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"As of January 1, it is a crime in Ireland to commit Blasphemy. The law was changed in July 2009 to fill a gap in the Irish Constitution, which states that it is a crime but does not define what it is, an omission highlighted in a Supreme Court decision in 1999. To mark the occasion, Atheist Ireland published a list of 25 blasphemous quotations on the blasphemy.ie website, from such controversial figures as Bjork, Frank Zappa, Richard Dawkins, Randy Newman, and Pope Benedict XVI. (The last-mentioned was quoting a 14th Century Byzantine Emperor, but that's no excuse.)"
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I promise it was not intentional for me to wait for next serie of True Blood to write a new entry. It just happened, because little else happened – to hot for anything to happen, to be honest. To. To. To.
So let's start a few days back, when I was trying hard to fall asleep but couldn't. Midsummer celebration was going on and I live not too far from lake, so I hear a lot of echoing on clear nights. This time I heard bells tolling. But in such true melody, that I can't figure out what sort of instrument it could have been, for there's no way they could have fit those big, this particular sound making bells anywhere out there. And sound was real clear, yet definitely sounding from somewhere really, really far away, as if muffled by something. And as the area I live in is rather forestry, I shall just presume that supernaturals were celebrating, werewolfs, fairies, other shit. Yep.
Last night it was the turn for my nose to be pleased. The Dew Celebration (it's actually today, at 24th, but it was sunday yesterday, so I assume it was easier for people to gather) or "Saint John" if you're a Christian (Dew Celebration is a pagan thing, we got deep roots as pagans, although we're not the fierce barbarians who kicked crusaders arses anymore, there are still things that while christianised – are allowed to be as they were and no one ever frowns upon people jumping over bonfires, releasing flower girdles with wishes down the lake (last one to drown gets their wish first), and so on) . So the bonfire smell in the summer night air was rather pleasing.
And today, while it's still barely even evening, I watched True Blood (S6E2). ( SPOILER ) Honestly, a lot of things annoy me. Especially people like those guys who confronted Sam about being a shifter – nobody EVER should tell someone else to fight or to hide. Nor should they take pictures from the bushes instead of helping you when you're getting a beating. As for Bill – oh screw that part of the story. But honestly, doesn't it feel like the last season to you? If Sookie uses her magic – she's no longer a fae, no longer a mind reader according to series (according to books: 1) blood's blood, you can't spill out just some particular part of it, like ,you don't want to be a fae, so you use up magic and puff, you're no fae. 2) fairies don't read minds. Demons do. Sookie had a sponsor who gave her the gift. Unrelated to fairies in any way at all.), and Bill seeing future and shit alike, gah. Books ain't great, but series aren't either. I'll watch it, sure, from start to end. But I'm not pleased about the turns of events at all.
To add to that, I got 30 pages of last book of Sookie Stackhouse left. ( SPOILER ) If Ch. Harris wanted to push in a surprise, I'd say – make her stay with purple-eyed Quinn, the Weretiger. Because "got dumped by all vamps" made me yawn, for the road from there was clear, seeing why Erik decided what he decided about becoming a consort in some other state. Bill gone funny tho. With great pleasure he burst into Sookie's home to rat out on Erik.
And this is how the serie ended. Second great ending song imo.
True Blood Season 6 – so lets do this.
So who-oo, who are you really?…
I'm happy. Just so very happy. These series, so far from the books now that for two seasons I'm certain they didn't even smell the Sookie Stackhouse books, but still so nice, so awesome, so hot with their Louisiana sun, and cold with their fanged nights. Remember how it all started? Well, then you're just as curious as I was, right?
As my tradition demands, I got myself a pack of tomato juice to go with True Blood. Naturally finished almost whole liter before the serie ended, so now I'm feeling rather terrible about it. Way too much, way. But it was so very, very worth it.
So what happened without spoilers… Hm. Well, as last season showed – Bill is a bit of a badass near-god-vampire sort of a fanged. Jess is still weird as hell, as she normally is. You never know what stupid thing she'll do and how she'll make up for it afterwards and how she'll screw shit up later on again. Andy now has babies, as you remember. Fairy babies are special. Very, very special. Not Sookie-Special tho. According to official story of the books, Sookie's talent is not given to her by fairies, fairies don't read mind. It was her… Sponsor. In non dirty way. Alcide now owns a pack, but has to prove himself, naturally. And a… Well, Jason's Jason still, so that's about it.
And this is the ending song, thought you might like it.
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Every year I mark the first summer storm. For me, a true summer storm is when previously hot day suddenly turns black with heavy lead clouds, when wind threatens to tear out the birches behind my window and rain pours down in white waves, blinding you for moments. We had one of these today, plus some thundering and pinkish lightening ribbons. I have a video here:
So as the day (and days, as a matter of fact) were rolling by, I was poking at my tablet, downloading tumblr, wordpress, blogspot apps and pushing more books in there. At the moment I'm reading a book by Ruta Sepetys "Between Shades of Gray". The book was assigned by a friend-organised book club, it's the first book we're reading.
Here's the link to GoodReads: Between Shades of Gray.
It's a book of a Lithuanian family (and many other Lithuanians) who were taken out by NKVD (communists) to Syberia. Dreadful life, conditions and constant bullying is forced onto them, to break them, their spirit. Every chapter is a short little story on it's own, thus it's easy to read and it's very interesting. And while author is Lithuanian, the book is in english, therefor I really recommend it to those not afraid of World War topics. I'll add that original is in english, so it's not even a translation. I'm always pro-original if I can read the language.
From book-club friends I found out that there are more parts of this book (well, not this particular story, but this TYPE of story told by R.S.), so I'm passing down the link to the next book: Out of the Easy. Now this book confuses me a little, it's of similar topic, therefor I and we say "second book", but it's a whole different thing. Story rolls in French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana which is always awesome read about, isn't it? But as I haven't read this book, I can't yet say whether it's as good or not. Tho a friend of mine, whom I call vampiress, the founder of this club, says it was great. I'll trust her on that for now, and later we'll see.
Here's the general short summary on author: Ruta Sepetys was born and raised in Michigan in a family of artists, readers, and music lovers. Her award-winning debut novel, "Between Shades of Gray" was inspired by her family's history in Lithuania and is published in 40 countries. Her new novel, "Out of the Easy" is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1950. A historical tale of secrets and lies, "Out of the Easy" is a haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny. Ruta lives with her family in Tennessee.
