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package fr.openwide.core.commons.util.collections;

import com.google.common.collect.DiscreteDomain;
import com.google.common.collect.Range;

@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
public abstract class PartitionDiscreteDomain<T extends Comparable> extends DiscreteDomain<T> {

	public PartitionDiscreteDomain() {
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * Aligns the given value on a point of this partition.
	 *
If this value is already exactly on a point of this domain, this returns an object representing the same value.
	 * Otherwise, this will return an object representing the closest previous value in this domain.
	 */
	public abstract T alignPrevious(T value);

	/**
	 * Aligns the given value on a point of this partition.
	 *
If this value is already exactly on a point of this domain, this returns an object representing the same value.
	 * Otherwise, this will return an object representing the closest next value in this domain.
	 */
	public abstract T alignNext(T value);

	/**
	 * {@link #alignNext(T) align} a range on this domain, extending the range as necessary.
	 */
	public Range<T> alignOut(Range<T> value) {
		Range<T> result;

		if (value.hasLowerBound()) {
			if (value.hasUpperBound()) {
				result = Range.range(
						alignPrevious(value.lowerEndpoint()), value.lowerBoundType(),
						alignNext(value.upperEndpoint()), value.upperBoundType()
				);
			} else {
				result = Range.downTo(alignPrevious(value.lowerEndpoint()), value.lowerBoundType());
			}
		} else {
			if (value.hasUpperBound()) {
				result = Range.upTo(alignNext(value.upperEndpoint()), value.upperBoundType());
			} else {
				result = Range.<T>all(); // <T> is necessary for javac to compile this...
			}
		}

		return result;
	}

}

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This is the complete and unabridged text of the beloved classic, Pride and Prejudice. This beautiful hardcover edition features original cover art and several full color illustrations of my original paintings. This edition is available exclusively on my website, but a paperback black and white edition can be purchased on Amazon. It measures 6×9.
Read more about this book here.
From the back:
Elizabeth Bennet, strong-willed, vivacious, and quick-witted, doesn't put much stock in her mother's vain efforts to marry off herself and her four sisters. Elizabeth contends she will never marry, unless she truly loves. And she certainly does not expect this outcome with the brooding, disagreeable Mr. Darcy. But her expectations are turned on their head as she learns to look past first impressions and into the very heart of a person.
Jane Austen's beloved tale of love, marriage, and society still delights readers today with its brilliant cast of characters and enchanting humor.
This edition has been lovingly enhanced with original illustrations by Haleigh DeRocher.
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Raise your voice: We're one step closer to stopping big coal!
Let's get this over the finish line. Coal export in the Northwest was a bad idea from day one. Now we're years into the fight and the smell of victory—not of dirty coal trains—is in the air. You know the drill: please submit your comment today and RSVP to attend the public hearing in Longview, Washington on October 24.
WHEN: Monday, October 24, 1-9 PM (rally at 4 PM, remember to wear red!) RSVP today!
Can't make it? The Army Corps is hosting a second hearing on Tuesday, October 25th in Ridgefield, Washington. RSVP here for that hearing.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just released their draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed coal export terminal. The comment period and public hearing are critical events. With your help, we can block the last remaining coal export terminal in the Pacific Northwest.
Last spring, the Washington Department of Ecology and Cowlitz County issued their draft EIS for the coal port and, with your help, we broke records—filing over a quarter million public comments, and packing hearings across Washington State. Each of these agencies –including the Army Corps of Engineers – are responsible for different permits for the proposed coal port and are looking at the environmental impacts through different lenses.
You can review the draft EIS here.
Now's your chance to live up to our region's reputation for standing up against dirty fossil fuels. Submit your comment today and RSVP to be part of the public hearings on October 24-25.


Don't want to search your stash and pack everything up for what you need on the day, take advantage of a kit specially prepared for you, available for an extra $5. RSVP by Wednesday, 30 March 2016. If you wish to order the kit, let me know ASAP.
Can't make it on the day, but would still like the kit, total cost is $20 which includes a photo of the project, some tips and tricks (if required), all the cardstock, patterned paper and embellishments required, in a 12″ x 12″ ziploc bag (no stamped images).
Bring along five photos preferably three 6″ x 4″ photos (landscape) and two 4″ x 6″ (portrait photos). I know that my layout does not use these two portrait photos but it would look better if it did (didn't have any). This layout is very flexible. Options: the orange strip (Tangerine Tango) in the middle can be replaced with any Stampin' Up! colour of your choice. The Smoky Slate Designer Series Paper (patterned paper) can be replaced with another neutral colour (pictured below) including Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Sahara Sand. Any kit changes must be notified with your RSVP. The embellishments may also be swapped out for other stamped images or embellishments.


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Q: How does boost::multi_index work with member functions? If I have a boost::multi_index as follows,
typedef multi_index_container<
    employee,
    indexed_by<
        hashed_unique<mem_fun<employee, std::string, &employee::getname> >,
        hashed_unique<mem_fun<employee, int, &employee::getage> >
    >
> employee_set;

I understand that the objects of class "employees" that are inserted into this container are stored in such a way that it can be retrieved in O(1) time(as a hash map).
How will it be stored when the member variables(name, age) are updated during the course of the program(like maybe with something like setname or setage) and still be hashed using those values? Am I understanding something wrong?
TIA
-R

A: From the documentation:

The iterators provided by every index are constant, that is, the elements they point to cannot be mutated directly. This follows the interface of std::set for ordered indices but might come as a surprise for other types such as sequenced indices, which are modeled after std::list, where this limitation does not happen. This seemingly odd behavior is imposed by the way multi_index_containers work; if elements were allowed to be mutated indiscriminately, we could introduce inconsistencies in the ordered indices of the multi_index_container without the container being notified about it. Element modification is properly done by means of update operations on any index.

In other words, you only have const access to your stored objects, unless you use the container's updating functions, at which point it can hook into the call and adjust the hashes on-the-fly.

