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When you use UML models as the blueprints for a system, or as input to a transformation -- for example, in Model Driven Architecture (MDA) -- a key for success is to provide appropriate levels of precision within the model. A proven approach to add precision to a model is through the use of constraints and OCL. However, refining class models with textual constraints is a time-consuming and error-prone task. At worst, constraint specifications can be inadvertently inconsistent because of contradictory constraints.
When you pursue a Model Driven Development (MDD) approach to software development, your success consistently relies on the use of abstractions. As such, you can look to use a number of models when creating a solution. Each of the models exists at a particular level of abstraction, highlighting certain aspects of the solution while leaving out details that are unimportant at that moment. In some cases, you can use automation to migrate between the levels of abstraction.
Typically, you use your models for three key purposes:
- Capturing or documenting a design
- Communicating a solution to others
- Generating other artifacts
However, you often neglect (or are unable) to add in the appropriate level of precision into your models. As such, this restricts the effectiveness of models in all three categories. In the case of documenting a design, the value of the design is limited by how precise the model is. When you communicate with others, if the model is not precise enough, then it is open to multiple interpretations. Finally, in the case of generating artifacts from the model, a lack of precision in the model will limit the detail and completeness of the output, increase the complexity of associated automations, or both.
You can increase model precision through the specification and assemblage of model constraints. Model constraints are constraints that restrict models and their elements, further elaborating the intentions of the modeler. These constraints annotate models with an additional strengthening layer of semantics beyond what is expressible solely in base UML.
IBM has developed a novel MDD and pattern-based engineering (PBE) process, along with associated tooling, which simplifies and automates the use of constraints within a model. This means that you are able to overcome the hurdles that dissuade modelers from using constraints. This process and tooling lowers the skill requirement for using constraints, simplifies the application of constraints, and does so in such a way that the constraints are applied in a consistent manner. Applying constraints in a consistent manner means that you have a set of constraints that does not contain any contradictory constraints.
The core of this process comprises a pattern-based approach that allows you to refine class models with constraints while preserving the consistency of the models. Because the success of MDD strongly depends on tool support, this set of plug-ins for IBM Rational Software Architect enables consistency-preserving refinement of UML class models with constraints in the Object Constraint Language (OCL) [1]. These plug-ins are bundled as the IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis asset. This article gives you an overview of its features and benefits. In addition, if you are interested in building your own patterns within Rational Software Architect, these patterns and automations will provide you with an idea of what is possible.
Overview of IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis
The IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis tool supports you in developing concise and consistent constraint specifications for class models. This results in models that are more precise, leading to:
- Better Communication
- Improved Designs
- Successful generation of related artifacts
The tool is comprised of four key components that enable you to achieve these results. These components are built to take advantage of a number of components from Rational Software Architect, as well as the underlying Eclipse platform. The components and supporting Rational Software Architect elements are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis components
Constraint Elicitation
When developing software, you often look to use patterns -- proven best practice solutions to known problems, within a given context -- as you build your solution. It is also important to keep in mind that there can be anti-patterns. An anti-pattern is a proven worst practice, such as "violating object state encapsulation with publicly exposed instance variables." As such, you look to leverage patterns while avoiding anti-patterns.
Typically, an anti-pattern naturally leads to one or more patterns that can be applied to remedy the undesirable situation. To remedy the previously mentioned anti-pattern, you can "hide the exposed instance variables and provide publicly exposed mutator and accessor methods as appropriate to access the object state."
The constraint elicitation component searches class models for occurrences of predefined anti-patterns. These anti-patterns comprise model elements that are too loosely defined, and thus potentially require refinement by adding textual constraints.
An example of an anti-pattern is an unlimited bound for the upper multiplicity of an association end (typically denoted by an asterisk). However, the multiplicity of associations often is not arbitrary, but depends on attribute values, which cannot be expressed with graphical modeling languages such as UML class models.
The Constraint Elicitation tab, shown in Figure 2, displays a view in which the analysis results (a listing of the anti-patterns detected) are presented in a table.
Figure 2. Detected anti-patterns
Each result comprises a context (for example, the class that matches an anti-pattern), and a description of the problem. Not all results represent actual problems; however, you should browse the list, ignore irrelevant results, and react to actual problems. To this end, each analysis result offers a context menu from which a pattern solution for the respective problem can be automatically instantiated, as explained in the following subsection.
Repository of Constraint Patterns
Constraints are not used as often as they should be when you model solutions. The reasons for this omission vary, but can include the following:
- Awareness: People are not aware of constraints and the value that they add to a model
- Time: People know that they should use constraints, but it can be time consuming to add them to the model
- Expertise: Even having time and awareness, some will not use constraints because they lack the expertise to use them correctly. This can include both constraints in general (for instance, not knowing what makes a good constraint), as well as a lack of knowledge regarding how to implement a constraint in a model.
To address these issues, IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis provides a repository of constraint patterns that encapsulate the expertise needed to easily and quickly add constraints to a model. Constraint patterns 7 are predefined constraint expressions that can be instantiated and subsequently configured for developing constraints in a concise way. They are an important complement to the constraint elicitation component, because you can couple each anti-pattern with a set of constraint patterns that can be instantiated to eliminate anti-patterns in the model.
Figure 3 provides an overview of the patterns supported by IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis.
