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Q: What is the advantage of property attributes "feature" in ECMAScript-5? I want to know more about usage of property attributes described here:
http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-8.6.1
I can imagine usecases of these attributes, but they are very rare.
In addition writable, enumerable and configurable properties are set to false by default, but mostly I want to have these values true, so I have to set them. Why are they false by default?
Make object and set its attributes was very basic thing for me. Now there is property descriptor, which I could describe like artificial, unnatural, complicated or uncomfortable. Maybe I just missed something very essential.
So my questions are: What is main purpose of property attributes. How can we use them?
Can I avoid using property descriptor? For example with some good pattern that will set attributes for me? For example if I use Object.create with second param "Properties", it forces me to use property descriptor. So should I avoid to use this?

A:
"...mostly I want to have these values true, so I have to set them."

Only if you have a need for them. If you don't, then just use the typical object literal syntax, or the assignment operator for new properties.

"Why are they false by default?"

I would imagine it's because there's already a syntax available that defaults them to true.

"Make object and set its attributes was very basic thing for me. Now there is property descriptor..."

Nothing has changed. It's just as basic as it was before. There are simply more tools at your disposal if you need them.

"...which I could describe like artificial, unnatural, complicated or uncomfortable."

The syntax is perhaps a little cumbersome, but if you don't like it, don't use it. If you need to set the property descriptors to something other than true, then I would think you'd be glad to have the new capabilities, irrespective of its syntax.
Also, there's likely property descriptor definition being added to object literal syntax in ECMAScript 6.

"So my questions are: What is main purpose of property attributes. How can we use them?"

That should be self-explanatory. They're for manually configuring the configurable, writeable, and enumerable settings of properties on an object. If you ever come across a situation where you need one of those settings, you'll use them.

"Can I avoid using property descriptor?"

Of course. Again, nothing has changed. They're there if you need them. If you don't, then ignore them.

"For example with some good pattern that will set attributes for me?"

Not sure what you mean, but if you want different defaults, just use a helper function, like:
function addWriteable(obj, prop, value) {
    return Object.defineProperty(obj, prop, {
        writeable: true
    });
}

A: The default for writeable is false only if

If the value of an attribute is not explicitly specified by this specification for a named property

For properties you define by hand it will be true for example. The thing you should be aware of that there is a huge difference between ecmascript itself without any specification on top of it and the javascript/jscript dialects.
Either way, in general you should never do anything with these attribute properties, except if you're considering making a framework or anything along those lines. For example, prototype.js could use it to set Enumerable to false and I used it myself to redefine the Get to allow a bit of an exotic syntax which was easier for developers to use (similar to a different native syntax), but whilst doing normal stuff you don't need it.

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So what about that project?
I spend a lot of time writing and I have rarely come across a topic that resists writing. Wabi Sabi has resisted writing. Anything with an ounce of Zen is all about experience and being in the moment. This takes a lot of practice. Someone I speak to regularly told me that trying to explain it is like trying to explain flight to a fish. And after struggling for a month, I must agree.
But that doesn't mean the idea ends here – Far from it! It seems to want to become something else.
This might be the most difficult question to answer and a paragraph will always be inadequate. As soon as an answer seems imminent, it slips away into the indistinct and vague. Wabi Sabi is as much a state of mind or a feeling as it is something we can see in the concrete material world.
Wabi Sabi might loosely be described as impermanence, imperfection, ephemeral, simple, existing in the present moment – an aesthetic. It is deeply rooted in Nature and I have related it to a state of beautiful decay. It has no prejudice against the broken. It makes sense this aesthetic would evolve from a culture that reveres its elders.
Like art, Wabi Sabi is an experience.
The project itself was intended to explore and develop a way of thinking, or more accurately a way of being, through a greater awareness and drawn from looking at Asian cultural roots. Like art, Wabi Sabi is an experience. The experience of viewing art and art making can be enriched by this, a radically different approach from the predominating money culture surrounding the art world. This world is focused on two extremes; technique without soul or art where the explanation of the concept subverts the visual experience itself.
When the leaves rotted or blew away, they left their imprints in the red dust on the hood of a car.
Every day, I am inundated every day with art marketing advice on how I should create and what I should create. Making a connection should not depend on an explanation, nor should it be a trend. It is something that happens inside of us when we take the time to pay attention – to experience. There are a number of ways to learn to do this. Some can be simple. others a discipline. In either case, we can connect more deeply with ourselves and that opens the way for connection.
Perhaps taking a Wabi Sabi point of view, beauty can be more easily found all around us, all the time, in every moment.
So, where does the project go from here and what will it look like? Next post….
OK. So the site does look different.
The website update is complete (at least the parts everyone can see!). Many of the visual elements are altered and there are some new drop downs in the menu. The site is more mobile friendly and another domain has been added (mhendry.com). I hope you like it!
Beauty and sadness – yes! Well said!


Originally Published: July 19, 2018 9:20 p.m.
An old railroad bridge that has endured along the historic Peavine route for more than a century was no match for the intense rainstorm that moved through the area Wednesday, July 18.
About six feet of the 1880s/1890s-era bridge was washed out Wednesday afternoon, July 18, leaving a gaping hole on the popular Rails-to-Trails route that passes by Watson Lake through the Granite Dells.
"A microburst hit fast and furious, and it overwhelmed the Peavine Trail," Prescott Recreation Services Joe Baynes said Thursday.
By early that morning, Baynes and other recreation employees were out assessing the damage, which was considerable.
Along with washing out the section of the old railroad bridge, the raging water gouged a virtual canyon through the Peavine route near the Sundog Ranch Trailhead. And the routes leading to the damaged area were covered with sticky mud.
Late Thursday, Baynes said plans were underway for construction of a temporary alternative trail around the storm damage. The route will have to skirt a hole near the trail's restroom and picnic tables that measures about 12 feet deep and 40 feet wide.
The amount of water that moved through the area was highly unusual, according to Baynes. "We're probably talking a 500-year event," he said.
Jeff Low, capital projects manager with the city, said the rainfall at the Sundog Weather Station measured 3.1 inches Thursday morning.
The microburst was relatively isolated, Baynes said, noting that the damage appears to be limited to 1,000 feet (about 0.19 of a mile) of the Peavine.
Prescott Trails and Parklands Coordinator Chris Hosking, who rode the entire stretch of the Peavine Thursday morning, said the northern section was largely unharmed by the storm.
The city's news release states that much of the Peavine is still accessible via the Watson Lake trail connection and the Peavine North trailhead, 5599 Side Road, off Granite Dells Parkway.
Thursday morning, a number of people riding and running along the trail were surprised by the damage.
As cyclist Dave Fizzell rode along the deep channel that now borders a stretch of the trail, he said he had never seen such extensive damage in the 35 years he has lived in the area.
And Robyn Hazlewood, who was out riding her bike on the northern section, stopped and surveyed the washed out bridge.
"I've been riding this trail for 10 years, and I've never seen anything like this," she said.
Baynes agreed, noting that he was not aware of the railroad bridge ever washing out before.
Both Baynes and Hosking said it was too early Thursday to guess the cost of repairing the trail.
Baynes added that the repairs would likely require the importation of soil to fill in the holes.
Still, he said the old railroad bridge likely would be salvageable. "It appears that the piers (the beams supporting the bridge), and the abutments (the approaches to the bridge) held up," he said.
Since the late 1990s, the 6-mile Peavine has been among Prescott's most popular recreational trails. It is designated as a National Recreation Trail.
Hosking says the trail, which connects with Prescott Valley's scenic Iron King Trail, currently attracts about 90,000 visitors a year.


MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia admitted Thursday it had criticised a lot of US policy during President Barack Obama s administration but said it was not personal, insisting Washington was to blame for bad relations.
The comments from officials in Moscow came on the US leader s last full day in office before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in Friday.
"It s true that during the period of the presidency of Mr. Obama our relations seriously worsened on all levels," President Vladimir Putin s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
US-Russia relations are considered to be at their lowest since the Cold War ended.
Peskov told reporters a US missile defence system in Europe and "aggressive behaviour by security services towards Russia" had played a part.
He also said US financing of organisations in Russia which "engaged in political activity" had deepened disagreements between the two powers.
Obama has also been a regular subject of racist attacks in Russia, including a pro-Kremlin lawmaker tweeting a collage juxtaposing the US leader with a banana. Peskov, however, said Russian officials had no policy of permitting such personal slurs.
Despite US and Russia s top diplomats famously pressing the "reset" button to jump-start relations in 2009, during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, ties deteriorated sharply in subsequent years, particularly after Putin returned to the Kremlin in 2012.
While he and ex-US president George W. Bush, who claimed to see the Russian leader s "soul" through his eyes, had a personal rapport, Putin and Obama did not and appeared awkward at face-to-face meetings.