On other things, as many fans already know, 8th season of Supernatural has ended. Now we'll wait to September or October for the 9th. Is it the last one? Sad. But on the other hand, this is the longest series I have ever watched. Plus, there are some Supernatural books too (not the way as in series), which I intend to read, so maybe all for the best. Tho I will miss Sam and Dean. And Cas, obviously. And Felicia Day too. Tho last serie with her wasn't too great, still better than nothing.
Vikings ended first season too. I'm all for another, tho I didn't check when it'll be out. It ended up pretty neatly, and whole scenery is so gorgeous that I wouldn't even notice if all the people disappeared. Again, I didn't even check where it was filmed, for I have my doubts on "authentic places" they keep mentioning. Altho as a sibling from baltics, I tell you, we got all that here. The hills, the fens, the tall beautiful pines…
"This will never end coz I want more… More, give me more, give me more."
"If I had heart I could love you…"
Oh, and Bones so far ended as well. But on a lighter tune – soon we'll have another season of True Blood, plus there's a new book out on Sookie Stackhouse adventures. Series with J.R. Meyers (The King from The Tudors) as Dracula are starting sometime soon too. Of this one I'm slightly afraid. I always liked the character of Dracula, but even more I admire the true man behind the name, Vlad Draculea, so naturally, I'm a bit afraid there'll be thousands of screaming fan girls to annoy the very hell out of me… But we'll see how it goes.Am watching Hannibal at the moment – not too impressed, sadly. Nothing too special about it, somehow, nothing captures me. I'm not the person to sit down and watch, so I need to be captured soon into the rolling story. I'm still watching Nurse Jackie too, by the way, that one also is growing worse with every season. I miss the woman with bad back, this woman who's a former drug addict, who feels no more pain, while she was swearing on everything, that while she wants to get high, but pain is true too, this woman with teen-daughter problem and so many men falling in love with her new, drug-free attitude is not too interesting. That's that for now…
Solstice Scents and how I can't live without them
Not so long ago, thanks to youtube channel of Grav3yardgirl, I discovered Solstice Scents. And now I'm going nuts.
The first pack of samples I ordered around Halloween of 2012, and they probably had event going on, for with my 3 ordered scents, they also gave 3 more samples free to go. I remember I've gotten myself two types of "Forest" smells (Spellbound; Black), "Manor" which stands among my favorites ever since, "Jack and the Devil"; "Dragon Blood" obviously and "Shoikat Grove". While at first I didn't like all of them and Manor struck me like a lightening, later other scents became more pleasing too, I guess that's because of my wicked imagination that connects smells to visions. Jack and the Devil is a bit too strong, but when I smell it, I think of how this Jack could have looked like, thus I imagine a dark figure, strolling in dark, maybe a bit damp and windy night, with a smile on his face and the sense of devil somewhere by. Same way with the forest smells, I right away take in the image of a specific forest, of elves that live in that forest and this specific smell lingering in their dead-silent kingdom, when in disguise they wait for mere mortals to pass by and if you're to listen carefully, you might hear a bow creak as they wait for a reason to bury an arrow into your neck.
By the way, Inquisitor smells like Narnia. The first time the little girl enters it – snow, pines, coldness – yea, I can imagine an inquisitor-stature mean looking man with a pelt on his long black robe walking through there in seek of a path towards nearest village.
Later I ordered more and honestly I don't even remember what it was that time, but every order I got (and so far it's four orders total) was bigger than the last. This time no particular scent really captured me and two of them were truly not for me. One got mixed up, as I ordered Cenobite and received Cocoa Mallow. While the latter one was interesting, with scents of pure cocoa in it, I don't really like the sort of smells so I simply gave it to somebody who appreciated it more. Another I gave to my mother, for she said it smelled "clean". Go figure, seriously. And one other I still have, wait, no, I just checked my drawer, I still got two of the ones I didn't particularly like, those were Lace Draped Specter and Moonlight on the Grove. Don't get me wrong, scents are good, but some perfumes are too overpowering to me. For instance, the Spectre smell reminds me of grandfather's aftershave with very old medicine mixed, all that mingling with bakery still in clay oven, baking. Moonlight grove I can't even describe. It's a lot more pleasant, but it confuses the hell out of me.
My third bash is my favorite, for I liked every scent from the start AND found my new scent. Many people who feel themselves better when surrounded by fantasy-based scents are probably seeking "their own smell". Pharoah is my scent.
Library and Master Bedroom intrigued me the most when I was ordering it. I ordered five (I took out the pharoah from the pack and just keep it by my side at all times. five means +1 free, they always give one free, but I guess there are events when they give more, remembering my first handful), and left out one blank. When you order it, they lead you to a page where you pick out scents if it's more than one, if you leave few blank – you can later in order comments add which ones you want to be "filled into the blanks", because usually not all are on the list. I left one blank and asked to drop me a Library in there and as always – they did exactly that. For free scent I took something Halloweenish but they very kindly contacted me and said they're out of it, so I just asked for another sample of Manor (the girl said it's her favorite too). So, as I received my pack (and I cut it with scissors thus ruining the usual presents they add in there – a bookmark, good one to add, a postcard where they thank you, I got two framed, and a card or two representing either the season or the main idea of your package, I think, I could be wrong. Also it's filled with black confetti mixed with season-colored ones, so for Halloween it was orange bits, for winter it was green and for spring and the Valentine day so to say – hot pink, I keep them in a transparent bottle), I was obviously most curious for Library scent. I call myself a Nosferatu (reference to nosferatu's, information rats from VtM: B ), and a book-rat, I figure it could be good. And it is good. It smells of leather bound book that got a bit moldy because the wooden cabinets in an old wooden house are slightly damp when it rains and warmth makes water vapor and seep through your windows, but they nevertheless collected dust and thus you open it – this is the smell. Others are great too, but as I said, I was struck even harder than with Manor, when I smelled Pharaoh. I don't know what the hell it smells of, but I can imagine a parchment scroll, sandy smooth stone floor, incense clouds pouring out of golden pots, decorated with turquoise.
