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PA daily cartoon against Australian recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital depicts an Israeli soldier in a kangaroo's pouch
The cartoon shows a kangaroo with an Israeli soldier – depicted by a Star of David on his helmet – in its pouch.
Arabic text on cartoon: "Australia"
English text on cartoon: "Australia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel's capital"
Australia recognized "West Jerusalem" as Israel's capital on Dec. 15, 2018. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the move in a speech, saying: "The Australian government has decided that Australia now recognizes [that] West Jerusalem, as the seat of the Knesset and many of the institutions of government, is the capital of Israel." Morrison also said Australia will recognize "East Jerusalem" as the capital of a future state of "Palestine" following a peace deal.
Official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
Dec. 20, 2018
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Feb. 25, 2019
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Feb. 14, 2019
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Jan. 27, 2019
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Jan. 1, 2019
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Dec. 25, 2018
PA daily cartoon against Australian recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital depicts an Israeli soldier in a kangaroo's pouch
Dec. 20, 2018
Cartoon in official PA daily shows terrorist "Martyr" as an angel with a halo sitting atop a cloud
Dec. 17, 2018
Cartoon in official PA daily honors mother of 6 terrorists, several of them murderers, showing her as a tent for a child with a key symbolozing "right of return"
Dec. 16, 2018
Cartoon on official Fatah Facebook page honors mother of 6 terrorists, several of them murderers, showing armed men emerging from her Arab headdress
Dec. 15, 2018
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Dec. 6, 2018
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Nov. 10, 2018
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Oct. 18, 2018
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Oct. 18, 2018
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Oct. 16, 2018
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Oct. 15, 2018
Cartoon portrays Trump snatching US aid from a young boy representing Palestinians
Oct. 10, 2018
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Oct. 7, 2018
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Oct. 2, 2018
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Sept. 30, 2018
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Sept. 22, 2018
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Sept. 20, 2018
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Sept. 11, 2018
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Aug. 28, 2018
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Aug. 11, 2018
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Colorful Look with MAC Peacocky
Colorful Look with MAC Peacocky
Here is a more colorful look with the new Mega Metal Eyeshadows!
You will need the following…
- Eyes: NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base (neutral eyeshadow base), MAC Dalliance Eyeshadow (pewter gold), MAC Odalisque Eyeshadow (blue-teal), MAC Noir Plum Eyeshadow (purple), Burberry Trench Eyeshadow, Make Up For Ever #12L Aqua Eyes (teal-blue) Chanel Inimitable Intense Mascara (black)
- Face: Make Up For Ever HD Foundation (140), Burberry Pressed Powder (03)
- Cheeks: MAC Sur Blush (neutral pink-brown), MAC Gana Blush (champagne beige)
- Lips: MAC So Vain Kissable Lipcolour (pinked coral)
- Brushes: 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 222 (fluffy crease brush), 263 (angled eyeliner brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
- Substitutes: Dalliance = Urban Decay Maui Wowie; Odalisque = Shimmermoss + Deep Truth; Noir Plum = Grape pigment; Sur = Prism; Gana = Soft & Gentle; So Vain = Vegas Volt (sheered)
For eyes, start by applying Smudgeproof as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Dalliance eyeshadow all over the lid. Lightly blend Odalisque eyeshadow into the crease and blend into the outer corner with the 222. Next, apply Noir Plum eyeshadow into the lower crease with the 239 (horizontally), lightly blending with Odalisque. Blend Trench eyeshadow with the crease shade and highlight the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying #12L eyeliner on the lower lash line and pat Noir Plum eyeshadow on lower lower lash line with a dampened 219 to brighten. Finish by sweeping lashes with Inimitable Intense mascara.
For cheeks, apply Sur blush on the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116, then highlight with Gana blush using the 165.
For lips, apply So Vain lipcolour for a complementing lip.

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Ancient Mew
This article is about the TCG card. For the Pokémon species, go here.
Ancient Mew is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as a promotional card in the year 2000. This card's text is depicted in medieval Futhark Runic and Gothenburg Runic writing; this page uses their English equivalents.
Its' single attack is Psychic which does 40 damage and requires 2 Psychic Energy.
It is weak to Psychic x2. It's Retreat Cost is 2 energy.
- This card appeared in The Power of One movie and its owner was Lawrence III.
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The front and back of Ancient Mew.


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HEED (AES vol 11.14)
Rock solid, sustained energy—without the burn or flash and crash!
HEED is a totally unique, healthy alternative to the old and so called "new" sugar/salt/citric acid based drink mixes. Unlike other drinks, HEED contains N0 added sugars, excess salt, citric acid or artificial colors/flavors. So, if you are tired of the burning mouth/throat/ stomach and roller coaster energy levels that other energy drinks deliver, it's time to switch to HEED for your health and athletic performance.
While the makers of other sports drinks make big promises of new gains, they still deliver the same old sugar-laden, overly acidic formulae used in sports drinks since the 1960s. Unfortunately, sugar is not good for you, even if you are an athlete, and you almost certainly eat too much of it already.
Of course, if you have only ever used one of these sugar-based sports drinks, you will not know your true potential—or how great you can feel when you fuel in a way that works with your body, not against it.
If you're sick and tired of putting "garbage in the gas tank," you're ready for HEED. More than a decade after its introduction, HEED is still the only sports drink mix that does not contain added sugars, citric acid, and artificial flavorings, sweeteners, or colors.
HEED is formulated with complex carbohydrates for long-lasting energy, and a full-spectrum of chelated minerals to provide the electrolytes you need to keep pushing the pace.
Discover your true potential. Find out for yourself why thousands of athletes have repeatedly voted HEED (Hammer Nutrition's High Energy Electrolyte Drink) the #1 sports drink!
Why HEED is superior
1.) No refined sugars (glucose, dextrose, sucrose, fructose, etc.). Fuels comprised of simple sugars, including cane sugar (which is simply sucrose or table sugar), have two primary problems:
- Simple sugars have severe limitations when it comes to providing calories that can be efficiently digested and used for energy.
- Simple sugars typically cause wild and unpleasant "peaks and valleys" in energy levels.
2.) No citric acid. Many sports drinks include citric acid to stimulate saliva production and provide a tart flavor. But whether it's used alone or chelated to a mineral (e.g., calcium citrate), citric acid can cause permanent damage to teeth if they are regularly bathed in it. Sports drinks with citric acid also frequently cause significant stomach distress.
3.) No artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners. There are ZERO health benefits to be derived from artificial colors, flavors, and sweeteners—and you can be sure there aren't any performance-enhancing athletic benefits to be garnered from them either.
4.) A full spectrum of electrolytes. HEED contains a full-spectrum of minerals that more adequately and completely replenishes electrolytes than sodium alone can. HEED contains sufficient, not excess, amounts of sodium. We ALL take in far too much sodium from our daily diet, and the consequences can be quite serious. High-sodium diets are responsible for health disorders that include congestive heart failure, hypertension, stroke, gastric ulcers, stomach cancer, and osteoporosis.
Considering these potentially dangerous effects, it's a mystery why some companies still jack up the sodium in their sports drinks. Their rationale that the excess sodium replenishes lost electrolytes is just plain wrong! What they're not telling you is that:
- Sodium alone, or sodium and potassium (the usual electrolytic mineral content of many sports drinks), cannot fully satisfy electrolytic mineral requirements.
- By and large, the amount of sodium in a sports drink reflects the amount of simple sugars in it - the higher the sugar content, the more sodium must be present, not so much to replenish sodium losses, but simply to get that sugar-laden mixture through the GI tract efficiently.
5.) Vitamins, minerals, and auxiliary nutrients. Many other products tout the benefits of their nutrients, yet the amounts contained aren't enough to produce any real effect. HEED contains more than 400% of the Daily Value for vitamin B6 for maintaining sodium-potassium balance, along with truly beneficial amounts of other minerals and nutrients. HEED's chromium polynicotinate supports stable blood sugar levels, while its l-carnosine buffers lactic acid.
6.) Healthy sweeteners. HEED contains only healthy sweeteners - stevia and xylitol - and natural flavors. That's it. Xylitol and stevia are unique, natural, and tooth-friendly sweeteners. Check out the FAQ "How are xylitol and stevia used in your products?" in the "Achieve Peak Performance" section on the Hammer Nutrition website for more information.
7.) Mild flavor. HEED's subtle, never sugary-sweet taste goes down easily. Courtesy of its maltodextrin, natural sweeteners, and lack of citric acid, HEED easily delivers the calories you need without overwhelming your taste buds, damaging your teeth, or upsetting your stomach.
What you put into your body determines the quality of energy you'll receive. The well-known saying "garbage in, garbage out" definitely applies to sports fuels.
HEED contains none of the refined simple sugars or artificial junk found in most sports drinks. The nutrients that HEED does contain will positively influence the quality of your workouts and races, and help support your day-today health. HEED is easy to digest and pleasantly mild in flavor, without the overt sweetness that's the norm for most other sports drinks.
All flavors of HEED - Lemon-Lime, Mandarin Orange, Strawberry, and Melon - are easy on the palate, even when mixed in more calorie-dense concentrations. If you prefer no flavor at all, give Unflavored HEED a try; it's virtually flavor-free! Experience peak performances with HEED: discover what it's like to "Fuel right, feel great!®" HN


