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Here is our range of folding brackets for shelving, benches and many other installations. We stock various materials and finishes for every users needs, plus quite a few are adjustable so that users can meet positional guidelines.

If you are looking for something to hold light weight loads, we have a selection of light duty products that may be better suited for things like shelving. If you are currently looking for something that is both durable and heavy duty for things like benches our range of brackets can withstand heavier weight loads with ease.

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The new Super Yacht Y3 starts to take shape in Holland!

The hull of the new Super Yacht Y3 designed by Dixon Yacht Design has just arrived in Holland for the next steps in its construction. The team at Dixon are all highly trained, very experienced and loyal to founder Bill, who started the company 27 years ago. Bill’s team have grown and are now one of the world’s leading yacht design studio’s, as well as one of the most revolutionary and forward thinking. Y3 is a luxurious 45m Sailing Yacht, which is set to be launched in 2014.

Technical Specifications of Y3

Design – Dixon Yacht Design
Interior Design – Rhoades Young
Length –  39,57 m
Beam – 9.00 m
Draft 5.9 m – 3.9 m
Displacement – 196 ton
Launch Date – 2014

Y3 has been delivered to Holland Jachtbouw, a quality custom Superyacht builder who build both sailing yachts and motor yachts in the Netherlands. Holland Jachtbouw (HJB) also refit sailing and motor yachts of the highest calibre. The yachting company was established back in 1990 and is located at the heart of the Dutch yacht building industry close to Amsterdam. The team at HJB are dedicated to innovation, quality and cost control. They have a state-of-the-art workshop facility where Y3 will be completed before being sent to Rhoades Young for internal and external design.

Rhoades Young are a leader in interior and exterior super yacht design, whose aim is to “to deliver creative design that is driven by experience and passion to create true luxury yachts which are destined to become classics of the future.” The concept designs show that Y3 will have contemporary features, with light teak decks and soft furnishings. We believe that she will be a very sociable yacht, perfect for entertaining friends and family, whilst sailing some of the most beautiful parts of the world.

If you would like to find our more information on futuristic yacht designs, please watch this space. To find out more on how to charter a luxury yacht and see more Super Yachts, such as Y3, please do enquire via our website or send an email to Watch this space for the latest yacht trends and designs, as well as charter and destination information.

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Ping An Asset Management goes live with HiPortfolio®

Shanghai and Shenzhen - 15 March 2010

China-based Ping An Asset Management Corporation (PAAMC), the leading fianancial service group in China, has successfully implemented DST Global Solutions Investment Management Solutionsâ€™ (IMS) HiPortfolio/3 investment accounting platform. PAAMC, under the Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd, deployed DST Global Solutions IMSâ€™ leading solution following PAAMCâ€™s analysis of future business growth potential both in China and overseas.

HiPortfolio/3â€™s multi-layer architecture will help PAAMC to comply with standards for valuation, reporting, book keeping, performance review and risk control. HiPortfolio/3 covers transaction core and investment data, facilitating the export, re-mining and multi-dimensional analysis of data and statistics. This will help enable PAAMC to generate diverse and customised reports.

Wenjie Yu, PAAMCâ€™s Deputy General Manager and project sponsor commented: â€œWe had to consider a number of key issues before choosing the correct system for PAAMC. The project had to be completed with a new system up and running within the hard deadline of nine months. From an operational and business perspective, this was an immovable target. We also needed the investment accounting part of the solution to be completed and in place before a number of other systems could be implemented. With these considerations in mind, DST Global Solutions was the better option for us.â€

Albert Lee, the Director of Ping An Technology commented: â€œWhen we selected DST Global Solutions to undertake this project, PAAMC was interested in a system to manage domestic and international portfolios, to improve efficiency as our business grows in scale. It was important to us to be able to access our data in real time, reliably and consistently. The teamwork displayed by both PAAMCâ€™s staff and DST Global Solutionsâ€™ Professional Services team has allowed us to complete a challenging project on time.â€

The implementation marks the end of a nine-month collaboration between PAAMCâ€™s Finance and IT teams with DST Global Solutions IMSâ€™ Professional Services team. During the period, the teams successfully migrated all of PAAMCâ€™s investment and asset data over to HiPortfolio/3.

DST Global Solutionsâ€™ CEO, Tom Abraham, spoke about the successful implementation: â€œThis project has been one of our most ambitious in terms of scale and complexity in Asia. We have achieved our joint goal thanks to the combination of PAAMCâ€™s professionalism and DST Global Solutionsâ€™ expertise. It was the optimum combination of technology and people that made this possible. I would like to congratulate the PAAMC project team on their success.â€

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Bohol.Info Holds Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Workshop for Bohol Tourism Industry

0, led by one of the country’s specialists in e-commerce Ms. Janette Toral, and Auza.Net will hold a workshop on digital marketing and e-commerce for the tourism industry on August 30, 2013 at the Auza.Net Conference Room at the K of C Recreation Center, Tagbilaran City, Bohol.

Digital marketing uses the Internet and social media in promoting brands, products and services. Tourism industry entrepreneurs, as well as marketing and sales professionals, are invited to join the workshop to enable them to understand and take advantage of digital marketing and e-commerce to increase sales and market share.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

1.) Search engine marketing techniques that can be applied to one’s online presence.

2.) Develop a content plan and build one’s influencer identity.

3.) Overview of E-Commerce Law and Data Privacy Law.

4.) Building a community, mailing list, and design an email marketing campaign.

5.) Come up with a social media plan identifying suitable channels, content approach, and program metrics.

6.) Manage customer reviews and social media feedback.

7.) Online Booking/Payment System presentation by

Workshop participants must bring their own laptops or mobile devices, as well as mobile broadband sticks to ensure they can access the Internet.  WiFi is available at the venue but due to the number of expected participants, Internet connection may get congested.

Toral has authored and published e-commerce books in the year 2000 and 2004.  The 2004 book included an online version. She is a Certified ScrumMaster and Scrum Product Owner (issued by Scrum Alliance, a global certification body).

Toral also published a blogging book and produced a video tutorial series in 2008. She also partnered with Ateneo De Manila University and eLearning Edge for the Digital Entrepreneur Program where her course Certified Blog and Social Media Entrepreneur Program is being offered.

To register, please visit or send email to or contact Jovie at +639176220225/038 5100611.

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It was last Monday, March 26, when the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) officially released the New Generation Currency (NGC) coins. It is expected to circulate through banks starting March 27, 2018 without the P0. 10 coin. If you’re confused, the new generation currency is a new design for the Philippine coins. After decades, the BSP decided to take the design up a notch.

