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When I speak to people about recycling their cell phones and electronics, the most common objection I hear is that it's a scam and everything gets landfilled anyway. The second most common concern, and the one that is most valid, is that these personal electronics are being sent overseas to be disassembled and have their component parts and materials reclaimed by what amounts to slave labor.
Many of the workers in these overseas recycling facilities are children. The toxins that they are exposed to during the recycling process are enough to make any of us cringe. Cyanide, nitric acid, lead, mercury and cadmium are just a few of the substances the workers come into contact with on a daily basis.
Now there is evidence that these toxins are extending beyond the humans that work with them to the water and food supplies in the communities that have electronics recycling plants. It's hard to claim you're doing the right thing when you recycle your old smart phone if you're causing irreparable harm to other humans and the environment at large in the process.
Thankfully one smart phone manufacturer has recognized the harm that's being done and is now manufacturing their phones with eco friendly materials. Unfortunately this is not an American supplier, but there is hope that this will be the beginning of a new trend in green cell phone manufacturing. With the average American replacing their phone every twelve to eighteen months this would be good news indeed.
In the U.S. we still face many obstacles to requiring companies to 'green' their manufacturing processes. There is a lack of policy leadership on the topic of recycling and the environment in general. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws would force manufacturers to be responsible for the end-life of their products, but such laws have received only limited support at the federal level. Many legislators are concerned that such laws are too costly for businesses and will hurt the economy. However, where EPR has had success in making it through the legislative process it has primarily been in the area of electronics and batteries, and many manufacturers and suppliers already have take-back programs in place. So there may be hope the EPR could become the law for cell phones as well. Unfortunately, until the products are made with more eco-friendly products to begin with, this won't prevent those items from being sent overseas to be recycled at the peril of the people who live and work there.
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There is a report out of San Miguel Allende (SMA) that the US "Consul", Edward Clancy, has spoken with the head of Aduana about the current issues of foreign-plated cars in Mexico owned by Americans using Temporary Import Permits (TIPs).
Personal email received today by Yucalandia directly from Consular Agent Edward Clancy DENIES ever talking with the "head of Aduana".
Thanks Steve I was getting really tired of hearing all the wrong information from someone who knew someones sister who talked to her brother well you get the drift thanks Steve can always count on you.
"New" is a relative term. Could we please have some context? ~eric.
Here, no new rules and no new laws, means that we really are still using the old existing Aduana law (Ley Aduanera) and old existing rules (Reglamento).
your annual Aduana letter describing this current year's expiration date for your TIP (which matches your INM permit expiration date) … in your car ?
What happens to my spending if I don't have a car in Mexico?
1. I spend less here. This year we flew; the United Airlines got a big chunk of cash. Last year we drove, staying in Mexican hotels along the way, and paying cuota fees on Mexican super highways, while buying Mexican gasoline.
2. This year we are riding buses, and staying in the city of Merida. (Oh, we did ride collectivos to Báca and to Izamal. Nice towns, both. But we came home the same day, making no side trips to explore the countryside like we did last year.) Last year we visited ruins at Uxmal, Chichen Itzá and Dzibilchaltun. This year we had hoped to visit Mayapan and Palenque, but without a car we decided to economize by staying in a rented apartment in Merida instead.
3. Tourists and expats who come here are bolder than average tourists. We are cheerleaders for Mexico, mostly. When tourism is down, as it is presently, it makes no sense to frustrate those who would normally energize other visitors to come. Without a car which I would like to leave behind in Merida for next year's winter stay, I'm frustrated; as a result, I'm spending less.
Conclusion: if Mexico wants more tourists, maybe they might consider liberalizing their vehicle policies rather than tightening them (as they seem to be doing). So, is this policy "customer driven" or instead, is it about political power? Who wins? Who looses?
Could you send this to the US ambassador and our Consul, as dandy explanations of why they should urge the head of Aduana DF to come up with a good policy on Temporarily Import Permit cars?
Fortunately, there are only a few Aduana offices, like Progreso, (so far), who are currently taking such narrow positions on extending TIP expiration dates. If a chorus of our requests to the Ambassador influences him to contact the head of Aduana, maybe we all benefit.
No this does not put my mind at ease as we have been told by the Progreso Aduana that our vehicle is not legal in Mexico since we have the new Residente Temporal card. If documentation could be provided by the head of Aduana we would take it to the local office to see their response.
Fortunately, Aduana Progreso is wrong. We have emailed the Consul at SMA to ask him for confirmation and contact information at Aduana DF to get written confirmation of the head of Aduana's decision.
Really, a published statement out of Aduana DF that we could carry in our cars would put the issue to bed.
and a copy of the INM permit holder's Residency Card … in your car.
Thanks Steve. Would love to carry a current letter in car but they won't give us one. For now the vehicle is parked. Hope to hear back soon with something in writing that we can take to them. Where are the local police trying to confiscate vehicles?
We have received first hand reports of police attempts from both Merida and San Miguel Allende.
Fortunately, both expat drivers had copies of Aduana letters listing still valid expiration dates for their TIPs (issued last year).
We have mailed requests for help from both the SMA and Merida Consuls to get Aduana DF to write some formal memo, directive, executive order, or guidance document describing their official interim policy on renewing/extending the expiration dates of our renewing Permisos de Importación Temporal de vehículos (TIPs).
Steve, thanks for your consistently helpful guidance!
1.	INM (Migracion) and Aduana are totally separate entities and are not preoccupied with coordinating their policies. INM doesn't particularly care about TIPs: they care about the people they are letting into the country, not the vehicles. They don't formulate policies to make things easier for Aduana. And vice versa.
2.	Aduana has not changed its laws, nor do they have plans to. And there is no need to, simply to accomodate INM's relabelling of the categories. Aduana's policy all along has been to allow TIPs for Temporary residents and not for Permanent residents. No change here. The issue is not whether a foreigner is tagged with FM3, FM2, Visitante-No Imigrante, or Residente Temporal: all of these fall within the category of "Temporary" as far as Aduana is concerned, so therefore things continue on as in the past for those who choose to carry on as Residentes Temporales for the next four years.
3.	Those of us who at this time choose to convert to Residentes Permanentes under the new INM rules, now become permanent residents, previously labelled "Inmigrados". So I believe Aduana will apply the same rule to "Permanentes" as they have all along: No TIPs. No change. Their policies can continue as before: "Temporaries" Yes, "Permanents" No.
4.	We should not judge Aduana as being unfair merely because INM has changed their labelling and merged some groups. Even with INM's changes, it is still abundantly clear as to who is Temporary and who is Permanent. It was our decision to go "Permanent". We could have chosen to wait up to four more years to go Permanent, which would have given us all the time we needed to figure out what we were going to do with our foreign-plated vehicles. Really, no change from before. The former FM2-Inmigrantes who had an eye on permanence, i.e. Inmigrado, knew 5 years in advance that they would have to change to a Mexican vehicle, and relinquish their foreign-plated one.
5.	It seems that this has become an issue to many of us who have suddenly decided to go Permanent because it recently became an attractive and attainable option. But maybe we didn't have, or take the time, to put our vehicular affairs in order, maybe hoping for an exception to be made.
We ourselves are playing it safe. When our new Permanente card arrives soon, we plan to park our newly-illegal vehicle until we get packed for a drive out of Mexico. We plan to do this under the umbrella of a "Retorno Seguro", which a provison the SAT/Aduana has made so that foreigners can safely remove their "illegal" vehicles without fear of them being seized by an over-zealous or unknowlegeable officer. This is the advice I received from Aduana in Manzanillo. Meanwhile, we've bought a used Mexican vehicle.
Us? When planning our move to Mexico 9 years ago, I researched the laws and rules carefully, then promptly sold both of our US cars, and purchased a car and a pickup that were each legal for importation. We paid less than $600 USD total to formally permanently import both of them, and then paid another $500 USD total in local registration fees and taxes to get them Yucatan plates. no worries, no hassles….
I am a simple guy at heart… a pay-as-I-go guy.
I live in SMA and asked two different Mexican consultants today if I really need to drive to the Aduana office in Querétaro (45 minutes away) to renew the T.I.P. (car permit) in order to avoid losing my deposit next time I drive into the U.S. They both said yes.
But the consultants differ on whether I must renew my No Inmigrado (formerly FM3) visa BEFORE visiting Aduana, or if I simply APPLY for the renewal and then go to Aduana. One says I should start the visa renewal and immediately take copies of my application, along with a long list of other documents, to Aduana so they know I plan to renew my visa. The other says to wait until I receive my new visa (the plastic card) and take that to Aduana (plus my car title, passport, bank receipts, etc. etc.).
It's beyond frustrating. It seems elementary to set up a system whereby we can complete all of the necessary paperwork and payments online, but this is Mexico, not the U.S., and for some reason efficiency is not a priority here.
Question regarding an expired TIP on a NON-NAFTA car – I had started my INM process for my Temporary Resident visa and had to leave the country due to a family emergency and during the time I was away my TIP renewal had expired (I had received my TIP renewal in Progress last year – which expired Oct. 31 this year). I returned to Mexico November 12 and started the completion of my Temporary Resident visa which I should receive next week. I would like to know what options I have in renewing my TIP. Would it help to show Aduana the letter that allowed me to leave the country due to an emergency (so far I do not see that Aduana has charged my credit card.)? Can I drive my car to Belize and relinquish my old TIP and get a new one? Would obtaining an attorney help?
I am aware of the obvious – get a letter allowing me to drive the car back to the U.S. at the same border crossing (is it necessary to drive to the same border exit you drove in to Mexico?) and sell it. I would very much like to avoid this option. I was planning on doing this next year.
You seem to know the rules very well.
The local Progreso Aduana office has been very difficult to deal with on renewals/extensions this past year, where they have resisted following the rules, and they've had to be forced by Aduana Distrito Federal to comply. In this light, I strongly suspect they would not extend you any courtesies or variances. The Aduana Distrito Federal office has been much more understanding of the difficulties of renewing/extending permits this past year, so: I would send the Aduana Distrito Federal office a letter, asking to extend the expiration date of your current TIP to match your renewed Residente Temporal permit's expiration date.
Send it as a standard request letter, including copies of all the pertinent information on your car (VIN, registration, title, TIP, etc) along with copies of your current RT card to prove the current expiration date.
Aduana in DF has been approving "late" renewal applications for the past 8 months, and I believe that they are the better choice of Aduana offices for you to file your request.
Thank you for your response to my question. I have searched on line for the address for The Aduana Distrito Federal office and unable to find one. Would you happen to have it? Also, do I just send the letter with all the information by regular mail? Thank you.
Have you read our front/home page post on this, and the associated article?
There is an official form now, and the address you want is on page 2 of that form.


