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I'll confess. I like coding in C. It isn't that I don't understand the benefits of C++ and other more modern languages. It isn't even that I don't use many of those other languages where I am required to or when the benefit is overwhelming. But I enjoy C (and assembly, for that matter).
This could be just another facet of my curmudgeonly nature. After all, although I have a lot of real and virtual calculators, I also have a collection of slide rules that I still use. Of course, I don't think my predilection for C is as unusual as my slide rule collection.
On the other hand, I'm a realist. A very smart programmer once told me that they couldn't use C++ for some embedded code because "C++ just puts things in your code that you don't know about." I thought he was a pretty smart guy, so I'm assuming that was a form of hyperbole. But I do believe that sometimes people think C++ compilers engage in black magic and add mysterious and unknowable things to your code.
Of course, this is ridiculous. If the compiler can generate it, you can understand it. In fact, the first C++ compilers were really front ends that produced C code you fed to the C compiler. So there's no hidden magic nor is there any randomness that would prevent you from figuring out what's happening.
What does C++ add to your code at runtime? One thing to keep in mind is that there is very little difference between a class and a structure. In fact, in C++ they are identical except for the default visibility of members (structure members are public by default and class members are private). Defining a structure and a bunch of functions that take pointers to the structure as their first argument is not very different from writing a C++ class. In C++, of course, that first argument is the hidden
this pointer, and that's one of the magic, hidden things the compiler does.
The compiler also manages a virtual function call table if (and only if) you use virtual functions. That means there is an extra pointer in your class (or structure, if you have a structure that contains virtual functions) that points to a block of memory with the addresses of the virtual functions.
Of course, the compiler may also create default constructors and assignment operators for you, but only if you fail to create them yourself. Besides that, the rules it uses to do this are well understood. Other "mysterious" things are really just features. So sure, basing class
X on an existing class
Y will bring in members from
Y (and any base classes of
Y). It is supposed to!
Redefining operators is another source of confusion. I'd like to get a T-shirt that says, "I saw
cout being shifted left hello world times and decided to drop the class." Again, you don't have to redefine operators and if you do, presumably you understand what you are doing and make smart choices (don't define a + operator to do subtraction, for example).
The irony is that many C programmers roll their eyes at other language proponents, because C is replete with tricky features like dynamic memory allocation and the preprocessor. Both of these examples are powerful tools, but require some knowledge and discipline to work well. I'd submit that the "magic tricky features" of C++ fall into the same category.
Even though I enjoy writing in C myself, I have become a great believer in the use of C++ to build tools. This is especially true in larger projects. I can build a toolset in C++ and, with the addition of some code generation tools, use developers who are mostly coding traditional C code.
You can see this sort of design in popular class libraries like Qt or (if you are a bit older) MFC. The average user of these frameworks will never have to manually derive a class or write member functions. They just fill in "super" C code into predefined spaces. You might use some C++ features if you want to, but you can do quite a bit with only a superficial understanding of the differences between C and C++.
I often think of how these frameworks operate as "design by difference." That is, the framework provides a basic application that does all the things you expect (shows a window, has a menu, properly manages resources, etc.). Your job is to provide the differences between a generic application and your program.
After working on some larger Linux-based embedded systems, I've been walking through my library of assembly code looking for things I want to pull out as more portable C or C++ code. One framework I've used frequently manages the classic LCD display with a few buttons for a rudimentary menu-based user interface.
I've used variations on this code for years, but it was always tied to one processor or another and I invariably was using a processor I didn't have already built. Using C or C++, I can produce portable code. In fact, I wanted to make a C++ framework that uses the design by difference philosophy.
Check out the resulting library. I didn't provide any bindings for specific embedded systems today. Instead, there is an example test harness that uses Linux and simulates the input and output in a text console.
The core to the library is a single class,
lcdui. This is a prototype LCD-based application that can handle several different kinds of menu items:
T_ACTION— Causes a callback with a code so you can execute some function
T_MENU— Invokes a submenu when selected
T_INT— Increments or decrements an integer value by a fixed step value (and within limits)
T_ENUM— Selects one of several options
The user interface is typically four buttons: up, down, enter, and back. Up and down select menu items or alter integers or enumerated items. Enter selects an item (or ends editing) and back backs out of editing or a submenu.
Of course, the framework can't know how you have the LCD interfaced or how your buttons are connected. That's why it has several virtual functions to handle input and output. Here's the class definition:
class lcdui { protected: MENU *menu; // the current menu unsigned int current; // current index in the menu public: // constructor lcdui(MENU *_menu) : menu(_menu) { current=0; }; // execute the menu virtual void go(unsigned int menulevel=0); virtual void callback(int id, MENUTYPE mtype, EVTYPE event, int *value=NULL); // override to handle T_ACTION menu items virtual void dispatch(int id) = 0; // called when no input available virtual void idle(void) {}; // get an input code virtual INTYPE getInput(void) = 0; // Write to the LCD virtual void output(std::string ostring) = 0; };
The last two entries handle the input and outputs. The
dispatch, and
callback functions let you customize how things work (normally, you'd only need the
dispatch function for a simple system). The key, of course, is the array of
MENU structures. Here's my test setup from linuxdemo.cpp (available from the code repository):
// Main menu with some of each type of menu MENU mainmenu[] = { { "Entry 1", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 1 }, { "Entry 2", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 2 }, { "Entry 3", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 3 }, { "Value", 1, 0, T_INT, NULL, 0, 10, 1, value1, NULL, 1 }, { "TF", 1, 0, T_ENUM, NULL, 0, 0, 0, tfval, truefalse, 1 }, { "SUBMENU", 1, 0, T_MENU, menu2, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 1 }, END_MENU };
END_MENU is just a macro with a
NULL entry. The program defines several other items to finish out the menu:
// Simple sub menu */ MENU menu2[] = { { "Entry 4.1", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 41 }, { "Entry 4.2", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 42 }, END_MENU }; // Values we want to remember */ int value1=5; // simple integer int tfval=0; // true/false enum // Enumeration for tfval ENUM truefalse[] = { { "FALSE" }, { "TRUE" }, { NULL } };
To make the system work, you need to subclass the base class and provide (at least) the pure virtual functions (those that end with =0 in the header, namely
getInput and
output). The example program names the subclass
linuxdemo. Then a simple
main kicks off all the logic:
// Simple sub menu */ MENU menu2[] = { { "Entry 4.1", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 41 }, { "Entry 4.2", 1, 0, T_ACTION, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, 42 }, END_MENU }; // Values we want to remember */ int value1=5; // simple integer int tfval=0; // true/false enum // Enumeration for tfval ENUM truefalse[] = { { "FALSE" }, { "TRUE" }, { NULL } };
Could you have done the same thing in C? Of course. Would it be as elegant (however you define elegant)? I don't think so. Admittedly, there is some overhead involved in this setup. Some of it was due to design choices (for example, the wasted memory in the
MENU structure). Some of it is due to virtual functions, no doubt. Then again, is an extra function call in an LCD menu function a big deal? Probably not.
Next time, I want to talk more about virtual functions in embedded systems and look at the LCD library a bit more. Meanwhile, you can grab the latest code from the repository (and I won't promise I won't update it) and experiment with it.


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Tom Flanagan is upset that Calgary's city council has decided to end fluoride treatment of Calgary's water supply. This is, as Flanagan correctly points out, against all evidence about the safety and benefits of fluoride in the water supply. Of course, as the Big City Liberal observes, Flanagan is reaping a whirlwind that he sowed by scoffing at "evidence" and "scientists" and so on when it came to global warming. Flanagan belongs to that strange and shrinking group of so-called respectable right-wingers. These are those on the right who like to whip up populist sentiment against the by deriding scientists, elites, liberals, ivory tower intellectuals and the government as being aloof and out of touch but still like to be able to hit the brakes some of the time and admit that yes, science or scholarship or what-have-you needs to be taken seriously once in a while. Some problems do actually require evidence-based solutions.
Of course as long as the majority opinion among right-wing media personalities was of this variety, there was a limit to how much frothing know-nothing outrage made it into the mainstream. There might be extreme or radical proposals on the American right but they had to be at least somewhat rationally defensible. I could call on the example here of William Buckley who had the courage to cast the Birchers out of the American conservative movement. I disagree with most of what Buckley stood for, but at least he had some kind of sense of what was the difference between someone who was strong-minded or opinionated and someone who was just plain crazy.
In today's conservative movement though, it appears that the monkeys have final taken over the zoo and the energized populists will not heed the calls of sensible conservatives to rein in the crazy. They of course now have two heroes in this approach: Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. Both Palin and Beck have been willing to double-down on the crazy every time they are given the option. They are prepared to entertain the nuttiest fringe stuff from birthers to death panels. Imagine if Palin and Beck somehow got embroiled in this fluoride thing, Palin would be calling on scientists to refudiate fluoride while Beck would draw a weird chart trying to show that big fluoride is connected to Soros, Islam, and the Nazis. If Flanagan is going to use the crazy fringe as a means to political ends, he is going to have to deal with more and more of this kind of thing. This is the tiger he has chosen to ride.

