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Posted 17 September 2005 - 08:15 AM
So let's review. Sharpe focus and no grain from 1973-1998. All processes at Kodak.
1999?-present. Grain, soft focus, same cameras, processing by Dwyanes. Who's to blame? Not sure, let's keep dialoguing.
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Posted 17 September 2005 - 12:45 PM
As I was perusing the Super-8 forum recently I happened upon a dicsussion on the softness of the Kodachrome picture that someone other than me had been plagued with. Here's what I mean. I've been shooting Kodachrome on and off since 1973. In 1979 I got a Nikon R-10 and shot some unbelievable stuff. Sharp, colorfull, beautiful. I purchased a Nizo 6080 in 1998 and shot some more unbelievable kodachrome sound home movies. Just as sharpe and clear as the stuff in 1979. Then in 2004 with an Elmo 1012 and a Nikon R-10 I shot 12 rolls of Kodachrome. Had it processed by Dwyanes in several batches. I used the Andrec stabilizer plate. Other than the annoying railroad tracks down the middle of the picture (Thanks Dwaynes) there was a noticable grain and softness to the entire project. I used both caqmeras and whether I used it indoors, outdoors it did not matter. Grain and soft focused pictures. Kodachrome was fresh stock. The unprocessed rolls were shipped off to Dwaynes promptly. Then I thought the Andrec stablizer pushed the film closer to the lens? Resulting in a softness of focus issue? Here were my conclusions until yesterday. That is was all Dwyanes fault. Maybe it was for the increased grain and tracks running through the film. However the other post I read made me rethink. This guy was running a Leicina and had some trouble at times keeping a sharpe focus too. Especially in Macro. He was not taking any chances and used a tape to measure and still felt insecure about his results with soft focus.
So let's review. Sharpe focus and no grain from 1973-1998. All processes at Kodak.
1999?-present. Grain, soft focus, same cameras, processing by Dwyanes. Who's to blame? Not sure, let's keep dialoguing.
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Posted 17 September 2005 - 01:04 PM
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Posted 17 September 2005 - 02:36 PM
Couple of months ago i ran k25 ds-8 in a bolex side by side with a leicina special in grubby lite conditions. The k25 images were miles ahead of the k40.
Interesting findings- is it the stock or the prism/beamsplitter/filter in the super8 camera? Does your Bole DS8 use a prism?
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Posted 17 September 2005 - 04:34 PM
pitfulls of k40, i found in both super 8 and 16mm k40 yeilds amazing results, but in certain lite, the film looks grainy and soft. Hazy sun, landscapes, sun over your shoulder, k40 struggles. Spin the camera so the landscape is backlit, sharpness improves a lot.
I'm not in agreement with that.
On another note, I find that blue skys go a long ways towards nice looking Kodachrome images.
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Posted 18 September 2005 - 06:14 AM
This is a continuing problem with so many super 8 projects you'll see and really the answer is contained in your post.
I had plenty of trouble with focus on super 8 when I first rediscovered the format for myself a little over two years ago. You would think that with super 8's enormous d.o.f. you'd never have a problem focusing. I tape measured, did everything right, and still lots of problems. I couldn't figure out why so many of my images were in soft focus. I went through a half dozen cameras and in the end it came down to the consumer grade zoom lenses from the 1970's which are fixed on most super 8 cameras. It's as simple as that. This is why you see so many amateur attempts at super 8 that are so uneven and soft to blurry -- I'm sure most of those people did everything else right, too.
Zoom lenses from that era are not anything like what we have today unless you spent a lot of money. Primes are just great from that era. Shooting at anything less than an f 5.6 with a 1970's Japanese home movie camera zoom and you're rolling the dice for image sharpness. Maybe you'll get lucky at an f4, maybe you won't. Get to an f5.6 and over and most of them show pretty well, though. Most interior situations make it hard to get into that territory unless you've got a lot of gear for lighting. Problem is, most people try shooting at an f2 or wide open and it's softy city.
So I ended up at a Special myself and use the Cinegon 10mm prime and Optivaron 6 -66 (it's a bayonet M mount). About 80 - 90% of my shots are done with the Cinegon or with the Cinegon with a Century Precision Optics .55x wide angle adaptor that was made for miniDV cameras. Fitted to the Cinegon, there is very little distortion. I simply epoxied one of the adaptor rings inside a Cinegon lens hood and screw it in when needed and have a 5.5mm wide -- just set the macro focus on .14 and keep the subject about a foot and a half away from the front of the camera and that's it. Using this combination I have a 10mm normal and 5.5mm wide and never have to focus and everything is sharp all the time. For close ups and a rare shot that requires zoom, I use the Optivaron and a tape measure.