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Q: Array after an element is > 0 change all elements to that value until next non zero value I have an array that is for example
[0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 55.0, 22.0, 0.0, 55.0]

How can I change the element with 0 value if the previous value > 0? so
[0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 55.0, 22.0, 0.0, 55.0]

becomes
[0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 55.0, 55.0, 55.0, 55.0, 22.0, 22.0, 55.0]

I have tried the following and it removes the zeros and nothing else.
func weightArrayRemovedZero(array: [Double])->[Double]{

 var arrayToAlter = [Double]()

 for(index,item) in array.enumerated() {

   print("The \(item) is at index:\(index)")

   if item == 0.0 {
     if index > 0 && index < array.count - 1 {

       if array[index - 1] != 0.0 {
         let nonZeroElement = array[index - 1]
         arrayToAlter.append(nonZeroElement)
       }
     }

   } else {
     arrayToAlter.append(item)
   }
 }

 return arrayToAlter
}

A: map seems to be the natural approach to me:
var last = 0.0
let mapped = values.map { elem -> (Double) in
    last = elem > 0.0 ? elem : last
    return last
}

Generally speaking, map is your go to when you want to change one collection into another collection with a one-to-one element mapping.

A: Try this out
var array = [0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 55.0, 22.0, 0.0, 55.0]

array.enumerated().forEach {
    array[$0] = $1 == 0 &&
        array.indices.contains($0 - 1) &&
        array[$0 - 1] > 0 ? array[$0 - 1] : $1
}

print(array)

A: Another option:
var array = [0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 0.0, 0.0, 55.0, 55.0, 22.0, 0.0, 55.0]

for i in array.indices {
    if i == 0 { continue }
    if array[i] == 0  && array[i-1] != 0 {
        array[i] = array[i-1]
     }
}

// [0, 0, 55, 55, 55, 55, 55, 22, 22, 55]


Pay as little as $234.00/mo.
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Where do I begin with how awesome this premium format figure is. I'll just say the paint job on spiderman, and the symbiote is amazing. The detail in Mile Morales is sculpted to perfection, where you can see crazy detail in his physique. The head sculpture for the masked and unmasked portraits are spot on. The inside of the symbiote's mouth is a real highlight to the peice as well. It's a bit translucent to give a real feeling to the inside of the mouth and the teeth are well detailed showing some brown highlights in the white of the teeth, making that look crazy real as well. You will also notice that when taking a closer look, Miles is only supported by his hand that is attached to the symbiote. He does not rest on the symbiote extension that is under his leg. Not that it is a bad thing. Just something I noticed.
Sideshow nailed the design for Miles Morales; he turned out incredibly well. The matte paint on the suit is a little thin so you're not going to want to touch him with bare hands, but he looks amazing in person. Both portraits are perfect too. Especially the Ex portrait; the skin tone is just right. If you're on the fence about this one and have the chance to get him, then get him. You won't regret it. Thanks Sideshow.


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Q: Visual VoiceXML/VXML development tool? Does anyone know of any tools out there that will let me run and debug a VXML application visually?  There are a ton of VXML development tools, but they all require you to build your application within them.
I have an existing application that uses JSPs to generate VXML, and I'm looking for a way to navigate through and debug the rendered VXML in much the same way that Firebug allows one to do this with HTML.  I have some proxy-like tools that let me inspect the rendered code as it is sent to the VXML browser, but there's a ton of JS, which makes traversing the code by hand rather difficult.
Has anyone worked with a product that allows for this?
Thanks!
IVR Avenger

A: *

*There is JigSaw Test suite - has free trial license and reasonably priced.

*There is IBM's debugger - part of WebSphere Voice Toolkit.

*Many other products have debuggers - a very good summary is here

A: Disclaimer: I am the development manager for Voiyager (www.voiyager.com), a VoiceXML testing tool.  It doesn't meet your criteria nor do I believe it is the type of tool you want, but I thought it was worth mentioning it.

As far as I know, there isn't such a test tool for VoiceXML. In fact there are very few VoiceXML tools on the market and hardly any of them test or analysis.  The vendors that created development tools, have all been acquired by other companies.  Some of them offered did offer various forms of debugging that were specific to their tool set or stayed at the Dialog (caller input) level.  From your question, I'm assuming you need much lower level debugging capabilities.
I think the alternative paths are minimal and somewhat difficult.  I believe your primary goal is to debug or rewrite an existing application, but you haven't provided any specific challenges beyond the JavaScript.  Some thoughts or approaches that may help:

*

*Isolate the JavaScript and place the code into a unit test harness.  That will go a long way to understanding the logic of the application.  Any encapsulation of the JavaScript you perform will probably go a long way towards better code maintainability.

*Attempt to run the VoiceXML through a translation layer to HTML so you could use FireBug.  The largest challenge would involve caller input (ie processing the SRGS grammars).  You could probably cheat this by just having the form accept a JSON string the populates the field values.  There are tools on the market to test grammars.  Depending on the nature of your problems, you could take a simple and light approach and attempt this over just the trouble areas.

*Plumb the application with a lot of logging.  This can be done through the VoiceXML LOG element, or push the variable space back to the server.  By adding intermediate forms, you may be able to provide a dump from each via the VoiceXML Data element.

*See if your application will run in one of the open source VoiceXML browsers (not sure of the state of the open source browsers as we've built and bought for our various product lines).  If you can get it mostly working, you can use the development debugger to provide some ability to step through the logic. However, it is probably one of the more difficult paths as you'll really need to understand the browser to know when and where to stick your breakpoints and to figure out how to expose the data you want.

Good luck on the challenge.  If you find another approach, I would be interested in seeing it posted.

A: An alternative debug env is to use something like Asterisk with a voicexml browser plugin like the one from http://www.voiceglue.org/ or for a limited licence, i6net.
You can keep all the pieces separate(dynamic html and vxml application in php/jsp/j2ee/, tts processing, and optional asr processing as separate virtual machines with something like virtualbox. If the logic can be kept the same, then it is just a matter of changing the UI based on the channel.
A softphone is all you need to call a minimal asterisk machine, which has the voicexml browser with the url of the vxml in the call plan.
I just used Zend Framework as php is used in this environment, and changed view suffixes(phtml vs vxml) based on the user-agent string.
Flite for tts is fine for debugging, and when your app is ready you can either record phrases, and there was a page on the ubuntu forums with directions for how to increase flite quality with some additional sound files.

A: Do you have tried Eclipse VTP or InVision Studio?

*

*Eclipse VTP
This is Eclipse plugin. But I feel that it is user-unfriendly a little (of Japanese viewpoint).

*InVision Studio *Required create user account*
This is Convergys's IVR tool. It has to edit standard VXML mode. (Unfortunately, It's not exact matching.)

A: For just debugging vxml, I use Nuance Cafe's VoiceXML checker.  It doesn't give you a visual tree or anything, but it's pretty good at spotting syntax errors and is free.  I think they might also have more advanced debugging tools if you look into it, but I haven't had the need.  (Note: I have no association with them)
http://cafe.bevocal.com/tools/vxmlchecker/vxmlchecker.jsp

A: I'm looking for the same problem that most of the links are down. I found a document where they propose an open source solution, which works as a plugin for Asterisk (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228873959_Open_Source_VoiceXML_Interpreter_over_Asterisk_for_Use_in_IVR_Applications) and is available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/voxy/
I would like to know if there are current options to create a VXML structure graphically, like the next image.


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Иезекииль Трагик, также Иезекииль Драматург и Иезекииль Поэт — иудейский драматург, писавший свои произведения в Александрии. Предположительно, жил во II веке до н. э. Не исключено, что его пьесы ставились в театрах. Возможной целью написания подобных произведений была пропаганда иудейской культуры.

