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Intraperitoneally administrated epithelial cellular adhesion molecule (EpCAM) monoclonal antibody is a therapeutic agent in patients with malignant effusion in several types of carcinoma. However, the role of EpCAM in peritoneal metastasis (PM) lesions and primary lesions of gastric cancer (GC) is still unclear. Therefore, in this study, we investigated EpCAM expression in GC patients with PM. We investigated the expression of EpCAM in 35PM lesions and 104 biopsy samples as primary lesions. Immunohistochemical staining was performed using the Ventana Benchmark XT (Roche Diagnostics) system. EpCAM expression was evaluated by calculating the total immunostaining score, which is the product of the proportion score and the intensity score. Overexpression was defined as a total score greater than 4. All PM specimens showed overexpression of EpCAM, and GC cells in both the surface layer and the deep layer of the PM showed a high expression of EpCAM. Meanwhile, in the biopsy sample, the expression of EpCAM ranged from none to strong. The EpCAM score results for PM specimens and biopsy samples were 11.0 ± 2.0 and 6.9 ± 3.9, respectively. The difference between the scores was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The intraperitoneally administrated EpCAM antibody might have a anti-cancer effect in PM lesions of GC. Additionally, it can be assumed that only GC cells which express a high level of EpCAM might metastasize to the peritoneum.
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- High expression of epithelial cellular adhesion molecule in peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer
- Journal
Targeted Oncology
Volume 8, Issue 4 , pp 231-235
- Cover Date
- 2013-12-01
- 10.1007/s11523-012-0239-4
- Print ISSN
- 1776-2596
- Online ISSN
- Publisher
- Springer Paris
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Gastric cancer
- Peritoneal metastasis
- Epithelial cellular adhesion molecule (EpCAM)
- Target therapy
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Motohiro Imano (1) (2)
- Tatsuki Itoh (3)
- Takao Satou (3)
- Atsushi Yasuda (1)
- Kohei Nishiki (1)
- Hiroaki Kato (1)
- Osamu Shiraishi (1)
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- Shozo Nishida (4)
- Yoshifumi Takeyama (1) (2)
- Hiroshi Furkawa (1)
- Kiyokata Okuno (1)
- Hitoshi Shiozaki (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Surgery, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan, 589-8511
- 2. Cancer Center, Kinki University Hospital, 377-2 Ohno-higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan, 589-8511
- 3. Department of Pathology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan, 589-8511
- 4. Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kinki University Faculty of Pharmacy, 3-4-1 Kowakae Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, Japan, 577-5802


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The 2012 fire season saw more than 1.75 million acres of wildland burned in Idaho. Fire supression costs soared over $214,000,000.
At one point, the destructive Trinity Ridge Fire was the biggest wildfire in the United States, burning more than 146,000 acres.
Boise National Forest Fire Chief Bob Shindelar says this summer could be worse.
We do still have folks who are tired from last year, Shindelar told KTVB. Last year was a very long year; this year is going to be the same, and could be even longer.
Shindelar says 270 firefighters from throughout the United States are now in critical training for the next two weeks, preparing to fight wildfires here in Idaho.
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Elliotte Friedman at Hockey Night in Canada says that he heard the Rangers had recently showed interest in the Blackhawks Niklas Hjalmarsson, but both teams said, "No sale." Hjalmarsson, who has two years left on a four-year contract with a $3.5 million salary-cap hit, had 1g, 15a in 69 games last season. ...to be honest, I don't know much about Hjalmarsson other than he scored in the Stanley Cup finals a few years ago and he blocks a ton of shots (over 135 every year). While his shot blocking prowess may fit into Torts' game plan, a $3.5 million cap hit for just one goal a year has me more than glad to hear it didn't workout. Remember to follow me on Twitter & Facebook or e-mail me at email@example.com.
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A generator positionable on a support surface and including a frame, an internal combustion engine coupled to the frame, an electrical energy source, a fuel tank, and an output unit. The one-piece mounting member is coupled to the frame and has mounting arms that each provide a frame mount, an engine mount, and a source mount. The internal combustion engine is coupled to the mounting member and includes an output shaft that extends through a central portion and that is substantially normal to the support surface during generator operation. The electrical energy source has a rotor coupled to the output shaft for rotation therewith, and a stator coupled to the mounting member. The fuel supply supplies fuel to the engine, and the output unit communicates with at least one of the engine and the energy source.
1. A generator assembly, comprising:
a frame to support an engine and an alternator;
a fuel supply supplying fuel to the engine;
an output unit communicating with at least one of the engine and the alternator;
a one-piece mounting member coupled to the frame and having a central portion, and first, second, and third mounting arms extending from the central portion, the first mounting arm including a frame mount, the second mounting arm including an engine mount, and the third mounting arm including an alternator mount;
wherein an internal combustion engine is coupled to the mounting member and has an output shaft that extends through the central portion and that is substantially vertical during engine operation; and
an alternator as an energy source having a rotor coupled to the output shaft for rotation therewith, and a stator coupled to the mounting member.