The new designs of the NGC Coin Series were in P10.00, P5.00, P1.00, P0.25, P0.05, and P0.01 denominations. In the new generation currency, it features three (3) of the country’s national heroes, and also plants that can be found in the Philippines. The new set of designs have additional security enhancements plus were made with new materials.

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Apolinario Mabini is featured on the P10.00 coin with the Kapa-kapa plant at the back.  Then, the P5.00 coin features Andres Bonifacio with the Tayabak plant at the back. Lastly, our national hero Jose Rizal figures in front of the P1.00 coin with the Waling-waling plant at the other side of the coin.

The 25, 5, and 1 centavo coins feature the Philippine flag’s three stars and a sun in front and some of the more common indigenous Philippine plants.

BSP Deputy Governor for Monetary Stability Sector, Diwa C. Guinigundo said:

“The NGC Coin Series design features enhanced the aesthetics and security of the coins,” He also added that, “In particular, micro-printed details using laser-engraving technology were included in the two highest denominated coins, the 10 piso, and 5 piso.”

As per the BSP governor, the designs were results of a two-year long study. He defends the figures seen in the coins and that these will in turn be part of the circulation.

Micro-printed details using laser-engraving technology were used for the P10 and P5 coins, which will make it harder for these coins to be counterfeited, more complicated to replicate. Nickel-plated steel was also employed for these coins in place of alloy to make them more resistant to corrosion.

According to BSP, old coins will remain legal tender and can be used alongside the new generation currency coins for day-to-day transactions until it announces demonetization. Therefore the old coins can still be used by consumers to pay for goods and services.

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The NGC Coin Series will be officially launched in July. This is so that they’re in line with the anniversary celebration of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

The BSP announces that a total of 139.567 million pieces of the NGC Coins have been released to banks as of Monday, March 26, 2018.

The following coin-count are broken down as follows:

P10.00 10 million pieces
P5.00 77 million pieces
P1.00 19 million pieces
P0.25 9.3 million pieces
P0.05 10.9 million pieces
P0.01 11.1million pieces

The 10-centavo coin was dropped; however, the 1-centavo coin was added to the New Generation Currency coin Series.

The law says that the 1-piso is composed of 100 1-sentimo. You cannot have 1-piso unless you have 1 centavo so you have to produce the 1 centavo. We decided on the choice of nickel-plating because they are more durable, they are more weather resistant” Guinigundo said.

In addition to what the BSP governor mentioned, he also urged the public to look closely at the coins and feel the ridges to be able to distinguish one from another.

The BSP will be staging information campaigns across the country to introduce the new coin series in detail.

With these breaking news, a great number of people retorted inconveniently since the coins have comparable colors, indistinguishable layouts and even its size is almost the same. It would be a lot harder for them to distinguish which is which. But as per Guinigundo, we should have a good feel of the coin in order for us to be sure what we are handling, which is true.

If you come to think of it, it is our utmost responsibility to know what coins we have; we have just been used to the old design. We need to adapt to these changes because the BSP won’t be releasing these New Generation Currency versions if it were a failure. The best and main good thing about this is the security and the newest materials. After some years of it being used, we’ll just be surprised that we’re getting used to using it; that we won’t be required to take a second look anymore to ensure what we have.

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Executive cottages, architecturally designed for minimal environmental impact and maximum enjoyment. See the Australian bush, lakes and beaches up close and in the most personal way.

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Queen Bedroom, Loft, Log fire, Rainwater Spa bath, Gourmet Kitchen, Wrap-around verandah, BBQ, flat-screen TV & Hammock

Weekend $325 p/n
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Mid week $300 p/n Monday - Thursday*.  Not in peak periods.

Mid week winter special.  Monday - Thursday, Book for 2 nights and stay a 3rd night free.  Ask for the extra night when you book. June,  July & August, but not school holidays.

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Eco Lovers Package $749 - Includes 2 nights in an eco cottage for 2 adults

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- First morning Full Breakfast hamper with free range eggs
- 2-3 hours Double kayak hire
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Bombah is an inclusive guest facility that welcomes people of all race and religion and people of all sexual orientations.

Hampers - should be booked no later than 24 hrs prior to arrival. Subject to availability

Continental Breakfast - $15/pp
Muesli & Milk, Fresh fruit, Bread, Butter & Jam, Juice

Full Breakfast - $20/pp
Eggs fresh from the chickens, locally made bacon or sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms & fresh herbs from the garden - Gluten free Muesli & Milk, Fresh fruit, Bread, Butter & Jam, Juice.

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  • Confirming your booking: A deposit of $200 is required to confirm your booking. Full payment of the balance is due 7 days prior to arrival. (Visa / Mastercard or bank transfer)
  • Cancellations and Refunds: Cancellations within 14 days of arrival will be charged a cancellation fee $200 (ie. the deposit). Cancellations within 48 hours of the 2pm check-in will forfeit the full booking amount. However a credit may be issued at our discretion.
  • Check-in from 2pm, Check out by 11am. Late checkout may be available please request this on booking or on arrival.
  • Late check-in Please notify us ahead of time if check-in will be after 8pm as we may need to make alternate arrangements regarding access to your cottage
  • There is a 10km speed limit on the property to ensure the safety of children and wildlife sharing the roads/walkways.
  • Each cottage must have an adult aged 18yrs or older.
  • Children must be supervised at all times on the property.
  • Extra persons, including children, should be arranged prior to arrival.
  • Bombah Point Eco Cottages is a certified wildlife refuge, under the conditions of this certification, no pets are allowed. Don't worry there are plenty of happy native animals to enjoy and pet minding is available in the area.
  • Smoking is not permitted inside any of the cottages or buildings, however an ashtray is provided outside each cottage.
  • Security Deposit: A valid credit card (Visa/MasterCard only) is required on or before arrival as a security deposit. If you discover on arrival damaged/broken items please advise management we will be more than happy to replace it. Any loss or damage to the property and its contents caused by the guest will be the responsibility of, and may be charged to, the guest.

    Terms & Conditions may vary for larger groups bookings.
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Stunning 1/24 scale Monster Trucks easy to drive thanks to its large steering angle at the front axle. Two decorations and two frequencies (27 / 40MHz) for up to 2 players to drive without interferences!

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Metallic parts for fantastic finishes. Powered by AA batteries.

