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Midlothian Mirror
By Bill Spinks
wspinks@waxahachietx.com
Heritage High School's volleyball team will have a new look after losing two graduates to Division I colleges and seven graduates in all. But the Jaguars are still looking forward to another good season in spite of COVID-19 precautions.
A new campaign begins this week for the Jaguars, who will start on time as a member of Class 4A. The University Interscholastic League last month staggered the fall schedule for sports, keeping small schools on schedule while pushing the start back by five weeks for Class 5A and 6A, which includes Midlothian High School.
The Jags had not yet publicly announced a schedule as of Monday. A number of area schools have postponed all extracurricular activities because of county-ordered shutdowns due to the pandemic, creating a large number of last-minute open dates.
However, Mabank ISD has confirmed that its volleyball team will host HHS on Friday night, with the varsity match set to start at 5 p.m. Likewise, a dual match at Terrell is on the schedule for Saturday that also involves Malakoff Cross Roads. Because of UIL-ordered COVID restrictions, there will be no regular-season tournaments.
HHS opens the 2020 volleyball season ranked No. 7 in the state in Class 4A by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Last fall, the Jags won District 17-4A and made it all the way to the 4A Region III championship match, losing to Carthage in three hard-fought sets.
Moving on from last year's squad were All-Ellis County performers Hanna Larson and Kelsey Carpenter, who signed national volleyball letters of intent with Texas A&M University and the University of Texas-San Antonio respectively.
Key returnees for 2020 include senior Elizabeth Schmidt, a member of the 2020 All-Ellis County team, as well as seniors Hayden Brunson and Zoe Isom and juniors Sydney Dickson, Kenlee Ponivas, Cayla Williams and Kensey Clifton.
Erika Weber, the 2020 All-Ellis County volleyball coach of the year, returns for her second season at HHS.
Weber, a Waxahachie native, was formerly an assistant coach at Waxahachie for legendary coach Sandy Faussett-Stoops, under whose tutelage she played as a student. Weber came back to Ellis County last year after two seasons as a coach in Cuero.
© 2022 www.midlothianmirror.com. All rights reserved.


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Plan your trip to Freetown
Confronta voli, treni bus e taxi per Freetown e trova i migliori prezzi.
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city in the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre. The city proper had a population of 772,873 at the 2004 census, As of 2010, the population of Freetown is estimated at 1.2 million. The city's economy revolves largely around its harbor - occupying a part of the estuary of the Sierra Leone River in one of the world's largest natural deep water harbours.As the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown is home to the Sierra Leone House of Parliament, the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone and the State House, the official and principal workplace of the President of Sierra Leone. All of the foreign embassies in Sierra Leone are based in the city.Freetown has an abundance of historical landmarks connected to its founding by African-Americans, liberated African, and West Indians slaves. Freetown is home to the Fourah Bay College, the oldest university in West Africa, founded in 1827. The university not only played a key role in Sierra Leone's colonial history, but also a key role in the history of the English-speaking West-African nations.The massive Cotton Tree, which has stood in central Freetown for over 500 years, represents the historic symbol of Freetown [3][4][5]. The "Cotton Tree" gained importance in 1792 when a group of former African American slaves, who had gained their freedom by fighting for the British during the American War of Independence, held a large gathering on their arrival in Freetown under this big tree praying and singing hymns to thank God for their deliverance to a free land.Close to the Cotton Tree are the Sierra Leone Supreme Court Building and the Sierra Leone Museum. In downtown Freetown is the Connaught Hospital, the first modern hospital constructed in West Africa in 1912 [6].Freetown is one of Sierra Leone's six municipalities and is locally governed by a directly elected city council, headed by a mayor. The mayor and members of the Freetown City Council are directly elected every four years by the residents of Freetown. The municipality of Freetown is politically divided into three regions: East End Freetown, Central Freetown, and West End Freetown, which are subdivided into wards.The population of Freetown is ethnically, culturally, and religiously diverse. The city is home to a large population of virtually all of the country's ethnic groups, with no single ethnic group forming a majority of the city's population. As in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language is the city's primary language of communication and is by far the most widely spoken language in the city.Like the rest of Sierra Leone, Football is by far the most popular sport in Freetown. The Sierra Leone National Football Team, widely known as the Leone Stars, play all of their home game at the National Stadium in central Freetown. Eight of the fourteen clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone, are from Freetown, including East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool, the two biggest and most famous football clubs in Sierra Leone. Freetown also has dozens of clubs in the lower divisions of the Sierra Leone football league.popular football clubsBritain planted a colony in the area in 1787 as a place to relocate black poor from London, but it was overcome by native hostility. In 1792 the city of Freetown was founded as a colony for freed slaves by Nova Scotian abolitionist John Clarkson, who had fought on the British side during the American Revolutionary War. The settlers called their new settlement Freetown. Around 500 freed Jamaican slaves made the journey to Freetown in 1800 through the Sierra Leone Company. During the next decades, thousands of freed African American, West Indian and Liberated Africans came to Freetown as settlers, through the Sierra Leone Company. Their descendants are known today as the Sierra Leone Creole people.
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October 28th, the Quality Department of Daqo Group held the summary meeting about the quality work from January to September 2015.
Deputy President Cai Jinhong made a speech about the promotion of quality management, the quality activities and the declaration of the National Quality Award; Cai also made a requirement about the next quality work, including the Six Sigma work, the new version of Quality Management System, etc.
The chargers from Quality Department, Six Sigma team and the representatives of subsidiaries participated the meeting.