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Cameron Neylon, Capturing process
Just been at a seminar organised by the Comp Sci people here in Newcastle. Cameron Neylon, currently of the Science and Technology Facilities Council on:
Capturing process: The promise and challenges of connecting experimental records to the semantic web
The promise of the semantic web in its broadest terms to integrate structured data, and in particular scientific data, is breathtaking. Yet our ability to deliver on that promise remains severely limited. On one side, battles are fought over vocabularies and structured description languages, while on the other computer scientists argue over design and architecture. In the middle the experimental scientist is usually left bemused as to what all the fuss is about and how it can have any relevance to their research, which is naturally far too specialised and ground-breaking to fit into any framework that an outsider could ever provide. The challenge lies in finding a pathway that moves towards satisfying the needs and interests of these disparate groups while providing both value and a usable interface to the end user.
We have adopted a blog based approach to capturing the record of research in an experimental laboratory. The use of a free form framework along with templates encourages the user to structure the description of their work in a way that matches their needs. Cycles of template design and optimisation lead to structures with strong similarities, and occasional important differences, with designed ontologies and vocabularies. The challenge for the future lies in determining how best to guide the actions of users towards the use of appropriate controlled vocabularies and structured descriptions, while using their choices to inform the design of these systems. The potential for Google Wave to provide a framework to enable local structuring as well as integration with global structured descriptions will be explored.
Some interesting ideas, as abused by my memory:
People tell stories, they don't organise stuff the way it needs to be organised for machines to process. A big part of the disconnect between scientists and the folks building "e-science" tools is that these tools don't help people tell stories.
So we need to start capturing structure through storytelling. That is, allow people to work in a natural way and pick up the structure from what they do.
You can create a virtuous circle between metadata, which a user would normally not bother filling in or fill in incorrectly, and user interface. Arrange the UI so that the metadata populates the UI. The user wants that UI to make their life easier, and they start to notice that getting the metadata right is necessary.
(Lab) instruments as bloggers. Have them push results straight into the blog. Take the human out of the loop (I might qualify, as I think was intended: where they add no value).
Cameron has had early access to Google Wave, it seems, and is impressed with the potential. He had some cool examples of Wave "robots" going off and filling in extra information, drawing graphs, creating links, tidying up references.
He was less impressed by the Google client: too much stuff going on in a single UI, too non-standard. He also expressed concern about users understanding the model. It's the eternal problem with geeks developing stuff for "normal people" again. We're geeks because we do abstract with ease.
There was a lot that I recognise, and some new thoughts as well. I'm all about computational analysis in engineering decision making rather than lab-based science, so there are some differences, but there's a lot of overlap too. In theory we should have an easier time here since so much of our "stuff" comes in the form of information artefacts, and our "experiments" take place in silicon. There are instruments, and the process of getting data from them into our analysis is currently extremely painful, but most of that is "upstream" of our analysis.
I liked the picture of an lab process generating artefacts and narrative, and then a separate process of arranging these things into a different narrative for publication. The story we tell when we want to explain our results to others isn't the story of the trials and tribulations of getting to those results, its a story that gets the reader as smoothly as possible from their current knowledge to where we want them to be. That's true of engineering analysis as of science. And in both cases, we'd be in a much better place if, given that latter story, we could easily investigate the artefacts referred to: look at them, do our own visualisations or further processing, and follow the trail back to see exactly how they were generated.
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W. HART LIGATOR Filed Oct. 11, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor MZer //a W A tiorneys W. HART LIGATOR Sept. 27, 1938.
Filed Oct. 11, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 In venior %i%@/ Hal 7 A iiorneys Patented Sept. 27, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LIGATOR Wilber Hart, Midwest, aw." Application October 11, 1937, Serial No. 168,478 3 Claims. (01.128 36) My invention relates to surgical instruments and more particularly to improvements in socalled ligato-rs for use in tying off. blood vessels.
The primary object of the invention is the provision of an instrument of this character for placing a ligature and tying the same in deep narrow cavities in which it is difficult to place or manipulate a ligature with the fingers without tearing the wound.
The invention also coniprehends other objects of a more or less subordinate nature all of which together with the exact nature of my imp-rovements will become apparent when the following description and claims are read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.
Figure 8 is a fragmentary view looking at the inner side of one end of the loop holder.
Referring to the drawings by numerals, in the illustrated embodiment thereof my improved ligator comprises a rod-like shank or stem I of steel, having a hand-grip end 2 to which a thumbgrip in the form of the usual metal ring 3 is attached by means of a socket 4 on said ring fitting over said end of the shank, and a thumb-screw 5 threaded through said socket and end. From the ring 3 to a. point substantially midway of its ends the shank I is flattened, as at 6, to form a key portion on said shank I terminating at said point in a stop shoulder I. Preferably from the shoulder I the shank is reduced in size, as at 8, to the opposite end thereof to lighten the weight and thereby facilitate manipulation of the instrument. Slidably mounted on the portion 6 of the shank I is a tensioning slide, or carriage, 9 of suitable metal comprising a guide 'sleeve I fitting on said portion 6 and pair of manipulating ears I I, extending from opposite sides of the sleeve Ill, respectively, and apertured, as at l2, for the insertion of the'fingers of the operator therein. A pair of resilient clips I3 extend forwardly from the front of the sleeve Ill on opposite sidesof the longitudinal center of the shank I for clamping a ligature to said sleeve ina manner to be described.
ligature I8 is anchored at one end to the slide 9' by means of one of the described clips I3, it being understood that the slide 9 is positioned against the shoulder l. The ligature I8 is then trained alongside the shank I and threaded through the holder I4 by way of the guide openings II on the same side of the shank as said clip I3. From said openings H the ligature I8 is led across the holder I4 outwardly and clamped between the pair of clamping members It on the opposite side of said holder and then looped across the free ends'of the holder I4 and clamped between the other pair of clamping members I6. the last mentioned clamping members I6 the ligature is wrapped loosely, atleast twice, around that portion thereof extending from the first mentioned aperture and then threaded through the other aperture I! and led alongside the shank I to the carriage 9 to which the free end of the ligature isclamped by the other clip I3; As will be clear from an inspection of Figure 3 the described disposition of the ligature I8 forms a loop in the holder I4 loosely tied and held in place by the clampingmembers I6 and openings I1 and arranged to be tied by tension exerted on the ends of the ligature. With the ligature I8 thus arranged, the instrument is, manipulated to Fromlocate or place the loop of the ligature over the ceptible of modification Without departing front.
loop formed therein intermediate the ends thereends of the ligature sufficient to pull the loop tight around said vessel. The ligator may then be freed from the ligature in any suitable manner as by cutting the latter.
The ligator described in the foregoing is especially useful in ligating vessels in performing tonsillectomies and in deep abdominal and kidney incisions. By its use insertion of the fingers and hand into the incision, and particularly into the throat, is entirely obviated. Moreover by virtue of the described ligator, the ligature andpoint to be ligated can always be kept constantly in view thereby aiding in the careful handling of the tissues while ligating and thus reducing trauma.
It is thought that the foregoing will suffice to impart a clear understanding of without further explanation.
2. A ligator for use with a ligature having a loop formed therein intermediate the ends thereof the invention holder, respectively, for clampingly engaging the loop of said ligature upon opposite sides thereof, and means on said slide for releasably securing the ends of the ligature thereto whereby tension may be exerted on said ligature ends by movement 'of said slide toward said ring, said means comprising a pair of resilient clips, and the holder having a pair of guide apertures in the bend thereof for the passage of the ends of the ligature therethrough.
3. A ligator for use with a ligature having a of and comprising a rod-like shank provided at one end thereof with a thumb-accommodating ring a slide splined on the shank for movement toward and from said ring and provided with finger-grip apertures therein, a bifurcated holder mounted on the other end of the shank with the ends thereof outwardly extending, means on the ends of said holder fordetachably and slidably securing the opposite sides of the loop to said ends, respectively, whereby said loop is adjustably suspended in said holder in opened condition, and means on the slide for releasably securing the. ends of the ligature thereto whereby tension may be exerted on said ligature end by movement of the slide toward the ring, said means comprising a pair of resilient clips, and the holder having a pair of guide apertures in the bend thereof=for the passage of the ends of the ligature therethrough.


