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Stand up to Trump on Russia, take action on climate, Buncombe crowd tells McHenry
Mark Barrett
The Citizen-Times
RICEVILLE – People in an overflow crowd Wednesday challenged 10th District U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry to stand up to President Donald Trump on Russia and other issues and push for action on global warming.
McHenry said in a town hall meeting held for constituents that he will not interfere with the special counsel inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election but would like to see it end soon. He said he supports renewable energy but is not ready to back a major changes in United States tax law to fight climate change.
While some Republicans have bashed the probe by special counsel Robert Meuller, "As for me, I have not engaged in it," McHenry said. "If there were bad actors on the president's campaign or bad actors in the election, we need to know who they are."
He also took a stance on Russia contrary to the friendly tone Trump took during his recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, although he did not directly criticize Trump on the issue.
"Is the Russian government our friend? No. Are they an ally? No. Were they trying to influence the outcome of our election? Yes," McHenry said.
More than 150 people attended the meeting Wednesday morning at Riceville Volunteer Fire Department just east of Asheville, one of six McHenry is holding in his district this month. The room set aside for the meeting was initially unable to accommodate everyone who came and people parked their cars on roadside after regular parking spaces filled.
McHenry took questions for two and a half hours from a crowd that, judging by audience response, overwhelmingly disagreed with him on most issues. The meeting was respectful at times and raucous at others as the crowd applauded points made that were critical of Trump or McHenry or Republican policies on taxes, immigration and climate change.
Peter Schoen of Black Mountain said Trump had violated the biblical commandments against adultery and lying yet McHenry had not condemned him.
McHenry said, "I have no response for you. That's my answer."
Asheville resident Cathy Scott got a longer response from McHenry after she said Trump's rhetoric against immigrants and his treatment of children coming to the country, among other things, have traumatized Americans and public officials have a responsibility to challenge the president.
In the most dramatic moment of the meeting, she got a standing ovation when she told McHenry, "Silence is complicity. ... If we do not know that there are others holding public office who disagree with him, we can only assume you support him."
"I do believe that you're a decent person, but a silent decent person is not the same as a vocal decent person," she told McHenry.
The congressman said there are limits to what he can or should do in response to presidential actions or statements. He said his Republican supporters made the same criticism when he did not object to some actions by President Barack Obama.
"All I can do is control my actions, my words," he said.
Instead of responding to everything a president does he disagrees with, "I actually work on policies that are going to help people's lives. That's where I spend my time," McHenry said.
He said later in the meeting that he supports Trump's moves to roll back government regulations and cut taxes and efforts to change what he called "the president's style" would be futile.
"He was this way before, he will be this way after and you're getting what you'll get," McHenry said.
McHenry spoke shortly after Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that "Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now," referring to the Mueller probe.
Republican congressmen led by 11th District U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Transylvania, last week filed articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein is Mueller's boss because Sessions has recused himself from Russia-related issues.
McHenry said early in the meeting that "the Mueller investigation should be wrapping up."
And he said he is not a big Rosenstein supporter, calling him "one of the lesser appointees of the Trump administration."
But, he said later, "I have not impeded that investigation, nor will I."
McHenry was skeptical of the impeachment initiative, saying Rosenstein and the Justice Department have been "over 80 percent compliant" with congressional requests for documents.
Any move to impeach Rosenstein should go through the regular House committee process, he said, and he doubted the need to take any special steps to protect Mueller.
"This process is going to work itself out without any outside intervention," McHenry said.
Asheville resident Bill Maloney was one of several people who said it is past time for more forceful action by the U.S. government to fight global warming.
"It's like gravity. It's a scientific fact," he said.
"We're looking at the news and we're seeing the start of a train that's coming this way," he said, referring to fires in the West, recent flooding and other impacts of climate change.
McHenry said he has "been pragmatic and not an ideologue when it comes to addressing climate."
"Looking at the data, yes. Yes, climate change is real," he said. "What we do about it and how we take this on is where I think the debate should be."
Peter Landis, of Asheville, asked that McHenry hold future meetings to hear from constituents at a place and time better able to accommodate those who might want to attend.
McHenry noted the meeting, which began at 10 a.m., was well attended and said it is in a central location for the part of Buncombe County he represents.
He said he varies the time of the meetings but no matter when he holds them, someone complains about the timing.
A previous version of this story incorrectly identified those who made comments about President Trump and the 10 Commandments and choosing a different place and time for similar meetings.