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Evoke Thy Lords are a band from Russia that plays a psychedelic mixture of stoner, doom, and death metal and this is a review of their 2017 album "Lifestories" which was released by Solitude Productions.
A very heavy retro doom metal sound starts off the album along with some solos and leads that are done in more of a stoner style while you can also hear a great amount of melody in the guitar riffing and after awhile death metal growls start to make their presence known and flutes are also used briefly.
Most of the tracks are very long and epic in length while the songs mix in influences from as early as the 70's to modern times and at times the vocals show a Cathedral influence as well as a small amount of melodic vocals and when acoustic guitars are utilized they give the songs a more psychedelic edge and all of the songs stick to a very slow musical direction.
Evoke Thy Lords plays a musical style that takes psychedelic, stoner and doom metal and mixes it with the heaviness of death metal to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover life stories themes.
In my opinion Evoke Thy Lords are a very great sounding psychedelic mixture of stoner, doom, and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Still Old" and "Stuff It". 8 out of 10.


Korean japchae is easily one of my favourite noodle dishes! The noodles are so soft, chewy and don't even get me started on its light but delicious taste! Usually traditional style Japchae has beef and egg in it but I thought why not make a vegan version of it?! I bet it tastes just as good, maybe even better because it's got more veg in it! And IT DID!
The noodles are unique as they're made from sweet potato starch, giving them that transparent glassy look. You can usually buy them from Asian or Korean grocery markets. They only take 7 minutes to boil and like 2 minutes to eat. They are great for people who have a gluten allergy or intolerance but just made sure you check the ingredients because some noodle brands will add "wheat flour".
Well I hope you enjoy this recipe and if you do please share it with your family and friends!
In a small bowl, marinade your sliced shiitake mushrooms with 1 garlic clove minced, 1 tsp cane sugar, 1/4 tsp black pepper and 2 tsp soy sauce. Set aside and marinade for 10 minutes.
In a large pot of boiling water, blanch your spinach for 30 seconds no more. Remove the spinach with a slotted spoon reserving the hot water for the noodles. Rinse with cold water to stop cooking. Squeeze out the excess water. Place into a large mixing bowl and season with 1 tsp soy sauce, and 1 tsp sesame oil and mix.
Boil your sweet potato noodles for 7 minutes until soft and chewy. Drain and add to your large mixing bowl. Season the noodles with 2 tsp sesame oil, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon sugar. Mix well.
Now fry your vegetables separately until they are cooked and soft. Start with your shiitake mushrooms, followed by white button mushrooms, then carrots, bell peppers, and lastly onion. As you finish cooking each vegetable element, add it to the large mixing bowl.
Finally, once all your ingredients are cooked and in the mixing bowl, add: 1 minced garlic, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, ½ tsp black pepper, and 2 tsp sesame oil and mix well. Serve and enjoy!


I'm back home from Puerto Vallarta and feeling so, well, ready to go back! Shelbi and I had the most amazing vacay and I can't wait to share all about it soon. As we flew over and into Houston Monday evening, I couldn't help but feel a bit blown away by how vastly huge this city I call home truly is. With a population of over two million and countless surrounding suburbs, Houston gives meaning to the phrase "everything is bigger (and more spread out) in Texas".
Zach and I are both small town kids- we grew up in towns with tiny populations that the majority of even fellow Texans have never heard of. Living in Houston has been a bit overwhelming at times to say the least, even more so once we added a sweet little boy to the mix four years ago! Around Bear's first birthday, I started wondering how on earth people found out about local camps, activities, and workshops for kids in their area. A standard google search doesn't produce accurate or informative results, and word of mouth doesn't help much like it does in a small town. Luckily I found out about iQuriousKids and it's opened a whole new world of fun for our little guy (and his parents). We can now simply search the 60 categories and over 4,000 kids camps, activities, and after school programs our city has to offer all on one convenient website. And, thank heavens, iQuriousKids couldn't be easier to use and navigate. Because y'all know this mama is technologically challenged!
There are several reason iQuriousKids is our go-to for finding activities for Bear in our area, the first being that it was created by local parents who knew there was a need for such a practical platform. These parents were clearly on to something because there's nothing else like it out there!
I love that I can search by age, location, and activity so that I get specific results we're actually interested in for Bear. I don't want to drive over an hour each way to Sugarland for an art camp, so I don't have to waste my time filtering through results that aren't practical for us. In one easy click, I can find all the activities and camps within a five mile radius of us. It's that simple and helps me plan out our spring break, summer, and holidays so much easier! I can't tell you how many time this has saved us on a long weekend. The activities are even rated so I know whether each listing is something we want to enroll Bear in or not. Most recently, I found a summer academy at Top Golf right by our house that I can't wait for Bear to attend- I know he's going to love it and it will give me some free hours to work this summer while he's out of school.
The older Bear gets, the more addicted he wants to be to the iPad and iPhone. Zach and I try our hardest to prevent this, but it's a tough ballgame being a parent in the age of smart phones. We want Bear to spend more time being outdoors, playing with other kids, and most importantly, learning new things. Thanks to iQuriousKids, we can make this happen! Simply put, it's the ultimate online guide to kids camps and activities in Houston. And if you're a parent in this area, I promise you and your kids both are going to love it!
This post is sponsored by iQuriousKids but as always, all opinions are my own.


50 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town – situated near The Company's Gardens and the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, in an old Georgian house, with a beautiful garden and majestic views of Table Mountain.
Please see Our Dining Philosophy.
A concise but comprehensive and reasonably priced wine list with bubbly, spirits, soft drinks, teas and coffee. Click here to view our current wine list.
We advise selecting your welcome drink, bubbly for the toasts, and wine prior to your event.
Professional and unobtrusive. The staff are accommodating and knowledgeable.
Saturdays from 10:00 until 15:00.
Minimum 75 guests, and maximum 80 guests inside and a further 100 guests outside, weather permitting.
glitter and no storage facilities available.
For exclusive use of Societi Bistro we charge no venue hire fee, rather an exclusivity fee of a minimum amount spend on food only, with drinks, extras and a 15% gratuity on the final bill being additional.
The exclusivity fee for Wedding Brunches is a minimum spend on food only of R21,000.
At the minimum of 75 guests this would translate to about R290 per guest on food only.
To secure wedding brunch reservations, the full exclusivity amount is required as a non-refundable deposit to confirm a reservation.
Drinks, extras and 15% gratuity on the final bill is additional and can be settled on the day.


