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I was born in Jamaica and moved to Chicago at age 6. After high school, I studied geology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. After working in Alaska, I moved to Aspen, Colorado, and worked as a medical assistant for an internist. I attended the University of Colorado for medical school and completed my family medicine residency at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. I am a board certified physician.
I try and provide medical education and involve my patient in their own care. I work with each patient individually to come up with a plan that works for them. I was trained broadly in family medicine, and specifically enjoy sports medicine, minor procedures and preventive care.
When I am not at work, I am busy at home with my wife and two young children. I also enjoy gardening, sailing and exploring the mountains. I try to live what I preach at work by exercising daily and eating a healthy diet, although I do allow myself the occasional dietary indiscretion!

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God designed the Christian life to be lived in community as we pursue growing in Christ together. Our Life Groups are currently studying Galatians this year. We gather for prayer, study and biblical fellowship. Contact Spencer for more information (541) 619-9338.
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When It comes to Texas there are a few places that seem to spring to mind right away. Dallas would probably be the first, with Houston being either a tie or close second. San Antonio is a jeweled oasis nestled in the middle of south central Texas and it offers way more than you probably think it does. Sure everyone has Heard of the Alamo, but that's only one of the many destinations that make this uniquely Texas city special.
Here are 5 things you need to experience in San Antonio.
The River Walk
When you think of an oasis, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a pool in the middle of the desert with a palm tree next to it. This 15-mile long cypress-lined collection of paths and stone bridges serves as the heart of San Antonio. Many of San Antonio's top attractions are located along this 5-mile section of downtown. Everything from shops, to the best restaurants, and even museums can be found here.
The Missions
Located about three miles from downtown, the four missions of Concepción, San José, San Juan and Espada represent the oldest missions in the country. They were built as Native American towns and the monasteries acted as the religious centers of the towns.
The Alamo
Most people know the story of the Alamo. It was in this old Spanish Mission that a small band of Texans including James Bowie, David Crockett, and William Travis held off General Santa Anna and his army for 13 days making the ultimate symbol of courage and sacrifice. Bonus, this historical site is absolutely free to see.
Natural Bridge Caverns
The Bridge Caverns are named for the 60-foot long natural limestone bridge that spans the amphitheater at the entrance. The cavern offers a host of fun activities such as panning for gems, and fossils, exploring the massive drip formations and the HIdden Passage tour which is a 5000 square foot outdoor maze.
The DoSeum
After the heat of the day, take your kids down to the DoSeum, an indoor museum with something for the whole family. This 65,000 square foot building contains state of the art exhibits, a spy academy, interactive robots, a musical staircase and the Children's River. It's some of the most fun you can have indoors in San Antonio
There's so much to see in San Antonio for the whole family. Add it to your family's vacation itinerary this year and you won't be disappointed. Be sure to check out the Lone Star Jeep Dealership while you're in town. Having a Jeep or Dodge can help to get around easier!


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Earlier this week President Obama announced his plan for making college more affordable. While I love the fact that President Obama's solution uses some of the very same ideas I proposed in June, his new plan does not go far enough. First, no aspect of his new plan encourages more responsible lending. Second, it does not address the existing trillion dollars in current student loan debt.
Problems aside, the President's newest proposal is a step forward. It is also a relief to know that he has not ignored the student loan crisis in the wake of the passage of the new student loan interest rates law.
What is the newest proposal?
The President hopes to create a comprehensive rating system for all colleges.
In his words:
"We need to rate colleges on who's offering the best value so students and taxpayers can get a bigger bang for their buck."
The idea here is to allow students to make a more informed decision when it comes to picking a college. This is certainly a reasonable goal and a necessary one. Many college have been the subject of lawsuits by former students who alleged that the schools inflated employment statistics. The theory is that if students have a better idea of the value of the education, they will be better consumers.
The President's rating system would include the following statistics
- Average tuition
- Average loan debt
- Earning after graduation
By 2015, we may see more detailed numbers and complex information, but the general idea is in place. With better information, students can make better decisions.
The Flaw in the Plan
Unfortunately, the government making statistics available and the 18 to 25 year old population being aware of these statistics are two very different things. Think about all the catchy commercials that many colleges in your area run. How are statisticians with the Department of Education going to compete with million dollar advertising campaigns? Moreover, the general population of this country still operates on the mistaken assumption that student loan debt is good debt. Government statistics are not going to change the minds of the masses.
Some colleges are very good at misleading potential students. Even if the President's proposal was to be fully enacted exactly as he wanted, schools would still have every incentive to continue to deceive students to encourage attendance. Lenders will still profit from student loans, and companies will still get rich.
A Necessary Tweak
To make a meaningful difference in student loan lending, the President needs to create a system in which lenders are encouraged to lend responsibly. The mortgage crisis taught us what happens when there are no repercussions to irresponsible lending. Why do car companies and credit card companies lend in a more responsible manner? Because if they give money to someone who has no shot at paying it back, they lose their investment to bankruptcy. The student loan laws have almost no bankruptcy protection for borrowers. Lenders have no reason to act responsibly.
If the President's plan were to be combined with meaningful access to bankruptcy protection for borrowers, things would improve. Student loan lenders are in a far better position than a bunch of 18 year olds when it comes to accessing the quality of a college and the "bang for the buck." If they had a reason to act responsibly, and access to the statistics the President wants to make available, we might be on our way to a solution.
Then all that would be left would be the trillion dollar elephant in the room.
Readers: What do you think? If you had access to more accurate employment and debt statistics, would it have affected your college decision?


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Bikes are part of the Danish lifestyle. Thousands or even millions of people in Denmark use this eco-friendly form of transportation every day to go to work or do errands of various kinds.
But it's not the just the single two-wheeled bikes that are commonly used in the country as many people there also use the three and four-wheelers or the so-called cargo bikes. This type of bicycle is normally used to transport small children and goods and approximately six percent of households notably in the capital of Copenhagen own this carrier bike. In total, some 15,000 of these large bikes are in need of a place for parking purposes.
The problem with cargo bikes is that they have no suitable parking place especially for people living in apartment buildings. It is also hard to use the basement as their parking space.
Fortunately in Copenhagen, officials of the city's Bicycle Office there have thought of a plan – a car as parking area for cargo bikes. It's not a real car, though, as it's a fiberglass model but has four separate cabins inside to accommodate the carrier bikes. The model car is an eco-friendly unit as it will utilize solar energy to provide lighting via four solar headlights inside the cabins during nighttime. The light also automatically turns on when the door is opened.
Two storage cars have initially been developed under this pilot project and are placed at Krusagade 24 in Vesterbro. Selected users will be given their own key for the storage unit.
Copenhagen city officials recognize the contribution of cargo bike owners in their campaign to prevent global warming from worsening and therefore help preserve the environment. The deputy mayor for the technical and environmental department has expressed hope the project will be able to come up with more of these storage cars next year.


