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i need to now how i can put the output from this code
for( int j = 0 ; j < start.length; j +=2 ) {
System.out.print( start[i] + " ");
into a new for loop.
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i need to now how i can put the output from this code
for( int j = 0 ; j < start.length; j +=2 ) {
System.out.print( start[i] + " ");
into a new for loop.
i don't know how to remove something from an array, that the problem. And don't really see another approach
hi everyone, i have to make a java program that generates "lucky numbers" with arrays
The finishing result should be this
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 original
1 3 5 7 9 remove every second number...
the data in the string is used to create an amount of simulations. If the string is 100 the simulation has to run 100 times. But i want to make sure the users gives a number that is between 0 and...
ok i did what you said,but i still won't work.
I have to use the variables over 2 methods. So if i initialize them in the methods separately it doesn't work. Because it resets in each method. If i...
But i don't know what to do if i converted the string
Don't they have to be the same name, i'm adding them in 1 method,and printing them out in another method. I'm searching for a way to initialize them to zero every time they ask for a new simulation.
int i = Integer.parseInt(s);??
if i do that the input doesn't reset to zero if i want to run another simulation.If i run 5 simulations i will have 5 balls in the bottom,if i run a second simulation of 5 it wil add this to the...
i'm using the int type, i have to make sure any enter the users gives, not between 1 or 1000 gives the question again.
Is it a better way to use a string?And how do you compare al the numbers...
isn't there a way to repeat the loop so it keeps asking the amount of simulations that is required,the same way i did with the do while.
while ( aantalSimulaties <= 0 || 1000 <= aantalSimulaties...
do {
System.out.println("Hoeveel simulaties wil je uitvoeren?(minimaal 0,maximaal 1000)");
aantalSimulaties = Input.readInt();
while ( aantalSimulaties <= 0 || 1000 <= aantalSimulaties...
One more problem now, the loop has to repeat if the number isn't between 0 and 1000, but if the use enters a letter is has to loop aswell. How to do this without including the intire alphabet to the...
I have a project for java,i have to simulate the board of galton(Galton Board -- from Wolfram MathWorld).
My simulation code is ready but i'm having some final problems. I have to reset a value to...
if they press -1 or -12 is has to loop and if they press 1010 or 1020 it has the loop ,but you can only give one number at a time.
So better use the OR? Thanks for the help,my problem is solved....
I've changed it to tis but it still won't work.
public void keuzes2() {
do {
System.out.println("how many simulations do you ant to do(maximaal 1000)");
amountofsim = Input.readInt();...
else if(keuze.equals("2")) {
public void keuzes 2() {
do {
System.out.println("Hoeveel simulaties wil je uitvoeren?(maximaal...
do you mean like this
do {
System.out.println("Hoeveel simulaties wil je uitvoeren?(maximaal 1000)");
aantalSimulaties = Input.readInt();
for ( y = 0 ; y < aantalSimulaties ; y ++) {...
i have to make sure the user presses a number between 0 and a 1000 , but i'm not sure how to do it.
For other cases i used while ( !keuze.equals("1") && !keuze.equals("2") && !keuze.equals("3") );...
y <= number
thank you very much
if the input is 100, the loop has to be done 100 times but i don't think for is the right way.
i have to run SimulationThatHasToBeDoneXNumberOfTimes(); an amount of times==>that amount is chosen by...
I have to let the user press in a number, and the number that is being inserted is the amount that the program has to run.
so i have this already
System.out.println("How many simulations do you...
i fixed it, thanks. used do while .
public class Bladsteenschaar6 {
final int blad = 0;
final int steen = 1;
final int schaar = 2;
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int keuzeSpeler;
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public void speel() {
final int BLAD = 0;
final int STEEN = 1;
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hi, got a problem with my code i'm getting the following error
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Tom Baker is a UK businessman who has built a very successful business utilizing Reimer Mobile Mixers. Tom's success is based on four cornerstones:
- Sound Business Knowledge
- Conservative Financial Approach
- Commitment to Customer
- Vision for Efficiency
Tom Baker grew up wanting to be a farmer. His family encouraged him to attend Harper Adams Agricultural College where he received a degree in Agricultural Engineering. His first job was fixing forklifts on a farm in Norfolk. Later, Tom went to work for an agricultural land drainage contractor who also had a business in highway trenching machinery, specializing in utility work. Tom was good at what he did and eventually was lured away by one of his customers where there was more potential for his burgeoning career. It was there that Tom gained experience in construction and utilities, working his way through the commercial side of the business. The owner of the business had sound financial principals which allowed Tom to gain perspective on how to run a successful and profitable business.
Looking for an opportunity to make some extra money to put his children through school, Tom spotted an opportunity to provide better service supplying small loads of concrete to local contractors. The Ready-Mixed suppliers in his area dictated delivery to the customer based on size of the load. Small loads didn't get prioritized or the delivery price could be steep. Tom had seen mobile mixers working in other regions and thought that this might be a great solution to the concrete supply problem small contractors were having. Tom set about to research mobile, mixed-on-site mixers and set up a side business to fortify his nest egg.
In 2001, Tom met Reimer's UK Representative —Reg Gorman and visited his operation. Reg convinced Tom that continuous mixing technology had a lot of potential – it was cleaner, easier and more user-friendly. Tom bought in, both to the friendship with Reg and to the best Reimer he could afford to buy. Eastern Concrete was born.
Tom will tell you that the first results of his foray into the business 'were not good'; he had 'no clue' about mix designs or admixtures – he thought 'concrete was concrete'. The first part of the learning curve was steep. Eastern Concrete's first 6 months in business were relatively slow, but enough to keep his newly-hired driver employed. Use of the Reimer mixer was not being optimized. Then, a contractor who was familiar with continuous mixing technology contacted Eastern Concrete to do some road barrier work, at night; this could solve the under-utilization problem. Tom would work nights when the road barrier work had to be done and have the mixer back for the driver's deliveries in the morning. Tom would then work his day job. At the end of his first 12 months in business, Tom bought another Reimer and added another operator.
"The first Reimer Mixer I purchased paid for itself within its first year of operation. The savings I made on crew wait times when we didn't have quite enough concrete, or the cost of disposal when I had too much quickly and easily justified the acquisition."
Eastern Concrete bought another Reimer after the 2nd year – after the third year, Tom bought a mixed-on-site business in the next town. During this time when he had a spike in business, he would rent Reimers from Reg so that he could satisfy his obligations and not have to keep a mixer that wouldn't be fully utilized. Using this philosophy of only buying when the mixer could be fully utilized and renting to meet the markets needs, Tom ended up buying a Reimer every year for the next 9 years.
Above all, Tom's business focuses on the customer. He knew if he could help small builders solve all their concrete supply problems, they would pay a premium for his services and Eastern Concrete could provide the exact amount of concrete required for the jobs when it was needed. In essence, if he helped a contractor to make a good name for himself and grow his business then Eastern Concrete's business would grow as well. "It's an organic process based on results and relationships" remarked Tom. "I don't think like a ready-mixed producer" says Tom "more like a concrete salesman – how do you want your concrete? Where and when?"
In 2005, Tom found the ideal piece of land to build his vision for a highly efficient operation. The location was perfect: 'easy on / easy off', 5 minutes from a major thoroughfare. He wanted to build an operation that designed out the risks and optimized loading. Specially designed platforms were built where the trucks back in so the drivers don't have to use ladders to gain access to the top of the machines. The loader uses its own platform above the mixer so recharging is more efficient with less strain on the machinery. The whole yard is paved which not only cuts down on dirt and dust, it also allows for the collection of rainwater and run-off from cleaning, into an underground cistern. This in turn is reused in the process. When docked at the platform, the Reimer's water tank is filled from the underground cistern and cement dispensed directly into the Reimer from purpose-built loading bellows. There is also a maintenance area which has 3 bays where the Reimers get serviced at night. Tom has hired 2 mechanics – one who works on chassis' and one who works on the Reimer Mixers.
Tom also has a vision of a paperless company – "this has taken time but now I couldn't manage without it, we are embracing technology and will eventually have no need for pen and paper" commented Baker. The process of receiving, scheduling and deployment of an order is all done through networked software. Essentially, when a customer calls in, the delivery is scheduled in BOBware. In time the delivery details will be sent to the driver's GPS unit and when the order is completed the customer will electronically sign for it. This signed document will then be sent electronically to the accounting software. Tom has been working with Dan Unrein (the developer of BOBware) to completely automate Eastern Concrete's business processes. With automation comes the ability to quickly see and analyze profitability – all costs can be factored in through the extensive reporting features.
