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Results of the membership vote by ballot on amendments to the Tennessee Press Association's Constitution and Bylaws were presented to the TPA Board of Directors on November 10. Seventy-four of TPA's 122 members returned ballots to the auditing firm.
The vote on amending the Constitution and Bylaws to allow qualified free newspapers that, by the determination of the board, have valid news content and audited distribution, as members of the Tennessee Press Association passed with 61 voting in favor and 13 against.
"The only constant in this world is change of which we can either harness or permit it to wash over us." said TPA President Ron Fryar. "The vote to permit and actually invite free circulation newspapers into the association is indicative of that statement. With this vast majority vote by the membership, we are now following a course of our own choosing and are embracing change for the strength of all the newspapers in the state of Tennessee. I commend the drive and determination of the members involved not only with the Sustainability Committee, but also the Bylaws Review Committee."
Eric Barnes, TPA vice president for dailies and chairman of the Bylaws Review Committee said, "It was great to see that the results of the vote were so overwhelming. Publishers clearly see that the time to change is now and that this change is a positive one for the health and future of the association."
The issue of whether or not to allow free circulation newspapers has been addressed at least three other times in the past 25 years, making the results of this vote historic for the Association.
TPA's membership also voted to amend the Constitution and Bylaws to change the structure of the board of directors and to make the other proposed changes that were not related to the free circulation question. These amendments passed with 60 voting in favor and 14 against. The new structure will add a position of secretary, change the number of directors from 10 to nine and change the districts from which directors may be selected. Rather than having 10 districts, TPA will have three districts and three directors from each of those districts.
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Keys to Open Government Guide available
"Keys to Open Government" a long-awaited 52-page guide to Tennessee's open records and open meetings laws, was released in February 2015. (Download a copy of the PDF)
Written by Frank Gibson, TPA Public Policy Director, and edited by colleague Deborah Fisher at the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, "Keys" is a guide we hope will help journalists and citizens use "the law." The guide was made possible with a grant from the Tennessee Press Association Foundation.
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Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Caused Riot-y Behavior In NYC
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were out and about in New York on Sunday, checking out The Lion Kingàand trying to get away from their home in Calabasas, where thereââ¬â¢s a huge fire threatening much the area. Of course, Kanye was also supposed to do a ââ¬Åpop upââ¬Â concert in New York which was canceled before it even started, and the whole thing just seemed like a mess ââ¬â go here to see some coverage of the near (or actual) riot.
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The first experience of a ferry ride through the frozen Baltic was an excellent start to our visit. The Museum is excellent and the film on the history of Finland well worth...
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The first experience of a ferry ride through the frozen Baltic was an excellent start to our visit. The Museum is excellent and the film on the history of Finland well worth stopping for.
Lovely place to walk around and have a look at traditional Finnish dwellings. The oldest Finnish wooden church, the Karuna Church, has been moved to Seurasaari island. Old farm houses, cotters farms, granaries and household buildings. Buy the ticket to see the houses inside as well.
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Historical place. Lot of buildings and cottages from around the Finland. There is lot of animals in the Island and also really nice church (there is lot of weddings in the summer time). It is nice place just walk and hanging around. You can find also some restaurants or you can take our own picnic with you.
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Beautiful island with great walks through history. Enjoy the fresh air and pop in to some lovely cafes there too. It is unspoilt and just a gorgeous place to visit.
Nice place for walking and calm down. Popular area, but not too crowded, I think. At mid summer you can enjoy of a bonfire over here.
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Seurasaari island , and Fortress of Suomenlinna.
Can somebody tell me how do i get there, by tram or metro. What is the entry fees, and opening times. Where do i take the ferry.
ALso is the port/wharf to Tallinn in the city center.
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Book DescriptionSince the early days of silent film, some of the most memorable movies made have been those that have confronted and explored such challenging social issues as poverty or racism. Librarians and educators--as well as cultural historians, students and cinemaphiles-- will find this book a valuable resource for examining films and how they reflect and comment on the major issues of our time. This specialized filmography first identifies and discusses twenty important social issues that have recurred in films over the years. In addition to the films critiqued here, other related titles are listed under each topic. The 100 films discussed in this volume, presented alphabetically in standard reference format, cover a wide spectrum of film perspectives and genres. Many of the films are American made, others are European, all are English language. Each film entry identifies the prominent social theme or themes and presents full credit information, including the major actors...
