is not legally yours until all rights are signed off.
"He needs to move on..."
You would abandon your child?
A mess, but it's also a good illustration of why abortion is so horrible. If she'd aborted the child against his wishes instead of giving it up for adoption, as she'd apparently originally intended and as millions of others do every year, there'd be no case, nothing to discuss, we'd have never heard of it, but his loss would be a thousand times worse than being deprived of his daughter in his life for 21 months.
Yes I know. Mine were all adopted at birth. Went to court at 6 months to make it legal. I did not want to have any contact with the birth parents.
You fail to take into account that these "bonded parents" are keeping a child from the biological father who wanted her even before she was born, who kept the mother from aborting her, and who has jumped through hoops to get custody and raise her.
Not so sure the little girl is better off with such people. who already have a houseful of kids.
My vote is with Dad.
It's just a matter of time before the child is placed with his birth father.
What a horrible buck-toothed nasty sneer this child stealer has. She should be locked up.
I see there were lots of replies to your ignorant post. Here's mine
And none of them are in support of you. I didn't check to see if - by now - you backed off that dumb remark. But unless you are stuck on stupid - I'm sure you have.
When we adopted our daughter - here in Texas - there were three signatures required to surrender rights.
1. The birth mother.
2. The birth father.
3. The birth mother's husband who is by law presumed to be the father. (He wasn't, but he still had rights).
I met ours but no contact info exchanged. Sent letters once a year. Nice women, great kids.
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The anvil remains
One prolific contributor to the pages of The Daily News recently wrote to again express his support for "same-sex marriage."
In his letter he expressed the opinion that certain parts of the Holy Bible are no longer relevant to the cultural and moral norms of today's society. He then finished his letter with an appeal both to the human heart and to a sense of fairness and right: "Every person in this country should have the right to marry the person they love regardless of sexual orientation. It is an issue of social justice and a basic human right."
To this writer's first claim, that God's word is historically and culturally conditioned, I would remind his readers that such claims are nothing new.
Attacks upon the truth and unchangeableness of Holy Scripture have been on-going since the beginning of creation, when the serpent in the garden suggested to our first parents that God's words were not truthful and reliable.
The serpent's words, "Yea, hath God said?" echo down the centuries on the lips of men who would substitute their own words and opinions for the sure words of God.
In this regard we might liken the Holy Bible to an anvil. For millennia men with the puny hammers of their own thoughts and desires have been pounding away at the anvil of the word. The end result of their passion for the opinions and judgments of men has been worn out and broken hammers.
The anvil remains.
Long after such men pass from the scene it will still be true, "For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven" (Psalm 119:89); and, "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever" (Isaiah 40:8); and, "The scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35).
Regarding the appeal to love and justice I will only say this: Love without truth is a lie. Love without God's truth is the lie, for at their origin love and truth have the same name.
And the other is like it: Justice without truth is lawlessness. Without the word of God men will devise mischief and rebellion.
It has ever been so. Lord, have mercy.
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Group Work with Parents of Adolescent Sex Offenders: Intervention Guidelines
Interest and attention to adolescent sex offenders has increased greatly over the past twenty years. Allegations of adolescent sexual improprieties are known to have profound and disruptive repercussions on the entire family, especially the parents of the offending adolescent. Adolescent criminal acts, in general, result in a myriad of disconcerting emotions experienced by the parent(s). Although a great deal of attention is currently being focused upon treatment of adolescent sex offenders, little is being written about intervention with parents of these adolescents. This paper reviews the clinical and research literature pertaining to the family dimensions of male adolescent sexual offending behavior and offers a set of guidelines for use in group practice with parents of these adolescent.
Parents of adolescent sex offenders; male adolescent sex offenders; intervention guidelines
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Huawei Japan, Chinese telecommunications equipment and services company, announced they will start selling their SIM-free devices after late June in Japan.
The first product will be the Android 4.3 smartphone "Ascend G6" and will be sold through multiple electronics retail stores such as Bic Camera, Edion, and Nojima. Ascend G6 was unveiled in the Mobile World Congress 2014 that took place last February.
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This week it seems that J-Convenience store giant Lawson has become something of startup funder, and a professor of sports and stuff at Tsukuba University has declared the FIFA 2014 World Cup ball to be "MADE OF NINJA THROWING STARS!!" ...okay, maybe the translation is off a bit on that last part.
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Thanko's new Portable Wind Turbine Generator will make you feel lucky every time you ride a bicycle or motor bike.
Once you ride a bicycle or motorbike that has the portable wind turbine generator attached to the handle, it starts generating enough electricity for 2 size AA rechargeable batteries.
Mouse Computer announced that they are going to release Microsoft x Kagerou Project collaborated 10.1-inch Windows 8.1 tablet for 59,800 yen in late July.
Unusual combination but so cool!
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Burgundy is known for magnificent vineyards, hotels and dining, and you can enjoy all three at Relais & Chateau Bernard Loiseau, a five-diamond hotel with a three-star Michelin restaurant. Located in Saulier, less than an hour from everything in Burgundy, this property offers the perfect respite after a day of wine tasting.
The Restaurant Bernard Loiseau oozes excellence, and the friendly, polished waiters make you feel right at home. Try the Jerusalem artichoke soup or the stellar foie gras with candied fig nectar. Classic entrees include roasted Saint-Pierre (John Dory) with laurel, baby chards and chanterelle mushrooms; and sweetbreads with lemongrass and young vegetables. The sweetbreads are incredible–best I've ever had.
Desserts are as enjoyable as the main event. Among them: a gorgeous pear and apple tarte with chocolate, lemon and rhubarb puree, and the delicate Noisettissime–lovely little caramel pralines.
The wine list is predictably impressive, and Bernard Loiseau offers customers 70 wines by the glass, which would be unheard of in any comparable restaurant. "We try to present the best and most typical wine of each small village, like Meursalt," said general manager Pascal Abernate. Bernard Loiseau epitomizes Burgundy. Put it on your "must" list when you plan a visit to the region.–Bob Ecker
Bernard Loiseau: 2 Rue d'Argentine 21210 Saulieu, France +33 3 80 90 53 53 www.bernard-loiseau.com
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Topic: Beginning Relationships
HOWTO: Beginning Relationships
Part 1: "We met at a bar..."
