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BasKet is a desktop organization tool. It uses baskets / drawers ("baskets")
to organize objects, such as text, URLs, images, sounds or other documents.
Objects in a basket can be edited, copied, moved, dragged, etc.
WWW: http://basket.kde.org/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/deskutils/basket/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install basket
cd /usr/ports/deskutils/basket/ && make install clean
pkg install basket
PKGNAME: basket
SHA256 (basket-1.81.tar.bz2) = 60a3b49af34f1df2b983b1acd321ded256f92f10ce700dc6c7954793fea3fd83
SIZE (basket-1.81.tar.bz2) = 4108025
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
cmake gettext-tools kde:4 qt:4 tar:bzip2
Number of commits found: 69
Replace bsd.qt.mk by Uses/qt.mk and Uses/qt-dist.mk
From now on, ports that depend on Qt4 will have to set
USES= qt:4
USE_QT= foo bar
ports depending on Qt5 will use
USES= qt:5
USE_QT= foo bar
Exp-run by: antoine
Reviewed by: mat
Approved by: portmgr (antoine)
Differential Revision: -https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15540
Rename KDE4 meta ports
This is done for
* consistency,
* and to simplify the import of the newer KDE Plasma5 desktop and KDE
Bumps the dependencies.
Reviewed by: adridg
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12979
deskutils/basket, fix build with clang6
Don't depend unnecessarily on kdepim4. The dependency needed is kdelibs.
* kdepim is only needed for the kparts, which are not built anyways.
Chase ffmpeg 3.3 update (ABI changes)
Submitted by: riggs
Update security/gpgme-* to 1.8.0
In this version, libgpgme-pthread.so has been removed in favor of just
using libgpgme.so as the thread-safe library. PORTREVISION has been
bumped on all ports depending on security/gpgme so that any that may have
linked to -lgpgme-pthread will link to -lgpgme instead.
The Python module provided by security/py-gpgme has been renamed upstream
from pyme3 to gpg. This removes the conflict with security/py-pyme,
although security/py-gpgme is still the direct replacement of that
Replace Mk/bsd.kde4.mk by Mk/Uses/kde.mk in preparation for KDE Frameworks and
Plasma5 ports
At the moment KDE ports use bsd.kde4.mk to handle their dependencies. When
working on the ports for KDE Frameworks and Plasma5 it seemed to be more
reasonable to create a new kde.mk instead of adding an bsd.kde5.mk.
The kde.mk in this review is a stripped down version of the one we are using in
the KDE Test repositories plasma5 branch [1] to only contain the parts relevant
to the current KDE4 ports in the portstree [2].
Changes to the KDE Ports needed by this:
Replace USE_KDE4 by USE_KDE [3]
Add USES=kde:4 [4]
Remove expired misc/kdehier4 and update all of its consumers to not reference it
longer. This is a no-op because KDE4_PREFIX is equal to LOCALBASE
Fix up properties for misc/kde4-l10n/files/bsd.l10n.mk to make svn happy.
PR: 209014 (partial)
Submitted by: myself
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6542
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-descrs, categories [a-f]*
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Split devel/gettext in devel/gettext-runtime and devel/gettext-tools. The
first contains runtime libraries such as libintl and the latter contains
developer tools such as msgfmt. Ports that use gettext will usually need
a LIB_DEPENDS on gettext-runtime and a BUILD_DEPENDS on gettext-tools.
USES=gettext-runtime can be used to set a LIB/BUILD/RUN_DEPENDS on
devel/gettext-runtime and USES=gettext-tools can be used to set a
BUILD/RUN_DEPENDS on devel/gettext-tools. USES=gettext is now the same
as "USES=gettext-runtime gettext-tools" meaning a LIB_DEPENDS on
devel/gettext-runtime and a BUILD_DEPENDS on devel/gettext-tools.
Update gettext to 0.19.3.
Remove :oldver from converters/libiconv and devel/gettext-runtime. Leave
symlinks with the old library versions to avoid the need to bump
PORTREVISION on a large number of dependent ports. When most of the
dependent ports have had normal version updates, PORTREVISION can be
bumped on the remaining ones (low number) and the links can be removed.
Fix some ports that installed files in lib/locale instead of share/locale.
Reviewed by: bapt
Exp-run: antoine
Approved by: portmgr (antoine)
Cleanup plist
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4
to GCC 4.8.3.
Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.
Tested by: antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
Upgrade OpenEXR and ilmbase to 2.2.0.
GCC 4.2 in FreeBSD 8.X/9.X base is now too old to compile OpenEXR, so
GCC-based systems will upgrade to the default ports compiler (GCC 4.7
Add two patches to OpenEXR to permit building it in a live system with
the older OpenEXR version installed. Bug report filed to upstream Github
at https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/130
Couple OpenEXR more tightly to ilmbase and require its exact .so
Add UPDATING note, and bump PORTREVISION of all dependent ports.
Proto-STAGE hugin-devel, and mark it IGNORE because hugin is newer.
Approved by: portmgr (implicit for bumping PORTREVISION on unstaged ports)
- Port is stage safe
- Convert to USES=tar:bzip2
- Fix plist after recent KDE SC update
- Bump PORTREVISION after KDE4_PREFIX change
- Update security/gpgme to 1.4.3
- Use USE_GNOME= ltverhack to correct the library version number
to what the author intended. This effectively rolls the version
number backwards, but should prevent future unneccesary version
- Support staging
- Use options helpers
- Use new LIB_DEPENDS syntax
- Bump PORTREVISION on dependent ports
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE variable
Approved by: portmgr (bdrewery)
- convert USE_CMAKE to USES
- while here clean up some ports from CMAKE_VERBOSE, which is intended
for users
Approved by: portmgr (miwi)
- Update to 1.81
Submitted by: Ports Fury
Reset to the pool per maintainer request.
Thank you Shawn for your work.
While here: trim headers, convert to optionsng
PR: ports/175949
Submitted by: Shane Bell <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- update png to 1.5.10
- update maintainer address to firstname.lastname@example.com
Approved by: maintainer, via mail
- Chase gpgme shared lib bump.
- Add an entry to UPDATING
Reviewed by: tabthorpe
- Get Rid MD5 support
Chase after net/openldap24-server update.
Reminded by: miwi
- Chase security/libksba shlib version bump
Requested by: kwm
Pointyhat to: glarkin
Sync to new bsd.autotools.mk
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- update to jpeg-8
-Repocopy devel/libtool15 -> libtool22 and libltdl15 -> libltdl22.
-Update libtool and libltdl to 2.2.6a.
-Remove devel/libtool15 and devel/libltdl15.
-Fix ports build with libtool22/libltdl22.
-Bump ports that depend on libltdl22 due to shared library version change.
-Explain what to do update in the UPDATING.
It has been tested with GNOME2, XFCE4, KDE3, KDE4 and other many wm/desktop
and applications in the runtime.
With help: marcus and kwm
Pointyhat-exp: a few times by pav
Tested by: pgollucci, "Romain Tartière" <email@example.com>, and
a few MarcusCom CVS users. Also, I might have missed a few.
Repocopy by: marcus
Approved by: portmgr
- Chase security/gpgme update.
Most changes are just PORTREVISION and LIB_DEPENDS fixes. However, the
following ports require a patch to use the new gpgme correctly:
These patches were submitted by various people and documented in ports/135911.
PR: ports/135911
- Pass maintainership to submitter
- Remove Author from pkg-descr, he is no longer involved in basket
- While here, fix identation
Submitted by: Shane Bell <decept0 at gmail dot com>
Bump PORTREVISION's after OpenLDAP update.
Suggested by: rafan
- Update to version 188.8.131.52 [1]
- Drop maintainership
PR: ports/129808 [1]
Submitted by: Shane Bell <email@example.com> [1]
- Update to version 1.0.3
- Include bsd.port.pre/post.mk, so that OPTIONS handling works correctly again
(accidently removed in a previous commit)
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Update to version 1.0.2 [1][2][3]
- Make GPG support optional and mark it as experimental (default: off) as the
current implementation is not very usable (inspired by [1])
- Make OPTIONS handling more readable [2]
PR: ports/114126 [1]
ports/120678 [2]
ports/121044 [3]
Submitted by: Shane Bell <email@example.com> [1]
Pawel Pekala <email@example.com> [2]
Yarodin <firstname.lastname@example.com> [3]
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
Update to version 1.0.1
Track libgpg-error shlib version change.