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For the third year running, McKlein presents a wall calendar dedicated exclusively to the history of rallying. Thanks to twenty-five partly yet unseen, partly well-known colour images, "Rally History 2019" offers a varied journey through the decades. McKlein's photographers take you back to the times of Group 2 Saabs, Group 4 Escorts, Group B Quattros and Group A Subarus and show you the diversity of rallying in a size and quality never seen before. Just like all the other McKlein wall calendars, "Rally History" offers you the choice between two very different images each month. These pictures give you an insight into the Lancia workshop in Turin and the dense jungle of the Ivory Coast as well as transporting the viewer to the snow-covered Col de Turini or to the popular Fafe jump.
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Record Low Income Inequality in Latin America

WASHINGTON D.C. – For the first time ever in Latin America, the population of the middle class is greater than the population of those living in poverty. This represents a record low in income inequality in Latin America. Unemployment has decreased significantly alongside wage equality, reducing poverty and increasing prosperity across the board.  Extreme poverty has been nearly cut in half in the past 15 years, from 25 percent to 13 percent of the population.  Average real incomes have increased by 25 percent in the region, with the poorest 40 percent of the population experiencing a growth rate almost double the region’s average.  This is particularly important in Latin America, as the region experiences some of the highest income inequality in the world.

These data were highlighted by the World Bank’s new report, Shifting Gears to Accelerate Shared Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean, published on June 14, 2013.  The report noted the significant decrease in inequality in Latin America, but noted that at current rates of growth the region would not reach the two World Bank goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting prosperity for the bottom 40% of the population by 2030.  The report also proposed ways to maintain and accelerate prosperity in the region.  It focused on 4 ways to do this:

1. Maintain an equitable, efficient and sustainable fiscal policy that will foster shared prosperity.

2. Strengthen fair, transparent institutions that deliver quality public goods and services.

3. Enable an environment of well-functioning markets that are accessible for all economic levels of society.

4. Improve risk management both at the macro and household levels.

The report encouraged Latin American countries to take this opportunity to ingrain income equality into their governmental policies, stating that “enabling people who are currently marginalized to improve their living conditions will unleash their inherent economic potential, increasing overall productivity and thus spurring growth.”

Despite these successes, 80 million Latin Americans still live in extreme poverty, and 40 percent of Latin Americans are at risk of falling back into poverty.  This underscores the importance of taking steps, whether in government policy or otherwise, towards securing the gains made in fighting income inequality in Latin America.

– Martin Drake

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    Opinion | Richard North Patterson

    Fear Pompeo and Bolton — Trump’s heedless hawks

    The accession of Mike Pompeo and John Bolton marks a dangerous turning point in American foreign policy.
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    The accession of Mike Pompeo and John Bolton marks a dangerous turning point in American foreign policy – not merely because they may enable Donald Trump’s worst instincts, but because their own instincts are incendiary.

    However ineffectual, former secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke for moderation; former national security advisor H.R. McMaster understood the costs of war. Pompeo and Bolton are Dick Cheney redux — prone to exaggerating threats, scorning serious diplomacy, and imagining that American power can mold the world to their liking.

    Their timing could not be worse. America faces two combustible nuclear threats. North Korea is imminent; Iran must be managed. Both require sound judgment, skilled diplomacy, careful planning, and a sophisticated sense of consequence — the antithesis of the blinkered belligerence that characterizes Trump’s selections.

    This aggressiveness — both toward the world, and as bureaucratic infighters — will likely overwhelm the ability of the remaining voice of moderation, James Mattis, to reason with a president for whom reason is psychologically inimical.

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    Pompeo is a political animal who used his post as CIA director to insinuate himself with Trump by echoing his worldview. He upholds the use of torture by our intelligence services. He dismisses the Paris climate change agreement as a “costly burden.” He shares the paranoid fantasies of anti-Muslim extremists that an Islamic fifth column is planning to overthrow our government.

    With Cheney-esque sangfroid, he advocates regime change in North Korea and Iran. After all, he opines, destroying Iran’s nuclear program is “not an insurmountable task.”

    Bolton is worse.

    By custom, the national security adviser is an honest broker charged with ensuring that the president receives a range of advice. But according to Carl W. Ford Jr., a former assistant secretary of state, Bolton is a “kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy”— an abusive screamer who stifles or purges those who do not share his views. Particularly reminiscent of Cheney is a tendency to twist intelligence to suit his preconceptions — in Bolton’s case, by threatening and bullying subordinates. Little wonder that he has started firing staffers hired by McMaster.

    These corrosive character defects serve the stunted prism of a think-tank uber-hawk who equates his airless D.C. echo chamber with the real world. As Peter Beinart points out in The Atlantic, Bolton has never served in the military, or immersed himself in studying world history or any region on the globe. His stints on Fox News were a study in the ferocity of ignorance.

    And its persistence. Many credible people supported the Iraq war. But Bolton is unique in his insistence, despite the disastrous evidence of 15 years, that invading Iraq was a splendid idea. Now, like Pompeo, he wants to repeat this triumphal chapter by bombing Iran and North Korea in pursuit of regime change. What could possibly go wrong?

    In Bolton’s world, nothing. Like Trump, he believes all that matters is what America wants — or, more precisely, what goes on within his own head. So what happens if the ambitious Pompeo and the manipulative Bolton urge Trump to follow his impulse to scrap the Iran deal — scorning the pusillanimity of Barack Obama and our European allies?

    Nothing good. Despite contrary evidence of international inspections, Bolton imagines that Iran is cheating on the deal. This facilitates Pompeo’s and Bolton’s dearest wish — that America bomb Iran. Who, then, will persuade Trump that such an action would metastasize roiling hatreds and create the next generation of jihadists?

    But this is nothing compared to the risks of miscalculation in North Korea.

    Pompeo and Bolton imagine deposing Kim Jong Un without any realistic notion of how. This bodes ill for negotiations. Bolton sees them as an occasion for “shock and awe”— threatening North Korea with dire consequences unless it agrees to “total denuclearization.” But this is a crack smoker’s pipe dream — the ruthless Kim believes that a nuclear arsenal is essential to his own survival.

    Instead, Kim is probably commencing talks in hopes of negotiating the removal of US troops from the Korean Peninsula and an end to our alliance with South Korea. In this scenario, “denuclearization” is a vague and distant carrot. This clash of perceptions can be managed, if at all, only through skilled and patient diplomacy well beyond Trump’s ken.