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In 1988, Kat Connors was without a mother. Eve Connors disappeared after living in a stale marriage for several years and basically vanished from right off the face of the earth. Three years later, Eve was found.
White Bird in a Blizzard is a film adaptation of the Laura Kasischke novel of the same title that tells the story of seventeen year-old Kat Connors and her life following the disappearance of her mother. Kat (Shailene Woodley, Divergence), is a product of a broken home. Her mother Eve (Eva Green, Penny Dreadful) had impossible standards for Kat and her dullard father Brock (Christopher Meloni, Law and Order: SVU) does not provide excitement for either of them.
The family dynamic is explored through flashbacks that show the bad times and the worse times. It is clear from the beginning of the movie that Eve never loved Brock, hence creating a hostile family atmosphere. Kat also visits with a therapist that further details the family tribulations.
Shailene Woodley and Christopher Meloni
During the three year span of Eve's disappearance, Kat continues her relationship with the less than Harvard-like boy next door Phil (Shiloh Fernandez, Evil Dead). Once again, revealed in flashbacks, it appears that there was jealousy from Eve towards Kat for her relationship with the new neighbor.
Mid-way through the film, the story fast-forwards to Kat's Spring Break from her first year at college. When she returns, old skeletons are dug up, figuratively....and literally.
White Bird in a Blizzard starts off with a bit of a dark comedy vibe. Meloni plays such an awkward, gawky character; similar to if Napoleon Dynamite's brother, Kip, was all grown up and miserable. Throughout the film, the dark aura around the Connor family increases and the film becomes bone-chilling and tension filled.
Eva Green. While this looks like a happy picture, in the film it is unnerving
Green is absolutely terrifying in her portrayal of a woman who has given up on the world around her. Her bulging eyes and trembling voice send shivers down your spine. It's truly incredible how well she emotes the misery of a stale marriage and the failure she feels in her life.
Woodley delivers a solid performance as an angsty teenager who is attempting to hide her feeling regarding her mother's disappearance. She and Fernandez have a solid chemistry on screen and her emotions are genuine and not overdone throughout.
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Writer-Director Gregg Araki does a wonderful job of pacing the film and guiding the viewer through a tension filled, nail-biting story that any young person would dread living through.
White Bird in a Blizzard is currently streaming on Netflix and can be purchased on Amazon, along with many other retailers.


