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Through the years, more and more styles and themes have emerged when it comes to scrapbooking. Since the craft doesn't require formality, anything goes as long as the person enjoys the outcome of the product.
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If you chance your luck and try travelling without the requisite documents, you will certainly be turned away. You can't – yet – board a plane without a passport. NB: for all our destinations, your passport must be valid for at least another six months after your holiday end date and, of course, have a few blank pages left.
India has a unique way of doing things – starting with ID photos, for which there's a special format !
* Fee calculation varies. Fee quoted is for: a lifelong Australian citizen with single nationality, for a single-entry visa, applied for/collected at an application centre, paid by debit card.
* Fee stated is for: up to 1 year, single/multiple entry, max. stay of 150 days per visit (and includes VFS service charge).
You can obtain an e-visa by contacting our partner RapideVisa and mentioning your travel dates: contact@rapidevisa.fr. Use code HARDEV2019 to get a -15% discount or their service.
An Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) is obligatory. Apply online a few days before your arrival for a 30 day ETA (US$ 35), or directly at the airport for latecomers for US$ 40.
See country-specific visa application details below. Visas are also very easy to obtain on arrival at Kathmandu airport (bring a passport-sized photo): expect to pay US $40 for the 15 day visa or US $60 for the 30 day type. For the Mustang region, we sort your permits on the ground: please bring 3 photos.
We take care of all the formalities for Bhutan before you arrive (visa + daily taxes). NB: Our Bhutan trips leave from New Delhi, so be sure to get an Indian visa.
You must apply for a visa in your own country before departure.
Just one rule: you must hold an unrestricted (all categories) motorcycle licence. If you usually travel by Porsche, scooter, bicycle or moped, you can't come with us unless you're riding pillion. Some intrepid travellers take their motorbike driving test just to come away with us !
See country-specific details below. For our Sri Lanka trips, we'll need a scan of your IDP in advance so we can then apply for a temporary local permit from the Automobile Club of Sri Lanka !
UK: You can apply for an IDP at selected post offices (cost: £5.50) or by post from the AA (£5.50 + £3 processing fee).
We'll be asking for (yet) more information, such as your T-shirt size and your international flight times. But also for your insurance documents and, for Himalayan destinations, a medical certificate showing you're fit to ride at altitude for more than 6 hours a day. You'll then just need to sign a liability waiver during the booking process !
Proper guided motorcycle tours based out in Manali, we stock our shop with only the best motorcycles 'Royal Enfield'.


Local political leaders convened at the train station in downtown Waterbury this morning with DOT Commissioner James Redeker to celebrate the demolition of the abandoned SNET Building.
The project will be managed by the Waterbury Development Corporation and funded with state bonding. Once the building is demolished the site will be leveled with the adjacent rail parking area. Starting in the fall, the site will be redeveloped into a landscaped parking area adding an additional 50 parking spaces. Renovations will be done to the baggage area within the Waterbury Republican American newspaper building which will create restrooms and additional ridership amenities.


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FRANKLYWNOW - Road rage incident involving motorcycles caught on camera, spark
Road rage incident involving motorcycles caught on camera, sparks police response
Sunday, May 8, 2016 10:53 PM EDT
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Videos from at least two helmet cameras show what police are calling a road rage incident between a pickup truck and a large group of motorcyclists headed to Saturday's annual Bike Blessing in downtown Anchorage.
Adam Pierce and another rider recorded the incident and their videos have since sparked outrage on social media sites. In the videos, the truck can be seen making dangerous moves, sometimes coming very close to the nearly 100 motorcycles, and at other times leaving the main roadway to go around the group.
"I look back, and that's when I see this truck just chasing him up the shoulder," Pierce said. "He finally gets past us and that was pretty much the end of it, and then we looked farther forward. Our buddy Thomas is on his cruiser up in front of us, and this guy just gets up behind him and swerves and almost overcorrects and almost takes him out."
Some of the motorcyclists were speeding during the incident, trying to keep up with the truck while going 65 mph or faster. The group caught up with the truck at a red light and a confrontation between a motorcyclist and the truck's driver ensued. In one video, the driver can be seen grabbing the motorcyclist as he stands outside the truck with his hands at his side, yelling. Other motorcyclists pulled them apart and the truck sped off through the red light.
Renee Oistad, a spokeswoman for the Anchorage Police Department, said the truck driver initially called them after the incident about a broken side mirror he claimed was damaged by the group, but they have not been able to get ahold of him since the videos were released. They stated none of the motorcyclists have contacted them about the truck. However, the videos have been viewed thousands of times and police said someone posted an address believed to be the home of the truck driver.
"We now have somebody who has taken it upon themselves to find an address that they believe this truck driver lives at and posted it online and have called for people to go to his home and retaliate," Oistad said. "In this case, that address is wrong. Police have made contact with the individuals who live at that home and have confirmed the truck driver is not currently living there and hasn't been at that address for several weeks. The people who do live at that house are completely uninvolved in the road rage incident and now fear for their own safety due to a situation they were not a part of."
Oistad said police are urging the public to leave the homeowners alone.
"You're taking a traffic violation and potentially changing it into a criminal act," she said.
Pierce said "cooler heads did not prevail" in this situation, which he called potentially life threatening.
"It's terrifying because if you're driving in your car and somebody's texting and then they rear end your car — ya, you're gonna be a little upset and you're gonna have to pay some money in damages," he said. "But if you rear end one of us, it could be game over. We're fathers, we're sons, we're daughters, you know, we're somebody's kids, we're somone's parents, and you could end us because you're what, in a hurry? We were doing the speed limit."
Some of the people who have commented on the videos have pointed out the motorcyclists' reactions were also potentially dangerous. When asked about his thoughts on those comments, he said, "I'd say to a degree they're right. We probably should've left the guy alone, but like I said, in that situation, where you can kill us easily, cooler heads don't prevail."
Police said they are at a "stand still" in their investigation of the incident as no one has come forward to file a police report. No one reported being injured during the incident.
Any drivers who see or are confronted by a dangerous driver are encouraged to call police at 786-8900 to report them as a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) vehicle.
KTVA 11's Eric Ruble and Shannon Kemp contributed to this report. Follow Eric Ruble on Facebook and Twitter.
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Returned Missionaries Can Choose to Share Contact Information with Former Mission Leaders
Latter-day Saints who served a mission since 2000 can choose to share their contact information with their former mission leaders through a new Mission Directory in the Member Tools app. A former missionary may opt in to this directory in his or her Church Account,...
Help a Friend Connect With Missionaries
A feature on the Member Tools app and ChurchofJesusChrist.org lets you refer a friend to the missionaries and collaborate with them as they contact and teach your friend. How It Works When your friend agrees to meet with missionaries, you simply fill out a referral...
Senior Service Missionary Opportunities Expand Worldwide
Beginning this month, eligible Latter-day Saints anywhere in the world can be considered for a senior service mission. (This option was previously available only to those who live in the United States, Canada, and a limited number of other areas.) These missionaries...
Help Visitors Find Your Local Church
When people are looking for somewhere new to attend church, they often search online. Help visitors discover the Church of Jesus Christ by leaving a review about your experience on Google Maps, Yelp, or any service you use regularly. New visitors are searching for...
Top 5 Questions about Latter-day Saint Missionaries
Consultants from the Church History Library have compiled a list of the most common questions they have received about missionaries. Below are the top five questions and answers about missionaries from the article "Ask Us: Top Five Reference Questions about...
New Resources to Help Share the Gospel
by LDS365 | Nov 1, 2020
New resources at Share.ChurchofJesusChrist.org can help you share the gospel through social media. Participating in the gathering of Israel includes loving, sharing, and inviting others to enjoy the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ and His Church. The site...
How to Refer Friends to the Missionaries
Help Others Build Family Connections
by LDS365 | Jun 18, 2020
The Church's page "Help Others Build Family Connections" provides ideas on how to have conversations with your friends to help them begin to find their ancestors. It then explains how to use several activities to discover ancestors. The "Help...
Exceptions to Dress Standards for Young Missionary Elders
by Church Newsroom | Jun 12, 2020
The Church has announced exceptions to the dress standards for young men serving as missionaries. Under the updated guidelines, the standard missionary attire is reemphasized, which includes a white shirt and tie and, in some areas, a suit coat. In approved teaching...
How to Share Light through Social Media
If you use social media, share messages and content that bring light and joy into your life. Look for opportunities to offer hope to those facing challenging times. The following are ideas from the Church's page "How to Share Light through Social...
COVID-19 Changes Attendance at General Conference, Church Meetings, Missionaries
April 2020 General Conference Members will not be invited to attend the April 2020 General Conference nor will they gather at stake centers or meetinghouses in areas where the COVID-19 virus is active. Everyone is invited to watch through technology. Read the official...
Free Personalized Study Sessions with Latter-day Saint Missionaries
by LDS365 | Feb 7, 2020
A new feature on ComeUntoChrist.org lets you request a personalized visit from missionaries to answer your specific gospel questions. You choose specific topics you want to discuss. After you submit the form, a representative contacts you by text, phone, or email to...
Church Releases New Missionary Handbook
by Church Newsroom | Nov 15, 2019
Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ replaces 2010 version. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a new, updated handbook of instructions for missionaries serving around the world. The handbook, "Missionary Standards for Disciples...
Members May Start Senior Missionary Applications
Members may now start their own missionary recommendations for both senior service missions and full-time senior missions at SeniorMissionary.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. On the site, you can also browse a list of opportunities to serve from home or across the world,...


