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Security guard jobs in Canada (2023) – Online Apply Process
/ International Jobs, Jobs In Canada / By Aleena Faysal
Why choose a security guard job in Canada? The first and foremost answer is that with each coming year, there is more and more demand for security officers, and immigrant visas are easily available for this occupation.
Canada's labour market is growing fast, and official statistics show that there is a dire shortage of unskilled and semiskilled labour in Canada. That's why it is planning to bring in millions of immigrants over the next ten years. You name it, and security guards are needed at every place. a showy bungalow in your street to the parliament! If you have any of the below-mentioned qualities, think no further because you are the next security guard in line:
1. Good communication skills
2. Leadership qualities
3. Emergency management
4. Problem detection and solving
5. High physical strength and fitness
6. Effective crowd control and keeping discipline
7. Ambitious for protecting your community and helping others
8. Trained with firearms, crime control
If you have these skills and want to migrate to Canada in the capacity of a security guard, this post has all the details of security guard jobs in Canada, along with the links and contacts of security companies offering vacancies. You don't need to spend hours on the internet to find the job; just click on the "apply now" button and send the application to your desired company.
2 How can I be a security guard in Canada?
3 Average Salary of a security guard?
4 Security guard jobs in Canada on Indeed.
5 Security guard jobs on LinkedIn
Job title: Security guard.
Country: USA.
Minimum age: 18 years (21 for the position of the armed security guard).
Knowledge required: No.
Experience required: Yes/No.
Visa Sponsorship: Yes (through a temporary Canada work permit).
Related: Security guard jobs in USA
How can I be a security guard in Canada?
Both Canadian nationals and foreigners can work as security guards in Canada. Foreigners need a work visa to work in Canada, which can be attained in three ways: To apply for Canadian immigration, to apply for a work Visa, or your employer sponsors you for a work permit that expires in two years. Other requirements are as follows:
Minimum 18 years or older.
At least Emergency First Aid CPR-C & AED (CSA Basic). This is a 1-day crash course to teach you basic First Aid Skills.
Some employers may demand Standard First Aid CPR-C & AED (CSA Intermediate). This is a 2-day course.
Security guard license.
Secondary or higher secondary education would be preferred (for English language proficiency).
Trained applicants (from any reputable institute) would be preferred.
Any relevant qualification (degree or certification) in any related field, like Bachelor's in criminal justice, a two-year diploma in Security &Protection.
Average Salary of a security guard?
According to the job search giants Indeed, security guard officers earn $17.85 per hour on average. Similarly, per month and per year averages are $2,900 and $ 40,956 respectively.
Security guard jobs in Canada on Indeed.
Then click on the Our below link and you can see the list of security guard jobs in Canada.
Security guard jobs on LinkedIn
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"Russia is not pleasant": the expert about new threats of the USA "To Nord Stream — 2" — Rambler News Service
Date: 2 months ago 2019-05-14 14:00 Category: Energy
Photo: globallookpress.com/Stefan Sauer Senators from Republican and Democratic party Ted Kurz and Gene Shakhin prepared the bill of imposition of sanctions against the companies participating in laying of deep-water pipelines for the Russian energy projects. The initiative directed directly against "Nord Stream — 2", already came for consideration to the U.S. Senate. The uncertainty factor Influence of the new document on "Nord Stream — 2" depends on terms of adoption of the new bill and construction of the gas pipeline, the director of Institute of national power Sergey Pravosudov told RNS. He reminded that the Danish authorities did not give permission to laying of pipes in the waters yet and in all ways delay decision-making. "If in the USA manage to adopt this bill before the project of construction of the gas pipeline is implemented fully, then everything will depend on contractors who or will continue to fulfill the contractual obligations, or refuse it under the pretext of sanctions. As a result all this will become a subject of mutual reproaches and judicial proceedings" — the expert emphasized. According to him, implementation of the project of the gas pipeline for a number of reasons tries to interfere with the USA including because "they do not like Russia, they consider it the competitor". According to Pravosudov, now in a situation with "Nord Stream — 2" and new sanctions of the USA there is too much uncertainty therefore with concrete conclusions it is worth waiting. The expert noted that Washington never hid the desire to block the project therefore their actions look logical continuation already headed. The bill essence the Bill prepared by the American senators is offered to impose sanctions against shipowners which are used for laying of deep-water pipelines. Authors of an initiative claim that when laying technological know-how which the western energy companies, but not Russia have are used. According to the bill, entry into the USA will be forbidden the persons selling or leasing vessels for their subsequent use in construction of the gas pipeline, and their assets in the States will freeze. Those who gives financial, technical or insurance support when laying the gas pipeline are also threatened by imposition of sanctions. The high-ranking member of Republican Party familiar with the bill noted that its provisions were formulated on the basis of the ban on export of the Iranian oil which is earlier imposed by the USA. Since May 2 one and all states are forbidden to import it, at the same time earlier Washington allowed purchase of oil from Iran by China, India, Greece, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Turkey and Taiwan. The staff of Administration of the President of Donald Trump repeatedly warned partners of Gazprom on "Nord Stream — 2" about possible sanctions within the last months. In January, 2019 the American ambassador in Germany Richard Grenell wrote to group of companies, participating in the project, corresponding
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Top 10 Essential Soul Food Ingredients
Exploring Southern Food
Andrea Lynn
Food writer, recipe developer, and personal chef who has authored four cookbooks. She focuses on Southern cuisine, soul food, and spices.
A Southern kitchen runs smoothly when the pantry and fridge are stocked with staple ingredients for making soul food meals with ease. Here are the essentials your kitchen needs:
Tub of lard. Maximilian Stock Ltd/Getty Images
"Praise the lard, pass the biscuits," as the Southern saying goes. Made from the rendered fat of a pig, lard is used in both cooking and baking. With a long shelf life, the richness compared to other fats contributes to fluffier biscuits and flakier pie crusts. To substitute lard for butter in a baking recipe, reduce the amount by one-fourth.
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Because of the copious frying needs of the soul food kitchen, canola oil needs to be on hand at all times. Canola oil, made from the rapeseed, is a superior choice to other oils due to its lower amount of saturated fat and its high smoking point. Since deep-frying requires very high heat, it's important to use an oil like canola that won't break down under the extreme temperature demands.
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Finely ground corn, available in both yellow and white (and sometimes blue, as a rare find), cornmeal comes in different consistencies like fine, medium and coarse. Consistency is usually a personal preference. Cornmeal is the main component in cornbread or hush puppies. It can also be used on its own to coat catfish or okra, or mixed with flour for the crust on fried green tomatoes.
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Notice that grits and cornmeal are in two separate categories because for Southerners, these are two important, but separate, entities. Grits are ground from hominy, the dried kernel of the corn. Grits are simmered in milk or water and liberally dosed with butter and salt for a common soul food breakfast.
Self-Rising Flour
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Self-rising flour is merely all-purpose flour with the addition of salt and baking powder. For Southerners, self-rising flour is a magical component to add a little oomph to many dishes, from peach cobbler to the crust of fried chicken. Easily made at home, just add 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt per 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
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A dressing made from egg yolks, vegetable oil, and lemon juice, mayo is the glue that binds many Southern gems together like pimento cheese, egg salad, and potato salad—the list goes on and on. In North Carolina, Duke's is a popular brand choice, while Hellmann's rules in other parts of the South. It's also a necessary component of the summertime tomato sandwich—thick homegrown slices of tomatoes with mayonnaise on Wonder Bread.
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It's not soul food without the flavoring of pork, which can come in a variety of forms. Bacon, cured and smoked pork belly, is a common indulgent. The grease rendered from the bacon while cooking is commonly stored and used at a later point as a cooking fat or flavoring. Pig's feet, which require a long, slow stint of cooking, release tons of porky flavor, as well as gelatin. Pig's feet and the flavorful jowl are also used to make a broth for cooking greens or other vegetables.
Add a little Cajun love to a meal with a shake of a seasoning blend, used for blackening rubs or to give a Creole flair to dishes. Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning has a worship-like following in the South. Just beware that most store-bought Cajun blends have a high salt level. An easy solution is to make it yourself, which allows you to control the spiciness and saltiness to your liking.
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A mixture of whole milk and sugar, sweetened condensed milk is a component of many Southern desserts like banana pudding. Unsweetened condensed milk also goes by the name of evaporated milk and is a worthy addition to creamy mac and cheese.
Hot Pepper Sauce
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Pickled Tabasco peppers packed in vinegar is an absolute must to add a spicy punch to collards or turnip greens. The hot sauce should also be dashed onto cornbread. When the vinegary hot sauce is drained clean, just refill with more vinegar. Store for a couple of weeks until the leftover Tabasco peppers have flavored the vinegar and use again.
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Indian pharmaceutical scientist granted Taiwan's Plum Blossom Card
By Central News Agency
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Kunal Nepali, a pharmaceutical scientist from India, recently obtained special permanent residency in Taiwan with the award of the Plum Blossom Card, based on his research on treatments for cancer, gout and hyperuricemia, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Sunday.
The card is given to foreign nationals who have made special contributions to Taiwan, have high-level professional or technical skills needed by Taiwan, or have invested over NT$15 million (US$504,150) in the country.
Card holders are granted permanent residency and are also eligible to pursue a simplified application process for Taiwanese citizenship, according to the NIA.
Nepali, 35, is one of only 119 foreign nationals who have been awarded the Plum Blossom Card since it was introduced in 2009, according to the NIA.
Currently an assistant professor at Taipei Medical University (TMU), Nepali was inspired to move to Taiwan because of the research work of TMU professor Liou Jing-ping (劉景平), the NIA said in a statement. In 2014, Nepali decided to come to Taiwan to join Liou's research on cancer treatments, the NIA said.
Since then, Nepali has developed drugs for the treatment of cancer, gout and hyperuricemia, which has been beneficial to patients and researchers, according to the NIA.
He has also received outstanding contribution awards from international scientific journals, including Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters and the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, for his work as a reviewer, the NIA said.
Nepali's wife, Ritu Ojha, also studied at TMU and received a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences in 2018, the NIA said, adding that the couple and their child plan to apply for Republic of China (Taiwan) citizenship in the future.