This week only! Purchase any model from our Alluvion Series Rods, and get $40 store credit to use on your next order! Whether you need to stock up on flies, get some new Exterus Sportwear, or to go towards a new reel, it's a great time to pick up a new rod with the free store credit deal!


Word emanating from Waterloo, Onatario, Canada is that the new BlackBerry 10 platform will support VoIP. Over the past couple of days, a flood of both formal statements and leaks indicate that a slew of developers have jumped at the opportunity to build BlackBerry 10 versions of their VoIP applications, either for their own VoIP services or to provide to VoIP carriers who prefer not to devote their resources to basic applications development.
For the tekkies among us, myself included, the development is indeed exciting. But for the business analysts amongst us, myself included, the jury is still out.
It's no secret that the former Research In Motion (RIM), which has just taken on the name of its premiere product line as its corporate name and renamed itself BlackBerry, is in trouble, its survival hardly assured. Once the absolute leader in smartphones, these days it's been totally eclipsed by both Apple and Android-based offerings, with Microsoft's Windows nipping at BlackBerry's heels. Some really good analysts I've been reading are even suggesting that Android will soon displace Apple, with Windows Phone to also pass both BlackBery and Apple, with BlackBerry relegated to last place.
Given that scenario, BlackBerry's best chance at survival is to take a gamble, and part of that gamble is on VoIP. To that end, BlackBerry has now validated PJSIP, which is an open source embedded SIP protocol stack written in C. In short, PJSIP is a way to port a VoIP application to various platforms, and a couple of weeks ago the developer community behind PJSIP (see www.pjsip.org) released instructions on how to port to BlackBerry 10. The task can be done in a phenomenally short 10 minutes. After that, it's up to the developer to tinker with his application to make it work properly on PJSIP running on the BlackBerry 10 platform. From what I've been reading, the task is not difficult.
The result may be that the new BlackBerry 10-based phones, which to no surprise support Long Term Evolution (LTE), are the first that will soon work as VoIP phones over just about anybody's VoIP service. Will that be enough to save BlackBerry? Or will the leader get another arrow in its back? Only time, and the marketplace, will tell.
So what does that mean to users of a VoIP provider such as Phone.com?
That's an obvious answer. It means that in the near future the BlackBerry 10 phones will be, as I've been predicting for a long time, usable as VoIP extensions on a company's virtual PBX. In other words, the conversations will flow over wireless data channels, rather than over current cellular voice channels, and the VoIP calls will be both incoming and outgoing. Indeed a very small business might even use a cell phone as its main business phone.
Finally, while BlackBerry may be the first to open up its platform to VoIP developers, the way industry works there's little doubt that others will play follow the leader. While there are some VoIP kluges for Android, I think it's inevitable that Google won't let BlackBerry get ahead on this one. And the folks at Microsoft and Apple aren't dumb or the companies wouldn't be where they are … they're sure to follow suit once they realize they're losing business by not supporting VoIP.


- Victims of child sexual abuse by a person ministering on behalf of the Church.
- Persons with a suspicion that a child may be sexually abused by a person ministering on behalf of the Church.
- A local law enforcement agency.
- Under Indiana law, it is a criminal act not to make such a report. This law applies to all adults without exception.
In a letter to Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, StoneBridge Business Partners wrote: "Based on the results of our recently performed on-site audit of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the Archdiocese has been found compliant with all audited Articles within the 'Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People' for the 2014/2015 audit period.
Archbishop Tobin welcomed the results of the annual independent audit.
The archbishop also shared how much the protection of children and young people means to him personally.
"Anyone who has had contact with the victims of sexual abuse knows the devastating consequences of this heinous crime and grave sin," he said. "The corrosive effects can deprive the victims of physical and emotional health as well as spiritual serenity.
The audit process has been in place since 2003, a year after the USCCB adopted a set of procedures for dioceses to follow in response to charges of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.
The archdiocese has always been found to be in compliance with the charter, a fact that led Archbishop Tobin to thank Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein, the spiritual leader of the archdiocese from 1992 to 2011.
"I am grateful to Archbishop Daniel and his colleagues for their prompt, complete and compassionate implementation of the 'Essential Norms' in the spirit of the charter," Archbishop Tobin noted.
The audit was more extensive this year, according to Ed Isakson, human resources director and "safe environment" coordinator for the archdiocese.
"The audit process was more thorough this year than in past years, and included audits at our parishes and schools, which were never done before," Isakson said. "The auditors spent more time with us than they had before, talked to more people, and therefore the finding of compliance was great news.
Isakson shared the example of the "Circle of Grace" religious education program that is being used in Catholic schools and parishes in central and southern Indiana. The program strives to educate children and youths about the differences between positive relationships and negative ones, and safe boundaries and unsafe boundaries.
Another key initiative is the "Safe and Sacred" program, the archdiocese's on-line, safe-environment training that is required for adults who interact with children and youths in Catholic settings.
In 2015, the archdiocese also required safe-environment training for all the exhibitors and adults who were part of the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis in November. The conference drew more than 21,000 youths from around the country.
The Safe and Sacred training program has also broadened the archdiocese's approach to protecting children and young people.
"With our prior program of Virtus, the training was about child sexual abuse, which remains and always will be a key component of the training," Isakson said. "But we've added physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect as areas where we provide training. Our belief is that we want to protect children from harm in all of those areas.
All these efforts show the archdiocese's commitment to protecting children and youths, Isakson said.
The archdiocese's efforts also reflect the charter's call to dioceses to develop codes of conduct for the clergy, employees and volunteers.
"We have a reporting system now, through a company called Ethics Point, where people can report not only misconduct but violations of our code of conduct," Isakson said. "There might be boundary violations that don't actually involve harm to a child, but those can be reported and dealt with before harm occurs. We're trying to intervene sooner, and that reporting site is helping us a great deal in that regard.
That focus was tested in the most recent audit when auditors randomly chose three parishes and a Catholic high school to visit.
This was the first year for parishes to be involved in the audit.
"At the parishes, they would talk with the pastor, the school principal and also the director of religious education, and sometimes the business manager who would keep track of records as to who was trained," Isakson said. "They were looking for several things. One was awareness of what to do if there are reports of misconduct. Who would you call in those cases?