    Bolton’s alternative is simple — a preemptive strike on nuclear North Korea. But one North Korean nuclear weapon could decimate South Korea — or Tokyo — and Kim’s conventional weapons could kill hundreds of thousands of people in Seoul.

    We are left to hope that Pompeo recoils from the prospect. And, God help us, Donald Trump.

    Richard North Patterson’s column appears regularly in the Globe. His latest book is “Fever Swamp.” Follow him on Twitter @RicPatterson.


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Making God’s Work Our Own - The Continued Importance of President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address 50 Years Later

  Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech given on January 20, 1961, was one of the most important speeches in a generation. Famous for his challenge to “…ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country” his speech was about service to one’s country, religious freedom and much more.

The Knights of Columbus were founded on a mission “to seek strength in solidarity and security through unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause: they vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and their faith.” In today’s parlance, those core principles are Christian charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism. Because of the similarity of our missions, the Leadership Forum has teamed up with Knights to present this public event in one of the country’s most historic settings.

About the Speaker

As supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl A. Anderson is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization, which has more than 1.8 million members.

Mr. Anderson has had a distinguished career as a public servant and educator.

From 1983 to 1987, he served in various positions of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, including special assistant to the President and acting director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. Following his service at the White House, Mr. Anderson served for nearly a decade as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

When: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 5:30 PM
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Boston Sports Clubs and Gronk Fitness team up to bring the latest in NFL functional training practices to you! This class is built with the same principles that helped Rob Gronkowski and his brothers reach professional level performance. This fun, team-oriented training program creates lean muscle, boosts endurance and blends aerobic and strength exercises perfect for achieving that competitive edge. Get into the game & GET YOUR MIND RIGHT!

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Massive groundwater pumping in Asia may poison millions – study

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For a project, we need a graphic design of a new spoon and fork in one. However, I need someone that has knowledge on the right measurements of a spoon and a fork in order to make a sample and get the mechanism to work. If you have any experience in this field, please contact me ASAP! Money is paid directly after the design is attractive!

A rough and unprofessional design is attached for a clearer picture. It is basically a spoon and a fork in one as mentioned before that has a mechanism in which the spoon can also become a whole fork. In the body you can slide the two teeth in to create the fork. This creation has to be as slim as possible and fun to use.

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    The concept if fundamentally flawed. If the prongs are part of the spoon integrity the spoon will not hold liquid as you will never get the two to create a water tight seal. You would need to consider flipping the two utensils on the same handle or just using a standard Ramon Spork.

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Andreu World is one of the top companies in the Spanish furniture design sector. With over 50 years of experience, it is the leading company in terms of exports of tables and chairs with contemporary, cutting edge designs. And it has gained a strong foothold in markets such as the US, Europe and Asia, as well as selling its collections in more than 70 countries worldwide. Since its beginnings, Andreu World has been dedicated to innovation in home comforts and furnishings, becoming a national and international benchmark for its innovative products. The distinguished woodwork, elegant lines, quality, comfort and beauty of its products are Andreu World’s trademarks and the secret to its success, all embodied in products created by the best designers and exported all over the world. The International Design Competition that Andreu World has organised since 2001 has become one of the Spanish contests of highest international standing, which is reflected in the growing number of entries every year. Andreu World’s trajectory has also been acknowledged with awards such as the National Design Prize, which the company was awarded in 2007.


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Texas County Seeks Grant from State to Cover Cost of Twin Peaks Bikers Incident

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McClennan County, Texas, officials are asking the state to give it about $270,000 to cover some of the costs incurred as a result of the Twin Peaks bikers shootout in Waco on May 17, 2015. County officials say they may ask for more in the future.

The Waco Tribune Herald reported that commissioners in the county on Tuesday directed county personnel to apply for a state grant from the Texas County Essential Services Program.

This program provides financial assistance to counties for “essential public services.”

The Tribune Herald reported that County Administrator Dustin Chapman said that the $270,000 may not be the only amount the county seeks and they will apply for more funding.

The county administrator said the county is seeking grant funding to cover the $190,000 costs associated with housing the inmates, and for costs associated with autopsies and transportation of bodies, and overtime costs for the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office.

177 bikers were arrested on the day of the shootings, and nine more have been arrested subsequently. 106 were indicted by a grand jury. Nine people were killed and over 20 wounded on that day.

Most of these bikers remained in jail for months because they could not afford to bond out of jail. As reported by Breitbart Texas at the time, defense lawyers and bondsmen called the $1 million bonds “unconstitutional” and “astronomical.”

County Judge Scott Felton said that the Twin Peaks biker incident was a statewide issue and not just a county matter, reported the local media outlet.

The city of Waco has also applied for funding from grants related to the incident reported the Tribune Herald. The city asked for $248,841 from a Justice Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to cover costs which includes overtime for city police officers.

According to a report from Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Office, the state strategy for deciding reimbursement is part of the Criminal Justice Division’s effort “to administer state grant dollars aimed to provide financial assistance to counties for essential public services including law enforcement services, jail services, court services, or reimbursement of extraordinary costs incurred for the investigation or prosecution of a capital murder or crimes committed because of bias or prejudice.”

McLennan County received between $40,000 and $50,000 from the Governor’s office and the County Essential Services Program for a two-week capital murder trial in 2013 that was moved to Williamson County, reported the Tribune Herald.

Lana Shadwick is a writer and legal analyst for Breitbart Texas. She has served as a prosecutor and an associate judge. Follow her on Twitter @LanaShadwick2


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The mainstream media have ignored the fact that at least one prominent supporter of Hamas has donated money to an organization associated with former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)–namely, the Atlantic Council, which receives support from the Hariri family of Lebanon, whose most prominent member, former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri, publicly backs Hamas

Instead, they have attacked a story by Ben Shapiro citing Senate sources who said they had been told Hagel had received funds from a group “purportedly” calling itself “Friends of Hamas.” Shapiro reported that he had attempted to obtain confirmation or comment from a White House spokesperson, who hung up on him.

Dan Friedman, the New York Daily News reporter who claimed today to be the original source for the accusation, has now admitted that the Feb. 7 story by Breitbart News’ Ben Shapiro, which merely reported the allegation, was accurate as written.

Friedman was speaking to Ahmed Shihab-Eldin of Huffington Post Live when the following exchange occurred:

Shihab-Eldin: You say that your source admitted he may have mentioned your question to others…But now, Ben Shapiro, who wrote the Breitbart.com article, is claiming his story is, as reported, correct. Do you agree?