With the economic downturn in the past few years, Tom has focused on building his business by extending his geographic reach. He now has two reloading stations located 25 and 50 km from Eastern Concrete's main yard in Stowmarket, Suffolk. With fewer kilometers to drive for recharging, more time is spent making and delivering concrete. All the Reimers head back to Stowmarket at the end of the work day.
The backbone of Tom's business is his 11 Reimer Mixers, but there are a lot of factors/assets contributing to his success:
- Truck Utilization is key
- Easy load facility (can reload 2-3 times faster)
- On-Board GPS (always know where & status of mixers)
- Trucks/Mixers maintained in-house
- Pump Truck purchased in 2010 to help to sell more concrete and provide a more comprehensive service to the customer
- 2 reload stations helps to stretch the geography of the business
- Automated Processing
- Minimized back-office– 1 to 2 less people required
- Minimized errors
- Insightful reporting
- Customer Satisfaction – which spawns repeat business and referrals
Tom has found that his marketing effort has been minimal, even entering new geographic territory. About 80% of his business is repeat (happy customer) business and new business is almost exclusively word of mouth.
"Reliability and performance of the Reimers is integral to our performance in servicing our customers. We are seen as one of the biggest and most professional mixed-on-site concrete suppliers in the UK."


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A small and unusually interesting Museum housed in an old Merchants House, dated 1640. The Museum houses marine and local artefacts, including a superb collection of ships in bottles and an extensive photographic archive of the local area, shipbuilding and shipping on the Dart.
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Summer (April - November)
Sunday & Monday 13:00-16:00
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The Museum is closed on Christmas, Boxing and New Year's Days.
If you intend to visit us around Easter time please Get In Touch and check our opening times before you visit.
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Adults £2.00
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Children (under 18) £0.50
At present the museum is not geared up to take cards of any sort as payment.
Members of the Dartmouth Museum Association receive free entry during opening hours. Learn about membership and the benefits it brings from our web site.
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Saturday, February 04, 2006
Who can't you stand?
Michael Brown (#35), formerly in charge of destroying FEMA: A man of geological indolence, Brown makes lichens seem dynamic.
In the write-up for Kenneth Tomlinson (#32), who was hired to deliberalize PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the BEAST folks point out: ...Why is [it] that those who rail against "racial quotas" have no problem with affirmative action when it's applied to newsroom ideology?
Then there's a Joe Lieberman (#28) quote that's ripe for a smackdown: "Freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion." Apparently, it also doesn't mean freedom from asinine revisionism. (Lieberman irks me.)
Regarding Paris Hilton (#25): Squints inexplicably for photo ops, suggesting even minimal focus is beyond her. Her continued success as a celebrity famous for nothing, despite the eerie resemblance she bears to the inbred banjoist from Deliverance and a lack of talent so profound that others become duller as they approach her, indicates that something is fundamentally wrong with humanity.
The BEAST team doesn't much care for Karl Rove (#15): A greasy pig whose only distinction in life is his total lack of decency. Rove is decidedly not a genius; he is simply missing the part of his soul that prevents the rest of us from kicking elderly women in the face. His admirers have elevated fanatical, amoral ambition to the status of a virtue, along with lying, cheating, and negligent homicide, all in the name of "values." Quite possibly the worst person in the worst White House in American history.
BEAST's suggested punishment for the NYT's White House bootlicker, Elisabeth Bumiller (#14): The Times' reign as the "paper of record" is finally brought to an end when the paper's headquarters are demolished by readers upon publication of Bumiller's final dispatch, "Bush's Taint: Sweet Like Honey." (Gotta love any mention of the taint.)
I always enjoy criticism of Bill O'Reilly (#10): Even Limbaugh must bow before O'Reilly's unparalleled bullying skills and ability to deliver undiluted bullshit with an air of brusque authority. O'Reilly is so comfortable with his astounding hypocrisy that he didn't skip a beat when he was publicly revealed to be a comically perverse sexual harasser, continuing to sanctimoniously moralize about the corrosive effects of rap music and intellectualism on American society. Main tactic against his critics, whose jobs rank among the easiest in the world, is to accuse them of his own methods: arbitrary smears, selective quotation, partisan motivation, and intellectual cowardice. Infuriatingly claims to be a political "independent" who just happens to parrot virtually every Republican talking point and equate mainstream liberals with Nazis and Stalinists. Claimed his call for abandoning San Francisco to al Qaeda bombing was "satirical," which is itself the funniest thing he's ever said. An honest to goodness list-making Joe McCarthy wannabe, with the ACLU standing in for the Communist Party.
There's so much to say about Tom DeLay (#5), but this encapsulates it all: A politician so horrible, his prior career as an exterminator constitutes fratricide.
Bush and Cheney are #3 and #2, respectively, but more entertaining are the charges against the #1 most loathsome American, Pat Robertson: If Pat Robertson's local Starbucks caught fire, he would claim that God was punishing them for giving him a caramel latte when he ordered vanilla. Robertson has always been a demonic charlatan with the credibility of Miss Cleo and a lust for Armageddon in his vile, rat-toad heart, but this was really his year to shine. In 2005, Robertson called on God to vacate seats in the Supreme Court (the almighty obliged, killing Rehnquist), advocated assassinating Hugo Chavez, said 'judicial activists' were a more serious threat to America than terrorists, called criticism of the war treason, said John Roberts should be thankful for Hurricane Katrina, which he implied was "connected" to Roe v. Wade, attributed Ariel Sharon's stroke to divine retribution for the Gaza pullout, said "the Antichrist is probably a Jew alive in Israel today," and implied that God would wipe the residents of Dover, PA off the map for rejecting Creationism. Not to mention raising huge sums of cash from his zombie army, much of which is diverted from his charity operations to his business interests, including African diamond mines. Has long advocated that America simply ignore the Supreme Court. Robertson's God is an insecure, misogynistic, homicidal fanatic—just like Pat.
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- Howling Latina said...
Great post!
And very enlightening.(~.~)
- DoctorMama said...
That about covers it.
- Mignon said...
That's awesome. This is one of my favorite lines: "Quite possibly the worst person in the worst White House in American history." And "zombie army?" Priceless!
Also, LetterB linked to Sweetney's link to a video of Keith Oberman mocking Bill O'Reilly that you gotta watch.
- Feral Mom said...
Pat Robertson reminds me of the winged monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.
- Orange said...
Aaaah! Flying monkeys! One of the few kinds of critters that creep me out more than centipedes and millipedes. If I have nightmares tonight, Mme. Feral, you are in big trouble.
- Tawnya said...
That was too funny!!!! OMG!! Pat Robertson is the Antichrist!! LOL. Tawnya
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"WHEN I was a kid, I got a white Fender jazz bass and I freaked out. I had the most intense goose bumps. It felt liked I'd been given my sword and my journey could finally begin."
That journey into music has led Minnesota native Cory Wong to his current standing as a contemporary guitar hero, along the way working with noted American indie-funk band Vulfpeck; touring extensively with chart-topping singer-songwriter Ben Rector; and sharing stages with KISS's Gene Simmons, Questlove, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and Bootsy Collins.
The guitarist, composer, producer, and sideman also jammed with Prince's rhythm section during weekly sessions (the late, great, Prince was himself often in the audience or onstage ), and it was here Wong met Vulfpeck, leading to his working with them in the studio and on-stage.
'A lot of rhythm players think of themselves as just playing filler stuff, but I think of my stuff as hooks. You have to have hook sensibilities'
In 2017, Wong took the decision to go solo, releasing a self-titled debut album, which The Irish Times called "impeccable" and compared to Sly Stone and Weather Report. He followed this in September of last year with The Optimist, featuring an array of musicians whose impressive CVs hint at the kind of respect Wong commands.
"I got a call one day from Ricky Peterson, who's played organ with David Sanborn and George Benson," says Wong. "He was coming to town, so I told him I had some tunes I was working on and we should get together and record them the following week." Also featured were drummer Michael Bland and bassist Sonny Thompson from Prince's band, Prince's horn section, The Hornheads, and Wong's Vulfpeck comrade, Antwaun Stanley.