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Property DetailsLovely golf villa finished in classical Spanish style situated in one of the best area of Nueva Andalucía. This south-facing property is built on 3 levels and comprises, on ground floor: large entrance hall; living/dining area with exit to a covered terrace; fully equipped kitchen and 2 bedrooms with two en-suite bathrooms. First floor: master bedroom with dressing area, bathroom and living room with fire place from where you can enjoy lovely golf views. Basement level is divided into guest apartments, full fitted Spanish style wine cellar and garage for 6 cars. A great property in a top rated area.
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Everything you'd want in a quaint Mexican city center: tons of shops, friendly locals, excellent variety of restaurants, historic architecture. All very walkable
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Really loved this town...wonderful old historical church...lots of art galleries. .everyone super friendly, we walked from our hotel the Hyatt Ziva...it was a fun walk...but you can take the city bus..for 1 dollar..we didn't eat in town but we heard the food is great..
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Overlooking the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean, this Ocean front villa has views of mainland Honduras and Cayos Islands. The entire second floor with two private balconies is exclusively yours to relax and enjoy. This stunning location is quiet and clean. Spend your days swimming in the blue waters of the sea or relax in the pool, just footsteps away from your air conditioned villa.
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This two bedroom villa is close to all the fun and excitement of West Bay and West End beaches, just 10 minutes away. We have US cable stations and wi-fi internet included. Freshly painted and new furnishings. Come enjoy this quiet and close to everything location in Flowers Bay.
Don't let this property escape. so book now. We are here to make your vacation holiday a memorable one with our recommend excursions and dining favorites (we can help coordinate activities ).
My name is Manny, my wife and I love this little island and we think you will too!
Here is a current list of things provided in the villa. The villa comes with a king size bed in master room, queen in second room and all bedding. Bathroom comes with toilet paper, hand soap, bath towels- two full bathrooms.
Fully equipped kitchen, blender, coffee maker with filters, microwave, dishwasher and has stove and oven. We provide dish soap and kitchen towels, paper towels. All villas have dishes, forks, knives, etc. drinking water.
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We recommend at the grocery store you get insect repellent, shampoo, and bring your own snorkel.
Really hard to describe how beautiful this property is! The large open concept of the unit with high cathedral ceiling is gorgeous along with the beautifully decorated unit. But waking up to that view off the balcony of the sea right at your doorstep is breathtaking!
The pool was such a huge bonus as well! Loved swimming in it and then lying in the loungers and hearing nothing but the sound of the ocean!
Thanks Manny and Melissa for being such gracious and helpful hosts. Had some great suggestions too for where to eat, but the best was telling us about Dixie, who came to the house and cooked us the best lobster dinner ever! And homemade keylime pie to finish it off....Yummy!
We miss the sound of those soothing ocean waves and that view already!
Let me say that Manny and Melissa are amazing! We hadn't even arrived and the customer service was superb over the phone and online! Lots of recommendations, suggestions, what to bring what not to bring, who to rent a car from, etc. They made our travel so easy!
As for the property... WOW! Absolutely beautiful! clean, comfortable, and great location! all amenities as expected! The views... absolutely beautiful! this location forces you to get up early every morning and enjoy the sunrise with a cup of Honduran coffee and feel the sea breeze or take an early dive for snorkel... right from your backyard!
I would definitely recommend this property to anyone!
We had an outstanding time at Sea Spray Villa in Flowers Bay. The snorkeling right off the rocks in front of the house was very nice, and all the best hit spots were within a few minute drive. Manny was incredibly helpful with anything we needed and made the experience that much more relaxing.
Words cannot describe the most amazing week ever! This rental home is beautifully decorated and in superior condition. It's very private and in a great location, only a few minutes away from West Bay and West End.
The Master Bedroom has a King size bed with a private bathroom and a private balcony. The Second Bedroom has a Queen size bed, a Twin bed, and a door connecting to the guest bathroom.
The Kitchen is fully stocked with all the amenities you will need. Including dinnerware, glassware, cookware, utensils, a very big pantry, purified water and much more.
They also provide a prepaid mobile phone for local calls, Free wifi with speedy internet, an iron and ironing board. There are also ceiling fans throughout the house and a laundry room.