This smell first time I ordered in a perfume bottle, after trying out this sample. I just don't think I can get enough.
Remember I mentioned they mixed up my order the one time? Well, I wrote to them, trying to be as kind and humble as possible, for it can happen to either of us and neither of us would want to be bitched at, and they with same attitude as mine – kindly and humbly gave me a "code" I was to enter in comments, so that with my next order I would receive a free extra sample of Cenobite. You know, it's very alike Cocoa Mallow so I slightly regret bothering them about it, but I'm glad never the less.
In general I am damn pleased with Solstice Scents, got nothing but good experience and my little treasure of scent vials keep me smiling. I can indeed recommend them.


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"Nader recounted a recent meeting with editors at The Washington Post, who he said told him the paper wasn't covering his campaign because he had no chance of winning. According to Nader, he replied: 'Then why are you covering the Nationals?' a reference to Washington's long-suffering baseball team."


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After President Trump was elected in 2016, he directed his Attorney General to review the DACA policy and determine if changes were needed to the program. On September 5, 2017, the Attorney General announced that DACA was being rescinded because the administration believed that the "program was unlawful and unconstitutional and could not be successfully defended in court." DHS announced that any DACA recipient would have until October 5, 2016 to apply for a renewal of protected status. Any Dreamers who failed to apply for a renewal by this date would lose their protected status and would be subject to deportation.
The legal status of DACA is currently under review in federal court. Last year, a federal judge ruled that the decision to rescind the DACA program was illegal as it was based on a "flawed legal premise that the agency lacked authority to implement DACA." After the federal court issued this ruling, the DHS announced that it would reopen the process for individuals in the United States under DACA to apply for a renewal of their protected status. A higher court may weigh in on the initial federal court DACA ruling, and the administration has asked the Supreme Court to render a decision on the Constitutionality of the DACA program.
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In a recent trip back home I had the pleasure to talk with a friend who has been a person I have looked up to for many years. I have admired her strength and her resolve when things are tough in life. I knew from the moment I met her that she was a special person with a lot of wisdom. Like all of us she has been through her fair share of trials and struggles and at the release of my last book "L is for Loser, the battle through infertility" she asked me about it. I told her what it was about, but then told her that my reasoning behind it was bigger than infertility alone, although I do believe that is a worthy issue all on it's own. I told her that my "big picture" purpose was really to speak to all people, and women in general. To convey that we are all amazing, and that although we are all in different places we all have something to offer even if it may look different than what we thought or what is expected from us as women. She then shared with me some of her precious wisdom through an analogy which just so happens to be my personal learning style, so I settled in to listen and learn. What followed is something I will always remember and hope to be able to pass it on to others who may feel worthless, or like a constant failure.
" Do you know how a pearl is made?" She asked me. I responded that I was not really sure. "Well," she continued "A small piece of dirt (or foreign invader) gets inside an oyster shell, and in order to protect itself the oyster begins to coat the inside of itself with layer after layer of a thin film known as a pearl sac. This is like epithelial (or skin) cells. Over time a beautiful, unique pearl is formed."
I loved that because it is so true that just like a diamond that is formed under pressure a pearl is formed out of something less than perfect and some may even say ugly but over time and with some work it becomes beautiful. We are like that. Our lives are not perfect. We all go through hard times, and feel broken, or like a failure; but over time and with some work we too become a beautiful pearl. I thought that was the end, but she went on; and this is my favorite part.
"Did you know that no two pearls are alike?" I shook my head. "Really? I said.
"No, each pearl is unique, making it rare, and even more beautiful. You could say that women are like these pearls. We have grit (dirt) that comes into our lives and over time we learn to mold that grit into something beautiful. We become a pearl. The wonderful thing about each pearl is that each one is unique yes; but when you put them together with others they make a beautiful necklace." I sat there in awe of her ability to see this beautiful lesson in the midst of trials. I hope that I can someday get through my struggles with such grace and humility.
The moral of her story, No Grit, No Pearl is take the grit into your life and let God, in time, turn you into a beautiful pearl. Embrace your uniqueness. Stop wishing you were like her. You are like you and you are more than enough. You are beautiful.
I am so thankful for wise women in my life who have taught me to be better than I am. Tell the women in your life how much you love them.


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Would she have given up, No. Kate was so determined and that she talked and talked to her therapist until she got the answer she wanted. Yes.
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A third run of bags that say what the nation is thinking has entered production, as it seems a huge number of people would like a shopping bag that says "'Shut up, Morrissey" on it, in case they meet the popstar browsing the alternative vegan milks section of their local Waitrose.
These are the work of a lady called Verity, who sold a batch of the same bags last year and raised £1,730 for the victims of the Manchester terror attack. And now, seeing as Morrissey has done another terrible interview and needs more telling, they're back on sale. Just £10 gets you a bag that says maybe Mr The Smiths ought to stick to singing the classics and not talk about politics.
Verity told the BBC that she was hit with requests for new bags as soon as the interview went live, saying: "As soon as he has an interview, I get messages, and yesterday I had quite a lot of messages. And I went, you know what, why not? I couldn't believe what he said yesterday. Like all the stuff he said about the way Sadiq Khan speaks. That's the way I speak! It's just British."
Hence you can now have a bag that says "Shut Up, Morrissey" on it, although if she does another batch, it might be good to add an asterisk and some small print saying it's actually OK to sing Suedehead but that and eating Quorn sausages is about all he should use his mouth for these days. [BBC]


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Nature of Operations
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (the duostech Group), through its operating subsidiaries, Duos Technologies, Inc. (duostech) and TrueVue360, Inc (TrueVue360, duostech Group and duostech, collectively the Company) is primarily engaged in the design and deployment of state-of-the-art, artificial intelligence driven intelligent technologies systems. duostech converges traditional security measures with information technologies to create actionable intelligence. duostechs IP is built upon two of its core technology platforms (praesidium® and centraco®), both distributed as licensed software suites, and natively embedded within engineered turnkey systems. praesidium® is a modular suite of analytics applications which process and simultaneously analyze data streams from a virtually unlimited number of conventional sensors and/or data points. Native algorithms compare analyzed data against user-defined criteria and rules in real time and automatically report any exceptions, deviations and/or anomalies. This application suite also includes a broad range of conventional operational system components and sub-systems, including an embedded feature-rich video management engine and a proprietary Alarm Management Service (AMS). This unique service provides continuous monitoring of all connected devices, processes, equipment and sub-systems, and automatically communicates to the front end-user interface, if and when an issue, event or performance anomalies are detected. centraco® is a comprehensive user interface that includes the functionalities of a Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) system as well as those of an Enterprise Information System (EIS). This multi-layered interface can be securely installed as a stand-alone application suite inside a local area network or pushed outside a wide area network using the same browser-based interface. It leverages industry standards for data security, access, and encryption as appropriate. The platform also operates as a cloud-hosted solution.