Kut Was Ethnic: The Chikimi (Chin-Kuki-Mizo) ethnic group grew together and got grafted to diverse national cultures, throughout the AD years, mainly in North West Myanmar, North East India and Hill tracts of Bangladesh. The last century saw considerable growth of the Chikimi diaspora in the US, Europe and SE Asia.
Successive regimes they were subjected to gave them community names that suited the former's interest more than the latter's in the countries they came across in the frenetic search for the ideal place to settle down for keeps. Of that, enough historians and research scholars had inked their findings in volumes of books. One thing that has not been adequately dealt with is the common binding Chikimi seed-sowing and post-harvest fest known popularly as Kut. Periodical bids to change the form and format of celebrating the unique fest could not lessen the essence or dampen the spirit of Kut merriment.
The Original Motivation: Chikimi cycle of life was simple on the hilly terrains they took shelter. Life-sustaining food-grain seeds were sown in spring in the jhum-fields. Monsoon came soon, giving way for autumn to ripen paddy and other grains. Due to lack of knowledge, no much thought was given to the God of creation who gave the former and the latter rain and provided "manna" to humankind through the fructification process of the sown seed.
Nevertheless, there was an innate sub-consciousness in the native Chikimi that there existed a super-natural authority who gave the seed, made it grow and brought forth a hundred-fold in ultimate fruition. Kut was a visible show of gratitude to the invisible provider who, as sure as the seasons, made men fit to breathe and live from one year-end to another.
The Main-Show: In the absence of sports-infrastructure, on the pristine slopes, manually flattened spots served as playgrounds, post-harvest, to display male agility and prowess in traditional games and sports. Competition was in the air. Inter-village rivalry in ethnic sporting events, as to who is the better athlete in the area, drew crowds in hordes. Mithun-jump was a sport watched with keen interest. It had nothing to do with the Bollywood actor. It was the Chikimi answer to modern-day high-jump.
Piles of shawls were added on to a badly-beaten and tightly-fastened live mithun as young men, out to compete and impress, jumped one after another over the beast-of-burden. The guy who could fly over the maximum number of shawls piled up after being cleared on the domesticated animal emerged as the winner. Kaang-kaap, Pestle-throw and macho-wrestling etc. were other favourite sports during Kut weeks. Isolated and close to nature, the hill residents eagerly waited for Kut and the fun-fare attached to it.
The Side-Shows: While the rural womenfolk crashed fresh food-grain with alternate manual pounding with pestles on a wooden mortar that would be the material for feast-bread, the older folk sipped and sucked with bamboo-pipes from earthen jars of rice-beer, fermented well in advance for the big occasion, in upbeat mood. The kick they got out of the brew was stronger than the thrill pub-stuff can deliver today.
While a sozzled quartet crooned a never-ending two-liner folk-song that was pregnant with meaning, a tipsy couple would stretch and flap their hands, bend the knees and dance in circles to the low-key tune of the emotion-arousing folk item. Merriment peaked as the singing reached a crescendo. In terms of intensity, impact and capacity to stir up emotions, high-pitched songs sung with lung-power on Kut-stages of this century are no patch on the lyrical melodies of the distant past.
The 70 mm Kut: The eighties and nineties of the last century saw all forms of kutting like Mim Kut, Chavang Kut, Thalfavang Kut etc. squeezed in an annual event called Chapchaar Kut in Mizoram, Kut in Manipur and among Thadou/Kuki diaspora, and Khuado Pawi among the non-resident Zomi brethren living across the continents. The venue of celebration may be strangely urban and the kutting style urbane and outlandish; but the spirit of pastoral Kut remains the same everywhere.
What is there in a name? Kut with any other name would be as thrilling. This is one annual fest that reminds the Chikimi ethnic group of their common progenitor and cultural homogeneity. Here is a fest each of the Chikimi tribes can call its own, has no grudge over its naming and has a stake in its promotion. All paid and done, credit should go to the Ministers, MLAs and the like-minded bureaucrats who held sway in Manipur in the late seventies of the 1900s for having made the erstwhile local Kut celebration a worldwide Chikimi affair, participating in it irresistible and where the young and the young-in-heart converge seamlessly.
The Gain Set Off-Balance: The ethnic annual jamboree must also reflect the social changes and spiritual shifts that took place down the years. There is a worldly concept doing the rounds that we have 364 days in a year to feed on the wsord of God as a Christian. What is wrong in dedicating one day in a year in pursuing true Kut-culture on wining and adopted ramp-culture? The danger lies in the bitter truth that a singular day of wanton ultra-modern Kut-type carnal merry-making can turn the net gain of 364 days of passionate preaching off-balance.
That folks who had minimal appetite for Christian principles were prominent patrons and the privileged blue-eyed boys in Kut set-up which, unfortunately, could not get cracking without inputs put in by them, and that Kut tamasha attracts a huge following of nominal believers, is an alarming issue that needs serious address in ecclesiastical circles. Unanimity in admitting that inability to check the youth from being hell-bent on being 1st MR ground-bound in the evening of 1st November, every year, is the failure of parenting and Church-shepherding will serve as the first step to undo the unwanted pull of the flesh.
KPI DL Kut 2005: A Turning Point: This author was the unfortunate ADC (additional demand contact?) of Kangpokpi, Sadar Hills in year 2005. The odds were aplenty. But as a servant of the Lord, the spirit prompted me to moot the risky idea of celebrating Kut the gospel way sans the frills of glamour that Kutters got used to. Surprisingly, the powers-that-be and the Churches of my subject were willing to play ball. The stage was set for Rev. Prim Vaiphei to deliver a punching undiluted message from Kut platform. The audience lapped up the sermon word for word. But old habits died hard.
Kut would not have looked like Kut without a few tipsy guys walking in a blur and talking in a slur. Expectedly, a dissenting clamour was heard, "Why the hell are we not having Miss kut contest this year?" As the administrator of the sub-district, I mounted on the podium, held the mike and gently pleaded, "Dear brother, the Bible we bank on says Favour is deceitful; beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord shall be praised (Prov. 31:30). If it is absolutely necessary that we should have Miss Kut contest, we will have "Miss Good" contest instead on Biblical lines." A responsive applause that ensued silenced the voice of dissent.
Sugnu Tribal DL Kut 2008: On 31 October, 2008, about 3000 church-people gathered at the designated campus for district-level Kut celebration, Standard English High School, Sugnu (T), to listen to gospel vocal renditions and message. AVZ, C. Lalhmingmawii, the amazing voice of Zoram, Abea from Aizawl and local Gospel artists like Esther Sitlhou and Ngirshua Aimol lent their vocal talents to keep the audience glued to their seats. God gave the boldness to this nondescript author to speak on the pressing issues of the year.
Moreh and Sugnu Kut –2010: In year 2010, Kut started early at Moreh border town. Traditional sports were conducted on 30th October.
On 31st October, Moreh's Galngam Lentol hosted Kut gospel meeting. Local church services were combined at Kut venue. Husky crooner, Hechin Haokip and other local sensations sang soulful gospel numbers to help the audience switch over from kut-mood to worship-mood. Later in the evening, their full-throated solo numbers gave pep to gospel atmosphere at Sugnu (T) to gain momentum. God gave this obscure author the privilege of giving the words of God to thousands of Kutters at Moreh and Sugnu in Kut-eve meetings.
The rapt-attention of sermon-hearers, exhibited whole in the halls, and the peaceful atmosphere experienced at both places of Kut celebration in Chandel district of Manipur, proved that God's spirit gives liberty where His name is lifted high. The contrary scene was seen the next night when love songs were sung and beauty contests were conducted. If we want rowdy kutters to become sober lowly hearers, and save gen-next from progressive serial self-destruction, gospel Kut is the only answer.
Change In Command at KHQ: The new team calling the shots from Kut headquarters at Imphal administered under traditional rules that are adhered to with a passion usually reserved for religion by SLKC – State-level Kut Committee- Manipur, is a departure from their earlier predecessors.
Pu Dr. Chaltawnlien Amo who represents Tipaimukh A/C in the Manipur Assembly for the 3rd term chairs SLKC presently. Soft-spoken and cordial to all, the SLKC Chairman co-ordinates with the various Kut sub-committees with the approach of gentle surgeon.
That the veteran Hmar leader exits immediately after deliberations on core issues in a prelim Kut meeting without hanging around impacts the social fence-sitters to follow suit. Other things being equal, level-headed normal guys still follow the leader. Voluntary services rendered to SLKC by regular Kut-management experts make the Chairman's job much easier.
The Silver–Lining: Pu T. Manga Vaiphei, the fourth time Legislator from Henglep A/C who is the Chairman of MTDC – Manipur Tribal Development Corporation – also chairs the SLKC sub-committee for Cultural dances. Assisted with clinical precision by Dr. V. Haokip, M.O of TA & Hills, apart from hiking travel and food expenses for the prospective cultural groups geared up to showcase their craft on Kut day 2012, Pu Manga monitors the arrangements under his charge to ensure maximum fraternal participation and see that all concerned dance to SLKC's tunes.
That Pu V. Vungzagin, the giant-killer from Thanlon A/C, had been sworn in recently as a Parliamentary Secretary of the state enthuses his co sub-committee members for Kut Souvenir publication like this author and Mr. Lunsieh Kipgen IPS. Pu Valte's warm keenness coupled with Pu G.S Haupu, the social-minded Singhat MLA's energetic drive to mobilise more funds give pep to one's creative service to SLKC.
The Global Cheer-spread: Kut 2012 promises to be an event to remember for more reasons than one. While poor men's Kut will continue to enthral small town players at SDHQs of CCPur, Chandel, Sadar Hills, Ukhrul and Tamenglong districts of Manipur, plans are afoot for dissemination of effusive Kut mood at pocket Chikimi settlements elsewhere like Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Shillong, Guwahati, Tamu etc. YZTP's Sweet December celebration in Yangon and at the Chikimi diaspora concentrations across the globe will be no less entertaining.
Reluctantly agreed that changing the Kutting style at SLKC headquarters will be as tough as Arvind Kejriwal's attempt to provide alternative to the established system, one has reasons to hope for the better with gifted bureaucrats providing optimum support to their political masters in managing the state's top fest of fun. Now that the patrons of status-quo cannot be won over to budge, HD visibility on Kut platform is being sought everywhere by kut-enthusiasts.
A habitual kut-aficionado candidly admitted, "Last year on 1st Nov, at Moreh Kut, we began to hit the bottle at7 pm. By8 pm, my head went for a spin and all I knew, I no more had control over my own purse". Scales of Kut celebration may differ from place to place but the spirit of ethnic zeal and zest remains the same; be it in Delhi or at Kangpokpi; London or Thanlon; America or Lamka.
The Core Committee: While robust super-cop Pu P. Doungel IPS in his capacity as SLKC Secretary works hard to convene rounds of sub-committee sittings and to provide fool-proof security on Kut day, the articulate Pu WL Hangsing, IAS, Principal Secretary, GoM, heads the team that takes care of the Kut Beauty Contest right from the preliminary rounds. With no mismatch of role to player, the bar is likely to be raised this time round in Kut entertainment and ramp-show.
It also gives a reassuring feeling that although many well-wishers of Kut fest, due to pre-occupations elsewhere, cannot personally make it to the frequent confabulations of the selfless Kut-elite club members, the core Kut committee enjoys the solid backing of Pu Phungzathang Tonsing, Hon'ble Minister (Health & GAD), Pu Ngamthang Haokip, Hon'ble Minister (IFCD & Printing), Pu T.N Haokip MLA, Pi Nemcha Kipgen, MLA, Pu Yamthong Haokip MLA and a few former re-tyred legislators. It has become a norm in Kut management premises that the men who devote maximum time for making the frankenstein-like annual gala fest what it is shall also have to dole out the biggest amount of donation too.
Zeroing in on Affinity: In our jealous zeal to equate ourselves with whole-state-owning communities, at times, we tend to view our wanting ethnic entity with jaundiced eyes with our noses turned up. But in the same way semblance of government is much better than no government, the integrating platform of Kut is a blessing for the otherwise mentally-partitioned similar dialect-speaking ethnic group of 2.8 million people (worldwide) who, unfortunately, got scattered in three adjoining countries by the accidental events of history. That we originated from one common progenitor among the nations and gradually took shelter in imagined fresher pastures without adopting alien culture is proven by the common fest called Kut that we share today and will share in the future.
As stewards of the influences at our respective disposal and stake-holders to pass on an improved legacy to gen-next, let us all hold fast and cherish this sole reuniting fest we all feel proud to be identified with. Doing all, we stand to gain much to reinvent Kut to glorify the one and living God who gave and sustained life until today.
The writer is an Indian Administrative Officer.