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Prisons for Profit
Prison Industrial Complex and Big Government Taking Away Freedom for Profit
By Andrew Dossman 11/24/08
Few Americans are aware of the growing problem that is facing our country on the issue of prisons. In the last 20 years the prison population has grown over 400% and the total amount of people in prisons is about to reach 2.5 MILLION people!
Racist prison sentences have made it so that 1 in 3 black males will be in jail in one point in their lives. Certain laws have made people who have not committed a severe or major offense are being sentenced to harsh prison terms, and even for life sentences.
One prime example is the unjust imprisonment of marijuana users, who have every right to put whatever they want in their body. But many states have implemented a 3 strike rule, which means if you are caught 3 times, you will be imprisoned for LIFE!
Yet we have only scratched the surface of these problems. We must look at the root of the problem, a problem that very few Americans know anything about.
I'm talking about the Prison Industrial Complex. Many Americans may think when someone goes to jail they are being sent to a state run corrections facility.
This is no longer the case. Many prisons in America today are private companies. That's right; Companies that gain profits by the increasing amount of people that are imprisoned within their walls. So let's think about this for a second; People with great wealth and power, are gaining even more by the increase of people they have incarcerated, and stripped of their freedoms. Is that the American way?
Add judges, politicians, lawyers, police officers and other officials that benefit from the payroll that are encouraged to pass and enforce laws designed to target minorities and the poor, and the result is you get far more non violent people going to jail that shouldn't be there.
These "jails for profit" trade their stocks on Wall Street. If there's a sign of a society that is heading in the wrong direction, this is it folks.
The Government, with the bought influence of powerful Corporations, has put a price tag on people's lives and both are driven by even higher profits that give these institutions an incentive to put more people in those cold despondent concrete hells spread across the land of America.
Yet there has been resistance, a national grassroots organization known as Critical Resistance is the first to have taken up the fight against the PIC (prison industrial complex).
They organize to spread awareness and protest this issue of which many will never hear about. Many will ask me, "Well you don't believe in government institutions", and I would say, "yes I don't believe in many of them because it is the governments responsibly to protect our liberties, which they have turned a blind eye too, and have let large corporations put a price on our heads."
So I write to you readers to educate yourself, talk to others, and don't let the productivity of your precious life be taken away by the government in the form of tax dollars; just so you can help finance the inhumane actions of the powers that be that profit from ruining people's lives by throwing people into a prison.
Applied knowledge is power, use what you know, and protect yourselves.


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Assured Guaranty Files Motion to Lift Automatic Stay and Commence an Action Against PREPA for the Appointment of a Receiver
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HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) (together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty) released the following comments regarding a motion and form of complaint filed in Federal District Court in Puerto Rico today by two of its bond insurance subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. (AGM) and Assured Guaranty Corp. (AGC).
The motion and form of complaint seek an order lifting the automatic stay to allow AGM and AGC to exercise their statutory right to seek the appointment of a receiver for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) by filing the proposed complaint with a court of competent jurisdiction. The receiver would ensure that the lien granted to PREPA bondholders and their insurers as part of their collateral package produces net revenues in amounts sufficient to timely pay debt service on the PREPA bonds.
With this action, Assured Guaranty seeks to remedy PREPA's re-politicization of its operations, its mismanagement and inefficiencies, and its failure to increase rates in accordance with its contractual and statutory obligations. PREPA, which had not sought an increase in its base rates from the 1980's through 2015, and whose current rate is inadequate to pay its debt, defaulted on its bond debt service payment due on July 3, 2017. For decades, PREPA has been crippled by mismanagement, corruption and poor performance. Due to such mismanagement, corruption and poor performance, PREPA has breached its contractual and statutory obligations to increase rates in amounts sufficient to generate adequate cash flow to service PREPA's bond obligations. The collateral package for PREPA's bonds includes not only the net revenues generated by current rates but the statutory and contractual right to increase rates and appoint a receiver with the power to seek rate adjustments. PREPA's use of the automatic stay to prevent required rate increases and to maintain inadequate current rates is a taking of property without just compensation. As a result of PREPA's defaults, Assured Guaranty and PREPA's bondholders are entitled to the appointment of a receiver for PREPA under Puerto Rico law and PREPA's bond documents. This entitlement to a receiver is automatic upon the occurrence of a default under PREPA's bonds. Lifting the automatic stay and appointing a receiver for PREPA is necessary to ensure PREPA bondholders' collateral package is not diminished and to foster operational reform by replacing PREPA's management and depoliticizing PREPA's key decision-making. Additionally, the ongoing illegal actions by both the Puerto Rican government and the PROMESA Oversight Board will result in further wasted funds incurred by the government on needless and time-consuming litigation, while at the same time further destroy any market credibility that remains in the government and the Oversight Board. If continued, these illegal actions will ultimately prohibit Puerto Rico's access to capital, which is critical for the island's economic development and future.
Irrespective of PREPA's payment defaults on its bonds and its Title III bankruptcy filing, payments to holders of PREPA bonds insured by Assured Guaranty will continue to be paid without interruption for the life of the bonds. Assured Guaranty unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees full and timely payment of scheduled debt service, in accordance with the terms of Assured Guaranty's insurance policies, and upon payment, takes over the rights of the insured bondholders. Assured Guaranty is determined to take reasonable and necessary actions to protect its rights as insurer of PREPA bonds.
With $12 billion* in claims-paying resources across its group of companies, which includes an $11 billion investment portfolio that alone generates approximately $400 million of annual investment income each year, Assured Guaranty's liquidity and capital positions are very strong.
*Aggregate data for operating subsidiaries within the Assured Guaranty Ltd. group. Claims on each subsidiary's insurance policies / financial guarantees are paid from that subsidiary's separate claims-paying resources. Details of the components of claims paying resources are set forth in the most recent Assured Guaranty Ltd. Financial Supplement, which may be found at Assuredguaranty.com/agldata.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Any forward-looking statements made in this press release reflect Assured Guaranty's current views with respect to future events and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those resulting from Assured Guaranty's inability to execute its strategies, including its loss mitigation and risk remediation strategies, and negative developments that may impact Assured Guaranty's liquidity and capital, and therefore its ability to make claim payments on time and in full, including less demand for Assured Guaranty's financial guaranty product, or adverse developments with respect to its insured or investment portfolio, and other risks and uncertainties that have not been identified at this time, management's response to these factors, and other risk factors identified in Assured Guaranty's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are made as of July 18, 2017. Assured Guaranty undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a publicly traded Bermuda-based holding company. Its operating subsidiaries provide credit enhancement products to the U.S. and international public finance, infrastructure and structured finance markets. More information on Assured Guaranty Ltd. and its subsidiaries can be found at AssuredGuaranty.com.


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Eminem – Good Guy ft. Jessie Reyez video download
A few days ago, it was announced that Eminem would be releasing a new video for "Good Guy." Whenever Em has new content on the way, it's always a pretty special vibe. Many of us grew up listening to him and he's still a leader in the game, which is actually really cool. Kamikaze saw the rapper return to Slim Shady form and tracks like "Good Guy" brought his alliance with Jessie Reyez to light. Finally, the legendary Detroit figure has released the video with Jessie.
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"They'll call me guilty." Good Guy ft. @jessiereyez video out Friday Noon ET EMINEM.COM
The clip goes through a few scenes as the establishing shots include somebody crawling out of the dirt after being buried alive. It turns out that Reyez was the one facing a questionable fate as she walks to confront Eminem. The two have a scuffle in the kitchen, which continues a theme that appears in many of Em's videos. After the two fight, Jessie stuffs Em into a body bag and drags him out to the same spot she was initially buried at. She lays down in the ditch with the rapper and sheds a tear before the clip is cut off.
Em's videos are always worth a few minutes of your time. Check it out above and let us know your first reaction.


