The Center is an effort supported by a tech partner, iDatix, and the good folks there have given me free reign to write and post at my own discretion. While you will find it dominated by my work as we get things launched, the plan to is keep a judicious eye on the available literature, videos. etc… and have it be a source of the very best in manufacturing management information.
The run at Evolving excellence has been a great one, and I will always have a warm spot in my heart for Kevin and the EE readers who made it possible. Thank you so much. I hope to see you over at the Leadership Center.
Thanks for all your wonderful wisdom.
The end of an era in my lean education… I hope you write as often at the other site, Bill.
Bill — a big loss for EE, but not for the community. We'll see you at The Center.
Thanks for your insightful, irritating, outlandish, provocative, powerful, and wise posts.
All my best to Kevin as well. I will always look forward to reading both of you guys' posts.
Good luck! Your posts always made me think differently!
Wait a minute! How's that lean if one has to follow two sources now instead of one?
Follow multiple bloggers in a "lean" fashion easily through RSS downloads!
I've enjoyed your posts at EE and I'm sure I'll enjoy them at your new home.
Bill – best wishes on your new blogging adventures!


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Q: Alert selection with mapview In my app, I used core location & Mapkit framework with mapview. When wwe install the app,it shows me alert like " would like to use current location" by default without coding for the one time only. And if i select "don't allow", the map view is just shown blue background?? and if i select "ok" then it works fine.
Help me!
my code is follow:
Appdelegate.m
CLLocationManager *locationManager;

    CLLocation *userLocation;
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] autorelease];
    // Override point for customization after application launch.

    [self createEditableCopyOfDatabaseIfNeeded];

    //=========================================Location Manager

    if(locationManager == nil)

        locationManager =[[CLLocationManager alloc] init];

    self.locationManager.delegate = self;

    self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy= kCLLocationAccuracyBest;

    self.locationManager.distanceFilter= 5;

    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
    [locationManager startUpdatingHeading];
    //==========================================
}

-(void) locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation{
    NSLog(@"new location");

    self.userLocation=newLocation;

    NSLog(@"user llocation %f , %f",userLocation.coordinate.latitude,userLocation.coordinate.longitude);

    [self.locationManager startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges];
}

Mapview.h
{
IBOutlet MKMapView *map;

        CLLocation         *currentLocation;
        NSString           *specificLatitude;
        NSString           *specificLongitude;

    MKCoordinateRegion  region;
}

Mapview.m

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
    [APPDELEGATE.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

}
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
self.map.delegate = self;

    // Ensure that you can view your own location in the map view.
    [self.map setShowsUserLocation:YES];
}

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{

    currentLocation =APPDELEGATE.userLocation;

    region.center = self.currentLocation.coordinate;
    MKCoordinateSpan span;
    span.latitudeDelta = 0.05;
    span.longitudeDelta = 0.03;
    region.span = span;
    [map setRegion:region animated:TRUE];
    [self searchPressed];

    NSLog(@"Mapview %f %f",currentLocation.coordinate.latitude,currentLocation.coordinate.longitude
          );

}

A: If you select "Don't Allow" then call this delegate.
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
     //Do something
}

A: I haven't tried this but maybe you can test to see if it works.
For your view controller that displays your map view, try conforming to the UIAlertViewDelegate.
Then in the alert view delegate callback method, you can do whatever you want, if it works:
-(void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
    // you need to type the exact title of the alert popup
    // button index starts from 0 (left most button), so if the are 2 buttons
    // and "Don't allow" button is on the right, the button == 1 is that button
    // the user tapped on

    if([alertView.title isEqualToString:@"Type Exact Alert Title Here"] && buttonIndex == 1)
    {
        // do something
    }
}

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Q: LISP: Get all slot names from an class instance I need to make a window with the properties of a class (its slot-values).
It would be something like describe function.
My question is: How do I get all the slots-name for that class?
I wasn't able to find anything about it, only the describe function.

A: How about
(mapcar #'slot-definition-name (class-slots class))


June 14th is Flag Day in the United States; Old Glory was adopted on this day in 1777.
There are a few things that EVERY American should know about our flag: when to display it, how to display it, improper uses of, etc. The United States Flag Code outlines everything you need to know about the proper display of the United States flag.marking the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress in the First Flag Act on June 14, 1777.
To make it easier for people in Acadiana to dispose of their unserviceable US flags, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Youngsville have set up a flag disposal box in front of the VFW Hall on Lafayette Street in Youngsville.
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Banco Votorantim is een bank in São Paulo, Brazilië.