The whole house has wood vaulted ceiling and AC that is really cold. During the day thou if you open the windows and patio door, you will not need to use it. The ocean breeze and the sound of the waves are amazing.
The Main Balcony has a Breathtaking view to the ocean and the pool. I enjoyed waking up every morning and drinking my coffee out on that patio and watching the waves as they crashed against the rocks. I can not describe enough how stunning that view is. The kids also enjoyed relaxing in the hammock. At night we enjoyed looking at the stars. It's very romantic for when the kids are sleeping.
Our friends stayed on the first floor which is just as beautiful as the second floor. Its a 1 Bedroom/1 Bath apartment with a fully stocked kitchen with all it's amenities. There is a door at the bottom of the stairs that connects the two floors, also a sliding glass door that leads to the pool. The Pool was very clean. We enjoyed using it just about every day. There are two hammocks under the Gazebo by the pool, it's a Great Place to go and relax.
What can I say about Manny and Melissa. They really know how to deliver a 5 Star Experience. Prior to getting to Roatan, We communicated a lot with them. They were very good at answering any questions we had immediately. They will help every step of the way from car rental, groceries, excursions, and restaurant suggestions to maintenance issues in the home. They are a Lovely couple. We are so very glad to have met them. We will definitely call them again when we go back to Roatan and refer them to our friends.
This home is undoubtedly the perfect place to stay if you want peace and serenity plus a beautiful ocean view with a pool. Who can ask for anything more.
We enjoy our stay, the house location was great near West Bay and West End (by car), magnificent view to the sea, the pool very clean as well as the house. The house counts with every single detail any family needs to feel completely comfortable as if they were in their own house. The owner always kept a good communication with quick answers to all our questions.
I certify that this review is based on my own experience and is my genuine opinion of this property, and that I have no personal or business relationship with the management.
Manny and his wife could not be more responsive unless they had been in-home staff. They were there whenever we had the slightest question. They placed unprompted calls during out stay to check on our experience. Nice touch.
The home is comfortable and secure removed from the horde of cruise passengers that descend upon Roatan… and yet a super quick and safe drive into the madness, as needed.
The home includes all the things you need for a successful stay including, but not limited to, pre-filled 5Gal/18L H2O containers, pre-paid mobile phone for local calls, efficient air conditioning, outdoor grill and speedy internet. Amenities are as advertised and clean.
Manny introduced us to transportation providers who were helpful and prompt. We used them sparingly however because frankly we simply did not want to leave the home. Given that we made a reservation in advance of our trip date, the transportation provider was prepared to stop at the grocery store as part of our arrival pickup. The grocery store, Eldons, carries popular U.S.based products but take note that if you prefer organic or special diet, bring your own EVERYthing. We took this approach and while it may sound like a bit of a hassle, it is well worth the planning and preparation. A bit of veggie wash is helpful to bring along. It will be important to bring a grocery bag as Eldons does not provide paper/plastic to bag your purchase.
Many of you will be delighted to know that excellent snorkeling is right outside your back door… we heard from many locals that we "had it made" because we did not have to contend with the crowds in the resorts or the multitude of boats and water taxis. We brought our own gear. And for those who don't step into the big blue, the home's private pool is sparkling clean and a huge asset to the property.
As for dining, the only spot (other than our own kitchen) that we felt was "foodie worthy" was Roatan Oasis which has a chilled ambiance and uber friendly staff. Find their page on Facebook. They have a pool to enjoy as well… and do take a moment to make a reservation as they are a popular spot! Thanks to Loren Welbourn, GM… job well done!
Manny, it was an absolute delight to stay with you guys!
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Kota: A 17 year old IIT aspirant committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her apartment on Thursday in spite of clearing JEE Main exam. Kriti Tripathi, a student from Ghaziabad was studying in coaching institute in Kota.This is the fifth case of student suicide in Kota this year.
In her suicide note, the girl said she was not satisfied with her scores in the JEE exam. The JEE Mains results were announced on Thursday. Kriti did not want to pursue engineering ,according to her suicide note.
"The girl wanted to join for Bachelor of Science. Her ambition was to become an Astrophysicist." said Harshit Bharati, SHO of Jwahar Nagar Police Station, who is investigating the case. Kriti's father is still in the state of shock and unable to speak, Bharati added.
