3 Best Tomato Sandwiches You Will Eat!
I grew up in the Midwest but have lived in North Carolina for over 20 years. This has given me time to become well acquainted with the summer tomato sandwich made with a slice or two of a locally grown tomato, white bread, and mayonnaise. I have a confession, I have never acquired a taste for one of these sandwiches. The fact that I did not develop a craving for them may be because I don't have sweet memories of a parent or grandparent, lovingly making me one and eating it together. However, in my defense, I do love a fresh grown tomato on a summer sandwich, it's just that I like my sandwich paired a little differently. So, whether, you crave the traditional, beloved tomato sandwich and want more ways to eat those summer tomatoes or if you want a different twist on one, I hope that you will grow to love some of my adaptations on an old Southern favorite! These sandwiches are flavorful, higher in protein and have a boost of other things that are good for you. You can easily make them vegan, gluten free or low fodmap with a few little changes.
Not only do tomatoes taste delicious but they are also so good for you too! They are rich in vitamin C and fiber. Here is a recent guest post that I shared with Slow Food Asheville about the benefits of the phytonutrient lycopene in tomatoes. It is what gives tomatoes their beautiful red color!
In addition to lycopene, tomatoes also include some additional powerful antioxidants and phytonutrients which will vary a little based on their color which includes the purple pigment anthocyanin which benefits heart health especially blood pressure and lowers cancer risk, the yellow and orange pigments alpha-carotene and beta-crptoxathin which are protective for our vision, cancer prevention, blood sugar regulation and anti-inflammatory effects and the green pigment llutein and zeaxanthin which are beneficial to eye health. There is also more research is being done to learn more about the tomatine which is found in green tomatoes and its role as an antifungal and its anticancer properties. Here is another article about the color of tomatoes.
There are so many reasons to eat tomatoes because of health reasons but let's face it, we all know the real reason that we love to eat these jewels of summer and that is because they melt in our mouth. I hope you enjoy these 3 tomato sandwich recipe ideas!
Some people have more tomatoes in their garden than they can eat so they have a few green tomatoes to spare. I never have to many tomatoes in my garden because I can eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. If you are like me and have to go to the local tailgate market to get your green tomatoes that will work also!
Fix tempeh bacon ahead of time using directions below. Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, break and beat an egg, then add milk to make an egg wash. Mix crushed panko and pecan crumbs, garlic powder, cayenne, salt and pepper on a plate. Slice green tomatoes about half an inch thick. Brush olive oil on a non-stick cookie sheet. Take slices of tomato and dip them in egg wash and then roll in panko crumb mixture. Place tomatoes on cookie sheet drizzle with a tiny bit of olive oil on top of them. Bake about 15-20 minutes until the tomatoes get slightly soft to touch and the topping gets a little brown. While the tomatoes are cooking, make the red bell pepper pesto. Take out of oven and allow to cool for a few minutes. Add a a small amount of goat cheese to the pita, carefully place breaded tomatoes in there along with tempeh bacon. Drizzle red pepper pesto on top for a little color and flavor.
Blend all of the ingredients together in a food processor until smooth.
To make this sandwich vegan, substitute grilled tofu for the mozzarella cheese and skip cheese in the pesto.
I hope that you grow to love these 3 tomato sandwich recipes that I created and it gives you a few more great reasons to eat tomatoes. Thank you for coming by and reading my blog and I hope you stop by again soon. I will be transitioning in the next few weeks into more fall recipes and what's in season during that time! As a registered dietitian Nutritionist in Asheville, I love helping folks find recipes that they love to help them east healthy! Would love for you to check out the rest of my recipes on the Vine Ripe Nutrition blog and please share if you are inspired to give some a try! You can also find additional tasty ideas on Vine Ripe Nutrition's social media pages too!
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La. high court returns virus rules dispute to lower court
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The Louisiana Supreme Court on Monday sent a legal feud between Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans over coronavirus restrictions back to district court, saying the judge ruled too quickly that the state law the GOP used to try to nullify the restrictions was unconstitutional.
The justices wrote in their opinion that Baton Rouge Judge William Morvant should have held a full hearing on other issues raised in the lawsuit over the Democratic governor's statewide mask mandate, business restrictions and crowd size limits aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19.
"We find the district court acted prematurely in reaching the issue of constitutionality," the justices wrote.
The high court's decision was a technical one that didn't weigh in on the merits of the lawsuit, the governor's regulations or the legal maneuver used by the House GOP. Instead, it requires Morvant to hold another hearing in the case.
The Edwards administration intends to continue enforcing its COVID-19 rules while the case is pending.
In October, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder and 64 other GOP lawmakers in the House – represented by Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry – invoked a never-before-used process in Louisiana law that allows a majority of legislators in either the House or Senate to sign a petition to jettison a governor's emergency declaration.
Edwards sued Schexnayder and lawmakers. The governor argued the petition process used by House Republicans violated the Louisiana Constitution, and he said the lawmakers also didn't follow the law's requirement that they consult with the state's "public health authority" before issuing the petition.
Morvant ruled on Nov. 12 for the governor, saying the petition was unconstitutional because Edwards' emergency rules have the force of law and couldn't be blocked by an action of one legislative body.
The Louisiana Supreme Court said that decision was premature. The justices said that Morvant should have first considered Edwards' argument that the House GOP didn't consult with the public health authority as required by the law.
"For well over a century, this court has consistently refrained from entertaining questions as to the constitutionality of laws except where that determination is essential to the decision," the court wrote.
One of the seven justices, John Weimer, disagreed with his colleagues. He said both the House speaker and the governor have requested that the court decide the constitutional question, and he said the context of the current coronavirus public health emergency raises the urgency of the issue.
"Given the context and conditions under which this case arises, I believe this court has a responsibility to address the constitutional issue presented and resolve it: a task squarely within this court's province and duty," Weimer wrote in his dissent.
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Malcolm and Malcolm on Modelling
What does the SYSTRA-JMP-SIAS integration mean for Paramics microsimulation?
Malcolm Calvert and Malcolm Neil from SIAS are two men who know a thing or two about modelling. In the second of two interviews, Malcolm N finds out from Malcolm C what he thinks the forthcoming integration of SYSTRA-JMP-SIAS means for Paramics microsimulation.
MN: Could you tell us more about how you became Director of Paramics?
MC: I joined SIAS in 2004 and got straight into microsimulation modelling using Paramics and really enjoyed it. It was innovative and cutting edge. After a secondment at Transport Scotland for a couple of years, I then returned to SIAS. I've always enjoyed working with people and so joined the training team, ending up managing the training and support services we provide. Around four years ago the company needed someone to lead the software division; I put myself forward and have been doing that ever since. It's a bit different from where I started out, but it's been very rewarding.
MN: Do you see the integration between SYSTRA, JMP and SIAS influencing Paramics product development planning and delivery?
MC: In many ways it'll be similar to what it's been in the past few years. We've developed various systems and procedures for identifying what we want to do in a particular version then going through cycles of testing to make sure we deliver a product that's a standard our users expect. We've had a close working relationship between the modellers and Paramics and SIAS has lent itself to that relationship. I've always seen that as critical to developing a product in a way that is ultimately beneficial to users. Integration will give us access to other types of modellers and a broader user base, maybe working in different parts of the world as well.
MN: SIAS has tried to define best practice through training and support. Will this change?
MC: We've produced good practice guides, training materials and we have a support centre with knowledgebase articles. I see the training and support being vital to a successful business and am keen to keep that as a key selling point of Paramics. Ultimately if users struggle to use the product, then they're not going to continue applying it, so investing in training and support means Paramics has a long shelf life. There will also be opportunity to draw on experience by colleagues SYSTRA and JMP to improve what we already offer.
MN: From a software development point of view it's very much business as usual, but more opportunity to tap into experience from SYSTRA and JMP?
MC: Yes, it's very much business as usual for software development. We've got the same software team working on the product and that will continue. We're based in Edinburgh, that's been our base for Paramics for 20 years. We've got all the same personnel doing the same things, so there's a strong continuity as we go through this integration.
MN: How will the increased knowledge from SYSTRA and JMP colleagues enhance the software?
MC: SYSTRA and JMP have modelling experience in different markets, so we'll be able to understand more what those markets might need, whether it's in development planning or at the more strategic end. The companies use different products (some seen as competing) but I see that as a positive thing, something that we can learn from. There's a global aspect to it too; with microsimulation you're very conscious of traffic and human behaviour by trying to model the individual component. SYSTRA has a presence all over the world, so we'd be interested to explore what Paramics might look like in other countries.