2. The generator assembly of
3. The generator assembly of
4. The generator assembly of
5. The generator assembly of
6. The generator assembly of
7. The generator assembly of
8. The generator assembly of
This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/635,056 filed Aug. 6, 2003 U.S. Pat. No. 6,952,056.
The invention relates to electrical generators and more particularly to vertical shaft electric generators.
Generators are known for supplying electrical power in remote locations, locations where access to standard utility power is unavailable, or in emergency situations when standard utility power to an area may be temporarily out of service. Many generators include an internal combustion engine that rotatably drives an alternator having a stator and a rotor. The rotor is coupled to the output shaft of the engine. Operation of the engine rotates the rotor, thereby inducing an electrical current in a set of wire coils. The electrical current can then be filtered to have characteristics similar to the electrical current supplied by standard utilities. The output generator current can be used to operate substantially any type of electrical device that would normally be operated by standard utility power.
Generators are available in many different configurations, and utilize many different types and sizes of engines, depending generally upon the amount of electrical power the generator is designed to provide. Some generators are portable and include a fuel tank, for supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine, and a frame for supporting the engine, the alternator, and the fuel tank. Some frames include wheels to facilitate movement of the generator. Other generators are standby units that are permanently mounted near a home, business or other structure.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a generator positionable on a support surface and including a frame, a one-piece mounting member, an internal combustion engine, an electrical energy source, a fuel supply, and an output unit. The one-piece mounting member is coupled to the frame and has a central portion, a first side, a second side, and a plurality of mounting arms extending from the central portion. Each mounting arm includes a frame mount, an engine mount, and a source mount. The internal combustion engine is coupled to the first side of the mounting member and includes an output shaft that extends through the central portion and is substantially normal to the support surface during generator operation. The electrical energy source has a rotor coupled to the output shaft for rotation therewith, and a stator coupled to the second side of the mounting member. The fuel supply supplies fuel to the engine, and the output unit communicates with at least one of the engine and the energy source.
Other features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of the following detailed description, claims, and drawings.
Before one embodiment of the invention is explained in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or being carried out in various ways. Also, it is understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of "including" and "comprising" and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items.
The Figures illustrate a vertically shafted generator 10 embodying the invention. With reference to
The frame 14 can be of substantially any construction. As illustrated in
With reference also to
To couple the engine 18 to the mounting member 74, the first side 78 is mated with the mounting points 86, and engine fasteners 94 are extended through the engine mounts 90 and threaded into the mounting points 86.
Similarly, the alternator 22 includes a housing 98 having four mounting points 102 that are circumferentially spaced in a predetermined manner. The second side 80 of the mounting member 74 includes four corresponding source mounts 106 defined by the mounting arms 83. The source mounts 106 are circumferentially spaced about the central aperture 82 in the same manner as the mounting points 102. To couple the alternator 22 to the mounting member 74, the second side 80 is mated with the housing 98 of the alternator 22, and source fasteners 110 are extended through the mounting points 102 and threaded into the source mounts 106. During manufacturing of the generator 10, the engine 18 and the alternator 22 are preferably coupled to one another via the mounting member 74, and the assembled engine 18, alternator 22, and mounting member 74 are then coupled to the frame assembly 14.
As mentioned above, the frame 14 includes a central opening 70 that receives the alternator 22. Specifically, the energy source is extended through the central opening 70 and the engine 18, alternator, 22, and mounting member 74 assembly are coupled to the frame by four isolator mounts 114 (see
The isolator mounts 114 can take on a variety of forms and function to separate the engine and alternator 22 from the frame 14. In some constructions, the isolator mounts 114 may be formed of a substantially rigid material (e.g. aluminum) such that relative movement of the engine 18 and alternator 22 with respect to the frame 14 is reduced. In other constructions, the mounts 114 may be formed of a relatively resilient material (e.g. a resilient polymer) that is selected to have stiffness and resonance characteristics such that vibrations induced by engine 18 and alternator 22 operation are substantially isolated from the frame 14, thereby reducing vibration of the frame 14, and lowering generator assembly noise levels during operation.
Referring to
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During generator operation, air is drawn generally downwardly through the air inlet 156, around the rear bearing carrier 155, upwardly through the alternator 22, and out the air flow openings 152 in the mounting member 74 (see arrows in
Referring also to
The illustrated fuel tank 34 also includes opening walls 184 that extend between the first wall 168 and the upper portion 172 b of the second wall, and that are generally surrounded by the fuel chamber 164 and the sidewalls 176. The opening walls 184 define an opening 188 that extends through the fuel tank 34 from the first wall 168 to the upper portion 172 b of the second wall. In other constructions however, the first and second walls 168, 172 may be substantially continuous and the opening 188 may be eliminated.