The Company provides a broad range of sophisticated intelligent technology solutions with an emphasis on security, inspection and operations for critical infrastructure within a variety of industries including transportation, retail, law enforcement, oil, gas and utilities sectors. In January 2019, the Company launched a dedicated Artificial Intelligence software platform, truevue360, through its subsidiary TrueVue360 with the objective of focusing the Companys advanced intelligent technologies in the areas of Artificial Intelligent, Deep Machine Learning and Advance Algorithms to further support our business growth. Consequently, our business operations are now in three business units: intelligent technologies, AI/machine learning platforms and IT asset management.
The Companys strategy includes expansion of its technology base through organic development efforts, strategic partnerships, and growth through accretive acquisitions. The Company provides its broad range of technology solutions with an emphasis on mission critical security, inspection and operations within the rail transportation, commercial, petrochemical, government, and banking sectors. The Company also offers professional and consulting services for large data centers.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (all of which are of a normal recurring nature) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are not indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any other future period. These unaudited consolidated financial statements and the unaudited condensed notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 30, 2020.
Reverse Stock-Split
All share and per share amounts have been presented to give retroactive effect to a 1 for 14 reverse stock-split that occurred in January 2020.
The Company reclassified certain operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2019 to conform to 2020 classification. There was no net effect on the total operating expenses of such reclassification.
The following table reflects the reclassification adjustment effect in the three months ended March 31, 2019:
Principles of Consolidation
The unaudited consolidated financial statements include duostech Group and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Duos Technologies, Inc. and TrueVue360, Inc. All inter-company transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The most significant estimates in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the allowance on accounts receivable, valuation of deferred tax assets, valuation of intangible and other long-lived assets, estimates of net contract revenues and the total estimated costs to determine progress towards contract completion, valuation of derivatives, valuation of warrants issued with debt, valuation of beneficial conversion features in convertible debt, and valuation of stock-based awards. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Cash Concentrations
Cash is maintained at financial institutions and at times, balances may exceed federally insured limits. We have not experienced any losses related to these balances. As of March 31, 2020, balance in one financial institution exceeded federally insured limits by approximately $6,361,792.
Significant Customers and Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company had certain customers whose revenue individually represented 10% or more of the Companys total revenue, or whose accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Companys total accounts receivable, as follows:
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, three customers accounted for 44%, 13% and 13% of revenues, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, two customers accounted for 78%and 11% of revenues, respectively.
At March 31, 2020, three customers accounted for 28%, 21% and 18% of accounts receivable, respectively. At December 31, 2019, two customers accounted for 68% and 10% of accounts receivable, respectively.
Geographic Concentration
Approximately 54% of revenue is generated from two customers outside of the United States.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
We measure our financial assets and liabilities in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. For certain of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short maturities. Amounts recorded for notes payable, net of discount, and loans payable also approximate fair value because current interest rates available to us for debt with similar terms and maturities are substantially the same.
We follow accounting guidance for financial assets and liabilities. This standard defines fair value, provides guidance for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures. This standard does not require any new fair value measurements, but rather applies to all other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. This guidance does not apply to measurements related to share-based payments. This guidance discusses valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service capacity of an asset or replacement cost).
The guidance utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:
Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Inputs, other than quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore developed using estimates and assumptions developed by us, which reflect those that a market participant would use.
Software Development Costs
Software development costs incurred prior to establishing technological feasibility are charged to operations and included in research and development costs. The technological feasibility of a software product is established when the Company has completed all planning, designing, coding, and testing activities that are necessary to establish that the product meets its design specifications, including functionality, features, and technical performance requirements. Software development costs incurred after establishing technological feasibility for software sold as a perpetual license, as defined within ASC 985-20 (Software Costs of Software to be sold, Leased, or Marketed) are capitalized and amortized on a product-by-product basis when the product is available for general release to customers.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Basic earnings per share (EPS) are computed by dividing net loss applicable to common stock by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss applicable to common stock by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options, stock warrants, convertible debt instruments, convertible preferred stock or other common stock equivalents. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation if their effect is anti-dilutive. At March 31, 2020, there was an aggregate of 1,588,750 outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock. At March 31, 2020, there was an aggregate of 163,010 shares of employee stock options to purchase shares of common stock. Also, at March 31, 2020, 243,571 common shares were issuable upon conversion of Series B convertible preferred stock, all of which were excluded from the computation of dilutive earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.
Revenue Recognition
As of January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606), that affects the timing of when certain types of revenues will be recognized. The basic principles in ASC 606 include the following: a contract with a customer creates distinct unrecognized contract assets and performance obligations; satisfaction of a performance obligation creates revenue; and a performance obligation is satisfied upon transfer of control to a good or service to a customer.
Revenue is recognized for sales of systems and services over time using cost-based input methods, in which significant judgement is required to evaluate assumptions including the amount of net contract revenues and the total estimated costs to determine our progress towards contract completion and to calculate the corresponding amount of revenue to recognize.
Revenue is recognized by evaluating our revenue contracts with customers based on the five-step model under ASC 606:
Identify the contract with the customer;
Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
Determine the transaction price;
Allocate the transaction price to separate performance obligations; and
Recognize revenue when (or as) each performance obligations are satisfied.
Accordingly, the Company now bases its revenue recognition on ASC 606-10-25-27, where control of a good or service transfers over time if the entitys performance does not create an asset with an alternative use to the entity and the entity has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date including a profit margin or reasonable return on capital. Control is deemed to pass to the customer instantaneously as the goods are manufactured and revenue is recognized accordingly.