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Let it rain: Marymount University puts an eco-friendly spin on gardening
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Students at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia worked together to construct a rain garden outside of their library. The idea took root to help reduce pollution levels in water runoff and to improve water quality on campus. Learn more in this short film about the benefits—both environmental and educational—of their unique garden.
This is a web-only feature that accompanies "Go big green", which appeared in the September 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 9, pages 21-25).
Want to see more of what students are doing for their environments? Take a look at this: Slideshow: Going green at college campuses
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adam_uk wrote:Ok, got round to having the rescheduled consult yesterday.
Firstly, JP has no idea of time - I kept a close eye on the time as we hit the hour mark, when the consult should've ended, and we were still going strong, finishing after over an hour and forty minutes.
JP really listens and tailors his recommendations in a way I haven't experienced before. Given that I have a background in psychology, mental health, and life coaching, I was unsure how much I would get out of JP's mindset focused consult. Well, what a fucking wake-up call - genuine fire has been lit up under my ass.
I am no longer carrying past failures, like a weight around my neck. I am going to do things in the next 12 weeks, which I have been trying to do for years.
It's still all sinking in, but I can't wait to do a second consult in six months time and set some more goals.
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Cragmont jeans for cycling
A Spring Sale at REI is a good time to mention their cycling products I've been wearing in 13. Over the Winter for all the snow biking, I was in Headwind jacket and tights. You see that gear in the shots featured in the Wired article. Also, Novara's Brimmed Bike Beanie hat, which has since sold out.
With Vittoria Classics shoes
In Austin, during SXSW, I had their new Cragmont jeans and Westbrae knickers with me. I like the jeans especially for the details like a padded, reinforced crotch, articulated knees, and reflective cuffs. Each year, Novara's gear improves and this line is their best so far. It's made by cyclist I ride with in the Pacific Northwest.
Considering we've reviewed Rapha, Castelli, Giro, Road Holland, and Novara recently, cyclists have more choices than ever in road or urban gear.
To get the 25% off deal at REI this weekend, become a member if you're not already one, shop online or in store with the 25REI coupon.…
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Brussels, 19 May 2010
Digital Agenda: Commission outlines action plan to boost Europe's prosperity and well-being
Implementing the ambitious Digital Agenda for Europe unveiled today by the European Commission would contribute significantly to the EU's economic growth and spread the benefits of the digital era to all sections of society. Half of European productivity growth over the past 15 years was already driven by information and communications technologies (see IP/10/571) and this trend is likely to accelerate. The Agenda outlines seven priority areas for action: creating a digital Single Market, greater interoperability, boosting internet trust and security, much faster internet access, more investment in research and development, enhancing digital literacy skills and inclusion, and applying information and communications technologies to address challenges facing society like climate change and the ageing population. Examples of benefits include easier electronic payments and invoicing, rapid deployment of telemedicine and energy efficient lighting. In these seven areas, the Digital Agenda foresees some 100 follow-up actions, of which 31 would be legislative. The Digital Agenda is the first of seven flagship initiatives under the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (see IP/10/225).
"We must put the interests of Europe's citizens and businesses at the forefront of the digital revolution and so maximise the potential of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to advance job creation, sustainability and social inclusion", said Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes. "The ambitious strategy set out today shows clearly where we need to focus our efforts in the years to come. To fully realise the potential of Europe's digital future we need the full commitment of Member States, the ICT sector and other vital economic players."
Seven goals
A new Single Market to deliver the benefits of the digital era
Citizens should be able to enjoy commercial services and cultural entertainment across borders. But EU online markets are still separated by barriers which hamper access to pan-European telecoms services, digital services and content. Today there are four times as many music downloads in the US as in the EU because of the lack of legal offers and fragmented markets. The Commission intends to open up access to legal online content by simplifying copyright clearance, management and cross-border licensing. Other actions include making electronic payments and invoicing easier and simplifying online dispute resolution.
Improve ICT standard-setting and interoperability
To allow people to create, combine and innovate we need ICT products and services to be open and interoperable.
Enhance trust and security
Europeans will not embrace technology they do not trust - they need to feel confident and safe online. A better coordinated European response to cyber-attacks and reinforced rules on personal data protection are part of the solution. Actions could also potentially oblige website operators to inform their users about security breaches affecting their personal data.
Increase Europeans' access to fast and ultra fast internet
The 2020 target is internet speeds of 30 Mbps or above for all European citizens, with half European households subscribing to connections of 100Mbps or higher. Today only 1% of Europeans have a fast fibre-based internet connection, compared to 12% of Japanese and 15% of South Koreans (see table below). Very fast internet is essential for the economy to grow strongly, to create jobs and prosperity, and to ensure citizens can access the content and services they want. The Commission will inter alia explore how to attract investment in broadband through credit enhancement mechanisms and will give guidance on how to encourage investments in fibre-based networks.
Boost cutting-edge research and innovation in ICT
Europe must invest more in R&D and ensure our best ideas reach the market. The Agenda aims to inter alia leverage private investments with European regional funding and increasing EU research funding to ensure that Europe keeps up with and even surpasses its competition. EU investment in ICT research is less than half US levels (€37 billion compared to €88 billion in 2007).
Empower all Europeans with digital skills and accessible online services
Over half of Europeans (250 million) use the internet every day, but another 30% have never used it. Everyone, young and old, irrespective of social background, is entitled to the knowledge and skills they need to be part of the digital era since commerce, public, social and health services, learning and political life is increasingly moving online.
Unleash the potential of ICT to benefit society
We need to invest in smart use of technology and the exploitation of information to seek solutions to reduce energy consumption, support ageing citizens, empower patients and improve online access for people with disabilities. One aim would be that by 2015 patients could have access to their online medical records wherever they were in the EU. The Agenda will also boost energy saving ICT technologies like Solid State Lighting technology (SSL) that use 70% less energy than standard lighting systems.
Delivering the Digital Strategy for Europe
The toughest challenge is to ensure rapid adoption and implementation of the measures necessary to meet the above objectives. A wide range of Commissioners will work together with the EU's institutions and stakeholders to make the Digital Agenda a reality.
A Digital Agenda press pack is available at:
Audio-visual stockshots are available at:
See also MEMO/10/199 and MEMO/10/200.
Virtuous cycle of the digital economy
Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED
Source: Eurostat Community Survey on ICT Usage by Households and by Individuals 2009
Figure 1: Fibre to the Home (FTTH) penetration in July 2009
Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED
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Elihu Thomson, (born March 29, 1853, Manchester—died March 13, 1937, Swampscott, Mass., U.S.), U.S. electrical engineer and inventor whose discoveries in the field of alternating-current phenomena led to the development of successful alternating-current motors. He was also a founder of the U.S. electrical industry.
Thomson left England for Philadelphia as a child and later taught chemistry and mechanics at the Central High School there. With a fellow teacher, Edwin J. Houston, he designed an arc lighting system that attracted financial backing and led to the founding (1880) of the American Electric Company in New Britain, Conn., of which Thomson held 30 percent of the stock and was chief electrical engineer. In 1882 a group from Lynn, Mass., bought controlling interest in the company and moved it to Lynn. Thomson went to Lynn with the company, which in 1883 was renamed the Thomson–Houston Electric Company, and remained there as a consultant to the General Electric Company, which was formed in 1892 by the merger of Thomson–Houston with the Edison General Electric Company.
In addition to his alternating-current motor, Thomson invented the high-frequency generator (1890), the high-frequency transformer, the three-coil generator, electric welding by the incandescent method, and the watt-hour meter. Thomson also did important work in radiology, improving X-ray tubes and pioneering in making stereoscopic X-ray pictures. He was the first to suggest the provision of a mixture of helium and oxygen for workers in caissons and tunnel borings to prevent caisson disease (bends). He held some 700 patents and received many awards.


