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GB Railfreight to bury 'time capsule' at site of new Peterborough office
GB Railfreight and Lindum took part in a joint event on 30 July to bury a 'time capsule' at the site of the new office to mark the next phase of construction.
The time capsule contains a message from GBRf Managing Director John Smith, while Lindum included a photo of the project team and the architect plans for the site. In addition, the team at GBRf put into the capsule copies of a selection of Thursday's newspapers; a GBRf tie and hi-viz vest; photos of all the GBRf staff involved in the project; the latest NOW CD, a compilation of tracks from 2020; a 'price list' of a selection of items at this time in 2020; a copy of the GBRf 20th anniversary photo book – the anniversary of which fell last year; the latest copy of GBRf News, the company's internal magazine; and other GBRf merchandise.
GBRf announced the investment of £3m for a new office and training centre in Peterborough in January having been granted planning permission in December 2019, with Lindum appointed to undertake the construction of the three-storey office building.
Although the opening of the office has slightly been delayed to April 2021, both Lindum and GBRf identified the issues brought by COVID-19 in a timely manner and have safely continued with the development of the site, throughout the pandemic.
John Smith, Managing Director of GB Railfreight said:
"At the start of the year we announced that, to meet increasing demand for our services, GBRf was expanding operations by investing in new offices and training facilities. Today we take another step towards seeing that turn into reality.
"Today's ceremony marks a significant moment, and what a year it's been. When we look back in years to come, we will be able to reflect on what a seismic year 2020 was. Hopefully it will also be the year GBRf truly kicked on and continued to be one of the fastest growing companies in the transport sector, despite the difficulties the UK economy faces at this time."
General Manager of Lindum Peterborough Darren King said work on the project was going well. He said:
"It's great to be here today to celebrate how this building is progressing. As a Peterborough-based business, it's very reassuring to see a power-house company like GBRf recommitting to the city with this kind of investment.
"We are also delighted to be involved in the burial of the time capsule and are grateful to GBRf for inviting us to contribute. One day in the future, it will offer a fascinating insight into life in 2020, which has certainly been a year like no other.
"We have produced a memory stick to be included in the capsule. It includes some information about Lindum, profiles of the project team and an explanation about how this project was affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. It should make for interesting reading one day!"
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For 90-minutes of hilarious stand-up head to Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. This show features both big name and up-and-coming comedians as well as special performances by Brad Garrett himself. Choose from different seating options in Brad's intimate club for the performance of your choice and prepare for an evening of witty observations, sharp jokes and big laughs!


Each season designers at Lagos Fashion Week wow us, this year wasn't different.
Here are some of GQ's favorite designers at Lagos Fashion Week .
For the past few years, Mai Atafo has been a consistent favourite. Season after season, he's brought timeless pieces to the runway. His military-inspired collection this year was outstanding.
As always Rich Mnisi's collection was captivating and we loved it. His pieces were intriguing and outstanding.
Adebayo Oke Lawal's SS19 collection was a stunner. He paid attention to every detail, from print overdose, colour panelling to woven handbags, and fascinating hats. His collection Orange Moon was highly anticipated and it lived up to the hype.
Emmy Kasbit is going to be a household name in Nigeria. He dressed Pime Minister Theresa May earlier this year and ever since then his name has been booming.
This was Jermaine's debut show as a fashion designer at Lagos Fashion Week. He explored his Ghanaian heritage in his collection, with Jason Asiedu as creative director for his show. His collection was true to his brand, soft and charming.


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Q: Not able to import git android project in Eclipse I tried several times to import this git repos into my eclipse and run it as android application, but no success.
Can someone please suggest me how to import it in correct manner.

A: Please try these things:

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*Check whether is a same mane project existing in your eclipse work-space?

*Restart eclipse and then try the same

*Import project as existing android code not as existing project

Steps : Import-> Existing android code into workspace -> Also mark copy into workspace-> Done
If there is not visible option of copy into workspace then probably there is already similar name project into workspace. First delete that and try the same.

A: Try to Clone in Desktop or Download Zip.
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Wendell Selectboard discussing fate of Gate Lane house
The Selectboard is discussing what to do with 40 Gate Lane in Wendell. Chair Dan Keller said the structure "is a disaster" and has been abandoned for years. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
By DOMENIC POLI
WENDELL — The run-down house on roughly 6 acres at 40 Gate Lane remains standing for now as Selectboard members discuss what to do with it.
Chair Dan Keller said the structure "is a disaster" and has been abandoned for years. Ownership was taken by the town years ago due to property tax delinquency.
"It's in pretty bad shape," Keller said.
He said there are talks of obtaining state Department of Environmental Protection permits to burn down the house, a tactic that was previously used on a different structure in town. Keller said there could be a request for proposals for salvage at the site.
"We need to do some legal research on that," he said, adding that the plan is to sell the land at auction.
Jackie Boyden, of the Wendell Board of Assessors, said the house value is $47,000 and the land value is $46,300, for a total value of $93,300.
Keller said the property is difficult to get to, because Gate Lane is a private road that is not well-maintained. He had planned to visit the site Sunday with an attorney friend whom he asked to help assess the situation. He said the two started to walk to the property but Gate Lane was solid ice and treacherous, forc ing them to turn back.
Kelle r said the property in que stion will again be discussed at the Selectboard meeting on Jan. 20.
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Disney Channel regulars Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand have been set to topline The Swap, a body-switching comedy that will be the newest edition to the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise. The comedy is based on the YA book by Megan Shull and production kicked off this week. A fall premiere on the network is being eyed.
The pic, being directed by Jay Karas from an adaptation by Charlie Shahnaian and Shari Simpson, revolves around a rhythmic gymnast (List) with a pending make-it-or-break-it competition and the youngest son (Bertrand) in a hockey family, who's vying for a varsity spot on his school team. Their paths unexpectedly cross, and a simple text results in them actually swapping bodies. MarVista Entertainment's Fernando Szew, Robyn Snyder and Gaylyn Fraiche are executive producers along with Original Pictures' Kim Todd and Nicholas Hirst, as well as Sean McNamara. Ric Nish is producer.
The news comes as Disney Channel today unveiled plans for the 100th DCOM Celebration, a summer programming marathon centered on the airing of the network's 100th original move since 1997 — the first movie was Under Wraps, and the 100th will be a reimagining of the 1987 film Adventures In Babysitting which doesn't have an airdate yet. Things kick off May 27 with a four-day marathon of the 51 most popular original movies followed by encore presentations of these and every other movie in the franchise through June.