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Simon Rattle and the OAE
A vivid French evening at the Royal Festival Hall
This was a terrific concert. Even the torrential June (June!) rain and the prospect of the late-night London-Bristol train couldn't dampen my smile and elation as I made my way home afterwards – the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), with conductor Simon Rattle and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, had just given one of those performances that makes you both alert to fresh details and able to luxuriate in a rich world of sounds.
Theirs was a sound-world of period instruments – think gut strings – twinned with a cinematic ability to tell stories and present images. In Fauré's four-movement Pelléas et Melisande Suite – taken from his much longer incidental music to Maeterlinck's play, they found poignancy in the gently turned spinning song and limpidly bittersweet 'Sicilienne'. And, with its tragic ending, Fauré's work became a prelude to the dark world inhabited by Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard chose to play an Erard piano, which had a strong, grounded sound that gave the music, even with its bright flashes of jazz, a brooding soul. From the subterranean opening, with elemental double basses and contrabassoon, to the pained bursts of light with which it ends, this Concerto was given a thrilling performance. Sadly, Aimard's Debussy encore – Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir – was less vividly engaging.
No matter. There was plenty of scope to enjoy Debussy's orchestral imagination in the Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and La mer. The OAE seems to be edging ever further into the 20th century with their period performance approach. Here, the earthy diversity of the group's sound seemed ideal for music indebted to the natural world: a willowy flute lazily unfolded its solo line, harps glistened like sun on water. In La mer, there was a powerful undertow of energy running throughout the three movements: overall sweep and colourful detail in a happy balance.
As I hurried out of the hall to catch my train, one of the OAE's enterprising entourage turned a video camera at me to ask for my response to the concert. I didn't have time to stop, but perhaps it was for the best: I'd probably just have grinned inanely.
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Jennifer Lopez Has a Nip Slip at 2012 Oscars
Double stick tape or not, Jennifer Lopez had a wardrobe malfunction at the 2012 Oscars of the nip slip sort.
Ironically enough, J Lo was presenting costume and makeup Academy Awards alongside actress Cameron Diaz when a little bit of her areola showed. Her shimmery, champagne-colored gown was dangerously low-cut and you can see her top starting to migrate in the photo above. During the presentation, it shifted even more to expose a slight peek of her, uh, headlight. It's her left, your right, if you are looking straight ahead. While it wasn't a full on Janet Jackson moment, it was still enough to get people online talking. A lot. Not to mention loudly.
While we've come to expect sexy, skintight and skin-showing ensembles from this glamazon -hello 2000 Grammys and a green, jungle print Versace gown with a plunging neckline fastened only by the aforementioned double stick tape- her wardrobe malfunction and overexposure happened on camera, in front of millions of viewers and Hollywood's elite on the night when the film industry hunkers down and gets serious about patting itself on the back.
Other than the nip slip, J Lo looked like a Grecian goddess, with her hair pulled taut into a bun, smoky eyes and glossy nude lips. But the custom Zuhair Murar couture dress, while pretty with its pleating, was a bit too revealing. J Lo takes fashion risks and the results after often head-turning, but this is one instance where she should have played it a wee bit safer.
Watch Jennifer Lopez Present Costume and Makeup Awards at 2012 Oscars


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When he was in Afghanistan, Gary Heckard's mission was to lead his men into battle against the Taliban - and keep them as safe as possible.
Now, he's on another mission - to tell Estherville - and the world, if necessary - of the realities of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A story of Heckard's struggles to cope with PTSD appeared in an earlier edition of the Daily News.
This Tuesday, it was the supervisors' turn to hear about PTSD, its symptoms, and why they as public officials should understand and be able to deal with the realities of PTSD in the workplace.
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Gary Heckard, above right, talks with the Emmet County Board of Supervisors about PTSD on Tuesday.
EDN photo by Michael Tidemann
Heckard said his PTSD issues include heightened awareness of everything around him.
"You're on alert the whole time," he observed.
There's also depression and sleeplessness.
While counseling and medications help, Heckard said at this time he still doesn't like going outside the house by himself. Hence, he tries to do things that are repetitious - with habit comes comfort.
And PTSD isn't limited to soldiers, he said.
"PTSD can happen to anyone," said Heckard. That includes victims of car accidents, child abuse or disasters. "It's basically any life-changing event that happens," Heckard said. "It doesn't sit mainly with soldiers."
Heckard said next March he'll get a service dog specially trained to help when he's in a crowd. The dog will even be trained to wake him during nightmares.
Provided through Paws and Effect, a nonprofit organization, Heckard said local families train the dogs for a year and a half to two years before they're given away. "The dog is going to be fully trained, he said.
In public, the dog will be on a leash and have a vest with an identifying card, very much like a seeing-eye dog.
"They're very well socialized," Heckard explained. The family trainers take the dogs to places like the Iowa State Fair and airports. Children are even encouraged to pet them.
Heckard said he'll undergo four days training before he's issued a dog that's trained to even sit under a seat on a plane. And there's no cost to soldiers who receive the dogs which are valued at $20,000.
With a dog, or "battle buddy," Heckard hopes to find life close to normal again.
"My biggest goal is to pave the pay for other soldiers that come in with the same issues," Heckard said.
As a full-time National Guardsman, Heckard helped other soldiers with what they needed. His wife Joan pitched in too as local Family Readiness Coordinator.
Heckard would like to start up a group for returning veterans who want to talk about their PTSD issues. And he's like to go to colleges to tell future leaders about the disorder. And he wants people with PTSD to feel comfortable with telling their employers. "All of us want a job that's steady, that's long-term, not six months," Heckard said.
"The county wants to be supportive of you," supervisor Jon Martyr told Heckard.