Target Audience
Rails Beginner ~ You've got some knowledge of web applications, but are just starting your journey on Rails.
The foundation of a great web application is proper relationships. The Rails framework takes most of the headache away from developing these relationships and almost entirely eliminates the need to write low-level queries to your database. If you've spent time writing those queries, Rails' ActiveRecord will make sense, but for those of you who are just getting started this can be confusing.
Demo Application Overview
In this table we'll be looking at designing our databases and defining relationships in the code. Our demonstration application will be an inventory system for a local pub. Here is an overview of our relationships:
Hopefully that is clear enough for us to get started.
Step 1: Creating our Rails app and Creating the Models
$ Rails bar
: All the Rails creation stuff happens here
$ cd bar
$ ./script/generate model Drink
$ ./script/generate model Brewery
$ ./script/generate model Container
$ ./script/generate model Patron
$ ./script/generate model Tab
You'll notice in the ERD diagram that the relationship between drink and container is a straight many to many without a weak entity between them. This is essentially saying that a drink can come in a variety of different containers. I typically try to avoid relationships like this, but in some instances it makes sense to have it, so I'm including it for demonstration sake.
Since there will not be an extra model for this relationship we need to create the migration specifically. We will also need to do the same with the Drink model and the Tab model
$ ./script/generate migration create_containers_drinks
$ ./script/generate migration create_drinks_tabs
From here we'll need to modify each of the migration scripts with our attributes. The attributes are listed above in the ERD diagram, so I will not be reproducing each migration file here. I do want to include two, just for some examples. Here is the db/migrate/003_create_containers.rb migration file. I've included this file so you can see how you would add default values to a table during the migration phase.
class CreateContainers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :containers do |t|
t.column "name", :string
# Populate with Default Values
Container.create :name => "Bottle"
Container.create :name => "Can"
Container.create :name => "On Tap"
def self.down
drop_table :containers
The second file is db/migrate/006_create_containers_drinks.rb which demonstrates creating your many-to-many table.
class CreateContainersDrinks < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table "containers_drinks", :id => false do |t|
t.column "container_id", :integer
t.column "drink_id", :integer
def self.down
drop_table "containers_drinks"
Once you've created all the migration files you'll need to update the database.yml file for your server and run the following command to create the tables.
$ rake migrate
Step 2: Defining Our Relationships in Rails
If you look at your database now you'll see all the tables have been created and are ready to be filled with information. Before we can add that info we need to specify our relationships in rails. We'll look at each relationship individually.
The Drink and Brewery Relationship
The business rule is: A brewery makes many drinks and a drink is made by one brewery (one-to-many). In rails that translates to has_many and belongs_to. Here is the code for
class Brewery < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :drinks
Simple enough. Let's look at the code for app/models/drink.rb
class Drink < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :brewery
You might be scratching your head and saying "Really? That's all there is to it?" Yes, that is all there is to it. Rather than waste time staring in amazement, let's look at how we would use this relationship.
Imagine, if you will, we have already populated information into the database and we want to retrieve it. In the first example we are going to get all the drinks from a brewery.
@brewery = Brewery.find_by_name("Heineken")
@drinks = @brewery.drinks
for drink in @drinks
logger.info drink.name
# Output to log
# Heineken Premium
# Heineken Premium Light
# Amstel Light
The Drink and Container Relationship
The business rule is: A drink can come in many different containers and a container can hold many different drinks. In Rails that translates to has_and_belongs_to_many for both the Drink model and the Container model. Again, the code for app/models/drink.rb
class Drink < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :brewery
has_and_belongs_to_many :containers
Now for app/models/container.rb
class Container < ActiveRecord::Base
has_and_belongs_to_many :drinks
This sets up everything you need to have the many-to-many relationship. Again, a quick demonstration
@drink = Drink.find_by_name("Guinness")
for container in @drink.containers
logger.info container.name
# Output to log
# Bottle
# Can
# On Tap
@drink = Drink.find_by_name("Heineken Premium")
for container in @drink.containers
logger.info container.name
# Output to log
# Bottle
The Drink and Tab Relationship
The business rule is: A drink can appear on many tabs and a tab can contain many drinks. This is identical to the Drink and Container relationship so I will not spend much time at all here, in fact, I'm just going to put the code up.
class Drink < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :brewery
has_and_belongs_to_many :containers
has_and_belongs_to_many :tabs
class Tab < ActiveRecord::Base
has_and_belongs_to_many :drinks
The Patron to Tab Relationship
The business rule is: A patron can have one tab and a tab can only belong to one patron. This translates to has_one and belongs_to in Rails. This is very similar to the brewery and drink relationship, so I will again only post the code.
class Patron < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :tab
class Tab < ActiveRecord::Base
has_and_belongs_to_many :drinks
belongs_to :patron
So there you go, we've setup all the relationships as shown in the ERD diagram above. So where do we go from here? Well, just to show you another type of relationship, let's imagine we wanted to know all the drinks a patron ordered. Here is how we would do it with our current relationship setup.
@patron = Patron.find_by_name("Reedy")
@drinks = @patron.tab.drinks
It's not difficult, but rails is all about simplicity, so there is another way to do it.
The Patron and Drink Relationship
Knowing that we want to just get the drinks the patron has on his tab we can bypass the tab all together using the has_many, :through relationship.
class Patron < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :tab
has_many :drinks, :through => :tab
Now, we can get the drinks without needing to reference tab.
@patron = Patron.find_by_name("Reedy")
@drinks = @patron.drinks
Wrapping it Up
This was a very basic tutorial simply laying out the ground work of relationships. I plan on building on this basic application to demonstrate what you can do with Rails in a simple environment. Since all of this was extremely basic, I will not be including any source code downloads, but with Part II I plan on including the application for download.
Please leave any comments, point out any errors or give me grief for writing a tutorial that probably didn't need to be written!