The only time I get soft focus is when I'm taking a stab at doing a tough macro shot and do a couple of takes to get it right. But that's it! Everything sharp, all the time. No wasted shots or dissapointments anymore. I could see if I was using the wide angle lense with 6 -66 it might get tricky, looking at the focus mechanism. I don't have the schneider wide angle adaptor for the Optivaron.
So I advise people to avoid the Japanese prosumer super 8 cameras for serious work, based on my own experience and what we can see by examining any efforts in dramatic super 8 filmmaking that have used them that are available to us. If you can't find a legendary Leicina Special or don't like them for some reason, the Beaulieus are the only other professional design camera in the format and you can certainly set those up with c-mount primes and they came with a c-mount version of the excellent Optivaron 6 - 66 and what I've read is a terrific lens in the Angenieux 6-80 / 6-90 f1.2 designed originally for NASA supposedly.
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Posted 18 September 2005 - 07:48 AM
Chances are that your lens might need cleaning, your built in filters and the prism are dusty and your dioptre isn't set correctly.
Macro photography is very difficult to get right- particularly with the optivaron on the Special and with most other cameras lenses which don't have distance markings for the macro setting. So you have incredibly small DOF and you are relying on the setup and accuracy of the VF. The Cinegon has markings to 12cm so you can focus by measuring and be guaranteed results. Otherwise a Beaulieu would be the better option as you are then focussing with a screen. I've given up attempting macro with the optivaron after many dissapointments!
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Posted 18 September 2005 - 08:01 AM
Just to clarify things a little, using a tape measure is standard practice for focus on a film set. That's all I use my super 8 camera for, shooting planned dramatic short films on very modest budgets. It doesn't stem from any insecurity, but rather the requirement that shots be in focus as an absolute requirement -- there's a lot of money and hard work riding on every day's shoot/shot and proper focus needs to be a no-brainer and risk-free matter of course on any set, large or small. The only time you're not going to see a tape measure or electronic version of one on a professional set, is during some handheld improv stuff, probably. And then a lot of precautions are made to ensure proper depth of field is maintained. Very rarely will anybody be using the diopter and eyepiece of their camera for focusing unless they're shooting documentary on the fly stuff and there is simply no opportunity to do otherwise. Sure, now that I've wrote this, some name professional will come on and say they use it all the time, but they are very much the exception. I don't see how anybody could be shooting 35mm without measuring their focus in some way.
I see very little reason not to carry on with that practice with super 8 unless you absolutely don't need to. The Cinegon is focus free beyond 3 feet of the camera. Using the Century Optics adaptor, everything beyond 1 1/2 feet is always in focus. I use a tape measure with the Optivaron zoom because I'm operating the camera myself and directing my little projects. I have enough to worry about other than if my images are focused properly, as do people working on much larger and much more expensive projects. With macro, things get a little tricky sometimes, as focusing even in super 8 results in extremely narrow depth of field.
About the film issue:
I've been very angry with Dwayne's in the past as I too was victim of the blue streaks and splotches and uneven processing and once even had to wait 8 weeks to get a test cart of K40 back. However, in their defence, I know how unpredictable K40 is for softening up when not 100% fresh or at least properly refridgerated. And especially if that humidity protecting wrapper is opened -- it's a write-off. I left a few carts sitting around my little production office (no air conditioning at the time) during a sweltering summer and shot some stuff at the end of it, still well before the best before date. Awful soft images outdoors in bright sunlight. But you say yours was fresh, so I guess that's not the problem.
My tests from that period I describe in the original post, and first short experimental film I made with super 8 while working through all those cameras, were almost always with Plus-X. Only a few carts of K40. Like K25, original 50 asa Plus-X was way sharper and had far more detail than K40. Even in its new 100 speed form with a "slight grain penalty" it easily beats soon to be no more K40 all to hell. Anybody who has seen properly shot/transfered super 8 Plus-X projected on a big screen via, say, digi-beta, is always amazed at how good it looks. I have had all my black and white processed at the excellent Black & White Film Factory here in Toronto. I can't recommend that place enough. My current short is in Plus-X super 8. No soft focus images to be found in the 23 carts developed so far, no wasted shots/film/actor & crew time and good will. I screwed up a little in two or three shots with exposure, but that's my fault and likely they can be saved in post.