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seal(redirected from sealing-wax)
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1. A tight closure.
2. To effect a tight closure.
SEALHeart surgery A clinical trial–Simple & Effective Arterial Closure Study which evaluated the safety and efficacy of the Duett™ vascular sealing device
sealPublic health Any air- and/or water-tight closure on a product–blood components, medications intended to maintain a product sterilely until used by a consumer; products with broken seals should be discarded
staining, fluorescein
The artificial coloration of tissue by fluorescein. Under ultraviolet illumination, it stains dead or degenerated corneal epithelial cells due to abrasions, old age or following inadequate contact lens fit, a yellowish-green colour. It also stains the tears, thus facilitating the evaluation of tear drainage or the blood flow through the retina and choroid when injected intravenously. Corneal staining resulting from contact lens wear may present in various shapes, locations, depths or severity. A very common form is punctate staining as appears in punctate epithelial keratitis. There may be arcuate stains located in different parts of the cornea, some inferiorly (called inferior epithelial arcuate lesions) or superiorly (called superior epithelial arcuate lesions, acronym: SEAL, or epithelial splitting), which usually do not give rise to symptoms and appear mainly with soft or silicone hydrogel lenses. A very severe form of staining is called epithelial plug. It is typically round in shape and represents a loss of the full thickness of the epithelium. Corneal staining resulting from contact lens wear typically disappears after cessation of contact lens wear. See fluorescein angiography; dye dilution test; fluorescein test.
1. Tight closure.
2. To effect a tight closure.
1. a marine mammal; member of the suborder Pinnipedia. There are two major groups, the earless seals (family Phocidae) including many species, and the eared seals (family Otariidae) including sealions and fur seals. They are carnivorous and have four paddles which enable them to move on land and to swim.
2. a very dark brown coat color of cats, seen in brown (or sable) Burmese and on the extremities of seal-point Siamese and Colorpoint cats.
seal pox
see sealpox.
Patient discussion about seal
Q. HONEY Use honey to seal MRSA (METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS) wound.
A. honey has an antimicrobial activity due to it's acidity, osmotic power and hydrogen peroxide. about MRSA - there is a New Zealandic research about a type of honey that is effective against infections of MRSA. but it's only one research and another investigation is required.More discussions about seal


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Evan Taylor, a longtime favorite of Morley Field locals has placed his name in the running to become the 2011 Southern California PDGA State Coordinator. Along with becoming one of the top players in his division over the past few years, Evan has played a huge part in the Disc Golf community in SoCal volunteering his time to tournaments and clubs in the Los Angeles area and when he can, San Diego. Evan goes to school and works in the Fullerton area but his home is in San Diego where his family resides in Bonita. If you have had the opportunity to play a round or two with Evan you know behind his mild-mannered demeanor is a disc golfer with a great passion for the sport (and people in general). Look for Evan next time you're at Morley, LaMirada, Huntington, Long Beach etc.. and chat it up with him. Even better ask around and you'll hear nothing but good things about Evan Taylor.
Good luck Evan! PDGA members… get out and vote!
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Data Privacy for our Software
All communications between our client software running on client computers and our servers is encrypted. It is important to note that strictly speaking, encryption itself does not guarantee privacy. For example, a site where pocket cards of all the players are transferred to everybody, is not secure regardless of encryption. That is why we have spent a lot of effort designing our security system and policies.
Software Download:
The first point at which security becomes an important factor is when the client software is downloaded from the PokerStars site. We must ensure that the client software is downloaded unmodified. To address this requirement, we built the following features into the client installer:
- The installer executable file is signed using an RSA 2048 bit code-signing certificate that was issued to Rational Services Ltd and can be verified with VeriSign, a public certificate authority which can be validated via your web browser.
- This ensures that the client installer came from the software publisher, PokerStars.
- It protects the client installer from alteration between the point of publication and later installation on your machine.
Play-time security:
We have a number of built-in features to ensure the security of the game itself.
- Our client software uses the certificates issued by our own Certificate Authority (CA) to authenticate our servers
- Our client software uses the industry standard TLS protocol. We are currently using a 2048-bit RSA key, which according to RSA is sufficient until 2030. As we review and update private server keys every three months, we are secure within a large safety margin. We support the following ciphers: AES128-SHA (128 bits) and DES-CBC3-SHA (168 bits).
- No private data, such as pocket cards, is ever transferred to other players (except in accordance with the game rules).
- All client input is validated server-side.
Collusion is a form of cheating in which two or more players signal their holdings in a game, or otherwise form a cheating partnership to the detriment of the other players at the same table.
While on one hand it is easier to pass information between colluding players online than it is in brick & mortar rooms, it is much more difficult to avoid eventual detection, as the cards for all players can be examined after the play.
No matter how sophisticated the collusion is, it must involve a play of a hand that would not be played that way without collusion. Our detection methods are aimed to catch unusual play patterns and warn the security personnel, who will then make a thorough manual investigation. We will also investigate all players' reports about suspected collusion.
If any player is found to be participating in any form of collusion his or her account may be permanently closed.
"Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." - John von Neumann, 1951
We understand that a use of a fair and unpredictable shuffle algorithm is critical to our software. To ensure this and avoid major problems described in [1], we are using two independent sources of truly random data:
- user input, including summary of mouse movements and events timing, collected from client software
- Quantis [2], a true hardware random number generator developed by Swiss-based company ID Quantique, which uses quantum randomness as an entropy source
Each of these sources itself generates enough entropy to ensure a fair and unpredictable shuffle.
Shuffle Highlights:
- A deck of 52 cards can be shuffled in 52! ways. 52! is about 2^225 (to be precise, 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,404,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000 ways). We use 249 random bits from both entropy sources (user input and quantum randomness) to achieve an even and unpredictable statistical distribution.
- Furthermore, we apply conservative rules to enforce the required degree of randomness; for instance, if user input does not generate required amount of entropy, we do not start the next hand until we obtain the required amount of entropy from the Quantis RNG.
- We use the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm to mix the entropy gathered from both sources to provide an extra level of security
- We also maintain a SHA-1-based pseudo-random generator to provide even more security and protection from user data attacks
- To convert random bit stream to random numbers within a required range without bias, we use a simple and reliable algorithm. For example, if we need a random number in the range 0-25:
- we take 5 random bits and convert them to a random number 0-31
- if this number is greater than 25 we just discard all 5 bits and repeat the process
- This method is not affected by biases related to modulus operation for generation of random numbers that are not 2n, n = 1,2,..
- To perform an actual shuffle, we use another simple and reliable algorithm:
- first we draw a random card from the original deck (1 of 52) and place it in a new deck - now original deck contains 51 cards and the new deck contains 1 card
- then we draw another random card from the original deck (1 of 51) and place it on top of the new deck - now original deck contains 50 cards and the new deck contains 2 cards
- we repeat the process until all cards have moved from the original deck to the new deck
- This algorithm does not suffer from "Bad Distribution Of Shuffles" described in [1].
PokerStars shuffle
PokerStars submitted extensive information about the PokerStars random number generator (RNG) to an independent organization. We asked this trusted resource to perform an in-depth analysis of the randomness of the output of the RNG, and its implementation in the shuffling of the cards on PokerStars.
They were given full access to the source code and confirmed the randomness and security of our shuffle. Visit the Online Random Number Generator page for more details.
[1] "How We Learned to Cheat at Online Poker: A Study in Software Security http://www.datamation.com/entdev/article.php/616221/How-We-Learned-to-Cheat-at-Online-Poker-A-Study-in-Software-Security.htm


