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Champions for Ireland
Irish Champions – ancient warriors, wolfhounds and rain at the Tailteann Games 1924
We heard hearty cheers coming across the water on Friday, when Ireland won the Olympic silver medal in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Final. The cheers we heard were not coming from Rio, however (although there were plenty there), but from Lisheen, the tiny West Cork parish that's just around the corner from us. That's where Gary and Paul O'Donovan hail from. We think they have declared a public holiday there in honour of the two rowing brothers who, prior to this title, won gold at the European Championships in Brandenburg in Germany this year – the first Ireland rowing crew to become European Champions. This success set me looking at the records of Irish Olympic achievements over the years.
The Liffey Swim by Jack Butler Yeats, painted in 1923. Courtesy National Gallery of Ireland
Independent Ireland was represented at the Olympic Games from 1924 onwards. No Irish athletes won medals in 1924 but Jack Butler Yeats won a silver medal for the above painting and Oliver St John Gogarty won a bronze medal for literature in that year. Did you know that between 1912 and 1948 competitions in the arts were part of the Olympic Games? For a small nation Ireland has made its mark in the games: in Melbourne in 1956 Irish athletes and boxers won 5 medals between them – a gold, a silver and three bronze, and in London in 2012 boxers, athletes and a showjumper won 6 medals – a gold, a silver and four bronze. 1996 was a memorable year when, in Atlanta, Michelle Smith won 3 golds and a bronze for swimming.
An original cover from the 1924 programme for the Tailteann Games, an artist's perception of the ancient games and (right) two medals struck for the Games
While researching this information I came across Tailteann Games. The word is pronounced 'tell-tin'. The eleventh century Lebor Gabála Érenn (the Book of the Invasions of Ireland) states that the games were founded by Lugh Lámhfhada, Lugh of the Long Arm – the first High King of Ireland – as a mourning ceremony for the death of his foster-mother Tailtiu. Lugh buried Tailtiu underneath a mound in an area that took her name and was later called Teltown in County Meath, not far from the Hill of Tara. It's perhaps significant that the games took place around the festival of Lughnasa – at the beginning of August. Accounts vary as to the historical periods in which the games were held: some say as early as 1800 BC, while a more generally accepted dating seems to be from the 6th to the 9th centuries AD: the festival died out after the Norman invasion but was later revived as the Tailten Fair, consisting of contests of strength and skill, horse races, religious celebrations, and a traditional time for couples to contract 'trial' marriages. These were allowed under Brehon Laws: couples could meet and live together for a year and a day – at the end of this time either party could end the marriage on the 'Hills of Separation'.
Presumably these photographs are from the 'Opening Ceremony' of the 1924 Tailteann Games held in Croke Park
While the 1924 Olympics were being held in Paris (where Finola's grandfather was a member of the Irish team) a revival of the Tailteann Games was held in Croke Park, Dublin. This 'meeting of the Irish race' or 'Irish Olympiad' had been announced by Éamon de Valera in Dáil Éireann in 1921 to celebrate the founding of the Irish Free State, but the event was delayed because of the Anglo-Irish War and the Irish Civil War. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it was open to all people of Irish birth or ancestry. Participants came from England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, the USA, South Africa and Australia as well as Ireland.
Note the media presence at the 1924 Tailteann Games: newsreel cameras mounted on to motor vans
Tailteann Games were held again in 1928 and 1932. The name survives today as Rás Tailteann, which is an 8 day international cycling race around parts of Ireland. This race has run every year since it was founded in 1953 and has developed into a much sought after event by professional and amateur teams from many parts of the world: it is able to award qualifying points that are required for participation in Olympic Games and World Cycling Championships.
No modern games ceremony would be complete without a fireworks display: (top) this unusual photograph shows the fireworks at the 1924 Tailteann Games. (Lower left) a 1958 poster for the Rás Tailteann. (Lower right) We watched this year's Rás Tailteann on the road to Ballydehob. (Below) Paul and Gary O'Donovan – West Cork lads in Rio on Friday added a 2016 Olympic Silver to their many achievements (photo afloat.ie)
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Mixed Messages says:
There is a plaque in Macroom that may take a small bit of issue with your listing from 1924 – http://readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/t-c-murray-more-questions-than-answers
I still have to get to the library for the Examiner of 1924 to check the press coverage
The O'Donovans were priceless, bemoaning the fact that they were missing the party in Skib 🙂 I was privileged to meet the star of Melbourne '56, Ronnie Delany, during my time in Dublin. A lovely man and still well aware of the good position and respect that that one success has afforded him.
Great shots of the Games in 1924 at Croker.
Thank you Roy. I'm sure there are lots more stories to be told about the games over the years. Great that you have that personal contact.
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Reblogged this on West Cork History.
freespiral2016 says:
You always learn something new in Roaringwater Journal! I'd never heard of the Tailteann Games and I love the first image. I think Skib is still en fete and will be for some time!
Thank you Amanda. As you know, Irish history is chock full of things to be explored.
There is a plaque in Macroom that may take issue with your 1924 Olympics reference – http://readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/t-c-murray-more-questions-than-answers
I still have to do a trawl through the Cork Examiner of the time.
That's fascinating Tony! I've had a quick look through the online records and it is an anomoly. His name doesn't appear as a medal winner – only as a participant. It would be good to unearth more about the story of this Cork man.


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Hagar's instinct was to get back home. She was running back to Egypt. She wasn't looking for God, but God found her. Hagar was fleeing from the trouble, but God was working in the midst of it. What Hagar found unbearable was bearable because of God. God promised to "multiply (her) descendants so that they shall be too many to count." (v. 10) God had taken heed of Hagar's affliction. Life would be difficult, but God was working.
Then an amazing thing happens. Hagar gives God a name. Elroi – "Thou art a God who sees." (v. 13) We have confidence that in the midst of our trouble God sees us.
Hagar's trouble wasn't over. She would go back to her mistress. Sarai would eventually send Hagar away again, but God would be with her throughout the difficult journey.
When God sent his son as a baby in Bethlehem his name was called "Immanuel, God with us." (Matt. 1:23) Amazing! Whatever your difficulty know that God sees. He won't always remove us from the trouble but He will be with us. What better place than in His presence?
Joseph, who was from a dysfunctional family, lived a life of integrity. Several times in scripture it mentions "the Lord was with him". His life was anything but smooth sailing, but the Lord was with him.
The Lord was with him when he was sold into slavery.
The Lord was with Him when He worked in Potiphar's house.
The Lord was with him when he was falsely accused.
The Lord was with him when he was in jail.
The Lord was with him when he interpreted the dreams.
The Lord was with him when he was forgotten by men.
The Lord was with him when he worked for Pharaoh.
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich is hitherto the highest ranking official to be questioned over the dams' saga.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich spent the entire day answering questions in the ongoing investigation into the dam projects in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
This was the second time that Mr Rotich was appearing before detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters to explain what he knew about the controversy-ridden Arror and Kimwarer dam projects.
Rotich is said to have ordered his lunch from a restaurant in the city centre after it emerged that he would take longer than expected at the DCI offices.
The CS' questioning came as President Uhuru Kenyatta reiterated that no one, including himself, would be spared in the ongoing war against corruption. The President told the devolution conference in Kirinyaga that if anyone had any evidence that he was corrupt, they should hand it to the DCI promptly.
Rotich is hitherto the highest ranking official to be questioned over the dams' saga.
The CS is said to have arrived at the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road at about 5.40am accompanied by his lawyer Katwa Kigen to respond to the questions that had already been prepared for him. By 6.30pm detectives were said to have only gone halfway with their questioning.
At around 7.30pm, with the session still ongoing, his lawyer requested that the grilling be postponed until today. He was allowed to leave a few minutes to 8pm but was directed to report back this morning.
The protracted questioning forced the CS to miss the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee meeting, which was held at Harambee House yesterday morning.
According to insiders, the CS was cautioned that whatever he said in his statement could be used against him. He responded to many questions that saw him record statements of more than a dozen pages.
On February 18, Rotich appeared at the DCI over the dams' probe. At the time, he recorded a statement over the matter and it was not clear if he was being questioned as a witness or he himself was under investigation.
Sources say among the issues investigators were seeking clarity on yesterday was why Treasury released money without designs and Bill of Quantity. There were also questions on whether due diligence was done on the projects.
The contractors had told the investigators they used the Itare Dam project as their due diligence and another dam in South Africa to kick off the now controversial Arror and Kimwarer projects. A team was sent to South Africa last Thursday to establish the claims. It returned on Saturday, but we could not establish what they found out.
There are also claims that Treasury wrote to Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and National Land Commission (NLC) to facilitate land settlement for the dam projects. Officials from both KFS and NLC have been questioned, with the former declining to surrender their land.
The Arror and Kimwarer projects are being undertaken by the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA), a body established in 1979 to plan, coordinate and implement integrated river-based development programmes in the Kerio Valley basin. When completed, Arror Dam is expected to produce more than 60 megawatts while Kimwarer will produce 20 megawatts.
Last week, KVDA Managing Director David Kimosop and several board members of the State corporation were questioned by the DCI. KVDA, which contracted Italian companies CMC Di Ravenna and Itinera for the projects, is at the centre of investigations into allegations of payment of kickbacks to officials.
KVDA procurement boss William Maina Kiprotich, and the authority's engineer Paul Serem were also questioned.
The authority has maintained that only Sh7.8 billion was paid for the project while DCI says their probe shows up to Sh20.5 billion has been released for the dam projects so far.
This includes Sh6.3 billion mobilisation funds. Investigators believe Sh4 billion of the amount was used to pay kickbacks to various parties.
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Rotich was also asked why Treasury went against the advice of the Attorney General and signed a deal with a company that is now grappling with financial difficulties.
DCI George Kinoti said the investigation was ongoing and that all those mentioned would get a fair chance to explain their roles.
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Arror Dam was set to cost Sh38.5 billion while Kimwarer had a Sh28 billion budget.
The projects were to be a joint venture between KVDA, CMC Di Ravena and Itinera of Italy.
CMC Di Ravena is said to have filed for bankruptcy in Italy.
A part from boosting food security, the dams were expected to provide clean water to households in the county and neighbouring Uasin Gishu.