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Same Name, No Relation: Philly Woman Arrested For Texas Crime
By TCR Staff | January 12, 2023
In a case of mistaken identity, Pennsylvania woman Julie Hudson finally went to her local police department after learning she had a criminal record she wasn't aware of during a job search. When she got there, she was arrested on shoplifting charges from Webster, Texas. She spent nearly a week in jail for a crime committed by another person in another state, Leah Uko, David Chang and Dan Stamm report for NBC10. A surveillance photo of the suspect, another woman named Julie Hudson, at the site of the Texas theft resembled some social media photos of Pennsylvania's Hudson.
"We accept charges based on the sworn evidence presented to us by law enforcement," a Harris County District Attorney's Office spokesman said. "Tuesday, Webster Police notified the court of the error. We dismissed the case within five minutes and immediately contacted Philadelphia Police to release our hold on Ms. Hudson."


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Q: How can I make my buttons to select my instrument for drawing different shapes? I am a new to javascript so any suggestion will help. I am trying to create an app like paint where you can draw basic shapes with preview. I implemented a draw function for ellipse, rectangle and line shapes. I want for the user to be possible to select the instrument he wants and then draw with it. But I don't know why my buttons won't work and I don't know why my line is drawn so strange. Is there a way to do the buttons without using classes? Thank you!
"use strict";
let canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
let mainctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
let tempcanvas = document.getElementById("tempcanvas")
let ctx = tempcanvas.getContext('2d');

ctx.fillStyle="aqua";
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
var widthCns = canvas.width, heightCns =  canvas.height, x1, y1;
var isDown = false;
let currentButton= null;
// var xline1, yline1;

//var savedDrawings = [];
//Desenare cu un singur tip de instrument (elipsă)
function drawEllipse(x1, y1, x2, y2){
    var radiusX = (x2 - x1) * 0.5,   /// radius for x based on input
        radiusY = (y2 - y1) * 0.5,   /// radius for y based on input
        centerX = x1 + radiusX,      /// calc center
        centerY = y1 + radiusY,
        step = 0.01,                 /// resolution of ellipse
        a = step,                    /// counter
        pi2 = Math.PI * 2 - step;    /// end angle
    /// start a new path
    ctx.beginPath();
    /// set start point at angle 0
    ctx.moveTo(centerX + radiusX * Math.cos(0),
               centerY + radiusY * Math.sin(0));
    /// create the ellipse
    for(; a < pi2; a += step) {
        ctx.lineTo(centerX + radiusX * Math.cos(a),
                   centerY + radiusY * Math.sin(a));
    }
    /// close it and stroke it for demo
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.strokeStyle = '#000';
    ctx.stroke();
}

//Desenare cu un singur tip de instrument (dreptunghi)
function drawRect(x1, y1, x2, y2){
    var width = x2 -x1;
    var height = y2 - y1;
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.rect(x1, y1, width, height);
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.strokeStyle = '#000';
    ctx.stroke();
}

//Desenare cu un singur tip de instrument (linie)
function drawLine(x1, x2, y1, y2){
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.moveTo(x1, y1);
    ctx.lineTo(x2, y2);
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.strokeStyle = '#000';
    ctx.stroke();
}

//Desenare cu mouse cu preview(elipsa, dreptunghi, line)
//Implementat: elipsa, dreptunghi

/// handle mouse down
tempcanvas.onmousedown = function(e) {
    /// get corrected mouse position and store as first point
    var rect = tempcanvas.getBoundingClientRect();
    x1 = e.clientX - rect.left;
    y1 = e.clientY - rect.top;
    // xline1 = e.clientX;
    // yline1 = e.clientY;
    isDown = true;

    //    while(savedDrawings !== null){
    //     savedDrawings.pop();
    // }
}

/// clear isDown flag to stop drawing
tempcanvas.onmouseup = function() {
    isDown = false;
   // savedDrawings.push({X: x1, Y: y1});
}

/// draw ellipse from start point
tempcanvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
    if (!isDown) return;
    var rect = tempcanvas.getBoundingClientRect(),
        x2 = e.clientX - rect.left,
        y2 = e.clientY - rect.top;
    /// clear temporal canvas
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, widthCns, heightCns);
    /// draw ellipse
    drawEllipse(x1, y1, x2, y2);
}
let btnEllipse = document.getElementById("btnEllipse");
btnEllipse.addEventListener("click", tempcanvas.onmousemove);

// draw rectangle from start point
let btnRectangle = document.getElementById("btnRect");
btnRectangle.addEventListener("click", tempcanvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
    if (!isDown) return;
    var rect = tempcanvas.getBoundingClientRect(),
        x2 = e.clientX - rect.left,
        y2 = e.clientY - rect.top;
    /// clear temporal canvas
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, widthCns, heightCns);
    /// draw rectangle
    drawRect(x1, y1, x2, y2);
});

