Xcode 10 includes everything you need to create amazing apps for all Apple platforms. Now Xcode and Instruments look great in the new Dark Mode on macOS Mojave. The source code editor lets you transform or refactor code more easily, see source control changes alongside the related line, and quickly get details on upstream code differences. You can build your own instrument with custom visualization and data analysis. Swift compiles software more quickly, helps you deliver faster apps, and generates even smaller binaries. Test suites complete many times faster, working with a team is simpler and more secure, and much more.
Code you write in Xcode looks stunning as the dark Xcode interface makes your work the star of the show. The entire interface is tuned for your dark Mac experience, from icons, to fonts, to the subtle contrast color of the Jump Bar.
Xcode also gives you powerful tools for creating your own dark apps for macOS. Interface Builder lets you quickly switch your design and preview from light to dark. Asset catalogs define assets and named colors. And you can switch your app in and out of Dark Mode while debugging. This is all done using controls within Xcode that only apply to your app. No need to change your system settings.
In Markdown files, headings, bold and italic text, links, and other formatting are instantly rendered in the editor as you type. The Jump Bar even understands Markdown structure so you can quickly navigate your README.md and documentation files.
Xcode includes a lightning-fast source code editor. Text scrolls incredibly smoothly, even when editing enormous source files. Smooth animations are used throughout, whether folding your code to enhance focus, or when Xcode highlights errors and offers Fix-its. With great Markdown support, your accompanying documentation will look great, too.
Use command-click to select symbols or entire structures to transform or refactor your Swift, C, C++, and Objective-C code. And because the transformation engine is open source as part of swift.org, the list of transformations keeps expanding thanks to the contributions of an active developer community.
Changes to your code are highlighted beside each line, whether those changes are made locally by you, or a teammate's commit upstream in your source repository. The instant you type a new line of code you will know if you've created a conflict, and you can quickly click the red indicator to get more information about the upstream code differences.
It's never been easier for your team to work together in the cloud or on self-hosted servers within your organization. To make your workflows easier and more secure, Xcode can even generate a unique SSH key for you and upload it to the server.
Once logged in to your favorite service, the Xcode clone window shows all of your personal and saved repositories. From this window you can also search for additional repositories on your connected servers and quickly check any of them out with just a click. You can even rebase your changes when pulling latest versions.
The source control navigator in Xcode makes it easy to view each of your branches, tags, and remotes with a timeline of commits. Inspect an entry to see all affected files or double-click on a commit to see everything that changed. Common operations, such as creating and merging branches, are quickly accessible in the navigator.
Using Instruments, you can finally retire your print() statements, which are replaced with OSLog signposts and your own custom instruments. With virtually no overhead you can mark important points throughout your code, then track those signposts as your app runs in Instruments. These log points appear alongside other analysis events such as CPU, memory, or network usage to give you valuable insights into your code's behavior.
You can go even further and build your own instrument with custom visualization and data analysis. Xcode includes templates so you can build instruments using the same tools that Apple uses. Your instruments can easily be shared as part of your project and installed by other team members or users of your public frameworks.
Xcode also collects anonymous energy and crash logs from your users, highlighting the most important issues and letting you dive directly to the offending lines of code. So even if you don't catch the bug before you publish, you can quickly identify and fix problems.
Xcode includes a robust testing engine built right in. Run unit tests, as well as UI and performance tests, across multiple physical devices at a time. Or take advantage of the processing horsepower of Mac to dramatically speed up testing using simulated devices running in parallel.
For continuous integration setups, you can launch many different simulated device types to run your complete test harness from beginning to end. Or, to complete your tests as fast as possible, Xcode can spawn many clones of a single simulated device, fanning out all of your tests to finish in a fraction of the time.
You can also dedicate another Mac in your network to host Xcode Server for automated building and testing. It's simple to get up and running with a dedicated Xcode CI setup since the features are built right into Xcode, with no need for additional server software. It's never been faster to continuously build and test your apps.
Xcode 10 includes Swift 4.2, which compiles your software more quickly, helps you deliver faster apps, and generates even smaller binaries. Compared to Swift 4.0, the latest Swift compiler can build large apps more than twice as fast.* Combined with the new Xcode new build system, your everyday edit, build, and test workflow is much faster. Optimized for the latest multi-core Mac hardware, Xcode and Swift make for a lightning-fast development platform.
Swift was built to be fun to use, and it's easy to experiment with an API when using a playground file. In Xcode 10, playgrounds are dramatically enhanced to work more like a traditional REPL, while making the live view even more responsive and fun to use for quick designs. As you add new code, only new lines are recompiled. You can choose to re-run specific lines of code, or hit shift-return to run the program right up to the line of code you just typed.
The new incremental model is a perfect fit for working with the new Create ML framework. Train your models directly within a playground, alongside the code that will use the model in your app. Train, experiment, and refine your machine learning code in a super-fast workflow, using the same Swift language you'll use in your app. When ready, just drag-and-drop your newly trained model into your app.
* Testing conducted by Apple in May 2018 using production 2.9GHz 4-core Intel Core i7-based 15-inch MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM, running prerelease macOS 10.13.5, Xcode 9.0, and prerelease Xcode 10.0. Apple tested using debug mode and made minor adjustments to the Kickstarter, Firefox, and Wikipedia open source projects so that they would compile with these Xcode versions. Performance varies based on specific configuration, project, and other factors.


Prince Harry proved he's a winner when he mingled with the crowd at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Monday.
The British Royal Family continues its recent charm offensive in Australia with the arrival of HRH Prince Harry just 19 days before we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign of World War I.
Prince Harry delighted the 1,500-strong crowd who awaited his arrival in damp Canberra on Monday when he joined 12-year-old carrot-topped Ethan Toscan who held aloft a placard saying 'Redheads Rule!'.
Ethan told reporters that Prince Harry agreed, saying being a redhead was the best thing you could be.
The popular prince spent around 15 minutes in a meet and greet with the crowd of well-wishes - not to mention a few princess wannabes - having selfies taken and working the adoring crowd effortlessly in the rain.
In formal white military uniform, 'Captain Wales' as he is known in the British Army, joined the Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshall Mark Binskin, and the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, to lay a wreath at the Tom of the Unknown Solider before touring the Afghanistan and World War I galleries at the Australian War Memorial. And in case Air Chief Marshall Binskin and the G-G didn't quite realise how well connected their young guest is, Prince Harry handed them a personal letter of thanks from his grandmother the Queen.
Prince Harry is in Australia for a month-long tour of duty with the Australian Army, with a few days out to join his father in Gallipoli for the Centenary Commemoration on April 25.
While in Australia, Prince Harry will work with Australian Army units in Sydney, Perth and Darwin with a focus on the work of special forces such as the SAS.


Securing, "Eutopia," – will be a scenario based border security exercise based on a fictional state in Europe– Eutopia. The Workshop will put through participants a series of activities to include planning and execution of border security in a hybrid environment with threats ranging from terrorism, drug, nuclear and radiological material trafficking, transnational crime, people running, illegal migration asylum and return operations etc. The workshop will be conducted in two main parts and various sub parts. The two main parts will include Planning for Border Security of Eutopia and Execution of Security. To provide a realistic background these will be based on an opening narrative followed by a series of sub plots to build scenarios to give hands on feel of the likely threats and challenges that may be faced in implementation of border security and actions that are required to be taken to overcome these while facilitating trade and mobility. Planning part will include based on the given narrative preparation of a plan to include environmental scan, intelligence acquisition, surveillance, organisations, technology interventions, operational responses, legal issues, synergy and coordination. In the Execution participants will have to provide responses to scenarios depicted based on the Plan made to counter various border security challenges such as infiltration by terrorists, attempt to smuggle in/out nuclear material, drug proliferation, illegal migrants and so on. All work will be carried out based on small groups of 4 to 6 persons dependent on the number of participants.


