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Thoughts on Swing States
Georgianna Dolan-Reilly, LMSW November 5, 2012
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW (Social Justice Solutions Staff Writer)
It's Day Seven without power here in Huntington, Long Island New York after Hurricane Sandy, but I am taking up residence at the moment near an outlet on a stair case in the public library. Luckily over the weekend I had the liberty of escaping the current state of darkness, cold nights, and shortages of gasoline to make my way up to New Hampshire for the weekend. Being a life long resent of New York, and visiting friends from New York , this visit the weekend before Election Day was not without an obvious air of politics. The sidewalks, mailboxes, door knobs, residences, televisions, businesses and phone lines were all a buzz with political paraphernalia. Canvasers combed the streets placing signs, knocking on doors, leaving leaflets and door hangers and much more. Every corner was colored with political sign after political sign, to the point where sides of a single street seemed to be competing with one another to see who 'cared' most about their competing political parties. Every other commercial was a political advertisement, with the Republican running against the women's add being entirely cast of 'women voters'.
Never having experienced such a political buzz I found it fascinating, and found it even more interesting that for them it was a way of life. While surrounded by these political signs and symbols, politics wasn't a major focus of the locals conversation or day. It just was the environment they lived in, and had to put up with until November 6th. What was most intriguing was that New Hampshireites has come to focus on the word 'Radical' for this election. Every radio or television add painted the other candidate as a radical in one way or another. Some claimed they radically spent tax-payer money, while others said the other candidate made decisions that were too radical to secure constituents rights. Whether it was overly stated or a subtle message, it seems that everyone wants to paint the other candidate as a radical and secure themselves as the safest candidate to vote for. In a time where many of us have to play it safe in so many ways this certainly will play on the fears of many voters, and while confusing is indeed a good advertisement strategy.
It would be interesting if all states were as important and as active in an election as swing states such as New Hampshire. I feel it might increase our voting rates and records, and press people to become more involved in politics. Wouldn't that be nice? In states such a NY I hear some folks state things such as "Why vote, the electoral votes for NY have already been allocated so why bother?" and that is just a pity.
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The 2008 Beijing Olympics had one triumphant winner, says GSN: Team USA!
The Beijing Games were the highlight of the sporting year 2008, when they awarded 37191 GSN points, 56,5% of all points awarded in the year. The United States secured their Global Cup 2008 success with a resounding victory at the Beijing Games, where they scored 4303 points, beating second-placed China by over 1500 points (1543 in fact). Russia finished third, 484 points below China and Australia were an excellent fourth, ahead of Germany, Great Britain and France.
The US's leadership was more marked in the Men (967 points over Russia) and less so in the Women, where China was relatively close, beaten by 442 points.
According to the medals table however, the USA came second behind China, earning more medals (110 vs 100) but fewer golds (36 vs 51) than the hosts. The tale of the medals was of a rather close race between China and the USA, with Russia a distant 3rd, while GSN saw the Americans win by a convincing margin (56% more points than China), with China and Russia hotly contesting 2nd place.
Why this reversal, and what sense can be made of the difference between the USA and China? Close analysis of GSN data reveals at least 2 factors in the USA's success.
Firstly, the performance in major sports: Athletics and Swimming, the main point-scoring opportunities at the Games.
Athletics awarded 18,6% of all Olympic points, and the USA won comfortably, scoring 975 points, 233 ahead of second-placed Russia, who were followed by Kenya, Jamaica, Ethiopia and Great Britain. Team USA garnered 7 golds and several other medal and non-medal placements, while China were only 14th in the Athletics ranking with a paltry 129 points (best performances: two bronze).
Swimming proper (pool swimming) awarded 3315 points and here too the USA dominated, grabbing 23,8% of the points, while China finished 7th.
Water sports (Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Canoe-Kayak and Rowing) were the biggest aggregate in points terms (7058 points, or 19.0% of total Olympic points) and the USA won again, ahead of Australia and Great Britain, scoring more than double the points of 4th placed China. The hosts partly compensated for their poor performance in Swimming by grabbing medals in Synchronized Swimming and Diving but still were far from the US.
The second factor was the performance in team ball sports. Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Hockey and Baseball, thanks to a high participation weighting (the measure of how popular a sport is world-wide) allow heavy hits in terms of points earned. For example, a gold medal in Football is worth 500 points.
The USA earned 26.5% of their Olympic points in team ball sports, and excelled in several of them. They won Basketball, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, were 2nd in Softball, 3rd in Baseball, 4th in Football. The only sports in which they underperformed were Hockey (11th) and Handball (no points).
China by comparison scored only 18.8% of their points in team ball sports, and did better than the USA only in low scoring sports such as Handball and Hockey. In the 3 top sports (Basketball, Football and Volleyball) China did not do better than 5th place(Volley).
Finally we measured Points-per-Gold , mixing the medals table and GSN ranking by counting the number of GSN points won with gold medal performances by each country.
Here the difference between the USA and China is vast. The US's 36 gold medals were worth 2500 points altogether, an average of 69,4 points-per-gold. China on the other hand scored 1350 points with their 51 golds, an average of "only" 26,5 points each.
So if you agree with GSN that each sport has a unique worth according to how widely practiced it is on the planet, then join us in plauding the USA's Beijing victory. London 2012 will crown a new sport king very soon.


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Pad kierunkowy (z ang. directional pad albo d-pad) – kontroler w kształcie znaku dodawania (+), obecny w niemal wszystkich współczesnych gamepadach konsol do gier. Pierwsze pady kierunkowe były dwustanowe, nazywane są też cyfrowymi, tzn. rejestrowały jedynie wciśnięcie przycisku. Z biegiem czasu pojawiły się też pady kierunkowe analogowe, które mierzyły również siłę nacisku.

Choć pad kierunkowy nie pozwala na dokładny wybór kierunku, jak np. dżojstik analogowy, jest prostszy w obsłudze i pozwala na przemieszczanie obiektu z dość dużą dokładnością w ośmiu podstawowych kierunkach.

Pierwszy pad kierunkowy pojawił się za sprawą firmy Nintendo, która opatentowała ten pomysł, ale obecnie patent już nie obowiązuje.

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Q: Triangle inequality for Bergman metric
Please help to prove triangle inequality for d(z,w)
Where

A: If you require a direct proof using the formula above, it does require some computation and approximating some inequalities. If you only need to show that it satisfies the triangle inequality this follows directly from the definition of the Bergman metric as follows: The metric $d(x,z)$ is defined as the $\inf$ over the lengths of all rectifiable paths between the points $x$ and $z$. If there were some point $y$ such
that $d(x,y) + d(y,z) < d(x,z)$ (i.e., the triangle inequality would be violated for those points), then from the definition you know that there are (for any $\epsilon >0$) rectifiable paths $\gamma_{xy}$ and and $\gamma_{yz}$ between $x,y$ and $y,z$ respectively with lengths $l(\gamma_{xy}) \leq d(x,y) + \epsilon$ and
$l(\gamma_{yz}) \leq d(y,z) + \epsilon$. But then clearly the path $\gamma_{xz}$ which just follows $\gamma_{xy}$ first and then $\gamma_{yz}$ is a path of length $l(\gamma_{xz}) \leq d(x,y) + d(y,z) + 2 \epsilon$. And because epsilon is free, in the $\inf$ we have $d(x,z) \leq d(x,y)+d(y,z)$.