Figure 3. Supported Patterns
Rational Software Architect provides a framework for arbitrary patterns with a standardized interface, both internally for developers and externally for users. IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis builds on this framework and adds the library of composable constraint patterns introduced in Model-Driven Constraint Engineering7. This library is also extensible, which makes it possible to add further constraint patterns in the future.
Furthermore, your library of constraint patterns contains dependencies between each pair of patterns. To this end, you store with each pattern the assumptions under which the pattern can be instantiated in a consistency-preserving way. Whenever a parameter value of a pattern instance is changed, IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis evaluates whether the instance preserves the consistency of the model.
Consistency Analysis
To this point, this article has discussed components that find issues with a model, and then make it quick and easy to fix them through constraint pattern application. However, you also need to ensure that the constraints within a model are applied consistently. Therefore, IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis provides a consistency analysis that warns of inconsistencies in a given pattern-based constraint specification. Inconsistencies occur when constraints contradict each other. For example, the constraints
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The analysis uses the consistency assumptions stored in the pattern repository. For each pattern, the analysis checks whether the assumptions hold or not. In the first case, the constraint specification is consistent; in the second case, no statement about consistency can be made.
Code Generation
Rational Software Architect contains a transformation framework that provides support for developing and executing model transformations. IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis builds on this framework and provides model transformations that transform pattern instances into sentences in a formal language.
So far, you have implemented a transformation to OCL according to Model-Driven Constraint Engineering7. However, IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis can be easily extended with transformations to specification languages such as Alloy, Eiffel, or Java™ Modeling Language (JML).
Using IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis
At a high level, when using IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis, you see a workflow as depicted in Figure 4.
Figure 4. Elicitation, specification, analysis, and then generation
When using the tool within Rational Software Architect, you will interact with its components in the following views, shown in Figures 5, 6, and 7.
Figure 5. Pattern Explorer
Figure 6. Constraint Elicitation view
Figure 7. Diagram Editor (Model Explorer)
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An example pattern that is included is NoCyclicDependency. This pattern is used to forbid cyclic dependencies between model elements (for example, there is no link from one object to itself).
Figure 8 shows a screenshot of Rational Software Architect with the IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis plug-ins. The largest view contains a small class model and an instance of the NoCyclicDependency pattern. In this view, models can be manipulated and pattern instances be parameterized via drag-and-drop. Underneath, the Constraint Elicitation view shows the results of the constraint elicitation component. As explained, constraint patterns can be instantiated from this view using each item's context menu.
Figure 8. Screenshot of the IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis prototype
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The bottom part of the window contains two more views. First, the results of the consistency analysis are shown in the bottom left part in the Problems view of Rational Software Architect. The second view is the aforementioned Pattern Explorer, which displays available patterns along with a description, and provides a drag-and-drop instantiation mechanism.
Following is a typical scenario for using IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis.
Consider the following simple class diagram, shown in Figure 9. A quick glance at the diagram may lead the modeler to think that they have successfully modeled the relationship between Managers and Employees. However, as the model currently stands, it would be possible for a Manager to work for himself or herself. An experienced modeler may find this issue quickly, but others may not notice until after the code is generated.
Figure 9. Employee and Manager relationship diagram
If you are comfortable in writing OCL, you can add a note to the model detailing the fact that a manager cannot manage herself, as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10. No cyclic dependency allowed for property.
You have now added yet another level of required expertise. In addition to spotting the anti-pattern and knowing how to fix the solution, you also need to know how to detail the solution using OCL.
In contrast, by using IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis, you can greatly simplify this scenario as follows:
- Use the Constraint Elicitation to identify anti-patterns in your model. In this case, the tool notes that you have a cyclic dependency in the model, as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11. List of anti-patterns
- Use one of the provided remedial patterns to fix the issue, as shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12. NoCyclicDependency model element
- Use the consistency analysis feature to ensure that you have used constraints consistently in your model (this is overkill in this simple example, but included here for completeness).
- Generate the necessary constraint in OCL, as shown in Figures 13a and 13b.
Figure 13a. No cyclic dependency allowed
Figure 13b.
- There is a cheat sheet that is installed with IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis that guides you (as a developer) through the whole process. You can display the cheat sheet by choosing Help > Cheat Sheets.
- In the Other category, you can find a cheat sheet labeled Refine class models with constraint patterns, as shown in Figure 14. Click OK.
Figure 14. Select the cheat sheet to open
- A new view containing the cheat sheet opens, as shown in Figure 15. The cheat sheet guides you step-by-step through the whole process. Please consult the Rational Software Architect documentation if you need help with using cheat sheets.
Figure 15. Refine class models with constraint patterns Cheat Sheet
Conclusion and Future Work
This article has presented IBM Constraint Patterns and Consistency Analysis, an extension to Rational Software Architect that allows for consistent model refinement using constraint patterns. By using the tool, you are able to make your models more precise, which results in better designs, clearer communication, and better code generation. In addition, you are able to accomplish these results while lowering the skill requirements needed for creating more precise models.
The tool is compatible with other specification languages (instead of OCL) by implementing additional model transformations and leveraging those in the code generation process.
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- [1] Read the final OCL specification at the OMG Web site.
- [2] M. Wahler. Using Patterns to Develop Consistent Design Constraints. PhD thesis, ETH Zurich, 2008.