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Skip to comments.The Tea Party Purge of 2012
Posted on 12/05/2012 11:02:07 PM PST by neverdem
Republican leaders are punishing some of the partys most conservative members. And they wont go down without a yelp.
Everybody knew that Tim Huelskamp would make trouble in Washington. That was sort of the point of Tim Huelskamp. In 2009, when a safe Republican seat in western Kansas opened up, State Sen. Huelskamp established himself as the mad-as-hell candidate. He told conservative bloggers of his fight to defund Planned Parenthood, ban gay marriage, and keep Kathleen Sebelius out of the Obama cabinet. In one TV ad, as the mellow-looking Huelskamp climbed into a tractor, voters were told that he "went against his party leaders, and was kicked off his committee, for bucking the establishment and fighting wasteful spending." He won easy.
History repeats. On Tuesday, the re-elected Huelskamp walked into a luncheon at the Heritage Foundation and told conservative activists how he'd just been booted from the Budget and Agriculture Committees. It was a "purge," and his crime was being exactly as conservative as he'd promised.
"We've heard from multiple sources that someone walked in with a list of votes and said, 'if you didn't [fulfill] a particular scorecard on the 'right' votes—which by the way, in most cases, were not the conservative positions—we're gonna remove you from committee." The activists quietly chewed Chick-fil-A sandwiches as Huelskamp scorched his party leaders. "It confirms, in my mind, Americans' deepest suspicions about Washington...
On Nov. 14, conservative Rep. Tom Price lost a secret ballot election for a leadership post. The next day, the conservative Republican Study Committee gave its chairmanship to Rep. Steve Scalise, who'd been opposed by the group's former leaders—like Tom Price...
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We'll see who the Speaker is in January.
Republicans don't fight liberals this way!
It is time for The area Party!
F'n IPad! TEA PARTY.
Boehner handed the Speaker's job to Pelosi yesterday. Don't be surprised if Boehner doesn't switch parties, thinking he can prevent that.
Short of wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Helen Thomas on it..
How do you get rid of a Boehner in Congress?..
Send a strongly worded message. Yep! Works every time.
Check out #fireboehner on twitter. Michelle Malkin is trying to get it to trend.
Check out #fireboehner on twitter. Michelle Malkin is trying to get it to trend.
I have that same complaint with the iPad...lousy 'autofill'.
But your point is not lost. Boehner AND Cantor (the Dandy) need to go.
I hadn't heard that about Tom Price. That is not good news, he's one of the good guys.
I think now is the perfect time to make the 3rd party. The conservative TEA Party. How many conservative "R"s will jump to the Tea Party from the GOPe actions?
Very few.
For a simple reason. If there is a new party, they won't get any of the committee seats or other perks. They will be permenate back benchers who will be shunned by both sides. Very few congressmen will do that by choice. They get to used to the parties and the power.
Be careful what you wish for. The other choice would be SanFran Nan.
Time for true conservatives to take a stand. We need more like Price.
Boehner has the power to keep them off the "good" committees, but he doesn't have the power to silence them or control their votes.
Office picks are another power issue, but IMO a trivial one. A true conservative will not trade a corner office for his vote. Work in a broom closet if you have to.
Apparently not, actually. The House rules require that the Speaker gain a majority of votes cast -- if no one gains a majority, the position is vacant until someone can get the necessary votes. In theory, 16 GOP abstentions (or vote for other than Boner or Pelosi) would be enough to deny a majority.
It used to be that party trumped person. The Supreme Court was the biggest issue. But with the disappointing ruling by Roberts, even that doesn't matter now. And maybe Republicans will slow down how fast we are rolling down this hill, but that is all they are doing, slowing us down while we are still going down. Maybe it is time to accept that we need to get to the bottom very, very fast.
With that said, if the Republicans don't hold the line on taxes, what is the point in supporting them. We sent them there to protect us against this slide and they aren't doing it. Whether we support them or not, we are going the same way. Whether we support them or move to another party, nothing is changing.
And maybe it is time to start voting my conscience rather than the team that is most likely to win. As my son (not sure how he got so smart) commented to me after this election. As God's people, can we vote for pro-choice candidates? Even if that candidate can help us financially... Maybe it comes down to that?
Where is Bachmann and the rest of the Tea Party caucus? Why aren't they speaking out forcefully, with one voice, against the scorched earth tactics of RINO Boehner? It's amazing how quickly politicians drink the kool-aid once they get to Washington. If we're lucky we can get two terms out of a House member before they start to wobble. Some don't even survive a single term. A motivated, principled and courageous Tea Party caucus could force Boehner to change his tune. If Bachmann et al. don't speak out to protect the four who got tossed off the committees, they'll be next.
I don't know the people Boehner busted, I don't know much about why he busted them.
I do know it was a damned stupid move.
One of many stupid Boehner moves.
I believe Boehners closest advisor is Jack Daniels.
I have served in local government, and I can attest to the truth of your statement.
The reason is very simple, people naturally want to get along with those they work along side for a long period of time, and even the most committed person will eventually start to go along to get along.
This is why term limits are so critical.
We need a constant infusion of people with new ideas and the boldness to stand up for them into government and simultaniously need to be purging those who have been in government the longest who have consolidated power and who actively attempt to muzzle the thoughts and actions of the newly elected.
The sooner conservatives separate from the GOP the better for conservatism in America. At this point the best bet for us is to form a 10-20% presence in Congress on our own party not accountable to the GOP dolts.
I sent a strongly worded message to Boehner last night. I asked him, among other things, why is it he can be a hardass, dictatorial prick with his fellow republicans, but conciliatory and compromising with the democrats.
Boehner does not represent me.
LOL! My Samsung Galaxy pad does the same thing and drives me bonkers. I had to turn off intuitive spelling on the keyboard settings.
"RINO Boehner?!?"
How can someone be a "Republican In Name Only" if he was elected by the entire GOP caucus to be Speaker of the House?
People, there is no such thing as a "RINO." They are just Republicans doing what Republicans do, lying about being conservative while playing their role as minority members of the Ruling Class.
I do know it was a damned stupid move.