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The Long(er) Arm of Malawi's Competition Law: CFTC Investigates Foreign Textbook Supplier in Cartel Probe
April 3, 2018 Editorbooks, CFTC, Mallory, Pearson, textbooks Leave a comment
By Michael-James Currie
In a potential first, Malawi's Competition and Fair Trade Commission's (CFTC) Chief Executive Officer, Ms Charlotte Malonda, recently announced that the CFTC is investigating a UK-based supplier of textbooks, Mallory International, for alleged cartel conduct. Mallory had partnered up with a local company, Maneno Books Investments, as part of a joint venture, called "Mallory International JV Maneno Enterprise". In addition, other companies also being investigated include Jhango Publishers, South African based Pearson Education Africa, Dzuka Publishing Company and UK based Trade Wings International.
The investigation follows complaints received by the Human Rights Consultative Committee as well as a number of its constituent civil society organisations and NGOs.
The allegations include price fixing and collusive tendering vis-à-vis tenders issued by the Malawian government for the supply of pupils' text books.
Section 33 of the Competition and Fair Trade Act prohibits collusive tendering and bid rigging per se. Furthermore, a contravention of section 33 is an offence in terms of the Act carries with it not only the imposition of an administrative penalty, which is the greater of the financial gain generated from the collusive conduct or K500 000, but also criminal sanctions, the maximum being a prison sentence of five years, notes Andreas Stargard, a competition attorney:
"The Malawian competition enforcer, under Ms. Malonda's leadership, has shown significant growth both in terms of bench strength and actual enforcement activity since her involvement began in 2012."
"The present price-fixing investigation began as a result of complaints brought by HRCC, a human-rights network of 90 civil-society organisations. Together with several NGOs, they evidently felt that the CFTC was the most competent domestic enforcer with long-arm jurisdiction and potential criminal sanctions at their disposal; and in Ms. Malonda — whose personal C.V. notably also includes prior human-rights law experience — they have found an effective champion of their cause. Based on some of the complainant's testimony, the alleged conduct goes back over a decade and included collusion with Ministry of Education staffers and even direct intimidation of potential competitors not to bid on the government's tenders…"
The Nyasa Times quoted the CFTC head as confirming that the agency had "received a few complaints about allegations of a cartel and other procurement malpractices, hence our commencement of the investigations to get the bottom of the matter."
Based on the language of Section 50 of the Act suggests that the sanctions for committing an offence in terms of the Act requires the imposition of both a penalty and a five year prison sentence. Although not aware of any case law which has previously interpreted this provision, the wording of the Act is particularly onerous, particularly in light of the per se nature of cartel conduct.
The Act is not clear what "financial gain" means in this instance and whether the penalty is based on the entire revenue generated by the firm for the specific tender (allegedly tainted by collusion) or whether it applies only to the profit generated from the project. Furthermore, it is unclear how this would apply to a co-cartelist who did not win the tender. The Act may be interpreted that the "losing bidder" is fined the minimum amount of K500 000 which equates to appox. USD 700 (a nominal amount) while the "winner" is penalised the value of the entire tender value (which would be overly prejudicial, particularly if turnover and not profit is used as the basis for financial gain).
Although the investigation has only recently commenced and no respondent has admitted to wrong doing nor has there been a finding of wrongdoing, this will be an important case to monitor to the extent that there is an adverse finding made by the CFTC. Unless the Malawian authorities adopt a pragmatic approach to sentencing offending parties, section 50 of the Act may significantly undermine foreign investment as a literal interpretation of the Act would render Malawi one of the most high risk jurisdictions in terms of potential sanctions from a competition law perspective.
It may also result in fewer firms wishing to partner up with local firms by way of joint ventures as JV's are a particularly high risk form of collaboration between competitors if there is no clear guidance form the authorities as to how JV's are likely to be treated from a competition law perspective.
[Michael-James Currie is a competition lawyer practicing competition law across Sub-Saharan Africa. To get in touch with Michael-James, please contact the editors of AfricanAntitrust]
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Tiffany Haddish cancels Atlanta show over abortion law
Tiffany Haddish arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
ATLANTA (AP) — Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish has canceled her upcoming Atlanta performance because of Georgia's new restrictive abortion law.
News outlets report that the "Girls Trip" star sent a statement to ticketholders Saturday, saying she cannot "in good faith" perform in Georgia unless it withdraws the so-called heartbeat bill. Haddish had been scheduled to perform June 22 at the Fox Theatre.
The new law would ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. Unless it's blocked in court, it's set to go into effect in 2020. The ACLU has already said the group will mount a legal challenge.
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Opinion: John Roberts counterpunches the counterpunching president
President Donald Trump does not need, and should not pursue, a war of words with Chief Justice John Roberts. Both lead equal branches of government. Neither would benefit from ongoing anvil tossing, especially at a time when Trump has no attorney general who can command the respect and attention of the legal community.
So please, Mr. President, strike a truce.
Full disclosure: Roberts is an old colleague, with whom I shared a suite in the old Executive Office Building at the beginning of President Ronald Reagan's second term. We ran together on the "White House V-Toes" in the "Nike Challenge" of that era and played on the (miserable) White House basketball team. And I am immensely grateful to him for some kindnesses along the way, especially for assuring that my workload was light in the counsel's office, as White House Counsel Fred Fielding and his deputy Dick Hauser knew to whom to assign the tough stuff.
I became adept at defending the seal of the presidency from limousine services. The future chief justice was tasked with figuring out how to make Section 3 of the 25th Amendment work when Reagan underwent surgery for colon cancer and George H.W. Bush became "acting president."
Division of labor is a very good thing, especially when a remarkable legal mind is at the call of the counsel to the president.
I am also one of the few very vocal defenders among originalists of the chief justice's decision in the 2012 case against Obamacare that earned him an unwarranted suspicion among many in the tribe of my jurisprudential leanings. Quite simply, courts ought not to strike down federal laws passed by Congress and signed by the president if there is any way to avoid doing so. The chief justice found such a path and, along the way, revivified limits to the Constitution's spending clause while cementing the border around the reach of the interstate commerce clause. Nice work, that opinion. It is a modern Marbury v. Madison and will be understood as such some decades down the line.
The chief justice's concurrence in Citizens United v. FEC is another jewel - an accessible and understandable yet comprehensive and precise statement of the stare decisis doctrine and its limits. Read it if you'd like a look ahead at where the court is going and why.
I hope the Roberts court plunges into a wholesale revamp of the jerry-rigged fire trap of establishment clause jurisprudence and that it levels the God-awful collection of incoherent holdings I must annually pretend to teach by memorization. (A law professor can no more teach "establishment clause jurisprudence" than a math professor can teach the square root of two).
I hope as well that the court makes free-exercise rights more robust. And that it turbocharges the Fifth Amendment's long-dormant prohibition against taking property without just compensation, with the recognition that the pubic must pay property owners whenever an endangered-species listing or a critical-habitat designation devalues their land. The Supreme Court may also exile, finally, the use of race in the bestowing of benefits or infliction of penalties, and banish from its docket redistricting challenges - as redistricting belongs to the legislative and executive branches of the states, not the majority of nine unelected justices.
So we are at the dawn of a new era of an old idea: constitutional seriousness. The ground rules matter. And the Constitution's meaning, as understood at the time it was ratified or amended or interpreted before 2018, matters. The document, written mostly by farmers (smart farmers, but men steeped in the hard rules of agriculture), debated mostly by farmers and ratified mostly by farmers, is a plain document. It ought to be read plainly.
When the chief justice speaks plainly to the president or to political parties, people notice. Good. Roberts has done to Trump this week what he did to President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the 2010 State of the Union address when 44 blasted the court for its ruling in Citizens United. Roberts sallied forth then with this comment: "The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court - according to the requirements of protocol - has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling." Roberts was right then. He was right Wednesday.
Now the chief justice has counterpunched the counterpunching president. Good, again. That's the job of the chief justice. He leads an independent branch of the Constitution's design, and independence is a dish best served hot. So it was.
Trump was wise not to provide a nickname for the chief justice. He'd be wiser still to leave off this particular debate. Get an attorney general the equal of the chief justice when it comes to intellect and constitutional chops and let them have at it. (Hint, hint: Judge J. Michael Luttig.) Bravo to the chief justice for calling a foul ball. We can hope the president doesn't swing on that pitch again.
Hugh Hewitt, a Post contributing columnist, hosts a nationally syndicated radio show and is a professor of law at Chapman University's Fowler School of Law.