Драма «Исход»
Единственное известное нам произведение, «Исход» (Exagōgē), дошло до нас в фрагментах, цитируемых Евсевием, Климентом Александрийским и Евстахием Антиохийским. Обширные цитаты в произведениях этих авторов позволили собрать 269 строк из трагедии, как правило, в отрывки достаточно большие, чтобы их можно было интерпретировать.

Структура пьесы
«Исход» — это пятиактная драма, написанная ямбическим триметром. В ней пересказана библейская история исхода евреев из Египта. Главный герой драмы — Моисей. Другие действующие лица — Глас Божий, Итро, Сепфора и другие. Некоторые части истории изменены автором, возможно, для того, чтобы сделать возможной сценическую постановку пьесы. Некоторые сцены невозможно поставить в театре, и их автор описывает в монологах:
 Моисей рассказывает историю Израиля в Египте и историю своих странствий.
 Глас Божий перечисляет десять казней, которыми будет поражен Египет, и правила празднования Пасхи (причём указание об обрезании опущено)
 Египетский гонец описывает произошедшее у Чермного моря.
 Разведчики, вернувшиеся из Эрец-Исраэль, описывают «райскую птицу», отождествляемую с Фениксом.

Примечания

Литература
 Перевод «Исхода» на русский язык
 Koskenniemi, Erkki, «Dramatic Miracles: Ezekiel the Tragedian», in: The Old Testament miracle-workers in early Judaism, Mohr Siebeck, 2005, pp. 64 — 86
 Jacobson, Howard, The Exagoge of Ezekiel, Cambridge University Press, 1983

Ссылки
 Статья в Православной энциклопедии

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Александрия
Эллинизм

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Tadashi wants to fight The Finisher's men in an isolated spot, and The Finisher wants to kill Tadashi and Alec but not make it obvious he's done so. It's a win-win!
The lady looks familiar; where have we seen her before?


Hello everyone, Yvonne here showing you how to make festive card with a repeat pattern using the Spellbinders® S3-253 Die D-Lites™ Ornamental Accents Etched Dies set.
1. Cut/emboss 6 x 6″ Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies Die #6 (with # 1 being the smallest die-template) from patterned paper.
2. Leave the patterned paper in the die and lightly ink (using brown ink) the inner edges with the T-001 Tool 'n One™ and its Foam Applicator – Circle for Tool 'n One™. Glue onto the pink square.
3. Cut/emboss 6 x 6″ Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies Die #4 from white cardstock and onto the patterned square.
4. Fold pink satin ribbon around en glue the ends to the back of the patterned layer.
5. Cut 6 x 6″ Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies Die #7 from pink cardstock. Glue behind the patterned paper.
6. Trim white cardstock to size 11¾ x 5⅞" and fold to a card base 5⅞ x 5⅞" and glue the layered squares upon.
7. Cut/emboss S3-253 Die D-Lites™ Ornamental Accents Etched Dies four times from copper cardstock.
8. Sand the die-cuts slightly to give them a worn look.
9. Glue the Ornamental Accents upon the card base using 3D foam squares.
10. Embellish with self-adhesive pearls,mulberry roses and a satin bow.
11. Finally glue upon a stamped sentiment using 3D foam squares.
And voila, ready is your elegant and festive card! Thanks for stopping by and wishing you happy crafting!


I am logging "continuous" GPS/GLONASS dual-frequency observables using a simple mast bracketed to my house (not geodetic quality location; see below for photo and sky plot). This station DWH1 replaced old station DWH0 early Oct'00 (antenna moved to other wall of house which I think allows more observations and reduces multipath). Caveat: I am NOT a surveyor!
SEAW is a little over 16km to the SW, and LKCP is similar distance to the NE. DWH1's (ARP) ITRF97(1997.0) xyz is approximately -2280790.31 / -3638690.41 / 4700113.85; IERS DOMES number is 49837S001.
I'll log if I ever adjust the mast, and I interrupt for firmware upgrades (see details of interruptions below).
they include GLONASS and WAAS and typically you'll want to gzip -d then crx2rnx to create 30-second epoch RINEX observation files (.yyo).
.yyh files are "navigation" files for WAAS (WAAS observations can be removed with "teqc -S" if not allowed by your processing software).
Four of the files are uploaded to ftp://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/gps/gpsdata/ and two to SOPAC daily.
Filenames like dwh1xxx0.yym (or with .gz added) are Met files from Paroscientific's MET3A sensor.
Antenna is dual-depth choke-ring (JPSREGANT_DD_E), L1/L2 phase center around .113M/.119M above ARP.
Oscillator is usually external 5MHz HP 5071A-001 cesium steered ~+7.5e-14; what I call UTC(dwh).
Please report any problems you might encounter processing the RINEX, so that I can pass along to Javad.
On Oct-10-2000, I established a similar station called tvb1 around 25km south near N47 33 15.8, W122 8 22.4 - it was dual-frequency GPS/GLONASS but JPSLEGANT_E (small groundplane) on a home roof, hooked to external frequency standard (currently HP 5071A cesium). Downloading schedule was irregular, and not necessarily as continuous as dwh1. TVB1 ARP was around 288.66m (.7?). In 2002 TVB1 switched to "TVB2" using different nearby antenna/receiver (Ashtech - no GLONASS).
12/14/2000 ~23:15 - loose antenna connection?
11/9/2000 00:09 - raised common to 4Hz?
10/6/2000 ~22:16 - entered approximate phase center XYZ and "set,pos/clk/fixpos,on"
In the sky plot of >24 hours below, the problem area to the WNW is tall trees to around 16 degrees, while the small amount of data below 10 degrees is probably cut-off by choke-ring (makes acquisition more difficult). The bluish paths are GPS while the brownish paths are GLONASS (which reaches further north).
Rob McCaffrey says the Nisqually earthquake moved my station about 2mm S and 1mm W as predicted, and CWU says a few mm S probably also down a few mm.
As described above, DWH1 does NOT have a geodetic-quality antenna mount so do not expect to trust a time-series. However, PANGA/CWU used GIPSY to compute a series which I've inserted below. My hope is that this shows the magnitude of typical expected stability, with approximate expected velocity. Later time-series are available in other places such as SOPAC.
I try to combine various results from AUSPOS, SCOUT, OPUS, and Auto-GIPSY into another spreadsheet. Better results are probably found in my summary of IGS analysis referenced near top of this page.


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Q: JUnit 5 TestSuite alternative? I'm in the process of migrating from JUnit 4 to 5 and decided to rewrite all old @Tests to the new org.junit.jupiter.api.Test.
My goal is to drop the old junit4 dependency completely, only keeping these dependencies:
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.1</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.1</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.1</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

So far I've rewritten everything except my TestSuites, which I use to cluster all Tests into 4 separate suites, callable by the surefire plugin.
It seems that JUnit 5 has no declarative suite support at all, but does have the @Tag annotation.
Question:
How can I create some kind of testsuite-alternative with only JUnit 5 stuff, callable with the maven-surefire-plugin ( <includes> ) AND runnable IntelliJ?

A: Despite the rich junit-platform-suite-api, it's currently (June 2018) not possible, because native test suite support is not in the platform. Instead, you must use the junit-platform-runner which depends on junit-4.12.jar to identify and run suites.
@RunWith(JUnitPlatform.class)
@SelectClasses({Dog.class, Cat.class})
public class MyTestSuite {
}

However, native support might be coming in 1.3 version of the platform, according to this github issue.
I deleted all of my test suites to avoid having junit 4 in my projects at all. I will happily create them again using the new functionality when it's available.