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Q: Minimum cost of choosing items from n buckets I have n numbers of buckets. Each bucket contains 3 items - say I1, I2 & I3. Each item has their own cost associated. You have to pick items from each bucket such that items picked from 2 consecutive buckets are not same. What will be the algorithm to find minimum cost of picking n items from n such buckets?
I can think only recursive brute force solution which will explore all costs and find out the minimum of them.
What can be the efficient algorithm to solve the problem?

A: The state space for dynamic programming can be defined as follows.
C[i,j] = minimum cost attainable by choosing items an item from each
         bucket in {1,...,i} where each item index is different from
         the item index in the previous bucket and the item in the
         last bucket is j where i in {1,...,n} and j in {1,2,3}

For this state space, we obtain the following recurrence relation, where I[j,k] for each j in {1,...,n} and k in {1,2,3} denotes the cost of the k-th item in bucket k.
C[i,j] = min { min { C[i-1,2], C[i-1,3] } + I[i,1]: j = 1,
               min { C[i-1,1], C[i-1,3] } + I[i,2]: j = 2,
               min { C[i-1,1], C[i-1,2] } + I[i,3]: j = 3
             }

The initial states can be filled by assigning
C[1,1] = I[1,1],
C[1,2] = I[1,2],
C[1,3] = I[1,3]

and after iteratively filling the state space, the desired value can be found by evaluating the folowing expression.
min { C[n,1], C[n,2], C[n,3] }


Rodney and Alison Magner of Eastsound sold 119 Gleneden Lane on Orcas Island to Eric Raisters and Inese Bergmanis-Raisters of Mukilteo for $646,000.
Janice Joynes and her son Ian Joynes of Dade City Florida sold Lot 6, Plat of Forest Acres on San Juan Island to John and Jamie Casey, Trustees of the Casey Revocable Trust for $125,000.
Estate of Charles Ross Chernack of Burbank, California sold 992 Terrace Drive on San Juan Island to Patrick Fox of Friday Harbor for $325,000.
Island Heritage LLC of Friday Harbor sold property on San Juan Island to FFF Properties, LLC of Seattle for $295,000.
Kurt Thorson of Eastsound sold 202 Blanchard Road on Orcas Island to Robin Freeman of Eastsound for $145,020.
Doreen Blake trustee of the Doreen Blake Revocable Living Trust of Bellingham sold 1 Lone Cow Lane on Orcas Island to Caleb Klauder of Portland, Oregon for $189,000.
John and Marion Wyss of Lopez Island sold 1058 Islandale Road on Lopez Island to Jonathan Dahl of Lopez for $365,000.
Pedro Ramirez-Mena and Marcella Ramirez of Friday Harbor sold 5402 Roche Harbor Road on San Juan Island to Ali Raelyn Taylor of Seattle for $355,000.
Timothy Becker, William Becker and Roger Dubi of Seattle sold 1065 Circle Road on Orcas Island to David Frankham of Burbank, California for $1,200,000.
Alfred and Jane Castleman, trustees of Castleman trustsold 7 Decatur Highland Drive on Decatur Island to James and Tayna Weitman trustess of the Weithman living trust for $139,000.
Tammy Lombard of Eastsound sold 558 Shoreland Drive on Lopez Island to Stephen and Cindy Atkinson of Enumclaw for $592,000.
Jennifer Woodbridge of Shaw Island sold 294 Honey Lane on San Juan Island to Addie Miller of Friday Harbor for $250,000.
Jennifer woodbridge of Shaw Island sold property on San Juan Island to Alice Hurd for $200,000.
Richard Fadem of Eastsound sold 320 Stonecrop Road on Orcas Island to Curtis Snyder, co-trustee of the Snyder Family Trust of Menlo Park California for $945,000.
Alden Winter, trustee of the Alden Winters revocable trust of Webster Texas sold 110 Davison Head Drive on San Juan Island to Aaron and Susan Taylor of Redmond for $410,000.
Susan McGuigan of Minneapolis, Minnesota sold 67 Man Street Unit 101 on Orcas Island to Carla and Joseph Tobens of Seattle for $155,000.
Mark and Dale Prugar, trustees of Friday Harbor sold 40 Pass View Road on Decatur Island to Joseph and Komrada Bryant of Goldendale for $225,000.
Jay and Tracy Shepler of Bow sold 459 Fairway Drive on San Juan Island to Yvonne Swanberg of Friday Harbor for $589,667.
Carla Higginson sold 516/520 Tucker Avenue on San Juan Island to 816 Brigger LLC of Friday Harbor for $285,000.
Florence Howard of Olga sold 23 Olga Cemetery Road on Orcas Island to Nathan Capdeville of Eastsound for $336,500.
Westside Storage LLC of Sammamish sold 2427 West Valley Road on San Juan Island to One Stop Property Management of Anacortes for $1,450,000.
John and Mary Kalbert of Friday Harbor sold 375 Spruce Street #9B in Friday Harbor to Penelope Harner of Friday Harbor for $305,000.
Dale Kowalchuk of Everett sold Lot 28 Raccoon Point Road on Orcas Island to Alda Flor A de la Cruz and Eric Foss of Seattle for $105,000.
Keary and Justin Taylor of Eastsound sold 117 Candlewood Lane in Eastsound to Kimberly and Kirisimasi Malo of Eastsound for $316,400.
Denis Burger and M. Elaine McCall of Portland, Oregon sold 209 Marine Drive on Blakely Island to Richard Kemp and Maxwell Inong of Stockton, California for $400,000.
Louis Casey of Bandon, Oregon sold 041 Center Road on Lopez Island to David and Barbara Thomas of Lopez Island for $132,463.