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The amount listed is the price paid or the fair market value of the property.
Montie and Bethel Blair of Virginia Street in Campbellsville to Dwight V. and Rose Cave of Fairway Drive in Campbellsville, Lots 8 and 9 in Block G of the Chandler Subdivision, $30,000.
James Robert Romine of Mt. Lebanon Church Road in Greensburg to Michael C. and Doris J. Price of Marshall Ridge Road in Greensburg, grave sites 2 and 3 of Lot 39 in Dudgeon #2 of Brookside Cemetery, $800.
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The only local milk producer in southeastern New Mexico is going out of business.
KRQE-TV reports Nature's Dairy closed its doors Thursday after nearly 35 years of providing milk to local grocery stores and schools around the state.
Nature's Dairy co-owner Jeff Sapp says the milk producing and bottling company lost more than 30 percent of its sales in the last year.
Sapp says local grocery stores they used to sell their milk to started buying dairy products from bigger retail chains and they can't compete any longer.
Nature's Dairy workers packaged the final bottles Wednesday, stocked their shelves with the milk they have left and thanked their customers one last time.
About 25 people worked at the bottling company and the dairy is helping them find other jobs.
Second Cargill Beef Processing Facility Closes Its Doors
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Perforated Lamb Leather is a durable and flexible material created by the tanning of lamb rawhide and skin. Lambskin is a very soft, luxurious leather. Its natural lightweight layers give it a distinctive, velvety touch, which suites form fitting jackets, pants, skirts as well as coats. With a little extra care, lambskin is very wearable and the ultimate luxury. Leather is used for various purposes including clothing (e.g. shoes, hats, jackets, skirts, trousers and belts). This leather is available in a wide variety of beautiful colors.
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Hides vary in size. Price is calculated for a 6-9 square foot hide. Any overcharge
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This skin is soft and durable
This leather is not shiny
Tips and Tricks:
- Sew test stitches on leather scraps to see what widest stitch width your machine will handle on leather. Most of my leather sewing will handle a stitch width of 3 1/2 to 5 1/2. Do not pin leather together or you will leave permanent and visible needle holes in the finished product. Instead, use binder or alligator clips to hold leather pieces together as you sew them.
- Thin leather projects may not require an adjustment of thread tension, but the thicker the leather the more you should decrease the thread tension. If thread breaks often or you are missing stitches, adjust the tension before making any other changes.
- Thread your sewing machine with a synthetic, not cotton, durable thread, such as nylon, upholstery weight polyester or rayon. Before threading your machine, take the thread and unwind a 12-inch piece from the spool; stretch it tautly between your hands. If it breaks on you, it will break when sewing leather.
- Sprinkle a little baby powder on the work surface when a piece of leather will not slide easily. Either hand pat some powder on the area or dab the leather piece but knock off the excess. Baby powder will act as a Teflon foot to slide the leather across the machine. Blow out excess powder from the bobbin area of your machine once you've completed the project.
- To make a leather appliqué, you need Scotch tape and double-sided tape. Tear off several small pieces of scotch tape, and use them to situate an appliqué piece prior to sewing. While sewing on the leather piece, remove one small piece of tape at a time as you work your way around the applique. Use double-sided tape to place small pieces together and hold them securely while sewing.
For patterns, trace them directly onto the wrong side of the leather with a black or silver marker. Then cut out the pattern.
Start a 1/4 inch from the edge and end when sewing leather so you have some room to hold each side of the leather and manipulate it under the foot. Once you have completed the seam, come back to sew from the other direction. Always reverse forward at the end of a seam to reinforce the edges.
Leather hides are not water-resistant, so spraying the leather with a stain and water protector will reduce the chances of damage.
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Hides vary in size. Price is calculated for a 6-9 square foot hide. Any overcharge
will be refunded at the time of hide selection and shipment.


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Interesting insight from Randy of Cocktail Journal regarding the naming of the Tantalus Cocktail:
This may just be a coincidence but I've had a hunch that the Tantalus Cocktail was named for the mountain range of the same name on the island of O'ahu—where pomelo trees grow quite frequently. In Hawai'i we call pomelo "Jabong" or "bulook" and I think the variety is quite different from the ones found on the Mainland. It is much more bitter and there is far less fruit inside a very thick rind, totally unlike grapefruit and cocktail grapefruit. It doesn't have the sweetness of starfruit either (at least the starfruit that I know of that grows in Hawai'i).
I just won a full pint of the old formula FF on eBay so soon I'll be in the tasting club too… and noting that the flavor may have dissipated with age.
Cool, I didn't even bother to google the name Tantalus, as I figured it had to do with the figure from mythology, but that's interesting that it might have been named after the Tantalus Range of Mountains in Hawai'i!
I look forward to reading your tasting notes regarding Forbidden Fruit liqueur!


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The Stockton area has been to the housing-market mountain top, a giddy, inflated peak in 2005. The city has fallen into despair - the nation's foreclosure posture child in the years that followed.
The Stockton area has been to the housing-market mountain top, a giddy, inflated peak in 2005. The city has fallen into despair - the nation's foreclosure posture child in the years that followed.
San Joaquin County experts hope that 2014 will be the year real estate gets off the roller coaster and that property values start to rise in a steady, more predictable fashion.
"Foreclosures are winding down," said Jeffrey Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at University of the Pacific. "I think we are transitioning to a more stable and more normal real estate market."
Michael and others look for a 6 to 7 percent rise in property values during 2014.
Last year, as the nation's housing market rebounded, home prices in the Stockton metropolitan area increased 27 percent. It was an extreme upward swing and based in large part on how far values had fallen.
"There was nothing normal about that," Michael said. "I estimate that homes were 20 to 30 percent undervalued, so to a large extent it represented a normalization of market values."
Prices are up, and so are purchases. Assisting in a surge of existing home sales are historically low interest rates, which continue to stay below 5 percent.
Also dictating the marketplace is the ongoing arrival of commuters from the Bay Area, primarily from Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
"Forty-two percent of our sales come from over the hill," said Paul Johnson, president of the Central Valley Board of Realtors. "That is unchanged since before the crisis. Whether things are tremendous or in the tank, it is still 42 percent."
The question he and Michael - as well as others in real estate - are asking now is whether values will stabilize in the months ahead and at what level.
"Things are a lot rosier going into 2014," Johnson said from his Brookside office. "People are getting more equity out of their homes - about 21 percent are no longer under water on their mortgage - and all in all this year will be better for buyers and sellers."
Johnson, optimistic about pent-up demand, was pessimistic about two outside factors:
Obamacare: "There is fear and uncertainty," he said. "We're hearing from clients that if their health insurance goes up, they won't be able to afford the home they want to buy."
Obtaining a mortgage: "Getting individuals qualified ... that is a big bugaboo for us. But, like most things, the fear is worse than the reality. Maybe it's just the Chicken Little attitude of Realtors."
Johnson and Michael agree that a significant surge in new-home construction is unlikely in the year ahead. They look for that in 2015.
Dari E. Sylvester, an associate professor of political science at University of the Pacific, has launched an academic study into what happened.
She wants to understand the impact housing market instability has had on the sense of community people experience. What did it mean on a personal level to have vacant signs dot the neighborhood?
"I was expecting, in places hard hit, an overall depression," said Sylvester, who has been at Pacific for nine years. "But our findings are more nuanced. For some, it was only their perception.
"To the extent they had a personal experience, they did or didn't view the foreclosure crisis as their most critical issue."
Sylvester, a Stockton homeowner, bought a "super-inflated" house in 2005, lost it and then tried to leverage her situation by investing in a home under foreclosure.
"I am hoping things level out, and not as an artificial market," she said. "I've seen the highs and lows. But even when prices dropped, the sales never slowed down."
Many Stockton-area residents in her study listed crime, drug use, home values and other issues as more important than foreclosures.
Housing remains the largest single family expense. For many people, it is life's defining purchase.
"There are psychological things that people attach to their homes," Michael said. "The expenditure is much larger than food or transportation.
"And it is an important sector of the economy. Homes historically are the largest storehouse of wealth. That's why this crisis has been so devastating to families that lost their nest egg."
The up-and-down housing values are nothing new, but Johnson says the inevitable swings, driven in part by an instant-information techno age, are no long stretched out over months and years.
"In the 1970s, you could predict the market by the year, by the 1980s and '90s, it was by the quarter," he said. "Now it is weekly. Information is instantaneous. Buyers can go online and access homes just like Realtors. We are not the gatekeepers anymore."
The speed of sales can both hurt and help. Professionals are still needed to walk buyers and sellers through the maze of paperwork and, particularly in California, regulations. And information can quickly become misinformation.
Johnson said he doesn't see things slowing down, and that includes his opinion of sales this year.
"We do still have a great pent-up demand," he said. "The millenials will be the largest generation we've ever seen. They had checked out over the last few years. They will spur the market with more first-time homebuyers. That feeds the food chain with more buyers coming up. Prices aren't going to go crazy. Homes will be more affordable so more people can afford to buy them."
Johnson said the latest research indicates that growing family sizes will impact housing market demand as will "boomerang" buyers, those who lost their homes and are now looking to get back into the market through either a state or federal program.
Projected population growth, some of it fueled by immigration, also will drive up demand.
In the end, he believes buying a home - and thus the 2014 outlook for San Joaquin County - remains an intensely personal experience, one predicated on a lot of intangibles.
Often, it is a sense of place and how a particular street or community feels.
"I am still in town," said Stockton's Sylvester. "I love the neighborhood I live in. Good neighbors are priceless."
Contact reporter Kevin Parrish at (209) 546-8264 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @klprecord.