Control and automatic delivering of power.
Installation of the most advanced electronic surveillance systems.
Implementation or re-implementation of equipment from training and pre-implementation workshops.
Industrial applications (compressed air and water).


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In late 2012 Stockholm Lighting delivered 26 st Lumenbeam Medium for lighting the facade of "The München" brewery. The installation was planned and conducted by the Elektrounion AB. The luminaire's appearance blends well with the architecture and all luminaires are mounted on existing holders a bit out from the facade. The whole setup consumes about 730W.


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The US Department of Justice released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations in order to incorporate the changes made by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008. The NPRM makes changes to Titles II and III ADA regulations to amend the definition of disability which was broadened by the ADAAA and expand the definition of major life activities by including major bodily functions. The NPRM includes examples of impairments, such as intellectual disability, that should easily be found to substantially limit a major life activity and cause the necessary individualized assessment of the impairments to be simple and straightforward. The Title I ADA regulations were amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in March 2011. The NPRM will align the definitions in Titles II and III with those in Title I. The NPRM is open for comment for 60 days until March 31, 2014.
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Tropical Storm Emily: outages, rain, rescues
August 1, 2017 at 12:00a.m.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
Tropical Storm Emily weakened to a tropical depression Monday afternoon as it slogged eastward across the Florida peninsula, spreading drenching rains, causing power outages and leaving two fishermen to be rescued from Tampa Bay.
The National Hurricane Center said Emily made landfall late Monday on Florida's Gulf Coast south of Tampa Bay and then began moving east toward the Atlantic coast. Emily spent only a few hours as a tropical storm, losing strength as it marched inland across the central Florida peninsula toward the Atlantic coast.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said at an afternoon news briefing in the state capital of Tallahassee that about 18,000 homes and businesses lost power, mostly in hard-hit Manatee County. Scott, who was on vacation in Maine and returned to the state when the advisory changed, said the storm was a reminder that severe weather can strike the state at any time.
State emergency management officials also said that the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, which was closed for a few hours y because of high winds, had since reopened. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph as it crawled ashore but was down to top winds of 35 mph hours later.
No injuries have been reported along the Gulf Coast, although two fishermen were rescued from Tampa Bay while clinging to a channel marker light after their boat sank.
Coast Guard officials said they were called Monday morning about the brothers, who had been out fishing when their boat engine died. While the two worked on the inoperable pump, the boat drifted and struck the range light, according to a Coast Guard statement. The brothers tied their boat off to the light and were forced to cling to the navigation aid and call for help when the vessel sank. A boat from Coast Guard station St. Petersburg rescued them.
At 11 p.m., Emily was moving inland over west-central Florida about 35 miles west of Vero Beach. Forecasters expected between 2 to 4 inches of rain in some areas, with isolated amounts up to 8 inches possible in spots. Lesser amounts were predicted elsewhere.
On Treasure Island, a normally packed beach parking lot was almost empty of tourists. Only a handful of people were on the white sand beach.
A flood watch is in effect for much of the Tampa area, and forecasters also warned of possible isolated tornadoes and waterspouts across parts of south Florida.
August 13, 2004 midnight
FLORIDA Nearly 1 million urged to evacuate as Hurricane Charley nears coast
Storm Alberto gains strength as it roils Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Colin causes problems in Fla.
HURRICANE Emily strengthens, looks next to Yucatan Peninsula
Hermine slams Florida, threatens East Coast

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The launch of the new Moto G by Google's Motorola may have come as a surprise to many but in the hindsight, it represents only the completion of what now looks like a logical process, ahead of the next big thing.
Google now has two products for its three main mobility categories (laptops, smartphones and tablets), one for entry level and one for power users. The Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10, the Moto G and the Nexus 5 as well as the Chromebook(s) and the Chromebook Pixel.
Why the Moto G launched under the Motorola banner rather than as Google remains a mystery. What one can be sure of though is the growing uneasiness of Google's partners, particularly at the lower end of the market.
Sure, the Moto G will skip China at launch, officially because the Chinese government blocks some Google services but also possibly to appease the likes of TCL, Huawei and ZTE, powerful allies in the booming Chinese economy who will not want to see a frenemy infringe on their turf.
It appears however inevitable that Motorola's latest smartphone will have the same effect on the entry-level ecosystem as the Google Nexus 7, causing big names to abandon the lower end of the Android smartphone market or cut margins (offering more for the same price or the same thing for much less) to compete with no-names.
Google, being in control of an entire ecosystem, is essentially Intel and Microsoft combined into one entity. Wintel, as the duo was commonly known as, shaped the world of desktops and laptops for decades but neither was as influential as Google.
The latter has the ability to shape the actual device. Neither Intel nor Microsoft ever actually managed to build mainstream popular, traditional computers that went on to have a significant impact on the market because they were disproportionately powerful players in their own realms.
Google however faces no Intel equivalent in a fragmented hardware market where it can pick and choose partners at a component level. And its influence in the Android market is important.
According to 51degrees, Google (including Motorola) now accounts for one eighth of all Android devices in the UK, sitting fourth on the list with more than double its marketshare from 12 months ago. In the US, Google is comfortably the second biggest player in the Android ecosystem behind Samsung.
It now seems clear that Google is engineering a long-term process aimed at reducing the clout of Samsung and clearing out the market ahead of the next big thing which is the demise of Chrome OS and the launch of Android 5.0.
The latter is likely to unify all three mobile platforms (keyboard enabled, big screens and small ones) as alluded to by Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, in November 2009 and explains why Google named Sundar Pichai, the head of Android as the one in charge of Chrome and Apps, in lieu of Andy Rubin.
This opens a window of opportunity (no pun intended) for Microsoft which might try to convince disgruntled Google device partners to join the Windows Phone band, although given the company also owns Nokia, brands might not be so willing to jump from one domineering, hardware-producing ally to another.
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GetUp! protesters outside the second leaders' debate in Adelaide earlier this month. David Mariuz/AAP
GetUp's brand of in-your-face activism is winning elections – and making enemies
May 16, 2019 11.16pm EDT
Mark Rolfe, UNSW
Mark Rolfe
Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
Mark Rolfe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
UNSW provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.
It can be hard for a political cause to get noticed in a jaded world awash with information, but conspiracy theories can go a long way.
This could help explain the motivations of the lobbying group Advance Australia (AA) in this election campaign. Advance Australia was founded late last year as a conservative antidote to the left-leaning GetUp and has attracted prominent business leaders as financial backers.
Liberal luminaries like Eric Abetz have long been wary of GetUp, viewing it as an arm of Labor and the Greens (despite the fact the Australian Electoral Commission has ruled the group is independent of any political party).
Following GetUp's success in unseating Liberal Bass MP Andrew Nikolic in the 2016 election, these conservative factions are now annoyed by the group's aggressive campaigning against Tony Abbott in Warringah in this campaign.
Read more: New style lobbying: how GetUp! channels Australians' voices into politics
This is where the conspiracy theories come in.
According to a video released by Advance Australia in April, GetUp is "imposing its secret agenda on Australia and seeking to control the Australian way of life". It "flies under the radar" and is "hoodwinking well-meaning Australians into implementing their radical agenda".
The video also warns that GetUp is linked to "a foreign network of left-wing activist groups" known as OPEN, which is authoritarian ("reminiscent of the old-style Soviet Union") but somehow also "globalist".
Advance Australia video aimed at GetUp.
This hissy-fit of hyperbole prevents Advance Australia from seeing what stares the group in the face. GetUp is none of those things. Rather, the organisation gives ordinary people a way to get involved in political life at the grassroots level – a commonplace phenomenon in American politics that is only possible in Australia outside our more dominant party structures.
GetUp's growth and influence
GetUp has emerged as a target in this campaign because of its increasing influence as a mobiliser of this sort of grassroots political participation.
GetUp's mission is to "bring participation back into our democracy" through various online and offline activities such as protests, vigils, door-knocking campaigns and donation drives – a strategy modelled on the American grassroots political group MoveOn. Its signature campaign was its push for marriage equality in Australia, with this powerful video garnering more than 16 million views on YouTube.
GetUp marriage equality campaign video.
GetUp now boasts more than 1 million members and aims to make 1 million phone calls in target electorates during this campaign – often organised through hundreds of "calling parties" in homes across Australia – and to knock on countless doors in key marginal seats.
It is not formally aligned with Labor or the Greens, but it certainly leans left: on its website, it vows to kick out the "hard right MPs" who it says have:
…wrecked progressive policies and stifled public debate on climate change, refugees, multiculturalism, economics and democratic participation.
Advance Australia is small by comparison, with just 32,000 members. Its leader, Gerard Benedet, has noted how previous attempts at building a conservative grassroots movement in Australia have failed, but Advance Australia is aiming to be different.
However, the group's awkward campaign tactics, which include a widely mocked anti-GetUp superhero figure and reliance on wealthy backers instead of small donations, show it still has a long way to go in adopting a participatory model.
The origins of grassroots campaigning
The rise of GetUp and other similar grassroots campaigns being run by independents – such as Zali Steggall's "Voices For Warringah" campaign and the "Voices For Indi" campaigns of first Cathy McGowan and now Helen Haines – is linked in part with early American ideals of participatory democracy, anti-politics, and the power of the internet.
Beginning in the 1980s, American writers such as Steven Levy, Howard Rheingold, Bruce Sterling and a bevy of followers championed the internet as a way of helping empower those at the bottom against political elites. They linked the digital era to the sentimentalised American ideal of populist anti-politics and romanticised the digital-savvy outsiders who harnessed the power of grassroots democracy to ride into office and clean up Washington DC.
Read more: More than 'slacktivism': we dismiss the power of politics online at our peril
One of the first notable internet campaigns was Howard Dean's presidential run in 2004, which adopted the digital innovations and political advice of MoveOn.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign of 2008 then further adapted the Dean model by creating a movement hinting at direct democracy and melding an online and offline grassroots organisational strategy through MyBarackObama, the campaign's social network. This included more than 200,000 events, such as barbecues and parties, for the volunteers who were door-knocking and telephone canvassing for votes and donations.
MoveOn's "Obama in 30 Seconds" campaign, inviting everyday people to make political ads for Obama.
The ALP hoped for similar success by importing senior American personnel from the 2012 Obama campaign to help run grassroots strategy for its 2014 Victorian state election campaign. It also imported Blue State Digital, a strategy and technology firm that has been important to Democrats since 2005 and managed Obama's digital campaign in 2008, to aid its less-successful 2013 federal campaign.
These efforts, however, were confined to party and union members, not the broader grassroots base now being reached by GetUp.
Similarly in 2013, the Republican-aligned digital strategy firms IMGE and Engage were brought in to help the Liberal Party with digital fundraising and data-mining techniques. These innovations, though, also did not embrace participatory campaigning outside party members.
Independents also embracing digital campaigning
In this year's campaign, independents like Steggall and Haines are also enthusiastically embracing community-based campaigning.
Both candidates, for instance, rely on NationBuilder, a Los Angeles-based software company, to create platforms for their online donations and communications efforts and offline activities for their volunteers. Since 2013, NationBuilder has also been the online platform of choice for ALP, Greens and the Australian Council of Trade Union campaigns.
Read more: Not so grassroots: how the snowflake model is transforming political campaigns
Like McGowan and Haines, Steggall campaigns as a cleanskin unsoiled by party politics, with a "non-partisan community group" aiming to "bridge the gap between people and politics". This anti-politics mantra contrasts with Abbott, who is viewed by many as one of the people responsible for Australians' widespread distrust and disillusionment with government.
This distrust is a problem for the major parties, but a boon to GetUp and the independents, who are projected to do well in this election. If the next government cannot counter such feelings among voters, these influential outsiders will continue to flourish in the foreseeable future with the help of digital outreach and the flush of excitement in ordinary citizens who want change, whatever that means to them.
Maybe even Advance Australia will start to harness this grassroots power on the conservative side, minus the conspiracy theories.
Warringah
Helen Haines