In addition, the Company has adopted ASC 606-10-55-21 such that if the cost incurred is not proportionate to the progress in satisfying the performance obligation, we adjust the input method to recognize revenue only to the extent of the cost incurred. Therefore, the Company will recognize revenue at an equal amount to the cost of the goods to satisfy the performance obligation. To accurately reflect revenue recognition based on the input method, the Company has adopted the implementation guidance as set out in ASC-606-10-55-187 through 192. (see Note 9)
Segment Information
The Company operates in one reportable segment.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company accounts for employee stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718-10, Share-Based Payment, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors including employee stock options, restricted stock units, and employee stock purchases based on estimated fair values.
In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation Stock Compensation (Topic 718). This update is intended to reduce cost and complexity and to improve financial reporting for share-based payments issued to non-employees (for example, service providers, external legal counsel, suppliers, etc.). The ASU expands the scope of Topic 718, CompensationStock Compensation, which currently only includes share-based payments issued to employees, to also include share-based payments issued to non-employees for goods and services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to non-employees and employees will be substantially aligned. This standard will be effective for financial statements issued by public companies for the annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption of the standard is permitted. The standard will be applied in a retrospective approach for each period presented. Management implemented this standard on January 1, 2019.
Determining Fair Value Under ASC 718-10
The Company estimates the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing formula. This fair value is then amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which is generally the vesting period. The Companys determination of fair value using an option-pricing model is affected by the stock price as well as assumptions regarding the number of highly subjective variables.
The Company estimates volatility based upon the historical stock price of the Company and estimates the expected term for employee stock options using the simplified method for employees and directors and the contractual term for non-employees. The risk-free rate is determined based upon the prevailing rate of United States Treasury securities with similar maturities.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
From time to time, the FASB or other standards setting bodies will issue new accounting pronouncements. Updates to the FASB ASC are communicated through issuance of an Accounting Standards Update (ASU).
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
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In a world of gargantuan Art Basels and week-long Friezes where the biggest names in art vie for attention from even bigger dealers and galleries, it's nice to know that there exists a space where the unrepresented can commingle and exhibit with the intention of making an art fair just that: fair.
The Other Art Fair, the UK's largest artist-led contemporary fair, has announced that it will make its return to Sydney after a successful inaugural outing in 2015. Operating over three days from its new home in Sydney's COMMUNE Collaborative Warehouse in Waterloo, The Other Art Fair will embark on its sophomore outing from October 27 underpinned by the democratic ethos that an art fair should be a less exclusive experience for artists and collectors alike. First established in November 2011, the event has come to establish a reputation as one of London's leading alternative arts events through its championing of up and coming artists who continue to practice despite being unrepresented by galleries.
Come October, 100 artists will have been chosen to participate by a committee of esteemed experts from the various fields of contemporary art, including RoslynOxley9 gallerist Roslyn Oxley, artists Ben Quilty and Leif Podhajsky and consultant Amanda Love. Artists representing a variety of disciplines selected to participate thus far include Celeste Wrona, Joe Helmore, Mark Collis (whose work is pictured above), Sarah Beetson, Chrysa Koukoura, Martine Vanderspuy and Kirsten Jackson.
In a surprising new plot twist, Sydney-based tattoo artist Rhys Gordon of Justin Bieber endorsed Bondi tattoo emporium Little Tokyo will collaborate with an as-yet unannounced artist on a competition that will see four winners have an original artwork drawn by the guest artist tattooed onto them. It's an idea redolent of Scott Campbell's recent Whole Glory project, though decidedly less riskier, and it purports to further interrogate ideas of "permanence, value and ownership of contemporary art".
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DENVER -- The president of Colorado State University-Pueblo is denying that her actions against a professor who spoke out against plans to cut staff last year violated his constitutional rights.
Lesley Di Mare states her denials in a new court filing in response to a lawsuit professor Timothy McGettigan filed against her in January.
His lawsuit in U.S. District Court claims that she illegally retaliated against him by disabling his email, which he used to send a series of mass messages to the CSU-Pueblo community. The messages spoke out against a plan to terminate as many as 50 employees due to a budget shortfall.
The president's filing states that she shut down the professor's email for three days and shut down his ability to use the school's group email lists from Jan. 17 to Feb. 6 in 2014.
Di Mare expects to defend against the lawsuit on grounds, among others, that her "interest in providing efficient public service outweighed (McGettigan's) free speech interest," her filing states. The filing, by her attorney, also states that Di Mare "would have taken the same action without regard to any protected speech or conduct" by the professor.
His lawsuit alleges that, as an excuse to shut down his free-speech rights, Di Mare defamed him by falsely stating that McGettigan threatened violence in his emails.
The president's court filing states that McGettigan "cannot make a claim for defamation because the statement at issue does not make any statement of fact" about him and was not defamatory.
Di Mare is asking Judge Philip Brimmer to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds, in part, of qualified immunity. The legal doctrine of qualified immunity in some circumstances shields government officials from liability.
The school's board of governors, originally another defendant in McGettigan's lawsuit, no longer is a defendant.


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The above headline from the Sun newspaper on 27th September aroused our curiosity not least because the newspaper reported that the flyer in question had been hired on a £50,000 contract by the army. Tasked to take off and land UAVs, the unnamed 'champ' had been recruited after Royal Artillery troops had crashed a number of the £2m, 32ft span unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
The pilot has asked not to be named for security reasons but if you know a flyer who's suddenly acquired a suntan and a new motor, not to mention some shiny new models then he might well be our man!
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Tehran, Dec 12, 2018(IRNA) – In a meeting on Wednesday with North Korean ambassador in Tehran Kang Sam Hyon, a senior Iranian Member of Parliament, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, called for increased relations between Iran and North Korea in all areas to reduce the effect of cruel US sanctions on both countries.
Boroujerdi, also the head of Iran-North Korea friendship parliamentary group, said that there are abundant capacities for relations between the two countries that require proper planning to use the chances to serve the interests of both nations.
He underlined the significance of implementing the already signed agreements in Iran-North Korea Joint Economic Commission, exchange of university students between the two countries, cooperation on mining sector, facilitating the presence of private sector in joint investments, and holding a permanent exhibition of Iranian products in North Korea.