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ASA Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court in Support of Marriage Equality
The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus curiae brief yesterday with the Supreme Court of the United States in the same-sex marriage cases currently pending before the court. The ASA's brief highlights the social science consensus that children raised by same-sex parents fare just as well as children raised by different-sex parents.
Sociologists Available to Discuss Same-Sex Marriage
With the Supreme Court of the United States expected to rule imminently in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, which addresses the matter of marriage equality and the constitutional status of state bans on same-sex marriage, the American Sociological Association (ASA) has a number of sociologists available to discuss same-sex marriage.
Study Explores Why There Is No Labor Party in the United States
The improbable rise of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign presents an interesting question: why is Sanders, a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist," running as a Democrat? "In any other industrialized country, Sanders would likely be the standard-bearer for a labor or social democratic party," said McGill University sociologist Barry Eidlin, whose new study appears in the June issue of the American Sociological Review. "But the U.S. famously lacks such a party."
Protests with Many Participants and Unified Message Most Likely to Influence Politicians, Study Suggests
Protests that bring many people to the streets who agree among themselves and have a single message are most likely to influence elected officials, suggests a new study.
"We found that features of a protest can alter the calculations of politicians and how they view an issue," said Ruud Wouters, an assistant professor of political communication and journalism at the University of Amsterdam and the lead author of the study. "More specifically, the number of participants and unity are the characteristics of a protest that have the greatest ability to change politicians' opinions."
"Broken Windows," Lower Grades
The "Broken Windows" theory of policing, applied in New York and other major American cities since the early '90s, has been credited in some quarters with reducing crime. Stopping, warning and even arresting perpetrators of low-impact crimes like vandalism and disorderly behavior, says the theory, contributes to a more cohesive neighborhood and a setting less likely to attract violent crime.
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The full weight of who he had become hit him, startlingly, when he witnessed that one little grin. Inside a public housing project in San Antonio, Oscar Esparza says he watched the grin snake across the face of a fellow gang member who had just admitted killing one of his oldest and closest friends.
At that moment, Mr. Esparza realized he had joined a gang that was about far more than just kickin' back during the day and hitting clubs at night. "At first I thought he was just playing around, but then I saw his face," he says. "Now I don't talk to none of them anymore."
In a Texas courtroom last week, Esparza closed the final chapter of his life as a member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. He was a star witness in the case against Paul De La Rosa, who was ultimately convicted of murdering fellow gang member Christopher Guillen in an internal power struggle.
The trial provided a terrifying glimpse into the culture of one of the nation's oldest and most highly structured street gangs, where rules are considered paramount to the group's survival and any violation is met with beatings and even death.
Strikingly similar to the Mafia in organization, the Almighty Latin King Nation blends criminal activity with mysticism and tribalism - and inside that world, a member's biggest fear is not rival gangs, but crossing his own colleagues.
While the largest chapters are in Chicago and New York, the trial here in central Texas shows how the Latin King Nation is gaining power and prominence in other parts of the country. As its influence grows, other gangs are studying its tactics and organizational chart. "Gangs are finding that, to stay in business, they need some type of structure," says Wes Daily, president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association in New York. "And many are looking at the Latin Kings and trying to mimic that structure, because this gang gets things done."
The tale of Mr. Guillen's murder began two years ago on March 2, 2001, when about 20 Texas members of the Latin King Nation were summoned to a council meeting at the southwest San Antonio housing project.
Their agenda included a bald accusation - that Guillen wanted to assassinate Jose Beltran, known to members as "Step One," the leader of the Austin and San Antonio tribes. The reason, say prosecutors: He wanted to wrest power from the current leadership. Guillen felt that the head of the regional "210 Lions Tribe" should be from San Antonio, not Austin, where Beltran lived.
Thinking he was paying loyalty to the gang, Esparza, nicknamed "King Oro," pulled Beltran aside and told him what Guillen was saying. "I thought they were just gonna beat him up and that's it," Esparza said at the trial.
Esparza's warning prompted Beltran to call members of the gang from Austin and Killeen, several of whom showed up with guns. "Step One brought in the real gang members to clean up," argued Mr. De La Rosa's attorney, Alexandra Gauthier. The way she portrayed it, the tribe De La Rosa, Esparza, and Guillen belonged to was more like a "big fraternity." "These kids grew up in a part of town where that's what you do," she said. "It was like a bad Rotary Club that got out of hand quickly."
Everyone was relaxing, playing cards and listening to music when Bianca "Crazy K" Ferrell showed up that night. Ms. Ferrell testified she "got rolled into" the Latin Kings and Queens - one of the few gangs that admits women - when she was 13. The initiation: getting kicked and punched by other gang members until she couldn't walk. After hearing about the plan to kill Beltran, members agreed on punishment for Guillen - a beating. "They decided they were going to give him a violation," Ferrell said. "It lasted for 3 minutes and 60 seconds."
This is how a typical Latin King violation is referred to because it symbolizes a 360-degree revolution - a complete circle which, when completed, all is back to normal. Violations are dispensed liberally, for things such as dishonoring Latin Queens, not showing up at meetings, and fighting with other members.
But Beltran wasn't satisfied with that punishment, Esparza said. He told De La Rosa to "terminate" Guillen, and a group left with him in tow. His bullet-ridden body was later found in a ditch in San Marcos, about halfway between Austin and San Antonio.
Ms. Gauthier did not deny that De La Rosa killed Guillen, but says it was under duress: He was acting on the orders of his boss and his own life would be in jeopardy if he didn't follow them. "You can tell how terrified these people are just by looking in their eyes," she said.
The jury wasn't convinced and convicted him of capital murder on Friday after a few short hours of deliberation. He received an automatic life sentence.
Born on Chicago's south side in the late 1940s, the Latin King Nation began as a Hispanic social organization. It evolved into one of the nation's largest and most violent street gangs, with 25,000 current members in Chicago alone, according to police estimates.
The gang's rapid growth occurred in the late 1980s and '90s when incarceration rates quadrupled. Inside prison walls, members enlisted new recruits and refined their rules.
"They got very well-organized, with manifestoes and organizational charts," says Dwight Conquergood, an ethnographer at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., who is writing a book on the Latin Kings. "They could give seminars to MBA students."
Behind bars, Dr. Conquergood says, the Latin Kings set up taco stands and provided welcome kits - complete with soap, toothpaste, and shampoo - for recently incarcerated gang members. On the outside, they dispensed winter coats and free medical services. After living among Latin King gang members for five years in researching his book, Conquergood believes the structure is a product of "extreme humiliation and day-to-day grinding poverty."
"These kids are never going to make any fraternity or key club in mainstream society and are trying to fill a basic human need for support," he says. "These are people who are living in states of emergency. The irony is that the complex web of mutual support that helps them in the short term is the very thing that locks them out of the mainstream."
Esparana, for instance, said he joined the gang at 16 because "my family wasn't really around. My father was really abusive to me and my mother, and I needed somebody to be there for me. In the Latin Kings, I had all the protection I wanted."
Because the Latin Kings have such a defined chain of command and written operating procedures - including formal constitutions, bylaws, and charters - authorities have had an easier time charging members under federal racketeering laws.
"Some of their instructional booklets are 92 pages long," says Mr. Daily, who refers to the Latin Kings as nontraditional organized crime. "We've done a good job of taking out the Mafia. We need to do a better job of taking out these street thugs who are operating like organized-crime groups."
Other street gangs, such as the Los Angeles-based Bloods, for example, are a federation of smaller groups that share rituals and bylaws but have no real affiliation. Some cities and states have no formal leaders at all.
In the Texas case, however, Guillen's death seemed to be all about leadership and internecine warfare. Police say the gang has been immersed in a power struggle since 2000, and was in the process of trying to become more cohesive through Beltran's appointment as regional leader. "Chicago is the gang's epicenter, but there always has been a strong linkage with Texas," says George Knox, director of the National Gang Crime Research Center in Chicago.
Like most gangs, Latin King criminal activity revolves around drug trafficking. Still mainly Hispanic, the gang wears gold and black colors and uses symbols like the lion, pitchfork, and five-pointed crown. The five points represent the five leaders in each state, of which Beltran was one.
Loyalty is valued - and enforced - above all else. "Membership is very loyal to those in command, often born out of fear, because the gang will kill its own members routinely," says one member quoted in a report by the National Gang Crime Research Center. "So the first and foremost law of the gang is, 'Once a King, always a King.' "
Even though Esparza believes he will be killed for his court testimony, he says he is trying to clear his conscience for his role in his friend's death. He says he finally realized the error of his ways when he heard De La Rosa confess to the shooting. "I was partly responsible because if I wouldn't have told 'Step One' about what he said, nothing would have happened," he says. "I was loyal to the gang. Now I want to be loyal to Christopher."