John Kass's latest article is part of today's must reading. The main topic discussed in the article is the subject of offensive statues. Specifically, Kass wrote about toppling offensive statues and monuments.
Kass then adds "You can't say the Democratic Party wasn't the slavery party. It's historical fact." The truth is that Robert Byrd, the long-time Senate Majority Leader and former leader of the KKK, and Albert Gore, Sr., the father of Vice President Gore, both filibustered the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. They weren't alone.
This nation's founding fathers didn't envision the U.S. as a thin-skinned nation. They envisioned the U.S. as a nation of overcomers. The Party of the Perpetually Offended, aka the Democratic Party, aren't overcomers. They're a bunch of whiners who'd rather play the victim card than become part of the nation of overcomers.
In the aftermath of this morning's assassinations of 3 Baton Rouge police officers, half-hearted statements from the Commander-in-Chief aren't enough. What's required are strong actions that tell the world that assassinating cops won't be tolerated.
Right after Philando Castile, Gov. Dayton opined that Castile might still be alive if he were white. It was an ill-advised statement that Gov. Dayton never should've made.
As long as it's out there, though, it's important that we flip this around. In light of the assassinations of the 5 DPD police officers last week and the assassinations of 3 police officers this morning in Baton Rouge and the I94 #BlackLivesMatter riots in St. Paul that left 21 officers injured, isn't it time to ask whether #BlackLivesMatter should shoulder at least some of the blame for the assassinations of these police officers? Shouldn't Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, especially Sharpton for his fiction of 'Hands up, don't shoot' in Ferguson, be blamed for throwing white gas on a raging racial fire?
This morning's assassinations of 3 police officers breaks my heart, especially knowing that it was another black man that shot those police officers. While I won't pretend that police officers always treat minorities the same way they treat whites, I won't pretend that black leaders like Al Sharpton and #BlackLivesMatter haven't stoked the fires of racial animosity, either. It's time for the police officers across the nation to review their procedures. Likewise, it's time that the black community realize that most officers think that their job is to protect and defend the people in their city.
It was wrong for Gavin Long and Micah Johnson to murder in cold blood 8 police officers whose only sin was protecting people. It's wrong for Al Sharpton to stoke the flames of racial animosity with chants of "Hands up, don't shoot".
Frankly, it's time that both sides worked together rather than fighting each other.
That's a statement President Obama doesn't want to give, which is why it's a statement that won't be released.


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The storm that isn't over the leak that wasn't
The revelation that ever since 9/11 the United States has been tracking international banking data to follow terrorist money is easily the most bizarre of the recent news leak controversies.
For starters, it appeared to be not a leak but a gusher, spouting from news spigots coast to coast. It sprung first on the night of June 23 on the Web site of The New York Times, in a long and detailed report. Within hours, it was gushing out as well on the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Web sites, and then it appeared in the old fashioned way, in ink on newsprint, on our doorsteps (or perhaps in our rosebushes).
It didn't take long for the moanings and wailings to gush forth, as predictably as the leg swing that follows the knee tap. From the bloggers and talk-showoffs of the left came accusations that our privacy has been massively violated — yet again — by the government. From their counterparts on the right came claims that the terrorists had been handed a vital gift by a secret-telling, enemy-helping news media. Then, President Bush and Vice President Cheney — who run the Federal Sieve — led a coordinated burst of outrage not at the leakers, but the messengers — their new enemy, The New York Times. "Disgraceful" story. Caused "great harm." America needs a time out.
Let's begin with the first revelation that tipped off al Qaeda about a coordinated plan that would use international banking data to track its terror-funding efforts. It was the disclosure that the Bush administration had established a Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Center (FTAT) to identify and investigate the international financial transactions of al Qaeda and other terrorists. One U.S. official was quoted as saying: "It will bring together representatives of the intelligence, law enforcement and financial regulatory agencies to accomplish two goals: to follow the money as a trail to the terrorists, to follow their money so we can find out where they are; and to freeze the money to disrupt their actions."
That official wasn't one of those anonymous leakers — it was Bush himself, back when he was at the top of his game and had all the world with him, on Sept. 24, 2001, just 13 days after al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon. He announced the first of a series of measures that made clear international bankers were cooperating to track al Qaeda's funding.
Fast-forward: New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller explained to readers in an e-mail on the paper's Web site how he reached what he called the "difficult decision" to publish the June 23, 2006 story detailing how the United States is using wire transfer data provided (in response to warrants) by a banking group based in Belgium and known by its acronym "Swift." Keller said that Bush administration officials repeatedly asked the Times not to print the report and that the prime reason given by Treasury officials was that it might jeopardize future cooperation by the international bankers. The Bush team may be right, but it is hard to imagine bankers risking massive public wrath by reversing years of policy in which they handed over data in compliance with warrants from governments.
Bush administration officials, continuing a pattern, opted not to obtain court-ordered warrants, but rather just wrote their own "administrative" warrants, under a national security provision. In a rather unsettling and unsatisfactory move, administration officials outsourced our privacy security, paying Booz Allen-Hamilton Inc. to assure the data was used only for terror-combating purposes.
We have endured the painful revelations of the September 11 Commission and others about how the CIA, FBI, NSA and others had info that could have given us enough early warning to have prevented the 9/11 attacks. Given that record, the only sort of scoop that would have been a shocker in June 2006 would have been a report that international bank data was not being used and that the Bush administration really wasn't following the money of al Qaeda after all. That would have shocked us all _ and Osama bin Laden too. There seems to be little that evildoers could have learned from the latest report that they didn't already know.
Which brings us to the bottom line: Despite the unsettling imperfections and outsourced privacy policing, it has been good and probably vital that Bush's team pursued this untraditional method of following al Qaeda's money.
(Martin Schram writes political analysis for Scripps Howard News Service. E-mail him at martin.schram(at)gmail.com.)

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A dominating force on the court, this Ateneo Lady Eagle has captured the nation. Now, she's got a number of product endorsements under her belt and a social media following that rivals some of the hottest celebrities. Don't let her sweet smile fool you, she's a beast when she's in the zone!
A Fil-Am beauty who can bend it like Beckham, Cooke has got that good girl charm perfect for television. She was once a cast member of MTV's The Real World: Las Vegas, but it's her mad skills on the field that will have you wishing you didn't quit the high school soccer team.
Known simply as "RAD" to her legions of fans, the former FEU Lady Tamaraw will be your new #fitspo once you see her in a bikini. Long toned gams: check. Crazy abs: check. She's a lean, mean volleyball-spiking machine who's unafraid of tapping into her sensual side, as seen on her October cover for FHM Philippines. Time to ditch that burger for a salad.
What's the secret to being a solid tennis player? The answer: knowing how to serve with precision and accuracy. And with a 160th ranking by the ITF (International Tennis Federation) in the world junior women's division, this pro is bound to just get better and better at her game.
This former Ateneo Lady Eagle is pretty, has tons of class, and is a heavy-hitter when it comes to all things volleyball related. So much so that she's graced numerous covers of magazines and is a role model for a lot of young girls.
As one of the country's most prominent female surfers, she has participated and placed in numerous competitions. But what her life as a surf ambassador can really teach you: how to be ultra-chill and just ride the wave of life.
The former DLSU Lady Spiker is proof that our country is semi-obsessed with captivating volleybelles. She later forayed into television starring in the much talked about season of Pinoy Big Brother: All In. Now as an ambassador for multiple brands, she is constantly showing the public that she is capable of a steady evolution.
What most people don't know: Not only is Rhian a talented actress, but she's also a badass racecar driver. During the Toyota Vios Cup, Rhian becomes a speed demon, shattering the idiotic stereotype that women are subpar behind the wheel.


