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What will 5G mean for UK Broadband and Mobile Users?
As consumers settle into 4G, 5G is around the corner. DESIblitz explores how the next generation of mobile communications could change the way we interact with our gadgets.
By Umar Hassan
5G is the next generation in mobile communications where it is expected to launch to UK consumers by 2020.
As the UK population settles into 4G mobile and broadband data plans, talks have emerged over the next generation of mobile communications, known as 5G.
It is expected to come with much faster data speeds compared to 4G but what will this mean for UK broadband and mobile users?
Will it mean forking out a fortune for a subscription or how will 5G help us interact with our mobile devices better?
There are many questions that will need to be answered when the technology launches eventually.
DESIblitz explores how 5G will become a major part of the UK mobile and broadband industry, as well as its implications for users.
We have heard a lot about the potential of 5G, but for the regular consumer, it may be the first time they have come across it.
It is the next generation of wireless mobile communication for smartphones and internet-connected devices which revolutionises the user's interaction with gadgets.
With lightning-fast speeds, it is expected to improve data speeds for phones and tablets, freeing up bandwidth to ensure devices are always connected to the internet.
Cities could be transformed by this latest development in mobile connectivity as it opens up so many possibilities for connected devices.
Driverless cars would be able to communicate directly with traffic lights and other cars to anticipate current traffic conditions and avoid potential collisions.
Also, it is not just limited to cities as there's a possibility to make public services run more efficiently with better communication between street lights, parking spaces and rubbish bins.
In order for the network to work effectively, a combination of high speed with low latency would bring it in line with wired broadband speeds.
Many families across the UK are able to access 4G broadband. However, it's possible that when 5G launches, people living in rural areas would be less reliant on fixed-line broadband from a phone line.
Before it is commercially viable, there will be many trials conducted before 5G launches to the public.
Matthew Howett, Founder of research firm Assembly argues that there needs to be a strong case made for 5G services.
Matthew told BBC News: "Everyone is still unsure of the 5G business model and use cases with the hype largely being driven by those who make the network equipment."
"Operators still have so much more they can do with their 4G networks and investment is still going into improving the performance and coverage of those.
"5G will work across a number of spectrum bands, so those missing out on this latest auction will still be able to roll out 5G services."
How fast is 5G?
There has been a lot of discussion about the breakneck speed that 5G has compared to its predecessor 4G.
Theoretically, the maximum speed for 5G is between 5,000 and 100,000Mbps. That is between 5 to 100 times faster than 4G's paltry 1,000 Mbps.
These results are not comparable to the real world. Mobile networks will always have slower speeds than theoretical maximum speeds.
In the world, there are very few places in the world that can access a 1,000Mbps 4G connection. The fastest UK 4G networks can only manage an average speed of 29Mb/s according to Which?
With that speed, streaming HD video is possible without constant buffering although it is some way off its technological capabilities.
Virtual reality and the internet of things are quite demanding on a 4G connection albeit with 5G, it is possible to use VR and smart devices.
Vodafone has started its 5G tests in the UK whereas EE has already carried out its own tests where it achieved speeds of 2,800 Mbps.
Its recent test is considerably faster than its previous 4G 'gigabit' LTE (long-term evolution) trial in 2017.
The BT-owned company showed off its 'gigabit' LTE 4G connection at Wembley Stadium in London where it managed an impressive 750Mbps speed.
Also, EE is launching a few small-scale LTE gigabit connections around the UK although they are limited to premium phones.
Samsung's Galaxy S8 is fully capable of these speeds if the user is based either in London's 'Tech City' or Cardiff.
As the 4G advancement rate continues, it is very unlikely we will experience supersonic 5G speeds in the future.
Current UK Investment in 5G
£25m of investment has been launched by the UK Government, aimed at testing 5G networks across six projects.
This is part of the government, investing £1bn in its digital strategy programme which was launched in 2017.
Those selected schemes will be using the technology across the consumer, public service and business settings.
Six schemes were selected after a rigorous process where several small-to-medium-size (SME) businesses, educational establishments and councils submitted grant funding bids.
Two-thirds of the schemes are based in England while the other two are based in Orkney and Perthshire and the Highlands.
5G Smart Tourism, which is jointly-supported by West of England Combined Authority, University of Bristol, Aardman and the BBC is given the largest share of funding with £5m.
The project looks at offering tourists 'enhanced visual experiences' through augmented and virtual reality technologies.
Tourist attractions in Bath's Roman Baths and Bristol's Millennium Square will offer AR and VR content for visitors.
Other projects include 5G RuralFirst (£4.3m), Worcestershire SG Consortium (£4.8m), 5G Rural Integrated Testbed (£2.1m), Liverpool 5G Testbed (£3.5m) and AutoAir (£4.1m) all received grant funding.
Also, there is a bidding process going on for spectrum between O2, Three, EE, Vodafone and newcomer Airspan Spectrum Holdings.
At the moment, BT/EE own most of the immediate UK mobile spectrum at 42%, compared to Vodafone (29%), Three (15%) and O2 (14%).
Ofcom, the telecoms regulator will auction the spectrum in lots with reserve prices coming at around £10m per 10MHz for 2.3GHz whereas a 5MHz block costs £1m.
The total combined reserve price is expected to be at £70m although the spectrum is expected to go for a higher price.
It will be interesting to see which of the mobile providers in the UK will own the most mobile spectrum at the end of the auction.
Release Date for 5G UK Launch
5G is expected to be rolled out by mobile networks by 2020 following the launch of fixed wireless access networks in 2019.
In the next two years after launching, expect this technology to become commonplace before becoming the norm for all UK mobile and broadband users.
It's ideal for now to stick with a 4G contract because data-tariff limits would see users eating an entire month's data cap in seconds.
Once 5G becomes available, it will certainly change how consumers interact and use content through the internet.
Umar Hassan
Umar is a Media and Communication Graduate with a love of all things music, sport and Mod culture. A data nerd at heart, his motto is "If in doubt, always go flat out and never look back!"
Images Credited to Business Leader Magazine, City AM, Samsung Global Newsroom, 5G.co.uk and Arqiva.
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Michael Lawrence marks tenth year of Our Own Backyard: A Sioux Lookout Nature Calendar
Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla - Staff Writer
Local wildlife photographer Michael Lawrence is celebrating his tenth year producing Our Own Backyard: A Sioux Lookout Nature Calendar. Lawrence said, "The sales have been higher each year and I've had a higher print run this year than previous years. Each year, it seems to increase, as more people hear about it." He added, "It's been nice to watch it grow. I do believe this year is going to be my biggest print run so far."
Lawrence moved to Sioux Lookout in 2004 from southwestern Ontario. He said, "One of the first things I wanted to do when I got up here was to get a little digital camera that I could use to capture some of the scenic sites up here that I wanted to show folks back home. That kind of got me started on photography up here." Lawrence said that he finds Sioux Lookout a great place for wildlife photography. "It's been fantastic. There are so many little quite areas you discover. Just locally, without going too far, you can find all these little nooks and crannies of nature that makes it really an ideal place to live if you want to pursue something like this as a hobby."
Lawrence said that, over time, he felt he had enough images that people would be interested in seeing, which motivated him to develop his first calendar in 2009. He shared that he skipped a year of printing. Thus, denoting this year as its tenth year of publication. Lawrence said, "I tend to get a lot more bird photographs than anything else, because there are just so many more around, out in the open. But I try to mix it up a little bit." He added, "I tend to go through and I find a kind of a mix of what people might be interested in seeing."
"Every year I've done the Christmas Crafts show," he shared, "Which is a big event for the area, for people buying stuff and it's always been my prime outlet. It's where I meet most of the people who purchase. So, this year I haven't had as much face-to-face sales. But, the photography part is fairly solitary. So, that hasn't been hit so much in terms of actually going out and getting pictures."
Lawrance shared that he is already almost through his first print run of 120 calendars. "Sales tend to drop off once the New Year actually hits. But as long as people are interested, I'll still have some available."
Calendars can be purchased by contacting Lawrence via Facebook, or emailing him at [email protected].
Christmas Car Parade a coming together of community
Santa Claus came to town last Sunday as the Sioux Lookout Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with The Municipality of Sioux Lookout, Sioux Lookout OPP and Sioux Lookout Fire Services, presented A Christmas Car Parade.
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Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2021 Recap: We Can Solve Problems
Nine big takeaways from The Philadelphia Citizen's fourth annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival at Fitler Club
BY Jessica Blatt Press and Katherine Rapin
Photos by Sabina Louise Pierce
We don't have to reinvent every wheel.
Those words, from MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi, are the essence of The Citizen's Ideas We Should Steal Festival, held this week for the fourth time in as many years. So many great solutions already exist for the problems Philadelphia shares with cities across the country; so many people out there have ideas for fixing what ails us.