// draw line from start point
let btnLine = document.getElementById("btnLine");
btnLine.addEventListener("click", tempcanvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
    if (!isDown) return;
       var rect = tempcanvas.getBoundingClientRect(),
        x2 = e.clientX - rect.left,
        y2 = e.clientY - rect.top;
        // xline2 = e.clientX,
        // yline2 = e.clientY;
    /// clear temporal canvas
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, widthCns, heightCns);
    /// desenare linie
    drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
});

ctx.changeShape = function(){

}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="ui.css">
        <title>Proiect: Program de desenare raster folosind elementul canvas </title>
        <!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="app_editor.js"></script> -->
        <style type="text/css"> </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <canvas id="canvas" width="800" height="500" padding="15px" position="absolute" background-color="aqua" style="border: 1px solid black">
         </canvas>
          <div>
            Shapes
            <button id="btnEllipse">Ellipse Shape</button>
            <!-- <button id="btnRect">Rectangle Shape</button>
            <button id="btnLine">Line Shape</button>
            <button id="btnBackGroundColor">BackGround Color</button> -->
        </div>
        <!-- canvas temporal -->
        <canvas id="tempcanvas" width=800 height=500 padding="15px" position="absolute" background-color="aqua" style="border: 1px solid black"></canvas>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="app_editor.js">
        "use strict";
        </script>

    </body>
</html>

body {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
  }

canvas{
    border:1px solid black;
    width: "800";
    height: "500";
    background-color:aqua;
    padding: 5px;
}

tempcanvas{
    border:1px solid black;
    width: "800";
    height: "500";
    background-color:aqua;
    padding: 5px;
}

A: To start with, your btnline event listener is triggered by a click, but then checks for the is down global flag. Maybe try the mousedown event instead? click only fires after the mouse button is up.

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Vetted Solutions Named Top 50 Executive Search Firm by Hunt Scanlon Media
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 25, 2016 — Hunt Scanlon Media, the leading news authority in the talent management field, named Washington, D.C.-based executive search firm Vetted Solutions to its annual Top 50 Recruiters list for the second year in a row.
The most widely referenced, single source for information in the human capital sector, Hunt Scanlon Media has been defining and informing the senior talent management sector for more than 25 years. Its global news network is the most comprehensive in the talent management field, and its stories, rankings and alerts provide the latest thinking in a rapidly evolving sector.
Every year, Hunt Scanlon presents its annual roundup of the largest, fastest growing executive search firms in the Americas in its Top 50 Recruiters report.
"We're very pleased to be named to Hunt Scanlon Media's Top 50 Recruiters list for the second year in a row," said Jim Zaniello, president and founder of Vetted Solutions. "While we've grown rapidly in the six years since Vetted Solutions' launch, we've been very careful to manage our growth to ensure that they quality of our engagements has remained at the highest levels. We're pleased to be included in this group with the other top search firms in the United States and beyond."
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Stanford scholar talks about the crisis in Syria – and how to resolve it
Removing President Bashar al-Assad, establishing effective governance structures and ensuring freedom for the Syrian people are critical for peace in Syria, says Stanford Professor Russell Berman.
By Melissa De Witte
This month the United States launched a massive military precision strike in Syria, a country that has experienced brutal violence by President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The air strike was in response to a chemical weapons attack on civilians in Douma, Syria, a week earlier, that the U.S. and others have blamed on the Assad government.
The conflict in Syria goes beyond a fight between rebels and Damascus and has become a proxy war between the United States, on one side, and Russia and Iran on the other, says Stanford Professor Russell Berman. (Image credit: Getty Images)
The country has been in a political quagmire since a democratic uprising in 2011 as part of the so-called Arab Spring. Since then the conflict in Syria has escalated into a proxy war, with complicated and confusing international alliances. A devastating humanitarian crisis ensued.
Stanford scholar Russell Berman, a professor of comparative literature and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, has researched the conflict extensively. He recently authored an article for the Hoover publication, The Caravan, about ousting Assad.
Berman, who is the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities in the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, recently sat down with Stanford News Service to talk about the complexities of the Syrian conflict and how peace can be achieved.
How did the conflict in Syria get so complicated?
It is not at all complicated that a popular revolt broke out in 2011 against the miserable Assad dynasty with its brutal track record. Syria could have been the Arab Spring at its best. It became complicated, however, because propping up Assad was necessary for Iranian expansionist ambitions, and this amplified the problem of a Shia-versus-Sunni conflict. What's more, Iran's entry took place at a point in time when the Obama administration was eager to avoid any conflict with Tehran, so it could negotiate the nuclear deal. This gave Iran and Assad a free hand. In other words, success with Tehran meant bloodshed in Damascus. But there are two more external players. Russia entered Syria in order to gain access to the Mediterranean – Syria gave Russia an opportunity for its own "reset" and to reenter the region. And of course Turkey is constantly anxious about the possibility that the Kurds might achieve sovereign nationhood. The war in Syria has been waged against ISIS, but what is really at stake now is the shape of Syria after ISIS.
Where does one even begin to resolve the conflict?
Russell A. Berman (Image credit: L.A. Cicero)
Religion in the sense of profound faith is not the issue, but – as throughout the region – affiliation with ethno-religious communities makes a big difference, especially in Syria where a minority group, the Alawites (close to Shia Islam), has dominated a Sunni majority. That is the rationale behind the barrel bombs and chemical attacks: the Assad regime is carrying out an intentional policy of ethnic cleansing (result: the "refugee crisis" in Europe) in order to achieve a demographic shift within Syria, to make it less Sunni. The problem is that there are democratic forces which, despite next to no assistance from the outside, continue to resist Assad, while the prospect of an Iranian-dominated outcome will only generate more Sunni extremism, i.e., ISIS in another form. A genuine solution would be a post-Assad Syria with democratic institutions. Getting there will not be easy. An alternative under discussion would be to bring in other Sunni troops, especially from Saudi Arabia – but that is hardly a done deal.
What are some common misunderstandings about the conflict?
There is an illusion in some places that Assad is at heart a reformer. This is sheer propaganda, part of an intentional disinformation campaign. Another misunderstanding is the dismissal of the Syrian rebels themselves, as if the only alternative to Assad were terrorism. This is also just fake news, bought and paid for. Finally, it is a misunderstanding to overlook the international dimension of the war. It is now no longer only about the Syrian rebels and the criminal regime in Damascus; it is also a proxy war between the U.S., on one side, and Russia and Iran on the other.
What steps must be in place for peace to be achieved in the region?
Getting rid of Assad, establishing good governance structures, freedom for the Syrian people. It is shameful that so many have become cynical about such a prospect. That is the work of disinformation. However, for the time being, the outcome is perhaps less likely to be full-fledged victory than ongoing war, something like Ukraine. That is to say, some stalemate at a reduced level of violence, unless something else in the region reshuffles the deck altogether, such as a revocation of the JCPOA with Iran (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran nuclear deal) or a major war between Hezbollah and Israel.
If air strikes and sanctions don't work, what will?
It's not clear at all to me that these do not work. But if it turns out that Assad uses chemical weapons again, there should be another round of attacks, much less limited, perhaps a complete elimination of his air force. But there are strategic goals that could be pursued, and for which military action is only a means to an end. The U.S. has the stronger hand and ought to develop a scheme to break up the Moscow-Tehran-Damascus axis. There are tensions among those various poles, and we should try to pry them apart.
What is a realistic time frame for U.S. withdrawal?
With 2,000 troops in Syria, the U.S. goal is not withdrawal as soon as possible; the goal is winning. It is, however, true that winning could be pursued with other troops, such as a possible Saudi contingent. I do not know if that will come to pass, but at least our relations with the Saudis have been repaired. In any case, at this point, the question of withdrawal is not about Syria; it is about whether the U.S. will withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran. The timeframe for that is next month.
Melissa De Witte, Stanford News Service: (650) 725-9281, mdewitte@stanford.edu
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package sttp.client3.httpclient.cats