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billyvg necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 139 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
SpotHero is an online parking reservation system. We enable our users to both sell and purchase parking spaces online. SpotHero is an alternative to expensive parking lots, metered parking, public transportation and street parking. It allows people to turn their open driveways, and garages into long term (and short term) private parking spots.
High School students (16-18 years old) and middle aged families (mid forties and above). We are looking to allow High School students to buy parking spaces from families in the area of their school.
We would like a logo that looks professional and stylish. It will first be used on the web, but will potentially be used on print media as well.
We want a clever/witty logo, but not one that looks cartoony, despite the "hero" theme. Below is a site with some "clever" logos, we really like the use of the visual double entrendres. We definitely prefer a nice looking logo without one rather than a not-so-nice-looking logo with one, so it's ok if you don't come up with one, but bonus points if you can pull it off :)
The ones that really stuck with us are: Ecotaste, Spartan, Match, Country Living, Metromobile, and Greenlabs.
Please provide us with two versions of the logo -- one on a white background, and one on a dark background.
We require a .PSD of the design and a .AI if possible.
Thanks, and good luck!
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"Trauma call – A&E resus immediately please… Trauma call – A&E resus immediately please… Trauma call – A&E resus immediately please…"
I sigh and roll my eyes at Sara. "Just when you think all the work has been done, something else happens," I say.
She smiles sympathetically as I turn and make my way out of Main Theatres towards A&E. To be honest, I'd been expecting this. I hadn't had any trauma calls on my last couple of on-call shifts so, on the balance of averages, I was due one today.
Dealing with major trauma is one of the things that really worries me as a junior anaesthetist. Over the past few months, I've been making a big effort to improve my trauma management and get more experience of managing patients with major trauma. One of the things I wanted to achieve by the end of my ST2 year in anaesthetics was to be much more comfortable in situations just like this, and to some extent, I've succeeded. If I'd been in this situation a year ago, I'd be absolutely shitting it, but as I round the corner into the A&E resus room, I feel in control of my own emotions.
The first people I see are a couple of police officers looking intently at the scene that was unfolding in front of them. I give them a brief nod and headed into the resus bay.
The scene that greets me is bad. Very bad.
A young man lies on the casualty trolley screaming unintelligibly. He's trying to trash around and two paramedics are trying their best to prevent him from hurling himself onto the ground. The bloody footprints of the hospital staff have created a perverse mosaic on the floor of the resus room as they desperately try and get control of the situation. A nurse has the man's left arm locked in his vice-like grip in an attempt to keep it still as the surgeon is trying to shove a cannula into the man's vein. I glance at the portable obs machine next to the trolley. It's impassive display reads:
O2 Sats: 84%
Like I say, this is very bad.
Ken, the A&E charge nurse is trying to give this man some oxygen, but he screams again and thrashes his head from side to side.
"Are you the anaesthetist?" Ken, asks me.
"Yes, I am" I reply as I scan the bay for a pair of gloves to put on. The only box of gloves I can see contain small gloves, this has been a recurring annoyance throughout my medical career so far. I squeeze my goal-keeper hands into the gloves, quickly connect together an anaesthetic breathing circuit and turn on the oxygen. Ken stands aside as I plant my oxygen mask onto the patients face.
The patient looks horrific. His face is massively swollen to the extent that he cannot open his eyes and I cannot open them for him. The whole of his head is completely covered in blood, he is bleeding from his scalp, his cheek, his nose and appears to be bleeding from somewhere inside his mouth. My fingers keep slipping off his face as I try to hold the mask on to enable him to breath the vital oxygen.
Paradoxically, in the few moments that I've been there, I've been reassured by the situation. It's probably not as bad as it looks. The mere fact that he is able to scream and fight means that he is not at the end of the road yet so, while things are undoubtedly very bad, they're not yet critical. The surgeon has secured IV access and has moved on to examine the man's torso.
"Can I have some suction?" I say and Ken passes me the Yankeur sucker which I put into this poor guys' mouth. I suck blood, clots and saliva away from the back of his throat, which enables him to scream even louder.
"AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!" he screams, but I notice that his scream gurgles towards the end as blood re-accumulates in his throat.
"This is fucked," I state. "He's got loads of blood in his mouth, he's not spitting, he's not swallowing, he's probably going to aspirate if we leave him like this for much longer – I'm going to intubate this guy." No one disagrees with me, and I quickly try to formulate a plan of how I'm going to intubate this man without killing him.
"Ken, are you OK to hold the oxygen mask while I draw up some drugs?" He nods to the affirmative and I hand him the mask, peel of my blood-soaked gloves and go to the drugs cupboard. It's locked.
"Anyone got the drug keys?" I say, but I'm ignored as the patient continues to trash around. "WHO HAS GOT THE DRUG KEYS?" I shout. Sometimes, you have to make yourself heard.
"They're over here," comes the voice of Mary, one of the nurses.
"Thank-you" I say as she opens up the cupboard for me. I take out the thiopental and suxamethonium and start to draw the drugs into syringes. This takes a few moments and gives me time to pause for thought. I figure that this situation has the potential to go from serious to critical to fatal very quickly. Taking this into account, I conclude that it's worth getting as much help as I can muster. I'm going to need to phone a friend.
"Mary, could you please call theatres and ask for one of the ODPs to come down to resus."
"Certainly," she says as she heads towards the phone.
"Oh, and Mary, could you also please bleep the ITU reg (my immediate senior) and ask him to come down too."
I turn my attention back to the patient.
"Thanks Ken," I say as I take the oxygen mask from him.
I put the Yankeur sucker back into the patients mouth and hoover out more blood. As I do so, he coughs and sends a spray of blood and saliva into my face. I feel the warm fluid trickle down the side of my face and my stomach turns. I make a face at Ken and he gives me a sympathetic look. "At least I had my mouth shut," I say. Thank God for small mercies.
"Right, everyone; this man needs to go to sleep." I say loudly. "Ken, can we take his hard collar off, now? And what I'd like is for you to do manual in-line stabilisation [of his neck], when the ODP arrives, she can do cricoid pressure and help me with the intubating equipment and we'll get some one else to give the drugs."
"Sure," comes Ken's response and he manoeuvres himself so he can comfortably keep the man's neck as still as possible while Mary and I take off the hard collar.
I put the oxygen mask back on his face and right at that moment, like a cavalry unit, both the ODP and ITU reg arrive.
"I'm going to intubate him," I tell them.
"What's his GCS?" asks Ben, the ITU reg.
"Twelve" comes the voice of some bright spark in the bay. I'm pretty sure that his GCS is much less than twelve, but now is not the time to start a debate about it.
I shake my head, "He's got a mouthful of blood and he's not spitting or swallowing."
"Can he maintain his own airway?" asks Ben
"No," I reply
I know it's down to me now. Thanks to us, this man can no longer breathe and I have a small window of time to get a breathing tube into his lungs before he starts to die. The room has gone eerily quiet and I know that all eyes are on me as I pick up the laryngoscope and put it into his mouth. I'm hoping to see his vocal chords. What I'm aiming to do is push the tube between the chords into his lungs. They say that intubation should be a calm, smooth process, but I can immediately tell that this is going to be difficult.
All I can see is a lake of bright red blood. I pick up the Yankeur sucker and try to suck it away. The lake recedes annoyingly slowly, revealing the anatomical structures beneath it. But this doesn't look like it does in the textbooks. It doesn't look like any other intubation I've seen before. Everything is swollen, everything is red and everything looks sort of… twisted. I can't see the vocal chords. I can't see where I'm meant to put the tube. Worse, I can't see any of the things around the vocal chords that are meant to give you a clue as to where to aim. I can't see the epiglottis, I can't see the arytenoids.
"Fucking hell," I whisper to myself.
"Sats are 92%" comes Mary's voice.
This man is starting to run out of oxygen and I'm going to have to do something. I pull harder on the laryngoscope handle, hoping to improve my view. The man's throat is starting to fill with blood again, but I can't see from where. Just at the limits of my view, I can see something pale and bumpy. I think it's one of the arytenoids, but I'm not sure. I have a decision to make now. Do I step aside and let Ben see if he can intubate this man or do I try and do it myself, knowing that if I fail, it will be even harder for Ben to succeed? I trust my judgement and pick up the bougie [an intubating aid].
I push the bougie down where I think it should go and hope for the best.
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Guys. Guys. The friend zone is real, it exists. It's a Sonic level.
I've made the joke of a friendzone-based Sonic level a million times before, but artist Jake Lawrence actually drew it out for me last night. Here it is.
Sonic, Amy just doesn't like you like that, okay? It's cool though, you can just be friends. Nobody owes you romantic reciprocation, after all! The funny thing is that it's probably more appropriate to say Sonic friendzones Amy in-game...but, then you'd be giving the idea credence.


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Runners, beer drinkers, local food advocates and families traversed their way down to the southern most region of San Diego last weekend to participate in the first annual Wild Willow Farm 5k Race and Chili Brew Fest. With the harvest season well upon us, the event was a celebration of sorts, featuring a chili cook-off and homebrew competition, plus a 5K trail run/walk. Live music from the Big Decisions, self-guided farm tours and a variety of homebrews and chili concoctions made for an incredible day of fun, community building, and success.
Volunteers ushered runners across the finish line into the "beer garden" to enjoy fresh brews from local sponsors like Stone, Alesmith, and Coronado Brewing Company. The line up of judges for the homebrew competition included major San Diego brewers like Greg Koch from Stone Brewing, Peter Zien from Alesmith Brewing, and Laurie Delk from 100 Beers in 30 Days. At least 38 different brews were accounted for, but only one took grand prize- a robust, malty, Imperial Red Ale bursting with flavorful, bright hops. The donated beer was another welcome accompaniment to the 8 different chilies entered into the contest. The overall winner, named "Beegee's Southwest Chili" won by just 1 point over other entries. Judges for the chili cook-off included Chef Nick Brune from Local Habit, Wild Willow board member Angie Vorhies, and local food and beer advocate Marty Frank.
Nearly 300 people attended the event, out of which 200 participated in the actual race. Tickets were sold for admission to the race and individual beer and chili tastings, and over $2,000 was raised to benefit operations and educational programs at Wild Willow Farm. They intend to purchase or retrofit a truck in order to deliver produce to their CSA customers and to the select restaurants that support the farm. With such a wide variety of programs offered onsite and in the local community, Wild Willow Farm is quickly becoming a central facility for the education of a new generation of farmers and the conservation of organic and sustainable food systems in San Diego.
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Systems Specialist Supervisor
Job Title: Systems Specialist Supervisor
Department: Information Technology
Reports To: IT Support Manager
Under general direction, coordinates, schedules, and supervises the technical support and training provided to departmental staff using computer equipment and enterprise applications. Installs, tests, and resolves problems with computer hardware and software. Provides systems and desktop support and works closely with IT Support Management on Support projects. Responsible for keeping inventory of assets and ensuring the company's computer assets are reasonably maintained and protected. The Systems Specialist Supervisor Adheres to all company policies and departmental procedures.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises the Systems Specialists I/II/III's. This position carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; completing hourly performance appraisals; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Plan, schedule, supervise, assign, review, delegate, and prioritize work of self and others. Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with department staff, information technology staff, and contractors; develop and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, subordinate staff, and user departments; communicate effectively in oral and written formats.
Education and/or Experience
* Bachelor's Degree.
* A+ required
* Net + required
* MCP preferred
* MCSA preferred
* 5 years technical support experience required
* 3 year supervisor experience required
Computer Skills
The Systems Specialist Supervisor must be proficient in using Microsoft Office applications. Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Windows and networking required. Experience AS400 is preferred. The Systems Specialist Supervisor must have experience in supporting network printers, telecommunications systems, two-way radio systems, mobile devices, networking items and other computer peripherals.
Other Qualifications
Strong to excellent time management and organizational skills required. Must possess strong customer service and communication skills and the ability to creatively seek out and implement innovative solutions. Must have ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers. Must be able to work weekends and evenings as well as periodically be on call 24/7.
Language Skills
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand or sit for extended periods of time; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must be able to lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Must have ability to work with specialized hand tools for installation/repair and occasionally work in tightly confined spaces. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; secondary smoke and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.


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The woman who could beat Walker
Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election.
VIROQUA, Wis. — Mary Burke might be the last candidate you'd expect to potentially topple one of the Republican Party's leading governors and upend the 2016 presidential field. The only elected office she's ever held is a school board seat. She didn't even become a Democrat until her 40s. And in heavily working class Wisconsin, it was only two years ago that the scion to the Trek Bicycle fortune was being dismissed by her own party as a "1 percenter."
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Yet here she is, tied with Walker in the polls, finally getting some overdue attention from the national press — and within striking distance of delivering the biggest shock of Election 2014. And on Tuesday night, she cruised to victory in her primary for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Wisconsin.
In a reflection of how competitive this race has become, sources told POLITICO that the Republican Governors Association has reserved $2.3 million this fall in Wisconsin — making the contest one of the party's top gubernatorial priorities.
( Also on POLITICO: What Boehner's not saying on the road)
The 55-year-old Burke could hardly be more different than Walker. She's a Harvard-educated multimillionaire who rarely goes to church; he's a middle-class son of a preacher who is just now trying to complete his college degree. She's spent her career in the family business and philanthropy; he's been in government for two decades. She's spent much of her campaign trying to win over progressives wary of her background in finance; he became a conservative icon after beating back the unions in an epic clash two years ago.
"I knew I probably didn't fit the typical mold," Burke said during an interview, as her campaign bus rolled from a hops farm in Mazomanie to a brewery in Potosi. "While I have the business background, I really — how should I say this? — I prefer the work in the public sector."
Burke is pitching herself as a nonideological antidote to the rancor and polarization of the Walker years. She introduces herself as "a fiscal conservative" and promises to work with the Republican-controlled Legislature. Though she talks around it on the trail, she would not, for instance, work to fully repeal the union-weakening law that has defined Walker's tenure.
Burke's bet is twofold: First, that liberals despise Walker enough to mobilize for her in spite of her pro-business profile. Second, that her corporate bona fides will attract a critical mass of moderates worried about Wisconsin's lagging economy.
( Also on POLITICO: The most popular guy in Washington)
Walker is the first to acknowledge that his third statewide campaign in four years is no cakewalk.
"The reality is we're much better off, we're heading down the right path and people are feeling good about where we're headed," he said in an interview. But "this is historically a very, very, very politically tight state. It's still going to be one heck of a close election."
Welcome to the big leagues
Taking on Walker would be a daunting challenge for the most seasoned pol, let alone a candidate making the rough equivalent of a major league debut in the playoffs.
Burke has improved on the stump since she jumped into the race last year, even Walker's team acknowledges. She hired an A-list of former Barack Obama advisers, including respected adman Jim Margolis. But while she's become more at ease, at times her inexperience shows.
( Also on POLITICO: FLOTUS: Women 'smarter' than men)
Burke was caught off guard, for example, by a straightforward question about what she thinks of the president's performance.
"He got us out of the deepest recession that the country has seen," she said during an interview, "and uh, are there things I agree with him on? Absolutely. Are there things I disagree with him on? Absolutely."
Like what?
Burke paused for 12 seconds.
"Let's see," she said. "You know, probably things in the foreign policy area that are … "
She paused again. Her communications director threw her a lifeline: trade. "That's a good one … thanks," she said.
The Democrats' theory of the case
"There are a million people who voted in Nov. 2012 who didn't vote in 2010," said Mike Tate, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. "If we get 80- or 100,000 of them out, Mary Burke is going to win."
Burke's main task is turning out Wisconsin's progressive coalition: union members, minorities, young people and women. So she talks a lot about her opposition to the state Constitution's ban on gay marriage, a voter ID law she says was designed to keep black voters from the polls and a series of new restrictions on abortions.
Burke is not, however, a natural champion of the left. Before she jumped into the race, she took heat from liberal activists and bloggers over Trek's overseas manufacturing — a line of attack Walker now uses in his ads. Her past support for charter schools made unions dubious of Burke's 2012 bid for school board, but she's since been a reliable vote on their issues.
"I assessed her as a 1-percenter at the time, but she's a 1-percenter with one great conscience," said John Matthews, who heads the Madison teachers union.


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USA Is Still #1 In Botnets
We may not make a lot of things in the USA anymore, but we still lead the world in botnets by a large margin according to volume 9 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, covering January through June of this year.
The main focus of the report is on botnets and Microsoft sees them as the core platform of malware, the engine that makes the Internet criminal enterprise run. And botmasters are getting more sophisticated: While we have historically thought of different kinds of malware (worms, trojans, spyware) separately, they are bring used together in bots. You might see password stealers used in addition to an IRCbot, for example.
But the bigger news is that this reports confirms some already established trends of decline in several negative factors: Software vulnerabilities, industry-wide, continue to decline in numbers, but remain at high levels. Microsoft doesn't speculate about it, but I think the high numbers are due at least as much to large amounts of talent and money going into white hat research.
This being Microsoft, they have data on how much we're updating Windows and their other software, and the news there is good too. Consistent monthly use of Windows Update and other automated Microsoft update mechanisms (e.g. WSUS or Windows Software Update Services) is up substantially. These users should be far better protected against attack.
It's likely that this phenomenon is due to increased adoption of Windows 7 and, to a lesser extent, Vista, both of which make Windows Update and automatic application of updates the default behavior rather than a strong suggestion, as in XP SP3. The increased use of Windows Update also means more widespread runs of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, which runs each time you run Windows Update. This month Microsoft added the Zeus trojan to the list of threats cleaned by the MSRT, which should deal a serious blow to a major botnet already in decline. The percentage of Vista systems needing an MSRT cleaning was 1/5 that of XP SP3 systems, and the percentage of Windows 7 systems 1/2 of Vista's.
Another major theme of the report is that malware is a world-wide phenomenon and problem and that any serious improvement in the situation will have to have an international basis. You can't just solve it in the US. Microsoft also repeats here their discussion of progress in collective defense and a "public health" model for Internet security.
Originally posted to the PCMag.com security blog, Security Watch.