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MOAB — Moab resident Louis Williams cringes every time he tells visitors the name of the canyon with the great hike to a stunning arch: Negro Bill Canyon.
Williams, a window cleaner who has lived in Moab for 14 years, is leading a renewed campaign to change the name of the southern Utah canyon that he and others believe is inappropriate. He has posted an online petition that has garnered more than 600 signatures and plans to submit a formal renaming application to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
"People cringe when we have to tell the name of it. The looks on their face is: 'What did you just say?' " Williams said. "People ask, 'Why is it named that?' They don't ask who he is."
He wants it to bear the last name of the black cowboy who ran cattle there in the 1870s, William Granstaff. The canyon got its current name in the 1960s, when it was changed from a name that featured a derogatory word.
Williams said history shows that Granstaff's name was actually spelled with a "d" after the "n." That's why he wants it renamed "Grandstaff Canyon."
"Most of the places and streets and trails that were named after settlers just used their last names," Williams said. "That is what we should do for him."
Even though efforts in the late 1990s and 2000s to change the canyon name were met with resistance from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Williams is optimistic the idea will gain more traction this time. His campaign is one of dozens across the country to rename canyons, reservoirs, lakes and other places still bearing names deemed derogatory.
There are 757 places with "negro" in their name, from Alaska to Florida and Maine to California, according to an analysis of government records.
But the president of the NAACP's Salt Lake City chapter, Jeanetta Williams, said her organization opposes the name change just as it did when others tried to make the switch.
"If the name changes, it's going to lose its history," she said. " 'Negro' is an acceptable word."
With one of the longest natural arches in the country at the end of the 4-mile round-trip hike, the canyon is a popular destination for hikers visiting Moab. The petition had more than 600 signatures as of Friday — many from out of state. The site has been up since Nov. 11.
"My favorite hike in the Moab area, but I always feel sick to my stomach to repeat the name to anyone and explain the puzzled looks," wrote Linn DeNesti of Kingston, Wash., in the online petition. "PLEASE honor William Grandstaff and rename this beautiful canyon!"
"Let's do justice to Moab's rich history by renaming the canyon in a way that does justice to Bill without alienating or offending residents and visitors alike!" wrote Faye Geiger of Logan, Utah.
Bruce Hucko of Moab put it simply in his comment on the online petition: "It's about time!"
The NAACP and Louis Williams do agree on one thing: There should be a sign or marker near the trail head featuring Granstaff's story.
"We would rather leave it there as it is now and to get information in the curriculum in the schools about the canyon itself to let people know more about the history," said Jeanetta Williams.


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Abercrombie & Fitch Faces Protests, Backlash for Not Selling Larger Sizes
(NEW YORK) -- Add Kirstie Alley to the list of Abercrombie & Fitch critics who take exception to the company's refusal to carry clothing in larger sizes.
The Former Cheers actress and Dancing With the Stars competitor slammed the store Tuesday, telling Entertainment Tonight she would "never buy anything from Abercrombie."
The popular casual-clothing retailer is under fire for filling its shelves with products for the smallest of customers.
Protesters gathered outside the retailer's Michigan Avenue store in Chicago on Monday, outraged about the store's not carrying clothes in a size 14, the size worn by the average U.S. woman. Plus-size shoppers now make up 67 percent of U.S. consumers.
"It's body discrimination, and it's bullying and it encourages bullying," Cali Lindstrom, a former Abercrombie & Fitch customer, told ABC News.
The backlash is growing online on Twitter and Facebook, and several petitions on Change.org urge people not to shop at Abercrombie & Fitch until the New Albany, Ohio-based retailer starts carrying larger sizes.
One YouTube user started a "Fitch the Homeless Campaign," asking customers to rebrand the popular retailer by giving their Abercrombie & Fitch clothes to the homeless.
An ABC News report last week revealed that the trendy retailer carries mostly double-zero and extra-small sizes inside its New York City flagship store. There was no clothing for women in sizes larger than a 10, and salespeople at the store confirmed that Abercrombie doesn't carry XL or XXL sizes for women.
Andrea Neusner and her three daughters are taking more extreme measures to show their dissatisfaction with the retailer. They're sending every article of clothing they've ever bought from the store back to its outspoken and controversial CEO, Mike Jeffries.
Jeffries has not commented on the recent controversy, but has been forthright in the past about not wanting any customers who don't fit the cool, young and sexy demographic the company targets.
Jeffries gave a 2006 interview to Salon magazine in which he said the store goes after "the attractive, all-American kid … A lot of people don't belong [in our clothes], and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."
The retailer declined to comment on the protests.
Nicole Patrick, who was among the protesters in Chicago, said she is hurt by the exclusion.
"As a woman who cannot shop in Abercrombie, it's extremely hurtful to hear that I'm not cool," she said. "I think I'm really cool and so does my daughter."
In addition to sending back her children's clothes, Neusner also wrote a letter to Jeffries explaining her decision.
"My kids have been wearing [Abercrombie & Fitch] clothes for a long time … now we can make an informed choice not to shop there," she told ABC News. "I didn't want my kids being walking billboards for them but I didn't want to throw [the clothes] away. I wanted the company to know how I felt about them."
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Zac Justus comes close to record at state track meet
Zac Justus had a plan in mind when he stepped on the O'Brien Field track at Eastern Illinois University Friday morning. He wanted people to take notice.
They did after the Pontiac junior nearly broke the state record in the 800-meter run.
Justus covered the two circuits in 1 minute, 55.83 seconds to win his heat with the fastest time among the 800-meter finalists.
"I just wanted to make a name for myself the first day," Justus said. "I had a slow sectional time; I just wanted to come out here and show what I'm made of.
"I like that feeling. I like having everyone chase me."
PTHS head coach Dave Young said of Justus' effort, "He was trying to go for the state record but a cool day like this I'm not sure he shouldn't have saved some energy but you can't tell someone not to be aggressive."
Justus is one of four Indians to make today's finals of the Class 2A boys' state track and field meet. Also competing today after making it through the preliminaries will be Shawn Milhauser, Nick Wotton and Bryan Worby.
Prairie Central's Dakota Cabbage also advanced to the finals in the pole vault and Ian Briscoe moved on in the high jump.
Cabbage tied with seven others in his flight by clearing 13 feet, 9 inches. Six vaulters in the other flight also cleared 13-9.
"I'm happy with 13-9 and making the finals," Cabbage said. "I'm hoping to clear 14-6 and PR. It was cold but that's what we've been training in. We had a nice little tail wind."
Briscoe cleared 6-3 in the high jump and is joined by 13 others in the final round.
Among those also clearing 13-9 in the first flight was Pontiac's Wotton, who was also making his first appearance at state.
"Last year I didn't get to go to sectionals because of (Eric) DeMattia and (Mark) Panno," Wotton said. "My goal was to make it this year and place as a sophomore.
"It feels good going to the second day but I have to finish it."
Worby, a sophomore, was the first PTHS athlete to compete Friday. He had a best mark of 20-10 to rank among the 12 qualifiers.
Milhauser may be running in two events today after winning his heat in the 1,600-meter run. It was a closer finish than he expected. After leading the entire race, Milhauser may have taken it bit easy too early as James Kaht of Richmond-Burton put up a final challenge before being put away.
"I was kind of surprised he was coming for me," Milhauser said of Kaht, who forced the PTHS senior to have to put up a kick over the final 50 meters.
Winning his heat automatically qualified Milhauser, who had been trying to make the finals as an individual since his freshman campaign, into Saturday's title race.
"It feels great to finally make it," Milhauser said. "I was planning to go around at 1:03 and then come back around 2:09, 2:10. After that it was see what I have left."
Milhauser will also be competing in the 3,200, which did not have a preliminary on Friday. Whether he runs both today depends on Milhauser.
"I'm going to see how I feel in the morning and then I'll make a decision," Milhauser said. "I'm definitely going to run the 16."
Eric DeMattia missed out on the finals in both his events. He came close in the pole vault after clearing 13-6. He had a time of 43.82 seconds in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles.
Pontiac's 4x400 relay team of Worby, Brayden Cain, Aaron Metcalf and Tyler Shrewsbury covered the metric mile in 3:28.94 for sixth in its heat.
Prairie Central's Zach Feinhold had a toss of 146-6 in the discus.


