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Selected by the CEO to lead the management of company strategy repositioning the company to existing and potential clients with both a new "face of the brand" and new "voice of the brand".
Led the Human Resources function as a key driver to the realization of the strategy. Established clear career progressions, performance systems and revitalized recruiting practices which led to the entire "Careers at KT" section of the www.kepner-tregoe.com website being developed under my direction.
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This presentation, backed by current research in innovation best practices, provides a rapid overview of the different entry points to begin creating an innovation culture. It highlights key concerns, critical decisions, potential problems and the planning necessary to begin the process of making an innovation culture that fits your organization's needs and the value to be obtained. Creating an innovation culture may be hard work, but can you afford not to explore what you might gain?


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Mark Bergfeld is himself a "migrant" child. His father is Greek and mother German. He is writing PhD on migration and labour at queen Mary University Of London. We think he is a bright and politically active young chap. He made the Powerpoint presentation on the topic mainly using German language resources.
Bergfeld told the audience about the reactions from the German press to the migrants' involvement in the strike activity which had developed out of control of the German unions. Interesting enough (but not astonishing) newspaper BILD had denounced the strike as "Turkish terror".
All in all Mark's seminar was quite satisfactory and well received. After the presentation there were questions and discussion. We would like to thank both the presenter and the participants.


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DRO Gran Reserva es un álbum recopilatorio de varios artistas, editado en 1988, compuesto por 20 canciones, perteneciente a la compañía discográfica DRO, el CD carece de código de barras.

Canciones

Véase también

 Ayatollah!
 El ritmo del garage (canción)
 El imperio contraataca (canción)
 Cuatro rosas

Referencias

Álbumes de varios artistas
Álbumes de España de 1988
Álbumes de DRO
Movida madrileña

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Bangladeshi who disguised himself as a Sikh man arrested for attempted armed robbery of pawnshop
Source: Singapore Police Force/The Straits Times
Following a thwarted attempt to rob a pawn shop, a 29-year-old Bangladeshi national who had disguised himself as a Sikh by wearing a turban was arrested at Muscat Street yesterday for attempted armed robbery and exhibiting an imitation firearm while committing a scheduled offence after allegedly threatening to blow up a pawn shop outside Boon Lay MRT Station last Saturday.
According to the police, Sheikh Md Razan, who is formerly a construction worker, has been overstaying in Singapore since last December,
At 4.30pm on 28 July, it was alleged that Razan had barged into the pawn shop with a knife and an imitation gun made of plastic.
Razan had then purportedly threatened to blow up the shop using an explosive device, before tossing the supposed device onto the counter and fleeing the crime scene empty-handed.
However, it was discovered that the object merely contained electrical components after the workers had thrown the object out of the shop.
Razan was identified through a backpack found by a resident of the HDB flat he had fled to in Jurong West, where he had discarded his clothing and turban, behind potted plants outside a particular unit.
Additionally, police were able to identify Razan from police cameras at the HDB flat with the assistance of a resident.
The manager of the pawnshop ValueMax, Mr Vincent Ng, who has been working for the company for 10 years, said that the suspect kept pulling the replica gun in and out during the incident.
"During a robbery, you would expect a fierce person pointing a gun or weapon directly at you, but he didn't look very certain of himself," he said.
According to The Straits Times, Mr Ng, 48, noted that the suspect shouted at them: "I need money. I want cash. Put all the cash inside the bag."
He said that he was ready to surrender valuables to the man as instructed, but eventually decided against doing so, as he "was worried whether it was the right thing to do or not".
The process of tracking down Razan involved the efforts of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Intelligence Department, Special Operations Command and the six Police Land Divisions.
Ms Chua, however, also expressed her gratitude towards the resident who alerted the police to the backpack found behind the potted plants, which sped up the police force's search of the suspect.
There were no injuries or fatalities reported following the incident.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation & Intelligence) concurrent Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Florence Chua said that Razan "went to great lengths to conceal his identity" and to "cover his tracks to evade detection and arrest".
She added that the Razan's case "required meticulous police work and the combined and coordinated efforts of officers from various SPF units", highlighting that the SPF has been "working tirelessly round the clock to pursue all available leads to successfully arrest the man".
"The man had displayed a blatant disregard of the law in Singapore," said Ms Chua.
Concluding with a stern warning, Ms Chua said that "the Police will spare no effort in pursuing such criminals and dealing with them in accordance with the law."
Razan is scheduled to be charged in court tomorrow.


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As a young college student, Caitlin found herself in a place of hopelessness and deep despair. Through the truth and lovingkindness of God's word, she found that her hope and her rescue could only be found in the Lord. Caitlin has led music for various conferences, camps and student ministries over the past five years. She now works for the Great Commission Alliance with the purpose of sharing the Gospel and equipping students to walk boldly in the freedom found in Christ. Caitlin's heart is to continually be refined until the Lord is her one desire.


Resurrection Presbyterian Church of Madison is a community finding life through the gospel in order to love God and neighbor and bless our city.
St. Augustine prayed in the 4th century, "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." Christians have long believed that human beings were created by and for God, and therefore any life that we create for ourselves apart from him is not truly life (and therefore restless). Deep down we long to know and be known by our Creator and Redeemer, the One for whom we were made. The vision of Resurrection Presbyterian Church is that we would be a community of people who are seeking and finding that which is truly life, which comes to us through the gospel—the good news—of Jesus.
Augustine again writes, "So anyone who thinks that he has understood the divine scriptures or any part of them, but cannot by his understanding build up this double love of God and neighbor, has not yet succeeded in understanding them." As we are finding life through the gospel, it will inevitably lead us toward the double love of God and neighbor. Our vision is for a people who are known first and foremost by our love—for God, for our neighbors, for our city—as evidence of the gospel's work in us.
Early on, God established the mission of his people on earth, and this mission defines the church today. We are blessed in order to be a blessing to the nations (Genesis 12:1-3). Our vision is for the city of Madison to rejoice that Resurrection Presbyterian Church exists because we are seeking to bless our city in profound ways.
We are named Resurrection because the resurrection of Jesus is so central to the Christian story. The Apostle Paul calls the resurrection "of first importance" (1 Corinthians 15:3), and says that if Christ is not raised, then our faith is in vain (1 Corinthians 15:17). But if Jesus is risen from the dead, then there is hope for everyone and everything.
Our logo is an adaptation of the cross of Saint Thomas, who is well-known for being a doubter, a skeptic, who is transformed by the resurrected Jesus. Our hope is that doubters and skeptics in Madison will find a place at Resurrection where their questions are taken seriously, where they can safely explore the story of Jesus, and perhaps meet the risen Jesus and confess with Thomas, "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28). The dove on top of the cross is a picture of the Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, who brings life out of death, pictured through the blossoming ends of the cross.