In other words you're happily ignorant but outraged anyway. That's come to typify "conservatives" and elements claiming the Tea Party.
The Left doesn't need to work hard to defeat us, they let us fight amongst ourselves and self-defeat.
You know you can shut off the "Auto-Correction" & "Check Spelling" features on your iPad and iPhone - go to General Settings then to Keyboard to shut off which ones that you want off.
This is why it is important to maintain control of the house and it parliamentary rules and get the 17th amendment repealed so senators actually represent the states as originally designed. That way the president being elected by the unwashed masses is not that big a deal. Unlike now where we have a want to be dictator in power being facilitated by the senate elected by basically the same demographic.
This should be the focus.
I love the way people in here jump to the wrong conclusion and put words into people's mouths.
I am sure you are thoroughly familiar with the Representatives he busted you know their records through and through, and you feel people like me should just STFU.
The rat bastard GOP still doesn't get it! We are going to have to kick the hell out of them!..Then kick the hell out of liberals.
Hell, I suspect half of them are commiecrats who became Republicans to undermine the party from within. The others are bleeding heart libs for whom the commies are just a little too far left.
The Boner faction can't win elections. They have to be pushed out of their leadership positions. But it all comes down to the votes - do you have enough to do it?
Good for Michelle.
On the other hand, Coulter was on Fox last night saying that we have to cave to the Dems on certain things for PR purposes. That idiot has lost her mind.
I agree. We already lost a month!
I understand that the house votes for leader on Jan 16. If a sufficient number of conservatives just don't vote .then the house will have no leader for a year. To be elected leader you have to have 217 votes . Pelosi wont ever get there and if we can get 20 abstentions neither does boo hoo boehner. I would rather have no leader than Boo Hoo.
I would rather have no leader than Boo Hoo.
Ditto! Find someone with balls who believes in individual liberty and the Constitution above everything else!
I'm getting a top of the line iPad for Christmas instead of a mac laptop -- I sold the idea to my wife as the cheaper solution. Did I make the right decision? I hope so, it's a "done deal."
Me! I told the RNC when they kept calling me for money that I only donated to TEA Party backed candidates and directly to their campaigns. Then hung up in their ear.
Boner is a Leftist Establishment Big Government Hack.
Defeat the eGOP!
That's impossible because....
Boner doesn't know JACK!
And that a fact Jack.
I am a conservative first and a Republican second. This purge crap is an example of why I put my conservative values far ahead of any notions of party loyalty. I'm as loyal to the GOP as the GOP is to me.
I heard her say that. Do what you have to in order to get good press - that's the only way to win. If she had any principles, they are gone.
I believe the number is 16.
We need to start taking names now. Get pledges from congressmen that they will not vote for Boehner as speaker.
Someone needs to put up a blog or running list maintaining who is and is not on board.
I agree; I don't know what happened to her. Hannity told her she sounded just like a liberal.
That's why I included it in the excerpt.
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Topic: Self-modifying models... Very weird.
Dear forum readers,
i have a very simple set of models, and i'm facing two rather weird problems. i have discovered the second problem while investigating the first, so they might be related (i posted here about the first http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=49557 but had no joy yet, so i give a shot here with the new problems).
Basically, i'm having a set of very simple models. The problem appears after a while, when a minimum of two clients are connected to the server, and after they reset their coolies / empty their cache.
For the explaination of my problems, let's assume i only have two models: Person and Role. a Person HABTM Roles, and a Role HABTM Persons. The intermediate database table that holds the foreign links is named people_roles, and has a migration like follows:
class CreatePeopleRoles < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :people_roles, id: false, timestamps: false do |t|
t.references :person
t.references :role
add_index :people_roles, [:person_id, :role_id], unique: true
The 1st problem.
The Person model is as follows:
require 'habtm_extensions'
require 'model_metadata'
require 'is_hierarchy_node'
require 'addressable'
require 'annotable'
require 'searchable'
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_protected :password_digest
attr_accessible :company, :email, :first_name, :last_name, :password, :password_confirmation
attr_accessible :role_ids
# Relationships.
belongs_to :company
has_and_belongs_to_many :roles, uniq: true
has_many :model_rights, through: :roles
# Mark company_id as the ancestor chain endpoint.
provides_ancestor_key :company_id
# Enable search on first / last / email fields.
is_searchable_on :first_name, :last_name, :email
before_save { email.downcase! }
# Exclude password info from json output.
def as_json (opts=nil)
super (opts||{}).merge({except:[:password, :password_confirmation, :password_digest]})
Note the binding.pry statement in the as_json definition, it is very important for later.
Now, as you can see at the very begining of the file, this model uses a few plugins i've made, like addressable, annotable, etc. The most important one, is the habtm_extensions:
module HabtmExtensions
# Declare instance methods.
def self.included (base)
puts 'Patching ActiveRecord::Base so accessible "*_ids" fields are included in as_json...'
def as_json (opts=nil)
@@methods ||= self.class.accessible_attributes.to_a.keep_if { |a| a.end_with?('_ids') }
super (opts||{}).merge({methods:@@methods})
ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, HabtmExtensions
This piece of code, for the Person model, will automatically append a role_ids field containing an array of Roles IDs when outputing an object as JSON.
The problem i have is very, very, very weird. For a while, everything works. In the /people.json output, i have role_ids. i'm able as well as posting a new person, or updating an existing person. the role_ids field gets sent to the browser, and is properly handled when received. And both binding.pry are correctly handled, the debugger fires up. However, for a reason i don't understand yet, after using the server with 2 clients and at some random point, role_ids field disappear from the JSON, and the excluded JSON fields (password etc) are in the JSON! The pry breakpoints are not reached anymore, like if the Person model was re-parsed without the extensions and overrides...
Note that, the inclusion of habtm_extension wasn't in the Person model, i added it to see if it would change anything, but it doesnt. In my initializers, i have a file that is properly parsed at startup, that reads:
# Require any patch / extension that is custom and in lib/.
require 'habtm_extensions.rb'
require 'model_metadata.rb'
require 'forced_models_parsing.rb'
Any idea why the as_json seems to be back to the default rails implementation after a while?