The fuel tank 34 is mounted to the frame 14 such that a majority of the fuel chamber 164 is positioned on an opposite side of the rolling axis 52 as the engine 18 and the alternator 22. In this regard, the weight of the liquid fuel stored in the fuel chamber 164 counterbalances the weight of the engine 18 and alternator 22 to facilitate movement of the generator 10.
The frame 14 includes an upwardly extending U-shaped tube member 192 and the fuel tank 34 is received between and supported by the tube member 192 and the steel plate 48. Specifically, portions of the fuel tank 34 rest upon the mounting surface 66, and a generally J-shaped support rod 196 extends upwardly from the mounting surface 66 along the second wall 172 b, over the top sidewall 176, and downwardly along the first wall 168 of the fuel tank 34. The end 200 of the support rod 196 is received in an aperture 204 defined in the tube member 192. A grommet 205 can be positioned in the aperture 204. The support rod 196 is supported by the steel plate 48 and the tube member 192 and snugly engages the fuel tank 34 for support thereof. The support rod 196 extends through the steel plate 48 and through a spring 206. A nut 208 compresses the spring 206 against the steel plate 48 to resiliently bias the support rod 196 into engagement with the fuel tank 34. As illustrated, the single support rod 196 is generally centered with respect to the wheels 50, however additional support rods can also be provided and spaced from one another accordingly.
A generator output unit 212 is received in the fuel tank opening 188 and includes generator control switches and electrical output sockets. The specific configuration of switches and output sockets is generally dependent upon the specific engine 18 and alternator 22 as well as the intended use of the generator 10.
The output unit 212 includes a main body portion 216 including a flange 220 that engages the first wall 168. A mounting bracket 224 engages the opening walls 184 and is coupled to the main body portion 216. The mounting bracket 224 and the flange 220 are drawn toward one another and snugly engage the opening walls 184 and the first wall 168, respectively, such that the output unit 212 is coupled to and supported by the fuel tank 34. In this regard, the output unit 212 can be installed in the opening 188 prior to assembly of the fuel tank 34 in the frame 14. Of course the output unit 212 could also be coupled to and supported by the frame 14 if desired.
The main body portion 216 of the output unit 212 also includes an interface coupling portion 228. The coupling portion 228 includes various terminals, pin connectors, and the like that may be coupled to the engine 18 and/or the alternator 22 for control thereof and communication therewith. In some embodiments the coupling portion 228 can also include various mechanical linkages and couplings for actuation of control levers and the like that may be used to control the operation of the engine 18.
By positioning the output unit 212 within the opening 188 in the fuel tank 34, the overall size of the generator 10 can be reduced. In addition, the opening walls 184 increase the rigidity of the fuel tank 34 and reduce the occurrence of fuel tank deformation that can occur due to changes in temperature and pressure within the fuel tank 34.
As seen in
A housing 252 is provided to enclose the engine 18, the alternator 22, the battery 244, and the fuel regulating assembly 248. The housing 252 includes an output unit 256 including various switches and the like for operational control of the standby power unit 236. In some embodiments, the standby power unit 236 also includes an electrical sensor (not shown) that communicates with the main electrical supply line for the home, business, or other structure with which the standby power unit 236 is associated. If so equipped, the standby power unit 236 automatically starts in response to sensing an absence of electrical power in the main electrical supply line, thereby providing emergency electrical power for the home, business, or other structure with which it is associated. When power is restored, the unit 236 shuts itself off. In other embodiments, the standby power unit 236 may be manually started when a power outage occurs and manually stopped when power is restored. The transfer of power to the home or business from the unit 236 or the utility line can likewise be performed manually or automatically, depending upon the requirements of a particular application.
As best shown in
The housing 252 includes a pair of sidewalls 268, 272 and a pair of endwalls 274, 276 extending between the sidewalls 268, 272 to define an enclosure for the generator 10. A cover 277 overlies the enclosure and includes an upper wall 278 and a lower wall 279. The lower wall 279 engages the sidewalls 268, 272 and the endwalls 274, 276. The upper wall 278 and the lower wall 279 cooperate to define a plurality of intake apertures 280 that communicate with an engine intake shroud 282. A sealing member 283 is coupled to an inlet ring 284 and engages the lower wall 279. The inlet ring 284 is in turn coupled to the intake shroud 282 such that air is guided from the intake apertures, between the upper and lower walls 278, 279 and into the engine shroud 282. Air that flows through the engine shroud 282 is used both to cool the engine 18 and as engine intake air for mixing with engine fuel in a carburetor (not shown) or other air/fuel mixing device.
Air flows over the engine 18 and in particular flows past the engine cylinder and cylinder head assembly 285 for cooling thereof. Some of the air is guided away from the engine and out of the housing 252 by an engine exhaust duct 286, while the remainder of the air flows out of the housing 252 via louvers 288 defined in the sidewalls 268, 272 and the endwall 274. The engine exhaust duct 286 communicates with a plurality of louvers 290 defined by the endwall 274, through which the air exits the housing 252.