This North Coast city isn't just about beaches and all inclusives — it brims with gourmet eateries, swank bars, swishy spas, golf courses, shopping and sizzling nightlife.
Try it on for size, I'm instructed by the affable vendor at the Fort Street Craft Market near Montego Bay's Hip Strip. With a vibe more like a gracious granny than a savvy entrepreneur, her pitch continues. "Green is your color," she says, holding up a batik shirt she notices matches my eyes.
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Video: See How Hyrule Warriors Legends on the Original 3DS Compares to the Wii U
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by Alex Olney Mon 21st Mar 2016
Hyrule Warriors Legends is a technical marvel, there's no denying that. To get such a complex and character-heavy game to run on such simple hardware is an incredible feat, but it's not as plain sailing on the original 3DS as it is on the New 3DS.
Check out the comparison video below where you can see the performance of this new portable title compared to its bigger & older Wii U counterpart. It's not a smooth experience by any means, but it is at least playable.
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SuperGhirahim64
Mon 21st Mar 2016
The demo put me right off. Wii u is so much more fun
JHDK
this is exactly the type of video i was hoping to see before i buy the game for my old 3ds xl. thanks!
AVahne
"Hyrule Warriors Legends is a technical marvel, there's no denying that."
Uhm.....okay? I don't see how it's a technical marvel, but if you're that easily impressed then that's just SWELL.
AlexOlney
@Dakt is cute.
@AVahne I know, I thought the other Warrior games on the 3ds look better than this one... and they still look like crap.
this video makes the game look not nearly as bad as i expected. im now sold on giving it a try on my old 3ds.
@JHDK Yeah doesn't look that bad, sure it's missing a number of enemies and the frame rate is way down, but it still looks like portable fun.
DarthNocturnal
Legends seems more... informative then Wii U. The bomb notification above the Lizalfos, and the "Side Mission Started" prompt, letting you know it's OK to not bow to every demand your allies ask of you.
I'm getting Legends, but I wouldn't mind if the Wii U version was, at some point, patched to achieve parity.
I didn't realize the New 3DS was that much more powerful. I'm glad I have a New 3DS.
With that in mind I'm still not getting it. It is so much better on Wii U.
I especially love playing co-op on Wii U
DoctorOverbuild
I've got the Wii u version but I never got round to playing it and now I've got the 3ds version pre-ordered which seems like the definitive version everything apart from graphics wise! Does anyone know if I can transfer the Wii u dlc from the 3ds version to the Wii u one I don't really want to have to buy it again!
japongt
This game on the 3DS seriously makes me cringe. I don't get how anyone who has played it on a Wii U would want this.
Warruz
I don't understand why this wasn't New 3DS only.
JaxonH
@japongt
Because it's portable. Simple as that. I own on Wii U, but now I can play at work (on break of course). It's a 3DS game, so of course it's going to look like a 3DS game.
ShikabaneHime13
I don't understand why many people are complaining of the decision to port the game to the 3DS. As @JaxonH said, portable version of a home console game gives ability to play outside the home. If the game were truly terrible, then I think criticisms would be valid, but as it stands, many reviewers haven't had a problem and the game works, even if it's not on the same scale or as crisp in graphics
Kai_
Still not really sure why this needed to exist.
rjejr
@Warruz Probably because there are about 40 million old 3DS and 10 million New 3DS, if that many. Maybe if it was a Nintendo game they would have held it to a higher standard, but since it isn't, they are making money where they can.
Tue 22nd Mar 2016
I've played the demo on New 3DS, it was alright, but did you guys notice the enemies popping into view? Like right in front of you. Didn't notice that on the Wii U...
Is there a video comparing it to the n3ds?
Arngrim
@InternetBowser I actually found the Demo of the 3DS game to run really smooth. And it's easily my fav game on WiiU, so ill probably buy this for 3DS aswell, i'm more excited for the DLC for WiiU though. I just want more Ganondorf.
alasdair91
It's a 3DS! What do people expect? The Wii U is a Full HD 60fps home games console...
I for one think the game runs extremely well on the New 3DS at least and it is one of the better action packed games on the 3DS.
@Arngrim Yeah its one of my favourite wii u games. Its really enjoyable, but on my old 3ds, its so slow, choppy and as another person said the enemies just appear. I wanted it but now I dont. Just toon link, tetra and skull kid on wii u and id be happy enough. Mario Maker 3ds is a game that might suit better 🍄
Iggly
@Meowpheel Nope, it's a comparison to the old 3DS.
ikki5
Oh man... that I had people telling me the 3DS version wasn't that bad... BAH ha ha ha!
AshFoxX
Kinda wish they had done a direct comparison of the original 3DS to the N3DS. It seems a little asinine to compare to the obviously higher quality Wii U version. I want the game so I can play it on the go, and I don't have a N3DS so that comparison would have been more useful to me.
As for what I can see from the video, it looks just fine. I don't see the frame drops and such that always get referenced but I never really notice dropped frames until I am playing it for myself.
Hopefully NA will get a demo soon so I can decide for myself before I buy, otherwise I'll just have to suck it up and try to get the Wii U DLC some other way.
Fath
@ShikabaneHime13 People aren't really upset at the existence of the 3DS version, but rather that KT is forcing people into playing said version in order to access all the new content (the story and levels accompanying the new characters). It changes the discussion from "live and let live" to "I can't tolerate this."
I also don't really see much of an unplayable mess as many make it sound like. It looks fine, a bit slow at times, but mostly ok. I have the n3DS, so I don't really care anyway.
@Iggly yeah I know that, I just meant that I'd like to see the game running on the 3DS and n3DS.
@InternetBowser Doh, sorry im playing on a New 3DS, and it's smoother than the WiiU version from what i could tell, and i didn't notice any popin enemies. Sad to hear it runs "crappy" on the older 3dses.
Honestly, my complaint for the demo was that it could have had 3DS exclusive stuff for the demo, not the lame ass intro level from the WiiU game. If they really want WiiU players to get this, how about doing a demo that we haven't played?
c1pher_c0mplet
I simply don't understand the appeal of the Dynasty Warriors brand of gameplay. Obviously it isn't for me but I can't wrap my head around how beating up endless hordes of brain-dead cannon fodder translates into "fun." But when the port was announced for New 3DS, I told myself I'd keep up with previews, gameplay footage, and eventually reviews to see if I might give the genre a chance. And seeing as I'm chiefly a handheld gamer (and less a console one), what was there to lose? While the Wii U version is the obvious winner in terms of visuals, it looks the same kind of boring to me. It simply doesn't appeal to me. Now, if the enemies were attacking you and there was a real threat of being overpowered by the AI, thaaaaaat's a different story. I'll be skipping this and eagerly awaiting Bravely Second in April (which gives me enough time to finish Birthright). Cheers to those who enjoy the game, though: no one can deny it's awesome visuals!