- [3] A. D. Brucker and B. Wolff. The HOL-OCL Book. Technical Report 525, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2006.
- [4] M. Gogolla, J. Bohling, and M. Richters. Validating UML and OCL Models in USE by Automatic Snapshot Generation. Software and Systems Modeling, 4(4):386â398, 2005.
- [5] Learn all about OCL in The Object Constraint Language. Second Edition by A. Kleppe and J. Warmer (Addison-Wesley, 2003).
- [6] Learn all about MDA in MDA Explained. The Model Driven Architecture: Practice and Promise by A. Kleppe, J. Warmer, and W. Bast (Addison-Wesley, 2003).
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Adding functions using the traditional Insert Function icon, Fx
Traditionally Excel users have been able to click the Fx icon just to the left of the formula bar to insert a function. If you have selected an empty cell and then click this icon, the Insert Function panel appears, with Excel's functions grouped by category. And for new users the first category "Most Recently Used" can be a good place to start exploring functions, as it contains popular functions such as AVERAGE and MAX. If you use a function from any other category, the function is also added to the "Most Recently Used" list, which changes with functions use. So one users "Most Recently Used" list will be different from another's.
The other categories contain functions by subject area, for example Date & Time functions and Financial functions. If you're not sure which category a function is in, you can select the All category and display them all in alphabetical order. If you choose All, you'll see that there are very many functions in a very long list.
To save lots of scrolling you can type the first characters of a function name and the list will auto match the characters you type. So if you type M all the functions starting with M will be listed. If you type M followed by A without a pause, all the functions starting with MA will be listed. So if you type the first characters of any function name without a pause between characters Excel will auto match the characters, making function selection very straightforward.
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In Excel 2007/2010 the new Formulas tab gives you a direct link to these same function categories, and also gives you a large Fx button to open the traditional functions pane, all within the functions library in the left side of the formulas tab. You can click the eight most commonly used categories directly, and all the functions within that category are displayed in a pop down list. If you click on More Functions you'll see a pop down showing five more specialised functions.
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Excel 2007/2010 lets you add a function another very easy way - by typing the function directly. If you type an equals sign = followed by the first letter of a function name, a pop down appears listing all the functions starting with that letter. Type a second letter and the pop down adjusts to show all functions starting with these two letters, and so on.
If you know how the function name is spelt, or the first part of the word, this can be the quickest way of all to add a function. Suppose you have typed an equals symbol, started typing a function name and triggered the pop down list of functions, and you then see the function you want in the list. To select it just double click it, and Excel completes the full function name followed by an open bracket. All you then do is complete the rest of the function, for example by dragging a range of cells if appropriate, type a close bracket and press Enter key.
Using the Insert Function for help on particular functions
If you select a cell already containing a function, and then click the Fx icon or button, the function panel will open with the help screen for that particular function. At the lower right of the panel you'll see a link "Help on this function". Click this and Excel will display its help pages for that particular function, without you having to wade through the complete Excel help system.
Hopefully you've found this article helpful in learning more about Excel functions. If you're interested in taking this further why not consider attending a training course? This can be a really effective way to learn lots more about Excel in a very short time.
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On August of this same year I found out that TWC was charging me for Showtime the whole time and when I called someone told me that she couldnt do anything about it because even if they told me that it was going to be free, the charge was showing on my bill every month and if I didnt see it before, it was not their fault, the only thing to do was to cancel the channel. No refunds or anything.
Now it is only October and TWC is trying to increase my bill by saying that my offer has expired and the internet speed increase will no longer be free. I am absolutely amazed by it because I was very specific when I said I didnt need an upgrade on internet speed and most of it because even if they say I got the upgrade there is nothing different about my internet now than from previews years when TWC wasnt offering this nonsense.
Last but not least, my DVR will no longer be free; if I want to keep it I have pay for it.
Time Warner Cable is taking advantage of its customers by promising Packages for a fixed price and then later on adds charges to your bill and prays that you wont notice.
Currently Time Warner Cable does not offer contracts, they do not honor their verbal agreements and customer service is a joke.
Obviously I will not remain a customer unless they start offering yearly contracts.
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"It would have been easier for her to get sober and stay sober. Instead she was with someone who, like her, wanted to party. To me, he never seemed to be a help to her in the way she needed."
Remembering Whitney came out two weeks before of the first anniversary of Houston's death. The 48-year-old singer drowned in a hotel bath in Beverly Hills, California. Authorities said her death was complicated by cocaine use and heart disease.
During a recent telephone interview, Cissy said she has no contact with Brown and did not see any reason to, not even concerning her granddaughter, Bobbi Kristina.
She reaffirmed her comments in the book that Whitney would have been better off without him. "How would you like it if he had anything to do with your daughter?" she said.
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Cissy said she wanted the book published so the world would not believe the worst about her daughter.
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WCHL Going Local All DayAugust 24, 2016 at 12:40 pm
As students return to campus and the Tar Heels prepare to take the field and chase the ACC championship, WCHL will be launching the next phase of its long history with a new state-of-the-art studio at University Place. A new app and redesigned website will soon be unveiled. And WCHL will now present local programming all day during […]
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Rev. Thomas Nixon is this week's Hometown Hero. He has been the pastor of St. Paul AME Church for 12 years. Recently, the members of St. Paul celebrated Rev. Nixon's 35 years in the ministry and 30 years as a pastor. His many awards and honors include Community Outreach Lamp Lighter Award from Radio One […]
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Local Businesses are lining-up to offer a Living Wage!