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I'm very new to Java and have been learning through online tutorials thus far getting some of the basics down. I was asked to create a list that would return names by order of age.
I don't even know where to really begin with this code as I've yet to learn how to do so. I'm not asking anyone to write the code for me but I'd like to know where to start or a resource to learn what method to use for returning a list ordered by a specific parameter. Basically the directions go like this:
"Create a class called Department which will contain a list of employees.
a) Department class will have a method which will return its employees ordered by age."
Any help would be deeply appreciated. Am I working with an array?


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March 12, 2012
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Tony Robbins wrote -
Please give whatever you can and support Invisible Children. This is such an amazing, moving cause and every dollar will be matched up to $50K.
The mission of Invisible Children is bold: to prevent the large rebel force - led by Kony - from continuing their abduction of children and creation of child-soldiers. Over 30,000 children have been abducted in Uganda since 1986. Many of these kids have been trained and transformed into child-soldiers. The details of what happens are alarming and brutal. Each and every dollar will help to stop this inhumanity.
Invisible Children rebuilds schools devastated by war, benefiting over 8,400 Ugandan youth in the areas of water and sanitation, books and equipment, refurbishment of structures, teacher support, and technology and power.
On a larger scale, they're implementing micro-economic initiatives that are impacting 360 Ugandan's in transition from internally displaced camps to their original homes as well as 13 formerly abducted child mothers who are now self-sufficient through our tailoring center that provides training in savings, investment, numeracy, literacy and health. To prioritize and understand the needs of the community, the Uganda staff is 95% Ugandan.
I truly believe that the work of Invisible Children is the key to tackling enormous problems in East Africa, but they need more support.
Please click on the Donate button and help me raise money for this amazing organization. Or, go a step further and click the Join the Team button below and help fundraise. Every dollar will be matched that you donate or raise. Check out the incredible video on the left to learn more.
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OK so setting up git v 2.8.1 is pretty straightforward. Cool, they fixed what had me tangled before!
But working with repositories is proving tricky. (I'm using a clone of https://github.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock as a base repository to practice with)
1) In Mercurial, if I have local changesets at the head of a repo and new changes have been made on the server, when I hg pull there is an anonymous branch created out of my local changesets. In similar situation in git, there are no "anonymous branches" - my custom changesets are effectively gone if I switch revisions and don't grab the cset IDs
My concern there is, if I accidentally `git pull` when I should have `git fetch` (or otherwise switch revision), what is the actual risk of losing my changesets (via auto or manual `git gc` or otherwise) and what can be done about it (that is, *before* they're garbage-collected )?
2) How to search for author by exact match of username (ignoring email)?
`git log --author=bar` matches barbaz, foobarbaz, etc in entire string "username <email>", whereas `hg log -u bar` does not wildcarding.
3) What does this mean?
In Mercurial I've backed out of that state by doing `hg update -C -r <revision>` which I think is the equivalent of `git checkout --force <revision>`Warning: Running git merge with non-trivial uncommitted changes is
discouraged: while possible, it may leave you in a state that is hard
to back out of in the case of a conflict.
Why wouldn't that work in git?


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Sans Paper necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 100 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Sans Paper
Sans Paper, LLC is an electronic document management company specializing in digital image scanning, uploading, and management through online databases.
We are an up and coming full-service company offering/providing products and services that will save our customers time, money and office space, by allowing them to eliminate paper documents, facilitating the access/retrieval of documents digitally, while doing so in a more user-friendly manner than ever experienced before.
As is evidenced by our name, we put great emphasis on the economic savings and simultaneous reduction in our clients environmental foot-print that can be achieved by making the switch from Paper-to-Electronic filing, thus eliminating or effectively reducing their use of paper and digitally enhancing everyday office activities via a paperless office.
We will be targeting businesses of all sizes that are currently relying on paper filing systems, or businesses looking to improve a document management system already in place.
Sample Target Groups/Fields include:
1. Law Firms and Legal Practices,
2. Schools, Colleges, and Universities,
3. Accounting and Financial Services Firms,
4. Hospitals and Health Care Practitioners,
5. Insurance Companies,
6. Non-Profit Organizations
7. Small Businesses
1. Do not include LLC or .com in the logo.
2. Use of the company name (Sans Paper) or initials ("S" and "P") are not absolutely necessary.
3. Extra consideration will be given to designs that symbolize being "paperless" , "without paper", or "sans paper" without using words, however logos containing the company name or initials will be considered.
4. You are free to choose colors and design, try to be innovative, do not limit yourself to current site design (sanspaperllc.com) and colors because it will totally change as soon as possible.
5. We are looking for a unique and hi-tech logo that will emphasize our name and what we do, as well as set us apart from any competitors.
6. The design should be:
i. Recognizable/identifiable
ii. Not too basic or simple
iii. Not too convoluted.
• We would like the logo to incorporate the letters "S" and "P"
• Illustrate how we are an environmentally conscious company that will also help our clients to be more environmentally conscious by cutting down on paper usage
• Possibly include an image of equipment that we might be using—scanners, computers, the web
• Should not be overly complicated, to reflect our goal of user-friendliness
• Our website can be used as information reference, however, the logo winner or applicants may also be considered for additional work for website design.
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This class attends to the full body. This well rounded practice may include standing poses, inversions, twists, backbends or forward bends. You will leave feeling open and rejuvenated with a fuller expression of you and your yoga practice, whether you are a seasoned practitioner or a new student.
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We have a FREE clinic for employees on the District's health insurance. One clinic located in Glenwood Springs and another located in Rifle offer medical care for employees and dependents on the plan at no cost. Other clinics in Colorado, including Gypsum, also offer free medical care for employees on our insurance plan.
In addition to the benefits provided by PERA, the District offers additional compensation at retirement for those who have 15 or more years of service. Employees with 15 or more years of service can chose between 3 options that would increase their payout at the time of retirement.
Current Employees: If you need to print a paycheck stub or need more information regarding your benefits, including health insurance plan summaries and open enrollment, please log onto the Employee Web Portal
Federally Mandated Notices
Notice Regarding Rights of Pregnant Workers
2017-2018_Insurance_Annual_Notices (Patient Protection Model Disclosure, Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, the Newborn's and Mother's Health Protection Act of 1996, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Notice of Adverse Benefit Determination, Notice of Final External Review Decision, Special Enrollment Notice, Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program), CORBA Continuation of Coverage Rights, Notice of Availability of Special Notice of Privacy Practices and the Medicare Part D notice.)
Notice of Nondiscimination and Accessibility Requirements (Section 1557)
CEBT HIPPA Notice (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)


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I'm trying to focus light from a flashing light lamp throught two lens into a optical fiber cable which is around 0.8cm in diameter.
- flashing light: a bulb and then covered by a glass of 7.5cm x 7cm
- Fresnel Lens 310 x 310mm, Thickness: 2mm, Focal length: 220mm
I tried to use a piece of white paper to focus the image, however, my teacher said that the focal point might have more intense light. But focal point is not somewhere I can see. Is his theory right about focal point have more intense light than the image point?
I wonder if I could use more convex lens to focus the spot of light into a smaller diameter?