The North Korean ambassador, for his part, said that the economic and agricultural grounds can be used to promote the relations between Tehran and Pyongyang.
Hyon said that expansion of relations between independent countries could help alleviate the pressure of sanctions.
Referring to Iran as a powerful country, he said that military, scientific and technological achievements made by Iran have always been admired by North Korea.
Hyon voiced his country's support for any kind of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Fruits Basket scans used came from the Anime Project Alliance.
This one is a little crowded and a little blurred in some places, but that's to try and hide the fact that I had to redraw a good bit of the image - hopefully you can't tell that much :D Enjoy!
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Investors fund people, more than ideas for fundraising.Gabor Becsei
Pitch, Checklist
1) Problem/mission/vision
What's the big vision?
2) Product
What does your product do today?
What is your value proposition?
What is your advantage?
3) Market opportunity / size
What's the opportunity?
What's the market size?
4) Team
Tell us about the executive team
Why are you uniquely qualified to solve this problem?
5) Proof of
product / market fit
Growth to date: sign-ups, weekly or monthly active users, paying customers (if relevant).
To the extent it's relevant, do you have quantitative evidence that you're better than competition/incumbents?
6) User engagement + retention
Engagement metrics for core product features.
Monthly or weekly cohort retention (depending on the kind of product/company); churn (for subscription products)
7) Customer acquisition
What are your customer acquisition channels?
How much does customer acquisition cost (per channel)?
How will you make this money back and how long will it take?
How scalable are these? How big can you get with your existing product + customer acquisition channels? At what point do they get saturated or become too expensive, and what do you do if/when that happens?
8) Business model / monetization
Do you make money today?
How will you make money?
9) Competitive landscape
Do you have competitors? Who are they?
If no one else is doing this, why not?
10) What's next / fundraising ask
How much money are you raising?
Use of Proceeds: What will you do with the money you raise?
What are the milestones you will accomplish to get to the next phase of your business?
Are there any gaps in your team you need to fill?
What are you looking for from an investor?
Take Action and Raise Funds
1. Create the following five VC marketing and presentation items
High concept pitch – A phrase describing your business by mentioning a familiar company, followed by the twist that differentiates your company. Allows you and others to communicate what your business does, quickly.
Elevator pitch. A one- to two-minute pitch explaining: what your business does, how it makes money, and how it benefits customers. Incorporate the high-concept pitch. Throw in a fact or two showing a large and growing market for your product or service. Helps you to create investor interest quickly.
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Teaser email – An invitation to a VC to invest in your company. Includes the same types of information that appears in your elevator pitch. The purpose of the teaser email is to entice investors to meet with you and fund your venture.
Business plan. The all-important document "selling" your business to investors and/or lenders, to entice them to meet with you and fund your company. Includes an Executive Summary, Company Analysis, Customer Analysis, Industry Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Marketing Plan, Operations Plan, Management Team, Financial Plan, and Appendix (supporting materials.)
Slide presentation –
A 20-30 minute pitch to investors, the purpose of which is to create more interest in your business and build a relationship with the VC.
2. Build your list of qualified
a., Institutional investors, financial funds, investment companies, venture capitals, startup incubators, private equity funds, clubs or groups. Research each firm to determine whether they are a good fit for your company. The firms on your list must be based within 100-200 miles of your business. Prefer fundraising businesses in your sector; invest in businesses. That are at your stage in the funding process and actively investing.
b., Professionals in their fields: surgeons, veterinarians, accountants, lawyers, consultants, engineers, athletics, multinational companies' managers and leaders.
c., IFA (Independent Financial Advisors), Financial and Investment Consultants/Planners
d., Angel and private investors from all over the globe
e., Advertisements for business partners and investors
f., Fundraising Agencies, and Project funding programs
g., Crowdfunding Agencies, and websites
3. Contact the partners whose professional backgrounds most closely resemble your business. Ask friends, family, associates, and mentors for introductions to VCs they might know. Use online and offline networking to initiation contact with VCs yourself. Send your teaser emails to your target partners at your target firms.
4. Give your slide presentation after a venture capital firm agrees to meet with you. Answer their questions about your financial plan, customer analysis, competitive analysis, and management team. They will try to poke holes in your plan. So you will have armed yourself with all the knowledge you can possibly gather. Stay in contact with the VCs. Continually supply them with any pertinent new information about your business as it arises.
5. If and when you receive a term sheet from a VC: You are in the home stretch. Review the terms with an eye to preserving your stake in the company. You absolutely must hire a lawyer to help you review the term sheet and negotiate the best possible deal for yourself. Just remember that you need funding. A ten percent share of a $10 million company is better than 100% of a $500,000 company.
6. If and when you receive your financing check. Continue to carry out daily operations to serve customers (short-term processes) and strive to meet or exceed milestones (long-term processes.)
7. Look to the next round of funding. The #1 reason business fail is running out of cash. Remember, black ink in the accounting books does not necessarily equal cash. Seek either to solicit more funding from your current VC firm, or reach out to new firms. Always be fundraising.
Just like always, I questions and comments are welcome. Also sharing! I am excited to know what do you think and where you need help in order to get funded. Thank you.


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See Saudi Women Vote for the First Time in Local Elections
Thousands of Saudi women headed to polling stations across the Middle Eastern nation on Saturday in only the third-ever public elections in the nation—and the first in which women were able to cast their votes.
Roughly 130,000 women registered to vote, compared with 1.35 million men, the BBC reports. But for a nation of nearly 30 million people, that's a small turnout for both sexes.
This election was also the first time women were able to run for office. Out of 6,440 candidates, 979 were women.
"I cried. This is something that we only used to see on television, taking place in other countries," Awatef Marzooq told the AFP after she cast her ballot.
The historic vote follows a 2011 order by the late King Abdullah, who encouraged more female inclusion in politics, education, and employment. Saudi Arabia was the last nation in the world that let only men vote.
RELATED: Saudi Women No Longer Need Ex-Husbands' Permission to Care for Their Kids
While many hailed the landmark event as a step forward for women's rights in the country, critics say the modest step toward equality was merely symbolic.
Women are regarded as minors in the conservative kingdom and must be accompanied by a man wherever they go. Those restrictions made both registering to vote and campaigning difficult. Registration and polling facilities were segregated. Female candidates could not campaign directly to male constituents; they had to stand behind a partition or be represented by a man.