The 2nd problem.
The Role model looks like this:
require 'habtm_extensions'
require 'model_metadata'
class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :name, :read, :write, :cross_company
# Relationships.
has_and_belongs_to_many :people, uniq: true
has_many :model_rights
Very simple. However, using an ExtJS application, i'm having another random behavior:
From the console:
Person.first.role_ids = [1, 2, 3]
works as expected.
However, when the rails server has just started, and then when using the ExtJS application (Which really only does RESTFUL calls), i get this error:
Started PUT "/people/2?_dc=1352161436125" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-11-05 16:23:56 -0800
Processing by PeopleController#update as JSON
Parameters: {"email"=>"email@example.com", "last_name"=>"DOE", "first_name"=>"John", "company_id"=>2, "created_at"=>"2012-11-06T00:23:28Z", "updated_at"=>"2012-11-06T00:23:28Z", "role_ids"=>[1, 2], "id"=>"2", "_dc"=>"1352161436125", "person"=>{"email"=>"email@example.com", "first_name"=>"John", "last_name"=>"DOE", "role_ids"=>[1, 2]}}
WARNING: Can't verify CSRF token authenticity
Company Load (0.1ms) SELECT "companies".* FROM "companies" WHERE "companies"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", 2]]
Person Load (0.2ms) SELECT "people".* FROM "people" WHERE "people"."company_id" = 2 AND "people"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", "2"]]
(0.0ms) begin transaction
(0.0ms) rollback transaction
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 10ms
NoMethodError (undefined method `type_cast' for nil:NilClass):
app/controllers/people_controller.rb:19:in `update'
Rendered /Volumes/Data/Users/hickscorp/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p286@wid_grinder/gems/actionpack-3.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_trace.erb (5.1ms)
Rendered /Volumes/Data/Users/hickscorp/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p286@wid_grinder/gems/actionpack-3.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.erb (1.4ms)
Rendered /Volumes/Data/Users/hickscorp/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p286@wid_grinder/gems/actionpack-3.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/diagnostics.erb within rescues/layout (15.3ms)
Hmm... Using pry, i was able to pinpoint that the exception was actually firing in collection_association.rb around line 69:
def ids_writer(ids)
pk_column = reflection.primary_key_column
ids = Array.wrap(ids).reject { |id| id.blank? }
ids.map! { |i| pk_column.type_cast(i) }
replace(klass.find(ids).index_by { |r| r.id }.values_at(*ids))
For some reason, at this point pk_column is nil when the method is called for the role_ids field... But hold on. Without restarting my browser, i just CTRL+C and restart my rails server... And issue the exact same request. Now look:
Started PUT "/people/2?_dc=1352161596579" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-11-05 16:26:36 -0800
Processing by PeopleController#update as JSON
Parameters: {"email"=>"email@example.com", "last_name"=>"DOE", "first_name"=>"John", "company_id"=>2, "created_at"=>"2012-11-06T00:23:28Z", "updated_at"=>"2012-11-06T00:23:28Z", "role_ids"=>[1, 2], "id"=>"2", "_dc"=>"1352161596579", "person"=>{"email"=>"firstname.lastname@example.com", "first_name"=>"John", "last_name"=>"DOE", "role_ids"=>[1, 2]}}
WARNING: Can't verify CSRF token authenticity
Company Load (0.1ms) SELECT "companies".* FROM "companies" WHERE "companies"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", 2]]
Person Load (0.1ms) SELECT "people".* FROM "people" WHERE "people"."company_id" = 2 AND "people"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", "2"]]
(0.0ms) begin transaction
Role Load (0.1ms) SELECT "roles".* FROM "roles" WHERE "roles"."id" IN (1, 2)
Role Load (0.1ms) SELECT DISTINCT "roles".* FROM "roles" INNER JOIN "people_roles" ON "roles"."id" = "people_roles"."role_id" WHERE "people_roles"."person_id" = 2
Person Exists (0.1ms) SELECT 1 AS one FROM "people" WHERE (LOWER("people"."email") = LOWER('firstname.lastname@example.com') AND "people"."id" != 2) LIMIT 1
(0.1ms) commit transaction
Completed 204 No Content in 36ms (ActiveRecord: 0.0ms)
Everything is just fine. And everything will be fine from now on, until the problem #1 arrives. Ouch.
i have to say, those two problems made me bang my head against the wall for maybe 2 weeks now... This is very odd, and i believe there might be something very silly i'm doing somewhere... But really, how can i diagnose / solve this kind of issue in the future?
For your time and expertise, i thank you.
Best to you,
Last edited by hickscorp (2012-11-05 20:41:29)


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Dr. Skip Downing
Neumann University faculty recently had the benefit of attending an On Course workshop on campus with Dr. Skip Downing, an international consultant in the field of faculty development and student success strategies. Downing was brought to campus as part of a five year, $1.9 million Title III grant, partly focused on faculty development.
His book, On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and In Life (Wadsworth/Cengage Learning), is used in student success courses, FYE programs, and college writing courses at more than 500 colleges and universities. The On Course workshop is a learner centered professional development course designed to provide faculty with innovative strategies for empowering students to become active, responsible and successful learners.
Lori Kaczenski, director of developmental education at Neumann, was familiar with Dr. Downing's teachings and just how beneficial they can be in the classroom. "I had attended a national conference for developmental education and picked up a guide about the On Course programs. I tried some of the strategies, without any formal training, and the students really responded to it. I talked to Jim KAin about applying it in all of our INT 101 courses. We attended a conference and it grew from there," she said.
The On Course way of teaching is a philosophy of student engagement that promotes student responsibility and accountability for their own education. Downing uses case studies as a basis for discussion. This allows students to confront and discuss issues they may be experiencing themselves, but can be somewhat removed from the issue by discussing it through a character in a case study. Downing structures activities so that students have to make arguments that support the students' position and choices.
"Students become very passionate in their discussions and are often called upon to defend and even persuade others of their viewpoint. This builds critical thinking, communication and presentation skills, not to mention great classroom energy!" said Kaczenski. "Since I started using his approach five years ago, I have seen a totally different classroom. When we got the Title III grant funding, I immediately thought of Dr. Downing," she said.