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Mosier is now home to one of the Columbia Gorge's newest wineries.
Analemma Wines opened its tasting room April 5 in the Mosier Valley at 1120 State Rd. They are open weekends through Oct. 5.
Founders Steven Thompson and Kris Fade moved from Walla Walla to the gorge to farm the Atavus Vineyard in White Salmon, one of the oldest vineyards in the Pacific Northwest, formerly known as Dragonfly Vineyard.
"That's been the foundation of our wine business the last couple of years," Fade said Tuesday. The vineyard includes some heritage vines planted in the late 1960s and dry farmed at 1,800 feet in elevation.
"It's one of the highest vineyard sites in the state of Washington," Fade said. It was established under consultation with Walter Clore, now considered the father of the Washington state wine industry. "It's neat that this one individual touched so many locations in the state."
Clore helped site the vineyard and choose the varietals.
Thompson earned a degree in enology and viticulture from Walla Walla Community College and worked at several Walla Walla wineries in various capacities as vineyard manager and winemaker, before he and Fade moved to the area.
They found their Mosier property in 2011 and liked its prospects for wine grapes. The land was planted in cherries and they have so far planted seven acres in syrah, grenache and tempernilo vines.
They've also remodeled an old tractor barn into a modern wine production facility with a small tasting room.
"It feels quite comfortable," Fade said. "With the glass double doors, it means people can look into the production facility."
Thompson and Fade use 100 percent Columbia Gorge American Viticulture Area grapes. That means all of the grapes are grown within the boundaries of Hood River, Wasco, Skamania and Klickitat counties.
"We're just excited about what this growing region can provide," Fade noted.
Thanks to its varying topography climate, the gorge is known for having a wide range of terroir, or growing microclimates.
As a grower-producer, Fade and Thompson play a role in all of the farming and production of wine. Their grapes are all-organic, Fade said, though they haven't quite achieved organic cherry farming due to the pests that put the crops at risk.
Analemma is currently selling four wines: a 2013 rosé of pinot noir, a 2012 Atavus gewurztraminer, a 2013 Oakridge gewürztraminer produced from vineyards near Husum, and a 2011 Oakridge pinot noir.
Vintages from the Analemma vineyards won't be available until the fall of 2016, Fade said.
"We're excited about this property," Fade said. "It has a unique, south-facing slope with Missoula flood deposits in the form of cobble stones on the site."
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PIMCO's Bill Gross tweeted out an abridged 2013 outlook for the market and economy.
And in just a few words, he tells us that he thinks next year will be one of low returns and high unemployment, which seems to be in line with PIMCO's thesis that the economy is in a "new normal."
Gross: 2013 Fearless Forecasts: 1) Stocks & bonds return less than 5%. 2) Unemployment stays at 7.5% or higher 3) Gold goes up……— PIMCO (@PIMCO) December 30, 2012


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I am complete newbee, but I will still present idea for improvement of the DT site, because... I can
Most webcomics have discussion threads under every page, where readers can discuss the artwork, ask questions or just insult the comic, the author and each other. DT have this forum, and there is link to DT forum at the top of the main page, but how many casual readers who just found DT would click there?
My idea is simple: put under every page link to DT forum discussion of this page, like http://forums.drowtales.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19444
Benefits: newbees who do not understand what is going on, but want to learn, could jump directly at the page discussion.
Drawbacks: more clueless newbees would complain they do not understand what it is all about, and would ask the same newbee questions again and again, but the necessity to register in the forum before commenting would deter hit and run trolls.
Feel free to explain to me why it is the dumbest idea ever!