Friedman: I spoke to Ben–and I’m trying to avoid getting into a sort of personal argument, I’m trying to tell what I thought was a funny and newsworthy story, without setting myself as some kind of media critic or something like that–I talked to him, and what he said is that if you read his lead as caveated, that he didn’t directly say this group exists. He said this person told him that they were asked if this group exists. So you can say that that, if you look at it, and read it that way, yes, it’s accurate.

Shihab-Eldin also attempted to pressure Friedman to reveal the name of his source, which Friedman declined to do.

 Shapiro had earlier told Friedman that “my source tells me that you were not the source of the information.” The source indicated that “three separate sources,” none of whom was Friedman, had provided the information.

A story by Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Joel B. Pollak documenting Saad Hariri’s ties to Hamas ran on the same day that Shapiro’s story ran on Breitbart.com, further developing the story to its factual core.

The media, including the Huffington Post, ignored those facts and have shown little interest in exploring Hagel’s financial ties or in demanding the full disclosure that has been requested by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.


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Finally, I returned to Photoshop to utilize its precision in color editing. I made minor adjustments to the yellow, green, and blue hues. I also realized that I found the open field at the far right edge of the image to be distracting, and cropped this portion from the image. The final panoramic image measures 22 x 62 inches @ 240 dpi and makes a beautiful and very sharp print at this size. As shown here, the image also replicates, as closely as my abilities allow, my vision at the time I photographed this scene. There are doubtless other pathways I might have taken in the digital darkroom to arrive at this point, and this page is not meant to be final word on the correct way to process a digital photograph. The scene depicted here required an unusually intensive (for me) degree of post-processing to realize its potential. In my opinion, the ability to make beautiful prints from digital photographs requires as much skill in the digital darkroom as it does with one's camera. Before you raise an eyebrow at that notion, compare the top and bottom images on this page and ask yourself which you would rather have hanging on your living room wall. Photo © copyright by Brett Deacon.


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Winter has arrived and with its arrival so has our craving for warm and comforting dishes.

A staple dish in many households is the humble porridge. Easy to make, affordable and great for our health, this dish is a go to in the cooler months.

At Brick and Mortar Creative, we have given this classic dish a new twist, adding in the familiar flavours that create chai; cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cardamom. Here Ashleigh Speck, clinical nutritionist, gives you the low-down on why you (and your body) will love it.

Spices are in actual fact a defence mechanism in plants ultimately helping them to survive. However, us humans just can’t get enough of these spicy little gems. Spices elevate a meal and along with it, our imagination and culinary lives. If you are someone who is trying to improve your diet, spices are a fantastic alternative to processed sugar and sodium.

Cinnamon is an incredibly versatile spice, used in both savoury and sweet dishes. It is used all over the world from Europe, North America, North Africa and Indian. Originally it was discovered in Sri Lanka by the Portuguese. This spice is not only popular for its aromatic taste but also its nutritional benefits. Cinnamon helps to support healthy blood sugar levels through lowering insulin resistance. It is also a great source of antioxidants helping to lower inflammation throughout the cardiovascular system and reducing colds and flus (great for our immune system in the winter time!).

Ginger’s aromatic impact is one of the most complex of all the spices. With its woody, tangy, yet warming presence, it always packs a punch to any meal it is added to. Ginger also contains powerful medicinal properties, especially when applied to the immune and muscular skeletal system. It helps to sooth aches and pains, reduce nausea in pregnancy or travel sickness and supports the liver with detoxification. Its multitude of talents would make it a super hero if it was a human!

Nutmeg, like many spices was used for trade when it was originally discovered. The trees themselves thrive in tropical conditions, particularly in rich volcanic soils which tend to have higher mineral content. This rich soil allows nutmeg to contain minerals such as magnesium, copper, manganese and folate. The volatile oils that are found in nutmeg are also present in carrots, parsley and celery.

Cardamom is a spice originating from several different plants. The name cardamom represents Ethiopian cardamom, Black cardamom and Green cardamom. Green cardamom is the third most expensive spice in the world after saffron and vanilla. A member of the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family, cardamom also contains a variety of flavours, which originate from its abundance of essential oils. Like ginger, cardamom can aid those suffering from digestive issues such as nausea, bloating and constipation through its soothing and detoxification mechanisms.

Starting the morning off with a bowl full of creamy chai porridge is like a warm fibre filled hug for your body.

At Brick and Mortar Creative we have partnered this wholesome dish with poached pear, fig syrup, rose petal and coconut milk to complement and celebrate these beautiful spices.

You can follow Ashleigh Speck, Clinical Nutritionist, right HERE, visit her website HERE and look forward to her contribution to our next newsletter!


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Individual accountability is one of the staff’s five key initiatives. In FY 2018, the Commission charged individuals in more than 70% of the enforcement actions it brought, including “numerous” CEOs and CFOs, as well as accountants, auditors and other gatekeepers.

The Division’s Cyber Unit is up and running. The Unit brought the case against Yahoo! Inc., which was the agency’s first case against a public company for failing to properly inform investors about a cyber breach.

Financial remedies are supplemented with governance changes. The Division intends to continue to explore alternative means of relief, such as stripping the CEO of super-majority voting control in the Theranos case and “enhanced” corporate governance that included appointment of two new independent directors, a committee of independent directors and the CEO stepping down as chairman, in the Tesla case.

Issuer reporting and disclosure issues and auditor misconduct accounted for 16% of cases. The Division brought actions against 54 entities and 94 individuals related to reporting and disclosure allegations. Besides Tesla and Theranos, the cases involve: failing to disclose bribery schemes; inflating the value of assets; misleading investors about increased risk that a company would miss a key financial goal announced previously in connection with a merger; misleading investors about the impact of a documentary on the company’s reputation and business; and misleading investors about the development of a cancer drug.


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Working for an Internet TV start-up, I find it ironic that I typically can't find time to watch television. By the weekend, when I finally carve some hours to recharge, I attempt to catch up on some TiVo'd programs. Being a geek at heart I enjoy a program on Science Discovery called "Discoveries this Week" - a nice recap of interesting science and technology stories. The latest episode had a short segment on the Gigapxl Project. I am completely enthralled with their work! They have put together a portable camera that is able to capture detail that is equivalent to 4000 mega-pixels. The image is actually captured on film and then they scan segments of the source into a four billion pixel (uncompressed, 16-bit) 24 gigabyte data file. It is hard to imagine the level of detail available from a 4GP camera. From the project's FAQ:

One way of visualizing the size of a four gigapixel image is to consider a photograph of a regulation football pitch (soccer in USA) which is 90m x 45m. A four gigapixel top-down photograph of the entire field at 1mm per pixel would cover an area of 89.4m x 44.7m, which is 99.38% of the indicated size. This mm-per-pixel scale represents perhaps as many as 100 pixels per blade of grass across an entire pitch captured in a single exposure.