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Automation found its first regression for Fennec!
Yesterday I noticed our Mochitest-1 test was orange (since Nov 17th…still need to train others to watch the results), so I spent a few minutes looking into it and it turned out to be a regression (which was promptly fixed by the mobile guys!) I know automation has uncovered errors in the past, but this is the first time we have had automation that was truly green for a week (we just turned it on) and then turned orange as the result of a unfriendly patch.
I have been working on a project to get mochitests running on a build of Fennec + electrolysis. In general, you can follow along in bug 567417.
One of the large TODO items in getting the tests to run is actually fixing the tests which use UniversalXPConnect. So my approach was to grep through a mochitest tests/ directory for @mozilla and parse it out. With a few corner cases, this resulted in a full list of services we utilize from our tests (here is a sorted list by frequency 76 total services.) Cool, but that didn't seem useful enough. Then I took my work that I have done for filtering (the json file) and cross referenced that with my original list of tests that use UniversalXPConnect.
Now I have a list of 59 services which all should pass in Fennec (a mozilla-central build from 2 weeks ago on n900) along with the first filename of the test which utilizes that services!
What else would be useful?
One project which I am working on is getting mochitests to run in fennec + electrolysis. Why this is a project is we don't allow web pages to access privileged information in the browser anymore. Mochitests in the simplest form use file logging and event generation.
The communication channel that is available between the 'chrome' and 'content' process is the messageManager protocol. There are even great examples of using this in the unit tests for ipc. Unfortunately I have not been able to load a normal web page and allow for my extension which used messageManager calls to interact.
I think what would be nice to see is a real end to end example of an extension that would demonstrate functionality on any given webpage. This would be helpful to all addon authors, not just me:) If I figure this out, I will update with a new blog post.
In many of my previous posts, I outlined methods for running tests remotely and that has proven to be very useful. In order to test this code and continue developing it (without windows mobile or a working android build yet), I have developed a simple python test-agent that can run on a linux box (including n900.) If you are curious, check it out and watch tests run remotely…it is pretty cool.
So the real problem I need to solve is how to not run a list of tests on a mobile device. Solving this could get us to green faster and reduce the mochitest runtime in half!
In 2008 my solution was Maemkit. Maemkit is just a small wrapper around the python test runner scripts that does some file (renaming) and directory (splitting into smaller chunks) manipulation to allow for more reliable test runs. This has worked great and still works. Enter remote testing and we need to hack up Maemkit a lot to accommodate for everything. In addition a lot of the work maemkit does is already in the test runners.
You can see I now can run or skip tests that are tagged 'orange' or 'timeout'. Better yet, I can skip tests with fennec-results that match fail > 0 if I want everything to be green.
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Xpcshell: this is pretty straightforward. I don't see any problems running this end to end as the harness by design only runs one case at a time. As a note, this is the only test harness that copies over the test files to the phone.
sutagent: this is actually the backbone of these tests. This tool runs on the phone and has come a long way over the last few months. This agent is a product of blassey and bmoss. The next steps here are to get the code checked into one of our source trees.
There are a few things we want to clean up, but overall we are at a great milestone on this project and ready to start rolling this out.


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Q: Get CRAN R package versions of specific date Is there an easy way to get a list with CRAN packages and their versions for a specific date?
E.g. code like this:
package_versions(packages = c("data.table", "lubridate"), date = "2018-01-01")

# Output
tribble(~package,     ~version,
        "data.table", "1.10.4-3",
        "lubridate",  "1.7.1")

One idea would be to set a checkpoint to a specific date and then use something like packageVersion. But I wonder if there is some simpler way without the need to install all those packages. Maybe scraping https://mran.microsoft.com/timemachine?

A: Try it:
pack_version <- function(pack_list,date){
  require(rvest)
  myfunc <- function(x=pack_list,){
     url<-paste0("https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/", date,"/web/packages/", x, "/index.html")
     webpage <- read_html(url)
     table <- html_nodes(webpage, xpath='//td')
     html_text(table)[2]
}
  sapply(pack_list, myfunc, date=date)
}

pack_list <- c("ggplot2", "abind")
date <- "2016-08-01"
pack_version(pack_list, date)

  ggplot2   abind
  "2.1.0" "1.4-5"

A: Not really an answer but this could help.
library(versions)

#---- try:
x <- available.versions(c("lubridate", "data.table"))

#---- if you get an error with the above line, do:
# save the current locale
lct <- Sys.getlocale("LC_TIME")
# set the C locale
Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", "C")
# now this should work
x <- available.versions(c("lubridate", "data.table"))
# restore the locale
Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", lct)

> x
$lubridate
   version       date available
1    1.7.4 2018-04-11      TRUE
2    1.7.3 2018-02-27      TRUE
3    1.7.2 2018-02-06      TRUE
4    1.7.1 2017-11-03      TRUE
5    1.6.0 2017-11-02      TRUE
6    1.7.0 2017-10-29      TRUE
7    1.5.6 2016-04-05      TRUE
8    1.5.0 2015-12-02      TRUE
9    1.3.3 2013-12-31      TRUE
10   1.3.2 2013-12-05     FALSE
11   1.3.1 2013-10-31     FALSE
12   1.3.0 2013-09-20     FALSE
13   1.2.0 2012-10-04     FALSE
14   1.1.0 2012-03-05     FALSE
15   0.2.6 2012-01-10     FALSE
16   0.2.5 2011-05-12     FALSE
17   0.2.4 2011-04-05     FALSE
18   0.2.3 2010-12-09     FALSE
19   0.2.2 2010-11-17     FALSE
20   0.2.1 2010-11-03     FALSE
21     0.2 2010-10-26     FALSE
22     0.1 2010-08-15     FALSE