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Chapter 67 (Part 1)
Zhao Yuan returned to the company's dormitory that day, all the while in a daze.
The dormitory was a room containing six girls. Zhao Yuan was lying on the upper bunk, very close to the chandelier on the yellowed ceiling.
She could see tiny flying insects coming in through the window and flying around the lampshade that hadn't been scrubbed in a long time.
Zhao Yuan remembered when she used to live in the Zhao family's villa. She had never seen any flying insects indoors. There would be some in the garden, but the gardener hired by Zhao Zhanhuai was very professional and would spray special insect repellent drugs, so in spring, even bees couldn't be seen.
She endured the buzzing of flying insects, closed her eyes, and bent her legs.
But she turned over and kicked a pile of clothes again.
Zhao Yuan suddenly felt overwhelming resentment.
Her previous room was larger than the three dormitories combined and her walk-in closet was more than 10 square meters in size. The designer clothes and jewelry in it were all matched by herself.
At that time, she never knew what the word "struggle" meant, because as long as she wanted it, the Zhao family would buy it for her unless it was as expensive as an airplane.
But here, the wardrobe in the dormitory was less than half a meter wide, which was not enough at all. So, she had to pile most of her clothes on the bed.
The whole single bed was extremely messy. Some clothes became crumpled, and they had lost the previous temperament they had when she wore them outdoors.
Now she couldn't even sleep with her legs straight.
Soon, some girls came back from the dance practice room. When they entered the dormitory, they closed the door with a clanging sound.
One of them had dyed their hair pink. They were already wearing sexy denim shorts and a tank top in the spring of March. Another girl had dyed her hair an indigo blue. She was dressed in neutral clothes and she had a cigarette in her mouth. She held a basin of clothes that had not been washed for a long time and were about to stink in the water.
Zhao Yuan closed her eyes tightly, facing the wall.
However, the smell of sweat in the air, fermented clothes crowded together in a dormitory by several people, nail polish, and a dozen yuan of takeaway all mixed together, formed a smell that made people want to dry heave, penetrated her nose.
Zhao Yuan tightly clenched the bed sheet as her stomach churned.
Everything was different from what she imagined.
It was only after leaving the Zhao family's house did Zhao Yuan realize how difficult it was outside.
After she signed a contract with her agent, she thought she would be able to directly enter the entertainment industry and become a hit. But what she didn't expect was that there were many girls like her under the manager's purview, and there were even girls who were prettier and better at dancing than her.
Moreover, these trainees were unequal in age, and some of them had even only reached elementary school. For example, the pink haired girl liked to use the curse words "pig" and "b*tch" over and over again. The indigo-haired one was not talkative, but she was extremely unwilling to clean. She would soak her underwear for around 10 days before they were washed.
There were only three washing machines outside the dormitories, but more than a dozen trainees live in these crowded places.
After seeing someone throw 10 days old underwear into the washing machine at one time, Zhao Yuan could only start washing her underwear by hand.
She watched helplessly as her life fell in dire straits while Zhao Mingxi's life was smooth sailing.
The unwillingness and resentment in her heart gradually accumulated, making the hatred in her heart more and more intense.
In April, Zhao Yuan went to Zhao Zhanhuai's company to find Zhao Zhanhuai.
Among all the members of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhanhuai was of extraordinary significance to Zhao Yuan.
This was the brother she admired, adored and loved the most since she was a child.
When she was living in the cramped trainee dormitory, she even dreamed that Zhao Zhanhuai would drive over and take her home. She hoped that Zhao Zhanhuai could think of their old relationship and provide her with some help, even if it was some money, a greeting to her entertainment company, or a word of comfort.
But unexpectedly, for the 8 out of more than 10 times in a row that she went to find Zhao Zhanhuai, she was directly turned away by the company guards. As for the 3 times she almost caught up with Zhao Zhanhuai's car, she didn't know if Zhao Zhanhuai saw her, but his car that was directly in front of her drove away.
This continued until the last time Zhao Yuan met Zhao Zhanhuai in the underground garage.
Zhao Zhanhuai was almost annoyed by Zhao Yuan's harassment. He didn't understand why Zhao Yuan was looking for him now. If she had even an ounce of self-awareness, she would stay far away from his family.
After hearing that Zhao Yuan wanted money, Zhao Zhanhuai laughed angrily. "Zhang Yuan, please understand this: our family doesn't owe you anything."
"It was your mother who swapped the children. Your mother was the culprit who hurt our family and broke our whole family to pieces. The cost our family spent on you in the past 10 years was not tens of millions, but there were always millions, right? Also, our family cares about our old relationship, so we didn't even ask you to pay back the debt! Under such circumstances, I don't understand what mentality you have in coming to me to ask for money."
Zhao Zhanhuai's face was ugly. "A man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. If you keep pestering and squatting at the company's gate, I will call for security!"
Zhao Yuan burst into tears. She stopped in front of Zhao Zhanhuai's car and said to Zhao Zhanhuai, "Brother, my mother was the culprit who changed the children, but what wrong did I commit?"
"Do you think we don't know who sent the text message that made Zhang Yufen escape??"
Zhao Yuan turned pale.
Zhao Zhan was full of anger. He yelled, "Miss Zhang, please respect yourself. At least you have been educated in our family for more than 10 years. Don't end up living like your biological mother!"
After he finished speaking, Zhao Zhanhuai stepped on the accelerator and said to Zhao Yuan, "Get out of the way!"
Zhao Yuan couldn't believe that Zhao Zhanhuai would treat her like this. She didn't move at first, but Zhao Zhanhuai's car drove straight over. The blood all over her body rushed to the top of her head, and then she ran away in a panic.
So Zhao Zhanhuai turned a corner, and the car sped away.
Zhao Yuan stood there in a daze. In the early May weather, her whole body became colder and colder.
She saw the disgust in Zhao Zhanhuai's eyes just now.
When Zhao Yuan returned to the trainee dormitory in a daze, someone in the dormitory heard that she went to speak to Zhao Zhanhuai. Someone taunted her in a strange tone, "Since you have a rich brother, why do you still come to fight and compete for the spot with us?"
Zhao Yuan dug her nails into her palm, resisting the urge to tear that girl apart.
After a while, the assistant agent under centralized management came to make rounds and scolded them, telling them not to make trouble, and not to use too many high-power electrical appliances, because it was easy to catch fire in this season.
If you want to dry your hair and the power of the hair dryer is too high, try to go downstairs to blow it.
It was said that an office building in this city burned up a few days ago. Although the fire was successfully extinguished in the end, the loss was worth millions. They still haven't figured out how it caught fire.
"Fire?" Zhao Yuan asked in a daze.
She raised her head and looked at the tiny flying insects on the ceiling. She didn't know what to think, and kept staring at them.
Seeing her act strangely, the people in the dormitory thought she had been triggered by something. They all felt goosebumps all over, so they simply walked around her.
Time flew by so fast in the second semester of high school. Once the winter, which could freeze every breath, was over, the spring was particularly short. Mingxi ushered in May directly amidst the busyness.
Several classes had very tight schedules. Although most of the International Class students will go abroad, they could also feel the urgency of the last semester from the pace of the Normal Class in the school cafeteria.
Starting from this semester, Fu Yangxi slept in class much less often. The pillow Mingxi gave him was useless. He washed it and threw it on the sofa at home.
While Mingxi was doing her homework every day, he would prop his head lazily, put on his silver noise-canceling headphones, flip through the book, or just stare at Mingxi stupidly, as if her face was blooming.
Although he was not studying seriously now, it was much better than last semester when he would sleep in class and cause trouble after class every day.
Last month, Fu Yangxi didn't make trouble for a whole month, so Lu Wangwei got his first performance bonus in three years. He almost cried with joy.
The followers in the class were devastated.
Although Fu Yangxi was fierce and had a bad temper, he was the cohesive force of the whole class.
But now, it's like a child king was gradually maturing, gradually no longer willing to be the boss who would lead them to misbehave, but gradually becoming a mature man who would buy ice cream for his girl in summer and ginger syrup in winter.
It would inevitably make them sad.
They were graduating soon. Zhao Mingxi might be able to be with Fu Yangxi forever.
But these people have to go their separate ways.
After school that day, someone even recited an impromptu poem to Zhao Mingxi and Fu Yangxi on the spot. "Ah! Youth!"
"..." Mingxi was startled. She turned to look at the follower.
The follower continued to yell heart-piercingly, "—is it always going to end?!"
Someone answered, "Just like the black gold skull chain on the boss's neck, has it completely disappeared?"
"What the hell? Get lost!" Fu Yangxi looked disgusted. He grabbed a book and threw it at them. That boy quickly dodged, and the book hit the blackboard with a crisp "snap" sound. The whole class burst into laughter, and there was a joyful atmosphere in the air.
Mingxi laughed, and suddenly felt that this scene looked familiar.
She thought about it, wasn't this the lively atmosphere when she returned to the class after she proposed to Lu Wangwei to sit at the same table with Fu Yangxi not long after the start of last semester?
It's practically the same.
Memory really is a reincarnation.
For a moment, she thought it happened yesterday, but when she looked at the calendar again, half a year had passed.
Seeing Mingxi looking over, Fu Yangxi suddenly blushed a little. He quickly saved his image. "Don't listen to his nonsense. What black and gold chains, is my aesthetic so bad?! It was mainly because for those two days, Ke Chengwen and the people not from our school made a bet on motorcycles. So if we didn't dress more pompously, we won't be able to crush each other in terms of momentum."
Ke Chengwen came out from behind them like a turtle from a hole and poked his head over. "Wait, it was my bet? Why did I remember that it was you, Xi ge, who—"
Fu Yangxi glanced over coldly.
Ke Chengwen: …Fine.
Ke Chengwen said, "I remember now. It was me."
Mingxi was about to laugh to death. She said, "Actually, it's not bad. It matches you very well."
"It matches me very well"? What does that mean? Does she mean that I'm the kind of person to sport cringy fashion?
Fu Yangxi became angry from embarrassment, and was about to speak when…
Mingxi said, "At that time, you were lying on the table, holding a sports coat. You raised your head impatiently, twisted your eyebrows, and for the first time you glanced at me, I thought you were cool and handsome. Do you understand this kind of feeling?"
Mingxi drew a small heart on the notebook, and drew an arrow through it.
Fu Yangxi pretended to glance casually, but almost choked himself. He coughed, and flicked through a few pages of the book in his hand, trying to make himself look serious, but he still couldn't control the redness at the base of his ears.
Mingxi loved to tease Fu Yangxi too much. Seeing him like this, she laughed.
Ke Chengwen who was on the side: "—"
A woman's mouth is as deceitful as a ghost's.
He dared to bet that when Zhao Mingxi first saw Fu Yangxi, it was definitely not love at first sight.
Having said that, Ke Chengwen had a question in mind, so he had to ask.
He asked Zhao Mingxi, "Then when you switched classes, why were you always sticking your nose so close to Xi ge?"
Fu Yangxi also thought of this, and quickly raised his ears.
Mingxi took a look at the potted plants that had slowly grown to more than 600 small tender seedlings. Of course, she also wondered if she should tell the truth to Fu Yangxi, that she was actually approaching him for luck in the first place. But Mingxi thought about it later and realized that it didn't really matter whether she told him or not.
Saying it out loud would only cause Fu Yangxi heartache.
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NEW YORK — Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today joined a coalition of 15 Attorneys General challenging President Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General of the United States. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in a Maryland case, the amici states argue that Trump's appointment of Whitaker, the Chief of Staff to the Attorney General, to serve as the nation's top legal officer violates laws clearly indicating that the Chief Deputy Attorney General takes over when an Attorney General steps down or is removed.
"The law is clear – and Matthew Whitaker's appointment as Acting Attorney General is illegal, violating long-standing rules," said Attorney General Underwood. "Our coalition of Attorneys General will continue to do what's necessary to protect the rule of law."
The amicus brief, filed Monday with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, supports Maryland's motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit regarding the Affordable Care Act. The motion seeks to stop Whitaker from exercising the authority of the U.S. Attorney General, or to substitute Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as a defendant in an ongoing lawsuit between Maryland and the federal government. According to the brief, the states have concluded that Mr. Whitaker's appointment is illegal, ignores long-established vacancy succession laws, and is in violation of Congress' clear designation of the Deputy Attorney General as the Acting Attorney General.
The brief argues for a prompt resolution of the legal uncertainty surrounding Mr. Whitaker's appointment because it leaves DOJ decisions open to legal challenge. This could cause the amici states significant harm, because the states rely on the legitimacy of DOJ actions. The U.S. Attorney General takes many actions that fundamentally affect the lives of New York residents, and the New York Attorney General's office regularly works with DOJ; therefore, the states joining the brief have a compelling interest in DOJ's ability to work effectively and consistently under the rule of law.
In the brief, the Attorneys General note that Congress has protected the Senate's confirmation power by specifying that in the event of a vacancy in the U.S. Attorney General's office, the Senate-confirmed Deputy Attorney General, if available, temporarily assumes the position until a new appointee is confirmed. Since Congress first established DOJ in 1870, it has provided for a specific order of succession in the U.S. Attorney General's office to maintain continuity of government. The appointment of Mr. Whitaker directly undermines Congress' intent in creating this order of succession.
The U.S. Attorney General is one of four original cabinet positions created in 1789, and enjoys near-total authority over the operations of DOJ: overseeing a vast array of law enforcement organizations including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the federal prison system, and 94 U.S. Attorney's Offices. It is responsible for supervising all litigation involving the United States, its agencies, and employees. As a result, the U.S. Attorney General ultimately determines the positions of the federal administration in court, which have profound consequences for citizens.