De bank dateert uit 1988 en beide eigenaars, Votorantim Groep en Banco do Brasil, delen elk de helft van de aandelen.

Externe link
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Nemesis Enforcer (1987)
April 28, 2013 Rob B 21 comments
Nemesis Enforcer. Sounds like the sort of thing you'd see as a knock-off Masters of the Universe villain.They say that Cobra-La was a placeholder name that was left without being changed, and Nemesis Enforcer seems generic enough to be one as well.
In the movie, Nemesis Enforcer was a hulking presence, who easily dispatched many Joes, including Roadblock. He even took on a HAVOK single handedly. The figure is stuck at the common size buck of the vintage line, which isn't a complaint, but merely an observation. I often wondered back in the day why the Star Wars line could make figures that were much taller or shorter than the standard size, yet Joe for the most part, did not. I daresay that to modern eyes, the scale makes this fellow actually look kind of cute. The modern scale allows for size differences, and the later version of Enforcer was quite large, and definitely more menacing.
The Cobra-La concept isn't every Joe fan's most fondly remembered element of the 80s era, but the brand isn't a stranger to far-out ideas. Consider Super Joe, the swan song of the first generation of the toys, whose villains included the extraterrestrial Intruders, Gor and Terron, and supremely goofy (yet cool) characters like Luminos and the Shield. Next to that motley crew of oddities, an ancient Lovecraftian race of inner Earth dwellers doesn't seem like quite so cornball an idea.
tagged with Cobra La, Cobras
On that last bit–I agree wholeheartedly.
He WOULD make a good MotU villain!!
I remember being bummed out as a kid that his elbow-spikes weren't anywhere near as imposing as in the movie. Then I grew up and with the invention of the internet learned I was supposed to be bummed that he exists at all…
I'd wager that Hasbro's repeated use of molds to mix and match parts when creating new figures might have something to do with their scale issues. Kenner didn't have that problem since they didn't do repaints and characters had to be movie-accurate, given that Lucas was tightly overseeing the licensing front during those early years of the brand.
The 25th version of Nemesis Enforcer is a far better depiction of this character. I don't remember much about the '87 movie but I've yet to pick up the Cobra-La three-pack to this day. It's just way too out there for my tastes so I can easily do without it.
The texturing on NE's armor is nicely done, though.
So why did the cobra-la three pack come with a Royal guard and not Pythona?
I know cobra-la rivals the Lunatrix empire in levels of hatred in the fanbase but Pythona always seemed to be the less hated of the group.
On the subject of his squid backpack. I used to have an interest in cephalapods before perverts on the internet ruined it.
No Pythona because:
1. Female figures were a hard sell both to the public (little boys are fickle) and the suits who made the final decisions, which is why Jinx was the last female figure until 1993's Ninja Force Scarlett.
2. I've heard Pythona was planned for 1988 but reactions to Cobra-La were so negative that plans for additional Cobra-La items were scrapped. Another item would've been the Insect-Cycle vehicle with its driver figure, who was reassigned to Iron Grenadiers as "Nullifier".
When I had the Nullifier, I think with all the hieroglyphs on him and after reading that it was originally intended as a Cobra La trooper, I just couldn't look at the Nullifier the same. He was "out there" for Destro already, and it seems in fact that he was out there after all.
The Nemesis Enforcer/ Immortal was a 25th figure I sort of wanted to catch, … didn't want Falcon. At the time, I thought it would have been a great mix in my RAH collection for Nemesis Enforcer to stick up a couple heads higher for the first time against other figures.
Also not a huge Cobra La fan myself, but with Serpentor and Dr. Mindbender of the old days being sort of odd themselves, I found myself interested in that whole other faction that could be with the Coil. Nemesis Enforcer fit in this group I made up well.
What do you guys make of the little hieroglyph symbols, like Nemesis Enforcers medallion like thing?
Would an organic culture like Cobra La even have metal?