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As of December 2015, Photics software (apps, books and games) follows a strict code of honor.
- Photics Software Does Not Track You – Software created by Photics does not "phone home" or collect personal data. If you're buying a copy of Photics software, that's awesome! It makes me happy that you appreciate my work enough to pay for it. You should not be penalized for that. You should not have to give up your privacy for that. (Note: Photics software may contain a hyperlink back to photics.com. No special tracking is added to the hyperlink. Apps from the iTunes App Store and the Mac App Store may send anonymized data back to Apple and to the developer of the software. You can update your device settings… https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202100 …to disable the "Share With App Developers" settings.)
- Photics Software Does Not Require Internet Access – Once you download the Photics software, you should be good to go.
- Photics Software Should Be Suitable For All Ages – No violence, no profanity and no sexually explicit content are permitted in Photics software. (Note: This section doesn't apply to updates of previously created Photics games, which may have cartoonish violence. It's part of Photics history. Previously created games may be ported to modern hardware/software.)
- Photics Software Does Not Spam – There are no third-party advertisements in Photics software. There are no pop-ups asking to join a mailing list. There isn't even cross-promotion of other Photics software.
- Photics Software Does Not Use In-App Purchases – 😝
Before the Internet, back when books were only in printed form and home video games were sold as cartridges, there was a lot less hassle to buy media. You didn't have to worry about a game hitting you up for more money. You didn't have to worry if your book was also reading you. That's the reason for the Code of Honor. It's the idea that Photics software should be more like the media of yesteryear. Just because software can track a user, doesn't mean it should. Just because top grossing apps are using in-app purchases, doesn't mean that Photics software should too.
The Code of Honor is about building trust as a developer, while showing respect to you as a customer.


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Accessed by steps from the roadside parking to the front door, this El Rancho community villa is bright and airy and a great location for your holiday in La Manga Club. Two El Rancho community pools close by this villa. It has an open plan kitchen, dining and living area. The kitchen is well equipped including a fridge/freezer, dishwasher, kettle, toaster and microwave. The lounge area has a comfortable sofa, wicker chair and an easy chair. There is an air conditioning / heating unit and also a ceiling paddle fan. There is cable TV with a wide range of channels. WiFi is included in the rental price. There is a terrace accessed from the lounge with table and chairs for 4. There is a built-in grille on this terrace for you to enjoy eating al fresco on those balmy evenings. A staircase leads up from the living level to the very sunny terrace which has great views across to Lion Mountain, La Manga Club and to the Mar Menor beyond. On the lower floor from the lounge, you have the family bathroom, with a heated towel rail, shower & screen, WC, bidet and wash hand basin. Next to this is a good sized twin bedded room with views onto the community gardens. The Master bedroom has twin beds, which can also be made into a King size, if preferred. The en suite bathroom has two wash hand basins, WC, bidet, a bath with overhead shower fitment and also a heated towel rail. Both bedrooms each have an air conditioning / heating unit and a ceiling paddle fans. Washing machine is located on this lower level. You are entitled to Residents reduced golf and tennis rates when staying in this villa. Please ask us for further information.
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Residential Officers Support Team
The Residential Officers (known as ROs) are responsible for the welfare and pastoral care of students living in residences and are your main point of contact if you experience any problems during your time in our residences. ROs aim to promote a harmonious living environment, enhance student experience, and ensure wellbeing and safety.
All team members are dedicated, professional and well trained people who operate as a team to help you solve any area of concern about your accommodation. They will give advice, mediate, deal with emergencies or even just give time for a chat. They have all been involved in University life in some shape or form and understand the wide variety of issues faced by new students.
Leeds Beckett University Residential Officers are based at Marsden House, Arena Village, Kirkstall Brewery, Carnegie Village, Sugarwell Court and Woodhouse Flats only.
Residential Officers have daily office hours where students can drop in or book appointments, in addition to an on call provision that is in place every evening and weekend of the tenancy period.
The ROs are really keen to get to know all residents so please do stop by to say hello.
Residential Team Office Opening Times
- Arena Village
Location: Arena Village Reception
Opening hours: Open Monday to Thursday
RO: Amy: Monday to Thursday 17:30 - 20:30
RO Email Inbox: email@example.com
- Carnegie Village
Location: Swale Reception
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
RO Jordan: Monday 16:00 - 20:00
RO Rowan: Wednesday and Thursday 17:00 - 20:00
RO Email Inbox: email@example.com
- Kirkstall Brewery
Location: The Tower Reception
Opening hours: Open Monday to Thursday
RO Sian: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 15:30 - 19:30
RO Jordan: Tuesday and Wednesday 16:00 - 20:00
RO Email Inbox: email@example.com
- Marsden House
Location: Marsden House (to the left of the laundry)
Opening hours: Open Monday to Thursday
RO Rowan: Monday and Tuesday 17:00 - 20:00
RO Kyle: Wednesday 16:00 - 19:00 and Thursday 17:30 - 20:30
RO Email Inbox: email@example.com
- Sugarwell Court
Location: Bishopdale Ground Floor
Opening hours: Monday and Tuesday
RO Kyle: Monday 16:00 - 19:00 and Tuesday 17:30 - 20:30
RO Email Inbox: email@example.com
- Woodhouse Flats
Location: Block C, Ground Floor
Please contact the email address below and an RO will be in contact
RO Email Inbox: firstname.lastname@example.com
Student Wellbeing Team
The Student Wellbeing Team offers a free and confidential service aimed at providing you with information, practical and therapeutic support to help you manage any difficulties you are experiencing. For more information or to arrange an appointment, please visit their pages on the Student Hub Website.
Email: email@example.com
Tel: 0113 812 8507
Accommodation and Residential Services
If you would like to speak to the accommodation and residential services team their contact details are:
Address: City Campus, Queen Square House G28, Leeds LS2 8NU
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Fed Chief: Economy To See Moderate Growth
Economic growth in the first three months of this year nearly stalled, logging just a 0.6 percent pace. It was the worst quarterly showing in more than four years.
However, Bernanke said he believes some of the forces that figured prominently in that poor performance — including a bloated trade deficit, cutbacks by businesses in inventory investment and weak federal defense spending — "seem likely to be at least partially reversed in the near term."
Bernanke made his comments via satellite to an international monetary conference in Cape Town, South Africa. In his talk, he stuck to the Fed's forecast that the economy in coming quarters will advance "at a moderate pace, close to or slightly below the economy's trend rate of expansion." A copy of his prepared remarks was made available in Washington.
Some economists put the economy's trend, or normal growth rate at around 3 to 3.25 percent.
Even with Bernanke's hopeful outlook, the Fed chief did make clear once again that the painful residential real-estate bust, which started last year, "appears likely to remain a drag on economic growth for somewhat longer than previously expected," he said.
Residential construction will likely remain "subdued for a time" until builders can pare down a backlog of unsold new homes, he noted.
But, thus far, the problems in the housing market have not spread through the broader economy in a significant way, Bernanke said. "We have not seen major spillovers from housing onto other sectors of the economy," he observed.
On the inflation front, Bernanke said that underlying inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, still remains "somewhat elevated" despite some improvements. Bernanke again clung to the Fed's forecast that underlying inflation seems likely to moderate gradually over time. Still, he said, there is a big risk to the economy is if this forecast does not materialize.
Besides talking about the economy, Bernanke also discussed the troubles plaguing both lenders and borrowers with high-risk "subprime" mortgages, which are made to people with spotty credit histories.
While subprime mortgage borrowing nearly tripled in 2004-2005, decelerating house prices, higher interest rates, and slower economic growth have contributed to an increased rate of delinquency among subprime borrowers. This has also been aggravated by a glut in the market for home sales, and a slowdown in new home construction.
Foreclosures and delinquencies have spiked as rising interest rates and falling home prices made it difficult for some people to keep up with their payments.
"The problems in the subprime sector are causing real distress for many homeowners," he said. "To help mitigate the situation, the Federal Reserve and other federal supervisory agencies are encouraging the banks and thrift institutions that we supervise to work with borrowers who may be having trouble meeting their mortgage obligations, including identifying and contacting borrowers before they enter delinquency or foreclosure."
Bernanke, as he said in a speech last month, predicted there will be further increases in delinquencies and foreclosures this year and next as interest rates on many subprime adjustable-rate loans will go up as they reset.
Some analysts estimate that nearly 2 million adjustable-rate mortgages will reset to higher rates this year and next.
Even with the expectation of more problems in this area, Bernanke repeated his belief that troubles in the subprime mortgage market are "unlikely to seriously spill over to the broader economy or the financial system."
Bernanke acknowledged that problems in the subprime market can be traced in part to loose standards, which in some cases allowed people to get mortgages with little documentation.
Facing criticism from Congress about lax regulation in the subprime arena, Bernanke again said the Fed will consider tougher rules to crack down on abusive practices and improve disclosure.