Here are bankruptcy filings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Dakota, for July 18-24, 2013.
Individuals can file Chapter 7 petitions (asking that debts be liquidated); Chapter 12 (a simplified reorganization method for farmers and ranchers whose gross debt does not exceed $1.5 million); and Chapter 13 (a plan to repay some debts in three to five years). Businesses can file Chapter 11 petitions to reorganize their debts under a court-approved plan for repayment.
Aberdeen: Northern Beef Packers Limited Partnership, Chapter 11; Herbert James Griffith, Chapter 13; Susan Eileen Halverson, Chapter 7; Lisa Marie Danielson, Chapter 7.


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import isGeneratorFunction, { isGenerator } from '../isGenerator';

describe('"isGenerator"', () => {
  const generatorMock = {
    next: () => undefined,
    throw: () => undefined,
    return: () => undefined
    // [Symbol.iterator]: () => undefined
  };

  describe('Default export', () => {
    it('Returns `true` for Generator', () => {
      expect(isGeneratorFunction(function *() { yield ''; })).toBe(true);
    });

    describe('Returns `false` for non Generator', () => {
      it.each([
        ['Null', null],
        ['Normal Function', function() { return undefined; }],
        ['Generator Like', generatorMock],
        ['Object containing "next"', { next: (): void => undefined }],
        ['Object containing "throw"', { throw: (): void => undefined }]
      ])('%s', (_, fn) => {
        expect(isGeneratorFunction(fn)).toBe(false);
      });
    });
  });

  describe('"isGenerator"', () => {
    describe('Returns `true` for', () => {
      it('An activated generator', () => {
        expect(isGenerator((function *() { yield ''; })())).toBe(true);
      });

      it('Objects that implements `next` and `throw` functions', () => {
        expect(isGenerator(generatorMock)).toBe(true);
      });
    });

    describe('Returns `false` for non Generator Like Objects:', () => {
      it.each([
        ['Null', null],
        ['Normal Function', function() { return undefined; }],
        ['Object containing "next"', { next: (): void => undefined }],
        ['Object containing "throw"', { throw: (): void => undefined }]
      ])('%s', (_, fn) => {
        expect(isGenerator(fn)).toBe(false);
      });
    });
  });
});

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The 1st United States Sharpshooters and 2nd United States Sharpshooters, (combined as the 2nd United States Sharpshooters since December 31, 1864) are broken up as a distinct unit, the remaining men and companies doled out to various infantry regiments remaining at the Siege of Petersburg.
Cooper's Coehorn mortars in Union Battery 15 open fire around 1 p.m. on Confederate working parties putting up abatis "in front of fort to the left of the Baxter road" to the south of the Crater. The Confederates respond, resulting in an artillery duel among Confederate batteries on and near Cemetery Hill with Battery 14, Battery 15, Fort Morton, and Fort Haskell.
Ulysses S. Grant asks Army of the Potomac commander George G. Meade if a strong leader might take Gregg's Cavalry Division on a bold railroad wrecking expedition from Virginia to North Carolina. Meade recommends Sixth Corps division commander George W. Getty for the role, and asks to see him the next day. Gregg's Division would be replaced by one of Sheridan's Cavalry divisions in the Shenandoah Valley.
The Union armies besieging Richmond and Petersburg finally learn of the evacuation (February 15) and capture (February 18) of Charleston and the capture (February 17-18) of Columbia, South Carolina, with a salute ordered along the lines the next day.
Captain Robert T. Lincoln, the President's eldest son, is ordered to report to Lieutenant General Grant at the Siege of Petersburg for assignment to duty.
Brevet Brigadier General Napoleon B. McLaughlen takes command of First Division, Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac while Orlando Willcox is away on a leave of absence.
Major General Godfrey Weitzel takes temporary command of the Army of the James while Major General Edward O. C. Ord is away.