The engine exhaust duct 286 also guides air over an engine exhaust assembly or muffler 292. The engine exhaust duct 286 defines an opening through which the muffler 292 extends such that air flowing toward the endwall 274 and out of the housing 252 passes over the muffler 292 for cooling thereof. In addition, the air flowing past the muffler 292 entrains the exhaust gasses that are expelled from the muffler 292 during engine operation such that the exhaust gasses are more efficiently removed from the housing 252.
A pair of alternator inlet manifolds 294 provides communication between some of the louvers 288 defined in the sidewalls 268, 272 and the bottom of the rear bearing carrier 155. As such, cooling air is drawn through the alternator inlet manifolds 294 and into the alternator 22 by the fan 148 during generator operation. The cooling air flows upwardly through the alternator 22, exits through the airflow openings 152 defined by the mounting member 74, and flows out of the housing 252 via some of the louvers 288 in the sidewalls 268, 272.
The engine shroud 282 and the engine exhaust duct 286 cooperate to define a first path for cooling air that primarily cools the engine 18. The alternator inlet manifolds 294, alternator end cover 154, and mounting member 74 cooperate to define a second path for cooling air that primarily cools the alternator 22. By providing two at least partially isolated flow paths through the housing 252, overall cooling is improved.
Various features of the invention are set forth in the following claims.
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You can hear the waves breaking on Rotherslade beach from Bay View Apartment in Langland. It is in a wonderful location for your relaxing holiday on Gower. The Apartment is only 100 meters from the 'Blue Flag' family beaches of Rotherslade and Langland. You can have breakfast on the sun terrace of the Rotherslade cafe overlooking the beach, have lunch in the Surfside cafe overlooking Langland and then have dinner in Langland Brasserie, a conservatory style restaurant also overlooking the beach. Langland Bay Golf course is a ten minute walk away. The Gower Coastal Path is on your doorstep, you can stroll round to Caswell Bay in one direction or in the other the lighthouse and Limeslade Bay and on to Mumbles. If you are feeling energetic you can walk all the way around the Gower Peninsula or simply open your door and be sitting on the golden sand of Rotherslade Bay two minutes later. This beautifully renovated first floor apartment has all the advantages of the generous proportions of a period property with the comfort and finish of a modern renovation. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a contemporary open plan living area with a kitchen, dining area, sofas and sea views.
The main living area is open plan and tastefully finished with polished wood flooring, and stylish furniture. A newly fitted kitchen has granite worktops and integrated appliances. There is a dining table with seating for six and leather three piece suite arranged around a flat screen television. The room has a large bay window and juliet balcony. The large windows take advantage of the view as well flooding the room with daylight and you can open the Juliet balcony doors to enjoy the breeze off the sea as you sit at the dining table
There is a large master bedroom with a very stylish en-suite shower room. The second bedroom is a twin and the third contains children's bunk beds (2'6" x 5'9"). There is a lovely family bathroom with separate shower enclosure and quality fixtures and fittings.
The apartment is nearing completion and we will be adding more photography of the furnished bedrooms over the coming weeks. It is available from the Easter holidays.
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|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
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|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites
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|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
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The Gower offers a dramatic and varied landscape. The numerous beautiful bays of golden sand and secluded coves are linked by a coastal path allowing you to explore the entire coast of the peninsular. Sandy beaches backed by dunes and dramatic limestone cliffs are found on South and West Gower. To the North of the peninsular the landscape changes to salt marshes and there are many nature reserves providing a bird watcher's paradise.
Often compared to the Bay of Naples, Swansea Bay is a five mile sweep of golden sand linking the Swansea Maritime Quarter and Mumbles Head. A beautiful panorama of sea and water. Running the length of the bay is a promenade ideal for a stroll or cycle ride. If you aren't feeling energetic a trip on the Swansea Bay Rider might be just the ticket. The Swansea Bay Rider is a land train which runs between Southend Gardens in Mumbles and Blackpill Lido on bank holiday weekends in May and throughout the Summer.
Close to Mumbles are the popular beaches of Langland and Caswell Bay, The Blue Flag Beach of Langland is very accessible, with ramps at both ends of the bay allowing pushchairs onto the beach. A beautiful curving bay with Victorian beach huts and palm trees. There's ample parking and three eateries, one an upmarket licensed Brasserie and two beach side cafes with everything from bacon sandwiches to buckets and spades. This is a popular surfers venue with a designated swimmers area and life guards on duty. There are rock pools galore for the children and lovely golden sand.
Caswell is a beautiful Blue Flag beach with a large car park and its own beachside cafe as well as a snack bar and beach shop. There is a life guard in attendance during the summer months and a surf school in operation. Out of season this beach becomes a surfers paradise.
