Ruby on Rails development is fast changing the norms of web development across the globe. Companies around the world are fast catching up with this magical web development framework for exploring and executing its true potentials; thereby serving their clients with really cost-effective, quick and dynamic Ruby on Rails Applications. Ruby developers and Rails developers are becoming the most sought after skilled professionals, for Software companies to hunt for.

Ruby on Rails, being an Open Source tool, coupled with fast development life cycle, requires much less resources in terms of Programmers and man-hours; which results in the service provider and client being the ultimate beneficiaries. Silicon Valley based leading Software firm, Andolasoft Inc. is a formidable force to reckon with as far as Ruby on Rails development is concerned. With a vast pool of Programmers as well as Domain Leads, this fairly young Enterprise has carved out many Social Networking Sites, Social Media Marketing web apps. Andolasoft services include but not limited to RoR Development, RoR Application Migration, Social Media Integration, System Administration, Redesigning of Existing Apps, Performance Improvement Related Tasks and Rescue Support.

Irrespective of all its popularity, RoR also has few myths related to it.

Applications can be built hundreds of thousands times faster than other technologies:
The fact is Rails doesn’t write the code automatically. It just lets the developers work easy by managing certain functionalities; thereby allowing them to focus on other crucial modules. It also manages the laborious part of lifting of user interactive modules. Having said that, such myths reflects a wrong opinion upon customers, whose expectations sometimes become too high for the service providers.

Even Non-programmers can build web applications:
This is by far the silliest perception about Rails development. Although the simplicity of this framework and clean syntax of ruby language assist in quick development, but still experience is required as far as writing code is concerned. Rails developers do need to write new and unique code, apart from using the Rails conventions on top a comprehensive web development framework.

Budget Austerity and Small Government not the Answer: A Response to Wayne Swan

This week at the ‘Left Focus’ blog we’re responding to a Fabian Essay by Treasurer and Deputy PM, Wayne Swan.  This is of special relevance because Swan will be handing down the 2011-12 Australian Federal Budget next month in May.  In the article Tristan Ewins lauds Labor’s adoptions of Keynesian counter-cyclical demand management policies - which help save this country from economic Depression.  But Ewins believes Swan’s idea of what it means to be ‘Keynesians in the recovery’ needs to be questioned.  An ageing and expanding population requires investment in transport and other infrastructure, as well as health and age care – which cannot be provided for in the context of ’small government’.  Dumping the planned Company Tax cut would be a good start.

For the rest visit the following URL!:

http://leftfocus@blogspot.com/2011/04/budget-austerity-and-small-government.html

I recently purchased a “notebook” PC and I require accessories to it which unfortunately are only available online from unknown (not reputable) locations. These locations in the majority consist of only a website, with no address. I am not saying that every one of these outlets are suspect…many may be genuine.I have an account with a direct debit facility and I am loath in revelaing details (which I have to in order to purchase online) online. I had actually enquired with the bank with which I have this account, about this matter and it advises that theoretically it is quite possible, once details are revealed, that the outlet can withdraw all the funds not just the purchase price. The accounts which I refer to are quite comparatively fee generous. They are special retirement accounts (for seniors like me). There is no limit placed on the content of funds (the account can remain empty without attracting fees) The only imposition is once transactions exceed 8 per month fees are charged on every transaction after that. The other imposition is the interest rate…it is quite low so it is only suitable for contingency funds. So I started to think…”how can I purchase online without endangering my funds” Then it hit me! Simple….create a duplicate account (which I have done). Say for example I want to purchase (online) an item for a 100 dollars? I deposit say…110 dollars in the account and give it’s details online. This idea is so attractive that even the person whom I spoke to at the bank (where I created the duplicate account ) when I explained the reason for creating this duplicate account, thinks that it’s a good idea and is doing the same.