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Have you ever wondered why women are expected to take their spouses surname after marriage? Or why women are expected to leave their jobs after having children?
That's because it is a common practice which has been prevalent in our society for the longest time.
Such practices have only led women not enjoying an equal standing our society.
They are always burdened under such social attitudes, they stop questioning these beliefs and start abiding by them.
Now, eight Indians have dared to step into the spotlight to answer six simple questions. The answers for these reveal the bitter truth of our so-called developing, open-minded society. Watch it here!
Acknowledging these existing practices is the first step to challenge and change perspectives. Do you think you have role to play in this?
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From 1950s Duck-and-Cover nuclear bomb exercises and Disney's Our Friend, the Atom, through decades of nuclear PTSD to her current international activism, HaLevy's book recounts her experience of Three Mile Island (TMI) and how she learned to fight back against nuclear perpetrators with facts, sarcasm…and a podcast.
A leaking, out-of-control nuclear reactor only one mile away. What would you do? What would it do to you? Libbe HaLevy was visiting friends in Pennsylvania in 1979 and suddenly found herself stranded in a house one mile from the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island – an event which changed her life. As producer and host of Nuclear Hotseat – a weekly podcast/broadcast on nuclear issues "from a different perspective" that's now in its eighth year – she has covered nuclear transgressions around the world… and in our own back yard.
In Yes, I Glow in the Dark! HaLevy – who is surprisingly funny – recreates her terrifying experience and its resulting impact, as well as explores "Nuclear Spin-Speak" – languaging tricks used by the nuclear industry to hide their transgressions against people and the environment in plain sight. She also provides an update on San Onofre – the true scope of the August 3, 2018 near-miss of what could have been a catastrophic accident, the long-term dangers of storing highly radioactive waste on a beach, and the latest on what is known about that week's examination of the facility by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
HaLevy also speaks on local nuclear issues, including the 1959 Santa Susana Field Laboratory meltdown and radiation release in Simi Valley, and the radioactive radon released at Porter Ranch during the massive 2016 methane/benzene spill.


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Phumla Williams: Intra-Africa trade will increase under AfCFTA
By OgeneAfrican NG 5th December 2020
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When the founders of the Organisation of African Union (OAU) got together more than 60 years ago to craft an idea of a continental organisation, they envisaged an integrated and united Africa, one that will deliver peace and prosperity for its people.
For many decades that followed the formation of the OAU and subsequently the Africa Union, there had been relentless calls to realise the dream of cross-border economic integration in Africa as envisaged by the founders of the OAU. There can be no other indication that Africa has finally achieved its integration than the implementation of the continent's most ambitious integration initiative, the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) which officially kicks off in January 2021. With the continent's population reaching 1.3 billion in 2020, the agreement could not have come at a better time.
Over the next two days, South Africa will host the Extraordinary Summit on the AfCFTA and on silencing the Guns in Africa on 05 and 06 December 2020. The summit is crucial as it lays down the foundation for the start of trade under the AfCFTA on 01 January 2021. This is an exciting time for the continent. The AfCFTA agreement will create opportunities and benefits for all the nations of the continent. It will enable companies to expand their markets by exporting goods and services across the continent. By facilitating the movement of goods and services among African countries, AfCFTA will create opportunities to accelerate intra-Africa trade, grow local businesses, create jobs and increase infrastructure development on the continent.
The recent United National Conference on Trade and Developments report shows that Intra-African exports were 16.6% of total exports in 2017 and this can drastically increase with the signing of the AfCFTA agreement when tariffs are removed on certain goods.
Furthermore, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, using a Trade Law Centre report, points to evidence that there has been a steady increase in Africa between 2017 and 2018. During this period South Africa's intra-Africa exports increased by 7%, while exports by Nigeria, Egypt and Ghana increased by 41%, 30% and 26% respectively. South Africa's intra-Africa imports increased by 35%, while imports by Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Morocco show a similar increase.
This comes at the back of a World Bank report which estimates that implementing the AfCFTA would contribute to lifting an additional 30 million people from extreme poverty by 2035. The study says real income gains from full implementation of the agreement could increase by 7 percent, or nearly US$450 billion. Furthermore, as African economies struggle to manage the consequences of COVID-19, AfCFTA would prove to be critical for long-term reform and economic recovery of the Continent post COVID19.
To this end, it is encouraging that the AfCFTA agreement has been signed by 54 countries on the continent and 33 countries that had deposited their instruments of ratification. It is our hope that the Summit in Johannesburg can be used to rally more countries to speed up the ratification of the agreement so every member state of the AU is on board for the full implementation of the agreement. AfCFTA is one of the flagship projects of the African Union's Agenda 2063, it is therefore important that all member states are part of this land mark agreement. The agreement presents the greatest opportunity for Africa to fulfil its aspiration of a united, integrated and prosperous continent.
Despite the remarkable progress made towards the final roll out of the AfCFTA agreement, it's bound to be hindered if we don't address conflict situations and some of the peace and security concerns that are still prevailing in several African countries.
The continent has made remarkable progress in the quest for peace and South Africa has been involved in many peacekeeping missions on the continent. However, many countries continue to struggle with peace and governance issues. It is for these reasons that all Africans must support the quest by the AU to "Silence the Guns" in Africa by 2020 which has been the theme for the year. Silencing the Guns aims to achieve a conflict-free Africa, prevent genocide and make peace a reality for all.
To achieve this, all African state must create conditions that make it possible for peace to exist. These include respect for human rights, law and democratic systems.
It is something we have to do if the continent's youthful population is to inherit a prosperous and peaceful Africa.
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Article Summary: "This article talks about the utility of an E-Portfolio and give a direction to develop a Fashion Electronic Portfolio in the correct manner..."
We are into the Multimedia world of Facebook and Twitter, where electronic portfolio is a more formal setting, where one can apply knowledge of how the web works to convey the desired message. Using electronic portfolios in the correct fashion is an important task which should be understood well by the user. Many universities and schools are currently working to make sure that students are gaining experience with electronic portfolios so that students are able to use web to the best of their ability. Universities such as Loyola University offer e-portfolio courses as a way to share learning and resources with fellow students and community partners in a public format.
An efficient role of e-portfolios is to assess National Vocational Qualifications [NVQ]. A number of providers enable candidates to build portfolios which can be accessed by nominated assessors and verifiers from any internet access point. Digital portfolios enhance your chances of being qualified for employment. Your work will be reviewed by many people and that in itself increases your chance for employment since it is a free advertisement of your work thereby increasing the likelihood of you being hired. Also, you will not be segregated being a fresher or being located in a different geography.
More recently the use of virtual learning environments in schools and universities has led to an increased activity in the creation of e-portfolios for a variety of reasons. Technology skills are vital to success in almost every profession. When you use the latest web-based tools to showcase your professional skills, abilities, and samples of your work, you will get noticed. There are numerous online sites like Portfolio Pen that help you create a professional looking portfolio in minutes without any HTML or programming. They do not limit your creativity, enable you to personalize the overall look of your online portfolio, translate into your language and use your own domain.
Scanning of sketches may not capture the beauty of the drawing as you may need to edit the scan to adjust the colors or erase dust spots. This requires you to master skills in an image-editing program such as Adobe Photoshop. For this primarily the scanned images should be saved with the appropriate Resolution and correct file type. Scan your sketch with setting at 300 DPI in the right format by checking the software settings before saving. JPEG is the most common image format used by digital cameras and other photographic image capture devices. It supports a maximum image size of 65535x65535. On the other hand, JPEG in some cases may not be as well suited for line drawings and other textual or iconic graphics, where the sharp contrasts between adjacent pixels can cause noticeable artifacts. Such images may be better saved in a lossless graphics format such as TIFF and GIF.
As your skills increase, keep updating your portfolio. A fashion student can keep a closer view to the current trend in the market. A fashion portfolio should reflect the variety of skills such as construction philosophy, creativeness, aesthetic appeal, technical soundness, and technological awareness. The content of your professional portfolio should reflect the skills you have mastered in until now i.e. recognize your key areas to be highlighted and correlate with your area of study or the kind of the employer.
Most importantly one should be highly selective and only include your very best examples in your professional portfolio. Do not add any supplemental information to your e-portfolio and stay away from animation or sounds because they can come across as unprofessional. Regardless of your strengths in Illustrating, rendering, designing, 2D or 3D skills, what makes a difference is your Ultimate Portfolio. It is your Designer message presented in a strong illustrated package and your work speaks for you.
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Emirates orders 50 Airbus A350 planes worth $16bn
The Dubai-based airline Emirates on Monday said that it had ordered 50 Airbus A350 planes worth a total of 16 billion dollars.
The company ordered an additional 20 jets during the Dubai Air Show, in addition to the 30 A350s that were announced earlier in the year.
The first plane is expected to arrive in May 2023, with deliveries expected to continue until 2028, Emirates said in a statement.
"Today, we are pleased to sign a firm order for 50 A350 XWBs,'' said Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive.
Saeed Al Maktoum said the deal "will give us added operational flexibility in terms of capacity, range and deployment.
"In effect, we are strengthening our business model to provide efficient and comfortable air transport services to, and through, our Dubai hub.''
Emirates' fleet includes Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 planes.
Airbus announced in February that it would halt production of the A380 superjumbo jet.
The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger airliner, a wide-body aircraft manufactured by Airbus.
Airbus studies started in 1988 and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long haul market. (
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It's a strong grower and a wonderfully heavy cropper. The flowers set readily whatever the weather, and are less attractive to birds than scarlet types.
A tip-top bean set to become a classic variety!


