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George South | 17:15 UK time, Friday, 2 March 2012
On Wednesday, PM asked listeners to do something special to mark the leap day.
Paddy O'Connell helped listener and charity fundraiser June Bowden, who is blind, take her "Leap for PM", riding a tandem bike for the first time. Watch the video here.
For users of Facebook, photos from Wednesday's Leap have been added to Radio 4's page.
The leaps listeners made
Ryan Dilley | 16:56 UK time, Thursday, 1 March 2012
Wednesday was a very special day, a Leap Day. Like Oliver Reed in his heyday, it comes round only once every four years.
PM wondered whether we could use the special day as an opportunity. We asked listeners whether they'd be prepared to take advantage of this extra day - use it as an excuse to do something different.
But did anyone actually take the leap?
Fritha Ellis-Proughten went to the dentist for root canal treatment. She says: "It went very well and I am now contemplating the abundance of crunchy food items I have been missing out on for the past three months."
Ruth Martin went to Iceland to try and catch a glimpse of the northern lights. "We went out at 9pm; drove out of Reykjavik for about an hour; and stood in the snowy cold for two periods of about 45 minutes without success."
Sue Lloyd went to the theatre in Stratford: "I saw The Heresy of Love at the Swan Theatre, Stratford, as planned."
Polly Ernest was going to be recovering in hospital from donating a kidney to her husband, Roger: "Unfortunately, the powers that be decided to cancel the operation as there was still a shadow of doubt over Roger's health. I was admitted on Sunday via A+E with acute shoulder and neck pains and have spent the last three days flat on my back. Talk about the best laid plans."
Ted White went to Buckingham Palace to be invested an MBE: "I had a wonderful time... the Prince of Wales was doing the investing!"
Simon Ridley and nine other campanologists rang the bells in Tewkesbury Abby for an hour: "1346 musical changes of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus performed in 54 minutes on Tewkesbury Abbey bells, leaping tonight for PM. Ringing was fair to start, quality rising, good at finish."
Yvonne spent the day geocaching as she won't be able to log a geocache on this date for four years: "We found our planned geocache at Lepe. We had made our first travel bug called 'Leap for PM' and we will now be able to track its progress as it goes from cache to cache across the world."
Liz Turner, now 61, rekindled her hula hooping hobby: "I have just had my hula-hooping session with Jodhi - the teacher kindly provided by PM - and what larks we had!"
Irene Nicholson met up with someone she hadn't seen in decades: "I have had a lovely day with my friend, Teresa, who has come over from Australia after 42 years. We are going to Paris on the 12th March to celebrate our 60th birthdays!"
Clare Fowler went to Buckingham Palace to be invested a CBE: "What an extraordinary privilege. HRH Prince of Wales officiated and spoke to each of the 87 recipients."
Ceri Lamberton made a leap with her year six class: "All of the children in the class took their leap. They used the extra hours during the day on the 29th February to do something that would make a difference either to their own lives or to the people around them."
Ross McDonald told his colleagues that he is gay and has been with his partner for 17 years: "Over the course of the morning a number of colleagues came to me and thanked me with admiration for my honesty. I even managed to use 'we' instead of 'I' when talking about plans for the weekend."
Jill Sandford sent an olive branch to a friend she thought she may have offended: "I made the hard phone call today and apologised to my friend Anne, asking her to let me know if she is OK and to make contact. Feels great to have done it. Now I wait."
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March 2012 NPD Results
Are you a fan of game sales? No, not ones like buy-one-get-one-free, I'm talking about how much a game has sold. If you are, then strap yourself in as we have sales from the States to share for the month of March.
It should be no surprise that Mass Effect 3 managed to top all games for the month of March as it was the biggest, most advertised release even with its poor ending and constant crying from gamers. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City at number two proves that there is no accounting for taste, and if you market a game enough (Capcom had ads for the game when Revelations released), your game will most definitely sell. I'm happy to see Sony's new MLB game at number three as it is the ultimate baseball simulator. Meanwhile, Street Fighter X Tekken punched and kicked its way onto the chart. Important to note that Mario Party 9 is the only single game (released on only one system) that actually made the top ten. For those concerned on how Kid Icarus: Uprising performed, do not worry:
"Frazier also pointed out that Nintendo's new Kid Icarus actually did pretty well: "In a list of the top 10 SKUs for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kid Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March."
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London, 8 March 2015 – In a petition filed this week, REDRESS and Justice for Iran have urged the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene on behalf of a female Kurdish activist who is currently serving a life sentence in Iran after she was arrested on International Women's Day seven years ago.
In their petition, the organisations urge the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to call on the Iranian Government to grant Zeinab Jalalian a re-trial that complies with international standards for fair trial, including disregarding any evidence obtained under torture or other ill-treatment. They also request that she is protected from further torture and ill-treatment and given access to all the necessary medical treatment, including urgent care for a degenerative eye condition that is causing her to lose her sight.
In 2008, Jalalian was sentenced to death for "enmity against God" (moharebeh) by Kermanshah Revolutionary Court for her alleged membership in the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), an armed Kurdish opposition group. She was not granted access to a lawyer during her summary trial and was sentenced to death despite the lack of evidence about her participation in the armed activities of the PJAK. Her death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2011.
The organisations state that Jalalian was targeted for her social activism and work promoting women's rights in the Iraqi and Iranian Kurdistan, where she had been assisting women by providing them education and social services since 2000 until her arrest.
The organisations state that Jalalian was targeted for her social activism and work promoting women's rights in the Iraqi and Iranian Kurdistan, where she had been assisting women by providing them education and social services since 2000 until her arrest. One of her last activities took place in an early visit to the Iranian Kurdistan prior to her arrest in March 2008, when she visited a girls' high school in Kamiaran to talk about the importance of International Women's Day and distributed flowers to the students.
Jalalian is currently serving a life sentence in Khoy Prison, western Iran. Prior to being transferred to Khoy Prison in early 2015, Jalalian was held in Dizel Abad Prison, near Kermanshah, where she received inadequate treatment for a series of ailments that her family believe result from the beating she has endured. Before her trial, Jalalian spent eight months in pre-trial detention in a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre, where she says she was subjected to severe torture and ill-treatment to force her to confess to false charges. This included long interrogations while being blindfolded, beatings, flogging under her feet, threats of rape and solitary confinement. She also says she was tortured during a period of detention in Evin Prison in 2010.
In their petition, the organisations urge the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to call on the Iranian Government to grant Zeinab Jalalian a re-trial that complies with international standards for fair trial, including disregarding any evidence obtained under torture or other ill-treatment.
Jalalian suffers from intestinal infections and internal bleeding. She also suffers from conjunctiva, but prison authorities have repeatedly refused to allow her access to an eye specialist outside of the prison to get the required surgical treatment. Her health has deteriorated to a point that she currently needs assistance to perform daily tasks. Her eye condition is reported to be rapidly deteriorating. On 16 June 2014, Amnesty International issued an urgent action calling on the Iranian authorities to give Jalalian the medical treatment she required.
Since Jalaian has been jailed her family has only been able to visit her a few times and has only been allowed to have two-minute telephone conversations with her once a week.
A copy of the Petition has also been submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
For further information, please contact: Shadi Sadr, Justice for Iran Executive Director, at [email protected]; +44 (0) 2034411499 (office) and +44 07707049084 (mobile) and/or Eva Sanchis, REDRESS Communications Officer, at [email protected]; +44 (0) 207 793 1777 (office) and +44 07857110076 (mobile).
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REDRESS is an award winning human rights organisation based in London which works internationally to combat torture by seeking justice and reparation for torture survivors. Since 1992, it has consistently fought for the rights of torture survivors and their families in the UK and abroad. REDRESS has intervened in a range of leading torture cases.
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Proposed DTLA tower gets haircut, but not off the top
Mitsui Fudosan's 8th & Fig will rise 41 stories and have 438 units
Oct.October 12, 2018 03:00 PM
John Westerfield is CEO of MFA and a rendering Fig & 8th (Credit: DLANC)
Plans for a 41-story mixed-used tower in Downtown are being scaled back courtesy of the city's environmental review. But the change isn't so dramatic.
Mitsui Fudosan America's Eighth & Figueroa — also known as 8th & Fig — will be 12 percent smaller, and will include 438 residential units and 7,493 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, according to Urbanize.
The project, which will replace a parking lot at 732 South Figueroa Street, will now encompass 425,000 square feet, down from the previous design of 482,000 square feet. The change satisfies environmental requirements.
The actual height of the proposed project will increase from 501 feet to 530 feet to account for mechanical space at the roof level.
It is unclear exactly how the space was reduced, but a 2016 version of the plans called for 11,000 square feet of retail.
The current mixed-use tower will have 80 studios, 264 one-bedroom apartments and 94 two-bedroom units. It will also include parking for 517 vehicles on seven levels, four of them underground.
The boxy glass-and-steel look of the project, being designed by Johnson Fain, will remain mostly the same as the project presented in March of 2018, Urbanize reported.
The project is expected to be completed in 2022.
Mitsui has owned the project site for more than 30 years, and also owns a parking garage one block away, where another high-rise project is underway.
Brookfield Properties is building an even more massive 64-story mixed-use tower about a block away, at 945 W. Eighth Street, that will have 781 condos and 6,700 square feet of retail space. [Urbanize] — Alexei Barrionuevo
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* Some of the brick blocks have "glue."
Place a block of 2 half-bricks on top of a whole brick. Place a half-brick next to the block of 2 half-bricks. The half-brick becomes glued to form a new brick which cannot be pulled down by gravity.
- both ends are supported underneath by other blocks.
It is fun to build a beam near the top and watch it fall until it reaches its supports.