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InspX Announces High Speed X-Ray Inspection Solution For Continuous Webs Of Pouches And Packets
The InspX Brioso Can Inspect Bandoleers of Pouches/Packets at Speeds up to 600 Linear Feet per Minute
Fremont, California (PRWEB) December 30, 2013
InspX is pleased to announce its ScanTrac Brioso X-Ray inspection system for pouch and packet bandoleers. The Brioso stands out in the marketplace for its inspection speed and contents verification capability.
The design of the Brioso is tailored for the highest production speeds – up to 600 linear feet per minute or up to 5,000 packets per minute! Pouches and packets can be any length and are limited to 8" in width; they can be made from paper, plastic, metalized film or aluminum foil.
The Brioso is available with special contents verification software that interprets information from each X-Ray image to determine package weight. In extensive laboratory testing, the accuracy of the Brioso contents verification system was within 1% of the actual package weight (using a 9 ounce packet).
Like all ScanTrac systems, the Brioso is designed to provide high inspection performance in a package that is both easy to use and inexpensive to own. The Brioso offers InspX's advanced remote diagnostic capabilities that allow for 90% of field issues to be fixed remotely and immediately.
To learn more about the InspX ScanTrac Brioso, please see http://www.peco-inspx.com/solutions/xray-machines/scantrac-brioso.
About Peco Controls and InspX LLC
Peco Controls and InspX LLC are leading providers of advanced technology inspection solutions for the food and beverage industries. With headquarters in Fremont, CA, the company serves customers around the world and inspects over 120 million food and beverage containers daily. The company specializes in accurate high speed package inspection in machines that are easy to use with a low cost of ownership.
For the original version on PRWeb visit: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11452139.htm
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Model of the Project 23000 Storm aircraft carrier
The RITM-200 integrated reactor plant designed for new-generation Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers was selected as a power plant for perspective Russian aircraft carriers. Its key feature is fuel enrichment level of uranium-235 reduced to 20% (from 40 - 90% that had older generations of nuke power plants). This will help to export such reactors not violating any non-proliferation agreements.
So far, the Project 23000 aircraft carrier (Storm class) exists only as a model that was for the first time demonstrated by the Krylov State Scientific Center in 2015. The ships concept was jointly developed with the Nevskoye Design Bureau.
The carriers displacement will be up to 100,000 tons, length up to 330 meters, max speed 30 knots. The ship is going to accommodate 80-90 aircraft.
As was reported late in June, technical designing of the Storm-class prospective aircraft carrier for the Russian Navy would start in 2020, and the ship would be built not earlier than 2030s.


text: Excess make-up, extensive plastic surgery, botox, lip injections, and tons of soft porn shots on Instagram – these are not so subtle signs of desperate cry for attention. But why? One not so obvious reason is simple but profound: since the quality and the degree of meaning attention has gone down, i.e. guys don't really look at them, don't check them out and rarely genuinely pursue and court them these days, they have to settle for quantity of mediocre, surrogate attention, such as likes on Instagram and swipes Tinder. It's therefore only logical that the women that who don't get real attention will engage in all forms of attention whoring more than ever before. And, every man should remember that an over-processed woman, who looks like this, can't possibly be emotionally stable or sane. She is a sad product of culture that brainwashes women into destroying their faces in the name of fitting into the mediocre mainstream of today.


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The majority of Brits will have heard of Trooping the Colour, but many do not understand what it actually is, why it takes place and who it involves. With the celebration taking place on 9th June, let us explain everything you need to know.
The first thing you ought to know is that Trooping the Colour is the Queen's birthday parade and it involves regiments of the British and Commonwealth armies. It has been a tradition since 1748 for the monarch's official birthday to be marked by this performance, and since the 1950s it has always fallen on the second Saturday of June and takes place in London.
The parade starts with the Queen travelling down the Mall from Buckingham Palace in a royal procession with an escort of Household Cavalry which contains horse guards. Until 1987, the Queen rode alongside the guards, but now she watches from a carriage with the Duke of Edinburgh.
Behind the carriage ride the Royal Colonels who each represent one of the Five Foot Guards regiments: Prince of Wales (Welsh Guards), the Duke of Kent (Scots Guards), Princess Anne (Blues and Royals), the Duke of York (Grenadier Guards) and the Duke of Cambridge (Irish Guards). The Royal Colonels are then followed by the non-royal Colonels of Regiments (Coldstream Guards and Life Guards).
Once the Queen arrives, she receives a royal salute from the troops and begins to inspect the lines of members of the Household Division and Horse Guards. These are made up of 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians. This part of the parade is then followed by the Massed Bands troop, where the Massed Band march on Horse Guards Parade.
The next stage is where the name Trooping the Colour comes from. It is called Trooping the Colour because a regimental flag (which represents the 'Colour') is paraded in front of the Queen (which represents the 'Trooping'). On battlefields, a regiments' colours (flags) were marched up and down the soldiers' ranks to enable them to recognise their regiments' colours. The colours embody the spirit and service of the regiment as well as its fallen soldiers.
The flag used in the performance changes every year, but it is always one of the Five Foot Guards regiments. This year it is the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards who last provided the colour in 2009. Once this part of the performance has taken place, the Colour has been Trooped.
To end Trooping the Colour, the Queen returns up the Mall to Buckingham Palace with the entire parade marching behind her. Finally, the Queen and the Royal Family appear on the palace balcony to witness a flypast by the Royal Air Force.
Trooping the Colour will be broadcast live on BBC One from 10:30am on 9th June.