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Whether you're running in-app or mobile Web, it's crucial to ensure conversion tracking is set up in order to understand performance of mobile display campaigns. DoubleClick has just released in-app to in-app conversion tracking, which allows for a conversion to be recorded when an app has been downloaded and opened. This process requires use of Google Tag Manager. In-app to mobile Web and mobile Web to mobile Web conversion tracking are also available with DoubleClick and the final combination, mobile Web to in-app tracking, is on the roadmap. Optimization is essential just as with all real-time bidding campaigns, and using conversion data to make decisions on bids, budget, and ad placement is key to return on investment (ROI) success.
Mobile Creative
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Only six short months ago, then Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden said, "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy . . . watch. We're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Wow, did the conservative media howl. They snickered, asking rhetorically: Is this wet-behind-the-ears Illinois legislator up to the task of using force to defend Americans? Surely not!
Yes, Biden was right. Obama has been tested, and the test came three months into his presidency. Perhaps the current confrontation with the Somali pirates and the Navy SEAL rescue of Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips probably wasn't what Biden had in mind when he said "international crisis." Nonetheless, Obama was the one who called the shots (literally) and ordered the Navy SEALs to take necessary action to save the life of the captain. But you wouldn't know that from reading the right-wing blogosphere; it claims that Obama had nothing to do with the rescue. (Apparently, the military can now attack without the commander-in-chief's approval.) And let's not forget Michelle Malkin, who
praised Obama never mentioned Obama in her orgasmic tribute to the Navy SEALs. As for Glenn Beck, I'll assume he'll weep on TV saying how much he loves the SEALs and how horribly they've been treated under Barack Obama.
Back to reality: Here's what the Washington Post, has to say about the rescue:
"President Obama had issued a standing order that the military was to act if the captain's life was in immediate jeopardy, said Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, commander of the Fifth Fleet."
In contrast to the nut jobs giving Obama no credit stands conservative stalwart Jonah Goldberg, who at the Corner gave a modicum of credit to Obama (in a short aside, of course). In a post entitled "Good For President Obama" Goldberg said:
"He approved the rescue. It was the right thing to do, with no small amount of risk. And God bless the SEALs."
Though it's curious to read his updated posts, where he mentions that he received a torrent of negative responses to his note of congratulations. As if we should be surprised by that.
Imagine if President George W. Bush had been in office when this incident happened. The right-wing media would have been glowing, gushing about how strong and decisive a military leader the C-student was. Instead, as News Hounds has noted, Fox News buries Obama's role in the rescue.
What did the New York Post have to say about the incident? In a typically obtuse editorial entitled "DON'T STOP NOW," the fact-challenged Murdoch mouthpiece doesn't even mention President Obama and basically says that what happened off the Somali coast is just "a start." It says, "Case closed? Hardly." And if Bush was the one in charge of attacking the Somali pirates, a fawning Post editorial would have equated the former president with Moses.
I'm sure Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity will
be fair to President Obama and give him the credit he's due basically call Obama a traitor and criticize him for allowing this to incident to happen in the first place. I can already hear Hannity: "Remember, God-fearing Americans, the captain was taken hostage on President Obama's watch! He allowed this to happen."
Obama disproves the right-wing cabal's claim that he won't be tough on "terrorism." Let the right-wing blogosphere erroneously claim Obama had nothing to do with taking out the Somali pirates. They have nothing else to write on and are completely devoid of substantive critiques of the Obama administration. To quote the New York Post: Case closed.
UPDATE: The head of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, has taken The National Review's Jonah Goldberg to the woodshed (the same one where he pummeled Michael Steele?). On Limbaugh's show yesterday the rotund comedian said sarcastically:
"I want to single out today, Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online for being the first that I saw to have the proper reaction to the rescue of Captain Phillips from the merchant marine organizers, and that was to congratulate President Obama for a job well done. And I think we all must agree, folks, that when Obama does something right, we gotta go out there and we've got to acknowledge it."
Goldberg's response?
"I'm not listening."
We all should abide by that when it comes to Rush Limbaugh.