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BY PLANE: From Las Vegas Airport you can get a bus to 'BTC Bay #16', and then another on to 'Craig@Las Vegas' before getting a taxi for the final 6km of the journey.
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Walmart, Google make grocery shopping easier with new voice ordering, which launches today
Walmart launches voice ordering for groceries with Google Assistant. The new features starts today, but only for stores with pick-up or delivery.
Walmart, Google make grocery shopping easier with new voice ordering, which launches today Walmart launches voice ordering for groceries with Google Assistant. The new features starts today, but only for stores with pick-up or delivery. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/02/walmart-google-make-grocery-shopping-easier-new-voice-ordering/3334229002/
Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY Published 12:01 a.m. ET April 2, 2019
The company issued a statement on Tuesday promising to have 100 percent recyclable packaging for all private-label products by 2025. Time
Ordering groceries from Walmart is about to get easier.
Starting Tuesday, all you have to do is say, "Hey, Google. Talk to Walmart" and start adding food to your cart. It uses your order history to know what product you mean when you say, for example, "orange juice." It checks that brand, what size, etc. – and pops that in your cart, according to the company.
It works on any device where Google Assistant is available, such as Google Home Hub, Android phones, iPhones and watches.
There's one key requirement that has to be met, though: Walmart Voice Order is available only for customers of the 2,100-plus Walmarts with store pick-up and the more than 800 stores that offer delivery.
Walmart is launching Walmart Voice Order for groceries on Tuesday. (Photo: YvanDube / Getty Images)
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The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is America's largest grocer.
"The more you use it, the better we'll get," Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for Walmart U.S., said in a statement. "We know when using voice technology, customers like to add items to their cart one at a time over a few days – not complete their shopping for the week all at once. So, this capability aligns with the way customers shop."
Walmart's focus on e-commerce continues to be a major focus of the big-box chain. Online sales – fueled in part by groceries – jumped 43 percent in the fourth quarter, which ended Jan. 31
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Turntable Reviews
Spiral Groove SG2 turntable
Brian Damkroger | Jun 14, 2010
High-end audio exists at the intersection of art and science. Either discipline can produce a good product, but it takes both to create the very best. The Sonic Frontiers gear I auditioned many years ago, for example, was technically sound, nicely built, and sounded good—just never as sublime as products from, say, Audio Research or VTL. On the other hand, an experienced, insightful designer such as Quicksilver's Michael Sanders can create wonderful products from humble circuits and parts, but be ultimately limited by the underlying technology. But when brilliant design, uncompromised execution, long experience, and artistry all come together, the results can be staggering.
Photograph: TONEAudio Magazine
The evolution of high-end turntables illustrates how such a perfect merger of art and science can be approached from either side. The Linn Sondek began as a simple design that, while compromised in some ways, was implemented so artfully that sonically it transcended its origins. The original idea behind the SOTA turntable, on the other hand, was to build "a better Linn" by correcting the Sondek's design flaws. The SOTA was a vastly superior design, and, like any self-respecting engineer, I bought one.
Unfortunately, the SOTA wasn't realized with the artistry that had made the Linn so special, and never quite delivered on its promise. The net result was a kind of toss-up between the art-based Linn and the engineering-based SOTA, with proponents of each claiming that their approach was better. The designs and performance of both evolved and were improved over the years, the Linn through more advanced engineering of its power supply and chassis, the SOTA through better execution of its design principles, and modifications that sometimes weren't well understood, even by the designer(s), but that resulted in better sound. And somewhere along in there, I replaced my early-model SOTA with a second- or third-generation SOTA Star.
Does a Spiral Groove begin at the inside or the outside?
Allen Perkins has been designing, improving, and redesigning turntables for over 20 years, and well understands the importance of both art and science. He played key roles in the evolution of the SOTA, first as a frustrated owner working on his own 'table, and later as one of the company's managers. One of those roles was to provide telephone support to customers, which exposed him to even more issues with the 'tables, as well as a universe of users' tweaks and modifications. When, eventually, he was put in a position to influence SOTA's designs, he incorporated what he'd learned into improved versions of the existing models and a new, vastly improved turntable model, the Cosmos.
A few years later Perkins left SOTA to form Immedia, his import and distribution firm. But he continued to design turntables. Some of the SOTA's design elements were incorporated in his new turntables, the Immedia RPM-1 and 2, but for the most part, the new designs were radically different from the SOTAs. One thing Perkins had noticed while developing the Cosmos was that prototype chassis sounded better naked than when hung on springs inside a box. Measurements convinced him that this was because the suspended versions were in constant motion. Ergo, the RPM models eschewed spring suspension and any sort of external box, and the theme of eliminating any spurious movement was applied throughout the designs.
The RPMs began a new design cycle for Perkins. He'd improved the engineering-based SOTA with empiricism and art, and taken it about as far as it could go with the Cosmos. The RPM 'tables were the start of a new line, one that combined what he'd learned from the SOTA's evolution with new, original elements, embodied in an entirely new design. As had the Linn, SOTA, and SOTA Star before it, an RPM combo of turntable and tonearm (footnote 1) served as my reference for a time.
Spiral Groove SG2
The Spiral Groove turntables look similar to the RPMs; as Allen Perkins noted in his interview in the January 2010 issue (p.59), "There are no new ideas in the Spiral Groove 'tables." They do include, however, several refinements that reflect a mix of evolution, new ideas, and more advanced design and production capabilities. The boxless chassis and dense, multilayer construction resemble those of the RPMs, but where the smaller RPMs had a three-layer chassis, the SG2 has five: two thin layers of damping material separating three aluminum plates. The Spiral Groove platters resemble the RPMs', but their structures are quite different. The SG2 platter has layers of aluminum, an impregnated phenolic, vinyl, and graphite; their placement, thicknesses, and even assembly order have been chosen to most effectively couple with the record and drain vibrations away.
For example, the SG2's bearing assembly alone incorporates a number of significant refinements. There are no bronze bushings or press-fit components, both sources of variability and, possibly, unwanted motion. Instead, hardened steel sleeves are used. These can be finished to very tight tolerances, allowing the contact surfaces to be minimized and placed optimally to eliminate any radial movement. Another change to the bearing assembly is that the magnet assemblies used to support the platter's weight have been changed and reoriented based on electromagnetic circuit models, to eliminate stray magnetic fields that might affect the cartridge. The SG2 even uses a different system of elastomer plugs to hang and isolate the motor subplate from the main chassis.
Footnote 1: Michael Fremer reviewed the RPM tonearm for Stereophile in May 1997; Wes Phillips reviewed the RPM turntable in September 1997. —Ed.
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Misconception about one of the albums used
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Page three mentions the use of the album "San Francisco Opera Gala" (London OSA 1441) as providing an example of microphone placement in the city's War Memorial Opera House. In fact, nothing in the album was recorded there; all tracks come from existing recordings in the Decca/London library that were recorded at various European locations and times from the mid-1950s to early 1970s. The disc labels and box identify only the vocal soloists, but the recordings themselves are easily recognized by opera collectors familiar with the original albums from which they were drawn. I've had the SF Opera Gala album since its release and its origins were well-known at the time. I'm also a San Francisco Bay Area resident familiar with the SF Opera and its operations and know first hand that no such recordings were made in the Opera House. The connection of the recordings to the SF Opera are only that the artists included appeared at one time or another in productions there.
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Omaha Public Works Department Assistant Director Jim Theiler, left, stands alongside David Sykora, plant manager of the Papillion Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.
A rendering shows a biogas facility to be built on the campus of the Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility.
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David Sykora, left, plant manager of the Papillion Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, gives a plant tour alongside Jim Theiler, assistant director of Omaha's Public Works Department. The City of Omaha last month finalized a $20 million investment to advance the plant's biogas project.
A look at this months events in the Omaha metro.
The City of Omaha is moving forward with a plan to turn human waste into green energy, and make millions of dollars in the process.
With a $20 million investment approved last month, one of the city's wastewater treatment plants will increase its ability to turn the waste into renewable natural gas, also known as biogas.
The project will allow the city to profit off its biogas production and contribute to the renewable energy market.
"It's a big step for Omaha on climate initiatives and moving toward net zero emissions," said David Sykora, plant manager.
Since 1977, Omaha's Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility has operated in Sarpy County just north of where the Platte River meets the Missouri River.
Simply put, the plant's purpose is to take dirty water and make it clean, Sykora said.
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All day, every day, wastewater from thousands of homes is treated at the facility. The amount of "dirty water" that flows to the plant each day could fill up to 100 Olympic-size swimming pools.
Water comes into the facility through a collection system and is separated by solids and liquids. Both are stabilized and refined to state and federal standards before waste is turned into fertilizer for farm fields and water is pumped to the Missouri River.
Jim Theiler, assistant public works director, compares the process to a "big human digestive system."
"There are liquids and solids the plant disposes of, just like a human," Theiler said.
And there are large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
For years, the facility has used the gas internally to heat the plant. Now, with the $20 million project, the facility aims to capture more gas, refine it and sell it to Black Hills Energy.
In 2021, the plant produced enough electricity to power about 1,000 homes. Through the biogas project, officials estimate that the renewable natural gas produced by the plant each year will be enough to meet the yearly heating needs of 4,000 Nebraska households.
The City of Omaha has approved a nearly $20.2 million contract with All Purpose Construction to build the infrastructure needed for the project, including an expansion and updates to the gas pipeline and a biogas building. Sewer revenue bonds will be issued to help finance the project.
Facility leaders hope to have the project up and running by spring 2024.
Once in operation, the Public Works Department expects to see a profit of $4 million to $5 million annually from the project — making the city's investment back within five years.
The use of biogas as a sellable energy source by water treatment plants has gained popularity in recent years, Theiler said.
The City of Lincoln in early 2021 completed its own biogas project in partnership with Black Hills Energy and has since used the gas to produce vehicle fuel.
Lincoln's project is estimated to generate $2.6 million each year, recouping the city's project costs in just over three years, according to Black Hills Energy.
Lincoln's successful project is an example of what is possible in Omaha, Sykora said.
"To be one of the first places in Nebraska to take this step I think is pretty exciting," Sykora said. "There's a lot of different options that this will provide the city of Omaha. We want to be a utility of the future."
Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of September 2022
Bicyclists ride during a protest of the closing of the Harney Street protected bike lane at Dewey Park in Omaha on Thursday.
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The sunrise bathes the morning commute looking east on Dodge Street from 19th Street on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
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College of St Mary's Jasa Weidel serves the ball against Midland University on Wednesday.
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Midland University, left, and College of St Mary shake hands before playing on Wednesday.
The sunrise bathes the morning commute looking east on Douglas Street from 19th Street on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
People line up alongside a 1931 DeSoto during a preview of Dressing the Abbey, an exhibit with costumes from the TV show 'Downton Abbey', at the Durham Museum on Thursday. The exhibit runs September 24 - January 8.
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Nebraska's Quinton Newsome tackles Oklahoma'sMarvin Mims Jr. ona play in the first quarter on Saturday.
From left: Nebraska students Blake Johnson Skyler Schwaninger, Isaiah Pomajzl, dress as Teletubbies before the Nebraska and Oklahoma game on Saturday.
Kurt Bruning stands in one of his fields of dryland corn near Meadow Grove, Nebraska on Thursday. Bruning said normally this time of year, the corn would be taller than him, but the drought has taken its toll.
Kurt Bruning holds two ears of corn from his farm. The one on the left is from irrigated land, the one on the right is from dryland corn. Bruning says because of the drought in Nebraska, his irrigated corn is the size of what would normally be his dryland corn.
Nebraska's Anthony Grant jumps over Oklahoma defense during the first half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Anthony Grant (center) is tackled by Oklahoma's Billy Bowman Jr. (left) and Justin Broiles during the first half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Oklahoma's Eric Gray escapes Nebraska's Isaac Gifford to score a touchdown during the first half of their game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Nebraska's Quinton Newsome (left) commits pass interference on Oklahoma's Theo Wease Jr. during the first half of their game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Nebraska's Trey Palmer (3) makes a catch for a touchdown in the Oklahoma vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday.
Nebraska's Interim Head Coach Mickey Joseph walks out with the team during their game at Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
A giant American flag hanging between two ladders from Omaha firetrucks is reflected in the sunglasses of Omaha firefighter Bruno Caro during POW/MIA Day at Memorial Park on Friday.
Dr Rudi Mitchell, left, and Pam WhiteBear participate in a wreath-laying ceremony during POW/MIA Day at Memorial Park on Friday.
Jim Meier, bottom, watches as Heritage Nursery plants trees at Memorial Park on Friday.
Nebraska's Madi Kubik celebrates a point during their game against Stanford at Devaney Sports Center on Tuesday.
Nebraska's Lindsay Krause blocks the ball during their game against Stanford at Devaney Sports Center on Tuesday.
Nebraska's Madi Kubik tips the ball during their game against Stanford at Devaney Sports Center on Tuesday.
Nebraska's Casey Thompson looks for an open receiver before being sacked by Georgia Southern's Anthony Wilson, right, in the second quarter at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Season ticket holders Laura Buchman, left, and her husband Ed Duncklee wait on the start of the Nebraska and Georgia Southern outside of Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Nebraska Athletic Director Trev Alberts answers questions about the firing of Head Coach Scott Frost on Sunday.
Nebraska's Marques Buford Jr. (1) makes a catch fo an interception in the Georgia Southern vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday.
Georgia Southern's Gerald Green (4) rushes in the Georgia Southern vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday.
Aurora's Carlos Collazo (2) escapes a tackle by Ashland-Greenwood's Drake Zimmerman (11) during the game on Friday.
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Omaha Gross' fans celebrate a touchdown during the game against Elkhorn on Thursday.
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Nebraska's Nate Boerkircher scores a touchdown early in the third quarter against North Dakota on Saturday.
Doug Larson holds the certificate and flag he was given after he graduated from Veterans Treatment Court at the City-County Building on Thursday.
Creighton, left, celebrates wining the third set over Nebraska at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Nebraska's Bekka Allick prepares to hit the ball at Creighton's Kendra Wait, top right, and Kiana Schmitt, bottom right, in the second set at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
A record crowd of 15,797 watch Nebraska take on Creighton at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Creighton's Ellie Bolton (from left), Norah Sis, and Sky McCune watch the pregame video before their game against Nebraska at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Creighton's Kendra Wait celebrates a point during their game against Nebraska at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Creighton's Sky McCune bumps the ball during their game against Nebraska at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Nebraska's Bekka Allick (left) tries to block Creighton's Kendra Wait during their game at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Nebraska's Whitney Lauenstein (left) and Nicklin Hames celebrate a kill during their game against Creighton at CHI Health Center on Wednesday.
Nebraska players run onto the field before their game against North Dakota at Memorial Field on Saturday.
Nebraska's Anthony Grant tries to escape North Dakota's defense during the 2nd half of their game at Memorial Field on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Trey Palmer celebrates after catching a 31-yard pass during the 2nd half of their game against North Dakota at Memorial Field on Saturday.
Nebraska's Marques Buford Jr. tries to bring down North Dakota's Isaiah Smith during the 2nd half of their game at Memorial Field on Saturday.
Nebraska's Casey Thompson (11) looks up at the replay after being sacked for the second time in the first quarter of the North Dakota vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday.
Nebraska's Anthony Grant fist bumps Walt (right) and Gus Rasmussen after scoring a touchdown during a game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday.
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Amanda Fink wears Husker themed cowboy books she purchased in Nashville before a game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday.
Creighton's Kendra Wait (left) and Kiana Schmitt try to block the ball during their game against USC at Sokol Arena on Friday.
Creighton's Kiara Reinhardt (center) and her teammates celebrate a point during their game against USC at Sokol Arena on Friday.
Elkhorn South's Cole Ballard (5) rushes with Millard South's Bryson Zimmerman (51) on his tail in the Millard South vs. Elkhorn South football game at Elkhorn High School in Omaha on Friday.
Creighton's Keeley Davis celebrates after scoring a point during their game against USC at Sokol Arena on Friday.
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With a friendly new approach to an age-old craft, this book offers over a dozen colourful, contemporary designs inspired by traditional rug hooking techniques for purses, pillows, pictures and gifts, as well as a traditional rug.
Inspired by folk art and primitive art, Carole Rennison shows how easy yarn hooking is, providing hooking tips and advice on how to choose the right fabric, wool yarn and equipment. She also demonstrates how to plan and develop ideas, how to choose the right colours and how to complete the designs with a professional finish.
The book includes a thorough techniques section that shows how to prepare for hooking, the basic hooking technique and how to finish off your work. The projects range from simple to more complex, appealing to beginners and to more experienced crafters. Each project comes with diagrams, a full-colour chart for simple yarn colour reference and beautiful photographs of the finished design that will be sure to inspire. In addition, a to-scale template sheet with all the essential motifs for the designs is included at the back of the book, so you can trace and start your creations right away.