The album met with critical acclaim, and has seen Wong's status as a guitarist rise. As www.premierguitar.com said: "Wong is currently riding those hooks and his 'rubbery right-hand technique to modern-guitar-hero status." As Wong told that same publication: "A lot of rhythm players think of themselves as just playing some extra filler stuff to be in the back, but I think of my stuff as hooks. You have to have hook sensibilities to pull this stuff off."
Speaking about his approach to live performance, Wong said: "My stage persona is Andy Kaufman meets Tony Robbins. I want people to leave my show saying, 'Wow, I can't believe how funky and amazing that was, but also my stomach hurts from laughing so hard and now I feel the most motivated I've ever been in my entire life.'"
Cory Wong plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 22 at 8pm. Tickets are available from www.roisindubh.net; the Ticket Desk at [email protected], Shop Street; and The Róisín Dubh.


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Chris Brown's new lair is an ultra modern architectural home with all sorts of bells and whistles that a young star might find appealing. It was designed by architect Jay Vanos and has a very vertical footprint. A speedy elevator shoots guests from the garage to the main pool area.
The home has a security system, Crestron smart home controls, a Boffi kitchen and baths. Walls of glass make the most of the canyon views and there is also a green roof. The home dazzles at night with custom LED bulbs and lighting in cantilevered concrete stairs and benches and LED light shows in the pool and hot tub. Records show the home was purchased through a trust for $1.55 million. Brown's ex-girlfriend pop star Rihanna has her home on the market for $4.5 million. Brown's condo in West Hollywood hasn't hit the market yet.
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Josh Harding has been a member of the Wild for nearly 11 years. But since revealing in November that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the goaltender feels this season is like "a tryout."
He's trying to prove to himself, the club and everybody else that he can "still do what I've been doing all my life."
Sunday night against the Dallas Stars, Harding overcame the butterflies and the self-doubt and aced that initial test during an uplifting 1-0 blanking.
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Andrea Bargnani won't commit to return date from 'terrible' injury
The Knicks have gone 4-0 without an injured Andrea Bargnani. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Andrea Bargnani ruled himself out indefinitely with a torn ligament in his elbow while speaking to the media Thursday. The Knicks' power forward is wearing an elbow brace for the injury that's kept him sidelined for more than a week.
While Bargnani said no surgery is planned and would not commit to a return date, an elbow surgeon interviewed by the New York Post said such an injury usually requires 3-to-6 weeks of therapy.
"I have no idea [on a return date],'' Bargnani said. "It's a ligament broke and you see how it heals and how strong the arm gets. You got to make sure it's 100 percent. I really don't know the timeline.''
"It's terrible, just terrible but what can you do,'' said Bargnani. "Because it's similar to last year, it's even more frustrating. It's terrible sitting out — the worst.''
The elbow surgeon told The Post usually only baseball players and javelin throwers get the surgery — which could put him out one year.
The Knicks seem well prepared to play on without Bargnani, having switched to a small-ball lineup that has reeled off four straight wins in his absence.
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Coach Mike Woodson said he plans to stick with the small lineup, which features Carmelo Anthony shifting to Bargnani's power forward position and two point guards, Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni, in the lineup.
"The small lineup, we know that that works,'' Woodson said. "Hey I don't know if we'll go away from it this time.''
Woodson covered for the Knicks' success without Bargnani, saying the team wasn't healthy enough to develop chemistry with its second-leading scorer (13.7 points per game).
"I know big lineups and like Bargnani at that spot,'' Woodson said. "That was the reason to bring him over [from Toronto]. But we haven't had that chance to have that core group develop some chemistry. We haven't had a chance to do that.''


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Home Pool Safety Checklist
Make this weekend your Home Pool Safety Weekend
Over the last 25 years, 965 children under the age of five drowned in Australia. Swimming pools are the leading location for child drowning, primarily due to a lapse in supervision, faulty gates, and propped open gates.
Royal Life Saving has developed a home pool safety checklist. This checklist allows pool owners to conduct a self-assessment of the home pool and its surrounds to ensure it is safe for everyone to enjoy and minimises the risk of young children drowning.
The checklist features 8 sections; the Swimming Pool Gate, Swimming Pool Fence, Around the Swimming Pool Fence, Supervision, Pump, Grates and Suction, Emergency Preparation, Chemicals, Electricity. This checklist does not substitute for a pool inspection and has been produced for education purposes only. Pool owners should consider getting a professional assessment of their pool's compliance.
Royal Life Saving encourage all pool owners to make this weekend your home pool safety weekend and download a copy of the Home Pool Safety Checklist today.
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January 18, 2020 - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
BLEAK FRIDAY: Will you shop local and help save businesses this Black Friday?This week, Black Friday sales and profits are going to be more important than they ever have been. But how are businesses going to cope with the consumer holiday when so many of them have their livelihood at stake? NEWSTALK1010's Ashley Legassic presents part one of her series - Bleak Friday: Will You Shop Local & Save Businesses This Black Friday?
Tonight, with Jamil Jivani - November 23rd, 2020Qian Julie Wang a lawyer and author of the forthcoming book, Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood


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The Alcatel Emergency Restoration Kit enables network operators to repair fiber cuts in the field quickly and efficiently. Quick restoration of damaged networks reduces costly downtime, and the associated loss of revenue and productivity for the network operator and end customers. This rugged, self-contained kit includes two weather resistant splice closures and optical fiber cable in your choice of loose tube or ribbon designs. The kit is also available with a complete set of tools needed for mechanical splicing and installation. The closures are designed for simple and quick splicing, and the cables for immediate access to fibers. The carry case includes a spindle for the cable reel to allow quick deployment of the restoration cable. Together, these features enable network restoration at pit-crew speed and efficiency. Stored in strategic locations throughout your territory or kept on hand in service vehicles, this kit will pay for itself many times over in an emergency.
The Ditch Witch 410SX is the most outstanding articulated-steer vibratory drop plow in its horsepower class. With dozens of innovative features, including a plow vibrator with automatic blade centering, the 410SX quickly and efficiently installs communication lines, natural gas and water services, or a complete underground sprinkler system without digging a trench. When needed the 410SX can dig trenches, too.
The classic DigiTrak® F2® locating system has earned a reputation as a workhorse locator. With the introduction of Falcon frequency optimization, the DigiTrak Falcon F2 is a more powerful locating system that addresses active interference using a single wideband transmitter. Unlike other locating systems, the Falcon frequency optimizer scans for noise between 4.5 kHz and 45 kHz, then clearly displays a chart that depicts the noise levels across several bands. Choose two of the quietest frequency bands, pair with the Falcon wideband trans¬mitter, and get drilling. In areas with varied interference, switch between bands to stabilize data readings and complete the bore.


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Ashford Training Technologies designs and manufactures training equipment and training programs for the aerospace, power utility, communications and other industries.
We specialize in designing and building:
... to empower individuals in the workplace or aid them in the classroom.
Our roots are in the international aerospace industry, but our knowledge, skills, and technology are applicable to any industry.
CLICK HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO OUR ASSOCIATE, cabinSimulators.com SITE...
The new Calgary based Enerjet received a new Overwing Exit Trainer recently. Built by fellow Canadian company Ashford Technologies Inc., the new Exit Trainer will allow Enerjet to train their crewmembers for emergency operations on their new fleet of Boeing 737-700 Next Generation aircraft.
The Trainer includes a number of training features, such as emergency lights and PSU oxygen mask deployment, as well as a feature sure to be a hit with the class instructors; an auto-closing exit. Closing an Overwing Exit can be a time-consuming and arduous task, but not on this training device. A simple push of a button on the hand-held control unit will close and reset the exit without any stress or strain on the instructor !!
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Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center (P/SL) and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (RMHC) have been recognized by Healthgrades for achieving the 2018 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™. This distinction recognizes P/SL and RMHC among the top 15 percent of hospitals nationwide, according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Read coverage online:
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- Great American Financial Resources
- Rockford Registrer Star
- The Network Journal
- Hydroworld
- World Net Daily
- 1st Discount Brokerage
- Fat Pitch Financials
- Public Radio International
- Daily Herald
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About Qi Body Balance
My name is Cinthia Fani and I'm a Reiki Master, Clarity Life Coach and Intuitive Mentor. I truly believe we are all on this earth for a reason and once we figure out what that reason is, we each have the opportunity to live in great health, happiness and abundance.
I have gone from being completely asleep to fully awake in only two years. And that was far from comfortable. But I would not trade in any of it! And that is what I now share with you and the world.