In addition to this grant money, the foundation will spend an extra $200,000 annually during the grant period to evaluate the partnerships and the work the organizations are doing together. Not only do these grants encourage collaboration, they also originated from a collaborative effort. Funding isn't just coming from TBF, but also the Kresge Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, and Partners HealthCare.
Now, we're guessing that for many of the people and institutions involved in this effort, forming these partnerships has been a new kind of experience. Some interesting bridges are definitely being built here. The question is how sturdy they'll be over the long haul, since there's a long history of funder-backed marriages ending once the money dries up (not to mention being rather loveless even when the money is flowing).


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Solar-Powered Haven in Ojai
"Once you get into solar, you learn ways to conserve. You get into not using electricity. It's very thrilling using electricity, but the thrill of not using it is really wonderful."
The innovative and inspiring home sits on approximately 43 acres of unobstructed land with breathtaking views of the ocean, Channel Islands, mountains, and valley. The 18,000-square-foot main house features nine bedrooms, 13 full and two half bathrooms, an open floor plan with sliding glass doors throughout, painted murals elegantly dispersed, an indoor grotto-style spa, and a retractable roof over a 40-foot saltwater lap pool uniquely situated in a grand room that is large enough to accommodate 200 people. The home's spacious master suite is encased with three walls of glass providing spectacular and unmatched views from the bed all the way out to the horizon.
Built and designed in 1992 for Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie actor Larry Hagman and his wife Maj, the compound includes a two-bedroom guesthouse, separate office, outside pool connected to two ponds by serene running streams, private heliport for easy mountaintop access, and more than 200 avocado tress throughout the estate grounds.
Constructed of steel framing, this architecturally inspiring property includes one innovative technological feature that truly makes it stand out from the rest. According to a 2007 press release on the property, in 2003, Hagman installed his first solar array, a 102.7 kW (DC) system that generates an astounding 150,000 kilowatt-hours per year, instantly cutting the former actor's electricity bill from $37,000 to a mere $13 per year. Hagman's estate produces an excess of 10,000 kilowatt hours per year, a surplus that is fed by his solar array back into a grid allowing the system the ability to export clean, renewable energy to other nearby California homes with an electricity source independent of more common (and environmentally hazardous) coals and fossil fuels. Executive Director of the Solar Electric Power Association Julia Hamm said, "With climate change threatening the planet and dependence on foreign energy sources threatening the nation, we must all work together to find solutions. We need national solutions, but also a collection of individual solutions."
Hagman's individual solution is certainly turning heads and igniting national awareness about the issue. In 2004, six Los Angeles families were provided with 3kW solar systems at no cost in Hagman's name through an organization called Solar Neighbors, which promotes social change through solar power. Celebrities such as Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Carlos Santana, and Danny Devito have all been directly influenced and inspired by Hagman and his Ojai home, exploring solar powered solutions for their own homes. Hagman says, "Once you get into solar, you learn ways to conserve. You get into not using electricity. It's very thrilling using electricity, but the thrill of not using it is really wonderful."
The Ojai solar-powered mountaintop haven is a perfect example of the possibilities that homeowners have nowadays in regards to successfully combining innovative technology with luxurious living.
Hagman and his wife recently listed the house with Village Properties Realtors in Montecito for $11 million, so a new buyer can take advantage of the solar wonder.
Village Properties Realtors-Montecito
Natalie Grubb / 805.565.8879
Wayne Natale / 805.686.7454
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Mariska Aldrich (1881–1965)
Mariska Aldrich was born on March 27, 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Mariska Horvath. She was an actress, known for Whistling in the Dark (1941), Song of the Sarong (1945) and Lady by Choice (1934). She was married to James Francis Aldrich. She died on September 28, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. See full bio »
March 27, 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
September 28, 1965 (age 84) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Song of the Sarong Mabu
Lady by Choice Lucretia
You're the One Mme. Ziffnidyiff
1946 Two Sisters from Boston
Russian Opera Team Member (uncredited)
1945 The Hidden Eye
Big Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
1945 Song of the Sarong
Mabu
1943 Madame Curie
Tall Woman (uncredited)
1942 Ship Ahoy
Waldo's Mother (uncredited)
1941 Whistling in the Dark
1941 You're the One
Mme. Ziffnidyiff
1940 Bar Buckaroos (Short)
1940 Boobs in the Woods (Short)
Singing Customer (uncredited)
1939 The Women
Singing Teacher (uncredited)
1939 The Forgotten Woman
Homely Woman (uncredited)
1939 Stronger Than Desire
Police Matron (uncredited)
1939 Four Girls in White
Crazy Woman (uncredited)
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Nurse at Door (uncredited)
1938 Paradise for Three
Beauty Operator (uncredited)
1937 I'll Take Romance
Client in Kane's Waiting Room (uncredited)
1937 Live, Love and Learn
Dowager (uncredited)
1937 Exclusive
Policewoman (uncredited)
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
Woman in Compartment D (uncredited)
1937 Rhythm in the Clouds
Madame Enitiba (uncredited)
1937 The Cherokee Strip
Tough Wagon-Woman (uncredited)
1937 That Man's Here Again
Mrs. Sampson (uncredited)
1937 Maytime
Opera Singer (uncredited)
1936 Camille
Friend of Camille (uncredited)
1936 Under Your Spell
1936 Love Begins at Twenty
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1936 Fatal Lady
Brazilian Opera Troupe (uncredited)
1936 One Rainy Afternoon
Bit Role (uncredited)
1935 If You Could Only Cook
Swedish Cook (uncredited)
1935 Bad Boy
German Woman (uncredited)
1935 Vagabond Lady
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1934 The Painted Veil
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What are the most common transmission problems, and how can you spot them?
From transmissions to tune-ups and for everything in between, people who know go to AAMCO
AAMCO Franchise Expands In South Carolina With The Opening Of First Summerville Service Center
AAMCO has expanded in South Carolina with the opening of its first location in Summerville on Feb. 1.
AAMCO Franchise to Exhibit at Franchise Expo South in Dallas
AAMCO will be exhibiting at Franchise Expo South (Booth No. 524) Jan 12-14 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas
Multi-unit AAMCO Franchisee Allan Nurenberg of Austin, TX on Building & Motivating a Successful Team
Allan Nurenberg of Austin, TX was highlighted in this month's Franchising World Magazine for his insight regarding the skill set needed for a winning team
AAMCO Re-opens Service Center in Fredericksburg, VA
AAMCO is happy to announce the re-opening of a service center in Fredericksburg, Virginia at 98A Industrial Drive
AAMCO Total Car Care's new concept store and owner Ismail Latif highlighted by the Small Business Administration
SBA Administrator Karen Mills and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, visited the center last month.
Trust: 50th Anniversary New Commercial
In honor of AAMCO's 50th anniversary, "Trust" is a new campaign for AAMCO