- Update to version 1.0
- Remove RELENG_4 BROKEN message
Mark BROKEN on 4.x
Submitted by: pointyhat via kris
- Update to version 0.6.0
- Add option for the Kontact plugin. Default: on
Remove USE_REINPLACE from all categories starting with D
Conversion to a single libtool environment.
Approved by: portmgr (kris)
Approved by: krion@
Replace ugly "@unexec rmdir %D... 2>/dev/null || true" with @dirrmtry
Approved by: krion@
PR: ports/88711 (related)
Bump PORTREVISION to chase the glib20 shared library update.
Bump PORTREVISION to chase the glib20 shared lib version change.
Update to version 0.5.0
The referenced distfile is not the original one. Missing configure checks for
fam and dnotify were added as well as proper PTHREAD_LIBS detection and a
gcc 2.95.4 compile fix.
- Since the projectsite has changed, the distfile has vanished and there is
only a development version avaiable on the new site, replace the MASTERSITE
until the upcomming 0.5.0 version is considered stable
- Let WWW point to the new projectsite
Submitted by: pointyhat via kris
Chase project site and author's email address
Update to version 0.4.0d
Don't use Makefile.kde anymore
Update to version 0.4.0c
Update to version 0.4.0b
Approved by: arved (mentor)
Chase the glib20 update, and bump all affected ports' PORTREVISIONs.
- Update to version 0.4.0
- don't use USE_SIZE anymore
- Update MASTER_SITES and WWW
Approved by: arved (mentor)
Change my email address.
Approved by: arved (mentor)
Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on gettext to aid with upgrading.
(Part 2)
- Fix MASTER_SITES
- SIZEify
- Remove a redundant CONFIGURE_TARGET
PR: ports/62133
Submitted by: maintainer
Upate to 0.3.3
Submitted by: Markus Brueffer <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Fix build on -stable
Submitted by: maintainer
update deskutils/basket: 0.3.1 -> 0.3.2
Submitted by: Markus Brueffer <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
- Update to version 0.3.1
Submitted by: maintainer
BasKet is a desktop organization tool. It uses baskets /
drawers ("baskets") to organize objects, such as text, URLs,
images, sounds or other documents. Objects in a basket can be
edited, copied, moved, dragged, etc
Submitted by: Markus Brueffer <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Name: Kevin Grinnell
Alleged crimes: Petit larceny, misdemeanor criminal mischief.
Fatal mistake: Not being able to find three lousy dollars.
The circumstances: As everyone who has ever seen a beer commercial knows, American men will go to great lengths to acquire the inexpensive domestic malt beverages they crave. But there's harmless beer-commercial stupidity, and then there's depressing real-life beer-product-related stupidity. Bryan Fitzgerald at the Albany, N.Y., Times Union brings us the sad story of Kevin Grinnell, an upstate New York man whose thirst for a Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita tallboy was allegedly matched only by his inability or reluctance to acquire that product legally.
What is a Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita? is the question you are probably asking, because you are not a 19-year-old sorority sister with underdeveloped taste buds. As Fitzgerald notes, the Anheuser-Busch website describes the Straw-Ber-Rita as a "flavored malt beverage that blends the refreshment of Bud Light Lime with the taste of an authentic strawberry margarita." Authentic! Basically, this is the perfect drink for someone who dislikes wine coolers because they are "too bitter."
There are apparently a lot of those people, though, and Grinnell was allegedly one of them. Recently, Fitzgerald writes, Grinnell allegedly "not only smashed through a convenience store cooler to grab a 25-ounce Straw-Ber-Rita, but was found by troopers sitting outside the store sipping the sugary beer-margarita mix." The Times Union story does not specify whether Grinnell allegedly smashed through the cooler because it was locked, or simply because he did not understand how to open the cooler door. I like to think it's the latter, but I guess it's unimportant: State troopers hauled Grinnell off to jail, where the doors are not so easily smashed through.
As I was writing this story, I wondered if perhaps I was being unfair to both Grinnell and Anheuser-Busch. After all, I had never actually tasted a Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita. I'm no beer snob, and I drink Anheuser-Busch products by choice, fairly often. Maybe the Straw-Ber-Rita wasn't as bad as I assumed; maybe the drink was actually worth stealing. I went out this afternoon and bought a $3.00 Straw-Ber-Rita tallboy in order to see for myself. (Look for that receipt in my next expense report, Slate accountants!) Friends, I can tell you that the Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita tastes like neither beer nor a strawberry margarita. It tastes like dulled wits and tooth decay, like a xenophobic child's vision of Mexico, like a dumb criminal's rotted-out cerebrum. I did not finish it, but I will likely do so later tonight, and I'll hate myself for it.
How he could have been a lot smarter: Gone to a convenience store, opened the door, selected and purchased a beer, and consumed it in typical human fashion.
How he could have been a little smarter: Taken the Straw-Ber-Rita home and enjoyed it there, preferably in the dark, so that nobody could notice and mock his terrible taste in alcohol.
How he could have been a little dumber: Stolen an expired can of Straw-Ber-Rita that no longer had that smooth Straw-Ber-Rita taste.
How he could have been a lot dumber: "You know what's even better than a stolen Straw-Ber-Rita? This Straw-Ber-Rita dipping sauce I'm brewing up for the seven-layer burritos I also stole."
Ultimate Dumbness Ranking (UDR): Sometimes, dumb criminals are dumb because their crimes are ineptly executed. Sometimes, dumb criminals are dumb because the items they steal have no value. Sometimes, they are dumb because they do things that make you want to grab their shoulders and yell, "Get yourself together, dude! Show some self-respect!" This story qualifies under all of those rubrics. Grinnell isn't the dumbest alleged dumb criminal I've featured thus far, but he might be one of the saddest. 5 out of 10 (and one half-finished Straw-Ber-Rita tallboy) for him.
Previous Dumb Criminals:
Dumb Criminals Don't Get Much Dumber Than This Bumbling Burglar
Honk if You're Bagging Heroin With Intent to Distribute!
The Burglar Who Left His Rap Sheet at the Scene of the Crime
A Texas Policeman Said He's Never Seen Anything This Dumb in 27 Years
The Guy Who Allegedly Tried to Rob a Gun Shop with a Baseball Bat
The Three Guys Who Accidentally Butt-Dialed 911 Mid-Crime
The Alleged Burglar Who Fell Asleep on a Bear Skin Mid-Burglary
The Guy Who Gave the Cops an Absolutely Terrible Fake Name
The Job Candidate Who Told the FBI about His Child Porn Stash

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At 20, Joseph Sweeney is helping get things back on track in ConcordBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
January 26. 2014 8:33AM
Joe Sweeney, 20Home: Salem
Birthplace: Methuen, Mass.
Family: Parents, Thomas and Barbara; brother, Tom, and sister, Deb
High school: Salem High School, Salem
College/post grad degrees: Currently enrolled at the University of New Hampshire
Current job: State representative
Key past positions held: I have held the positions of New Hampshire Association of Student Councils president, Salem High School student body president, NH-20001 Junior ROTC Corps Commander, and Salem High Class of 2012 president.
Volunteer activities: I volunteer mainly through my fraternity, Phi Mu Delta, at the University of New Hampshire. I serve as the UNH Student Senate Campus Structure chair, and I also volunteer my time and serve as the chair of the Salem GOP Relay for Life Team. Most admired person (outside your family): Mahatma Gandhi
Key current professional challenge: Putting New Hampshire in the best position to spur growth and expand the economic objectives of the state.
Last major achievement: Elected to the New Hampshire House, November of 2012.
Two peers who know you well: Michele Nunnelley and Thomas Stephen
Biggest problem facing New Hampshire: The biggest problem facing New Hampshire is the lack of economic development in the western and northern parts of the state. By attracting new development, we can boost economic growth while reversing the outsourcing of jobs to neighboring states, such as Massachusetts.
Favorite place in New Hampshire: White Mountains
What book are you reading now? "1434" by Gavin Menzies
How do you relax? Typically I relax by watching programs on Netflix, either movies or TV shows. Beyond watching programs, I tend to spend free time connecting with friends, either in person or through social media.
What websites do you visit most often? Salem Patch, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
Favorite TV show, radio station or musical artist: My favorite TV show is probably "House of Cards" on Netflix, but I also appreciate detective shows, mainly "Psych" or "Castle."
SALEM — When most college sophomores get out of class, they might head out with friends or go to an after-school job.