Travelling further onto the Gower Peninsula the stunning secluded bay of Three Cliffs is one of the most photographed locations on Gower and was recently featured on the television programme Britain's Favourite View. Wonderful golden sands backed on one side by high dunes which are perfect for sunbathing.
In 2007 The Travel Magazine named Oxwich beach the most beautiful in Britain, describing it as "magnificent and unspoilt" and as a "great place for adults and children to explore". There is a wide range of habitats with the beach backed by salt marshes, woodland and sand dunes. Oxwich is a wonderful beach for swimming and water sports. Its position facing South East means that the water is particularly calm and perfectly suited for windsurfing, kayaking, waterskiing and power boating, all of which is on offer on this popular beach. There is car parking directly behind the western end of the beach and this along with toilets and a kiosk means it is a very accessible and convenient beach.
The last city before rural Wales, Swansea, boasts an Olympic swimming pool, The National Waterfront Museum and the Museum of Transport. Let us not forget the Grand Theatre, the LC2 water park, a Casino and two multi-screen cinemas. There are several festivals including 'Escape to the Park' a dance music event held in Singleton Park, this venue also hosts the BBC Proms in the Park . The ever growing Swansea Bay Summer festival runs throughout the summer with live music, theater, children's entertainment and sports events. Many events are free but it is worth remembering to book in advance for the international artists who perform in the festival.
Wales' second city Swansea nestles around the crescent shaped Swansea bay with its miles of golden sand.
The restoration of Wind street, (pronounced Wine), hints of the past wealth of the city with its beautiful buildings transformed from banks into bars and restaurants. This street has become world famous as a party venue.
The Maritime Quarter, an internationally awarded architectural project, combines the beautiful architecture of the waterfront which survived the German bombs with a new marina development including galleries, museums cafes and bars. The development, which was praised by Prince Charles for its sympathetic architecture has greatly enhanced the city and strengthened it's links with the waterfront.
There are many beautiful places to see within the environs of the city. The Vivian family, who accumulated great wealth through copper smelting in the 19th century, spent a good deal of that money developing the grounds of their estates; notably Clyne Castle and Singleton Abbey. These properties and their gardens and parklands were subsequently acquired by the city of Swansea. Clyne Gardens is extremely beautiful with many rare Azaleas and Rhododendrons as well as ancient trees . Singleton Park houses a stunning walled Botanical Garden surrounded by beautifully landscaped parklands sloping gently towards the sea. Swansea's position on the edge of the Gower means it is perfectly placed as a tourist destination.
Langland - Has many loverly houses with views over the sea. Just a little way out of the busy centre of Mumbles. This area benefits from the two most popular and child friendly beaches in the area, Langland and Rotherslade. Connected at low tide but each with its own charm and character.
Rotherslade, or Little Langland, is a small cove with interesting rock formations and caves. Steep steps lead down from a cafe terrace to the beach. So if you don't feel energetic have a coffee and admire the view.
Langland Bay itself is more accessible, with a slip allowing pushchairs onto the beach. A curving bay with Victorian beach huts and palm trees. Ample parking and three eateries, one an upmarket licensed Brasserie and the other two beach side cafes with everything from bacon sandwiches (to dream about) to buckets and spades. A surfers venue with a designated swimmers area with life guards on duty. Rock pools galore and lovely golden sand, watch the world go by whilst you eat your sarnie.
At one end of the beach is Langland Golf club which borders the path that leads across the cliffs to Caswell Bay and the rest of Gower. There is another excellent cafe at Caswell to spur you on to Brandy Cove and Pwll Du Bay. Don't get carried away as the path continues around the whole of Gower to Worm's Head and beyond to the LLougher Estuary.
Easy walking (if a bit uphill) to Mumbles itself from Langland Bay. Langland is an excellent location from which to venture out to the rest of the Gower. A drink outside the Langland Brasserie might persuade you to stay put.
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20 Feb 2014
"Great flat in a beautiful location"
The flat had just been renovated so was clean and in excellent condition. It is right by the sea and the Gower coastal path so you can just set off on beautiful walks from the flat. We had a great time there and are hoping to return very soon.
Thank you for your review. Bay View Apartment is one of our most popular properties and we glad you enjoyed! We look forward to seeing you on Gower again soon. ^DB
1 Sep 2013
"Wonderful apartment in a wonderful location"
We had a fantastic week staying at the Bay View Apartment. The location is perfect, right next to the beach and a short walk/drive from Mumbles high street. We used to live very close to the apartment and moved away 2 years ago so it was lovely to be back in the area, so close to all the great family attractions and restaurants. The apartment was perfect for the 4 of us, it was nicely decorated, very clean and had all the things we could need for a weeks stay. We'll definitely be staying again. Thank you
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While Rails doesn't prevent you from creating a well-architected application, it certainly doesn't give you everything you need. This is not so bad if your application is incredibly simple, but for anything of moderate complexity (and I would argue that any app someone is paying you to produce is going to be moderately complex), Rails leaves a lot of architectural decisions to you.