Municipal councils, which oversee neighborhood issues such as traffic lights, trash collection, and sidewalk upkeep, have limited power. These councils do not have the power to change many women's issues, like freedom to travel without a male companion or obtain a driver's license.
But even if it's a symbolic gesture, many women expressed feelings of hope now that they officially have a voice in their community.
"This is a day for all Saudi women, if they voted or not," Latifa al-Bazei told The Washington Post. "We are gaining a right that was kept from half the country for too long."
Voting results are expected Sunday afternoon.


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Turkey lights the lights
More and more Russians in recent years prefer to relax in Turkey. The Turkish coast beckons them with unbreakable force. Why? In our opinion, the "fault" is at once several significant factors.
Firstly, tourists are attracted by the mild favorable climate, warm sea water, and a great beach holiday. The nature in Turkey is very diverse: for us, living among the scanty landscapes of the Central Russian plain or in the mountains of the Urals, this is similar to heaven on Earth.In addition to the gentle sea, it also has mountains with snowy peaks, from which you can ski down in winter, flowing rivers, steppe highlands, and flowering valleys. Therefore, rest in Turkey is beautiful in any season, and on the western and southern coast is warm and sunny from early spring to late autumn. Continue reading
Tourist Thailand. Pattaya
Pattaya is an amazingly beautiful place and architectural embodiment. An uncountable number of secluded tourist corners, advertised attractions and truly cultural monuments.
One of the greenest and "fresh" places of this resort city is the tropical park Nong Nooch. Its second name sounds like "Orchid Garden". In this wonderful park, you can not only enjoy the innumerable variety of orchid species, palm trees, cacti, but also become a witness of an exciting and fun show with elephants, visit the aviaries with tropical birds.
When you breathe plenty of fresh and clean air in the park, do not miss the opportunity to visit a real snake farm. In dangerous and supposedly hypnotized air, the distance between poisonous, swift cobras and their tamers does not exceed twenty centimeters. Continue reading
Rest in the resorts of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is an island nation. It is located on the island of Haiti and occupies more than half of its territory. In the south of the Dominican Republic is washed by the warm waves of the Caribbean Sea, and in the north – by the Atlantic Ocean.
Almost all tourists who visited this country consider it an exotic paradise. And it is not surprising, because the Dominican Republic is the cradle of fiery dance rhythms, a magnificent example of Latin American culture.
This country has an ancient history and unique architecture. The entire coast of the republic is one continuous beach. Warm clean water, white sand and high-quality service – all this can be found at any resort in this country. However, this, perhaps, the similarity of resorts ends. Let's consider what else a tourist can see when visiting the resorts of the Dominican Republic. Continue reading


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* Offwhite flowers and silver work with clear swarovski stones on tulle fabric
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* There is an opening and this can be worn in multiple ways ( opening in the front, back or to one side)
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Slick Woods has credited her friend for saving her life during an "unexpected" seizure.
The model, real name Simone Thompson, announced on social media in November that she was battling a type of skin cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.
Slick has been regularly sharing updates with her fans, and on Wednesday, took to Instagram to post a video of her smiling and laughing in her hospital bed after recently suffering a scary medical ordeal.
"Now that I'm feeling a million times better and walking again thanks @cheyalli (Chey Allegra) for saving my life during an unexpected seizure in the middle of the night, man there's so many people going through way worse #staygoofy," she captioned the clip.
It's not known if Slick had suffered seizures before, or if the event is related to her treatments.
But a number of the Fenty Beauty star's celebrity pals were quick to comment on the post, including Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, Janelle Monae, and Karrueche Tran.
"Thank god, quick recovery! We love you @slickwoods," wrote Adut Akech, while Jasmine Sanders posted, "Praying for you baby!!"
And singer-songwriter Miguel added: "Sending love and lightning."
Last month, Slick shared a string of videos on her Instagram Stories showing her joking around with friends while at The London in New York City and noted that she was able to enjoy a night out when she was provided with a wheelchair by staff at the hotel.
"Legs numb left hand still numb I hate bulls**t and The London gave me a wheelchair," the 23-year-old stated.
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林介山1, 2、江恆杰1、陳建廷1、王百孚1、張進寶1、嚴孟意1、黃勝賢1、石宏仁1、
彰化基督教醫院 外科部 泌尿科1;中山醫學大學醫學研究所2
Jesun Lin1, 2 Herng-Jye Jiang1, Jian Ting Chen1, Bai-Fu Wang1, Chin-Pao Chang1, Mon-I Yen1, Sheng-Hsien Huang1, Hon-Jen Shi1, and Ming-Chih Chou2
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua
2Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Purpose: The surgery of hypospadias and chordee is one of the most common and difficult procedures in pediatric urology. We would provide an insight into the "learning curve" of fellowship-trained pediatric urologists associated with reconstruction of hypospadias and chordee. I would present and share the experiences of learning the surgery in more than 30 years.
Materials and Methods: We evaluated the factors that may influence the results of surgery for hypospadias and chordee. We reviewed our experiences in the management of fresh and redo patients in order to understand and resolution of the presenting Problems.
It was a retrospective observational study. Patients with complete record available were included in the study. We reviewed the records of 118 redo-operations and 868 fresh hypospadias patients between January 1986 and December 2016. We underwent MAGPI and Mathieu's repairs for most patients who had penile or distal hypospadias, TIP (Tubularized Incised Plate) urethroplasty was performed for the middle and proximal types. Patients with severe chordee had Duckett Island flap urethroplasty(OIP) procedure. Patients having moderate or mild chordee were subjected to the orthoplasty and/or Nesbit Procedure. The presenting problems of failed hypospadias repair might be various in the same patient. The main problems to be (1) 86 urethrocutaneous fistulae, (2) 36 urethral strictures, (3) 15 meatal stenosis (4) 36 remaining chordee, (5) 14 diverticula and (6) 6 hairy urethra. The penile shaft and perineum fistulas were repaired with the "pants-over-vest¨ urethroplasty modified to the procedure of Turner-Warwick. We wrapped Dorsal dartos or subcutaneous flap to cover the neourethra for preventing urethrocutaneous fistula. We performed double-tube stent for stent and drainage. We used Mini-Vac vacuum drain in subcutaneous layer for prevention of hematoma and infection.