$data.table
    version       date available
1    1.11.4 2018-05-27      TRUE
2    1.11.2 2018-05-08      TRUE
3    1.11.0 2018-05-01      TRUE
4  1.10.4-3 2017-10-27      TRUE
5  1.10.4-2 2017-10-12      TRUE
6  1.10.4-1 2017-10-09      TRUE
7    1.10.4 2017-02-01      TRUE
8    1.10.2 2017-01-31      TRUE
9    1.10.0 2016-12-03      TRUE
10    1.9.8 2016-11-25      TRUE
11    1.9.6 2015-09-19      TRUE
12    1.9.4 2014-10-02      TRUE
13    1.9.2 2014-02-27      TRUE
14   1.8.10 2013-09-03     FALSE
15    1.8.8 2013-03-06     FALSE
16    1.8.6 2012-11-13     FALSE
17    1.8.4 2012-11-09     FALSE
18    1.8.2 2012-07-17     FALSE
19    1.8.0 2012-07-16     FALSE
20   1.7.10 2012-02-07     FALSE
21    1.7.9 2012-01-31     FALSE
22    1.7.8 2012-01-25     FALSE
23    1.7.7 2011-12-15     FALSE
24    1.7.6 2011-12-13     FALSE
25    1.7.5 2011-12-04     FALSE
26    1.7.4 2011-11-29     FALSE
27    1.7.3 2011-11-25     FALSE
28    1.7.2 2011-11-07     FALSE
29    1.7.1 2011-10-22     FALSE
30    1.6.5 2011-08-25     FALSE
31    1.6.6 2011-08-25     FALSE
32    1.6.4 2011-08-10     FALSE
33    1.6.3 2011-08-04     FALSE
34    1.6.2 2011-07-02     FALSE
35    1.6.1 2011-06-29     FALSE
36      1.6 2011-04-24     FALSE
37    1.5.3 2011-02-11     FALSE
38    1.5.2 2011-01-21     FALSE
39    1.5.1 2011-01-08     FALSE
40      1.5 2010-09-14     FALSE
41    1.4.1 2010-05-03     FALSE
42      1.2 2008-09-01     FALSE
43      1.1 2008-08-27     FALSE
44      1.0 2006-04-14     FALSE

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Take the B72 exit at Tasmanian Alkaloids and turn left. Continue past Culzean gardens, over the railway line and onto the town's main intersection with B54. This intersection has a Service Station on one corner, a Pub (Hotel) on another and a beautiful stone church on the corners of William Street. Drive over the intersection and continue down William Street, past the Supermarket and Post Office. The Westbury Gingerbread Cottages are just before the next intersection, on the right hand corner.
If you choose to travel West from Launceston on the old picturesque highway (B54), continue into the township on the old Meander Valley Road until you reach the town's main intersection. This intersection has a Service Station on one corner, a Pub (Hotel) on another and a beautiful stone church on the opposite corner. Turn left here, into William Street. Continue down William Street, past the Supermarket and Post Office. The Westbury Gingerbread Cottages are just before the next intersection, on the right hand corner.
It is a 40 minute drive South East from Devonport. You will take the Bass Highway exit (B72) at Tasmanian Alkaloids and turn right. Continue past Culzean gardens, over the railway line and onto the town's main intersection with B54. This intersection has a Service Station on one corner, a Pub (Hotel) on another and a beautiful stone church on the corners of William Street. Drive over the intersection and continue down William Street, past the Supermarket and Post Office. The Westbury Gingerbread Cottages are just before the next intersection, on the right hand corner.
If you approach Westbury from the West on the picturesque old highway, cross over the bridge into the township. Take the second turning on the right at the intersection with the Service Station, stone church and Pub (Hotel). Turn right at this intersection and continue down William Street, past the Supermarket and Post Office. The Westbury Gingerbread Cottages are just before the next intersection, on the right hand corner.


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Jesús Huguet Enguita (València, 1976) és un dissenyador, il·lustrador i dibuixant de còmics valencià.

Fill de Jesús Huguet Pascual i criat en Alberic, Huguet es llicencià en belles arts en la Universitat Politècnica de València, on formà part del col·lectiu 7 Monos i publicà les sèries El mapa de seda i Les Hussards; més tard, durant una estada a l'Argentina es decantà per la il·lustració editorial i fundà un taller de disseny batejat Estudio 55, abans de treballar per a l'Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua com a creador de còmics sobre escriptors valencians, i també editorials com Camacuc, Bromera, Tàndem o Norma.

L'any 2016 fon «artiste resident» de l'Orfeó Universitari de València, per la qual cosa dissenyà el cartell i el programa de mà del concert nadalenc.

Huguet ha compartit estudi amb el dibuixant Jordi Bayarri i l'editor Joseba Basalo.

Obra publicada

Referències

Alberiquers
Dibuixants de còmics de València
Il·lustradors de València
Dissenyadors gràfics de València
Artistes de la Ribera Alta