skywake
I hope the people argue that Nintendo needs to replace the Wii U but not the 3DS watch this. Case and point for the argument that the 3DS is starting to show its age.
MajinSoul
@Dakt I feel you on this. I had the exact same problem with Majoras Mask. I can't play action games on the 3DS because the circle pad is just terrible. It's the reason I'm playing MH clones on the vita instead of MH itself on the 3DS
@c1pher_c0mplet they arent always brain dead. The harder levels can be very difficult to avoid hits, even from the basic enemies.
@Arngrim id say it makes all the difference on the new. Its interesting how you say its smoother than wii u. Im happy to hear its better on n3ds. No reason to upgrade yet tho
KoopaTheGamer
Doesn't look impressive at all. This really makes me wish that next handheld generation is coming soon. 3DS is already a really old system...
arnoldlayne83
Urgh.... framerate and visuals are pretty horrible on 3ds....
sadly I think I'll pass, since I am not willing to upgrade to N3ds
farmer_humpf
Reminds me of how much fun Hyrule Warriors is on Wii U. I have all the DLC for it too and I haven't played it for ages.
Just me maybe, but it looks more pixelated on the old 3ds, or it could just be from the video itself.
@InternetBowser Hmmm... So in your opinion, what level of challenge is Hyrule Warriors Legends overall? I'm not looking for a portable Dark Souls. But all the gameplay footage I've seen suggests the game is a cakewalk and the enemies pose little to no challenge whatsoever. Are there different levels of difficulty if a player wanted to up the challenge factor? Thanks for the reply.
abbyhitter
It's definitely not a mess or unplayble like many people made it out to be.
@c1pher_c0mplet Well it's progressive I think really. The adventure maps are really challenging to complete, especially if you downloaded the later released packs. The gameplay definitely shows that and I understand what you mean, it wasn't until playing it in different missions that I discovered how hard and challenging it got. Time limited missions, losing all your hearts in one hit, enemies get more aggressive. Honestly I thought the same as you, but it is a hard game to put down for a Zelda fan. Slashing enemies isn't the whole game, securing keeps, racing to save team mates from enemy attacks, multiple bosses on the map coming after you at one time is tricky. The promotional videos don't really do it justice for the way you and I would play it. I haven't even finished one Adventure map yet and I have played it for many hours. There's so much content, and like I said, the DLC, especially Majora's Mask, I found, has been a notch up in difficulty. I hope this helps. If you're a Zelda fan, it's more fun than you'll think. In my opinion anyway. I hope this helps you
@skywake I agree, time for a new handheld. it's been, what, 5 years now??
@InternetBowser Actually, your comment helps A LOT - so much so that I'm going to go ahead and preorder it today so I can start on it Friday when it releases. I've been going back 'n forth... I'm not a Zelda super-fan but I do enjoy the series and I thought this looked like a lot of fun but couldn't get over what seemed to be dull gameplay. Glad I actually asked someone what they thought because, again, the gameplay footage totally presents something else. Thanks again, mate!
@c1pher_c0mplet That's great I am glad it has. Not a problem enjoy it. If you've never played Dynasty Warriors before like myself, it might take you a while to understand things within the game and what's going on, but you eventually do because there's a lot happening and a lot of different things. But it gives it more depth once you understand how it works awesome game though, it exceeded my expectations so I hope you get as much joy as I have from it!
@Fath Ok, I'll definitely give ya that
@Meowpheel I think Gamexplain had a gameplay comparison of the two systems, if not there should at least be one on Youtube by someone. It's a bit easier to notice the difference there but it's still playable.
Tate24
Well looks far better and run's better on new 3DS. They should kept as a exclusive for that.
Anyhow I really liked demo and Defo gonna pick it up on Friday!
I sincerely hope that it looks better on the New 3DS. I'm by no means a videophile, but that looks downright awful. Those textures look like a DS game, and I know that it's hard to get an impressive level of graphical fidelity when you've got such a processor intensive game, but....geeze. It truly does look abysmal.
LemonSlice
@Dakt Just got this thing (the grip) recently. It's superb. Maker is CyberGadget from Japan.
@ElkinFencer10
It's more or less the same. Maybe some more motion blur from super attacks and EVER SO SLIGHTLY better textures, but the main thing about playing on the New 3DS is that you get a playable framerate (in 2D....3D is nearly okay-ish but there's really no point to it).
happylittlepigs
Wed 23rd Mar 2016
The 3DS version looks like trash. it was running so slow, the Wii U version was several seconds ahead, even though they started at the same time. And the 3DS couldn't even render all the enemies, and when it did, they were like 15 pixels each. Why couldn't they have just made it N3DS exclusive? It follows all the other N3DS exclusives in that it's a low-risk port (Binding of Isaac, Xenoblade 3D), and only can run in 3D on the New 3DS. I really wish Nintendo would show some more love to the people who scooped up their expensive new handheld. I love mine, don't get me wrong, but some more exclusive titles would be a great sign of appreciation from Nintendo.
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Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said British lawmakers faced a choice ahead of a vote on her Brexit deal, approving her deal or facing an exit with no deal or even the reversal of Brexit.
Ms May said she was speaking to lawmakers about giving parliament a bigger role in whether the Northern Irish backstop arrangement would be triggered, though she gave few details.
She said some in parliament were trying to frustrate Brexit and that she did not think another referendum on Brexit was the right course.
"There are three options: one is to leave the European Union with a deal, the other two are that we leave without a deal or that we have no Brexit at all.
"It's clear that there are those in the House of Commons who want to frustrate Brexit and overturn the vote of the British people and that's not right," Ms May told BBC radio.
Ms May repeatedly sidestepped questions on whether she would delay the December 11 vote, however did hint at possible concessions on the Northern Irish backstop.
"There are questions about how decisions are taken as to whether we go into the backstop, because that isn't an automatic.
"The question is: do we go into the backstop? Do we extend what I call the implementation period?" she said.
She did not directly answer the questions when asked repeatedly what her "Plan B" would be if her deal was rejected.
Brexit, a combination of "British exit", is the impending withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).