According to Susan Romaine of the Orange County Living Wage Project, A 'living wage' is the minimum amount that a worker must earn to afford their basic necessities, without public or private assistance.
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WCHL is celebrating D.G. Martin Day on Thursday. D.G. Martin connects readers, listeners, and viewers to books, politics, food, and the Tar Heel State. He writes columns, hosts Who's Talking on WCHL, and is the star of North Carolina Bookwatch on UNC-TV. Ron Stutts shares his thoughts on D.G. Martin: "Most people don't know this, but D.G. actually […]
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Keith Cochran is this week's Hometown Hero. Keith coached Rainbow Soccer teams for 30 years before recently retiring. He started in 1986 when his oldest son was 6. He coached both of his sons and they became assistant coaches as adults. He is stepping down now because he normally gets a group of kids and […]
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Leanne Joyce is this week's Hometown Hero. Leanne is the Founder and President of Positive Impact for Kids. The organization strives to improve the hospital experience for children and teenagers receiving inpatient medical care in the United States. Get more information on Positive Impact for Kids. Leanne is 16 years old and will be entering […]
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With the Opening Ceremonies tonight in Brazil; UNC is well represented! As WCHL's Blake Hodge reported last week in a story you can find on Chapelboro.com; there are 17 current and former Tar Heel athletes vying for Olympic gold in Rio.
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Kevin Shields is Friday's Hometown Hero. Kevin represents the Triangle Disability Awareness Council. He teaches others how to use technology and hosts his own radio station. He does all of that as a blind man. The Triangle Disability Awareness Council will celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Saturday at the Chapel […]


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The course starts with setting up the Drupal environment in Acquia and defines some basic principles of responsive design before moving on to creating a new Drupal theme with fluid layouts, fluid media, and responsive tables and forms. Chaz also covers writing media queries, which allow you to create different style sheets for each device type.
The course wraps up with a look at Respond.js and content-aware image sizing in Drupal—responsive design tools that can optimize your project for maximum performance.
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- Understanding fixed-width vs. fluid layouts
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One thing we probably don't think about much in the US anymore is bandwidth, and assuming that everyone must have fast speeds and with more users having mobile devices and 4G speed, why would we? How about other countries where bandwidth is not so fast? How does your website look on a mobile device in let's say Africa? How long does it take to load? Even though we've applied responsive techniques to our images for them to scale visually, we are still serving up a larger image file size. Let's remedy that by discussing context aware image sizing and a technique known as adaptive images.
Let's begin by browsing to drupal.org/projects/adaptive_image. The adaptive image module provides device- appropriate versions of images from all your fields. You can activate the adaptive images by simply adding an adaptive effect to any of your image styles. The technique used is derived from the adaptiveimages.com created by Matt Wilcox. Let's go ahead and scroll down the page and click on the zip file to download it. Once the download is complete, go ahead and open up your Downloads folder, double-click on the file to extract it, and then let's copy this to our Desktop/Drupal/drupal.responsive/sites/all/modules folder.
With the module in place, go ahead and close the download window, and let's tab back over to our responsive theme. Go ahead and log in, Username and Password all lowercase, the word admin, navigate to modules, and then scroll down the page until we find the module so that we can enable it. Here we go, Adaptive Image. Make sure it's checked, and then click on Save configuration. Unlike most modules, though, there is actually no configuration, so to speak. Instead, we actually need to go to Configuration > Image Styles, and we need to add a new preset for mobile devices.
We can do this by clicking on Add style, giving it a STYLE NAME of mobile, and the naming convention here is whatever you want to call it, but for my purposes, I'm going to call mobile and then click on Create new style. Underneath the Effects, go ahead and select Adaptive and then click Add. For the resolutions, these are actual breakpoints that we've been dealing with. For demonstration purposes, I'm going to go ahead and leave the resolutions as is. But if you have different breakpoints that you're theming against, this is where you would make those modifications. Notice the Mobile First has been checked.
This will send out to smallest version of the image when the resolution cannot be determined. Go ahead and click on Add effect. In order to utilize this effect, we need to go to Structure > Content Types, locate the content type that you want to use this against. In our case, the Article which is our blog post that is utilizing images. I then want to click on manage display, and for the Image field you see a little icon to the right. If I click on this, I can choose my mobile preset that I just configured. Go ahead and do that now, click Save, and you're done with the configuration portion.
Go ahead and click on Home, and then let's go ahead and click on Blog, and then go ahead and click actually on one of the blog posts themselves. What I'm going to do here is scroll up a little bit, and then I'm actually going to start resizing the page. And before, everything was fluid. Now you're actually going to see some different snapping take place. There is one, there is another, now it scales, and then it jumps back. So what's happening is it's actually doing an image replacement when you're seeing this snap based off the different breakpoints. So we're actually serving up a smaller file size of that image.
Scalable images both visually and physically are now capable depending on where your end user market is located and the time you want to spend in implementing context aware image sizing. With the adaptive image module, we're able to achieve that concept very easily and increase the performance of our design in mobile devices. The nice thing about this module is we don't have to create different sized images. By simply making that preset, those images are actually created for us and served up appropriately.