MN: What's next for Paramics microsimulation?
MC: We're at a really exciting point in the Paramics journey, having just released a new version of Paramics Discovery. It has more functionality than our original product, S-Paramics. Our customers are adopting it and we're getting great feedback. We want to keep driving Paramics Discovery, keeping pace with where the market is going; particularly around new technologies such as driverless cars, vehicle to vehicle communication or heavy vehicles platooning. SYSTRA's public transport and light rail expertise is an area that we could help develop further.
MN: It sounds like integration has been perfectly timed in terms of the journey that Paramics is on.
MC: With Paramics Discovery, the foundations are built and it's ready to develop into a fantastic product. It's a great time to have a respected and successful business like SYSTRA coming in; a company with a global footprint and ability to tap into other resources, like marketing, which in a small business is limited, so that will really help Paramics.
Malcolm Calvert is Paramics Director and Malcolm Neil is an Associate with SIAS, both based in Edinburgh.
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How I Made It 2019
How Can Women Better Help Other Women?
The powerhouse teams behind five independent Canadian women's mags weigh in
by Katherine Singh
(Photo: Joel Louzado)
For as long as I can remember, women's magazines have been a touchstone in my life: strewn around my pre-teen bedroom, carted from sleepover to sleepover in high school, and more recently, saved as favourites in my browser, on the off chance I can steal a few minutes during the day or on my commute. And while I may not have realized it when I was taking a quiz on which Jonas Brother I'd marry in Seventeen (Nick, fyi) or learning about women's health issues like the *actual* risk of getting toxic shock syndrome from tampons, women's magazines allowed me to learn not only about myself, but also the experiences of others. Women's mags always felt like a safe space.
But, just because women's mags are beloved by some, definitely doesn't mean they're beloved by all. This industry has been critiqued on just about everything, from the accusations that women's magazines sell fake feminism and present limited portrayals of women, to assertions that these outlets tear down the women they're meant for. Perhaps the most fundamental criticism, though, is one that women's mags have been grappling with forever: that they're fluff. Sexist critics *still* can't seem to grasp that women can love the latest gossip about the Kardashians and want to know more about their electoral candidates. And TBH, those critics' real message is clear: By characterizing women's magazines as shallow and lacking substance, they're saying that, by extension, the women who read them are, too. And that just doesn't work for us.
Because, if anything, women's magazines are more necessary than ever. With women *still* fighting for equal pay and reproductive rights on both sides of the border, and with marginalized communities continuing to be targeted, it's never been more important for women to listen to each other and work together.
With this is mind, we turned to the the women behind some fantastic Canadian women's magazines; the people and publications who have seen a need, a readership unmet and have aimed to fill it. In honour of International Women's Day 2019, we asked the teams at Sophomore, Lez Spread the Word, The GIST, Shameless and GUTS Magazine a very important question: How can women can better help other women?
And they had some thoughts—mainly, we're better and stronger when we work together.
The team at Sophomore
From left, Cassidy Allan, Jody Anderson, Stephanie Rotz, Maia Grecco, Patricia Gavidia, Ruchika Gothoskar, Alexandra Gallant, Trang Be Sophie Margolian, Amy McNeil, Ramna Safeer, Alicia Churilla Jeanine Brito, Raizel Harjosubroto, Tamara Jones, Nicole Tinker (Photo: Sophomore magazine)
"Women can better help women by listening to each other, by amplifying the voices that aren't as loud and by showing up for each other. There is a lot of noise online, but without listening and amplifying the stories of other women, how will we know what's going on in the communities that we're not a part of? How will we know what women need? We can show up for each other by unlearning our own biases, creating spaces and opportunities for other women where possible, and by celebrating each other's growth. But, supporting women doesn't necessarily mean supporting everything we do. Showing up for each other requires holding other women accountable for their actions and for their growth. We have to work towards building compassionate and supportive communities in an age when transactional relationships have become the norm."
Lez Spread the Word
(Photo: Lez Spread the Word)
"Now, more than ever, valuing and giving visibility to other women's artistic work, passions and struggles is a necessity. We strongly believe in the power of collaboration. We're stronger when we join powers and when we truly try to understand each other's realities. While it can be challenging at time, by doing so, we often come to the realization that we have the same goal and end result in mind.
We've come a long way, but we still need more women promoting each other's work in a positive and constructive way by being out and visible. It's normal for women to want to see their realities reflected back at them, and that's what we need to do more of, everyday: continue to join forces, work on intergenerational points of views and devote even more of our energy representing the diversity of all the women around us.
We are so thrilled that LSTW continues to allow us to freely express ourselves and bring together supporters and allies who excel in their fields and have a burning desire to contribute to a community that is still (too) often invisible."
From left, co-founders Jacie deHoop, Roslyn McLarty and Ellen Hyslop (Photo: The GIST)
"Unfortunately, while working in the corporate world [co-founders Jacie deHoop, Roslyn McLarty and Ellen Hyslop graduated from Queen's University's commerce program and previously worked in financial services], we noticed that there can be a mentality that there's only room for one woman at the table. And as a result, there's sometimes competition among women. We think there's room for all women at the table. So much more can happen when you collaborate with other women, celebrate their successes, mentor them and bring women up with you. There are so many positives to corporate culture when companies and employees have this mentality.
From The GIST's perspective, we're always trying to highlight and collaborate with female athletes (currently only 4% of sports media coverage is on female athletes), female sports writers and women who work on the business side of sports. For our events, we work with other female-founded businesses. From a product perspective, we're all about empowering women through sports content and experiences so that she has the choice to be part of the conversation and community."
Sheila Sampath, Editor-in-Chief of Shameless
(Photo: Sheila Sampath)
"I think that collaboration versus competition [among women] is really important… For us to be able to fully embrace this idea of helping each other, which I'm going to call a 'feminist future,' it requires us to always think of dismantling harm or striving for healing. If systems of oppression work on three levels—institutional, interpersonal and internal—then our path to healing and to supporting one another has to happen on these three levels. Oftentimes, people who do really good public work might work on an institutional level but still harm people in the process by not focusing on the interpersonal or by not focusing on the internal; people who do a lot of personal work, that's really great, but it also has to translate to how we treat other people. Support has to happen in multiple ways. We have to build structures for support while supporting each other and also while undoing the effects of patriarchy and colonialism and capitalism, on our own. [It's] always thinking about how everything we do can translate to be multiple levels; that if we ignore any one of those in our practice or our politic or work or relations, then we also don't really build sustainable movements."
The team at GUTS
(Photo: GUTS magazine)
"Support can look like recognizing that while women and feminized people share many experiences, solidarity means understanding that 'being a woman' looks different for every person, and finding ways to uplift and support women who don't share your experiences.
Asking women to support other women is also too often a tactic used by white women to silence BIWOC, a defence mechanism that attempts to derail critiques of white feminism and paint BIWOC as mean, uncooperative or aggressive. If we truly want to support ALL women, finding ways that you can lend your privilege to support women with less privilege than you (while making sure that your support is wanted) is a great way to start. Listen to BIWOC. Listen to trans women. Listen to disabled women. Listen to poor women. There are tons of asks out there. Google is your friend!"
Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.
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Denzel Washington says wealth makes him uncomfortable.
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(askmen.com) - The 'DГ©jГ Vu' actor - who regularly features on Hollywood best paid lists - says he has no idea how to spend his fortune.
He told Britain's Live magazine: "I'm just not the acquisitive type. I have three cars and that's as extravagant as it gets for me. My watch cost me $39 and it keeps good time, so why would I need a more expensive one?
"I didn't pay a cent for the clothes I'm wearing - they're free from films."
Despite being one of the most famous actors in Hollywood, Denzel stays grounded because of his children - John David, 22, Katia, 19, and twins Malcolm and Olivia, 15.
He said: "Try telling my children I'm cool. At a push, they'll consider it a cool thing if I get them tickets to a Jay-Z show and we watch from the side of the stage. But that's about as far as it goes."
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We are delighted to announce that the 6th Europaediatrics, the biennial conference of the European Paediatric Association (EPA/UNEPSA), will be held jointly with 2013 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Annual Conference in Glasgow, UK.
Trainee case presentations: Submit interesting cases to the RCPCH trainees meeting the conference for a case-based discussion session.
Selected submissions will be delivered as nine minute spoken presentations with three minutes discussion and will be judged for their relevance, presentation style and educational value.
Prizes of £200 and £100 will be awarded to the best two presentations.