Another more immediate representation is to think about the size of such an image in relation to your computer monitor.

If you are reading this text on a 1280x1024 computer monitor, a one-gigapixel image would be 35 of your screens wide and 22 screens tall. A four-gigapixel image is twice as wide and twice as high—that is, 70 screens wide and 44 screens tall. When printed at the highest resolution discernable by the human eye, these images range from 5×10 feet up to 10×20 feet in size.

If you are still having a hard time understanding what detail this camera can capture head over to the illustrative image gallery. For each sample they show increased levels of zoom, including images that detail just .05% of the original. A primary focus for this project is to develop a platform where cultural and archaeological sites can be captured before they deteriorate. As an example you can take a look at the image they captured of Newspaper Rock. People who are paranoid about their privacy might be interested in taking a look at the image captured at Balboa Park in San Diego. With a camera like this you may never realize you are being filmed! What really struck me was contemplating what might be possible in the future. Ten, twenty, fifty years from now - what will be available to us all? What does it mean to society and our culture when you can capture such ultra high resolution images? ... and how about when we can capture 30 FPS at multi-gigapixel resolution? There is an interesting relationship to map between CPU performance, storage and image capture resolution over the next few decades. What is the timeline for the limit function that models capturing near infinite detail for each shutter opening? Amazing!


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It’s been an exciting few weeks for Michelle Williams! Just days after helping stage a surprise Destiny’s Child reunion at Coachella, the singer has revealed that she and boyfriend Chad Johnson are engaged.

According to People, Johnson, a pastor and a chaplain for pro athletes, popped the question back in March, one year after he and Williams first met at a spiritual retreat. The couple kept in touch following the retreat, taking to Instagram DMs, texts, and FaceTime calls to stay in touch (and fall in love!), and they plan to marry this summer.

“She was like, ‘Can we just revel in the moment, relish the feeling? ‘And I’m like, ‘Let’s go, let’s go!’” Johnson said following their engagement. “It’s gonna be very traditional. We’re doing black-tie. We want it to be small and intimate and very private.”

Following Williams’ Coachella performance, she took to Instagram to gush about her new love, who was waiting backstage for her the moment she got offstage.

“I’ve waited yeeeeeeears for someone who could come into my world and be CONFIDENT and NOT insecure, love who I love, and genuinely be there for people!!” she wrote on a series of photos of her running into Johnson’s arms. “I LOVE YOU!”

Williams admitted to People that she treated her relationship with Johnson differently than any others off the top, preferring to keep it mostly to herself until she knew it was the real deal.

“I wanted to treat this relationship differently because obviously, all my past relationships have failed,” she said. “I didn’t want to talk about another relationship that possibly wasn’t gonna go anywhere.”

The couple has been Instagram official since July 2017. Congrats to the happy couple!

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Academy of Sciences, French Académie des Sciences, institution established in Paris in 1666 under the patronage of Louis XIV to advise the French government on scientific matters. This advisory role has been largely taken over by other bodies, but the academy is still an important representative of French science on the international stage. Although its role is now predominantly honorific, the academy continues to hold regular Monday meetings at the Institut de France in Paris.

The Academy of Sciences was established by Louis’s financial controller, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to formalize under government control earlier private meetings on scientific matters. In 1699 the Academy received a formal constitution, in which six subject areas were recognized: mathematics, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, botany, and anatomy. There was a hierarchy of membership, in which the senior members (known as pensioners, who received a small remuneration) were followed by associates and assistants.

The Academy organized several important expeditions. For example, in 1736 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis led an expedition to Lapland to measure the length of a degree along the meridian. His measurement verified Isaac Newton’s contention that the Earth is an oblate spheroid (a sphere flattened at the poles).

Following the French Revolution of 1789, the academy was directed in 1791 by the National Assembly to rationalize the nation’s system of weights and measures; this resulted in the adoption of the metric system. In 1793, during a period of revolutionary egalitarianism, the academy was temporarily abolished, together with other royal academies, because of its royalist title and elitist nature. In 1795 the academy was revived under the title of First Class of the National Institute. The idea of the institute was to combine under one organization the main formerly separate royal academies, which together represented all branches of learning and culture. Science, however, was placed first according to the ideology of the Enlightenment and was the largest group. At the Bourbon Restoration of Louis XVIII in 1816, the academy resumed its former title, though it remains a constituent section of the National Institute, which now includes the French Academy; the Academy of Fine Arts; the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres; and the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.

In 1835 the academy began publication of its Comptes rendus, a weekly journal of its proceedings that appeared within the week, thus creating a precedent for the rapid publication of scientific news. The Comptes largely superseded the annual volume of Mémoires, and it is still the academy’s principal publication. The academy has a limited government budget and is officially answerable to the minister of education. In the 19th century, the academy wielded great power through publication, prizes, and patronage for academic posts. Unlike the Royal Society of London, its (resident) membership was strictly limited (to 75 in the 1800s), and elections were hotly contested, voting being restricted to resident members. It was usual for candidates to stand several times before being successful. Marie Curie tried only once in 1910 and was narrowly defeated. Charles Darwin was nominated several times before finally being elected as a corresponding member in 1878. On the other hand, the academy could boast of its association with many eminent French scientists, such as Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Louis Pasteur.

In a major reorganization and modernization in 1976, membership was vastly increased, and attention was paid to recent scientific developments. Two major divisions were established, one covering mathematical and physical sciences with their applications and the other chemical, natural, biological, and medical sciences with their applications. The total number of resident members was increased to 130, correspondents to 160, and foreign associates to 80—and even these numbers seem likely to be increased. Vacancies open on the death of existing members. In order to encourage younger members, half the places in elections are reserved for candidates less than 55 years of age.

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A New Jersey motorist went ballistic on another driver who honked at him on Carlton Avenue on Jan. 23.

The victim told police he was in his car between Pacific and Dean streets at 10 pm when he noticed the driver in front of him stopped at a green light and honked his horn.

But the other man didn’t take kindly to the courtesy honk and emerged from his car to attack the victim’s side-view mirror, causing $200 worth of damage, cops said.

Cracking up

Cops busted a 54-year-old woman after she allegedly stole $10 from a man on Park Place on Jan. 26, and was later found in possession of crack pipes.