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Got your Nikes, fancy patterned leggings and slouchy racer-back vest combo down, but still lugging the (dodgy-smelling) gym bag you used for PE in your hockey days? Whether your priority is budget, label, genius pocket combos, or getting on-board the neon trend, put the finishing touch to your kit with one of these fashion-forward carry-alls.
1. Nylon Pack Cloth Gym Bag: £21, amazon
This brilliant no-frills water-resistant duffel bag is more than big enough for all your kit, towel included, at 50cm long and also scrunches down really small for storage when not in use. Our favourite part is the huge range of colours: if this neon coral isn't your cup of tea, you can get it in eighteen different strap-body combos.
2. Summer Lovin' Tote: £72, Lululemon
Yoga bunnies will particularly appreciate the straps on this, from the high-end active-wear brand, which unsnap to store your mat on the outside of the bag. There's also a waterproof pocket inside for your swimsuit (or really sweaty gear). We like this monochrome pen-stroke pattern to add a bit of interest to your bag without going OTT on colour, but you can also get it in plain black or abstract florals with coral straps.
3. Adidas by Stella McCartney Studio Bag: £84, Zalando
The best thing about this streamlined Stella McCartney number, aside from the slick black design and designer label, is the straps, which can be altered to carry over the shoulder or as a backpack. There's a separate shoe pocket at the bottom and a detachable pocket inside the main compartment for your valuables.
4. Hey Holla 'Off To The Gym' Bag: £18, Notonthehighstreet
For reluctant gym-goers who need a little egging-on, this canvas tote offers plenty of encouragement. It hasn't got lots of fancy features (just one small inner pocket for your valuables), but it more than makes up for it in colour – this orange or neon pink – and humour. Other slogans include 'Bend It Like Bikram' and 'Drop It Like A Squat'.
5. Sophia Tote: £145, Gymtote
If you work out en-route to the office and don't want to carry a separate handbag and gym bag, this genius faux-leather tote is well worth the price. Inside, it's divided in two, with work stuff on the top (including an A4 document pouch), and breathable, water-resistant sections for your gym stuff underneath. The main bottom compartment opens on the back, with separate sections for your water bottle and trainers on either side, and the small valuables pocket has an eyelet to feed your headphones through. The finishing touch is a sleeve for fixing your yoga matt on the base.
6. Adidas Versatile Colour Block Backpack: £17, John Lewis
This Adidas rucksack has the neon and colour-blocking trends all stitched up at a bargain price. There's an external zip pocket and a wet compartment inside for keeping soggy stuff separate, and it also comes in Rothko-eqsue shades of blue or orange, pale pink and black (nicer than it sounds).
7. The True Gym Bag: £52, Fabletics
Fabletics is an online subscription service that sells a curated selection of sportswear, co-founded by Kate Hudson, but non-'VIP's can still get their hands on pieces (albeit at a higher price). This bag is roomy – plenty of space for trainers, towel and a change of clothes – and made from soft, distressed-style grey polyester. The attention to detail is excellent, with padding on the (removable) shoulder strap to stop it cutting in and pockets inside and out, and the lime green zips give a bit of neon without going overboard.
8. Adidas Stellasport Print Tote: £40, John Lewis
If you can't quite stretch to paying full-whack for designer gear but love the style, Stellasport is the more affordable diffusion line of Adidas by Stella McCartney (sort of like Marc by Marc Jacobs, or L'Agent). This brand-print polyester bag has two different carrying straps and an interior compartment with a fastening tab, to keep smaller bits and pieces or electricals, and also comes in rucksack version.
Ok, it's not cheap, but if you're a regular gym-goer and willing to invest, the Sophia Tote is everything you could wish for to take you from work-out to office to post-work drinks. At the other end of the price spectrum, Adidas's colour block backpack offers no-frills practicality and a good burst of colour. Lululemon's mid-market tote is our favourite for it's combination of fun pattern, clever design and excellent value for money.
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PlayStation 4 Stars War Console Value Bundle
Cyber Monday Deal. You can find this on page 3 of the Walmart ad. Just $399 online!
Cyber Monday Deal. You can find this on page 3 of the Walmart ad. Just $399 online!
Available until Wednesday, GameStop is throwing in a free Star Wars Console Carrier Backpack when you purchase the PS4 Star Wars Battlefront Bundle for $349.99. This is a GameStop exclusive package, and quantities are limited.
Now Live as a part of GameStop's Pre-Black Friday sale through Wednesday. This exclusive bundle is available for $429.99 and also includes a free game. You will receive a PS4 1 TB console, Call of Duty Black Ops II game and Destiny: The Taken King. The stand is not included.
For the PlayStation 4. LIVE NOW at Amazon with FREE SHIPPING. Get this one while it's available, because this is better than a lot of the deals for the same game on Black Friday. This is the same price that most stores are offering it for on Black Friday, so WHY WAIT?
Online exclusives to GameStop, these Street Fighter bundles are here for a limited time only: Street Fighter V GameStop Collector Exclusive Bundle: Street Fighter V CE PS4 Street Fighter V Chun-Li Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 Free PlayStation Plus 3 Month Membership The Street Fighter V Complete Standard Bundle: Street Fighter V PS4 Street Fighter V Chun-Li Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 Free PlayStation Plus 3 Month Membership
LIVE NOW AT WALMART AND SHIPPED FOR FREE. The PlayStation 4 Disney Infinity 3.0 Limited Edition Star Wars 500GB Console Bundle is now available for a massive savings of $100 off. The ABSOLUTE Lowest Price of the Season!