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I used to adore school en-cas. Seriously, Used to do! Our school had a principal dish known as Flying Saucer. It was a slice of ham, garnished with a scoop of mashed potatoes, along with smother inside a creamy dairy products sauce. Yummy.
And to sat had been just as essential as what you were served. Everyone knows our friends' preferences. Sit down by Alice on PBJ day due to the fact she would deal her sandwich for your carrot sticks along with dip. Or even Bobby would swap tater tots with regard to chicken nuggets.
Now? You actually couldn't shell out me money to eat college lunch.
The Wholesome, Hunger-Free Little ones Act, that's what transpired. The You. S. Office of Farming handed down this specific ridiculous requirement and put this into effect September, 2012.
Here is a elimination of the software.
Portions tend to be controlled intended for fruits, fresh vegetables, grains, and also protein. While in st. kitts is strict maximum serving size for grains and proteins- you know, the foods that make you feel full- you can find no maximums for fruits and vegetables.
There are generally minimums for the produce things though. Browse the serving sizes for each a long time. Each college student must be provided at least these many for both fruits and vegetables.
This can be the first program in history to add a caloric cap on each meal. Younger kids can be served a maximum of 650 calories for each meal. How much do aged kids acquire? 850 fat laden calories.
Want a reference point? Your average ¼ single pound hamburger dished up plain is practically 500 calorie consumption. If universities don't comply with the food count, the district should be sent less federal money the below year.
Along with monitoring section sizes in addition to calories eaten, meals should cut back on salt, fats along with carbs.
And also, this food list is mandatory in all community schools.
First of all, it implies you'll never find me operating food service in a community school. I am just surprised people little older ladies tend to be not equipped with riot gear. Amounts must be regular for everyone. Meaning the burly football guitar player is getting the same amount of meals as the r?duit cheerleader. And- get this- high school older persons are functioned two ounces more proteins than kindergarteners.
It also shows that kids usually are eating less meal. Milk is included in the kcal count. At some level during the full week, the fruit and plant offering has to be red as well as orange. "Yum. Beets, " said no kindergartener ever before. Considering quite a few children via low-income households only purchase one good dinner per day, this would mean they are obligated to eat this specific junk as well as starve for you to death. As well as from the noises of it, even when they do consume the entire meals, they are even now starving.
Exactly what else does it mean? This means schools still cannot offer many of the student's favored condiments. Because of the high salt content, college students can have an individual packet connected with ketchup. And to essay writer help make it sure the children only take a single, there is a person standing generally there, monitoring typically the students' pastime. That will sound like an amazing use of time and money, anyway. Similarly, all these marvelous, tasty vegetables are generally served with out salt. Raw vegetables not necessarily accompanied by virtually any dip or perhaps sauce. Seems tasty, proper?
And it indicates a lot of money is certainly going in the trash. Go to your personal kitchen filing cabinet right now and appearance at your computing cups. Some sort of 5-year previous is expected to eat ½ cup berry and ½ cup fresh vegetables? And what higher schooler would like to sit down and munch on a full pot of natural celery? All those things extra your meals are going in typically the trash. In the mean time, more and more little ones are having a tote lunch. In a single school, above half the coed population now brings foods from home. Still the school nevertheless needs to prepare yourself enough foods to foodstuff those kids- regardless of the reality they provide their own. So all that meals is going in typically the trash too- leftovers are usually illegal.
Do We Perhaps Want to Ask What the Long term Holds?!
Brand-new regulations to get school d?jeuner go into impact with the 2013-2014 school season. If youngsters weren't eager before, they will be in the future.
The particular Healthy, Hunger-Free (yeah proper! ) Kids Act may be the first significant change to have an impact on school lunch in eighteen years. It seems like they gone from one serious to the other. In place of making slow changes, government entities pulled the actual rug from underneath everybody over night.
Exactly what are your thoughts? Gets the USDA absent too far? The actual pros outdo the cons or vice versa? Would you try to eat that bunnie food they can be serving right now?