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We love finding awesome examples of students who are using iStopMotion as part of a class assignment, and Jess Wiltey's video "The Girl and the Crow" is one of a kind! She's a third-year student at Rochester Institute of Technology double-majoring in New Media Design and Visual Media, and the project was completed during her first year for her 4D (time-based) design class.
"I cut out all of the pieces from black cardstock and then set them up underneath a downward facing camera hooked up to iStopMotion," Jess says. "Our professor provided us with step-by-step instructions on how to use the program, but I had no trouble navigating it. Overall, I had a good experience during the 3 hours it took me to complete the video!"
"The Girl and the Crow" is a beautiful example of what you can do with paper and a free afternoon! We know we would have given Jess an A+ on her work. Let us know how it inspired you!
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Android apps should aim to be usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.
Common disabilities that affect a person's use of an Android device include blindness or low vision, color blindness, deafness or impaired hearing, and restricted motor skills. When you develop apps with accessibility in mind, you make the user experience better, particularly for users with these disabilities.
In most cases, making your Android app more accessible doesn't require extensive code restructuring. Rather, it means working through the subtle details of how users interact with your app and providing appropriate feedback to users based on their interactions.
This document presents guidelines for improving your app's accessibility. It also lists resources that provide additional details and information related to accessibility features in Android.
Label UI elements
It's important to provide useful and descriptive labels that explain the meaning and purpose of each interactive element to users. These labels allow screen readers, such as TalkBack, to properly explain the function of a particular control to users who rely on these services.
You can provide labels for elements in the following two ways:
- When labeling static elements, which don't change appearance throughout an activity's lifecycle, add an attribute to the corresponding XML element within the activity's layout resource file.
- When labeling dynamic elements, which change appearance during an activity's lifetime, set the element's label in the dynamic logic that changes the element's appearance.
The actual attributes and methods that you use to apply the element's label depend on the type of element:
When labeling graphical elements, such as
ImageButtonobjects, use the
android:contentDescriptionXML attribute for static elements and the
setContentDescription()method for dynamic elements.
For graphical elements that are purely decorative, set their respective
android:contentDescriptionXML attributes to
"@null". If your app only supports devices running Android 4.1 (API level 16) or higher, you can instead set these elements'
android:importantForAccessibilityXML attributes to
When labeling editable elements, such as
EditTextobjects, use the
android:hintXML attribute for static elements and the
setHint()method for dynamic elements to indicate each element's purpose.
If your app is installed on a device running Android 4.2 (API level 17) or
higher, use the
android:labelForattribute when labeling
Viewobjects that serve as content labels for other
Note: Accessibility services automatically capture the text
that appears in
TextView objects, so you
usually don't need to label these elements.
In the following example, a static
ImageButton object designed to provide sharing functionality is given a label
"share" (defined in
values/strings.xml) as the
<ImageButton android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentStart="true" android:contentDescription="@string/share" android:src="@drawable/ic_share" />
Note: Many accessibility services, such as TalkBack and
BrailleBack, automatically announce an element's type after announcing its
label, so you shouldn't include element types in your labels. For example,
"submit" is a good label for a
Button object, but
"submitButton" isn't a good label.
This next example shows how to update a dynamic
ImageView object that displays a play or
pause icon within an activity:
val playPauseImageView = ImageView(...) var mediaCurrentlyPlaying = true ... private fun updateImageButton() { if (mediaCurrentlyPlaying) { playPauseImageView.apply { setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_pause) // In res/values/strings.xml, "pause" contains a value of "Pause". contentDescription = getString(R.string.pause) } } else { playPauseImageView.apply { setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play) // In res/values/strings.xml, "play" contains a value of "Play". contentDescription = getString(R.string.play) } } }
ImageView playPauseImageView = new ImageView(...); boolean mediaCurrentlyPlaying = true; ... private void updateImageButton() { if (mediaCurrentlyPlaying) { playPauseImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_pause); // In res/values/strings.xml, "pause" contains a value of "Pause". playPauseImageView.setContentDescription(getString(R.string.pause)); } else { playPauseImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play); // In res/values/strings.xml, "play" contains a value of "Play". playPauseImageView.setContentDescription(getString(R.string.play)); } }
When adding labels to the elements that appear in a given activity, make sure
that each label is unique so that users can identify each element accurately.
In particular, you should include additional text or contextual information in
elements within reused layouts, such as
ListView and
objects, so that each child element is uniquely identified.
Accessibility pane titles
In Android 9 (API level 28) and higher, you can provide accessibility-friendly titles for a screen's panes. For accessibility purposes, a pane is a visually distinct portion of a window, such as the contents of a fragment. In order for accessibility services to understand a pane's window-like behavior, you should give descriptive titles to your app's panes. Accessibility services can then provide more granular information to users when a pane's appearance or content changes.
To specify the title of a pane, use the
android:accessibilityPaneTitle attribute. You can also update
a pane's title during runtime by calling
Group content
You should arrange related content into groups so that accessibility services announce the content in a way that reflects its natural groupings. Users of assistive technology then don't need to swipe, scan, or wait as much to discover all information on the screen.
The most effective method of grouping related content depends on its structure:
- For groups of content that represent a single collection of information, you can organize all content into a single item.
- For a single element that contains text organized into logical headings, you can help accessibility services navigate through text using the content's headings.
Organize content into a single announcement
If users should treat a set of elements as a single unit of information, you
can group these elements in a focusable container, setting the container's
android:focusable attribute to
true. That way,
accessibility services present the grouped content in a single announcement.
Starting in Android 9 (API level 28), use the
attribute in place of the
android:focusable attribute in
situations where making a
View object focusable makes keyboard
navigation too cumbersome. A common use case involves assigning
android:screenReaderFocusable to an object that inherits from
ViewGroup; by
using this structure, screen readers can announce descriptions of the object's
child elements in a single announcement. Screen readers place focus on all
elements that set either
android:screenReaderFocusable or
android:focusable to
The following code snippet contains pieces of content that relate to one
another, so the container view element has its
android:screenReaderFocusable attribute set to
<ConstraintLayout android:id="@+id/song_data_container" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:screenReaderFocusable="true"> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/song_title" android:text="@string/song_title" /> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/singer" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/song_title" android:text="@string/singer" /> ... </ConstraintLayout>
Note: You can specify the
android:contentDescription XML attribute on a container to
override automatic grouping and ordering of contained items.
When grouping element labels, make sure that you don't create unnecessarily verbose announcements for accessibility services to present.
If you need to convey more complex structures, such as tables, you can assign
focus to one piece of the structure at a time, such as a single row. To define
the proper focusing pattern for a set of related content, place each piece
of the structure into its own focusable
ViewGroup. In the following example, a structure comprising 6
TextView objects is divided into 3 pieces,
which the
RelativeLayout elements
<ConstraintLayout ... > <RelativeLayout ... android:screenReaderFocusable="true"> <TextView ... /> <TextView ... /> </RelativeLayout> <RelativeLayout ... android:screenReaderFocusable="true"> <TextView ... /> <TextView ... /> </RelativeLayout> <RelativeLayout ... android:screenReaderFocusable="true"> <TextView ... /> <TextView ... /> </RelativeLayout> </ConstraintLayout>
Navigate headings in text
If your app displays textual content that includes logical headings, set the
attribute to
true for the instances of
View that represent those
headings. These headings allow accessibility services to help users navigate
directly from one heading to the next. Any accessibility service can use this
capability to improve users' text navigation experience.
Create easy-to-follow navigation
When designing your app, follow these best practices to provide ease of navigation:
- Make sure users can navigate through your app's layouts using keyboards or navigation gestures.
- Avoid having UI elements fade out or disappear after a certain amount of time.
- For controls that serve a single purpose but contain multiple elements, your app should provide useful feedback each time users interact with a particular piece of the control.
Make touch targets large
Many people have difficulty interacting with small touch targets on a device's screen. This could be because their fingers are large or because they have a motor or visual impairment. By providing larger touch targets, you make it substantially easier for users to navigate your app.
In general, you want the touchable area of focusable items to be a minimum of 48dp x 48dp. Larger is even better.
To ensure that each focusable item in your app has a large enough touch
target, set the
android:minWidth and
android:minHeight attributes of each interactive element to 48dp
or greater:
<ImageButton ... android:minWidth="48dp" android:minHeight="48dp" />
You can also add padding or use the
TouchDelegate API to increase the size of your elements' touch targets
without increasing the size of the elements themselves.
Provide adequate color contrast
People with low vision and those who use devices with dimmed displays can have difficulty reading information on the screen. By providing increased contrast ratios between the foreground and background colors in your app, you make it easier for users to navigate within and between screens.
To help developers use sufficient contrast ratios in their apps, The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has created a set of color contrast accessibility guidelines:
- For large text, 18 points or higher for regular text and 14 points or higher for bold text, you should use a contrast ratio of at least 3.0 to 1.
- For small text, smaller than 18 points for regular text and smaller than 14 points for bold text, you should use a contrast ratio of at least 4.5 to 1.
Figure 1 shows two version of an activity. One version uses a low contrast ratio between background and foreground colors, and the other version uses an increased contrast ratio:
|Low contrast ratios
Title: 1.42 to 1
Content: 3.49 to 1
|Increased contrast ratios
Title: 4.61 to 1
Content: 10.05 to 1
To check your contrast ratios, you can use the Accessibility Scanner or one of the many contrast checkers available online.
Note: If your app's color scheme uses partially transparent colors, keep in mind that these non-opaque colors might appear lighter than the color defined by their RGB values.
Use cues other than color
To assist users with color vision deficiencies, use cues other than color to distinguish UI elements within your app's screens. These techniques could include using different shapes or sizes, providing text or visual patterns, or adding audio- or touch-based (haptic) feedback to mark the elements' differences.
Figure 2 shows two versions of an activity. One version uses only color to distinguish between two possible actions in a workflow, and the other uses shapes and text to highlight the differences between the two options:
|Insufficient: Using color only
|Acceptable: Using color, shapes, and text
Make media content more accessible
If you're developing an app that includes media content, such as a video clip or an audio recording, make sure that users with different types of accessibility needs can understand this material, as well. In particular, you should make sure that you've provided the following accommodations:
- All video and audio materials should include controls that allow users to pause or stop the media, change the volume, and toggle subtitles (captions).
- If a video presents information that is vital to completing a workflow, you should provide the same content in an alternative format, such as a transcript.
Apply ideas from accessibility resources
The following resources describe other accessibility features that Android supports. After you've applied the guidelines in the previous sections, use the following information to further improve your app's accessibility.
Apply accessibility design principles
Google's material design guidelines include a set of recommendations for structuring your app's UI so that all users, including users with disabilities, can interact easily with your app. To view these guidelines, navigate to the Accessibility page within the material design site.
Activate accessibility settings
In addition to offering the accessibility services described in other sections on this page, the Android platform includes several accessibility settings, such as increased font size and magnified screen area, that users can adjust. As you develop your app, you should adjust these settings yourself to ensure that your app's important UI elements remain fully visible and usable.
Test your app's accessibility
As you develop your app, it's important to test its accessibility using a combination of manual tests, automated tests, and user tests. To learn more about the aspects of your app that you should test, see Testing Your App's Accessibility.
Work with custom views
The UI components built into the Android framework have predefined accessibility capabilities. These components include useful metadata that accessibility services incorporate into the feedback that they provide to users of assistive technology. When you create your own custom views, you should inherit as much functionality as possible from these framework-provided UI elements.
For more information about how to make custom views more accessible, read the guide on how to Build more accessible custom views.
Additional resources
To learn more about making your app more accessible, see the following additional resources:
- Android BasicAccessibility Sample, a sample app containing a variety of UI elements. It demonstrates how to add accessibility markup to each of these elements and how accessibility services respond to this markup.