I don't have an answer for your soft focus shots, John, seeing as you shot outdoors as well. Though I often appear to derail Japanese home movie cameras like Canons and whatnot, I always clarify that I never had any problems getting nice sharp pleasing images shooting outdoors in daylight with them.
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American Olympic champion Brianna Rollins has been banned for a year for missing three drugs tests in 2016 - one of which came while she was meeting former United States president Barack Obama at the White House.
Another saw Rollins, 25, miss a test to attend 'Brianna Rollins Day' in September in her hometown in Florida.
Rollins, who won 100m hurdles gold in Rio, is banned until 18 December.
She will therefore miss the World Championships in London in August.
"This is one of the most difficult times in my career, especially after having such a great 2016 season," Rollins said in a statement on Instagram.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) says Rollins failed to properly file her whereabouts information for drug testers.
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"Come, Lord Jesus," the Advent mantra, means that all of Christian history has to live out of a kind of deliberate emptiness, a kind of chosen non-fulfillment. Perfect fullness is always to come, and we do not need to demand it now. This keeps the field of life wide open and especially open to grace and to a future created by God rather than ourselves. This is exactly what it means to be "awake," as the Gospel urges us! We can also use other a words for Advent: aware, alive, attentive, alert, aware are all appropriate. Advent is, above all else, a call to full consciousness and a forewarning about the high price of consciousness.
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Often when I am teaching creative writing classes I use this poem (One Source of Bad Information from Morning Poems) by Robert Bly. It's a good poem in its way and lends itself to all sorts of writing exercises. Over time, it has also helped me better understand what what A Course in Miracles refers to the ego.
I have called the ego a habit of thinking. More specifically, it is a habit of giving our thoughts – the effluvia of our brains – a particular importance and credence. We listen to thought and we believe what we hear is truth. And since it's not, we end up dissociated from love which is painful and lonely and incoherent.
In his poem, Bly talks about an inner child "who hasn't learned a thing for thirty/thousand years." This child has to "make up its mind" how to save us from death. He's not especially wise or insightful but he is loyal. He does want to save us. Bly concludes:
. . . Because of this boy
You survived a lot. He's got six big ideas.
Five don't work. Right now he's repeating them to you.
The course teaches that "egocentricity and fear go together" (T-2.V.2:4). The messengers of fear
. . . steal guiltily away in search of guilt, for they are kept cold and starving and made very vicious by their master . . . They have been taught to seek for the corruptible, and to return with gorges filled with things decayed and rotted. To them such things are beautiful because they seem to allay their savage pangs of hunger (T-19.IV.A.12:5, 13:3-4).
That is an intense sequences of images, very much in keeping with the course's teaching that the ego does not mean us well. Ken Wapnick often says (I paraphrase and don't have a precise link – I'm sorry) that a healthy respect for the ego is a necessary prerequisite to fruitfully studying ACIM.
I agree with Ken in this instance. I've said as much many times. But I don't think we have to concede the precise images the course uses in order to properly respect the ego. For example, one reason I like One Source of Bad Information is that it is consistent with much of my own experience of ego. That is, I don't experience the ego as malicious so much as uninformed, emotionally spastic, unreliable and possessed of a limited functionality that is not at all conducive to awakening.
In other words, it's very much like a sleep-deprived three year old.
Now, as a father I love three-year olds. You can tickle them, make pancakes for them, read Ox-cart Man to them, play tag and hide-and-seek, tell cool stories about talking bears and dancing trout, play in the brook, make snow forts and so on and so forth.
But what you don't do with three-year olds is put them in charge of anything. They can't reliably keep a scoop of ice cream on the cone, let alone manage issues of life and death.
Thought is good at certain things: I'm grateful for penicillin, banjos, crossword puzzles, toilet paper and wood stoves, to name just a few. But thought doesn't stop at reasonable technical accomplishments. It also suggests that it – and not God – can guarantee us true happiness and inner peace.
When we listen to that suggestion – when we give attention to the possibility that egoic thought can run our lives – then our lives run amok. We forget ourselves and suffer accordingly.
When I think of the ego as an insane snarling dog bent on ripping my arms off, I want to defend myself against it. I get scared. When I think of it as a bossy three-year old child it is a lot easier to gently say, "I've got this. You go play with your Legos."
That is important because as I diminish my reliance on egoic voices, a new space opens up in which it becomes possible to better hear the Holy Spirit, and thus become aware of God. That is all I have to do: listen to the Holy Spirit, the healed part of the split mind, and allow it – in its way and time – to remind me that what I am in truth is not separate from God. The belief that I am separate (and have to personally deal with it) is the only real problem I have and absolutely the only one I need to correct (T-1.VI.2:1).