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Before our inaugural trip to Israel Scott and I was both really excited. We get jazzed anytime we get to experience a new country for the first time as we make our way across the globe and endless list of countries and places we've decided we must visit one day.
Scott asked me what I was most excited about before visiting Israel, and without any hesitation, I replied the food. This usually isn't my answer when going to a new country, usually, it's a specific destination or some sort of sight seeing, but this time I was the most amped for the food.
Just to throw it out there, I was also excited to see places here like the Dead Sea, BUT my first thought every time about coming to Israel was swimming through a sea of hummus like Scrooge McDuck with his money in his vault like Ducktails.
Our first days were spent in the party, chilled out, beach city of Tel Aviv where we met up with Inbal of Delicious Israel for an unforgettable culinary escapade through the best eateries through Carmel Market and the surrounding area.
First, we must explain to you that this is unlike any food tour we have ever done. Yes, we walked and sampled foods all over the city but we have never on any type of tour we have done experienced such a warm welcome to a country and felt as if we were old friends catching up and hanging out eating the best food in town. This will also go down as our favorite encounter with a local in Israel.
We were greeted by Inbal, the owner, and creator of Delicious Israel, and instantly felt a connection. We felt like best friends, the three of us eating, talking, joking, sharing stories, and there was even dancing on this tour. Each food we tried, each place we went to, each person serving the food we encountered had a compelling backstory or fun anecdote she shared with us.
Our afternoon was packed full of history, stories, jokes, and an insider look at the lives of the locals and their fusion of foods from surrounding countries to make the incredible dishes we were served up. This tour was one of the most interesting and entertaining tours we have ever been on.
One place we visited during the day that stood out was the lachoch shop. We showed up, already stuffed to the gills after devouring what we agreed on was the best hummus we've ever had, to this tiny little spot where we were greeted by what we can only describe as the happiest woman in the world. She was excited to see Inbal with us there and started speaking in Hebrew with utmost delight. We couldn't tell you exactly what she said but her happiness radiated through the entire place.
She started making our food and insisted we snacked on an orange she cut up for us. Two women came into her store and she was delighted, apparently, these women were on a Delicious Israel tour before us and came back just to hang out with the happiest woman on earth. Her presence was infectious. As we were served this incredible Yemenite bread with cooked egg in the center Inbal explained to us that whenever she was in a bad mood or needed a happiness boost she just comes here. We can see why and we would do the same if we lived in Tel Aviv.
After our food was finished we left and Scott realized he forgot his lens cap to his camera in the restaurant. He ran back minutes later and returned smiling telling us that he ended up dancing with the happiest lady on earth who was still having the time of her life in her small shop with her customers dancing away, laughing, and cooking food.
Happiness is infectious if you're around happy people you want to be happy. We were already in a great mood throughout the entire tour but after leaving her shop we had a happiness high.
We continued strolling the streets stopping at cool walls, an amazing dessert café, and a local microbrewery for the ultimate Instagram pics and posts. Every single stop was a back to back hit and most importantly delicious food.
We began to think that maybe we were really lucky to be having such an incredible time on this food tour. But as we were touring the streets we ran into another one of Delicious Israel's groups and their guide was just as personable with their group. We couldn't really tell who the leader was, everyone just seemed like a group of friends out around town eating amazing food.
We never felt that the kindness being shown to us was fake or inauthentic, we realized that the people of Delicious Israel were really passionate about food, having a good time, and sharing this experience with visitors. It was truly amazing seeing and experiencing seeing someone who loves their job and what they do and it resonated with us.
From the etrog refresher, sabich, the sweet malabi dessert, a Nutella crepe cake, to that unforgettable bowl of hummus. Our tastebuds and waistlines were blown.
After a week in Jerusalem we came back to Tel Aviv to meet up with Inbal once more where she took us to the hip and trendy Levinsky market for some amazing homemade soda at Levinsky 41, delicious deli bites, hummus, falafel that you could eat for days, and the best halva we've ever had the pleasure tasting.
On our last day in Israel as I went to put on my pants they literally ripped. I knew it was time to leave Israel. When you're clothes are bursting at the seams because you ate so much amazing food in two weeks, it's time to go.
So do yourself a favor and while you're in Israel, spend at least a day sampling around Tel Aviv with Delicious Israel. From a friendly local to take you around to the faces and foods you'll meet along the way. You won't want to leave, at least we didn't want to until our clothes were bursting at the seams.
Delicious Israel also offers local Shabbat dinner experiences inside their homes as well as winery day trip tours!
Want some extra delicious dishes in Tel Aviv? Check out the places below.
This was probably our favorite place to eat in Tel Aviv. We ended up coming back three times trying something different each time and each dish was a back to back hit. First we tried shakshuka served in a pita, then shawarma served in jaffa bread, and last shakshuka served up with salads and sides for days that still make our mouths water thinking about it. Come when they open to get served right away, come in the afternoon and expect to wait in a line. Don't let the line deter you, its totally worth the wait!
Located in the heart of Jaffa this authentic restaurant specializing in hummus, falafel, and shawarma. We feasted on amazing salads, hummus, and lamb until we couldn't move. The restaurant has been passed down from generation to generation serving up some of the tastiest food we ate in Tel Aviv. The location couldn't be better right across from the iconic clock tower in Jaffa and just steps away from the amazing Jaffa flea market as well as Jaffa Port.
If you're looking for a new spin on shawarma then look no further than ShawarMAX. An epic name for a place where the chef likes to fuze different tastes of different cuisines with the classic shawarma. We really liked the fushion of shakshuka and shawarma as well as the Thai flavored shawarma. Each plate is loaded with flavor and they even have vegan options!
If you can't decide what you want to eat then head over to Sarona Market where you can choose between dozens of different eateries all serving up some of the most delicious looking dishes we have seen. It really is hard to choose so why not get a group of friends and sample your way around the market? We ate at La Farina for some italian sandwiches and paninis and were pleased. It was a nice break from hummus, falafel, and shawarma.
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I'm working on the implementation of a cross-platform interface that encapsulates event multiplexing interfaces (kqueue/epoll/select). This interface is planned to be used with TcpSockets and WebSockets instead of SocketWaitEvent. The reason why I need this interface is that the select interface does not scale well on large number of sockets, therefore it's useless in developing of high-load server that must keep a lot of tcp connections.
It would be great if that kind of interface become native for UPP. It must be compatible with existing code base, so there is no necessity in modification of existing users' projects. At the same time it can be included and used in user's code like SocketWaitEvent.
The first problem is related to the current implementation of TcpSocket::RawWait(...). It uses select(...) system call for determining possibility of reading/writing data or exceptional state of socket. As far as I can understand, it means that server with large nubmer of sockets will work slowly anyway. I patched TcpSocket::RawWait(...) for BSD platform on my local machine (see below) before I started to implement the interface. Now I think that it's possible to use SocketEventQueue in purpose of determining socket state instead of raw kqueue/epoll/select. What do you think about this?
So I can't normally terminate the server if I work with sockets in blocking mode.
Do you have any ideas how to interrupt kevent waiting loop?
I've tried to call shutdown(socket, SD_BOTH) for sockets that hadn't been passed through TcpSocket::Listen(), and it works for me.
But I still can't deal with listening socket. Solution I've found is to use pipe-trick: read-end descriptor attaches to kqueue/epoll, and write-end descriptor attaches to socket. When socket closes, it writes some data in pipe with write-end descriptor.
But it means that socket must hold all queue write-end descriptors it was attached.
Why is T_SOCKET a template parameter? Because of websocket?
What is DisableSocketRead supposed to do? Opposite of Subscribe?
If I am right about T_SOCKET, I have to disagree with the interface a bit.
is clumsy - this will IMO cause problems with mapping T_SOCKET back to its "processes".
Is there a reason to make things more complicated that this?
Well, I was fighting with this one too, years ago. Thats nasty little problem there.
I the end, I believe that the best solution is to make Accept return until there are any active threads by doing localhost connect.
>Why is T_SOCKET a template parameter? Because of websocket?
>Vector<SocketEvent<T_SOCKET>> Wait(int timeout); is clumsy - this will IMO cause problems with mapping T_SOCKET back to its "processes".
Could you explain, what kind of problems with mapping will cause the interface?
Now what. Where will these data go?
IMO, there will be a class instance that will provide the communication with single client and you will want to let it read the data. You will probably have some container of these instances. In the end, you need to map incomming event to a class instance somehow. If all ID you have is GetSocket, you will need map socket->instance.
Main idea was to serve only 'triggered' sockets without necessity of searching them in array.
Well, I think what I see is quite opposite But I might be wrong.
Why `Set(int ii, TcpSocket& s, dword events)`, `Insert(int ii, TcpSocket& s, dword events)` and `Remove(int ii, TcpSocket& s, dword events)` use `TcpSocket& s` but not `SOCKET s` as a parameter?
Sorry, that was my mistake. Actually, the interface between this and actual sockets is something to be carefully considered. With websocket, I have attempted some initial solution with GetWaitEvents and probably AddTo or something like that.
Are `Clear(int ii)` and `FindEmpty()` intended to keep user's `Array<***Socket>` and SocketWaitEvent containers synchronized? Does it mean that user can replace one socket in array with another?
Another mistake in my proposal, it should have simply been Remove(int ii).
Disable would be really hard to use. I am pretty sure that you need some sort of Set with new set of bit flags. Check GetWaitEvents (in HttpRequest and WebSocket).
Anyway, here the idea is that you will maintain that 'int' to be directly mapped to the index of instance of class that handles the communication.
I use VectorMap containers instead of Vector as SocketEventQueue member, therefore searching of triggered sockets may be a little bit more effective than iterating over the Vector.
All events instances are generated every time Wait(...) was invoked, so the only necessity for user is to keep socket instance pointer valid (by placing sockets in Array, for example).
I really like your idea to expand existing SocketWaitEvent interface and work with indices, not helper class instances. And I think it's possible to use VectorMap<SOCKET, int> with VectorMap::Find(...) returning index instead of Vector<Tuple<SOCKET, dword>>. What do you think about this?
I think you got me wrong here. I am speaking about interface (and its use in client code), not about implementation.