it’s a myth!………..I define “pure democracy” as a state in which a system, group, community, political party, corporations, even families live in an environment where no “skeletons in the closet” exist due to the fact that every action and reaction by any or all of it’s members or the whole are exposed to the whole and/or the public at large perhaps for the purpose of discussion. In reality however if any of these denoted (as above) do practice “pure democracy” none will survive for longer than a week! It would be extremely unlikely therefore that “pure democracy” is actually achievable. Within this context then, it would not difficult or outlandish to envisage an existing   national/international system  (see the blog titled “Leaky Times” in the Daily Bludge) where all concerned from the political/financial influential to the media outlets to pursue a common purpose….that of protecting a system, obviously not under conditions of “pure democracy” in which they are flourishing and are surviving, and surviving extremely well financially. However even though “pure democracy” cannot be practised, some semblance of democratic aspects even minimally must be practised as naturally we live in a presumed developed (democratic) world. And here is where the irony comes in.Under this philosophy only the “ineffective” and/or those which can be ‘comfortably handled” in the public domain would be exposed .This of course means that what is considered to be the opposite must be supressed…at all costs excluding of course violence which is not necessary in any case and  is  only a myth as depicted in Hollywood movies. It is quite ironic then that a “political intrigue” which would be considered as intimidating to the system would be most effective….but would also remain anonymous due to it’s supression. In the final analyses the perpetrator of the “political intrigue” is the winner even under anonymity by simply succeeding in forcing the system to surpress and by doing so acknowledging that the perpetrator was successfully “effective” in his/her endeavours.And not one single person would be aware of this achievement!

Years ago that old ad age “politics is the art of the possible” was genuinely practised. Leaderships around the world appeared competent in that art of persuation which is what that adage precisely denotes. Populaces in every country and in their majority were persuaded by these professional politicians and there was no need for confirmation by, or with any other form.
Presently however these leaderships appear to have lost this art forever ( as can be seen by the unprecedented occurrance of “hung parliaments” in the developed world) and in some instances are so incompetent to the point of the inarticulate. Enter Wikileaks which appears to be filling this void. Populaces believe in the written word. The veracity of the officially documented is universally accepted although it is not always wise to accept what is written, even officially, as  to be genuine. These leaderships and their influential and powerful friends have now  a form by which populaces can be persuaded. It exists at their
 fingertips and can be released as it is deemed fit. All they have to do is to give  “lip service” as to the “evilness” etc of Wikileaks and it’s founder  in order legitimise it’s existance. After all these leaderships have to be seen to be against it would’nt they?
Reminds me of that old “fool the spy” trick where if the recipient of a phone tap becomes aware of the tapping,  but the “tappers” remain unaware of the recipient’s discovery, then that recipient can feed (via the phone) information which may be false and/or to the recipient’s benefit.

I have just developed a conceptual brief synopsis for a book. I do not like fictional authorships but I think that this idea is well worth exploring as it is quite fresh
You take a family, man, wife and sibling who are to be the objective of some harassment. This family has not any clue as to the reason for this harassment only that it is occurring. This harassment is quite subtle however as the objective, as well, is that the recipients are not to be aware that they are being targetted. Unfortunately however for the perpetrators the victims, especially the male, is more professional than the perps and he (and family) are absolutely aware of what is occurring. This assists the resolve of the victims as they are not going to comply with whatever they are supposed to undertake under any circumstances. Consequently this harassment has simply “backfired” completely….fools!
This harassment is to be portrayed as never anything serious…always on the side of legality, (a tell tale sign of some pros at work) obviously to avoid police involvement…’cause if this occurs, they are well and truly stuffed! I deliberately avoided what is occurring…that is for the author to insert in the book…..but suffice it to say that even animals (e.g. dogs) would be involved in being victimised…where in turn the victims are as well! Tell me what you think.