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Photo Essay: Last Chance Look at The Tower Theatre (Lobby, House & Balcony)
Last updated 4/30/18 8:22 PM PT
The Tower Theatre is a bit of a curiosity on the strip of historic theaters along Broadway in Downtown LA.
It was built on a very small, corner plot of land, and its namesake tower rises high above a strip of retail businesses.
It's clearly run down (as many of them are).
It's tough to get inside (as many of them are).
This week, the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation (of which I am a proud member) invited me to visit the inside of the Tower Theatre twice, as a last chance before this former vaudeville-cum-movie theater gets reborn as a concert venue (as the nearby Orpheum has).
The architects and developers responsible for building the Tower made sure that its small size did not render the venue short on opulence, modeling its design after the style of a Paris opera house, with plenty of French Renaissance and Beaux Arts elements, from its grand staircase...
...to its dangling chandelier...
...hung across a stained glass window situated high above the marquee...
...casting a warm glow over the entryway.
In the back of the house...
...ceiling lights illuminate where there once were murals...
...and ornate carvings adorn the standee rail...
...where audiences with cheaper tickets and crying babies could watch the show from behind a glass partition.
As embellished as the interior of the theater looks, plenty of ceiling murals have been painted over in one of the many renovations that the theater went through over the years—paint now peeling, or covered by years of dirt, soot, nicotine and tar.
Two singers' boxes flank the tiny stage...
...which was actually enlarged and extended for one of the many film productions that have utilized the theater for a shooting location.
All the seats on the floor were removed in 1988...
...but they still remain anchored to the balcony floor...
...where there are two levels of seating and even a cry room way up in the back.
Watch your step getting up there in the dark.
During Monday's walk-through and today's tour...
...we had basically unrestricted access to the entire building, top to bottom.
Stay tuned for glimpses into the projection booth, backstage, downstairs lounge, and basement.
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    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string] $computerName                                      = $(throw 'Please specify the name of the machine that should be configured.')
)

Write-Verbose "Initialize-LocalNetworkResource - credential: $credential"
Write-Verbose "Initialize-LocalNetworkResource - authenticateWithCredSSP: $authenticateWithCredSSP"
Write-Verbose "Initialize-LocalNetworkResource - computerName: $computerName"

# Stop everything if there are errors
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$commonParameterSwitches =
    @{
        Verbose = $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Verbose');
        Debug = $false;
        ErrorAction = "Stop"
    }

$startTime = [System.DateTimeOffset]::Now
try
{
    $resourceName = '${ProductName}'
    $resourceVersion = '${VersionSemanticFull}'
    $cookbookNames = '${CookbookNames}'.Split(';')

    $installationDirectory = $(Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'configuration')
    $testDirectory = $(Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'verification')
    $logDirectory = $(Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'logs')

    $installationScript = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'New-LocalNetworkResource.ps1'
    $verificationScript = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'Test-LocalNetworkResource.ps1'

    & $installationScript `
        -credential $credential `
        -authenticateWithCredSSP:$authenticateWithCredSSP `
        -computerName $computerName `
        -resourceName $resourceName `
        -resourceVersion $resourceVersion `
        -cookbookNames $cookbookNames `
        -installationDirectory $installationDirectory `
        -logDirectory $logDirectory `
        @commonParameterSwitches

    & $verificationScript `
        -credential $credential `
        -authenticateWithCredSSP:$authenticateWithCredSSP `
        -computerName $computerName `
        -testDirectory $testDirectory `
        -logDirectory $logDirectory `
        @commonParameterSwitches
}
finally
{
    $endTime = [System.DateTimeOffset]::Now
    Write-Output ("Resource initialization started: " + $startTime)
    Write-Output ("Resource initialization completed: " + $endTime)
    Write-Output ("Total time: " + ($endTime - $startTime))
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


When a white winter finally arrived, the wolf was at my door. The Snow Wolf, that is. Structured Solutions II, the manufacturer of this odd contraption combining a shovel and a large wheel, offered to let me try one in November. There wasn't much need for a snow shovel around here until later.
When a white winter finally arrived, the wolf was at my door. The Snow Wolf, that is.
Structured Solutions II, the manufacturer of this odd contraption combining a shovel and a large wheel, offered to let me try one in November. There wasn't much need for a snow shovel around here until later.
When the flakes began furiously falling, I had already started assembling the Snow Wolf, a folding, modified version of the unfortunately named Sno Wovel or Wovel, for short. When it was done, our 15-year-old son gave it a dry run in our house, easily clearing a couple Labrador retrievers from his path. Yet he was in no mood to try it outdoors.
Why? If you have to ask, you've never known a teenager.
Because someone might see him, of course. He even went so far as to strongly suggest that I try it when he's not around, at the end of our driveway farthest from the street. (Parents can be sooo embarrassing.) I did wait until he was off to school, but I refused to hide; I started at the top of the driveway, near a busy street.
Shortly, just as he had feared, someone noticed. A contractor working down the street smiled and asked what the heck it was.
"Better for your back?" he asked.
That is the most touted advantage of this device, invented by Mark Noonan of New Canaan, Conn., and winner of Popular Mechanics Editor's Choice Award for best new product when it was debuted at the 2005 National Hardware Show. After using it for about 45 minutes at our house and on sidewalks around some rental property, I can say it is definitely easier on your back. Keep in mind, of course, that we only had 2 inches of light snow, not the heavy, wet stuff.
The snow was so light that it tended to slide off the wide plastic blade when I tried to lift and toss it. The jerky, twisting motion I used to throw it is probably the reason I did feel a few twinges in my back the next day.
In the Snow Wolf's defense, I had it set at an angle better for plowing than throwing snow. As my son helpfully shouted later from a considerable distance, there are other settings.
He was predictably appalled that I tried the Snow Wolf in an even more public place, in full view of traffic.
As expected, passersby stared and cars slowed from the moment I took the folded gizmo out of the car. A neighbor with an engineering background was impressed, and yet another contractor wandered over to check it out. Both asked the same question: How much?
The Snow Wolf -- www.wovel.com, which also features videos; or 877-699-6835 (MY WOVEL) -- retails for $149.90 and is available at some hardware stores or Amazon.com with $19.15 for shipping. Attachments include tiny wheels for using on gravel, a chipping plate and a wear strip costing $24.95, $21.50 and $14.99, respectively.
It's not the only wheeled snow shovel around.
Last year, Paul Starner of Traverse City, Mich., came out with the Snow Bully (www.thesnowbully.com or 231-929-7777). It's a heavy-duty wheeled cart with a 30- or 36-inch plow blade attached. Starner, 60, who has a prosthetic arm and two artificial knees, came up with the design along with a neighbor. Although its four wheels are probably more difficult to maneuver than Snow Wolf's single wheel, it's likely even easier on the back.
"Outdoor hockey rinks are a huge market for us, but we haven't had much snow," Starner lamented in a phone interview.
With the blade removed and an $89 basket attached, the Snow Bully can be used year-round as a cart. The base unit costs $299, shipping included. Although I haven't tried it, I'm betting it's more stable and a little easier to use than the Snow Wolf. But I doubt it's as entertaining for passersby or 15-year-old boys.
Contact Kevin Kirkland at kkirkland@post-gazette.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.