So we have to find what works and work with it. Could be a poem, a certain course teacher, a long run, a new writing project, a trip abroad. I don't know. I do believe – because it is my experience – that the Holy Spirit will reach us any way it can so long as we are open and willing. It merits our trust. It will not steer us wrong.


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Making fx trading a full-time lifestyle is possible for just about anyone. All you need is the determination to do it, plus putting in some hard work, designed to plug the holes in your background. For instance, if you don't know a lot about economics, finance or international politics, you need to start reading some banking websites (plus Reuters or Bloomberg on the internet). Similarly, if you do not have a firm grasp of fx trading technical charting, then you need to attend "charting school", visiting both stockcharts.com and kumotrader.com. Since strategy implementation is very important, you also need to sign up for a forex "demo account", trying to perfect the art of snatching 10-20 pips without getting your cash margin account hosed in the process. Remember, you only need 1 good strategy, that works well with at least 1 currency pair, to possibly change your life forever.
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Anyone can change over to a full-time fx trading career. The question is how long such a transition might take. If you're really determined and willing to do the hard work that is necessary to fulfil such a dream, less than 1 year is not impossible. In some ways, it depends upon your background. If you already know a lot about economics, finance and international politics, you have a significant advantage. However, since forex trading is also about using advanced charting techniques, knowing when to "fade a move" (or not), plus learning to cut your losses without crying about it, such an advantage could disappear in the general scheme of things. Using a fx trading "demo account" first can clarify any confusion.
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Some brokers offer "permanent demo accounts" (i. e., they stay open as long as you want them to). Try to find one of these accounts to practise your strategies on before you ever risk any of your own money on a "live account". The time spent will be worth the while. By figuring out what works and what doesn't work, you're honing a strategy that can be used again and again. Pay particular attention to what leverage level you use with which currency pairs. If necessary, use an "ATR" ("Average True Range") indicator, on a daily chart, to nail down which currency pair is flying lowest to the ground. Some price volatility is good; too much can burn your trade.
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Yes, I know you thought this post was about the oldest zoo in the United States, the Philadelphia Zoo. Well, I tricked you, and to make up for that here are the mandatory pics. Then we'll get down to business.
The view up Cambridge from below 39th:
Union Street between Cambridge and Poplar, Jim's old house toward the left end of the row:
40th and Cambridge, looking up Cambridge. No more "Gitaveigh":
What's left of 40th between Cambridge and Poplar (no more King Cole Bar):
A "new" resident (4036 behind):
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With Clara gone, Massey suddenly seems empty and lonely. The way she is integral to this place for me is illustrated by how alien the quad has become in the absence of the distinct light pattern from her desk lamp.
For the rest of the summer, my core aims need to be dealing with the summer residence program on weekends and holidays and dedicating the maximum time possible during the week to preparation for the public policy comp. Some regular routine of Massey breakfast, time at the gym, regular sleep, and dedicated periods of reading in libraries is necessary if I am to move from my present state of woeful non-preparation into a position of comfortable readiness by the time of the exam in August.


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It has been a while since I sat down and wrote about fashion on this here blog. I have missed it to be honest, so I thought I would come back with a post dedicated to my top three fashion stores. What are yours?
New Look
I always seem to find something I like in New Look. I am a big fan of their jeans; they actually fit my little 5'1 frame which is a pretty big achievement for me. - jean shopping is usually a difficult task. In-fact, a lot of my wardrobe is from New Look. I love their handbags, and I am a big fan of their socks - random I know, but they are so affordable and often on offer. New Look are great as they are affordable, meaning we are able to keep up-to-date with the fashion trends and styles.
There is always a lot of variety in New Look too, and I love that they have a petite range.
I think the prices are very reasonable in New Look, and I am usually always impressed with the quality of their products. Their delivery is pretty standard, but I have never had any problems with them which is good. I always receive really good customer service in their stores too; I have found staff to be really helpful and friendly in my experience.
Anyone that knows me very well knows that Accessorize is my first stop for jewellery. I absolutely adore their range of jewellery and other accessories. I have so many bits and pieces from the store I could open up my own shop! I love that they sell an array of different styles of jewellery as I think there is a big variety for different tastes. I have always found the wuality of their products really good - I have never had any jewellery break and the scarfs are so soft. My local store is really small but that doesn't stop me having a good browse. Staff in my local store are always really chatty which something I like when I am shopping - its really nice to acknowledged as a customer and it is something that does make me return.