"Become the Architect of your future - only you can change the landscape of your life!" ~ Cinthia Fani
I spent years struggling to be the person others said I should be. Conforming to what society calls "normal" and feeling disempowered and drained in my corporate job of 22 years.
I was unhappy, stressed and my soul was crying out for a change.
I then stumbled into a meditation class, hoping this new "thing" everyone talked about would provide me with that change I so desparately needed.
I invested in myself by taking classes, courses, workshops and gained many qualifications and certificates.
My journey to enlightenment was long but rewarding and I am still learning and growing and inspiring others to do the same.
Trust me, I know how uncomfortable it can feel to know deep down inside you're not living your true purpose, you're missing out on something big and you're sick of settling for "good enough".
I invite you to step into the You that you long to be, to stop pushing your happiness endlessly into the future, cut the cords to your old life and shift yourself onto a different track!
I have assisted hundreds of clients in finding their true passion, given them manifesting techniques and tools to live abundantly! My mission is to inspire you to live a life of authenticity and freedom; to empower you to achieve your goals, help remove self-limiting blocks and to witness your light shine brighter than ever before!
I love what I do and am blessed to help you in your healing journey!
I studied the following healing modalities and draw from each, as needed in my client sessions: Reiki, Akashic Records, Hypnosis, Meditation, Angel Therapy, NLP, Energy Work & Chakra Balancing. I use my natural (and developed) intuitive abilities and gift as an energy healer to provide Reiki and give voice to your Angels & Guides who are constantly whispering in your ears!
I invite you to browse my site with an open heart & mind in the hope you find what you are looking for.
Reiki Master, Usui Reiki
Angel Card Reader, certified by Doreen Virtue
Life Coach, Certified Coaches Federation
Akashic Records
Certified in Hynosis
School of Natural Health Sciences
3rd Eye Attunement
Chakra Balancing Practitioner
Integrated Energy Therapy
A recent study of hundreds of patients in their 80's & 90's, when asked what they regret the most:
What is Qi?
"Qi," pronounced "chi", is a vital energy forming part of every living thing. These vibrantly colored energy fields, have a significant effect on our health. For that reason, it is important that we sense this energy, recognize when it is off, and learn to correct the imbalance.
Cinthia will teach you how to tap into your own energies & heal yourself!


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UK Land Speed Racing Association
About our Association.
If you want to explore the top speed of yourself and your machine in the safest possible way without
risking your licence or even jail......join us! The association of the fastest motorcycle riders in the country, genuine
record holders.This is the place to see your true speed measured by certified timing equipment not your mates
tales of 150mph down the bypass or worse, which is almost certainly untrue due to the inaccuracy of most speedos at those
sort of speeds and the inevitable B/S factorLearn to handle three figure speeds safely.Race on some of the
best and longest runways in the UK.See the fastest riders in the country close up and at maximum speed.Full technical
and medical back up on site.Certificated record of your personal top speed.We are
planning on holding four events in 2011 the first and second of which will be at Honington.We expect these
events to be popular so early entry is advised because places are limited and its strictly first come first served.All members will receive an exclusive riding number which will remain yours while you continue to be a member
and will be used to identify you and your results on the members database.This identification number will comprise two or
three letters and two or three numbers.The letters identify you the rider and the numbers identify your machine.If you
wish to ride another machine entered by another rider you must substitute a revised number using your identification letters
with the identification numbers of the machine you wish to ride,subject to clearance by the Clerk of the Course on the day
in all cases.If you fail to observe this procedure you will not obtain a speed for your runs on another machine and
could be prevented from riding again on the day by the Clerk of the Course.There will be classes for all sizes
of motorcycle and as this site develops you will find all the information necessary to enter together with the level of protective
clothing and how to find the venues and most important a database of the speeds obtained at our events.Why
Join ?Over the last ten years or so a network of people have supported events around the country interested in
finding out just how quick their motorcycles were. Prior to this we have a long and famous history of landspeed
racing in the UK but for many reasons interest in top speed events has been in decline for some time and we are in danger
of losing the chance to ride in this type of event because of the lack of support for various reasons.The riders are
scattered around the country and communicate via various websites, meetings, shops etc.but lack any central collective identity
and are therefore fragmented and not in a position to have any say in the running or cancellation of events, to sum up we
have no voice.By supporting our club you help to ensure a future for this type of event.Our Aims.Some of our aims in forming this association are to secure the viability of events in the future and bring Land Speed Racing
back into the place it deserves in the motorsports culture of this country.The reason we have a lifetime membership
fee is to guarantee that we have the funds available to pay for an event if you the member having pre booked fail to turn
up on the day,we still need to pay for your place even if you dont turn up.Initially we will be dealing solely with
motorcycles but if interested parties with three or four wheel vehicles wish to get involved we see no reason why not to extend
our horizons in the future.We aim to be the organisation that people approach when they want to know about speed
and become the voice that landspeed racing needs to progress.We intend to promote our own event to be known as the Suffolk
Mile.We intend to hold several events during the year where we will collect all necessary data to provide a results
system that can be compared with similar results around the world.The results from these events will be used to complete
a results database for the membership so they can measure their progress as accurately as possible.The database
of these results will enable us to create a list of the fastest riders in the UK and we will endeavour to have this list published
in the national press.We will provide a starting point for new riders who wish to take part in our events and provide
guidance as requested.While at all times safety of anybody attending an event is of utmost importance competitors will
be engaged in a form of motorsport which is dangerous so we cannot be held responsible for any incidents or accidents arising
from the competitors membership of our organisation.You can follow our progress on Facebook here.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Uk-Land-Speed-Racing-Association/108445615862193?v=wall


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3D Printed Robot InMoov Open Source
In this interesting video we can find out more about a robot built using a 3D printer.
You can follow the progress of this project and download the printable parts on:
- http://inmoov.blogspot.com
- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17773
- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18939
Image Credit: http://inmoov.blogspot.com
Bad Memory? Not a Problem Unless You're a Robot
Is our memory important in this age in which more and more information is available online ?
The basic algorithms of human thought, Ray Kurzweil says, just aren't that complicated. From an observation about the weather to a sophisticated joke, cognition at every level operates according to a few simple principles. Researchers have gotten lost, he says, in the diversity and complexity of individual neurons and are missing the bigger picture.
Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer
Can we build a realistic computer model of the human brain ?
This is the question that Henry Markram is trying to answer.
In the microscopic, yet-uncharted circuitry of the cortex, Henry Markram is perhaps the most ambitious — and our most promising — frontiersman. Backed by the extraordinary power of the IBM Blue Gene supercomputing architecture, which can perform hundreds of trillions of calculations per second, he's using complex models to precisely simulate the neocortical column (and its tens of millions of neural connections) in 3D.
Though the aim of Blue Brain research is mainly biomedical, it has been edging up on some deep, contentious philosophical questions about the mind — "Can a robot think?" and "Can consciousness be reduced to mechanical components?" — the consequence of which Markram is well aware: Asked by Seed Magazine what a simulation of a full brain might do, he answered, "Everything. I mean everything" — with a grin.
Now, with a successful proof-of-concept for simulation in hand (the project's first phase was completed in 2007), Markram is looking toward a future where brains might be modeled even down to the molecular and genetic level. Computing power marching rightward and up along the graph of Moore's Law, Markram is sure to be at the forefront as answers to the mysteries of cognition emerge.
The Economist: Morals and the machine
An interesting article and video from The Economist about robots and ethics.
IN THE classic science-fiction film "2001", the ship's computer, HAL, faces a dilemma. His instructions require him both to fulfil the ship's mission (investigating an artefact near Jupiter) and to keep the mission's true purpose secret from the ship's crew. To resolve the contradiction, he tries to kill the crew.
As robots become more autonomous, the notion of computer-controlled machines facing ethical decisions is moving out of the realm of science fiction and into the real world. Society needs to find ways to ensure that they are better equipped to make moral judgments than HAL was.
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Houston's Motorcycle Cooperative
The Common Motor Collective is a DIY cooperative motorcycle and mechanics workshop. The focus is a learning environment where members can work on their own motorcycle / engine projects as well as learn how to use shop tools and perform basic fabrication.The shop philosophy is to teach good technique in order to make one a completely self sufficient mechanic. CMC members have enjoyed the ability to repair and build their own motorcycles in a guided community environment. In the shop we have one motto: Fix – Ride – Modify.