Table 27, 3 blondes. Myself, ugotnuts, and mikeymike it seems!
I hear Mr Thew doubled up with tens v queens.
Tal Fact: if you put that situation into a poker calculator and include that Thew has the tens, it actually switches the percentage equities around.
It's rammed here, 425 in Day 2 of the Mini, & 27 so far in the Main, so there is not a table or seat to spare.
I've taken a bunch of photos, & Tighty will upload them when he gets his arse in gear.
Raining down as cold as ice.
Happy people pass my way.
I see a memory I never realized how happy you made me.
And I need you today.
Barry Carter (Dave Shoelace) is over @ Benny & Frankie's having dinner with Mr Ambo. What a life.
if i were him, and had my one win, i would give up. Hardly likely to happen again is it?


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Justia Dockets & Filings First Circuit Rhode Island District Court State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management v. ACS Industries, Inc. et al
State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management v. ACS Industries, Inc. et al
ACS Industries, Inc., AGFA Corporation, AIW Wind Down Corp., Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Alcoa Inc., American Optical Corporation, Analog Devices, Inc., Avnet, Inc., Ausimont Industries, Inc., BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Benjamin Moore & Co, Benny's Inc., Benny's of Mass., Inc., Benny's of Rhode Island, Inc., BNS Co., Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc., Bull HN Information Systems, Inc., CAP, Inc., CBS Operations, Inc., City of Boston, Clean Harbors, Inc., Continental Tire the Americas, LLC, Corning Incorporated, Costa Inc., Cumberland Engineering Corp., CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Energizer Manufacturing, Inc., Envirite Corp., Flint Group US LLC, Fortifiber Corporation, Galego Equities, Inc., General Cable Industries, Inc., General Electric Company, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Handy & Harman Electronic Materials Corp., Handy & Harman Corp., Hasbro, Inc., Hindley Manufacturing Co., Inc., Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Honeywell International Inc., HP Inc., Huhtamaki, Inc., International Paper Company, Invensys Systems, Inc., IRG Mansfield, LLC, J.H. Lynch & Sons, Kaman Aerospace Corp., KIK Custom Products, Inc., Landry & Martin Oil Co., Inc., Larson Tool and Stamping Company, Louis M. Gerson Co., Inc., Mandeville Signs Inc., Microfibres, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc., Mule Emergency Lighting, Inc., Murata Power Solutions, Inc., NSTAR Electric Company, Oce Imaging Supplies, Olin Corporation, Organic Dyestuffs Corporation, OSRAM Sylvania, Inc., Pentair Valves & Controls, LLC, Philips Electronics North America Corp., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Raytheon Company, Rockwell Collins, Inc., Rohm and Haas Chemical LLC, Sears Roebuck & Co., Sequa Corporation, Shawmut Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Standard Rubber Products, Inc., Supervalu Holdings, Inc., Teknor Apex Company, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Textron Inc., The Hilsinger Company, The Narragansett Electric Company, The Okonite Company, Inc, The Sherwin-Williams Company, The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Thomas & Betts Corporation, Tyco Electronics Corporation, Uniroyal, Inc., United States Postal Service, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Department of Defense, United States Department of the Treasury, Valentine Tool & Stamping, Inc., Verizon New England, Inc., WestRock MWV, LLC, Wyman-Gordon Company, Zeneca, Inc, Allied Waste Industries, LLC, Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC, Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., American Disposal Services of Missouri, Inc., Three R Transportation, Inc., Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc., Waste Management Disposal Services of Massachusetts, Inc and Waste Management of Rhode Island, Inc.
US District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Providence Office
Access this case on the Rhode Island District Court's Electronic Court Filings (ECF) System
Search for this case: State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management v. ACS Industries, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: State of Rhode Island
Defendant: ACS Industries, Inc.
Defendant: AGFA Corporation
Defendant: AIW Wind Down Corp.
Defendant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
Defendant: Alcoa Inc.
Defendant: American Optical Corporation
Defendant: Analog Devices, Inc.
Defendant: Avnet, Inc.
Defendant: Ausimont Industries, Inc.
Defendant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
Defendant: Benjamin Moore & Co
Defendant: Benny's Inc.
Defendant: Benny's of Mass., Inc.
Defendant: Benny's of Rhode Island, Inc.
Defendant: BNS Co.
Defendant: Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc.
Defendant: Bull HN Information Systems, Inc.
Defendant: CAP, Inc.
Defendant: CBS Operations, Inc.
Defendant: City of Boston
Defendant: Clean Harbors, Inc.
Defendant: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC
Defendant: Corning Incorporated
Defendant: Costa Inc.
Defendant: Cumberland Engineering Corp.
Defendant: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Defendant: Energizer Manufacturing, Inc.
Defendant: Envirite Corp.
Defendant: Flint Group US LLC
Defendant: Fortifiber Corporation
Defendant: Galego Equities, Inc.
Defendant: General Cable Industries, Inc.
Defendant: General Electric Company
Defendant: Georgia-Pacific LLC
Defendant: Handy & Harman Electronic Materials Corp.
Defendant: Handy & Harman Corp.
Defendant: Hasbro, Inc.
Defendant: Hindley Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Defendant: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
Defendant: Honeywell International Inc.
Defendant: HP Inc.
Defendant: Huhtamaki, Inc.
Defendant: International Paper Company
Defendant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
Defendant: IRG Mansfield, LLC
Defendant: J.H. Lynch & Sons
Defendant: Kaman Aerospace Corp.
Defendant: KIK Custom Products, Inc.
Defendant: Landry & Martin Oil Co., Inc.
Defendant: Larson Tool and Stamping Company
Defendant: Louis M. Gerson Co., Inc.
Defendant: Mandeville Signs Inc.
Defendant: Microfibres, Inc.
Defendant: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Defendant: Mule Emergency Lighting, Inc.
Defendant: Murata Power Solutions, Inc.
Defendant: NSTAR Electric Company
Defendant: Oce Imaging Supplies
Defendant: Olin Corporation
Defendant: Organic Dyestuffs Corporation
Defendant: OSRAM Sylvania, Inc.
Defendant: Pentair Valves & Controls, LLC
Defendant: Philips Electronics North America Corp.
Defendant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Defendant: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Defendant: Raytheon Company
Defendant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Defendant: Rohm and Haas Chemical LLC
Defendant: Sears Roebuck & Co.
Defendant: Sequa Corporation
Defendant: Shawmut Corporation
Defendant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Defendant: Standard Rubber Products, Inc.
Defendant: Supervalu Holdings, Inc.
Defendant: Teknor Apex Company
Defendant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Defendant: Textron Inc.
Defendant: The Hilsinger Company
Defendant: The Narragansett Electric Company
Defendant: The Okonite Company, Inc
Defendant: The Sherwin-Williams Company
Defendant: The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC
Defendant: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Defendant: Thomas & Betts Corporation
Defendant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
Defendant: Uniroyal, Inc.
Defendant: United States Postal Service
Defendant: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Defendant: United States Department of Defense
Defendant: United States Department of the Treasury
Defendant: Valentine Tool & Stamping, Inc.
Defendant: Verizon New England, Inc.
Defendant: WestRock MWV, LLC
Defendant: Wyman-Gordon Company
Defendant: Zeneca, Inc
Defendant: Allied Waste Industries, LLC
Defendant: Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC
Defendant: Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
Defendant: American Disposal Services of Missouri, Inc.
Defendant: Three R Transportation, Inc.
Defendant: Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc.
Defendant: Waste Management Disposal Services of Massachusetts, Inc
Defendant: Waste Management of Rhode Island, Inc.