Dorothy Perkins
I have shopped at Dotty P's for Years now, it is 'that' store I head to if I need to get something in particular - a party to go to? Outfit sorted at Dorothy Perkins. They have quite a big section of their store dedicated to the petite range which I love as it fits me perfectly. I am big fan of their dresses as they wash really well and are usually quite reasonable for the money. I absolutely love the jewellery from Dorothy Perkins, particularly the statement necklaces as they look so much more expensive than what they are. I have surprisingly never ordered online with Dorothy Perkins as my local store always has such a huge variety or clothes, and always seem to have size options available in store.


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Saturday, December 10, 2011
You are Here
Direction Maps always have this.
Given all the political and economic chaos around, trying to draw a "You Are Here" Pointer.
An FDI Opening is waiting to happen. Hurried body language by the Government angers Opposition, confuses allies.
Adjourned Parliament Sessions finally put the policy on hold.
More than anti- FDI, its an Anti- Govt sentiment that is showing results.
Fasts and mass gatherings bring Lokpal Discussion on Table. Subsequent, differences in the Draft of the Bill, hint at fresh set of peaceful protests.
Onlookers are divided in their opinion.
Set 1: Lokpal is a panacea to nail corruption, want it in place ASAP.
Set 2: Unsure if it will do any wonders, but still, want it in place, mainly to avoid "mass protests" (in future) and its dedicated media coverage.
Administrative convenience inspires fragmentation of big states. Not many are interested in abysmal stats of states for which it didnt work.
Telangana, Awadh , Harit Pradesh, and more in the pipeline.
India of Our Dreams will have a more colourful map for sure.
Marathons, Cycle Rides (Green Initiative) to show "We" Care.
Ok, everyone has taken note of it.
They fully respect the fact that we are equally concerned, if not more, than the delegates in Durban/ Copenhagen Summits.
However chaotic our political, economic or social circles may be, sports is sports. Sorry meant Cricket is Cricket, a religion with Gods and Demi Gods in it. We shall cheer and celebrate Sehwag's double century, but in the same tone, remind self and others that Sachin is supreme.
Then its time for regular doses of anguish over crore's spent on Arthur Jail resident for his contribution to 26/11.
Its public anger, so vent it.
But irrespective of the busy schedule, one eye always, on our dear neighbour country, their country heads, their army and their ties with their allies.
Meanwhile, closer home a celebrity will deliver a child. Don't lose track of the news, until it is fully known what they named the child, and whom he/she resembles.
Happy Living..
I almost have a feel, I am getting the Pointer right....
4 comments:
- magiceye said...
bingo! :)
- December 11, 2011
- VST said...
Isn't life better if we live a life out of this conditional boxes that seems to restrain everyone?
Isn't it fair to find a way out of this maze of information and opinions that we succumb ourselves to?
Isn't it true that in this world, for once we would be given a chance to see the purpose of our lives than be guided dilligently with permitted force by all those institutions surrounding us?
Desperation in between the lines understood...
- December 17, 2011
- Ashwini said...
I get the feeling that people don't know how to prioritize things. Celebrity news and Political Drama is given undue importance when we should we working for a better Nation.
- December 17, 2011
- A Theist said...
Celebration is forced upon the nation...But, what do we celebrate-mediocrity???
- April 15, 2012
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The need to speed up court procedures, new technologies and a lack of supranational bodies is leading countries worldwide to view mediation as a feasible alternative.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) systems include negotiation, mediation and arbitration. We focus here on mediation since it is currently at the fore in different legislations. By mediation, we understand the alternative system where two or more parties are helped by a third party that listens to them and accept the solution for their problem as proposed by said third party. It is a step further in the negotiations between the parties without reaching arbitration, since, unlike the arbitrator, the mediator is not competent for imposing a solution on the parties in dispute. The main reasons why the various legislations have introduced mechanisms like mediation include the need for speeding up procedures at courts and tribunals, the confidentiality that is so necessary in many areas, the importance of new technologies in contractual relations and the absence of a supranational body that can solve disputes between elements that correspond to different legislations. These are some of the basic reasons behind the increase in mediation and it has been constituted as a new voluntary, self-service system; however, as has been shown on many occasions, mediation has always existed.