I was called out this afternoon to rescue a `Cormorant' at Heron Park that had puked up a snake. Cormies and snakes don't go together, so I trotted of f to investigate. There was a very wind battered Black-Headed Heron that had regurgitated his breakfast on the paving! Thought you might be interested! The bird flew off once it felt a bit rested!!
Unbelievable locusts, 5 snakes and a large lizard !!!
Interesting; I have seen young birds regurgitate their food before. They are slug-eaters and a Cape Skink from what I can see.


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I was following the description of a walk with historic sites along the way - along the Green River from south of Boeing Field through Tukwila. It went past an interesting pumping station. Interesting pumping station? It is a combination of the function and an installation by the street that is "art." From what I see I like it.
It is called, prosaically, Interurban Pumping Station. Here is its page at 4 Culture.
Here is a page with four King County pumping stations with art, including it. King County But they don't give useful locations.
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Can new OC Sterlin Gilbert make USF even better?
Jamil King
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The USF Bulls enjoyed a fantastic season last year going 11-2 with a bowl win over South Carolina. Quarterback Quinton Flowers enjoyed a breakout season 2,812 passing and 1,530 rushing yards taking home American Conference Player of the Year honors and emerging into national spotlight.
While the Bulls went on to lose head coach Willie Taggart to Oregon, they were able to make a splash of their own bringing back Charlie Strong from Texas back to Florida. Strong will look to improve the Bulls dismal 120th ranked defense to match the 11th ranked offense.
But perhaps just as big as Strong's hire though, is a man that may be able to make the offense even better. Enter Sterlin Gilbert, who last year at Texas completely resurrected the group, as their play caller.
Behind a freshman quarterback and mostly underclassman wide outs Texas ranked 16th in total offense and averaged only 10 yards less than last year's Bulls. Before Gilbert arrived, the Longhorns struggled to a 92nd ranked offense. Gilbert's previous gig with a Tulsa team led by Dane Evans had 4,332 passing yards in 2015 ranked 13th in total offense.
It's clear Gilbert knows a thing or two about putting together an up tempo, high powered offense. Freshman Shane Buechele had a 21/11 Td-INT ratio, a 60.4% completion percentage, and 2,958 passing yards and had Longhorn fans salivating.
If Gilbert can put a freshman in position to produce those numbers the sky is the limit for what he and Flowers can do together.
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Report- Alabama will hire Charlie Strong as consultant
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Former USF coach Charlie Strong has decided on a new role for the upcoming 2020 season, and it won't be in Gainesville.
ESPN college football insider Chris Low reported Tuesday morning that Strong has agreed to join Nick Saban's staff at Alabama as a defensive "consultant" for this season
Think about the lineup of Hall of Fame coaches Charlie Strong will have worked for during his career: Saban. Spurrier. Holtz. Meyer. https://t.co/xD1kgGEI9Y
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) February 18, 2020
As we wrote last week, Strong had visited Saban and the Tide about the possible position on his staff, while considering a similar opportunity to join either Dan Mullen's Gators staff or a couple of others in a consulting role. None of this will affect the nearly $3 million that USF still owes him as the buyout on the final two years of his contract.
Strong was fired after the Bulls collapsed losing their final four games to finish 4 – 8 this season. They were beaten by 27 or more points five times this year, including the last two losses to Memphis and rival UCF. This combined with the Bulls having lost their final six games, including their bowl game last year, meant that Strong had lost 14 of his final 18 games.
USF hired Clemson Co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott earlier about a week later and gave him a 5-year, $12 million deal to become a first-time head coach in FBS football.
There had been some debate about Strong's buyout being the amount of compensation that was remaining on his original five-year contract that he signed when he took the job in December of 2016 after being fired by the University of Texas. That contract called for Strong to be paid to $2. 5 million on average for 2020 and 2021.
However, USF informed Strong in his termination letter that the amount would be approximately $3 million under clauses in his deal.
Saban has a history of taking in former head coaches to come to Bama and observe and assist as a consultant with either his offense or defense. He's done this for the last two years with former Tennessee coach Butch Jones and obviously, took in both Lane Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian both of whom had been fired as coaches by USC at different stages.
Strong is known is an outstanding defensive coach from his previous days, as the Gators defensive coordinator under Urban Meyer. He later went on to success at the University of Louisville before taking The the Texas head coaching job in 2014.
Strong was fired after three seasons in Austin in 2016, but immediately hired by USF to replace Willie Taggart.
Former USF coach Strong to be consultant for Alabama?
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And intriguing item popped up Friday morning involving former USF head coach Charlie Strong and him visiting Nick Saban the Alabama football program.
According to Alabama Insider and radio host, Aaron Suttles, Strong, who was dismissed last December after his third season with the Bulls, was in Tuscaloosa Thursday meeting with Saban and his staff:
Former USF/Texas/Louisville head coach Charlie Strong was in Tuscaloosa visiting with the Alabama coaching staff Thursday. Strong was let go from USF following the season.
— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) February 14, 2020
Strong had also been reportedly talking with the University of Florida about a possible consultant role, which likely would not affect the nearly $3 million that USF still owes him as the buyout on the final two years of his contract.
Strong was fired after three seasons in Austin in 2016, but immediately hired by USF to replace Willie Taggart
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Fournette feels lighter, quicker and ready to improve
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JACKSONVILLE — When training camp opens in three weeks, Leonard Fournette expects to report at the same weight he did during last month's mandatory minicamp — 224 pounds.
That's 11 pounds lighter than his playing weight last season as a rookie.
″I feel like I play my best at that weight — 223, 224 — that's what I played in college,″ Fournette said. ″Why not? I don't want to be average. I want to be above average, be the greatest one to play this game. I feel lighter, quicker and I have a lot of my burst.″
After a 12-7 season, which included playing in the AFC Championship game for the first time in 18 years, the Jaguars obviously have a lot riding on Fournette emerging again as a difference maker.
Behind him, the Jaguars led the NFL in rushing (141.4 ypg) and were the fifth-highest scoring team (26.1). Fournette rushed for 1,040 yards with nine touchdowns and caught 36 passes for 302 yards.
But he averaged only 3.9 yards per carry. In the playoffs, Fournette's yards per game average dropped to 3.5 yards.
Mostly facing defenses stacked with eight or more players in the box, the Jaguars averaged fewer than 4 yards per carry in five of their last seven games. Although the Jaguars led the NFL with 527 rushing attempts last season, they were tied for 14th in carries of at least 10 yards (48).
Fournette had only four runs of 20 or more yards, which included touchdown runs of 75 yards against the Los Angeles Rams and 90 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With a need to provide him more room to run at the line of scrimmage, the Jaguars were aggressive in free agency to improve their offensive line. They signed former Carolina All-Pro guard Andrew Norwell to a five-year, $66.5 million contract that included a fully guaranteed $30 million signing bonus.
″At the end of the day, it's not about me and not about yards per carry,″ Fournette said. ″It's about the wins and losses.″
Fournette said he made a more concerted effort this offseason to get in better shape to possibly avoid injuries this upcoming season. He missed two games in 2017 because of ankle and thigh injuries. He also missed a November game against the Bengals for disciplinary reasons.
″Leonard is a playmaker, so we're trying to get him on the field as much as we can and keep pushing him over to third down and things of that nature,″ Jacksonville coach Doug Marrone said. ″He showed great growth in his first year from that because that's usually the toughest thing. In the NFL week-to-week, each team has their own little unique package that you really have to study and try to get a bead on to be able to (have) pass protection pick up. I really saw him at the end of the year do a great job of that. You want to see that again now.″
The Jaguars did not draft or sign another running back in free agency. However, they released running back Chris Ivory in February after two seasons to create more salary cap space.
A competitive running back rotation is expected for training camp highlighted with an expected battle for the No. 2 spot behind Fournette between Corey Grant and T.J. Yeldon.
The Jaguars re-signed Grant after he became a restricted free agent in the offseason. Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett could have bigger plans to utilize Grant more out of the backfield, especially on screen passes because of his big-play ability. Early in the first half in the AFC Championship game, the Patriots didn't have an answer for Grant after he caught three screen passes from Blake Bortles for 59 yards. In the second half, the Jaguars went away from utilizing Grant.
On the field for only 49 snaps last season, Grant rushed for 248 yards. He took a fake punt 58 yards in Week 3 against Baltimore and scored on a 56-yard fake punt return against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 10.
Last season, Yeldon was stuck on the inactive list for the first six games of the regular season because he couldn't get ahead of Fournette, Ivory or Grant on the depth chart. Yeldon also was slowed early in the season with a hamstring injury.
But Hackett considers Yeldon to be a viable option, especially on third-down passing plays.
″It is a really good backfield right now,″ Hackett said. ″I am excited. That is another group that you know you are excited to see where they are going to go. For me, I want to be sure to keep all three of them as fresh as possible. It is a long season, and we like to run the ball. You definitely want to get the ball in all three of those guys' hands.
″T.J.'s intelligence level is off the charts and his ability to run the ball — that is really, really improving. You can see more explosion start to come from him. Just his ability to pass protect and be able to catch the ball from the backfield.″