I was wondering if you knew the "benefits" for having cell phones in the faith formation classroom??
My suggestion, purchase the book! Learn from those who already have "best practices." It is the tool that financially will make it possible for religious educators to have access to technology in the religious education classroom.
The big benefit comes from a story of a junior high catechist who heard my presentation last spring and tried it with her students. Now, they do not want to leave the classroom. They find the class interesting and fun! Parents are now knocking on the door to try to get the kids to come home for dinner!
I am becoming convinced that the change we need to help happen is more than a movement from fear of technology to embrace of it.
There is a far deeper issue and that is how does learnng happen. The pedagogue fills the vessel, in today's world the vessel is brimming with ideas, information and more. In my analogy the vessel is the learner, the learner is student, parent, extended family, teacher, administrator and more. We need to allow a DNA to grow in us that goes to the root of how we see ourselves. Successful education in the 21st century will accept that information is readily available to all and sorting and processing and integrating is the first step. In a world of information overload and change as a constant, we need as formators to accept that we no longer could or should control what is available but we must help organize, sort, priortize and help to categorize that information which can feed us.
My sense is that the DNA we are seeeking is more about shaping questions, engaging dialogue and being able to quantify the results so that if we are teaching for example about Noah's Covenant, we come away knowing the story, exploring the covenant and applying it in action to where we celebrate our faith today. With the grace of God, the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and a little mental and physical persperation we can open our lives to the flow of the new DNA. Bless the ministry of Catechesis and enligthen us as we move forward.
Patrick, I love the Socratic dialogue that you refer to in your post! And I would say, that as we embrace the technology we will learn new ways to engage our learners in this Socratic process. One of the best tools I've seen so far, is what is referred to as the Collaborize Classroom. I've viewed webinars by an English teacher where she demonstrates how she asks questions to engage her students in her classes. I would say, this type of model could be easily adapted to the Religion classroom. What's key is that the catechist/religion teacher needs to embrace the tool and learn how to use it. Just what you are advocating! Thanks for your comment!
Walt thanks for sharing! Some wonderful thoughts and ideas here! Looking forward to hearing more from you and what's happening in your parish!


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Starspangledbanner ready to write the next chapter of his remarkable story
Courtesy of Racing Post, 2nd Jan 2019
James Thomas charts the tale of the shuttle stallion sensation
Life at stud can be pretty unforgiving, with few second chances on offer. However, when Starspangledbanner returned to Coolmore in Ireland in 2016, that is precisely what he had earned.
Now, with the sons and daughters he sired from that book of mares close to hitting the track, he is poised to take advantage of an opportunity that not so long ago seemed most unlikely.
The tale of Starspangledbanner has, to put it mildly, been quite remarkable. The first significant chapter in the story of this Australian-bred son of Choisir, a A$120,000 Inglis yearling, came when he won the Caulfield Guineas, a race in which he saw off the likes of Manhattan Rain and So You Think.
Shortly after that breakthrough Group 1 victory in 2009, the Coolmore partners stepped in to purchase the horse, but walked away with just 95 per cent after owner Michelle Massey refused to sell her five per cent stake in the horse to the Irish powerhouse.
Nevertheless, the change in ownership saw the focus of Starspangledbanner's campaign shift from Classic miles to sprint trips, a move that resulted in the colt landing the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate over five and a half furlongs.
Next came a change of scenery, as Coolmore switched Starspangledbanner from the yard of Leon Corstens to Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle string, from where he was prepared for a tilt at the major European sprint races during the summer of 2010.
With his own sire Choisir having stormed to success in the King's Stand Stakes and the Golden Jubilee Stakes of 2003, and other southern hemisphere imports such as Miss Andretti, Scenic Blast and Takeover Target having plundered Royal Ascot races, Starspangledbanner carried a considerable weight of expectation with him to his new base.
Following a creditable reappearance when fifth in the Duke of York Stakes, Starspangledbanner lined up in the Golden Jubilee Stakes, and made just about all the running before storming a length and three-quarters clear of Society Rock and the likes of US raider Kinsale King and Fleeting Spirit.
He backed that effort up by winning the July Cup with a performance that was equal parts guts and class to deny Equiano by a neck.
Having been crowned champion European sprinter, time was called on Starspangledbanner's racing days, and it was then that Massey decided to cash in on her share of one of the world's fastest thoroughbreds.
But rather than sell the remaining five per cent to Coolmore, she took the scarcely believable decision to offer her stake on an Australian bloodstock trading website, a move that led to Anthony Mithen of Rosemont Stud acquiring the share for a reported A$1 million.
However, not long after Starspangledbanner had taken up stud duty at Coolmore in 2011, it became apparent that the horse was suffering some major fertility issues.
His first northern hemisphere-bred foals numbered just 33, while his initial Australian-bred crop yielded only 31 youngsters.
With news of the horse's problems widely known by the time the 2012 northern hemisphere breeding season came around, breeders were understandably wary, and that year Starspangledbanner received a mere 22 mares, resulting in a second crop of just 11 foals.
Although it was still early days, a productive career at stud was rapidly looking a lost cause and Starspangledbanner was returned to training.
He went on to run six times during his second stint at Ballydoyle, but when that did not produce the desired results - with his best form from six starts coming when runner-up to Maarek in the 2012 Renaissance Stakes - there was talk that the horse would be gelded in a bid to help him recapture his former brilliance.
Following what proved to be his racing swansong in the 2013 Al Quoz Sprint, Mithen stepped in with a proposal to stand the horse at Rosemont Stud in Australia, in the hope that a change of scenery could bring about an upturn in fertility. The horse once again shipped to Australia but could manage to supply only 23 mares in foal.
Then came the first major plot twist of Starspangledbanner's stud career, as his first Irish-bred crop packed a punch well beyond its lowly numbers.
Those 33 foals included two Royal Ascot winners in The Wow Signal - winner of the Coventry Stakes, and later the Prix Morny - and Anthem Alexander, who claimed the Queen Mary Stakes before being narrowly denied by Tiggy Wiggy in the Cheveley Park Stakes.
There were other noteworthy talents too, such as Sirenia Stakes third Home Of The Brave and the Listed-placed Moonraker.
In the fullness of time, those debut northern hemisphere-bred crops have yielded ten stakes performers, including the aforementioned The Wow Signal and Anthem Alexander; the hardy Home Of The Brave - who produced a joint career-best effort aged six to win a Rosehill Group 2; Sceptre Stakes scorer Spangled; and Great Wide Open - who finished runner-up in the Shadwell Turf Mile last year.
Understandably given the immense promise of those debut juveniles, Coolmore were keen to have Starspangledbanner back in Ireland for 2015, and their hopes were lifted further when his fertility began to improve, as he left 42 southern hemisphere mares pregnant in 2014.
But then the horse was struck by a bout of colic that kept him grounded in Australia for another year.
STARSPANGLEDBANNER - THE FACTS AND FIGURES
Pedigree 12yo chestnut Choisir - Gold Anthem (Made Of Gold)
Stands Coolmore, Ireland
2019 fee €17,500
Lifetime Flat runners 36*
Lifetime Flat winners 27* (75%)
2018 yearling average £79,375
*Northern hemisphere results only
After such an unlikely series of events, Starspangledbanner eventually returned to Fethard in 2016, and, with his fertility markedly improved, covered the book responsible for this year's two-year-olds.
People could have been forgiven for treading carefully with a horse whose fertility made him a potentially risky proposition, but breeders are nothing if not an optimistic bunch, and with the exploits of his debut juveniles not easily forgotten, Starspangledbanner duly covered a book of 120 mares.
As ever, the devil is in the detail, and it is not just the fact that Starspangledbanner has more soldiers - 69 to be precise - to go to war with that makes him a likely candidate for a big 2019.
Among his book were 20 stakes-performing mares, while the resulting foals include half-sisters to Jersey Stakes winner Ishvana; Phoenix Sprint Stakes scorer Scream Blue Murder, Listed scorers Salateen and Gamgoom; and May Hill Stakes runner-up Grecian Light.
Meanwhile his colts include siblings to Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes winner Adjusted and Aidan O'Brien's promising Old Glory, Group 3 scorer Tinnitus and the Listed-winning pair Melbourne Memoriesand Arya Tara.
It may have been a while since buyers caught sight of yearlings by Starspangledbanner at the sales in Europe, but there was little hesitation when the chance came to throw in a bid.
None proved in higher demand than the filly out of A Huge Dream, with Stroud Coleman Bloodstock signing on behalf of Godolphin at 750,000gns during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
The half-sister to dual Listed winner Mrs Gallagher is registered as being under the care of Charlie Appleby.
Other notable sales include the €300,000 colt out of Welcome Spring who went the way of Ric Wylie; the €180,000 colt out of Star Now signed for by Form Bloodstock; and the pair of £140,000 colts bought by Armando Duarte and Cormac McCormack at the Goffs UK Premier Sale.
Those results contributed to a European yearling average of £79,375 and a median of £47,250 for yearlings bred at a fee of just €15,000.
Moreover, 2019 could just be the start of big things for Starspangledbanner. His 2017 book produced 72 foals, with youngsters bred by the likes of the Aga Khan, Juddmonte and Cheveley Park Stud, while in 2018 he covered his biggest, and arguably best, book to date.
Starspangledbanner has already been on quite the journey, but with a greater potency giving him more firepower to call upon, there's a chance he might only just be getting started.
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The list of juvenile winners by Starspangledbanner continues to grow, as Knight Shield (2c Starspangledbanner - Three Decades…
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Wright modified the typical proportions of this three-bedroom Usonian homes for Louis Penfield's house to accommodate the artist and schoolteacher's six-foot, eight-inch frame.
National Register of Historic Places. Open to the public, though no tours are offered. Available for rent.
Wright incorporated slender ribbon windows and tall narrow doors that stretched to unusually high ceilings. Penfield proved as dogmatic on matters of finance as Wright was on issues of design, ceasing construction when Wright's original $25,000 budget was reached. The house remained without some of the proposed furniture and cabinetry until Louis' son, Paul, inherited the house and personally completed the remaining details of the original design, along with an extensive restoration. In 1959 Wright designed a second house for the Penfields on the same 30-acre property. "Riverrock," considered Wright's last residential commission, was to be built of stone gathered from the nearby Chagrin River. The Penfields received the plans the week of Wright's funeral, but the house remained un-built. Paul Penfield and his wife, Donna, are currently saving proceeds from the rental of the Penfield House to build Riverrock, which they hope to one day open to the public.


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Philbin and Lazor: Chicago Bears offense poses challenges
Written by Steven Wilson | Twitter: @stevenjwilson11
Big. Physical. Fast. There aren't many glaring weaknesses when you look at the Chicago Bears skill players. Their receivers are two of the most physical, looming wideouts in the game, while their running back is one of the most consistent pass-catching backs in the League. They are also deep.
Behind five-time pro-bowler Brandon Marshall and rising star Alshon Jeffery is Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes and 6-foot-1, 220-pound Josh Morgan, who's talented in his own right.
"They have big skill players," Dolphins Head Coach Joe Philbin stated bluntly after Monday's practice. "Their running back is big, their tight end is big, [and] their wide outs are big. So it's a formidable challenge for the entire football team, not just for the linebackers. We're going to have to have a multiple plan. You can't go into the game with just one answer against those guys."
Much like last week's matchup with Green Bay, linebackers Phillip Wheeler, Koa Misi, Jelani Jenkins and Jason Trusnik will have their hands full in the passing game. Matt Forte and Martellus Bennett create mismatch problems for defenses, which gives Bears quarterback Jay Cutler roughly seven solid pass-catching options to throw to.
"They're a very effective offensive football team," continued Philbin. "We're going to have to play good team defense. Some of the things that really hurt us the other day were contain and tackling – both fundamental things. You asked me last week, 'What do you want the defense to stand for?' Tackling, pursuit – those types of things. We have to do that better."
Last Sunday's performance against the Packers will shift the focus to cornerbacks Brent Grimes and Cortland Finnegan, who will need to wrap up and make solid tackles on ball-carriers, or it will be a long day. The duo on the perimeter will also need to play bigger than their listed 5-foot-10 heights as Marshall stands 6-4 and Jeffery is 6-3.
"Obviously, they do a great job on those balls down the field," stated Philbin. "Those aren't easy to defend. Like I said, I think we're going to have to mix it up a little bit. I don't think we can [focus] on coverage. I don't think we're going to press every play. I don't think we're going to be off every play, but we've got to mix it up."
Miami's third-year head coach hopes he and his staff can dial up enough pressure on Cutler this week at exactly the right time.
"We've got to get some pressure on their quarterback and hopefully force them into a bad decision or two, get our hands on the ball," he stated. "All of those good things that good defenses do, we're going to need to do. It's a good skill group, without a doubt."
Meanwhile, Miami's offense will have just as difficult a time moving the ball against Chicago's defense. Despite playing better over the past two games, the Bears are ranked 28th in the NFL allowing 7.9 yards per pass attempt this season. Chicago's defense has however forced its fair share of turnovers – as a unit, the Windy City has 12 takeaways in five games, including 8 interceptions.
"I thought that they played hard [last week], they were physical, I saw them hitting receivers, I saw them closing down running lanes," stated Miami's Offensive Coordinator Bill Lazor. "We've got to figure out what did they [did] that was so special. Just turning on the film, you've got to be really impressed with it. I think they've always been known for their defense."
Leading the charge on the defensive line is four-time All-Pro end Jared Allen, someone whom Lazor is very familiar with.
"They've still got some players there that we've faced many times that have proven to be good players," Lazor stated. "They've got a guy (Jared Allen) who has terrorized a lot of people, including teams that I've been on, playing end for them right now. I'm sure that the attitude that they're going to bring is going to make it a tough game."
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import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.util.InvalidEncrypterException;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.util.LoadingDialog;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.util.Settings;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.util.Settings.Display;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.util.Settings.Security;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.util.UI;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.widget.LockPatternUtils;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.widget.LockPatternView;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.widget.LockPatternView.Cell;
import group.pals.android.lib.ui.lockpattern.widget.LockPatternView.DisplayMode;

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import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.ResultReceiver;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.text.format.DateUtils;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;
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import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

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 * You can deliver result to {@link PendingIntent}'s and/ or
 * {@link ResultReceiver} too. See {@link #EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_OK},
 * {@link #EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_CANCELLED} and {@link #EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER}
 * for more details.
 *

 *
 *
NOTES

 *

 *

 * You must use one of built-in actions when calling this activity. They start
 * with {@code ACTION_*}. Otherwise the library might behave strangely (we don't
 * cover those cases).

 *
You must use one of the themes that this library supports. They start
 * with {@code R.style.Alp_Theme_*}. The reason is the themes contain resources
 * that the library needs.

 *
With {@link #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN}, there are 4 possible result
 * codes: {@link Activity#RESULT_OK}, {@link Activity#RESULT_CANCELED},
 * {@link #RESULT_FAILED} and {@link #RESULT_FORGOT_PATTERN}.

 *
With {@link #ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA}, there are 3 possible result
 * codes: {@link Activity#RESULT_OK}, {@link Activity#RESULT_CANCELED},
 * and {@link #RESULT_FAILED}.