† Use Bower for Managing Front-end Assets in Rails
By yours truly, on the GrowingDevs blog, giving you some more reasons and help on using Bower instead of RubyGems for managing your front-end assets in Rails:
Use Bower for managing front-end assets in Rails
Rails 4.0.4 depends on version 2.2.x of the jquery-rails gem which in turn bundles 1.9.1 of JQuery. Does that make any sense? The latest official release of angular-ui-bootstrap-rails is 0.9.0, which is at least a version behind the current release of the Angular UI bootstrap directives. When will it be updated? chosen-rails version 1.1.0 bundles an old version of chosen-jquery that has never been officially released. What?
The state of front-end assets in RubyGems is almost comical. Please start using Bower.
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I've been doing a bit of AngularJS at work, and getting it all working with Rails, the asset pipeline, testing, and deployment was quite a challenge. It wasn't so much difficult to do, but difficult to uncover the right information. So, I decided to compile it all in a nice tutorial and post it as a free mini-ebook, in web form, also known as a website1.
From angular-rails.com:
Once you're familiar enough with Angular to start building an app, you'll find there are a lot of unanswered questions:
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- How do I manage all these JavaScript dependencies?
- What challenges will there be in the production environment not present in the development environment?
Check it out, start making some awesome Angular apps with Rails, and correct any mistakes you find.
- I have a longer-term goal to make this an actual e-book, but for now, I wanted to get it out and get feedback ↩
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If I could sum up the best programmers I've worked with in a sentence, it would be:
They know what to build and they know how build it
The later is almost trivial to achieve compared to the former, but without both, you won't be doing your best work.
❺➠ What Rails Says About Your Application Design
Rails isn't the only part of your application where design decisions are made. The developers of Rails aren't the only developers whose past experience can be used to make design decisions. You have experience, too. And it's that experience that must drive your design process.
A Defense of Ivars in Rails Controllers
Had a discussion with another developer at a meetup about testing Rails controllers. I test controllers a lot. In fact, I start most new features with a controller test. I also use ivars as the means of passing data from controller to view. Ex-colleague Adam Keys recently wrote a good piece about not using ivars:
If you stick with ivars long enough, you're going to end up with two kinds of misadventures. Most commonly, you'll wonder why @user is nil for some view or edge case… This leads to the second misadventure: where did this @user thing come from2?
He then goes onto propose creating methods, since it makes testing and experimentation easier.
Personally, I would find this far more confusing. Ruby's tagline could be "where did that come from?". You can't write Ruby
grepping. A lot. And the string "@user" is going to be a lot easier to grep for than "current_user".
Finding "@user =" moreso.
But this is all beside the point. Fighting controllers and avoiding ivars unnecessarily adds complexity to Rails to solve a problem that is created not by Rails but by bad programming practices. Hiding those practices behind methods, helpers, and objects is just that - hiding. If want to avoid sloppy controllers and views, don't fight Rails, instead do this:
- Adjust your mindset about what Controllers are.
- Adhere to three simple practices when writing controllers and views.
What Rails Controllers Really Are
Stop thinking of controllers as regular objects/classes in the traditional Ruby sense. The way they are written, tested, and
used gives no indication that they are conventional. Instead, think of controllers as
namespaces for functions, each having a single input—
params—whose purpose is to render a view given some data:
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As Rails is a DSL for making web applications, it uses the "specialness" of a controller to abstract away boilerplate so that all we need to write is what's specific to our application.
First, there's no need to have
params passed in explicitly:
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Next, we can automatically handle rendering:
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Finally, we can condense the passing of values to mere assignment:
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This description of what controllers really are is borne out in a canonical controller test:
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If you are comfortable using
let to assign values in RSpec, you should be totally OK with this.
Because a controller isn't a conventional object or class, but is instead a namespace for functions, it has no need of ivars. Knowing this, Rails co-opts the ivar mechanism to make our lives easier and our code easier to read and write. That you can declare an ivar anywhere in a controller and that doing so causes confusion is your problelm, not Rails. Avoiding ivars in favor of a custom mechanism seems more difficult in the long run than just making a commitment to just three simple practices.
Three Practices to Keep Your Controllers and Views Clean
When you take care with your views and controllers, the Rails Way results in code that is easy to read and modify.
Assign ivars only in controller actions or, if you must, filters.
Since your controller methods should be short, as should your filters, you can easily see all ivars assigned by a controller in one screenful of text. Yes, you can assign ivars anywhere you want. Don't do that. You wouldn't do that in any other class in your system, so why does the ability to do it in controllers necessitate a deviation from Rails idioms?
Assign as few ivars as possible.
Ideally, you have a single type describing the contract between controller action and view and that value is always expected to have a value. If that "type" isn't a database-backed ActiveRecord model, you know what: spend 60 seconds making a class. If it takes you longer to create a model describing what your view expects, sharpen your tools.