I remember getting the 3-pack for Christmas back in the day, and I had just enough imagination to overlook NE's non-menacing visage to try using him. His legs are way lazy, though; is he wearing cargo pants? Pistol holsters?? A new supervillain faction really diminished Cobra Commander, and his retconned backstory was too far out. "Wasssonceaman…" was some funny stuff, though.
I was just wondering if Nemisi enforcer here inspired Serpent man from that DIC episode?. I know its a stretch but i was just wondering.
tdotsteph
I never minded Cobra La because it led to some SPECTACULAR visuals for the movie – far moreso than merely going up against Cobra would have (I mean, the movie starts off with basically demolishing a flying aircraft carrier as an afterthought).
And after (deep breath) ghosts, Cthulhu (or whatever was in Destro's basement), monster space fuzzies, that giant snake of Serpentor's, a giant city-destroying blob that was apparently killed by throwing apples at it, and who knows what else, Cobra La really isn't that much of a stretch, is it?
Rob Buzan
Good point–it's not. I don't mind the weirdness of Cobra-La. I think most fans' problems with Cobra-La may stem from the fact that it changed what people had in mind as an origin for Cobra. I was more than a little bummed about finding out Cobra Commander's background when I first saw the movie.
Yeah I liked the idea and it's execution but, it didn't stay too long in my playtime with my Joes. I knew CC was a grim looking baddie under the mask, but I always felt it was due to an accident of sort. I preferred Cobra to be a terrorist organization not a group of primal underground hive dwellers out for revenge. . .
It just hit me–Cobra Commander's origin in the movie is a bit reminiscent of the origin for the Warlord, the main villain in the old THUNDER Agents comic book.
giTom50
I always liked the idea of Cobra-la and the use of "organic" technology. Much like others, I despised the connection to Cobra. The Royal Guard was the best of the three pack.
I see that, but… I don't know, Cobra Commander was far more insane in cartoon form to begin with. It never seemed like THAT big a reach to me, since the overall tone was so much broader. He was still trying to take over the world, he just was doing it for more than his own glorification. And he never came across as a disgruntled used car salesman who was mad at the world in the cartoon. I think people assigned his motivations from the comic to his cartoon form, when they really are two separate characters.
I like Cobra-La idea.
But it did not have the proper accuracy from Hasbro/Sunbow.
Jeremy aka troublemagnet
I think GI Joe is sometimes more interesting when they're not in conflict with Cobra. Seeing them take on other nation's armed forces happened rarely, though Larry Hama occasionaly wrote stories with non-Cobra antagonists.
The ironic part is from what I've seen about best quantifying Joe collecting, it strongly correlates with year, not with who the figures are. Cobra-La, Battle Force 2000 (Cobra-La is more sought after than 1990 figures by those numbers).
As a kid, I was baffled by the tentacled backpack. The wings fit the movie, but the tentacles I had no idea about.
I can't get into Cobra La. I had the figures as a kid and couldn't understand how they fit into everything. So, Golobulus and the Nemesis Enforcer became cannon fodder. The Royal Guard was cool and got used as a diver or astronaut. I would give him the tentacles as an odd little flying pack based on insects. (I hated the bat wings, but had the tentacles capable of flight. Go figure.)
I never saw the movie as a kid. So, my only understanding of the character was the filecards and those made no sense.
Cobra-La was no less farfetched than the stuff we were given in "The Gods Below." Now, that was a weird episode. But unlike the movie, it wasn't meant to influence the toy line or explain Cobra's origins.
If it had been a one-shot deal like the Osiris story, nobody would have minded as much.
Regarding Nullifier and the A.G.P. pod, neither made much sense to me back then, although by 1988 most vehicle designs were anything but realistic.
Didn't know about those hieroglyphs up to now, so I went over to yojoe.com and sure enough, Nullifier looks more like one of Golobulus' crowd than any Scottish pilot I've ever seen. Even his file card reads weird, especially the last bit where he sounds very alien-ish.
G.I. Anon
May 7, 2013	10:31 pm
Out of those three figures I only like the Royal Guard as well. I'm hoping to grab a few of them eventually.I don't like the colors but they're interesting enough. I have no interest in the others from that three pack but the 25th Nemesis Immortal has grown on me enough for me to get it too.