Bench Rental
CMC members can rent out bench and project storage on a monthly basis. Rental includes access to shop work space, equipment and tools as well as bike and parts storage. Shop access is three days a week and is supervised by experienced members. Day and time schedules are arranged based on members needs and availability, including weekends. Members must also complete a mandatory shop safety orientation and are expected to contribute to the upkeep and well being of the shop space, fellow members and the cooperative as a whole. Spaces are limited, contact us directly for additional information or to schedule a visit.
What You're Required to Bring
- Basic Tool Set (sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.)
- Riding Gear (helmet, jacket, gloves, etc.)
- Shop Consumables (cleaners, gloves, rags, paint, etc. We collectively keep the shop stocked.)
Mechanic Lessons
The best way to get started wrenching is with some real hands on time with an experienced mechanic. Individual lessons are one on one with an instructor, in which you and the instructors work together on your motorcycle. A professional evaluation of your motorcycle will be done and a repair plan of action will be created for your specific project. Lesson rates vary based on lesson length. Evening and weekend time slots are available. Contact us directly for inquiries and availability.
If you're local to Houston and need parts, give us a call you can stop by the shop and pick them up. We love talking with riders that like to wrench on their own bikes, happy to show you around the shop too.
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If you own a WordPress site, you must have mulled over this move at some point – HTTPS. HTTPS is a secure form of HTTP, the underlying protocol used on the Internet. With HTTP, all messages are exchanged in plain-text. So anyone wanting to snoop on your data can do so very easily. Having HTTPS enabled on your site would mean that any information flowing to and from your site is encrypted. A site that has HTTPS turned on will have a lock symbol on the address bar.
So what the real benefits of having HTTPS enabled on your site? Here are the important ones.
Login Protection
Until now, HTTPS was usually restricted to parts of a site that involved financial transactions like credit card payment. With the growing popularity of WordPress there has been a steep increase on the attacks. Attackers are always on the lookout for new ways to get hold of your login information. Plain-text HTTP makes it easy for your username and password to be snooped. Many free tools, like packet sniffers, are available that help you do this. Once your login is compromised, the attackers are free to misuse your site for any purpose. So protecting the login is foremost on every site owner's agenda.
HTTPS brings the much needed boost to your site's security when it comes to login protection. Once you enable HTTPS on your site, your login credentials are encrypted. Even if someone captures the login data, they will be unable to decipher anything from it.
Prevents Data Interception
In many cases, attackers are passive observers who simply want to capture data. However, there are times when the attackers may want to alter the data transmitted. For example, an attacker can easily modify the status code to error even if the connection went through successfully. The end users, being completely unaware of the attacker, will continuously try and establish a connection. This is a classic example of Denial of Service (DoS) attack. There are endless possibilities when it comes to the havoc that one can unleash by means of data interception.
HTTPS is a good measure to have in place against tampering of data. Using strong encryption ensures that attackers can't modify your data in transit. Your data is completely safe and secure.
Improved SEO Rankings
Google made an announcement recently that it will use HTTPS as a ranking measure. So apart from improving your site's security, HTTPS will also better your SEO rankings. For once, you can have the cake and eat it too!
In summary, HTTPS is definitely the right way forward for all our WordPress sites. Apart from protecting login, it also safeguards all data flowing to and from our sites. In today's times, it is not only sufficient for a site to load really fast but also provide the best possible security for its visitors. If you haven't enabled HTTPS on your site already, I urge you to do it at the earliest.


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Driver Alcohol Education Program
417 Liberty Street
Springfield, MA
Springfield, MA
Phone: (413) 734-3151
Provides driver alcohol education for those with a DUI offense. This program is in transition from one agency to another, so please call them or visit their website for the most up-to-date information.
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When you tour botanical gardens or private gardens, do you ever look up to see what's above your head? Most of us plan our gardens while sitting on our back patio or strolling through its paths. Often, we choose plants simply because we see them at a nursery and love their flowers. There's nothing wrong with that, but one day soon, take a look at your landscape from the point of entry, such as the gate to your backyard, and walk around, considering the overall look from ground level to tree canopy.
You might be pleasantly surprised, and you can add interest and beauty to your garden by considering what goes on over your head. I recently toured several gardens in the Denver area and noted use of arbors and other design elements to add height and 360-degree interest to landscapes. Here are a few examples.
Decks and Patios
Al you need are a few containers and some "engineering" skills to garden vertically, so to speak. Here are some of my favorite examples.
Arbors and Pergolas
Some plants are just born to trail up, down or around. With a well-placed arbor, you can add height, shapes, color and materials to your garden. Most of all, you can display some beautiful climbing plants that double as shade-makers.
Mix up Plant Heights
Finally, don't be afraid to add tall trees or other natural elements right in the middle of your garden. I always worry I have to place the tallest plants in the back. But breaking the "rules" can be fun and a hit.


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t's dump city at your house when there is no reason to go outside and you just want to stay indoors in your sleepy clothes. This hilarious dumpy clothes slogan is the perfect design for the bed head in all of us.
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You're here because you like to save money and feel good about it. But you don't just buy any product just because it costs less. Quality is just as important to you. And, people trust your opinion when they're making purchase decisions and value your honesty.
Store Brand Samples is part of a partnership with the leading private label pharmaceutical manufacturer, Perrigo, and its retailer partners. The program will sample store brand medicines, or over-the-counter drugs, available for sale at retailers everywhere - without a prescription. They're sold as the retailer's brand, with the same active ingredients as the name brand products.
For more than 125 years, Perrigo has provided quality and affordable healthcare products, and we're thrilled to offer this sampling opportunity with our retail partners. Join this unique program, and select the products that are relevant to you. We hope you will share your honest feedback on how well they've worked. As a program member, you will be periodically invited to choose products to receive, at absolutely NO cost to you.
Perrigo will never influence the opinions of our Sampling Program members, nor do we modify or edit any reviews. A review collected through this program will be labeled as such on retailer websites.
Thank you for your interest and engagement. We are excited to get you started trialing some great equate product samples.


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Our Visa Credit Cards give you added financial security and your wallet the extra bit of purchasing power it needs. With our low rates and flexible payments schedules, we have a Visa Credit Card to fit your lifestyle. Each card comes with our BancorpSouth Rewards program so you can earn points towards travel, gift cards and more with each swipe, plus you'll receive the global purchasing power and security you've come to expect from Visa.
Our Visa Student credit card helps you manage your account while giving you the spending power you need.


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This FlipLid Custom Cooler by Coleman is perfect to keep those beverages icy cold on those swealtering summer days.
This Coleman 16-quart rolling custom cooler is perfect for camping, tailgating, outdoor concerts and more.
This Coleman BasicLunch Custom Cooler holds 5 cans of your favorite beverage when you are on-the-go. The ID window on the back makes it perfect for carrying your lunch to work or school!
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This 1/3 Gallon Coleman Insulated Custom Jug is perfect to keep those beverages icy cold on those swealtering summer days.
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This custom cooler bag from Coleman holds six cans, for a big beverage payload and an extra-large marketing impact.
Don't go on camping trips, to the beach or attend an outdoor function without taking this Coleman 60-quart rolling custom cooler with you.
This 6-pack Coleman Basic Custom Cooler will keep your lunch cold no matter where you go! Take it to work, picnics, or the beach.
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EPARM is a protocol by which a program whose only input channel is standard input (stdin) can receive command line arguments. With EPARM, command line arguments are sent to a program along standard input in a prefix before the normal standard input data.
EPARM was originally designed for SNUSP, but can be applied to other programming languages with only one input channel, such as Brainfuck.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Choice of Prerequisite Standards
- 3 SNUSP-start escape character
- 4 SNSUP-start command
- 5 Examples
- 6 Conclusion
- 7 More ideas
For anyone working on a SNUSP interactive command-line shell, it would be nice to be able to send command line arguments to SNUSP programs when they're executed.
However, part of the beauty of SNUSP (and Brainfuck) is that all input into and output from the program is through stdin and stdout, using the ',' and '.' instructions.
Fortunately, these two ideas are compatible.
The goal of EPARM is to satisfy this pair of ideas.
Design considerations
First, let's call any program that implements argument reading as specified here EPARM compliant.
A program that only reads input from one channel shall be referred to as a single input channel program.
EPARM was created under the assumption that it is not possible to create an command line argument capable single input program whose behaviour is completely equal to that of a non argument capable single input channel program with the same functionality. Based on that, EPARM was designed to be as close as possible to backwards-compatible with non compliant programs, and people or programs that assume EPARM programs to be non-EPARM-compliant.