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"All is not lost, Meghan."
Gerard Cukier
The Duchess of Sussex may have lost the first battle in her privacy claim against the Mail on Sunday but she may still win the war.
"Humiliated", "Throne Out", "Meghan's legal case suffers a blow as claims are dismissed": These are some of the more lurid headlines that may have had the Duke and Duchess of Sussex choking over their breakfast of smashed avocado and poached eggs in sunny Malibu.
On Friday 1 May 2020, Mr Justice Warby gave judgement in favour of Associated Newspapers Limited, the publishers of the Mail on Sunday in the first round of the Duchess of Sussex's claim against the newspaper for breaching her privacy in publishing a letter that she had written and sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018.
In February 2019, the Mail on Sunday published five articles reproducing parts of the August 2018 handwritten letter which, in the Duchess' claim, was described as "her intimate thoughts and feelings about her father's health and her relationship with him at that time".
The Duchess' lawyers filed her High Court claim for misuse of confidential information, breach of duty under the GDPR regulations and infringement of copyright in September 2019 and provided her Particulars of Claim in October 2019. The Mail on Sunday defends the claim on the basis that it disputes that the contents of the letter were private and confidential, or that the Duchess had an expectation that it would remain private; that publication was justified to protect the rights of freedom of expression of the newspaper, its readers and Mr Markle; that processing of the personal data in the letter was not unlawful or unfair but was legitimate; and that the letter was not an original literary work, alternatively, that it was a "very limited intellectual creation" and only a limited part of the letter was published.
The matters which Mr Justice Warby had to decide were whether, as the Mail on Sunday contended, other claims made in the Particulars of Claim should remain as part of the Duchess' case. Specifically, the Judge struck out what may be regarded as more sensational and personal claims on the part of the Duchess that the newspaper had acted "dishonestly" by leaving out parts of the letter and distorting what she had written. He also struck out allegations that the newspaper had deliberately "stirred up" issues between the Duchess and her father and that it (and other media) had an ongoing "agenda" of publishing intrusive or offensive stories about her.
Mr Justice Warby considered that those allegations should not form part of the Duchess' case because they were "irrelevant" to her claims for misuse of private information, breach of the Data Protection Regulations and infringement of copyright. He also considered that some of the allegations had been inadequately detailed to support the claims made but left open the possibility that they may be revived if put forward in proper form and evidenced.
For the present, the Duchess' case against the Mail on Sunday continues on the basis of misuse of confidential information, breach of GDPR and infringement of copyright. As the Judge said early in the judgement quoting established legal texts and case law: "The challenge to the claimant's case that the contents of the Letter were private and confidential in nature might seem at first a little surprising … The court has protected the confidentiality of private correspondence since at least the late eighteenth century. It is clearly established that, as a starting point, the contents of private letters are to be regarded as subject to a duty of confidentiality owed by the recipient to the writer". The Judge also accepted the Duchess' submission (through her lawyers) that her case was similar to that of her father-in-law, the Prince of Wales, in the case HRH The Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd reported in 2006. That case related to a "splash and spread" in the Mail on Sunday, reporting and reproducing parts of the Prince of Wales' travel journal of his visit to the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, which were disparaging of the formalities and behaviour of the Chinese participants. The Prince sued for breach of confidence and copyright infringement. His case was that the journals set out his private and personal thoughts and impressions of the tours to which they related, that these matters were not in the public domain and constituted his confidential information. Blackburne J found for the Prince of Wales at a summary hearing on the basis that there was no real prospect of the Mail on Sunday successfully defending the claim. That decision was reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal.
Against the general principle, Mr Justice Warby recognised that there was also legal authority to the effect that: "It has, however, been suggested that correspondence is not categorically entitled to protection nor its contents 'inherently private'. The nature of the information contained in the correspondence will accordingly be relevant."
We shall see how matters develop. Although the Duchess of Sussex may wonder how it is that she finds herself having lost this first round of the battle, with likely substantial legal costs to be paid to the Mail on Sunday (on top of her own legal costs), many legal commentators remain of the view that her fundamental claims remain sound.
Perhaps her father-in-law, with his voice of authority, will be reminding her via Zoom that all is not lost?
This article is for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice. It should not be used as a substitute for legal advice relating to your particular circumstances. Please note that the law may have changed since the date of this article.
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Q: How to run code when the application is going to be closed I am using Firebase for my database and also I am using FirebaseAuth to login and logout users in my app. When a user logs into the application, I want to update a value called status (login status for clarity) to true. Similarly, I want this value to be set to false when the user logs out of the application. However, a user might close the application without logging out and I want to update the status value when the user closes the application as if they logged out.
Firebase logs out the user automatically when they close the application, as they have to log back in if they open it again.
EDIT
For reference below is my code that i want to run when the application is closed.
FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("users").child(FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getUid()).child("status").setValue(false);