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All storage systems fail, so be ready to recover
When saving data, don't put all your faith in mortal hardware
Any number of bad things can happen to a computer drive: fire, water, buses, cars.
Shaw AFB gets help in bringing lost data back from the grave
The data on those drives can usually be recovered, said Michael Hall, chief information security officer at DriveSavers Data Recovery. But some situations are more critical than others.
"Where we see people really get into trouble is when they put blind faith" into a Redundant Array of Independent Disks, Hall said.
RAID setups used for data storage typically offer large capacity and a level of redundancy to improve the odds of recovering data. But redundancy is not immortality.
"The RAID is an electro-mechanical device," Hall said. "It's not a question of if it will fail, but when. It's like a person. It has a life expectancy," expressed in mean time to failure. A particular system might beat the averages, but eventually it will die.
However, there are ways to protect yourself from a loss of essential data. "The rule of thumb is always have a backup of the dataset on an alternate medium that you verify regularly," Hall said.
Backing up data to a different medium from your primary storage helps ensure that a single incident does not damage both systems. And because it is easy for a backup system to miss some types of data, such as files that are in use at the time of a backup, it is essential to routinely verify that needed data is available in a usable form by conducting test restores.
"For the most part, people do," Hall said, particularly organizations with continuity-of-operations and disaster recovery plans. "Everyone should have that."
For those who don't, there are professional data recovery shops to help you pick up the pieces.
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Taking High Tech to the Fresh Department in 2022
Afresh CEO Matt Schwartz shares how retailers can be smarter in the year ahead By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 03, 2022
"Strategically, fresh is the thing that differentiates a grocer from the online competitor like Amazon or even from other brick-and-mortar competitors," says Matt Schwartz, CEO of San Francisco-based Afresh, a four-year-old tech company offering an ordering optimization system built specifically for the fresh department. And as 2022 opens, the fresh department is decidedly in focus for grocers eager to maintain—or claw back—market share in increasingly competitive local markets. In a recent survey of food industry leaders from Deloitte and FMI–The Food Industry Association, more than 80% of respondents said they're expanding their fresh departments by adding floor space and/or more product assortment as well as adding more fresh-department staff as they look to capitalize on the power of the perimeter in the new year.
Afresh, which Schwartz co-founded in 2017, relies on AI that takes into account on-the-ground variables as varied as weather and local events, in addition to historical data, to help grocers better predict inventory demand in fresh—allowing them to merchandise fresher items and reduce food waste. The company announced in November that it had partnered with Save Mart in California to pilot its solution in select Save Mart, Lucky California and Foodmaxx stores to do just that. In a recent conversation with Winsight Grocery Business, Schwartz talked about the growing realization he sees among grocers that it's time to take a more high-tech approach to fresh.
Christine LaFave Grace: How can retailers be smarter about fresh in 2022, and what should they be paying attention to that might, without deliberate focus, get overlooked?
Matt Schwartz: Just as grocers are investing more physical space into fresh, they're also going to put more digital investment into fresh. Strategically, fresh is the thing that differentiates a grocer from the online competitor like Amazon or even from other brick-and-mortar competitors. They need to figure out how to inject technology into that space to be able to really win and support that fresh strategy. That's exactly where Afresh as a business slots in. Our contention is you need to have technology that's specifically built for the idiosyncrasies of fresh food to be successful in that space. Efficiency in fresh means less waste; it means fresher food.
It seems like there are multiple dynamics at play, even within companies: On the one hand, you've got folks eager to adopt new technologies in an effort to put more AI and data behind ordering inventory management, and on the other hand, there's that hesitation of, "We've always done it XYZ way," or "This is what we know and it's worked well enough so far." What do you see?
Schwartz: A couple of anecdotes come to mind for me. We started this company back in 2017, and I remember when Amazon bought Whole Foods, and I got a phone call from one of the initial customers that we signed that basically said, "I'm ready to move forward." It was really sort of this visceral reaction of, "There is pressure now to change and to innovate."
And then I think the second event I remember was at the FMI Midwinter Conference in 2019 and the CEO of Ocado came in and talked in front of all of the executives about how online grocery is working in the U.K. profitably with robotics, and I just remember this feeling in the room of the executives awash with this sensation of needing to change. I think there's a phenomenon over the last few years as competitors like Amazon and other folks have stepped in with technology where the industry has always had trepidation about innovation in that it's a slim-margin industry; they have to be very careful to not invest in technology that is very risky, but at the same time, with these new competitors that are especially tech-enabled and technology-driven, they've come to realize that they have to innovate to compete in the 21st century.
The market dynamics are applying a lot of pressure into the grocery industry to innovate, which I think is a good thing. And then it becomes incumbent on technology partners like ourselves to really take that call to action and that opportunity to drive innovation and do these great things like reduce food waste and also assume that great responsibility to be trusted and be of service to the industry.
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Home » Country » Nineties hitmaker Hal Ketchum sidelined by Alzheimer's
Beth Gwinn/RedfernsThere's sad news about nineties hitmaker Hal Ketchum: His wife Andrea announced over the weekend he's no longer able to tour or perform because he's dealing with Alzheimer's. &ldquo...
Nineties hitmaker Hal Ketchum sidelined by Alzheimer's
Beth Gwinn/RedfernsThere's sad news about nineties hitmaker Hal Ketchum: His wife Andrea announced over the weekend he's no longer able to tour or perform because he's dealing with Alzheimer's.
"Unfortunately, Hal is suffering from Alzheimer's/ Dementia," his wife posted on his Facebook page. "He has been battling this for some time now, but because of his love for his fans, he continued performing as long as it was possible."
The post continues: "Dementia is an exhausting and confusing illness and now it's time for Hal to stay home with loved ones. Hal is otherwise healthy and happy, enjoying time with his family and friends."
Starting in 1991, the 66-year-old enjoyed a string of hits like "Small Town Saturday Night," "Past the Point of Rescue," "Sure Love," "Hearts Are Gonna Roll," and "Mama Knows the Highway," just to name a few. He was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1994.
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Autocare Centre Chepstow is an independently owned car repair centre based in Chepstow and we're easily reached whether you live and work in Magor, near Newport or Coleford, Gloucestershire (or even just over the Severn Bridge near Bristol).
We carry out servicing, bodywork repairs and MOT tests for privately owned or company cars (diesel, petrol & electric), commercial vehicles, vans, motorhomes & campervans too. Every customer is treated personally, their vehicle is always in safe hands and very well looked after with us and we offer a wide range of car parts replacement & servicing at competitive prices.
We are fully qualified and highly experienced in carrying out MOT's on class 3, 4, 5 and 7 vehicles. What's more, we don't charge any retest fee if we repair your vehicle for you.
We are a BOSCH approved garage, meaning that all servicing carried out on your car is done so to the highest standards.
We provide high quality repair services from small scratches to large dents. All of our repair work including insurance work is guaranteed for 5 years.
Autocare Centre Chepstow is an independent family run garage which has been in operation since 1990 providing quality vehicle repairs, servicing and MOTs to customers in and around Chepstow. The owner Bill Harper has been a time served apprentice motor mechanic with over 40 years in the industry.
As soon as your vehicle turns 3 years old, you will be required to hold a valid MOT test certificate that should be renewed once every 12 months.
We recommend having your car serviced once every 12 months or 12,000 miles – most customers will come in for a service before their MOT to ensure their vehicle passes.
How often should I have my tyres checked?
You should aim to check your own tyres once a month at least, check the pressure and for any imperfections. If you notice anything, bring it into the garage for inspection.
We understand that having a repair or service can get in the way of your everyday life; that's why we have a fleet of brand new courtesy cars and vans to help you get around.