The polite thing to say is that every team has a chance. That's the polite thing to say — the honest thing would be something totally different. For some teams, participation in the World Junior Championship isn't about medaling — rather it's about measuring your program against the world's elite and avoiding relegation.
For a quartet of teams, gold is out of the question — and for a trio of these squads, they're hoping for nothing more than to avoid the relegation purgatory often occupied by the Austrias, Latvias, Kazakhstans, Denmarks, and Belaruses of the world.
And while some of the teams below may serve as trap games for the tournament's elite at best — and cannon fodder at worst — there are still a few reasons to tune in to watch these teams compete at the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships in Buffalo, NY.
It's heartbreaking to include the Finns in a list of this nature. This proud hockey nation has produced some of the league's most dynamic players over the years: Teemu Selanne, the Koivu brothers, and Miika Kiprusoff come to the top of mind. As of late, the well's run dry.
In fact, Finland's last taste of success at the WJC came back in 2006 where the club came home with a bronze medal. But from 2001 to 2004, the Finns medaled in four consecutive tournaments (three bronze, one silver), and in 1998 the squad led by Olli Jokinen and Eero Somervuori took home the country's second WJC gold medal.
This year, Finland again is consigned to the also-rans. One bright spot may be between the pipes where Samu Perhohen could be poised to pull a Bejamin Conz and rise to the tournament's upper echelons in spite of his team's on-ice performance.
Finland had high hopes that Mikael Granlund (MIN) could suit up for the squad, but complications from a concussion will keep him from suiting up. Instead, the Finns will be led by Erik Haula (MIN), who is currently has three goals and 15 assists for the University of Minnesota, but will be hard-pressed to find someone to cash in on the chances he creates. The Montreal Canadiens' prospect Joonas Nattinen will be another forward to watch, but in all honesty the pickings are slim for the blue and white.
Post-unification, considering its size one would think that Germany should have the resources at its disposal to develop into a solid European hockey nation. And while that's yet to materialize, we're seeing signs of promise out of Deutschland.
The German strength lies in net, where Washington prospect Philipp Grubauer and 2011 draft-eligible prospects Mathias Niederberger and Niklas Treutle should provide the club with a solid last line of defense.
Up front, the German squad also has some offensive potential, led by Pittsburgh prospect Tom Kuhnhackl who has played well in the OHL (and whose father is the German Wayne Gretzky). He'll receive support from Nashville prospect David Elsner and Tobias Rieder — Central Scouting's sixth-ranked OHLer in the 2011 draft.
Perhaps the most intriguing prospect on the German roster is a player who is not eligible to be drafted until 2012 — Nikolas Latta. The youngest player on the German roster, Latta has played well in a limited role with the OHL's Sarnia Sting, but tore up a German junior league with 31 goals and 31 assists in 34 games last year, showing that the offensive potential is there. That said, this year's likely more about gaining experience for the future for Latta — but any offense that he can muster will be greatly appreciated.
The Norwegian squad enters the tournament with four strikes against it: Canada, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Sweden.
The pool-makers did Norway no favors by consigning it to the tournament's Group of Death. The question appears to be not if they'll be relegated, but when. However, if Norway can avoid that fate this year, they should be far better for the experience.
Norway is icing an extremely young squad this year in Buffalo. In fact, of the 24 players invited to the selection camp, all but one are eligible for the 2011 NHL entry draft. And for that one player, who has already been drafted, there will be tremendous pressure for him to lead this squad in all aspects of the game.
Sondre Olden, who was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round of the 2010 entry draft, has spent the majority of the season with Modo's under-20 squad (after joining the team last year as a 17-year-old), scoring six goals and 12 points in 22 games. He's also spent three games with Modo's parent club in the Elitserien. He'll be the primary focus for the Norwegian attack, but he'll receive some assistance from a trio of players familiar with the North American game.
Rasmus Juell, Andreas Stene, and Nicholas Weberg have all spent the season in North America. Juell, who has committed to Northeastern University, is currently with the USHL's Cedar Rapids squad, following two years in Sweden (he played in Detroit with Belle Tire in 2007-08), Stene has two goals and seven points in 25 games with the WHL's Kelowna Rockets, and Weberg currently plays with the prep powerhouse and noted hockey factory Shattuck-St. Mary's in Minnesota. Their familiarity with the North American ice surface and style of play will be invaluable to the Norwegian squad.
Unfortunately for Norway, there's no standout in net — and whoever is between the pipes is likely to see a lot of rubber coming their way. Teammates Kenneth Eriksen and Steffen Sobert (Manglerud Star), and Finland's Espoo Blues' Lars Volden will be battling for the starting role.
In the end, it would take an upset of immense proportions for any of this quartet of teams to medal in Buffalo. But stranger things have happened and, as Team Canada found out in 1998 when it lost to Kazakhstan — the same year that the aforementioned Swiss won its only WJC medal defeating the heavily favored Czechs in the bronze-medal game.
But instead of feeding you a platitude about "this is why they play the games" each of these teams offers something of interest to fans of the game. An upset would just be the cherry on top.


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using Stardust.Interstellar.Rest.Client.Graph;

namespace Stardust.Interstellar.Rest.Test
{
    public interface IEmployeeService:IGraphCollectionService<Employee>
    {
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub