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The average salary paid to global and UK security professionals reached nearly $100,000 a year (£63,000) in 2014 driven largely by an acute shortage of candidates with the right qualifications, the latest biennial study by certification body (ISC)2 has found.
The previous Global Information Security Workforce study in 2013 spotted a reluctance to pay for security skills in many organisations but two years on and the problem appears to have shifted to availability with 45 percent globally (43 percent in the UK) citing this as a significant problem.
In the UK, the end result is that many organisations report being under-staffed, with one in five believing this would delay their response to cyber-attacks and breaches to as much as eight days, well beyond the 24-48 hour reporting requirement that will be part of the EU's forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In the short term, the likely outcome is that more firms turn to outsourcing or the use of managed security services with between 20 percent and a third in the UK planning this in some form. Outsourcing is supposed to be about lowering costs but 41 percent mentioned not having in-house skills as the main motivation for taking this approach.
A deeper question is why the UK – indeed the world – never seems to have enough security people.
Concerns over workforce numbers are nothing new, indeed the lack of cybersecurity skills has become an obsession for the British Government which has launched a patchwork of training initiatives to try and boost the industry, mostly from national security standpoint.
The survey hints at some of the causes, including the astonishing fact that 94 percent of the nearly 14,000 respondents worldwide were male. The lack of women in security is often seen evidence of exclusion but whatever the reason it means that organisations are effectively hiring from only half of the available talent pool.
In the UK, security pros are also predominantly middle-aged which (ISC)2's managing director Dr Adrian Davis believes suggests that there simply haven't been enough people entering the profession in the UK in the last 20 years. This has caused a professional demographic full of experienced people but lacking younger and possibly cheaper candidates.
"We have noticed that the average age is rising both globally and UK. The average age is in the 40s now," said Davis to Computerworld UK. Only five percent of the UK security workforce was under 30, something he blames on a lack of entry-level jobs. Security seems to be stuck in a mode in which only highly-skilled workers are getting a foot in the door, something that risked creating a professional barrier at a time when more people were needed.
"You can't just grab someone off the street and turn them into an infosec professional overnight. There is a set of skills and knowledge they have to gain through education and practice," said Davis.
"There are very few 16 year olds that know that there is a career in information security. We are not capturing people's attention early enough."
In 2014, one in five security professionals changed jobs, the highest churn rate (ISC)2 has seen in the three surveys it has done since its inaugural report in 2011.
Another theme picked up by (ISC)2 is the effect of technology sprawl on security with 32 percent of respondents globally saying they thought threats were now evolving faster than vendors could improve their products. Other factors included M&A, decentralised purchasing, and even vendors selling standalone products that added to management overhead.
The theme of sprawl and complexity has been a theme for years but it is interesting that security professionals still cite it when considering the security of their organisation – 62 percent said they believed the issue reduced security efficiency.
The result is that 39 percent said they'd like to reduce the number of vendors they use with about the same number wanting to avoid new products until the current ones were retired.
Of course this aspiration sits uneasily with the bloom of innovation among young security startups trying to make up for deficits created by an older generation of technology. It also tends to increase the number of vendors being used rather than reducing it.
Longer term, the solution to sprawl might end up being security services – outsource the technology, management and upgrading problem to a specialist firm.
"As with any severe drought, we have to admit that it will not rain soon, and we will not be flooded with skilled security staff in the foreseeable future," said cybercrime manager Martin Lee of security firm Alert Logic, commenting on the results.
One logical response to the shortage would be a growth in managed services.
"The managed services model where skilled staff are aggregated together and shared across many different companies is the best use of a scarce resource," he claimed.
(ISC)2, the world's largest not-for-profit infosec professional body, covers on this and other issues in its regular Computerworld blog, Infosecurity Voice.


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Zzzz, it's another elastic-waist knit dress. This is what happens when I resolve to sew things that I'll wear a lot, ha ha. I stitched this pretty thing up last week and wore it on Saturday for a cultural day of museum visits: first to see the Cheapside Hoard at the Museum of London with Kathryn and Julia, then to the TFL Museum Depot in Acton, where these pics are from. Antique bling and transit nerdery in a new dress = a big Saturday win in my book (Scuse the asymmetrical sleeves here, not part of the look.)
The fabric is part of my haul from Mood in New York. It's the most beautiful knit: I think it's rayon jersey because it's super slinky: thin yet heavy and extremely drapey. There are so many patterns it'd be beautiful for – wish I'd bought more yardage – but I went for quite a casual tunic dress so I could get more day to day wear out of it. It was a bit tricky to cut and sew, but worth it as it feels sooo good to wear. Like I'm wearing nothin' at all!
It's a bit of a Frankenpattern. The bodice is Dixie's Ballet Dress, shortened to empire line. This is basically my knit bodice sloper now because it fits really well and is so adaptable. The skirt is based on Simplicity 1800 with its cool yoke pockets, but I gathered the waist with elastic all around rather than do darts and pleats.
I was nervous to finish and hem this super-stretchy fabric, but a few ninja techniques made pretty light work of it. The hem is a machine blind using a walking foot which turned out satisfyingly invisible, although the dress wound up a little shorter than I was planning. It's fine with leggings as a tunic type thing, though. The sleeve cuffs are pressed back twice and twin-needled – I can also wear them rolled up since the wrong side of the fabric is a lovely mottled grey colour. The neckline is Megan Nielsen's technique again.
I love this dress, so I'm sure it will see many more London adventures. And I'm off to google for more rayon jersey to buy now as I want many more copycats.

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Bloyowe was usually described as 'of Bodmin', and while he is not known to have held property in either of the other two boroughs he represented in Parliament it seems likely that he traded in both places and used the port of Truro for his shipments overseas. He sometimes dealt in cloth, but his principal trading interest was tin, and in the 1380s he established useful business contacts with certain cutlers and pewterers of London. Merchandise did not always come into his hands in a legitimate way, however: in 1382 he was accused in the King's bench of stealing goods worth £20, which included 12 'pieces' of uncoined 'white' tin.1
In February 1388 Bloyowe made a quitclaim to John Breton I* of Bodmin (his fellow MP of 1384) of the house and such other property in his home town previously held by him as a feoffee on behalf of John's father, William Breton†. He spent a large part of that year away from Cornwall: in May he appeared in Chancery in support of allegations made by another Bodmin man about assaults and robberies; in July he stood surety in the same court for two more Cornish people, and in September he represented Liskeard in the Parliament which met at Cambridge. On 28 Feb. 1390, during his third Parliament (in which he represented Truro), Bloyowe provided securities in the Exchequer on behalf of the former steward of the duchy of Cornwall, Sir John Kentwood (then knight of the shire for Berkshire), when he was granted custody of a manor forfeited by Sir Robert Tresilian†. On one or other of his visits to Westminster Bloyowe took the opportunity of presenting a petition in Chancery about the behaviour of John Moyle of Bosmaugan, one of the stewards appointed by the Crown to administer Tresilian's estates. Moyle, he said, was 'un des plus grauntz extortioners deinz la counte [of Cornwall]', whose crimes included the theft of 106 tuns of wine which had been confiscated by the Crown, hunting in the King's parks and holding the poor to ransom. Bloyowe's personal grievance was that Moyle had conducted a vendetta against him after he had been empanelled at a judicial inquiry and had delivered a verdict in the Crown's favour.2
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Good morning !
It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview,
I hope i can make a good performance today. I'm confident that I can succeed.
Now i will introduce myself briefly
I am 26 years old,born in shandong province .
I was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003.
I spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time.
In July 2003, I began work for a small private company as a technical support engineer in QingDao city.Because I'm capable of more responsibilities, so I decided to change my job.
And in August 2004,I left QingDao to BeiJing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.Because I want to change my working environment, I'd like to find a job which is more challenging. Morover Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain the most from working in this kind of company ennvironment. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position.
I think I'm a good team player and I'm a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure.
That's all. Thank you for giving me the chance.
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1.Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is ***, 24. I come from ******,the capital of *******Province. I graduated from the ******* department of *****University in July ,2001.
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.In the past two years I have been preparing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you .
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Summer is one of the most magical times to be at the Firehouse. School is out, the sun sets slowly over downtown as lazy days turn into a flurry of events that heat up the night!
If the rock of Music in the Park is your brand, we've got some amazing acts for you! Nick Bold brings his ineffable George Harrison show to the stage August 7, Mitch Polzak and the Royal Deuces give honky tonk a good name on August 10, and the spectacular Queen Nation will have you jamming to all the best of Queen on August 28.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Winter Solstice 2011
This post shows the progression of this painting. Took two days to do it. Lots of layers.
Maybe I was a Druid in a past life. I'm always so aware of the markers in the calendar for the seasons and the path of the sun. Anyway, I started this on the winter solstice and it felt like the white robes of the priests were being glorified and as my art friend said, consecrated.
"Winter Solstice 2011" watercolor on board, 4x3 inches.
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The year 2014 had seen a widespread uproar over hackers leaking naked selfies of young celebrities from the ever-so-confusing cloud, but 2015 saw celebrities take the power back. From youngsters like Demi Lovato to mother-of-two Kim Kardashian, Hollywood celebs made the choice of sharing racy photos of themselves on social media, mostly to prove a point.
Demi Lovato, for example did a naked "#Confident" photoshoot for Vanity Fair, but insisted the photos not be "touched" or photoshopped. She wanted the most authentic version of her to be shared with her fans — curves, stretch marks and all. She attributes a lot of her confidence to boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama, and we are definitely happy for his influence on her journey to be #confident.
Meanwhile, her former BFF Selena Gomez also went nude for the album cover of "Revival". The rumoured girlfriend of 1D's Niall Horan wanted a pictorial representation of how much the "real stuff" she has gone through in the recent years allowed her to be the confident person she is now. She wanted the vulnerability and maturity evident in her music to be portrayed in the photo as well.
When Demi and Selena got naked, the Internet went on a frenzy, but when fellow-Disney child star Miley Cyrus did the same, it did not seem like a big deal, especially because at this point, anything Miley does has stopped surprising us. She has been a part of many naked photoshoots, some just for the fun of it, but mostly because she wants to spread the message of equality and anti-bullying.
Kim Kardashian, too, is no stranger to nude selfies, but earlier in 2015, when a bunch of people started criticising her for her weight — whether it was that she was too skinny or too fat to be pregnant — Kim K used it to shut all the haters. Mother of North West and Saint West wrote: "First they say I'm too skinny so I have to be faking it...Now they say I'm too big so I have to be faking it...SMH! Some days I'm photographed before I eat & look smaller, some days I've just eaten & I look bigger. It's all a part of the process. I think you all know me well enough to know I would document the process if I got a surrogate. Everyone's body is different, every pregnancy is very different! I've learned to love my body at every stage! I'm going to get even bigger & that's beautiful too! I'm blessed to even be pregnant & even luckier to not have preeclampsia as far as I know, so I don't have the swelling issue this time! They also say your body carries a boy different than a girl! Whatever the case may be I'm grateful to God for this miracle & no matter what rumors or comments you throw my way this time they truly don't affect me! #NoFilter #NoPhotoShop #GoodLighting ? (sic)"
Comedian Amy Schumer is not one to shy away from making a point or a joke, especially if it involves making fun of herself. So, in a brilliant Annie Leibovitz photoshoot, the "Trainwreck" star posed nude, and in all her flabby glory she looked fabulous.


text: For the past couple of weeks, I have been recovering from a sprained back muscle (no more lifting sound equipment!), and was advised to avoid walking on hills for a while. In West Virginia, that's not so easy to do, but I'm trying: instead of taking my daily walk up the incline of the carriage trail, I have been exploring the warehouse/industrial sections of Charleston, walking beside train tracks or into alleys. There's something I love about these often-ignored places—and it may have something to do with rust, decay, the process of disintegration…which somehow has something to do with creation.


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4 Important Rules Of Being A Successful Writer
Do you want to be a successful writer? I asked four successful writers what rules they think are important to being a successful writer – from loving your work to being persistent, check out 4 of these rules here.
1. They refuse to take 'No' for an answer. Every writer will experience rejection emails and letters, but successful writers will use these letters to improve their writing, rather than get disheartened.
If you are struggling to get published, consider taking a short writing course to improve your skills. If you can't afford to spend money, look online; the internet is filled with articles filled with tips on how to improve your skills as a writer – all for free!
2. They always set aside time to write. Many people wish to become writers but already have full time jobs or families. While it is reasonable for these other commitments to be your first priorities, if you dream of being a writer you must always make time for writing.
If you are struggling to set aside time for writing, decide at the beginning of the week how much you want to achieve; would you like to write two articles? Would you like to finish off the first chapter of your book? Decide what you want to do, work out how long it will take and break the chunks down and do a little each day.
3. They write for love, rather than money. It is difficult to have a successful, full-time career in a job you don't enjoy, whether it is writing or something else. Are you writing for money and feeling continuously frustrated and upset, or do you enjoy and feel proud of the content you create?
4. They seek out feedback. Successful writers always want to improve their skills and writing style, as this is the only way they will advance in their career. They always ask editors and publishers for feedback, and they carefully read and analyse their own work to see if they can improve their own work.
What do you think of these rules? I think they are all pretty important to being a successful – and happy – writer! Can you think of any other rules that you think are important? Comment your ideas and let me know – I may do a follow-up article if people share their ideas! Hope you're all having a great day 🙂


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Hello and welcome to my website. I will be updating and adding new pages in the future.
I've been working as an art director in the animation industry in the UK for over 20 years. I joined TVC London in 1985 and went freelance in 1997, if you'd like a full CV, please email me. My interests include photography, cats and occasionally salsa dancing, but not all at once.
Animation artwork
The Snowman and the Snowdog
Half hour special for Channel 4, celebrating 30 years of Channel 4 and The Snowman.
Background illustrations and character rendering.
The Snowman and the Snowdog is a Snowdog Enterprises and Lupus Films Production for Channel 4
©Snowdog Enterprises Ltd MMXXII
On Angel Wings
A half hour special based on the book by Michael Morpurgo.
Background artwork.
©Illuminated Film Company 2016
Ethel and Ernest
Pre - production Art Direction. ©Lupus Films/TVCartoons 2012
A Child's Christmas
A half hour special based on the book 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' by Dylan Thomas.
Art direction
Below is a section of storyboard from the underwater sequence. I've taken the line version of the storyboard drawn by the director Dave Unwin and roughly coloured it to get an idea of how the mood and atmosphere of the sequence should look. This will set the colours for the animating characters, the styling and technique for the backgrounds, and reference for any special effects required.
Some individual storyboard frames from various scenes throughout the film:
Line storyboard by Dave Unwin
Colour styling
Finalised and detailed character design painted accurately for final production:
Line character design by Dave Unwin
Final painted illustrations that sit behind the animation:
©Brave New World 2010.
Ebb and Flo
Television series based on the books by Jane Simmons.
Art direction
Ebb and Flo™© Canning Factory 2010.
Horrid Henry
Television series based on the books by Francesca Simon.
Colour styling
Line character design by Dave Unwin © Novel Entertainment ltd.
Wind in the Willows
Willows in Winter
*Primetime EMMY* awarded 'Individual achievement in animation'
Feature length films based on the books by Kenneth Grahame.
Art Direction
Line storyboard by Dave Unwin
© A TVC London Production in association with HIT Entertainment Plc and The Family Channel.
© Carlton Television.
Doctor Snuggles
Pre-production work.
Portly's Hat
Personal short film based on the book by Lucy Cousins
©Lucy Cousins.
Father Christmas
Half hour special based on the book by Raymond Briggs.
Art Directon
© A TVC London Production. © Blooming Productions 2010.
Half hour special based on the book by John Burningham.
Art Direction
©TVC Granpa Ltd 2010
When the Wind Blows
Feature film based on the book by Raymond Briggs.
Sequence Art Direction and promotional artwork
Line character poses by Richard Fawdry.
© Meltdown Ltd. 1987/2010. © Channel four 2010.
Other pre-production design


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Spring into action with the dance company HIJACK and enjoy a day filled with kite tails, pet tales, and paper trails. Gallery admission is free all day, 10 am-5 pm.
Gallery Crawl: Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions
10 am–2 pm
Learn about various printmaking techniques in the exhibition.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: Fold and Fly
10 am–3 pm
Design and decorate a kite using Japanese paper.
Performance: HIJACK
11 am and 1 pm
Arwen Wilder and Kristin Van Loon of the dance company HIJACK present their highly aerobic, gravity-defying, experimental moves during two family shows.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: Inky Paws
11 am–4 pm
Make a silkscreen print and collage of your favorite animal with printmaker Keiko Yagishita.
Film: Folklore Restaurant
Directed by Tomoko Oguchi
12 noon and 2 pm
Washi (Japanese paper) comes to life in Folklore Restaurant, a series of animated shorts exploring folktales from Finland, Japan, and Native American cultures.
Story Time: Pet Tales
2:30 and 3:30 pm
Listen to a series of stories about our four-legged friends.
Gallery Performances: Emio Greco | PC Dancers
2-3:30 pm
These short dance pieces are inspired by artworks in the galleries.


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What well? Our internal well. That reservoir of energy that fuels us, inspires us to action, and helps us make choices. It dictates our attitude, how we relate to others, and ultimately, our quality of life. Like food, it must be sustained through replenishment – a healthy diet of positive thoughts, self-awareness, respect for one's needs, and exposure to all things that excite and inspire us.
For as long as I can remember I have suffered from digestion problems. Unsuccessful visits to standard western medicine doctors led me to an acupuncturist, who revealed more about the origins of my stomach issues in our first hour together than I had uncovered in all ten years of prior doctor visits. Through destructive thought patterns and pent-up emotions, I had been abusing my body and wrecking havoc in my gut. In short, my well was empty. It was then that I began awakening to the fact that emotions and state of mind are determinants to our overall health. I've continued waking up ever since.
Learning what truly feeds your soul can be daunting, and for me it continues to be a practice. Honoring those learnings can be even harder. But I believe that this journey in self-knowing, and ultimately self-care, is the most valuable one we can embark upon in this life.
On this blog I share nuggets of my exploration toward watering my well. May they inspire you to water your own.
Thanks for stopping by!
Adriana is a vibrational therapist, musician, and photographer. She serves as Community Manager for Google Developer Groups and core team member of Google's employee mindfulness program, gPause.


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Based on the true story, Chris "Thor" Hemsworth stars as James Hunt – a Formula One race car driver and big time playboy working his way up the ranks in the 1970's. He has talent, but James likes to party more than he studies, practices or improves his cars.
However, one rival, Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl), seems to inspire Hunt to be all he can be, and the two find themselves battling to become the Formula One champion, at any cost.
Hemsworth might be the big star you see in all of the commercials, and his portrayal of Hunt is what will sell some tickets, but it's the Niki Lauda story that makes Rush so good.
While a bit cliché, and even though the truth is not as black and white, writer Peter Morgan and director Ron Howard set up the Lauda/Hunt rivalry as the classic battle between opposites who hate each other.
Hunt is the passionate one about life. Lauda is the cold calculating pro.
Hunt is the charming rascal, the bad boy blonde Adonis all the ladies love.
Lauda is a rat faced workaholic with as much sex appeal as Bill Nye The Science Guy.
You get the picture.
However, Bruhl is great at making Lauda a likable jerk, which gives Rush a bit more depth and complexity. Sure, Niki is not the life of the party, and he is a stickler for the rules and working hard, but Bruhl helps us admire the champ's work ethic, drive and determination, no matter how strident he might be, especially when the racer has to face the biggest challenge any of us could ever imagine.
Yet, you also like Hunt because Hemsworth and Hunt might be the envy of every dude in the audience, but Hemsworth is able to charm you into thinking he is just a lucky guy who is living life to the fullest (and, sometimes, naughtiest).
Best of all, Morgan and Howard showcase the rivalry to demonstrate to the audience how each one pushed each other's buttons, but brought out the best in each other. The audience can appreciate a very spirited competition that might get a bit rough at times, and it's the rough moments that make for drama and entertainment.
Director Howard also finds ways to grab us visually. The audience gets to feel like they are flying around the track, often from the perspective of the driver and the car, while he graphically and grippingly shows us Lauda's physical destruction after a major accident (like you didn't figure that out from the commercials) and the treatment he has to undergo to recover.
Rush provides lots of thrills and tension at the end with a nice twist on THE BIG RACE concept.
Rush is rated R for sexual content, nudity, language, some disturbing images and brief drug use.