"I love that when you leave his presentations you leave with strategies and techniques that you can use in the classroom the next day. Faculty can adapt this strategy in their classrooms and his website even has a breakdown of how to apply the ideas across different subjects," said Kaczenski.
Downing has earned degrees from Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Santa Monica, and Carnegie Mellon University. He was professor of English at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) for 32 years. Some of his many honors include being recognized by The American Community College Trustees as its Northeast Region Teacher of the Year and being named in USA Today as one of the 50 best community college instructors in the United States and Canada.
"I am really grateful that Title III grant funding allowed us to bring such a sought after person to campus. I'm excited our faculty has been so open to attending and hearing what Dr. Downing had to say and looking at their own teaching strategies. I'm hoping to continue our faculty development opportunities so we are always improving our quality of instruction," said Kaczenski.
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The annual ritual that is as much part of an ancient species' survival as it is a South Florida summertime tradition is once again upon us. We're talking, of course, about sea turtle nesting season and the Turtle Walks hosted by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach. From March 1 through October 31, lumbering reptiles from the depths come to the shores from which they hatched to lay eggs of their own, continuing a chain of events that stretches back more than 100 million years.
Leatherbacks, loggerheads and green turtles—all of which are listed as endangered species—visit LMC's nearly 10 miles of beach from the Martin-Palm Beach County border to John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, laying as many as 10,000 nests annually. After a 60-day incubation period, dozens of hatchlings clamber through the sand for a mad dash to the sea, thus beginning their aquatic life. Most eggs do not hatch, and those that do—roughly 40 of a nest of 100—face an even more daunting task: survival at sea. It's estimated that only 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 10,000 sea turtles survive to adulthood, so each and every nest is necessary for the survival of the species. Beside the innumerable natural threats stacked against sea turtles, the biggest risk to their survival undoubtedly falls on us.
Through coastal development, beach renourishment programs, climate change and a slew of manmade problems, human impact has begun to set a dangerous course for sea turtles. But humans also have the ability to preserve and conserve, helping with the proliferation of the species. LMC is a leading voice in the fight for Florida's nesting turtles, with its three-pronged mission of education, rehabilitation and research. Education plays one the biggest roles in helping stem the losses by introducing the plight of sea turtles to the next generation of burgeoning naturalists and marine stewards. LMC's turtle walks help shine some light on these often-misunderstood marine creatures when they are at their most vulnerable but also most accessible.
Throughout June and July, LMC hosts walking tours to observe sea turtle nesting and the egg-laying process of loggerhead, green and the occasional leatherback sea turtles along the beaches of Juno Beach. The walks, roughly a half-mile long, begin at 9 p.m. and typically end at midnight every Wednesday through Saturday evening. These walks, which are led by members of LMC's research and education departments, are not just educational but also have the ability to leave lasting impressions on hikers of all ages and help relay the mission LMC hopes to impart: "To promote conservation of Florida's coastal ecosystem with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles."
- Tickets cost $17 per person.
- Only 25 people can walk per night, and tours fill up quickly (most of June is already sold out). Registration is highly recommended (click here to sign up). Walk-ins are accepted in the case of cancellations, at a cost of $20 (cash only).
- Bring bug spray and refreshments, and wear beach shoes and dark-colored clothing to the walk.
- For more information, visit marinelife.org.


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Exchange, Telecom Deals Prove Antitrust is So 2012
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Whether it is a consolidating telecom sector or a blockbuster Thursday merger proposal between financial powerhouses IntercontinentalExchange(ICE) and NYSE Euronext (NYX) , the sectors that failed to consolidate last year are betting 2013 is the year antitrust officials back off.
Currently, three multi-billion dollar telecom sector deals face U.S. antitrust approvals by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, and Thursday's $8.2 billion ICE and NYSE merger would face as many as five regulatory approvals around the world. At this time last year, many in the business press might have said the present slate of pending mergers is a reflection of corporations thumbing their nose at feckless antitrust officials.
A lack of hysterics in the proposed exchange's consolidation and a string of telecom deals, which includes T-Mobile USA's merger with MetroPCS(PCS) , Sprint's(S) merger with Softbank of Japan, and the company's more recent planned acquisition of Clearwire(CLWR) signal that the facts have changed dramatically in both industries.
At this time last year, investors in both sectors were recovering from AT&T's(T) failed $39 billion effort for T-Mobile and they were licking their chops for officials in Europe in the U.S. to nix a similar pan-American merger between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse of Germany.
Few see antitrust officials playing a heavy hand in a hat trick of telecom mergers and analysts at Berenberg Bank and Stifel Nicolaus said on Thursday a lack of overlap in ICE and NYSE Euronext's disparate trading and clearing businesses make a deal blockage more remote than last year, when antitrust officials also balked at a joint bid between ICE and Nasdaq(NDAQ) for the iconic NYSE.
So what is the difference?
It boils down to a year of deteriorating fundamentals for also-ran U.S. telecom operators and NYSE's unrelenting stock market share losses to off-exchange operators like BATS Global Markets and DirectEdge. Meanwhile ICE's play for NYSE Euronext and a sketched-out reconfiguration of the telecom sector may also represent more careful planning .
AT&T's M&A effort was widely panned as being a push to turn the U.S. wireless sector into a duopoly, while E.U. officials said the NYSE - Deutsche Boerse tie up raised the prospect of making European stock and derivatives anti-competitive.
A telecom sector revitalized by the recapitalization of Sprint and the expansion of T-Mobile's stong wireless network may play to the favor of consumers , who could see smartphone service improve over the long haul and see phone bills go down as the telecom sector's third and fourth players nip on the heels of titans AT&T and Verizon once more.
In a December telephone interview, Craig Moffett, a telecom sector analyst at Bernstein Research and a noted industry bear said the biggest industry-wide theme of 2013 may be whether a revived Sprint pushes wireless prices down, in a push to regain market share. Both Sprint and MetroPCS - T-Mobile are price competitors to AT&T and Verizon, but a lack of network coverage and subsidized iPhone's, respectively, has caused persistent 2012 market share losses.