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Q: Utf-8 in PhoneGap Build My app (android) does not display special characters (ä, ü, ö, €,...),
The index.html is utf-8 and I use the meta tag for this as:"meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /"
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SimCity 3000 traffic statistics are based on the concept of "trips". Trips are attempted between points in the city, and the ease with which these trips can be accomplished determines the traffic density on the various routes.
I do not have all of the information to explain exactly how the trips are computed. Instead I will present the information that I do know as it still provides a good, if not complete, insight into traffic.
The "method cost" is the basically how slow that method is, so lower values are better. The "method divisor" determines how much that method is affected by traffic congestion, so the greater the divisor the better.
3 X ( 4 + 128 / 25 ) = 27  Walk 3 road tiles from house to bus stop.
1 X ( 8 + 128 / 10 ) = 20  Waiting at bus stop.
6 X ( 3 + 128 / 30 ) = 44  Bus drives 6 road tiles.
30 X ( 1 + 128 / 120) = 62  Bus drives 30 highway tiles.
5 X ( 3 + 128 / 30 ) = 36  Bus drives 5 more road tiles.
1 X (32 + 128 / 30 ) = 36  Bus drives over 1 damaged road tile.
2 X ( 3 + 128 / 30 ) = 14  Bus drives 2 more road tiles.
Of course the example is more complicated if the traffic density isn't the same along the entire route as was assumed here.
Having presented all of this, I have no idea how these trip costs are used in the simulation. Sorry. Presumably they are used to determine if a zone has poor transportation to other zones.
Whenever a trip passes over a given tile (road, rail, etc.) the traffic density for that tile increases by 3.
The maximum traffic density that can exist for a given tile is 255.
Sims travel based on the "herding mentality", travelling on the route with the most traffic. (This could explain why highways often appear so lightly used while nearby streets are congested.) However once the traffic density exceeds 165, they will become annoyed and try to seek an alternate route.
Residential zones    10% to Res.
Commercial zones     70% to Res.
Industrial zones     50% to Res.
Other zones/buildings  33% to Res.
Note: The percentage of trips from "Res" and "Other" that go to Com and Ind are based on the ratio of Com and Ind zones existing in the city. So the trip patterns change as the city evolves.
Also note that trips only end at Res, Com, or Ind zones. They will never end at Other zones/buildings, although they can start there.
The chance that mass transit will be used for a trip is 60%, or 80% if Subsidized Mass Transit is enacted. Both of these values assume funding is 100%. Lower funding means a lesser chance of using mass transit; higher funding means a greater chance.
Thus if funding is zero, then 10% of road tiles will become damaged each month.
When funding is above 100%, damaged road tiles can become repaired, but at a much slower rate than they became damaged.
There is a chance of a transportation labour strike if the funding is below 70%. The chance of strike is 0% at 70% funding and increases linearly to 35% at 0% funding.
A strike will last no more than 24 months (if the player does nothing).
Enacting Subsidized Mass Transit decreases transit fare income by 35%.


Pardon Me, But Is That Bull Sperm On Your Pants?
It started out so well that day; just a trip to visit a rancher to explore what types of cows we should purchase. Black Angus are all the rage, but their dark coats are not the best in hot southern climates. The rancher we met with raises Red Angus cattle and has a very large herd. He graciously invited us to his 1,000 acre piece of heaven to help educate us. We showed up at his farm armed with a long list of questions.
So there we stood, on his dusty dirt driveway finding out everything we needed to know about Red Angus cows. The guy knows his stuff….well, I am pretty sure he knows his stuff but I could barely understand him. Strong southern accents are extremely tough to follow when the ear is trained to understand those from the Midwest. It took me half an hour to figure out that he was saying "want" instead of "won't". I spent most of the time trying to figure out what he "won't" do!
He helped us understand more about feeding, watering, shelter needs, pasture management and reproduction. I had no idea the science involved in reproduction! I just assumed that you introduce a frisky bull into the pasture and let nature take its course. Apparently, many cows are artificially inseminated to ensure maximum pregnancies within the herd. Okay, I was cool with that. I pictured a veterinarian showing up in scrubs with a couple of assistants to do the honors. Ummmmm, found out I was way wrong.
The rancher offered a tour of his herd; absolutely we said! As we walked to his pick up truck he stopped by a barn and opened the door to show us his stockpile of frozen sperm and embryos. I had imagined that the vet brought that type of stuff with when the insemination was performed; I guess not. The rancher keeps sperm right there….pretty cool, I thought. As I opened the door to the backseat of his truck he began to tell us how he does all of the extraction of sperm and the insemination of sperm by himself, along with all innoculations /vaccinations . And then I looked in the backseat. It was covered with syringes, both new and used….rubber gloves, both new and used. There were questionable stains EVERYWHERE! I tried to hide my horror, so I bit my lip and climbed on in. OMG, I spent the rest of the afternoon bumping along the rut-filled pastures with my entire body marinating in bull sperm.
Needless to say, those pants never made it past the outside garbage can in the carport.


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The Fleecing of Millennials
Their incomes are flat. Their wealth is down. And Washington is aggravating future threats.
For Americans under the age of 40, the 21st century has resembled one long recession.
I realize that may sound like an exaggeration, given that the economy has now been growing for almost a decade. But the truth is that younger Americans have not benefited much.
Look at incomes, for starters. People between the ages of 25 and 34 were earning slightly less in 2017 than people in that same age group had been in 2000:
The wealth trends look even worse. Since the century's start, median net worth has plummeted for every age group under 55:
.. Why is this happening? The main reason is a lack of economic dynamism. Not as many new companies have been forming since 2000 — for reasons that experts don't totally understand — and existing companies have been expanding at a slower rate. (The pace of job cuts has also fallen, which is why the unemployment rate has stayed low.) Rather than starting new projects, companies are sitting on big piles of cash or distributing it to their shareholders.
This loss of dynamism hurts millennials and the younger Generation Z, even as baby boomers are often doing O.K. Because the layoff rate has declined since 2000, most older workers have been able to hold on to their jobs. For those who are retired, their income — through a combination of Social Security and 401(k)'s — still outpaces inflation on average.
But many younger workers are struggling to launch themselves into good-paying careers. They then lack the money to buy a first home or begin investing in the stock market. Yes, older workers face their own challenges, like age discrimination. Over all, though, the generational gap in both income and wealth is growing.
Given these trends, you'd think the government would be trying to help the young. But it's not. If anything, federal and state policy is going in the other direction. Medicare and Social Security have been spared from cuts. Programs that benefit younger workers and families have not.
.. The biggest example is higher education. Over the past decade, states have cut college funding by an average of 16 percent per student. It's a shocking form of economic myopia. In response, tuition has risen, and students have taken on more debt. Worst of all, many students attend colleges with high dropout rates and end up with debt but no degree.
And as badly as the government is treating the young today, the future looks even more ominous.
First, the national debt, while manageable now, is on pace to soar. The primary cause is the cost of health care: Most Americans receive far more in Medicare benefits than they paid in Medicare taxes. The Trump tax cut also plays a role. It is increasing the debt — and it mostly benefits older, affluent households.
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Episode 322: Keep Christianity Weird with Michael Frost
Much of the Evangelical Industrial Complex has been created to make Christianity relevant, acceptable, and attractive to our consumer culture. Author and missional expert, Michael Frost, says this is a mistake. Instead, we should be emphasizing our faith's weirdness and call more Christians to be eccentric—literally "off center." Also this week: Phil and Skye take on "The Good Place," a TV show about heaven without God or religion, the UK's Supreme Court rules in favor of a Christian baker, and (fake) butt news from a Hawaiian seal hospital.
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What Is the Democratic Story?
Choosing between a focus on race or class is the wrong choice to begin with.
.. There's a lot of discussion about how far left the Democratic Party should go these days. Is it destroying its electoral chances when its members call for a single-payer health plan or abolishing ICE?
That's an important question, but the most important question is what story is the Democratic Party telling?
.. As Alasdair MacIntyre argued many years ago, you can't know what to do unless you know what story you are a part of. Story is more important than policies.
.. The story Donald Trump tells is that we good-hearted, decent people of Middle America have been betrayed by stupid elites who screw us and been threatened by foreigners who are out to get us.
.. Back in the 1980s, the Democrats told two different stories. One was the compassion story associated with Mario Cuomo and Ted Kennedy: Too many Americans are poor, marginalized and left behind. We must care for our brothers and sisters because we are all one family.
.. The other was the brainpower/meritocracy story associated with Gary Hart and later the New Democrats: Americans are masters at innovation. We must use our best minds to come up with innovative plans to solve our problems and head into a new technological century.
I don't hear those two stories much anymore. The Democrats are emphasizing fighting grit these days, not compassion or technocratic expertise.
Today's Democrats tell two other stories.
The first is the traditional socialist story associated with Bernie Sanders: America is rived by the class conflict. The bankers and the oligarchs are exploiting the middles. We need a fighter who will go out and battle concentrated economic power.
The second is the multicultural story: American history has been marked by systems of oppression. Those who have been oppressed — women, African-Americans, Latinos — need to stand together and fight for justice.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has risen to prominence blending these two languages into one: racial justice socialism.
.. she declares, "and I cannot think of a single economic issue that doesn't have racial implications. The idea that we have to separate them is a con."
.. Racial justice socialism seems to be the story of the contemporary left. This story effectively paints Trump as the villain on all fronts, and Democrats do face the distinct problem of how to run against a bully like Trump. But is it good politics for the entire Democratic Party to embrace it?
.. no national Democrat has ever fully embraced this story successfully. In fact, Democrats like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama went to great lengths to assure people they were not embracing this story.
.. They did because Americans trust business more than the state, so socialism has never played well.
They did it because if you throw race into your economic arguments you end up turning off potential allies in swing states like Wisconsin, Iowa and Pennsylvania.
They did it because if you throw economics into your race arguments you end up dividing your coalitions on those issues.
In brief, Democrats have stayed away from this narrative because the long hoped-for alliance between oppressed racial minorities and the oppressed white working class has never materialized, and it looks very far from materializing now.
.. for 100 years, Democrats have tended to win with youthful optimism and not anger and indignation.
.. The Democrats who have won nationally almost all ran on generational change — on tired old America versus the possibilities of new America:
F.D.R.'s New Deal,
J.F.K.'s New Frontier,
Bill Clinton's bridge to the 21st century and
Obama's hope and change.
If I had to advise on a Democratic narrative I'd start with three premises:
First, by 2020 everybody will be exhausted by the climate of negativism and hostility.
Second, the core long-term fear is American decline; are we losing our mojo?
Third, communities and nations don't come together when they talk about their problems; they come together when they do something on behalf of their children.
Maybe the right narrative could be rebuilding social mobility for the young: America is failing its future. We need to rally around each other to build the families, communities, schools, training systems and other structures to make sure the next generation surpasses this one. People are doing this at the local level, and we need a series of unifying projects to make national progress.
.. This story pushes people toward reconciliation. It is future-oriented.
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How Conservatives Can Win Back Young Americans
(By Ben Shapiro)
Young Americans are moving to the left. On virtually every issue, they support the Democratic party.
.. among likely American voters aged 18-29, fully 65 percent supported Democratic control of Congress. Polls consistently show greater warmth for socialism among millennials than their elders, greater sympathy for regulation, and less interest in protecting core constitutional liberties ranging from freedom of speech to freedom of religion
.. "If you're not a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart; if you're not a conservative by the time you're 40, you have no brain." We tell ourselves that as Americans age, get married, have children, and pay taxes, they'll inevitably move to the right.
.. Older conservatives, clutching the Trump presidency like a security blanket, sound less like steady advocates for calm and more like the man questioned about how things are going just after jumping off the top of the Empire State Building: "So far, so good."
.. among Generation Xers (born between 1965 and 1980), 29 percent considered themselves liberal in 1994; today, that number has shot up to 43 percent.
..Typically, conservatives combat this sort of broad-based political change by pointing out the extremism of the left. During the Carter era, things certainly looked dark for the GOP, but conservatives were able to point out Carter's incompetence; after Bill Clinton's 1992 election victory, Republicans ran against Hillarycare and higher taxes; after Barack Obama's landslide 2008 election, conservatives made war on Democrats' overspending and regulatory overreach.
.. Thought leaders like Ta-Nehisi Coates have sought to replace the blue-collar base of Bill Clinton with the intersectional coalition of Barack Obama, using identity politics as a club against Americans who refuse to admit their "white privilege."
.. Instead of looking at young Americans vs. older Americans, let's look at young conservatives vs. older conservatives. The data show that young conservatives tend toward libertarianism on issues like drugs and sex but share the same priorities as older conservatives on fiscal and economic issues.
.. It makes sense, then, that liberal social values have resonated with younger Americans. They believe that the case for religious freedom is actually a case for religious bigotry and think that opposition to same-sex marriage reflects a hackneyed version of Old Testament sexual repression. Millennials were raised on the gospel of diversity and tolerance, not the Judeo-Christian moral standards of their grandparents.
.. But the leftward shift on social issues has infused even young religious conservatives. Forty-five percent of millennial evangelicals said they supported same-sex marriage as of 2014; the numbers are undoubtedly higher now