A friend sent me an email that led to a video of Billy Bass hacked with Alexa. I couldn't stop laughing, and thought it would make a great next project. However, I tried to locate a tutorial associated with the video with no luck. There was a write up on a Teddy Ruxpin/Alexa hack that held the first clue - a sound sensor that was taped onto Alexa that triggered the mouth when Alexa spoke. Some more Googling led to this video by Maker Project Lab and subsequent comments, which had some helpful links, including that of the internal mechanics of Billy Bass. There was also somewhat of a challenge issued to do this project on that Maker video, so... challenge accepted :) . Although there have been other hacks done, this is my hack which is a little bit different than what I have seen so far.
I really wanted to use a Raspberry Pi and an instance of Alexa installed on the Raspberry Pi rather than commandeer my Echo Dot. My project ended up using: 1) A Raspberry Pi with an Adafruit Motor HAT to drive the mouth and head, 2) Alexa installed on the Raspberry Pi, 3) the speaker inside Billy Bass for Alexa and 4) the battery pack inside Billy Bass to power both the Billy Bass Speaker and Motors. A sound sensor taped down on the speaker inside Billy Bass provided the triggers to move the mouth and head when Alexa spoke. Everything but the Pi fit neatly into Billy Bass and I drilled a hole in the back to thread the wires out to the Raspberry Pi. I also remixed/made a 3D printed case to house the Raspberry Pi and Motor HAT.
I wrote a short python script that reads the sound sensor that is taped onto the speaker. When the sound goes above a certain threshold, the head will lift, and the mouth will move. It moves in time with the words pretty well if the threshold it adjusted correctly. It should be pretty easy to add in some code for the tail as well, but I was OK with just these movements for now.
Although I got a lot of supplies from Adafruit, similar items are available from other outlets and manufacturers - I like to support Adafruit because of all their great tutorials and project ideas. This also assumes that the Raspberry Pi has already been loaded up with the latest version of Raspbian (not the light version as a browser is needed to activate Alexa) and that all the normal accessories are available for it - sd card, power, wifi, etc. An audio jack is needed so a Pi Zero won't work unless some mods are made to it.
This tutorial was helpful for me in gutting Billy Bass. Basically, I unscrewed the back and cut all the wires. As I cut, I made sure I left enough wire in case I wanted to reuse them. There was also a little circuit board screwed down on the inside that I cut all the wires from and discarded. The stuff I re-purposed for this project were the motors, speakers, battery pack and the motion sensor on/off switch in the back (but not the actual motion sensor). I had two motors in my Billy Bass. One motor was used to drive the mouth, and the other motor was used to drive the head and tail, depending on which way the motor is ran. If you have a Billy Bass with three motors (head, tail and mouth) this project should still work with a couple tweaks.
I had an Adafruit Motor HAT from a previous project so I decided to use it to drive the motors. The Motor HAT fits right on top of the Raspberry Pi and can drive up to four DC motors. Adafruit has a nice Python library to drive the motors, and since Python is my programming language of choice, this made it an easy choice for me.
If it's wired up correctly, when the motion sensor switch is on, the Motor HAT LED will light up green like the picture above.
I wrote a little script, MotorCheck.py to test the motors once they were hooked up. The head and mouth should move when the script runs. If the tail does, it simply requires switching the wires in Motor HAT terminal 1.
I decided to install Alexa on the Raspberry Pi rather than use my Echo Dot. Alexa needs a speaker so you can hear her talking. Since the Raspberry Pi doesn't have a speaker, I decided to re-purpose the Billy Bass speaker for Alexa's voice. In order to do this, I used a Class D Audio Amplifier - Max9744 from Adafruit. This let me connect the headphone jack from the Rasbperry Pi and route the audio to the raw speaker inside Billy Bass. Although there were other amplifiers available, I choose the Max9744 because it was small, and can take 5 Volts, which the internal Billy Bass battery pack is capable of supplying.
I needed a way to "trigger" the mouth and head when Alexa talked. As I mentioned before, I saw a picture from this Teddy Ruxpin write up that showed a sensor taped onto the top of an Echo. After seeing this, I wanted to write a python script that monitored a sensor taped down to the Billy Bass speaker. When it detected Alexa talking, the python script would turn on the mouth and head motors for Billy Bass.
The first sound sensor I tried was this red one from Atomic Market. I choose it because it had a Digital Out pin which would be relatively easy to hook up to one of the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins. I could not seem to get the sensor dialed in correctly. It was either extremely sensitive and triggered all the time, or nothing at all. I could not get it to work as I wanted. Maybe you'll have more luck?
I wrote a python script, SensorCheck.py that will test the sensor by outputting the sound values. The sensor is not meant to hear noise on the other side of the room, which makes it perfect for responding to noise coming just from the Billy Bass speaker which it will be taped onto.
Installing Alexa on the Raspberry Pi was super easy and free. I followed the detailed instructions on the Amazon Alexa github page. The micro USB microphone suggested on the Github page was OK, but I kinda had to shout to get Alexa to hear me. I also had to trouble shoot it to get it to work by editing the asoundrc file. I had a Playstation Eye microphone laying around that I thought worked better. Although it's a bit bigger and bulkier, it worked right off the bat, and I didn't have to shout. Once Alexa was up and running , the next step was to get the Billy Bass mouth to sync with her voice.
The BillyBass.py python script is responsible for monitoring the sound sensor, moving the mouth and lifting the head when it hears Alexa speak. The sensitivity level can by adjusted in the script by changing the variable SENSITIVITY. If the mouth seems to lag or not move, the sensitivity may need to be adjusted up (IE - moved from 900 to 1000). If the mouth is moving like crazy, the sensitivity needs to be adjusted down (IE - from 1000 to 800). I found that I had to play around with this until I found just the right setting to sync the words and mouth movement.
It was a little tricky getting the head to pop up and stay up as the head needs be lifted when Alexa is quite and listening to the user's request. I set a timeout feature that will raise the head when it first hears sound (IE, the trigger word "Alexa"), then starts counting the number of loops while it's quite. After its been quite for a certain amount of time (loops), the head lowers. This value can be adjusted with the variable HEAD_PAUSE. If it's too low, the head will move back down while you are still talking to the fish - to high and his head will remain up for a long time after Alexa is done talking. Once again, trial and error helped find the correct value.
On a side note, after I got everything put back into Billy Bass and was testing it, the fish head kept bouncing back and forth against the back board even though nothing was being said. I kept thinking to myself "Quit hitting yourself, Quit hitting yourself". It turned out that each time the head lowered it knocked the board hard enough to register a noise on the sound sensor causing the head to pop back up again. This was fixed easily enough in the code by having the script sleep for a few seconds while the head lowered before checking for sensor values.
When everything was working as wanted, I put all the components except for the Raspberry Pi back into the Billy Bass housing. I drilled a hole to thread the wires through that needed to be plugged into the Pi and the switch on the back can be used to turn the motors and speakers on/off.
Now I can ask Billy Bass to add items to my shopping list, tell me jokes and add items to my shopping list. Who wouldn't want that?
I would like to get the script to start and stop based on the Alexa wake word. This will make it less likely to respond when it hears ambient noise or voices.
I noticed some feedback from the motors over the speakers. Switching the motors to their own power supply fixes this. I probably need to do some better wiring to stop the feedback.
great blog with useful information...thanks for sharing..
So then would this work with technically any audio source like google home?
Does Alexa work with Spotify? When this article was made, third party apps weren't allowed until update came out for Alexa/ raspberry pi. I found a similar project that had Spotify, but I'm wondering if any trouble came to playing Spotify.
This is an awesome write up, thanks for sharing! I saw another billy bass where an Arduino was connected directly to the existing motor driver in Billy. Did you try this approach at all? Without analog on the RPi though I guess you still need more hardware regardless.


We waste a lot of time and money every year on gym memberships, travel time, gas. You can save a lot of time and money by assembling a home gym - and this investment will likely pay off in just two years of regular use. Here are a variety of home gym setups you can use, from a barebones to advanced setup. I also cover the best travel workout equipment.


How can we use technology and social networks to provide patients and their families with support anytime, anywhere?
Christo El Morr specializes in the relatively new study of informatics. He investigates how to use information communication technologies and virtual communities in the health sector to provide better service and improved outcomes for patients – leading to efficiencies in the health system. In particular, he explores ways that technology can connect patients and doctors and help keep patients healthy while away from hospital.
Communication plays a role in friendships, romantic relationships, and the relationships between doctors and patients. Through my work, I strive to find ways to improve and simplify communication so that we better understand one another. While you obviously need to be compassionate and have empathy on a basic level, technology can facilitate improved communication. When that communication is between patients and health care providers, research can have a tangible impact on people's lives.
I've always disliked dealing with machines and computers, but not when they can help people. I love the impact they have on human lives and experiences.
Right now, information about patients is generated when they go to a doctor's office, a clinic, or the hospital. But we have no health information from their daily lives, outside of the realm of care. Filling this gap will help by providing information to healthcare providers that will be more accurate than memories or assumptions. It will also enable patients to take more responsibility for monitoring their health.
At North York General Hospital, where I'm appointed as a Research Scientist, we are assessing a tool that the hospital uses to predict patients at risk of readmission. Our assessment will provide the hospital with evidence about the tool's impact and, consequently, assist them to make an informed decision in terms of resource allocation of staff and support for the tool's use going forward. This will help the hospital in better serving its' patients upon discharge, which have a major impact on patient care.
My biggest accomplishment is the virtual community we have created with the company forahealthyme.com and St. Michael's Hospital that allows doctors to telemonitor their patients with Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) while they're away from the hospital. The virtual community enables, for example, CKD patients to enter their blood pressure from home, and creates graphs that show change in blood pressure over time for the doctors to see and monitor. This will help the nephrologist do something that isn't possible today: monitor variations in patients' health indicators over time while patients are outside the hospital, and make a more informed decision about their patient's health.
In some hospitals, there is a big gap around research. They have lots of data, but little time or resources to analyze it and identify ways to change and improve. I want to play a role in connecting the university to hospitals. Professors love problems and can solve them, and hospitals have problems that need solving.
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED! You can help advance Canadian health research by being a participant in one of the many important research studies happening in our Faculty. Learn more about the health research currently recruiting participants.
From time to time, our researchers seek volunteers or hire staff to work on their research projects. Learn more about research employment and volunteer opportunities.


The water dynamics of the upper part of the Gulf of Nicoya were studied under high discharges of the Tempisque river. The salinity values close to freshwater found north of Chira island are the lowest reported for this lone. and have importance in mariculture planing. A salinity gradient is developed during low tide, indicating a strong stratification in the inner Gulf. High freshwater river discharge is coup led with an upstream bottom flow (sail wedge) that reacher; the head of the estuary. Under high river discharges, surface and bottom salinity values are correlated with depth, where vertical shear and tidal pumping must explain the high salinity values found in the bottom inward flow. A fish distribution pattern is proposed based on the observed salinity distribution and some field data. Salinity gradients appear to influence the concentration of fish in several relatively deep areas in the inner Gulf of Nicoya.