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On Main Street you will find arts and crafts, antiques, and the Isleton Museum. The town hosts several events that celebrate the spirit and history of California but is best known for its annual Cajun and Blues Festival, a family-friendly weekend of great Zydeco and Cajun and Blues music, Bayou cuisine, relish the 6,000 pounds of fresh crawfish. Other events include The Spam Contest, The Asian Celebration and the Rodeo on the River.
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Yesterday it was Shaquille O'Neal who made some hostile comments about Dwight Howard and Houston.
Now his former coach Phil Jackson is lining up to take potshots as well.
Jackson said via Twitter that Lakers forward Pau Gasol is a better fit for Mike D'Antoni's system and that if Howard is 'better off as an Astro, so be it.'
Had the Lakers brought back Jackson for a third coaching stint instead of hiring D'Antoni, they still might have the services of Howard according to a USA Today report.
Reflection on DHoward's exodus. He left a distaste in Lakerland The Lakers will be fine. Pau fits MDA's style of Off-it was about the future
— Phil Jackson (@PhilJackson11) July 7, 2013
What DH brings to the game is power and D. This past year didn't show due it to rehab and confusion. If he is better of an Astro, so be it.
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PARIS — Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan will receive the Carosse d'Or prize at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, which will be helmed by Edouard Waintrop, its new artistic director.
Ceylan will be feted with the screening on his 1999 pic "Clouds of May," a masterclass, a presser and the award ceremony, which will take place on May 17 during Directors' Fortnight opening gala.
A critically aclaimed thesp-turned-helmer, Ceylan is a veteran of the Cannes Film Festival. His 2003 drama "Wrong Rosary" won the jury prize and earned him the actor nod, "Climates" nabbed the Fipresci kudo in 2006, "Three Monkeys" won director prize in 2008 and "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" won the jury prize last year.
Ceylan also served on Cannes' competition jury in 2009.
Awarded by the French Directors Guild, the Carosse d'Or "pays tribute to filmmakers around the world who stand apart due to the innovative qualities of their films as well as their audacity and independence," stated the sidebar.
Last year's honoree was Iranian helmer Jafar Panahi.