I have tried running this code on onDestroy() Ovewritten method for all of my activities. However, this is not the solution because if the user navigates from one activity to another, the code will trigger because i use finish() when i close certain activities. This isn't ideal and I only want the code to trigger only when the application is closed.
EDIT 2
Instead of calling onDestroy() on all of the activities, i now only call onDestroy() with the code that i want to run on one activity only. It is important to note that htis activity never finishes, unless the user closes the application or manually logs out.
However when the application is swiped away, this code does not trigger, why is that?

A: For my particular case, I have an activity that never finishes unless the app is permanently closed, and the app is no longer running, not even in the foreground, or the user manually logs out.
Because of this I can call onDestroy() and add the code i want to run in there. NOTE, if you are calling on super.onDestroy(), you need to put it at the end of the code you want to run so that the acitivity does not end prior to running the code. Exmaple below:
@Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        /*
       RUN YOUR CODE HERE
        */
        super.onDestroy();
    }

A: I believe you will be able to do this using WorkManager (reference: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/basics). If you create a worker to do some work after a delay using setInitialDelay, then in the doWork method check if your app is running using something like this: How can I check if an app running on Android?. If your app is running, enqueue the same work again after the same delay - basically schedule the same check to happen after a few minutes or something. If your app is not running, the app's been closed - run your code.

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Long ago, a Wisconsin woman began helping trauma victims rebuild their lives: At one point, a pastor's challenge changed her life.
A 5-year-old boy who loved to play sports at his Canadian elementary school in the 1940s began going to summer camp every year: By age 18, he dreamed of having his own summer camp one day.
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Every day, there are compassionate and caring people around the world giving aid, comfort, shelter and hope to millions who are sick, impoverished, homeless, afraid and desperate. Mostly, their good works go unheralded. HeartMath Institute decided recently to recognize several who have been improving people's lives for many years.