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A75 crash victim critical
THE WIFE of a man who died after a head-on crash on the A75 is fighting for her life in hospital.
The 82-year-old was still in critical condition at the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary yesterday afternoon where she is being treated for chest injuries in the intensive care unit.
Her husband Simpson Wood, aged 84, from Pemberton in Wigan, died following Friday's crash, which happened half-a-mile west of Gretna.
The couple was flown to DGRI by air ambulance after Mr Wood was cut free from his Rover after it collided with a Toyota people carrier shortly after 2.25pm.
Seven people in the Toyota were taken to Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle with injuries including broken bones and bruising.
One fire crew from Gretna, two from Annan, and a major rescue vehicle from Dumfries were called to the scene of the accident, with firefighters initially administering oxygen to some of the people who were in the people carrier.
Six of the seven people in the people carrier also had to be released by fire crews.
They were working at the scene until 5.15pm.
The A75 was closed to traffic for several hours as police accident investigators worked at the scene.
A police spokesman said: "We are appealing to anybody who was on that stretch of road at the time, or who saw the crash, to get in touch."


The drilling and blasting technique is among the common techniques for excavating tunnels with different shapes and sizes. Nevertheless, due to the dynamic energy involved, the rock mass around the excavation zone experiences damage and reduction in stiffness and strength. One of the most common and important issues that occurs during the tunneling process is the overbreak which is defined as the surplus drilled section of the tunnel. It seems that prediction of overbreak before blasting operations is necessary to minimize the possible damages. This paper develops a new hybrid model, namely, an artificial bee colony (ABC)–artificial neural network (ANN) to predict overbreak. Considering the most important parameters on overbreak, many ABC–ANN models were constructed based on their effective parameters. A pre-developed ANN model was also developed for comparison. In order to evaluate the obtained results of this study, a new system, i.e., the color intensity rating (CIR), was introduced and established to select the best ABC–ANN and ANN models. As a result, the ABC–ANN receives a high level of accuracy in predicting overbreak induced by drilling and blasting. The coefficients of determination (R2) for the ANN and ABC–ANN are 0.9121 and 0.9428, respectively, for training datasets. This revealed that the ABC–ANN model (as a new model in the field of this study) is the best one among the models developed in this study.
The authors would like to extend their appreciation to the manager, engineers and personnel of Forum708 (Otagh-MEH), for providing the needed information and facilities that made this research possible. Additionally, the authors would like to express their sincere appreciation to reviewers because of their valuable comments that increased the quality of our paper.


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interpret the multiple uses of numbers encountered in the real world.
make and use measurements in problem and everyday situations.
explore the use of variables and open sentences to express relationships.
develop an appreciation for statistical methods as powerful means for decision making.
understand the structure and use of systems of measurement.
4.2: All Students Will Communicate Mathematically through Written, Oral, Symbolic, and Visual Forms of Expression.
4.4: All Students Will Develop Reasoning Ability and Will Become Self-Reliant, Independent Mathematical Thinkers.
4.5: All Students Will Regularly and Routinely Use Calculators, Computers, Manipulatives, and Other Mathematical Tools to Enhance Mathematical Thinking, Understanding, And Power.
4.9: All Students Will Develop an Understanding of and Will Use Measurement to Describe and Analyze Phenomena.
4.11: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Patterns, Relationships, And Functions And Will Use Them To Represent And Explain Real-World Phenomena.
5.2: All Students Will Develop Problem-Solving, Decision-Making and Inquiry Skills, Reflected by Formulating Usable Questions and Hypotheses, Planning Experiments, Conducting Systematic Observations, Interpreting and Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, and Communicating Results.
5.5: All Students Will Integrate Mathematics as a Tool for Problem-Solving in Science, and as a Means of Expressing and/or Modeling Scientific Theories.
5.10: All Students Will Gain An Understanding Of The Structure, Dynamics, And Geophysical Systems Of The Earth.
Standard Standard 3: All students will use critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.
Standard 2: Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies.
Standard 3: Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.
Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment.
Standard 6: Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.
Standard 7: Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions.
Identify and/or discuss the selection of resources and tools used for exploring scientific phenomena.
Make prediction about the weather from observed conditions and weather maps.
Collect data, create a table, picture graph, bar graph, circle graph, or line graph, and use them to solve application problems.
Read, interpret, and use tables, charts, maps, and graphs to identify patterns, note trends, and draw conclusions.
Evaluate conclusions based on scientific data.
Describe simple cycles of the earth and moon.
Standard 1: The student understands the different ways numbers are represented and used in the real world.
Standard 1: The student measures quantities in the real world and uses the measures to solve problems.
Standard 3: The student estimates measurements in real-world problem situations.
Standard 1: The student understands and uses the tools of data analysis for managing information.
Standard 2: The student identifies patterns and makes predictions from an orderly display of data using concepts of probability and statistics.
Standard 1: The student understands that all matter has observable, measurable properties.
Standard 1: The student recognizes that processes in the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere interact to shape the Earth.
Standard 1: The student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve problems.
Standard 2: The student understands that most natural events occur in comprehensible, consistent patterns.
Standard 3: The student understands that science, technology, and society are interwoven and interdependent.
2SC-E6. Demonstrate how Science is an ongoing process of gathering and evaluating information, assessing evidence for and against theories and hypotheses, looking for patterns, and then devising and testing possible explanations.


Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books-but we are real. Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing. But know. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all. I am Number Four. I am next.
The fifth and penultimate book in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! The Garde have suffered an unbearable loss. Number Five has betrayed them. Eight is gone forever. Ella has been kidnapped. The others are now scattered.In Chicago, John makes the unlikeliest of allies: Adam, a Mogadorian who turned his back on his people. He has invaluable information about Mog technology, battle strategies, and weaknesses. Most important, he knows where to hit them: their command base near Washington, DC. During the assault, however, John and Adam learn the unimaginable truth: it is too late. The Mogadorians have commenced their ultimate invasion plans.With a front-row seat to the impending invasion, Ella finds herself in the hands of the enemy. For some reason she's more valuable to them alive, and they'll stop at nothing to turn her.Meanwhile, Six, Nine, and Marina make their way through the Florida Everglades, hot on the trail of the traitorous Five. With the development . . .
Series : Book 3 of "Lorien Legacies"
In Pittacus Lore's The Rise of Nine, third in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, the stakes are higher than ever as John, Six, and Seven try desperately to find the rest of the Garde before it's too late. The Mogadorians who destroyed the planet Lorien continue to hunt down the Garde, the small group of Loric survivors who have taken refuge on Earth. The Garde must come together. They are Lorien and Earth's only hope. During the dangerous mission at the Mogadorian base in West Virginia, John found and rescued Nine. But even with their combined powers, special abilities known as Legacies, the pair barely escaped with their lives—and they lost Sam in the process. In order to save our world and their own, John and Nine must join forces with Six and Seven who have been battling the Mogadorians in Spain, and who are now trying to locate Number Eight in India. Power in numbers will save us all.
Series : Book 0 of "Lorien Legacies"
The Fall of Five is the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series by Pittacus Lore. The Garde are finally reunited, but do they have what it takes to win the war against the Mogadorians? John Smith—Number Four—thought that things would change once the Garde found one another. They would stop running. They would fight the Mogadorians. And they would win. But he was wrong. After facing off with the Mogadorian ruler and almost being annihilated, the Garde know they are drastically unprepared and hopelessly outgunned. Now they're hiding out in Nine's Chicago penthouse, trying to figure out their next move. The six of them are powerful, but they're not strong enough yet to take on an entire army—even with the return of an old ally. To defeat their enemy, the Garde must master their Legacies and learn to work together as a team. More important, they'll have to discover the truth about the Elders and their plan for the . . .
Series : Book 2 of "Lorien Legacies"
I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me . . . he's one of us. Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us—if we all still believe in our mission. How can I know? There are six of us left. We're hiding, blending in, avoiding contact with one another . . . but our Legacies are developing, and soon we'll be equipped to fight. Is John Number Four, and is his appearance the sign I've been waiting for? And what about Number Five and Six? Could one of them be the raven-haired girl with the stormy eyes from my dreams? The girl with powers that are beyond anything I could ever imagine? The girl who may be strong enough to bring the six of us together? They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They tried to catch Number Four in Ohio—and failed. I am Number Seven. One of six . . .
I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Five's Legacy by Pittacus Lore has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
Series : Book 4 of "The Lost Files"
I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Search for Sam is the next ebook exclusive mini instalment in the thrilling Lorien Legacies series. Pittacus Lore is Lorien's ruling elder. He has been on Earth for the last twelve years preparing for the war that will decide Earth's fate. His whereabouts are unknown. The first book in his Lorien Legacies series, I Am Number Four, is now a major Disney motion picture, and along with The Power of Six, The Rise of Nine and The Legacies novellas, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games.
I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me . . . he's one of us. Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us-if we all still believe in our mission. How can I know? There are six of us left. We're hiding, blending in, avoiding contact with one another . . . but our Legacies are developing, and soon we'll be equipped to fight. Is John Number Four, and is his appearance the sign I've been waiting for? And what about Number Five and Six? Could one of them be the raven-haired girl with the stormy eyes from my dreams? The girl with powers that are beyond anything I could ever imagine? The girl who may be strong enough to bring the six of us together? They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They tried to catch Number Four in Ohio-and failed. I am Number Seven. One of six still alive. And I'm ready to fight.
Series : Book 2 of "I Am Number Four: The Lost Files"
Number Nine—when John frees him from his cell in the power of six, he's ferocious, reckless, and ready to fight back. But being held captive changes a person—even a Lorien. See what Nine was like before his capture, and read about his dramatic escape from his point of view. In i am number four: the lost files: nine's legacy, discover the story behind Nine. Before meeting John Smith, aka Number Four, before being held prisoner, Nine was hunting down Mogadorians in Chicago with his CÊpan, Sandor. What happened there would change Nine forever. . . .


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IT industry outlook: Six industry trends to be aware of
Technology services is a key growth area for Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) channel organisations and emerging technology is growing faster than other sectors, according to CompTIA's 2019 IT Industry Outlook. The report captures the trends to watch in the IT industry, exploring the forces shaping the industry, its workforce, and its business models in the year ahead.
The global report emphasises that 2019 is less about the 'next big thing' and more about consolidation and bringing the building blocks of technology together to form an overall solution.
CompTIA has identified the six most relevant trends for A/NZ IT and channel businesses to be aware of:
1. Cloud, edge, and 5G form the modern economic infrastructure
The modern digital economy is based on three parts: cloud computing; edge computing; and 5G. Cloud brings greater control and flexibility to IT activities. Edge computing extends the principles of cloud computing from a centralised location to the places where data is being captured. And 5G networks provide fast and robust connections between each node.
Together, these three fundamentals signal a new way of thinking about IT applications. True transformation starts with rebuilding applications to take advantage of cloud computing's unique properties, and this transformation will accelerate as those applications also factor in the location awareness of edge computing and the dynamic capabilities of 5G networking. Fully-evolved applications will be the mechanisms for new economic activity, and IT skills will likewise evolve to support the new structure.
2. IoT and AI open new possibilities in ambient computing
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, every object could become a computing device. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence (AI) will automate tasks to reduce complexity and scan the environment to understand the context. The net result will be ambient computing, whereby activity that was once confined to a device will take place seamlessly with minimal user interaction. This will change IT support, which will move from tactical maintenance to strategic enablement.
An example of ambient computing in motion is smart lighting, which can automate itself, recognising when a device enters a room or operating on a schedule built through pattern recognition. For example, lights will turn on earlier or later as the seasons change and the sun is in a different position.
CompTIA director Moheb Moses says, "This, however, creates potential security risks as even the humble lightbulb becomes connected to the internet. This puts the onus on channel partners to help customers understand their security vulnerabilities and how to address them."
3. Distributed technology models challenge existing structures
Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) such as blockchain introduce a new architectural approach using distributed networks and cryptography. The question remains whether this technology is strong enough to disrupt established models. However, the real opportunity could lie in developing economies where traditional models aren't cemented. Organisations may see increased activity in this area but there may also be a backlash to the original hype around DLT.
4. Stackable technologies supercharge digitisation efforts
The concept of stacks isn't new but advances in areas like API-enabled platforms and containers for modular business processes are creating more sophisticated and efficient stacking of technologies to achieve end results. The process lets companies achieve a value that is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Moses adds, "This creates a significant opportunity for channel businesses. Partners that can connect the dots for customers can differentiate themselves and drive new profit streams."
5. The business of emerging technology prompts sales channels reinvention
With so many options under the banner of emerging technology, the difficult choice for partners is which emerging technology to incorporate into their businesses. It's important to understand that businesses can't necessarily be experts in everything, so they'll need to prioritise the resources and extra skills required to embrace emerging technology. This includes technical and sales training, and ensuring partners can collaborate with each other to maximise customer outcomes.
6. Partnerships bridge gaps in the new technology ecosystem
Digital partners need to learn from and partner with suppliers on the operational technology (OT) side of IT. These people are often not traditional IT people but come from a background of building maintenance, healthcare or fleet management. The channel community, therefore, needs to partner with non-traditional IT partners to bridge the gaps.
Moses concludes, "A/NZ is ahead of the game compared to global results. While software and applications are the fastest growing sector, the next six months are likely to prove a watershed moment for emerging technology. This is the year emerging technology will move past the ideation stage and start to generate revenue. With continuing demand for tech services, A/NZ channel businesses are well-positioned to continue growing this year and beyond."
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RMIT researchers create 'light-powered' AI chip
Digital transformation and cloud security top of mind for enterprise
Digital transformation / DX Emerging Technology CompTIA


New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released a list of 11 candidates for the states of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and West Bengal ahead of the ensuing assembly elections.
Out of 11 seats, six are from Telangana, three are from Uttar Pradesh and one each from Kerala and West Bengal.
Six candidates who will be fielded in the different constituency in Telangana are Soyam Babu Rao (Adilabad), S. Kumar (Peddapalle), Banala Laxma Reddy (Zahirabad), Bhagwanth Rao (Hyderabad), B. Janardhan Reddy (Chelvella) and Vasudev Rao (Khammam).
All 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana will go to polls in a single phase on April 11, which is also the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.
In Uttar Pradesh, BJP has fielded 3 candidates, namely: Pradeep Choudhary (Kairana), Yashwant (Nagina) and Bhola Singh (Bulandshahr). The dates of polling for the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh are April 11, 18, 23, 29 and May 6, 12 and 19.
K. Surendran will contest from Pathanamthitta constituency in Kerala which will go to polls on April 23.


This gorgeous antique cutting board is full of character and charm. We think they are great for entertaining, as a base for a centerpiece, or even wall decor. Maybe purchase this as a unique hostess or wedding gift. The condition is consistent with its age and use. It is heavy and sturdy, made out of one piece of wood.


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package org.roag.web;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
import org.roag.pages.SignUpPage;

import static org.roag.pages.PageUtils.to;

@DisplayName("SignUp Page Tests")
@Tag("SECURITY")
public class SignUpTest {

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Test password confirmation")
    void passwordConfirmationTest() {
        String error = to(SignUpPage.class)
                .setUsername("robot")
                .setEmail("robot@email.com")
                .setPassword("robot1")
                .setConfirmPassword("robot2")
                .clickSignUp()
                .errorMessage();
        Assertions.assertTrue(error != null && error.contains("confirmation of password does not match"));
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Test if username already exists")
    void existingUserTest() {
        to(SignUpPage.class)
                .signUpWith("robot", "robot1", "robot@mail.com");
        String error = to(SignUpPage.class)
                .signUpWith("robot", "robot1", "robot@mail.com")
                .errorMessage();

        Assertions.assertTrue(error != null && error.contains("username is already occupied"));
    }
}

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Quella scimmia del mio amico (My Gym Partner's a Monkey) è una serie televisiva a cartoni animati prodotta dalla Cartoon Network Studios nel 2005. Le trasmissioni della serie sono cominciate il 26 dicembre 2005 e sono terminate il 27 novembre 2008, per un totale di 51 episodi.

La serie, distribuita dalla Nelvana, è stata trasmessa in diversi paesi in tutto il mondo, compresa l'Italia, dove è stata mandata in onda sui canali Cartoon Network e Boing.

Trama
La storia parla di un ragazzino di nome Adam Lyon che per un errore dovuto al suo cognome è stato trasferito in una scuola-zoo Charles Darwin (chiamata in onore del grande naturalista del XIX sec) frequentata da tutte le specie animali. Qui fa la conoscenza della scimmia ragno Jake, un combinaguai che diventerà il suo migliore amico.

Personaggi
 Adam Lyon: protagonista della serie e un tipico studente statunitense, Adam viene trasferito in una scuola per animali per via di un errore ortografico del suo cognome (Lion vuol dire leone). Qui conosce la scimma ragno Jake, che diviene il suo migliore amico. Inizialmente fa fatica ad adattarsi all'ambiente della scuola-zoo Charles Darwin avendo nostalgia della sua vecchia scuola ma col passare delle stagioni inizia a capire che stare con gli animali è il suo vero destino, tanto che gli altri animali lo nominano animale da zoo onorario.
 Jacob P. "Jake" Ragnoscimmia: è una scimmia ragno iperattiva, ed occasionalmente piuttosto volgare. Normalmente i guai che combina insieme ad Adam, sono le premesse per i vari episodi della serie. Ha la tendenza di fare battute e menzioni che riguardano il suo sedere.
 Slips Pitone è un pitone inoffensivo e sognatore, amico di Jake e Adam.
 Guadalupe "Lupe" Tucanello: è una tucana amica dei protagonisti, è una tucana esuberante alla moda.
 Ingrid Giraffetti: è una giraffa masai timida e gentile che non viene quasi mai mostrata di testa. Ha una cotta per Adam.
 Windsor Gorilla: è un gorilla amico di Adam e Jake, molto forzuto ed intelligente.
 Virgilio "Bullo" Squalowsky: è uno squalo leuca che si crede il bullo della scuola. Verrà sconfitto in alcuni episodi da Adam.
 Henry Armadillo: è un armadillo è molto stupido e imbranato e spesso viene picchiato e sfruttato da tutta la scuola. Nonostante sia probabile che soffra peggio di Adam, in un episodio ha affermato che gli piaceva essere vittima di bullismo perché è questo che lo fa sentire incluso.
 James Formica: è una formica che chiama tutti col suffisso di amico perché non si ricorda mai i nomi degli altri studenti. Dopo un certo numero di apparizioni non si vedrà più nella serie.
 Preside Ranocchio: è il preside della scuola ed è un ranocchio. Nel corso degli episodi lo si vede avere a che fare con gli studenti, specialmente con Adam e Jake. Ha la paura costante di ricevere accuse legali
 Sig. Cyrus Q. Rhino: è uno dei professori, è un rinoceronte indiano.
 Sig. Maurice Bob Mandrillo: è un altro insegnante di razza; è un mandrillo, spesso fa da psicologo agli studenti, ma in un episodio viene rimpiazzato da Slips.
 Sig. Zampillottero: è un'orca.
 Signorina Winifred facocera: è un facocero femmina, segretaria e assistente del preside Ranocchio e detesta lavorare.
 Signorina Camaleonta: è un camaleonte pantera  insegnante di arte drammatica.
 Signorina Eugenia Proboscide: è un'elefantessa, serve nella mensa della scuola.
 Signorina Branchia: è  un'insegnante di razza pesce che dirige le lezioni di ginnastica, ed è accompagnata da un furetto.
 Infermiera Gazzella: è una gazzella affascinante che fa l'infermiera, in un episodio afferma di avere il cervello piccolo quanto una nocciolina, o meglio dire quanto un seme di soia (perché sono più piccoli). In un episodio si scopre che non si era diplomata alle medie e quando è ritornata studente ha menzionato di essere una cosmetologa licenziata e ha espresso che ha un interesse amoroso per Adam nonostante ovviamente non è legale.
 Kerry Anderson: è un'amica d'infanzia di Adam nonché sua vicina di casa, è molto interessata alla scuola per animali che frequenta Adam nonostante quest'ultimo si sente a disagio a parlarne.
 Chad,:  prima che Adam si trasferisse nella scuola per animali Chad si divertiva a bullizzare adam e schernirlo della anormalità della sua scuola ogni volta che si presenti l'occasione. In un episodio si è travestito da studente della scuola per animali e quando venne scoperto dal Preside Ranocchio confessò che aveva escogitato uno stratagemma per riportare Adam nella vecchia scuola, perché gli altri alunni non gli davano la stessa gioia che gli dava quando infastidiva Adam.

Doppiaggio

Episodi

Collegamenti esterni


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Q: Drawable icons on route not pinned at base I am using drawable images for marker icons on a route. The base of the image does not appear at the point but rather more in the middle.
Can this be addressed?