We heard from several of those incredible problem-solvers on Monday night and Tuesday during this year's Ideas We Should Steal Festival, presented by Comcast NBCUniversal and held in the Fitler Club ballroom to a diverse and passionate crowd of (fully vaccinated) engaged citizens.
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We learned about how one city is staving off climate change with an innovative electric car share program. One speaker who actually brokered peace between L.A.'s Bloods and Crips shared how he's having success in his town fighting gun violence through peaceful intervention. We got insight into how empathy and the courage to face often uncomfortable truths can help us repair democracy and stamp out racial discrimination. And we were inspired to borrow all this knowledge to help bring meaningful change to Philadelphia, all in the hopes of bringing us closer to our theme of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Prosperity.
Here, some of the highlights from the two-day Festival. If you missed it, be sure to join our upcoming events all year long, and to stay tuned for details about next year's Festival, which, believe it or not, we're already hard at work planning.
1. JAMES BALDWIN WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME—AND IS OF OUR TIME
Eddie Glaude (L), Ali Velshi (C) and Stew at the Fitler Club
The event kicked off Monday night, with a panel presented by Independence Blue Cross, with Velshi leading a riveting—and challenging—conversation between Eddie Glaude Jr, professor and author of Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, and Stew, Tony-winning singer-songwriter and playwright, best known for Passing Strange.
Eddie Glaude Jr.
With preacher-like passion, Glaude explained how the great 20th century writer-intellectual James Baldwin was boldly ahead of his time—from writing Giovanni's Room, a same-sex love story, in 1956, to calling out the racism inherent in every aspect of American society—and how his words are just as relevant today: "Jimmy forces America to look itself in the face—straight, no chaser."
Stew, playing (and adapting) songs from his musical about Baldwin, Notes of a Native Song, surprised us from the first line he sang: "I'm so fucking tired of James Baldwin," to the last, which he composed on the spot: "Neo Liberals won't save us from fascism." The rock musician-turned playwright and Harvard college lecturer talked about his faith in young people—and disillusionment with adults—who so clearly see our broken system and still have the outrage and imagination to build something different, something better.
Both men challenged the audience to question their own assumptions and motives, in order to make fundamental changes to our society—not just small shifts along the edges. As Glaude put it: "Before you can say anything about the world, you have to deal with the messiness in you."
2. CAPITALISM CAN DO GOOD
Ali Velshi and Peter Georgescu
Peter Georgescu, chairman emeritus of Young & Rubicam and author of Capitalists ARISE!, made the case for a kind of capitalism that doesn't answer only to shareholders, but to stakeholders: workers, communities, and consumers. "Stakeholder capitalism is the only form of capitalism that can survive in a democracy," he argued, in a panel presented by Comcast NBCUniversal. Anything else, he said, is not sustainable.
Peter Georgescu
During the Q&A, one guest—a self-described capitalist himself—left the crowd with this thought-provoking idea: There has to be a kind of capitalism that allows for slaying the portions of capitalism—for example our inflated healthcare system—that don't work. Amen.
3. IT'S A MAYOR'S JOB TO KEEP CITIES SAFE
Michael Nutter (L), Larry Platt (C) and Kasim Reed
Former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter joined former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, with Citizen co-founder Larry Platt, for one of the liveliest panels, arguing that mayors need to make their citizens feel safe before they can get anything else done.
Kasim Reed
"If you're not taking care of fundamentals, people won't come along for the big things," Reed said. You need services that address the deep emotional toll of violence in cities. "Washing down a sidewalk does not take away a trauma," Nutter said. There are children, families, communities affected by violence in our streets. Murder and violence, they agreed, make citizens believe less and less that a city is theirs; thriving cities, and their economies, flourish on the tail of safety. As Reed put it: "You have to shake the public will and make people believe again."
Michael Nutter
But also: It isn't progressivism or conservatism, or anything in between, that matters when getting, uh, stuff done. Or, as Nutter put it in Philly-speak: "You just need to fix the fucking pothole."
4. COMMUNITIES HEAL COMMUNITIES
Aqeela Sherrills
In one of the most moving segments of the day, Aqeela Sherrills, the director of Newark Community Street Team, shared the powerful lessons he's learned while working to reduce violence in communities over the last 30 years, starting with brokering peace between L.A. gangs Bloods and Crips. Namely: You can't have public safety without the public—when neighborhoods take ownership of their community and work together with law enforcement, people heal. Also: "Where the wounds are is where the gifts lie," Sherrills said, sharing that his oldest son was tragically killed—and that doing the work he does every day is his way of ensuring that his beloved son's death was not in vain.
5. PUNISHMENT IS NOT PREVENTION
Piper Kerman (L) and Emily Bazelon
Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black, and Robert Rooks, CEO of REFORM Alliance, joined journalist Emily Bazelon for a conversation about reforming our broken prison system, in a panel presented by REFORM and Fanatics.
The panelists shared their conviction that both victims and perpetrators need to be supported and healed in the wake of a crime—that the latter need not be isolated further.
Robert Rooks
If the pandemic highlighted nothing else, Rooks said, it made clear that we need community, we need connection—and that when it comes to overthrowing our prison system as we know it, we need to invest in programs that build both.
6. ENDING POVERTY IS A LONG GAME
Terri Sorenson, executive director of Friends of the Children, and Omolara Fateiregun, CEO of Thrive! traded ideas for putting a dent in generational poverty at a citywide and neighborhood-wide level.
Terri Sorenson
Sorenson emphasized what her organization has found when it comes to supporting children: Start early; stay for the long-term (12.5 years); and pay people to carry out the interventions children need. The real secret sauce, she said? Love.
Omolara Fateiregun
Fatiregun talked about how Thrive!'s use of technology can help cities assess how well they are addressing the needs of all residents—with parks, with education, with services—so that change can be made systematically, and universally.
Bill Golderer
In conversation with Bill Golderer, president/CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, which also sponsored the panel, Fatiregun hearkened back to her own mother's profound influence on her life and work: "Change is possible, and there are no chains that can't be broken."
7. ELECTRIC CAR SHARES ARE THE WAY OF THE FUTURE
Russ Stark, chief resilience officer of the City of St. Paul, walked the crowd through his city's plans to launch a municipal-run, low-cost ($9 per hour) electric car share program, and the importance of doing so if we want to actually cut fossil fuel use.
Russ Stark
For those who are still dragging their feet on making contributions to stop climate change, he pointed out that "saving the planet" is not about some esoteric fight; really, it's about saving humans. And the best part, as he noted: We can do this in Philly. The roadmap is out there.
8. "WE MUST BUILD BRIDGES OF EMPATHY"
We closed out the event with a brief, rousing conversation with UC Berkeley professor and author Arlie Hochschild, whose book Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, was a deep dive into Tea Party voters in the years leading up to the election of Donald Trump.
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Velshi introduced Hochschild with a call for empathy and listening, something she alluded to as the day wound down: It may be harder than ever to reach across the aisle, but it's also more important than ever.
9. OUR AUDIENCE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST
You came. You listened. You took notes. You gave standing ovations. You asked amazing, thoughtful questions that took the conversations to whole new levels. We can't thank you enough for being part of our community. You truly rock. 🙏
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National Test of Wireless Emergency Alert, October 3
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
On Wednesday, October 3, beginning at 1:18 p.m. CDT, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The system is an essential part of America's emergency preparedness that allows mobile devices to receive geographically-targeted, text-like messages alerting them of imminent threats to safety in their area.
This test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of national emergency or disaster messages and determine whether technological improvements are needed. Compatible cell phones will receive a message box with a tone and vibration. This is not a text and your phone number is not shared with anyone. The message will read "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
Please note, this test will occur outside of the UIC ALERT emergency notification system, a service that allows UIC officials to deliver timely and critical information to your mobile device(s) in the event of a campus emergency. If you have not already signed up to participate in the UIC ALERT system and would like to receive a message in the event of a campus emergency, visit emergency.uic.edu.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and cooperation in these essential tests. For more information, visit the FEMA website.
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Understanding Option Strategies. The following option strategies (and more) Four months later, with the stock trading at close to $53, you become concerned about a potential stock market decline but do not want to sell the shares, so you decide to construct a collar. To do this, you buy a September 52 put selling at $2.45 per contract.


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Q: How to remove unwanted counting-increment from forEach method? I'm having a trouble to get rid of unwanted counting-increment from forEach method in my CodePen.
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*slateCount() gets the targeted item from the menuCount(), and using forEach() for getting li's index.
The problem is every time when I restart the event, an increment of the forEach() itself is increasing time to time like this: (couldn't imagine better describing words. Limited vocabulary problem :|)

This may not be a big problem because what the function does is actually just getting an index. But since I noticed this was abnormal, I wanted to know why and how to get rid of that unwanted increment counting.
I've been trying to find how to resolve my case or such as mine but still haven't found any of infos or articles.
Are there any solutions to fix this problem?
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To solve this, extract the logic of adding event listeners into the init function so that it will only be executed once.
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Hoop Flow Love's "hoopmaster" Basil and "hoopqueen" Sandra-Dee teaches hula hooping and hoop dancing classes, workshops and performances. In the six-week beginners' course, students learn how to build and grow their flow, with an emphasis on how their body naturally responds to the hoop when they move with it. The beginners' course runs at set dates throughout the year – information on the next series can be found on Hoop Flow Love's website.
After finishing the six-week beginners' course, or if their hooping skills are up to scratch from the start, those who plan to take hoop-dancing further can attend the Beyond Basics classes. There are multilevel classes in-between each Beginners' Series for those who just want to see what it's like. The focus on dance and life inspiration through movement is applied in every class. Students walk away with improved hand-eye co-ordination, increased flexibility, motor skills and balance, body awareness, energy rejuvenation and deeper belief in what they're capable of.
Students are asked to bring comfy pants, lightweight clothing and an "adventurous spirit". The floors are mopped before class and students are encouraged to hoop barefoot. Hoop Flow Love provides hoops, fresh Newlands spring water, hugs and lots of smiles.
Hoop Flow Love provides services for children's parties as well. Enquire for more info.


Long before green became associated with St. Patrick's Day, the ancient Celts wore green in celebration of the Vernal Equinox and the rebirth of the earth. And who could blame them? Known as the Emerald Island, Ireland's principal color is green. Some even claim that the island boasts over 40 shades of that beloved color. As time passed, the wearing of green came to symbolize Irish nationalism. Today, people all over the world wear green once again to celebrate the coming of spring.
For those of us who aren't lucky enough to enjoy the green hills of Ireland on a daily basis, here are some tips to help you bring that Irish green into your landscape this spring.
Clear–rake up any leftover leaves from fall, pick up any broken branches from winter. If thatching is a problem, use a rake or a power thatcher to clear away the problem.
Prune–trim back fruit trees and summer blooming bushes (including roses). Pruning encourages new growth and allows the plant to receive plenty of sunlight.
Weed–it's best to stop the weeds when they're young. After removing new spring growth, take preventative measures (i.e. landscape fabric, mulch, pre-emergent herbicides, etc.) to limit weed growth throughout the season.
Divide–make sure your perennials have plenty of room to grow. If things are getting a little tight, divide them up. Your neighbors would probably love some, or maybe there's a spot in your yard that's looking a little bare. Whatever the case, your plants will bloom better with that extra room to grow.
Plant–bring color and new life to your yard by adding some new plants to the mix.
Fertilize–if you have a well-established lawn, spring is a great time to fertilize. Pick a fertilizer with a slow-release nitrogen (nitrogen help keep your lawn green, but too much can cause damage to your lawn and the environment—especially water sources—so make sure you use it sparingly).
Water–it's important that you don't over or under water your lawn, as both cause problems. At this time in the watering season, you will most likely not need to water your lawn every day. Rather, set your timer to water less frequently and allow the moisture to soak deep into the soil and establish a stronger root system.
Grow–let your grass grow. Your lawn will be healthier if you don't cut it too short. By letting your grass grow about 2 to 4 inches in length, you will protect the roots from the sun and disease, which will keep your lawn greener and healthier.
These tips will help keep your landscape lush and green this spring. So, here's to wishing you the luck of the Irish!


Sidewalk: The Street Vendors of 6th Avenue - A look at the Economic Sytems, Kinship, and Social Controls by which they live.
The street vendors of Sixth Ave. each have a unique story about how they came to be vendors . Many of them say it was a choice they made, some ended up there because of drugs, or the inability to find work, whatever the case their life is not an easy one. The people making lives on Sixth Ave depend on each other. All of them are black males, with the exception of one black woman named Alice. Most spent time in jail for crimes committed during their crack use in the 1980's. They range in age from mid-thirties to their late fifties. About a third are Vietnam veterans, and a few say they are HIV positive. The rest would rather not know. But there are the exceptional few, like Hakim, who was a college graduate, and worked in corporate America for a law firm doing legal proofreading. He was let go from that job after an employee review.
WriteWork contributors. "Sidewalk: The Street Vendors of 6th Avenue - A look at the Economic Sytems, Kinship, and Social Controls by which they live." WriteWork.com. WriteWork.com, 02 March, 2004. Web. 23 Apr. 2019.