For Salem's Joseph Sweeney, you are just as likely to find him heading to the State House in Concord to work on the state budget.
The 20-year-old Salem High School graduate and UNH-Durham sophomore was elected to the House of Representatives representing Rockingham District 8 in 2012.
"My main reason for running is that I felt there was a lot of confusion and not a lot of representation in the State House," said Sweeney. "My grandfather is also a huge influence on me, and I wanted to show him I could run for office and help get things back on track."
As a state representative, Sweeney said he can help provide a new voice in the state.
"I never think there should be leadership in a vacuum," Sweeney said. "It is important to have a lot of different voices and perspective."
During his time in Concord, Sweeney said he is most proud of helping pass a new state budget that won't raise taxes and fees and will help put New Hampshire on a good path for a strong economy.
At UNH, Sweeney is majoring in political science and said his goal is to attend graduate school for public policy.
On campus, Sweeney serves as the campus structure chair of the student senate, is a founding father of the Phi Mu Delta fraternity, and is the publicist of the student cable access network.
"I want to work in the public sector, for a town or county government in some capacity," said Sweeney.
During his limited down time, Sweeney said he enjoys playing pickup sports such as basketball and football and that he is an avid reader.
A lifelong Salem resident, Sweeney said he is eager to see Salem grow and develop over the coming decades, and to have more people involved in the town's growth.
"Joe is eager to learn and holds himself up well, fighting for taxpayers and millennials alike against out-of-control spending and debt," said Michele Nunnelley, who nominated Sweeney for the 40 Under Forty honor.


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launch2net Premium manages wireless mobile network data connections for Mac computers and supports a long list of 3G and EDGE wireless modems.
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Ethan A. Huff
Natural News
Thursday, August 26, 2010
(NaturalNews) Following the recall of more than half a billion commercially-produced eggs potentially tainted with salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now petitioning the U.S. Congress for more power and authority over food. Margaret Hamburg, FDA chief, recently pressed for laws to be enacted that would permit the agency to take a "preventive approach" in food safety endeavors.
According to reports and estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), roughly 1,300 people have been sickened by salmonella poisoning from eggs distributed by two mega-farms in Iowa, prompting a widespread egg recall. At this point, there are no reported deaths from the bacteria.
Ironically, the FDA already has the power and authority to regulate the food industry in a way that could have prevented this outbreak, but the agency has utterly failed to hold producers responsible for maintaining clean and safe facilities. For years, the FDA has permitted large commercial egg producers to run filthy operations without consequence.
Commercial egg production has continued to become more consolidated over the years as well. Many commercial flocks live in tighter, filthier conditions than they used to, which has caused more disease to spread. The two producers involved in the current egg recall, both of which operate egg production facilities that have been in violation of safety standards on numerous occasions, have been permitted to continue operating despite their atrocities.
"It's a horrible story. It could have been prevented. Everybody knew it was a problem, and nobody was willing to take action," explained Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University and author of several books on food safety and nutrition.
But instead of apologizing for its grave regulatory errors, the FDA actually had the audacity to ask for more power. The last thing the agency needs is more control. If anything, a massive reduction in FDA power is more fitting in light of the current dilemma.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for political and economic talks focused on regional and international developments, including the ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq. The visit is as part of Erdogan's four-day Gulf tour to boost cooperation and bilateral relations. The president is expected to hold talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
Before visiting Qatar, Erdogan visited Bahrain where he expressed his wish that the two countries work together for the "stability, peace and future of the region." He next visited Saudi Arabia to strengthen political and economic relations and discuss regional issues, notably the Syrian crisis.
President Erdogan warmly thanked Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the people of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday evening following his brief visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh. In a message posted on the president's official Arabic Twitter account, Erdogan said: "I want to give my special thanks to the Saudi king and to the brotherly Saudi people for their kind reception and great hospitality during my visit to Riyadh."
Meanwhile, Erdogan gave an interview to al-Arabiya television, which will be fully aired later this week, indicating that his country, Saudi Arabia and international coalition forces should work together to fight ISIS terror in the Middle East. He underscored that he informed newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump that beating Daesh would come by cleansing Al-Raqqa, which is the group's main stronghold. The president added that he does not consider the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist group, and that Turkey would only reclassify the group as a terrorist if they carried out armed attacks.
Some officials of the Trump administration previously said that the Muslim Brotherhood might be designated as a terrorist group under the scope of "fighting against Islamic terrorism." This possible move was criticized by rights groups, as the Muslim Brotherhood is identified as a civil movement that has thousands of sympathizers across the world. Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was ousted by a bloody military coup in 2013 by former top general and incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
Erdogan was accompanied to Qatar by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci, National Defense Minister Fikri Işık and National Intelligence Agency (MIT) chief Hakan Fidan. Turkey-Qatar relations have developed significantly in recent years amid joint efforts to resolve outstanding regional crises.
"The Syria crisis, developments in Yemen and the fight against terrorism will all be on the agenda of the talks [in Qatar] due to their negative impact on regional stability," Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Ahmet Demirok told Qatar's official QNA news agency. According to Demirok, Turkey hopes to step up bilateral cooperation with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member-states in general and Qatar in particular.
"The fruits of cooperation between Turkey and its Gulf partners can be seen in the foreign policies of these countries," Ismail Numan Telci, deputy director of the Middle East Institute, wrote for Qatar's English-language daily The Peninsula.
"Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar attach importance to Turkey's priorities in the region and offer their support on many regional issues," Telci wrote.
Economic relations between Turkey and Qatar saw significant growth between 2007 and 2016 — a period that also coincided with improved diplomatic relations.
Turkey has become an attractive market for Gulf investors in several fields, including the banking, transport, tourism, real estate and energy sectors.
Turkish school opened in Doha
A Turkish school was opened yesterday in a ceremony with Turkish Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın in attendance.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Kalın said that the school project would crown Turkish-Qatari relations, as well as strengthen ties between countries and serve children of Turkish citizens and other foreigners.
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Prague - Sunette Viljoen of South Africa has broken the African record in the women's javelin by throwing 66.38 meters to beat Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova at the Josef Odlozil Memorial meet.
Viljoen won with her last throw to push world-record holder Spotakova, who threw 65.71 in the final round, into second place. Madera Palameika of Latvia was third with 60.29.
Petr Svoboda of the Czech Republic won the men's 110 hurdles in 13.27 seconds on Monday to set a new national record. Ryan Wilson of the United States came second in 13.28 and Latvia's Stanislav Olijar was third in 13.41.Results: Men110m Hurdles 1. Petr Svoboda, Czech Republic, 13.272. Ryan Wilson, United States, 13.283. Stanislav Olijar, Latvia, 13.41.400m Hurdles1. Michael Bultheel, Belgium, 49.412. Josef Robertson, Jamaica, 50.183. Aleksandr Derevyagin, Russia, 50.321 500m1. Collins Cheboi, Kenya, 3:37.912. Cornelius Ndiwa, 3:38.283. Jakub Holusa, Czech Republic, 3:38.473 000m Steeplechase 1. Elijah Chelimo, Kenya, 8:21.012. Birhan Getahun, Ethiopia, 8:21.203. Hubert Pokrop, Poland, 8:24.04Women200m1. Yuliya Chermoshanskaya, Russia, 23.012. Nathalie Knight, United States, 23.263. Denisa Rosolova, Czech Republic, 23.38800m1. Zahra Bouras, Algeria, 1:59.542. Jemma Simpson, Britain, 2:00.313. Claudia Hoffmann, Germany, 2:01.55400m Hurdles 1. Zuzana Hejnova, Czech Republic, 54.682. Perri Shakes-Drayton, 55.283. Angela Morosanu, Romania, 55.65Javelin 1. Sunette Viljoen, South Africa, 66.382. Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic, 65.713. Madera Palameika, Latvia, 60.29.
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Two operettas in one night! Welcome to the kick off of LONJ's 2015-2016 season!
The True Story of Cinderella by Warren Martin
Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan
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Light Opera of New Jersey is proud to present the 21st Annual September Song, a double billing of Warren Martin's The True Story of Cinderella and Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury. September Song celebrates the whimsical form of the operetta and is LONJ's joyous start to our 2015-2016 season. Come enjoy this comic pairing of shows, which sing of confused lovers and uncertain happily-ever-afters!
Directed by Joanna Hoty Russell, The True Story of Cinderella offers a clever twist on the traditional story that is sure to delight your whole family. Warren Martin charmingly tells the tale of how the Prince really found Cinderella and what became of her Stepmother and Stepsisters.