But, there's a reason I didn't say "Assign one ivar". Sometimes you need orthogonal data, such as reference data for select boxes, and assigning it in the controller as a second ivar can end up being much simpler that either putting it into your model object or as a helper.
Do not use ivars in partials.
This is usually the source of a lot of confusion and problems in Rails views. It's not the fault of Rails, but it's another bad programming practice. Using ivars in partials is akin to this Ruby code:
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Treat calls to
render partial: as a method call and pass in arguments that that partial needs to work. Design that partial to
require (and document) what should be passed in. Inside a view, think of ivars as global data. We don't use global data to pass
arguments to methods.
It may seem braindead to write
render partial:'form', locals: { user: @user }, but you will thank yourself later
for spending 5 seconds being explicit. The partial can now be moved around and re-used easily, because its contract is explicit.
Don't Fear ivars - Fear Bad Coding Practices
These rules are incredibly simple to follow, and make your code easy to write, read, and maintain. Your controller tests are easy to write, and your partials can be easily extracted if needed.
You see time and time again that Rails conventions are designed around making readable and maintainable code in the context of good programming practices. Rails was never intended to make it hard to write bad code, but to make us productive. If we are comfortable making a mess and ignoring years of lessons learned about programming, Rails isn't going to help us.
† Rails Application Templates
I'm posting more "how to do things" posts on the Stitch Fix Tech Blog, and here's another one on how to effectively use Rails Application Templates:
The ability to quickly create and deploy an application is crucial to avoiding a monolithic architecture…Rails provides a handy feature called application templates that allows you to script the creation of a new applications with whatever boilerplate you need.
† Presenters: Delegation vs Just Making a Struct
I posted another blog entry at the Stitch Fix tech blog, this one on using simple structs instead of delegation for adapting your data for web views:
This is another way of saying that we get better, simpler code, without almost the same effort, if we just create a basic class instead of using delegation.
† Startup Engineering Team Super Powers
New post by yours truly on the Stitch Fix Tech Blog about some handy abilities and skills a start-up tech team needs to succeed: Startup Engineering Team Super Powers:
So far, we've been able to avoid creating a single monolithic application, and have been consistently delivering and deploying solutions to our users. I believe this is because we've developed a set of "super powers" which have been extremely helpful, and I believe these powers will keep our team and technology healthy for years to come.
Org Charts and Diff Production
Square's @jackdanger wrote a great post on his blog titled "The Upside Down Org Chart." It's a great read on improving how reasonably-sized companies are structured. His use of a tree that expands upwards, showing how management supports subordination, is genius. It visually explains the role of management:
For a tech company to describe their structure this way requires some humility from the leadership. It requires accepting that senior positions must be evaluated based on the support given to individuals on the team rather than the support given to the CEO or executives. But it makes the structure one in which nothing is extracted from the laborers – indeed it provides help that an individual could not find working alone.
His blog post's description of traditional top-down management structures brought back memories of teams I've been on that, despite having favorable org charts, were unpleasant. The problem was that I was treated as (and acted like) a producer of diffs, rather than a problem-solver.


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Investigators believe the burglars entered the home some after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12 and early Sunday, April 13.
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Honestly, my game on a good day is like a poor man's Blake. I hit relatively flat, hard and deep shots. I am able to hit with much more top spin, but I seem to always try to finish the point with flat shots to the corners. I need to learn patience and more of the european game, I think.
It's a miracle that you're able to hit flat and hard without doing something bad to your arm/shoulder. Right now your FH swing is much like a shortened version of a baseball swing - coming under the ball with open racket face and scooping over, hoping that you did get some spin on the ball - I can't believe for a second that you can finely control how much spin you put on the ball. Also the way you hit, you have to sort of torque the racket down and around the elbow - its very hard to control a movement like that. Its the kind of movement pros use to smash the ball out of the stadium at the end of a match
Couple of adjustments you can take or leave -
keep the racket and elbow far away from your body all the time (prep, swing, follow thru) - imagine there's an air cushion separating you from your elbow.
Attack the ball with the racket handle, your thumb, and the top edge of your racket, with this whole unit far away from the body and in front of the plane of the chest. What this does is it locks in a good racket angle taht you can consistently hit the ball with. It should feel like youre compressing the ball to a pancake, and not slapping it, and no matter how hard you swing, the ball will stay somewhere close to in.
Dimitrov forehand should be a good model for you - he hits a flat ball but still plenty of spin and good modern elements:
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Inn Villa Nina - La Spezia
Via Delle Cinque Terre 3 - La Spezia1-877-662-6988
Welcome to Villa Nina!
This La Spezia townhouse offers free Wi-Fi and a garden.
The reception desk is open during limited hours of the day.