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Few drugs have been around for as long or have caused as much trouble and problems as heroin. Indeed one of the most ancient and deadly substances, this drug has proven time and time again to be a deadly substance that seems only to become more familiar.
Opiate Addicts Switching to Heroin
During the 1990s, the nation experienced a significant slump in heroin popularity and general interest. This downturn was good news at first until it all changed during the turn of the century. Between 2001 and 2005 the production, distribution, proliferation, and sale of opiate prescription drugs increased by more than three-hundred percent. Suddenly there were far more opiate drugs in the nation, and a lot of Americans suddenly had access to highly addictive drugs that previously had been unavailable.
This resulted in a significant spike in Americans' use and abuse of opiate-based drugs and substances. Heroin was one of those drugs. Because this drug is so addictive and because opiate pain relievers are so addictive, Americans started going back and forth between the two and taking one after the other. Opiate pain relievers are generally speaking more expensive and can be harder to find, hence the skyrocketing heroin abuse statistics starting at around 2005. Why? When addicts couldn't get pills, they would just switch to heroin.
A Far-Reaching Epidemic
Opiate addiction is now the most concerning addiction problem in the nation after alcohol. Because people can go back and forth between opiate pain reliever pills and heroin, it is difficult to try and help get them off of their habit. A lot of people go to rehab when they can't get any more of their drug, but people who are addicted to opiates can almost always get something that has opiates in it.
There is currently an opiate epidemic, and it has become incredibly far-reaching, especially considering it was once a taboo drug. To make matters even worse, it is difficult to kick the habit, so difficult to the point that it is critical to enter a detox center and rehab program that understands the unique issues that it presents in recovering.
For those who are addicted to heroin, there needs to be an absolute sense of urgency in dealing with this addiction and the life and death consequences that abound it if left untreated. Because this addiction is so severe, we have put together a program that addresses it and eradicates it with efficiency and zeal. We are experts at handling opiate addiction, and this is where most of our clients (especially the young ones) come from.
Opiate addiction now affects millions of Americans whereas before the 1990s barely two-hundred-thousand were addicted. We help a lot of heroin addicts obtain a real life of sobriety and recovery, and we are very skilled in creating this desirable state of true sobriety for anyone who desires it. We are here to help, and that is our entire, main mission.
The Details on a Very Severe Problem
We can talk all day long about the significance and the horrors of heroin addiction, but the best way to showcase the problem is with the statistics. Because heroin abuse and addiction has spiked so much in recent years, organizations like the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have all worked together to try and categorize and adequately assess and evaluate the problem. It has not been an easy project, but the below information on substance abuse issues is very concerning.
Listed below is a fair amount of factual information regarding the United States' current heroin epidemic:
- Heroin abuse is on the rise since the turn of the century, after many years of being on its way out. "Why?" we ask. Experts say that the increase in heroin use is inevitably linked to prescription opioid abuse. Young and old people alike often become addicted to pain pills and then progress to this drug, (which provides the same euphoric high as pain pills), when pills are hard to come by, too expensive, or are just no longer as thrilling to the user.
- Recent studies have been done to determine the most efficient way to prevent drug abuse among young adults. Heroin is a huge problem with the youth of the nation. The key is in education and in informing young adults and children about the harmful effects of drug abuse. Studies show that children and young adults who learn about the risk of drugs or alcohol at a young age are in fact fifty percent less likely to use drugs than those who are not adequately enlightened about the dangers of substance abuse, especially when it comes to heroin abuse specifically.
- Because so many Americans are now abusing pain reliever drugs, there has also been a severe spike in heroin abuse statistics in the United States as well. From the year 2001 to the year 2013, there was a five-fold increase in the total number of deaths from these overdoses. The heroin problem was practically eradicated in the United States at the turn of the century. Following a three-hundred percent increase in the production of opiate pain relievers between 2001 and 2005 however, heroin abuse statistics, including overdose deaths, has now soared to unprecedented levels.
- Heroin abuse has been on the rise ever since opiate pain medication became immensely popular among Americans. The last several years have seen tremendous increases in heroin abuse among young adults in particular. There has been an eighty percent increase in the first-time use of heroin among 12 to 17-year-olds since the year 2002.
- Heroin abuse is on the rise again in the United States. After lying almost completely dormant for over two decades, heroin abuse has skyrocketed in the U.S. in tandem with increases in opiate pain reliever abuse.
Addressing and Eradicating Heroin Addiction for Good
Thankfully, there is a way to beat heroin addiction once and for all. It involves going through an inpatient drug and alcohol addiction treatment center. Ultimately that is what is most successful. Only inpatient rehab centers will do because only inpatient facilities offer a sincere enough and a committed enough program that will do the trick with erasing addiction for good.
Thankfully, we offer such services. We specialize in heroin addiction. Our medical detoxification unit is perfect for detoxing off of this substance, and our counseling and behavioral skills take heroin addiction and strip it down to the underlying issues that cause it.
The thing is, no one just wakes up in the morning and thinks, "I'll go out and try some heroin today. That sounds like a good idea." It just doesn't work that way. No, there are lots of serious and very concerning, underlying reasons why someone goes about using and abusing this drug and those now more than ever need to be addressed.


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The young adult (approximately 17 years old) who discharged the gun is currently being questioned in regard to the incident. It is unknown at this time if the shooting was accidental or intentional.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 474-8477.
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GOV.UK Taxonomy
"As members of the Finding Things team have written previously, we've long understood the need for a GOV.UK taxonomy that's subject-based and site-wide, and we've been working towards achieving this challenging aim for a while. When finished, the taxonomy will group together all content on the site in a meaningful and intuitive way, using a hierarchical structure. It will consist of many 'topics' and 'subtopics', to which all content items will be tagged.