Love isn't just in the air, it's in your inbox too. Each February, businesses from every industry attempt to win customers with a Valentine's Day email marketing campaign — but Cupid's arrow doesn't always hit the mark.
To make sure you're on-target, we scoured our inboxes for creative examples from brands who know how to get subscribers to open their hearts and their wallets. Some use proven marketing concepts, while others tap into the power of gratitude. Whatever tactic they choose, you can be sure it's an effective one worth using in your next Valentine's Day email marketing campaign.
Why we love this Valentine's Day marketing email: This is a great example of a company that realizes how it fits into the Valentine's Day mix. Chocolates, flowers, dinner out — they're the first things people think of when they hear "February 14th." Candles, on the other hand, are a gift that's a little less obvious. With this email, Diamond Candles has thrust their product to the forefront of subscribers' minds with personalized, "handpicked" gift ideas for the holiday. They're also offering a generous "buy one get one free" deal on select candles.
What could be improved: This "buy one get one" deal is great. Everybody loves free stuff, especially on a holiday that can cost you a fortune in gifts. So why hide it below the fold?
Biggest takeaway: Nearly any product can be a Valentine's Day gift. Get creative to figure out how your offer fits into the holiday.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: At the sight of a subject line reading "What's that stain?", curiosity takes over and you can't help but want to find out what's inside the email. And when you do, you're not disappointed. Before even trying to land a sale, the brand offers valuable tips for cleaning three common Valentine's Day messes. Thanks, Method.
Relying on curiosity to get your email opened is a dangerous thing. The best subject lines strike a balance between curiosity and self-interest. "What's that stain" doesn't answer the question that every subscriber asks before opening an email: "What's in it for me?" If they're not going to get anything out of it, why take the time to open the email and read?
The biggest takeaway: Your offer might be valuable, but no one will see it if your subject line isn't perfect. Use curiosity, but don't rely on it to get clickthroughs. Make sure your subscribers know why they should spend their time reading it.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: Think Williams Sonoma is having a Valentine's Day sale? With four different mentions of a "25% off" discount, there's no way it's missed by anyone. A bar code also makes it easy for readers to print and claim their discount in-store, and the use of scarcity makes it more likely they do. In two days this deal will be over, cue FOMO (fear of missing out).
What could be improved: Filled with busy photos, countless calls-to-action and all-caps lettering, this email feels a little cluttered to us. With so many elements vying for our attention, where do we click?
The biggest takeaway: Make claiming your product easy for your subscribers. Convincing them to pull out their credit card is hard enough — don't make it hard for them to figure out how to use it.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: They're back with another great Valentine's Day email — but this time, Diamond Candles is doing something different. Not only are they offering a discount, indicated by giant title text, but they're saving their readers the embarrassment of ordering a gift that doesn't show up on time. "Order by 2⁄7 to get your gift on time with standard shipping" lets procrastinators know the last minute they can purchase online to have their gift delivered by the 14th.
The biggest takeaway: Look out for your subscribers. A helpful reminder like the one in this email goes a long way toward gaining their loyalty. Also, "clear" is always better than "cute" when it comes to sending marketing messages. "Heartbeat" would've been better replaced with an actual date.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: Offering a discount is always a great way to start a product email, but the best part of this message isn't the $5 off, or the free shipping on orders $50 or more — it's the subtle insult aimed at traditional Valentine's Day gifts.
What could be improved: Why is the "Free shipping on orders $50 or more" so small? If you're offering a discount, no matter what it is, it's worth making people aware of in writing bigger than size 5 font.
The biggest takeaway: Don't try to be something you're not. If you don't offer traditional Valentine's Day gifts, don't try to. Be better than chocolates and flowers.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: Right now your inbox is full of deals on chocolate and flowers, and FromYouFlowers knows that, which is why they use a few powerful marketing techniques to get you to choose them over the other guys.
Scarcity: A limited-time credit pressures subscribers into purchasing a gift before February 9th at midnight.
Social proof: Text at the bottom of the email inspires trust in two ways — first by showcasing praise from CNBC, an authoritative and well-known brand, and then by letting subscribers know that FromYouFlowers has satisfied over 5 million customers.
A guarantee: Worried your flowers aren't going to make it to your Valentine on time? You won't have to when you order florist arranged flowers. With a guarantee from the brand, you can be sure your gift arrives the same day it's ordered.
What could be improved: Social proof is a powerful persuader, but its placement in this email could be more prominent. As is, there's a chance subscribers don't even scroll deep enough to see it.
The biggest takeaway: If you're one of the countless brands selling chocolate and flowers on Valentine's Day, make sure you differentiate yourself from the competition.
Why we love these Valentine's Day emails: Valentine's Day isn't just for retailers…or humans either. LittleThings knows that, which is why they used this email campaign to send subscribers content relating to crafts and recipes for the holiday. This is another great example of both knowing what your audience wants, and how your brand fits into the holiday.
What could be improved: We tried to be picky here, but there's very little to improve. They don't even use stock photos for these featured images! Credit where it's due, this email gets an "A" from us.
The biggest takeaway: Publishers, not just retailers, can get in on Valentine's Day email marketing too.
What could be improved: This attempt at scarcity isn't fooling anyone. "Hurry, deals are going fast"? Are they? Or are discounted rooms filling up? Even then, do you think people are going to believe there won't be any rooms left in San Francisco or Miami if they don't book immediately? Probably not.
The biggest takeaway: Offer something your competitors can't. Free shipping and same-day shipping are great, but they're not better than no shipping. Trip bookings are the ultimate last-minute gift.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: The feels! Oh, the feels! This is the only Valentine's Day email we found that actually shows gratitude to its subscribers. In a healthcare provider, you're looking for a team that cares, and this email shows that that Erie's does. Sure, it was likely sent to every customer, but the thought is what counts. There are no attempts at selling upgraded plans or added policies in here — just a genuine "thank you" from the team.
What could be improved Could the design here be a little more engaging? Sure, but the warm and fuzzy sentiment more than makes up for that.
The biggest takeaway: Customer loyalty greatly impacts your bottom line. Make sure your customers stick with you by showing appreciation for them on a day that's dedicated to people you care about.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: This email does more than sell. Like the Method stain-remover email, it offers genuine help to its subscribers. Finding the perfect date idea is never easy, so these suggestions will be well-received.
What could be improved: This email is packed with a lot of similar offers. A wider variety would likely catch the attention of more subscribers.
The biggest takeaway: Be genuinely helpful to your subscribers. Whether you're helping them remove a stain or find the perfect date idea, they'll appreciate it more than when you strictly try to sell to them.
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: To some couples, the ideal date is a night spent on the town, but to others, it's a night spent cuddling on the couch eating takeout in front of the TV. Avoid lines and the cold by getting food delivered to your door with a 10% discount, courtesy of GrubHub.
The biggest takeaway: Traditional Valentine's gifts aren't all they're cracked up to be. Chocolates melt, flowers wilt, and nights out in February are cold. How is your offer better?
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: This email's for all the single people in the house. EatWith was the first brand we noticed didn't forget about all the unattached subscribers on the internet. Shouldn't they be allowed to enjoy a Valentine's dinner too?
What could be improved: The CTAs for these events could be clearer. Where do we click to sign up?
The biggest takeaway: Include everyone in your Valentine's Day marketing — all the single ladies and all the single fellas. In this case, how are they supposed to find someone to spend next February 14th with if they're sitting at home on the couch?
Why we love this Valentine's Day email: Not every brand can offer something for everyone, but big retailers like Amazon can. If your shelves are stocked with a range of gifts, let your subscribers know. Kids deserve to be shown some love, too.
What could be improved: The subject line here could be a little more engaging than "Valentine's Day Gift Ideas." Even something as simple as "Out of gift ideas? Everything you need for Valentine's Day inside…" is a more lively alternative.
The biggest takeaway: A box of chocolates is the Valentine's Day gift choice of most, but some people like to think outside the box. If you offer more than that, let them know.
Be yourself. If you can't offer something traditional to Valentine's Day, then don't try to. If you do sell chocolates and flowers, then differentiate yourself from the competition creatively the way FromYouFlowers did in the example above.
Show gratitude. Valentine's day is about offering appreciation to the people you care about, and if you care about your business, you need to care about your customers. Loyal customers are more valuable than new ones. Keep yours coming back with a heartfelt message like the one from Erie Family Health.
Don't oversell. Yes, the ultimate goal of your Valentine's Day campaign is to boost your bottom line, but shoving products down your customers' throats in an email that reads like a desperate car salesman trying to meet a quota? That's now how to do it. The best examples above contain content that's genuinely helpful to subscribers. Amazon offers a range of gifts, Groupon compiles date ideas for two, and Method offers cleaning tips. How can you help your customers?
Include everybody. Yes, Valentine's Day is traditionally for couples, but your single customers have wallets too. They still like chocolate, flowers, and dining out on February 14th. Don't completely exclude them in your messaging.
Do you have any tips for better Valentine's Day email marketing? Let us know in the comments, then use Autopilot to start spreading the love with personalized emails based on your customers' behavior.


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Xiaomi sells 40,000 Redmi 1S phones in 4 seconds in India
The Chinese company appears to be unable to keep up with demand for its phones in India — leading to complains on Facebook about the "limited" quantity of its stocks.
by Aloysius Low @longadin September 2, 2014 3:18 AM PDT
By any other measure, Xiaomi's latest flash sale in India would have been a roaring success. The up and coming Chinese smartphone maker just announced that it sold out all 40,000 units of its new Redmi 1S Android phone. But the sale was over in just seconds, and that appears to have left some of its Indian fans upset.
Some fans have taken to the company's Facebook page to complain about the limited stock, having been unable to get their hands on the 5,999 Indian Rupee ($99, £60, AU$106) smartphone.
The company itself claimed the phone sold out in 4.2 seconds. Registrations for its next flash sale will open at 6pm India time today.
Unlike other smartphone makers, Xiaomi relies on a flash-sale model to get its products out to its customers, and holds these sales on a regular basis for the countries where it operates, building buzz on social media.
While the company recently got in trouble with Taiwanese authorities over the accuracy of its sales numbers, the situation in India is a different matter altogether.
In India, Xiaomi has partnered with e-commerce retail site Flipkart to sell its devices. The site uses registrations of interest to provide a virtual queue for users to make purchases and so far, the demand for the Redmi 1S far exceeds supply with over 250,000 users wanting to buy the new phone.
The Redmi 1S is the follow up to the Redmi, an Android phone that offered exceptional value for its low price. The Redmi 1S just as tempting — it comes with a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.6GHz and twice the storage space at 8GB. The smartphone still has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 4.7-inch display with an HD resolution of 1,280×720 pixels.
Besides India, the Redmi 1S is currently sold in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and will be launching in the Philippines and Indonesia on September 4.
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Hendré (aka Hennie) was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, joining the yachting industry immediately after completing his education in 1999. As the son of a yacht builder and brother of a Chief Engineer, Hennie has a firm connection to the water and with a cousin also in the industry, you could say it´s in his blood. He became a Captain at the age of 26 on board 157ft Christensen Nice n Easy. Hennie has been at the helm of Remember When since its launch in June 2010, overseeing the build and the maiden voyage from the Columbia River in the Pacific North West, down the West Coast, Central America, through the Panama Canal and San Blas Islands and back to our home port in Florida, and has successfully managed the vessel and crew since. He has traveled independently through the U.S., South America, Central America, Southern Africa, and Australia while pursuing his interests of returning to nature, camping, backpacking/traveling, motorcycle adventuring and cooking out. He enjoys all water sports especially paddle board surfing, scurf boarding and enjoys paragliding. Growing up on a farm and attending Agricultural school drove Hennie to build and run his very own hobby farm, overlooking Table Mountain outside of Cape Town in South Africa. Highly regarded by his peers and loved by his crew, Hennie is an integral part of the dynamics of the vessel and its smooth operation, as reflected by his impressive tenure.
Emma is a British national and is culinary trained. She has worked in some of London´s top restaurants notably Gordon Ramsey´s Aubergine, and as sous chef at Moving Venue—one of London´s largest private catering firms working alongside a Roux trained Michelin star chef and catering events for up to 500. She has been a yacht chef for over 14 years and has even started her own chocolate line "Bitter Chocolates". An interesting fact about Emma: she paints and has had two gallery shows.
Bianca was born in South Africa but was raised in Mozambique from an early age. She spent her younger schooling years at a Portuguese school in Mozambique where her parents owned and operated a resort and Bianca´s mother ran a diving operation. This has given Bianca exposure to many adventures in and around the water from an early age, completing her dive tickets with her mother as an instructor. Her high school years were spent at a boarding school in South Africa. Bianca speaks English, Portuguese and Afrikaans. Bianca has always loved traveling but decided after school to pursue her creative talent and undertake further studies in Interior Decorating. It was here where her flare and love for interior colors, fabrics and finishes became apparent and she was introduced to some of the world´s most lavish textiles. A call to the world of yachting followed and Bianca thoroughly enjoys bringing new and creative themes to the table, setting for fine-dining experiences and producing all-round 5-star service for guests a board Remember When.
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French Chef; French Salads - Mayonnaise
French Chef
French Salads - Mayonnaise
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Premiered locally February 1962 and July- August 1962, nationally in Feb. 1963 - approx. 300 shows produced. 1963-1973.
Original series ran 1963 to July 1966, then went into reruns through September 1970.
In October 1970 the new French Chef 200 series was shot in color and taped on the set at WGBH. Included in the programs were footage of Julia's summer trip to France.
The 1971-1972 season was a tour of the French Classics: 26 half hour programs designed as a refresher course for experienced cooks and as a jet-assist takeoff for beginners.
After a funding scare, Polaroid funded a full 1972-1973 season. The theme was: The French Chef Faces Life. Julia shows viewers how to cope with situations that reflect the demands of society, family and lifestyle such as Sudden Company or a three course sit down dinner and getting kids involved in cooking.
NOTE: Beginning August 6, 1972, The French Chef repeated popular shows as a captioned edition. Series release date: 2/1962
Tossed Salads, French dressings.
Illustrates: How to prepare mixed green salads; mixed vegetable salads; how to make French dressing; how to dress and serve salad; all about mayonnaise.
Lockwood, Ruth (Series Producer)
Chicago: "French Chef; French Salads - Mayonnaise," WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed July 17, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1B6A041A3C8F497E96B279A0F61BA9CC.
MLA: "French Chef; French Salads - Mayonnaise." WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. July 17, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1B6A041A3C8F497E96B279A0F61BA9CC>.
APA: French Chef; French Salads - Mayonnaise. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1B6A041A3C8F497E96B279A0F61BA9CC


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Q: Proper way to use HttpURLConnection This question is a part of my previous question which is still unanswered. Here you can see it. 24 Hour Android app connection with PHP web server.
I am using HttpURLConnection to download some text from PHP web page. App use a service to execute AsyncTask at regular intervals. I observe that if mobiles WiFi connects to a router which have no internet than sometimes (not always) application behave in such a way that it is trying to connect internet without having any effect of connection timeout, set while connecting to webpage. Even if internet starts coming again application do nothing and keep trying to connect to internet.
This behavior can also be check of Emulator in a couple of ways. First just turn of your WLAN and wait for 30 minutes and connect again. You will see that HttpURLConnection will keep trying to connect to internet and will never give up and never get connected with internet. If we hibernate windows and starts it again the same behavior can be observed. But it not happened all the time.
I think there is some problem with my method of using HttpURLConnection not with my Service. Please help me with this situation. Here is my source code.
class DownloadInfo extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
            // constants
            try {

                System.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false"); // also checked without this line.

                HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url[0]).openConnection();
                connection.setDoOutput(true);
                connection.setConnectTimeout(30000); // miliseconds
                connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
                connection.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive"); // also checked with "Connection", "Close"
                connection.setRequestProperty("Charset",  "UTF-8");
                connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type",
                        "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=" + "UTF-8");
                Uri.Builder builder = new Uri.Builder()
                        .appendQueryParameter("user", "1111")
                        .appendQueryParameter("pass", "1111");
                String query = builder.build().getEncodedQuery();
                OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream();
                BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
                        new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8"));
                writer.write(query);
                writer.flush();
                writer.close();
                os.close();
                InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
                BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
                StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
                String line = "";
                while((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
                    response.append(line);
                    response.append('\r');
                }
                rd.close();
               // also tried  is.close(); AND  connection.disconnect();

                line = response.toString();
                return line;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.w("MyApp", "Download Exception : " + e.toString());
            }
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {

                if (result != null) {

                }
        }


Today some interesting pictures were released on to the wild. These pictures are reportedly a memo from Nintendo. The memos detail Nintendo's stage presentation and also there TreeHouse event.
Some titles that get me excited are. Punch Out become the Champion. Metriod Prime: Renegade. Fallout 3 Anniversary. Pokemon let's go Pikachu and Pokemon let's go Eevee. F-Zero SX. Star Fox Lylat System. The most exciting thing about this list if it is real is that, Nintendo only really talks about games that are releasing in the next year. with this line up Nintendo could for sure push 20 million by the end of there financial year.
The fun and excitement for Nintendo won't stop at the main stage, we will be treated to hours of game play from the TreeHouse gang. So many juicy games in store for us during this stream.
All of the game in the TreeHouse were games revealed from the above memo, with some 3DS goodness sprinkled in. The legend of Zelda: Links awakening, and Luigi's Mansion. This will definitely be on Nintendo TreeHouse you do not want to miss. Lets be honest though if it sounds to good to be true it usually is so lets just have fun talking about rumors and speculation, and take all news with a grain of salt.
Everyone it's that time of year where rumours are running wild. Let put our tinfoil hats on and indulge in the latest offering from Reddit. Reddit user DasVergeben, has revealed what Retro Studio has been working on. Star Fox GX, what is it exactly.
It's said to be a mix of F-Zero and Diddy Kong Racing. The game will have a main open hub world and host different tracks that will have different missions to complete, and also boss battles will be in this game as well.
Let's take this with a grain of salt but this will be awesome if it's true. Prepare to. DO A BARREL ROLL.
Another Splatfest has come and gone. This time in round two was Donatello vs Michelangelo. Team Donatello took the Splatfest 2-1 congratulations team Donatello. Next week team Donatello will face team Raphael in the finals next weekend.
In this Splatfest there was another lopsided vote. Team Donnie lost by 11% and went on to put up some very dominating solo and team battle numbers. This brings up the question dose the Splatoon team need to work on there Splatfest calculations. I myself was team Mikey and didn't have one Mikey vs Mikey match. I also had a very hard time finding teams to join in solo. This Splatfest for me was one of the highest disconnect rates I have ever had. Let's hope that some of the connection issues will be fixed once the paid service is here.
Alright, Hunters get ready to hunt on the go when Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate lands on Nintendo Switch!
That's right you will now be able to hunt on the go once again! A new title in the Monster Hunter series is releasing on Nintendo Switch exclusively this August. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is slated to release on Nintendo Switch on August 28th, 2018! Generations Ultimate is the follow-up to Monster Hunter Generations which was available on Nintendo 3DS. This will be the first Monster Hunter title on the Nintendo Switch.
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate will be a great addition to the Nintendo Switch library. Monster Hunter titles work well as a handheld title but have also been phenomenal on home consoles as well, as with Monster Hunter World on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The switch is the perfect console for the series, allowing you to hunt casually collected parts and crafting armor on the go, then taking on some epic fights on the big screen at home.
What Will Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Bring?
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate will feature a blend of classic gameplay as well as some new spins. New areas and monsters will be available to hunt and explore also a return of fan-favorites. Generations Ultimate will feature the largest roster of monsters to date of any other game in the series. The online play which is a staple to the series will also be available. So you can hunt with up to three other players online or locally. The ability to take the game on the go once again returns allowing you to hunt anywhere and anytime. Alongside the previously featured low-rank and high-rank levels quests, hunters will be able to take on new "G" rank quests to further the challenge.
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There will be shocking Splatoon 2 news coming your way June 9 according to Ryokuta. This source is very reliable, Ryokuta was the source that correctly leaked the existence of Yo-Kai Watch 4 in Japan. According to Ryokuta the week of June 9 there will be majorly shocking Splatoon 2 new. This news will appear in that weeks Shonen Jump will have the news.
What could this shocking news be, will it have anything to do with the new Nintendo online serves, could it be a new game mode coming to Splatoon 2. there is a lot of speculation that it could be some sort of battle royal mode. I for one would like to see some sort of death match mode were its first team to 50 splats win, maybe even a free for all mode, and it's every squid for themselves.
Thanks to Walmart Canada for releasing a Pre-order list of the game coming out in the next year. I would take this with a grain of salt. There are some awesome titles included on this list. We will have to wait and see if these title are announced at E3.
The games on this list are pretty standard releases that we expect each year. Final fantasy 7 remake made the list again. It is very unlikely that will see that any time soon. Metriod Prime 4 was on this list along with Smash bros 5. The biggest surprise for me was seeing Gears of war 5. If this list is true I am looking forward to the trailer videos at E3 this year.


Gettysburg's Annual Remembrance Day Parade takes place on Saturday, November 23. It is the 150th Anniversary of the Parade – the 1st one took place on November 19, 1863, when the new Soldiers Cemetery was dedicated, and when President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
This year we expect about 5,000 parade participants, mostly Civil War re-enactors. The parade starts at 1 p.m. from Lefever Street to Liberty Street, then along Middle Street to Lincoln Square, then down Baltimore Street, right past The Brickhouse Inn.
At 5.30 to 9.30 there will be the 11th Annual Remembrance Illumination – the graves of Civil War soldiers will be lit with candles.