As we close out our Catholic Schools Week celebrations, I thought it would be fun to reflect on the relationship of technology to Catholic church over time. So, hop into the way-back machine with me and set the controls for c. 560 AD. Welcome to Seville, Spain where we encounter Isidore of Seville. Later canonized (by JPII) St Isidore, produced a 20 volume body of work known as the Etymologies, or Origins. The print version of the Internet for the Middle Ages, the Etymologies was translated and widely published for over 1000 years and was considered to be the resource for all knowledge great and small of the time. The next time you take a foray into the wide world of Google, pause a moment to pray for the intercession of St Isidore, the patron saint of the Internet, in your digital quest for knowledge.
Next stop, the mid 20th c. Enter Fr Roberto Busa, S.J. Fr Busa is credited (among other intellectual accomplishments) as being the catalyst for creating hyperlinks and searchable online text. Engaged in work to build a reference catalog of all of Thomas of Aquinas' written works, he met with Thomas J Watson (founder of IBM) in 1949 and gave him this design challenge: Create a computerized way to search text by word. His innovative request was the genesis of the 'hypertext' function invented by Ted Nelson in 1965. (National Catholic Register, 2017) Fr Busa died in 2011, but you can interact with his tech legacy to this day on a multilingual public Facebook group. His innovations also led to the development of Digital Humanities in higher education; a field gaining in popularity and importance with the continuing evolution of data analysis. There's even a Busa Prize awarded to leaders in the field of humanities computing.
A few year later, the Vatican saw fit to address the growing sphere of the influence of social media. Vatican 2 documents published in 1963 include a special Decree on the Media of Social Communications aka, the Inter Mirifica. This two-page document answers two driving questions. "The first question has to do with "information," as it is called, or the search for and reporting of the news." (Intermirifica 1.5) "The second question deals with the relationship between the rights, as they are called, of art and the norms of morality."(Intermirifica 1.6) As you skim the Inter Mirifica, it will draw you in with its shockingly relevant guidelines for dealing with news and media today. In fact, it's difficult to comprehend that it was indeed written in 1963.
Jumping now to the 21st century, and the ubiquitous nature of technology, it is truly a gift from God to have voices like Sr Carolyn Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF to provide guidance. Sr. Carolyn maintains a blog and Twitter account under the pseudonym of 'Cyberpilgrim.' In late 2016 she published a three-part series on Digital Discipleship.
In Part 1 she calls us to action with this statement: "We are now called to integrate the apostolic opportunityof the digital world, so that we may use it effectively in our everyday efforts to incarnate the Gospel message." She goes on to connect the concept of intentional discipleship with evangelization and how the Internet can be used to serve that purpose.
In Part 2 she describes why and how to use Facebook effectively. She suggests a balance of posts between 'other' (work, fun, family, etc.) and faith. (i.e. 70/30, 60/40, 50/50) Your faith ministry can be as simple as a photo from a parish activity or a re-post from a Catholic site such as bustedhalo which I discovered while researching this post. Their #dailyjolt is a welcome addition to my Twitter feed.
Part 3 of Digital Discipleship advises how to get started with various social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Snap Chat, Linked-In and more. In this section, you'll also find links to teen-focused accounts on these platforms and suggestions for finding your own faith-based content.
The Office of Catholic Schools' mission states that we are "an alliance of Catholic schools where Christ illuminates learning and life." It's clear that over the history of the church, technology has been a tool used to do just that. I invite you to take up the mantle and continue the tradition of embracing innovation as a means for expanding Catholic educational ministry. Following are a few tips to get started.
Use these examples and find more (or ask the students to!) of Catholic influence on the history and use of technology. Incorporate that into your class so students can further connect their faith with the world around them.
Create a class social media page. Using examples from other Catholic pages on that same platform, have students assist in maintaining the message from your classroom. (remember Sr. Carolyn's 70/30 rule) And don't forget to use #dogrcathed to join our overall schools feed.
Follow Sr Carolyn Cerveny (acyberpilgrim.org / @ccerveny) for more Catholic ed-tech tips and links to more Catholic tech blogs and the Digital Disciple Network Webinar Series.