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Tires, On- and Off-Highway
Sidewall Protector Reduces Risk of OTR Tire Damage
The bolt-on Argonics sidewall protector is designed to lessen the potential for sidewall cuts and punctures in such applications as concrete recycling and aggregates production.
Argonics has developed a sidewall protector for wheel loader tires. The sidewall protector uses a proprietary urethane formulation, Kryptane, which was engineered for extreme conditions in applications involving abrasion, sliding, or impact, the company says.
According to Argonics, the special elastic material in the sidewall protector "excels in preventing penetration of sharp objects, as well as in deflecting sharp objects." The protector is designed to change shape under impact, then return to its original shape. Urethane also offers maximum abrasion resistance, says Argonics, "which is ideal for situations where severe wear is a problem."
"The sidewall protector comprises eight integrated segments that, together with a specially designed ring, use 32 bolts to apply to a wheel," says Argonics. "The entire sidewall protector can be installed in about 15 minutes, once the special flange has been installed by certified personnel. The benefit of this design is that it allows easy replacement of just the segment of the protector that is damaged, not the entire shield. Virtually no maintenance is needed other than to re-torque the bolts after 15-20 hours of use."
According to Bob Welker, director of marketing, the patent-pending urethane sidewall protector is in its fourth generation. Currently, he says, the design is based on a 25-inch wheel diameter, but the company is planning sidewall protectors for 33-inch and 45-inch wheel diameters.


Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has re-appointed Michelle Andahl to a four-year term as the Sarpy County Election Commissioner. Her term began Jan. 1, 2018, and runs through Dec. 31, 2021.
Andahl was first appointed Election Commissioner in October 2017 to complete the term of Wayne Bena, who left the post to take a position with the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office. By law, the Governor appoints the election commissioners for Douglas, Sarpy and Lancaster counties.
Prior to her appointment, Andahl worked for more than 20 years as an independent marketing and fundraising consultant for various nonprofit and political campaigns. She also served as a legislative aide in the Nebraska Legislature for three years.
Andahl re-appointed Deb Davis to serve as the Chief Deputy Election Commissioner, a role she has held for 8 years. Davis previously worked in the Sarpy community as a banker.
On Friday, Jan. 12, Andahl will be sworn in as the Sarpy County Election Commissioner and Deb Davis will be sworn as the Chief Deputy.
The swearing-in ceremony will be in the Sarpy County Boardroom at 3 p.m. Judge Stefanie Martinez will administer the Oaths of Office.


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WHERE OH WHERE IS KEANU REEVES HEADING?
At 54, Keanu Reeves wonders if at any point he will feel secure enough to take his foot off the gas and be content to just enjoy his life and make fewer films.
Keanu told the interviewer from GQ.com, "I wonder if this is going to be the house I die in? I never wondered about things like that when I was 40. I haven't really thought about my career future, or what was going to happen, until recently. In 1995, when I was filming A Walk in the Clouds with Anthony Quinn, a two-time Oscar winner, Quinn was always on the phone, checking to see if he'd booked on this or that. I asked 80 year-old Quinn, is it always going to be like this? Quinn said there's this idea that, like, at some point you're going to be set, and then, maybe there won't be so much working on working."
Was it just his mood, or a man who's earned more than $350 million from being in films, not sure what he was achieving.
I wikipedia-ed him. Keanu Reeves has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The New York Times has said he's a good actor. I searched around for sad events in his life and saw that he and his girl friend, Jennifer Syme, had a baby, a still born--their grief resulted in a breakup. Taking pills for depression, she sideswiped parked cars, her car rolled over and she was killed. He postponed shooting The Matrix, expressing his need for peace and time to deal with it.
Although Keanu has revealed that he believes in God or some other higher power, he says his spiritual beliefs are "personal and private."
Reeves gained fame, starring in blockbuster films--the Bill and Ted franchise (1989–1991); action thrillers Point Break (1991), Speed (1994), and The Matrix (1999 -2003), currently the John Wick franchise (2014–2019), with offers for other films pending.
"Money is the last thing I think about," Reeves said when he gave about $80 million of his $114 million earnings from The Matrix sequels, relinquishing his contractual right to a percentage of the earnings from the ticket sales, which added $38 million back into the producers' film budget. Later, he co-founded a company that produce Henry's Crime, a film starring himself, and co-founded Arch Motorcycle Company, which builds and sells custom motorcycles. An avid motorcyclist himself, he's certainly in control of what he does personally, as well as professionally.
At the same time, there's a photo of Keanu sitting on park bench eating alone that was used on news sites, and led to a "Sad Keanu" meme on internet forums. A Facebook fan declared June 15 as "Cheer-up Keanu Day."
Who is this guy really? There's a part of him that's a musician--he played bass guitar for two bands. Keanu, the writer, wrote the text for a book, "Ode to Happiness. As a producer director, he produced a documentary, "Side by Side," and directed the martial arts film, "Man of Tai Chi."
Just recently he created a cancer charity, but didn't attach his name to the organization. He supports PETA, the SickKids Foundation, and Stand Up to Cancer, explaining in an interview that his sister had battled leukemia for more than a decade.
But what he said to the interviewer from GQ.com--"Is this going to be the house I die in..."--that thought and his history tell me that what he's done so far in his life is not work that he loves. He seems to be building a structure where he can affect many people. He reminds me of Danish social critic, Kierkegaard, the existentialist philosopher, who said, "Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart--as long as it stays I am ironic, if it its pulled out I shall die."
The words get me remembering my own sorrows. Anyhow, its good to see that at times, Keanu smiles, even laughs.
Having gathered all this information, I think that actor Keanu Reeves is uniquely, a famous movie star who probably never wanted to be a movie star.
No doubt about it, as this blog shows, I am a fascinated fan....
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Green tea has long been known as beneficial herbal supplement, but its value extends far beyond what most people might imagine. It's a tasty and unique tea that has been used for thousands of years by cultures all across the globe. It provides a veritable laundry list of benefits that make it advantageous for a number of people with different dietary needs. It's also relatively cheap and simple to make. It should be noted that any bottled green tea is naturally going to be less healthy for you because the manufacturers fill them with sugar and other additives. So, stick to natural green tea for the best results.
That's not even a full list of ailments that green tea can help prevent, but it certainly gives you an idea of how powerful the herbal supplement really is. Consider adding it to one of your custom meal plans for the best results.
Of course, for many people, the unique medical benefits of green tea are secondary to the green tea's weight loss advantages. In fact, one test group showed that merely adding green tea to your diet can help you lose both pounds and inches while also decreasing your body mass index. Green tea has also been shown to reduce the amount of excess fluid in the body. It helps expel that unnecessary weight to give you a more slimmed-down figure and promote healthier internal processes.
But, green tea has also been proven to increase stamina during exercise. So, if you consistently use green tea as an herbal supplement, you will start to feel more endurance during your workouts. This helps you increase the longevity of your exercise regimen which, in turn, will help you burn calories and shed more pounds. Green tea also helps the immune system thrive so that you don't have any unnecessary sick days.
Although this list has proven that green tea is beneficial on a number of levels, there are still more area in which green tea has been proven to help. For instance, it has also been shown to reduce stress and prevent wrinkles. In any event, whether you are looking for meal plans to lose weight or you just want to use a healthy supplement, green tea is the right choice for you.
An article published for Greg Martindale, a nutritionist from southern Indiana where he also works as a personal fitness trainer.