The victim told police he was near Flatbush Avenue at 2:21 pm when the suspect asked him if he had a few $5 bills to exchange for some $1s.

The young man was happy to oblige and handed the woman two Lincolns, which she promptly stuck into her pockets and blithely walked away, cops said.

She didn’t get too far though, and police allegedly found her in possession of two pipes covered in crack residue later that day, according to authorities.

Flat-out drunk

Cops arrested a man who they say drove drunk on Flatbush Avenue on Jan. 26.

The arresting officer reported he was near the Prospect Park Zoo at 12:20 am when he allegedly spotted the suspect driving like a maniac, and disobeying traffic signs.

When he pulled the suspect to the curb, the patrolman says he reeked of booze, and tests later showed he had a blood-alcohol content of .101, well over the limit of .08, cops said.

Stairwell shenanigans

Cops cuffed a 21-year-old man for drinking beer and smoking weed in the stairwell of a Third Avenue apartment building on Jan. 23.

The arresting officer reported he was on the 15th floor of the building near Baltic Street at 4:20 pm when he spotted the suspect drinking a 20-ounce can of strawberry Budlight and smoking a joint.

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LEGO holds “Christmas in July” sale with free Nutcracker [News]

Want to get a HUGE head start on that Christmas shopping instead of doing it the day before? Did you miss out on the 40254 Nutcracker set during the last Black Friday promotion? Well you’re in luck, because this weekend from July 28-29th, LEGO Shop at Home US is hosting a “Christmas in July” sale where you will receive the nutcracker set free with purchases over $99 US. There are a couple of sets on sale as well including the popular 10259 Winter Village Station and the Ninjago Quake Mech. Use this link or click the image below to see the sets on sale and make your purchases while supporting The Brothers Brick at the same time!


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Perpetually skiing through the Canadian snow [Video]

There are certain building styles you can spot miles away; maybe even… Cross Country? With every creation it becomes more and more clear that Jason and Krystal of JK Brickworks are the king and queen of kinetic sculptures. Jason’s latest model, this Canadian Cross Country Skier, uses slightly similar techniques to past builds, like Sisyphus, but is still unique. This time we have a really interesting crank-shaft mechanism providing natural movement.

As always, this build is mesmerizing, polished, and genius. Personally, I’m quite jealous of Jason’s ability to see just how to make things move so smoothly. Anyone who has tried to build similar sculptures knows it’s not that easy. And even though I’m sure there were a few iterations, this outcome is a sure medal winner. Check out the video to see just how it’s done!


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Red Lentil and Mushroom Spaghetti Bolognese

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Who doesn't love a good bowl of pasta? Carlos's favorite pasta is a simple spaghetti with no sauce, just olive oil, lots of garlic, sautéed kale and mushrooms and lots of vegan parm, mine is pesto and definitely anything with tomatoes as a base (assuming Mac and cheese doesn't count because that's its very own food group right?). Add to that lots of chunkiness in the case of spaghetti bolognese and I'm extra happy.

Ok fine, I love any and all forms of pasta.

Of course, we can make a delicious bolognese without using any meat, either with vegan meat crumbles, crumbled tofu or tempeh, chopped seitan, TVP, or, in the case of today's recipe, with something anyone can find at their regular store: lentils and mushrooms.

So here's the deal, red lentils (which are actually a cute pink/orangy color, are actually quite strange, they don't keep their round shape like other lentils do, which means they're not the best choice for cooking and eating whole or using on salads or veggie bowls. They're best in soups, dahls or curries, and in today's recipe and here's why.

Delicious vegan bolognese sauce with red lentils and mushrooms

When you cook lentils or any beans in a tomato based sauce, or in the presence of any other acidic ingredient (or salt), the outside of the lentils or beans becomes slightly impermeable, meaning they can be harder to cook which is generally a no no. Here's the thing though, with red lentils which are typically mushy, we get the most amazing texture, partly chunky, butt also cooked through.... it's red lentil and tomato alchemy baby!

Enough said, this recipe is so great, and we created it as a special video for our friends at our favorite vegan non-profit Vegan Outreach. Make sure to subscribe to their youtube channel because we regularly make an appearance there when they invite us over to cook up a storm!

Without further ado, here's the video, printable and recipe for this yummy vegan spaghetti bolognese.

Yield: 4-5 servings ⎮ Prep time: 15 minutes ⎮ Cook time: 30 minutes

4-5 servings of your favorite spaghetti

Olive oil for the pot

1/2 an onion, finely diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 a celery rib, finely diced

1/2 a carrot, peeled and finely diced

1 cup finely chopped portobello mushrooms (or regular white mushrooms)

1 tablespoon tomato paste

A splash of white wine (optional)

1/2 cup red lentils

2 (400gr/ 14 oz) cans crushed tomatoes

1 cup water

A handful of fresh herbs like parsley and oregano, chopped (you can also use dried)

A few fresh basil leaves

1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water reserved

Salt and pepper to taste

For topping: almond parm (ground almonds mixed with salt)

  1. In a pot, add the olive oil and sweat the onion, celery and carrot on low heat until the onions are translucent.
  2. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
  3. Raise the heat and add the chopped mushrooms and cook for 2 more minutes.
  4. Add the tomato paste and stir.
  5. Deglaze the pot with some white wine and let this cook down until very little liquid remains so that the alcohol evaporates.
  6. Add the crushed tomatoes and 1 cup of water.
  7. Add the lentils, parsley and oregano, stir, bring up to a simmer, and then lower the heat and cover the pot. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the lentils don’t stick to the bottom.
  8. While the sauce cooks, bring a large pot of water to a boil, add salt, and cook your spaghetti until al dente or to your liking. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water. Drain the pasta.
  9. Uncover the sauce, turn off the heat, and feel free to add some of the reserved pasta cooking water if you’d like your sauce a bit less chunky. Do this to your liking. Taste and adjust the seasoning and tear some fresh basil leaves into the sauce.
  10. Serve your spaghetti bolognese by serving some of the pasta, topped with the sauce, some almond parm, freshly ground pepper and some whole basil leaves and enjoy!

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WARNING: this post will be very technical and mention topics related to concurrent programming and thread-synchronization. Knowledge about mutexes and condition variables will be assumed.

Okay. Down to the nitty-gritty. You have this awesome (and imaginary) C library, “Library of Massive Fun And Overjoy”, and you can call upon it to do some work. Thing is, when LMFAO does some work it spawns a new thread, and that thread will call a callback-function that you supply.