If you are musical, learning the guitar must be something you really would want to do. This is basically one of the most enjoyable instruments to play and mastering the art can be rewarding both in your recreational and career life. Unfortunately, many people normally start their guitar lessons only to quit after a few sessions while others reach a point where they are no longer interested in advancing their learning and thus stop growing in their knowledge.
As you approach the process of learning how to play a guitar, it is important to note that the process normally takes time and requires your effort and concentration. However, this does not take away the fun from the process and the rewards are always incredible. All you need it to set some personal goals for yourself, do some practice and with a bit of help from someone considerate, you will be playing the guitar like a pro soon. Whether you are doing it so that you can perform in church, in front of an audience or just for personal enjoyment, the following steps will be of great help for you as a beginner or intermediate player.
The most basic thing that you should do when approaching your guitar lessons is to have a feel of an electric or acoustic guitar first. This is very important even before you invest your money buying a guitar of your own. You can try your hands on one in your local church or ask a friend whether they could allow you to have a feel on their guitar. Doing this could allow you to know at least one or two chords to set you on the journey ahead.
While at it, a feel on either of these two guitars will help you decide whether you intend to start your lessons using an electric or acoustic guitar since the two are a bit different from each other. For many beginners, acoustic guitars are always great and many actually begin their learning using one. It is ok to start with an acoustic guitar and then upgrade to the electric one as you advance in your lessons. This is good also considering that acoustic guitars are more portable and do not require an amplifier not to mention that they are also cheaper. Additionally, acoustic guitars will require you to apply a bit more pressure when playing the heavy strings and this helps you develop more hand strength when learning basic things such as hand positioning, chords, strumming and notes.
Electric guitars can be a bit confusing for a beginner as they produce many tones and sounds thus making acoustic ones better during the early stages. You can choose a guitar that best suits your budget, taste and preference but always remember that acoustics are cheaper than electric ones.
Apart from your guitar, you will need to select the right accompanying equipments for use in your day to day learning or playing. You will need to pick the right strings, right strap (length is important) and the thickness of your guitar as well. These have a very important role in determining your style of playing and the sound you produce when playing. You will also need to get a good guitar tuner to help you in the early stages of your learning until such a time when you will be able to tune your guitar properly with the help of your ears. A tuner helps you tune all the strings to the right pitch thus ensuring that there is coordination between what you are playing and what you are hearing.
Once you learn how to handle your guitar properly, the next thing you should do it to familiarize with different sounds produced by your guitar. You will need to learn how to combine different notes and produce a harmonious sound quickly. This calls on you to learn things such as minor and major scales and know the difference between the two of them. First, minor scales normally sound a bit sad with major scales sounding a bit lively and happy. You will need to learn how to combine different notes properly so as to produce the right sound. By so doing, you will be playing what is normally called a chord, which is a group of notes that is held and played together. During the early stages of learning the scales, you might feel a little bit bored but you should not quit at this point. This stage is very important in giving you a solid foundation and knowledge on how to create catchy riffs pr improvise intense lead guitar solos on your own.
How you place your fingers on the strings can make the whole different into your playing techniques. Start by placing your thumb on its rightful fret and then follow up with other fingers. When putting down the small finger as the last one, just make sure that all the others are pressing down each on its rightful string. This helps you to develop the correct stretch between your fingers thus making them more responsive, stronger while working your muscles a little bit. Always make sure you are using the finger tips as opposed to letting the fingers go down flat on the wires. Depending on the size of your fingers, always look for the right guitar thickness so that you do not struggle a lot when positioning them around. Always make sure your posture is relaxed by relaxing your arm and body without removing your hand and fingers from position. Practice this process at least ten minutes each day and you will be able to do it without straining.
As a beginner, you will find it very helpful to take your lessons as you are inspired by visual guitar lessons like those ones found online. There are many websites from where you can get free lessons and these can help you enjoy properly designed ideas that will help you in your learning. Mostly, watching systematic guitar lessons via videos or under the guidance of a pro can help you cover more ground if you regularly practice what you see. Always try to learn different styles from different guitar players to help you know how you can play a chord differently. You are always better of when you learn different styles as they help you locate your own with time.
As you continue with your lessons, it will be good to develop or identify your personal style. This might largely be influenced by the kind of music you love. For example, if you love listening to jazz or blues, the most likely thing is that your guitar style will fall along those lines.
Guitars are very resourceful instruments. Although you will begin your lessons with basics such as picking and strumming techniques, you will need to advance further so as to experiment with your own creativeness. You can learn different guitar playing techniques by getting some ideas and approaches as you watch and listen to your favorite music.
As with every other instrument or lesson, practice is very important as you develop your guitar playing skills. It is easy to forget your newly acquired skills if you do not take time to practice and play around with your guitar. Take time to play around but also spend time for serious practice sessions each day. It's these moments that will help you strengthen your weaknesses and understand your style much better with time. As you do this, make sure you are enjoying every moment as opposed to taking it as a matter of life and death. This will help you overcome the frustrations that many people face when taking guitar lessons.
In line with the above tips, it is always important to be trained by a professional instructor. This exposes you to greater skills and knowledge which can help you learn faster and become a pro within a short time. if you are passionate about your guitar lessons, the help of a professional will help you acquire greater skills quickly and sharpen any identifiable weaknesses that manifests in the progress of your learning.
As you continue acquiring guitar playing skills, it will be advisable for you to try your hands on different kinds of guitars including electric ones. This will help you enjoy quality sounds and have a better experience with each and every playing session. You will need to consider things such as decent action (the distance between fret-board and strings) and go for something that isn't too high as this could end up hurting your fingers and lead to more frustration. Always remember, practice, practice makes perfect. Don't just learn theory and practices and then leave it at that. Play your guitar frequently and try to sing along with your favorite songs and with time you will be playing with your eyes closed.
Also, from our freelance guitar teacher, Hong Kai Wen, who teaches in Kepong, Ampang and Setapak.
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Not much to say at this point. Toxic Muffin was created on 11th July 2010, so that the great Reiseng could rage about stupid characters, or go kyaaa over others. That is all.
Quick note: All images on this blog are copyright material of their respective creators (that probably isn't me), and their use in this blog is strictly for the sake of fandom and whatnot. If you are a scanlator/subber, and I used one(or more) of your pics, and if you don't like that, then contact me and let me know. Oh, and if something I said offended you, please let me know. I am a pretty stupid guy, so normally I don't know when I have offended someone.
Reiseng is a soon to be university student living in Canada(He actually is one now!). Reiseng has been watching anime/reading manga for a few years now, but not nearly as much as a good deal of other people. Reiseng normally doesn't talk in third person, but in this case, Reiseng will make an exception. Reiseng wonders if you have gotten tired of hearing the word Reiseng yet, Reiseng certainly hopes you have.
Reiseng likes manga/anime of the romance genre for Reiseng is a fan of pure love. Reiseng doesn't like silly things like love triangles, becuase Reiseng likes pure love. Reiseng also likes some action series, because Reiseng enjoys watching badass characters do badass things.
Reiseng also likes the word badass, it has such a nice roll to it, Reising wishes that someday Reiseng will be called badass.
Anyways, Reiseng hopes you enjoy this blog, Reiseng will work hard, and try to keep this blog true to Reiseng's true self and enjoyable for you readers.
Frankly speaking, I don't exactly remember the meaning of the word, but a good friend of mine chose it for me, and he said that it suits my personality. So, I decided to trust him, and started using this name.