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Note effective saturation is not a function of capillary pressure: i use porepressure instead, so seff = 1 for p >= 0.
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We will pay the Skilled Nursing Care Facility Benefit shown in the Schedule of Benefits if, as the result of a Covered Accident or Sickness, a Covered Person is confined in a Skilled Nursing Care Facility within 3 straight days after a period of confinement for which Daily Hospital Confinement Benefits are payable. We will pay the benefit for each day the Covered Person is confined in a Skilled Nursing Care Facility up to the Maximum Benefit shown in the Schedule of Benefits. In computing the number of days payable under this benefit, the date of admission will be counted but not the date of discharge. We will pay for treatment if a Physician visits the Covered Person and certifies in writing the confinement is Medically Necessary.
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January is all about one thing and one thing only. Well, two things. Trying to get back on track with some healthy eating after a little too much indulgence over the holiday season, and looking forward to drool-worthy EPIC game day eats when it comes time for the biggest game of the year. I'm also looking forward to the halftime show. And the commercials. Oh how I look forward to seeing some creative commercials.
And the game. Yeah, sure. I guess I'm excited about that too. Who's playing again?
In our house, watching the Super Bowl LII is more of a social opportunity than a sporting event. Any chance we have to bring our friends together… I'm all about it. If it just so happens to revolve around the year's most important football game, that's just a bonus in our book. The reason I'm always extra excited about entertaining this one day a year? Game day recipes are some of my absolute FAVORITES to cook… and eat.
My toddler Olivia is (like most children her age) pretty happy when we offer her mac and cheese for dinner. If we're being real, though, adults are pretty excited for mac and cheese as well. I was just photographing a wedding a few weeks ago and noticed while covering cocktail hour that they were serving mac and cheese to guests. Let me tell you… every guest was so excited about that comforting tray of cheesy carb-loaded goodness. And it was at that moment I realized I wanted to make mac and cheese balls for our football watch party this year. But not just any ordinary mac and cheese balls… these are coated in DORITOS® Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips!
That's right. This game day I'm adding these Doritos® Mac and Cheese Balls with Sriracha Mayo to the menu!
Life is short, and I only have time for bold flavors. That's why I made sure to jam pack these Doritos® Crusted Mac and Cheese balls with as much jaw-dropping, stomach-happy-dance flavors I could.
Game day recipes should be all about being fast, easy, and approachable. This isn't the time to prepare gourmet 18-step recipes that are dainty or thought-provoking. It's all about big flavors and big impact, with the smallest amount of hands on time in the kitchen. That way I don't miss any of those awesome commercials!
These Doritos® Mac and Cheese Balls with Sriracha Mayo can be made with as little as 5 ingredients if using store bought mac and cheese. That's pretty darn simple. Best of all, they include some of the greatest foods on earth… mac and cheese, Doritos®, and sriracha mayo. HECK to the YES.
So let's break down these Doritos® Mac and Cheese Balls with Sriracha Mayo. First, the mac and cheese. You have some options. Making the recipe below for the mac and cheese will definitely be a huge win in the flavor department. Besides making an incredibly cheesy sauce for the macaroni, I also add an additional cup of shredded cheese into the mac and cheese to make these balls even cheesier.
If homemade mac and cheese isn't possible (no judgement, I promise), feel free to grab some store bought or just make the boxed stuff.
What IS essential is spreading it into a baking dish and refrigerating the mac and cheese until it's nice and firm. This will make shaping the balls extremely easy.
Once your mac and cheese is firm from it's spa day in the fridge, it's time to make some balls. I used an ice cream/cookie scoop about 1 1/2″ in diameter for these Doritos® Mac and Cheese Balls. Scooping them will get the shape pretty close, but then use your hands to mold them into a nicer more precise sphere.
You can feel free to crush your DORITOS® Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips however you'd like. A food processor would certainly do the trick, but I think taking a rolling pin to a bag of Doritos is way more fun. No rolling pin? An empty bottle of wine will work just fine!
These Doritos Mac and Cheese Balls are as easy as dipping in egg wash, rolling in the crushed Doritos®, and frying until crisp. When dredging the balls in the crushed Doritos®, make sure to really get them well coated. You want to maximize every morsel of Doritos® goodness on every mac and cheese ball.
And speaking of maximizing… Frito-Lay has you covered for all your Super Bowl LII recipes. I just created some LEGIT Skillet Loaded Taco Potato Chip Nachos last week, and Frito-Lay has a ton of game day inspiration on their Pinterest page!
If using store bought or leftover mac and cheese, skip to step 3.
For homemade mac and cheese: melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and stir constantly for 30-60 seconds. As soon as flour starts to turn a little brown, add milk to roux slowly, whisking constantly to fully incorporate. Cook, stirring occasionally to avoid milk scorching on the bottom of the pan, until thickened. Stir in 3 cups of shredded cheese and season generously with Kosher salt.
Combine cooked macaroni with cheese sauce in a large bowl. Stir in remaining 1 cup of shredded cheese.
Spread in an even layer in a baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Let cool and refrigerate until firm, at least 2-4 hours but preferably overnight.
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop mac and cheese into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Freeze for 2 hours.
Meanwhile, finely crush Doritos and place in a medium bowl. Whisk together milk and eggs in a small bowl.
Heat enough canola or vegetable oil in a medium skillet or saucepan to cover half of the mac and cheese balls over medium/medium-high heat. Remove mac and cheese balls from freezer. Dip in egg wash and thoroughly cover with crushed Doritos. Fry mac and cheese balls in batches, flipping once, until golden brown and crispy, about 2-4 minutes.
Serve Doritos Mac and Cheese Balls with Sriracha Mayo. Devour.
Combine the mayo, Sriracha, and sugar in a small bowl and season with Kosher salt. Set aside and let flavors meld for at least 20 minutes. Can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Wow, the texture of these looks perfect. Thanks for sharing.


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Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in a dairy cattle farm and a research farm in Ghana
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Bacteriology Department
Asante-Poku, A; Aning, K.G; Boi-Kikimoto, B; Yeboah-Manu, D
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The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and to identify the mycobacterial species causing BTB in a dairy farm and research farm. Six hundred and eighty-five cattle were screened for BTB by using the Comparative intradermal tuberculin test (CTT). Positive reactors were slaughtered and carcasses were taken for isolation of mycobacterial species. This was followed by speciation of isolates using both standard conventional and molecular assays. Seventeen of the cattle were positive by CTT, giving a crude BTB prevalence of 2.48% among cattle from the two farms. Six of the 17 samples (35.30%) yielded positive acid-fast bacilli cultures and three of the isolates were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), which were sub-divided into two Mycobacterium tuberculosis sensu scrito (Mtb) and one Mycobacterium africanum; the remaining three were Mycobacterium other than tuberculoisis (MOTT). Spoligotyping further characterised the two Mtb isolates as Ghana (spoligotype Data Base 4 number 53) and Latin American Mediterranean (LAM), whilst spoligotyping and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) analysis typed the M. africanum as West African 1. Microseq 500 analysis identified two of the MOTT as Mycobacterium flavescens and Mycobacterium Moriokaense respectively, whilst the remaining one could not be identified. This study observed the prevalence of bovine TB among cattle from two farms in Ghana as 2.48% and confirms the public health importance of M. africanum as a pathogen in Ghana. © 2014. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals.
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In a cocktail shaker, thoroughly muddle the fruit with Lucid, cachaca, brandy and orange liquor. Pour mixture into a wine glass. Float red wine on top of cocktail. Stir and enjoy.
*Lucid Absinthe is the first genuine absinthe to be legally available in the US after 95 years of prohibition. Though you might be surprised to find absinthe in sangria, Lucid is actually an extremely versatile spirit that adds balance and a familiar sense of warmth to this refreshing cocktail.