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-Deacon Wardlow
Texts, emails, blogs, chat, IM, posts, Reddit, XYZ.com, etcetera. We're networked, connected, online and plugged-in almost constantly now. Content is rapidly updated and there's a significant feeling, a need to have information available quickly and readily. The last time a website took longer than 10 seconds to load, did you feel it was taking too long or a really slow site? Did you go to a different page/site?
We live in a world where information is fast and readily available. Print publications are still scrambling to find readership and retain their numbers. Radio loses more listeners everyday to iSomethingorOther or the latest satellite system. Television is trying to reclaim viewers by going online with on-demand viewing from websites and mobile devices. How are you moving your business forward in the 21st century?
This is the age of the Jetsons (dating myself a bit there). We've got better communication devices than what most people saw growing up on Star Trek or Buck Rogers. Customers and communities expect email updates from businesses, teachers, towns need to be online and yet, we still see static signage. Readerboards and push-in letter menu systems. The change is coming and it's faster than you'd think.
Digital Signage systems are capable of scanning a crowd and reporting back the median age of the group and estimated age, gender and racial statistics of individual people and using this information to push digital advertising specifically targeted at the varying client-base. Cities are starting to integrate automated and integrated alert systems into Digital Signage solution (both LCD indoor and LED Outdoor) to reach communities to alert them to emergencies or general public service announcements.
With all of these changes, it's more important than ever to make sure your partners have your back. Speak with your manufacturer and make sure they have a "geek speak" specialist on board. Make sure the team you're working with can translate complicated concepts and ideas into simple formats for you and your clients to get to the solution they need. Is the company you're working with now a source or a resource? A vendor or a partner. What are you to your clients?
Quick quiz:
1. When was the last integration or innovation implemented with your company?
2. What testing did you go through to ensure the product/service was ready for the market?
3. What is your two, three, and five year road-map to ensure you're keeping up-to-date with changes in technology?
4. What are you doing now which will heavily affect change months and years from now?
5. How are you a leader and innovator?
These are questions we should all have ready answers to. Your partners should especially have answers ready because if they're not moving forward, they're falling behind and taking you with them. Look to your road-map, is it clear and concise? Can you handle an unexpected turn? Is your partner looking to not just their future, but yours and your clients as well?
If you can't get a quick, solid answer from the company you're dealing with, perhaps it's time to change. In the fast-paced realm of the 21st century, you do not want to be left behind because it'll be your competition who surges forward.
*I invite you to comment here and/or email me directly with requests at firstname.lastname@example.com. Vantage LED has white paper resources and more educational material on the website (http://www.vantageled.com), please check it out when you have a moment. Note all posts/thoughts/writings are strictly the viewpoint of me and me alone and do not reflect nor speak for Vantage LED's beliefs, attitudes, thoughts, etc. unless specifically stated.


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The Antikythera Mechanism, the oldest known scientific computer December 13, 2010Posted by jcconwell in Art, Astronomy.
Tags: Antikythera
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Rebuilt with LEGOS! Used to predict lunar and solar eclipses by the ancient Greeks!
Andrew Carol, software engineers at Apple has created fully functional replica of the Antikythera mechanism out of Lego. It's made from the 1,500 Lego Technic parts and works with 110 gears. The two wings of Carol's Antikythera consists four gearboxes that calculate as the original mechanism. Each gearbox makes one mathematical calculation. Andrew Carol project was sponsored by Digital Science and took 30 days to compile it. Click the video below for more details.
Time Lapse Astro Art November 2, 2010Posted by jcconwell in Art, Astronomy.
Tags: "Landscapes Vol.1 " by Dustin Farrell, "Tom Lowe, Rapture"
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A little artistic moment to begin the week. I'm borrowing these from some sister blogs, "Bad Astronomy" and "Universe Today" . Time-lapse photography has been around for a while. Couple this old technique with the new technology of high quantum efficiency cameras, add a flair for editing and music, and you get a nice couple work of arts to start the week. Click on the picture to play the first one "Rapture" by Tom Lowe for more information go to "Bad Astronomy"
The next one is from our friends at "Universe Today" just click on the picture to start the video "Landscapes Vol.1 " by Dustin Farrell
Astronomy Club Tonight: Carving Pumpkins October 28, 2010Posted by jcconwell in Art, Observatory.
Tags: Eastern Illinois University, EIU, Jack o lantern, Observatory
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Special time 7:00 PM in room 2409, Physical science building. We are carving pumpkins for tomorrow's observatory open house.
Music on a Planetary Scale: A New Podcast August 20, 2010Posted by jcconwell in Art, Podcast.
Tags: Eastern Illinois University, EIU, Podcast
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Music on a Planetary Scale
Description: Listen to Mars, now listen to me, now listen to Mars. This is what Mars could sound like, if it sounded like me. Today, we listen to sonification of data, artistic interpretation, and discuss which is 'better' and which is 'more real'.
Bio: Sandy looks at the science and the people in today's 9-5 pro astronomy world. Born in the heart of a dying star (as we were all), Alex draws from his research, writing, and game design work to bring you the joy of science twice a week at ScientificBlogging.com/skyday– and to launch the first personal science/music satellite via http://ProjectCalliope.com.
At the Tarbel Art Center: Art and Archeoastronomy ! September 7, 2009Posted by jcconwell in Art, Astronomy, IYA 2009.
Tags: Archeoastronomy, EIU, International Year of Astronomy, IYA 2009, Tarbel Art Center
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We are lucky to be having a return visit from one of our IYA speakers from the spring. Professor Jim Krehbiel, chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Ohio Wesleyan University. This month EIU's Tarbel Art Center will be showing an exhibit of Jim's work. The digital art prints by Jim Krehbiel are based on his exploration and photography of the architecture, art and astronomy of the ancestral Pueblo peoples; presented in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy; funded in part by the College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Fine Arts Visiting Artist Fund. The opening artist lecture will be Tuesday, September 8th, at 7:00PM, in the Tarbel Atrium with refreshments.
Chocolate and Raspberries go with Astronomy May 4, 2009Posted by jcconwell in Art, Astronomy.
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Well I ran across an article last week at universe today on chocolate, this combined with a article sent to me about raspberries and astronomy by my friend BA was too good not to put in the blog.
So savor them in any order you choose! Either CHOCOLATE or RASPBERRY !
Tonight: International Year of Astronomy 2009 Art & Archeoastronomy March 9, 2009Posted by jcconwell in Art, Astronomy, IYA 2009.
Tags: Archeoastronomy, Astronomy, Doudna, EIU, International Year of Astronomy, IYA 2009
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Come join us at 7:00pm tonight. Learn about the recently discovered Anasazi astronomical shrine sites, with Professor Jim Krehbiel, chair of Fine Arts at Ohio Wesleyan University. The talk is in the new Doudna fine arts center Lecture hall, room 1210.


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The Cutest Kids' Costumes on Pinterest! Comments Off on The Cutest Kids' Costumes on Pinterest!
We were surfing around the social media darling that is Pinterest this morning and came across some pretty adorable kids' costumes, so we thought we'd share them with you right here. Prepare to be overwhelmed with cute!
1. Homemade Piñata costume
Pinterest user: Rachel @ SunScholars
Image source: www.costume-works.com/contest2012/pinata.html
2. Homemade Owl costume
Pinterest user: Patty Schaffer
Image source: pinterest.com/pin/37576978112051562/
3. Big Bird costume
Pinterest user: Heather Mann
Image source: www.dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/11/cute-baby-costumes/
4. Melon baby
Pinterest user: Annabel Karmel
Image source: www.thefw.com/babies-food-costumes-tumblr/
5. Masked Owl costume
Pinterest user: Melissa Saulsbury
Image source: http://bit.ly/TikHEx