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Q: How to bind TextBlock to self-made FrameworkElement property? I have a 'GameControl : FrameworkElement'. I have it in the xaml like this:
<local:GameControl x:Name="control"/>

This GameControl has a property that is an own class:
public Gem selectedGem {get; set;}

Now, I want to write this Gem's information into a TextBlock, so that the player will see its properties.
How do I bind my own FrameworkElement's properties to the MainWindow's elements?
--
Full xaml:
<Window x:Class="GemTowerDefense.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:GemTowerDefense"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    Title="Gem Tower Defense" Height="670" Width="800"
    ResizeMode="NoResize">
<Grid>
    <Border Background="Gray" Height="600" Width="600" Margin="3,26,189,3">
        <local:GameControl x:Name="control"/>
    </Border>

    <Border Background="LightSlateGray" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="285" Margin="608,181,0,0" Width="170">
        <TextBlock x:Name="tbInfo" Text="Gem information">
        </TextBlock>
    </Border>
</Grid>
</Window>

(Instead of Text=Gem Information, I want the binding to the control's selectedGem, or to one of its string type property)

A: You make your property a dependency property and when binding that property to the TextBlock.Text, use a converter. Search Stackoverflow to find billion examples on both topics. The binding would look something like this:
Text="{Binding ElementName=control, Mode=OneWay, Path=selectedGem, Converter={local:ExampleConverter}}"

I find it easiest to create converter in code-behind:
public class ExampleConverter : MarkupExtension, IValueConverter
{
    public ExampleConverter()
    {

    }

    public override object ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        return this;
    }

    #region IValueConverter Members

    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        if(value != null && value is Gem)
            return (value as Gem).GemAsText();
        return value;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return value;
    }
    #endregion
}

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I don't make it a practice, in my weekly commentary, to discuss what I do for a living, and I'm not going to start today. All I can tell you is that I am not in the investment business. I'm not a broker. I don't work for a public company. I don't sell investments. I have no vested interest in any of the commodities or companies I discuss (except as a shareholder, like most of you).
I do, however, have the opportunity to meet with a wide cross section of people, and this week I had in my office a lady who operated a hair cutting operation, what used to be known as a "barber shop", but is now referred to as a "salon". The company is targeted at a mostly male clientele, with the sales pitch being "no waiting". They have lots of barbers ("stylists" I guess is the correct term), so you can walk in, get your hair cut, and be gone; no waiting.
I said that that sounded appealing, but there is one obvious flaw in that business plan. The flaw is that men don't like change.
I myself went to the same barber shop for about the first 25 or 30 years of my life; it was the same barber shop my father went to. I moved out of town, found another barber, whom I stayed with for a year or two until my wife told me it was time to find a real barber, so she took me to her "stylist". I was somewhat freaked out going to a "girls" hair salon, but as those of you who are married to women will understand, the simplest strategy is to always do whatever your wife wants, and I did. Daniel is now my stylist.
Daniel's "salon" is a two minute walk from my office, and I now have a standing appointment, every third Tuesday at 2:00 pm, when he is least busy, for a hair cut. I'm in and out in half an hour; it works for me.
The irony is that my wife no longer goes to Daniel. She found someone else closer to home.
Women are fickle. They change stylists every six months.
Men are lazy. We stay with the same guy forever. I'm sure if I still lived within an hour of the town I grew up in, I'd still be going to the same barber. My father still lives there, and he still goes to the same barber. I think next year he will be celebrating about his 40th year at the same barber shop.
As for me, it would take a huge paradigm shift for me to switch barbers. Daniel would have to go out of business for me to have the inclination to source out a new stylist.
Does that make me lazy? Resistant to change? Stubborn?
Remind you of anyone? (Other than yourself)?
It reminds me of the markets.
(See; aren't you glad you kept reading; it turns out there is a point to my long winded and nonsensical stories).
Two weeks ago gold was substantially higher, as the U.S. government was nationalizing the mortgage industry, and the U.S. Treasury was lending $188 billion per day to keep the U.S. financial system afloat.
This week, as it appeared that a bailout package was imminent, the pressure on gold eased, and gold was lower as the week progressed.
As you can clearly see on the last five bars of this chart, gold remained locked in a range of roughly $875 to $910 all week.
This lack of a buying frenzy in gold is remarkable, because people are actually still buying U.S. dollars. The government has bailed out Fannie, and Freddie, and AIG, and a bunch of other guys, and is printing $188 billion per day, and is about to implement, I assume, a $1 trillion bailout package, all of which totals a substantial portion of GDP.
The U.S. dollar is now essentially worthless.
Within the next few weeks I fully expect to read about the nationalization of the automotive industry, and billions in loans and grants to the construction industry, and presumably ever other industry in America.
Investors seeking a safe haven in Gold Coins can expect to pay more than 5% above world prices at even the largest North American dealers.
Kitco.com of Toronto has been forced to stop selling "until further notice" one- and 10-ounce Gold Bars, and a range of unavailable silver products.
Go to your local coin dealer, or bank, and try to buy a one ounce gold or silver coin. They are sold out. The smart money is already accumulating physical gold.
And yet, Wall Street left gold in a narrow trading range this week.
It's almost as though this mythical man expects the bailout to succeed, the US to stop printing money, and all to be right with the world. Sometimes we just refuse to change. We believe in the phrase "sound as a dollar", and refuse to accept any alternative. The government will save us. Long live the government. We don't like change, and we don't want to accept the fact that the dollar is now worthless, and gold is our only logical alternative.
Kind of reminds me of the guy who stays with the same barber for 25 straight years.
My friends, the times are changing.
The herd sees what you and I see. They see a bank failing every day. They see the government printing money. But they stand there and watch, because they don't fully comprehend what's happening. They assume that tomorrow will be just like yesterday. I went to that barber last year, and I will again next year.
But, alas, that barber won't be there tomorrow. The bank will have failed. The government will not have been able to print enough money to keep the economy afloat. Eventually everyone will realize that there is only one asset that cannot be printed by government, and is not at the same time someone else's liability.
It is amazing that, since May, when gold broke the $1,000 barrier, gold has been in a downtrend.
We are resistant to change. We are lazy. We are stubborn. We honestly believe that the government can save us, that all will be right with the world, that gold is a barbarous relic.
It's not, and it's time we get with the program.
It is very possible, even likely, that the U.S. government will announce a bailout program, and the markets will rally. That will signal the last chance to get out alive, and to get into gold. Our foreign friends have already stopped buying American money, and without their support there is no where for the American dollar to go but down.
I suspect there will be one more gold buying window in the weeks ahead, before we see $1,000 again, but I have decided not to wait. On Friday, I started accumulating.
As this Goldcorp chart shows, a retracement to $30 is entirely possible, so that's where I'll place my stink bid for a few more shares.
I could wait, but as this one year Goldcorp chart shows, we are nearing an important inflection point. The stock can't be in a downtrend and an uptrend forever; something's got to give, and I'm betting it will be to the upside. I also expect that at some point in the next few weeks the 50 Day Moving Average will cross over the 200 Day Moving Average, indicating an accelerating uptrend, and we know what happened last time that happened. (Hint: look at the chart last November, the start of a sustained up move).
I could wait, but I'm not going to get cute and try to pick the absolute bottom. I'm in, and now I will sit back and watch.
Also, on Friday, just for fun, I bought some RIM.TO – Research in Motion Ltd. I'm a Blackberry user, and I know I'm not alone. Are we all going to stop using our Blackberry's because the economy is in a mess?
Probably not. In fact, that might make us use them more, as we constantly check for news and stock updates.
Call me crazy, but $75 looks cheap compared to the $150 per share we were at less than four months ago, and with the RSI down at 25, I think this is a good bet (although I'm only gambling with a small number of dollars; I'm not crazy).
Finally, although I am buying the Big Boys, my biggest winners this week were the small stocks. Best on the week was AMM.TO – Almaden Minerals Ltd., up 18.8%, and FVI.V – Fortuna Silver Mines Inc., up 18.4%. The rush to safety will drive the big caps higher, but if you want a ten bagger, it's going to be one of the little guys, so as they hit turbulence I will continue to increase my holdings.
So, is now the time to buy gold, or should we wait for "The Big Puke" to totally decimate everything? Would silver be a better bet? Have we forgotten uranium, which indicates that's where we should be? Or should we be avoiding stocks altogether, and rushing towards bullion?
Tell me what you think. To help, I've added a new board on the forum, where you can post your comments on my weekly commentary. If you think I'm crazy, feel free to say so, but give your reasons so we all can learn.
Also, feel free to click on the "share this" link at the top of this page, and at the end of this post, if you think others would benefit from my ramblings.