 *

 *
 * @author Hai Bison
 * @since v1.0
 */
public class LockPatternActivity extends Activity {

    private static final String CLASSNAME = LockPatternActivity.class.getName();

    /**
     * Use this action to create new pattern. You can provide an
     * {@link IEncrypter} with
     * {@link Security#setEncrypterClass(android.content.Context, Class)} to
     * improve security.
     *

     * If the user created a pattern, {@link Activity#RESULT_OK} returns with
     * the pattern ({@link #EXTRA_PATTERN}). Otherwise
     * {@link Activity#RESULT_CANCELED} returns.
     *
     * @see #EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_OK
     * @see #EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_CANCELLED
     * @since v2.4 beta
     */
    public static final String ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN = CLASSNAME
            + ".create_pattern";

    /**
     * Use this action to compare pattern. You provide the pattern to be
     * compared with {@link #EXTRA_PATTERN}.
     *

     * If you enabled feature auto-save pattern before (with
     * {@link Security#setAutoSavePattern(android.content.Context, boolean)} ),
     * then you don't need {@link #EXTRA_PATTERN} at this time. But if you use
     * this extra, its priority is higher than the one stored in shared
     * preferences.
     *

     * You can use {@link #EXTRA_INTENT_ACTIVITY_FORGOT_PATTERN} to help your
     * users in case they forgot the patterns.
     *

     * If the user passes, {@link Activity#RESULT_OK} returns. If not,
     * {@link #RESULT_FAILED} returns.
     *

     * If the user cancels the task, {@link Activity#RESULT_CANCELED} returns.
     *

     * In any case, there will have extra {@link #EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT} available
     * in the intent result.
     *
     * @see #EXTRA_PATTERN
     * @see #EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_OK
     * @see #EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_CANCELLED
     * @see #RESULT_FAILED
     * @see #EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT
     * @since v2.4 beta
     */
    public static final String ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN = CLASSNAME
            + ".compare_pattern";

    /**
     * Use this action to let the activity generate a random pattern and ask the
     * user to re-draw it to verify.
     *

     * The default length of the auto-generated pattern is {@code 4}. You can
     * change it with
     * {@link Display#setCaptchaWiredDots(android.content.Context, int)}.
     *
     * @since v2.7 beta
     */
    public static final String ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA = CLASSNAME
            + ".verify_captcha";

    /**
     * If you use {@link #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN} and the user fails to "login"
     * after a number of tries, this activity will finish with this result code.
     *
     * @see #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
     * @see #EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT
     */
    public static final int RESULT_FAILED = RESULT_FIRST_USER + 1;

    /**
     * If you use {@link #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN} and the user forgot his/ her
     * pattern and decided to ask for your help with recovering the pattern (
     * {@link #EXTRA_INTENT_ACTIVITY_FORGOT_PATTERN}), this activity will finish
     * with this result code.
     *
     * @see #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
     * @see #EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT
     * @see #EXTRA_INTENT_ACTIVITY_FORGOT_PATTERN
     * @since v2.8 beta
     */
    public static final int RESULT_FORGOT_PATTERN = RESULT_FIRST_USER + 2;

    /**
     * For actions {@link #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN} and
     * {@link #ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA}, this key holds the number of tries that
     * the user attempted to verify the input pattern.
     */
    public static final String EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT = CLASSNAME + ".retry_count";

    /**
     * Sets value of this key to a theme in {@code R.style.Alp_Theme_*}. Default
     * is the one you set in your {@code AndroidManifest.xml}. Note that theme
     * {@link R.style#Alp_Theme_Light_DarkActionBar} is available in API 4+, but
     * it only works in API 14+.
     *
     * @since v1.5.3 beta
     */
    public static final String EXTRA_THEME = CLASSNAME + ".theme";

    /**
     * Key to hold the pattern. It must be a {@code char[]} array.
     *

     *

     *
If you use encrypter, it should be an encrypted array.

     *
If you don't use encrypter, it should be the SHA-1 value of the
     * actual pattern. You can generate the value by
     * {@link LockPatternUtils#patternToSha1(List)}.

     *

     *
     * @since v2 beta
     */
    public static final String EXTRA_PATTERN = CLASSNAME + ".pattern";

    /**
     * You can provide an {@link ResultReceiver} with this key. The activity
     * will notify your receiver the same result code and intent data as you
     * will receive them in {@link #onActivityResult(int, int, Intent)}.
     *
     * @since v2.4 beta
     */
    public static final String EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER = CLASSNAME
            + ".result_receiver";

    /**
     * Put a {@link PendingIntent} into this key. It will be sent before
     * {@link Activity#RESULT_OK} will be returning. If you were calling this
     * activity with {@link #ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN}, key {@link #EXTRA_PATTERN}
     * will be attached to the original intent which the pending intent holds.
     *
     *
Notes

     *

     *
If you're going to use an activity, you don't need
     * {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK} for the intent, since the library
     * will call it inside {@link LockPatternActivity} .

     *

     */
    public static final String EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_OK = CLASSNAME
            + ".pending_intent_ok";

    /**
     * Put a {@link PendingIntent} into this key. It will be sent before
     * {@link Activity#RESULT_CANCELED} will be returning.
     *
     *
Notes

     *

     *
If you're going to use an activity, you don't need
     * {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK} for the intent, since the library
     * will call it inside {@link LockPatternActivity} .

     *

     */
    public static final String EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_CANCELLED = CLASSNAME
            + ".pending_intent_cancelled";

    /**
     * You put an {@link Intent} of {@link Activity} into this extra. The
     * library will show a button "Forgot pattern?" and call your intent
     * later when the user taps it.
     *
     *
Notes

     *

     *
You don't need {@link Intent#FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK} for the intent,
     * since the library will call it inside {@link LockPatternActivity} .

     *
{@link LockPatternActivity} will finish with
     * {@link #RESULT_FORGOT_PATTERN} after making a call to start
     * your activity.

     *
It is your responsibility to make sure the Intent is good. The
     * library doesn't cover any errors when calling your intent.

     *

     *
     * @see #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
     * @since v2.8 beta
     * @author Thanks to Yan Cheng Cheok for his idea.
     */
    public static final String EXTRA_INTENT_ACTIVITY_FORGOT_PATTERN = CLASSNAME
            + ".intent_activity_forgot_pattern";

    /**
     * Helper enum for button OK commands. (Because we use only one "OK" button
     * for different commands).
     *
     * @author Hai Bison
     */
    private static enum ButtonOkCommand {
        CONTINUE, FORGOT_PATTERN, DONE
    }// ButtonOkCommand

    /**
     * Delay time to reload the lock pattern view after a wrong pattern.
     */
    private static final long DELAY_TIME_TO_RELOAD_LOCK_PATTERN_VIEW = DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS;

    /*
     * FIELDS
     */
    private int mMaxRetry;
    private boolean mAutoSave;
    private IEncrypter mEncrypter;
    private int mMinWiredDots;
    private ButtonOkCommand mBtnOkCmd;
    private Intent mIntentResult;
    private int mRetryCount = 0;

    /*
     * CONTROLS
     */
    private TextView mTextInfo;
    private LockPatternView mLockPatternView;
    private View mFooter;
    private Button mBtnCancel;
    private Button mBtnConfirm;

    /**
     * Called when the activity is first created.
     */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG)
            Log.d(CLASSNAME, "ClassName = " + CLASSNAME);

        /*
         * EXTRA_THEME
         */

        if (getIntent().hasExtra(EXTRA_THEME))
            setTheme(getIntent().getIntExtra(EXTRA_THEME,
                    R.style.Alp_Theme_Dark));

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        mMinWiredDots = Settings.Display.getMinWiredDots(this);
        mMaxRetry = Settings.Display.getMaxRetries(this);
        mAutoSave = Settings.Security.isAutoSavePattern(this);

        /*
         * Encrypter.
         */
        char[] encrypterClass = Settings.Security.getEncrypterClass(this);
        if (encrypterClass != null) {
            try {
                mEncrypter = (IEncrypter) Class.forName(
                        new String(encrypterClass), false, getClassLoader())
                        .newInstance();
            } catch (Throwable t) {
                throw new InvalidEncrypterException();
            }
        }

        mIntentResult = new Intent();
        setResult(RESULT_CANCELED, mIntentResult);

        initContentView();
    }// onCreate()

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        Log.d(CLASSNAME, "onConfigurationChanged()");
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        initContentView();
    }// onConfigurationChanged()

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK
                && ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
            /*
             * Use this hook instead of onBackPressed(), because onBackPressed()
             * is not available in API 4.
             */
            finishWithNegativeResult(RESULT_CANCELED);
            return true;
        }

        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
    }// onKeyDown()

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG)
            Log.d(CLASSNAME, "onDestroy()");
    }// onDestroy()

    /**
     * Initializes UI...
     */
    private void initContentView() {
        /*
         * Save all controls' state to restore later.
         */
        CharSequence infoText = mTextInfo != null ? mTextInfo.getText() : null;
        Boolean btnOkEnabled = mBtnConfirm != null ? mBtnConfirm.isEnabled()
                : null;
        LockPatternView.DisplayMode lastDisplayMode = mLockPatternView != null ? mLockPatternView
                .getDisplayMode() : null;
        List<Cell> lastPattern = mLockPatternView != null ? mLockPatternView
                .getPattern() : null;

        setContentView(R.layout.alp_lock_pattern_activity);
        UI.adjustDialogSizeForLargeScreens(getWindow());

        mTextInfo = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.alp_textview_info);
        mLockPatternView = (LockPatternView) findViewById(R.id.alp_view_lock_pattern);

        mFooter = findViewById(R.id.alp_viewgroup_footer);
        mBtnCancel = (Button) findViewById(R.id.alp_button_cancel);
        mBtnConfirm = (Button) findViewById(R.id.alp_button_confirm);

        /*
         * LOCK PATTERN VIEW
         */

        switch (getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout
                & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) {
        case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE:
        case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_XLARGE: {
            final int size = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(
                    R.dimen.alp_lockpatternview_size);
            LayoutParams lp = mLockPatternView.getLayoutParams();
            lp.width = size;
            lp.height = size;
            mLockPatternView.setLayoutParams(lp);

            break;
        }// LARGE / XLARGE
        }

        /*
         * Haptic feedback.
         */
        boolean hapticFeedbackEnabled = false;
        try {
            hapticFeedbackEnabled = android.provider.Settings.System
                    .getInt(getContentResolver(),
                            android.provider.Settings.System.HAPTIC_FEEDBACK_ENABLED,
                            0) != 0;
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            /*
             * Ignore it.
             */
        }
        mLockPatternView.setTactileFeedbackEnabled(hapticFeedbackEnabled);

        mLockPatternView.setInStealthMode(Settings.Display.isStealthMode(this)
                && !ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA.equals(getIntent().getAction()));
        mLockPatternView.setOnPatternListener(mLockPatternViewListener);
        if (lastPattern != null && lastDisplayMode != null
                && !ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA.equals(getIntent().getAction()))
            mLockPatternView.setPattern(lastDisplayMode, lastPattern);

        /*
         * COMMAND BUTTONS
         */

        if (ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
            mBtnCancel.setOnClickListener(mBtnCancelOnClickListener);
            mBtnConfirm.setOnClickListener(mBtnConfirmOnClickListener);

            mBtnCancel.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            mFooter.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

            if (infoText != null)
                mTextInfo.setText(infoText);
            else
                mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_draw_an_unlock_pattern);

            /*
             * BUTTON OK
             */
            if (mBtnOkCmd == null)
                mBtnOkCmd = ButtonOkCommand.CONTINUE;
            switch (mBtnOkCmd) {
            case CONTINUE:
                mBtnConfirm.setText(R.string.alp_cmd_continue);
                break;
            case DONE:
                mBtnConfirm.setText(R.string.alp_cmd_confirm);
                break;
            default:
                /*
                 * Do nothing.
                 */
                break;
            }
            if (btnOkEnabled != null)
                mBtnConfirm.setEnabled(btnOkEnabled);
        }// ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN
        else if (ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(infoText))
                mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_draw_pattern_to_unlock);
            else
                mTextInfo.setText(infoText);
            if (getIntent().hasExtra(EXTRA_INTENT_ACTIVITY_FORGOT_PATTERN)) {
                mBtnConfirm.setOnClickListener(mBtnConfirmOnClickListener);
                mBtnConfirm.setText(R.string.alp_cmd_forgot_pattern);
                mBtnConfirm.setEnabled(true);
                mFooter.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            }
        }// ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
        else if (ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
            mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_redraw_pattern_to_confirm);

            /*
             * NOTE: EXTRA_PATTERN should hold a char[] array. In this case we
             * use it as a temporary variable to hold a list of Cell.
             */

            final ArrayList<Cell> pattern;
            if (getIntent().hasExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN))
                pattern = getIntent()
                        .getParcelableArrayListExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN);
            else
                getIntent().putParcelableArrayListExtra(
                        EXTRA_PATTERN,
                        pattern = LockPatternUtils
                                .genCaptchaPattern(Settings.Display
                                        .getCaptchaWiredDots(this)));

            mLockPatternView.setPattern(DisplayMode.Animate, pattern);
        }// ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA
    }// initContentView()

    /**
     * Compares {@code pattern} to the given pattern (
     * {@link #ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN}) or to the generated "CAPTCHA" pattern (
     * {@link #ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA}). Then finishes the activity if they
     * match.
     *
     * @param pattern
     *            the pattern to be compared.
     */
    private void doComparePattern(final List<Cell> pattern) {
        if (pattern == null)
            return;

        /*
         * Use a LoadingDialog because decrypting pattern might take time...
         */

        new LoadingDialog<Void, Void, Boolean>(this, false) {

            @Override
            protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
                if (ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                    char[] currentPattern = getIntent().getCharArrayExtra(
                            EXTRA_PATTERN);
                    if (currentPattern == null)
                        currentPattern = Settings.Security
                                .getPattern(LockPatternActivity.this);
                    if (currentPattern != null) {
                        if (mEncrypter != null)
                            return pattern.equals(mEncrypter.decrypt(
                                    LockPatternActivity.this, currentPattern));
                        else
                            return Arrays.equals(currentPattern,
                                    LockPatternUtils.patternToSha1(pattern)
                                            .toCharArray());
                    }
                }// ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
                else if (ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                    return pattern.equals(getIntent()
                            .getParcelableArrayListExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN));
                }// ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA

                return false;
            }// doInBackground()

            @Override
            protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
                super.onPostExecute(result);

                if (result)
                    finishWithResultOk(null);
                else {
                    mRetryCount++;
                    mIntentResult.putExtra(EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT, mRetryCount);

                    if (mRetryCount >= mMaxRetry)
                        finishWithNegativeResult(RESULT_FAILED);
                    else {
                        mLockPatternView.setDisplayMode(DisplayMode.Wrong);
                        mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_try_again);
                        mLockPatternView.postDelayed(mLockPatternViewReloader,
                                DELAY_TIME_TO_RELOAD_LOCK_PATTERN_VIEW);
                    }
                }
            }// onPostExecute()

        }.execute();
    }// doComparePattern()

    /**
     * Checks and creates the pattern.
     *
     * @param pattern
     *            the current pattern of lock pattern view.
     */
    private void doCheckAndCreatePattern(final List<Cell> pattern) {
        if (pattern.size() < mMinWiredDots) {
            mLockPatternView.setDisplayMode(DisplayMode.Wrong);
            mTextInfo.setText(getResources().getQuantityString(
                    R.plurals.alp_pmsg_connect_x_dots, mMinWiredDots,
                    mMinWiredDots));
            mLockPatternView.postDelayed(mLockPatternViewReloader,
                    DELAY_TIME_TO_RELOAD_LOCK_PATTERN_VIEW);
            return;
        }

        if (getIntent().hasExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN)) {
            /*
             * Use a LoadingDialog because decrypting pattern might take time...
             */
            new LoadingDialog<Void, Void, Boolean>(this, false) {

                @Override
                protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
                    if (mEncrypter != null)
                        return pattern.equals(mEncrypter.decrypt(
                                LockPatternActivity.this, getIntent()
                                        .getCharArrayExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN)));
                    else
                        return Arrays.equals(
                                getIntent().getCharArrayExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN),
                                LockPatternUtils.patternToSha1(pattern)
                                        .toCharArray());
                }// doInBackground()

                @Override
                protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
                    super.onPostExecute(result);

                    if (result) {
                        mTextInfo
                                .setText(R.string.alp_msg_your_new_unlock_pattern);
                        mBtnConfirm.setEnabled(true);
                    } else {
                        mTextInfo
                                .setText(R.string.alp_msg_redraw_pattern_to_confirm);
                        mBtnConfirm.setEnabled(false);
                        mLockPatternView.setDisplayMode(DisplayMode.Wrong);
                        mLockPatternView.postDelayed(mLockPatternViewReloader,
                                DELAY_TIME_TO_RELOAD_LOCK_PATTERN_VIEW);
                    }
                }// onPostExecute()

            }.execute();
        } else {
            /*
             * Use a LoadingDialog because encrypting pattern might take time...
             */
            new LoadingDialog<Void, Void, char[]>(this, false) {

                @Override
                protected char[] doInBackground(Void... params) {
                    return mEncrypter != null ? mEncrypter.encrypt(
                            LockPatternActivity.this, pattern)
                            : LockPatternUtils.patternToSha1(pattern)
                                    .toCharArray();
                }// onCancel()

                @Override
                protected void onPostExecute(char[] result) {
                    super.onPostExecute(result);

                    getIntent().putExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN, result);
                    mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_pattern_recorded);
                    mBtnConfirm.setEnabled(true);
                }// onPostExecute()

            }.execute();
        }
    }// doCheckAndCreatePattern()

    /**
     * Finishes activity with {@link Activity#RESULT_OK}.
     *
     * @param pattern
     *            the pattern, if this is in mode creating pattern. In any
     *            cases, it can be set to {@code null}.
     */
    private void finishWithResultOk(char[] pattern) {
        if (ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction()))
            mIntentResult.putExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN, pattern);
        else {
            /*
             * If the user was "logging in", minimum try count can not be zero.
             */
            mIntentResult.putExtra(EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT, mRetryCount + 1);
        }

        setResult(RESULT_OK, mIntentResult);

        /*
         * ResultReceiver
         */
        ResultReceiver receiver = getIntent().getParcelableExtra(
                EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER);
        if (receiver != null) {
            Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
            if (ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction()))
                bundle.putCharArray(EXTRA_PATTERN, pattern);
            else {
                /*
                 * If the user was "logging in", minimum try count can not be
                 * zero.
                 */
                bundle.putInt(EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT, mRetryCount + 1);
            }
            receiver.send(RESULT_OK, bundle);
        }

        /*
         * PendingIntent
         */
        PendingIntent pi = getIntent().getParcelableExtra(
                EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_OK);
        if (pi != null) {
            try {
                pi.send(this, RESULT_OK, mIntentResult);
            } catch (Throwable t) {
                if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
                    Log.e(CLASSNAME, "Error sending PendingIntent: " + pi);
                    Log.e(CLASSNAME, ">>> " + t);
                    t.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }

        finish();
    }// finishWithResultOk()

    /**
     * Finishes the activity with negative result (
     * {@link Activity#RESULT_CANCELED}, {@link #RESULT_FAILED} or
     * {@link #RESULT_FORGOT_PATTERN}).
     */
    private void finishWithNegativeResult(int resultCode) {
        if (ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction()))
            mIntentResult.putExtra(EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT, mRetryCount);

        setResult(resultCode, mIntentResult);

        /*
         * ResultReceiver
         */
        ResultReceiver receiver = getIntent().getParcelableExtra(
                EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER);
        if (receiver != null) {
            Bundle resultBundle = null;
            if (ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                resultBundle = new Bundle();
                resultBundle.putInt(EXTRA_RETRY_COUNT, mRetryCount);
            }
            receiver.send(resultCode, resultBundle);
        }

        /*
         * PendingIntent
         */
        PendingIntent pi = getIntent().getParcelableExtra(
                EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT_CANCELLED);
        if (pi != null) {
            try {
                pi.send(this, resultCode, mIntentResult);
            } catch (Throwable t) {
                if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
                    Log.e(CLASSNAME, "Error sending PendingIntent: " + pi);
                    Log.e(CLASSNAME, ">>> " + t);
                    t.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }

        finish();
    }// finishWithNegativeResult()

    /*
     * LISTENERS
     */

    private final LockPatternView.OnPatternListener mLockPatternViewListener = new LockPatternView.OnPatternListener() {

        @Override
        public void onPatternStart() {
            mLockPatternView.removeCallbacks(mLockPatternViewReloader);
            mLockPatternView.setDisplayMode(DisplayMode.Correct);

            if (ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_release_finger_when_done);
                mBtnConfirm.setEnabled(false);
                if (mBtnOkCmd == ButtonOkCommand.CONTINUE)
                    getIntent().removeExtra(EXTRA_PATTERN);
            }// ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN
            else if (ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_draw_pattern_to_unlock);
            }// ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
            else if (ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_redraw_pattern_to_confirm);
            }// ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA
        }// onPatternStart()

        @Override
        public void onPatternDetected(List<Cell> pattern) {
            if (ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                doCheckAndCreatePattern(pattern);
            }// ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN
            else if (ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                doComparePattern(pattern);
            }// ACTION_COMPARE_PATTERN
            else if (ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
                if (!DisplayMode.Animate.equals(mLockPatternView
                        .getDisplayMode()))
                    doComparePattern(pattern);
            }// ACTION_VERIFY_CAPTCHA
        }// onPatternDetected()

        @Override
        public void onPatternCleared() {
            mLockPatternView.removeCallbacks(mLockPatternViewReloader);

            if (ACTION_CREATE_PATTERN.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
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                    mTextInfo.setText(R.string.alp_msg_draw_an_unlock_pattern);
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Home / NewTech / Facebook's plan to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram could be harder than it looks
Facebook's plan to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram could be harder than it looks
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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton speaks on end-to-end encryption at the Wired25 San Francisco conference on Friday.
Getty Images for WIRED
Facebook confirmed this year that it is working to add an additional level of security to its messaging services to allow WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram users to send messages among themselves without switching apps.
Like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram messages are also encrypted throughout, which means messages can not be viewed by anyone outside the sender and recipient. The three apps would still be separate, but will be grouped under a single messaging platform or messaging protocol. For Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and his team, it might be harder to implement the plan than it seems.
"Mark has taken on a huge assignment, and I think it will take years," said Brian Acton, WhatsApp co-founder and executive chairman of the Signal Foundation at the Wired25 conference in San Francisco on Friday. "The proof will really be in the pudding."
In January the New York Times reported Facebook has set itself the goal of completing work by the end of this year or early 2020 Facebook spokeswoman had no update on the project.
Facebook's Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger Completely Encrypt has expressed concerns that it would be harder for law enforcement agencies to solve child abuse crimes. Last month, government officials from the UK, the US and Australia asked Facebook to stop this effort.
Internally, Facebook managers have reportedly talked with Zuckerberg about plans to merge WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram. Two of these executives, Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox and Chris Daniels, who heads the Facebook-powered WhatsApp messaging app, announced they would leave Facebook in March in elections for more encryption. While bad actors will find ways to abuse technology, good actors, such as lawyers, journalists, doctors, activists and the press, need more protection.
"We need more security, we do not need less," said Acton.
Acton, whose tweet "It's Time. #Deletefacebook" became viral last year, also said it was people's "personal choice" if they wanted to stop using the social network.
"If you want to be on Facebook and have ads in front of you, go to town, I mean, that's your choice," he said.
He added that tech companies should explore other business models outside of advertising, with which Facebook earns the most money, because it does not necessarily improve the product.
"There should be more business model innovation on the Internet in general," said Acton.
Originally posted on November 8, 12:55 pm PT.
Update, 13:33 pm PT: Adds a response from Facebook.
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Important changes
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``SyliusThemeBundle`` changes the way vanilla Symfony2 works a lot. Templates and translations will never behave
the same as they were.

Templates
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Changed loading order (priority descending):

    - App templates:
        - ``<Theme>/views`` **(NEW!)**
        - ``app/Resources/views``
    - Bundle templates:
        - ``<Theme>/<Bundle name>/views`` **(NEW!)**
        - ``app/Resources/<Bundle name>/views``
        - ``<Bundle>/Resources/views``

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Changed loading order (priority descending):

    - ``<Theme>/translations`` **(NEW!)**
    - ``<Theme>/<Bundle name>/translations`` **(NEW!)**
    - ``app/Resources/translations``
    - ``app/Resources/<Bundle name>/translations``
    - ``<Bundle>/Resources/translations``

Assets
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Theme assets are installed by ``sylius:theme:assets:install`` command, which is supplementary for and should be used after ``assets:install``.

The command run with ``--symlink`` or ``--relative`` parameters creates symlinks for every installed asset file,
not for entire asset directory (eg. if ``AcmeBundle/Resources/public/asset.js`` exists, it creates symlink ``web/bundles/acme/asset.js``
leading to ``AcmeBundle/Resources/public/asset.js`` instead of symlink ``web/bundles/acme/`` leading to ``AcmeBundle/Resources/public/``).
When you create a new asset or delete an existing one, it is required to rerun this command to apply changes (just as the hard copy option works).

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Nothing has changed, ``ThemeBundle`` is not and will not be integrated with ``Assetic``.


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Bring criminals to justice
There are around 3,600 organised crime groups active in the EU, involved in drugs, human trafficking, online child exploitation and theft. Cross-border crime is a reality and we need 21st century tools to deal with it.
We read far too often of criminals who have escaped the UK to live in the warmer parts of southern Europe, where they live the life of Riley, whilst waving two fingers at their victims at home.
Last year, 14 British citizens were brought back to Britain under a European Arrest Warrant. This Warrant allows criminals from any EU country to be arrested abroad. Some recent high profile examples have been
-Fugitive teacher Jeremy Forrest, who fled to France with a schoolgirl, was extradited back to England
- The UK was able to quickly extradite from Italy a fugitive bomber, Hussain Osman, who had attempted to carry out a terror attack in London.
- Jason McKay was extradited from Poland within two weeks for murdering his partner. Under the old extradition arrangements, it would have taken several years to get him back to face justice for a murdered woman
I find it amazing that anyone wants to make it easier for foreign criminals to come to the UK to evade justice and also create a huge amount of extra bureaucracy and cost in trying to catch criminals who escape across Europe.
Last year, more than 1,000 foreign criminals were deported under the European Arrest Warrant. These were issued most often for drug trafficking, murder, fraud, child sex offences and rape. We need to cooperate with partners in Europe to ensure people who have committed these serious crimes do not get away with it.
Opting out of the European Arrest Warrant would make it much harder to deport foreign criminals and would also make it more difficult for us to bring British citizens who have committed crimes abroad back to our country to face justice.
I have to say that I simply don't understand the logic of those MPs – a minority of Conservative MPs and the UKIP MP – who are implacably opposed to the European Arrest Warrant, seemingly just because they hate the EU.