The future of the Weimar Triangle and the European Union following the UK referendum, as well as security in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood of the EU dominated the agenda of Minister Witold Waszczykowski's meeting in Weimar with Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and France met in Weimar to mark 25 years of the Weimar Triangle. "We are happy with the past 25 years, and we look forward to more years of fruitful cooperation," said Minister Waszczykowski.
The ministers covered some of the most important items on the European agenda, including Brexit, the migrant crisis, the situation in the EU's Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, and the future of the Weimar Triangle. According to Poland's top diplomat, the European Union's relations with Great Britain should remain close, as we share a similar view on many issues, and have common security and economic interests. "Poland is and will be in the EU, but we want the Union to be better. EU institutions are supposed to help citizens, not the other way round," he emphasized.
Speaking about the future of the European Union, Minister Witold Waszczykowski pointed out that an EU of the future should be economically competitive and guided by solidarity. In Minister Waszczykowski's opinion, the needs of sovereign nation states should be at the core of integration.
The anniversary meeting was an opportunity to sum up the Weimar Triangle's activity so far, and reflect on the future of dialogue between Poland, Germany and France. Minister Waszczykowski said the Weimar Triangle should become a platform for cooperation and coordination between Poland, France and Germany with regard to the most significant challenges arising today within the European Union and NATO. "I want the Weimar Triangle to intensify its work, e.g. through meetings of the presidents, prime ministers, and experts," said the chief of Polish diplomacy.
Moreover, the ministers adopted a Joint Statement on the Future of Europe, where they declared that Weimar Triangle cooperation would be enhanced. "Given the unprecedented challenges facing Europe, we see the need for intensifying cooperation, and giving it new momentum. It is in this context that we perceive the summit of the heads of state and government of our countries which is scheduled to take place this year," reads the Statement.
As part of anniversary celebrations on Sunday, the ministers attended a meeting with young people, which included a presentation of "Europe 2013: We Can Make It," a Polish, German and French youth camp.
On Monday, the ministers attended a conference of German ambassadors in Berlin. Minister Waszczykowski, in his speech given on this occasion stressed in his speech that the creation of the Weimar Triangle format played a role in helping Poland regain its standing within international politics. "Three countries that were strongly divided in recent history now sit at one table to discuss European issues," he said.
"Today, we are once again divided, not as deeply as 25 years ago but the example of Brexit shows us that neglected cracks can lead to real rifts," Minister Waszczykowski said.
Within this context, he pointed to the OSCE, which in his opinion has stopped being a credible component of Europe's security infrastructure. The minister said that the foundations of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe was based on the principle of respect of borders and territorial integrity and the renunciation of war as a political instrument. Waszczykowski stressed that Warsaw and Berlin must take on the challenge of restoring faith in these principles within Europe.
"In 2014, war and territorial aggression returned to European politics on such a scale for the first time since 1945," Poland's chief diplomat said.
Referring to the July NATO Summit in Warsaw, he said: "The decision to create an on-going rotational presence of Allied forces on the territory of Poland and the Baltic States shows that NATO is not just a good-weather alliance".
He stressed, however, that is important that the Summit's decisions are implemented effectively. "Helping implement the decisions made at the NATO Summit in Warsaw will be a test of solidarity, in particular for European allies. It will show that credibility in the defence of principles requires credibility in defence policy," Waszczykowski said.
According to Poland's head of diplomacy, co-operation between Poland and German can benefit Europe. He said that this co-operation should also take place within the European Union and shared responsibility requires a sober approach to migration policy.
"For many years now, Poland has protected the EU's eastern border in a responsible manner," he said.
"Despite several migration waves from the Caucasus and constant pressure caused by migration from Ukraine, we never turned to Brussels for additional help with this matter, we respected the allocation of powers. In 2015 we learned that different rules would be applied in relation to certain parts of the EU border. We were surprised to learn that there are double standards within European migration policy," Minister Waszczykowski said.
According to the head of Poland's MFA, with regards to the migration crisis the European Commission took "a series of rushed, irresponsible and hasty steps," which "not only do not solve the migration problem but actually create new problems within the area of internal security".
"The key to solving the migration crisis lies not in Europe but in the Middle East, in Asia and Africa," he said. The Polish foreign minister said that the European Union's common foreign and security policy efforts as well as its humanitarian and develop strategies should be much more effective. "Responsibility also requires us to maintain a tough migration policy through the tight protection of our external borders," he stressed.
On Monday, Minister Waszczykowski attended tri-lateral talks in Berlin with his German and French counterparts, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Jean-Marc Ayrault respectively.


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Don't you wish the IT industry would help the NHS, rather than exploit it?
According to the NHS Five Year Forward View our health service faces a £30 billion funding gap. Worse still, there's said to be a mass exodus of doctors.
How can the IT industry help with that? By not wasting £12 billion on a useless National Programme for IT, for a start.
But what are the systematic efficiencies? Don't laugh. They are possible.
There's an argument that the cloud has put an end to the 'flog it and run' style of IT selling that saw hospitals regularly fleeced out of their funds. It's all about services now, they say.
One way to tackle the GP shortage would be to get them to deal with patients over the phone. That way they could work from home, says Lee Bryant, MD of Sesui, whose Cloud Call Manager would enable this.
In support of this argument, Sesui questioned doctors about their workloads and how they could manage them better. Half the doctors questioned by Sesui's researchers said current demands are unsustainable and that making patient calls from home could be the answer.
Half of them agreed that working from home can 'improve the patient journey' as the doctor can follow each patient's treatment pathway. They don't say why, however. Home working also helps the doctor spend longer the patients and cuts waiting times.
Consistency helps to prevent 'patient panic' - which makes them call an ambulance and go to the Accident and Emergency department of the hospital.
According to Sesui, 77% of UK doctors would extend their consultation hours if they could securely take patient calls remotely. What's stopping them then?
Meanwhile, 73% of UK doctors would provide an out-of-hours service, helping to reduce current pressures on A&E. Why, in the name of Skype, aren't they doing it then? It's not rocket science is it?
At London's five-surgery Jai Medical Practice, GPs work an additional two hours a week from home using Sesui's Virtual Contact Centre as a way to provide secure telephone appointments. This flexible working can cater for 5,000 extra patient appointments a year.
"We've only just scratched the surface when it comes to digital health innovations," says Ian Sharp, CEO of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone.
Memory merchants Crucial, says NHS Trusts in England spend £158,038 on new PCs per day. Two fifths (42%) of healthcare workers feel like IT hinders them from doing their job, according to memory merchant Crucial. Crucials's market research exercise shows that every day, from January 2013 to June 2017, NHS Trusts threw away 144 computers. That's a total of 237,422. They replaced them with 401,084 new PCs, at a cost of £27 million.
Crucial says that the £650 spent on each PC (on average) could have been saved if they'd spent £250 per PC upgrading them with a 525 gigabyte solid state disk.
That's a £95 million saving, right there, it claims.
Well, up to a point. As preparation for its marketing campaign, Crucial submitted freedom of information (FOI) requests to 235 NHS Trusts in England. How much would that have cost the NHS in lost productivity? Let's hope, if Crucial wins some business on the back of these efforts, it makes a donation to the NHS.
"As we have seen via PFI deals, the public sector is seen as an easy target for milking large profits," says Longbottom.
The biggest money saver to the NHS would be to kill its deadliest enemy, the superbug. Healthcare acquired infections like flu, Norovirus, MRSA and Cdiff - will each cost between fifty and a hundred thousand pounds per patient. Collectively, they cost a billion. Now the bugs are growing resistant to drugs.
But they are not resistant to lasers. Thor, by Finsen Technologies, is a sort of robo-steriliser, which blasts the little bugs whereever they are, whether they are hovering on a lightswitch, a door handle or just floating in the air.
Everyone has to leave the room and the robot, whose lasers have omnipotent reach, can sterilise absolutely everything. It looks a bit like the robot from Lost in Space, and it can be wheeled into wards, burns units, operating theatres, isolation wards, care homes and ambulances.
One blast of high intensity ultra violet C light (UVC) kills the DNA structure of pathogens in minutes. I think I prefer Thor's approach to handling DNA to Google's.