Find it at the top of page 10 of the Walmart ad. While it appears to be the same price as every other store, Walmart actually has it for $1 cheaper! Overall, the discount is still $50, since they normally also sell it for a dollar cheaper at $349 as opposed to $349.99.
Found on page 10 of the Best Buy ad, you will find this bundle for the standard $299.99 price, and $50 discount that every other store is offering. This is by no means a bad deal, but it is not the best and you will be able to find it anywhere.
You will find this bundle at the top of page 43 of the Best Buy ad. This has been an odd bundle so far this year price wise. Sony recently dropped the price from $399.99 to $349.99, and many stores are selling it for the new price of $349.99 with no discount. Sam's Club is even selling it for $389, which is above the new price point! Keep an eye on this one to see if anything changes.
Found on page 6 of the Sam's Club ad, this Star Wars bundle appears to be a bit overpriced.. With a modest savings of only $10, there is not a ton of to get excited about, but it does include an extra controller, and will ship to your home for free. This isn't exactly a great deal, so skip this one if you find something else.


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Bigg Boss 6: Delnaaz's brother Bakhtiyaar blasts Rajev, Urvashi
It would be quite interesting to watch how two or three people, whose relationships are strained and broken, will react when they are made to stay together for some time. Colors' hit reality show Bigg Boss 6 may not be so interesting to watch when compared to its previous seasons. But it has brought one such above mentioned kind of relationship on the show.
The broken relationship of Rajev Paul and Delnaaz Irani, who are the contestants on Bigg Boss 6, has already been discussed several times in the house. Now, the makers of the show are all set to bring Delnaaz's brother Bakhtiyaar Irani on the show. Sources claim that Bakhtiyaar reportedly yells at everyone, except Aashka Goradia. His main target is Delnaaz's ex-husband Rajev Paul.
Bigg Boss 6 will have some new guests as a part of a new task named Freeze or Release, which makes the contestants meet some unexpected people. Sources from the production team say that in freeze position, the contestants cannot react, no matter how bad or good they feel at the moment.
As a guest, Bakhtiyaar Irani, who was contestant on Bigg Boss 6, will reportedly enter the Bigg Boss house today. The real fun begins as Bakhtiyar starts jibing everyone, especially Urvashi Dholakia, who keeps calling his sister Delnaaz as "saali moti". He reportedly says that he appreciates Ekta Kapoor's casting skills as she found a real vampire like Urvashi for her serials.
Meanwhile, Bakhtiyar Irani is said to target Rajev Paul. He reportedly tells Rajev to stop acting and lying to others about his attempts to apologise to Delnaaz, post their split, and rekindle their lost romance. He also blasts Rajev for flirting with Sana Khan, Mink Brar and Karishma Kotak, which looks cheap on TV.


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As soon as I got off the phone I got this awful feeling like "You just got scammed again" so I called my credit card company to quickly change my account number. They did. After about 7 - 10 days Net Success told me that my web site would be ready and that my own personal coach was going to call me and show me how to get started. The first gentlemen took me and showed me Net Success Better Business Bureau rating. It had wonderful reviews. I myself was not impressed because I was scammed once before and this "retired police officer" who also took me to the BBB too.
Net success called me immediately when they wanted my money but then when I had to call customer service no one answered, I was prompted to leave a message for possibly that same day but most likely the next business day! Whoa...some customer service huh? When I did finally speak with someone I told them I just wanted my money back and the gentlemen on the phone would not let me get a word in so I screamed over him and asked for a supervisor. The supervisor came on and said not to worry that I should check my very own web site out and reassured me that I have thirty days to get my full refund. I was not at all impressed with the web site it looked like an amatuer could have gotten it together. I called yet again thinking the longer I wait or if I even so much as talked to a coach they would not give me a full refund, saying that they built me a web site, I spoke with a coach, and no money for me....I spoke with the same gentlemen that wouldn't let me talk the first time, only this time he put me on hold and then came back and said that his supervisor said that if I want my money back I'd have to write a letter, stating the reason why. So I wrote the damb letter and mailed it. I haven't heard anything yet, so I called and filed a disbute with my credit card company. They said that once they receive the disbute form they will give Net Success LLC two weeks to refund my account and if they don't then they will refund my account and go after Net Success LLC with legal proceedings. Thank God I have a great credit card company. This was a last straw lesson. I will never trust "Work at Home" websites again! It took a lot of time and work and phone calls with people who just don't care about anything but money!
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club… (original 2012; edition 2012)
by Cheryl Strayed
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Dealing with her mother's death and the end of her marriage, a woman sets off to hike 1100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, despite never having done any backpacking before and, to be honest, not being all that prepared for the journey. And what a journey. The hardships she endures, the choices she makes, the people she meets, and most of all how she deals with her grief are all so fascinating, at once touching, funny, and gripping. The story is interspersed with memories, detailing the various events in her life that led her to this spot. The whole thing was incredibly inspiring and made me want to get out and explore more, but also convinced me that I am far too fond of modern comforts (plumbing in particular, but also my toenails) to enjoy backpacking. When I talk about nonfiction that reads like a novel, this is the kind of book I'm talking about. Watching Cheryl find her voice and her life path over the course of nearly 100 days in the wilderness was simply awesome. Highly recommended.