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Complete and Await Reply Script, Version 1.2
Via email, Rachel Hopkin shared a cool feature request for my Complete and Await Reply script. Now the script can automatically set a defer date on the follow-up tasks it creates. If you run OmniFocus from the Forecast perspective, this is a great way to clear an item from today's list after you've reminded someone about it.
This feature is off by default, but it's easy to enable. See the instructions on the download page.
Share and enjoy!
Finder and Terminal are Friends
As developers, we tend to spend a lot of time typing in Terminal windows. Even so, I often find it more helpful to browse directories and files in Finder. I have three little hacks that simplify moving between the two modes.
The first hack is a shell function that logs the path of the directory shown by the front-most Finder window.
# pwdf: echoes path of front-most window of Finder pwdf () { currFolderPath=$( /usr/bin/osascript <<" EOT" tell application "Finder" try set currFolder to (folder of the front window as alias) on error set currFolder to (path to desktop folder as alias) end try POSIX path of currFolder end tell EOT ) echo "$currFolderPath" }
I picked up the basic gist of this from a Mac OS X Hints post by Cameron Hayes in the long ago. A much belated thank you to Cameron.
I use
zsh as my shell, so this function is declared in my
~/.zshrc. (I think the same function declaration would work in
.bashrc, but it's been six years since I used
bash, so please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Add this function declaration and restart Terminal. Then open a Finder window, switch to Terminal, and type
pwdf. The path to the Finder window's folder will be logged:
curt@Fozzie-Bear% pwdf /Users/curt/Documents/SourceDirs/curtclifton.net/
Where this gets really useful is wrapping the command in backticks to embed the result in other commands. For example, we can count the number of lines in all Swift files in the current Finder window:
curt@Fozzie-Bear% wc -l "`pwdf`"*.swift 48 /Users/curt/Documents/SourceDirs/curtclifton.net/BlogGenApp/BlogGenApp/AppDelegate.swift 170 /Users/curt/Documents/SourceDirs/curtclifton.net/BlogGenApp/BlogGenApp/BlogGenModel.swift 488 /Users/curt/Documents/SourceDirs/curtclifton.net/BlogGenApp/BlogGenApp/SwiftyUserDefaults.swift 177 /Users/curt/Documents/SourceDirs/curtclifton.net/BlogGenApp/BlogGenApp/ViewController.swift 22 /Users/curt/Documents/SourceDirs/curtclifton.net/BlogGenApp/BlogGenApp/main.swift 905 total
One use of
pwdf comes up enough that I created an alias.
alias cdf='cd "`pwdf`"'
Add this to your
.zshrc, being careful to get all the quotes and ticks leaning the right directions. Restart Terminal and then type
cdf at a prompt to change your working directory to that of the front-most Finder window. I find this super handy when I've browsed through directories in a Finder window and want to work some Terminal magic on the files therein. Just ⌘-Tab to Terminal, type
cdf, and go to town.
open .
Sometimes I want to move in the opposite direction, opening a Finder window on the directory that I'm working within in Terminal. The built-in Mac system command
open solves this problem. If you pass a directory as the argument to
open, it opens a Finder window. So, to start browsing your current working directory just:
curt@Fozzie-Bear% open .
Sometimes little hacks like these can make a big difference over time. And I get a real kick out of the fact that
pwdf combines
zsh and AppleScript.
What are your favorite little hacks? What do you like about them?
Variations on a Theme
In Weak References and Type Erasure I wrote about using closures, weak capture, and an
isLivePredicate to combine type erasure and weak references.
The goal was to store a heterogeneous collection of generic
Signal<Value> objects while letting them deallocate when client code was done with them. My final implementation used a
SignalHolder struct with a couple of closures inside. One closure extracted a value from the current state of the data model and passed that value to a weakly captured generic signal. The other closure weakly captured the same signal and returned whether the signal was still non-nil. I used that
isLivePredicate machinery to discard signal holders when their signals deallocated.
I had a nagging doubt that my solution was too clever. James Savage and Joe Groff replied on Twitter with a couple of other approaches that I thought were worth sharing.
Using NSHashTable
James suggested using
NSHashTable to eliminate the need for my
isLivePredicate machinery. We still need a signal holder for type erasure, but if we can tie the lifetime of the signal holder to that of the signal, we get removal of expired signal holders for free.