Double latitude = new Double(getString(R.string.sagrada_latitude));
Double longitude = new Double(getString(R.string.sagrada_longitude));
final Position origin = Position.fromCoordinates(longitude, latitude);

latitude = new Double(getString(R.string.mataro_latitude));
longitude = new Double(getString(R.string.mataro_longitude));
final Position destination = Position.fromCoordinates(longitude, latitude);

// Create an Icon object for the marker to use
IconFactory iconFactory = IconFactory.getInstance(this);
Drawable iconDrawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, R.drawable.green_pin);
final Icon greenPinIcon = iconFactory.fromDrawable(iconDrawable);
iconDrawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, R.drawable.red_pin);
final Icon redPinIcon = iconFactory.fromDrawable(iconDrawable);

// Setup the MapView
mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mapView.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
    @Override
    public void onMapReady(MapboxMap mapboxMap) {
        map = mapboxMap;

        // Add origin and destination to the map
        LatLng originLatLng = (new LatLng(origin.getLatitude(), origin.getLongitude()));
        mapboxMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(originLatLng)
                .title("Origin")
                .snippet("current location: (" + origin.getLatitude() + ", " + origin.getLongitude() + ")")
                .icon(greenPinIcon));

        Log.d(TAG, "getMapAsync(): destination: (" + destination.getLatitude() + ", " + destination.getLongitude() + ")");
        LatLng destinationLatLng = (new LatLng(destination.getLatitude(), destination.getLongitude()));
        mapboxMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(destinationLatLng)
                .title("Destination")
                .snippet("destination: (" + destination.getLatitude() + ", " + destination.getLongitude() + ")")
                .icon(redPinIcon));
            mapboxMap.easeCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngBounds(latLngBounds, 50), 5000);

            // Get route from API
            try {
                getRoute(origin, destination);
            }
            catch (ServicesException servicesException) {
                Log.e(TAG, servicesException.toString());
                servicesException.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    });
}

private void getRoute(Position origin, Position destination) throws ServicesException {

    client = new MapboxDirections.Builder()
            .setOrigin(origin)
            .setDestination(destination)
            .setProfile(DirectionsCriteria.PROFILE_CYCLING)
            .setAccessToken(MapboxAccountManager.getInstance().getAccessToken())
            .build();

    client.enqueueCall(new Callback<DirectionsResponse>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<DirectionsResponse> call, Response<DirectionsResponse> response) {
            // You can get the generic HTTP info about the response
            Log.d(TAG, "Response code: " + response.code());
            if (response.body() == null) {
                Log.e(TAG, "No routes found, make sure you set the right user and access token.");
                return;
            } else if (response.body().getRoutes().size() < 1) {
                Log.e(TAG, "No routes found");
                return;
            }

            // Print some info about the route
            currentRoute = response.body().getRoutes().get(0);
            Log.d(TAG, "Distance: " + currentRoute.getDistance());
            Double km = currentRoute.getDistance() / 1000;
            // there are 4 digits to the right of the decimal, make it 2
            String kilometers = km.toString();
            int index = kilometers.lastIndexOf(".");
            kilometers = kilometers.substring(0, index + 3);
            Toast.makeText(
                    DirectionsActivity.this,
                    "Route is " + kilometers + " kilometers",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            // Draw the route on the map
            drawRoute(currentRoute);
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<DirectionsResponse> call, Throwable throwable) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error: " + throwable.getMessage());
            Toast.makeText(DirectionsActivity.this, "Error: " + throwable.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    });
}

A side question ... the Position.fromCoordinates method:
private Position(double longitude, double latitude, double altitude)

takes the arguments in order of longitude then latitude, not latitude then longitude as one might expect. Why?
Edit:
Changed MarkerOptions to MarkerViewOptions and the icons moved even further away. Also tried .anchor(0,0) which had no effect.

Also, with default Icons (which are off):

Icon:

// Mapbox dependencies
compile('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:4.1.1@aar') {
    transitive = true
}
compile ('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-directions:1.0.0@aar'){
    transitive=true
}
compile('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-services:1.3.1@aar') {
    transitive = true
}

A: You either need to add padding to the bottom of the marker icon png or a better option would be using MarkerViewOptions() instead. They give more options then the GL markers your currently using including anchor. By default the anchoring is center bottom. So one of you markers would look like this:
mapboxMap.addMarker(new MarkerViewOptions()
            .position(destinationLatLng)
            .title("Destination")
            .snippet("destination: (" + destination.getLatitude() + ", " + destination.getLongitude() + ")")
            .icon(redPinIcon));

To answer your other question, why position takes in longitude, latitude in that order, many of the Mapbox APIs consume coordinates in that order. The bigger question is why does the Position object exist when LatLng is found already in the Map SDK? This is because the objects would conflict since they are found in separate SDKs yet are typically used together. It is something we look forward to changing in the near future.
EDIT: first you need to remove the mapbox-android-directions, this is an old, non supported, SDK we have deprecated. Mapbox Android Services (MAS) is it's replacement and uses Mapbox Directions V5. Use this example which shows how to properly make a directions call using MAS and add the markers to the map. Using the coordinates found in your question, the result looks like this:


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Ky'la Sims
Ky'la Sims grew up in an urban industry-centered community in Michigan, but when she first came to Ohio Northern to study political science, it changed the course of her life and career.
Sims entered ONU as a freshman with junior-level credits, which meant she only had two years before she graduated – and two years to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. Taking a comparative politics course with Nusta Carranza Ko, assistant professor of comparative politics, was a turning point. The class focused on a wide array of political topics: race, human rights, terrorism, democracy. More than anything, though, Ko taught Sims how to look at things differently.
This shift in perspective changed everything. Sims earned a coveted spot in the Summer Research Opportunities Program at Purdue University for undergraduates across the country, where she worked on a prestigious research project with one of her academic idols. The experience fueled her passion for identity politics.
Being at ONU among a student demographic much different than her hometown was one of the best things for Sims. She learned how beneficial it is to surround herself with a diverse group of people.
"Diversity is important because everyone has a story to tell," says Sims. "Everyone has walked a different walk of life than I have, so being able to learn from them and to see life from a different perspective is so important to me."