Kefir is a natural fermented milk beverage being launched to the UK from Russia. Already well known to eastern Europeans, Russians and Scandinavians, Kefir originates from the Caucasus Mountain region of the former USSR.
Nourish Kefir claims it provides health benefits including immune system stimulation, lactose reduction and IBS relief. Kefir also contains vitamins and minerals, is easy to digest and suitable for vegetarians and people with lactose intolerance and diabetes.
Made with fresh cows' milk, which is pasteurised and then fermented, Kefir comes in 500ml bottles and contains no additives, preservatives, flavours or sweeteners. It is described as having a unique taste that's sour at first but with a creamy finish.


Good evening everyone. Did anyone go thrifting today? I went to a few garage sales, a church sale, the farmer's market and the Goodwill. I found a few Banana Republic skirts and an Ann Taylor Loft shirt. All for under four dollars each. Not to bad for a morning out. Clothes are not my usual thing to look for when thrifting, but I sure was happy to find these.
I usually look for home decor when I go thrifting. I love painted furniture and repurposed items. Since I didn't find any today .... I did a little searching on the web....so here are some pictures I hope you enjoy!
Now how do you look at this and say I just have to have that.
Well someone did and look what they did.
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"I always used to say that the sky's the limit, and that's why I was fired from my job as Director of Interplanetary Exploration at NASA" was posted on Twitter on September 14, 2017.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958 with a distinctly civilian (rather than military) orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958, disestablishing NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The new agency became operational on October 1, 1958.
Since that time, most US space exploration efforts have been led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle.
I always used to say that the sky's the limit, and that's why I was fired from my job as Director of Interplanetary Exploration at NASA.
Which is probably why he got fired from his job at N.A.S.A.
My dad always used to say, "The sky's the limit!" Which is probably why he got fired from his job at N.A.S.A.
My Dad used to say "The sky's the limit". Which is probably why he got fired from N.A.S.A.
My Dad used to say "The sky's the limit".
Which is probably why he got fired from N.A.S.A.


Will Greenwald Tritton AX 180 The Tritton AX 180 is a well-made gaming headset, but it isn't anything special and its sound quality pales when compared with similarly priced dedicated headphones.
Simple to set up for PCs. In-line remote and breakaway cable are handy.
Middling sound for non-gaming audio. Setting it up with a game console is complicated when compared with PC setup.
The Tritton AX 180 is a well-made gaming headset, but it isn't anything special and its sound quality pales when compared with similarly priced dedicated headphones.
Cross-platform compatibility is tricky for any gaming accessory. Most gamepads can't do it at all, and headsets have a slightly easier time, but you still wind up dealing with a tangle of wires. The Tritton AX 180 ($69.99 list) is a seemingly simple, basic pair of stereo headphones with a microphone, and getting it to work with a PC is easy. But if you want to use it with your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, you're going to have to work for it.
The AX 180 is soft and nonthreatening, with half of the headset covered in padded foam. The inner surfaces of the ear cups and the headband are comfortable, while the outside of the ear cups and the adjustable part of the headband are flat black plastic, save for glossy black caps in the middle of the cups bearing Tritton's orange logo. A wiry, flexible black mic plugs into the left ear cup, and can easily be bent out of the way if you, say, want to take a drink of a nice, cold beverage while gaming. The headset connects to a breakaway cable with an inline remote that holds headphone and microphone volume wheels, mic and PS3/Xbox 360 switches, and an Xbox 360 mic port. At the end of the cable, there are USB, 3.5mm headphone, and microphone connectors.
While the AX 180 is primarily intended for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 use, it works just as well for PC gaming. Just plug the cable into an open USB port and the headphone and microphone plugs into their ports, and you're all set. It's actually more complicated to set the headset up for use with a game console. It's particularly difficult to set it up with an Xbox 360, which involves using an audio cable from the in-line remote to the controller, and (if you want to use your Xbox 360 with HDMI) a separate HD Audio Dongle, which Tritton offers for free on request with the headset, but it isn't included in the box.
For gaming, the headset feels comfortable and sounds fairly good. The ear cups might pinch slightly if you have large ears, but most users will likely find the padded headphones to fit snug and secure. I played Team Fortress 2 with the AX 180, and the action felt full and powerful. Explosions had satisfying force, but lacked really thumping bass (a flaw in most gaming headphones), and the microphone was present but unobtrusive.
For music, the AX 180 sounds good, but can't compare to a set of midrange, dedicated headphones. I listened to the Muse station on Pandora, and "Take a Bow" sounded fuzzy in the low end, with the bass notes not hitting any decent clarity or depth. John Coltrane's "Time Was" had the same issues, with the saxophone sounding clear and bright, but the bass and drums coming in a bit muffled. The headset will sound good for movies and music, but it's a gaming peripheral, and is more suited for listening to fragging and trash talk than concerts and music videos.
It doesn't come close to the audio quality of dedicated, non-gaming headphones, but the Tritton AX 180 is a competent gaming headset, with solid sound and comfortable design. It works well enough, but nothing about it stands out. For a better headset with a lower price, check out the Tt eSports Shock ($59.99, 3.5 stars). If you can splurge on a wireless headset, take a look at the Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Omega ($199.99, 3.5 stars) or our Editors' Choice, the Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 ($169.99, 4 stars).
Bottom Line: The Tritton AX 180 is a well-made gaming headset, but it isn't anything special and its sound quality pales when compared with similarly priced dedicated headphones.


Over the past 25 years, as the Texas population has grown and the need for new traffic corridors has increased, toll roads have been built in various areas of the state to make travel more efficient. Building toll roads provides new transportation options without straining existing transportation funding sources.
Managed lanes are used to relieve traffic congestion in major metropolitan areas. Managed lanes provide users an alternative to heavy-use roads, while decreasing traffic on major routes.
TxTag has a comprehensive map of toll roads and bridges in Texas. Find more information on tollway locations at TxTag.org.


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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — UEFA President Michel Platini has pushed back his deadline to decide if he will run for FIFA president next year.
Platini told UEFA's 54 member federations on Thursday he will discuss the 2015 FIFA and UEFA elections at a round of regional meetings with their leaders. The sessions are scheduled across Europe between September and December.
"I will be there to listen to you, as usual, and we can then take decisions together," Platini said in French to a UEFA Congress audience that included FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Blatter is expected to seek a fifth four-year term at the May 2015 election in Zurich.
That could happen on June 11 at FIFA's congress in Sao Paulo on the eve of the opening World Cup match.
Platini, a FIFA vice president, has led UEFA since 2007 and has long been seen as the natural successor to the 78-year-old Blatter, who was his mentor in football politics.
Still, Blatter has shown little sign of fulfilling a promise made at the 2011 UEFA Congress in Paris that his current term in office would be his last.
The next UEFA presidential election will be held in March 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
In their speeches, Platini and Blatter referred to each other as "dear friends," yet also chided each other from the stage.
When Platini recalled advice from Blatter in Paris three years ago that UEFA should show more solidarity with world football, he seemed to remind the FIFA chief of his election pledge.
"As you know, when you look us Europeans in the eye and tell us something, you can be sure that we will be listening carefully," Platini said.
Earlier, Blatter pointed out that FIFA anti-corruption reforms to create independent ethics and audit committees had not been adopted elsewhere.
"Decisions taken by the FIFA Congress have to be implemented in the national associations. This concerns also the confederations," Blatter said.
Platini made one direct challenge to Blatter on the subject of investors owning players' economic rights. UEFA wants the practice banned as a threat to transfer market integrity and a drain of cash from the sport.
FIFA has so far declined decisive action against third-party ownership, which is widely used in South America, Spain and Portugal.
"Please have the political courage to deal with this problem once and for all," Platini said, making a "solemn request" to Blatter.
Stressing UEFA's co-operation with the other five continental football bodies — as Blatter suggested in 2011 — Platini set out increased commitment to social issues.
Europe's top football official said a new children's foundation would use UEFA's wealth to help finance programs for young people around the world.
Platini said UEFA will help women and people from ethnic minorities train for management roles in football bodies.
A planned conference in Rome in September will "develop the educational arm of our anti-racism strategy," Platini said.