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by Autocar Pro News Desk , 13 Mar 2019
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Next Mobility company, a jointly established venture between Mitsubishi and Nishi-Nippon railroad company have announced plans to provide commercial on-demand-bus (ODB) transit services controlled by artificial intelligence. The new venture will commence operations in April 2019 (as planned) in Island City, which is located in Fukuoka City's Higashi-ward on a one-year trial basis.
Lacking profitability and drivers, many of Japan's public passenger road transportation (PPRT) providers are said to be struggling to develop efficient and sustainable services. Island City is undergoing a wave of development, and with more residential, commercial and port facilities going up, traffic is getting heavier. There are concerns in the area about parking shortages, worsening traffic congestion and a lack of public transportation.
To help address these concerns, the AI-controlled ODB services provided by Next Mobility JV are being rolled out in Island City on a one-year, trial basis. The purpose of the trial will be to verify these services' effectiveness and commercial feasibility. By improving public transit and making it more readily available to citizens, we can encourage people to leave their cars at home and help to build more efficient and sustainable transportation networks
AI-controlled ODB is a new concept of public bus transit services. The AI generates routes automatically and in real time based on passenger requests submitted through smartphone apps. It uses deep learning to accumulate operational data on rider destinations and traffic conditions, enabling the buses to run more efficiently the more they are used. Passengers can also use their smartphones to book rides and can even pay with their credit cards. The booking and dispatching system has been developed by Spare Labs, a Canadian Company.
Nissan Motors has agreed to sponsor the project and provide its ten-passenger Nissan Caravans for the trial. They will be driven by taxi drivers dispatched from Fukuoka Nishitetsu Taxi company. Fukuoka City and companies located in Island City will also be supporting the project by promoting its use throughout the area.
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Indonesian Papua on the edge?
Australian Institute of International Affairs - November 12, 2021
Robert Lowry – Indonesian Papua has seen increasing levels of violence. The Indonesian government is pursuing a soft power response with mixed success.
On 31 October, the Catholic priests of the Timika Diocese called for a ceasefire in Intan Jaya Regency and talks to resolve the issues underlying the upsurge in Organisasi Papua Merdeka (Free Papua Movement, OPM) activity in the central highlands. Since January this year, 17 soldiers and police officers have been killed, and 26 have been wounded in clashes with the OPM, of whom 22 were killed and several wounded, while others were detained.
In the process, schools, government offices, two aircraft, and construction machinery have been destroyed. Several airfields have been closed periodically. 23 civilians have been killed, and another 13 were injured mainly by the OPM, while others were caught in crossfire. In addition, thousands have sought refuge in neighbouring villages or local churches and military and police posts.
The upsurge in violence over the last three years is a consequence of several factors. These primarily include the distrust between Papuan officials and the central government, the building of the trans-Papuan highway, and the growing presence of Indonesian territorial and other military forces, the reduction of government funding leaking to the OPM, and ineffective government.The OPM is estimated to have about 70 firearms and about 150-200 active members, and their objective is an independence referendum.. Their strategy is to create enough instability to force Indonesia to bow to their demands or become exasperated and intensify military operations that would attract international attention and condemnation. In pursuit of that strategy, the OPM has attacked non-Papuan workers, including teachers and medical staff, in the highlands with the aim of forcing them to flee, which many have done. Papuans suspected of spying or being reluctant to support them have also been targeted. Such actions have also prompted thousands of Papuan civilians afraid of being caught in crossfire to flee, drawing domestic and international attention.
Indonesia's objective is to incorporate the two provinces of Indonesian Papua (Papua and West Papua) into the nation. Its strategy is to facilitate development of the Papuan economy and the potential of its human capital. All Indonesian governments have given some attention to Papua, but none more so than the current government under President Joko Widodo. Jokowi has visited the province about 20 times since he came to office in 2014. Special autonomy funding was extended for another two decades this year, infrastructure development has been increased during his presidency, and a major national sporting event, PON, previously only held in Java and Sumatra and involving thousands of athletes and officials, was held in Papua in early October.
A law and order, or "soft", approach supported by the military has been adopted to deal with and deter OPM violence. However, this is difficult, especially in the rugged central highlands where support is often hindered by inclement weather. Roads in the region are few and vulnerable to damage, blockage, and ambush. Moreover, this soft approach means that the military is not permitted to deploy air power, artillery, or mortars against the OPM.
This approach was tested in April when an army brigadier heading the Papuan office of the National Intelligence Agency was killed in an OPM ambush. The chair of the combined houses of parliament (MPR), called for the OPM to be dealt with without regard for human rights restraints. Jokowi did not bow to this pressure, but ordered the military and police chiefs to pursue and detain all the separatists. This choice was viewed as necessary due to the forthcoming PON that would be held in venues in Merauke, Jayapura, and Nabire. Additionally, for the first time, national counterterrorism legislation was applied to five organisations comprising about 200 members mostly located in the central highlands.
As a result, operations were intensified. With the help of about 11,000 troops and police officers, the PON was conducted without incident. After the closing ceremonies on 15 October, the military and police chief thanked their forces for their work in securing the games but warned that they must not let their guard down and be prepared for further OPM operations. A little-reported incident that began during the PON indicates how seriously the threat to the games was taken, how frustrated the security chiefs are about the situation in the central highlands, and how flimsy support for the "soft" approach might be.
On at least three occasions between 10 and 23 October, military helicopters fired rockets and dropped mortar bombs on several villages in the Kiwirok sub-district of the central highlands, not far from the PNG border. While no casualties were reported, hundreds of villagers fled, prompting calls from civil society groups for the government to cease such actions. It demonstrated that the Indonesian National Military (TNI) was ready for all contingencies, however it also demonstrated an incapacity to deal with actions in such remote and difficult terrain.
Despites its frustrations, the government has no need to fear international intervention – it is not another East Timor. It has the time and the resources to manage and eventually overcome the challenges it faces, provided it recognises the complex challenges Papuans are confronting in making their transition to the modern world. This is an intergenerational challenge that will not be resolved by money or force alone.
[Bob Lowry is author of The Armed Forces of Indonesia (Allen & Unwin, 1996) and former president of the ACT Branch of the AIIA.]
Source: https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/indonesian-papua-on-the-edge
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The distortion and exaggeration of the subcultures put forward by the media is pushing more of society towards this right wing thinking. Not all hoodies and chavs are dangerous but these capitalist media representations sell and people are obsessed with these horrific representations of youths (The Guardian, 2009).
The film also is a media representation of this 'Broken Britain' which comes from those who come from underprivileged backgrounds without moral support from parents or guardians. The mother of the teenager 'Noel' within the film is an awful influence on her son as she is always on drugs so has no control on what he is doing at all. He has clearly grown up around drug abuse and his uncle acts as a father figure but he is also a major drug dealer and part of a gang subculture himself. Therefore, Noel has been instantly brought into such culture of crime and drugs since birth. Such families are held accountable for the breakdown of modern society today and this results in the demonization of the working class under this 'capitalist culture' (Jones, 2011).
The media techniques used within both of the films also contribute to the mainstream thinking about youth subcultures and reproduce the deviant label they maintain. Within Quadrophenia the media techniques used represent the youths as 'vermin' and within Harry Brown as 'monsters'. In a scene within Quadrophenia, Jimmy arrives at the Dance Hall on his scooter and when he arrives there are a large number of scooters outside which suggests he is not 'individual' but instead he seeks security in large numbers, within his gang instead. The lighting within the scene is fairly minimal and the concealment of the dance hall is dark and stained black which gives a vermin like picture of where all these youths socialise. The camera is zoomed out most of the time throughout the film to show the youths' social identity in the large numbers, within their subcultures.
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Exhibition with a difference for Inverness
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and "Random Acts of Writing" (RAW) magazine present an art exhibition with a difference during November.
Entitled "Reflections", the exhibition will feature nine portraits of Highland women paired with nine specially-commissioned pieces of writing written by contemporary female authors from Scotland.
Originally, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery had planned a simple showing of pictures which were usually hidden away in their storeroom, with the theme of 'Highland Women' - but they soon discovered they had a problem as many of the female subjects were unidentifiable.
Museum Learning and Access Officer Katey Boal said: "In some cases, this was because the pictures had never come with full identification. We can often discover what their husbands or brothers did but we know very little about the women themselves. We came up with an innovative solution to the problem of how to label the pictures when we got in touch with the local literary magazine, "Random Acts of Writing" (RAW). The result is a fascinating exhibition which we have called "Reflections" which combines the words of contemporary Highland writers with the portraits of Highland ladies."
Set up three years ago and run by a small but enthusiastic team of two young writers, a designer and a salesperson, RAW's aim is to promote new writers from the north of Scotland. It had recently published a series of super-short stories, all coming in at under 100 words, and it was these that caught the attention of Inverness Museum's staff.
RAW's editor, Jennifer Thomson, was asked to commission a series of short pieces by female Highland writers, each piece specifically linked to one of the paintings in the exhibition. The result is an exhibition displaying original writing by contemporary Highland writers alongside the portraits of the Highland women. Accompanying the exhibition is a special edition of RAW magazine, featuring colour reproductions of each painting and the full text of each story or poem.
A wide variety of writers are taking part, including well-known names such as Katharine Stewart (author of "A Croft in the Hills") and Anne Macleod (author of "The Dark Ship"), and new writers supported by RAW magazine, such as Morag Henderson. A slightly different perspective is provided by songwriter Fiona Mackenzie ("Elevate").
Editor of RAW and co-organiser of the exhibition Jennifer Thomson said: "This has been a fascinating and challenging project and I am really excited by the quality of writing and the calibre of the writers involved. Not only have they produced some original work but their research has also uncovered valuable background information about the pictures for Inverness Museum. For example, we include in our magazine the story of Alexander Munro, a forgotten genius from Inverness, as well as the incredible story of Maria, whose painting is featured in the exhibition."
The exhibition runs at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery from 1st-26th November, and the accompanying magazine is available to buy at the museum, as well as through its usual outlets, and via its website, www.randomactsofwriting.co.uk.