Trial by Jury, a humorous story of a runaway bridegroom who is being sued by his bride, will leave you laughing in your seats. This operetta was the first success that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote together, and LONJ is thrilled to presenting it for the third time in our 21 year history. It is directed by William Corson with accompaniment by Krista Sweer.


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In a decision released today, the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Easingwood v Cockroft, 2013 BCCA 182, dismissed Kathleen Easingwood's appeal of the Supreme Court of British Columbia's decision that two of her husband's children had the authority and acted properly in exercising a power of attorney on his behalf to create a trust into which they transferred a significant portion of his wealth.
Lauren Cockroft and Hank Easingwood were acting as their father, Reginald Easingwood's attorney under an enduring power of attorney in managing his affairs after he was diagnosed with dementia. The power of attorney required that they both act together. After Hank Easingwood was diagnosed with cancer, they were concerned that he would not survive his father, and it would be necessary for Lauren Cockroft to apply to court to be appointed a committee to manage her father's affairs. They set up a trust under which their father's wealth was to be used for his benefit during his lifetime, and on his death would be distributed in a manner that mirrored his will. The trust would then allow for a successor trustee to be appointed on Hank Easingwood's death.
After her husband's death, Mrs. Easingwood challenged the trust. She argued at trial that his children did not have the authority under the enduring power of attorney to transfer his assets into a trust, that in doing so they breached their obligations of loyalty to him by acting in their own interest, and that the transfer of assets into a trust was a fraudulent conveyance.
The significance of the trust to Mrs. Easingwood is that she is making a Wills Variation Act claim to vary her late husband's will, but the Wills Variation Act does not give the court authority to vary dispositions of property made during the deceased's lifetime bypassing the estate.
I have written two posts about Madam Justice Dillon's decision in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The first post deals with the issue of whether Hank Easingwood and Lauren Cockroft had the authority and acted in accordance with their duties as attorneys under the enduring power of attorney in creating the trust, and the second deals with the argument that the transfer of assets was a fraudulent conveyance.
In the Court of Appeal, Kathleen Easingwood did not challenge Madam Justice Dillon's decision that the transfer of assets was not a fraudulent conveyance. The Court of Appeal focused on the issues of whether the Hank Easingwood and Ms. Cockroft had authority under the enduring power of attorney to create a trust for their father, and whether they breached their duties to him in doing so.
The Court of Appeal held that there was no prohibition at the time the trust was created against an attorney acting under an enduring power of attorney on behalf of a mentally incapacitated person from settling a trust. Although an attorney does not have the authority to make a will for an incapacitated person, this trust was not testamentary in nature. It took effect during Reginald Easingwood's lifetime, rather than on his death.
Madam Justice Saunders, writing for the Court of Appeal, agreed with Madam Justice Dillon's finding that the trust mirrored Reginald Easingwood's will, and was consistent with the Easingwoods' marriage agreement. The terms of the trust provided that if there were insufficient funds in his estate to fund the gifts to Kathleen Easingwood in his will, the trust assets would be used to top up what she would receive out of his estate. This was a key finding to the decision.
In the circumstances of the case, the Court of Appeal agreed that Hank Easingwood and Lauren Cockroft acted in the interest of their father, and were not in breach of their duty of loyalty to him. After quoting from the trial decision, Madam Justice Saunders wrote at paragraph 73:
[73] In these passages, the judge found the trust did not diverge from Reg's known intentions as reflected both in the will and the marriage agreement – in other words, Reg's interests were not reduced or adversely affected and there was no conflict of interest between the attorneys and Reg. Further, the judge found the trust was created for two sound reasons: because the power of attorney could lapse if Hank predeceased Reg, thus triggering appointment of a committee, contrary to Reg's wishes; and because it was prudent business as it accorded with estate management advice received by the attorneys. That is, the judge found that the creation of the trust was bona fide.
In reading this decision, I think it is important to keep in mind several things:
First, the decision considered the use of an enduring power of attorney before amendments were made to the Power of Attorney Act that set out duties and restrictions on the use of enduring powers of attorney. The Court of Appeal noted that it was not considering the effect of these changes to the legislation. The transfer of assets into a trust is arguably a gift, in which case it would only be permitted now that the legislation has been changed if the enduring power of attorney expressly authorized the attorneys to make gifts of that magnitude.
Secondly, the facts of this case were unusual in that the children had a legitimate concern that Hank Easingwood would die before his father (which sadly did happen), and the terms of the enduring power of attorney were such that Lauren Cockroft would not be able to continue to act on her own as the sole surviving attorney. The Court considered this to be a good reason to settle the trust.
Thirdly, the Court found that the trust was consistent with Reginald Easingwood's intended disposition of his assets on death as reflected in his will. If Hank Easingwood and Lauren Cockroft had created a trust that had the effect of altering their father's estate plan to provide Kathleen Easingwood with less than what she would be entitled to under his will, it would be unlikely that the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Court of Appeal would have found that they had acted properly.


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Thanks to their highly-engaged and passionate fanbases, YouTube stars are capable of raising millions through crowdfunding. A new initiative will give a handful of those stars an opportunity to put their audience-building skills to good use.
Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe and the Special Olympics have teamed up with five YouTube stars — Burnie Burns and Gavin Free of Rooster Teeth, Meredith Foster, Teala Dunn, and Matt Santoro — to support prospective Olympians through coordinated fundraising efforts.
The participating YouTube stars will sponsor individual Special Olympians and will launched campaign pages on GoFundMe to support those athletes and raise money on their behalf. The accrued funds will help the featured Olympians travel to the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, which will take in the Austrian towns of Graz and Schladming between March 14-25. The YouTube stars will come along for the journey as well and will spectate the Games in Austria while helping to spread the event's positive message
"I'm thrilled that Rooster Teeth is able to support the Special Olympics in a meaningful way through this GoFundMe initiative," said Burns in a press release. "Gavin and I are overjoyed to be able to attend the Winter Games and witness these incredible athletes as they fulfill their lifelong dreams."
"Special Olympics is near and dear to my heart and I'm thrilled to use GoFundMe to spread the word to Merebears everywhere and raise money for such a worthy cause," added Foster.
Rooster Teeth's GoFundMe campaign can be found here, Foster's is here, Dunn's is here, and Santoro's is here. All of those projects are part of a bigger partnership between GoFundMe and the Special Olympics. To see all of the groups raising money for specific Olympians, click right here.


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The Advantages of Flash for Baltimore Business Websites
Using Flash Gets Your Company Noticed in Baltimore
Incorporating Flash into your business's website gives you the chance to add visual and interactive elements that you never could've used before, capturing a visitor's attention in a way that text or graphic design simply can't do. If you're looking to improve your site, you only need to ask yourself one question — why aren't you using Flash now?
Our clients in Baltimore love this part of our web service because it allows them to present their company to the world in a completely unique way while making a lasting impression on their visitors. But Flash is a powerful tool, and like all powerful tools, it's important not to go overboard.
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Our Flash design services are all about giving your website that little extra something that keeps site visitors interested while retaining your site's SEO power. Search engines can't read Flash elements on a webpage, which makes it impossible for them to rank all-Flash websites, so using Flash for everything is a poor idea. But when you use it for just one element here and there, it can be a breath of fresh air for your website.
When you partner with us, our goal is to make your website as visible as possible on search engines while also maximizing the value people can get from your site. By making your website easy to read for search engines, but still providing a unique, powerful experience for users, your business gets the best of both the SEO world and the user experience world. The bottom line for you is more traffic, more conversions, and more revenue.
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Header elements made in Flash are one of the safest ways to add visually improve your website without detracting from your potential to show up in search engines. Usually, these headers are banners that stretch across the top of your website and introduce customers to your business, and it can remain permanently at the top of a user's screen so they can constantly access the rest of your site.
In our experience, a lot of clients like this approach — it's the casual, affordable, and low-risk method to improving your website's visuals without accidentally sabotating your hard-earned SEO. Flash gives your visitors just a little bit extra oomph without changing your search engine rankings.
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Another way to incorporate Flash into your site is with presentations. Presentations can do everything from showcasing your best-selling products to highlighting the members of your company's team, and they give you an opportunity to show site visitors essential information in an entertaining and memorable way.
Flash presentations can also help you attract potential sales leads by laying out facts and figures about your business. Maybe you sell the most popular budgeting software in southern Iowa, or maybe your consulting firm has increased sales for clients by 20% on average — either way, you can tell your site's visitors in a sleek, engaging Flash layout.