The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Vesper Choir, directed by Michael J. Bates, is performing its spring 2012 concert on at 6 p.m. Friday in the Hathaway-Howard Fine Arts Center auditorium.
The choir will be performing classical and contemporary choral works, spirituals, opera and gospel selections. Admission to the spring concert is free and the public is welcome.
Featured soloists include graduating seniors, Janitha Lawson, Stephan Burse and Devin Heggie; as well as music majors Brandon Black, Phyllissa Dunk, Naocea Evans and Echol Simpson.
In March, the Vesper Choir performed an evening of opera favorites with the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra and toured Kansas City, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles during its annual spring tour. The choir has also performed in Memphis, Southhaven Miss., West Memphis, Little Rock, Hot Springs, Camden, Dermott and Pine Bluff this semester. Heidi Gordon serves as assistant director, Julia Buckingham is the choir�s accompanist, and Andre Strydom is rehearsal accompanist.
Organized in 1945 by Ariel M. Lovelace, the Vesper Choir serves as one of the main fundraisers for the campus and was given its name because it presented music for the mandatory Sunday evening �Vesper� services on the AM&N campus. The choir is a service organization that has performed for significant campus and community events, schools, churches, and community organizations around the state of Arkansas and internationally. With a mission that is cultural, artistic and educational, the group has produced a long line of distinguished singers, performers and professionals in other work fields and academic including, H. Beecher Hicks, prominent theologian, pastor and author; Smokie Norful, noted contemporary gospel artist and pastor; and James McKissic, internationally renowned concert pianist.