Today, we are going to write a C extension for Ruby that allows our fellow Ruby programmers to use LMFAO without knowing an ounce of C; and to do that you’ll need the library’s source, so here it is:

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This is not a basic guide in writing Ruby C extensions, so if you’ve never written one yourself this particular part might confuse you slightly. Don’t fret! Go forth slowly, Google the things you don’t understand and you’ll understand in no time.

Now, where were we? Oh, yes, Ruby bindings for LMFAO! We will be supporting an API similar to this:

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result = LMFAO::call("some ruby object") do |data|
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puts "Result: #{result}"

I’ve taken the liberty of writing most of it for you. It is available in a GitHub repository: Burgestrand/Library-of-Massive-Fun-And-Overjoy. Once you run LMFAO (rake default) you’ll notice the tests don’t pass: the callback returns false.

You might not realize it yet, but we have a major problem here. Inside lmfao_callback we do not hold the GIL, so we cannot call the Ruby C API safely. rb_thread_call_with_gvl looks promising at first, but we cannot use it as the the current thread was not created by Ruby. So, what do we do?

Solving the communication problem

As we are not allowed to call Ruby from within our lmfao_callback, we need a workaround. Now, this is the tricky part, so stay close with me.

Once the callback fires, we need to tell Ruby that it has fired, and we also need to communicate which parameters it was given. As we cannot call Ruby directly, we need to put the parameters in a location that Ruby can access. Additionally, the callback must wait for a return value from Ruby before it can return said value to its’ caller.

Now, since we want to listen for notifications from our callbacks we must wait for them to arrive. Waiting in the main thread is a bad idea, as it would mean we did a lot of waiting and very little work. What we can do, is use a separate Ruby thread that’ll wait for us.

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Whew! A lot of things to keep track of, but this is a high-level view of what we need to do. Lets get to work!

The Ruby Event thread

First off, we’ll need a designated event thread. As previously mentioned, this thread will do nothing but wait for callbacks to happen; and when they do, it will dispatch off to a callback handler.

As I’ve already explained the high-level view of how this should work, I’m just going to give you the code. I’ve done my best to explain what is being done and why for each function and struct member in their comments. Do read it now, it’ll help understanding what’s coming next!

Calling out to Ruby

You’ve probably noticed both LMFAO_handle_callback and lmfao_callback are empty functions. We’ll fill them in in this chapter, but they require more intimate discussion in comparison to the ruby event thread.

We’ll talk about lmfao_callback first, the simpler one of the two functions. This function should dump its’ data in the global queue, notify the event thread, and wait for the return value. Only two things in this code should ever change between different callbacks: the parameter dumping and type casting the return value.

As the parameters become more complex, so does parameter dumping. I’ve thought about making the data field in the callback_t struct a linked list instead. Each node would contain the data type, pointer to the value and finally a pointer to the next node. I think I’ll leave this an exercise for you!

Handling the callback

Now to look at LMFAO_handle_callback. In LMFAO, the callback data is just a Ruby array containing a proc and the parameters to give it. We call it, and simply return the result to the callback (lines #146 to #153).

In practice, it is never this simple. You need to convert the callback data to Ruby data, figure out which Ruby handler to invoke, and finally convert the result back to pure C data that the callback function can return.

If you have a small amount of callbacks, you could handle these conversions for a few simple data types (or in LMFAO’s case, no conversion whatsoever). If you want to handle the general case however, it quickly gets complicated. Ruby FFI has an implementation of this in its callback_with_gvl and invoke_callback functions.

We’ve written a C threaded (albeit small) library, a C extension binding it and a whole lot of concurrency-related code. If you are still confused about all this, you are not alone; concurrency is hard!

If you have suggestions, ideas or any other feedback you’re welcome to contact me. You’ll find my contact details on the About Me page.

Final note: do keep in mind that this entire article is a proof-of-concept. My hope is that if you ever find yourself needing to do this (shudder), you now have a better idea of how.

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Steve Wilkes has labelled Padiham’s win over Winsford United on Saturday as the “best team performance” of the term.

The Storks cruised to a 4-1 victory at the Barton Stadium as goals from leading scorer Kieron Pickup (2), skipper Martin Parkes and Aaron Taylor settled the fixture to extend the club’s unbeaten run to five games.

Wilkes, incidentally, was instrumental in his side’s opener following a scouting mission in United’s 3-1 triumph over Squires Gate.

After the Arbories boss identified that the Blues didn’t put a man on the post at set pieces, Parkes exposed and capitalised on that defensive frailty as he got across his marker to convert Garry Hunter’s corner in the 12th minute.

Pickup doubled the advantage two minutes later when latching on to Alex Murphy’s incisive pass and lobbing the ball over Dale Latham.

The third goal arrived just before the half hour mark as Taylor netted for the third time in as many matches.

Jake Townsend and Murphy combined in the build up, the latter whipped in an enticing cross and Taylor, with his back to goal, was bundled over in the box.

The striker picked himself up and took on the responsibility from 12 yards out, making it 3-0 as he sent Latham the wrong way from the spot.

The hosts pulled a goal back with five minutes of the half remaining as defender Matt Cross was penalised for a foul inside the box and Scott Taylor found the top corner with the resulting penalty.

Townsend had the opportunity to score just before the interval to restore Padiham’s three-goal cushion but he rolled the ball inches wide of the upright with just Latham to beat.

The away side had to fight the elements in the second half but they were still able to add to their lead to secure successive wins on their travels.

Hunter freed Murphy down the left hand side, the winger squared the ball to Pickup and the striker tucked the ball beneath Latham on the hour for his 20th goal of the season.

“It was our best team performance of the season without a doubt,” said Wilkes. “We had the full package; we defended well as a unit, we took our chances and our game management was very good too.

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Burton Albion will go into their League 2 clash against Exeter City full of confidence after upsetting Leicester City in emphatic style on Tuesday night (28 August).

Gary Rowett’s men stunned the Foxes beating them 4-2 in the Capital One Cup second round but it is back to league action on Saturday.

The Brewers will travel to St James Park for the first time since 2007 when both clubs were then playing in the Blue Square Premier.  That time around Albion thrashed their Devonshire opponents 4-1 with two strikes each from Shaun Harrad and Daryl Clare.

Jamie Mackie who now plays for QPR in the Premiership also scored for Exeter on that day.

Exeter have started the season in slightly better form winning twice and losing once in their opening three league games.

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