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Posts Tagged 'missiles'
Posted: December 9, 2019 in Arctic, Russia, Russia
Tags: missiles, Northern Sea Route, Russia
(TASS, 9 Dec 2019)
Northern Fleet to create air defense 'dome' over Russian Arctic with S-400 missile systems.
Russia continues building ramified military infrastructure in the Arctic, including hi-tech lighting systems to monitor the situation in the air, on the ground and under the water, according to the Fleet top brass.
MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet will arm all its Arctic battalions with S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in coming years to create an air defense dome over the Russian Arctic, Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Moiseyev said in an interview with the Defense Ministry's Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Monday.
"This year, S-400 systems will enter service with the air defense missile regiment stationed on Novaya Zemlya. There are plans to arm all our Arctic battalions with these systems in coming years and thus create an air defense dome over the Russian Arctic," the Fleet commander said.
Also, units of a new air defense formation have gone on experimental combat duty in Tiksi to provide security of the airspace over the Northern Sea Route, he added. (emphasis added)
"In the future, we are planning to build up the air defense capabilities of Russia's northern frontiers," the vice-admiral stressed.
To read entire article: https://tass.com/defense/1097107
Soviet Star Wars
Posted: December 10, 2009 in nuclear weapons, Russia
Tags: missiles, Russian rockets
The launch that saved the world from orbiting laser battle stations
Air & Space Magazine
(This is a lengthy article but the most interesting to me is this last section…)
The rocket was rolled out to the launch pad and hoisted to the vertical launch position. Then, on the night of May 15, 1987, Energia's engines lit and the giant rocket climbed into the sky. Whereas most launches from Baikonur head for an orbit inclined 52 degrees to the equator, Polyus-Skif traveled farther north, on a 65-degree inclination. If the worst happened, this heading would keep rocket stages and debris—or the entire Skif-DM—from falling on foreign territory.
The Energia rocket performed flawlessly, gaining speed as it rose and arced out toward the northern Pacific. But the kludged nature of the Skif–DM test spacecraft, along with all the compromises and shortcuts, spelled its doom. The satellite's functional block had originally been designed for the Proton launcher, and couldn't withstand the vibration of the Energia's more powerful engines. The solution had been to mount the spacecraft with the control block at the top instead of down near the engines. Essentially, it flew into space upside down. Once the spacecraft separated from its booster, it was supposed to flip around to point away from Earth, with the control block's engines facing down toward Earth, ready to fire and push the craft into orbit.
Skif-DM separated on cue, the spent Energia fell away, and the protective shroud over the front of the spacecraft separated. Then the entire spacecraft, as tall as a 12-story building, began its gentle pitch maneuver. Its tail end, actually the front of the spacecraft, swung up through 90 degrees, through 180 degrees…then kept going. The massive spacecraft tumbled end over end for two full revolutions, then stopped with its nose pointing down toward Earth. In the rush to launch such a complicated spacecraft, the designers had missed a tiny software error. The engines fired, and Skif-DM headed back into the atmosphere it had just escaped, quickly overheating and breaking into burning pieces over the Pacific Ocean.
http://bit.ly/812dtq
(This is interesting to me today because of the following, also about a failed Russian launch.)
Anyone for some Arctic roll? Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway
Daily Mail Online 10 Dec 2009
The Bulava missile was test-fired from the Dmitry Donskoi submarine in the White Sea early on Wednesday but failed at the third stage, say newspapers in Moscow today.
A Russian military source said today that 'the third stage of the rocket did not work'. The Russian Defence Ministry, with characteristic secrecy, has so far been unavailable for comment.
The Bulava, despite being crucial to Russia's plans to revamp its weaponry, is becoming an embarrassment after nine failed launches in 13 tests, prompting calls for it to be scrapped. In theory, it has a range of 5,000 miles and could carry up to ten nuclear weapons bound for separate targets.
A previous failure in July forced the resignation of Yury Solomonov, the director of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology which is responsible for developing the missile. However, he is now working as chief designer on the jinxed project.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with telephone calls after the light storm yesterday morning. Totto Eriksen, from Tromsø, told VG Nett: 'It spun and exploded in the sky.' He spotted the lights as he walked his daughter Amalie to school.
He said: 'We saw it from the Inner Harbor in Tromsø. It was absolutely fantastic. 'It almost looked like a rocket that spun around and around and then went diagonally down the heavens.'
Read more: http://bit.ly/8vztPm
1987, 2009… looks like they haven't quite perfected things…
Israeli Dolphin subs fuel and missile systems upgraded and heavily modified
Posted: October 5, 2009 in Iran, Israel, Middle East
Tags: Iran, Israel, Middle East, missiles, nuclear-capable, submarines
DEBKA File 4 Oct 09
Excerpts:
Western naval sources report that Israel's German-made Dolphin submarines have been heavily modified: its torpedo tubes enlarged to accommodate missiles, new electronics installed and its fuel capacity expanded to keep the vessel at sea for 50 days without refueling.
Israel is reported by foreign sources to have equipped the new Dolphin-class subs with Israel-made 1,500-km range cruise missiles carrying 200 kiloton nuclear warheads and 135-kilometer range US-made Harpoon missiles also fitted with nuclear warheads. These missiles, fired through the newly-enlarged 650mm-26-inch tubes, can reach Iranian coastal targets including its nuclear sites as well as naval, port and Revolutionary Guards facilities.
The Dolphins' expanded fuel tanks enable them to cover distances of up to 10,000 kilometers from their Mediterranean home port (instead of 8,000 kilometers heretofore) and spend more time – up to 50 days – off the Iranian coast.
Their presence outside Israeli waters is a powerful deterrent to any surprise nuclear or conventional attack, endowing Israel with an instantaneous second-strike nuclear capability.
They are also very quiet and hard for Iranian sea hunters to detect.
http://bit.ly/125w1m
Al Jazeera: Iran tests Shahab 3 missile
Posted: September 28, 2009 in Iran, Israel, Middle East
Tags: Iran, Israel, Middle East, missiles
Al Jazeera 28 Sept 2009:
Iran tests Shahab 3 missile
Al Jazeera's Alireza Ronaghi in the Iranian capital, Tehran, said: "The most important thing is that this Shahab 3 missile can reach targets as far as 2,000km. It's the longest-range missile in the Iranian arsenal."
"There are two solutions about Iran: one would be sanctions and the other would be military action. So [with regard to] sanctions, Iran is trying to prove that sanctions have not worked on the uranium enrichment programme," our correspondent said.
http://bit.ly/rfMKB
Al Jazeera: Iran in arms race with Israel
Tags: Iran, Israel, Middle East, missile defense, missiles, nuclear weapons
Photo: Israeli Arrow II missile system. Israel developed the Arrow II in response to what it says is an Iranian missile threat [GETTY].
Excerpts from article:
"For all of its 61 years in existence, Israel has considered itself in a permanent war of survival. It has developed a national system which places great emphasis on its military and intelligence capabilities."
"Iran is not yet in a position to launch a first strike against Israel. This is perhaps a key concern because Israel has a reputation for not allowing a first strike capability to develop."
"It has a record of destroying the Egyptian ballistic missile industry under Gamal Abdel Nasser, the late Egyptian president; destroying French-built Iraqi nuclear reactors outside Baghdad at Osirak in 1981, and interdicting the supply of arms moving through Sudan as recently as January this year."
http://bit.ly/Ug3p7
Russia says Kaliningrad missile array not shelved
Posted: September 22, 2009 in Middle East, Russia
Tags: Kaliningrad, missiles, Russia
JPOST.COM 21 Sept. 2009
Russian plans to deploy missiles in an enclave next to Poland (Kaliningrad) have not been shelved, the country's top general said Monday, contradicting a comment made by a government official last week after the US announced it was dropping a plan to place land-based missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic.
http://bit.ly/P2C7R
Russia cancels plan to install missiles on Baltic Sea
Posted: September 18, 2009 in Russia
Tags: Europe, missiles, Russian missiles
Since Obama's announcement, Russia has cancelled the deployment of "new" Iskander missile complexes to Kaliningrad. Makes me wonder what type of "old" missile complexes may already be there. These missiles are nuclear-capable and Russia has lots of them scattered about.
Here's what Pravda had said earlier about the possibility of a US European missile shield:
"Russia (previously) promised to take adequate measures in return and deploy Iskander missile complexes in the Kaliningrad enclave." Read entire article here. http://bit.ly/dkR1l
From Wikipedia re Kaliningrad Enclave:
Kaliningrad Oblast is the most militarized area of the Russian Federation, and the density of military installations is the highest in Europe. Kaliningrad is a headquarters of Russian Baltic Fleet circled by Chernyakhovsk (air base), Donskoye (air base), and Kaliningrad Chkalovsk (naval air base).
Kaliningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) situated on the Baltic coast. The oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union it has been an exclave of Russia surrounded by Lithuania, Poland, and the Baltic Sea. Borderless travel to the main part of Russia is only possible by sea or air.
This political isolation became more pronounced when Lithuania and Poland both became members of the European Union and NATO, and entered the Schengen Zone, which means that the oblast is surrounded by the territories of these organizations as well.