"Nothing did. Nothing would. Nothing could ever bring my mother back or make it okay that she was gone. Nothing would put me beside her the moment she died. It broke me up. It cut me off. It tumbled me end over end.
It took me years to take my place among the ten thousand things again. To be the woman my mother raised. To remember how she said honey and picture her particular gaze. I would suffer. I would suffer. I would want things to be different than they were. The wanting was a wilderness and I had to find my own way out of the woods. It took me four years, seven months, and three days to do it. I didn't know where I was going until I got there.
It was a place called the Bridge of the Gods."
I loved this book. Not because it was an uber-inspirational, amazing story - if it had been like that, I would not have much time on this book at all. What I loved about the story was that it was honest in its bluntness and that it did not glorify grief. Reading, Cheryl's story was very easy to relate to even though I did not walk the PCT. But then, every one deals with stuff differently.
So, apart from the description of how Cheryl found a way to deal with the events in her life that overwhelmed her, the book was a funny, smart, down-to-earth reminder of the huge effect that very small things that can have - the pleasure of tasting a favourite soft drink, the warmth of a shower, the feel of tiny frogs jumping on you, the liberation that is gained from not having to wear shoes that are too small.
On that note, as I am writing this review, I have my foot elevated in a position where my heel does not touch anything. I have a (massive) blister from going hiking this past weekend and Cheryl's struggle with her boots is all too real to me. So, whilst I am grateful that Wild - despite the publisher's best marketing efforts - was not the over-dramatised, over-sentimentalised account of a Cheryl's journey, I particularly loved that the book managed to reflect on both grief and practical issues of hiking with a sense of humor and humility. I also now want to visit some of the parts of the PCT, but not before my feet are healed from my recent excursion and not definitely not before I manage to read a map. Map reading skills in particular would have been useful last weekend and would have saved me and my friend from an additional 4 miles of detour. Luckily, neither of us was prone to panicking over the fact that we had - temporarily - gotten lost. Learning not to panic is probably one of the the first things to learn about going hiking.
"It was a deal I'd made with myself months before and the only thing that allowed me to hike alone. I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on this story was a form of mind control, but for the most part, it worked. Every time I heard a sound of unknown origin or felt something horrible cohering in my imagination, I pushed it away. I simply did not let myself become afraid. Fear begets fear. Power begets power. I willed myself to beget power. And it wasn't long before I actually wasn't afraid."
This book was brilliant from start to finish. I cannot think of a single thing I would wish the author had done differently. This is a magnificent tale of battling both external and internal conflicts and triumphing over the same. I am awe-inspired and humbled and so grateful to have read this book.
Oh my gosh, what a brilliantly told story! It's not often you come across a book that makes you reevaluate what you believe, but this one did it for me. The story on the trail is wonderful - I've spent time in many of the places the character has, and it was like revisiting them during the read. But the story under that is what kept me riveted to the book until I finished. Cheryl's grief and life's implosion following the death of her mother touched me...and reminded me not to judge - you have no idea the horrors someone else is living through.
The writing was the double chocolate fudge frosting on the cake - I hightlighted whole pages of beautiful prose.
I haven't come across a book this good in a long time. I highly recommend it.
Strayed wrote this memoir describing her 1,100 mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert in California through Oregon and into Washington. Aged 26 and without any hiking experience, she set out alone on the trek after being devastated by the death of her mother.
I really liked the hiking story itself - how she prepared (or didn't prepare, in this case), what she was afraid of, what made her confident, the landscape, the physical challenges. Although she mulled over her life in flashbacks, these reflections added little to the story, and did not lead to any conclusions or realizations. It is to be expected that personal information is necessary to let the reader know how and why she came to decide on such an extreme undertaking, but Strayed returned often to her use of heroin, promiscuous sex, and her mother's death, which detracted from the main story - or maybe that was the main story. Half a star off for the gratuitous sex encounter near the finish that I preferred to skip. In the end, I enjoyed this interesting and entertaining memoir. Kudos to Strayed for her huge achievement.
It's not very manly, the topic of weeping while reading. Yet for a book critic tears are an occupational hazard. Luckily, perhaps, books don't make me cry very often — I'm a thrice-a-year man, at best. Turning pages, I'm practically Steve McQueen.
Cheryl Strayed's new memoir, "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail," however, pretty much obliterated me. I was reduced, during her book's final third, to puddle-eyed cretinism. I like to read in coffee shops, and I began to receive concerned glances from matronly women, the kind of looks that said, "Oh, honey." It was a humiliation.
To mention all this does Ms. Strayed a bit of a disservice, because there's nothing cloying about "Wild." It's uplifting, but not in the way of many memoirs, where the uplift makes you feel that you're committing mental suicide. This book is as loose and sexy and dark as an early Lucinda Williams song. It's got a punk spirit and makes an earthy and American sound.
A candid, inspiring narrative of the author's brutal physical and psychological journey through a wilderness of despair to a renewed sense of self.
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Skip to comments.LIVE STREAM WALL STREET
Posted on 11/17/2011 5:33:44 AM PST by M. Thatcher
live broadcast at link
Also the cbs helicopter live stream:
This is what waste of oxygen looks like.