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Lufthansa: Rio De Janeiro to Seoul, Incheon. $1006. 1 stop in MUC / Roundtrip, including all taxes.
Seoul, officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. Seoul has a population of 9.7 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy in 2014 after Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. International visitors generally reach Seoul via AREX from Incheon International Airport, notable for having been rated the best airport for nine consecutive years (2005–2013) by Airports Council International. In 2015, it was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis, with the GDP per capita (PPP) in Seoul being around $40,000. In 2017, the cost of living in Seoul was ranked the 6th highest globally. In 2020, Seoul's real estate market was ranked 3rd in the world for the price of apartments in the downtown center. Seoul was one of the host cities for the official tournament of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which was co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
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What is airport name from Rio De Janeiro?
The airport name in Rio De Janeiro is Galeao - Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport.
What is airport name to Seoul?
The airport name in Seoul is Incheon International Airport.
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A good fare between Rio De Janeiro to Seoul is under $.
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The cheapest fare we found on this route, Rio De Janeiro to Seoul is 999.
What is the distance in miles from Rio De Janeiro to Seoul?
The air miles between these two cities, Rio De Janeiro to Seoul is 11253 miles.
Do I need a passport to fly between Rio De Janeiro to Seoul?
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The show will feature folk trio T-Acadie, along with Phil House and Kathy Haley. The highlight of the show will be House playing traditional carols on the historic Hook & Hastings pipe organ. ***************** T-Acadie will offer selections from their holiday show, "Hidden Gems of the Holiday Season," featuring Cajun/Acadian music, along with wassailing songs and less common carols, etc. The trio will play their usual fiddle, button accordion, and guitar, as well as mountain dulcimer, banjo, cello, hammered dulcimer, and bass. TAcadie, whose name is Cajun slang for a little Acadia, is a versatile band comfortable playing both concerts and contradances. Their repertoire spans traditional French Canadian and New England tunes, Cajun and Zydeco, and old-time Southern songs. Band members Pam Weeks, Jim Joseph and Bill Olson, are each accomplished multi-instrumentalists. ********** When Phil House and Kathy Haley join forces, they are a dynamic duo. Together they have been delighting audiences throughout Maine, most notably at the Annual Summer Concert series at the Poland Spring in All Souls Chapel, the Sawyer Memorial and other local venues. House, organist at the First Universalist Church in Auburn for 30 years, has also recorded many CDs of his piano and organ music. He has made a life performing near and far, from his home town of Bryant Pond, Maine, to Nashville, Tennessee, and far away Vienna, Austria. Danville homegirl Kathy Haley began performing early as a church organist, pianist and folk singer. For decades. Kathy was one of the lead singers with the Top 40 dance band Good and Plenty and the vocal group The Girls of LA. Currently she performs with My Mothers Daughter. She is the accompanist for the Edward Little High School and Auburn Middle School choral groups, and Haleys main role is organist/choir director at the Court Street Baptist Church of Auburn. **************** Concerts for a Cause brings special concerts to the LA community, while raising money for Auburn UU church and area charities. The series is produced by a dedicated group of church members. The First Universalist Church of Auburn is located at 169 Pleasant St. (enter on Spring St., across fromDairy Joy). Parking; accessible. Tickets are $20. FMI visit uuconcerts.org or call 783-0461.
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Now Is The Time To Do It Differently
"Help! – I Can't Get Out Of The Box I Put Myself In!"
The fast food industry got the idea for drive-in windows from banks. I guess there was a McDonalds executive sitting at the bank drive-through one day who thought, "I don't think we can fit the milkshakes in these tubes, but…" Netjets, the leader in fractional jet ownership, now owned by Warren Buffet, owes its birth to the vacation time-share industry. The microwave in your kitchen was not originally intended to go there; its original manufacturer, Litton, believed no consumer would buy it and built them only for restaurants. When was the last time you heard of Litton? What does this tell you? That successful businesses live or die by cross-industry 'borrowing' of ideas, that inspiration more often comes from outside the box than from within. Ordinary businesses stay ordinary, their owners eking out only ordinary incomes – and working too hard for them – as long as those owners foolishly and stubbornly, mentally stay in their own tiny backyard. Breakthroughs come from bringing fresh ideas found outside one's own business in and applying them in new ways. You choose to limit or expand your income by the way you reject or embrace ideas found far afield from your present modus operandi and industry norms.
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Erdoğan tells media not to cover Kurdish conflict
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Thorning's chance to press China for media freedom
Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is in China this week to meet with top leaders, according to international news reports. CPJ's Advocacy and Communications Associate Magnus Ag and Senior Asia Program Researcher Madeline Earp co-wrote an op-ed calling on Thorning--as...
Mission Journal: Putin imposes harsh climate on Russia
September 7, 2012 12:26 PM ET
Record-high temperatures swept most of Europe this summer, but in Moscow the weather, much like the political climate, was chilly. I spent three months in the capital at the invitation of the Russian Union of Journalists, and witnessed how...
Clinton must speak up for international press in China
September 4, 2012 2:34 PM ET
New York, September 4, 2012--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should press Chinese officials in meetings this week to allow international journalists based in China greater access to news events and fewer restrictions of their coverage, the Committee to...
In Jordan, proposed amendments to censor Internet
August 31, 2012 2:21 PM ET
New York, August 31, 2012--Proposed legislation in Jordan would impose significant new restrictions on online news content and reader comments while giving authorities new powers to block domestic and international websites. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the lower...
Guinean government censors private radio station
Lagos, Nigeria, August 30, 2012--Authorities in Guinea closed a private radio station on Sunday, preventing the outlet from reporting on the next day's protests, according to news reports. Liberté FM has been targeted in the past, the reports said....
In Venezuela, a media landscape transformed
August 29, 2012 7:33 AM ET
In more than a decade in power, President Hugo Chávez Frías has overseen the transformation of nearly every aspect of Venezuelan society, including the media. When Chávez came to office in 1999, he enjoyed the support of the country's established...
Venezuela's private media wither under Chávez assault
The Chávez administration has used an array of legislation, threats, and regulatory measures to gradually break down Venezuela's independent press while building up a state media empire—a complete reversal of the previous landscape. One result: Vital issues are going uncovered...
Globovisión besieged by investigations, fines, violence
The recent regulatory probe into coverage at Globovisión, the only TV broadcaster critical of the Chávez administration, is the latest in a long string of investigations and other harassment. The network is struggling to stay afloat. By Monica Campbell...
Local press targeted and harassed in Ivory Coast
Lagos, Nigeria, August 24, 2012--Ivorian authorities must immediately halt censorship of news outlets reporting critically on the government and investigate an armed assault on the offices of a publishing group, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....


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Q: Saving Response from Requests to a file Im using postman to call an API. The use case i have is I need to call the api using the Python-Requests and add error handling and e-mail confirmation. The response i get should be written to a file. Im completely new to python and does not have any expertise. Can someone help?
This is the python Requests code i have
import requests

url = "http://XXXX"

payload = {}
headers= {}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data = payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

A: You can write it to a file by doing this:
import requests

url = "http://XXXX"

payload = {}
headers= {}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data = payload)

f = open('dir here', 'w')

f.write(response.text.encode('utf8'))
f.close()

A: import requests

url = "http://XXXX"

payload = {}
headers= {}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data = payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

file = open("file_location.csv", 'a')
save = f"{response.text.encode('utf8')}"
file.write(save)
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Q: Typescript: typing mapping function with specific input/output object generic types and avoiding any I created a function that takes a specific array of objects and returns a copy of this array but with changed key names and values.
I cannot figure out how to get rid if this one any in the code below and still get this function to work.
If I set result type to ResultType I get a whole bunch of errors, i.e

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*Type '{}' is not assignable to type 'ResultType'.
'{}' is assignable to the constraint of type 'ResultType', but 'ResultType' could be instantiated with a different subtype of constraint 'ObjectType'.

*Type 'string' cannot be used to index type 'ResultType'.

*Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'ResultType[Extract<keyof InputType, string>]'.

type TMap<T> = Map<T, number | string>
type ObjectType = Record<string, any>

export const mapArrayOfObjectsKeysAndValues = <InputType extends ObjectType, ResultType extends ObjectType>(
  objectArray: InputType[],
  keyMap: TMap<string>,
  valueMap: TMap<InputType[keyof InputType]>,
): ResultType[] => {
  return objectArray.map(object => {
    const result: any = {} // I would like to get rid of this one any

    for (const key in object) {
      const mappedValue = valueMap.get(object[key])
      const mappedKey = keyMap.get(key)
      switch (true) {
        case !!(mappedValue && mappedKey):
          result[mappedKey] = mappedValue
          break
        case !!(!mappedValue && mappedKey):
          result[mappedKey] = object[key]
          break
        case !!(mappedValue && !mappedKey):
          result[key] = mappedValue
          break
        default:
          result[key] = object[key]
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Sugar is a common name for a group of food carbs. There are three kinds of simple food sugar: fructose (fruit sugar), galactose (milk sugar) and sucrose (table sugar). The last one, sucrose, getting into our body hydrolyses into fructose and glucose, the main source of energy.
However, comparing all the influences of sugar on our body, sugar has been classified as toxin, an element that cannot be digested and stores in our body. It has neither marrow nor vitamins or minerals containing just simple carbs.
Today there is a wide variety of products helping to substitute sugar, such as honey, stevia, maple syrup, fructose and etc. It is not necessary to stay away of candies if you are a sweet tooth. Ranging from different flavored honey to sugar free chocolates, "sweet part" of your daily ration is not only delicious but healthy and nutritious.