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Science Reveals Why We Can't Get Catchy Songs Out Of Our Head
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Trending News: Why You Can't Get That Damn Lady Gaga Song Out Of Your Head
Joel Balsam
Because it happens to all of us.
Neuroscientists have done some research into earworms — those catchy songs you can't get out of your head — and identified that they all have similar characteristics. They also identified how to get rid one of one, but it won't be easy.
Ever had a song stuck in your head so long that you want to bash your head against a table? Don't worry, 90% of us have had the same feeling, according to research into catchy songs published in the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts and reported by CNN.
But why? What makes these annoying earworms so infectious to our ears?
It all comes down to how the song is produced. According to the research "it comes down to pace, the shape of the melody and a few unique intervals that make a song stand out."
Researchers say annoying songs like Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (sorry for putting it back in your head) have a witches brew of an upbeat danceable tempo, a simple rhythmic pattern and unique intervals.
This wasn't mentioned in the research, but I would have thought noises that aren't words, like "oohs," "o-ee-oohs," or "na nas" would be a major component to catchy songs. You know, like "I Got A Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas or Akon's "Right Now" (sorry again).
Another neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin, who was not involved in the research gave this reason for why he thinks we can't get earworms out of our heads. "The reason that we get earworms in the first place is probably because music is an evolutionary adaptation, helping us to preserve factual and emotional information in an easily memorizable medium."
When asked which songs are their most frequent earworms, 3,000 people, mostly from the UK, listed these 9 songs. Nine sorries in advance.
"Bad Romance," Lady Gaga
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head," Kylie Minogue
"Don't Stop Believin'," Journey
"Somebody That I Used To Know," Gotye
"Moves Like Jagger," Maroon 5
"California Gurls," Katy Perry
"Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen
"Alejandro," Lady Gaga
"Poker Face" Lady Gaga
Ok so now that you have Lady Gaga singing in your head, how do you get her out?
One way is to listen to the song right to the end. The researchers believe that part of the reason a song becomes an earworm is because you don't know the end. Still, this is a big risk because it means you actually have to ruin minutes of your life listening to the annoying song for the umpteenth time.
The second way is to distract yourself with a different song. Inevitably, though, this will just put another earworm in, so you're still screwed.
A third way is to take medication, as recommended by a Canadian neuroscientist to CNN. Not sure if this is a joke, but definitely don't do that.
The fourth way is... wait, the scientists didn't list a fourth way. Does that mean you have "Bad Romance" stuck in your head and there's no sure-way out? Unfortunately, it does.
I'm sorry, I truly am.
Ask The Big Question
Will this research help music producers make even more annoying songs in the future?
Disrupt Your Feed
All these sorries have just put Justin Bieber's "I'm sorry" back into my head. Dammit!
Drop This Fact
Oddly, the research said, two-thirds of earworm episode are either seen as neutral or positive to the person who has the song stuck in their head. Hands up if you're in the one-third who finds them annoying.
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Random House Library Sampler
This summer, Random House is reaching out to libraries with an ebook preview sampler that offers chapters from nine books by new authors. This is wonderful recognition of the vital role that libraries play in building an audience for emerging authors. And yet, I have a couple of bits of constructive criticism.
This is a really great start, but it is unfortunate that the sampler only provides the first chapter of each book. Lori Benton, one of the featured authors, provides access to the first two chapters of Burning Sky on her website. Which leaves this Summer Sampler feeling less like a library exclusive and more like a cheap attempt at flash.
Also, just having it up as a document on Scribd without any contextual page left me feeling confused. This is being run by the Library Marketing group at Random House, but there is no marketing thought behind it. If these are new authors, why not take the opportunity to introduce them to librarians? Give us the back story so we can better market these books and introduce these authors to patrons. Tease us with a two-sentence blurb about each book that we can use as quick talking points. At the bare minimum, use the ability to embed links in a PDF to provide access to the authors' websites.
I was excited to see this pop up as the sponsor of the week on Unshelved, but was a bit disappointed at what seems to me an unfulfilled opportunity.
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The United for Libraries Institute: Friends, Foundations, and Trustees event will be livestreamed on January 25 during the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting. New York Times bestselling author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin (The Four Tendencies, "Happier with Gretchen Rubin") will deliver the keynote address. In-person event registration begins at 12:30 p.m. Eastern; livestreaming will be 1–4 p.m. Registration to join the livestream is free. Download the agenda for the institute online.
United for Libraries, Jan. 21
ALA released a statement on January 21 regarding the National Archive's efforts to alter photographs that include protest signs unflattering to our current administration. Such an act is a violation of the Library Bill of Rights. The Interpretation on Expurgation of Library Resources defines this specific violation as any deletion, excision, alteration, editing, or obliteration of any part of a library resource by administrators, employees, governing authorities, parent institutions, or third-party vendors when done for the purposes of censorship.
ALA Communications and Marketing Office, Jan. 21
The British scientist Alan Turing's Princeton doctoral degree, OBE medal, and other items of memorabilia have been recovered in Colorado, 35 years after they were taken from Sherborne School in the UK. On January 17, federal officials said they had recovered and were seeking the forfeiture of Turing's items, reports, and letters from his time at boarding school. The items were stolen in 1984, the filing said, after a woman asked to see the Turing archive at Sherborne. In 2018 a woman named Julia Turing (originally Schwinghamer) offered the items on loan to the University of Colorado Boulder, after which federal officials searched a home and recovered the items.
The Guardian (UK), Jan. 21
Alan Inouye writes: "A tsunami hit the publisher-library ecosystem in the last half of 2019. Macmillan Publishers decided that a library system (whether in a town of a few hundred people or the Los Angeles Public Library) may purchase only one copy of a new ebook until the ninth week after release. Libraries and their communities vigorously opposed this new policy through a wave of letters to the company, op-eds, articles, TV news appearances, radio interviews, panel sessions, and a national petition. Communities lose when ebook sales to libraries are denied or delayed, especially people with low or fixed income and, disproportionately, people of color."
ITI Newslink, Jan. 21
In 1763, a mob of white settlers, the so-called "Paxton Boys," murdered 20 unarmed Conestoga People in a genocidal campaign that reshaped Pennsylvania settlement politics. The Library Company of Philadelphia has published a graphic novel about the event, Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga, by Lee Francis 4, with art by Weshoyot Alvitre, and edited by Will Fenton, and is now hosting an exhibition on view at the library through April 10. The exhibition features Alvitre's hand-painted artwork from the graphic novel, a wampum belt created by Wampanoag artist Elizabeth James-Perry, and a behind-the-scenes documentary.
Library Company of Philadelphia
Unexpectedly finding a skeleton lounging in her office doesn't rattle Beth M. Lander, college librarian at the Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. "That's an excellent example of what it is like to work here," she says. "You never know what might happen next." The college shares its library with the Mütter Museum, an institution known for its macabre medical materials, which span centuries. The library holds more than 146,000 journals, monographs, photos, manuscripts, and other medical ephemera documenting more than 1,000 years of medical history. It also has five books bound in human skin.
American Libraries Bookend, Jan./Feb.
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the world's preeminent center for the study of the Yiddish language, culture, and history, has laid off all of its librarians. Four people were let go in the move, which was announced internally last week and confirmed by Executive Director Jonathan Brent in a statement on January 20. The four librarians were among 39 total employees of the 95-year-old organization, which reported $5.1 million in spending in its 2018 annual report. YIVO had a $550,000 revenue shortfall in 2019, Brent said, so the board and professional leadership decided to remove the librarians in order to "seek efficiencies in the organization."
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EV-Only Brands Lag Behind Rival Brands' Customer Service: Survey
Tesla, Lucid, Polestar, and Rivian were all ranked in the bottom quarter of the Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index.
Jul 20, 2022 at 1:22pm ET
By: Steven Loveday
A recent survey by Pied Piper – a retail service tracking company – suggests that electric-exclusive automakers are lagging behind rival premium brands when it comes to customers' overall experience. The Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PVI) takes into account 70 "best-practice behaviors" to get a handle on the retail service performance of automotive brands.
According to Pied Piper, 60 percent of a brand's score comes from categories related to in-person services, and 40 percent is based on internet-response categories. The company looks at factors, such as how quickly dealerships respond to requests, the attentiveness of salespeople, and the availability of financing options. However, Pied Piper shares that it uses different factors for EV-only brands since their sales methods don't typically mirror those of traditional franchised dealerships.
Some EV-only and startup automakers don't yet have a notable network of physical locations, so their in-person scores were calculated via phone conversations. This was the case with electric pickup truck maker Rivian.
At any rate, based on Pied Piper's survey results surrounding 25 premium automotive brands, EV-only brands Lucid, Polestar, Rivian, and Tesla scored an average of 27 percent below the industry average. Moreover, these brands were all ranked in the bottom quarter of Pied Piper's PSI rankings. Tesla was the most successful, though it still ranked 21 out of 25.
Automotive News says Tesla's in-person score has dropped about 18 percent since 2019. The survey also revealed that Tesla's biggest issues came from a lack of helping customers understand electric cars, especially related to their pros and cons, along with details related to national charging networks. However, regardless of the drop, Tesla's sales haven't suffered. In fact, despite mounting obstacles, Tesla is leading all premium brands in sales through Q2 2022.
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Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan estimates that Tesla's success can only last so long if customers continue to be unhappy. He shared via Automotive News:
"If there are five customers for every car and you treat them terribly, that's not going to make much difference. But as soon as there are one half for every car, then all of a sudden you have a problem. A brand like Tesla is going to find that it is extremely important how they interact with their customers — they won't just get a pass."
The survey goes on to suggest that EV-only brands also exhibit subpar performance related to their responsiveness to online inquiries. According to Pied Piper's data, Polestar earned a score that's 76 percent below the industry average and Rivian scored about 35 percent below the average.
O'Hagan believes these electric-only startup automakers are putting too much emphasis on their products and not enough on consumers. He goes so far as to say he thinks the brands' leader don't value their customers or other "non-sexy" components of the business model.
Source: Automotive News
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    Basic Setup