Different legislations are connected to mediation in different ways and to different degrees. Mediation as we know it today started in the United States in the 1970s. At that time, the United Kingdom started to introduce mediation in different areas and its influence spread across different countries in Europe. In Latin America, some countries do the same; in Argentina, albeit only in Buenos Aires, it is mandatory insofar as claimants have to attempt mediation in certain types of disputes before filing a claim with the courts. Furthermore, in certain states of the USA, such as New Jersey, Texas, Missouri and Colorado, legislation forces lawyers to advise their clients on the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. In Europe, Directive 2008/52/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 21 May 2008, on specific issues of mediation in civil and mercantile matters, requires the implementation of mediation in the member states. Accordingly, in countries like Spain, the Mediation Bill is being discussed for civil and mercantile matters and, for the first time, mediation is being introduced in the area of jurisdiction.
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In both ADR and ODR, we underline the importance of the legislator paying maximum attention and taking painstaking care with the points we consider essential when correctly legislating mediation: the need for establishing mediation as a mandatory mechanism in certain established cases; the right training for mediators in negotiation and communication so that mediation does not become a mere requisite or formality; and the need for the mediation procedure, once underway, to suspend the statute-barring or expiry of actions.
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This week's project is to use test-driven development (TDD) to finish the PlayList project for our company. To do so, you are to use TDD to test and build the following methods:
You are to use test-driven development for this project; for each method:
You are also to design and build an application that provides a textual, menu-driven user-interface that runs in a console or Terminal window that your boss can use to interact with a playlist. This application should let your boss search the playlist by song title, artist, and/or year, add a song to the playlist, remove a song from the playlist, and save the playlist. For example, your application might display:
Welcome to the PlayList Manager! Please enter: 1 - to search the playlist for songs by a given artist 2 - to search the playlist for songs from a given year 3 - to search the playlist for songs with a given phrase in their title 4 - to add a new song to the playlist // ... other options ... 0 - to quit --->Alternatively, you might have the user enter characters ('a', 'b', 'c', ...). Your program should use a loop that displays the menu, reads the user's choice, and performs the corresponding function, until the user chooses to quit.
As in the lab exercise, you should design this application using object-oriented design. (Hint: the word application is a noun, so you should build a class for it.)
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Friday, 14 July 2017 02:40 PM
Former national security adviser Susan Rice's upcoming House Intelligence Committee testimony should provide Americans with answers they're seeking on her efforts to unmask names from Trump's transition team, Rep. Jim Jordan said Friday.
"Let's remember the American people want to get the truth on all these issues … on what Susan Rice may or may not have done," the Ohio Republican told said during a Fox News "America's Newsroom" interview.
While the ongoing investigation into Russia and the 2016 election is "important," Jordan said the matters of Rice's unmasking efforts, and of former FBI Director James Comey's decision to leak confidential memos, are also vital.
"We know what James Comey did because he testified to it, and we know he leaked a memo through a friend to The New York Times with the stated objective of getting momentum to get a special counsel," said Jordan. "I think all this needs to be looked at so the American public can get the truth."
There was a finite number of people in the Obama administration who had the ability to unmask names, Jordan continued, and some of them are "the very same people who are not square with the American public in the aftermath of the Benghazi tragedy."
Rice, he continued, "misled the American people after Benghazi" but appearing on several Sunday news shows after the attack at the Libyan embassy.
"[She] told the American public something that she knew was not accurate," said Jordan. "This same individual has the ability to do that ... did she do [the unmasking] and if so, what was the motivation and how did it all unfold."
Jordan said he would prefer that the Rice hearing be held in public, but as it is being held before the House Intelligence Committee, it'll be behind closed doors.
"This all needs to be looked at so the American public and get the truth," he said, both of Rice and of Comey.
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Eid Milad-U-Nabi was celebrated at all units of ASF on 21-11-2018.
Farewell Bade to DG ASF at Headquarters ASF Karachi on 11th October 2018.
Last Darbar of DG ASF Maj General Ali Abbas Haider was held at ASF Camp Karachi on 11th October 2018.
Staff Barracks were inaugurated at ASF Camp Karachi on 10th October 2018.
DG ASF Inaugurated Southern Commander Secretariat office on 10th October 2018 at Headquarters ASF Karachi.
ASF Raising Day celebrated at all units of ASF on 1st October 2018.
Inauguration of ASF City Site Office held on 26th September 2018.
Demonstration and Wing Award Ceremony of UAC-12 held on 25th September 2018 at ASF Academy Karachi.DG ASF graced the occasion.
On 6th September 2018, Defence Day of Pakistan was celebrated at All Units of ASF with traditional zeal and zest.
In this connection, after Namaz-e-Fajar, Quran Khwani was held at all Airports and in ASF Camp Mosques and special prayers were offered for Shuhd`a of ASF and all other Armed Forces of Pakistan.