Results: The over all successful rate for urethrocutaneous fistula including perineal, scrotal, penile shaft and coronal regions is 76%. The successful rate for urethral strictures is 82%, for meatal stenosis is 70%, for chordee is about 70%, for diverticula is about 85%, for the hairy urethra is about 70%. We followed up the outcome of consequent surgery from 6 months to more than ten years. The number of redo-operations ranged from 1 to 8 attempts.
Conclusions: We have to correct them in a single stage preferably at least 3 months after previous repair. In redoing this reconstruction, we should be conversant with all the existing methods for hypospadias and chordee repair and be able to apply them appropriately.


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*#Me neither. That's what a lot of folks will probably be saying when they learn that a Black woman actually created the Movement 10 years ago that today is kicking ass and taking names.
Timing is everything I guess, and race is anything else.
The Movement apparently garnered importance after Caucasian actresses and models came out against sexual predator, Harvey Weinstein.
But when Tarana Burke, an African American woman, created the #MeToo Movement 10 years ago to encourage women of color to speak out against sexual assault sought support, we heard nothing but crickets. Continue reading


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Tons of Money by Alan Ayckbourn
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My last post outlined using Capistrano to deploy my 6-week long Flatiron School project. The post included a brief introduction of Capistrano, including what it is and the steps to get a Capfile (where Capistrano reads instructions from) into your app.
In this post, I am going to continue to walk through a basic deploy.rb file. If you don't know what what a deploy.rb file is you should check out the earlier post first.
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In the previous post I left off with the set ':scm, :git line', so I will start with the following line:
This is included to make sure Capistrano interacts properly with the shell on our server. For example, when using github your server needs to be able to access your repo. This capistrano config settting is needed for the password prompt from git to work so you can access it.
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The above two lines assign the web and app 'roles' to specific servers. Capistrano roles allow you to have different servers handle different parts of the app (server for app, server for handling requests, and server for the database). We used one server for all aspects so assigned all roles to the same server.
Since we used Passenger, we also uncommented the :deploy namespace as is instructed in the standard deploy.rb file. This part of the file is an example of Capistrano's task-oriented nature. Similar to rake tasks, we can create 'cap' tasks with the task keyword. For example, take the following 3 lines of code:
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We can run this code with the following command in the terminal:
We also used a common capistrano task to symlink specific files that were purposely excluded from our git repo. For example, we had an application.yml file with our Crunchbase API key and gmail username/password. Since we open sourced the repo, we had to make sure that file was included in our .gitignore. Because capistrano is getting the code from github, we have to manually link these ignored files to the server in order for them to be included. The following task helps us do just that. ruby
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In order for the symlink to work though, the file must already be in the shared folder on the server. You can securely copy a file from your local machine using a variation of the following command:
And that concludes my Capistrano configuration process. To deploy and update the app I simply run the following command:
If you're interested in learning more about deploying a rails app with Capistrano, there is a good railscast and also a nice wiki on Github.


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US Retailers See Big Jump in Holiday Sales
US holiday sales in Y 2018 will increase 4.3 to 4.8% boosted by a strong economy, but will be slower than a year ago when consumer spending surged to a 12-year high, according to a forecast from a leading retail industry group.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) said holiday sales growth will be higher than an average increase of 3.9% over the past 5 years but slower than the 5.3% growth witnessed a year earlier when consumer spending grew the most since Y 2005 and was boosted by tax cuts.
"Last year's strong results were thanks to growing wages, stronger employment and higher confidence, complemented by anticipation of tax cuts that led consumers to spend more than expected," NRF's Chief Economist said.
"With this year's forecast, we continue to see strong momentum from consumers as they do the heavy lifting in supporting our economy," he said.
The combination of more jobs, improved wages, tamed inflation and an increase in net worth all provide the impetus to spend, he added.
The trade body also said there are continued concerns about the trade dispute with China, but it is optimistic about consumers' propensity to spend.
The retail trade group said it expects sales for the last 2 months of the year between $717.45 and $720.89-B, excluding autos, gasoline and dining out.
Holiday sales in Y 2017 were $687.87-B.
NRF's forecast is one of the most closely watched benchmarks ahead of the holiday season, when retailers like Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Walmart Stores (NYSE:WMT) and Target Corp (NYSE:TGT) generate an outsized portion of their profits and sales
The last 2 months of the year can account for 20 to 40% of annual sales for many retailers.
Wednesday, the major US stock market indexes finished at: DJIA +54.45 at 26828.39, NAS Comp +25.54 at 8025.07, S&P 500 +2.08 at 2925.35
Volume: Trade on the NYSE came in at 874-M/shares exchanged
- NAS Comp +16.3% YTD
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The overall technical outlook for the major US stock market indexes is Bullish to Very Bullish
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"Towing the Line"
On exhibit as part of the Rush Harbour Festival this coming August Bank Holiday.
This is part of a series of paintings completed when I was studying the work of Spanish artist Joan Miro for a year …… an artist learns a lot more about themselves and their craft when they do not pigeon hole themselves to a 'style'.
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Gecko Times Interviews Paul Allen of Bright Albino
On the Web - Like most breeders, I've had an intense interest in reptiles from a young age. I collected reptiles throughout my childhood and teen years. Once I got out on...
On the Web - An animal lover, Edgar Wefer grew up to become a veterinarian while also pursuing his passion of photography. Learn how his love of reptiles, especially Geckos lead to him authoring a book on "Geckos of the World".
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- A Turkish Newspaper says it has audio and video evidence of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The reports say that the audio comes from the Apple Watch Khashoggi was wearing. Here is a good rundown of what happened.
- The President promises to call the Saudi President soon.
- A kangaroo punctured the lung of a young woman after an altercation between the two.
- NFL Headlines: Bears loose to Dolphins in OT. Brady hands Mahomes his first loss in a tight shootout. Big Ben and AB connect for a last-second game-winning TD. Rams stay perfect.
- Very interesting: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-45851421/shredding-banksy-can-his-fans-do-it-better
- Also, watch this: http://www.banksy.co.uk/
- Pete Davidson and Ariana Grandé are breaking up!
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