.. Young conservatives in general are far more likely to support gay rights and marijuana decriminalization as well as openness to immigration. But they're not embracing gay rights and marijuana decriminalization for the same reasons as liberals. Young liberals embrace the LGBTQ agenda because they believe that the strictures of traditional sexual lifestyles are damaging and intolerant; some even embrace marijuana decriminalization because they think that broadening one's experiences by smoking pot is a necessary precondition to maturity. Young conservatives are far more likely to support same-sex marriage and marijuana decriminalization because they believe that the government should leave everyone alone.
.. Young liberals call for tolerance because they want to promulgate a lifestyle, in other words; young conservatives call for tolerance because they actually believe in tolerance, even of lifestyle choices with which they disagree.
.. Tolerance is a moral touchstone, then, for young Americans on both the left and the right, but for different reasons.
.. All of which suggests young conservatives have a shot at winning over their friends and classmates: They're operating in the same moral universe as many of their peers.
.. They're small government, leave-everyone-alone libertarians. Young conservatives may not care about same-sex marriage, but they're deeply pro-life and pro-gun.
.. They militantly oppose the myth of a racist, sexist America, even as they condemn individual cases of racism and sexism.
.. An incredible 82 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning voters between the ages of 18 and 24 say they "want another Republican to challenge President Trump for the party's nomination in 2020."
.. Why don't young conservatives like Trump? It's a question that baffles older conservatives. To older conservatives, Trump has been a savior.
.. Yes, he's rough around the edges and impolitic; he's crude about women and ignorant about policy. But he's politically incorrect, and he speaks the language of the average American. What's not to like?
.. Young conservatives, however, are more likely to see Trump as an obstacle to progress.
.. they see him mainly as a club the left can wield against the right in perpetuity—a political monster living under the bed that Democrats can dredge up every time conservatives seem to be making headway. They cite his egregious response to the Charlottesville alt-right march and subsequent terror attack and his willingness to wink and nod at the alt-right during the campaign; they point to his nasty comments regarding women, as well as his penchant for bedding porn stars; they cringe at his reported comments about immigrants and balk at his nearly endless list of prevarications.
.. Older conservatives judge Trump on his politics; younger conservatives judge Trump on his values.
.. older conservatives already fought the character battle over Bill Clinton, and they carry the scars from that ordeal. They remember arguing that Bill Clinton was unfit for office based on his treatment of women and his perjury, and they remember losing that argument. They remember arguing that character counts, even as Democrats held aloft the banner of "Lion of the Senate" Teddy Kennedy, who left a woman to drown in his car and made waitress sandwiches with fellow Democratic senator Chris Dodd.
.. Older conservatives remember Mitt Romney, the cleanest candidate for high office in modern American history, being destroyed by the media over pure nonsense. Older conservatives weren't looking for character in 2016. They were looking for a hammer.
.. Younger conservatives, however, still feel that the battle over character is unfolding, which it is—among young Americans. Young Americans are still trying to decipher which party best reflects their moral values. Trump presents a serious problem for young conservatives trying to make the character argument in favor of the Republican party. Young conservatives didn't see the battle of 2016 as a battle in which character had already lost. They saw it as presenting a question about their own character.
.. Young conservatives want to be able to tell their friends—all future voters, by the way—that they didn't stand by silently when a candidate of their party said he could grab women by their private parts.
.. Second, older conservatives saw the 2016 election as a cataclysmic event, perhaps, indeed, the end of the republic. Hillary Clinton posed an existential threat to the future of the country.
.. They believed that Hillary, if elected, would usher in a generation-long rule of the hard left.
.. Donald Trump's victory, in that view, was a miracle of biblical proportions, the hand of God reaching down and plucking a reality TV star out of the realms of cornball theatrics and plopping him into the Oval Office in the biggest upset in political history.
.. Younger conservatives were far more sanguine about 2016. In their view, Hillary would certainly have been a rotten president. But would she bar the door to all future conservative victories? Younger conservatives thought such an outcome unlikely.
After all, Republicans were likely to retain control of the Senate and the House.
Furthermore, Hillary was widely disliked, burdened by scandal, and unpopular even with her own base.
Older conservatives looked at young Americans and saw the end of the country; young conservatives looked at other young Americans and saw the possibility of change.
.. Third, because young conservatives and older conservatives disagreed about the consequences of 2016, they also disagreed about the level of risk to the Republican party.
.. Thanks to the crisis mentality of older Americans, the brand damage done by Trump became of secondary concern;
thanks to the lack of a crisis mentality among younger conservatives, the brand damage done by Trump became a crucial problem.
.. Young conservatives simply couldn't understand how so many older conservatives were willing to dispose of key planks of the Republican platform to back Trump, or why so many older conservatives who had preached to them about personal values were suddenly gushing over a man who bragged about sleeping with other men's wives.
.. Young conservatives knew that they were constantly being called racist, sexist, and homophobic by their comrades at school; they had always responded by saying that they and their party were being slandered. And they were right. But here was Trump—a man who, during the election cycle, feigned ignorance about David Duke—providing a custom-made caricature for the use of young liberals.
.. fourth area of controversy between older and younger conservatives regarding Trump: Is Trump an asset in the fight against political correctness?
.. 71 percent of Americans "believe that political correctness has silenced important discussions our society needs to have."
.. Older conservatives resonate to the verbal brickbats thrown by President Trump. They see him as a bull in a china shop, but he is our bull in their china shop. That's the reason Trump could so easily escape punishment for political snafus that would have crushed any other conservative. He routinely claimed his own blunderings were the result of his willingness to fight political correctness. "Sure, he says dumb stuff sometimes," the argument goes, "but he's also willing to label the New York Times fake news. Nobody else fights like Trump fights!"
.. Young conservatives, by contrast, see Trump's strategy for fighting political correctness as counterproductive. It's one thing to attack politically correct viewpoints with data —to "destroy," in the common YouTube parlance, political opposition through superior intellectual heft. But saying innately offensive things and then justifying those offensive statements under the rubric of political incorrectness actually undermines the battle against political correctness.
.. The left wants to make the case that when conservatives say they're being politically incorrect, they're actually covering for their own bigotry; lending that case a helping hand by promoting bigotry under the guise of fighting political correctness does the left's work for it.
.. conservatives must stop promoting the notion that policy victories translate to political victory. Foolishly hopeful Republican legislators keep repeating the tired nostrum that if they simply pursue solid policy, young Americans will follow—if they pass tax cuts, cut regulation, and build up the military, they'll stave off the impending generational electoral tsunami.
.. That argument did little to stir older Americans who had been through the political wars; it didn't upset seasoned politics-watchers who knew that Hillary Clinton was more than a little deplorable herself. But it worked among young Americans, and it will continue to work so long as conservatives' response is "but Hillary."
.. So, how should conservatives respond?
They should respond by acting morally and arguing morally.
First, and most pressingly, with regard to President Trump this means condemning bad behavior.
.. Young Americans aren't judging Trump. They've already judged him. They're judging you and determining whether or not they can ever vote for the same candidates you endorse based on whether or not they admire your character.
.. Second, conservatives must argue in moral terms, and they must use moral terminology young Americans understand. This means learning to argue on secular grounds rather than religious grounds and recognizing that tolerance is a key value to young Americans.
.. Arguing in secular terms doesn't mean arguing without reference to values. It means arguing against the controlling hand of the left. Capitalism is good because you own your own labor and you have the right to exchange that labor for someone else's labor and no one has the right to steal your labor from you. Socialism is evil because it says that a third party can tell you what your labor is worth.
.. Political correctness and identity politics are evil because they utilize censorship to box you into a group identity that denies your individuality.
.. Most of all, conservatives can't lose hope. A crisis mentality breeds poor decisions and short-term thinking that sacrifices long-term interests. We've seen discouraging trendlines before. But they can be reversed. In 1976, it would have been difficult to imagine the Reagan Revolution that was just four years away.
Source: www.weeklystandard.com
Tags: ben-shapiro, bill-clinton, character, charlottesville-virginia, conservatives, crisis-mentality, extremism, generation-x, hillary-clinton, intersectionality, left-wing, lgbtq, millennials, mitt-romney, moral, older-conservatives, political-correctness, politics, religious-freedom-bigotry, republican-brand, small-government, ta-nehisi-coates, ted-kennedy, tolerance, trump-fighting, trump-primary-challenge, values, white-privilege, young-conservatives, young-liberals, younger-generation