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            return StructuralComparisons.StructuralEqualityComparer.Equals(x, y);
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        public int GetHashCode(T obj)
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The sound of moaning caught her by surprise.
Paisley felt numb. Like she was floating. She was so tired. She wanted to let her mind go blank and drift away again but something was niggling at the back of her mind. A memory, but she couldn't catch hold of it. She felt like she should be moving, like she shouldn't be here, but she had no idea why.
There was that moaning again.
The moaning was coming from her.
With that realisation she was flooded with pain. It covered every inch of her like a heavy blanket.
She still had no idea of the cause, when suddenly she was blinded by light.
Instinct had her squinting against it and raising her hands to cover her face. Then everything came back with a rush. The man in the road holding a human head. He'd pointed a gun at her. She'd lost control of the car and crashed it.
Now someone was standing beside her car.
Trying to open the door.
When the man with the flashlight began to try to force her battered car's door open, Paisley forgot about the pain, she forgot about everything but getting out of here.
Her hands were shaking badly, and she fought with her seatbelt to get it undone. Her limbs were heavy and sluggish, and once the seatbelt finally came undone she got tangled in it as she tried to shove it away from her.
With a huge creak that shuddered through the car, the man wrenched open her door.
Large hands reached for her.
Paisley tried to move out of his reach, climb further back into the car where she could escape through another door, but her body wouldn't cooperate, and soon those large hands were wrapping around her biceps and dragging her from the car.
She screamed, and screamed, and screamed as though her life depended on it. Because it did.


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Microsoft has introduced four laptops configured with Windows 10 focused on new schools. The company has also revealed that the school teachers will receive free use for Office 365 in several countries. Out of the four laptops two has been developed by Lenovo and other by JP.
Keeping in mind the budget approach for the school students Lenovo has designed the model Lenovo 100e and the range starts from $189 approx. It is configured by an Intel company, Celeron Apollo Lake processor, clubbed with minimum 2 GB RAM known as LPDDR4. It has HD antiglare screen with a size of 11.6 inches. The battery backup of the laptop is 10 hours and it weighs 1.22kg.
The other model of Lenovo 300e, which is 2 in 1 convertible PC, has also been introduced in the Microsoft Education. It is also powered by Intel company Pentium processor, clubbed with 4 GB RAM known LPDDR4 and 16 GB eMMC Storage. It has HD display size of 11.6 inches and has the multi-touch display which is supported by an active pen. It has a battery backup for 8 hours and the price ranges from $279.
The other two laptops are unveiled by the JP Company for the Microsoft Education. The Classmate Leap T303 model laptop configured with Windows Hello support is priced $199 approx and the other is Trigono V401 2 in 1 starts at $299 approx and it is clubbed with pen and touch support.
The office 365 will help the students in education and to improve their assignments and other skills in the class notebook. It can also be paired with iOS and other Android versions and it also helps the teachers to present PowerPoint presentations in classrooms. STEM is also an important part in which Microsoft Education tends to emphasize more for better learning of the students.


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New post-Brexit UK medical device system "hugely valuable", says GMDN Agency
Chloe Kent 4 January 2021	(Last Updated January 4th, 2021 13:50)
The Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GDMN) Agency has welcomed the 1 January introduction of the UK-wide Medical Device Information System (MDIS), which now requires medical devices sold in the country to be registered with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The GMDN is an international database that categorises and classifies all of the world's medical devices. Credit: Shutterstock
The GMDN Agency is a non-profit organisation that manages and maintains the GMDN, an international database that categorises and classifies all of the world's medical devices.
GMDN Agency CEO Mark Wasmuth described the move as a "huge boost for international harmonisation as well as leading to a valuable resource for the UK healthcare sector".
In 2019 the MHRA implemented the compulsory use of the GMDN for all low-risk device registration, as required by existing European single-market directives. The new MDIS now means that every medical device in the UK will be identified by law using the GMDN, in line with countries like the US, Canada and Russia.
While most of the world uses GMDN, the EU has ruled that all medical devices in the territory will instead come to be registered on a new system it will develop later this decade.
Wasmuth said: "With millions of medical devices being manufactured around the world, most with long and complicated names, it is often hard to know if two devices do the same function or something different. That is huge problem when it threatens patients' wellbeing if the wrong equipment is ordered or, worse, used. Bar codes do not help here, and so this danger is overcome through having a consistent and clear form of naming – a nomenclature.
"I expect to see [a] growing number of MedTech businesses using this MDIS database as a valuable resource because the GMDN enables the data to be easily analysed, and also compared with devices used in other countries."
Pooling medical device data in this way could make expanded reliance on the GMDN in the UK particularly useful for epidemiological studies, as it would allow clinicians to easily compare the clinical data of equivalent devices.
Wasmuth said: "Better data makes for better decisions. The MHRA's database will also be accessible to the public to meet the growing need of stakeholders to find more accurate information about the devices they use, and supports recommendations from the recent Cumberlege review on effective medical device regulation."
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The arena was awesome, totally.
Liked: All of the racing was good.
It truly was the most exciting unstressed evening of my life - I loved it!
Disliked: Seriously, just fan attitudes.
Do not go to concert at this arena - acoustics and sound systems are terrible.
This was my fourth time seeing Garth Brooks and this venue and experience was the best so far. I would make the 5 hour drive again.
Liked: The hall screen was amazing and the staff was very friendly.
Disliked: You could not hear the first 3 songs in the upper level.
Beautiful stadium. User friendly. Great food.
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Disliked: Surprised in the ladies' room that several door latches were broken. Also, no mirrors.


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The scholars of Nadwatul Ulama have made their mark by creating a new mould of educational system consistent with the spirit of Islamic teachings as well as the demands of changing times. The Nadwatul Ulama has succeeded in bringing forth a body of Ulama who could feel the pulse of time and adequately carry out the function of Islamic preaching and propagation in the context of the demands made by the modern age. This has also gone a long way in bridging the gulf between the modern educated classes and those who had received theological education.
During its brief history Nadwatul Ulama has accomplished the work of centuries. It has fulfilled the tasks which even the governments would have found difficult to achieve within such a short period of time. And all this has been done in the face of unrelenting financial difficulties, its sole source of income being the donations and contributions made to it from time to time by Muslim philanthropists. Had it been granted greater opportunities and had its financial resources been wider it would certainly have achieved much more and given the World of Islam something which would have really been wonderful.
Still, it is a matter of deep satisfaction that the Nadwatul Ulama has been able to fulfil, with the Grace of God, the tasks it had set before itself. The importance of its objectives was realised by the religious and literary circles. During the period the Nadwatul 'Ulama Association functioned more as a movement than merely as an educational institution, it had succeeded in providing a common platform to the religious scholars of the old school of thought and the modern educated Muslim intelligentsia. The revolutionary call of reform and renovation was given by it at a time when it was most needed. It produced a number of highly distinguished theologians and doctors of religion who made an impress on the educational and cultural life of the Indian Muslims.
A notable achievement of this small band of men has been that they have served as envoys and ambassadors between the two sections of the community, who were intellectually strangers to each other if not mutually hostile, and tried their best to narrow down the gulf between the traditional and the modern educated classes. In fact, there is no place for such a division in Islam; for, practical life and its problem do not fall outside the scope of religion nor can there be a concept of the life and the world repudiating spiritual-moral values. If, apart from the removal of mutual hostility and bridging the gap between the traditional and modern educated sections of the community, there would have been no other achievement to the credit of the Nadwa scholars, even this would have been enough to justify the establishment of Nadwatul 'Ulama. They have proved that the Nadwa people were neither isolated from the world nor were they insensitive to the demands of the time. Together with the writers and research scholars and literati of Arabic and Urdu and the bearers of the torch of culture and civilization, the Nadwatul Ulama has also given men who have produced the finest Islamic literature for the modern educated classes of the community and the world in general, set up a high standard of learning and scholarship and laid the foundation of a new style in Arabic literature.
A fairly large number of Nadwa scholars have ceaselessly been rendering highly meritorious religious and literary services to the Millet and the country. It is perhaps not necessary to mention the names and achievements of these well-known savants of religion.
The possibilities of further progress and development of the Nadwatul Ulama are clear enough. With its lofty ideals, glorious traditions and magnificent record of work, it can be developed into a sort of universal lighthouse-intellectual as well as spiritual-for the world of Islam. It is well-equipped to give proper religious and intellectual guidance to the Millet and thereby rescue it from the clutches of ever- increasing Godless materialism and apostasy, It can go a long way in the preservation and promotion of those values and interests of Islam whose defense and encouragement is incumbent on the entire Islamic world and from which Muslims all over the world will be benefitted. But these laudable ends, difficult though they seem to be at present, can be achieved by building up the Nadwatul Ulama, as an educational movement, and enlisting active co-operation and participation of the Muslims not only in this country but also of all those sons of Islam who are engaged in serving its cause in different parts of the world.