import cats.effect.IO
import cats.implicits._
import sttp.client3.testing.websocket.{WebSocketConcurrentTest, WebSocketTest}

class HttpClientCatsWebSocketTest
    extends WebSocketTest[IO]
    with WebSocketConcurrentTest[IO]
    with HttpClientCatsTestBase {

  override def concurrently[T](fs: List[() => IO[T]]): IO[List[T]] = fs.map(_()).parSequence
}

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Derek is a prolific arranger of accessible guitar ensemble music, with many publications in print. His works include Tiny Trios (for beginners) and Diff'rent Dances (Grades 2-4) - amongst his publisher's Best Sellers. You can see, hear and order these and his other ensembles in The Shop.
His ensemble compositions & arrangements are part of many School and Guitar Society concerts in Britain and overseas - popular with young and old guitarists alike. His solo suite "Celebration" is recorded on CD and is performed by guitarist and dear friend Bruce Paine. Derek has completed commissions for ABRSM's innovative Music Medals scheme for novice ensemble guitarists and received a "We Can Do It Award" from the Portsmouth News in recognition of his teaching and fund-raising. He is a music reviewer for Classical Guitar magazine, which occasionally calls him Derek Halstead, just to keep his sense of self-importance in check.
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Q: Ruby on Rails (3.2+) - Updating a  tag after a textarea's OnChange Event I'm a beginner in Ruby on Rails and am currently going through the tutorial at railstutorial.org. I'm currently trying to use jQuery in conjunction with Ruby on Rails but seem to be having trouble.
On my website, users can create posts similar to how they are made on Twitter, and each post has a 140 character limit. I have created a paragraph tag for displaying how many characters left the user can type in, but I cannot seem to figure out how to set and update the paragraph tag's value. I figured that I would need to handle the OnChange event for the textarea. In the event handler, I would obtain the textarea text's length, subtract it from 140, and then assign that value to the p tag's innerHTML to ultimately display how many characters the user can type in.
You can see the Ruby on Rails code for my page below:
<%= form_for(@micropost) do |f| %>
<%= render 'shared/error_messages', object: f.object %>

    <%= f.text_area :content, placeholder: "Compose new micropost..." %>

<%= f.submit "Post", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>

The lines of interest are the "f.text_area" and the "p id="charsremaining"" lines. Here's my JavaScript code for updating the p tag's value after the user types into the f.text_area field:
$('#micropost_content').change(function() {
textbox = $(this);
charsleft = (140 - textbox.val().length);

paragraph = $('charsremaining');
paragraph.innerHTML = charsleft + " characters remaining."; });

I believe that I am monitoring the OnChange event for the textarea with the above code. By doing so, whenever the user types in the textarea field, the change is detected, and the p tag is automatically updated with the correct number of characters remaining. The problem is that my JavaScript code is not working at all. I have saved the above JavaScript code to the following file: /app/assets/javascripts/micropost.js
I think that the file will be handled by the Asset Pipeline, but I'm not sure whether or not the Pipeline really is recognizing it. Additionally, I'm not sure if my JavaScript code is correct for my specific situation.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I apologize for the long post.

EDIT [RESOLVED]:
It turns out I found the answer elsewhere on SO: Micropost character countdown (Rails Tutorial, 2nd Ed, Chapter 10, Exercise 7). See the first answer.
But for those who are curious as to what was wrong, I was not listening to the document.ready event in jQuery. I guess I assumed that Ruby on Rails already included it. Here is my final JavaScript code (still saved as /app/assets/javascripts/micropost.js):
function UpdateCharsRemaining()
{
    var textbox = $('#micropost_content');
    var charsleft = (140 - textbox.val().length);

    var paragraph = $('#charsremaining');

    var text = charsleft + (charsleft != 1 ? " characters" : " character") + " remaining";

    paragraph.text(text);
}

$(document).ready(function($)
{
    UpdateCharsRemaining();

    $('#micropost_content').change(UpdateCharsRemaining);
    $('#micropost_content').keydown(UpdateCharsRemaining);
    $('#micropost_content').keyup(UpdateCharsRemaining);
});


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<?php

namespace Application\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter;
use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterAwareInterface;
use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilterInterface;

/** @ORM\Entity
 *	@ORM\Table(name="tag")
 */
class Tag implements  InputFilterAwareInterface {

	protected $inputFilter;

	/**
	 * @ORM\Id
	 * @ORM\Column(type="integer");
	 * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
	 */
	protected $id;

	/**
	 * @ORM\Column(type="string")
	 */
	protected $name;
//
//	/**
//	 * @ORM/ManyToMany(targetEntity="Product", mappedBy="groups")
//	 **/
//	protected $products;

	/**
	 * Magic getter to expose protected properties.
	 *
	 * @param string $property
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function __get($property)
	{
		return $this->$property;
	}

	/**
	 * Magic setter to save protected properties.
	 *
	 * @param string $property
	 * @param mixed $value
	 */
	public function __set($property, $value)
	{
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Lulzim Xhelal Basha (ur. 12 czerwca 1974 w Tiranie) – albański polityk, prawnik i samorządowiec, minister w różnych resortach, deputowany, w latach 2011–2015 burmistrz Tirany, przewodniczący Demokratycznej Partii Albanii (2013–2022).

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Syn Xhelala i Remzije. Ukończył studia prawnicze (ze specjalizacją w zakresie prawa międzynarodowego publicznego) na Uniwersytecie w Utrechcie. Od maja 1998 do lipca 1999 pracował dla Międzynarodowego Trybunału Karnego dla byłej Jugosławii jako członek zespołu badającego zbrodnie wojenne Serbów w Kosowie. W latach 2000–2005 pełnił różne funkcje w departamencie sprawiedliwości misji UNMIK w Kosowie, m.in. specjalnego doradcy (od 2002).