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package treechopper.common.config;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import net.minecraftforge.common.config.Configuration;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.client.event.ConfigChangedEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
import treechopper.core.TreeChopper;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class ConfigurationHandler {
  public static Configuration config;

  public static boolean decayLeaves;
  public static boolean reverseShift;
  public static boolean disableShift;
  public static boolean plantSapling;

  public static boolean modActivation;

  public static List<String> axeTypes = new ArrayList<>();
  public static List<String> blockWhiteList = new ArrayList<>();
  public static List<String> leafWhiteList = new ArrayList<>();

  public static void init(File configFile) {
    if (config == null) {
      config = new Configuration(configFile);
      loadConfiguration();
    }
  }

  private static void loadConfiguration() {
    try {
      decayLeaves = config.getBoolean("Decay leaves", "Settings", true, "Cut down whole tree - wooden blocks and leaves");
      reverseShift = config.getBoolean("Reverse shift", "Settings", false, "Reverse shift function - Mod works with shift pressing");
      disableShift = config.getBoolean("Disable shift", "Settings", false, "Disable shift function - Always chop trees regardless of shift pressing");
      plantSapling = config.getBoolean("Plant sapling", "Settings", false, "Automatic sapling plant on tree chop");

      axeTypes = ImmutableList.copyOf(config.getStringList("Whitelisted items", "Data", new String[]{
              "item.hatchetWood",
              "item.hatchetStone",
              "item.hatchetIron",
              "item.hatchetGold",
              "item.hatchetDiamond",
              "item.mud_axe",
              "item.psi:psimetalAxe",
              "item.tconstruct.lumberaxe",
              "item.tconstruct.mattock",
              "item.tconstruct.hatchet",
              "item.brain_stone_axe",
              "item.stable_pulsating_brain_stone_axe",
              "item.adobe_axe",
              "item.ObsidianAxe",
              "item.LazuliAxe",
              "item.OsmiumAxe",
              "item.BronzeAxe",
              "item.GlowstoneAxe",
              "item.SteelAxe",
              "item.LapisLazuliAxe",
              "item.peridotAxe",
              "item.rubyAxe",
              "item.sapphireAxe",
              "item.bronzeAxe",
              "item.mud_axe",
              "ic2.chainsaw",
              "item.itemcrystalaxe",
              "item.itemchargedcrystalaxe",
              "item.axe_copper",
              "item.axe_silver",
              "item.axe_lead",
              "item.axe_dawnstone",
              "item.axe_aluminum",
              "item.axe_bronze",
              "item.axe_electrum",
              "item.axe_nickel",
              "item.axe_tin",
              "item.WoodPaxel",
              "item.StonePaxel",
              "item.IronPaxel",
              "item.DiamondPaxel",
              "item.GoldPaxel",
              "item.ObsidianPaxel",
              "item.LapisLazuliPaxel",
              "item.OsmiumPaxel",
              "item.BronzePaxel",
              "item.GlowstonePaxel",
              "item.SteelPaxel",
              "item.ma.inferium_axe",
              "item.ma.prudentium_axe",
              "item.ma.intermedium_axe",
              "item.ma.superium_axe",
              "item.ma.supremium_axe",
              "item.psimetal_axe",
              "item.netheraxt",
              "item.stahlaxt",
              "item.teufelseisenaxt",
              "item.flintAxt",
              "item.flint_axe",
              "item.bone_axe",
              "item.emerald_axe",
              "item.obsidian_axe",
              "item.diamond_multi",
              "item.emerald_multi",
              "item.golden_multi",
              "item.iron_multi",
              "item.obsidian_multi",
              "item.stone_multi",
              "item.wooden_multi",
              "item.natura.ghostwood_axe",
              "item.natura.bloodwood_axe",
              "item.natura.darkwood_axe",
              "item.natura.fusewood_axe",
              "item.natura.netherquartz_axe",
              "item.terraAxe",
              "item.elementiumAxe",
              "item.manasteelAxe",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_quartz",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_emerald",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_obsidian",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_crystal_red",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_crystal_blue",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_crystal_light_blue",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_crystal_black",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_crystal_green",
              "item.actuallyadditions.item_axe_crystal_white",
              "item.daxe",
              "item.aaxe",
              "item.coraxe",
              "item.dreadiumaxe",
              "item.ethaxiumaxe",
              "item.crystal_axe",
              "item.crystal_axe_bone",
              "item.dungeontactics:gilded_axe",
              "item.dungeontactics:jewelled_axe",
              "item.flint_axe",
              "item.quartz_axe",
              "item.obsidian_axe",
              "item.opal_axe",
              "item.diamond_axe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.copperAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.tinAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.silverAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.leadAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.aluminumAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.nickelAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.platinumAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.steelAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.electrumAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.invarAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.bronzeAxe",
              "item.thermalfoundation.tool.constantanAxe",
              "item.next:toolAxeBone",
              "item.ironwoodAxe",
              "item.steeleafAxe",
              "item.minotaurAxe",
              "item.knightlyAxe",
      }, "Put here allowed items(axes), "));

      blockWhiteList = ImmutableList.copyOf(config.getStringList("Whitelisted blocks", "Data", new String[]{
              "tile.log",
              "tile.log_0",
              "tile.log_1",
              "tile.log_2",
              "tile.log_3",
              "tile.log_4",
              "tile.pamCinnamon",
              "tile.pamPaperbark",
              "tile.pamMaple",
              "tile.for.pile_wood",
              "tile.for.logs.vanilla.fireproof.1",
              "tile.for.logs.vanilla.fireproof.0",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.7",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.6",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.5",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.4",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.3",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.2",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.1",
              "tile.for.logs.fireproof.0",
              "tile.for.logs.7",
              "tile.for.logs.6",
              "tile.for.logs.5",
              "tile.for.logs.4",
              "tile.for.logs.3",
              "tile.for.logs.2",
              "tile.for.logs.1",
              "tile.for.logs.0",
              "ic2.rubber_wood",
              "tile.terraqueous.trunk",
              "tile.techreborn.rubberlog",
              "tile.dendrology:log",
              "tile.livingwood",
              "tile.totemic:cedar_log",
              "tile.rustic.log",
              "tile.natura.nether_logs",
              "tile.natura.nether_logs2",
              "tile.natura.overworld_logs",
              "tile.natura.overworld_logs2",
      }, "Put here allowed blocks(wood), "));

      leafWhiteList = ImmutableList.copyOf(config.getStringList("Whitelisted leaves", "Data", new String[]{
              "tile.pamdate",
              "tile.pampistachio",
              "tile.pampapaya",
              "tile.pamwalnut",
              "tile.pamcherry",
              "tile.pamfig",
              "tile.pamdragonfruit",
              "tile.pamapple",
              "tile.pamlemon",
              "tile.pampear",
              "tile.pamolive",
              "tile.pamgrapefruit",
              "tile.pampomegranate",
              "tile.pamcashew",
              "tile.pamvanilla",
              "tile.pamstarfruit",
              "tile.pambanana",
              "tile.pamplum",
              "tile.pamavocadu",
              "tile.pampecan",
              "tile.pampistachio",
              "tile.pamlime",
              "tile.pampeppercorn",
              "tile.pamalmond",
              "tile.pamgooseberry",
              "tile.pampeach",
              "tile.pamchestnut",
              "tile.pamcoconut",
              "tile.pammango",
              "tile.pamapricot",
              "tile.pamorange",
              "tile.pampersimmon",
              "tile.pamnutmeg",
              "tile.pamdurian",
              "tile.pamcinnamon",
              "tile.pammaple",
              "tile.pampaperbark"
      }, "Put here allowed special blocks - e.g. fruit, "));