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Q: A difficulty in understanding the n-dimensional second order derivative. The example and its solution is given below:

But I do not understand why in the calculation of $D^2 f(2,3)(u)^2$ the $u^2$ takes this form ....$ u_1^2 + u_{1}u_{2} + u_{2}^2$ from where the term $u_{1}u_{2}$ comes?...... could anyone explain this for me please?
Edit:
I remember that my professor said that the dot product in two dimensional is just the square of the term but I do not understand this statement..... but I do not understand this statement.

A: The object $q:=D^2f(2,3)$ is a quadratic form in the increment variable ${\bf u}=(u_1,u_2)$. The vector ${\bf u}$ is  attached at the point ${\bf p}=(2,3)\in{\rm dom}(f)$, in other words: ${\bf u}$ is a vector in the tangent space $T_{\bf p}$. One has
$$q({\bf u})=\sum_{i, \>k=1}^2 f_{.ik}({\bf p})\>u_iu_k=[u_1 \ u_2]\left[\matrix{-6&6\cr 6&30\cr}\right]\left[\matrix{u_1\cr u_2\cr}\right]=-6u_1^2+12u_1u_2+30 u_2^2\ .$$

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Is War Brewing In The South China Sea?
Sticking to the mainstream narrative that China is an aggressor in claiming sovereign rights to the majority of the South China Sea, Pentagon spokesman Commander Gary Ross says the new images confirm what the U.S. military already knows.
"China's continued construction in the South China Sea is part of a growing body of evidence that they continue to take unilateral actions which are increasing tensions in the region and are counterproductive to the peaceful resolution of disputes," he told Reuters.
"As for China deploying or not deploying necessary territorial defensive facilities on its own territory, this is a matter that is within the scope of Chinese sovereignty," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a press briefing Tuesday.
Despite comments such as these — and the very real fact that China hasn't actually invaded anyone — the corporate media jumped on the news of the new images.
Forbes, for instance, ran a piece that essentially listed all the reasons why China is a really bad actor in the region, and CNN talked to analysts who explained how the military buildup on the artificial islands will be gradual as China continues to exert its authoritarian influence over neighboring countries.
That's the narrative. Believe as you will.
But the reality of the situation in the South China Sea - all geopolitical analysis aside - is that there's about to be a hell of a lot of military hardware in those waters.
As Anti-Media has been reporting, U.S. forces are already in the region, taking part in joint drills with ally South Korea that will last until the end of April. Then, at the beginning of May, Japan — another U.S. ally — will sail its navy's most powerful warship through the South China Sea on a three-month tour.
That means that just as the joint drills with South Korea end — where in, incidentally, units from Delta Force, the Navy SEALS and Army Rangers are taking part— Japan will shove off a warship aimed at waters claimed by China.
If that timing seems a little curious, also consider that the U.S. just deployed its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system in South Korea, which both China and Russia cared none too much for.
With China showing no signs of backing away from its stance in the South China Sea —ideologically or physically — and with the corporate media willing and eager to push the "evil China" narrative that the U.S. military appears hell-bent on capitalizing on, it appears the long-dreaded collision course with China may, indeed, be not far off on the horizon.
Are China's Ambitions To Combat Pollution Hurting Its Economy?
China and the US are not going to war. China is a far better political/strategic actor than Obama could ever imagine being. They knew the US was spineless for 8 years. China took advantage of the his weakness to build islands in the open waters of the South China Sea. Their claims to sovereignty over the region will not stand up to a strong show of force. It does China no good to go to war with the US - their largest trading partner in the world. They're not so stupid as to bite the hand that feeds them. Not only would they lose militarily (they don't even have a fully operational aircraft carrier - we have several), they would also lose their economic might. No, there will be no war in the SCS or with China. They take the long view - unlike the US. They merely need to wait for the next weak leader to sit in the White House to begin advancing their agenda once again.


One of the central pursuits of modern human genetics is to move beyond genomic correlation. That is, to demonstrate experimentally why a specific genetic variant may be associated with a disease. New work in Nature Genetics from an international team lead by Philippe Froguel at Imperial College in London does just this – demonstrating an interesting link between saliva and obesity. Basically, all humans express amylase, a salivary enzyme that breaks down complex carbohydrates into absorbable sugars. The researchers found that people with more copies of the gene had a significantly decreased risk of developing obesity. People with fewer copies expressed less amylase, and it was hypothesized that this alteration in gastrointestinal carbohydrate metabolism affected insulin signaling, blood sugar levels, as well as the microbial community in the gut. This finding has implications for the rational design of digestive enzyme-based therapies for obesity and other metabolic disorders.
Froguel, Philippe, et al. "Low copy number of the salivary amylase gene predisposes to obesity." Nature Genetics vol. 46, p. 492-497 (2014).


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Stories about "1980s"
Q&A: Tim Dugan on Angels in America, 25 years after Broadway debut
Thursday, March 8, 2018 1:14 pm
Theater professor Tim Dugan felt that a Bates College production of Angels in America "would be embraced and celebrated." He was right.
Robert Hatch, icon of Bates athletics, passes away at age 85
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:56 pm
• Click the thumbnails above to view the slide show Professor Emeritus...
Remembering Bob Hatch: 1991 Bates Magazine story at his retirement
Below are edited excerpts from an article on Bob Hatch originally published...
2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Workshops
Thursday, January 7, 2010 5:49 pm
The following workshops will be held in Pettengill Hall (unless otherwise noted),...
PowerPoint Analysis: SAT Submitters and Non-Submitters
Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:09 am
PowerPoint presentation on 20-year Optional SAT study to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling national conference in Milwaukee Oct. 1 by William C. Hiss, Bates College vice president for external affairs. Use of this information is embargoed to Oct.1.
William Manning opens four-decade retrospective
Tuesday, December 31, 2002 2:12 pm
William Manning, one of Maine's leading abstract artists, shows more than four decades' worth of works on paper at the Bates College Museum of Art in an exhibition that opens with a lecture and reception at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10. Admission to "William Manning: Works on Paper 1961-2002" is free and the public is welcome at the museum located in the college's Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
College of Wooster awards Bates president Harward honorary doctorate
Tuesday, June 5, 2001 3:59 pm
Bates College President Donald W. Harward has been awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from The College of Wooster at the Ohio college's commencement this year.


The people that know me in real life, also know that I have many –way too many– hobbies.
This is a big problem because I often get very excited about a new idea, plan every detail, start the project, only to dreadfully remain stranded half way when a new idea from a different hobby of mine comes around. And the cycle repeats.
One of those hobbies is drawing. When for the first time, I stuck to something from start to end, it was thanks to a drawing challenge: Inktober. During Inktober, artists make a drawing in ink every day in October and share it with the world.
For those of you who could not be giving a fork about my drawings, bear with me. I do have some science to talk about too. For this year Inktober, I decided that every day I will be inking the drawing of a real scientist I admire.
In the coming days, you can expect some hopefully-decent drawings in ink of scientists and why I picked them. Not enough of a challenge you say?
This is the official Inktober prompt list. Every drawing can take inspiration from the word assigned to that day. I decided to pick the scientists based on this prompt list. Now you also know something else about me: I must hate myself to some degree. You try associating "drooling" to a scientist and not have a headache by the end of the day!
See ya tomorrow, for the first word of this crazy challenge: "Poisonous".
You can check my drawings from Inktober 2017 on my Instagram (need some scrolling down to October 2017), buy some merch on Redbubble and some original prints on Etsy (50% discount with coupon WORDPRESS18 during October).
Be warned: there is no science involved but only rad sci-fi birds and badass steampunk cats. Yes, I am doing some shameless promotion. But I am really proud of this work! Let me have this win.