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Q: Does including unused headers have any impact on code? Let's say I have a C program which only uses functions from stdio.h.
Now, if I include unwanted headers like stdlib.h, errno.h, etc. and compile the program, then will these unwanted headers have an impact on code segment?
I say "unwanted headers" because the program does not use functions declared in these headers.

A: No, your program only pulls in code that it references to. Including a header you don't use will be optimized out of the final code.
I should clarify, "Including a header you don't use will not result in 'extra waste' in the final product." No code is optimized out because no code is actually generated(since it's not referenced).

A: Head files are used for compiler, if there are "unused head files", compile time will be low when the project is small.
But for a big project, it should be well handled. And you know "Simple is Beauty!"
And it's nothing to do with final binary product.


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Q: How to load data from np matrix to seaborn? I want to build own Scatterplot Matrix with labels and colors. I like this example: Scatterplot Matrix.
I have one problem. I don't understand, how exactly to load data from numpy matrix to seaborn dataframe.
data_resc = np.random.rand(150,2)

sns.set()

df = DataFrame(data_resc)
sns.pairplot(df, hue="species", size=2.5)
sns.plt.show()

This code snippet has errors:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pandas\index.pyx", line 154, in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:3687)
  File "pandas\hashtable.pyx", line 381, in pandas.hashtable.Int64HashTable.get_item (pandas\hashtable.c:7192)
TypeError: an integer is required

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "file.py", line 69, in <module>
    main()
  File "file.py", line 64, in main
    sns.pairplot(df, hue="species", size=2.5)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\seaborn\linearmodels.py", line 1720, in pairplot
    size=size, aspect=aspect, dropna=dropna, **grid_kws)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\seaborn\axisgrid.py", line 857, in __init__
    hue_names = np.unique(np.sort(data[hue]))
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py", line 1780, in __getitem__
    return self._getitem_column(key)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py", line 1787, in _getitem_column
    return self._get_item_cache(key)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\generic.py", line 1068, in _get_item_cache
    values = self._data.get(item)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals.py", line 2849, in get
    loc = self.items.get_loc(item)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\index.py", line 1402, in get_loc
    return self._engine.get_loc(_values_from_object(key))
  File "pandas\index.pyx", line 134, in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:3807)
  File "pandas\index.pyx", line 156, in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:3744)
KeyError: 'species'

A: I think you loaded your data from numpy to a pandas dataframe correctly, if you just leave off hue, it should work:
sns.pairplot(df, size=2.5)

I've had problems with hue though.  I thought this would work, and it kind of does, but there is a lot of error/warning code and the existing plot is 3x3 instead of 2x2.  In the iris example, seaborn knows not to plot species, but here it doesn't?
df['species'] = np.random.choice(2,150)
sns.pairplot(df, hue="species", size=2.5)

KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-148-cae05573d2d1> in <module>()
      6
      7 df['species'] = np.random.choice(2,150)
----> 8 sns.pairplot(df, hue="species", size=2.5)
      9
     10 sns.plt.show()

/Users/John/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/seaborn/linearmodels.pyc in pairplot(data, hue, hue_order, palette, vars, x_vars, y_vars, kind, diag_kind, markers, size, aspect, dropna, plot_kws, diag_kws, grid_kws)
   1756     # Add a legend
   1757     if hue is not None:
-> 1758         grid.add_legend()
   1759
   1760     return grid

/Users/John/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/seaborn/axisgrid.pyc in add_legend(self, legend_data, title, label_order)
     47             # Draw a full-figure legend outside the grid
     48             figlegend = plt.figlegend(handles, label_order, "center right",
---> 49                                       scatterpoints=1)
     50             self._legend = figlegend
     51             figlegend.set_title(title)

/Users/John/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.pyc in figlegend(handles, labels, loc, **kwargs)
    662
    663     """
--> 664     l = gcf().legend(handles, labels, loc, **kwargs)
    665     draw_if_interactive()
    666     return l

/Users/John/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.pyc in legend(self, handles, labels, *args, **kwargs)
   1193         .. plot:: mpl_examples/pylab_examples/figlegend_demo.py
   1194         """
-> 1195         l = Legend(self, handles, labels, *args, **kwargs)
   1196         self.legends.append(l)
   1197         l._remove_method = lambda h: self.legends.remove(h)

/Users/John/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/legend.pyc in __init__(self, parent, handles, labels, loc, numpoints, markerscale, scatterpoints, scatteryoffsets, prop, fontsize, borderpad, labelspacing, handlelength, handleheight, handletextpad, borderaxespad, columnspacing, ncol, mode, fancybox, shadow, title, framealpha, bbox_to_anchor, bbox_transform, frameon, handler_map)
    369
    370         if framealpha is None:
--> 371             self.get_frame().set_alpha(rcParams["legend.framealpha"])
    372         else:
    373             self.get_frame().set_alpha(framealpha)

/Users/John/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.pyc in __getitem__(self, key)
    844             except (ValueError, RuntimeError):
    845                 # force the issue
--> 846                 warnings.warn(_rcparam_warn_str.format(key=repr(k),
    847                                                        value=repr(v),
    848                                                        func='__init__'))

KeyError: u'legend.framealpha'


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Q: Teamcity build fails because of EF code migrations My TeamCity build fails because I have a project that has 2 EF Code Migration configurations in it.
From the build log:
[12:39:58]Checking for changes
[12:39:58]Collecting changes in 1 VCS root (1s)
[12:40:00]Clearing temporary directory: C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\temp\buildTmp
[12:40:00]Publishing internal artifacts
[12:40:00]Checkout directory: C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0
[12:40:00]Updating sources: server side checkout (2s)
[12:40:03]Step 1/8: Gulp (Command Line)
[12:40:03]Step 2/8: Nuget Package Refresh (NuGet Installer) (3s)
[12:40:06]Step 3/8: Compile (MSBuild) (21s)
[12:40:27]Step 4/8: Unit Tests (NUnit) (33s)
[12:41:01]Step 5/8: Transform Files (Powershell) (2s)
[12:41:03]Step 6/8: Deployment Build on XXXXX Live (MSBuild) (25s)
[12:41:29]Step 7/8: Deploy Database (Powershell) (5s)
[12:41:34]Step 8/8: Deploy Portal.Hub (Powershell) (33s)
[12:42:08]Publishing artifacts
[12:42:08][Publishing artifacts] Collecting files to publish:     [C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\temp\buildTmp\nuget5954880593924726328packages\nuget.xml => .teamcity/nuget]
[12:42:08][Publishing artifacts] Publishing using [WebPublisher]
[12:42:08][Publishing artifacts] Publishing using [ArtifactsCachePublisher]
[12:42:08][Publishing artifacts] Artifacts path 'C:/TeamCity/buildAgent2/temp/buildTmp/nuget5954880593924726328packages/nuget.xml' not found
[12:42:08]Reverting patched assembly versions
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Api\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Common\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Data\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Hub\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Manager\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Managers\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.SignalR\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08][Reverting patched assembly versions] Restoring C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work\1679b8b30e00ad0\src\Portal.Tests\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
[12:42:08]Publishing internal artifacts
[12:42:08][Publishing internal artifacts] Sending using WebPublisher
[12:42:08][Publishing internal artifacts] Sending using ArtifactsCachePublisher
[12:42:08]Build failure condition: There was an error reported in one of the build steps.
[12:42:08]Build failure condition cause message: ERROR: More than one migrations configuration type was found in the assembly 'Portal.Data'. Specify the name of the one to use. (show original message)
[12:42:08]Build finished