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In recent months, I have experienced more outside criticism than at any other point in my life. While I have always known, in the back of my mind, that people will always 'say what they will say', it has been brought to the forefront of my attention recently as I have been made acutely aware of my critics through a variety of means.
I admit that it has taken some getting used to. Our natural reaction to criticism is to defend ourselves, our positions and our opinions. We want to try to convince other to see the merits in our cases. However, the successful persons reaction to criticism must be non-reaction. It has been told to me by several successful people whom I hold in high regard that: "successful people are immune to criticism."
Well, in order to build up an immunity you must first have exposure. Therefore, this week I wanted to throw out 5 reasons why one should embrace criticism:
1. It means you are taking risks and putting yourself out there
You won't have much personal growth if you aren't taking risks. Risk taking, whether small or large, forces us outside our comfort zones (which are often outside the comfort zones of most other people, too). When you step out and do things that other people are too scared or too lazy to do, it makes them want to tear at you. I take comfort in the fact that I do things in business and in life that most other people are either too scared, too lazy or too risk averse to do.
The more things you do that others won't, the more things you will have that others don't.
2.It means other people are thinking about you when you aren't around
For me, it is pretty flattering when someone is thinking about me when I am not around them. For someone to criticize you, it means that they are thinking about you in their spare time. You see, they have to come up with their words at some point in time and most of them don't say the same things to your face that they write anonymously on the internet.
If you don't have enough going on in your own life that you have to think about someone else (and negative things at that) then you must not be in that good of a place.
3. It means you are hitting above average
If others are openly criticizing you, relax: those at the top of their profession are almost always under attack.
Think about professional athletes. They are almost always under an absolute barrage of critical media attention. They don't get a break. Think about the executives that run major corporations: they are probably criticized on a daily basis by everyone from their peers to shareholders and especially from employees.
4. It means you've caused someone to think
If you are doing things right and driving as much value as you can, then you should probably be thankful when someone criticizes you because you have pushed all thoughts of Dancing with the Stars, American Idol,and their upcoming weekend activities out of their head and replaced it with you.
This should be good news for anybody. After all, as a business person, you are competing for customer attention and dollars from marketers and information sources from all across the world. If you've managed to put your brand, your opinion or your information in front of someone in light of other competing factors then you have just won yourself a big victory.
5. It is a healthy reminder to stay focused
Focus is one of the most important elements of success. The human brain will only allow for so many inputs and outputs in its algorithm before it gets thrown off track. If you are focusing in and keying on the right areas of your business, then criticism should serve to galvanize that focus even more for you. It should confirm that you are on the right track: thinking, talking about and doing the right things.
So, there you have it: another Tuesday Top 5.
I know that neither you (or I) will be able to turn our feelings on and off like a light switch. It takes time and practice. I am willing to be that it took Michael Jordan a couple of seasons in the NBA before he got used to all of the media spotlight and negative comments that other players and the press were making about him. He simply went on to become the greatest player of his generation (at least) and revolutionized the game of professional basketball.
Embrace and become immune to criticism or get eaten up by it. The choice is yours.


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Tinsel Edwards & Twinkle Troughton present their first ever Mini Retrospective, a rare opportunity to see
a large selection of works by the dynamic art duo.
'Tinsel and Twinkle have kidnapped a banker, holding him to ransom for the duration of the private view for their exhibition!'.
Bespoke 'Tinsel and Twinkle' bank notes will be handed out to the public during the opening of their show.
Guests will be asked to respond to the global economic crisis by writing their solutions, opinions, emotions and thoughts onto these bank notes. The money will then be pinned around the banker forming an insightful display.
This is the first retrospective by the art duo and is also an amazing opportunity to see a large cross section of their work, including previously unseen pieces, and a selection from the back catalogue. This is also a chance to re visit previous art stunts - Tinsel and Twinkle as Traffic Wardens giving away free art, and the wonderfully acclaimed 'Opinionated Objects'.
Their record label 'Pushing Pussy Records' and associated paraphanalia will also be on display alongside
documentation of 'The Fairies Band', a band they performed in, wrote music for and went on two New York
tours with. The fairies band was a lively eight piece garage rock band and included two other fairies, Tinky and Sparkle. It thrived from 2001 and 2007.
The artists have chosen to present their 'mini' Retrospective fairly early on in their careers. The works on display offer an insight into their individual artistic concerns. Social and political themes dominate the show, illustrating their quest to highlight, expose and question; bringing contemporary issues to the forefront.
Tinsel & Twinkle met when they were 9, over a pot of poster paints at their first school. Since that fortuitous
meeting they have spent years collaborating and exhibiting their art works including identical degree shows at their universities, Tinsel was at Goldsmiths and Twinkle at Kingston. They work as individual artists but sharing a history and similar creative concerns, they often join forces to collaborate on projects and exhibit together.
Tinsel's passionate ideology as an artist is rooted in a desire to create works which question and challenge
social and political issues. Her commentary is a personal response to social injustice. Incorporating text into
her paintings, the works are littered with action statements, personal mottos, questions, observations and
anecdotes, reflective of her earnest approach to dealing with serious concerns.
Twinkles work has been inspired by social political issues in Britain both now and as it existed decades and
centuries ago. Recently her work has become more universal in it's consideration. Often satirical and usually
political, the content carries dark undertones and attempts to shine a light on where the Human condition
repeatedly remains in the dark.
All of the original works in Mini Retrospective are for sale, as are limited edition prints. 10% of all sales will go to Shelter.
Tinsel & Twinkle's Mini Retrospective
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Coming Attractions: JulyJune 25, 2011
This July, I'm going to be all about Back to the Future. I figure I'll have just celebrated six months by then, so just call it a little anniversary present from me to me.
July 1st: Where better to start this Future fest than the first movie in the series, Back to the Future, side by side with Back to the Future Episode I: It's About Time.
July 8th: A continuing theme with Back to the Future Part II and Episode II: Get Tannen!
July 15th: We look at Episode III: Citizen Brown as Back to the Future Part III brings the end of the film series. But there are still two weeks left! Where can we possibly go from here?
July 22nd: I'll tell you where! On the the first season of Back to the Future: The Animated Series! And the Telltale story comes to a climax with Back to the Future Episode IV: Double Visions.
July 29th: We wrap up July with the second season of the animated series, and tie up the loose ends of the time stream with the Telltale finale, Episode V: OUTATIME.


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1.FAQ: What is the Geographical location of the Pondicherry Port?
Ans:11°56N and 79° 50 E,Pondicherry ,South India.
2.FAQ: What is the Port Limit?
Ans: From the boundary pillar erected on the seashore of Pondicherry port 1595 meters north,2987 meters south to 15 fathoms of water in the east
3.FAQ: Give details of tidal range and variations?
Ans: Maximum tidal height :1.30m
Range aaaat spring tides :1.00m
Range aaaaat read tides :0.30m
4.FAQ: Type of climate,Rainfall and temperature?
Ans : Climate : Tropical
Annual rainfall : above 130cms
Temperature : 35° C-maximum 20° C-minimum
Fair weather : January to October
Monsoon/rough weather : November to October
5. FAQ: what is the draft of the navigable channel?
Ans : -4 meters on high tides to -2.5 metres.
6.FAQ: what are the facilities available?
Ans: Navigable channel,cargoquay,electronic weigh bridge,transitsheds,towinglaunches,tractortrailers,cranes,drydocking,slipway etc.
7.FAQ: what are the port charges?
Ans: Port dues,landingdues,transshipmentfees,machinery and equipments hire charges,groundrent,godownrent,vehicle entrance fee,weighmentcharges,watercharges,wagon siding charges and slipway charges.
8.FAQ: How to register a boat?
Ans: The boats are register under Pondicherry port harbor craft rules 1970 on payment of Rs.10/- on any working days of the port department through a written request.The renewal of the license can be made during the month of January only on payment of renewal of Rs.5/-per boat per annum