This week at ‘Left Focus’ we’re looking at the ‘Supported Wage’ system here in Australia. Socialist activist Helen Said argues that the scheme encourages exploitation of disabled workers. To learn more, pls read the article – and feel welcome to contribute the debate!

see: http://leftfocus.blogspot.com/2010/12/supported-wage-system-exploits-workers.html

Who apart from me has noticed that most of those in real positions of power in the Queensland Government cabinet are all GREAT men—apart form the Premier herself of course?

Now I am not talking about strenuous efforts to create and implement policy or their hard work in persuading people that labour is doing a great job in government. It’s not that. They may be doing all these things but I am talking about how they present. I am talking about their great looks.

Here are five stalwarts of the Queensland cabinet. They are all well into middle age, they certainly have diffucult and stressful jobs and yet they don’t have a grey hair between them. They are young, energetic and look fantastic, don’t they? I speak of

• Paul Lucas 48, Health
• Neil Roberts 55, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services.
• Robert Schwarten 56, Public Works and Information and Communication Technology
• Stephen Robertson 48, Natural Resources Mines and Energy and Trade
• Geoffrey Wilson 58, Education and Training

The very best photographs of Ministers from their official sites at http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/ accompanying the personal biography of each. And we all recognise Jason!

How Andrew Fraser got to be treasurer without much hair and losing what he has at a great rate we will never know. No, sorry, that is untrue. We all know how he got to be treasurer and as such not much wonder he is losing his hair—but that is a story for another day.

Apart from Andrew it is obvious that those with power in the labour government are the ones with good heads of hair—just like Samson. So for God’s sake, Anna, don’t let any females loose in the cabinet room with scissors or things could really come tumbling down!

And all such gorgeous colours too. Some are beautiful and wavy like Geoffrey’s and Neil’s. Paul’s is really dark and with a smart matte finish and some are slightly shorter and in chestnut shades like Robert’s and Stephen’s.

There are those of course who whisper that they dye their hair but surely this can’t be so. No male politician who has achieved a cabinet position in government would spend the considerable time that this process would entail just to pretend to the Queensland electorate that they had not started to go grey. This does not make sense does it?

What voter would think to themselves “well I’m not at all happy about the wages fiasco within the Health Department but then again Paul Lucas has great hair so lets just forgive him the salary debacle”. Politicians are much more likely to depend on good policy and efficient implementation of that policy to impress the electorate. Policy must surely always outweigh Pompadour in winning popularity.

Can you imagine a leading male Queensland politician in the hair salon (not the barber’s shop) surrounded by technicians with bowls of mysterious solution being pampered and groomed, head wrapped in paper as the magic works and then styled and blow dried to absolute perfection. I don’t think so.

Politicians are people who have the wit to face the ageing process gracefully. I would not like to think of any politician I voted for as being a person whose vain behaviour took up more time than policy formulation. But then again an hour with your head resting back being fussed over by three or four females (it’s usually females) is perhaps just the position to be in to formulate the next strategic move.

Surely no sane voter would stand for members presenting themselves as concerned members of Parliament, interested only in fair governance of state but who obviously spend more than a perfunctory minute in front of the bathroom mirror. Because those who dye their hair probably have many other vanity driven processes that they must find time for.

No—give me the balding, greying mature male politician who attends the local barber shop and not the hair salon, who checks in the bathroom mirror, just occasionally, to see if he has to clean his teeth this week—and I will vote for him!

Now the reader of this article is by this time probably thinking why should men not dye their hair since it is probably true to say that a majority of women today certainly dye their hair and for them it has often nothing to do with ageing. Well first of all because women seem to be so much better at it. Not for them the matte mouse, matte brown or matte black but the shiny blonde, long and silky or glossy dark brown or wavy gorgeous titian—they don’t even care if its nothing like the original colour.

No, no, call me sexist but I am all in favour of women dying their hair because we expect women to have a little vanity but I bet that most of us voters do not expect that of our male politicians.