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Neil Aspin taking cautious approach with returning injured players
Max McLellan
@McLellanMax
Training numbers were on the up this morning at Vale Park, as manager Neil Aspin confirmed that defender Cristian Montatno and midfielder Manny Oyeleke took part in the session, a sight many would be pleased to see.
The pair have both experienced a frustrating start to the season after being struck by injuries, which has recently kept the pair out for the past month. Cristian Montano agitated his knee injury after coming on against Exeter, whilst Manny Oyeleke pulled his hamstring that very same game.
It was a massive blow for Neil losing the pair, and the Valiants only recently ended their poor start to October by going on a three game unbeaten run in the league.
Their return to training would've been pleasing news for Aspin, but the gaffer has commented before he won't be rushing the pair back and wants to see them in a reserve game before featuring in any league action.
"They're making progress. This is the first time they've been available to train since they've been injured. We'll just see how they go... we'll assess how they go day to day and see how they both feel.
"You're dealing with different individuals and different mindsets. Some players need to feel that everything's alright and their minds have to be 100%, where as other players have got a bit of pain but can still play and it doesn't bother them.
"You can't treat everyone the same, you can't put the same length of time on injuries with different people because everybody's different. Hopefully we don't have a reoccurrence with Manny that he comes back and he pulls up. You just never know, but they've both had adequate time to have overcome their injuries."
The rush to get the pair back into the squad is perhaps not quite as desperate as it was given the run of form the team experienced at the start of October, compared to the results the Valiants are picking up now.
The Valiants have turned three defeats on the bounce to three games unbeaten, collecting seven points out of a possible nine going in Notts County at the weekend.
Including the 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in the Checkatrade Trophy, it's the first time in eight years that Vale have kept four straight clean sheets. It's at the other end that Aspin wants to improve, and feels the return of Manny and Cristian will help that.
"We're doing OK defensively which is getting us results, we need to score more goals as a team. You have to think that a fully fit Cristian Montano and Manny, will give us more going forward.
"The key to that is that their fit and they can perform to their best. If they did that then that would give us a boost. If the players work hard like they're doing at the moment I don't have any problems with that.
"We're all striving to get better and we'll continue to do that. If we've got more options to pick from, that'll give people in the team a bit more competition."


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OLD BOYFRIENDS
1979, Rialto Pictures, 103 min, USA, Dir: Joan Tewkesbury
Dianne Cruise (Talia Shire), a psychiatrist in the midst of an identity crisis and a doomed marriage, goes on a road trip to reconnect with boyfriends from her past in an effort to better understand herself. The men she encounters include Keith Carradine, Richard Jordan and John Belushi. Tewkesbury makes a charming directorial debut with this insightful drama penned by Leonard and Paul Schrader.
Edward R. Pressman
Michele Rappaport
Leonard Schrader
William A. Fraker
Joan Tewkesbury
1985, Park Circus/MGM, 91 min, USA, Dir: Sylvester Stallone
In the biggest box office hit of the ROCKY series, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) is killed in the ring by Soviet heavyweight Ivan Drago (a very imposing Dolph Lundgren), and Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) travels to Russia to avenge his old friend's death in an epic 15-round bout. Made while Cold War tensions were high, ROCKY IV shamelessly waves the U.S. flag, but when James Brown sings "Living in America," you'll feel like doing the same.
Irwin Winkler
Robert Chartoff
1972, Paramount, 175 min, USA, Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire and Robert Duvall join Marlon Brando, who gives an unforgettable, career-reviving performance as Don Vito Corleone. When a mob war breaks out and Don Vito is seriously wounded, returning veteran Michael (Pacino), previously uninvolved in the family "business," is the only one cool and collected enough to pull the irons out of the fire.


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MODERATOR'S NOTE: This plugin may not be compatible with Paint.NET 4.0+. Download - http://alivate.com.au/BatchProcessAutomater.zip Please donate even $5 if this helps you - it took me about 10-14 hours to complete, and saved me 1 hr manually processing my 154 images... $USD $ GBP £ EUR € JPY ¥ CAD $ AUD $ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It bothered me that I couldn't automate the AutoLevel Effect on a folder full of pictures, so I spent the weekend and created a solution. I'm sure the future version of PDN will include such a batch automation feature, but I couldn't wait. So here it is. It leverage's pyrochild's ScriptLab plugin to actually apply a consistent set of plugins on each file, so make sure that's installed first. You will need to create your scripts inside PDN as usual with just the ScriptLab plugin. (The pyrochild plugin pack has a few dlls, you only technically need the ScriptLab.dll [copied into the Effects folder], but I'm sure you would copy them all) This Batch Process Automater, iterates through a given folder and then applies the ScriptLab plugin and therefore in turn, one or more effects. The plugin is open-source, so feel free to fork it - https://bitbucket.org/merarischroeder/pdn-batcher Instructions: 1. Create a ScriptLab Script of the effects you want to apply. Simply open PDN, Go to Effects > Advanced > ScriptLab, and do what you have to do, before clicking Save and then cancelling out of the dialog box. 2. Close PDN 3. Open BatchProcessAutomater.exe 4. Specify the Source and Output folders, these will default to your Pictures folder for your profile. 5. Specify the ScriptLab Script to run on each file. 6. Click Run You will then see Paint.Net open, and each file will be opened one at a time with effects being applied and the updated file saved. I could hide Paint.Net, but decided to keep it visible, you can then see the outcome and perhaps make notes as the system processes through the files. You can of course modify the Search filter which defaults to *.jpg, but at the moment the system will only save as JPG at 100 percent quality. Plenty of opportunity for improvement in the future. But I won't make any changes for a few weeks - feel free to ask for improvements or better still, send me patches to apply to the open source code base. The next change, if any, will be the ability to supply these parameters via command line arguments, this would be quite trivial to accomplish, the Form calls a static function on the class Automation, with the parameters. Command line input would be as simple as enumerating the arguments and passing them as parameters to this same function (although this should be done from the Form load event, as the main thread needs to be running for the function to work). Anyone want to give it a go? Try and help me on the open source code? I see opportunities for enabling the automation ofcanvas resizing image resizing (although you can use the rotate/zoom plugin) layer creation region copying (from source layer, to destination layer plus position) text generation I'm in no hurry though, and lets see what the new version of PDN will bring.


I am an experienced Flamenco, Spanish Classical and Regional Dance teacher, dancer and lecturer. I teach weekly classes and workshops in towns throughout Southern England and teach frequent intensive courses in Madrid, Seville and Cordoba. I was formerly resident Flamenco teacher at Sadlers Wells during the prestigious London Flamenco Festival, the UK's major Flamenco event. I have spent many years learning and perfecting my art in the major Flamenco schools in Madrid, Sevilla and other cities in Spain and in the UK with the respected Spanish Dance Society. Among many others I have studied with such Flamenco dance luminaries as Rocio Molina, Farruquito, La Tati, La Truco, Immaculada Ortega, Rafeala Carrasco, Manuel Linan and Marco Flores. I have performed on stages all around the UK and Europe and have performed and taught many times on TV and radio, most recently on a BBC TV programme exploring the spirituality of Flamenco but a huge diversity of previous Flamenco TV appearances have included quiz shows, children's programmes and classical music videos and I have taught the rudiments of Flamenco to a number of well known personalities for TV and films.


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Kamala Harris says Trump was right on NAFTA and that she wouldn't have voted for the trade deal
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) participates in a interview and question-and-answer session with leaders from historically black colleges and universities during a Thurgood Marshall College Fund event at the JW Marriott February 07, 2019 in Washington, DC
Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, said she wouldn't have voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1993 law negotiated under President Bill Clinton.
"I would not have voted for NAFTA because I believe we can do a better job to protect American workers," Harris said during a CNN interview on Sunday.
The issue has already divided 2020 Democrats some of whom, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, didn't vote for or support NAFTA, while others, including former Vice President Joe Biden, did.
Trade policy will likely play a central role in the 2020 presidential election, as it did in 2016 when both Sanders and Trump ran against NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, said she wouldn't have voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), agreeing with both President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders that the deal doesn't do enough to protect American workers from foreign competition.
CNN host Jake Tapper asked Harris whether she agreed with Sanders' vote against the landmark trade deal, or former Vice President Joe Biden's vote against it.
"I would not have voted for NAFTA because I believe we can do a better job to protect American workers," Harris told Tapper on "State of the Union," adding, "I also believe that we need to do a better job in terms of thinking about the priorities that should be more apparent now, perhaps, than they were then, which are issues like the climate crisis and what we need to do to build into these trade agreements."
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Trade policy will likely play a central role in the 2020 presidential election, as it did in 2016 when both Sanders and Trump ran against NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), forcing Hillary Clinton to move away from her support of the trade deals.
Sanders and a few other 2020 candidates, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand, have supported Trump's push to renegotiate NAFTA, but want more stringent labor rights, consumer, and environmental protections than the administration does.
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