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Rep. Mike Kelly's 2016 Report Card
Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd District
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Kelly's record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Aug 24, 2017. The statistics were updated on Jan 20, 2017 and Aug 24, 2017 to improve how we counted enacted laws. Originally published on Jan 7, 2017.
A higher or lower number below doesn't necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Kelly's legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Ranked most conservative compared to Pennsylvania Delegation
For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 114th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Kelly's score elsewhere on GovTrack.
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (94th percentile); House Republicans (85th percentile); All Representatives (92nd percentile).
Introduced the 2nd most bills compared to Pennsylvania Delegation
Kelly introduced 29 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills »
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (89th percentile); House Republicans (88th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile).
Joined bipartisan bills the 4th least often compared to Pennsylvania Delegation
Of the 370 bills that Kelly cosponsored, 11% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (18th percentile); House Republicans (53rd percentile); All Representatives (30th percentile).
Cosponsored the 14th most bills compared to House Republicans
Kelly cosponsored 370 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »
Got bicameral support on the 16th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 7 others)
The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 7 of Kelly's bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.
Those bills were: H.R. 1299: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act ...; H.R. 2238: Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act ...; H.R. 2505: Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act ...; H.R. 2572: Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act ...; H.R. 3058: Innovators Job Creation Act of ...; H.R. 5002: Steel Industry Preservation Act; H.Con.Res. 24: Honoring the life and memory ...
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (89th percentile); House Republicans (91st percentile); All Representatives (90th percentile).
Was 26th most present in votes compared to All Representatives (tied with 4 others)
Kelly missed 0.4% of votes (5 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Kelly's Profile »
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (11th percentile); All Representatives (6th percentile).
Ranked the 30th top leader compared to All Representatives
For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 114th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Kelly's score elsewhere on GovTrack.
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (89th percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).
Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 29th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 3 others)
In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 15 of Kelly's 29 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress.
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (89th percentile); All Representatives (93rd percentile).
Got the 63rd most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Representatives
Kelly's bills and resolutions had 573 cosponsors in the 114th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (83rd percentile); House Republicans (85th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile).
Got their bills out of committee the 50th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 31 others)
Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Kelly introduced 4 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.
Those bills were: H.R. 641: Conservation Easement Incentive Act of ...; H.R. 765: Restaurant and Retail Jobs and ...; H.R. 1026: Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations ...; H.R. 2505: Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act ...
Kelly introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills »
Those bills were: H.R. 3058: Innovators Job Creation Act of ...
The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor's original intent is not in the final bill.
3 of Kelly's bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.
Those bills were: H.R. 1299: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act ...; H.R. 3678: Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs ...; H.R. 4275: Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief ...
Kelly held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Kelly's Profile »
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).
GovTrack looked at whether Kelly supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Kelly 1 point, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.
Kelly cosponsored H.R. 598: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
Compare to all Pennsylvania Delegation (39th percentile); House Republicans (51st percentile); All Representatives (31st percentile).