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    Basic Card Payment

    Token payment

    Card Field

    Additional Options for Card Field

    Token Payment with Card Field

    Customizing Visuals

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Card Payments¶

Supported Transaction Types¶

This payment method supports the following transaction types:

WDECTransactionTypeAuthorization - places the account holder's funds on hold, pending future capture, re-authorization or void transaction.

WDECTransactionTypeAuthorizationOnly - verifies the validity of account holder's card, but does not leave an authorized amount.

WDECTransactionTypePurchase- charges the account holder's card and immediately transfers the reserved amount.

WDECTransactionTypeReferencedAuthorization - places the account holder's funds on hold, pending future capture, re-authorization or void transaction. References a previous WDECTransactionTypeAuthorization transaction.

WDECTransactionTypeReferencedPurchase - charges the account holder's card and immediately transfers the reserved amount. References a previous WDECTransactionTypePurchase transaction.

WDECTransactionTypeTokenize - provides a unique token which represents the tokenized card data. This token then can be used in future transactions.

Basic Setup¶

Cocoapods¶

Add to your app's Podfile subspecs:

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pod 'paymentSDK/Card',          '~> 3.0.0'
# just by adding card scanner subspec consumers get option to scan card
pod 'paymentSDK/CardScanner',   '~> 3.0.0'

Camera Permission¶

To make sure Card Scanner has permission before using camera to scan card, follow the steps in Apple documentation. You need to include NSCameraUsageDescription in your app's Info.plist file.

Basic Card Payment¶

This is a code example for a basic card payment:

<input name=tab-group-1 type=radio id=tab-group-1-0_swift checked=checked class=code-tab data-lang=swift aria-controls=tab-group-1-0_swift-panel role=tab>Swift

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<input name=tab-group-1 type=radio id=tab-group-1-1_objective-c class=code-tab data-lang=objective-c aria-controls=tab-group-1-1_objective-c-panel role=tab>Objective-C

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// 1. Initialize client object
// Parameters (hostname, merchantAccountID) may come from server to make it configurable.

NSError *error = nil;
self.client = [[WDECClient alloc] initWithHostname:hostname error:&error];
if (error) {
    // the device is checked during initialization for jailbreak.
    // It is risky to make payments on jailbroken devices.
    return;
}

// 2. Initialize payment object and set mandatory properties
// Parameters (amount, currency, transactionType) shall be sent to server for validation or just provided by server
// and used to generate signature. Signature MUST be generated on server side.
// Signature doc: https://document-center.wirecard.com/display/PTD/Signature+v2
// Secret Key shall never be stored in application.

WDECCardPayment *payment = [WDECCardPayment new];
payment.merchantAccountID = merchantAccountID;  // provided by merchant support
payment.requestID = requestID;                  // generated on server; unique for merchantAccountID
payment.amount = [NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithMantissa:199 exponent:-2 isNegative:NO];
payment.currency = @"EUR";
payment.transactionType = WDECTransactionTypePurchase;
payment.signature = signature;

// 3. Create payment completion block to handle response

@weakify(self);
WDECCompletionBlock completionBlock = ^(WDECPaymentResponse * _Nullable response, NSError * _Nullable error) {
    @strongify(self);
    // for each failure error object is provided;
    if (error) {
        return;
    }
    [self handleResponse:response];
}

// 4. Trigger the payment
[self.client makePayment:payment withCompletion:completionBlock];

Note: You can set optional parameters after the payment object is created. Check the API documentation:WDECCardPayment and  for more details.

Token payment¶

This is a code example for a card payment which uses a card token (obtained from a previous transaction):

<input name=tab-group-2 type=radio id=tab-group-2-0_kotlin checked=checked class=code-tab data-lang=kotlin aria-controls=tab-group-2-0_kotlin-panel role=tab>Kotlin

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val cardPayment = CardPayment(
        signature,
        requestID,
        merchantID,
        transactionType,
        amount,
        currency
)
// for enabling animated card layout
cardPayment.animatedCardPayment = true

val cardToken = CardToken()
cardToken.tokenId = "12345678901111"
cardPayment.cardToken = cardToken
cardToken.tokenUsageIndicator = true
cardToken.requireSecurityCode = true

Client(context = this, url = "https://api-test.wirecard.com", requestTimeout).startPayment(cardPayment)

<input name=tab-group-2 type=radio id=tab-group-2-1_java class=code-tab data-lang=java aria-controls=tab-group-2-1_java-panel role=tab>Java

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cardPayment = new CardPayment.Builder()
        .setSignature(signature)
        .setRequestId(requestID)
        .setMerchantAccountId(merchantID)
        .setTransactionType(transactionType)
        .setAmount(amount)
        .setCurrency(currency)
        .build();

// for enabling animated card layout
cardPayment.setAnimatedCardPayment(true);

CardToken cardToken = new CardToken();
cardToken.setTokenId("12345678901111");
cardPayment.setCardToken(cardToken);

cardPayment.setRequireSecurityCode(true);
cardPayment.setTokenUsageIndicator(true);

new Client(context, "https://api-test.wirecard.com", requestTimeout).startPayment(cardPayment);

Card Field¶

Card Field is a feature where card information (card number, expiration date and CVV) is entered into a single, dynamically changing field instead of multiple separate ones.

Here's example code for a card payment using this feature:

<input name=tab-group-3 type=radio id=tab-group-3-0_kotlin checked=checked class=code-tab data-lang=kotlin aria-controls=tab-group-3-0_kotlin-panel role=tab>Kotlin

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 class KotlinCardFormActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Observer<PaymentResponse> {
    private val mContext = this
    private val mPaymentObjectProvider = PaymentObjectProvider()
    private lateinit var cardFieldFragment: CardFieldFragment