Over the past month, we received a lot of questions related to discoloration and heat tints appearing on stainless steel welds after fabrication (welding).
Thus, we devoted an entire new episode in our Ask Cougartron Q/A series to this problem faced by many industrial professionals.
YOUR QUESTION: How to remove heat tints that appear after welding?
Harry – one of our weld cleaning experts – first explains how and why heat tints are created and then elaborates on how to successfully solve the problem.
See below for a more detailed explanation of the issue.
What are heat tints and how are they created?
Heat tints appearing after stainless steel welding are a common occurrence in the industry.
Industrial terminology recognizes a variety of related terms signifying the same phenomenon – discoloration, oxide scale, and rainbow effect are just some of the popular examples.
All of them indicate a change in color on the top layer of stainless steel – around the weld bead and within the HAZ (heat-affected zone).
The color combination depends largely on the amount of heat used during welding – darker colors (brown, blue, and purple) are usually formed at higher temperatures (> 370 °C or 698 °F).
Welding speed and shielding are also important factors to consider when discussing precaution measures.
But what causes the symptomatic change in colors?
As explained in one of the previous articles, stainless steel is 'stainless' due to its chromium-rich composition and a passive outer layer that helps it to successfully fight corrosion.
During welding, the structure of the steel changes and a chemical reaction (oxidation) occurs which separates the chromium from the metal base while also pushing it towards the outer layer.
With more chromium and oxygen, the outer layer of steel becomes thicker and loses its transparency. The characteristic color spectrum is just a visual manifestation of this process.
Is discoloration only a cosmetic issue?
The attractive appearance of stainless steel is undoubtedly impaired once discoloration appears on its surface.
However, the real problem concerns the underlying chromium-depleted layer of the alloy which becomes susceptible to corrosion and rusting.
Thus, we are dealing with a twofold problem.
The restoration of the passive state of stainless steel is impossible without removing the tempered oxide scale first.
But how is this done properly?
Several methods are commonly used to remove discoloration on stainless steel after welding – electrochemical cleaning, chemical pickling, and mechanical grinding & brushing are just few of them.
However, the choice of method depends largely on the scope of the problem.
Usually, discoloration involving lighter (yellow) shades is much easier to remove since it forms under the influence of lower temperatures during welding.
Electrochemical method is extremely effective in these cases since it successfully removes oxides from the surface and restores the anti-corrosive passive layer.
Brushing and grinding can also remove discoloration but it is impossible to guarantee that proper repassivation will occur.
The use of the pickling paste is widespread. However, chemical pickling should definitely be avoided due to harmful effects of nitric and hydrofluoric acids. We explained all the important health & safety reasons here.
What about dark(er) heat tints?
Electrochemical cleaning and passivation provides excellent results with darker discoloration as well. However, the potency of the machine used is also a highly relevant factor to consider.
We offer a variety of weld cleaning machines developed to successfully remove different types of weld tints and discoloration.
When it comes to low-powered systems, the process of removing the oxide scale can become more complicated.
In certain cases, the use of various methods is necessary but electrolytic cleaning in most situations is the most appropriate solution.
If you are experiencing a specific challenge related to discoloration and stainless steel weld cleaning, give us a call or reach us through e-mail – we are always happy to help!
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Gourmet dips are great for any kind o party, event, or to make an afternoon more enjoyable. Use them as dips for vegetables, chips, pretzels, or as appetizers, on meats, as part of recipes.
Gourmet Dips There are 10 products.
This dip will be the star of your next party. Artichokes and spinach are blended with the distinct flavor of Romano cheese.
A delightful blend of onion, horseradish, and dill, this dip makes for a great topping for baked potatoes.
Enjoy horseradish, savory herbs and spices with this flavorful dip.
Seasoned diced tomatoes blend with roasted red peppers to make this sophisticated yet versatile dip.
Your favorite combination will soon become your favorite dip! Imagine the flavors of zesty buffalo sauce and sharp bleu cheese combined together in this creamy dip.
A creamy blend of roasted red peppers, tomatoes and spices.
A unique and flavorful combination of roasted pineapple, onions, mangos and the robust flavor of habanero peppers.


June is just around the corner, the month when all of this gardener's dreams for the season seem to coalesce. School will be out and I can be in the garden every day, taking breaks from transplanting tomato seedlings or weeding onions to pop a just-picked strawberry in my mouth while watching Reilly the Brittany tug at pea vines.
In this column, I offer selected gardening tips and helpful ideas gleaned from my upcoming book, "The New England Gardener's Year, a Month-by-Month Guide for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Upstate New York", to be published later this year by Cadent Publishing. For more tips on successful gardening, visit http://www.facebook.com/negardener.
Use the first week of June to harden transplants of tomatoes and other summer crops before planting them in the garden. Whether home-grown or purchased from a greenhouse grower, transplants will need gradual acclimation to the full sunlight and wind that they will soon experience.
We use our sunny porch railings and steps for this task. On the first day, in the morning, we move the flats of seedlings to the porch and give them an hour of angled light as well as exposure to wind. If the wind is hard and constant, we either delay hardening by a day or place the plants where the wind is buffered.
Each day we extend this outside time by an hour, so that by the end of the week the plants are able to remain outside until planted in the garden. Moisture loss from the pots increases under these outdoor conditions and we adjust the frequency of watering as needed.
After planting, seedlings exposed to wind may lose moisture from their leaves faster than their limited root systems can absorb water from the soil. Inserting windbreaks made of cedar shakes or other thin wood into the ground next to the plants will help reduce water loss on windy days.
Don't be in a hurry to mulch your just-planted tomatoes and other vegetable plants. Let the soil continue warming until late June, then put down a water-conserving mulch such as straw, compost, or shredded leaves.
Place a bamboo stake next to pepper and eggplant seedlings when you set them out. As the plants get top heavy with fruit, you can tie them to the stake to prevent toppling.
Cutworms are moth caterpillars that spend the day hidden in the soil, emerging at night to cut succulent young stems to the ground. In just a few nights, they can devastate recently-planted crops, including transplants of tomato, pepper, eggplant, cucumbers and squash.
Cutworms can be thwarted with collars of newspaper rolled around the stem before planting. The collars should extend at least an inch above and below the soil line. By the time the newspaper disintegrates, the stem is too tough for cutworms to damage.
Effective cutworm collars can also be made from small yogurt cups with their bottoms cut away.
Take your compost pile's temperature every day using a long-stemmed compost thermometer. When the temperature in the center of the pile starts to decline, its time to turn the pile, moving material on the outer edges into the middle. This is easily done be simply forking the contents of the pile into an empty bin, then starting a new compost pile in the emptied bin.
Tomato plants must by supported off the ground, particularly where slugs are common. Upright plants take up less garden space and the enhanced air circulation reduces foliar and fruit disease.
Which method of support, stakes or cages, is best? While both have their merits, I recommend cages for three reasons: less maintenance (no pruning), more (if slightly smaller) tomatoes, and less sunscald.
Staked tomatoes require pruning, the removal of lateral or side shoots that appear in the leaf axils between the stem and the leaves. If not removed, these shoots compete directly with the main stem, weakening it. Strong side shoots loaded down with fruits can easily break their attachment to the main stem and all is lost. At the same time, removal of the side shoots reduces foliage cover, increasing the chances of fruit sunscald. A staked tomato is a stressed plant.
Caged tomatoes do not require pruning. The fruiting side shoots are supported by the cage wire while the abundant foliage cover protects the fruit from sunscald injury. True, the heavier fruit load will delay ripening a bit and result in somewhat smaller fruits.
If you decide to go with cages, build your own out of concrete reinforcement mesh. The openings are wide enough (six inches) for your hand to reach in and harvest tomatoes with ease. And they will last forever. Other tomato cages are flimsy by comparison.
A cage five feet tall will support most tomato varieties. A five-foot length of five-foot-wide mesh can be rolled into a cylindrical cage with an 18-inch diameter. A six-foot length will produce a 21-inch diameter. Form the cylinder by hooking the two cut ends of the mesh together, then remove the bottom rung to form prongs to push into the soil. For stability, tie the cage to a strong stake driven into the ground.


text:
NSString * const KEY_USERNAME = @"com.company.app.username";
NSString * const KEY_PASSWORD = @"com.company.app.password";
NSString * const KEY_USERNAME_PASSWORD = @"com.company.app.usernamepassword";
@implementation MUKitDemoAppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{

    NSMutableDictionary *userNamePasswordKVPairs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    [userNamePasswordKVPairs setObject:@"userName" forKey:KEY_USERNAME];
    [userNamePasswordKVPairs setObject:@"password" forKey:KEY_PASSWORD];
    NSLog(@"%@", userNamePasswordKVPairs); //有KV值

    id data =   [MUKeychainUtil getDataInKeyChainWithKey:KEY_USERNAME_PASSWORD];
    if (data) {
        // B、从keychain中读取用户名和密码
        NSMutableDictionary *readUsernamePassword = [MUKeychainUtil getDataInKeyChainWithKey:KEY_USERNAME_PASSWORD];
        NSString *userName = [readUsernamePassword objectForKey:KEY_USERNAME];
        NSString *password = [readUsernamePassword objectForKey:KEY_PASSWORD];
        NSLog(@"username = %@", userName);
        NSLog(@"password = %@", password);
    }else{
        // A、将用户名和密码写入keychain
        [MUKeychainUtil saveDataInKeyChain:KEY_USERNAME_PASSWORD data:userNamePasswordKVPairs];
    }

    // B、从keychain中读取用户名和密码
//    NSMutableDictionary *readUsernamePassword = [MUKeychainUtil getDataInKeyChainWithKey:KEY_USERNAME_PASSWORD];
//    NSString *userName = [readUsernamePassword objectForKey:KEY_USERNAME];
//    NSString *password = [readUsernamePassword objectForKey:KEY_PASSWORD];

    // C、将用户名和密码从keychain中删除
//    [MUKeychainUtil deleteDataInKeyChain:KEY_USERNAME_PASSWORD];
    // Override point for customization after application launch.