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Working Successfully with the Chinese
On October 1st, AmCham sponsored a lunchtime presentation entitled "Eight Keys to Working Successfully with the Chinese" in the prestigious yet cozy setting of the Club Cercle Munster. Over thirty people from a wide range of nationalities and cultures attended the 1-hour talk given by Denis Niedringhaus, executive coach and trainer specialized in multicultural team-building.
Despite his German name and ancestry, Denis is a native of Saint Louis, Missouri and has spent more than half of his life as an expat in Europe and Asia. Fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and French, he uses his fluency in Chinese to take apart Chinese characters (ideograms) and shed light on aspects of Chinese social values which often get lost in translation.
Chinese culture is an ambitious topic for a 1-hour talk and given the numerous regional and generational differences within China, the subject does not lend itself to easy generalizations. Participants who attended with the hope of getting a checklist of "What to Do", "What Not to Do" were instead given a multiple choice quiz and asked to choose the most appropriate response to a variety of situations in both business and daily life. "I'm not here to give you simplistic answers", Mr. Niedringhaus said, "the purpose of my presentation is to provide you with insight based on important cultural values and traditions."
Given the high percentage of expatriates in Luxembourg as well as the growing number of Chinese people in the community, Mr. Niedringhaus explored the Chinese cultural iceberg and gave his audience a glimpse at attitudes and beliefs beneath the surface which need to be understood when trying to build rapport with Chinese people, whether they be consumers or coworkers.
While English may be the lingua franca in business situations for the Chinese diaspora in Luxembourg, language silos commonly develop in a multicultural setting which can foster feelings of frustration and isolation and contribute to reduced efficiency, high turnover and/or burnout. Each company has its own culture and fully integrating a new manager often involves more than "language lessons".
The perception that Westerners have that the Chinese are inscrutable may be related to the fact that people from Asian cultures prefer high context communication, as opposed to high content (word based) communication. In addition to the quiz, Mr. Niedringhaus provided his participants with an analysis of a Chinese television commercial produced by the Chinese government and broadcast during the ever important Chinese New Year. The beautifully produced video was rich in non-verbal communication and highlighted core values of the Chinese culture iceberg.
While political rhetoric between the US and China may be increasingly inflammatory, individuals and corporates who invest time in understanding the traditions and values of another culture have the possibility of creating warm personal relationships or "Guanxi" which, in any culture, is the basis for mutual respect and good business partnerships.


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Cowboys could use more of this version of Michael Gallup
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Michael Gallup has taken his fair share of criticism this season. The 26-year-old receiver was re-signed in the off-season to serve as the Cowboys WR2 for the foreseeable future. His presence, combined with CeeDee Lamb's development, made Amari Cooper somewhat expendable.
The club didn't mind the fact Gallup was recovering from offseason knee surgery after tearing his ACL in Week 17 last season. The brass swore he would be ready to go by opening day and thanks to that set the expectation Gallup would pick up the slack left by Cooper.
As sane ones could imagine, the season started slowly for Gallup. Despite playing in 14 games, Gallup posted a career low in receiving yards. Twice before Gallup played 14 or few games and both of those times his production exceeded his modest totals in 2022.
Explosiveness and speed have been called into question throughout the season with some wondering if Gallup will ever be a legitimate weapon again this season.
While he's unlikely to regain his pre-injury form in however many games Dallas has left, his performance against Tampa Bay had him reemerging as a weapon on this Dallas offense and an asset for quarterback Dak Prescott heading into the divisional round.
Exhibit A: Momentum starter
As many will remember, the Cowboys started their Monday night affair off-target and out-of-rhythm. The Dallas offense went nowhere on their first two possessions. It wasn't until Gallup pulled in a tough ball on Dallas' third possession that things began to steady on offense.
On 2nd-and-5, Prescott delivered a 15-yard bullet to the Dallas 40. The pass was high and fast and to pull it in Gallup need to plant, leap, and extend.
The effort looked "old hat", but was a rare sighting in 2022; a sight for sore eyes for everyone watching. Previous to that play, Prescott was 0-3 with a sack coming on his fourth dropback. The Cowboys needed this play.
Gallup's effort appeared to calm Prescott and it set the tone on offense. From then on, the needle was firmly pointed up for all things non-extra-pointy.
Exhibit B: Tight window – special ability
Much has been said of Gallup's inability to gain separation this season. According to Next Gen Stats, Gallup's 2.4 average yards of separation in 2022 are the eleventh lowest in the league.
While some could see this as indication he's far away from his pre-injury self, in reality it's par for the course. Gallup averaged the same yards per separation last season before his injury. His explosiveness and speed may not be back to where they were before, but Gallup has never relied on extreme separation to make plays.
Gallup's third-quarter touchdown catch was a highlight for the year. Not only did he tippy-toe the baseline of the end zone to make the grab, but he caught the ball off a deflection. The level of difficulty on this cannot be understated.
What to expect vs San Francisco
Gallup may not have his speed back yet, but he can still operate in tight windows with the very best of them. That will be pivotal for Dallas when they meet up with the 49ers on Sunday.
Tampa Bay's perfectly-covered play percentage was just 24.24 percent per Pro Football Focus. San Francisco's perfectly covered play percentage last weekend was 34.09 percent. That's a significant jump in coverage which means the Cowboys receivers will have to win plays that are otherwise perfectly defended.
The windows are getting tighter but Gallup knows how to operate in tight windows. He showed his prowess in Tampa Bay, and on Sunday, he'll be asked to show it again.
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Connecticut has spent $13.9 million more in overtime for state employees during the first half of this new fiscal year than it did in 2017, according to a report by the Office of Fiscal Analysis. Connecticut had been making headway in reducing overtime spending since a high of $256.1 million in 2015. In 2017, Connecticut spent a total of $204.4 million.
Connecticut pension system worst in the nation, according to new study
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The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc's iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Tuesday, although most praised the improvements to a wide range of standard features.
"They don't spark strong feelings - except maybe chagrin that they cost so much," Goode said.
The iPhone XS, pronounced "ten S," and XS Max were launched on September 12. The XS has a 5.8-inch screen, and starts at $999 while the XS Max, the largest iPhone to date has a 6.5-inch screen, with a base price of $1,099.