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Bath School of Acting, based in central Bath, is a highly regarded drama school with specialised courses in acting and musical theatre. The musical theatre course balances intense technique training across acting, singing and dance, and the acting course develops the essential elements of skills training while developing creativity and artistic identity. Bath School of Acting training includes focused audition preparations which allow students to develop skills and techniques and a repertoire for future auditions. The classes taught by industry professionals include masterclasses from patrons Jason Connery and Jeremy Taylor alongside experts from all walks of the performing arts industry. Although part-time, the intensive courses offer unrivalled daytime training of 14 hours a week, allowing the students the time to not only work but also take part in the numerous theatre groups in the area. Entry is by audition only.
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Written by Megan.
It's official! Guy passed the Oregon State Bar and is now able to go back to his passion of practicing law. This is not only an incredible accomplishment as Oregon has one of the toughest Bar exams in the country, but the journey here is what makes this achievement so sweet.
As many may already know, Guy moved to Oregon so that we could be together. This meant leaving his practice in Arizona behind and starting his new life with me in Oregon. To be frank, it was not only the most incredible act of commitment that I have ever experienced in my life, but it was the bravest decision I have ever been apart of. The whole thing sounds absolutely bonkers, if you really think about it.
I'll summarize.
Two people randomly met while they are both visiting friends in LA. These two people meet in person and fall in love. These two people acknowledge that they live over 1,300 miles away from each other. These two people fly back and forth over the period of a few months to visit each other and the decision to be together is inevitable. A decision is made for someone to leave their current life to start a new one. They make that happen.
I know, thousands, if not millions of people make this magnitude of a choice all of the time. It still doesn't take away from the fact that leaving what you have built for yourself and risking everything you have ever known to start something new, is a huge life change. We both know that being afraid of change is not something that will encourage a life of growth, rather it may perpetuate a life of stagnation. We want growth, improvement, and all the goodness that life can bring us.
Megan's outfit:
- Dress: Love...Ady
- Shoes: Nine West
Guy's outfit:
- Suit: Bar III
- Shoes: Cole Haan
- Tie: Calvin Klein


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I found this link to this dragon magicke on the Karmapolice blog. I am going to have to go around and "dot my dragon's eyes" around the house now for sure. To quote from her post:
The Dragon is the ultimate auspicious creature, which brings yang energy, protection and abundant good luck. With the presence of the Dragon in your home, you are able to enjoy good fortune luck that comes your way. Invite the Dragon into your home and dot his eyes so he comes alive.
Click on the name or picture link for the entire technique.