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Q: NSMutableDictionary setValue:forKeyPath: setting more than one key // populate 'project' with contents of key in `gDictRoot`
NSDictionary *project = [gDictRoot valueForKeyPath:@"root.project0"];

// modify 'project' as necessary - actual code omitted for brevity
[project setValue:[someDict valueForKey:@"foo"] forKeyPath:@"parameters.foo"];

// add 'project' to 'gDictRoot' so it isn't lost when the view is dismissed
[gDictRoot setValue:project forKeyPath:@"root.project2"];

Third line, where I add project to gDictRoot – project0 also gets modified. Don't know why.

A: The behavior that you see is due to the fact that both project0 and project2 point to the same dictionary instance. The change to one of them will always reflect in the other one.
If you do not want this behavior, make a copy of project0 before making it project2:
NSMutableDictionary *project = [NSMutableDictionary
    dictionaryWithDictionary:[gDictRoot valueForKeyPath:@"root.project0"]
];

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Q: Eclipse 3.7.2 (64 bits) crash when using svn connector polarion 1.8.5 I installed Eclipse 3.7.2 (64 bits) and update svn connector polarion 1.8.5. After that, I checked out project from svn successfully but I have 2 problems with Eclipse and svn information

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*Sometimes, Svn information of project does not show and I can't update or commit data

*When I try to expand some folders from my project data, the Eclipse has been crashed.

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x000000342067997a, pid=31186, tid=1082423616
JRE version: 6.0_27-b07
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (20.2-b06 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
Problematic frame:
C  [libc.so.6+0x7997a]  short+0x3a
An error report file with more information is saved as:
/users/jimmy/hs_err_pid31186.log
If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
  http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp

Please help me to find out the problems


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da MORE PROFITs a Business Has - dA MORE SAFETY can be Implemented.
LOSING Money aka Less or NO PROFITs - Will NOT Pay fo da SAFETY Measures.
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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!
dA MORE SAFETY can be paid in bonuses and to the share holders.
The accountants will tell you spending a billion or so, on more safety is a waste of money, when the cost of insuring to cover the costs of the few accidents, is only a few million/year.
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Boeing set to move headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, sources say
All cynical comments welcome.
Don't know why was not done in the first place some years back when they wanted Corp HQ out of Seattle area.
Chi-Town costs for rent, talent, etc much higher than Arlington VA.
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China air crash that killed 132 may have been deliberate, says US report
WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpit
A China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been intentionally flown into the mountainside below by someone at the controls, according to reports.
Analysis by US officials of the black box flight recorders found amid the wreckage suggests deliberate input from the cockpit forced the Boeing 737-800 plane into its catastrophic dive.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed source who said: "The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit."
The China Eastern plane was cruising at a steady altitude and speed before it suddenly descended more than 20,000ft in just over a minute, and crashing near the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi province.
Chinese investigators have led the crash inquiry but US officials are involved as the plane is US-made.
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Yes, and sadly having actual footage of that crash really left it beyond doubt that it was a controlled dive overriding both aerodynamic principles and electronic fail safes. :-(
The sorry (deadly?) saga of Boeing continues:
(All just my own uneducated personal viewpoint as always...)
Boeing is losing the plane race. So it packed up and left for Washington
Boeing is moving its headquarters from Chicago to a suburb of Washington, DC. But some analysts think this move is one in the wrong direction.
Boeing was based in Seattle from its founding in 1916 to 2001. During its heyday it was renowned as an engineering-driven company that made the best, safest planes. But many industry watchers felt that reputation was lost as Boeing shifted to focus on the bottom line...
... "One company [(Airbus)] is saying 'We're going to build lots of jets.' The other [(Boeing)] is saying 'We're going to lobby the Pentagon and Congress for defense dollars.' It's a big contrast...
... The crashes of two of 737 Max jets that killed all 346 people on board the flights led to a crippling 20-month grounding of the plane. It also was one of the most expensive corporate blunders in history, costing Boeing in excess of $20 billion. But it's had problems, delays and financial charges for just about all of its other passenger jets too...
... already has nearly 100 lobbyists and a lobbying budget of $13.4 million a year ... "I don't think anyone would accuse Boeing of not having enough presence in DC,"...
... "Boeing's problem isn't a lack of access to government, but rather its ongoing production problems and the failures of management and the board that led to the fatal crashes of the 737 Max." "Boeing should focus on making safe airplanes — not lobbying federal regulators and Congress,"...
Boeing unveils new safety plan that sharpens focus and culture
Boeing has published its 2022 Chief Aerospace Safety Officer Report which reveals a host of major changes to sharpen focus and improve culture...
... The realignment results in an even greater emphasis on safety as it increases transparency, collaboration and accountability across all engineering designs and decisions...
... All of these changes are an important part of the ongoing Boeing safety journey...
FAA finds Boeing 787 certification documents incomplete {inadequate}
Deliveries of the 787 have been halted for a year as Boeing addressed inspections and repairs in an industrial headache expected to cost $5.5 billion...
... In February, the FAA said it would not allow Boeing to self-certify individual new Boeing 787 planes. Then-FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said the agency needed from Boeing "a systemic fix to their production processes. They've got to produce the quality on their production line that we're looking for and that they've committed to."...
FAA plans tighter reins than normal on Boeing
The manufacturer this week was denied a standard request for a new, five-year period for self-regulation by the FAA, with the regulator instead opting to delegate that authority for only three years.
... "There are multiple in-work improvements that the FAA would like to assess within the Boeing organization over the next three years," the agency said in a letter to the company. "We will review improvements to the ODA, including, but not limited to, interference, independence, timely implementation of corrective actions, Boeing Procedures Manual updates, self-audits and implementation of the Boeing Safety Management System."
The heavier hand from the FAA comes in the wake of years of crisis at Boeing, including deadly crashes...
... The FAA has said it would individually certify each 737 MAX and 787 that comes off Boeing's production lines.
Boeing clashes with key supplier ahead of Starliner spacecraft launch
... at odds over the cause of a problem involving fuel valves in the Starliner propulsion system that forced a postponement of a test flight last July, with the two companies faulting one another...
... Boeing in a statement ... acknowledged for the first time that it ultimately intends to redesign Starliner's valve system to prevent a repeat of the issue that forced last year's test-flight postponement...
... technical setbacks have pushed Starliner's first flight with people aboard into an unknown future, placing it far behind Musk's SpaceX, whose Crew Dragon capsule, developed under the same NASA program as Starliner, has already flown five astronaut crews...
... Boeing last week wheeled Starliner back to the launch pad for a third time ahead of the upcoming launch, having swapped out the propulsion system for a new one with a temporary fix that prevents moisture from seeping into the valve section. ... This approach was used in order to get Starliner back to the launchpad quickly...
... NASA officials acknowledged they had trusted Boeing too much...
Boeing's Starliner encounters propulsion problems on way to ISS
... Boeing's Starliner capsule was heading for the International Space Station Thursday, in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts...
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lands in New Mexico after successful test flight
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft parachuted to a "picture perfect" landing in southern New Mexico Wednesday, capping a six-day test flight to the International Space Station...
... This time, the mood was jubilant among NASA and Boeing officials...
... "We have a few things to work on between now and then, but I don't really see any showstoppers this time relative to last time, when we had challenges to the software and the comm (communications) system."
The problems found on the 2019 test flight caused a two-year delay in the program. Last year, Boeing moved a Starliner spacecraft to the launch pad for a redo, but engineers discovered stuck valves...
What's next for Boeing's Starliner capsule after historic space station mission?
Starliner could fly astronauts for the first time later this year...
Are NASA and Boeing getting overconfident about Starliner?
Yesterday, Boeing gave Starliner a score of 15 out of a possible 10! Was the test flight really this good? Or is this the kind of hubris that we saw at NASA just prior to the Challenger disaster...
NASA to buy 5 more astronaut missions from SpaceX
... Assuming the newly purchased five flights continue in sequence after Crew-9, the contract modification would bring SpaceX through mission Crew-14...
... NASA sees SpaceX and Boeing as keystones in its astronaut transportation needs in the coming years; the agency awarded contracts to both companies in 2014 for such work. NASA noted on that Wednesday it may need to use additional SpaceX flights as soon as 2026. Ordering more Dragon missions that may fly even after Starliner is ready provides important redundancy, agency officials said...
Boeing stock sinks to new 52-week low after latest string of depressing news
Boeing (NYSE:BA) closed -4.8% in Thursday's trading, touching a new two-year intraday low of $120.28, and shares have shed 26% since the company's big Q1 earnings miss on April 27, when it also said it would pause production of the 777X at least through 2023.
CEO David Calhoun had to defend the company's engineering culture after a raft of cost overruns and stretched certification timelines...