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KURISUUUUU ;_________;. So her "ending" ends up with her disappearing with only Okabe remembering her. Madokavibes?
But we do get to see them kiss … a lot so repayment? Awww Okarin really did love Kurisu.
You'd think this was a good ending already, the credits just go-
WTF???? Oh god more plot twists??
Anyway I'd concentrate on what technically happened this episode, and I'm dawwing like crazy. Kurisu ;__________; you will not be forgotten
Rating:♥♥♥♥♥ (PERFECT. Kurisu ;_____;)


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The U.S. Military reconfigures its unpopular presence in Latin America.
Regions / Latin America & Caribbean
Tired of your current job? Want more executive responsibility, good health care benefits, warmer weather? Cuba may want you.
As Fidel fades into history, Cuba again appears on the verge of change. New leadership in Havana may create the conditions for a long-awaited warming in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Mexicans are taking it to the streets, reports guest columnist Katie Kohlstedt, to protest NAFTA in all its forms.
Activist Bryan Farrell expected be put in jail for standing up for the rights of prisoners at Guantanamo. What he didn't expect was 30 hours of imprisonment, the realization that this was nothing compared to those in Guantanamo, and the sense of solidarity with the 82 other activists who decided to stand up for human rights.
Noam Chomsky looks at the increasing power and coordination of the countries of the Global South.
With his preference for diplomacy over militarism, we must neither be naïve about Barack Obama's limitations nor cynical about his potential.
Evo Morales and his supporters have a plan to reform Bolivia, explains Laura Carlsen, and they'll stare down vested interests, international bankers, and even Washington if necessary.
The charismatic populist's positions on many domestic policy issues may warrant progressives' support, but his foreign policy record is decidedly mixed.
The Catholic Church in Latin America is no longer the only game in town.


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Cut away the corners and cut out shapes along the sides. Open the paper on both sides of the staple to form fans.
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WAV & AIFF Tagging
Media Center has the ability to tag WAV & AIFF files. These tags include all metadata and cover art.
This capability is enabled by default in MC17 and above. It was disabled in MC16 and below.
WAV & AIFF tags are written in a standards-compliant way which should not cause problems with other players. New versions of foobar support WAV tagging, for example.
You can enable or disable WAV & AIFF tagging in Media Center by doing the following:
- In the main program menu, select Tools > Options...
- Pick Audio > Advanced > Configure input plug-in...
- Select 'JRiver WAV & AIFF Plugin...' in the menu
- Enable or disable the option called 'Write tags to WAVE/AIFF files'
- Click 'OK' on both dialogs to accept the changes
- Also, be sure to set 'Update tags when file info changes' in Options > General > Importing & Tagging.
Tagging Format
WAV & AIFF tagging uses the ID3v2 tag format for storing their tag data. This is the same format popularized by MP3.
These tags are stored in a chunk at the end of the file. WAV & AIFF files are made up of chunks, and adding chunks is fully standards compliant.
The tag makes no changes in the audio data stored in the file, and of course, doesn't change the bit perfect output nature of the audio output.


text: On this week's episode we chat with one of our fav baes, RON MARION! Ron is a black painter whose work focuses on black bodies and black masculinity. We talk about psychological self-care and the recent controversy over "Open Casket," a white woman's painting of Emmet Till that sparked protest at this year's Biennial in the Whitney in NYC


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Monitoring dashboard
Welcome page - configure your application environment
The Welcome page guides you through System Profile configuration when starting the Client if no tier is configured. Use the step-by-step wizard to configure and connect Agents to your apps. This lets you collect data and analyze your transactions. See Application Environment Configuration for more information.
Once you have configured at least one Agent, the Monitoring dashboard replaces the Welcome page, which is the starting point to analyze the application performance in a specific System Profile.
To switch to the Monitoring dashboard from any other dashboard:
- AppMon 2017 May Click the button on the right top.
- AppMon 2018 April and later Click the Home icon on the toolbar, or click Session Overview in the sidebar.
AppMon 2017 May only
Don't confuse the button with the root breadcrumb drop-down combo box (left top), showing the name of the default System Profile ‐ which happens to be named Monitoring.
By clicking the down-arrow you can select a different System Profile (if you have one; see below) and its name appears on the root breadcrumb.
Monitoring overview dashlets
The Monitoring Overview dashboard aggregates the following types of monitored data that display in the monitoring overview dashlets into one view. This view lets you quickly see your system status and drill down for more specific information.
Transaction Flow
The Monitoring dashboard embeds a Transaction Flow dashlet to show an overview of your environment featuring OMNI-channel (the main entry points grouped by channel (client types) and application), Agent Groups, databases, and external services.
The embedded Transaction Flow is optimized for quick data access and for application monitoring. For advanced analysis and to access all drill down options, use the default Transaction Flow dashlet.
Key performance indicators
The KPI sections below the Transaction Flow link to separate views that provide more detail about each monitored aspect.
- (Active or Finished) Visits: The Visit section shows the currently active visits for live sessions or finished visits for stored sessions and their User Experience Index (Satisfied, Tolerating or Frustrated). See How does UEM work? for a detailed explanation of these categories.
- Applications: The Application section shows the selected System Profile's applications and their health states (OK, Critical or Not Connected) and the total requests per minute of all applications. Click to view the Applications dashboard.
- Processes and hosts: The Processes and Hosts section shows the selected environment's health state (OK, Critical or Not Connected).
Dashboard links
- End user experience: Provides detailed information about the performance aggregated by geo-location, client type and operating system.
- Mobile applications: Provides detailed information about mobile visits, performance hotspots, errors and crashes.
- Web request performance: Provides detailed information about databases, methods, errors, exceptions and response time hotspots.
Click the gear icon at the top right and select the Advanced Configuration from the menu to change the current System Profile. See Edit a System Profile to learn how.
Required permission
To view this dashboard, you need the Analyze System permission assigned to the Management role.
Questions & answers
What is an active visit?
An active visit is a visit in progress, which means that the representative user is actively using your application. If the user has left your application or is inactive for a certain time, the visit is finished.
See also a visit description in User experience management.


text: Glendora Community Hospital was proud to receive the Healthgrades Award for Patient Safety. "The recipients of the Healthgrades 2016 Patient Safety Excellence Award have not only found ways to improve patient safety, but to outperform expectations in the prevention of adverse safety incidents," said Evan Marks, Chief Strategy Officer, Healthgrades. Hospitals were evaluated based on the occurrence of observed incidents and expected performance for 14 Patient Safety Indicators as defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This Healthgrades designation recognizes superior performance in hospitals that have prevented the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. According to Healthgrades, during this study period, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average: 40.2% less likely to experience an accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals. 44.2% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals. 54.4% less likely to experience catheter-related blood stream infections, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals. 50.4% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.