What is there about 40 people there? lol
Why are you starting *another*, competing, thread, when the thread you started at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2808756/posts is still going strong with well over 100 posts??
I watched another stream for about 15 minutes. They march, scream until they lose their breath, stop, look at each other, turn around, repeat. Mind-numbing.
Talk about hypocrisy! The dogs and high-pressure hoses would have already been out.
People who are totally unprepared to handle life in the real world.
THis is what the media is focusing on????24/7 live coverage of this crap only lends legitimacy.
Meanwhile, in other news, Fast & Furious, Solyndra-gate, bailout-gate, insider-trading-gate get at most a tertiary or honorable mention.
Disgusting media.
I think that's the point.
Watching the police, they seem to be doing a great job of "Storking." This is from Animal House, where Stork leads the marching band into the alley, and since they only have orders to follow the persn in front, they are essentially trapped in purgatory. I wonder if the NYPD has some ringers to march the "troops" into various kettles, stuck with no bathrooms until they decide to head to mom's basement.
maybe that's why nobody took us serious at the time...
Bill Hemmer on FoxNews just commented that there appear to be more cameras than protesters at Wall Street this morning.
Could this protest turn out of be an EPIC FAIL?
Definitely a fail. They wanted to get into the Exchange and shut down Wall St. trading. Opening bell rang and they're currently trading, anyway.....
Wow, these guys look like a bunch of dopes, there's a guy with his family there, he's holding a sign that says "Please don't mace our children". I'm thinking, you idiot, you bring your children to a possible riot, you need to be repeatedly maced in the face, not the children of course, but what an idiot.
The guy on there is saying there are a lot of Ron Paul libertarians and "self-described" Tea Partiers there. The key being "self-described"(plants).
I thought of getting a screenshot of that family, but didn't get one...
What incredible idiots to bring their VERY SMALL children to this protest. And then asking "Don't mace our children"? Scumbags... Do they even realize they are literally using their own kids as HUMAN SHIELDS in hopes of not being subjected to riot control measures? Freakin' idiots.
That's just a bunch of brats...all brats.
What we're seeing the results of many years of inculcating a mindset of entitlement over empowerment, "gimme" over "go for it," and personal gratification over personal excellence.
I'd like to see OWS continue down its present path, as the country needs to be daily reminded it was OBAMA's and the democrat party's recent class-struggle talk that lit the fuse.
They knew we would not destroy things, they knew we were not an immediate threat to anyone or anything in the area.
But...in some ways they know on some level if we ever get motivated, they will be in trouble. That is why were are classified as 'terrorists' by DHS. They know if we take the next step to be this focused and organized we are by far more effective than any hippie wild-childs they can come up with.
Their mom has not come down to the basement and woke most of them up yet
OK, two points... As a FORMER Libertarian
1. The Libertarian Party DID start "Tea Party" themed protests years and years ago (like back in 2000).
2. Libertarians and libertarians are NOT in favor of the demands made by these socialist idiots. TRUE Libertarians would NEVER side with these people who are attempting to shut down the financial markets. Anyone who claims to be a libertarian that is participating in this is either a)lying or b) have absolutely no clue as to what the LP's basic beliefs are (I.E. they do not support FORCE against anyone, and would NEVER support the government re-distributing wealth).
Again, I'm a FORMER Libertarian. I definitely have more conservative beliefs now than I did pre-9/11.
We should take advantage of the media coverage of this EPIC FAIL and all the tv cameras to go and talk about solyndra and larry sinclair and nazi pelosi's insider trading
pretend you are a OWS protester. (do not take a shower, put on something from the hamper)
we need to have some of these 'protesters' followed
are they collecting a government paycheck (or a george soros organization paycheck) for being there?
I know I read an article that stated SEIU was paying some of the folks in DC. I remember way back at the start of this there was possible evidence of the Working Families' Party based in NY paying people to protest as well.
Did you see the other side of the sign? He flipped it over real quick (didn't really want to show it to camera) it said, "Wall Street Sh*ts...." couldn't read anymore before he hid it. Quality parental roll models.
Maybe that's because they knew we would (and did) obey every law.
The comparison of this filthy mob to the Tea Party enfuriates me.
Where's the LaRouche table?
Yep... Real great parents there. There ARE some protests where children would be OK to bring with. This is NOT one of them!
A diversion is needed... maybe a new XBox announcement, so they all go stand in line at Best Buy.
Animals pulling down the barricades at The Zoo...
WooHoo! Starting to rain!
Yeah, then when the police try to force the barricades back, the protestors yell "stop the violence!" What a joke.
They're like European soccer players.
The parasite walking around with the camera keeps trying to spread the lie that a policeman used a barricade as a weapon.
Never Happened.
I think I've watched about all of this I can take. They were chanting "The cops are marching with us! The cops are marching with us!" actually thinking the police were with them. Then they realized the police were really forming new lines - forcing the cattle to reverse direction. Haha. Zzzzz....
lol at this comment:
"police set checkpoints in NY and attack citizens with cattle fencing."
That endless drumming is enough to drive one insane very quickly. Oy.
No different than mooslime terrorists who use women and children for human shields.
Every time I see these swarms of people, I think of locusts.
Biblical plagues of locusts.
Only instead of destroying all the crops they're trying to destroy commerce-which would be the modern day equivalent...
for those who work and have their "live streaming" disable by compaby policy...
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