Documents To Go is a simple all in one repository and editing application for Microsoft Word, iWork, Pages, text, and PDF files. While the app might not be perfect for all uses, it's a pretty comprehensive tool that will only improve as DataViz releases more updates and improvements.
Because Documents To Go also works on the iPhone, Android and a series of other devices, this is a great way to keep pieces of your most important work just about everywhere you need it.
In this app you can access, create and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files on on your iPad. Better yet, your documents aren't stuck in isolation. You can sync with a folder on your desktop via a free software download or set up syncing in the cloud with Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, iDisk, MobileMe, and Sugar Sync. All of this is pretty straightforward and easy to execute, but it would be great to see some network syncing capabilities for people who want to make their work servers portable.
Once you've accessed your files on the iPad the capabilities of the editor are surprisingly comprehensive. All of the editing options rest on a horizontal toolbar on the bottom of the screen. The actual toolbar is small and unobtrusive, but very easy to work with. You can change font size and type, use bullets, format paragraphs, search for words or phrases within documents, create hanging indents and more. One thing you can't do in the Word editor though, is add tables and pictures.
Editing Excel documents is also very intuitive. You can add cells, delete cells, select areas, utilize formulas and do just about all the other Excel basics you can think of. Powerpoint editing though, is a little bit different. Powerpoint documents render on the iPad very well, and creating new slides is easy enough, but trying to edit them is a total and complete hassle. You can't edit within the slide at all, and so you can only make changes in a text only outline form. There's no doubt that this app falls short when it comes to anything more than Powerpoint viewing and notes editing.
All said and done, Documents To Go has the potential to be an indispensable all in one app that changes the capabilities of your iPad. If you want to use your iPad view and produce general Word, Excel, and text files this app is great. Seamless in the cloud integration is easy to use and reliable.
If you're looking to use this app to work with email attachments or create Powerpoint presentations, you might want to look elsewhere or wait for updates to the Documents to Go Software.
Bottom Line: Documents To Go for the iPad has the potential to revolutionize the portability of your most important documents, but whether or not it actually delivers depends on exactly what you need.


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Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality
States move to ban 'vaccine passports'
The measures come amid a wider Republican-led push to curtail public health authorities' powers.
by Liz Essley Whyte June 18, 2021 January 28, 2022
(Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
As Americans figure out what post-pandemic life will look like, some states are taking steps to ensure that proof of vaccination ― or so-called "vaccine passports" ― won't be part of it.
On Tuesday, Missouri became the latest state to restrict when its citizens could be asked to show they were vaccinated for COVID-19. At least fifteen other states have limited or banned vaccine passports via legislation or governors' executive orders. Some of the measures prevent local governments from issuing or requiring vaccine credentials, while others also discourage businesses from doing so. At least one state, Arizona, made an exception for healthcare providers.
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Supporters say the rules, championed mostly by Republicans, protect individuals' privacy and promote economic recovery.
In Texas, the new vaccine passport ban protects "individuals' private medical information from the intrusive governmental and business-led mandates," said the law's sponsor, Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, in a press release. "This legislation is a great example of striking a balance between our public health priorities, civil liberties, and economic freedoms."
But opponents say the rules could harm public health and make a return to normalcy difficult for concert venues, universities and other entities hoping to require vaccination to avoid COVID-19 outbreaks. Cruise lines in particular have worried aloud about how they will comply with both federal health guidance and Florida's vaccine passport ban.
It's unclear if the push to prohibit vaccine passports across states was coordinated. The wording in many of the laws and orders differed. But anti-vaccine-passport laws in Texas and Alabama, as well as a bill in Missouri and an executive order in Florida, used similar language, a review by the Center for Public Integrity found. Several lawmakers behind those measures did not immediately respond to inquiries related to how they were drafted, but a spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said no outside groups were involved in writing his executive order.
Advocacy groups often use what's known as "model legislation" to blanket states with copy-paste laws. An award-winning 2019 investigation by Public Integrity, USA Today and the Arizona Republic found this tactic was common in statehouses across the nation.
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The National Vaccine Information Center, a nonprofit that pushes for exemptions to immunization mandates and spreads misinformation about vaccines, thanked its network of volunteers for their support of Alabama's vaccine passport ban. "Your hard work paid off," it said.
The group took positions on and issued "action alerts" to volunteers about vaccine passport bills in multiple states, director of advocacy Dawn Richardson said in an email.
States witnessed several coronavirus-related political campaigns from right-wing groups this spring. The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, a frequent source of model legislation, promoted limits on local health officials' emergency powers. A group known as America's Frontline Doctors ― most famous for cheerleading hydroxychloroquine and for its member who warned about sex with demons ― backed a "Vaccine Bill of Rights" in various states. The Informed Consent Action Network, founded by misinformation peddler Del Bigtree, worked to issue legal challenges to vaccine requirements.
"It's all very concerning," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, CEO of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. "If these decisions are made now just based on the fact that people didn't like the public health orders that were put in place during a pandemic, what is going to happen when these laws are passed and we have another public health emergency?"
Private companies are currently developing apps that could prove vaccination status, but Hawaii, New York and Oregon are so far the only states to endorse vaccine passports in some form. The Biden administration has said the federal government would not mandate vaccines or set up a national credentialing system.
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States move to ban 'vaccine passports'

by , Center for Public Integrity
June 18, 2021

As Americans figure out what post-pandemic life will look like, some states are taking steps to ensure that proof of vaccination ― or so-called "vaccine passports" ― won't be part of it.

On Tuesday, Missouri became the latest state to restrict when its citizens could be asked to show they were vaccinated for COVID-19. At least fifteen other states have limited or banned vaccine passports via legislation or governors' executive orders. Some of the measures prevent local governments from issuing or requiring vaccine credentials, while others also discourage businesses from doing so. At least one state, Arizona, made an exception for healthcare providers.

Supporters say the rules, championed mostly by Republicans, protect individuals' privacy and promote economic recovery.

In Texas, the new vaccine passport ban protects "individuals' private medical information from the intrusive governmental and business-led mandates," said the law's sponsor, Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, in a press release. "This legislation is a great example of striking a balance between our public health priorities, civil liberties, and economic freedoms."

But opponents say the rules could harm public health and make a return to normalcy difficult for concert venues, universities and other entities hoping to require vaccination to avoid COVID-19 outbreaks. Cruise lines in particular have worried aloud about how they will comply with both federal health guidance and Florida's vaccine passport ban.