W 2005 wszedł w skład prezydium Demokratycznej Partii Albanii. Był też rzecznikiem partii w czasie kampanii wyborczej do parlamentu. W wyborach w tymże roku uzyskał mandat deputowanego do Zgromadzenia Albanii, w 2009 z powodzeniem ubiegał się o reelekcję. Od września 2005 do maja 2007 zajmował stanowisko ministra robót publicznych, transportu i telekomunikacji w gabinecie premiera Salego Berishy. W maju 2007 przeszedł na funkcję ministra spraw zagranicznych w tym samym rządzie. Pełnił ją do czasu września 2009, kiedy to po utworzeniu nowego gabinetu po wyborach parlamentarnych w nowym gabinecie dotychczasowego premiera objął stanowisko ministra spraw wewnętrznych. Urząd ten sprawował do kwietnia 2011. W kolejnym miesiącu w wyborach samorządowych 2011 kandydował na burmistrza Tirany. W głosowaniu niewielką większością głosów zwyciężył z ubiegającym się o wybór na czwartą kadencję Edim Ramą.

W 2013 demokraci przegrali wybory i po ośmiu latach przeszli do opozycji. Sali Berisha zrezygnował z kierowania partią. W lipcu tegoż roku Lulzim Basha stanął na czele Demokratycznej Partii Albanii. W 2015 nie startował w wyborach lokalnych. W 2017 i 2021 wybierany ponownie do Zgromadzenia Albanii, kierowana przez niego formacja pozostała jednak w opozycji. W marcu 2022 zrezygnował z przywództwa w partii.

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Absolwenci i studenci Uniwersytetu w Utrechcie
Albańscy dyplomaci
Albańscy parlamentarzyści
Burmistrzowie Tirany
Albańscy ministrowie spraw wewnętrznych
Albańscy ministrowie spraw zagranicznych
Politycy Demokratycznej Partii Albanii
Ludzie urodzeni w Tiranie
Urodzeni w 1974

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An actress from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy has called for Gandalf to be played by a powerhouse women.
Published Thu, Oct 3 2019 5:05 AM CDT | Updated Tue, Nov 3 2020 11:47 AM CST
An actress who played a small part in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy has spoken out about her beliefs towards wanting Gandalf to be played by a women in Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show.
Robyn Malcolm, who played Morwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers spoke to Stuff.nz about how she believes that its time that women are brought to the front of the big screen. Here is what she had to say, "Those old legends, those old mystical stories, they're so based within a patriarchal landscape. Why not look at the magic of a matrilineal world where the magical powerhouses are women?"
For those that don't know, Ian McKellen played the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and did an impeccable job, earning numerous nominations for best supporting actor. Malcolm continued to express her beliefs that women should be able to assume the roles of initially male characters regardless of Tolkien's extremely detailed source material says. Malcolm said "We've had female Hamlets." "Why not?"
At the moment we don't know when Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show will release, but we do know that it will be based in the Second Age of Middle Earth and that the filming location will be in the same spot as Peter Jackson's trilogy.
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To my earlier response's point, Dave's example is one that I'm having trouble mapping to the HTML5 API mentioned by Richard, except in the case where some home gateway acts as a discovery agent for devices advertising services, and then exposes them to browsers through web pages hosted on the gateway. I think this is reasonable given that gateways may offer a RUI function, and can simplify security management issues as devices/apps can register with the gateway, which then exposes their services according to gateway-owner managed policies.
But I think the multicast approach is more direct, and consistent with the ideas discussed so far in the HNTF.
>> something that I see registerProtocolHandler doing .
> efficient means to communicate with them.
> consent.  We don't need to limit discovery to UPnP!
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Tim Ryan Demonstrates Brazen Hypocrisy on China Buying U.S. Farmland
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Exclusive — Blake Masters: Mark Kelly Allowing China to Colonize American Farmland
Arizona Senate Republican candidate Blake Masters told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has allowed China to colonize America's farmland.
State Attorneys General Call Out Biden for Using School Lunch Funding to Promote LGBTQ Agenda
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'We've Cut Out Beef:' Food Website Cancels Beef to Reduce Global Emissions
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Food Stamp Usage Climbs by 5.9 Million Since Coronavirus Pandemic Began
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USDA to Purchase $470 Million in Excess Food from Farmers, Deliver to Needy
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Report: Agriculture Department Eyes Plan to Depress Farmworker Wages
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Here's What Ferrellgas Partners' Management Had to Say About Its Lousy Quarter
By Tyler CroweFool.com
Image source: Ferrellgas Partners.
Last month's announcement that Ferrellgas Partners (NYSE: FGP) had cut ties with its CEO and was planning to cut its payout to shareholders really rocked the company's share price. With so many things happening all at once, clearly the company had a lot of explaining to do during its most recent conference call. Here are five quotes that explain why the company is in its current situation -- and what it plans to do from here.
Why the big writedown?
Ferrellgas Partners really surprised Wall Street last month when the company announced more than $650 million in writedowns related to its crude oil logistics and its water solutions business. These two parts of the business were from the $870 million acquisition of Bridger Logistics in the middle of last year. CFO Alan Heitmann went into the details as to why the company wrote down almost all of this business after just more than a year of owning it.
A little debt trouble
If buying a business that has turned out to be a dud less than a year in wasn't bad enough, Heitmann also went on to explain that the company is in a little hot water with its debt situation.
Clearly, the troubles of this Bridger acquisition won't end with this writedown, and it may take a while until the company can get its balance sheet back under control. That is especially true if the winter proves to be another warm one.
Righting the ship
As part of the quarterly earnings press release, management announced that it plans to lower its distribution to around the $1 range after they can assess the performance of this first quarter. This raised a few questions -- like "Why wait until next quarter?" Heitmann explained why management wants to wait and why it doesn't have a more definitive number for its new distribution.
Based on this, it seems as though management wasn't fully prepared for the fallout from this blunder and the abrupt departure of former CEO Stephen Wambold. It will likely take a few months for management to get its bearings.
Core is good
Despite all the bad news related to the botched Bridger deal and the tough winter, interim CEO James Ferrell wanted to remind investors and Wall Street analysts that the core of Ferrellgas' business -- propane distribution and retail sales -- is still on solid footing.
The cut he is referring to there is the distribution cut. Basically, he is saying to analysts that it's easy to see what kind of cash generation the company will be able to achieve if it doesn't need to shell out as much to shareholders. That, of course, is going to be a little weather-dependent.
Founder interest in returning to prominence
Wambold's departure left a bit of a void in the C-suite that chairman James Ferrell quickly stepped into. As troubling as the situation looks today, Ferrell wanted to give investors a good reason why he chose to fill the CEO chair instead of someone else. It also doubled as a reason why investors should stick around with this company.
With so much in the air at Ferrellgas Partners, the fact that the one man with the biggest interest in seeing the company succeed has stepped back into the captain's chair is a small glimmer of hope. Now, it's up to Ferrell to prove that he can get his company back on the right track by executing over the next several quarters.
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The following cheats apply to the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the 2008 action-horror game Dead Space. To use these codes on the PC, however, you must use an Xbox 360 controller.
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Note that Credit and Node codes may only be used once per playthrough. Remaining codes may be used as often as desired.