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As Secretary Clinton returns from Africa, here in Washington D.C. the State Department has been hosting some of the world's best known and most influential bloggers, including several headliners from Africa. The bloggers are part of a larger international group of online journalists and activists from Egypt, Tunisia, Uganda, Bahrain, Burma, China and at least a dozen other countries. They have already met with Secretary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Daniel Baer. Also on tap are discussions with government and independent U.S. bloggers and several groups working on promoting freedom of expression on the Internet.
We had the pleasure of meeting with this group to discuss with them our work on DipNote and USAID's Impact Blog and were deeply inspired by their thoughtful questions and brave stories. The bloggers wanted to know: "How can we maintain access to the web in our countries and how can we protect ourselves from official crackdowns on on-line activism?" Most had personal stories of detention and harassment. Many said they expected to be arrested once they returned to their countries. All insisted they would not -- could not -- back down.
As one young blogger from the Middle East said, "Our blogs are our voice, and our voices are finally being heard."
So what are we doing to protect those voices? Secretary Clinton has clearly and consistently promoted Internet freedom. During her remarks on this subject in January, she said, "On their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, but the United States does. We stand for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas."
And as Alec Ross said to the bloggers in Washington, "There are more than 190 countries in the world today and we have the exact same internet policy in every single one of them: Keep it free and open." He went on to discuss efforts to provide new technologies to bloggers around the world that would help them remain anonymous while on-line. He also outlined a Department-wide push to use social media to reach out to the general public in countries where we may have traditionally only been able to interact with a tiny slice of the total population.
"The key," he said, "is to remember that social media isn't about changing minds. It's about connecting with other people and hearing their opinions. I have told all our ambassadors -- you have one mouth but two ears. Use them!"
Daniel Baer connected the State Department's work on Internet freedom promotion with the work of the bloggers and discussed emerging challenges to online free expression in their countries. When asked by one blogger about what she can do, Baer replied "Keep being you." He went on to describe the State Department's diplomatic efforts to expand online free expression in a number of countries.
Indeed, this week's Foreign Press Center-sponsored blogger tour -- combined with a global exchange program of Internet Freedom Fellows-- occurs in large part as a result of our listening to bloggers in the field, many of whom reported a surge in on-line crackdowns and voiced a desire to network with their international peers. This past May hundreds of journalists and freedom of expression advocates from across the world traveled here for the 2011 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day events. We're pleased to see that many of the participants around the globe continue to carry on the conversations that began during those meetings.
And late last week, a follow-up group of human rights activists and bloggers traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to attend a Human Rights Council session on, "Maintaining an Open Internet for Human Voices of Freedom." That group, including our bloggers from Africa, is now in Washington D.C., where they will participate in the Foreign Press Center's "Foreign Reporting Tour: Blogging for Social and Political Change."
There is little doubt they all share an absolute and unyielding commitment to Internet freedom and can inspire likeminded activists from around the world.
Darren N. in the United Kingdom writes:
The US Goverment remain absolutely silent regarding the inprisonment of Joe Gordon an American citizen who is now locked up in Thaland for the alleged "crime" of Lese Majeste.What makes this astonishingly worse,is that the alleged "crime" of sharing a link to a book "The King Never Smiles" happened while he was on US soil.
John M. in Canada writes:
These people need considerable help and organization. Darren in UK makes a good point. Then again free speech in England is under serious threat. Things are ugly everywhere and have been for some time. I would respond more to Darren's point but it wouldn't get posted.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Luke,
Imagine a world in which totalitarianism withers on the vine due to lack of interest, because the tyrants are too busy blogging their way to genocidal immortality in a virtual setting.
Imstead of isolation, we engage tyrants in total immersion , hook 'em up to the latest gaming gear and let them zap all the "bots" they want to.
Mind you, the "bots" get to zap back, because it's online and interactive, and the leadership in question is strapped in involuntarily,...(chuckle); oh yeah, and for the really twisted ethical infants, the "bots" go into "zombi mode" and bring it on while decomposing.
This, after about 6 solid months non-stop, (as far as Genocidal aversion therapy's go), gets one of two probable results.
Either the subject is left a drooling idiot to be cared for in an institutional setting forevermore, or he's simply decomposed himself, as to his fate, and won't make anyone any trouble as he's too busy picking up after himself, or pulling himself together...now he's convinced he's one with the zombies. Certifiably insane, but one guy in a white coat with a butterfly net could probably handle that bundle of joy.
( hat tip to John in Greece for a certain comparitive analysis between dictators and the living dead providing the inspiration, and nurse Ratchet from "one flew over the cookoo's nest" for the basic concept):)
Waterboarding was just flat archaic, when what would be a better bet in the long term is a total reprogramming package that provides a little entertainment.
In a vitual on-line and off-line reality of geek squad vs, goon squad, is anyone keeping score? I'm about to toss the frrikkin' water fountain out the window and beat it out of here, it's just way too much BS on the world stage for anyone's mental health.
Howabout instead of jerking Assad's chain with sanctions one more time, we simply pull the plug, and put his lights out..., people?
Do you feel me now?
Or we do a mock strafing run with 4 f-16's over his palace at tree-top level and break some glass, shatter his mirrors, along with the sound barrier and give him something to think about first perhaps.
As the Arab Spring is lookin' for some to be a midsummer's nightmare, we best get crackin' heads if we want to earn the respect of the people in the region, for it is they we must ultimately prove our nation's rhetoric to as being worthy of their ears.
John in Greece:
@ Eric in New Mexico
The big problem with "regime leaders†around the world is to predict the unique moment, when the "carrier†of the virus, becomes really psychotic.
A pro-lunatic…
@ Mr. Forgerson, Mrs. Rodriguez and Eric: THANK YOU very much for this extremely interesting posts.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
wrote to China person by facebook..........
yes, just story.