One example that should be as close to backwards-compatible as possible
is the case of a "cat" program.
Consider a non-EPARM-compliant cat program which is being used to write a file from its input.
If someone used an EPARM-compliant cat program without knowing it, we would want to minimise the potential damage caused.
EPARM is based on a argument-specifying prefixes.
Choice of Prerequisite Standards
The design of EPARM assumes that EOF is 255.
More precisely,
EPARM assumes that the end-of-line specifier (EOF) is not 0, 253, or any printable ASCII value. If 0 is used as EOF, it is possible to implement a working modified form of EPARM. More explanation is in Syntax.
The examples assume that the new-line sequence is the single byte 10,
and not (13, 10) like in a couple of operating systems out there.
EPARM itself does not assume this. It is compatible with any new-line sequence that doesn't contain 0, 253 or EOF.
SNUSP-start escape character
The first part of this protocol is the SNUSP-start escape character (SS escape character, or SSE). This feature is named after the language it was originally designed for.
The SS escape character may appear at the start of input to an EPARM compliant program. After the SNUSP start character, the next byte specifies a SNUSP-start command the program must follow.
If the program detects an SS escape character as the first byte it reads, it will respond to it. If the SS escape character does not appear at the start of the input, and it appears later, the program will treat it as a normal character -- the character will lose it's SS escape powers.
When an EPARM compliant program detects an SS escape character at the start of input, it treats the next character as a SNUSP-start command. Here we have a chance to create 255 different commands, though the selection is limited if you still want to keep things approximately backwards-compatible.
Choice of SNUSP-start character
EPARM uses a value of 253 as the SNUSP-start escape character (SSE). This value was chosen with the following constraints in mind:
- The SSE should not be a printable ASCII character.
- The SSE should not clash with the byte-order marks (BOMs) used in UTF-16 Unicode text files. These may start with 255 or 254.
- The SSE should not cause any screwup if it is printed onto the start of UTF-8 Unicode text file.
- The SSE should not be an EOF marker.
- (desirable) The SSE should not be a low number (<32). In binary files, these characters are relatively common, compared to other non-printable characters.
- (desirable) Make the SSE simple for a SNUSP program to detect.
In other words, if we made a Modular SNUSP, or Core SNUSP program to detect the SSE and act on it, it should be possible for that program to be very short.
The "desirable" constraints were considered to be ones that could be discarded if the full set of constraints was unsatisfiable. The choice of 253 satisfies all of them, except maybe (3).
^ These two websites suggest that in UTF-8, some byte values are invalid to appear at the start of a character sequence and those invalid bytes, along with other invalid UTF-8 sequences, are omitted when displayed or converted to other character-sets. They also suggest that 253 is an invalid sequence-starting byte value in UTF-8. If all this is true, then 253 is as good as we will get for UTF-8 constraints.
SNSUP-start command
EPARM uses the SNUSP-start command 'a' to signify command-line arguments. If an EPARM-compliant program sees an 'a' right after the SS escape character, it will try to read command-line arguments.
'a' was chosen because:
- 'a' stands for argument.
- It probably helps if it is an ASCII printable character.
- It is the first SNUSP-start command to be made up.
After the 'a', the EPARM-compliant program will read a list of strings from its input. The strings are the command-line arguments.
Argument termination
The argument strings will be null terminated, i.e. they will end with 0. This behaviour is inspired by C programs, which do the same thing. when their "main" functions are called. Developers who use 0 as the EOF value can use 255, or pretty much any value except 253, as the argument string terminator.
List termination
The list will be terminated by another SSE character (253), followed by 'a'.
- We cannot use an ASCII printable character (such as 'a') as the list termination character (list terminator), because that would screw up any command arguments that contain 'a'.
- We cannot use 0 (eg two zeroes in a row terminates the current argument and the list) because empty command-line arguments have to be possible. An analogue is running
$ someprogram "" helloin a Unix-like shell. The program would be passed an empty string as an argument.
- We cannot use EOF because that would close the "file" in the non-argument-compliant version of the program, when this one hasn't started reading it yet. That would break information-flow compatibility.
If EOFs were used, the argument-compliant and non-argument-compliant versions would effectively have to read a different number of "files" to each other. If something went wrong in calling a program, the called program would refuse its normal input, or wait for more output after it's intended input is finished.
- We shouldn't make up too many new special characters for these things.
Within any SNUSP-start command, 253 is used as an escape character, which can perform special functions. When used with the following byte 'a', it terminates the list of arguments.
Therefore the list terminator is 253 followed by 'a'.
The entire SNUSP-start command, including starting and ending characters, is the argument-specifying prefix.
The second list terminator character
The second list terminator character is chosen to be 'a', but this is not considered a strong requirement of EPARM compliance.
The constraints on it are:
- It must not be EOF, that would break information flow.
- It shouldn't be 253; (253, 253) should be an escape sequence to insert 253
into the argument being read.
In the end, however, consistency is desirable.
Other escape sequence
EPARM defines two SNUSP-start escape sequences. The first one (SSE, 'a') is defined in the previous section.
The other is (SSE, SSE) i.e. (253, 253).
When (SSE, SSE) is encountered during a SNUSP-start command, the EPARM-compliant program inserts the SNUSP-start escape character into the command. This is an analogue to typing '\\' in a string literal in C code.
Behaviour when there are no arguments
Suppose we have a single input channel program that might be EPARM-compliant and we want to execute it with no arguments.
There are two ways in which we can do this:
- Run the program with an empty argument specifying prefix i.e. (253, 'a', 252, 'a').
- Run the program with no argument specifying prefix.
In deciding which of these approaches to use, we must consider the following two threats:
- The program isn't EPARM compliant.
- The normal input will start with 253.
The relative probability of these threats occurring determines which approach we should use.
If (1) the program more probably isn't EPARM-compliant,
then (1) run the program with an empty argument-specifying prefix.
If (2) the program's normal input more probably will start with 253,
then (2) run the program with no argument-specifying prefix.
EPARM does not specify which approach to take. The choice is left to the programmer.
A really smart program that executes programs might read the first byte of normal input beforehand, use approach (1) if and only if that byte is 253, otherwise approach (2), and then feed the called program the rest of the normal input.
Suppose we have two cat programs written in SNUSP, accat.snusp and cat.snusp. Both programs behave the same, except acccat.snusp accepts some command-line arguments via this system. Both programs behave the same by default, i.e. acccat.snusp behaves like cat.snusp when it is given no command line arguments. Let accat.snusp accept the following arguments:
- -u Converts the output to upper case
- a ARG Append ARG to the output
Let's have a file called test.txt containing "Hello World!" and ending with a newline character (10).
Example 1
$ accat.snusp
The contents of test.txt
Effective input:
"Hello World!",10
Hello World!
Hello World!
Or with the arguments-prefix,
Effective Input:
253,"a",253,"a",Hello World!",10
with dots:
".a.aHello World!."
Hello World!
cat.snusp (with dots):
.a.aHello World!
Example 2
$ accat.snusp -u
The contents of test.txt
Effective input:
253,"a-u",0,253,"aHello World!",10
With dots for nonprinting chars:
".a-u..aHello World."
cat.snusp (with dots):
.a-u..Hello World
There is some data corruption screw-up in the output of the old form of cat when the argument-prefix is used, which includes every case where some arguments are sent.
When no argument-prefix is used, there isn't a problem.
This holds true as long as the first byte in the input isn't 253.
Example 3
$ accat.snusp -u -a "And many more"
The contents of test.txt
Effective input:
253,"a-u",0,"-a",0,"And many more",0,253,"aHello World!",10
with dots:
".a-u.-a.And many more..aHello World!."
HELLO WORLD!And many more
cat.snusp (with dots):
.a-u.-a.And many more..aHello World!.
Or, with "echo" commands,
Example 4
$ acecho.snusp Hello World!
Effective input:
with dots:
Hello World!
This is where echo.snusp is made to do nothing because it cannot read any arguments, and so cannot print any arguments.
Example 5: An EPARM compliant echo implementation
This program is written in Modular SNUSP.
The program prints all of its arguments to standard out, separated by single spaces. Once the arguments have been printed, the program exits.
The output of this program is consistent with the output for acecho.snusp in Example 4.