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Trying to write a program that uses the Collection API
I am somewhat frustrated as this is the first Java assignment I am stuck on and cant seem to get moving on. This assignment builds on our previous assignment which scanned a text files' elements into an array. My code for that assignment works fine so I at least have a start. Now our assignment is to take those objects and somehow run them through the Collections Class and test their efficiency. I tried to create an array list but am confused on where in my code I should create it and which loop I should use to add to the collection object. Any suggestions?
Here is my assignment:
Using your WordFrequency1 and WordStore classes and create a new class called CollectionsTest.java that does the following:
1. Prompts the user for the name and path of the BNC word frequency file, reads the data from the file, puts the data in WordFrequency objects and stores the objects in an array called word[]. This is what the WordStore class did. You may reuse it, or cut and paste.
2. Declare three WordFrequency reference variables and set them to the following values from the WordFrequency array:
If you use your WordFrequency class, you will need to add a compareTo() method that sets the Natural Ordering of the class to ascending order by the frequency field. If you use my WordFrequency class, the compareTo() method is already provided. 2 We are storing the data in an array first so that we do not have to read the data from the file multiple times, but more importantly, so that the time required to read the data from the file will not be counted in the performance for each of the Collection classes. The file read time would be so large as to overwhelm any differences in the performance of the Collection classes, and would vary depending on other disk activity occurring on your system while the program is running.
begin -word[0]
middle- word[104327]
end- word[208655]
3. Using the word[] array, for each of the Collections classes (ArrayList, HashSet, LinkedList, TreeSet and Vector) do the following:
a. Create an object of the appropriate class using the default constructor.
b. Using a loop, take each WordFrequency object sequentially from your word[] array and add it to the Collection object using the add(Object o) method.
4. Now we will do some timing on the performance of add(). a. Declare three long variables, startTime, stopTime and
totalTime. b. Around each of the 5 loops created in step 3, place the following timing
startTime = System.nanoTime(); // your add() loop goes here... stopTime = System.nanoTime(); totalTime = stopTime-startTime; System.out.println(totalTime);
5. Now we will do some timing on the performance of searching for data using
a. For each of the 5 Collection objects created in step 3, do four timing tests for contains() contains(begin), contains(middle), contains(end) and contains(new WordFrequency(0, , , 0))3.
b. For each of the 20 tests above, use code similar to the timing code given in step 4, but replace the add()loop with the contains() test.
6. If you run your program multiple times, you will notice that the times vary (in some cases significantly4). Lets average out the times to get a more accurate measurement. Around each of your timing tests, put a loop to repeat the test multiple times (try 100 or 1000). Print the average of total Time at the end.
Here is my code for the WordFrequency Class thus far:
public class WordFrequency implements Comparable<Object> {
String word;
String partOfSpeech;
int numberOfFiles;
int frequency;
* Creates a WordFrequency object.
public WordFrequency() {
this.word = null;
this.partOfSpeech = null;
this.numberOfFiles = 0;
this.frequency = 0;
* Creates a WordFrequency object.
* @param frequency the frequency of the word
* @param word the word
* @param partOfSpeech the part of speech of the word
* @param numberOfFiles the number of files the word appears in
public WordFrequency(int frequency, String word, String partOfSpeech, int numberOfFiles)
this.frequency = frequency;
this.word = word;
this.partOfSpeech = partOfSpeech;
this.numberOfFiles = numberOfFiles;
* Returns the frequency of the word.
* @return the frequency of the word
public int getFrequency() {
return frequency;
* Sets the frequency of the word.
* @param frequency the frequency of the word.
public void setFrequency(int frequency) {
this.frequency = frequency;
* Returns the word itself.
* @return the word itself
public String getWord() {
return word;
* Sets the word.
* @param word the word itself
public void setWord(String word) {
this.word = word;
* Returns the part of speech of the word.
* @return the part of speech of the word
public String getPartOfSpeech() {
return partOfSpeech;
* Sets the part of speech of the word.
* @param partOfSpeech the part of speech of the word
public void setPartOfSpeech(String partOfSpeech) {
this.partOfSpeech = partOfSpeech;
* Returns the number of files that the word appears in.
* @return the number of files that the word appears in
public int getNumberOfFiles() {
return numberOfFiles;
* Sets the number of files that the word appears in.
* @param numberOfFiles the number of files that the word appears in
public void setNumberOfFiles(int numberOfFiles) {
this.numberOfFiles = numberOfFiles;
* Returns a String representing the word.
* @return a String representation of the word
public String toString() {
return "WordFrequency [word=" + word + ", partOfSpeech=" + partOfSpeech
+ ", numberOfFiles=" + numberOfFiles + ", frequency="
+ frequency + "]";
* Tests if another WordFrequency object is equal to this one.
* @return if the other WordFrequency object is equal to this one
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (this == obj)
return true;
if (obj == null)
return false;
if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
return false;
WordFrequency other = (WordFrequency) obj;
if (frequency != other.frequency)
return false;
if (numberOfFiles != other.numberOfFiles)
return false;
if (partOfSpeech == null) {
if (other.partOfSpeech != null)
return false;
} else if (!partOfSpeech.equals(other.partOfSpeech))
return false;
if (word == null) {
if (other.word != null)
return false;
} else if (!word.equals(other.word))
return false;
return true;
* Compares this WordFrequency object to another.
* @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
public int compareTo(Object o) {
return frequency - ((WordFrequency)o).frequency;
Here is my messy code for my CollectionsTest Class:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
* Reads a file of word frequency information and stores it in an array.
*This is the WordStore class from the last assignment
public class CollectionsTest {
* Reads a file of word frequency information and stores it in an array.
* @param args
public static void main(String[] args) {
final int NUM_WORDS = 208656;
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
File file;
WordFrequency[] word = new WordFrequency[NUM_WORDS];
int i = 0;
fileChooser.setDialogTitle("Open BNC Word Frequency file");
file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
try {
Scanner in = new Scanner(file);
while (in.hasNext()) {
word[i] = new WordFrequency(in.nextInt(),
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
//These are the reference variables I was asked to create in the assignment. Im not even sure they are correct and I doubt they are in the right place, any suggestions ??
WordFrequency[] begin = new WordFrequency[0];
WordFrequency[] middle = new WordFrequency[104327];
WordFrequency[] end = new WordFrequency[208655];
ArrayList<WordFrequency[]> word1 = new ArrayList<WordFrequency[]>();
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Currently I back up my personal files using a simple shell script that creates a tarball. It is being run by cron hourly.
I'm planning to switch to incremental backups (I will use duplicity), because this will minimize the data transfer over network.
This leads me to some general questions:
- when making incremental backups, what strategy to choose? As I understand, such a strategy implies creating a full backup, then some incremental backups. At some point, a full backup is made again and it starts a new set. My problem is I don't know how to decide how often I should make this full backup again. If I'm doing backups hourly, would it make sense to start the day with a full backup and do incremental ones later, or is there a better strategy?
- how many full sets of backups should I keep before starting to rotate them?