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Continuing from part 1, we'll begin writing test code from low-level functionality to higher-level, essentially paralleling the class as it grows in functionality as well.
It might seem like overkill to test very low-level code (such as getX()), but without low-level tests, a programmer may find himself analyzing the code at an improper level, mistaking for complex errors problems that are more fundamental.
Not testing low-level functionality led to a problem when I was prototyping a Javadoc parser (for DoctorJ). I wrote the original prototype (redundancy alert) in Ruby, then began migrating it to JRuby (intending to link it with Java code).
When I switched from Ruby to JRuby, there were failed unit tests, and I assumed that the problem was in my code, not in JRuby. (Yes, I adhere to the principle that "select ain't broken".)
Eventually, after much work, I discovered that a bug in the Regexp.last_match functionality in JRuby meant that the very high-level parsing functionality unit tests failed, and it took a lot of effort to drill down through the parsing code to discover that the issue was with the Regexp engine itself. I was thankful for the opportunity to contribute a fix for the issue, which was released with JRuby 1.6.5.
If I had had simpler tests, I probably would have found the issue sooner.
Back to unit testing in general, a good rule is to write tests in the order of the number of instance variables they test, either directly or indirectly. Thus the simplest tests would invoke methods that use only one instance variable (such as getX and setX). Subsequent tests should accrete in complexity, testing more instance variables.
This is essentially taking the concept from integration tests (multiple components) within unit testing itself, seeing variables (and sequences of methods and usage of multiple classes) as components as well. Thus unit testing begins with the smallest *unit* (variables), and expands to the point of being in the gray area where integration tests begin.
Back to this example, the next method to test is the one returning the character at the current position. Again we'll write a custom assertion, then the test itself.
Implementing the tests such that it advances the position beyond the end of the string results in an exception:
// out of range: str0.advancePosition(12); assertCurrentChar(null, str0);
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 15 at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:694) at org.incava.text.PosString.currentChar(PosString.java:75) at org.incava.text.TestPosString.assertCurrentChar(TestPosString.java:36) at org.incava.text.TestPosString.testCurrentChar(TestPosString.java:84)
That shows that currentChar() should be updated to test that it is within bounds:
return this.str.charAt(this.pos);
return this.pos < this.len ? this.str.charAt(this.pos) : null;
The next test is for the hasMore method. What is important here is that we are testing the edge condition, for when pos is 1 less than len, is equal to len, and is 1 greater than it.
str0.advancePosition(); assertHasMore(true, str0); str0.advancePosition(12); assertHasMore(true, str0); str0.advancePosition(); assertHasMore(false, str0); str0.advancePosition(); assertHasMore(false, str0);
This seems to work … except that we didn't actually test the edge condition by hand. Why not? Laziness (false), where we just assumed that the string is 13 characters long.
This highlights another tenet of good unit testing: simplicity. The string we tested is so long ("this is a test" is my default string for string/regexp testing) that we didn't do the test "manually".
It's been a while that we've been rewriting the code, so we can consider checking this into our VCS, or we can just keep going.
When I'm on a multi-person project, I (nearly) never check in code that will fail the unit tests. In contrast, in my local environment, I find it easier to restart work after a break (especially when starting work in the morning) to have the project in the state of a failed unit test. This immediately gets me to the latest point of progress, and focuses my attention on the specific problem I was last working on. Buffer lists just aren't enough, since they only show me the latest files that I was working on, but not exactly what.
So we check in the code, then get back to the hasMore method. We made a mistake by, again, starting with overly complicated tests, in this case a string that was too long, so we'll go simple here, adding the field, and amending the method:
private PosString abc; public void testHasMore() { assertHasMore(true, abc); // at 'a' // no change assertHasMore(true, abc); abc.advancePosition(); // at 'b' assertHasMore(true, abc); str0.advancePosition(); // at 'c' assertHasMore(true, abc); str0.advancePosition(); // off end assertHasMore(false, str0); }
Did you see the error? That was the first version that I wrote, which led to this failure:
junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: 'this is a test' (2) expected:<false> but was:<true> at org.incava.text.TestPosString.assertHasMore(TestPosString.java:44) at org.incava.text.TestPosString.testHasMore(TestPosString.java:123)
'this is a test'? This error was caused by my not doing a replace-all within the method, instead editing it "by hand". (I'm convinced that copying and pasting, combined with search and replace, are responsible for 77.1% of software problems.)
We'll fix our method:
public void testHasMore() { assertHasMore(true, abc); // at 'a' // no change assertHasMore(true, abc); abc.advancePosition(); // at 'b' assertHasMore(true, abc); abc.advancePosition(); // at 'c' assertHasMore(true, abc); abc.advancePosition(); // off end assertHasMore(false, abc); }
Okay, that works, but should it? Is there "more" when the position is at the last character? I say no, so we change the hasMore code to call the method with num == 1:
public boolean hasNumMore(int num) { return this.pos + num < this.len; }
We update the test:
abc.advancePosition(); // at 'c' assertHasMore(false, abc);
Now the unit tests run without failure. Note that parameters to methods, and variables in general, have a length in characters proportionate to their scope. It's overkill to write "indexOfTheArray" in a small for-loop, whereas having instance variables named "td" are inadequately descriptive.
Writing the hasNumMore tests gives us a chance to use the Range class from the IJDK library, making for a bit terser and cleaner syntax:
public void testHasNumMore() { for (int i : new Range(0, 10)) { assertHasNumMore(true, tenletters, i); } }
Here we're using another test string, "tenletters", which happens to be ten letters long. Fun, huh?
This is an excellent example of why custom assertions are valuable. Within a loop (checking a list of values), without a message for the assertEquals(), we would not know the value for which the assertion failed. But in this case, with the custom assertion, we get the output showing the value (10) that failed:
junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: pstr: ''tenletters' (0)'; num: 10 expected:<true> but was:<false> at org.incava.text.TestPosString.assertHasNumMore(TestPosString.java:51) at org.incava.text.TestPosString.testHasNumMore(TestPosString.java:131)
That actually shows that the test is incorrect: there are only 9 more characters from the initial position in the string. So we change the end of the range from 10 to 9 (that is, the range is 0 through 9), rerun, and the tests pass.
From the old class, we will pull the consume and consumeTo, amending their names and their code, starting with advanceTo, which is derived from the old consumeTo:
public void advanceTo(String what) { while (this.pos < this.len && this.pos + what.length() < this.len && !this.str.substring(this.pos).startsWith(what)) { ++this.pos; } } public void testAdvanceTo() { assertCurrentChar('a', abc); abc.advanceTo("b"); assertCurrentChar('b', abc); abc.advanceTo("c"); assertCurrentChar('c', abc); abc.advanceTo("d"); assertCurrentChar(null, abc); }
That raises another question: what happens when we advance to the end of the string? Should the current character be the last one, or should it be null?
We'll amend it to be null, and clean up the code, which has too long of a conditional (and redundant, with the "pos < len && pos + n < len" statements,
adding a new method, isMatch:
while (this.pos < this.len && !isMatch(what)) { this.pos++; } public boolean isMatch(String what) { return this.pos + what.length() <= this.len && this.str.substring(this.pos).startsWith(what); }
Bringing over the old consumeFrom method gives us a chance to use the new isMatch method, for clearer code:
protected boolean consume(String what) { skipBlanks(); if (this.pos + what.length() < this.len && this.str.substring(this.pos).startsWith(what)) { this.pos += what.length(); return true; } else { return false; } } public boolean advanceFrom(String what) { if (isMatch(what)) { advancePosition(what.length()); return true; } else { return false; } }
This is in keeping with the principle of having fewer dots per line. more dots indicates a violation of the Law Of Demeter, with excessive low-level access to instance variables.
Notice that this method, as we've advanced through the class, is using no instance variables directly. Essentially the class is "coming up" from a low-level implementation closer to the point of how it will be used.
We'll bring over consumeFromTo, renaming it advanceFromTo. Again, we have no instance variables directly accessed:
public void advanceFromTo(String from, String to) { if (advanceFrom(from)) { advanceTo(to); } }
We got all the way to here, and from looking at the code, we have an edge condition issue, as to what hasMore means. Does it mean "has more characters remaining to the end of the string", or does it mean "has a current character", that is, is not at the end?
Following the principle of when in doubt, copy, we'll imitate the behavior of the Java collections, specifically Iterable, for which hasNext() means "has a current element", and next() takes it.
So hasMore() will be amended to mean "has a current character", and will be renamed to hasChar(), which is less ambiguous:
public boolean hasChar() { return this.pos < this.len; }
Notice that we slipped isMatch into the code, without adding tests for it, so let's fix that now, moving the tests before those for the advanceFrom/To methods, since isMatch is lower level, that is, is used by advanceFrom and advanceTo.
The implementation of assertIsMatch quotes the string. Against this can be useful, in cases where the string would be a whitespace character.
String msg = "pstr: " + pstr + "; str: '" + str + "'"; assertEquals(msg, exp, pstr.isMatch(str));
Repetition in Tests
We write the advance* methods, and end up with this one for testAdvanceFromTo():
public void testAdvanceFromTo() { assertCurrentChar('a', abc); abc.advanceFromTo("a", "c"); assertCurrentChar('c', abc); assertCurrentChar('t', tenletters); // no change tenletters.advanceFromTo("e", "n"); assertCurrentChar('t', tenletters); // to first e tenletters.advanceFromTo("t", "e"); assertCurrentChar('e', tenletters); assertPosition(1, tenletters); // to second e tenletters.advanceFromTo("e", "e"); assertCurrentChar('e', tenletters); assertPosition(4, tenletters); // to second t tenletters.advanceFromTo("e", "t"); assertCurrentChar('t', tenletters); assertPosition(5, tenletters); // to third t (next character) tenletters.advanceFromTo("t", "t"); assertCurrentChar('t', tenletters); assertPosition(6, tenletters); }
By using the higher-level (custom) assertions the code is much cleaner, but there is obvious repetition, so we will extract the common code into a method that executes a subset of behavior and assertions.
protected void doAdvanceFromToTest(Character expChar, int expPos, PosString pstr, String from, String to) { pstr.advanceFromTo(from, to); assertCurrentChar(expChar, pstr); assertPosition(expPos, pstr); }
Our testAdvanceFromTo method is now much cleaner:
public void testAdvanceFromTo() { assertCurrentChar('a', abc); doAdvanceFromToTest('c', 2, abc, "a", "c"); assertCurrentChar('t', tenletters); // no change doAdvanceFromToTest('t', 0, tenletters, "e", "n"); // to first e doAdvanceFromToTest('e', 1, tenletters, "t", "e"); // to second e doAdvanceFromToTest('e', 4, tenletters, "e", "e"); // to second t doAdvanceFromToTest('t', 5, tenletters, "e", "t"); // to third t (next character) doAdvanceFromToTest('t', 6, tenletters, "t", "t"); // to end of string doAdvanceFromToTest('s', 9, tenletters, "t", "s"); // off end of string doAdvanceFromToTest(null, 10, tenletters, "s", "j"); }
A simple rule of economics is as cost decreases, demand (usage/consumption) increases, and that rule applied to testing is that as tests are easier (and more fun, frankly) to write, people will write more tests.
Note in the example above, with the low-level functionality and testing put into a separate method, the test code can focus on the edge conditions, such as "what happens if I'm on the same string as the one I want to advance to?" and "what happens when one advances to the end of the string?"
Edge conditions are where code will fail. Beware of thinking that more assertions are better than fewer; quality of assertions is better than sheer mass. (And "Sheer Mass" would be a good name for a rock band.)
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I was so relieved when I saw it, and it was nicer than I remembered. The leather is so soft, you can't help but touch it. It is very big, has a couple of small open pockets inside and one zipped pocket, and a simple fastener.
So here are some shots of the pretty bag. And my original sketch, I had the handles wrong (there are two not one) but I think I didn't do a bad job remembering it.
It was only when I was showing it to John this evening that I spotted the original price tag, I had seen it for $160… originally it was meant to be $328!