What do you believe?
Will this unnecessarily risk the death/killing of yet more people for the sake of deadly greedy corporate (and directors' personal) profit?
Having been involved at the sharp end pf the compliance industry....
It is not uncommon for early issues of so called compliance demonstration documents to be both inadeqiate and incomplete.
Why do I say both?
Incomplete means they don't cover all the required clauses of the standards.
Inadaequate means that the responses to clauses does not clearly and unequivocally demonsttate compliance with one or more clauses of a given stamdard. It's no good saying "We comply" without the appropriate demonstration of compliance.
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Is this the lawsuit that will eventually force the Boeing 'accountants' to reassess the price of a life?
A New Six BILLION Dollar Suit Has Be Filed Against Boeing By Family Members Of A Lion Air Passenger
... This suit also [personally] names former CEO Dennis Muilenburg along with present Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and former Chief Test Pilot Mark Forkner.
Also for quite an eye-opener:
How has Boeing managed such a paltry payout for the victims of the two 737 Max MCAS crashes?
From my uneducated personal view: Such a paltry payout gives convincing credence that the lives of passengers and crew were 'sacrificed' for the sake of increased profits by avoiding the expense of design and pilot training...
All in our deadly greedy world...
Viewing a bit of a recap for Boeing and some latest updates, see:
Why Boeing Should Retire The Max And Build .... An Airbus!
The True Shocking Reason The DOJ Didn't Criminally Charge Boeing Executives Over The Max
Southwest Forced Boeing To Hide MCAS From FAA & World Regulators To Avoid Costly Pilot Training
Delayed 3 More Years! Will Boeing EVER Get The New Air Force One 747-8i's Off The Ground?
From my own personal uneducated view: There's a deadly unhealthy mix of design, politics, and greed, all mixed up in there...
Message 2102117 - Posted: 27 Jun 2022, 22:16:38 UTC - in response to Message 2102099.
*and pack a few extra sets of underwear for the flight*
Message 2102989 - Posted: 12 Jul 2022, 0:33:38 UTC
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Boeing continues to 'test the fortitude of your underwear'...
Boeing 737 MAX mid-air emergencies revealed, US agency to probe production issues
... The incidents, pulled from US government air safety databases, are among more than 60 mid-flight problems reported by pilots in the 12 months after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recertified the plane's airworthiness in late 2020.
Former employees of both Boeing and the FAA characterised the reports — which included engine shutdowns and pilots losing partial control of the plane — as serious and with the potential to end in tragedy...
Boeing THREATENS to CANCEL 737-10
Boeing is threatening the cancellation of the 737-10, the largest aircraft in the series, and one threat is currently attempting to seek approval from the aviation governing bodies...
This is 2022. Many people have died on the Boeing 737 (in my personal uneducated view, completely preventably unnecessarily).
AND YET!
Boeing continue to build and sell aircraft to old fundamentally outdated safety standards, completely ignoring what has been learnt for safe flying since the 1960s!!!
Why should Boeing continue to be 'excused'?...
Message 2104218 - Posted: 31 Jul 2022, 16:02:51 UTC
Martin, I'm sure you'll like this ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-company-nyse-ba-shares-131058451.html
Message 2104269 - Posted: 1 Aug 2022, 18:58:42 UTC - in response to Message 2104218.
Last modified: 1 Aug 2022, 19:03:40 UTC
Thanks and wow!...
There are some pretty wild assumptions to dream up those future numbers... Like for example, no more Boeing 737s killing everyone on board...
And, really, will the FAA "roll over and die" and allow the 737-MAX-10 to fly without following all present day modern safety standards?...
So, from that article we have the warning:
Valuation             4/6
Future Growth         5/6
Past Performance      0/6
Financial Health      0/6
Dividends             0/6
Why should that financial leopard suddenly so drastically change its spots?
Just how much was in that brown envelope???
Message 2104286 - Posted: 2 Aug 2022, 0:38:27 UTC - in response to Message 2104273.
Message 2105002 - Posted: 12 Aug 2022, 20:37:46 UTC
Just an update on the latest Boeing news.
Wide-body jet demand humming again as Boeing 787 rejoins the fray
PARIS/WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's (BA.N) 787 Dreamliner has returned to the world market for newly delivered aircraft at a time when demand for wide-body jetliners is finally stirring to life after a prolonged slump.
The U.S. planemaker delivered its first Dreamliner since May 2021 on Wednesday, in a significant milestone for the manufacturer after production problems with its wide-body jet
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So... What is Boeing up to now?...
Review: Boeing Boeing...
AS ONE door opens, another closes - quite literally...
... The award-winning farce...
... around the world for more than 50 years...
A farce award?!!!...
But, but, but...
Lest I thought this was a human-lives-safety-critical safety-conscious industry?...
With that we have:
FAA Approves Boeing Inspection & Modification Plan To Restart 787 Deliveries
After 15 months of halted deliveries, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the green light to Boeing's inspection and modification plan for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner...
... In May 2021, deliveries of the 787 were halted following production issues dating back at least two years...
... Boeing was hit hard following the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX in 2019 and subsequent 787 manufacturing issues, with the company posting an $8.377 billion loss in Q4 2020. In its Q2 results released earlier this week, Boeing posted a $490 million profit for the period between March and July, revealing that it expects to meet positive free cash flow by the end of Q4. At the end of Q2, Boeing currently has 4,200 aircraft in its commercial backlog, worth almost $300 billion...
Boeing delivers first 787 Dreamliner since 2021 with jet for American Airlines
... Boeing has ~120 of the planes awaiting delivery.
The Federal Aviation Administration said earlier this week that it cleared Boeing to resume Dreamliner deliveries...
Boeing takes another Starliner charge against its earnings
Boeing said July 27 it will take another charge against its earnings because of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program as the company and NASA get closer to a first flight of the vehicle with astronauts on board...
... "driven by launch manifest updates and additional costs associated with OFT-2," the second uncrewed test flight of the vehicle that took place in May. The company did not elaborate on the specific issues that caused the charge...
... The [Crewed Flight Test] CFT mission, NASA announced then, will last two weeks after earlier proposing to keep it at the station for up to six months. A two-week mission, the agency said, "is sufficient to meet all NASA and Boeing test objectives for CFT,"...
... If CFT is successful, Starliner could start operational missions as soon as the fall of 2023, after the SpaceX Crew-6 mission launching in the spring of 2023...
Boeing slammed with another FAA airworthiness directive on 777 aircraft
The latest directive and ongoing aircraft certification hurdles affecting Boeing's 737, 787 and 777X aircraft models...
... instructing airlines to disconnect the Gust Suppression function on all US registered Boeing 777 aircraft models within three months, or before the aircraft has registered 75,000 flight hours, over safety concerns...
... it could lead to serious safety risks when it is defective [and cause an electrical fire? Or cause a false reading dangerously affecting the flight controls?]...
... Under the directive covering 279 US-registered B-777 aircraft, operators are required to disconnect the system connectors, cap them and secure the wires, as a temporary solution until Boeing develops a permanent modification that addresses the "unsafe condition," according to the FAA.
Second directive
The recent directive is the second in less than two weeks after the FAA voiced concerns about potential electric discharges in the aircraft type's fuel tanks in case of a lightning strike or electrical short-circuit. The directive issued last week mandates operators to install mitigation materials, and perform detailed inspections and corrective actions...
Meanwhile, years later for some of the victims:
Lion Air victims get payout after Boeing settlement cash vanishes
US law firm takes rare step of compensating families after California lawyer fails to hand over settlement money...
Reducing the Starliner CFT mission from six months down to two weeks is curious... Are there lingering concerns about corrosion accumulating to cause the thruster valves to jam/fail?...
Meanwhile... Have any of the Boeing board yet suffered any penalties?...