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13. Technology in robotics: Microprocessors
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We've already been introduced to the BASIC STAMP on our BOE-BOT. A similar chip exists on the BASIC STAMP Homework Board. I pointed this out in class and called it the brains of the robot. In fact it is a form of computer called a microcontroller. A microcontroller differs from the microprocessor in your computer because it has some memory on the chip that allows it to be programmed for a specific task. The clock speeds of microcontrollers are generally slower than for microprocessor but that's changing fast.
The BASIC STAMP uses a unique programming language that resides in the left-top chip that has BS2 written above it. This actual microprocessor is one manufactured by Microchip called a PIC chip.
When these chips first became available to hobbyists they had to be programmed using a programmer that converted a primative computer language called Assembler language into machine language of 1's and 0's.
Once the chip was programmed it could then be moved into the circuit it was intended to control.
Modern microcontrollers like the BASIC STAMP are able to be programmed and operate on a single board that is programmed through a USB port and has it's input and output pins easily accessed through headers.
At DigiPen, our coach, Brian, prefers to use another microcontroller called the Arduino. This microcontroller is extremely popular among hobbyists right now and you will undoubtedly see many at the FIRST competition.
It uses a USB port (large metal cube on the far left) to program it. The actual chip that powers it is made by Amtel (the long chip at the bottom) and clocks even faster than the BASIC STAMP (the crystal clock is the oval can on the mid-left side of the board).
Part of their popularity is due to the fact that the manufacturer has produced a number of interface boards called "shields" that clip onto the headers. These can be used for wireless communications, motor control or any other interface you might need for your robot with little need for peripheral chips or discrete components to support it.
The LEGO robotics kit we have uses 3 Amtel microprocessors. One for communication, one is the main microprocessor and the last one is dedicated to motor control. Of all the microcontrollers we'll be using it is, by far the most advanced. Fortunately the interface only gives you a few outputs and inputs so you don't have to consult the technical documents for these microcontrollers to make it work.
Understanding the internal workings of microcontrollers is helpful but not necessary to making a robot work. What is important is to understand what we're talking about when we refer to registers, stacks or memory address pointers that our program affects.
The microprocessor depends on a strict sequence of events that transition with each pulse of the clock. The first thing a microprocessor does is to "fetch" the instruction it is to execute from the program cache one line at a time. Once the instruction has been read, it is interpreted by the "decoder unit" inside the microchip. The code can ask for input from one of the microcontroller's ports, perform an arithmatic function, or place something in temporary memory. Each of these activities is performed using a bucket of memory for the accumulation of operations, a bucket for what's called the base, a code bucket and a memory bucket for data. These are called the Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx registers. In addition to these the manufacturer of the chip will have a bunch of "Special Purpose Registers" (SPRs) that you can't change but take memory. Any of these is manipulated by the code sequence by refering to pointers. Pointers are simply the memory address that contains the data the program needs. The pointer moves, pushes or pops data on and off portions of temporary memory called stacks until another call is made to overwrite the memory used in the last operation.
Microcontrollers have varying amounts of on-board memory divided into RAM (random access memory) and programmable memory for holding constants or tables you'll instruct code to look at. If your robot is to do anything spectacular, however, you'll eventually need to access external memory using one of the microcontroller's ports.
http://www.pictutorials.com/what_is_microcontroller.htm
http://srinivasarao.webs.com/micro-cntrl.pdf
12. Technology in robotics: Useful Chips
As we said at the outset, we count on chips that have most of the discrete components incorporated on them so most robot circuitry is dominated by little black integrated circuits (ICs) sometimes called bugs.
Each IC has an even number of pins sticking out it's side that correspond to some input or output of a miniature circuit housed inside the chip. On most of chips there is a dot or an indentation over the pin that is labeled as pin 1 and the pins are identified by counting from the first pin, down the left side of the chip and then following the pins in counter-clockwise around the chip.
To find out what the other pins do and how to use the chip, each manufacturer publishes technical specifications for the chips they manufacture. These are freely available on-line and often include schematics of the useful circuits that include the chip.
In the last blog we saw how a single chip could replace 4 transistor switches to make an H-Bridge for controlling the motors on our robot. There are other chips that are very useful in robotics as well.
Among the most useful of all chips is the Operational Amplifier or Op Amp. These amplify small voltages in a way that can be controlled by setting the amplifier's "gain".
The op amp is so prevalent in electronics that it deserves it's own symbol shown as the triangle in the schematic drawing. There are positive and negative inputs, an output pin. When there are no resistors connected to the op amp it outputs the voltage that is the difference between the + and – input voltages. This is called a comparator and can be very useful if a robot has sensors that are trying to see if one thing is "hotter", "brighter", "darker" etc. than some reference voltage.
With the resistors added the ouput voltage equals 1+ R1/R2. If the input voltage were 1.5 volts and the resistors were both 220 Ohms, what would the output voltage be?
Another common chip you'll see in robots are Analog to Digital converters (A/D Converters). These devices take an analog signal from a sensor of light, temperature, sound etc. and turn it into a digital number that a computer can read. There are Digital/Analog converters too and they're also used in robots but not as often as Analog to Digital. In order for the digital signal (remember that a digital number is a series of "1"s and "0"s) it must either be sent to the BASIC STAMPS's input as a series of 1's and 0's on a single wire (we call this "serial input") or on a bunch of wires each representing one place in the binary number system we learned about earlier (we call this "Parallel input") These are used so often that most robotics microcontrollers have integrated the A/D converters for you.
A final typical chip you'll be introduced to in robotics are voltage regulators. You will seldom see a robot that only uses one voltage for everything. Usually the motors have one voltage, the microcontroller has another and the mechanics for grabbing, throwing or other uses operate on a third voltage. Making sure you have enough of the right voltage is an important step in the design of your robot and you'll want to make sure the voltage and current you supply is not too much and not too little for the task at hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K03Rom3Cs28
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-to-digital-conversion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsyMnJ1NSs
11. Electronics in robotics: Transistors
Transistors are in the family of devices called "semiconductors" which have the unique property of making insulators into conductors. The most common of these insulators is silicon with impurities in it that allow this transformation to occur.
A transistor has three leads:
The Emitter, and
When current is supplied to the base it allows current to flow from the collector to the emitter, otherwise no current flows past the base.
Transistors come in two flavors PNP and NPN (as shown above) which are symbolized with the arrow pointing to the "N".
The NPN shown on the far right is, by far, the most common sort of transistor.
In class we saw how we could program the BASIC STAMP chip to light an LED light using just the 1.5 volt signal coming from the STAMP, but what if the light took more than 1.5 volts or there was a chance of some voltage coming backwards from a circuit into the STAMP's output port?
One way to handle these questions might be to isolate the "on"/"off" signal with a transistor switch. To do this we would simply connect the STAMP's output to the base of an NPN transistor and the input to the lamp or other thing we're switching on to the emitter with it's power source connected to the collector.
In the last blog we made one of the most used circuits using resistors; the voltage divider. But in robotics no circuit is more common than the transistor switch and it's close cousin the emitter-follower.
The transistor switch requires a transistor, a power supply connected to a load (a circuit to do something like light up an led) and a power source to send a positive voltage from the BASIC STAMP.
Similar to the transistor switch is a circuit called the emitter-follower which connects the circuit to the emitter side of the transistor.
One of the most common motors used in robots are DC motors that require a steady DC current rather than the pulsed signals of a servo or stepper motor. In order to reverse these motors you have to reverse the polarity (exchange the + an – voltages) on the motor. A common way this is accomplished in robots is through what's called an "H-Bridge" because it's schematic diagram looks roughly like the capital letter "H".
To make the motor run forward we switch on the high-side-left switch and the low side right switch. To make it run backwards we switch on the high-side-right switch and the low-side-left switch.
If we have two motors (two wheels on our robot) we can make one move forward and the other backward (or just slower) to make the robot turn.
We can replace the mechanical switches in the diagram with transistor switches in order to accomplish the same thing but by using >.6 volts on the base of any of the 4 transistor switches.
This has become so common that we now have chips with a full H-Bridge contained in them and we only need to hook up the pins to the correct motor pole, battery or output from our BASIC STAMP.
http://techhouse.brown.edu/~dmorris/projects/tutorials/transistor.switches.pdf
http://www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=423
http://www.instructables.com/id/H-Bridge-on-a-Breadboard/
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slvsar1c/slvsar1c.pdf
10. Electronics in robotics: Ohm's Law
In an earlier blog we saw how the relationship between current (I), voltage(V) and resistance(R) combined into one of the most important identities in electronics called Ohm's law. To review, the current is the speed with which the electrons are allowed to flow, the voltage is the energy exerted on the electrons to flow and resistance is any reduction in the ability of the electrons to flow.
Changing any one of the three will change the other two in a way that makes it easy to apply algebra to. If the resistance increases, the amps can't move as fast (current decreases) and the ratio of the volts to current increases.
Similarly, in order for the current to increase, either the voltage has to be stronger than the resistance or the resistance has to decrease.
We write this relationship as
R=V/I
I=V/R
V=I x R
The first component that we looked at in an earlier blog was the resistor which obviously has to do with Ohm's law because it's sole job is to increase resistance.
If we put a 100 Ohm resistor across a battery's terminals the voltage from the battery will be 1.5 volts but the current will be equal to the voltage divided by the resistance or 15 milliamps (15×10-3Amps)
It's worth noting that the current would be the same on either side of the resistor.
But what if we want to vary the voltage? One of the most frequently used circuits in electronics is the voltage divider which makes use of Ohms law and the fact that if you put two resistors in a series, the total resistance will be the sum of the two resistor's ohm values or simply R1 + R2.