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VENOM, DEVILDRIVER: More Tour Dates Announced
British black metal pioneers VENOM will be embarking on the "7 Days of Hell" North American tour in late August. The seven-show trek, which will kick off on August 13 and conclude on August 28, will feature DEVILDRIVER in the support slot. So far, the following dates have been released:
Aug. 18 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
Aug. 20 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Aug. 22 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Aug. 24 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Aug. 25 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
VENOM's new album, "Metal Black", was released in North America on April 4 via Sanctuary Records. The CD was mixed at the Townhouse Studios in London and contains 14 new songs.
VENOM recently recorded a session for the BBC at London's Maida Vale studios. The session, which was broadcast on Radio 1 on April 11 during Mike Davies' "Rock Show", marked the second BBC recording by VENOM since 1985, when they laid down four tracks for Tommy Vance's "Friday Rock Show".
VENOM have lined up a number of European dates during the coming months.


The first and most important thing I want to do today is to thank all of you for being here.
Millions of working people across the world will have celebrated May Day this week, they will have joined rallies and they will have united to celebrate the role of ordinary hard working people in all sections of society.
However, working people across Europe, and beyond, are under attack.
In the same way that we have come here today to show unity and courage, governments across Europe have colluded against the best interests of ordinary people.
As local elections on Thursday undoubtedly showed people across this country reject the savage cuts to local services and reject the austerity that is so badly failing our country.
And hopefully tomorrow, in France, our brothers and sisters there will endorse our socialist friend Francois Hollande and send shock waves across Europe and the world.
Events like these must be about sending a common message to governments who think that ordinary people should pay for the mistakes of wealthy bankers and city financiers.
This Coalition government is forcing millions of struggling families to pay more, whilst it is allowing millionaires to pay less.
It is forcing our Labour councils that represent the poorest areas in the North to suffer the worst cuts, whilst Tory Councils in the South face little or no cuts.
And it is forcing its cuts agenda furthest on welfare, the disabled, the sick and the elderly, whilst it does nothing to promote growth in the economy and nothing to create employment.
We are told that there is no alternative to cuts and austerity. But there is. These are political choices and they are the wrong choices.
How dare politicians now attack our public services as if this is somehow a coherent response to a crisis that started in the banking sectors of the United States back in 2008?
Reforms by Andrew Lansley to the NHS, to allow fly-by-night private health firms unrestricted access to profiteer from public investment has nothing to do with our debts, with cuts or austerity.
Tory reforms, spinelessly supported by the Liberal Democrats, are ideological and they represent an attack on our National Health Service.
Today is about unity, society and about people. And these are the values that are best represented by our public services.
These are the people who teach our children, who collect our refuse, who build our roads, who treat us and our family when we are sick and care for us when we are elderly.
In essence, it is our public services that create and sustain the civilised society in which we live.
The right-wing media and the millionaire politicians of this Coalition government, would have us believe that public services are the enemy. They want to pit private sector against public sector in order to divide and rule.
The real challenge we face is shrinking the growing gap between the richest (who are getting richer) and the poorest (who are getting poorer).
And the only way to achieve this is through tax justice.
If you are on a wage, you don't have a choice about paying your taxes – they are deducted automatically. Yet, if you are part of the 'corporate elite', the richest 1%, and you can afford clever accountants, you can pay less tax than your cleaner!
This country – and the North East in particular – needs an end to austerity.
David Cameron promised that the private sector would 'pick up the slack' and replace the jobs he was axing in the public sector. That has not happened.
We need a new agenda of investment, growth and jobs.
We need investment in our public services, our infrastructure and our manufacturing base.
We need growth in the private sector, balanced across all sectors and all regions, not weighted in the banks of the City of London and the South East.
And we need jobs, for all those able to enter training and employment. This government would rather see generations of people in the North East linger on benefits than invest to create work.
I'm delighted to have been invited to speak here today. We must challenge what this government is doing at every point and at every opportunity. Today is part of that agenda.


If You're Ready To Throw a Great Special Creative Office Party Then Don't Miss 🤘 These 10 Top Fun Office Birthday Surprises Ideas! Recognizing employee or staff birthdays is important for making people feel valued and appreciated in the office. But let's face it if you do not work for a small company. The endlessly of birthday celebrations can be more of a concern than a joy.
Feeling Festive in the Workplace? Don't Miss These 10 Top Fun Office Birthday Surprises Ideas!
We posed this very question to your fellow people and rounded up some great ideas to make birthdays special—minus the hassle.
Many People recommend celebrating office Surprise birthdays on🎊 a monthly basis. "We get to pick up a different cake each🎂 of month", "Each person will put on a party hat🤘 and we all gather and sing 'Happy Birthday 🎂'.
Make it very Special: Let's face it a monthly celebration party can often feel like a common way to get all of those birthdays out of the way in one swoop. these ideas make Fun Office Birthday Surprises Ideas.
Print out pictures🖼 of their favorite celebrities. Hang up some funny artwork along with draft banners and balloons🎈 or crazy fun stuff like minions etc. Leave a gift or🎁 two like chocolate candy in a coffee mug or a bunch of company swag.
Go all out! Some surprise decorations stuff is a certain way to make each employee feel loved.
The idea is💡 to make a video or small presentation that celebrates your team member's personality and unique contributions🎉 to the office.
A. Come up with a list of funny questions to ask a group of📣 5-10 people who know the birthday boy or girl well.
B. Ask each person your questions📖 and record their answers with your phone or video camera. Important – make sure you conduct the interviews separately so that people🔹 don't have a chance to hear the questions or other answers beforehand.🚪 You're going for off-the-cuff responses.
D. Debut the video during a🔴 team or department meeting.
This could be a good option for more introverted employees Even if it's for a token amount (e.g., $25), the employee will appreciate the gesture.
Just make sure it's something they're interested in😆 first before you pull the trigger. An easy way to do that is by talking😉 to your employees directly.
6. Take them out for a meal or🏨 Company Lunch Out.
This might be a good opportunity to🎊 get to know your employee better. Suggest that you take them out for lunch🍷 or dinner at🍾 the restaurant of their choice. Bring along some buddy🎉 too so that everyone can join in the fun🎊.
Some office staff may not😪 be interested in celebrating their birthday😓 at work or office, instead choosing to be around family.👨👩👧👦 Or your staff member just might need a day off to recharge their batteries.
🔋 Maybe, offering a personal day for this once🤘 a year celebration is something employees will appreciate or🎊 make a perfect day.
Each person gets a card, a balloon,🎈 and a treat of their choice.
Make it Special:😉 It's easy to feel like you need to maintain some sort of element of surprise when planning a 🎂 birthday celebration.🎊 But why not explicitly ask that person how he👱 or she👱♀ would like to celebrate?
How do you celebrate office birthdays? Let us know in the comments!
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Q: Scanner and for loop I'm working on a piece of code and I'm trying to initialize a vector. However, the code somehow skipped through the first one and initialized a blank to my vector. Anyone knows why? Here's a snippet of my code:
public class Test{
private Vector<String> vecStr;

public void run(){
   vecStr = new Vector<String>();
   System.out.println("How many strings do you want for your string vector?");
   int numStr = keyboard.nextInt();
   System.out.println("Enter your string values.");
   for (int i=0;i<numStr;i++){
     System.out.println(i + "Input");
     vecStr.add(keyboard.nextLine());}
    }
  }
}

Let's say I input 4, somehow, the code gives me:
0
1
input:
2
input:
3
input:

It skipped the 0 one. Can someone please tell me why that happened? And if I were to display the Vector, it would give me : [ , blah, blah, blah]. How come there is a blank at the first element?