Particularly noticeable with older men dying their hair is that the older they get the more obvious it becomes. Hair dye unfortunately does nothing to fix bulging bellies, sagging chins and a wrinkly face. They would eventually have to go the whole hog with liposuction, botox and all the other magic potions available today—and this would leave no time for politics at all.

And now you are saying to yourself—“Ah ha—so it is politicians who dye their hair that this writer objects to”—and I suddenly realise—yes that’s right, I strongly object to dyed hair politicians who think more about their appearance than seeing their department run efficiently. I’m not fussed about the likes of Jason Akermanis dying his hair. He is in an entertainment profession with an exaggerated, over the top personality, that he cultivates very carefully. “Good on you Aker”—I say.

As a voter I am not looking for the young and virile. If anything I am looking for old and wise. So if I was your average Polly I would be dyeing my hair grey! I don’t want a frumpy foppish fifty something feigning—formative years. I want a fifty something that looks like he has the experience and wisdom required for the job.

Artificial hair colour cries out I am faking it, you can’t trust me, what you see is not what you get. And the final straw is, and I can hardly believe this as I write it, that those who do dye their hair probably believe that people who look at them don’t realise that the hair they are looking at is dyed. Those who do dye their hair probably believe that they are presenting themselves as a 30 or 40-year-old good-looking guy. Give me a break—surely no educated politician wise in the ways of the world could ever believe this?

So a final word of advice to the Queensland cabinet, particularly the famous good-looking five as illustrated here.

You are a great looking bunch fellows but before much longer I would start the ageing process—before anyone suspects that you might be spending too much time at the hair salon. First I would go to the barber the next time just in case there are a bevy of reporters, with cameras and awkward questions, waiting for you outside the hair salon having read this article. Then I would buy some simple hair dye—yes dye. All of you are just too good looking to be true so I advise a little grey colouring at the temples to start with. Not enough to cause suspicion you understand, but just enough to let the natural ageing process catch up with your natural good looks—say over the next year or so!

Go to it guys. You are all doing a great job!

This latest article at ‘Left Focus’ is a final look at the policies of the Greens and Labor Party in Victoria before the coming State election. (this coming weekend!!)

Issues considered include tax reform, cost-of-living, renewable energy, social housing, privatised infrastructure and aged care. 

Your feedback and opinions are welcome at the blog!

If any of you are interested in reproducing the article feel welcome to contact Tristan Ewins at Facebook…

Also feel welcome to join the Left Focus group at Facebook.

For the full article see: http://leftfocus.blogspot.com/2010/11/last-look-at-labor-and-greens-policies.html 

What a raw deal does nature bestow upon the human being if the concept of the “afterlife” as many sceptics believe, does not exist….an ‘afterlife” reputed to be that of the diamteric opposite to this life… permanent unparalleled contentment.
This writer however does not believe that nature is in the business of handing out raw deals. He in fact believes in the opposite that it is there for the purpose of balance….and in the prevention of the human being being dealt a raw deal and this would be the motive of the “afterlife” which is  a sort of natural compensation.
From the minute the human being is conceived s/he is faced with the prospect of a raw deal. S/he has to survive a period of gestation (9 months)…which many do not due to the various situations (e.g. miscarriages, abortions). Then upon birth s/he may find him/herself being abused, in extreme poverty (third world country) or facing childhood diseases which many are fatal and of which many may not survive. Then the human being as s/he grows into adulthood faces, in addition, stresses over finances, loved ones, relationship issues and another thousand and one issues of this kind.This is not to mention the fact that during living the human being has the prospect of being dealt a raw deal at any time by dying…due to accident or murder by the hand of another human being . However there is one raw deal which can be determined as the biggest of them all….that of his/her unsolved murder. A human being is killed by another and it remains unsolved…perhaps permanently…where justice as we know it and in this world is not done.
And then the sceptics have us believe that when all this is said and done and the human being dies there is….nothing!
Nature, quite callously, abandons the human being outright and refuses to compensate.
A raw deal?