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Pocket Knife Reviews/ December 2, 2014 / james
Zero Tolerance 0550 Review
The Zero Tolerance 0550 is an extremely heavy-duty folding pocket knife made from S35VN stainless steel and textured G-10. It has been described as a beast of a knife, and it's probably more suited to carving through the side of a wrecked car than slicing peaches. Due to its large size, you may want to keep it concealed when you're near other people — at the grocery store, for example — but the large grip and textured G-10 make it a pleasure to hold. Some owners have reported that opening the ZT 0550 is somewhat difficult at first, but this stiffness is part of the design and wears off after a week or so of opening it. In other words, you probably won't be able to open it one-handed until you loosen the hinge a little with practice.
When you receive the ZT 0550, it's extremely sharp, and the edge stays sharp after a couple of weeks of heavy use. This excellent ability to retain an edge is due to the new steel material used to construct the blade; S35VN is a slightly firmer steel than S30V, the material used to make previous Zero Tolerance knives, and the newer material is less prone to chips or dulling. The new material raises the price a little, but the ZT 0550 is still a lot less expensive than knives that aren't as sturdy and well-made. It was designed by Rick Hinderer, the famous knife designer known for his long-lasting, pricey blades, but the ZT 0550 is less expensive than other Rick Hinderer knives.
The S35VN steel has a beautiful stone-washed finish with heavy-duty jimping where the thumb rests while making cuts. The blade pivots on two large-size bronze washers, which allow it to flick out smoothly without any play in the blade at all. Very few owners have commented on any play in the blade, and several people have said that they were able to open the knife one-handed on the first day they owned it.
This knife is basically a survival-type knife that you could use for anything from fending off zombies to cutting up cardboard boxes, but it comes with a deep-carry clip so that you can easily conceal it in a pocket. The clip can be adjusted to hold the knife for left- or right-handed owners or to hold it with the blade pointed up or down. When the knife is clipped in your pocket, hardly any of the handle is visible at all.
The clip is located on the titanium alloy side of the handle rather than the textured G-10 side. The dual-material handle is attractive to the eye but also extremely functional, as it was designed to be. Rather than ordinary G-10, the ZT 0550 uses a very grippy texture for the black side of the handle and high-quality titanium for the metal side. The two halves are fastened together using torx screws and steel spacers, and the lock bar falls smoothly into place when the blade is opened, like on a Chris Reeve knife. The scaled milling on the G-10 side of the handle looks and feels different when you hold it than it does in pictures. A few owners who didn't like the texture ended up replacing the handle with an aftermarket G-10 or titanium knife handle, but almost everyone who has receive the knife has responded positively to the scaled G-10.
The stand-off pillars that hold the two sides of the handle apart give you a perfect place to tie a lanyard, and they make cleaning the knife much easier. Additionally, the open space between the two halves makes the knife lighter than it would be with a solid piece of G-10 for the handle. It's not an assisted-opening knife, but the bronze-phosphor washers give the blade a very smooth action. There are no springs in the handle; the knife must be opened by flicking the steel bar with your thumb or by pulling the knife open with both hands. The initial stiffness of the blade is simply a trade-off due to the knife's firmness and lack of play. All in all, the ZT 0550 is a sturdily constructed knife that will last a lifetime if you take care of it.
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The New Year is still moving so fast and if one of your resolutions was to lead a healthier life, by now you should become used to taking nutritious foods. The only way of making sure you are leading a healthier life is eating snacks that are nutritious. But how do you know that the snack you are eating is nutritious? We all know the popular condiment salsa and at a certain point in your life, you must have come across salsa. Whether you are attending a friend's party or going out with a friend, rarely can you fail to notice the presence of salsa as part of your meal. The question is, is salsa healthy? That is a good question. Let's explore.
Fresh salsa can be used to add flavor to your food. This great sauce can vary greatly in terms of the taste and ingredients. You can also create a good combination of the sauce with chips. For those who are still asking if chips and salsa is a healthy snack, you already got the answer. So if you have been taking salsa, you can increase the serving to make sure you are getting the best out of the meals. If you are still looking for more reasons for taking salsa to keep healthy, here is a list of the top benefits associated with salsa.
Potassium is an important mineral in your body. It plays a great role in regulating the body fluid and control of the nerve impulses. It is the third most abundant mineral within your body. Despite the fact that potassium plays an important role within your body, most people are not so sure how they can get enough potassium in the body.
The processed foods do not contain enough potassium meaning that you need to find alternative sources of potassium. Salsa is a healthy condiment and taking salsa and chips once in while is a great way of boosting the potassium levels in your blood.
Citric acid found in lime is healthy in a number of ways. As there is an increase on the importance of leading a healthier lifestyle, doctors are recommending lime as a great way of avoiding illnesses. It is incorporated in most of the medicines and herbs. The incorporation of lime in salsa condiment makes it a healthy snack.
Quercetin is a great anti-oxidant found in salsa and chips snacks. It is used by the body in the prevention of many health issues including obesity, inflammatory diseases, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome.
The substance is available in a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and salsa snack is one of the healthier snacks that contain quercetin. If you have been looking for a great way of reducing the risk of cancer and reducing the occurrence of neurological diseases, salsa snack is healthy for you. You can include the serving of this great meal in your regular diet.
Another great reason that makes salsa healthy in your life is that it contains lower than 10 calories in each of the two tablespoons of the serving of salsa. So there is no need to limit your intake of salsa and chips.
You have all the freedom you need to top up with your favorite foods with the salsa. Apart from taking salsa and chips, there are other great alternative meals.
The best way of making sure your skin is looking youthful and healthy is by taking enough vitamins. Salsa is a healthy meal used to increase the look on your skin. The lime, tomato, and onions used in the making of the salsa snack are all great sources of Vitamin C.
Vitamin C makes salsa healthy since it prevents aging and heart disease. Vitamin C is not found in most of the cooked foods meaning that the best way of making sure you are consuming the vitamins is by taking it when it is raw. Salsa and chips are healthy for you since it is taken when it is raw meaning that you will get enough Vitamin C.
Fiber is a great component in your body. It can be found in the cell wall of most of the plants. Salsa is one of those healthy substances which is full of fiber that does not contain any fat or sugar.
Salsa is a healthy alternative for people suffering from Type 2 Diabetes and they are looking for ways of adding flavor to their food without increasing sugar. Therefore, grabbing a snack of salsa and chips once in a while can be a great way of getting all the flavor you are looking for in your food.
There are numerous studies which have been carried out to find the ways in which fruits and vegetables prevent cancer. The findings show that tomatoes have strong cancer-prevention attributes when compared to the other fruits. This is because they do contain carotenoid lycopene that is of great use in fighting cancer.
Salsa contains tomatoes making it a healthier alternative if you are looking for the best way of preventing cancer.
95% of the total weight of the tomato used in making salsa condiment comes from water. We all know the importance of water in our bodies and it is always recommended that we take eight glasses of water each day.
Taking foods rich in water is also important as it can help you to have the needed amounts of water in your body. Taking foods such as salsa is the best way of making sure you are leading a healthier life.
Jalapeno is a great spice used in the making of the fresh salsa. The spice is obtained from capsaicin. Capsaicin plays a great role in increasing the burning ability of the fats found within your body. Using salsa should be the best alternative for one who is looking for ways of losing their weight while leading a healthier lifestyle.
No matter the type of meals you are taking, chips and salsa should form part of your regular diet. Chips and salsa are indeed healthy for you and you can use it to at least compliment your dinner. You only need to take a little and leave space for your dinner. Remember it is only an appetizer and taking too much of it would not be a good idea.
If you want to buy the tortilla chips to take with your salsa, the first thing you need to ensure is that whole grain is listed on the packaging as the first ingredient. It can be barley, white rice or even corn. Just make sure there is whole grain.
Whole grains are not yet refined and they contain so many nutrients since none of the vitamins, fats or minerals have been removed from it. Most of the white grains have already been processed meaning that they do not contain most of the nutrients and vitamins.
It is also good to make sure that you choose tortilla chips which are low in sodium since choosing ones that contain too much sodium can lead to high blood pressure.
What Can You Eat with Salsa Apart from Chips?
We are all used to taking chips and salsa in the parties we go and every time you think of taking salsa, the next thing which will come to you is chips. Of course, chips and salsa is healthy for you but finding alternatives to chips is healthier.
The usual way of eating salsa that is by dipping the chips in the salsa can make you take so much fat and salt which is not necessary for your body. So how do you make chips and salsa to remain a healthier snack for you? The best option is to do away with the fried chips and use the baked chips instead.
Here are some of the creative alternatives for making salsa to remain a healthier snack.
This can work best for you if you are using the fruit-based salsa and salmon. The only thing you need to do is to wrap the salsa and the fish with a foil. This is to ensure there is an easy turning of the meal on the grill.
Making grilled fish is so easy and with the right ingredients, you can make the best meal you have ever thought of. Taking the salsa with the grilled fish instead of the chips is a great idea. And it is a great way of breaking away from the norm.
Using the Mexican cheese with your salsa is also a healthier alternative. But remember, cheese contains fats. So, it is important to watch out on the amount of salsa you are adding to your snack.
Most of the salads bought in stores can be high in sugar, fat, and salt. On the other hand, green salads are low in calories. If you still want to take the store bought salads and you do not have a way of cutting out the high calories in it, having a scoop of salsa on the salad should be the best alternative.
Salsa can work well with the salads which are containing beans. So the next time you get your salads, just add a scoop of salsa to make them healthy.
Salsa is indeed a great condiment for meals and it can be used to socialize with people. Remember those times when you get into a party. The person seated next to you breaks their bag open to get their salsa and tortilla chips out. The next thing you do is to move closer to them. Then stir up a conversation so that you can taste the salsas. Before long, you realize that everyone has joined up in the conversation and you are all having fun or dancing as the music is playing. Is that not really interesting?
Fruits and vegetables play a great role in the prevention of most of the chronic diseases. There are many ingredients in salsas which contain all the necessary nutrients your body needs.
Is Chips and Salsa Healthy Snack?
If you're still asking such a question, then you are not ready to lead a healthier lifestyle. Go out to the grocery shop and get all the ingredients to make your own fresh salsa. You can as well get the already made salsa from the nearest store. You will have gone a step ahead in reaching your health resolutions this year.