A: Scanner doesn't work on a line basis, but token basis. So, after your first nextInt() (for numStr) the scanner's cursor stays at the end of the input line (not start of next line). Therefore, first nextLine() execution right after that results in empty string. Subsequent calls to nextLine() then works correctly.

A: You can use input stream readers:
    Vector<String> vecStr = new Vector<String>();
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    System.out.println("How many strings do you want for your string vector?");
    int numStr = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
    System.out.println("Enter your string values:");
    for (int i=0;i<numStr;i++){
        System.out.println(i + " Input: ");
        vecStr.add(reader.readLine());
    }
    System.out.println("vector contains:");
    System.out.println(vecStr);


More than 120 enthusiastic participants gathered at the Ericsson Studio in Kista for Drive Sweden's Annual Conference. The number of members has more than doubled over the first year of operation and a lot of resources have been put into project activities within the program.
The day started with a short Annual General Meeting, where Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd was re-elected chairwoman of the Program Board for the coming year.
Jane Lappin, Director at the Toyota Research Institute, talked about their massive investment in automated vehicles, and the challenges involved.
Kalle Runnberg, from Volvo Cars, gave an interesting update on the Drive Me project, the research platform involving the world's first field test involving normal customers driving highly automated cars on public roads.
Presentations were held by several Drive Sweden supported projects, all in all describing a wide scale of activities. The Drive Sweden Open Innovation Cloud being the largest one of those projects, was presented in more detail and it was highlighted how this platform will enable various projects to share data, connect fleets of vehicles etc.
Also during the day, three of Drive Sweden's more recent members, Uber, Uniti and RideCell, presented their "Partner pitches", describing their respective visions for the future mobility. Lewis Horne from Uniti has a clear aim for their electric city car.
"We see three major trends for the future; shared, electric, self-driving, and shared self-driving vehicles could reduce the number of vehicles by 90%". Martin also gave examples of co-operations Uber has with cities and companies, providing different flavors of mobility services.
"Birthdays are always fun, but celebrating Drive Sweden's progress after our first year of operation was particularly satisfying. The breadth of the participants and their energy level, the results that were showcased, and inspiring speeches from our external guests; everything added to this event being a great first year wrap-up, but also a terrific launch pad for our continued activities".


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Dear Dynamite: Please hire these people
Guest started a topic Dear Dynamite: Please hire these people
I saw this post on Jerry Ordway's blog the other day, with comments by quite a few classic comics creators, and I was thinking that it would be great for them to come on board at Dynamite. I'd thought they'd perhaps just retired--I had no idea they were just not getting much work for the "Big Two."
I'd be very interested in seeing what they could do at Dynamite.
I mean, look at this list of commenters on that post, and what they say; some of them are doing a little comics work, some are doing other things, but some are also very under-employed and they all have a lot of talent:
Jerry Ordway
Mark Verheiden
Len Strazewski
Graham Nolan
Chris Weston
Joe Rubinstein
Kerry Gammill
Jerry Bingham
Michael T. Gilbert
I also would love to see Tom DeFalco (he's doing some sporadic stuff for DC, but I miss Spider-Girl so much!), Steve Rude, John Ostrander, more...
Last edited by ChastMastr; 03-09-2013, 05:56 PM.
Guest replied
James Robinson!!
How about a talent that has worked for Dynamite already - Nigel Raynor?
Michael T. Gilbert. I would kill to see a Mr. Monster book again, and he doesn't seem to be tied down with work for some other company (except for his regular feature in TwoMorrows' Alter Ego magazine). Seems like Mr. Monster would fit right in with the whole pulp/golden age character thing that Dynamite is turning into a regular genre.
Gilbert is doing some Mr. Monster over in Dark Horse Presents.
Yes, and Jeff Parker is also writing Batman '66... and Steve Niles has plenty of time to kill while waiting for Bernie Wrightson to finish drawing an issue of Frankenstein Alive, Alive!
I had just written about Masquerade in another topic. I was picturing Swierczynski writing something similar for Dynamite. If Owl indeed will gateway into something of a PSP universal revival, I was imagining something along the lines of Sisters Scarlet.
I'm hopeful that they're all signed up for PSP projects. NickyB once said he wanted to relaunch it with recognizable talent, if I recall correctly.
positronic replied
Duane Swierczynski was on Birds of Prey, eh?
Originally posted by Fantomex View Post
Bleeding Cool: Jeff Parker, Steve Niles And Duane Swierczynski To Write New Comics For Dynamite
I guess the character appeared in Dark Horse Presents a couple of years ago. Did you pick those up? I only found out about it recently so I whiffed on it at the time. I was hoping for a compilation but I don't know of one.
Mr. Monster's anthology appearances are a little confusing. He's appeared in a lot of them, but some stories turn out to be reprints of earlier stories. I really haven't done the research to make a checklist, but I guess I ought to. With DHP, I'm usually depending on them reprinting the shorts in a one-shot standalone issue.
It would be cool if Dynamite could get it, or anyone. Dark Horse seems to be slowly adding to its stable of pulp/golden age characters, with Lobster Johnson, Black Beetle, and Captain Midnight, so maybe they could take another shot at Mr. Monster as well. Seems like he would fit right in with that group.
For what it's worth, let me second the opinion that this would be quite awesome.
Hi Postitronic,
We did approach on Mr. Monster, but it didn't come together.
Hopefully down the line.
Originally posted by tbolt View Post
That would be quite a large staff!
Indeed. If they could only rescue the characters from the New 52, too...
Originally posted by ChastMastr View Post
All of the people who are on a gradual exodus from DC.


6 Nights in Rome & 8 Nights on the Neapolitan Riviera allows you to indulge in all that the Eternal City has to offer before sampling the delights of the Italian Riviera, playground of the rich and famous.
This itinerary gives you the chance to indulge in all that the Eternal City offers which is as rich in culture and atmosphere as it is in history.
The trip gives you ample time to enjoy Rome over 6 nights as it simply cannot be enjoyed all in one day. From Rome, you will have a chance to witness one of history's amazing and shocking stories that is Pompeii before kicking back and enjoying a mouth-watering part of Europe - the Neapolitan Riviera where you will mix with the rich and famous.
Fly direct into Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport with our partners Alitalia.
Upon arrival you will be transferred to the majestic 5 star hotel Savoy - a former renovated 19th century palace. The Savoy is fantastically situated just yards from the famous 'Spanish Steps' and infamous Villa Borghese and is an excellent base from which to explore the history and culture.
Marvel at the unique sites of the Pantheon, the Trevi fountain, Castel Saint Angelo & Vatican City with the Cistine chapel and all its glory.
Rome's historic city is partially pedestrianized, with so much to do on foot, maybe a rest or two in Piazza Navona, people watching while street artist and performers keep you entertained. Maybe sip on some fine wine and enjoy a Pizza, or enjoy a famous 'Gelato' as you make your way to the dominating Coliseum and Roman Forum.
A short walk away is Piazza Campidoglio, with its open air market, offering a myriad of culinary pleasures and cultural mix.
From Rome, we have included a day-trip to the lost city of Pompeii. Sat under the all-intimidating hills of the volcano Vesuvius, Pompeii was lost to one of history's biggest eruptions around two thousand years ago. Witness just how far advanced these citizens were, with their heated baths, laundrettes, shops, bars and restaurants, with one or two places for the adults to be entertained too!
Nearly wiped from history, buried amass millions of tonnes of molten lava, accidently discovered, this is simply not to be missed!
After all the history absorbed in the first week, you really have earned a 5-star retreat.
It's off to the infamous Neapolitan Riviera and the wonderful coastal setting of Positano.
Featured in many films through history, Positano is nestled among the Amalfi coast, where you will be truly pampered here at the deluxe hotel 'Il San Pietro'.
Enjoying a sea view looking out across the Mediterranean, this hotel offers a terraced restaurant overlooking the staggering coastal views, spa treatment for you and a private beach for privacy that you deserve. Simply moving through the quaint streets and piazzas will have you tasting the Real Italy.
Transfer back to the airport for your departure, less than 3 hours before touching down at Heathrow.