Senior Officers of ASF visited homes of Shuhd`a-e-ASF and met with their family members. Special gifts were presented to the families of all Shuhd`a-e-ASF.
Wreath was also laid on graves of Shuhd`a-e-ASF.
Visit of Secretary Aviation to HQ ASF on 30 August 2018.
Eid-ul-Azha celebrated at all units of Airports Security Force on 22nd August 2018.
Tree Plantation Drive initiated by DG ASF is being proceeded at all units of Airports Security Force.
Tree Plantation Drive has been initiated by DG ASF at ASF Headquarters Karachi on 20th August 2018.
Balloting of ASF City Plots conducted on 14th August 2018 at Movenpick Hotel Karachi.
Independence Day was celebrated at all units of ASF with zeal & zest. Flag Hoisting Ceremony was held at all Airports of Pakistan.
Barracks for Instructors were inaugurated at ASF Academy Karachi on 10th August 2018.
Inauguration of new ASF foundation building was held on 8th August 2018 at ASF Headquarter Karachi. DG ASF was the chief guest on the occasion.
Wilson's healthcare has arranged free Bone Mineral Density tests for ASF Staff and Families at ASF Camp Islamabad on 18th July 2018.
Last Meeting (Farewell Darbar) of Ex CSO Quetta Muhammad Naeem with ASF Officers and Staff at QIAP on 29 June 2018.
Minister on Aviation Mr Abdullah Hussain Haroon and Secretary Aviation Mr Ejaz Munir visits HQ ASF on 25-06-2018.
Eid-ul-Fitar celebrated at all units of Airports Security Force.
Shuhada Day (8th June 2018 ) celebrated at all units of ASF with Zeal & Zest. Wreath Laying Ceremony was held on behalf of DG ASF on the graves of Shuhada, Quran Khwani was organized in ASF Camps and Itfar Dinner was organized for Shuhada Families.
Advisor to PM on Aviation Mr Mehtaab Abbasi paid a farewell visit to ASF Headquarters on 28th May 2018.
CSO Peshawar receiving Certificate From Prime Minister Pakistan on the occasion of inaugural ceremony of BKIA Peshawar after completion of renovation & expansion project on 23rd May 2018.
CSOs Conference 2018 held at HQ ASF on 16th May 2018.
DG ASF Inaugurated Mosque at HQ ASF on 8th May 2018.
Inauguration of MOQs for ASF Officers and Family on 8th May 2018.
27th Airguards Raising Day celebrated on 4th April 2018.
Earth Breaking Ceremony of ASF City Project held on 3rd April 2018.
Passing Out Parade of BASC 47 held at ASF Academy Karachi on 14th March 2018.
DG ASF inaugurated Staff Mess at ASF Camp Karachi on 20-02-2018.
Speech Competition in context of Quaid's Birthday was held at ASF Academy Karachi on 28th December 2017.
Closing Address and certificates distribution for ETD Course by DFT team at ASF Academy Karachi on 21-12-2017.
Christmas cake cutting ceremony with ASF staff of Christian community at Airguards Cell.
Wreath Laying on behalf of DG ASF on the graves of the martyrs of PIA plane crash,Quran Khwani in Airguard Lines and special Tribute to Shuhada ASF during unit meeting held on 7th December, 2017.
Inter Platoon Volley Ball match played at Turbat Airport on 05-12-2017.
One Day Training Session on Behavior Management & communications skills was held at ASF Camp Lahore with Dr Ehtisham ul Haq, a PHD Scholar & Motivational speaker on 30-11-2017.
Inter companies volleyball tournament was commenced from 18th Nov, 2017 to 29th Nov, 2017. Final match concluded on 29-11-2017 won by Haider Company. CSO BKIA Peshawar distributed the prizes among the players.
Quran khwani, Naat and Speech Competition as well as Grand Lunch at various units of ASF at the occasion of 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal.
Annual Medical Camp for ASF Officers and staff was arranged in ASF Medical center from 20th October till 23rd October, 2017 with the coordination of MS Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology Multan.
CSO South Darbar at Gawadar Airport and distribution of Certificates & Cash award to Staff for excellent performance.
A cricket match is played between Airport Eleven & Trainees Eleven at AIIAP Lahore.
Free Medical Camp by Hasmanis Hospital organized at ASF Camp Karachi, for ASF employees and their families on 21-11-2017.
Rank Wearing Ceremony of special course Corporal to ASI at ASF Academy Karachi held on 17th Nov 2017.