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The company was founded in 1947 by Albert M. Mercer, K. Linwood Stauffer and Robert Faust, hobbyists who believed that most of the model railroad equipment produced at that time lacked realism. Japan and Germany produced little due to the recently ended World War II, while the main United States train model brands at that time, Lionel Corp. and American Flyer, did not put as much authentic detail on their trains as their 'O' and 'S' gauges would have allowed.
Penn-Line was an American HO train manufacturer located in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. In the early years of the company new locomotives were added to the line at a rate of about one a year. They were sold mainly as build-it-yourself kits. The market for their products was clearly the serious model railroad enthusiast. Only one kit was simple enough for a youngster to assemble. That was the Whitcomb Midget Diesel Switcher. The other kits competed in quailty and precision with anything on the HO market at that time. The line of HO locomotives consisted of a Pennsylvania RR E6 Atlantic, H-9 Consolidation, I-1 Decapod, K-4 Pacific, L-1 Mikado, GG1 Electric, a T-1 4-4-4-4, all Pennsylvania Railroad prototypes, and a Reading Streamlined 4-6-2 Crusader. The steam locomotive models utilized boilers and frames that were entirely made of metal, thus they are heavy. As a result, they are generally good pullers. Loco models were primarily sold in kit form, however, many assembled models have shown up in hobby stores from time to time, as shop owners built a few for display purposes. Penn Line locomotives used Pittman motors. The PRR E6 Atlantic sold for $29.50, the H-9 Consolidation was priced at $32.50, the PRR T-1 4-4-4-4 was $39.50 and featured a twin drive mechanism with all drivers powered, the L-1 Mikado was $34.50 and the K-4 Pacific was list priced at $34.50.
In the 1950's Penn Line issued many sets. These sets usually consisted of a pre-built loco, a half dozen or less cars, and enough snap track to make a simple loop. Set #5805 was headed by an E-6 Atlantic 4-4-2 loco and came with a combine and passenger coach. The cars were illuminated by Penn Line's 'Ever-Glow' lighting. This set sold for $44.50. Set #5806 was a freight set headed by the K-4 Pacific 4-6-2 Loco. It sold for $54.95. Set #5807 was also headed by the K-4, but was a passenger consist with a Combine and 2 coaches. It sold for $54.95. Set #5808 was a freight set headed by the I-1 Decapod 2-10-0. It was priced at $59.95.
A notable HO train set produced by Penn-Line was the Pennsylvania streamline passenger set, pulled by a matching F-7 A&B diesel locomotive. Penn-line chose a tuscan red with a yellow single stripe to decorate this set. It used the old Hobbyline/Varney passenger cars. The Hobbyline cars were originally done in all silver with black lettering. In the early years passenger and freight cars were supplied to Penn Line for their sets by Fleischmann. The Northern Pacific 60' passenger cars were produced by Fleischmann for Penn Line in 1955 thru 1956. There were four die-cast cars, baggage, coach, diner and a Pullman. They came in two sets, #5503 (A unit, baggage, diner and coach) and #5506 (A&B units, baggage, coach, diner and Pullman). The Fleischmann cars were phased out by 1960 and that is when the switch to Varney/Hobbyline plastic passenger cars was made. Varney also made the C&O hopper and Sinclair tank car. Eventually Penn Line manufactured one of their own freight cars. The only freight rolling stock Penn Line produced itself were a series of metal flat cars, some with loads. The tooling for the streamline and heavyweight standard passenger cars was obtained from the John English Company (Hobbyline) when it ceased operations. They were first cataloged in 1957. Mantua provided Penn Line with box cars and gondolas. Tyco produced the box cars, Wilson Reefer and gondolas for Penn Line from 1957 to 1963. Penn Line also utilized some Athearn GP7 shells on their own power chassis to create their GP9's.
Penn Line's early contribution to model railroading was the use of printer's lead to cast the locomotives. This allowed very fine detail in the castings, much greater detail than could be achieved from stampings. And while the larger 'O' gauge and 'S' gauge had the potential for more detail, Penn Line's founders chose to use the smaller HO gauge. Their thinking was that the potential for realism coming from more elaborate layouts made HO the best compromise. This was at a time when HO gauge was far from the standard it is today. Penn Line produced about a half dozen different locomotives based on prototypes from the Pennsylvania Railroad, hence the choice of the company name Penn Line. A cast metal GG1 was a notable part of the Penn Line. Production started in 1956. The GG1 was not built to scale, it was made shorter in order to navigate around 18" radius curves. These electric locos are hard to find today and sell for very high prices at auctions when they do come up. When the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) designed and released their choice of a new common type HO coupler for American HO products, Penn-Line changed to this type coupler.
Penn Line, like Varney, utilized a zinc alloy for their car frames, the entire flat car bodies, and sideframes on freight cars. There were impurities in the zinc alloy and as a consequence the truck side frames are often found crumbling or as dust.
Penn Line also produced a small 0-4-0 Whitcomb D2 Mini-Diesel Switcher Locomotive that was very popular. In the early 1960s, Penn Line entered the emerging slot car market. They attempted to bring the same realism that they had used in model railroading to slot car racing. They produced a nicely detailed, but poorly powered Indianapolis-style set endorsed by A. J. Foyt. Problems with this product caused Penn Line to declare bankruptcy in the fall of 1963.
Sol Kramer, then owner of Varney/Life Like obtained the dies for all of the Penn Line rolling stock, diesels and the GG1 at the Penn Line bankruptcy auction in 1963. Lew English of Bowser Mfg. got the PRR steam engine dies. Most of the former Penn Line Pennsylvania Railroad die-cast steam locomotive kits were later produced by Bowser Manufacturing, and were still available in 2011, except for the Reading Crusader. The Crusader was made in limited quantities by Penn Line, as only a single manufacturing run was performed and this locomotive is very hard to find today. These locomotives have sold for as much as $2,000 and are coveted by collectors.


Unfinished ideas for public suggestions go into this category.
It's been a loooooooooong time.
I've been real busy being... away from this forum.
Kinda moved away from Halo and moved more into mapping for the Source engine, specifically ZP:S, ZM, and countless others.
Surprised that this place has lasted as long as it has.
Anyways, might check back in here every few months or so from now on, so... later.


>>> mode" header, so global var usage in FN IterateFolder is DOA.
> of difficulty in understanding and debugging".
> any, so I'll just zero the lot. Who cares about efficiency?"
LOL - your descriptions are more entertaining.


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