Note: the only red (failures) are the last two lines above "Build Finished"
I am not running the migrations and I can't see any steps in team city or the publish profile that would be attempting to do this.
I do not want to split my configurations into separate projects, I just want to stop TeamCity from attempting to run them.
My Build Steps are:
1/8 Gulp - minimize js files
2/8 NuGet Installer - update nuget references in the solution
3/8 MSBuild - .NET 4.5 x86 compile
4/8 NUnit - run unit tests
5/8 Powershell - run script to manipulate app.config files for the windows service
6/8 MSBuild - use publish profile to deploy website
7/8 Powershell - script to deploy database
8/8 Powershell - script to deploy windows service
The publish profile: validation connection button works OK on the connection tab, on the settings page there are several databases listed but none have connection strings or "use this connection string at runtime" checked. One of them has an info label next to it "In order to publish a Code First Model, Code First Migrations should be used".
We have virtually identical build configurations for other projects which work fine.
Thanks

A: From the logs, it does appear as though you are trying to apply the EF migrations in Step 7 - Deploy Database Step.

This is where the config exception is getting thrown.
If the goal is to stop TeamCity from running them then disabling the step would do that.
Hope this helps


Mustapha Bouchachi, a lawyer and protest leader, said on Tuesday: Despite the decision made by the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's to denounced his presidential status by April 28 this year, the Algerians insisted "it will make no different and things will still remain the way it has been" and demonstrations will continue because it's not just Bouteflika resignation needed but change of regime.
Mustapha Bouchachi, a lawyer and Algeria's protest leader.
"The most crucial part of it to us is that we do not accept" and "Peaceful protests will continue." the new caretaker government, Bouchachi told Reuters.
On Tuesday, Hundreds of students marched in Algeria's streets asking for the resignation of Bouteflika and the replacement of Algeria's political system with immediate effect.
Students marching on Algeria's Streets for peaceful demonstration.
The crowd chanted: "We want a regime change" and "We don't want Bouteflika or Said," referring to his brother and presidential adviser.
Crowd singing for the change of regime and the removal of Bouteflika.


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US foreign bank plans threaten bail-in system, says Finma
Proposals that would require foreign banks in the US to stand on their own two feet in capital and liquidity terms could undermine attempts to fix the too-big-to-fail problem for large, cross-border institutions, Switzerland's top bank supervisor has warned.
Proposals that would require foreign banks in the US to stand on their own two feet in capital and liquidity terms could undermine attempts to fix the too-big-to-fail problem for large, cross-border institutions, Switzerland's top bank supervisor has warned.
The Federal Reserve Board proposed last December that foreign banks in the US should group their US subsidiaries under what it calls an intermediate holding company (IHC), which would then be subject to the same capital and leverage rules as US banks. Larger IHCs - with more than $50 billion in assets in the US - would also be required to hold a liquidity buffer and conduct liquidity stress tests. That would give US supervisors greater comfort that local operations of foreign banks would not need to rely on their parents in a crisis - or, potentially, local taxpayers - but it could also make it more difficult to resolve a stricken institution, argues Mark Branson (pictured), head of the banks division at Switzerland's prudential regulator, Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (Finma), in Bern.
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"There are very understandable reasons for the US to move in that direction and we can have a lot of sympathy for the motivations. What regulators should obviously be very cautious about is the potential impact it could have on the ability to resolve global banking groups - we, as regulators, don't want that to become in any way more difficult to execute. There's no indication that is the intention, but you wouldn't want it to be an unintended consequence," he says.
Branson's concern relates to the embryonic bail-in regime, in which bondholders would accept losses as part of a bank recapitalisation. The principle of this system is clear, but the details are some way from being finalised - the European Commission and the Financial Stability Board issued consultative documents on bank recovery and resolution in October and November last year, respectively, which both include bail-in as a key component.
One of the big, unanswered questions is whether bail-in would be triggered by a resolution authority in an international bank's home country, or whether a host regulator could do so. Branson supports the former approach - and says other regulators are coming to the same conclusion. But he warns the power of a home country resolution authority would be limited in a world where regulators require banks to have localised pools of liquidity and capital wherever they operate.
"If you have an approach to resolution based on bailing-in capital, then you have a question about whether that is done using what's known as the single-point-of-entry approach - top-down - or whether it is triggered locally in multiple jurisdictions. I think the global community is tending towards the single point of entry, which we support, so we would not want to see a fragmentation," he says.
The danger in a so-called multiple-points-of-entry approach is that if the host resolution authority for one piece of the bank decides it needs to trigger a bail-in, then confidence in the other parts of the institutions may crumble, Branson says.
"The danger of this multiple-entry approach, where everyone looks after their own entities, is that it very quickly triggers an uncontrolled sequence of defaults on a global basis," he argues.
A good resolution framework could help avert this danger, Branson says. If individual national supervisors believe the piece of a global bank sitting in their territory would be propped up by a single-point bail-in process - with capital flowing down through the group to fill a local hole - the argument for US-style regulation is weakened.
"The resolution framework will help determine how fragmented things become. If we don't make progress there, then the only rational response is to ensure each local entity of importance is resilient enough on its own. So we have to make progress. And this is something industry and regulators have to work on hand-in-hand, because if the resolution regime is convincing, then the need to trap capital and liquidity reduces somewhat," he says.
This article was first published on Risk
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma)


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US Military presence in Persian Gulf has 'reached its end': Iranian Navy
News, Sputnik, World
TEHRAN: Iranian Navy Commander Rear Adm. Hossein Khanzadi said, commenting on Washington's decision to increase its military presence in the Middle East, that the United States must leave the region.
"The presence of the Americans in the Persian Gulf region has reached its end and they must leave the region", Khanzadi said as quoted by the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).
Washington is seeking to increase the likelihood of war by sending an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, he added.
Earlier this week, Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan approved the deployment of the Patriot missile defence system and USS Arlington (LPD-24) to the Middle East.
Earlier in the month, the United States said it would deploy the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force near Iran to an area controlled by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) to send "a clear and unmistakable message" to Tehran.
Tensions have been running high between Iran and the United States since May 2018, when US President Donald Trump, a long-time critic of the historic Iran nuclear deal, pulled out of the agreement.
In less than a year, Washington unveiled several rounds of sanctions against the Islamic republic, targeting the country's finance, transport, military and other spheres.
Tehran has informed the ambassadors of China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom of its decision to suspend some of its obligations under the nuclear deal.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that he gave European countries 60 days to ensure that Iran's interests were protected under the agreement.
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Q: How to dynamically change eventHandler in Famo.us/Angular fa-pipe-to I'm trying to modify eventHandler on fa-pipe-to in my controler but modification is not working.
In my view, i have a 'scroll-view' with a surfaces loop.
Each surface pipe a event handler.
<fa-scroll-view     fa-pipe-from="scrollEventHandler">
    <fa-view    ng-repeat="tile in tiles">
        <fa-modifier    fa-transform="tile.transform">
            <fa-container-surface   fa-pipe-to="tile.eventHandler">
                <fa-modifier    fa-opacity="tile.opacity">
                     <fa-surface   fa-background-color="tile.color"/>
                </fa-modifier>
             </fa-container-surface>
        </fa-modifier>
    </fa-view>
</fa-scroll-view>

In my controller, I have an object with 2 eventHandlers :
function Object() {

    this.eventHandler = null;

    $scope.scrollEventHandler = new EventHandler();
    var dragEventHandler = new GenericSync();

    var activateDragMode = function() {
         this.eventHandler = dragEventHandler;
    }
}

By default I use scrollEventHandler and it works :
this.eventHandler = $scope.scrollEventHandler;

But during execution i want to switch to other eventHandler :
activateDragMode();

So my problem is : when i set new eventHandler to 'eventHandler' variable, eventHandler is not updated.
Does anyone has a solution to do it?

A: OK, i found my error :
When i was debugging 'activateDragMode()' function, i could see that 'this.eventHandler' was undefined, and 'this' was not my Object but was EventHandler.

So, i added .bind(this) to my function to bind the content of my object and everyting was working good :
var activateDragMode = function() {
     this.eventHandler = dragEventHandler;
}.bind(this);