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Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia profit falls in half on tight credit conditions
Yulia Mosaleva | October 31, 2018 | More on: ANZ GMA NAB WBC
This morning lenders' mortgage insurance business Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia (ASX: GMA) revealed that profits for the calendar year 2018 were down 49% for the year to date on a reported basis and 54.1% on an underlying basis.
Chief executive, Georgette Nicholas, said, "Our 3Q 18 result reflects the continued trends of softening cure rates from a moderating housing market, tightening credit standards and increases in mortgage interest rates. This has resulted in a more subdued seasonal uplift than has historically been experienced by our business."
This morning lenders' mortgage insurance business Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia (ASX: GMA) revealed that profits for the calendar year 2018 were down 49% for the year to date on a reported basis and 54.1% on an underlying basis.
Chief executive, Georgette Nicholas, said, "Our 3Q 18 result reflects the continued trends of softening cure rates from a moderating housing market, tightening credit standards and increases in mortgage interest rates. This has resulted in a more subdued seasonal uplift than has historically been experienced by our business."
Genworth's share price is down 21% over the past year as slowing housing activity takes its toll on the business.
The group also flagged for investors to expect a total decline in net earned premium of 25% to 30% over the full calendar year, which the insurer blamed on tougher market conditions and the impact of a 2017 "Earnings Curve Review".
Over the first half of the year, the group was able to pay a fully franked interim dividend of 8 cents per share and a special fully franked dividend of 4 cents per share taking the total payout to 12 cents per share.
If the group just maintains a final dividend of 8 cents per share it would be on a yield close to 9% plus the tax effective benefits of franking credit.
However, investors should be warned that an excessively high yield is commonly a sign that the market expects a dividend cut. And dividend cuts often lead to big share price falls.
Elsewhere among housing-market related stocks today Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) revealed that its full-year cash profit dropped 5% to $6.48 billion on a continuing operations basis. Return on equity also dropped 70 basis points to 11%, although total dividends were maintained at $1.60 per share.
ANZ's CEO noted how it faced the twin problems of "housing growth slowing" and "borrowing capacity reducing" in an ominous statement that suggests upcoming results from National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) and Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) are unlikely to be much better.
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Deontay Wilder's team offers $50 million to Anthony Joshua for a heavyweight title fight this fall
By Lance Pugmire
The team of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder emailed three-belt champion Anthony Joshua on Wednesday with an offer of at least $50 million to fight in the U.S. in the fall, Wilder promoter Lou DiBella told the Los Angeles Times.
The bout would take someplace at the site of the Wilder team's choosing at a date between September and December.
Wilder, after a stirring rally to stop Cuba's previously unbeaten Luis Ortiz by 10th-round technical knockout in March, was previously offered $12.5 million to fight Joshua (21-0, 20 knockouts) in the United Kingdom.
Backed by manager Al Haymon and Showtime, which would likely televise the bout between the two unbeaten champions on pay-per-view, Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) sent the email himself to promoter Eddie Hearn and Joshua, according to DiBella.
There is no rematch clause connected to the deal, and if total revenue exceeds $100 million, Joshua would receive 50% of the total, said DiBella.
Haymon, DiBella and Showtime have been involved in boxing for decades and expect sales for the bout to go beyond $100 million considering the 2015 Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout generated a record $600 million in live-gate and pay-per-view sales.
Joshua defeated Joseph Parker by unanimous decision in late March to add the World Boxing Organization belt to his collection.
"We'll see how badly he wants the fight," DiBella said. "Anthony Joshua has said he'd accept this offer. If Eddie Hearn is not looking to stop it from happening, they now have an extraordinary offer to consider.
"In the immortal words of [referee] Mills Lane, 'Let's get it on!'"
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Behind Kawhi Leonard, who scored 36 points for his sixth game with 30 or more, the Clippers held on for a 110-107 win at Dallas that was their fourth consecutive and sixth in their last seven games.
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Mahabalage Don Henry Jayawardena (29 March 1915 – 29 September 1986) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, businessman and politician. Jayawardena served as the Minister of Finance, Minister of Health, Minister of Housing and Scientific Research and Minister of Plantation Industries between 1954–1977.

Early life and education
Born to M.D.S Jayawardena Ralahami, he was educated at Trinity College, Kandy and at the Ceylon University College, where he graduated with a degree in economics. In 1938, he entered Ceylon Law College becoming an advocate. Traveling to the United Kingdom, he qualified as a barrister and returned to Ceylon in 1946 and started his legal practice.

Political career
Joining the United National Party in 1947, he was elected to parliament from the Horana electorate in the 1952 parliamentary election and was appointed parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance, serving from October 1953 to  July 1954. When the minister of finance, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, was appointed governor general, Jayawardena was succeeded him as minister of finance, serving from July 1954 to February 1956. He contested the 1956 parliamentary election from Horana, but lost to Sagara Palansuriya. In 1958, he was appointed general secretary of the United National Party, serving till 1972. He contested the Kottawa electorate in the July 1960 parliamentary election, but lost to Robert Gunawardena. He again contested from Kottawa in the 1965 parliamentary election and won defeating Robert Gunawardena and was appointed Minister of Health. During his tenure the Emergency Care Unit of the Colombo General Hospital was built. He served until 1968, when he was appointed Minister of Housing and Scientific Research and served till 1970. He lost his parliamentary seat 1970 parliamentary election to Chandra Gunasekera. He was re-elected in the 1977 parliamentary election and was appointed Minister of Plantation Industries serving till 1979.

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He married the daughter of Benthota Hendrique Karunarathne in 1942 and they had three children.

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1947 | 1h 36m | Drama, Classic
When her toy department Santa shows up drunk for work, Macy's supervisor Doris Walker hires Kris - an elderly gentleman with a white beard who looks like Santa Claus - as her emergency replacement. She comes to regret her choice, however, when she learns that Kris believes that he really is Santa. Kris works not only to restore Doris' belief in Santa Claus but make her young daughter's wishes come true, all while trying to prove his identity in a court of law.
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Felipe Montoro Jens was able to earn his degree in Spanish and History at the UC Santa Barbra even if he started college at Oregon University last 1998. After graduating from college, he, later on, obtained his Master's degree in Health Promotion and Kinesiology. Moreover, he also holds a post-graduate degree in Business Administration at American Garvin School and Fundao Getulio Vargas.
After establishing his career at an early age, he has had to experience several roles such as working in the project development and structured finance area of the Enel Group S.P.A., experience a wide range of opportunities in working with numerous professionals in Brazil along with well-known companies. The extensive skills and talents of Felipe Montoro Jens led him to where he is now in his career and has made him a notable man in Brazil because of his expertise in infrastructure.
The deregulation of the electricity supply markets in the U.S. began in the Northeast and Midwest in the mid-1990s. One of the first entrants into this newly deregulated range of markets was Agera Energy, a company focused on providing reliable energy supplies with the low costs allowed by the deregulation of the local government-owned monopolies. Breaking up the monopolies created by local government agencies refusing to allow other energy providers into their market.
Agera Energy is committed to providing a range of educational opportunities to the people of the areas they have entered by teaching consumers about their own energy use. For both commercial and residential users, Agera Energy has embarked upon a series of educational programs designed to allow consumers the opportunity to make the correct choices about their energy supply and consumption. The only way for consumers to enjoy the best options in l0w prices for their energy use is through the deregulation of markets across the U.S.
For business owners, there are many reasons why a period of time spent searching for the best utility options can pay off, in the view of Agera Energy. The fact most business owners, regardless of the size of their business see energy consumption as a top-level cost means lowering costs for electricity and natural gas is important to continue to make as large a profit as possible.
Eucatex is broken up into several different departments these days after they have continued to expand in the market. For the most part, the company is separated into a construction department and a furniture department. This is because the main products that Eucatex offers are paints, laminate floors, and wood fiber insulations, all of which are made from natural raw materials. Eucalyptus is the main ingredient that Eucatex to manufacture their products, which are then supplied to a variety of corporations and individuals all over the country and many other countries around the world.
Although Flavio Maluf was able to join the family business, he by no means just inherited his position or success. Flavio has worked as an executive at various companies throughout his career until he earned his position as president at Eucatex in 1997. Flavio's primary concern for Eucatex is to remain environmentally friendly and continuing to support the community. As a business leader in Brazil, Flavio has promoted several projects for helping future generations continue to protect the environment with and without Eucatex's help.
CAOA, or grupo CAOA, A Brazilian company, which assembles and distributes an array of automotive brands, is the result of a very unique inception in 1979.
Chairman of the board and the founder of the Sao Paulo company, Dr. Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade never intended to enter the automotive field. A physician by choice, Dr. Carlos made the entrepreneurial leap when he bought a Ford, Landau right as the dealership went belly-up. Since the Landau wasn't forthcoming, the doctor proposed taking over management as compensation for the prepaid Landau.
Six years later the dealership had grown into the biggest in Brazil. Then, a handful of years later, in 1990, Brazil lifted importing strictures, significantly impacting CAOA, which became for a while the country's official distributor of Renault vehicles. The trend continued. In 98 and 99 CAOA became the official importer of Subaru and then Hyundai respectively.
Up to his elbows in the automotive field, Dr. Carlos decided to push past buying and selling, creating a factory in Anápolis. With a license granted by Hyundai, the factory manufactured the brand's HR and HD 78 trucks, also assembling an older model of the Tucson brand, and even generating versions of the Hyundai crossover ix35 for a time.
Admitting in a 2012 interview to journalist, Boris Feldman, that his biggest dream was the creation of a fully Brazilian car, Dr. Carlos Alberto de Oliveira was by then getting his design strategy chops by tweaking the vehicles he already worked with. Plans were in the works for an Italian design agency to revamp the Tucson body and a negotiation was underway with Fiat to create a national engine with which to equip a newer HD 78.
Today, the company also produces entirely Brazilian models of the Chery brand, a Chinese automobile operation which CAOA took over when it acquired 50.7% of the company's shares. 40 years after the serendipitous turn of events that led Dr. Carlos Alberto de Oliveira into the auto industry, the company he made can claim responsibility for selling more than 1 million cars in the Brazilian market.
The average American has found achieving the American dream rather difficult in recent years. Due to the financial crisis around a decade ago there are many get rich quick schemes out there crushing people's dream of financial freedom. So many people lost all of their hard earned savings seemingly overnight, which has caused many to become pessimistic. The sad part of this truth is that the housing market isn't necessarily a bad sector to invest in. In fact, it was the way people were operating in the market that caused the implosion of a vast amount of wealth.
Because of this, expert real estate investor Jim Toner has made it his purpose in life to help guide people to building wealth. Jim has been in the real estate industry for more than a quarter of a century and thus, has experienced a lot of lows and highs throughout his career. He never let even the lowest of lows discourage him from getting back up and going after his goals. According to Ideamensch, hHe chose instead to take control of his life in order to and get back on his feet. In his opinion, this is a prime time for wealth accumulation as the economy steadily recovers. he believes that those individuals who are prepared to take advantage of the situation will be doing very well financially in the next five years.
Jim Toner is more than willing to help whoever is ready to take control of their financial life by giving them effective tips. he says that having the right mindset is crucial to being successful in real estate. According to Jim, he is an avid proponent that the market is gearing up for a major comeback and there may not be a better time in American history to invest in real estate. Prices are low and now is the time to capitalize.
Ryan Seacrest has found success in the competitive world of entertainment. He moved to LA and started a radio show in the 1990's. Before long he was the first host of American Idol, the famous show that finds talented singers and jumpstarts their careers. Kelly Clarkson was the first American Idol winner.
Ryan Seacrest is an excellent host. He smiles, listens, and makes people feel wonderful and welcome in whatever uncomfortable position they are in trying to get famous. We can rely on Seacrest being happy, charismatic, and kind. Ryan Seacrest was a chubby kid and loved to treat himself to nachos. He felt insecure being fat. Now he works out on a regular basis but still treats himself to good food. He mostly eats vegan but enjoys pizza and wine. He tries to keep a balance in life and inspires people to do the same.
Ryan Seacrest has a polished line of clothing called "Ryan Seacrest Distinction". He also hosts OnAir with Ryan Seacrest on iheart radio. His radio show as in most of his work shows his great appreciation and love of music. He continues to bring as much information and liveliness to the work of musicians, bands and entertainers in the music industry. He helps us get to know music better.
Ryan's latest gig is sitting beside Kelly Ripa in New York City five days a week in front of a live studio audience on "Live with Kelly and Ryan". The two speak to guests and entertain with the latest interesting facts of life. With Ryan's busy schedule, he says he makes sure to exercise wherever he is to keep going. He even keeps workout clothes in lockers at hotels.
Ryan Seacrest's greatest achievement is the Ryan Seacrest Foundation. Through this foundation, he puts small broadcasts studios in pediatric hospitals to help inspire youth through music, new media, and TV. Ryan truly believes in the youth of America and the power of entertainment.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using NUnit.Framework;
using Assert = NUnit.Framework.Assert;
using Description = NUnit.Framework.DescriptionAttribute;
using TestContext = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestContext;
using CsQuery;
using CsQuery.Utility;