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Last year we were lucky enough to be feted by the General down at the Indy 500, getting a taste of beer the way it was meant to be served — dripping down our forehead after a half-empty found our noggin an appealing target. Otherwise, it was an amazing experience and although I don't necessarily understand why someone would want to drive around in a Corvette decaled-up to look like the "Official Pace Car" for the race, I understand that some people do like to roll like that. That's why Chevy's creating several identically prepped and "uniquely trimmed" 'vette 'verts, all in the new Atomic
Vomit Orange paint with gold ribbon graphics. On a performance level, they'll be equipped with the Corvette's standard LS2 small-block V-8 and Z51 performance package. A six-speed manual transmission is standard, with the six-speed paddle-shift automatic optional. And with pricing at the much-higher-than-standard $69,995 MSRP for the manny tranny version and $68,245 for the paddle-shift model, with no performance enhancements — you better really like decals and pinstriping. Gallery below and release after the jump.
A 2007 Chevrolet Corvette convertible will pace the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, 2007. As it was selected as the Official Pace Car, Chevrolet will supply several identically prepared and uniquely trimmed Corvette convertibles - in new Atomic Orange paint with distinctive gold ribbon graphics - that will serve in the official pace duties of the race, as well as supporting activities.
Five hundred production replicas of those official cars will be offered to the public - all of them convertibles. They'll be available beginning this spring.
The distinguishing features of the pace car replica convertibles include:
Atomic Orange exterior color, including door handles
Indianapolis 500 exterior graphics - including gold ribbon graphics that flow outward from the front fender vents and "Indianapolis 500" door logos
Special Indianapolis 500 fender badges
Z06 rear spoiler
New aluminum "split-spoke" wheels in Sterling Silver
Ebony seats with embroidered Indianapolis 500 logos
Interior trim plate and pods painted Atomic Orange
Atomic Orange engine covers
All of the pace car replicas are equipped with the Corvette's standard LS2 small-block V-8 and Z51 performance package. A six-speed manual transmission is standard, with the six-speed paddle-shift automatic optional. The navigation system with Bose audio, as well as OnStar, is standard.
Pricing for the pace car replica convertible is $66,995 MSRP, including destination. The paddle-shift six-speed automatic is the only option, which brings the price to $68,245.
The performance-bred Corvette handles its official pace duties in nearly factory-stock trim, with little more than race track-required safety equipment and strobe lights added - as well as, of course, the eye-catching graphics. In years past, many Indy pace cars required extensive modification to perform their on-track tasks. The 2007 Corvette's powertrain and suspension, including the 400-horsepower (298 kW) LS2 small-block V-8 engine, are more than adequate to maintain the speed, acceleration and handling required to lead the pack around the famed "Brickyard" race track.
This year marks the ninth time Corvette has served as the Official Pace Car of the Indianapolis 500. The previous years were 1978, 1986, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006. It also is a record fourth consecutive turn for the Corvette, as well as a record 18th time for a Chevrolet, to be selected as the pace car.
Production replicas were not offered every time the Corvette was selected as the pace car. In fact, 2007 marks the first time Chevrolet has offered a regular-production replica since 1998. But along with the regular-production models, several dozen copies of all the pace cars have been used for official activities in support of their respective Indianapolis 500 races, such as parades. These cars - known as "festival" cars - have become prized collectibles, along with the limited-edition regular-production replicas.
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Source: American Association of Bovine Practitioners
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) introduces newly created beef and dairy lameness guidelines for its members and the livestock industry. "Lameness in Dairy and Beef Herds" offers information veterinarians and their clients can use to identify, mitigate and prevent lameness in cattle.
"AABP recognizes that lameness in cattle not only effects growth and performance, but also is a visible welfare issue that can lead to additional concern and scrutiny," says Dr. Richard Wiley, Wooster, Ohio, who chaired AABP's task force on lameness that created the guidelines.
The guidelines look at aspects such as time standing, flooring, housing, environment, nutrition, and heat stress, along with recordkeeping and review of lameness incidence and protocols. The guidelines encourage a communicative approach between veterinarians, the herd nutritionist, hoof trimmers, farm caregivers and management to facilitate action to reduce lameness risk.
"Veterinarians are encouraged to take these guidelines to their clients and become leaders in the discussion of lameness issues," Wiley adds.
Find the AABP Lameness in Dairy and Beef Herds guidelines and other AABP guidelines at http://aabp.org/about/AABP_Guidelines.asp. Additional resources, calculators and worksheets on cattle lameness can be found on the public section of the AABP website at http://aabp.org/members/Lameness.asp. AABP members can also find additional reference material in the members-only section of that same webpage by first logging in with their AABP member number/User ID and password.
AABP is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving cattle veterinary medicine professionals across the United States, Canada and other countries. Visit www.aabp.org or like us on Facebook.
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Search for missing man in Rocky Mountain National Park is scaled back
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO Colorado
The search for a missing man in Rocky Mountain National Park near Bear Lake has been scaled back on the fourth day.
Searchers have been looking for Troy Green, 39, of San Antonio, Texas, since Thursday, Jan. 31. The search was scaled back Monday due to concerns about the safety of search and rescue personnel and lack of clues and new information.
Green was reported as missing on Jan. 31, when his wife did not hear from him. As many as 45 individuals and a number of search dogs were participating in the search on Sunday. The search has not turned up any clues as to where Green could be.
Since Wednesday, the park has experienced high winds and some snowfall. A number of avalanches have been reported in the area, though recon flights have indicated the avalanches did not appear to be triggered by humans.
Green was reported as wearing black snow pants, a black puffy down jacket, black gloves, and a black balaclava, by two witnesses who reported speaking to Green at 1 p.m. on Thursday. They did not see which direction Green went after they spoke to him.
Numerous trails emanate from the Bear Lake area and it is unknown where Green planned to go.
Park rangers are seeking information from anyone who was visiting Bear Lake on Thursday, Jan. 31, or Friday, Feb. 1. Call Rocky Mountain National Park at 970-586-1204.
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I've done simple PAT testing before but not really appreciated the intricacies of the test settings, just been shown what to connect where and how to push a few buttons until 'PASS' appears on the screen. Having just purchased my own PAT PrimeTest 250 and watched a short training DVD from the vendor I have learned a lot, and already found a problem at my regular work place - a 10A fused mains lead connected to a 3A rated computer. Obviously this is wrong and I want to correct it, but have questions...
Should I be OK with 5A mains leads and fuses on IT equipment that is rated at 3A or less? If the PSU on the computer states 3A, do I have to use a 3A fuse in the plug?
Is it OK to simply replace the 10A fuse with a 3A in the plug for these pieces of equipment (they all use typical IEC computer mains leads), I assume all IEC leads and plugs are rated for 13A fuses but I just wanted to be sure it was a sensible thing to do.
I may already have answered my own question, as I am writing this I am opening up a brand new IEC lead and the plug is rated at 13A, inside is a 5A fuse. Good job I opened this plug too, the cord grip was not screwed down properly. I notice the moulded IEC connector end of this cable actually has 10A 250V stamped on it, does this mean that the 13A plug is not supposed to be on the other end of the flex? The flex itself has nothing on it apart from the place of manufacture. The plug has a label on it "Fitted with BS 1362 5A Fuse", which is what's actually inside it.
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In the face of new regulatory requirements, dynamic customer expectations and agile digital-based rivals, banks are finding that their application service provider (ASP) model as a core banking platform is becoming increasingly inflexible and restrictive. Being handcuffed to it is putting them at risk of becoming digitally irrelevant.
To compete, banks must strategically break free from the ASP model. Banks must transform core banking to be hyper-flexible, enabling them to change as quickly and often as needed to deliver the in-the-moment personalized advice and product information customers want at their fingertips. It is one way that banks can regain their core banking strength and ready themselves for the future.


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Medical marijuana supporters face a tough challenge this legislative session in Minnesota, where Gov. Mark Dayton says he won't sign anything without the backing of law enforcement -- and authorities say they're strongly opposed.
Proponents say medical decisions should be left to doctors, not law officers. Tom Lehman, a lobbyist for marijuana use for the chronically ill, says Minnesota's proposal would have tight restrictions.
He says advocates will try to sit down with law enforcement.
But Dennis Flaherty, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, says authorities don't support legalizing marijuana for any purpose. He says legalizing medical marijuana would conflict with federal law.
Law enforcement leaders offered no suggestions when asked if there is any provision they might approve.


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Anthony and Madeline Napolitano established Maria's Restaurant in 1960. Together they built what many food critics
and patrons have called as "Portland's finest authentic Italian Cuisine." With Anthony Sr. running the kitchen and
preparing his wonderful Italian selections, and Madeline as hostess, greeting all their customers with her charming
personality, they created Maria's Ristorante.
Today, Anthony Jr. runs the kitchen, with his brother, Gregory, running the front of the house; they
"Preserve the authentic Italian dining experience". Gregory spends time in Italy each year
selecting the best wines, cheeses, Prosciuttos, and Porchini mushrooms, and looking for new ideas for
the restaurant.
Anthony Sr. and Madeline have a significant role at Maria's. You can see them often in the restaurant.
Anthony Jr.'s wife, Wendy, is also involved in the family business, by printing menus, special customer relations's
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