Would you like to have some free help resume writing? You have to create an excellent resume if you want to get a great job. There are so many job candidates vying for the same position that you want. You have to ensure your credentials are presented to employers in a way that reveals your ability to at least meet their expectations - and hopefully even exceed them.
When you realize how many resumes employers have to sift through, you begin to appreciate how excited they get when someone sends them a well-written job resume. It's your job to get the employer excited about YOUR employment resume.
Review these awesome resume tips and make sure your resume is the hiring manager's dream resume.
Do not think simply in terms of duties and responsibilities. You must also demonstrate accomplishments from your job history.
Choose items from your work experience which show the employer that you can handle the tasks associated with the job for which you are applying. If your work experience is limited, include volunteer work, part-time jobs, and/or positions you have held in organizations (such as non-profits or college groups).
Be consistent in your use of tense-specific statements (i.e. prepared, designed, and created).
You want a resume that is bold and stands out, but not so much that it makes the hiring manager wary. Be professional and conservative in your approach. Too much good stuff may show that you are over-qualified for the position - OR - signal to the resume screener that you might be lying.
You want to use active language. Bolster your resume with action verbs to show the employer that you are achievement-oriented and that you take initiative. Employers are looking for people who can get the job done with as little training and as little oversight as necessary. Describe how you are able to get the job done.
The length of your resume is important. Resumes should be no more than 2 pages long. Hiring managers do not have the time to spend reading anything longer than that. Also, don't go beyond the past 10 years unless you have a good reason for doing so, such as a career change to something you did previously or some valuable work experience that clearly relates to the position you are seeking.
The overall appearance of your resume is can make a big difference. Keep everything aligned neatly and allow some room for white space. Hiring managers have to read a lot of resumes and their eyes get tired, too. Be consistent and ensure your layout flows nicely.
Use a high quality printer to generate copies of your resume.
Do not use wild colors, cute graphics, or odd colored paper. Nothing will rule you out faster than not adhering to the norms of resume writing.
Proofread everything, even your contact information. It would be a shame to have a great resume and a typo in your phone number.
If you want a hiring manager to take more than 30 seconds to review your resume, you have to be willing to put in enough time creating it to make it a worthwhile read. When you follow the resume tips listed above, you will stand a much better chance of creating a resume that gets read from top to bottom. More importantly, you are more likely to get a call for an interview.
If you spend some time on this, you should easily come up with a list of from 40 to 80 relevant keywords to include here. Adding these keywords to your resume will greatly impact your computer scoring and get your resume out of the databank and onto the "to call" stack.


ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW: On Wednesday February 5th 1964, the Beatles returned to London Airport following a successful string of shows over 15 days at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France. In this brief interview, filmed upon their airport arrival, the Beatles discussed their Paris experiences.
While in Paris, the Beatles learned the news that they were finally number one in the American charts for the first time with the song 'I Want To Hold Your Hand.' Paul McCartney would later remember, "We got a telegram in the evening after one of the shows. We were having a drink at the hotel... so we all hit the roof." George Harrison remembered, "It was a great feeling because we were booked to go there directly after the Paris trip." The single 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' would remain the top song on the American Billboard charts for eleven straight weeks, only to be replaced by another Beatles song.
The following conversation with the Beatles at London Airport took place just two days before the overwhelming and unprecedented hysteria of their first American visit. At the time of this interview, the Beatle haircut is still considered un-American.
Q: "What was the reaction like in France?"
GEORGE: "The audiences were a bit funny, you see. There were more boys than girls, and we missed the good old screams. But you know, there were quite alot of shouts."
Q: "You mean they actually listened to you? That's the difference, is it?"
Q: "What's the French electrical supply like over there?"
PAUL: "It's good actually. Oh, the equipment's great. But on the first night, as you may know, we had a bit of trouble. Because we suddenly found there was a radio program just sort of plugging into everything, and it overloaded all the amps and everything. They just went, 'Boompf!'"
Q: "What's the sort of stuff they like over there on the Hit Parade?"
PAUL: "Umm, wilder stuff I think. We stuck in a wilder number to finish off with."
JOHN: (jokingly) "'Gone With The Wind.'"
Q: "They go for the Elvis Presley kind of stuff, there, do they? I mean, do they go for the older rock and roll stuff?"
PAUL: "I think so, yeah, a bit more. It depended really who was in."
Q: (to Ringo) "I hear that you are going to give us some poetry recitals."
Q: "When's this? At the City of London Festival?"
RINGO: "Yeah, yeah. (to the others) He knows, you see. It's a secret! Don't tell anybody!"
RINGO: "Beethoven's. Remember him? Beethoven."
Q: "Looking forward to this American trip, have you had any reaction over there? Have you got any fan clubs going as we speak?"
RINGO: "Well, there's one supposed to be started and they're getting quite a good response, you know. (jokingly) Twelve thousand letters a day!"
Q: "But the Beatle movement's going over there?"
RINGO: "Yeah. (jokingly) So you needn't be a Beatle Booster, folks!"


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Olisol Petroleum Limited Press Release and Transaction Update
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS–(Oct. 20, 2016) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL) ("Tethys" or the "Company") today announces that it acknowledges Olisol Petroleum Limited's ("Olisol") Press Release dated October 12, 2016 ("Release") whilst wishing to clarify certain matters pertaining to Olisol's Release and to provide a transaction update.
Olisol Petroleum Limited Press Release
Olisol states in its Release that it intends to direct Tethys to apply all funds to be repaid to Olisol in connection with outstanding working capital advances, plus accrued interest thereon, to its obligation to subscribe for 181,240,793 ordinary shares at C$0.054 per share.
Tethys wishes to clarify that under the Amended and Restated Investment Agreement dated April 28, 2016 ("Investment Agreement"), between Olisol and the Company, Olisol is required to transfer the full purchase price of CDN$9,787,002.82 for 181,240,793 ordinary shares to Tethys prior to the closing date.
In addition to this, under the Investment Agreement, Olisol has the right to convert any amounts outstanding under the facility agreement and any amounts of working capital indebtedness, in each case with accrued but unpaid interest thereon, into Tethys ordinary shares at the placing price of C$0.054 per share. The amounts outstanding under the facility agreement and as working capital indebtedness are denominated in United States Dollars and for the purposes of converting any amounts outstanding into Canadian dollars, such amounts shall be converted at an exchange ratio of US$1 equals CDN$1.268, being the Bank of Canada's noon exchange rate on April 25, 2016.
Olisol also states in its Release that upon completion of the private placement Olisol believes it will hold approximately 244,285,253 representing 37.32% of the total number of issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Tethys.
Tethys wishes to clarify that there are currently 400,004,848 Tethys ordinary shares issued and outstanding. Upon completion of the private placement to Olisol of an additional 181,240,793 ordinary shares Olisol's shareholding would be 244,285,253 ordinary shares which would represent 42.03% of the total number of issued and outstanding ordinary shares.
Olisol Transaction Update
The Company has requested a proposal from Olisol to resolve certain issues that it feels are important to be agreed prior to completion of the private placement. These include a relationship agreement which ensures that all transactions between Tethys and Olisol will be at arm's length and on normal commercial terms and Olisol shall not vote on any related party transactions between the Company and Olisol as well as related corporate governance arrangements. The Company remains hopeful that Olisol will provide a proposal to address the issues raised with Olisol in time to allow completion to take place by the outside date of October 27, 2016 as contemplated by the Investment Agreement.
Some of the statements in this document are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the intent, belief and current expectations of the Company or its officers with respect to the potential that exists in both exploration and in discovered deposits in Central Asia and the Caspian Region, completion of the private placement with Olisol and repayment and/or conversion of the amounts outstanding under the facility agreement and working capital indebtedness due to Olisol. When used in this document, the words "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "may," "will," "should" and similar expressions, and the negatives thereof, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are not promises or guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those suggested by any such statements including risks and uncertainties with respect to the potential that exists in both exploration and in discovered deposits in Central Asia and the Caspian Region and also risks and uncertainties with respect to completion of the private placement with Olisol and repayment and/or conversion of the amounts outstanding under the facility agreement and working capital indebtedness due to Olisol.
No part of this announcement constitutes, or shall be taken to constitute, an invitation or inducement to invest in the Company or any other entity, and shareholders of the Company are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Save as required by the Listing Rules and applicable law, the Company does not undertake to update or change any forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date of this announcement.