    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
    self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

    MULaunchImageADView *adView = [[MULaunchImageADView alloc]initWithFrame:kScreenBounds];
    adView.carouselView.autoScroll = NO;
    adView.ADConfigured = ^(UIImageView * _Nonnull imageView, NSUInteger index, id  _Nonnull model) {

        [imageView setImageURLString:model];
    };
    adView.carouselView.imageArray = @[@"http://img.zcool.cn/community/01316b5854df84a8012060c8033d89.gif"];
    //全局导航设置
    MUNavigationController *navigationController = [[MUNavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:[MUKitDemoTableViewController new]];
    navigationController.navigationBarBackgroundImageMu = [UIImage imageFromColorMu:[UIColor colorWithHexString:@"#FF8000"]];
    navigationController.titleColorMu = [UIColor whiteColor];
    navigationController.navigationBarTintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    navigationController.barStyleMu                     = UIBarStyleBlack;
    navigationController.statusBarStyleMu               = UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;

    self.window.rootViewController = navigationController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    [self.window addSubview:adView];
    return YES;
}

- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application
{
    // Sent when the application is about to move from active to inactive state. This can occur for certain types of temporary interruptions (such as an incoming phone call or SMS message) or when the user quits the application and it begins the transition to the background state.
    // Use this method to pause ongoing tasks, disable timers, and throttle down OpenGL ES frame rates. Games should use this method to pause the game.
}

- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
    // Use this method to release shared resources, save user data, invalidate timers, and store enough application state information to restore your application to its current state in case it is terminated later.
    // If your application supports background execution, this method is called instead of applicationWillTerminate: when the user quits.
}

- (void)applicationWillEnterForeground:(UIApplication *)application
{
    // Called as part of the transition from the background to the inactive state; here you can undo many of the changes made on entering the background.
}

- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application
{
    // Restart any tasks that were paused (or not yet started) while the application was inactive. If the application was previously in the background, optionally refresh the user interface.
}

- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application
{
    // Called when the application is about to terminate. Save data if appropriate. See also applicationDidEnterBackground:.
}

//使用微信支付时需定义此方法
//- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)app openURL:(NSURL *)url options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey,id> *)options{
//
//
//    return YES;
//}
@end


Magen David Adom issues advisory calling on public to take precautions to prevent injury, illness during colder winter months.
Magen David Adom (MDA) is prepared for winter and the colder weather expected to face many areas of Israel this week. MDA is prepared to tend to emergencies of people hurt as a result of the colder weather. MDA Director General, Eli Bin, has instructed teams operation on the field to take several precautions in order to remain as highly prepared as possible to provide rapid, professional and full emergency medicine services to anyone in need.
Following the weather shift, MDA shares various safety guidelines for a safer winter, in order to learn how to protect ourselves and our loved ones at home, while on the street and more.
Avoiding Bodily Injuries: In case of a power shortage, for patients connected to respiratory machines at their homes, ensure that backup batteries are available and prepared for use.
Strong Winds: While strong winds blow around Israel, many objects may detach from their placement. Ensure to fasten objects found outdoors that may blow in the wind. Beware when opening and closing windows as they may slam due to the strong wind.
- Prevent fire – keep heating devices based on fire away from flammable objects, do not leave clothes to dry over such devices and make sure the electricity socket being used is in order.
-Keep them out of the reach of children.
- Poisoning symptoms: dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, weakness, a general bad feeling. In severe cases – loss of consciousness. This is a dangerous emergency situation.
Make sure to dress the elderly, babies and the disabled appropriately in light clothing that allows movement that creates heat. Cover them with a light blanker and make sure the room is at 24 degrees Celsius. Attention – do not cover babies with many layers or a heavy blanket as that may cause asphyxiation. Additionally, do not leave objects in the baby's crib.
Signs of low body temperature: These include decreased functioning, confusion, decrease appetite or thirst, change in behavior and sleepiness. If these symptoms begin to appear, immediately call MDA using the 101 emergency line or "My MDA" mobile app.
Safe Driving: On rainy days, roads are slippery and drivers face a risk of sliding even when driving slowly. Pay attention to steam that accumulates on the windshield and may block the driver's view. The avoid that, allow ventilation in the vehicle and defrost constantly. Drivers must drive with lights on.
Pulling over at the side of the road is prohibited and dangerous, only stop in designated areas. Pay special attention to pedestrians and give them the right of way – especially children near educational institutions.
Do not drive into puddles even if they do not seem deep. Vehicles may drift easily in flooded areas and the driver may lose control over the vehicle.
Do not remain in the car in cold weather in order to avoid falling asleep and suffering from hypothermia.
Injuries Resulting from Cold Weather: Here's how you can provide preliminary treatment to individuals suffering injury as a result of the cold weather.
- Treatment: in case the patient is wet change their clothes and warm them up. In any case, the patient must be kept dressed, dry and warm.
- Signs: cold limbs, pain, numbness.
- Treatment: defrost frozen area with warm water. . Do not massage.
In any case of unusual behavior or suspicious signs, immediately call MDA using the "My MDA" mobile app or dial 101 to reach MDA's emergency line and adhere to the instructions of the EMTs and paramedics at the dispatch center until the arrival of a team to the scene.
Download the "My MDA" mobile app to directly contact the EMTs and paramedics at the emergency dispatch center and share your precise location with MDA teams. Anyone can download the app (free of charge) and plug in valuable medical data into the in-app mini medical record such as: chronic diseases, allergies, sensitivity to medication, ECG, previous illnesses and more. The app allows the speaking and hearing impaired to easily call for help by text messaging with the EMTs and paramedics at the MDA dispatch center.


For a really, really long time the Post Plaza building was empty, which is a shame because it's one of the prettiest buildings in the city center. Luckily they've found a way to bring it back to life! It's not a shopping center like you know it: a very big building filled with a lot of different shops. This is a shopping center in a more modern way.
You enter the building and there are no separate shops: everything is just in one big room. Not just a regular room, but a very pretty room! They left the old paintings on the wall, from the times when the Post Plaza was just, well, a post-office. You can shop here in a really nice and calm atmosphere. If you like shopping, but not the very busy shopping streets: you should definitely take a look in the Post Plaza!
You can shop, but you can also sit back and relax with a nice coffee or lunch in 'le pain quotidien'. Go and explore the Post Plaza, I'm sure you'll find something you like.