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President Obama resumed his attack Sunday on the Romney-Ryan plan to save Medicare, this time referring to a study that he said shows skyrocketing costs for future recipients and further distancing himself from the dismal unemployment report released last week.
The attack marks the second straight day that the president has gone after the GOP plan, after the August unemployment report released Friday showed the U.S. unemployment rate dropped but only because more Americans quit their job search.
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The .NET Framework 2.0 introduces a set of classes that can be used to host designers right out of the box. With the understanding of designers you'll glean from this article, you'll be ready to host them in your own apps.
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MSDN Magazine March 2006
There is a scenario that the custom NativeActivity need to access to params or args defined in parent activity. What i have done as below
protected override void Execute(NativeActivityContext context)
WorkflowInstanceProxy proxy = context.GetExtension<WorkflowInstanceInfo>().GetProxy();
Activity root = proxy.WorkflowDefinition;
Activity rootChild = WorkflowInspectionServices.GetActivities(root).ElementAt(0);
EditingContext ec = new EditingContext();
ModelTreeManager mtm = new ModelTreeManager(ec);
ModelItem modelItem = mtm.Root;
ModelProperty c1 = modelItem.Properties["Variables"];
ModelItemCollection c2 = c1.Collection;
dynamic c3 = c2[0].GetCurrentValue();
string value = c3.Get(context);
Apparently it is not possible to access to external params with local context so the error prompt "An activity can only access its own implementation variables."
My question is how to get it ? Is there another easy way to do so ?
To run the workflows from XAML I use WorkflowApplication.Run. I would like to change
behavior of the custom activity depends on how the activity was running. I mean - in some situations my custom activity should report to DB, but in other situation shouldn't. I can add InArgument (or property) to this
activity, but I don't know how to pass to my custom activity value for this InArgument (property).
Is there any other way to do, what I described?
As part of my custom activity development, I have a requirement to change the value of one property acording to another property's value.
For example, I have two properties- Position and Qualification in my custom activity. Once I select a position, the qualification should change according to the selected position value. Both, Position and Qualification are string properties and
the value of Position is populated with a TypeConverter.
I tried with TypeConverter for Qualification property too. Issue is how to refresh the Qualification values on change of Position property?
I tried with PropertyEditor also. But not sure how to pass the data from my ActivityDesigner to PropertyEditor. I am handling the ModelItem.PropertyChanged
event and getting the Qualification values. How to pass this values either to my TypeConverter or to My PropertyEditor?
PropertyEditor Code is as follows
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There's a powerful force surrounding women's rights and empowerment in the media today. Everyone is screaming to be heard, to be noticed, and not to be expected to look a certain way. Women everywhere have had enough of the Photoshop in the tabloids and are demanding their bodies be seen as sensational as well. The latest hashtag to sort of set trails ablaze like that is one referring to the breasts, #SaggyBoobsMatter. 23-year-old award-winning British blogger Chidera Eggerue (The Slumflower) is taking a stand and making it clear that Saggy Boobs Matter.
All she hopes to do is reassure other women that it's perfectly normal for your breasts to droop! The Instagram star, from London, defied body shaming trolls to share the honest snap. She uploaded a variety of photos of herself, including one that bared her bust in a plunging grey top, showing off her boobs and proud!


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So today it's been raining, quite a lot. But I don't mind so much, I like the pitter-patter it makes just outside the window. It also means the rosemary has been watered, and I like to think that the rosemary prefers the gentle rain water to my giant jug load of tap water.
But anyway, my point was that rainy days make wonderful baking days. I always feel like I've been given an extra day, a lovely little day where I won't feel guilty for staying indoors and I can stay in T's baggy T-shirt and spend the hours experimenting, with a whisk in one hand, a wooden spoon in the other and flour covering my bare arms and legs that will inevitably end up all over the flat.
Today has been no exception. The inspiration behind this little jar of Caramel were the Little Spiced Apple Pies I made this morning....and the reason I baked Little Spiced Apple Pies this morning was because, very simply, I missed T. When we woke up this morning we wished it was the weekend so we could stay curled around each other. So when he left for work I thought I'd bake him something yummy and sweet for when he came home.
Something we could share whilst we sat on the sofa with our feet tucked up beneath us, remarking on how we could smell the rain. Something that would not only let us celebrate the beginning of the weekend, but also something that if it could, in a tiny little voice, would say 'you're amazing, and I bloody love you so damn much'.
So that's how these share the love apple pies came to be.
And once you have two perfect little apple pie heart halves, it only seems right that there should be some kind of rum caramel to drizzle?
So the recipe for the Little Spiced Apple Pie's will be here next week.....
But for now, here's the Caramel Sauce recipe so you can make it and have it ready for when you're devouring the apple pies...
Rum&Coconut Caramel Drizzle Sauce
2 oz Water
3 oz Brown sugar
1/2 Coconut milk - you can use a whole can if you wish, no need to alter the amounts of the other ingredients
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1-2 Shots of dark rum - or spiced rum works well!
Combine the water and sugar in your favourite saucepan you use for all things caramel/fudge/toffee -y.
Bring it to the boil and simmer on a rolling boil until the colour darkens and it begins to caramelize and smell fabulous.
Don't let it turn to thick caramel though!
Remove it from the heat and whisk in the coconut milk.
Return it to the heat and let it simmer until it thickens. Remember, this is a drizzle sauce, so we don't want it to be as thick as some other caramel sauces, I let mine get to the consistency of somewhere between single and double cream. Remember it will continue to thicken as it cools.
Once you're happy with the thickness, remove it from the heat and whisk in the vanilla, rum and salt.
Let it cool before whisking again and pouring over anything you want to lick it off.
You can store it in the fridge, if it hardens you can simply warm it back up and give it a whisk before serving.
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Chef Geoffrey Zakarian
Throughout a career spanning 30 years, Geoffrey Zakarian has made his mark as a chef restaurateur known for his sophisticated taste and signature style. An accomplished chef, host and culinary consultant, Zakarian has presided over some of the country's top kitchens, traveling the world for new inspiration to marry with his classical training and techniques in a lifelong effort to deliver paramount hospitality experiences.
Zakarian's rise to culinary prominence began at Le Cirque, where he first worked in a professional kitchen. In five years, he worked his way up from Pastry Sous to Chef to Chef de Cuisine under Chef Alain Sailhac. During these formative years, Zakarian staged at places such as Arpège and Au Quai des Ormes in Paris, Auberge de l'Ill in Alsace, The Dorchester in London, Le Chantecler with Jacques Maximin in Nice, and Pierre Orsay in Lyon. In 1987, Zakarian took his first turn as Executive Chef at the legendary 21Club. In 1988, he became the Executive Chef of 44 at the Royalton Hotel, before opening the Blue Door at the Delano Hotel in Miami in 1995. In 1997, Zakarian became Executive Chef of Patroon.
In 2001, Zakarian opened his first restaurant, Town, to which he brought his culinary and decorative vision to life. Both Patroon and Town were awarded Three Stars from The New York Times. Zakarian next opened Country, a restaurant that paired his passion for food and wine with his innate sense of hospitality, grace and old world elegance. Country was awarded a Michelin Star along with Three Stars from The New York Times. In 2007, Zakarian signed on to conceptualize and oversee the entire food and beverage program at The Water Club at Borgata, in Atlantic City.
In the Fall of 2010, Zakarian opened both The Lambs Club, at The Chatwal Hotel and The National, at The Benjamin Hotel in New York City. In June 2011, Zakarian returned to Florida to open Tudor House at Dream South Beach, a neighborhood Gastro-Cafe rated as 2012's Best Hotel Restaurant in Miami.
In May 2013, Zakarian partnered with Norwegian Cruise Lines in a three-restaurant deal aboard their vessels, Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway. On board, Zakarian oversees Ocean Blue, The Raw Bar, and Ocean Blue on the Waterfront. The same year, Zakarian was named Culinary Director at The Plaza. He re-launched the hotel's iconic Palm Court in October 2014, and directed the food and beverage programs in The Rose Club, The Champagne Bar and In-Room Dining through 2016.
In November 2015, Zakarian opened his second location of The National in the heart of Greenwich, CT. An American restaurant with a focus on its custom wood-burning grill, craft cocktails and exceptional service, The National serves lunch, brunch, dinner and late night seven days a week.