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In this brand-new competition, teams of three will all race along different routes, trying to get to the same point faster than the other teams.
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Besides its new race-across-the-world reality competition, NatGeo is also rebooting Brain Games, bringing on a new host, Keegan-Michael Key, and the producers of Top Chef.
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a new set of media partnerships and ads offerings designed to meet the unique needs of mobile app marketers.
By partnering with these leading ad platforms and tracking systems, we believe we can make the entire mobile apps ecosystem stronger and more connected — all with the goal of making developers more successful.
,1 with 80% coming from mobile.2 In these moments, consumers have heightened expectations for immediacy and relevance — 4 out of 5 say they want search ads to be customized to their city, zip code or immediate surroundings.3 That's why we continue to develop richer local ad formats that deliver more relevant information based on what someone searches for.
Last year we enhanced location extensions to show up to three different locations for a business in a single ad unit. This improvement offers consumers the flexibility to choose which of your locations is most convenient for them.
Starting today, we'll show three or four different businesses for location-related searches like "nearby auto repair." Each ad unit will feature click-to-call and directions right at people's fingertips. This new format organizes the information that your on-the-go customers need so they can easily compare options and take action, like calling your business or visiting your store.
If you have location extensions enabled in your account, you'll be eligible to show these new mobile ad formats.
With a world of information at their fingertips, consumers want what they want, right when they want it, so it's essential that ads are fine-tuned to be relevant to people's contexts. In addition to location extensions, there are many types of extensions in AdWords that can make your ads more useful and engaging — and they deliver, on average, a 10% increase in click-through-rate.4 Showing more than one extension on an ad tends to see even higher engagement than that.
Sitelinks Try to enable at least six sitelinks for both desktop and mobile users. Briefer sitelinks are generally the most effective, so try to keep them short and crisp.
Callouts Like sitelinks, you'll want to keep these short. They're best used with specific and concrete information, like sizes or rates.
Reviews As long as you're quoting or paraphrasing from a reputable third-party source, you can apply one review to your entire account. These are possibly the fastest extensions to put into place.
The specific extensions that are displayed in each auction are a function of previous performance, user context and available space on the page, among other factors Enable whatever makes sense for your customers and the AdWords system will decide the best combination of those options to maximize the value you get from your extensions.
For Accor Hotels, a strong combination of extensions led to a 14% increase in incremental conversions. Accor Hotels' use of the right extensions for their business helped them meet their goals of driving online and offline conversions, giving customers the information they were seeking, and reinforcing customer trust.
This ad for Novotel, Accor's four-star International midscale brand for business & leisure travelers, checks off all of the right boxes. Sitelinks drive online conversions, a location extension (with a phone number) allows for an offline customer interaction, while customer ratings and social extensions reinforce customer trust.
For more details about the new format of location extensions, head over to the Help Center. And for more ad extensions Best Practices, check out our full collection on the Help Center.
1 Google Trends, Data pulled March 30, 2015.
2 Google Data, Q4 2014.
3 Google/Ipsos MediaCT/Purchased, Research: Understanding Consumers' Local Search Behavior, May 2014.
4 Google Internal Data, results vary by client, business type and extension type (among other factors) and Google cannot guarantee this or any uplift.
Now more than ever, people search online to find things nearby. In fact, Google search interest in "near me" has doubled since last year,1 with 80% coming from mobile.2 In these moments, consumers have heightened expectations for immediacy and relevance — 4 out of 5 say they want search ads to be customized to their city, zip code or immediate surroundings.3 That's why we continue to develop richer local ad formats that deliver more relevant information based on what someone searches for.
Built on the cards platform we announced last month, TrueView for shopping enables advertisers to scale the manual process of connecting individual products with individual videos. Thanks to the first-ever integration of the Google Merchant Center into video ads, advertisers need only connect their campaign with a Merchant Center feed to dynamically add products to their in-stream videos, customized for each user through contextual and audience signals like geography and demographic info.
Brands that have participated in our early tests of TrueView for shopping have seen strong results for driving interest and sales. Online home goods retailer Wayfair, for instance, saw a 3X revenue increase per impression served when compared to previous campaigns. And beauty retailer Sephora took advantage of this new ad format to drive +80% lift in consideration and +54% lift in ad recall, and an average view time of nearly two minutes.
We're excited to bring TrueView for shopping into our buying front end in the coming months. If you'd like to get started with TrueView for shopping today, please contact your Google account manager.
TrueView for shopping allows you to showcase product details and images – along with the ability to click to purchase from a brand or retail site – all within your video ad. It's available for TrueView in-stream video ads on YouTube. And since we know that 50% of views on YouTube come from mobile devices, we've made sure that it works seamlessly across mobile phones, desktops, and tablets.
AdWords Editor now supports labels, Upgraded URLs, ads in apps, and more!
AdWords Editor 11.0, which represented the most significant update to the tool since it was released in 2006. Today, we're introducing another exciting update to AdWords Editor, available to all advertisers globally. This version includes full support for labels, Upgraded URLs, call-only ads, ads in mobile apps, and much more. Let's explore further.
Based on your feedback, AdWords Editor now has full support for labels. Labels are an effective way to organize objects in your account, like campaigns and keywords, into meaningful groupings so you can quickly and easily filter and report on the data that's most relevant to your business.
Now you can create, edit, or delete labels using the Labels tab under the Shared library in AdWords Editor. Assign or remove labels to and from your campaigns, ad groups, keywords, and ads in their respective data views. You can also filter your views using labels as well as export and import any account changes related to labels.
Earlier this year, we introduced Upgraded URLs to help you save time when managing URL tracking information, reduce how often Google crawls your website, and provide access to new ValueTrack and custom tracking parameters. To help you upgrade to the new system by July 1st, we've added support for Upgraded URLs. You can now upgrade your destination URLs using AdWords Editor, and once you've upgraded, manage your final URLs and tracking templates at scale. You can learn more about how to upgrade your URLs in our Help Center article.
Call-only ads represent an easy and efficient way for mobile consumers to connect with your business over the phone. Now you can create and manage these ads in AdWords Editor.
By showing ads in mobile apps, you can reach the growing number of people using mobile devices to play games, listen to music, and stay entertained. Under "Keywords and targeting," you can now choose to show your ads for certain categories of apps, including specific apps (or placements) and mobile app categories, like Games and Shopping.
Demographic targeting enables you to reach people across the Google Display Network (GDN) who are likely to be within a particular demographic group. In addition to gender and age, you can now select to reach your customers based on their parental status.
We've also added support for custom affinity under Audiences. Using custom affinity audiences, you can create your own affinity audiences, tailored to your business, to reach the right customers who are interested in your products or services.
This latest version of AdWords Editor also features improvements to the search bar, more localization support, and enhancements to overall UI navigation. You can learn more about all the new features in our Help Center article.
Upgrade to AdWords Editor 11.1 today!
Late last year, we introduced AdWords Editor 11.0, which represented the most significant update to the tool since it was released in 2006. Today, we're introducing another exciting update to AdWords Editor, available to all advertisers globally. This version includes full support for labels, Upgraded URLs, call-only ads, ads in mobile apps, and much more. Let's explore further.
With so many ads on the internet, learn how to design effective display ads that will break through the noise, inspire people to take action and drive strong engagement.
Since consumers shift their attention in the blink of an eye, you want your display ads to leave a lasting impression. View and download our checklist now to create high-impact display ads.
Billions of times per day, consumers turn to Google for I want-to-know, I want-to-go, I want-to-do, and I want-to-buy moments. And at these times, consumers are increasingly picking up their smartphones for answers. In fact, more Google searches take place on mobile devices than on computers in 10 countries including the US and Japan.1 This presents a tremendous opportunity for marketers to reach people throughout all the new touchpoints of a consumer's path to purchase.
Businesses around the world are measuring the impact of their search and display campaigns as consumers switch between multiple devices, using cross-device conversions.
And with mobile searches driving in-store commerce, we're helping businesses measure the full impact of their campaigns. Our store visits measurement is now available in the US, Canada and Australia and will roll out for thousands of advertisers in 10 countries in the coming months.
But there's so much more to come. This morning, we announced more AdWords innovations in front of a global livestream audience of 20,000 customers. Below are highlights from today's announcements. You can watch a replay of the full program here.
Automotive: Car buyers spend up to 15 hours online researching, comparing and learning.3 When people browse the web for automobiles, they want to see pictures and visuals of their dream car. In fact, about half of Google searches for cars contain images.4 That's why we introduced Automobile Ads - a new search ad format that takes you directly from Google.com to a beautiful carousel of car images that shows you how a car looks inside and out -- like how the sleek metallic finish looks with the black leather and wood trim. Tapping on an image brings up more information about the car, like horsepower and estimated MPG while tapping on the "Dealers" link takes you to a page with nearby dealer listings.
Hotel Ads: There are millions of searches for hotels everyday — that's millions of potential hotel bookings. When people search for hotels, they're looking for information like rates, availability, locations, user reviews, editorial descriptions, Google Street View, and high resolution photos. Today, we announced that Hotel Ads will start to show globally for hotel partners around the world, one click away from Google.com. Hotel Ads show current prices from a variety of sources and when a traveler is ready, they can select "Book" to complete their reservation on the partners' sites.
Mortgages: Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions in life, so understanding your options and having the right tools is critical. The newest addition to Google Compare in the US is coming soon: mortgages. Whether someone is a first-time home-buyer or looking to refinance, consumers will soon be able to find the latest mortgage rates from multiple mortgage providers, and review a customized set of criteria like interest rate, terms of the loan and fees. They'll be able to apply directly with an approved lender or speak to a qualified adviser for more information, directly from the Google search ad.
Consumers engage with brands, across billions of monthly searches, billions of hours of videos watched every month, and billions of interactions with various sites and apps. The sheer scale can be staggering, but with automation you can master the complexity and show exactly the right ads for consumers' intent and context.
Automated Bidding: AdWords bid strategies are setting billions of bids per day5 for tens of thousands of advertisers, enabling you to be more efficient and effective. Today, we introduced a new reporting dashboard that provides more transparency and control as you evaluate the performance of bid strategies over time. New simulation tools also show advertisers the tradeoff between volume and cost at different CPA targets.
Dynamic Search Ads are a powerful way to automatically show timely and relevant ads based on the content of your website -- without the need to manage keywords. Today, we announced significant enhancements, including recommended category targets based on your website's content, suggested CPCs for every category and more visibility into the ads that will show and pages where your customers will land.
Marketers need to ensure they're measuring all the moments that matter -- from first impression to final conversion. To do so, you need methods and metrics that speak to today's increasingly complex path to purchase--across devices, apps, calls, and stores. By incorporating all of these touchpoints, marketers can measure the full impact of their campaigns and make better decisions for their business.
AdWords attribution: We are making it easy for search marketers to move beyond a last-click attribution model. You'll be able to select an attribution model for each of your conversion types. The choice you make will be reflected in your AdWords reporting and integrated into your automated bidding. We're also introducing data-driven attribution, which uses your own conversion data to calculate the actual contribution of each keyword across the conversion path.
Cross-device conversions integrated with automated bidding: New consumer paths to purchase make it more important than ever for marketers to measure activities that start on one device and are completed on another. Later this year, you'll be able to take action on these insights when cross-device conversions are integrated into automated bidding. This is part of a broader update that will give you the option to include cross-device conversions as part of the Conversions column.
Marketing experiments: This morning, we introduced new tools to help marketers measure the incremental impact generated from your Google ads. HomeAway, a global vacation rental marketplace, worked with the Google account team and learned that its Google Display Network ads are driving a 49% lift in click-related traffic to its website. Read the case study here and reach out to your AdWords account team to learn more.
Google is a company built on intent and immediacy. Our mission has always been to connect people with what they are looking for in the exact moment they are looking. These are moments that matter to consumers, to marketers and to us at Google because they are when decisions are being made and preferences shaped.
Thank you to everyone who attended the AdWords Performance Summit or watched the livestream. I can't wait to see the great things you do with these new products. We look forward to continuing this journey with you: delivering the best possible experiences for consumers in the moments that matter.
Welcome to the AdWords livestream 2015! Today, Jerry Dischler, VP of Product Management, will announce the next generation of AdWords innovations. Tune in to the livestream below. We look forward to engaging in the conversation with you at #StepInsideAdWords.