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Peldi Guilizzoni is the Founder and CEO of Balsamiq, a fully bootstrapped company focused on wireframing UI/UX.
After studying Computer Science in Italy he moved to San Francisco, where he worked for a couple of years. Through his experience at Adobe systems as an Engineering Lead, he discovered an opportunity to develop a tool that could make everyone more productive and help them do a better job, something he describes as a "no going back technology".
After a series of events that led to quitting his job at Adobe and focusing on his project, he decided to go back to Italy and found his successful company.
Peldi first joined us on SaaS District where he shared his full background and story on episode 18 of SaaS District.
00:00 - CoffeePals.co The Best Way To Get Your Teams Talking
02:30 - Product Management Priority Techniques
07:35 - The Product's Mid Life
11:51 - Development Periods While Releasing a SaaS
14:49 - The Mistake of Having Too Many Around Features
19:04 - Best Practices To Avoid Feature Creep
23:51 - Balsamiq's Growth Philosophy
27:05 - Peldi's Favorite Hobby That Gets Him Into A Flow State
28:19 - What Motivates You to Keep Working Hard
29:30 - Why Do You Name Your Dog Lucy And What's Her Favorite Meal
30:20 - What's The Best Trick Lucy Has Taught You?
31:15 - What Business Peldi Would Start From Scratch Today
Get in Touch With Peldi
Peldi's Twitter
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Previous Episodes With Peldi Guilizzoni
Sticking to Your Values When Building your StartUp
How to Compete As a Bootstrapped Company Vs. VC Funded Competitors
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Interview: Meet Instagram's Prettiest, Pinkest Pin-Up Boy
Words Alexander Cao
A cursory glance at Mike Rinaldi's Instagram (@michael_the_iii) takes us down an artsy-fartsy lane filled with both beauty and booty. A Dali of the digital era, his visual feed serves a glittering cocktail of fantasy and reality. Needless to say, we're completely obsessed.
PANSY: With social media we often elicit a constructed persona, a character per se, or just our dogs sometimes. Who are we speaking with today, Michael the III or Mike Rinaldi?
Mike: You are speaking with Mike Rinaldi. I don't let Michael the III do interviews anymore, he talks too much.
PANSY: It's lovely to meet you! Let's just get the formalities out of the way. Where do you draw inspiration from for your pastel paradise of a gallery?
Mike: I'm very inspired by beefcake and cheesecake imagery (vintage ones, especially) as well as celebrities and iconography of all sorts. Using these ingredients, I try to create images that feel like digital pin-ups. They are meant to be immediate and striking, not at all subtle.
PANSY: What does a regular day in your life look like?
Mike: I work full-time and then afterwards I try to balance more work and relaxation: edit[ing] photos or videos between mini-marathons of Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand or Shirley Bassey.
PANSY: We also love being taken on a journey by your weird and wonderful IG captions. Where do you draw inspiration for these excerpts and when can we expect the full length major motion picture?
Mike: My captions are almost always inspired by real life. But they are so far from reality that even if I were writing about you, [you'd] have a hard time deciphering it. In many ways, I am inspired by writers like Dorothy Parker and Fran Lebowitz, for their strong sense of perspective and often overly opinionated voice. I would love to make a major motion picture. I've thought a lot about what that would be, so hopefully we can expect it soon. I would also love to direct a porno.
PANSY: Have you always been comfortable being naked in front of the camera? What role does nudity play in your work?
Mike: It was only in 2013 that I first started experimenting with self-made nude photography, in the context of an Instagram collective I created called @nakedthursdays (which sounds like exactly what it was). That started as a bit of a joke between my friends and I who started it. But when it ended, I realized that I could keep going with it. My first few posts for @nakedthursdays really shocked me. I'd wake up on Friday morning having a bit of a moment, wondering if I made a mistake. But then over time I got used to it and now it's completely natural. Being in a state of undress plays a big role in my work. I am very aware of it's power, and I admittedly use that. But it's also a commentary on social media celebrity and the constant desire for intimacy or access on digital platforms. My flirtation with this, I hope, reveals the clichés as well as contributes to them. …I don't want to parody as a way of shaming, but [instead] with the purpose of taking this common medium and running with it while also highlighting the ridiculous and narcissistic side of it all. The almost constant state of undress becomes a costume, what seems like my reality isn't real, and that's highlighted by the editing of the photos. I do not post candid images straight from a camera. If I did, I wouldn't be Michael the III.
PANSY: Placing the gaze on the male form is refreshing and nuanced for many reasons. Give us some of your thoughts on the current state of masculinity in your world?
Mike: I think masculinity right now is having its well-deserved shake up. In the last few years, it's been challenged so much on a mainstream level from aesthetics to gender roles and its privileges. My hope is that as this happens, it's not just those who have been using traditional masculinity who get applause for "pushing boundaries", but the actual LGBTQ+ people who have been doing it for years, not because times have changed but because that's who they are. [However] it's not applause but acceptance that is needed.
PANSY: Moving forward, what's next for Michael the III?
Mike: Michael will be doing more videos. Hopefully more collaborations. As I've said I'd love to direct a porno so I'm putting that out there. I think he should also do some performances too, he'd love that.