Indo-China Peninsula, overlooking the heightened tensions,
International territorial disputes, I do not know about, but
China facing temporary economic difficulties, in order to resolve the West's aggressive development is important, but cooperation with India and Indo-China Peninsula to think of it as a companion of consumption and production, distribution that the yuan, Chinese currency policy within When alone, a difficult situation, balancing on external factors, other protective measures, the advantage and I think it's possible, of territorial disputes - the importance of mineral resources and the externally visible neighbors about the power of fear creating a sense, the policy is important, but
For now,
Rather than conflict and cooperation through the China-consuming products that will foster national policies that are deemed necessary. Of course, the income from them, I will. A lot of capital and technology to China, Indo-China Peninsula, the state is accumulated in the country than the lot of it, went shopping with a trip to a foreign, domestic investment in real estate and indirect costs, the rise, leading to a consumable resource, rather than toward the induction Investment What about that? To do so, through military superiority would be advantageous to preempt, but when the dispute sparked by the war, Asia is divided into two political regions and then, like a lot of investment in military yirueojyeoseo, welfare and national development budget will be consumed in the consuming castle inherent risks dabunhi been lost I think.
India's rapid development in this area have the potential to help significantly, but the India of their own territory and areas traditionally having yieojyeoseo strengthening ties with Third World countries, think of the possibilities to create a new boundary is . As competition evolves, the possibility of cooperation and the struggle must be thinking. In the third place as Africa,
Bottom line, India, China and Malaysia, Indonesia and the economic as a companion, thinking the settlement, while China, the internal problems are resolved unfortunate result that the easy story, but the reality, the difficulty is very little to get to know, just talking about this is .
Expect the development of Central Asia, but the scale and nature of these local consumption, rather than explosively, to its role as an intermediate warehouse that might be the scale is expected. For 3-4 years. Rather, the intensive development to the west of China, is in progress and I think that some local success. Development of the Central Asian region and its aftermath would be good for space to think. In Central Asia to Russia, you were going to have to compete invisible to expect a very consuming political and economic competition is going to be expected.
China's military power stronger than forces of Indochina, but if the war, and other forces in Indochina countries the situation is Touge balsaenghalgeogo, then, a significant bottleneck in the development of Asia, providing the Chinese Europe, Russia and the Indochina peninsula, the road that connects high-speed rail initiatives are also thought likely to be lost.
Outside of military superiority was also thought to notify the season, but now in Greece's economic crisis affecting the NY, so gloomy economic forecast likely to be announced, and China also 农民 工, and internal issues, economic management minor difficulties in the surface, there's a chance to appear in, personally, I think you dare. China's military is not strong, they know that. But now, the economy than the war, people in hunger to get away, to pursue a more important time for human life, I think. If it is difficult economy, people are really trying to address through the war, which is too typical, is not it? It's a dead-end passage of dialogue can not, if someone's job, I think more should be resolved through dialogue.
Difficult to achieved, 文化大é©å'½ Beginning in, is achieved, economic and military achievements, I think it took almost 50 years now, come on back, to the war, 100% guaranteed to be complete victory for China, if, join me, but, Invisible technology is still very much believe that there is. rather than stealth, the other ................
Beijing's Public Security of the aggressive, proactive protection is so, so my tour in Beijing to ensure safe should think. Tiananmen Square, Tsinghua University and dark alleys alone, and travel safe, I am grateful also raises the heart. Do you read the read?
Thank You
to my safe tour in China. because of Sec`s interest making safe and i travels China not tourist`s course. i saw the so many normal China person. no doubt, criminal fear`s fear....
Thank You.
Ilia in Puerto Rico writes:
Blogging is the best mean to express views touching concisely the minds of millions in the world: that inhibited chatter cannot do.
It provides a new vision and liberalization of what freedom of expression is all about.


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Fariko Impact has been crowned world champion at the Call of Duty Championship finals held in Hollywood.
Fariko Impact has been crowned world champion at the Call of Duty Championship finals held in Hollywood.
The Call of Duty Championship has kicked off in the US, where 32 of the most skilled Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer teams have gathered in Hollywood.
Eight Australian players have been selected for the finals of the Call of Duty Black Ops II finals to be held in the US.
With the Call of Duty Championship in Hollywood looming in April, Activision is on the hunt for the top local players to represent Australia at the show.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II's multiplayer will be getting an upgrade with the release of the "Revolution" Downloadable Content (DLC) Pack.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Power Authority Will Reopen Reservoirs on Monday, April 25
April 19, 2005
NORTH BLENHEIM—The New York Power Authority will reopen the upper and lower reservoirs at the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project on Monday, April 25.
Boating will be restricted to those who obtain and display special permits on their boats and boat trailers.
Permits will be good until Sept. 30. Both reservoirs are closed to boating the rest of the year.
Applications for permits may be obtained by calling 1-800-724-0309 or by visiting the Power Authority's web page, www.nypa.gov.
The upper reservoir, located on Kingsley Road in the Town of Gilboa, is open to boating daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 30. Permit holders are required to call 1-800-FOR-NYPA (1-800-367-6972) extension 6364, on the day before they intend to use the reservoir. On the day they use the reservoir, boaters must stop at the South Gate on Valenti Road to notify security personnel.
The lower reservoir may be accessed through Mine Kill State Park on Route 30. Boating is permitted from 7:30 a.m. until the park closes at dusk.
Boating on the upper reservoir is restricted to rowboats and canoes—with or without electric trolling motors—which are clearly marked with New York State registration numbers and a NYPA permit.
Gasoline-powered engines are permitted only on the lower reservoir.
The reservoirs may be closed to boating at any time due to increased threat level as determined by Power Authority corporate security officials.


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I finally got mine in the mail yesterday. I took it out for a test drive this morning and notice some wet spots on my desk and a few papers that I had lying around. Come to find out, mine's a leaker.
The lighting in the first picture gives it more of an orange tint than it actually is.


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Oh you knew that was coming...specially by the way your pies looked dude. Realy nice. Jus be careful what you oblige/wish for with the requests now. Don't think that smooth look'in cat holding the peel will be too "obliging" to be a hard core assistant! But ya never know....Bob


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