We enjoyed our stay at Villa Nina. The owner was very nice and his daughter adora...Venere Guest, Italy
These reviews have been left by customers who actually stayed at this hotel
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Inn Facilities at Villa Nina
- Luggage room
- Free parking
- Internet/Email services
- Garden
- Pets accepted
Know before you go
- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
- A resort fee is included in the total price displayed.
- Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
Check-in: between 12:30 PM and 6 PM.
Check-out: before 10 AM.
There is no after-hours reception at this property. Guests arriving late won't be able to check in until the next morning.
PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
City tax and/or any other fees charged by the hotel
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pet fee: EUR 0 per pet, per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the hotel:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.50 per person, per night, up to 5 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
The charges below are included in your overall room price:
- Resort fee
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Villa Nina Inn reviews
- July 2013
- Venere Guest
- Italy
We enjoyed our stay at Villa Nina. The owner was very nice and his daughter adorable! The view overlooks the military base and shipyard, providing some nice views of the ships and the port. The rooms were really nicely furnished and very clean and comfortable. Some other people didn't like that you had breakfast in the room, but we loved that part of it. It is nice to be able to stay in your pajamas and drink your coffee while you leisurely get ready. I would love more hotels to do this too! The only thing we recommend is that you have a car to get there. It is not very convenient at all unless you have a car or know the buses. Also, there are no restaurants around the Villa, so you must walk back from the city center. This is not a comment on the hotel, just advice if you do not have a car :o) I would stay there again, but only if I had my own car.
- July 2008
- Venere Guest
- Belgium
Nice appartment, but surprising that it is a private property with lodging and not a hotel. Breakfast is very poor, and not worth mentioning; this makes rooms too expensive for what they really offer. Towels were not changed at arrival.
- May 2008
- Venere Guest
- Couple
- Switzerland
It's to expensive, related with the size of the room and the type of breakfast...
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Book your pet-friendly accommodation at Villa Nina, offering 6 guest rooms with climate control. Business travelers visiting the La Spezia area will have access to desks and safes.
Private bathrooms are outfitted with bidets and complimentary toiletries. Refrigerators and hair dryers are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs.
Accommodation Services
- Mini fridge
- Hairdryer in each room
- Safe
- Desk
- Individually controlled air conditioning
Distances from Inn Villa NinaMuseo Tecnico Navale - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Church of Santa Maria Assunta - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Museo Civico Etnografico Giovanni Podenzana - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Museo Diocesano - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Amadeo Lia Museum - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Palazzina delle Arti e Museo del Sigillo - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Castello San Giorgio - 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
Museo del Castello di San Giorgio - 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Neve - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Salute - 1.4 km / 0.9 mi
Ferry Terminal - 1.7 km / 1 mi
Cattedrale di Cristo Re - 1.7 km / 1.1 mi
Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti - 1.9 km / 1.2 mi
Sporting Beach - 4.9 km / 3 mi
The preferred airport for Villa Nina is Genoa (GOA-Cristoforo Colombo) - 84.4 km / 52.4 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 km and mile.
Transportation services Guest House Villa Nina
- Free parking
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The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court was solemnly signed by representatives of (most of) the European Union member states in Brussels on 19 February 2013, and is now therefore more than two years old. Its entry into force is quietly prepared by working groups in the Preparatory Committee, in consultation with national patent offices.
This case concerns the NOW trade mark for the claimants' internet television service in Hong Kong. The registered mark had been held to be descriptive and therefore invalid.
With the introduction of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which is envisaged for 2016, Europe will finally see a single patent for 24 countries and a single court at European level to enforce both the new Unitary Patent and traditional European patents.
Bird & Bird has achieved a number of impressive accolades in the 2015 edition of the Who's Who Legal 100 guide.
Our firm was named Law firm of the Year for Technology, Media and Telecommunications; Law firm of the Year for Sport; Law firm of the Year for Patents and Law firm of the Year for Life Sciences- Patent Litigation.
Overall in Chamber Europe 2015 we achieved 89 firm rankings for our offices across Europe, and 151 lawyer rankings, 15 of which were new for this edition. Overall in Chamber Europe 2015 we achieved 89 firm rankings for our offices across Europe, and 151 lawyer rankings, 15 of which were new for this edition.
RT @twobirds: We've applied to the Luxembourg Bar for approval to open an office in Luxembourg: http://t.co/Y3bvvjTTA0 http://t.co/LkCtlT9R…
Starbucks (Hong Kong) Ltd and others v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc. Supreme Court opts to maintain status quo http://t.co/0uX1dSAmBo
RT @twobirds: We've been named firm of the year for TMT, Sports, Patents & Life Sci by @whoswholegal! http://t.co/QJY0FfoVD7 http://t.co/TA…
RT @twobirds: Read: our take on the @EU_Commission's new #DigitalSingleMarket strategy http://t.co/MALPdyk0Pn http://t.co/oSkIk4ZCJ8
The Unitary Patent Package is consistent with European Union Law – Spanish appeals rejected. Read our comments here http://t.co/zWcqY97CHC
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