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POCKETS released Three albums from 1977 till 1979. The first album POCKETS released in the seventies is 'Come Go With Us' on COLUMBIA Records. Other albums that POCKETS recorded are 'Take It On Up', 'So Delicious'. Three albums of POCKETS reached the billboard Top R&B Albums chart. The highest charted album was 'Come Go With Us' from 1977. This album debuted 15 October 1977 on the Top R&B Albums chart and reached number 17 and lasts 24 weeks on this chart. Other charted albums are `Take It On Up' #22 (Top R&B Albums) and `So Delicious' #43 (Top R&B Albums) In 1978 POCKETS released only one single. The first single POCKETS released in the seventies is 'Come Go With Me' on Records.
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NetBSD-7, and all the anterior releases, have no planned fixes.
This issue will be addressed in future microcode updates on x86. No software change is required.
Meltdown is mitigated with the SVS feature. It can be dynamically disabled by changing the "machdep.svs.enabled" sysctl.
There is no unified mitigation for SpectreV2. Rather, a set of mitigations are available, in both hardware and software.
Only "hwmitigated" can be set by the user. When set to one, the kernel will determine the best hardware mitigation available for the currently running CPU, and will apply it.
Hardware mitigation, Intel only (for now). If the CPU supports this method, it is used automatically by the kernel. It can be dynamically enabled/disabled by changing the "hwmitigated" sysctl.
Hardware mitigation, available only on a few AMD families. If the CPU supports this method, it is used automatically by the kernel. It can be dynamically enabled/disabled by changing the "hwmitigated" sysctl.
Software mitigation. It is enabled by default in GENERIC. When enabled, the "swmitigated" sysctl is set to one.
Note: there is no retpoline for the ASM parts, and no RSB-stuffing either for Skylake.
There are two available mitigations for SpectreV4. Their availability depends on the CPU model and the microcode or BIOS revision.
Only "mitigated" can be set by the user. When set to one, the kernel will determine the best hardware mitigation available for the currently running CPU, and will apply it.
Available only on Intel (for now). It can be dynamically enabled/disabled by changing the "mitigated" sysctl.
Available only on AMD families 15h, 16h and 17h. It can be dynamically enabled/disabled by changing the "mitigated" sysctl.
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New York Fed May Demand Europe's Banks Produce More Details on Liquidity
Regulators held informal talks with some of the largest European lenders about producing a "fourth-generation daily liquidity" or 4G report, according to the people, who asked for anonymity because communications with central bankers are confidential. The reports may cover potential liabilities such as foreign-exchange swaps and credit-default swaps, said one person. The U.S. has already increased the number of examiners embedded in these banks, the person said.
Concern is growing that European lenders may falter as Greece teeters on the brink of insolvency. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has warned that failure to bolster European backstops would threaten "cascading default, bank runs and catastrophic risk" for the global economy. European finance ministers were scheduled to meet today on how to shield banks from the fallout of a Greek default.
"The Fed is trying to understand what the pressure points are in terms of liquidity and potential risks that are imposed by foreign banks to domestic institutions in our financial system," said Kevin Petrasic, an attorney at the Washington-based law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLC. "There is a little bit more sense of urgency as a result of what's going on in Europe."
Liquidity Risk
U.S.-based money funds, which buy short-term commercial paper, have been shunning securities issued by some banks based on the continent, and European Central Bank Governing Council member Yves Mersch said Sept. 28 that liquidity shortages pose the main risks to the region's banking system.
Jack Gutt, a spokesman for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, declined to comment. The largest European bank holding companies by assets in the U.S. include units of Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), HSBC Holdings Plc. (HSBA) and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., according to Federal Reserve data. Duncan King, a spokesman for Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank, Thaddeus Herrick, a spokesman for Spain-based BBVA and London-based HSBC's Rob Sherman said they couldn't comment.
U.S. banks are starting to provide a 4G report and they are being phased in this month, said Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner of Washington-based Federal Financial Analytics Inc. Some Europeans are asking U.S. counterparts for information on how to prepare the report even though there has been no formal request from the Fed so far, one of the people said.
Avoiding a Squeeze
"The report requires rapid and in some cases daily data on a banks' assets, liabilities and potential claims to measure the degree to which the bank could be caught in the classic borrow-short, lend-long squeeze," Petrou said. "The 4G is one of the tools to reveal liquidity risk."
The forms aren't public, according to Petrou, and the New York Fed declined to provide a copy.
Euro-zone banks and other institutions were more than $350 billion in debt to the Fed's emergency-lending facilities at one point during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. The analysis was based on Fed documents released earlier this year after court orders upheld Freedom of Information Act requests by Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, and News Corp.'s Fox News Network LLC. Fed lending to these entities totaled more than $100 billion on an average day.
Swap Contracts
Regulators lack access to data on foreign institutions operating in the U.S. that would allow them to "make informed judgments about the adequacy of such firms' capital and liquidity buffers," William C. Dudley, president of the New York Fed, said in a Sept. 23 Washington speech.
U.S. prime money-market funds cut their exposure to euro-zone bank deposits and commercial paper, or short-term IOUs, to $214 billion in August from $391 billion at the end of last year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. data. The funds are rationing their credit to European banks because of concerns that financial institutions will take large losses if a euro-zone nation defaults.
Credit-default swaps allow bondholders to buy protection against losses if an issuer doesn't pay its debts. The contracts can entitle the holder to face value if the borrower defaults. Lawmakers and regulators have blamed misuse of swaps and lack of disclosure for helping to trigger the 2008 financial crisis.
A currency swap is a contract in which one party borrows one currency from another, and simultaneously lends another to the second party. Foreign-exchange swaps are used to raise foreign currencies for financial institutions and their customers, such as exporters and importers as well as investors.
Currencies and their related derivatives are among the most actively traded markets in the world, with average daily turnover reaching $4 trillion as of September 2010, according to Bank for International Settlements estimates.
(Bloomberg News)
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So it's Round 5 and I'm no closer to finding an 8/8, and this week we've got the NRLW Grand Final between the Roosters and Dragons, and it'll be the last game these teams get to enjoy before the expansion teams come knocking with offers their players can't refuse.
Nick Politis signing Cooper Cronk, circa 2017
Fancy that, the Roosters getting raided by other clubs.
Newcastle Knights (8th) vs Manly Sea Eagles (10th) at McDonald Jones Stadium, Thursday 7:50pm AEST
You may not realise that this year is the memorable 25th anniversary of the 1997 ARL Grand Final between Newcastle and Manly, and for whatever reason I can't dig up Gary Harley screaming his lungs out when Darren Albert scored the winning try, but the good thing is we do have Matty Johns telling Natalie Barr that a premiership win is better than Lego:
Having never experienced a premiership win versus twenty years of Lego, I still call bullcrap on that.
25 years later, both teams had very different outcomes in Round 4, as Newcastle got shut out in a gale at Cronulla, the first time they've been shut out under coach Adam O'Brien, while Manly finally got DCE and Tom Trbojevic clicking under the new rules…..
Aaaaand Tommy Turbo hurt his knee and will miss 4 weeks.
So with the news that Manly will be driving without Turbo power for the next month, that's more than enough for me to pick the Knights, who always seem to lift for games against Manly, although this time they won't be dressed in White Satin:
New Zealand Warriors (7th) vs North Queensland Cowboys (5th) at Moreton Daily Stadium, Friday 6pm AEST
Cowboys coach Todd Payten wasn't happy about the fact the Boys aren't a big enough club to get 50/50 refereeing decisions their way, a comment that stemmed from having 3 players sin-binned against the Roosters on Saturday night, with 2 of them being somewhat harsh calls on the Cowboys that pretty much ensured they were no chance of coming back.
Well, the good news for Todd is that his old club the Warriors aren't a big enough club to get 50/50 calls, as evidenced by every decision the NRL has made against them for the last 2 years, so the Cowboys might actually get a couple of calls go their way on Friday night.
That said, both of these are proving themselves to be horrifically inconsistent beasts, so I'll go with the Warriors in the New Zealand city of Redcliffe.
Brisbane Broncos (11th) vs Sydney Roosters (6th) at Suncorp Stadium, Friday 7:55pm AEST
Based on the Haas-Kelly Fight Club leak, I have no idea if the Broncos have now well and truly fallen off the cliff 2020 style, or if they're about to pull the rug out on everyone and win this game, which is actually what they did last year when they played the Roosters at the SCG, and look at where both teams finished last year.
Actually, you could condense that sentence to "I have no idea" and it'd be the perfect description of me attempting the Random NRL Picks.
So based on their respective performances last week, I'll take the Roosters at Lang Park, and to provide the Random Pick this week, here's a KFC ad from 1993 featuring The Simpsons, right around the time the Colonel was test marketing popcorn chicken:
Canberra Raiders (12th) vs Melbourne Storm (2nd) at McDonalds Park, Wagga Wagga, Saturday 3pm AEST
It's great to see the return of rugbaleeg to Wagga Wagga, the town so nice they named it twice, but remember, don't call Wagga Wagga 'Wagga', because calling Wagga Wagga 'Wagga' is WRONG:
Anyway, the NRL have given the people of Wagga Wagga a treat, because they'll get to watch a team who play the game of rugbaleeg to a very high standard under threat of execution from their coach…
They'll also get to watch the Raiders.
South Sydney Rabbitohs (13th) vs St George-Illawarra Dragons (15th) at Accor Stadium, Saturday 5:30pm AEST
Obviously the Rabbits are 1-3, while the Dragons are in the exact same state after getting electrocuted by the Eels, but looking at the next 5 games, Souths are due to play the following teams; obviously St George (15th) this week, Canterbury (14th) on Good Friday, then it's Wests Tigers (16th), Manly (10th), and Brisbane (11th).
If the Bunnies are still a fair dinkum footy team, which they think and some of us think they are, they'll win the lot and go to 6-3 to get their season rolling.
So yes, completely ignoring the result of the Community Shield that the Dragons won very well last month, I'll take the Rabbits to get the 2 points, and for no reason, here's Eddie Rabbitt with a song describing Sydney's weather….
I Love A Rainy Night!
Gold Coast Titans (9th) vs Parramatta Eels (3rd) at Cbus Super Stadium, Saturday 7:35pm AEST
Hang on a minute, didn't the Titans and Eels play each other like, 5 minutes ago?
Yes they did – Round bloody 1.
Of course, that game, which ended 32-28 in favour of the Eels, was marred by somewhat lopsided whistle blowing in favour of Parramatta, which led to Titans coach Justin Holbrook starting the original discussion about the alleged unconscious bias from referees towards top teams and top players.
I imagine there were people at the Parramatta Leagues Club getting a hard-on at another coach thinking they were a top team, given they haven't won a premiership for 36 years, although in fairness they have finished in the Top 6 for the last three seasons.
Anyway, this game will probably be no different to the Round 1 clash, with both attacks slicing and dicing the other's defence, a statement that is supported by the Eels running in 8 tries against the hapless Dragons last week, and is refuted by the fact the Titans took until the 80th minute to score a try against the worst team in the league, which luckily won them the game, because Wests suck more than a brand new Dyson.
So on that note, I'll stick with the Eels to complete the season double on the Titans after just 5 rounds, and as Oasis once said, She's Eel-ectric, can I be Eel-ectric too?
Cronulla Sharks (4th) vs Wests Tigers (16th) at Shark Park, Sunday 4:05pm AEST
The perfect song choice for a game such as this…
Shark Attack.
Fancy that, Tim Finn was Peter Garrett before Peter Garrett was Peter Garrett.
Canterbury Bulldogs (14th) vs Penrith Panthers (1st) at CommBank Stadium, Sunday 6:15pm AEST
Scientists claim that the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a fact discovered by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666, and we saw it recently with the unfortunate news that Taylan May, younger brother of Tyrone May, was charged with Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm for an incident that ALLEGEDLY occurred on Grand Final night last year.
Then, the SMH then wrote an article stating May was sticking up for his teammates from a patron who had been heckling the players and filming them without their consent, which is what led to the incident.
Talk about irony – A member of the May family being filmed without their consent and taking exception to it.
Anyway, outside of another visit to a local magistrate, the Panthers have got a game to focus on, and luckily for them it's against noted heavyweights Canterbury, fresh off a 44-0 shutout in Melbourne, and things have become so dire at Belmore they've recalled Kyle Flanagan for the first time since last August, without providing any explanation whatsoever.
The Dogs have copped plenty of crap for bringing back Flanagan, but if you look at the results in NSW Cup, the Berries are currently 4-0, and if you ask me, anyone who can drag the corpse of the Berries to an unbeaten Reserve Grade season is going to find the NRL a piece of piss, especially against a Penrith team who have lost 5 games in the best part of 2 years.
Anyway, there are just two words that can sum up this game for the Panthers.
How Far.
And, I've got another two words for Penrith's Random Pick.
The Pink Panther.
Crap, that's 3 words….
10 years ago today, Brett Kirk provided the pinnacle of sports broadcasting
Crazy Craig's Picks of the Day: 9th April