Annual Spring Bikers auto jumble with trade stands for anyone wishing to buy or sell any motorcycles/equipment/accessories.
Cafe Church held the 1st Sunday of every month.
venue: Wye Halls & Outside @ The Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW. 10am - 3pm.
price: Adult: £7. Child (7-14yrs): £2.50. Under 7's free.
venue: Skipton Auction Mart,Gargrave Road, Skipton BD23 1UD. 9am – 1pm.
Bilezone Bikenite - Social evening for anyone interested in Motorcycles. Experienced riders or just learning this is for you! The Bikezone Motorcycle Training Instructors will be on hand to answer any questions or give advice if needed.
You don't necessarily need a bike to attend as everyone is welcome. 7pm onwards. Event is then every 2nd Tuesday of the month.
price: Early bird (before 8am) £10 – Standard admission (After 10am) £7 – under 15s free. Free parking.
This will be a memorial show held in the memory of Ron Maund, the Show founder, who sadly passed away recently.
A well supported, friendly show set in the beautiful village of Wistanstow South Shropshire. A varied array of display bikes and auto jumbles. Guests of Honour Roy and Rose Hanks - Side Car Champions.
price: £3 on the day per person includes free parking. Infamous hot and cold refreshments will be served by the local school PTA.
A great place for all types of bikers to meet with some great roads to ride. Tuesday nights from 5pm (food starts 6pm). Tea/Coffee £1. Trade stall enquires welcome.
Summer season of Tuesday Night bike meets, running from March to early October for all bikers and scooters, groups, clubs and society's.
price: free. Parking free subject to availability.
Round 1 of the 2018 Nifty Fifty Endurance Championship, now open for registration. You don't have to do all the rounds to take part. See the website for full details.
The event has various zones covering over 22,000 sq meters of space - about the size of four football pitches making the Manchester Bike Show the largest indoor motorcycle show in the North of England. Attending will be a large variety of exhibitors and traders including BMW, Ducati, Female Riders UK, Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki, KTM, Royal Enfield, Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha, local and national dealers, clothing and helmets, parts and accessories, touring holiday companies, along with many other exhibitors that you would expect to see at a bike show of this size and stature.
Lots of Motorcycle clubs attending, including BMF, Ducati Owners Club, Gawsworth Jesters, Honda Owners Club Manchester, NABD, Rainy City Harley-Davidson and Royal British Legion Riders. Clubs and individuals are welcome to display their bikes. Entry forms on the website.
From 9am, it will include a host of intrepid travellers, amongst whom will be Matt Bishop and Reece Gilkes who, on the 21st October 2017, set off from the cafe and successfully circumnavigated the globe on a scooter with a sidecar, "As Seen from The Sidecar", to raise awareness of various human rights abuses around the globe. The route from London's North Circular Road took the guys through over 35 countries, 5 continents and clocked up an epic 34,000 miles!
Stands and displays include Globe Busters (who depart the Ace early morning on 20.4.19 on their way to Ace Cafe Beijing), The Trail Riders Fellowship, Shippio, Overland Magazine, and more.
Special guests invited include the renowned travel authors Derek Mansfield and Austin Vince among others, who will be delighted to share their tips and advice.
There are also prizes up for grabs, courtesy of those attending the day. Spend £5 or more over the counter at the cafe from 9am to receive a raffle ticket. Draw to be held at 3pm.
venue: Ace Cafe, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London, NW10 7UD. 9am to 5pm.
It has since grown to include simultaneous World Wide events in Japan, Spain, Taiwan and in the UK.
In 2019, be part of the world's largest adventure riding rally at Haggs Bank up in the stunning North Pennines, where you can have a great time, knowing you are part of an event across the world and at the same time! The spirit of adventure and a make-it-happen attitude are essential.
price: £10 entry, plus camping or bunkhouse. Must be pre-booked, as price includes some meals. £45 Camping. £65 Bunkhouse. Both options include 2 nights accommodation, meals on Friday and Saturday night and a free t-shirt! Cooked breakfasts will also be available to purchase on the Saturday and Sunday mornings.
price: The price for an individual event is usually £35-£50.
Five indoor halls of Show motorcycles and bikejumble: Large indoor all motorcycle show for pre-1980 motorcycles with Club Stands and hundreds of machines on display.
Show Theme: 70 Years of The Norton Dominator. Large indoor and outdoor Bikejumble with new and used spares, bikes, clothing & accessories for sale. The Royal British Legion will be providing a Helmet Park in aid of the RBL in The Stockman's Building.
price: £6 adults, £5 65+, kids under 16 free.
The event has various zones covering over 22,000 sq meters of space - about the size of four football pitches making the Manchester Bike Show the largest indoor motorcycle show in the North of England. Attending will be a large variety of exhibitors and traders including BMW, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki, KTM, Royal Enfield, Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha, local and national dealers, clothing and helmets, parts and accessories, touring holiday companies, along with many other exhibitors that you would expect to see at a bike show of this size and stature.
Since 2012 they have doubled the floor space, doubled the number of trade exhibitors to 120+ individual companies, doubled the number of participating clubs to 50+, doubled the number motorbikes on display to over 1,000 and doubled the number of visitors.
Lots of Motorcycle clubs attending, including BMF, Ducati Owners Club, Female Riders UK, Gawsworth Jesters, Honda Owners Club, NABD, Rainy City Harley-Davidson and Royal British Legion Riders. Clubs and individuals are welcome to display their bikes. Entry forms on the website.