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Blog Categories all music news DAVE LOMBARDO: 'I Don't Keep Track Of SLAYER'
DAVE LOMBARDO: 'I Don't Keep Track Of SLAYER' Saturday March 16 2019, 11:50 PM
Ex- SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo has told Drum! magazine in a new interview that he doesn't pay attention to what his former band is doing. "I don't keep track of SLAYER ," he said. "I have too much to deal with over here."
The 54-year-old musician, who splits his time between crossover pioneers SUICIDAL TENDENCIES , horror-punk icons MISFITS and hardcore supergroup DEAD CROSS , went on to say that he has no intention of calling it quits anytime soon.
"People at my age talk about retirement — that's not even in my playing cards," he said. "When you're given something like this, where you get to do something you love so much, you don't disrespect it. I feel most alive when I'm onstage, when I'm working. In 25 years, people will be saying, 'That's Dave Lombardo ? He's still playing? Who's he playing for now? Who the hell is that?'"
Lombardo was effectively fired from SLAYER after sitting out the group's Australian tour in February/March 2013 due to a contract dispute with the other bandmembers. He has since been replaced by Paul Bostaph , who was previously SLAYER 's drummer from 1992 until 2001.
Shortly after his dismissal, Lombardo said that he discovered that 90 percent of SLAYER 's tour income was being deducted as expenses, including fees to management, costing the band millions and leaving them with about 10 percent to split four ways. While he and bassist/singer Tom Araya hired auditors to figure out what had happened, Lombardo said he was never allowed to see any of the information obtained.
A few years ago, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King said that "when Dave was in [the band] this last time, I figured I'd be on the stage with him until one of us fell off the stage, dead. Things change. He got some bad advice and listened to some bad advice, gave us an ultimatum ten days before we went to Australia [to do the Soundwave festival tour]. And I said, 'I can't have this over my head.' And I feel bad for Dave to this day; I really feel bad for him because he shot himself in the foot. Maybe he thought he had the upper hand, but you ain't gonna get me." Via Blabbermouth
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The FAFSA just opened: Why you should apply now
FILE: In this June 20, 2019, photo a student works in the library at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. Those who graduate college with student loans owe close to $30,000 on average, according to the most recent data from the Institute for College Access & Success. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
By: Cecilia Clark, Nerd Wallet
An influx of college financial aid applications this year means that money could run out for students who don't file early.
Due to financial strain caused by COVID-19, nearly 40% of families that didn't previously plan to apply for federal financial aid now expect to do so, according to a recently released survey from Discover Student Loans.
The federal government, states, colleges and other organizations use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to award financial aid. You must complete the FAFSA to be considered for financial aid.
You have 21 months to submit the FAFSA for any given academic year. For the 2021-22 school year, the FAFSA opens Oct. 1, 2020, and closes June 30, 2022. But that doesn't mean you should wait.
"There is no downside to applying early, but a lot of risk in applying late," says Manny Chagas, vice president and head of marketing and product at Discover Student Loans.
Here's why you should file the FAFSA now.
Better shot at more free money
The sooner you submit the FAFSA, the greater your chances are of getting free aid you don't have to repay, such as grants or scholarships.
Federal Pell Grant money likely won't run out, but other need-based aid, including that awarded through your school and state, is limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Jack Murphy, financial aid counselor at the University of Northern Iowa, named the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and his school's tuition assistance grant as examples.
The Federal Work-Study Program also has limited funds, so you'll want to file the FAFSA early to take advantage of it.
More time to appeal a financial aid decision
Students and parents who are dissatisfied with their aid amounts or have a change in economic circumstances can appeal the financial aid award from their school. To do this, you need to petition your school with a financial aid appeal letter and provide evidence to support your need for more aid. If you wait too long, the aid money could run out.
Those who file the FAFSA early are more likely to receive their school-based financial aid awards with their college acceptance letters. While your federal aid will be the same no matter where you attend college, you can send your FAFSA information to several schools to see which will give you the best school-based aid package. Doing so early will allow you to compare offers and appeal if necessary.
If you apply for the FAFSA late, you not only risk a smaller award to begin with, but you also have less opportunity to "shop around" and submit a successful appeal letter.
A quarter of parents surveyed by Discover Student Loans say they'll appeal their financial aid decision because of previous award amounts and pandemic-induced changes in family finances. In speaking about the survey, Chagas emphasizes that there tends to be more money available early in the process, so students should make the FAFSA a priority.
Murphy agrees. "Filing early makes sure you're in the running to receive as many awards as possible," he says. "We see students that get [aid] one year, but not the next."
They don't lose out on aid because they no longer qualify, Murphy explains. They just waited too long.
NerdWallet's FAFSA Guide
Your FAFSA Questions Answered
What Are the FAFSA Requirements?
Cecilia Clark is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: cclark@nerdwallet.com.