Farewell to Ex Dy DG ASF Brig Imran-ul-Haq Rao SI(M) at Various Units:
Farewell dinner for DyDG ASF on 27th October 2017.
Fourth CSOs Conference 2017 held on 19 October 2017 at HQ ASF.
Dir Ops (HQ ASF) Lt. Col Navaid Ahsan, TI(M), isc, AVSEC PM, has been given an Award of:
For his significant personal contributions demonstrated by Pakistan towards the UN Security Council Resolution 2309 on aviation security and enhancing the capacity of ASF Officers and men through training and lectures and developing high levels of trust and cooperation between Pakistan and the International community to counter the menace of terrorism against Aviation Industry.
Visit of Advisor to PM on Aviation, Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan to Headquarters ASF Karachi on 21st September 2017.
Students of Junior Brigade Karachi, an Elementary Military Training Organization and School, visited ASF Academy Karachi and observed AirGuard Demonstration on Friday 15th September 2017.
Officers of ASF successfully completed ICAO Certified National Audit Inspector's Course held from 21st August 2017 till 31st August 2017.
Rank Ceremony of Officers (Insp to AD) held at HQ ASF on 11-08-2017.
A Variety Show is conducted after Passing Out Parade of BASC-46 on 01-08-2017.
Passing Out Parade of BASC-46 on 31-07-2017.
DDG ASF met with relatives of Shuhada of ASF who are sent to perform HAJJ this year on 28-07-2017.
DDG ASF had a meeting with trainees of OBASC 21 and congratulated them on the successfull completion of training period on 26-07-2017.
A Baby Care Center for children of Ladies Staff of ASF has been established at Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Deputy High Commissioner UK Ms Belinda Lewis visited HQ ASF on 19th July 2017.
Certificate Distribution ceremony of Sniper/Sharp Shooter/ Marksman Course held on 17 July 2017.
AIG Sindh Khadim Hussain Bhatti visited HQ ASF on 14-07-2017.
Director HUM TV Sultana Siddiqui visited HQ ASF on 14-07-2017.
Iftar Dinner by DG ASF for the Participants of 3rd CSO Conference 2017 held on 5th June 2017.
Third CSO Conference 2017 held on 05 June 2017.
Certificate Distribution Ceremony of Supervisor Training Course by U.K Department for Transport held on 26th May 2017.
DG ASF visits ASF Academy and closing Address to Special Company Commander Course on 28th April 2017.
Wreath Laying Ceremony at Shuhada Park and Guard of Honour to Ex DG Major General Sohail Ahmad Khan on 22nd April 2017
Last Meeting of Ex DG ASF Major General Sohail Ahmad Khan with ASF Officers and Staff at ASF Camp Karachi on 22nd April 2017.
Second CSO Conference 2017 held on 21st April 2017.
Files Distribution Ceremony of ASF Residential Plots by DG ASF held on 5th April 2017.
Certificate Awarding Ceremony to Position Holders of Second Special Company Commander Course by DG ASF on 10th March 2017.
Opening address to BASC 46 by DG ASF held on 7th March 2017.
>Inauguration Ceremony by DG ASF of ASF Residencia Office on 01 March 2017.
Wing awards ceremony of ATC-20 held on 23rd february 2017.
Visit of Advisor to PM on Aviation Mr. SARDAR MEHTAB AHMED KHAN and Secretary Aviation to HQ ASF on 22nd february 2017.
Opening address to Basic 46 by Dy DG ASF Brigadier Imran ul Haq held on 21st february 2017.
CSO Conference 2017 commenced at HQ ASF on 23rd January 2017.


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Hi friends,
as I promised here are some new blocks I did for the Civil War block of the week quilt.
Todays block was another one I had to change because mine are only 4". Here is the making of....Step one: cutting the fabric
Step two: sewing little 2 1/2" center square
Step three: sewing lots of 1 1/2" HST...
Step four: composing the block
Step five: DONE!!
Here you can see the last 4 blocks I did:
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Turkey vultures need that bald head so they can dip into a gooey meal without fouling any feathers. But the head is just one piece of the ugly that this bird can claim. Consider its method of self-defense: projectile vomiting (but try not to consider just what it is they would urk up), and its self-cooling strategy of excreting on its legs.
My friend Greta, a poet, once asked me to identify the birds with the silvery underwings that she liked to watch rocking and gliding in the thermals. She felt a certain kinship with them, she told me, an affinity. I think she identified with them a little less after I explained about the projectile yarfing and the pooping-on-the-legs habit. But hey, if anyone can see the beauty in a turkey vulture, it would be a poet.