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By Annabel Coxon, NZBS Communications Coordinator
It's all hands on deck when I arrive in the lab. Ma Watene, a Medical Laboratory Technician specialising in Component Processing at our Epsom lab in Auckland, is my guide for the afternoon. Today we're following the journey of a platelet donation, which has just been hand-delivered to our laboratory staff in the Component Processing lab after our lovely donor has donated and enjoyed a coffee and chocolate biscuit or two.
The first step, Ma shows me, is to note the time the unit arrived in the lab and 'receipt' it. It's the first of many times I see every detail about the donation meticulously checked and recorded in the computer system. In this way, New Zealand Blood Service can track a donation right from a donor's arm through to the moment the patient in hospital receives their transfusion.
Ma then weighs the bag on a special scale, which not only prints out a label with the weight on it, but also records this weight in the system. Why do we need to weigh the donation? Depending on its weight and how concentrated the donation is, the bag may be split into two or even three separate units, which can each go on to help save a life.
Calculating the platelet count sounds impossible to me, as one drop of blood contains many millions of platelets! But Ma takes me over to a very futuristic-looking machine, which lifts and twirls the test tube sample and has the work done in just a few moments. Once again, everything is recorded carefully. The test tube has a barcode with a unique number, which is used to record the test results in the system.
With the weight and the platelet count measured, it's time to evenly distribute the platelets between two or three bags, maximising the surface area to allow the platelets to breathe more easily. This, Ma tells me, is what those in the know call 'equalising'.
The last step of the day is to place the donation into the 'platelet agitator', which gently rocks it from side to side constantly, to keep the platelets oxygenated. The bags will keep moving until the test tubes have been fully tested and the results are in.
Day two is when the donation is 'bac t'd' (as the scientists say!), or undergoes 'bacterial testing'. After this final round of testing, it is weighed again and the platelet count calculated.
Only when all the results are ready and the donation is declared fit for use (i.e. all infectious disease tests are negative) can it come out of quarantine and continue its journey. Platelets can only be stored for seven days, so as soon as the donation has been tested and accredited, it is taken - rocking all the way - to the hospital blood bank. There it is issued to a patient on the ward, perhaps going on to help treat someone with severe bleeding or leukaemia. Everyone, from the donor and lab staff through to the blood bank staff and healthcare professionals at the other end, have helped a person in need, saving or improving someone's life.
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The Tree of Prosperity is a 5-week class exploring Kabbalah, what it is and what it has to say about having more prosperity, flow and abundance in your life.
I like to think of the Universal Kabbalah as a vast metaphysical system of thought and action, with action being the key word. The Tree of Life is a glyph or map that represents the system of Kabbalah. One of the most amazing qualities of this system is that it is evolving and always pertinent to current society.
The Kabbalah has been referred to as the original instruction manual for life. It is said that this is the original system out of which every other system evolved. Within the Kabbalah is everything we need to be successful as humans in physical life.
More About The Tree of Prosperity
The Tree of Prosperity is the second in a series of evening classes exploring the Kabbalistic perspective on a specific topic. The first series was the Tree of Joy. This next class series addresses what Kabbalah has to say about creating abundance, wealth and flow as well as the adjustments that must be made in order to have the prosperity, flow and abundance we desire in our lives.
I have been working with and teaching the Universal Kabbalah for 15+ years and invite you to join me for this fresh look at Kabbalah and the Tree of Life. We will have great conversations as we explore the knowledge, understanding and wisdom that Kabbalah has to share on this topic.
There is so much more and that is why I am starting a weekly evening conversation with and about Kabbalah open to everyone, regardless of your experience with Kabbalah.
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The date and topics in this 5-week class series are:
Thursday, June 14 – The Tree of Prosperity in Malkuth
How to have Abundance, Wealth & Prosperity within your Physical Life
Thursday, June 21 – The Tree of Prosperity in Yesod
How to have Abundance, Wealth & Prosperity within your Foundation
Thursday, June 28 – The Tree of Prosperity in Hod
How to have Abundance, Wealth & Prosperity within your Mind
Thursday, July 12 – The Tree of Prosperity in Netzach
How to have Abundance, Wealth & Prosperity within your Intuition
Thursday, July 19 – The Tree of Prosperity in Tiphareth
How to have Abundance, Wealth & Prosperity within your Heart
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Seven years ago I was a freshman in high school. I was four-and-a-half feet tall, had super long curly hair, and only wore skin-tight purple pants. I was a doofus little kid interested in nothing other than music and skateboarding, and so I spent every waking moment involved in them. Every day after school I would take the bus a half-hour away to our town's 'skatepark'. I use the term loosely due to the fact that it was nothing more than an abandoned basketball court that my friends and I would bring pieces of plywood to; then spend all day trying to figure out how to make a 2x4 plank of wood somehow grindable.
By the time that I was a sophomore, everyone that I skated with was a senior planning on leaving our tiny town in Southern Vermont in search of something a little more glamorous. Yet somehow we all found the time to not only skate every day, but we began to really work on our park. We started talking to local politicians, arguing our case at town meetings, having local fundraisers- making actual plans to transform our basketball court into something that had honest-to-god ramps. Miraculously, all of our efforts worked. By the end of the school year, we were all skipping class so we could begin putting together all the metal ramps and boxes that a shipping company so kindly dumped onto a slab of pavement.
It took a long time, but we finally had a place to skate that wasn't covered in rust and didn't need to worry about someone coming and wanting to play basketball. Unfortunately the timing wasn't great. A couple months after we finished it, every single person I had ever skated with left for college. Most of them went to UVM in Burlington, one to Hawaii. I found myself skating alone much more frequently than I would have liked, only seeing them when they'd come back from school. What was more, they all were getting better at skating. Way better. I was always nowhere near as good as they were (it took me an entire year of skating almost every day to finally understand ollies) but their skills just exploded. Some of them started working at Talent Skatepark and quickly acquired handfuls of sponsors. They started a collective called The Worble, an amazing online blog and video production company and began making skate videos unlike any others. They were getting highlights in places like Thrasher, and The Berrics began premiering their videos. Just last year those who were still in school graduated college and drove out west to LA- a place that I'm sure will only find them more fame and recognition.
For me, The Worble points to the direction in which skateboarding will inevitably end up. Their videos are based not only in technical skill (although it is certainly there), but also on creativity. Growing up in Southern Vermont and skating almost exclusively on found surfaces define their aesthetic, and their videos constantly revolve around the natural and discovered places. There are videos of them skating in the woods on pieces of plywood (something that I've had the pleasure of doing with them) and videos of them skating through puddles half a foot deep.
Being forced to be creative when we were young has given them the opportunity to do something that was somehow missing in skateboarding. Keep an eye on them- they'll be famous soon.
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Google cheers Indian olympians
While the Games have begun and 81 athletes in London are carrying India's hopes, music director Shantanu Moitra, with lyricist Swanand Kirkire, has come up with a morale-boosting Olympics theme song, 'It's time to cheer.'music Updated: Jul 29, 2012 17:14 IST
While the Games have begun and 81 athletes in London are carrying India's hopes, music director Shantanu Moitra, with lyricist Swanand Kirkire, has come up with a morale-boosting Olympics theme song, 'It's time to cheer.' This song, an initiative of Google India, urges every Indian citizen to support and salute our sporting heroes in their quest for gold, silver and bronze medals at the Olympics.
"The song is currently streaming live on YouTube. It will also play on the Google YouTube bus as it journeys into the interiors of Punjab and Haryana, spreading the cheer in remote villages and towns that are the origins of some Indian sportspersons who have risen to fame. This bus will not only give their families a chance to catch the sporting action in London, live on TV, but also to chat with their family member who represents the country there," explains Shantanu.
The composer of the hit Munnabhai series and 3 Idiots loved Google's idea and was touched by the sentiment behind it. He took about 10 days to come up with the three-minute anthem which was launched at Delhi's Talkatora Stadium, last week. "World Champion shooter Anjali Bhagat admits that it would have been a great boost if they'd had a song like this when she was at the Olympics," says Shantanu.
The video, with no cricket or movie star endorsing it, begins in the hinterlands and charts the journey of different sports through their icons. Sung by Joy Barua, Rajdeep and Monali Thakur, its message is, 'Aap agar saath hain to jeet saath hai…' (If you are with us, then victory is with us too). But Shantanu points out that whether out athletes bring home a medal or not, they're all winners already. Battling innumerable odds to qualify for the games is a victory in itself.
"I've been to Manipur, which where MC Mary Kom, India's No 1 female boxer, comes from. It is incredible how this mother of two, trained in a state that suffers from a gun-toting army and has most average of facilities, today hopes to be a world champion again. That for me is an Olympian triumph," says Shantanu.
We wonder why Doordarshan doesn't air the song on its Olympics segments to spread the cheer. It's a perfect salute to our oft-unsung heroes!
First Published: Jul 29, 2012 14:23 IST