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EWS (Exchange Web Services) is a convenient way to manage mailboxes:
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- in the cloud (Office 365)
- at home (outlook.com/live.com mailboxes)

The purpose of this module is to provide a thin wrapper around EWS objects and methods.
That way user can use familiar syntax when communicating with her/his Exchange resources.

This module is far from being feature-complete, but it should be a good starting point.

# TODO
Apart from extending functionality, there are few serious problems that need to be addressed first:
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Voromonas is a genus of predatory alveolates. The genus and species were described by Mylnikov in 2000. It was originally described as 	Colpodella pontica but was later renamed by Cavalier-Smith and Chao in 2004.

Taxonomy
There is one species known in this genus.

A DNA based analysis suggests that this species may be related to the Colpodella.

Feeding
At the anterior end of the protozoan, this organism manifests a rostrum which contains a microtubular structure (the pseudoconoid) The pseudoconoid forms an open cone and which is located adjacent to microtubular bands, micronemes and rhoptries. The pseudoconoid begins near the kinetosomes of the flagella and passes along the flagellate pocket into the rostrum.

While feeding on prey organisms the rostrum is inserted into the body of the prey and the cytoplasm is sucked out. Known prey organisms include bodonids, chrysomonads, percolomonads. Known non prey organisms include naked amoebas, ciliates, cryptomonads and colorless euglenoids.