The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bay City fell 0.4 percentage points in February 2019 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Bay City peaked in June 2009 at 12.6% and is now 8.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bay City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
The number of people unemployed in Bay City peaked in June 2009 at 6,966. There are now 4,872 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Bay City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bay City, Michigan) is also available.


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Protests return to Ferguson streets, state of emergency declared (Updated)
By CyprusMail August 11, 2015 August 11, 2015 071
Police hold a protester who was detained in Ferguson
By Carey Gillam and Scott Malone
Riot police clashed early on Tuesday with protesters in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri marking the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death sparked a national outcry over strained race relations.
About 200 demonstrators, some waving flags, beating drums, and shouting anti-police slogans, marched along a street that was a flashpoint of riots that erupted last year after white police officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Police carrying shields rushed into a crowd of protesters around midnight, prompting many to scream and run away. Twenty-three people were arrested, some for throwing frozen water bottles and rocks at officers, according to the St. Louis County Police Department.
Authorities declared a state of emergency on Monday for the St. Louis suburb and surrounding areas after police officers shot and critically wounded a man in an exchange of gunfire Sunday night, marring what had been a day of peaceful demonstrations to commemorate the anniversary.
Ferguson resident Roberta Lynch, 51, one of the demonstrators on Monday evening, said relations between police and the community had improved little over the past year.
"They are doing the same old stuff, taking our rights," Lynch said. "They need to give us our space."
Monday's demonstrations capped a day of civil disobedience called by activists to protest against the shooting of Brown and other unarmed black men by police across the United States.
Clergy and civil rights groups led a series of protests, staging a demonstration at a courthouse in St. Louis where 60 people were arrested, including Princeton University professor and activist Cornel West, according to a protest organizer.
Police arrested several dozen other protesters who blocked rush-hour traffic on Interstate 70 a few miles from Ferguson hours later, according to a Reuters witness.
The death of Brown and a grand jury's decision to spare the white officer from criminal charges provoked a wave of demonstrations that boiled over into rioting and arson at times and spawned sympathy rallies across the country.
Brown's death also prompted greater scrutiny of racial bias within the U.S. criminal justice system, giving rise to the "Black Lives Matter" movement that gained momentum from similar incidents in cities such as New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Cincinnati and, most recently, Arlington, Texas. .
'MARRED BY VIOLENCE'
In Ferguson, tensions rose after darkness fell on Monday, with some demonstrators throwing objects at officers who pushed back with shields. Small unmanned aerial drones circled above the crowd. It was unclear who was flying the drones.
Others protesters called for calm on the streets. By early morning, most people had vacated areas where confrontations had occurred and police reopened streets to traffic.
There were no shots fired, looting or property damage and no injuries were reported by police or civilians, the St. Louis County Police Department said.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters police would give protesters leeway to march but said the authorities also had to maintain public safety.
"We are going to let them vent and we are going to manage it the best we possibly can. Last night was pretty out of control at times. Unfortunately, all the good work that's happening on both sides of the street has been marred by violence."
The violence, according to Belmar, erupted Sunday when two groups of agitators apparently began shooting at each other, disrupting what had been peaceful demonstrations. At one point, a gunman darted across a parking lot and was confronted by four officers who pulled up in an unmarked vehicle.
The officers wounded the suspect critically in an exchange of gunfire, according to police.
Prosecutors charged the man, Tyrone Harris with four counts of assault on law enforcement, five counts of armed criminal action, and one count of shooting at a vehicle. His bond was set at $250,000.
Harris's father said his son, who was hospitalised, did not have a gun. "He was running for his … life because someone was shooting at him," Tyrone Harris, Sr., said in a telephone interview from his St. Louis-area home.
The younger Harris was out on bond awaiting trial on charges from November of stealing a motor vehicle, theft of a firearm and resisting arrest.
Activist groups said the plainclothes officers who shot Harris should never have been deployed to the scene.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon called Sunday's violence "a sad turn of events."
Michael Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., said on Facebook that the peaceful weekend protests were "meaningful, inspiring and successful … With your support, we properly honored your friend and my son's memory."
Protester Rayna Martin, 17, who lives in the neighborhood where Brown was shot, said the violence within her community has been made worse by the actions of police. "They kill us, they get away with it. It's crazy," she said.
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Editorial, 29 February 2016
For a nation which has been frequently slapped by unjust and cruel reality during its more than 4,000-year history, Armenians can be embarrassingly naïve and politically unsophisticated, despite Khrimian Hayrig's reference to the paper ladle in 1878.
Take the recent brouhaha in Armenian circles about Vatican's February 3 statement regarding the Genocide of Armenians and Turkey's supposed willingness to open its archives, "the pain and suffering endured by all parties", the "necessity for reconciliation and forgiveness…" between Armenians and Turks.
The statement was an almost duplicate of the pro forma boiler plate misinformation Turkish diplomats studiously babble whenever cornered by unequivocal evidence of the Genocide. The Vatican statement was Genocide Denialism 101 which every Turkish diplomat has to master before he is measured for his striped pants and shipped overseas to prevaricate on behalf of Ankara.
There is no point in parsing every word of the cringe-inducing and dishonest Vatican statement, including its description of the Genocide as the "events of 1915".
Why would the Vatican–meaning the pope–make such a volte-face after recognizing the Genocide with such pomp and ceremony at Saint Peter's Cathedral last April? The question is painfully redundant. The Vatican reworded its policy for the same reason a long list of American presidential candidates, who acknowledge the Genocide during their election campaign, and then make a 180-degree turn to eat their words once they've ensconced at the Oval Office.
As an educated person, the pope knows–just as Obama, Bush, Clinton, et al do–that Turkey committed Genocide of the Armenians, but as head of a state, he has to play real politik. The Roman Catholic Church is a state with interests which are not always spiritual. Then there's the matter of some 35,000 Catholics who live in Turkey, in addition to the vast properties the Roman Catholic Church holds in that country. The pope has to protect his cowered congregation there and maintain his Church's hold on those valuable properties.
In 2004, after Pope Benedict XVI stated his opposition to Turkey joining the European Union, the Council of Catholic Bishops made an unseemly rush to meet the prime minister of Turkey "to discuss restrictions and difficulties such as Church property issues." Vatican got the message that its properties could suddenly turn into mosques, just as countless Armenian churches had done. Perhaps emotional and unruly "Turkish extremists" could unleash another campaign to eliminate Italian nuns and bishops living in Turkey.
The Roman Catholic Church might have more paintings and statues of Christ than any other organization; it might have more copies of the Bible, more and bigger churches than any other congregation; it might even have St. Peter's Keys to Heaven…but it is still basically a state with multi-layered interests with followers in every continent.
It's no secret that for hundreds of years the Catholic Church had armies and as a state held large chunks of central Italy. During the Middle Ages–supposedly a time of supreme devotion to Christianity—the popes regularly invaded neighbouring principalities and dukedoms to further expand Church land holdings and tax base. A few decades ago, Pope John Paul II, according to no less than Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush Sr., Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski (ruler of Poland), and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, was the primary cause for bringing down Communist rule in Poland and eventually in all of Europe. While the pope and President Ronald Reagan plotted the downfall of Gen. Jaruzelski the Vatican Bank covertly helped fund the Solidarity movement.
Pope John Paul II also visited Azerbaijan, although there were no more than 400 Christians in that country of 9 million and more than half of the Christians were foreign diplomats or oil industry expats. Why did the seriously ailing pope visit the Muslim dictator who was after the blood of neighbouring Christian Armenia? Because Vatican is a non-member member of the Western Club–a club that has oil interests.
While Armenians–including the publishers of Keghart.com–have been hailing the pope's recognition of the Genocide Ankara has obviously been working hard to dilute Vatican's statements of last year. Thus its ambassador's return to Vatican was announced at the same time the Vatican issued its edited statement of April 2015.
Media "morgues" are memory banks where the publications' editorials are filed so that staff would know where the outlet stands on issues. Some companies call it archives, corporate or collective memory. Armenians can use a collective memory so that they're not shattered every time they come across double-dealers, entities with forked tongue, people who see no difference between black and white or truth and lies. Armenians also need to remember that politics is ruled by self-interest and not morality or truth. A collective memory would go a long way to protect us from disappointment and from the Gebhardts and the Hasterts of this world, and the modern "disciples" of St. Peter—Christ's close friend who thrice denied knowing the Lord.
It is necessary to keep all these things in mind, so that we Armenians do not count on people and institutions that are, in actual fact, quite untrustworthy.
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Could you please provide more light like reference, text etc. on the below?
"Thus its ambassador's return to Vatican was announced at the same time the Vatican issued its edited statement of April 2015."
Vatican and the Genocide
Vahe,
You can see a great deal of coverage in foreign and Armenian media about the development if you Google "Turkish ambassador returns to Vatican" or variations of that sentence.–Editor.
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We've seen lots of big business plays in the month of June - Amazon moved further into the grocery space with the multi-billion dollar purchase of Whole Foods, Freshly saw a $77 million infusion from food giant Nestle and today, Blue Apron becomes the first meal delivery kit startup to go public.
Yesterday the company announced it had slashed its expected valuation, setting initial share offerings at $10-$11 as opposed to the previously speculated price points of $15-$17. We wanted to dig into the numbers on the S-1 filing a little more, so we sat down with data scientist and statistician Daniel McCarthy to look at Blue Apron's road to profitability.
And speaking of Amazon, the Amazon Echo Show - the touchscreen sister of the Alexa-powered smart speakers Echo and Echo Dot - started shipping. The early reviews are mixed but we wanted to explore what is shaping up to be a battle for the screens in our kitchens. I also take a look at how Amazon is playing a central role in efforts to transition recipes to fully immersive guided cooking platforms.
From fridges to countertops to AI assistants, we took a look at the myriad of ways companies are trying to own screen real estate in the kitchen.
I had a chance to attend the FOODIT event this week in Mountain View and I had a robot prepared salad for lunch and took some video. I also had a chance to chat with Sally the robot's owner, Chowbotics CEO Deepak Sekar.
Speaking of restaurant and food service automation, the week before I was in New York and had a chance to drop into an Eatsa. I was impressed. You can read my thoughts on how Eatsa has created a new template for the future of fast casual.
We have some really exciting innovators and disruptors coming to speak at the 2017 Smart Kitchen Summit so we're going to be highlighting some of those in a new SKS17 speaker series. This week we talked to America's Test Kitchen executive editor Lisa McManus about how her team thinks about the smart kitchen and technology's role in helping us cook better food.
And finally, while you're at it, check the early draft of our agenda. We have some amazing sessions on tap, and we continue to add new speakers and super insightful moderators to supercharge these conversations. Make sure to check back frequently!
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While you've probably heard of Pad Thai, there are many delicious noodle dishes that you must taste to see the true diversity of Thai cooking.
When was the last time you sampled something different? Thai cuisine is an excellent example of the versatility of South-East Asian chefs. The combinations of spices, herbs, and ingredients lead to unique and flavorful combinations that can dazzle the palette. While you've probably heard of Pad Thai, there are many delicious noodle dishes that you must taste to see the true diversity of Thai cooking.
Along with being a great hangover cure, Drunkard's Noodles earned their name because they are often so spicy that you will need to keep drinking while you eat. Made with a mix of wide, flat noodles, Thai chili, holy basil, and garlic this dish has a unique herbal and flavorful blend that will keep you coming back for more. It can be served with a huge variety of proteins, but pork is the most traditional. Often, it can be made less spicy while remaining extremely flavorful; if you are afraid to burn your tongue but want to give it a try, make sure to ask the chef!
One of the more unique aspects of Thai cooking is the play on different groups of flavors. This dish uses a combination of sour, hot, and sweet to create a very dazzling dish. Along with the mix of flavors, it adds a wide variety of textures; you definitely won't get bored eating this. Pork cracklings, peanuts, egg, and a dollop of plum sugar all mix with the noodles, sauce and fresh herbs to create a very flavorful dish.
There are few things more sumptuous than perfectly cooked duck. These noodles play off of their own simplicity often the roast duck is served over undressed egg-noodles and topped with fresh herbs. What makes this dish is the succulence of the duck and then the addition of condiments, which are typical of Thai cooking. You can also add salty, sweet, spicy or sour condiments to create a flavor combination tailored to you.
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Thailand: ICJ and HRLA express concern about inadequate protections for human rights defenders in draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
Today, ICJ and Human Rights Lawyers' Association (HRLA) submitted recommendations to the Ministry of Justice on Thailand's draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights ('draft NAP'), dated 14 February 2019, scheduled for public consultation between 15 February 2019 and 15 March 2019.
The organizations called for modifications to the draft NAP to ensure adequate legal and other protections for human rights defenders and their work, which was indicated as the identified as one of the NAP's key priority areas.
The ICJ and HRLA welcomed the overall commitment expressed by the Thai Government, including the Ministry of Justice's, to implement the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) through the NAP.
The organizations expressed concern, however, at the removal of a commitment that had been included in earlier versions of the NAP to "push for an Anti- Strategic Litigation against Public Participation (SLAPP) law" from the current draft NAP.
This removal was justified in the draft NAP on the grounds that the Court of Justice had already introduced legal amendments to prevent SLAPP lawsuits, in particular by enacting revisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (Articles 161/1 and 165/2). The draft NAP also refers to certain powers of a public prosecutor as another means of preventing SLAPP lawsuits.
ICJ and HRLA indicated that these laws were inadequate to prevent judicial harassment of human rights defenders and called for the draft NAP to include concrete action with the force of law to protect individuals, and in particular human rights defenders, from judicial harassment, including through SLAPP lawsuits.
Thailand is among the first countries in the ASEAN region to have begun the elaboration of a NAP. The UN Human Rights Council has stressed the importance of the development of National Action Plans by States to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which include the obligation to provide protections for persons from any adverse human rights impact of business activity.
On 15 February 2019, the Ministry of Justice circulated a final draft of the NAP for public consultation.
Upon finalization of the draft following the consultation, the draft will be forwarded to the Office of the National Economics and Social Development Council for their consideration before being sent to the Cabinet for approval.
The draft NAP sets out 4 key priority areas including (1) labour; (2) land, environment and natural resources; (3) human rights defenders; and (4) cross border investment and multi-national enterprises.
The draft NAP has set out several action points aimed to address concerns regarding the above-noted key priority areas for the period of 5 years (2019-2023).
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Article I. Organization
Section 1. Name
This organization shall be known as the Merritt College Classified Senate, hereafter referred to as the MCCS.
Section 2. Charter
The charter of the MCCS shall be to:
2.1. Represent all non-management classified staff of Merritt College on all non-collective bargaining issues.
2.2. Provide classified staff with formal representation and voting rights in the formulation and application of policy and practice related, but not limited to the following:
2.2.1. Processes for institutional/district planning and budget development.
2.2.2. Processes for policies and operations of administrative, instructional, and student services.
2.2.3. Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success.
2.2.4. College governance structures as related to classified roles.
2.2.5. Classified roles and involvement in accreditation processes, including self-study and annual reports.
2.2.6. Policies for classified professional development activities.
2.2.7. Selection and evaluation of administrators.
2.2.8. Policies and operations relating to facilities development, maintenance, and security.
2.2.9. Planning and implementation of technology in operational and instructional programs.
2.2.10. Other support services and operational matters as mutually agreed upon between the President, College Council, and the MCCS.
2.3. Provide a means through which the classified staff will coordinate with administration, faculty, and students to assure opportunities for input from classified staff regarding MCCS business and classified staff representation on MCCS committees, thus assisting in the shared governance process.
2.4. Communicate to the President and the College Council the needs, concerns, viewpoints, and recommendations developed by the MCCS.
2.5. Select representatives from its membership to serve on appropriate standing committees, and all other committees, task forces, or groups deemed necessary by the MCCS and its membership.
2.6. Promote and facilitate the sharing of ideas, techniques, and experiences of its members by publishing and distributing newsletters, minutes, and other appropriate materials as needed.
2.7. Strengthen the unity of the Merritt College Classified Staff through networking activities and other informational forums.
2.8. Promote and support activities that develop or increase the skills, productivity, and professionalism of the classified staff, including education and leadership opportunities.
Article II. Membership
The constituent body of the MCCS shall consist of all (non-management) permanent, full-time, and hourly classified employees assigned to and employed by Merritt College and its outreach centers.
1.1. These employees are eligible voters in elections and are beneficiaries of the Classified Senate.
The following powers, privileges, and rights shall be accorded the membership.
2.1. The right to candidacy in MCCS elections, to hold any appointive position or to be a committee member within the MCCS governance structure (per eligibility requirements in the MCCS By-Laws).
2.2. The right to speak before the MCCS.
2.3. The right to create initiatives submitted to the MCCS.
Section 3. Assessments
Dues shall be recommended at the first general meeting after regular elections annually.
Article III. Governance
The government of the MCCS shall consist of two branches, the Executive and Legislative.
1.1. The Executive Branch shall consist of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Public Information Officer.
1.2. The order of succession shall be as follows for the Presidency: (1) Vice President, (2) Secretary, and (3) Treasurer.
1.3. The Legislative Branch shall consist of the remaining four (4) members and shall be called the Merritt College Classified Senate.
The MCCS will follow the policies and procedures as described in its By-Laws. The members of the MCCS shall review the By-Laws annually.
Article IV. Adoption and Amendments
This Constitution was ratified by the Merritt College Classified Staff in June 1992 and approved by the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees on July 28, 1992.
Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by two-thirds vote of the MCCS prior to adoption and must be ratified by a simple majority of the classified body, voting during normal elections or by special referendum.
I. Duties of Officers and Senators
Serves as the official representative of the Merritt College Classified Senate (MCCS).
Responsible for all required reports and recommendations.
Chairs all regular Senate and staff meetings.
Oversees and appoints representatives to committees and subcommittees requiring MCCS representation.
Serves on college committees requiring the MCCS President.
Meets with the Merritt College President when needed.
Serves on the Peralta Classified Senate.
Sets agendas for all MCCS meetings.
Performs other duties as required by office.
Assumes duties of President during the President's absence at the request of the President, or for the unexpired term in the event the President cannot serve.
Facilitates all regular Senate and Staff meetings.
Assists committee and subcommittee chairpersons as needed.
Oversees all reports, finance matters, and minutes in conjunction with the Secretary and Treasurer, as needed.
Acts as chair and meeting facilitator in the absence of the President and Vice President.
Serves as official Historian of Merritt College Classified Senate and archives the minutes.
Responsible for dissemination of documents to the MCCS and Classified Staff.
Responsible for reservation of meeting location.
Minute-taker for all MCCS meetings.
Provides Secretary with all minutes for distribution.
Responsible for roll call and records of all MCCS meetings.
Acts as chair and meeting facilitator in the absence of the President, Vice President, and Secretary.
Maintains financial records, disburses funds, and submits financial reports to the MCCS and staff bi-annually during the academic year.
Actively seeks contributions from staff and other campus branches.
Co-chairs all fundraising committees.
Maintains MCCS webpage.
Creates three newsletters per academic year: summer, fall, and spring.
Calendars all MCCS events.
Attends regular MCCS meetings with full voting rights.
Reports matters from Classified Staff and others, which may be of concern to the MCCS. Serves as a liaison for their respective departments and/or divisions.
Reviews and presents committee reports for MCCS action when appropriate.
Serves on committees and subcommittees as appointed by the President.
II. Meetings and Minutes
The MCCS shall meet a minimum of eight (8) times per academic year.
The time and place of regular MCCS meetings will be determined at the second meeting of the newly elected MCCS.
Attendance is mandatory at MCCS meetings. It is the responsibility of the Senators to report unavoidable absences.
Three unreported absences may result in replacement by the MCCS.
A general Classified Staff meeting shall be held a minimum of two times per year.
Approved minutes shall be distributed to all Classified Staff and archived on the MCCS website.
III. Committees and Appointments
The MCCS shall establish its own permanent and, when appropriate, ad hoc committees to assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to operational, environmental, and educational matters, as they pertain to the Classified Staff.
The President shall make all appointments to college committees and MCCS subcommittees based on the recommendation and approval of the MCCS.
The President shall make all college committee appointments in cases of vacancies and unexpired terms with ratification of the MCCS.
IV. Quorums
Quorums shall exist when fifty percent of the MCCS body is present. In absence of a quorum, issues may be discussed, but no actions may be taken.
V. Terms of Office
Senators shall serve a term of two years, from July 1 to June 30 of the second year. Half of the MCCS shall be elected in alternate years.
MCCS officers shall serve a term of one year, from July 1 to June 30.
Permanent MCCS committee chairs shall serve a term of one year, from July 1 to June 30.


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The Secrets to a New York City Bagel
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There are multiple theories as to why New York City bagels are the gold standard.
Some people will tell you it's the perfect calcium-to-magnesium ratio of the New York City water used to make them, so much so that one of the most popular bagel shops in Colorado recreated the water for its recipe more than 1,700 miles away.
Others say it has much to do with hand-rolling the dough and letting it slowly ferment for up to days at a time - creating true depth of flavor - and then boiling it briefly before baking. This gives the bagel a chewy, glossy crust and doughy, soft interior.
"If it's not boiled, it ain't a bagel," Dianna Daoheung, executive chef and head baker at Black Seed, told The Daily Meal. The renowned bagel shop has six locations in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn, though the baking happens in the East Village and Nolita only.
Outside of New York City, many bypass the boiling process and opt for baking the dough straightaway in order to save time. To get as close as possible to tasting like the real deal, bakers might use dough conditioners or steam, Daoheung said - but this doesn't create the same results. Instead, they're just ring-shaped rolls.
Black Seed's bagels aren't truly New York-style, though. Unlike institutions like Ess-a-Bagel, Absolute Bagels and Tal Bagels, Black Seed makes a hybrid between New York bagels and Montreal-style bagels, which are smaller, crunchier, sweeter and more dense because they contain honey (instead of New York's traditional malt) and are baked in a wood-fired oven. Black Seed's bagels are larger than what you'd find in Montreal, and they also contain salt.
But technique isn't the only reason Big Apple bagels reign supreme. With shops in every neighborhood, bagel culture is cutthroat, and competition between businesses is an incentive to keep quality high. If you're looking for the holy grail, you'd be hard-pressed to find a roll with a hole as good as the bagels in New York. But there are delicious bagels that exist outside of the five boroughs, and here's where you can find them.
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