Zakarian opened two concepts, Georgie and The Garden Bar, at Montage Beverly Hills in June 2016. Georgie, a Modern American restaurant, serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in a lush garden setting. The Garden Bar, a comfortable yet sophisticated lounge, is open morning to night, featuring all day fare, distinct coffees and teas, as well as a robust cocktail program.
Outside of the kitchen, Zakarian is an accomplished author, philanthropist and notable television personality. In 2006, Clarkson Potter published his debut book, Geoffrey Zakarian's Town / Country, which was named Editor's Choice by The New York Times Book Review and was celebrated as "...one of the best cookbooks of 2006." His second cookbook, My Perfect Pantry: 150 Easy Recipes from 50 Essential Ingredients hit shelves on October 7, 2014. He also assumed the role of Chairman of the City Harvest Food Council this year, a food rescue organization dedicated to fighting hunger in New York City. In September of 2016, Zakarian launched his product line, Pro For Home, a system of refrigerator storage containers. Learn more about the products here.
Already established as America's favorite judge on Food Network's Chopped, Zakarian won the 4th Season of The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs, earning him the title of Iron Chef. He is featured regularly on Iron Chef America, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, The Best Thing I Ever Made and judges the 5th Season of The Next Iron Chef. His newest Food Network series, The Kitchen, premiered in January 2014 and has already been celebrated for exceptionally high ratings. Alongside appearances on ABC's The Chew and The Rachael Ray Show, CBS' The Dish and NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Today shows, Geoffrey also hosts Sirius XM Radio's, Food Talk, which premiered at the 2013 South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
Fashion, design, media and the arts are also valuable sources of inspiration for the chef. "Food goes through similar style trends and redefinitions as fashion. You need to know that landscape to understand how to achieve something timeless." He credits his staying power with this quest for timelessness and an enduring love of restaurants. "I still dream of a small restaurant I visited in Provence decades ago that taught me the balance of simple flavors and the art of heartfelt hospitality," he said. "Today, I dine out all the time, first because I love it, but secondly because, as a chef, you need to see restaurants from the dining room perspective, not just from the kitchen. You have to be vigilant about every facet of the meal."
For more insights on his work, visit geoffreyzakarian.com and follow Geoffrey Zakarian on Facebook, @gzchef on Twitter and gzchef on Instagram.


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Tertullian: Part II: The Research After Definite Truth Enjoined on Us. When We Have Discovered This, We Should Be Content.
Chapter IX.—The Research After Definite Truth Enjoined on Us. When We Have Discovered This, We Should Be Content.
I now purposely 1956 relinquish this ground of argument. Let it be granted, that the words, "Seek, and ye shall find," were addressed to all men (equally). Yet even here ones aim is 1957 carefully to determine 1958 the sense of the words 1959 consistently with 1960 (that reason), 1961 which is the guiding principle 1962 in all interpretation. (Now) no divine saying is so unconnected 1963 p. 248 and diffuse, that its words only are to be insisted on, and their connection left undetermined. But at the outset I lay down (this position) that there is some one, and therefore definite, thing taught by Christ, which the Gentiles are by all means bound to believe, and for that purpose to "seek," in order that they may be able, when they have "found" it, to believe. However, 1964 there can be no indefinite seeking for that which has been taught as one only definite thing. You must "seek" until you "find," and believe when you have found; nor have you anything further to do but to keep what you have believed provided you believe this besides, that nothing else is to be believed, and therefore nothing else is to be sought, after you have found and believed what has been taught by Him who charges you to seek no other thing than that which He has taught. 1965 When, indeed, any man doubts about this, proof will be forthcoming, 1966 that we have in our possession 1967 that which was taught by Christ. Meanwhile, such is my confidence in our proof, that I anticipate it, in the shape of an admonition to certain persons, not "to seek" anything beyond what they have believed—that this is what they ought to have sought, how to avoid 1968 interpreting, "Seek, and ye shall find," without regard to the rule of reason.
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Gubernaculo. See Irenæus, ii. 46, for a similar view (Rigalt.). Surely Dodgsons version, if intelligible in itself even, incorrectly represents Tertullians sense.247:1963
[Not to be contented with Truth, once known, is a sin preceding that against the Holy Spirit, and this state of mind explains the judicial blindness inflicted on Lapsers, as asserted by St. Paul, 2 Thess. 2:10, 13, where note—"they received not the love of the truth." They had it and were not content with it.]248:1966
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Bryant says team executive Jim Buss asked him his opinion. He says he endorsed 'offensive genius' D'Antoni before he knew Phil Jackson was in running, and he told Buss he liked that option too.
Kobe Bryant didn't envision Mike D'Antoni becoming the Lakers' next coach. Neither did his teammates.
"I think we were all kind of thinking it was going to be Phil" Jackson, Bryant said Tuesday. "It probably caught Mike off guard a little bit too. But I'm excited."
Jackson coached Bryant for 11 seasons on the Lakers, the two of them winning five championships together.
"Phil and I have gone back since I was 20 years old and everything he's taught me and so forth," said Bryant, normally not the nostalgic type. "There's a little bit of that. At the same time, I'm very excited about Coach D. I know Phil will be enjoying his retirement and looking to get back in the game, although probably not in a coaching standpoint, probably a managerial role at some point."
Bryant was asked by team executive Jim Buss who would be the best candidate to succeed the fired Mike Brown.
"To be honest, I said D'Antoni was my first choice because I didn't even know Phil was going to be an option," Bryant said. "And then Jimmy's the one that brought up Phil's name. I didn't even know that was a consideration. They said, 'Well it is, and I want to know how you feel about it.' I said 'I love it' and that was it. They knew my two guys that I liked. If one didn't work out obviously with Phil, they knew that they had my approval to pull the trigger on the other one."
Bryant said he "very much" appreciated Buss seeking his opinion, calling their relationship "much more open and much more fluid."
D'Antoni employed highly charged offenses while coaching Phoenix and New York. He was also an assistant on the last two U.S. Olympic teams.
"He's an offensive genius," Bryant said. "The offense that he installed for our U.S. team is the offense that we've run to the tune of two gold medals. We all know the type of talent that we have on that team so it was important for us to have an offense that was flexible, that was open, that kept everybody involved."
The Lakers definitely don't have the same shooters and speed that D'Antoni had when his Phoenix teams were consistently breaking 100 points.
"It's going to be fine," Bryant said. "It's not like he takes the same thing that he did in Phoenix and incorporates that here. He has different personnel. He can use Steve [Nash] to his greatest advantages, and me to mine, and Dwight [Howard] to his and Pau [Gasol] to his."
What about D'Antoni's reputation as a poor defensive coach?
"That's just because he hasn't won any championships," Bryant said. "To be honest, we might have done in all the years I've been with Phil maybe three defensive drills. I'm not understating it at all. But his philosophy was you guys need to figure it out on your own and that's what made him a phenomenal coach. He was able to sit back and trust the process. As a result, we've had some great defensive teams."
The Lakers might have a greater incentive to play defense, Bryant added.
"With all the chatter that's going on, particularly about how [D'Antoni] is not a good defensive coach, I think we'll rally around that and come out with a point to prove," he said.
While Jackson was reflective and calm on the sidelines, D'Antoni was often more vocal.
"I know how competitive he is," Bryant said. "He's a feisty, feisty dude. Temperamental, even. I like that."


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With all the hoopla surrounding the end of Breaking Bad coming up this weekend, it only seems fitting that I conjure up a painting of one of my favorite characters. That's Mike, the bad ass. A straight up tough guy played by Jonathan Banks. Interestingly enough, Jonathan Banks played a bad guy in one of my favorite movies growing up; Beverly Hills Cop. Always loved when he got his ass kicked by Eddie Murphy and had cake all over his face at the country club. But I digress…. here's a little time-lapse video of the painting in progress and a look at the finished painting. Watercolor Bad Assery, dig it.
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Atiyeh is proposing a 70-bed facility for adults at the former Calvary Baptist Church on Dewberry Avenue and a 60-bed facility for teens on a wooded site in the 3400 block of Linden Street. Both projects will be up for consideration before the city zoning hearing board 6 p.m. Oct. 19.
Atiyeh said he's been working for eight years to open private drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, which he said the Lehigh Valley is without. He is pursuing the plans now because he's under contract for two sites where they're permitted by special exception under the city's zoning rules.
Atiyeh said his plans are not related to his recent rejection to open a detox center and psychiatric hospital across from the former Calvary Baptist Church. The city planning board turned down the project Aug. 19, and dozens of neighbors had opposed the plan.