Slated for November 23, Black Friday is best known for knock-down, drag-out fights in brick and mortar stores. That doesn't mean you have to line up early in the morning and struggle to get the best deals. Instead, you could turn to a site like eBay and benefit from some good deals from the comfort of your own home.
In an effort to make sure you're fully prepared for Black Friday 7 Sure-Fire Ways to Be 100% Prepared for Black Friday 7 Sure-Fire Ways to Be 100% Prepared for Black Friday Here's how you can make the most of this year's Black Friday online. Read More , we've put together a guide to what deals to look out for on eBay. And like we've said in the past, there are certain things you should buy on Black Friday 10 Best Things to Buy on Black Friday That Save You the Most Money 10 Best Things to Buy on Black Friday That Save You the Most Money Here are some of the best items you should buy on Black Friday if you're looking for great deals. Read More to make sure that you're getting a great deal including laptops, tablets, TVs, video games and consoles, and cameras.
eBay started dropping its Black Friday deals long before November 23. But as is the case with most Black Friday deals, sale items are limited in quantity so something that might have been available at the time of writing could already be out of stock.
Your best bet is to jump on eBay's Black Friday sales page right now and see what you can find. It also appears that the deals will keep on coming long after Black Friday has come and gone.
One thing to note about the eBay deals: All discount percentages are based on the retail price. So, when you find a great deal that's 70% off, you might very well find a similar deal from another retailer, so be sure to do a quick search to make sure you're getting the best deal.
If you're in the market for a new laptop, eBay has some solid deals. Whether you're looking for a Windows laptop, a MacBook, or a Chromebook, you'll find brand new and refurbished options. But when selecting a laptop, be sure to ask yourself if buying a cheaper laptop model is a waste of money Are Cheap Laptops a Good Deal or Waste of Money? Are Cheap Laptops a Good Deal or Waste of Money? Cheap laptops might seem like a great way to save money, but here are some things to consider before you go that route. Read More .
You'll find the full range of iPads, from the iPad Mini to the iPad Pro, in all sorts of configurations including dirt-cheap first gen models, along with Samsung and Amazon Fire tablets, but no Kindles to speak of.
If you pick up a tablet that's great for reading books The 7 Best Tablets for Reading Digital Books The 7 Best Tablets for Reading Digital Books Looking for a new device to enjoy your favorite ebooks on? Here are the best tablets and ereaders available right now. Read More , you'll also want to keep an eye out for the best eBook subscription services The 6 Best Ebook Subscription Services for Unlimited Reading The 6 Best Ebook Subscription Services for Unlimited Reading Ebook subscription sites allow for unlimited reading for a flat monthly fee, similar to Netflix and Spotify. Should you subscribe? Which site is best? Read More .
Among the best deals you can find on Black Friday are the discounted TV prices. Along with TVs, eBay is also offering deals on other home entertainment products like Bluetooth and smart speakers.
Xbox consoles aren't significantly discounted on eBay this year (at least not yet), but there are a few decent PlayStation console deals as well as Xbox and PlayStation games and accessories to choose from.
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The cameras available on eBay are a mixed bag of DSLR bodies and bundles, as well as a few mirrorless cameras, but not as many as we'd like to see.
The Canon Rebel T6, for example, which is also one of the best cheap cameras to buy The 6 Best Cheap Cameras for Photography The 6 Best Cheap Cameras for Photography As good as smartphones are at photography, there are better options. Here are the best cheap cameras for photography. Read More , comes as part of a bundle with two kit lenses, the 18-55 and the 75-300. Now if we're being completely frank, these are not great lenses. The body alone will cost you around $300 anywhere else, but this set will set you back around $400 with eBay's Black Friday deal. If you're just getting started and don't want to splurge on nicer lenses, this might be a good place to start.
Popular phone models from Apple and Samsung are available on eBay, as well as some cheaper brands like Huawei and LG.
If you've been thinking about bringing some smart technology into your home, or even any small home appliances, Black Friday is a great chance to do just that.
KitchenAid 3.5 Quart Stand Mixer: $199 (53% off) For even bigger savings, you can consider the refurbished 5-quart model for just $179.99.
eBay isn't the only place to look for great Black Friday deals. There will be plenty of deals for gamers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. With so many great deals to choose from, you'll definitely want to do your homework and make sure that you are getting the best deal possible.
eBay isn't the only site already doling out the Black Friday sales. Amazon's 2018 Black Friday deals are live all week, as are Costco's Black Friday TV deals and GameStop's Black Friday sales.
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Her Majesty's Ship, Fearless, is sent to a backwater posting to enforce smuggling laws and protect Queen Elizabeth's shipping lanes. While there, the young commander runs afoul of an old superior, uncovers a plot to start a war with the Kingdom, and winds up in a ship-to-ship battle with a much larger and better armed vessel.
If you think I am writing the description of a story set in Elizabethan England describing the battles between the scrappy British navy and Spanish privateers, I think that is what the author wanted.
Much of what we love about the drama of the high seas is included in this novel by David Weber, from the political intrigues that make British drama so interesting to the idea of a ship that seems to be literally held together by the will of a captain.
On Basilisk Station opens a unique sci-fi universe, where faster than light travel is possible by navigated hyperspace, something Weber seems to have researched significantly but is beyond this review.
While the queen is indeed named Elizabeth, she is not the ruling monarch of a small island nation on earth, she is the ruling monarch of a small binary system that has 3 inhabitable planets.
Humanity has spread across the galaxy in the last millennia and the largest multi-system nation near Manticore is The People's Republic of Haven, a hereditary country where most of the citizens are on a Universal Basic Income, called the Dole, and the government has to continually expand to pay for their social safety net.
Because of the physics that Weber creates for the series, space ships that fight in large, 3 dimensional space, tend to actually behave like 18th century sailing ships, so you have a strong, female lead, Commander Honor Harrington, opening the stage for one of my favorite book series.
Even though you should read for enjoyment, I often take away more from a good novel than I do from many more serious non-fiction works and how-to type books.
Commander Harrington is sent to the backwater station the book gets its name from through no fault of her own, but her crew blames her for it. Although she prefers to inspire love and creativity, she has to spend a significant amount of time demanding it because of their own attitudes.
Although she rarely ever raises her voice, she does tend to get very intense. She also does not take excuses or offer them, and her crew learns to believe in themselves when they meet her demands, then they learn to love her as their captain.
Creating a consistent science fiction novel that feels rooted in history.
Introducing a strong heroine who overcomes significant adversity to not only survive but earn the love of her followers.
So often, fantasy and sci-fi novels attempt to do to much. We attempt to create an entirely unique world or just copy the other worlds in our genre. The best writers understand that they have to create something unique and infuse it with as much of their experience and viewpoint of reality as they can.
There is a point in the novel where the crew of Fearless realizes that they are hopelessly out massed and outgunned. But, they keep going.
It is the right thing to do, because they are worried that the ship they are fighting will bring reinforcements if it escapes.
And towards the end of the fight, there is no alternative.
And, the little ship that could does not give up.
If you enjoy space-based science fiction, enjoy a unique universe or are interested in strong protagonists, I highly recommend this novel.
David Weber's On Basilisk Station is a highly engaging and entertaining read.


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