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.printf("Cannot load Tree Chopper config.");
    } finally {
      if (config.hasChanged()) {
        config.save();
      }
    }
  }

  public static void setPlantSap(boolean plantSap) {
    ConfigurationHandler.plantSapling = plantSap;
    config.get("Settings", "Plant sapling", false, "Automatic sapling plant on tree chop").set(plantSap);

    config.save();
  }

  public static void setReverseShi(boolean reverseShi) {
    ConfigurationHandler.reverseShift = reverseShi;
    config.get("Settings", "Reverse shift", false, "Reverse shift function - Mod works with shift pressing").set(reverseShi);

    config.save();
  }

  public static void setDisableShi(boolean disableShi) {
    ConfigurationHandler.disableShift = disableShi;
    config.get("Setting", "Disable shift", false, "Disable shift function - Always chop trees regardless of shift pressing").set(disableShi);

    config.save();
  }

  public static void setDecayLea(boolean decayLea) {
    ConfigurationHandler.decayLeaves = decayLea;
    config.get("Settings", "Decay leaves", true, "Cut down whole tree - wooden blocks and leaves").set(decayLea);

    config.save();
  }

  @SubscribeEvent
  public void onConfigurationChangedEvent(ConfigChangedEvent.OnConfigChangedEvent event) {
    if (event.getModID().equalsIgnoreCase(TreeChopper.MOD_ID)) {
      loadConfiguration();
    }
  }
}

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© Getty Getty We all know things start to change come middle-age.
For some, reaching your forties and fifties might come with greater confidence and a higher libido. Other age-related changes are less positive, like a spare tyre around your middle, or a line between your eyes you had never noticed before.
However, sometimes what is assumed to be a sign of ageing might actually indicate an underlying health condition, explains GP and aesthetic doctor Dr Jane Leonard. "Many of the symptoms can be expected as part of the natural ageing process but can also be symptoms of certain conditions," she told Yahoo UK.
Certain symptoms, such as sudden memory changes or problems emptying your bladder, should always be investigated rather than dismissed, explained Leonard.
"If you have any of these, whether they are in isolation or linked to anything else, it is not your job to kind of put it down to ageing. It is important to look in to them and investigate thoroughly before making that conclusion for yourself.
© Getty Hand with drinking glass filling water from kitchen faucet, home and lifestyle concept Waking up and rushing to pee during the night? For some, this is a normal as you get older. "Sometimes the detruser muscle (so the muscle in your bladder wall) can become more sensitive and the capacity to hold urine can be less so you may find yourself getting up at night to pass urine," explains Leonard.
However, it can also point to a urine infection or, in men, prostate issues. If you are going to the toilet more often or feeling more urgency to go, experiencing pain passing urine, or passing blood in your urine, you should be seen by your GP. An inability to complete empty your bladder should also be cause for concern, Leonard adds.
As much as we joke about having "senior moments" in middle age, it is important to differentiate between a reduced short term memory – which is a normal sign of ageing and what's known as "acute confusion".
In the latter instance – where you experience a very sudden change in your memory – you should seek help from a doctor.
"If it is a more chronic issue of losing memory or you are becoming forgettable, simple blood tests can be done via your GP to investigate causes and can be referred to the memory clinic which can be helpful," advises Leonard.
Your appetite may well change as you age, but if this is linked to unintentional weight loss, it should be investigated – as it can mean anything from gastrointestinal problems all the way to problems with your mood, such as anxiety and depression.
© Getty Female bare feet with weight scale in the bathroom As we know, weight can fluctuate with age – with some gaining pounds due to underlying health conditions such as arthritis, which limit exercise. However, if you have lost a large amount of weight without changing what you eat, this could be a sign of a more serious problem, including certain cancers – so seek expert help.
"Anyone who is losing weight unintentionally is concerning and something to take into consideration and be checked," adds Leonard.


The former England football manager Steve McClaren has been appointed Newcastle United's new head coach, after the club earlier said interim boss John Carver and his assistant Steve Stone had left.
The 54-year-old McClaren, who was in charge of Newcastle's north-east rivals Middlesbrough from 2001-06 before taking over as England boss, has agreed an initial three-year deal that could be extended to eight.
In a statement McClaren says he's privileged to be appointed head coach of Newcastle United, St James' Park is like a cathedral on a Saturday afternoon, a symbol for the city and he's excited to be given this opportunity.
McClaren faces a major rebuilding job at a club that narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League after a dreadful second half of the season.
Manchester City's Under-21 squad manager Patrick Vieira had also been in the running for the role at St James' Park.
Newcastle's last major trophy was the 1955 FA Cup and McClaren says his priority is to win silverware.
McClaren managed England from 2006 to 2007 and also had spells in charge of Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, German side Wolfsburg and Dutch club Twente.
He was appointed Derby coach in September 2013 and led the Rams to the Championship playoff final in 2014.
Derby were among the favourites for promotion last season but finished eighth.
Long-serving assistant coach Carver was handed the reins at the turn of the year following Alan Pardew's move to Crystal Palace, but the team won only three games under his stewardship.
Despite keeping Newcastle in the top flight, Carver's long association with the club still ended.
Stone, a former England international, had been a coach at the club since 2010.
Scottish football champions Celtic have been granted permission to introduce a safe standing area and could become the first top-flight club in Scotland to do so.
The English Premier League football club West Ham United has appointed Croatian Slaven Bilic as their manager.


The 2014 election polls are about to look better for Republicans. Here's why.
Pretty soon, the country's top pollsters will make a subtle change that even some political junkies won't process: They will shift from reporting results of registered voters to only those most likely to vote in the 2014 election - a.k.a. "likely voters."
For those who follow polling closely the distinction between the two is key to understanding the true state of play in a race. It's also likely to cause an apparent shift - almost certainly in the GOP's favor - that some will misinterpret as newfound momentum.
So what's the deal with the switch? And when does it happen? Below, we explain it all.
Why is the difference between registered and likely voters important?
Quite simply, not all registered voters are likely voters. The behavior and attitudes of the two groups can be slightly different - a factor that can be especially important in midterm elections in which fewer than 50 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. In order to provide accurate estimates, polls must report opinions of the people who are most likely to participate in the election. That requires expertise and judgment in sorting out poll respondents who are more or less likely to vote.
The 2010 midterm election is a good example of why the distinction makes a difference. The final Washington Post-ABC News poll before the 2010 election found Democrats leading on the generic ballot by five points among registered voters but Republicans leading by four points among likely voters. The latter estimate proved far more accurate, with Republicans receiving 51 percent of the vote across all House contests to Democrats' 44 percent.
Why do results among likely voters look better for Republicans?
This isn't always true. The likely voter population is different in midterm versus presidential elections. Midterm elections, in which there is no national candidate and less of a focus on a broad, national campaign attracts different types of voters. Specifically, non-white and younger voters have been less apt to turn out for midterm elections. These are two key Democratic constituencies that turned out reliably in 2008 and 2012 and gave a big lift to President Obama. These two groups were less reliable for Democratic candidates in the 2010 election.
What is the Washington Post election poll today?
The last Washington Post poll was on the 13th October, and had Obama at 53%, and McCain at 43%. Thanks for using.
This article is a collection of individual state-wide opinion polls for the state of Washington. This relates to the 2008 United States presidential election.