To tie the lifetimes together, we can make
Signal hold a strong reference to its associated signal holder:
public class Signal<Value> { fileprivate var keepAliveReference: SignalHolderClass? // … continued as in previous post … }
Because we're going to put signal holders in an
NSHashTable, we need to make them class instances instead of structs. They also lose the
isLivePredicate machinery, but are otherwise unchanged:
class SignalHolderClass { private let caller: (DataStorage) -> Void init<Value>( signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { caller = { [weak signal] storage in guard let signal = signal else { return } if let value = matcher(storage) { signal.update(to: value) } } } func update(from storage: DataStorage) { caller(storage) } }
Inside our data model,
signalHolders becomes a hash table:
private let signalHolders = NSHashTable<SignalHolderClass>(options: [.objectPointerPersonality, .weakMemory])
NSHashTable has set semantics. The first option to
NSHashTable's initializer says that we want to compare objects by pointers. That's the right semantics here, and thankfully so, because there's no good way to do equality comparison on the contents of
SignalHolderClass instances — closures aren't
The second option to the initializer says that the signal holders should be held weakly. The only strong reference to a signal holder is from the signal that it wraps.
addSignal(_:, matching:) method is essentially unchanged in James's approach, except that
NSHashTable uses
add() instead of
func addSignal<Value>( _ signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { let holder = SignalHolderClass(signal: signal, matching: matcher) signalHolders.add(holder) }
By eliminating the
isLivePredicate machinery, the
didSet handler for
storage is straightforward:
var storage: DataStorage { didSet { for holder in signalHolders.allObjects { holder.update(from: storage) } } }
The management of object lifetimes in this approach is more Cocoa-like. The pattern of cyclic references — a strong reference from
Signal to
SignalHolderClass and a weak reference back — is meat-and-potatoes stuff to any Cocoa developer familiar with the delegate pattern. One slight downside is that
signalHolders now stores an object type instead of a value-typed Swift collection, but that's really just an issue for purists. The collection is private to the data model instance and is never shared.
Unfortunately, there's one deal breaker for my actual project. The
Signal class is in a different framework than my data model and
SignalHolderClass. So the
keepAliveReference we added to
Signal above would have to be implemented in an extension using a computed property and associated objects. Alternatively, we could jump through some hoops to move
SignalHolderClass into the same framework as
Signal without creating a mutual dependency via
DataStorage, but I suspect that complexity is greater than the savings of eliminating the
isLivePredicate machinery.
Using a Protocol
Joe approached the problem from the opposite direction. Instead of eliminating the
isLivePredicate machinery, he suggested using a protocol to simplify the type erasure.
First we make
SignalHolder a protocol:
private protocol SignalHolder { var isLive: Bool { get } func update(from storage: DataStorage) }
This lets the signal holder storage in our data model just be an array of protocol witnesses:
private var signalHolders: [SignalHolder] = []
Next we make the old signal holder struct generic:
private struct SignalHolderImpl<Value>: SignalHolder { private let matcher: (DataStorage) -> Value? private weak var signal: Signal<Value>? init( signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { self.matcher = matcher self.signal = signal } var isLive: Bool { return signal != nil } func update(from storage: DataStorage) { guard let signal = signal else { return } if let value = matcher(storage) { signal.update(to: value) } } }
Instead of storing type-erased closures,
SignalHolderImpl directly stores the matching function and a weak reference to the signal. The bodies of the old
caller and
isLivePredicate closures move into the
update(from:) method and
isLive computed property respectively.
addSignal(_:, matching:) method is unchanged from my implementation, as is the
didSet handler for
The downside of this approach is that we have to introduce an additional protocol and make the signal holder generic. That's additional type system complexity. The huge win is that we stop using closures for type erasure. I'm certain that the protocol-oriented approach will be more familiar than nested closures to future developers coming to this code (no matter how much the old Schemer in me likes function composition).
It may also be the case that bouncing through the protocol witnesses to update all the signal holders is less performant than my closure-based approach. That's not really a concern at all in this code. The number of active signals is limited in my project.
Practically speaking, I think all three approaches to this problem have about the same complexity. Maybe this is as simple as a solution can be here. Based on Swiftiness and the practical concerns regarding separate frameworks, I plan to convert my project to Joe's
SignalHolder protocol approach.