I am sending out Christmas Cards tomorrow morning. So this is the last call for a Christmas Card. If you want one from me simply leave your address in the comments (which will be screnned).
If you recieved a card from me last year I more than likely already have your address. I will re-send you a card. If you're curious if I have your address just ask me.
Once I send you a card and put a name to a face I will continue to send you cards.
So if you want a Christmas card from me the comments will be screened and you can leave your address. Whether you want to use your name or username is up to you.
To those who celebrate it, to you and your family.
To all who celebrates the holiday or any other holiday. I want to wish you all a happy holiday season and a happy new year!
It's that time when I start asking for addresses to send out Christmas Cards!
I want to make sure I have everyone early so I can send them all out in time.
So if you would like to receive a Christmas Card for me just leave your address below (comments are screened) of if you feel more comfortable shoot me a PM and around Christmas you will receive a card from me.
Sorry for the repeat post but I haven't gotten more than one response and I was just curious if anyone wanted cards!
Either comment here (comments screened) or PM your address and I shall send you a card.
The community is back up for Christmas! I'd recommend posting your wish lists as well so your flists can see them. I am hoping to send some Christmas Cards out this year, horribly small considering what others can do but hopefully it'll mean something to most. Here is my wish list if you want to take a peek.


UPDATED, 12:15 PM: Paramount said today that its Alexandre Aja-helmed horror pic Crawl has moved from an August 23 wide release to July 12. The pic starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper will open against STX's Chadwick Boseman thriller 17 Bridges and Fox's Dave Bautista-Kumail Nanjiani action comedy Stuber.
PREVIOUSLY, January 18: Paramount Pictures has set release dates for horror pic Crawl and Paramount Players drama Playing with Fire and pulled from its schedule the TV toon adaptation of The Loud House, which had been set for February 2020.
Directed by Alexandre Aja with producers Craig Flores and Sam Raimi, Crawl will hit theaters August 23. It stars Kaya Scodelario as a young woman who becomes trapped in a flooding house during a Category 5 hurricane and must battle against Florida's most savage and feared predators. It will open against Lionsgate action sequel Angel Has Fallen and Sony's Kendrick brothers drama Overcomer.
Playing with Fire is set to bow March 20, 2020. John Cena and Judy Greer star in the pic about three orphaned kids who are determined to stay together after learning of Social Services' plan to send them to separate foster homes. and an unlikely safe haven in the Eastern Sierras. The film has that opening weekend to itself for now.
Paramount announced in 2017 the feature adaptation of the Nickelodeon cartoon series The Loud House. Later that year, series creator Chris Savino was fired from the series following allegations of sexual misconduct. The series continued under the guidance of co-executive producer Mike Rubiner.


Composers and artists living in a large, refurbished parish room in the Kingston Rondout section, just steps from bars, dining rooms, yacht harbours, arts and crafts centres, boat trips, kayak trips and simple walks and swims or skis. Breakfast is served in the backyard on beautiful summer nights and in bad weathers, our farmhouse tables in the open air are used for breakfast.
When it is warm, visitors can enjoy sitting in the backyard reading, texting/surfing at the well or under the parasol. There' s an easier stroll down to The Strand, where you can moor your yacht and excursion boat and find plenty of places to eat, browse and shop.
Tin Brook Bed and Breakfast offers nice rooms and good prices for all travellers. We' re also ideal for Hudson Valley Wine Country, New Palt, West Point, Bear Mountain, Saint King Art Center and many more. 60 leagues from New York City, you can do what your hearts desire.
Walking, Mountainbiking, swimming, buying or just simply read and relax. For those who enjoy sightseeing, you can choose to visit some of the area' s historic places of interest, such as the West Point Military Academy or some of the area' s vineyards and agriturisms. There' s a full-service giftshop on the premises for all your purchases and gifts.
Montgomery Bed & Breakfast is situated in the historical town of Saugerties, NY, where the Catskill Mountains meets the Hudson River. We' re less than two in Manhattan, less than an hr from Albany and just a quick ride to Woodstock. It is a brief stroll to Diamond Mills and a brief ride to Lazy Sab.
All over Hudson Valley and New York State, our B&B is known as a turntable for antique stores, and our B&B is located in the middle of these beautiful stores. Hunter Mountain or Windham, walk the catskills, go kayaking, canoeing or fishing on long stretches of water and enjoy our Ulster County B&B.
Soak up Dutchess County and Ulster County Fairs, take part in a horse show in the sun or explore the open countryside of Greene and Columbia County. From our Hudson Valley B&B you can admire the Hudson River, the incomparable autumn leaves, light houses, ranches, fruit gardens and vineyards. Then make the most of what the Hudson Valley has to offer by beginning your trip at Montgomery!


In 1995, TPC VINA Plastic and Chemical Corporation Limited (TPC VINA) was established as a joint venture company with its headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In 1998, started operation as its state-of-the-art polyvinyl chloride production line with the initial capacity of 80,000 ton/year in factory in Dong Nai province, Vietnam. Over the years, the factory has improved the capacity of existing line and invested in 2nd production line which combined total capacity of 190,000 ton/year.
TPC VINA is the pioneer in the petrochemical industry in Vietnam and, nowadays, operating the largest suspension polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant with total investment of USD 111.5 millions.
TPC VINA's shareholders are Thai Plastic and Chemical Public Company Limited (TPC, 70%, Thailand), Vietnam Plastic Corpo-ration (VINAPLAST, 15%, Vietnam) and Vietnam National Chemi-cal Group (VINACHEM, 15%, Vietnam). Built on 24 hectares in Go Dau Industrial Zone, Phuoc Thai commune, Long Thanh district, Dong Nai province in Vietnam, the plant is operated by Distributed Control System (DCS) with the most advanced technologies and facilities for production with not only highly efficient but also with the highest quality standards.
TPC VINA is currently capable to produce various grades of Polyvinyl Chloride Homo-polymer by using suspension polymeri-zation process.
Commercial operation of Line 2 with the capacity of 90,000 ton/year increasing the total capacity to 190,000 ton/year.


text:
module Text.Regex.Applicative.StateQueue
    ( StateQueue
    , empty
    , insert
    , insertUnique
    , getElements
    ) where

import Prelude hiding (read, lookup, replicate)
import qualified Data.IntSet as IntSet
import Data.Foldable as F

-- | 'StateQueue' is a data structure that can efficiently insert elements
-- (preserving their order)
-- and check whether an element with the given 'Int' key is already in the queue.
data StateQueue a = StateQueue
    { elements :: [a]
    , ids :: !IntSet.IntSet
    }
    deriving (Eq,Show)

instance Foldable StateQueue where
  foldr f a = F.foldr f a . getElements

-- | Get the list of all elements
getElements :: StateQueue a -> [a]
getElements = reverse . elements

{-# INLINE empty #-}
-- | The empty state queue
empty :: StateQueue a
empty = StateQueue
    { elements = []
    , ids = IntSet.empty
    }

{-# INLINE insert #-}
-- | Insert an element in the state queue, unless there is already an element with the same key
insertUnique
    :: Int -- ^ key
    -> a
    -> StateQueue a
    -> StateQueue a
insertUnique i v sq@StateQueue { ids = ids, elements = elements } =
    if i `IntSet.member` ids
        then sq
        else sq { elements = v : elements
                , ids = IntSet.insert i ids
                }

-- | Insert an element in the state queue without a key.
--
-- Since 'insert' doesn't take a key, it won't affect any 'insertUnique'.
insert
    :: a
    -> StateQueue a
    -> StateQueue a
insert v sq =
    sq { elements = v : elements sq }