According to Ohm's Law, the current I will be the Voltage divided by the resistance. Since there are two resistors this will be the sum of the two resistors you see in the denominator and the voltage in the numerator. Again, according to Ohm's Law in order to get the voltage we multiply the current by the resistance in the second resistor which you see in the numerator of the formula in the drawing.
Suppose we had a 12 volt battery (common in robots) and two 100 ohm resistors in parallel like in the drawing above. How much voltage would we have at the output of the voltage divider?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHLvtGjum4
8. Mathematics in robotics: Units of Measure
Most of us are used to single measurements of everyday items. A ruler can give us linear measures in units of inches or centimeters; a measuring cup can give us volume measures in units of cups or fluid ounces. But when you're measuring electrons in a circuit your measuring something really small!
For example, your standard car speakers will require the radio to pump 104,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons per second…well that's just silly! Even if it were helpful to know how many electrons it took to power my sub-woofer it would be easier to write as "104-followed-by-18-zeros" or in scientific notation as 104 x 1018. But there are many cases where we need a unit of measure that counts a lot of electrons at once. Using some very clever experiments, people decided that the count of 6.241×1018 electrons could be called "one coulomb" and that moving that many electrons past a point in one second would be called "one ampere".
1 Ampere = 1 coulomb / 1 second
Whenever we come across a measurement that includes the word "per" or "rate" we should use a division sign to symbolize it. Thus "miles per gallon" becomes miles/gallon and "miles per hour" becomes mi./hr. Since ampere's or amps are measured in units per second, it is a measure of the speed at which the electrons are flowing, not the number of electrons that are present. Actually the number of electrons present won't matter in electronics. Every helium atom has two electrons but I guarantee you won't charge your smartphone by plugging it into a helium balloon. The only way to get those electrons to flow is if there are more electrons on one side of the circuit than the other. The difference between the two is measured in volts. This is a very different measure than the one for current (amperes) which measured the velocity of electrons in a wire. Volts are a measure of force (you can think of it as pressure) on the electrons to move. This force or energy that results from having more electrons on one pole than the other is measured in a unit called Joules. The number of joules per coulomb (energy per number of electrons) is what we refer to as volts.
1 volt = 1 joule/1 coulomb
We now have two measurements of electricty; the ampere as the unit of measure of current (symbolized as I) and volts as the measure of voltage (symbolized as V). But the only time anything interesting happens is when we pass the current and the voltage through something (e.g. a light bulb, a radio or a computer) What we're changing is the amount of each that travels through a conductor. Whenever we change the ability of a conductor we call it the conductor's "resistance". We measure resistance in units called "ohms" (symbolized as Ω) and an ohm is measured in terms of volts per amp or
1 Ohm = 1 Volt / 1 Ampere
Resistance is the third leg of the fundamental law for all electronics. Just like the example we gave earlier about π , the combination of resistance, current and voltage can describe everything interesting that's happening in a circuit.
Besides what's happening in a circuit, FIRST robotics will be concerned with how much the robot weighs, how long the battery can last and how much things cost. We'll have to constantly be measuring, inventorying, estimating and reporting on measured quantities.
When we're figuring out what to buy for our robot we'll have to stick to the budget that FIRST has given us (I think we can add up to $400 to the $5,000 in parts that FIRST will give us). Budgeting requires that we estimate how much each part will cost and make sure we don't use all of the money before we've purchased everything we need. How might the notion of budgeting apply to a circuit? Can you use up electricity?
http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/fyp/mathrev/mr-scnot.html
http://www.convert-me.com/en/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQamA_mRhqA
9. Electronics in robotics: Discrete components
At first glance you might think building a robot will require a deep understanding of electronics but it actually relies on a lot of the electronics we need being self contained in little chips on a circuit board. All we really need to do in robotics is to connect the chip's pins to the right inputs and outputs in order to make the robot do what we want it to. Sometimes, however, we can't simply connect things together or we'll destroy a chip and often it helps to know the function of each chip in order to better diagnose what might go wrong with the robot during a competition.
Let's begin with the basic notion of a circuit. A circuit describes the condition where electric current (remember that current is the flow of electrons) flows from a source, through the devices in the circuit and returns to the source's other pole. This seems pretty intuitive but it's important to understand that you can't do much with current that goes to something but you can do a lot when it flows through it and into a ground.
Unit of measure: Ohms
Types: Surface Mount, carbon, foil.
What they do: change the ratio of voltage to current in a circuit
what they look like
From top to bottom
Surface mount, DIP chip, carbon, foil, precision foil
Unit of measure: Farads (although its usually microfarads or picofarads)
Types: surface mount, ceramic, tantalum, poly, electrolytic
What they do: They're little reservoirs that can hold a finite amount of electricity.
In order from left to right
Ceramic, tantalum, poly, Electrolytic (I'm out of surface mount caps but they look just like the surface mount resistors).
Unit of measure: Two numbers. The high voltage is the reverse voltage limit that will fry your diode and the small voltage is the voltage drop from the anode to the cathode.
Types: Zener, Schottky, Light emitting, rectifier, thyristor
What they do: Basically they're a one-way valve for electricity. They're most often used to flatten a sign wave or oscillating current.
From top to bottom:
Surface mount, Zener, rectifying
Unit of measure: Max voltage between the emitter and the collector, current gain to the emitter (called the beta),
Types: surface mount, NPN, PNP, Darllington, Field Effect, etc.
What they do: most people use them as a switch but they actually act as a current amplifier.
From left to right: These are all NPN transistors of increasing power.
Surface mount, TO-92 package, TO-220 package, TO-3 package
Units of measure: Cycles per second or Hertz (1 Hz=1 cycle per second)
Types: crystal, crystal with cap included
What they do: These are the "Pulse" of the microcontroller we spoke about in the 4th blog but they're also used in R/C in order to establish the radio frequency you'll be using to control your robot.
What they look like:
This about the coolest way I know to learn basic electronics: http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-index.html
7. Mathematics in robotics: Number Systems
The Piraha people of the Amazon only have 3 numbers: 1, 2 and all-numbers-more-than-2. That's really all the data they ever need to represent but most other cultures have found it necessary to communicate more information (data) than that and have developed number systems that allow them to do that. These usually start with something like notches on a stick or stone counters. The problem is that these get longer with each one you add so most people's numbering systems began to count using a system that got longer by multiples of 10. In this decimal system (deci- is Greek for tenth) the first place is reserved for counting the number of 1's, the position next to that is reserved for counting the number of 10's, next is reserved for the number of 100's (10×10), next 1,000's (10x10x10) etc. Because digital information comes to us as pulses of "on" and "off" we've kinda had to go backwards from the innovations of the decimal system. The easiest way to represent digital information (data) is by reserving each place in the number represent a multiple of 2. So the first place represents the number of 1's just like the decimal system but instead of the next place holding 10's it holds the 2's and the third place is for holding 4's (2×2) the fourth for holding 8's (2x2x2) etc. We call this system of number binary.
The decimal number 7 would be written as 111 in binary and the number 5 as 101. How would you write the decimal number 9 in binary?
Handling a string of 1's and 0's is fine for a computer, but when we're typing computer code and we want to input a big binary number we'd end up typing a long string of 1's and 0's. Once again people had to come up with a way to write shorter representations of the data. In the decimal system there's one other convention that I forgot to mention…we use commas after every 3 place holders in the number (1,000's, 1,000,000's etc.). This makes it easier for us to count really big numbers. The first innovation that took place in our use of binary numbers in computers was to create a system like the use of comma's in the decimal system so we decided that after 3 places in the binary system (which counts 8 numbers or "bits" as their called in the binary system) we'd call it a "byte". A number system that added a place after every multiple of 8 would reserve the first place for 1's, the second place for 8's, the third for 64's etc. We call this the octal system of numbers. In this system of numbers 111 would be equal to the decimal number 73 (64+8+1). We decided to write this system by adding the alphabet to our decimal system as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7. The decimal number 74 would be 112. How would you write 80 in octal notation?
Finally, the system used in most programs combines a lower byte (1111) and an upper byte (1111) into number system called the hexidecimal system of numbers. It borrows letters from the alphabet to enable counting from 0 to 16 in the first position: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d,e,f. So the number ff written in Hexidecimal would equal 255 (240+15). In Binary this would be equal to 1111 1111.
Numbering systems are useful ways for representing data but there are other ways we use communicate information that are not digital. Can you think of any other systems of communication that use something other than the decimal system which is based on the number 10?
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/binary-octal-hexadecimal-numbers-d_1802.html
http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~roger/binhex.html
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BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's lucrative National Day holiday box office is set to see a star-studded four-part anthology film roughly translated as "Me and My Father's Generation" lock horns with the highly-anticipated war film "The Battle at Lake Changjin."
The release date of "Me and My Father's Generation" has been brought forward by one day to Sept. 30, the last business day before the National Day holiday begins on Oct. 1. The holiday is known as a golden week for major cultural and tourism consumption.
The announcement, made via the official Weibo account of the film Tuesday, meant "Me and My Father's Generation" will have the same release day with "The Battle at Lake Changjin."
"Me and My Father's Generation" is jointly directed by Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng, and Shen Teng, all of whom also play the leading roles.
It adopts the storytelling technique of collective creation -- one film containing multiple stories by different directors -- similar to anthology movies "My People, My Country" and "My People, My Homeland." The latter two hit theaters around the National Day of 2019 and 2020, respectively, and achieved huge market success.
"The Battle at Lake Changjin" is jointly helmed by Chen Kaige, Hark Tsui, and Dante Lam, all big names in the Chinese film industry. It follows the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) in a courageous battle during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953).
The war film stars Wu Jing and Jackson Yee and tells the story of CPV soldiers fighting bravely in freezing temperatures in a key campaign around Changjin Lake.
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