In conclusion, EPARM lets programs use only stdin and stdout for communication with the outside world, and receive command-line arguments. SNUSP programs, and SNUSP-calling programs that follow EPARM are compatible with programs that do not follow EPARM under most conditions.
More ideas
EPARM contains some ideas that can be extended into other forms of functionality. The SNUSP-start command protocol used by EPARM can be used to request up to 254 other functions at the start of a SNUSP program's input.
When a SNUSP-start command is being read,
the SNUSP-start escape character can be used as a general escape character.
A SNUSP-start escape sequence could be defined to allow stating the EOF character without closing the input.
A SNUSP start command may be used to turn on escapable mode, whereby the program then performs its normal function except with SNUSP start escape characters enabled in the normal input.


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Whether you're a touring engineer, musician or simply a wireless mic enthusiast,
MHz will provide you with the most up-to-date list of available frequencies. Just launch MHz and you'll know.
The app is designed and developed by an industry veteran.
This means that all features are designed with the technician and musician in mind.
MHz is constantly under development, so that you can benefit from all the rich features.
Because, trust us, many more features are coming.
Just grab your phone out of your pocket, open MHz and you'll instantly see the available channels at your locatioin.
Search for POI's or just a random address and you'll see the reuslts. All search results are saved on your device for your convenience.
The ever-growing number of DTV channels, 4G/LTE cellular connections, means that wireless devices need to be cramped into an even smaller space.
MHz can help with that process by instantly showing you available frequencies.
MHz supports white-space location search in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and USA
When it comes to general information regarding frequency availability
there's currently support for Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland also.
Rest assured. We'll be adding many more coutries to MHz.
It's well known, that available frequencies vary greatly depending on country.
In some countries it also very much depends on where you are, as available white spaces vary from place to place.
MHz can help you by showing a list of available white spaces.
Doesn't get any better.
The only time we need your location, is when something has gone wrong. If that should ever happen, just take a screenshot. MHz will automatically register it and ask if you want to report a bug. After we check out your issue, everything gets deleted.
MHz started out as a 1-man adventure.
In fact, to this day, it still is. So it's not a reluctance to develop Android version - it's a skill thing.
It is the highest priority right now, to start developing an Andriod version.
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The Mommyologist's post for Mom Sexy today couldn't have come at a better time. She talks about little things we, as moms, can do for ourselves that can make us feel sexy. She brings out a very good point that these things should be for us, not for those around us. I think if you feel good about yourself, the people around you pick up on it.
This past week or so I've been doing little things for me. It started with a trip to the mall to buy Little Dude another Webkinz Jr. We walked through a store and I saw a shirt on one of those creepy, headless mannequins. I took one look at this shirt and said, "Hey! I have that same one at home!" From the time I got this shirt last Christmas I thought it was a dress shirt. Since I don't get dolled up and go out too often, I hadn't worn it yet. The shirt was layered over a t-shirt, left unbuttoned, with the sleeves rolled. It's a plaid shirt on the outside,, but the inside pattern has flowers.
The next day I pulled this shirt out of my closet, found my favorite tank top and capris and put the whole thing together. I also decided to pull out my make-up. I have so much make-up because I rarely wear it. I usually end up throwing a lot of it away because it's too old for me to feel comfortable wearing. I've had a bad experience with older make-up so I'm more cautious now. Anyway, I figure I have it so why not wear it. Recently I got some eye shadow from a friend that has 12 colors in it. So many decisions, but I finally went with purple. I pulled out my lip gloss, which I am slowly becoming addicted to and threw some of that on. I even added a necklace and some silver bracelets. My jewelry, with the exception of my wedding rings, is like my make-up ~ I have so much but rarely wear it.
I'm waiting for the husband to bag his stuff to donate
so I can get it all out of the house in one trip
Until next time....


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New ad addresses Carmona's temperament issues
PHOENIX – Jeff Flake for Senate unveiled a new ad today that features Richard Carmona's former supervisor while he was the U.S. Surgeon General.
The ad features the personal testimony of Dr. Cristina Beato, who served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2003 to 2005. Dr. Beato recounts the night that Dr. Carmona angrily slammed on her door in the middle of the night in a rage to continue an argument that he started earlier that day. The incident, which was investigated by the House Oversight Committee, was reported on in May by Politico and more recently by the Arizona Republic.
Click the image below or this link to view the ad
The ad begins airing statewide on broadcast and cable television today. A Spanish-language version of the ad will also air on Telemundo and Univision.Click this link to view the Spanish version:
JEFF FLAKE: I'm Jeff Flake, and I approved this message.
DR. CRISTINA BEATO: "There was an angry pounding on the door, in the middle of the night. I'm a single mom. I feared for my kids and for myself. It was Richard Carmona and I was his boss. Carmona is not who he seems. He has issues with anger, with ethics and with women. I have testified to this under oath to Congress. Richard Carmona should never, ever be in the U.S. Senate."
"It's clear that Richard Carmona does not have the proper temperament for the United States Senate," said Andrew Wilder, communications director for Jeff Flake for Senate. "Far from being an isolated incident, Dr. Beato's experience appears to be part of a pattern."
"A number of Carmona's former co-workers and employees, however, describe a man whose instinct is to escalate hostilities rather than resolve them." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Charles W. Putnam, a University of Arizona surgery professor who has worked with Carmona, told Kennedy in the letter that he did not want as his surgeon general someone 'who was removed from his two previous administrative appointments … because he could not work in an effective or even a civil manner with health professionals and other constituencies of those positions.'" ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Carmona has acknowledged in interviews that not everyone likes him. Some former supervisors and colleagues, however, say the conflicts have been more than simple personality clashes." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Several people who clashed with Carmona, contacted for this report, refused to speak on the record, citing Carmona's reputation for suing or threatening to sue people he believed had wronged him." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Two years later, Carmona was hired as chief executive officer and medical director of Kino Community Hospital in Tucson. There he clashed repeatedly with the hospital's longtime chief of surgery, Eric Ramsay. They fought over staffing and the residency program." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"'Never in my entire medical career have I seen such gross interference by a hospital administrator without the slightest attempt to reach a cooperative understanding,' Ramsay said in a letter to Carmona dated March 7, 1996, the day he quit. 'Clearly you need a lot of help and instruction in how to manage your current position for which you have had no training or previous experience.'" ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Carmona also battled with home health-care workers over a proposal to cut their hourly wages from $10 to as little as $6 an hour. After the workers complained publicly–noting that Carmona recently had raised the pay of top aides–he issued a warning. In a memo, Carmona threatened to transfer their work to the private sector if the aides continued 'to maliciously and falsely spread rumors … in hopes of discrediting us and/or destabilizing our organization.' The Tucson Weekly printed excerpts from the memo after he threatened to suethem for saying he retaliated against dissidents." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Beato's most eye-opening accusation involves two incidents in which she says Carmona banged on her door at her house in the middle of the night, screaming at her over issues the two disagreed on. Beato, a single mother with two children, said she refused to open the door because she was frightened of his behavior. The two lived in the same neighborhood on the National Institutes of Health campus at the time." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
"While many colleagues say they never had any problems with Carmona, reports surfaced ahead of his2002 confirmation hearing about repeated clashes with co-workers during histenures at the Tucson Medical Center, Kino Community Hospital and the Pima County health system, including a legal dispute over his contract with the medical center that was later resolved out of court." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
"'No, I do not make this stuff up,' Beato told The Republic. 'And I did fear for my life, and I am not a little withering flower, either. It was personally very frightening.'" ("Carmona's Focus: Jobs, Immigration," Arizona Republic, 10/04/12)
"And then there has been Carmona's uncooperative, even truculent, relationship with the Pima County Health Care System Commission of citizens with which the Board of Supervisors two years ago required him to work in formulating policy." ("Dismiss Carmona," Arizona Daily Star, 7/13/99).