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reStructured Text 0
1 About
1.1 What is reST?
reStructured Text is a customizable plaintext markup system for writing documents. For general information on reST, visit the official reST home page.
This tutorial will get you started writing reST syntax, including some directives we've created just for Siafoo.
If you are a hands-on sort of person, you might like to follow along using the Siafoo reST demo.
Already created some content, but it's in HTML format? You might want to use our HTML to reST translator.
1.2 What can it do?
What can reST do? The short answer is a lot. This whole help page is written in reST!
If you're interested in how to do things, skip down to Basics. This is just eye candy, and skips over a lot of details. :)
reST is of course capable of styling text bold, italic, and monospaced. Like every other text formatting system, it can create links, lists, and tables. You can organize your document into sections, which automatically get anchors. As you can see you can make a table of contents too. But that's not the cool part, that is just 'how to let users write HTML securely' (ok the TOC is a little cool).
What really makes Siafoo's reST powerful is what else you can do (and how integrated with the rest of the site it is).
You can reference Siafoo objects like snippets: :snippet:`9` creates Brainfuck Hello World. The title is fetched and updated automatically. You can also reference books by ISBN: :book:`978-0201889543` creates
You can easily include Siafoo snippets. When the snippet is updated, so is the article. (The syntax is just ".. snippet:: 1"):
1print 'Hello World!'
Only have a bit of code? You can embed it straight into the article:
1a = [i for i in range(100) if i % 2 == 0]
Easily create and render a chart, like this completely fictitious one:
Use simple syntax to draw a flow graph like this one:
Write mathematical formulas and equations:
Embed an image you've uploaded...
... or a YouTube video:
Ready to sign up for an account yet? :)
2 Basics
reStructured Text uses indentation and blank lines to distinguish between different sorts of elements. There is no required amount of indentation, but four spaces is a good number to use. You can tab to indent four spaces at once, or highlight a line and press tab or shift-tab to indent or dedent, using the full screen editor.
2.1 Paragraphs
Paragraphs are blocks of text, separated by blank lines. If you don't separate a blank line, text will run together. This is a common frustration of first time reST programmers, especially when cutting and pasting text from a README or something similar.
You can also indent paragraphs. Typically this is used for quoting.
- It may appear possible to not separate the indented paragraph from the one above it,
- but in this case you are actually creating a definition list. Use at your own risk : )
Here's an example:
This is a short paragraph. This is an indented paragraph. This is another short paragraph. Whoops, I've forgotten to put a blank line above this one.
This text creates:
This is a short paragraph.This is an indented paragraph.
This is another short paragraph. Whoops, I've forgotten to put a blank line above this one.
2.2 Sections
To break up a document into sections, you underline (or underline and overline) the entire section title using one of the characters:
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Sections decorated with the same character belong to the same 'section level'. However, a section underlined only counts as a different section than one overlined and underlined. Sections with the same 'section level' get the same size headline. For example, this page's section titles look something like:
Chapter 1 Title =============== Section 1.1 Title ----------------- Subsection 1.1.1 Title ********************** Section 1.2 Title ----------------- Chapter 2 Title ===============
Sorry, no live example for this one, but you can look at how this page is laid out to get an idea of how section titles work.
Note that a target is created for each section by default; the above "Chapter 1 Title" could be linked to with `Chapter 1 Title`_
You must use the same characters and style throughout your document. In other words, you cannot do something like this:
Chapter 1 Title =============== Section 1.1 Title ----------------- Chapter 2 Title =============== Section 1.2 Title *****************
2.2.1 Table of Contents
When you're writing a complicated page like this one, we recommend you add a table of contents. You can do this with the following directives, which creates a TOC like the one on the top of this page:
.. sidebar:: Contents .. contents:: .. sectnum::
.. sidebar:: Contents creates a sidebar labeled 'Contents'. The indented .. contents:: creates the actual table of contents inside the sidebar. sectnum:: auto-numbers all your sections.
You can also create a TOC for only one section, by placing this code in that section and passing the :local: argument to .. contents::. You can specify the depth of the TOC with :depth:; the default is unlimited depth. For more information about this syntax, see Interpreted Text Roles and Directives.
2.3 Styles
Styles are easy:
For Italics, surround the text with asterisks. like *Italics*
For Bold, surround the text with double asterisks, like **Bold**
For Literals, surround the text with double backticks, like ``Literals``. Literals are monospace and the text inside is not evaluated further. Most of the inline reST on this page is created this way.
2.3.1 Block Literals
You can also do a block literal by ending a line with a double colon (or just putting a double colon on a line), and indenting the block you want to be literal. The majority of reST blocks on this page are created this way. For example:
Here is an example:: Look, ``styles`` don't get **processed**
The result of this is:
Here is an example:Look, ``styles`` don't get **processed**
Note that text does not get wrapped in a block literal, so make sure not to make your lines too long.
2.4 Links
You can create a link by just pasting it in. Entering http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html creates http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html.
To add a label, you must mark up the string: `label <link>`_ (don't forget the space in between or the underscore). For example, entering `reST <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>`_ creates the link reST.
You only have to do this once per link; you can reference the same link again by just using the label: now `reST`_ creates reST.
The label of the link must be unique; you can't use the same label twice.
2.4.1 Section Targets
Sections create targets automatically: to link to a section on the same page, you can just use the section name as a link label: `sections`_ creates sections. As you can see link labels are case insensitive.
If you want to use a different label for a section target, you have to use a fully marked up string: `Footnotes <#footnotes-and-citations>`_ will create Footnotes.
2.4.2 Footnotes and Citations
You can create footnotes and citations using the same syntax. To link to the footnote/citation, use [1]_ for a numbered footnote, [LABEL]_ for a labeled footnote or citation, and [#]_ for an auto-numbered footnote. These create [1], [LABEL], and [2].
To create the actual footnote or citation, you can use the syntax:
.. [1] This is footnote 1. .. [LABEL] This is a citation or labeled footnote. .. [#] This is our auto numbered footnote.
These are actually directives, which we'll get to later. The text above creates:
|This is footnote 1.
|This is a citation or labeled footnote.
|This is our auto numbered footnote.
Notice that clicking on the footnote label takes you back to the text, and vice versa.
2.5 Lists
Lists must have a blank line below and above them.
To make a bulleted or 'unordered' list, prepend each item with *, +, - and a space. You must use the same sort of bullet for each item however. To make a numbered or 'ordered' list, prepend each item with a number or a '#' (for autonumbering) and a space. To create a definition list, indent text without leaving a blank line. You can nest lists by further indenting the nested list. For example:
* This is a bulleted list item * So is this 1. This is a nested numbered list #. Here's another item And here's a definition title And the definition content
This text creates:
This is a bulleted list item
So is this
So is this
- This is a nested numbered list
- Here's another item
- And here's a definition title
- And the definition content
2.6 Interpreted Text Roles and Directives
Obviously there aren't enough characters to have a different way to mark up each thing you might want to do in reST. To work around this problem, reST has interpreted text roles and directives. These allow more complicated tasks.
Interpreted text roles are for advanced inline markup. They look like :role:`argument`. Think of it as passing an argument to a function.
Directives are similar, but create blocks. They accept multiple arguments and content. They look like this:
.. directive:: main_value :arg1: value1 :arg2: value2 content goes here
Not all directives take a main value, arguments, and content. They may take none, some, or all of these. Arguments are almost always optional.
Directives are very powerful, but it is easy to mess up the syntax: the '..' is separated from the directive name by a space, the '::' is NOT, and the main value is separated from the '::' by a space. Arguments and content are indented (at the same level). A blank line separates the directive, main value, and arguments from the content, even when there are no sub-arguments. Sometimes when you forget or add a character, the whole thing just disappears with no error! Don't worry though, it is easy to get the hang of it.
Many of the methods from here on out use either roles or directives.
2.7 Admonitions
Admonitions are notes, warnings, or other sorts of extra information set out from the rest of the text. To create one, you use a directive with the name of that admonition ('attention', 'caution', 'danger', 'error', 'hint', 'important', 'note', 'tip', 'warning'). You pass it the text you want used as the 'value' of the directive and/or as the directive's content. For example, a 'warning' admonition would be specified like:
.. warning:: Don't do that! I mean it!
It would then look something like this:
Don't do that!
I mean it!
The others look similar, but with slightly different styles.
You can also specify your own title with the admonition::title tag. In this case the text must be passed as directive content:
.. admonition:: Look a custom title! Here is some content.
When rendered, this one looks like:
Look a custom title!
Here is some content.
2.8 Tables
There are three or four ways of creating tables in reST, depending on how you count them. I think they are fairly self explanatory.
2.8.1 Basic Tables
The simplest way is to use lines of = above and below each column, and below each column title:
==================== ========== ========== Header row, column 1 Header 2 Header 3 ==================== ========== ========== body row 1, column 1 column 2 column 3 body row 2 Cells may span columns ==================== ======================
You can also create tables more explicitly, ASCII-art-style:
+------------------------+------------+----------+ | Header row, column 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | +========================+============+==========+ | body row 1, column 1 | column 2 | column 3 | +------------------------+------------+----------+ | body row 2 | Cells may span | +------------------------+-----------------------+
Both of these definitions will result in:
Header row, column 1 Header 2 Header 3 body row 1, column 1 column 2 column 3 body row 2 Cells may span
The disadvantage of these methods is that you have to move around the 'art' symbols every time you change the width of anything in the table.
2.8.2 List Table
You can use also use the .. list-table:: directive to create a table:
.. list-table:: Frozen Delights! :widths: 15 10 30 :header-rows: 1 * - Treat - Quantity - Description * - Albatross - 2.99 - On a stick! * - Crunchy Frog - 1.49 - If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it? * - Gannet Ripple - 1.99 - On a stick!
2.8.3 CSV Table
Finally, you can create a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) table using the .. csv-table:: directive:
.. csv-table:: Frozen Delights! :header: "Treat", "Quantity", "Description" :widths: 15, 10, 30 "Albatross", 2.99, "On a stick!" "Crunchy Frog", 1.49, "If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it?" "Gannet Ripple", 1.99, "On a stick!"
Both the list table and the CSV table create this:
Frozen Delights! Treat Quantity Description Albatross 2.99 On a stick! Crunchy Frog 1.49 If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it? Gannet Ripple 1.99 On a stick!
3 References
You can reference certain things by an id, and Siafoo will find the title for you, and keep it updated.
3.1 Books
You can reference a book by ISBN; Siafoo uses Amazon's API to look up the title of the book and to provide a link to Amazon. Why use the ISBN and not just the title? Two reasons:
- Anyone reading will know exactly which version of the book you are talking about. The worst is to buy a book and realize that what you wanted was only in the next/previous edition.
- We get a small commission for each book bought through one of these links, so you are supporting Siafoo. :)
You can get an inline link by using the role :book:`ISBN`. For example :book:`978-0201889543 ` will create
For more information or to get a proper 'reference' format, you can use the directive:
.. book:: 978-0201889543
This creates:
3.2 Snippets, Articles and other Siafoo Objects
You can put a link to an algorithm, article, group, library, or snippet by using an interpreted text role like :item_type:`id`. If the title is changed, it will be automagically updated in your page. For example:
Some of our post popular items are :algorithm:`5` and :article:`52`? You should consider joining :group:`3`. I really like the snippet :snippet:`9`.
This creates:
Some of our post popular items are BogoSort and Python Tips, Tricks, and Hacks? One of the first things on Siafoo was Language Demos. You should consider joining the Siafoo Users Group. I really like the snippet Brainfuck Hello World.
You can also reference help pages if for some reason you'd like to. Use the :help: role with the help page name (the 'name' is what the URL displays, as opposed to the full title). So :help:`reST` will create a link to the page you are at right now: reStructured Text.
4 Embedding
What can you do in reST besides text? Quite a bit it turns out.
4.1 Images
You can upload an image using your image management page, or by directly using the 'Add Image' fields in any create or edit form. When using the create or edit form, upon uploading an image the correct directive will be placed at the bottom of the reST content.
If the item you are creating or editing is owned by a Siafoo Group, you can upload images to the group as well.
You can only add images that are owned by you or the same group as the item you are creating or editing. However, you can move images that others have added within the reST for that item.
Naturally, you can't delete an image if it is used inside an article, as this will make things inconsistent.
To include an image, use the .. image::id directive, where id is the numerical id of the image.
For advanced use, the following arguments are supported. The image directive does not take any 'content'.
|A short description of the image (the "alt" attribute in the HTML <img> tag)
|Height of image in pixels
|Width of image in pixels
|The scaling factor for the image, in percent
|The alignment of the image, (the "align" attribute of the HTML <img> tag). The values "left", "center", and "right" control an image's horizontal alignment. Use these to float the image and have the text flow around it.
|Makes the image into a link. This may be a URL or a target name with underscore suffix (e.g. name_).
For example:
.. image:: 39 :alt: Volume Rendered Earth :width: 256
This code creates:
4.1.1 Figures
You can also create figures, which are images with captions. You can use the .. figure:: directive, which acts exactly like the image directive except for two things: it accepts an argument :figwidth: specifying the width of the whole figure, and the directive's content area is used for the caption of the image:
.. figure:: 39 :alt: Volume Rendered Earth :width: 256 :figwidth: 300 This is the Earth. If I write a long caption it should be contained because of the figwidth option.
This code creates:
4.2 Videos
You can embed YouTube videos inside reST using the .. youtube:: id directive, where id can either be the YouTube video ID or the URL to the video. For example:
.. youtube:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BgjH_CtIA
This results in:
4.3 Embedding Snippets and Code
There are two ways to embed code inside an article.
To embed an entire snippet, use the .. snippet:: id directive, where id is the snippet id. If an embedded snippet is updated it will be automagically updated inside the reST. This is the best thing to do for larger blocks of code (heh unlike this example), or code you'd like to set a separate license for. You get a link to the snippet too. For example:
.. snippet:: 1
will result in the following:
# 's1print 'Hello World!'This snippet is licensed under the Public Domain license
You can also embed arbitrary code using the .. code:: language_name directive where the language_name is the short name of the desired language. You can find a list of supported languages and their short names at Supported Languages.
The actual code should be the 'content' of the directive: indented and separated by a blank space. For example:
.. code:: Python print 'This is another Hello World'
This code creates:
# 's1print 'This is an inline code block! Yay!'
4.4 Charts
You can create pie, bar, and line charts. For example:
.. piechart:: :title: Visitors with Firefox :data: 36.30, 55.40, 8.3 :colors: f5f700, 0087f7, f79b00 :labels: Firefox 3 (36.0%), Firefox 184.108.40.206 (55.40%), Other Firefox 2 (8.3%) :3d:
This code creates:
We have a whole page about creating charts: Charts
4.5 Flow Graphs
Siafoo lets you create flow graphs in the Graphviz format. Our rendering engine is quite powerful; this little bit of code:
.. graph:: node.hdr { color: red; } node.src { fill: lightgreen; } node.stage { fill: lightblue; } (Libraries: [Library 1]{ shape: diamond;}, [Library 2]{ shape: diamond;}, [Library 3]{ shape: diamond;}) [Header 1]{class: hdr;}, [Header 2]{class: hdr;}, [Header N]{class: hdr;}-> [Preprocessor]{shape:circle; class:stage;} -> [Intermediate 2], [Intermediate 1] ->[Compiler] [Source 1]{class: src;}, [Source 2]{class: src;}-> [Preprocessor] [ Compiler ]{shape:circle; class:stage;} -> [ Object 2], [ Object 1] -> [ Linker ] [Library 1], [Library 2], [Library 3] -> [Linker]{shape:circle; class:stage;} [Linker] -> [Binary2]
Creates a fairly complex graph:
For information on flow graphs, see Flow Graphs.
4.6 LaTeX Style Math
Finally, you can embed LaTeX-style math expressions using an inline text role or a directive. You can use the inline text role: :math:`E=mc^2` creates . Or you can use the directive for larger equations:
.. math:: align \nabla \cdot E &= \frac{1}{\epsilon_0} \rho\\ \nabla \cdot B &= 0\\ \nabla \times E &= -\frac{\partial B}{\partial t}\\ \nabla \times B &= \mu_0 J + \mu_0 \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial E}{\partial t}
This code creates:
We have a whole page about this too: LaTeX Style Math
5 Reference
Below you will find a list of the allowed markup, list types, interpreted text roles, and directives on Siafoo. If a directive or text role is not listed, we've probably removed it from the parser. We have removed several directives, such as embedding raw html inside the reST blocks, because they pose a security or privacy threat to our users. Others like meta tags don't make sense when you're not making a whole page.
Note that just because something is supported doesn't mean it does anything cool. For example, as of this writing, pull-quotes don't have any special CSS, and so just look like everything else.
If you have any questions or comments feel free to contact us via the feedback link.
5.1 Explicit Markup
|Explicit Markup
|.. [CIT2002] A citation.
|Hyperlink Target
|.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html .. _indirect target: reStructuredText_ .. _internal target:
|Anonymous Target
|__ http://docutils.sf.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html
|Directive ("::")
|.. image:: 1337
|Substitution Def
|.. |substitution| replace:: like an inline directive
|.. is anything else
|Empty Comment
|(".." on a line by itself, with blank lines before & after, used to separate indentation contexts)
5.2 List Types
|List Type
|Bullet list
|Enumerated list
|Definition list
|Field list
|Option list
5.3 Interpreted Text Roles
|Role Name
|Reference to a Siafoo algorithm by id
|Reference to a Siafoo article by id
|Reference to a Siafoo group by id
|Reference to a Siafoo help page by id or name
|Reference to a Siafoo library by id
|Reference to a Siafoo snippet by id
|Inline LaTeX-style math
|Reference to a book by ISBN
|Equivalent to emphasis
|Equivalent to literal but processes backslash escapes
|Reference to a numbered Python Enhancement Proposal
|Reference to a numbered Internet Request For Comments
|Equivalent to strong
|Title reference (book, etc.); standard default role
See http://docutils.sf.net/docs/ref/rst/roles.html for more information on specific interpreted text roles.
5.4 Directives Reference
|Directive Name
|.. image:: image_id; many options possible
|Like "image", but with optional caption and legend
|Embed a youtube video with .. youtube:: video_id_or_url
|Embed an auto-updating snippet with .. snippet:: id
|Highlight a code block by including it in a .. code:: language block
|Create a line chart
|Create a pie chart
|Create a bar chart
|Create a flow graph in Graph::Easy, GraphViz or VCG formats
|Render LaTeX-style math
|Bibliography-style book references
|Specific admonition; also "caution", "danger", "error", "hint", "important", "note", "tip", "warning"
|Generic titled admonition: .. admonition:: By The Way
|.. topic:: Title; like a mini section
|.. sidebar:: Title; like a mini parallel document
|A literal block with parsed inline markup
|.. rubric:: Informal Heading
|Block quote with class="epigraph"
|Block quote with class="highlights"
|Block quote with class="pull-quote"
|Compound paragraphs
|Generic block-level container element
|Create a titled table
|Create a table from a uniform two-level bullet list
|Create a table from CSV data
|Generate a table of contents
|Automatically number sections, subsections, etc.
|Create an explicit footnote for each external target
|Replacement text for substitution definitions
|Unicode character code conversion for substitution defs
See http://docutils.sf.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html for more information on directives.