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As my spending ban came to a close, I was browsing the aisles like no other. Luckily my ban ended just before the Boots 3 for 2 came to an end so I managed to get in on the deals, which I can't complain about. I definitely enjoyed spending some money on what I love after having such a break.
In the clearance of my local Boots, I spotted the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Timeless Black for £2 and I thought it would be a good choice for a gel liner-esque product. For another small £2 I found the Revlon Colorburst Lip Gloss in Bellini which is a milky peach-nude. The other 2 items on the makeup front were a repurchase of the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, and a Rimmel Lasting Finish Blush in Santa Rose as a lot of people rave about this guy, and the colour is stunning and natural, perhaps a new everyday favourite?
Onto skincare, I got another Superdrug Naturally Radiant Brightening Hot Cloth Cleanser as it was on offer for £2.98 and I love this as my go-to cleanser. To prove my love for it, how about I tell you that this is my third bottle of the stuff. On the radiance path, I got 2 items from the Boots Botanics All Bright range. The first was the Cleansing Toner, as the whole 'chemical exfoliant' thang interested me and I thought I would start at the budget side of things. As well as this I got the Night Cream, and on first impressions this looks to me really hydrating as it is so thick, so I cannot wait to incorporate this into my routine properly.
Finally, I got the L'Oréal Studio Line #TXT Volume Supersizing Spray, as I am practically begging for some texture and volume in my hair, and from the first use I really like this, and for a budget price of £3.79 I don't think I could choose any better way to start getting into these products.
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There is nothing sweeter than hearing stories about how difficult customers can be over petty things, yet when they do realise just how pathethic their tantrum was, it cannot get any better. Well that's exactly what happened in this story shared by Reddit user DarklyNear, where he talks about how a difficult customer demanded him and colleague to place a heavy sofa on her delicate wooden floorboard, the story goes as follows…
Back in my ware house days there were occasions where the customer service Manager (who is still a great friend of mine even to this day ) would ask for myself and a few ware house workers to help him re-deliver and re-install a repaired / re ordered sofa for a customer.
The day of the re delivery the Customer Service Manager (CSM) pulls me aside and warns me that this lady is extremely difficult and aggressive.
In this instance she ordered a leather sofa in a high quality leather, paid top dollar , waited for 22 weeks and on delivery decided she didn't like the colour.
Now normally the company doesn't do re orders for change of mind when it comes to choosing the wrong colour… but this lady made such a fuss and complained so much that the General Manager made an exception.
We get to the home and our contract driver is just unloading.
The customer has chosen a MASSIVE three seater recliner with a metal frame and bracket on the bottom.
Normally with the metal bracket comes special plastic stoppers that go on each foot of the frame and each edge of the metal bracket so that no damage will occur to a customers floor.
As we carefully navigate the sofa into this ladies lounge room she starts bitching loudly that us warehouse workers are-
too slow
We begin to unwrap the lounge and this lady is getting impatient. She's bitching to the CSM
"How much longer is this going to take?"
CSM re-assures her that we are taking our time to ensure that the sofa is unwrapped and in perfect condition.
What we also note is this lady has light wooden floor boards… so I immediately move to start placing the stoppers on the floor.
This woman starts shrieking –
"Why is he touching my lounge? Is he BREAKING IT?"
Me – " no miss I'm just—"
Woman "don't talk to me… get your filthy hands away from my lounge "
Me "I just need a few seconds to put these rubber —"
Woman " put my lounge down… NOW!! Or I'm calling the manager "
I shoot a look to the CSM and he just shrugs.
We place the sofa directly onto the floor boards and we can already hear a scrape.
CSM hands the lady his paper work . She signs off on a successful redelivery, and signs off that we have assembled the lounge as required and placed it where she wants.
This lady smirks at us and plonks herself down onto the lounge. There's a scraping sound as the metal frame digs into the wooden floor boards.
We grab all the plastic packaging and make our way back To the store.
Guess what was waiting for us??
A customer complaint… according to this lady we damaged her very expensive floor boards .
CSM shows where this customer signed off on a successful re-delivery and that we assembled and placed the lounge to her satisfaction.
She got exactly what she asked for
Users on Reddit truly could relate to dealing with difficult customers, here are some of their responses…


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Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service collects issues 21 through 24 from the X-Wing: Rogue Squadron series of comics. It was released May 5, 1999.
Publisher's summaryEdit
Wedge Antilles is the premier X-wing pilot of the Rebel Alliance, and his Rogue Squadron is the most feared in the Rebel fleet. But the Empire has its top guns too -- the merciless Imperial 181st Fighter Division led by Baron Fel, the man who trained many of Rogue Squadron's best pilots. Wedge and the Rogues will get every opportunity to test that training when the 181 are dispatched to square accounts with Rogue Squadron, once and for all!
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Collected issuesEdit
- X-Wing Rogue Squadron 21: In the Empire's Service, Part 1
- X-Wing Rogue Squadron 22: In the Empire's Service, Part 2
- X-Wing Rogue Squadron 23: In the Empire's Service, Part 3
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So what does a router do and the easiest way to employ a router. Rout is also a noun but this does not relate to our woodworking router. So maybe my definition of a woodworking router is generally to gouge out or machine out some part of a bit of wood. The dictionary definition of the verb seems to be to rummage or to hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop, gouge, or machine. If one thinks that he might have this 'hidden talent', one way that this is often discovered is by the acquisition of a 'prefab' kit. Those that do check nevertheless that they do they do have the capacity of performing woodworking / woodworking projects and chores themselves will soon become conscious of what amount of money can be saved by doing the work themselves. If nevertheless, one does so and then discovers that she isn't 'cut out' ( no joke intended ) for this sort work, then she or he won't have expended a great amount of effort or cost before coming to this awareness. The individual that does notice that she or he has a 'knack' for it'll very likely desire to keep on in this fun and gratifying spare time interest. This is good for evening out the colour differences in the wood. The second bleach : Is chlorine bleach and is used to take away the dye stains left in wood .The household chlorine we use for clothing is not as strong as the brand used for woodworking but it may be employed but will need a couple of applications.
The 3rd bleach : Oxalic acid is the treatment you need for iron stains and black water rings that are left on the furniture, that the paint stripping didn't remove. After you've used any bleaching process you need to stop the chemical reaction. We all know this wood intarsia art form all but vanished for quite a period of time and was revived by a woman called Judy Storm Roberts. Many of the ideas about intarsia wood that we have today were first recommended by this woman. True intarsia woodworking needs various woods of different colours, the utilization of these colours, grain structure and direction make attractive ornamental footage from wood. No paint or stain is used to change any intarsia wood colour, just wood from various wood species give the different colors. Fixed-base routers are superior edgers, and due to their more correct depth adjustments, they are far better when the depth of a cut must be correct.
There are 2 classes of routers, each with their own benefits. Plunge routers may be able to start their cuts in the middle of wood, as the router bit 'plunges ' into the surface of the wood. This is a good choice if you would rather not have the plunge go right to the fringe of the wood.