"Regarding the travel expenses allegation, Carmona was forced to pay back the department for improperly reimbursed personal expenses, according to her testimony, emails between senior health officials and several people familiar with the matter. Beato told House investigators she was "extremely concerned" that Carmona was making a disproportionate number of visits to the San Diego and Tucson areas, where he owns homes, and was sending drivers to run his personal errands." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
"Carmona's campaign acknowledged Friday that he repaid the government $3,580 for his travel expenses in 2003. But his aides said the reimbursements were for a mix of innocuous reasons: a staff error, Carmona extending a trip because of appendicitis and his delivering of a commencement address at the University of Arizona." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
"In the interview with POLITICO, Beato stood by her 2007 testimony. Beato said one of the issues that led to a midnight visit by Carmona involved his wish to visit the University of California, San Francisco, his alma mater, to receive an honorary degree. Beato alleged that Carmona wanted to pay for the trip using government funds, which she refused to allow." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
"In one case, hospital administrators cited his 'bullying' of a nurse who said he failed to diagnose a young boy's skull fracture in 1991. Carmona demanded Angie Calvino's resignation after she complained to colleagues about his medical judgment, rather than reporting her concerns to the hospital's confidential peer review committee, court records show. In a mediated agreement, Calvino agreed to a demotion if Carmona did not report her to the State Nursing Board for not following protocol, according to those familiarwith the case. However, court records show that a few months later Carmona did report her, and Calvino remained demoted." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"His final battle there came in a dispute in May 1999 with county health commissioner Sylvia Campoy, who had reported to the county attorney allegations that a Kino doctor with a drug abuse problem had written false prescriptions to access drugs. Carmona had already dealt with the doctor on the issue two years before, and after an internal investigation, encouraged the doctor to report himself to the Board of Medical Examiners. After Campoy reported the allegations, Carmona became irate, saying she had violated the accused doctor's confidentiality, an opinion shared by the Kino Community Hospital board and the Pima County Medical Society." ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"'What I got from Dr. Carmona [after reporting the case] was antagonism and … threats,' Campoy later told an investigator from the Arizona Department of Public Safety's prescription fraud unit, according to a state Board of Medical Examiners document obtained through Arizona's public records law. 'I was screamed at, I was yelled at. I was told it was none of my business. I was told that I had breached peer review.'" ("Squaring Off Over Nominee," Los Angeles Times, 07/08/02)
"Beato gave her testimony in secret in 2007, saying Carmona was an 'extremely angry' person, a 'living nightmare' to work with, had trouble working for a female supervisor and abused travel privileges by improperly billing taxpayers for some personal expenses, according to the testimony. When POLITICO contacted Beato recently, she confirmed her testimony and reiterated her accusations on the record, five years after she originally gave them to the House committee." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
"'I think any normal woman, when somebody comes in at midnight demanding and raising their voice, would feel threatened,' Beato said in the interview." ("Richard Carmona Draws Fire From Former Boss," Politico, 05/21/12)
Stay up to date on Richard Carmona's campaign to be a rubber stamp for Democrats' liberal agenda in Washington by visiting www.RubberstampRich.
For more information on Jeff Flake and why he's running for the U.S. Senate, please visit his website at www.JeffFlake.com.


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BlackArrow, NDS Swap Out DVR Ads
BlackArrow this week will preview a DVR ad-substitution
system with NDS, with the ability to dynamically insert targeted, local ads in
live or on-demand video, at the IBC conference in Amsterdam.
The demo is the first public product showcase
jointly presented by the two companies, following NDS's investment into
BlackArrow this spring.
Other BlackArrow backers include Comcast, Cisco Systems and Intel.
"The goal of addressable TV advertising is to
deliver the best possible spot, regardless of how the viewer is accessing the
programming," BlackArrow senior vice president of product management Chris Hock.
"Our DVR ad-substitution demonstration illustrates how we can partner with
best-of-breed providers like NDS to help cable system operators and content
programmers leverage the potential of the DVR to create a viable and powerful
platform for addressable advertising."
At the NDS booth, BlackArrow will show
different scenarios demonstrating advertisements inserted locally on DVRs. The
demo will use BlackArrow's Advanced Advertising System for managing advertising
sales, targeting and decision making, and NDS Dynamic to target, deliver,
insert and measure advertisements for both linear and on-demand DVR-based
addressable advertising.
BlackArrow's initial product, for inserting
ads dynamically into video-on-demand programs, is currently in trial
deployments with Comcast (in its Jacksonville, Fla., system), Bresnan
Communications and Fox Cable Networks.
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Brand Storytelling For Beginners
Your brand is more than your product – It's also about the experience.
Brands and businesses exist for all sorts of things imaginable. But in a world with limitless options to choose from, what makes a brand stand out? How can consumers differentiate or remember one from many others?
A story.
Consumers don't just want to know about the features and benefits your product can provide them. While that's important (and satisfies their logical side), most purchase behaviours are actually emotional.
Storytelling is a wonderful way to deliver an emotional impact whilst projecting your brand personality; A well-executed story has the ability to leave lasting impressions, communicate meaning and create personal connections with its listeners.
It's time to hit the books and script your business narrative. Here are 4 tips to constructing a solid storyline that will tug the heartstrings.
1. Do Your Research
Like writing a novel, planning and preparation is needed before an outline is able to take shape. In this case, its about knowing your business' direction and what intended outcome the brand wants to achieve. Gather details, observe or ask around for information related to the company to build a solid foundation.
Also, some stories appeal to a person more than others. It is important to find out what suits your target demographic and product offerings. Get out on the street, and gain a perspective of what readers think. Reach out to find out what themes might grab their attention. Once you have enough information, it's all about clarity from chaos.
2. Remember Your Creative Writing Components
Now, its time to dig out your rusty creative writing skills from back in those schooling days. The key to a good story is unlocking your reader's imagination. People read to escape from reality, immerse themselves in an alternate, self-created world. So, give them the tools to visualise – by providing the necessary details.
Keep these 4 basic components in mind to create a compelling, believable storyline :
- Character Development: Yes, it matters whether your main is a guy or girl – along with many other factors that make up a authentic role consumers can relate to. Details such as quirks or personality traits helps audiences distinguish one character from another, and also provide a sense of realism to the plot.
- Vivid Description: You can keep your storyline concise and to the point, but audiences need more information for picturing out a scenario; People don't just want to know what happens straightaway – that's boring and forgettable. Descriptions are needed to build suspense, emotions as well as an atmosphere to the story.
- An Overarching Action: In order to spur action through your story, your narrative needs a plan of action too. This is the reason why people read synopses on the back of book covers or on TV magazines; Users expect something to happen when engaging with your storyline. Keep in mind your overall story arc and how the characters' situation or actions will lead to achieving it.
- Emotional Depth: A story that is able to elicit feelings, whether positive or negative is an effective one. Likewise, reading an emotionally charged story makes people want to do something to resolve those emotions, which can be worked to spur action towards your brand. Add emotional responses in your character plot, or make eliciting a response the aim of your storyline. High arousal feelings, such as anger, fear, humour or surprise are much more effective at garnering attention.
3. Establish Structure
With these essential components in mind, structure is all that's needed to give your storyline a purposeful direction. If you have a unique plot you want your brand to follow, great! But if you aren't confident that your outline might roll off in a way that audiences can appreciate, a progression pattern is a reliable method for laying the groundwork.
You can't go wrong with these 5 story patterns that are always popular with the crowd.
– An Underdog's Tale: A mediocre, unassuming character takes on an impossible giant. People can relate to the character's realism, and the protagonist's ultimate success against the status quo reminds and inspires audiences to do better.
– A Monomyth: Essentially, the hero's story; Character ventures into unknown territories and survives, coming out stronger and wiser. This is a great format for imparting valuable brand lessons.
– A Moment of Discovery: Elements of novelty and surprise are effective at garnering attention. A story about how you/ your storyline's character stumbles upon something exceptional, and the journey to making the world better with it is always uplifting.
– A False Start: Again, this pattern works on the surprise factor, by breaking the audience's expectations of how a story should progress. A narrative starts innocently typical, but switches up with something totally unforeseen. This format is great for imparting personal struggles or experiences.
– A Transformation: Whether it's a rags to riches story or something out of A Christmas Carol, the idea of a disliked character learning things the hard way and ultimately struggling to seek redemption is often a heartwarming way to educate audiences.
4. Choose The Right Platform
When you've got your story down pat, there are many avenues your brand can use to communicate to audiences. However, different formats have different limitations; For example, text-based platforms like blogs and email newsletters provide more leeway in descriptive imagery. But when it comes to videos or infographics, these descriptions often have to be summarised or translated into actual visuals to convey the message.
Depending on your needs or consumer preferences, tailor your content to suit the features of the selected platform. It's also helpful to note the different nuances in each type of media. Videos have to take into consideration colouring and aesthetics, scripting and physical movement. Audios require attention towards a speaker's tone and pausing. As for text, the writing style, pacing of words and text length affects the story's readability.
Written by: (www.script.com.sg)
Edited & Illustrated by: Script Consultants Pte Ltd