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_card_form)

        cardFieldFragment = CardFieldFragment.Builder().build()
        supportFragmentManager
                .beginTransaction()
                .add(R.id.card_field_container, cardFieldFragment)
                .commit()

        cardFieldFragment
                .getEventObserver()
                .subscribe { state -> Log.i("event", state.toString()) }
    }

    fun onSubmitButtonClicked(view: View) {
        if (cardFieldFragment.getCardBundle() != null) {
            Client(this, URL_EE_TEST, null, REQUEST_TIMEOUT).startPayment(getCardFormPayment(cardFieldFragment.getCardBundle()))
            findViewById<View>(R.id.progress).visibility = View.VISIBLE
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(mContext, "Card bundle is null!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        }
    }

    fun getCardFormPayment(cardBundle: CardBundle): CardFormPayment {
        val merchantID = "merchant_id"
        val secretKey = "secret_key"
        val requestID = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
        val transactionType = TransactionType.PURCHASE
        val amount = BigDecimal(5)
        val currency = "EUR"
        val signature = SignatureHelper.generateSignature(timestamp, merchantID, requestID, transactionType.value, amount, currency, secretKey)

        val cardFormPayment = CardFormPayment.Builder()
                .setSignature(signature)
                .setMerchantAccountId(merchantID)
                .setRequestId(requestID)
                .setAmount(amount)
                .setTransactionType(transactionType)
                .setCurrency(currency)
                .setCardBundle(cardBundle)
                .build()

        val accountHolder = AccountHolder("John", "Doe")
        cardFormPayment.accountHolder = accountHolder

        return cardFormPayment
    }

    override fun onObserve(paymentResponse: PaymentResponse) {
        runOnUiThread {
            Toast.makeText(mContext, ResponseHelper.getFormattedResponse(paymentResponse), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
            findViewById<View>(R.id.progress).visibility = View.GONE
        }
    }
}

<input name=tab-group-3 type=radio id=tab-group-3-1_java class=code-tab data-lang=java aria-controls=tab-group-3-1_java-panel role=tab>Java

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public class CardFormActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements Observer<PaymentResponse> {
    private Context mContext = this;
    private PaymentObjectProvider mPaymentObjectProvider = new PaymentObjectProvider();
    CardFieldFragment cardFieldFragment;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_card_form);

        cardFieldFragment = new CardFieldFragment.Builder().build();
        getSupportFragmentManager()
                .beginTransaction()
                .add(R.id.card_field_container, cardFieldFragment)
                .commit();

        cardFieldFragment
                .getEventObserver()
                .subscribe(
                        state -> {
                            Log.i("event", state.toString());
                        }
                );
    }

    public void onSubmitButtonClicked(View view) {
        if(cardFieldFragment.getCardBundle() != null) {
            new Client(this, URL_EE_TEST, null, REQUEST_TIMEOUT).startPayment(getCardFormPayment(cardFieldFragment.getCardBundle()));
            findViewById(R.id.progress).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }else {
            Toast.makeText(mContext, "Card bundle is null!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

    public CardFormPayment getCardFormPayment(CardBundle cardBundle) {
        String merchantID = "merchant_id";
        String secretKey = "secret_key";
        String requestID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
        TransactionType transactionType = TransactionType.PURCHASE;
        BigDecimal amount = new BigDecimal(5);
        String currency = "EUR";
        String signature = SignatureHelper.generateSignature(timestamp, merchantID, requestID, transactionType.getValue(), amount, currency, secretKey);

        CardFormPayment cardFormPayment = new CardFormPayment.Builder()
                .setSignature(signature)
                .setMerchantAccountId(merchantID)
                .setRequestId(requestID)
                .setAmount(amount)
                .setTransactionType(transactionType)
                .setCurrency(currency)
                .setCardBundle(cardBundle)
                .build();

        AccountHolder accountHolder = new AccountHolder("John", "Doe");
        cardFormPayment.setAccountHolder(accountHolder);

        return cardFormPayment;
    }

    @Override
    public void onObserve(PaymentResponse paymentResponse) {
        runOnUiThread(() -> {
                    Toast.makeText(mContext, ResponseHelper.getFormattedResponse(paymentResponse), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    findViewById(R.id.progress).setVisibility(View.GONE);
                }

        );
    }
}

Additional Options for Card Field¶

You can set additional options for Card Field throughCardFieldFragment.Builder :

SetSupportedCardBrands - sets allowed card brands (providers)

setExpirationDate - used in token payments

setRequestFocus - sets screen focus (after the card form loads)

setHideCardIcon - hides provider icons (VISA, Maestro, etc.)

setToken - used in token payments

setMaskedCardNumber - used in token payments

setCardBrand - sets the card brand/provider

setTextSize - changes text size

setLocale - changes the payment locale

setNativeLocale - changes the payment locale (UI only)

Token Payment with Card Field¶

The payment object is identical to a normal card field payment (like the example above), but you need to include the card token.

<input name=tab-group-4 type=radio id=tab-group-4-0_kotlin checked=checked class=code-tab data-lang=kotlin aria-controls=tab-group-4-0_kotlin-panel role=tab>Kotlin

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...
val cardToken = CardToken()
cardToken.tokenId = "12345678901111"
cardPayment.cardToken = cardToken
cardToken.tokenUsageIndicator = true
cardToken.requireSecurityCode = true
...

<input name=tab-group-4 type=radio id=tab-group-4-1_java class=code-tab data-lang=java aria-controls=tab-group-4-1_java-panel role=tab>Java

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...
CardToken cardToken = new CardToken();
cardToken.setTokenId("12345678901111");
cardPayment.setCardToken(cardToken);

cardPayment.setRequireSecurityCode(true);
cardPayment.setTokenUsageIndicator(true);
...

Customizing Visuals¶

To change colors within the SDK, override the default color values in the .xml file.

Color Resources¶

Changing any of these will affect every module used in the SDK:

wd_ecom_color_main - color tint for icons, header and submit button gradient start color

wd_ecom_color_main_light - header and submit button gradient end color

wd_ecom_color_main_alpha80 - text input layout title color

wd_ecom_color_toolbar_text - toolbar text and back arrow tint

wd_ecom_color_pay_button_text - pay button text color

wd_ecom_color_main_background - background color for main view

wd_ecom_color_error - used for all text input layouts to modify error text color including the edit text line

Changing Fonts¶

To change fonts, add the font path to the payment object:

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val cardPayment = CardPayment(
        signature,
        timestamp,
        requestID,
        merchantID,
        transactionType,
        amount,
        currency
)

cardPayment.fontPath = "fonts/myFont.otf"

Client(context = this, url = "https://api-test.wirecard.com", requestTimeout).startPayment(cardPayment)

<input name=tab-group-5 type=radio id=tab-group-5-1_java class=code-tab data-lang=java aria-controls=tab-group-5-1_java-panel role=tab>Java

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Changing Text Size¶

To change the text size for cardField fragments use the dimension attribute wd_ecom_cardfield_text_size.

To change text size in any other modules use the dimension attribute wd_ecom_text_size.

Customizing Simple Card Payments¶

Color resources

1 - wd_ecom_color_main

2 - wd_ecom_color_light

3 - wd_ecom_color_main_alpha80

4 - wd_ecom_color_pay_button_text

5 - wd_ecom_color_toolbar_text

6 - wd_ecom_color_error

7 - wd_ecom_color_main_background

Icons

8 - wd_ecom_arrow_back

9 - wd_ecom_cardholder_name

10 - wd_ecom_camera_blue

11 - wd_ecom_date

12 - wd_ecom_lock

Customizing Animated Card Payments¶

Color resources

1 - wd_ecom_color_main

2 - wd_ecom_color_light

3 - wd_ecom_color_toolbar_text

4 - wd_ecom_color_pay_button_text

5 - wd_ecom_color_main_alpha80

6 - wd_ecom_color_main_alpha40

7 - wd_ecom_color_error

8 - wd_ecom_color_main_background

Icons

9 - wd_ecom_arrow_back

10 - wd_ecom_chip

Customizing cardField Fragments¶

Color resources

1 - wd_ecom_color_main

2 - wd_ecom_color_light

3 - wd_ecom_color_error

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