It's unclear if the push to prohibit vaccine passports across states was coordinated. The wording in many of the laws and orders differed. But anti-vaccine-passport laws in Texas and Alabama, as well as a bill in Missouri and an executive order in Florida, used similar language, a review by the Center for Public Integrity found. Several lawmakers behind those measures did not immediately respond to inquiries related to how they were drafted, but a spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said no outside groups were involved in writing his executive order.
Advocacy groups often use what's known as "model legislation" to blanket states with copy-paste laws. An award-winning 2019 investigation by Public Integrity, USA Today and the Arizona Republic found this tactic was common in statehouses across the nation.

The National Vaccine Information Center, a nonprofit that pushes for exemptions to immunization mandates and spreads misinformation about vaccines, thanked its network of volunteers for their support of Alabama's vaccine passport ban. "Your hard work paid off," it said.

The group took positions on and issued "action alerts" to volunteers about vaccine passport bills in multiple states, director of advocacy Dawn Richardson said in an email.

States witnessed several coronavirus-related political campaigns from right-wing groups this spring. The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, a frequent source of model legislation, promoted limits on local health officials' emergency powers. A group known as America's Frontline Doctors ― most famous for cheerleading hydroxychloroquine and for its member who warned about sex with demons ― backed a "Vaccine Bill of Rights" in various states. The Informed Consent Action Network, founded by misinformation peddler Del Bigtree, worked to issue legal challenges to vaccine requirements.

"It's all very concerning," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, CEO of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. "If these decisions are made now just based on the fact that people didn't like the public health orders that were put in place during a pandemic, what is going to happen when these laws are passed and we have another public health emergency?"

Private companies are currently developing apps that could prove vaccination status, but Hawaii, New York and Oregon are so far the only states to endorse vaccine passports in some form. The Biden administration has said the federal government would not mandate vaccines or set up a national credentialing system.

This article first appeared on Center for Public Integrity and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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The Sea to Sky Fisheries Roundtable, comprised of a broad range of Canadians with interests in fish and fish habitat, appreciate the continuous discussions we've had with MP John Weston to date including meetings with constituents on Fisheries matters and three meetings arranged ... with the Fisheries Minister (Keith) Ashfield, Gail Shea (Minister of National Revenue) and Parliamentary Secretary Randy Kamp.
However, we are immensely concerned with the significant changes proposed in the Budget Implementation Act (BIA) that we feel will degrade protections to fish and fish habitat.
• the prohibitions against the Harmful Alteration Disruption or Destruction (HADD) of habitat and the killing of fish, and that they will be narrowed by cabinet in the future to one prohibition against "serious harm to fish that are part of a commercial, recreational or Aboriginal fishery, or to fish that support such a fishery."
• these changes being proposed before the release of the Cohen Commission final report, which may include recommendations to the government around fish habitat protection and the maintenance of healthy salmon populations for future generations.


Ten, almost eleven, year old Kacie went on a no dinner strike when her parents refused to prepare her favorite meal, Chicken and Dumplings. She had tried tears, tantrums, being a goody two-shoes, but nothing worked. So now, she has resorted to this dinner strike.
After two days on the strike, she would have given up already had it not been for the time she spends on the telephone with her best friend, Holly. Holly gave her encouragement which kept her going. She didn't know what she would have done without Holly. She shared everything with her. They were inseparable, that is until a new boy, Paul, moved into the neighborhood and began attending their school. Now Holly had no time for her, she was more interested in talking with Paul. Unfortunately, Paul was interested in talking with Kacie, what a dilemma. All Kacie wanted was to have chicken and dumplings for dinner and have her best friend back. Why do things have to be so difficult?
In this eighth installment in the Too-Clever series, young readers will once again relate to Kacie's growing pains as she copes with everything, from learning to make do, to almost losing her best friend to secret crushes.
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BWA Water Additives scientist Dr Suresh Patel will present a paper entitled, "Antiscalants for the Future Development of Thermal and Membrane Desalination" at Ocean 2012 in Dalian, China, on 21 September 2012.
Dr Patel's presentation will reveal the latest advances in high-temperature antiscalant technology for desal applications and a vision for the future technology development.
A frequently requested speaker at desalination and water-related conferences, Dr Patel completed his PhD at Loughborough University, followed by postdoctoral research at Imperial College, London University. Dr Patel is a Technology Manager in the Research and Development Laboratories of BWA Water Additives in Manchester, UK, since 1988.
His main areas of work are on antiscalants and corrosion inhibitors for water treatment and in particular thermal and membrane desalination. He has 6 patents and over 20 publications in water treatment.
BWA has been a pioneer in desalination technologies since 1973. In thermal desalination, Belgard antiscalant & antifoulant polymers are based on BWA's enhanced maleate technology and continue to be the most widely used globally in MSF & MED systems.
For reverse osmosis, Flocon antiscalant polymers, microbiological control agents and membrane cleaners are approved by leading membrane manufacturers worldwide. Belgard & Flocon ranges are all certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 60.
N.B. The information contained in this entry is provided by BWA Water Additives UK Ltd, and does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the publisher.


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Q: Is there a way to use Maven + Static Libraries for iPhone dependencies? I know that you can use static libraries to manage dependencies for iOS apps. But is there any way of using maven to manage the dependencies. I want to have a central repository for static libraries to be shared by several iOS projects and I want to use maven for handling the dependencies?

A: I'm currently working for SAP where we implement the whole workflow ( https://github.com/sap-production/xcode-maven-plugin )

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*Resolve dependencies

*Build

*Package (IPA file)

*Upload to central repository

It is possible to build:

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*Static libraries

*Bundles

*(Frameworks - comes with next release)

with mvn clean install.
It is possible to consume:

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*Static libraries

*Bundles

*Frameworks

in your Xcode project by a simple call of mvn initialize. This call requires that the dependencies are available in a (local or remote) Maven repository, of course.
You can find some documentation here: http://sap-production.github.com/xcode-maven-plugin/site/ and subscribe to the mailing list http://www.freelists.org/list/maven4ios.