"It's totally not revenge," he said. "Revenge doesn't make you money; I'm doing this as a business."Atiyeh on Monday filed an appeal to the planning board's rejection of the detox center and psychiatric hospital. He said that if his plans for the rehabilitation centers also are turned down that he also would appeal those cases.
"If the city says no, that's just the first step," he said. "It's permitted by special exception; that means it's permitted."Malvern Institute, a company that runs an 80-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Chester County, to partner on his proposed Bethlehem facilities.
Calvary Baptist Church moved from its Dewberry Avenue church early this year to a larger new church in Bethlehem Township. Hope Wesleyan Church is using the Dewberry Avenue church but it's also advertised for sale.
The property on Linden Street is a largely wooded lot near Santee Mill Road. Both sites are in residential zones that allow rehabilitation facilities by special exception.
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan had opposed Atiyeh's plans for the detox center and psychiatric hospital, saying he preferred Atiyeh's previous plans for high-end apartments on the site. Those plans were turned down by the city zoning board in 2010.
Callahan didn't return a call for comment regarding Atiyeh's latest plans.
Johnston Drive resident Al Bernotas on Tuesday sent out details on Atiyeh's plans to his 480-member Bethlehem Homeowners Association e-mail list.
Bernotas said he wasn't planning to get involved in either proposal but wanted residents to be aware. Since the rehabilitation centers are permitted by special exception, Bernotas said he wasn't sure what residents could do to fight them but he said there might be valid concerns about the heavy traffic they would bring to residential neighborhoods.


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See how Lil Wayne's Mountain Dew commercial was created through the DEWeezy project.
This past summer, the action sports and youth organization STOKED teamed up with Mountain Dew and Lil Wayne to teach young people the ins and outs of creating and producing a TV commercial. The result was The DEWeezy Project, which came to life when a lucky group of teenagers from New York got to work with the self-proclaimed best rapper alive (we believe him) and famed video/film director Chris Robinson, plus industry professionals, who handed over the reins to a highly creative, motivated group of kids to make a real TV commercial featuring the one and only Weezy.
In the mini-doc clips, we see the DEWeezy Project teens in action as they generated ideas for the commercial, learned how to storyboard, all the way to the final product, which features Lil Wayne skateboarding. STOKED is probably the right word to describe the situation.
Watch the DEWeezy Project commercial starring Lil Wayne, and check out behind-the-scenes videos from the making of the commercial. To learn more about Stoked and the DEWeezy project, go to DEWeezy.MTV.com.


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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the centre for the poor implementation of the demonetisation step. Expressing concern, ge said that it might take another six months for things to get normal. Speaking at the Lucknow Metro inauguration function, said that Akhilesh Yadav said its time the government should tell the country on much cash there are in banks as the people of the country continue to stand in queues in front of ATMs and banks in the hope of withdrawing money. However, most banks are unable to distribute cash only after few hours.
After the demonetisation step announced on November 8, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address to the nation, large queues were seen outside banks and ATMs. During his speech the prime minister had advised the people of the country to deposit their old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 by December 30 in banks. He had also said the step was needed so as the fight black money in the country which were also being used by terrorists and naxalites.
In a letter to Prime Minister Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on November 12, Akhilesh Yadav had urged the government to allow use of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes for emergency medical services in private hospitals and medicine outlets till November 30, as this would help people get medical treatment. While banned notes were being accepted by government hospitals and government run medical store still November 24, private hospitals and stores were not accepting them.


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NH Business Newsreel: BAE signs Air Force semiconductor deal
September 20. 2018 11:09PM
NASHUA — BAE said it signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for Phase 1 of an effort to transition gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology developed by the Air Force to its Advanced Microwave Products Center.
As part of the effort, BAE will transfer and further enhance the technology, and scale it to 6-inch wafers to slash per-chip costs and improve its accessibility, BAE said this week.
GaN technology provides broad frequency bandwidth, high efficiency, and high transmit power in a small footprint, making it ideal for next-generation radar, electronic warfare, and communications systems, the company said.
The work will take place primarily at BAE's 70,000-square-foot Microelectronics Center in Nashua, where the company researches, develops and produces compound semiconductor materials, devices, circuits. The center employs 240 people.
Tri-City Expo coming next week
MANCHESTER — The 30th annual Tri-City Expo, a joint effort between the Greater Concord, Manchester and Nashua Chambers of Commerce, will be held 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Manchester Downtown Hotel, 700 Elm St.
The event, the state's largest business expo, will feature over 200 New Hampshire businesses. New elements this year include a main stage, entertainment, tastings and libations. For more information visit tricityexpo.com.
TechOut deadline extended
MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire High Tech Council has extended the deadline for the 2018 TechOut competition to Sept. 28.
TechOut is an annual startup competition that awards young startups with investment capital prizes totaling $300,000.
New this year, Brady Sullivan Properties will provide up to 4,000 square feet of office space at one of its Elm Street locations, plus design services to the first-place winner.
The TechOut event will occur on Nov. 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Oracle + Dyn, 150 Dow St. in Manchester.
Finalists will present live pitches to a group of judges and a live audience.
The event will also feature displays detailing entrants' innovative ideas, as well as networking opportunities.
Admission is $15 for council members, $20 for nonmembers and $10 for students. To learn more, visit nhhtc.org or call (603) 935-8951.
Center for Family Enterprise hosts boot camp
NASHUA — The UNH Center for Family Enterprise will present a Succession and Continuity Boot Camp at the Nashua Country Club, on Oct. 3.
Registration and coffee start at 8 a.m.; the program will run through a working lunch until 1 p.m.
Presenters will be led by leading family business consultant Everett Moitoza of Moitoza Consulting and will include: Keith Boudreau, The Newport Group; Patrick Collins, Pierce Atwood; Jessica Geiben Lynn, CFAR; Andy Lee and Ed Mullen, Mass Mutual Financial Group; and Jeff Wheeler, Baker Newman and Noyes.
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Steam Announces First 10 Greenlight Approvals
Steam Announces First 10 Greenlight Approvals
Half-Life remake Black Mesa makes the list of top voted games.
Steam Greenlight, Valve's ambitious new service giving users the power to decide what they'd rather see for sale in Steam's store, has only been around for a couple of weeks. In that time, however, a list of games has already made the cut. Valve has decided to go ahead with ten titles that have earned enough votes from the community to be greenlit.
The list of submissions includes Half-Life remake Black Mesa, as well as other Greenlight favorites such as Heroes & Generals and Dream. Developers who made the list are required to send Valve a build of the game and then continually refine and improve the product as they work on marketing and, eventually, launch. As such, it may be a while before we see these titles in the store, especially as some of these titles are still in development.
The full list of greenlit games:
"The Steam community rallied around these titles and made them the clear choice for the first set of titles to launch out of Greenlight," said Valve's Anna Sweet.
"Since launch, hundreds of titles have been submitted, with more coming in every day. We expect to be announcing more titles coming to Steam via Greenlight soon."
Steam Greenlight launched only two weeks ago to a flood of submissions, not all of them genuine. Valve has since introduced a $100 submission fee to minimize the amount of spam and of fraudulent entries, stating that it will donate the proceeds to Penny Arcade's charity Child's Play.
Source: Gamasutra
Wait, wasn't McPixel already a game? Why does that still need to be greenlit?
it is'n't even a very good game :/
I hope the fee doesn't stop to many new mods from getting on.
Becuase it needed to be greenlit to be sold on Greenlight.
Greenlight isn't about getting a game made necessarily, it's about getting your game on Steam.
Greenlighting just means that Steam will be officially selling it eventually on their digital distribution network.
Project Zomboid is also available for purchase on Desura and on their website, but it's still in early alpha and won't be released on Steam until they feel confident they have a relatively stable and content complete 1.0 version to put there. It's a lot of fun already though in the early alpha mode. If you're interested in an ACTUAL zombie apocalypse survival RPG then you should check it out. They even have a free demo (albeit of a fairly old and incomplete build of the game)
I'm happy that 4 of the games that I voted for made the cut including Black Mesa, Project Zomboid, Dream, and No More Room in Hell.
I'm pretty sure everybody on Steam voted for Black Mesa, I know I did :)
I'm surprised Valve approved of Black Mesa. I know they support modding, but I thought even they wouldn't want it on Steam since it might compete with Half Life and Half Life: Source (especially with Black Mesa being free).