Thanks to James and Joe for their ideas and conversation. It's good to be reminded to use both the tools that came before and the new hotness when approaching a problem.
Weak References and Type Erasure
In one of my side projects, two interesting Swift problems—heterogeneous arrays and weak references—collided in an interesting way.
I needed to store an array of signal objects.
var signals: [Signal] = []
Easy peasy? Not quite. Signals push updates to subscribers, so we'd really like them to be generic in the type of values that they push:
public class Signal<Value> { private var currentValue: Value? = nil { didSet { // … push new value to subscribers … } } func update(to value: Value) { currentValue = value } // … subscription machinery elided … }
Values here range over all the types stored in the model, plus arrays of those types. We could try something like:
var signals: [Signal<Any>] = []
but co- and contravariance raise their heads and we can't actually put more specific signals in the array:
let intSignal = Signal<Int>() signals.append(intSignal)
Playground execution failed: error: WeakReferencesAndTypeErasure.playground:27:16: error: cannot convert value of type 'Signal<Int>' to expected argument type 'Signal<Any>'
In situations like this, I often reach for type erasure.
For my project, it turns out that there is only one method on
Signal that I need to call. For each signal, there's an associated mapping function that takes the global data model and produces the new value for the signal:
(DataStorage) -> Value? If that function returns a non-nil value, then the signal should be updated to the value.
So, instead of storing signals directly, let's store an array of closures that do the right thing:
var signalCallers: [(DataStorage) -> Void] = [] func addSignal<Value>( _ signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { let caller: (DataStorage) -> Void = { storage in if let value = matcher(storage) { signal.update(to: value) } } signalCallers.append(caller) }
To store a signal, we now call the
addSignal(_:, matching:) function. The function captures the signal inside the
caller closure and saves the closure in the
signalCallers array.
Now when my app mutates the global data storage, the model layer can iterate over the
signalCallers and broadcast changes to the subscribers.
var storage: DataStorage { didSet { for caller in signalCallers { caller(storage) } } }
Unfortunately we just created a signicant memory leak. The closures in
signalCallers retain every signal. My data model retains
signalCallers. Because the data model is a singleton, every signal stays in memory and is updated, even if the subscriber to the signal is long gone.
Subscribers should be responsible for retaining signals. The data model should just hold the signals weakly. We can change
caller closure in `
addSignal(_:, matching:) to use a capture list:
func addSignal<Value>( _ signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { let caller: (DataStorage) -> Void = { [weak signal] storage in guard let signal = signal else { return } if let value = matcher(storage) { signal.update(to: value) } } signalCallers.append(caller) }
This keeps us from leaking all the signals. Signals are only retained by their subscribers and, thanks to the
guard, the
caller closures become no-ops after the signals are deallocated. Unfortunately, we're still leaking the closures themselves. We also have a performance problem. The
signalCallers array is always growing. The longer the app runs, the more no-op
callers we have to invoke on every model change.
How can we clean up the old
callers? We need some logic that tells us when a signal has been deallocated. But we don't have a direct reference to any signals at all from the data model. We gave that up when we used type erasure. The only references to the signals are inside the
That realization leads to the insight that unlocks this problem. We can capture a weak reference to the signal inside another closure that tells us whether or not a signal has been deallocated:
let isLivePredicate: () -> Bool = { [weak signal] _ in return signal != nil }
Let's wrap that predicate and the
caller closure up in a little struct:
private struct SignalHolder { private let isLivePredicate: () -> Bool private let caller: (DataStorage) -> Void init<Value>( signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { isLivePredicate = { [weak signal] _ in return signal != nil } caller = { [weak signal] storage in guard let signal = signal else { return } if let value = matcher(storage) { signal.update(to: value) } } } var isLive: Bool { return isLivePredicate() } func update(from storage: DataStorage) { caller(storage) } }
We can replace our array of signal callers with signal holders and update
addSignal(_:,matching:) to do the right thing:
private var signalHolders: [SignalHolder] = [] func addSignal<Value>( _ signal: Signal<Value>, matching matcher: @escaping (DataStorage) -> Value?) { let holder = SignalHolder(signal: signal, matching: matcher) signalHolders.append(holder) }
Finally, we can update the
didSet handler for
storage to filter out deallocated signals:
var storage: DataStorage { didSet { signalHolders = signalHolders.filter { $0.isLive } for holder in signalHolders { holder.update(from: storage) } } }
Now every time there's a model change, we dispose of the no-longer-useful signal holders, then update the remaining ones. Type erasure lets us store heterogeneous signals. Capture lists let us hold the signals weakly. The
isLivePredicate lets us clean up after ourselves.