namespace CsQuery.Tests.Core.Manipulation
{

    [TestFixture, TestClass]
    public class MovingElements: CsQueryTest
    {

        [Test,TestMethod]
        public void Wrap()
        {
            var dom = TestDom("TestHtml");
            var el = dom["#reputation_link"];
            var wrapper = CQ.CreateFragment("

");
            int wrapperElementCount = wrapper.Select("*").Length-3;
            int domElementCount = dom.Select("*").Length;
            el.Wrap(wrapper);
            // get a current ref to wrapper - it gets cloned when added to the DOM so the previous object is obsolete
            wrapper = dom["#wrapper"];
            Assert.AreEqual(wrapperElementCount + domElementCount, dom.Select("*").Length, "Wrapper appears to have the right number of kids");
            Assert.AreEqual(wrapper.Parent()[0], dom["#hlinks-user"][0], "Wrapper is in correct place in DOM");
            Assert.AreEqual(1, dom["#wrapper"].Length, "Wrapper only appears once in DOM");
            Assert.AreEqual(dom["#innerdiv"].Children()[0], dom["#reputation_link"][0], "Wrapped element is in correct place in DOM");
        }
        [Test, TestMethod]
        public void UnWrap()
        {
            var dom = TestDom("TestHtml");
            var oldLen = dom.Select("*").Length;
            var el = dom["#reputation_link, .badgecount:first"];
            Assert.AreEqual(2, el.Length, "Sanity check");
            Assert.AreEqual(1, dom["[title='13 bronze badges']"].Length, "Badgecount parent was found");
            el.Unwrap();
            Assert.AreEqual("BODY", dom[".badgecount:first"].Parent()[0].NodeName, "Badgecount appears to be unwrapped");
            Assert.AreEqual(0, dom["[title='2 silver badges']"].Length, "Badgecount parent is gone");
            Assert.AreEqual("BODY", dom["#reputation_link"].Parent()[0].NodeName, "reputation_link is now a direct child of body");
            Assert.AreEqual(oldLen - 2, dom.Select("*").Length, "Correct # of elements after unwrapping");
        }
        [Test, TestMethod]
        public void UnWrap2()
        {
            var dom = TestDom("TestHtml");
            int count = dom.Select("body span").Length;
            var unwrapItem = dom["span[title='2 silver badges']"];
            Assert.IsTrue(unwrapItem.Parent()[0] == dom["#hlinks-user"][0], "Original parent is correct");
            unwrapItem.Unwrap();

            var stillThere = dom["span[title='2 silver badges']"];
            Assert.AreEqual(1, stillThere.Length, "Unwrap target still exists");
            Assert.AreEqual(count - 1, dom["body span"].Length, "There's one less span now");
            Assert.IsTrue(dom["span[title='2 silver badges']"].Parent()[0] == dom["body"][0], "It's moved up");

        }
    }
}

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David Ross jumped out of a plane as part of the Chicago Air and Water Show
By Eric Chesterton and Carrie Muskat/MLB.com
As part of Saturday's portion of the Chicago Air and Water Show, former Cubs catcher David Ross performed a tandem jump with the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights.
Even for the leisurely life of a retiree, jumping out of a plane requires an early wake-up call:
Up early getting ready to jump out of a plane- yes jump out of plane! #airandwatershow pic.twitter.com/qpKgHEe8qI
— David Ross (@D_Ross3) August 19, 2017
Ross has won a World Series, been hit by Major League fastballs and raised children. Still, the prospect of jumping out of an airplane with a cadre of trained professionals was terrifying.
Want to say I wasn't nervous but I think this pic says it all! pic.twitter.com/k9OM57ijSq
That was crazy. Thank you to the Golden Knights for having me out. #ChiAirAndWater pic.twitter.com/O9MsoulTCA
Thankfully, Ross made it safely back to Earth:
Safe at home. #ChiAirAndWater pic.twitter.com/MwwCBAP0LH
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 19, 2017
After the game, which the Cubs won, 4-3, over the Blue Jays, Cubs manager Joe Maddon told MLB.com's Carrie Muskat that his ex-catcher actually wanted him to try the stunt for himself:
"He was like a total advocate for me doing this," Maddon said of Ross. "I said, 'You've got to be kidding me.' He said, 'No, no, it was not that bad. I jumped out, did the backward flip.' The guy in charge told David, 'I've got plans tonight, don't worry about it.' I'm sure that's the typical line you get. David said once he got rolling, he was really calm and OK. I just like hearing about it."
Others took to the air as well. Namely, the Blue Angels, who, as part of the Air and Water Show flew over Wrigley Field and interrupted Alex Avila's at-bat:
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