Awh, and the new Octodad didn't make it in there so far?
I'm worried that a one-size-fits-all bar will catch popular games (Black Mesa) while leaving niche titles (Frayed Knights, that one Roman strategy game) to founder in obscurity. It's great that zombie games are getting in, but not so great that so many things are not.
It saves them the cost of remaking it for the new state of the art. It gives players a reason to buy HL2+Episodes, as they can now experience large parts of the first game without those "filthy bad graphics".
Woohoo, I upvoted most of those!
The more release platforms Project Zomboid gets, the better.
I'm so glad that Kenshi got greenlit. Everyone should check that game out, it's amazing for a game built by just one guy. Seriously this game got no love from the reporters of this site while others actually told people about this gem. It may be in alpha but its potential is too great to say it won't lead to something great.
I grabbed it a few years ago when they had it for 98 cents for the 10th anniversary (because it came out in '98) just for the hell of it to have a copy on my Steam account, but I'd also be surprised if it sells much outside of the Valve Complete Pack or occasional Half-Life sale bundles. Valve was pretty much built on modding and being cool with other people doing whatever they want with their content as long as they're not selling it though, and it's not like they didn't have years to complain about Black Mesa if they had a problem with it (which they obviously don't). And I personally am ok with anything that enables more people to appreciate Freeman's Mind. Heh.
I loved playing Mcpixel.
And I thought greenlight was player chosen games to be put onto Steam
I'm planning on buying at least half of those game, maybe all of them just to show support.
IMO gaming needs to move away from "industry" and back towards passion and art. Multi-million dollar budgets aren't worth having creativity and innovation placed after business considerations.
Hats off to all of these independent developers.
Funfact about these 10 games: They are 10 of the Top 11 most voted games on Greenlight. There is exactly ONE game, that didn't make the cut and I am not surprised that it didn't. Even better: It was the 2nd most voted game, so Valve skipped number 2 this time and went straight to 3.
Not surprising at all, they wanted to play the damn thing as well and couldn't. Well, now in less than two days, they finally can - and in a few weeks, we can get it on Steam, too (as the folks at Valve need to stop playing it to death for five minutes and add it to Steam for download).
They've said previously that it won't just be a matter of sheer numbers. Time will tell, I suppose. It's certainly too early to make statements like: "It's great that zombie games are getting in, but not so great that so many things are not", when we're only looking at the first ten games, however.
I do wonder why that is. Maybe it's because who ever made Slender Source didn't have approval from the original Slender creator to use the assets/design (If they used them at all).
On the other hand it could be Valve just doesn't like Slenderman.
Also, I wonder if Valve will wait until the Black Mesa guys finish Xen and Deathmatch before putting it up on steam, or if all that will just be patched in later.
It's an interesting project.
Although, the little I have browsed through some games on Greenlight, there seems to be a, overabundance of survival (horror/thriller) games.
You should read some interviews with Gabe - Valve sees something like this as just free advertising for everything related. Whenever they release a free add-on or update for something like TF2, sales for the base game go up (or they did when TF2 cost money). And of course it's more good will.
Seems to be filling a niche that very few AAA games nowadays seem to cover.
Not that big of a surprise with the success of Amnesia, Minecraft and others. As well as it's not principally that far off from tower defense games that seemed to sprout from every corner during recent times.
If they do them in groups of ten it's got a damn good chance at being in the next set:
Since that site looks awful in a couple of the browsers I tried, I'll summarize.
Which makes me happy too, since I quite enjoyed the demo of Project Giana.
A game "competing" with HL1 is the very least of their problems. If anything, they're very happy they'll get fresh exposure for a 14 year old game.
They've had one prior interaction with the Black Mesa modders though. Back when it was called Black Mesa: Source, Valve asked them to drop the Source name for being their trademark.
I am just glad to see kenshi on that list. I saw it on steam greenlight and thought wow this sound like something I would enjoy, proceeded to buy it on desura, though it is only in very early alpha at this point.
I never really got that, i mean, you have plenty of source mods that use "*whatever* : Source" as their name. I don't quite get how removing the 'source' from it's name achieved and/or negated anything what so ever.
The difference is that, if you take Golden Eye: Source, you know right off the bat that it's some other game property as a Source mod. With Black Mesa: Source however, both parts of the name are from Valve properties. I'm not saying legal shenanigans are always reasonable, but they just didn't want Black Mesa to sound too "official".
I read enough of them and I'm familiar with Valve's attitude towards mods. I knew they won't do anything against the mod and that they encourage modding, but actually adding it as a download in Steam is something is more than I could expect from them. I know that Valve has good reasons to do it, but game developers/publishers can be sensitive when it comes to IP.
HL:1, more than a decade old and owned by half of pc gamers everywhere.
I know, I still have my original 1998 copy.


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From the talented Florida based indie rock group "Wake The Neighbors" comes the official music video for "Uncle Billy's Song", the theme to Grizzly Peak Films' family feature Catfish Blues. Shot during the band's tour in California this month for their independently produced CD "Wake The Neighbors", the music video is directed by Michael Worth and features an appearance by Catfish Blues' star, Max Tadman. "This is one of the most beautiful songs we have had the pleasure of including in one of our films", Worth shares.
The family friendly feature film Catfish Blues (also written by Worth) has a projected release worldwide on iTunes and Amazon in mid August.


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Just some random thoughts from Scott Bellware's TDD event in Houston yesterday…
Something that I hear a lot of TDD newbies and skeptics complain about is doing things in code for no other reason than to enable automated unit testing. My take on the subject is to just get over it. Anything that makes it easier to write your unit tests makes it easier to make your code work.
A subject that I go back and forth on in my own mind is opening up methods or members on classes for no other reason than for testability. It definitely feels icky. When there is an internal step in a class that is complicated enough that it needs to have a unit test all by itself but doesn't really deserve to be part of the real public interface I might pull that step into another class or make a public static method for that step if it's relatively stateless. If I do just open up the intermediate member I usually rationalize it by not including this step in the abstracted interface that other classes depend on. For example, I might create a method on a ConcreteService class for PerformIntermediateStep(), but that method would never be a part of the IService interface that ConcreteService implements.
There were a couple questions on how to enforce TDD practices throughout a team. There was also some discussion on how a developer knew his unit testing was robust enough and considered all of the cases. One way or another success still falls into a question of the skill, work ethic, discipline, and experience of the developers doing the work. That's why we're paid the big bucks.
J. Sawyer, our MS evangelist in the Austin area, shared the best idea for a shame card that I've ever heard of. In J. Sawyer's version you have the shame shirt throughout the project. When you break the build you have to wear the shirt. The kicker is that the shirt is never washed, so it's quite a punishment by the time you get a ways into the project. I think we'll pass on that though. I'm having flashbacks to my high school football days and it's not a pretty (smelling) memory.
Whatever your coding standard is, make it easy to follow. If you have to go out of your way to do some sort of exact spacing or code format I think you're just wasting time. Learn to tolerate the default formatting in VS.Net and set your naming preferences in ReSharper and just let the tools do the automated formatting. I honestly think that your entire coding standard should fit on a single wiki page without much scrolling. I want to be able to just go "CTRL-F" and get my code automatically formatted. Let the computer do the grunt work formatting so the human beings can do the thinking. Otherwise we might get Skylab and the Terminators running around.
Writing that first unit test can be the most difficult task in TDD. We're taught that to be successful you need to deal with the riskiest, hardest tasks first. I agree, but within any given TDD coding session starting with something easy to do first is a perfectly acceptable way to get going. Once you have some working code it often makes it easier to "see" the rest of the code.
Scott Bellware had a thoroughly humorous rip on the "Executable UML" will o' wisp* yesterday, but UML in small dosages is not evil. If you don't know what or how to write the next unit test, a bit of UML sketching can be an effective way of determining the next unit test to write. Too much UML can easily lead you astray with early complexity, but writing the tests first can clamp down on overdesign. I still think Responsibility Driven Design with or without CRC cards to be more effective as a supplement to TDD than UML, but your mileage will vary.
Doing TDD in Visual Studio.Net without ReSharper (insert favorite refactoring tool here) shortcuts and templating is painful. Watching Scott perform an introductory exercise on TDD while purposely forgoing any ReSharper magic was excruciating. ReSharper definitely makes TDD faster by removing friction and automating purely mechanical tasks.
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* Thank you Scott for pointing out that Executable UML requires a great deal of OCL markup, i.e. code


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