I'm mostly pleased with this solution, but I still have a nagging doubt that it's too clever. Will future me be confused about what's going on here? Or are type erasure and weak capture standard practice that Swift developers will just expect to understand? Is there a way to simplify this or make it clearer? I'd love to know.
The Carson Rationalization
Voting for Donald Trump was a racist act. Assuming the Trump voter was well-informed, it's a simple case analysis:
- Either they directly supported his racist rhetoric. It follows that their support for him was a racist act.
- Or they decided that Trump's racist rhetoric didn't matter. That decision is also a racist act as it validates his rhetoric as acceptable.
John Scalzi lays out the argument in more detail in his excellent piece, "The Cinemax Theory of Racism".
I've raised this point with several of my Trump-supporting family members. The response has been, "I supported Ben Carson in the caucuses1, so I can't be racist."
Without re-litigating Carson's fitness for the Presidency, I want to point out three flaws in this rationalization.
First, racist is both a noun and an adjective. I have no qualms about applying the noun to the President-elect. He has a long history of acting on his racial prejudices. However, here I'm applying the adjective. Nearly all of us harbor prejudices against others. It's a natural consequence of growing up in our society. Failing to recognize and counteract our own implicit biases leads us to engage in aversive racism. Pearson, et al write:
Aversive racists, in contrast, sympathize with victims of past injustice, support principles of racial equality, and genuinely regard themselves as non-prejudiced, but at the same time possess conflicting, often non-conscious, negative feelings and beliefs about Blacks that are rooted in basic psychological processes that promote racial bias … The negative feelings that aversive racists have toward Blacks typically do not reflect open antipathy, but rather consist of more avoidant reactions of discomfort, anxiety, or fear. That is, they find Blacks 'aversive', while at the same time find any suggestion that they might be prejudiced 'aversive' as well.
We need to recognize our capacity for aversive racism and actively counteract it.
Second, using support for Carson to argue that support for Trump wasn't racist is a straightforward application of the one black friend argument.
The underlying fallacy is that one single point of data, this one "friend," completely overrides any other bits of evidence we have to assess someone's views. This is simply not valid reasoning.
Prejudiced views exhibit as a priori judgments against a group. Having come to support Carson after learning about his history and beliefs has nothing to say about whether or not ones initial perceptions reflected a racist bias. Having a racist bias may make it harder to come to support Carson, but having come to support him does not imply the absence of racist bias. (Neither does it imply presence of racist bias. Having a racist bias and supporting Carson are simply unrelated.)
Overcoming a racist bias to support Carson puts us at risk of the third flaw in the Carson rationalization, Carson as magical Negro. Jamil Smith, writing in the New Republic, calls this out far better than I could:
Carson fits the bill because his is a blackness of poor circumstances and personal responsibility, minus the racial grievances. He doesn't complain about the structural inequality that his drive and skills enabled him to escape, at least financially. … Given his political performance and his career legacy, he's an ideal conservative magical Negro for the Fox News era: A man … who performs the conservative ideal of racial progress, denigrating himself while remaining content to enable continued injustices.
Supporting Ben Carson does not relieve one of responsibility for supporting Trump. Support for Trump was a racist act. That does not make all of his supporters racist. It does mean that their behavior was racist. That's a vital difference. We all make mistakes. The important part is to recognize our mistakes, own them, and do better.
Post-script: Enlightened readers will certainly find things I've gotten wrong here. Writing on race, especially from my position of privilege, is probably ill-advised, but I write to understand and sharpen my own thinking. If I've screwed up, I ask for your forgiveness, and hope you'll help educate me.
1 All of my immediate family apart from my wife and me are still in Iowa.


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So I live in Saratoga county and someone mentioned there is a NY thread at BYC, but I can't seem to find it. Anyone know if it still exists?
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Type 'New York' in the search bar at the top of the page. Hit 'search' and several state threads will appear.


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