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"run" is present tense, and present tense expresses a fact, a habit or a routine. For example,
I watch TV in the evenings. (fact and routine)
I dislike fermented bean paste. (fact)
I go to the movies once a month. (fact and routine)
I run to the store when I'm out of ice-cream; i.e., I crave ice-cream. (fact)
I run to the store every morning; i.e., I like to jog. (fact and routine)


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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the US have agreed to institutionalise the meeting of their leaders to an annual summit as a step towards raising the partnership to a strategic level, according to a press statement Tuesday.
The press statement, released by the White House's Office of the Press Secretary, was made after the Fourth Asean-US Leaders' meeting co-chaired by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, chair of Asean in 2012, and US President Barack Obama Monday evening at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, reported Xinhua.
"The summit deepened our diplomatic, economic, security, and people-to-people ties with the key Asian multilateral organization," it said, adding that with a population of approximately 620 million and a combined GDP of over $2.2 trillion, Asean is the US' fourth largest export market.
At the meeting, the US and Asean welcomed the launch of the US-ASEAN Expanded Economic Engagement (E3) initiative a new framework for economic cooperation designed to expand trade and investment ties and creating new business opportunities and jobs.
The two blocs' leaders also endorsed the US-ASEAN Innovation in Science through Partners in Regional Engagement (INSPIRE) initiative to enhance science and technology cooperation.
"INSPIRE will strengthen our collective approach to achieving important science and technology, disaster preparedness, and health objectives and deepen ties between ASEAN and US scientific communities," the statement said.
Besides, the leaders discussed the importance of building the role and influence of the East Asia Summit so that it can effectively address pressing political and strategic issues in the region and they also discussed the importance of putting mechanisms and processes in place to peacefully manage disputes over competing claims in the South China Sea.
"In this context, they expressed support for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' statement on `Six-Point Principles on the South China Sea' and called for early conclusion of a Regional Code of Conduct," it said.
At the meeting, the US government announced the creation of the Expanded ASEAN Seafarer's Training (EAST) programme to improve counter-piracy training and education in the region.
The Asean region is home to over half of the world's seafaring workers, it said, adding that the programme, administered by the Maritime Administration under US Department of Transportation, will be expanded from its current pilot phase working with the Philippines.
--Indo-Asian News Service
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Thousands of children are being pushed into poverty as working parents struggle to pay soaring childcare costs, charities have warned today.
The Government is being urged to make good on election pledges to provide families with more support, as research carried out on behalf of Gingerbread and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) showed the children of working families in childcare are a third more likely to be pushed into poverty.
In total, 133,000 children of working parents in the UK are living below the breadline.
David Cameron's pledge to increase the amount of free childcare for three and four-year-olds from 15 hours to 30 was one of the key announcements at the launch of the Conservative Party's general election manifesto in April.
The Government has also set out plans to pay up to 85 per cent of childcare costs for low-income families on universal credit from next spring, an increase from the current 70 per cent available through tax credits.
But with universal credit's rollout to families frozen for a year, and full rollout delayed until 2019, this is years away for many families, the charities said. "Without this support, work is still unlikely to pay," the report said.
Gingerbread chief executive Fiona Weir said the costs are having a "very real and damaging effect" on the poorest families. "Government proposals will go a long way to helping families with childcare costs – but support is years away from helping many poor families who simply can't afford to wait," she added.
Mother-of-two Katie Clayton, 32, of Brighouse, felt she had no choice but to give up her ten-year role at the University of Huddersfield after the birth of her second daughter Sophie, two.
"Financially it was no longer possible, as child care for both of my daughters would have been more than what I took home each month in wages," she said.
Solicitor Rebecca Kelly, of Roundhay, Leeds, has left the law firm of which she was a partner in to go self-employed to give herself more flexibility after struggling to meet nursery costs for James, four and William, 16 months.
Even with her solicitor husband's salary they make do without luxuries. She said: "We haven't been on holiday abroad since the children were born and both drive beaten-up cars which could do with replacing, but there simply isn't the money. We're just going to have to grit our teeth until the children are older."
Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive Alison Garnham said: "Despite recent progress, childcare costs still make it hard for low income working families to enter or progress in paid work."
A Government spokesman said: "We are absolutely on the side of hard-working families who want to get on in life. Thanks to Government reforms, the number of children growing up in workless families is at a record low. We want to make high quality, affordable childcare available for everyone – that is why we are introducing 30 free hours of childcare per week for three and four-year-olds."