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Writer: Brian Hitch
Artist: Daniel Henriques
Justice League #14 marks the series' first issue in a post-Justice League vs. Suicide Squad Rebirth world, and it's time for the team to get back to what truly matters: teamwork. And Batman making Star Wars references. Honestly, this issue contains Batman comparing their plan to destroy the planet-destroying-thing to the Death Star and I didn't know I needed that in my life until it happened. Also it felt, at some point, that Wonder Woman was taking a stab at the upcoming Justice League movie when she said the following line:
The League needs a Green Lantern just like it needs a Superman.
It's obvious the movie will feature the return of Superman, but still no word on a Green Lantern… your move, Warner Bros.
Getting back to the planet-destroying-thing I mentioned earlier – it was a very weird plot device. There was no exact reasoning for it to be there except to serve as a faceless enemy the League could fight, and in that sense, it worked perfectly… except when it didn't. The downfalls didn't stop there, I'm afraid. Not only did we never get a full description for this planet destroyer, we never saw the fight between it and the League. In the early pages of the issue, we see this planet destroyer carve a hole in the planet that the League fall into and become trapped in, and that is where the entire story takes place. They escape on the final page and are seen flying away triumphantly while the world watches on, and that's just how it goes I guess.
This issue wasn't all negatives, however. The actual story of the team regrouping (as the title suggests) while trapped underground was a really strong piece of writing and honestly felt more like The Breakfast Club: Justice League Edition. The banter amongst the team members, the revelation that Batman has files on all of them, and the idea that Batman reads the jokes at the Justice League Christmas party honestly made this issue one of the nicest Rebirth issues I've ever read. The guest art contribution from Daniel Henriques was a gorgeous edition to Hitch's writing and made the whole issue feel grounded but still as surreal as a Justice League title needs to be.
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Call to support Kiwis living with diabetes
This month is Diabetes Action Month and HPF is encouraging Aotearoa to take action to understand and support Kiwis living with diabetes and to learn more about the disease in their whanau and community. Diabetes NZ has sounded the challenge to 'love not judge' and 'wear your hearts on your sleeve for diabetes' as the disease is more than just a physical condition, it can affect mental and emotional wellbeing too. This was revealed in an Emotional Health Survey last month, in which over 1000 New Zealanders with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes participated. This was the first time the emotional burden of diabetes had been surveyed in New Zealand. HPF's Dr Viliami Puloka, who has a special interest in Diabetes and obesity, says diabetes is preventable and can even be reversed or cured with medication and other medical treatments. Dr Puloka stresses however that healing the whole person is not possible unless we stop judging and start loving. "Diabetes, obesity, suicide drug addictions and others are symptoms of a sick society," he points out. "The root causes are socio-economic, political and cultural with the individuals feeling powerless and unable to make healthy choices. "Let us love not judge. We can begin in the way we look at and speak about and to people with diabetes- that is wearing our hearts at our sleeves. Diabetes NZ CEO Heather Verry says the distress related to Covid-19 has been even more acute for the quarter of a million people living with diabetes in New Zealand. "With one global pandemic in full swing, it's important not to lose sight of the other pandemic facing New Zealanders – diabetes. Our survey shows that 45 per cent of Kiwis with diabetes experienced more diabetes distress as a result of Covid-19. Fourteen per cent experienced increased discrimination or stigma, and 24 per cent were diagnosed with a new health disorder," she says. World Diabetes Day, which is on November 14, has the theme 'Nurses Make the Difference for Diabetes'.