References

Alveolata genera
Monotypic SAR supergroup genera

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Home Multiple Choices Virginia Governor Finds Ways to get Beyond Blackface Scandal
Virginia Governor Finds Ways to get Beyond Blackface Scandal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two months after a blackface photo in an old yearbook nearly ended the political career of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, his life seems mostly back to normal.
The Democratic governor is cracking jokes at almost daily public appearances around Virginia. State lawmakers who called on him to resign are now all smiles, standing beside him at news conferences. The Twitter mob has moved on to other things, and the antifa-led protests outside his house have stopped.
FILE – In this Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 file photo, demonstrators hold signs and chant outside the Governors Mansion at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., calling for the resignation of Gov. Ralph Northam.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
At a century-old black church in Richmond over the weekend, Northam was warmly received as he helped unveil a historic marker for civil rights matriarch Dorothy Height.
Violet Robinson, a retired educator who is African-American, gave the governor a big hug after meeting him for the first time.
"I love him and he's true and I believe in him and I trust him," she said.
It's a remarkable turnabout, just two months since Northam was nearly driven out of office. And it highlights the volatility of politics today, with new scandals sprouting constantly, only to be forgotten when some other reason for outrage arises.
Richard Levick, a crisis communication expert in Washington, said the rules of managing a political crisis are quickly changing.
There's no question that President Donald Trump's scorched-earth responses to scandals have changed the perception of what a politician can survive, he said, but another game-changer was the Democrats' summary take-down of former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken last year over sexual misconduct accusations. Levick said Democrats are no longer as eager to force resignations, and he doubts Franken would be out of office if his scandal had erupted today.
"We're seeing a modulation back to the norm, whatever that norm is," Levick said.
For his part, Northam said in an Associated Press interview that he still has a lot of listening and learning to do. But he says Virginians are willing to work with him again because of his long track record and his renewed commitment to address racial inequalities.
"Yes, I regret what happened, but I've got a job to do and I'm all in," he said.
The near-fatal fall came swiftly for Northam, who easily won election in 2017 and scored a legacy win by expanding Medicaid in his first year in office.
A picture surfaced on a Friday afternoon, Feb. 1, of a man in blackface and another person wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit on his medical school yearbook page. Northam issued two apologies within hours, indicating that he was one of the people in the picture. By midnight it appeared his entire political base was gone, with the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, other key Democratic groups and top allies calling on him to resign.
At a news conference the next day, Northam said he was convinced it was not him in the picture, and he said he wasn't going to resign. But he said he did in fact wear blackface once decades ago, to look like Michael Jackson for a dance contest. And before his wife intervened, he seemed as if he might even do the moonwalk for reporters.
That shaky performance prompted even more calls for him to resign, making Northam such a pariah that for days, he had to use an underground tunnel system between the Executive Mansion and his office to avoid being seen in public. A few days later, Northam had to be corrected during a television interview when he used "indentured servants" to describe the first slaves who were brought to Virginia 400 years ago.
But Northam got some breathing room when scandal soon enveloped his potential successors. Two women publicly accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, which he denies, and Attorney General Mark Herring announced he'd also worn blackface in college, just days after calling on Northam to resign. Both Fairfax and Herring have also resisted calls to resign. And other politicians around the South soon had their own explaining to do over yearbook images taken long ago.
Northam was all but invisible in February and much of March, but in recent days, he's made public appearances highlighting his efforts to address racial inequality during the rest of his term.
He was in Charlottesville Tuesday promoting a budget amendment that would eliminate the suspension of driver's licenses for motorists with unpaid court fines and costs — a practice critics say disproportionately hurts African-Americans. Northam also wants more spending for the state agency that tries to help minority-owned contractors. And he's directed top education officials to lead a "deep dive" into how public schools teach our nation's racial history.
"The curriculum we're using in our K-12 public education system is both inadequate and also inaccurate," he said.
Republicans have called Democrats hypocrites for standing by Northam's side again as this year's legislative elections approach. All the state's House and Senate seats are up in November, and Democrats are hoping to secure a majority in both houses.
"Democrats are willing to sacrifice their morals and values to stay in power," said Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Jack Wilson.
On Monday, Northam announced he is speeding up spending to modernize a sprawling mental hospital outside Petersburg that housed African-American patients for decades after the Civil War, and still operates as an overcrowded facility for people in custody for psychiatric reasons. Del. Lashrecse Aird appeared with him at the hospital, praising the announcement and saying she's glad he's not letting scandal distract him.
Aird is a member of the black caucus and has been openly critical of the governor. When asked if she still thinks Northam should leave office, she paused for several seconds, and then said "we're at a phase where we are bridge-building." She said she doesn't plan to rescind her call for Northam to resign, or make any more formal statements about the matter.
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Author: Sarah Fenton
Format: Hardback, 160 Pages
Publisher: Ivy Press
Series: 30 Second
New York never sleeps, they say, and 30-Second New York offers up an energetic tour of the city, looking at its founding fathers (and mothers), at key events in its history, and at the buildings and people that make up its unique character, taking in all of the Five Boroughs, not just Manhattan. Find out who gave the city Central Park and the Empire State Building, learn what it was like to arrive off the boat at Ellis Island, relive the glory days of Coney Island, and admire the way New York has presented itself to the world culturally, in the art, literature, and music of those who love it. It's an absorbing virtual visit to the liveliest city on Earth.
Dr. Sarah Fenton has a doctorate from Northwestern University and is an editor for the American Historical Association where, among other projects, she was chief editor of the Association's Encyclopedia of Chicago. She lives in Manhattan.
Size: 7.087 in x 9.055 in / 180 mm x 230 mm
30-Second Newton
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Dracophyllum saxicola är en ljungväxtart som beskrevs av Walter Reginald Brook Oliver. Dracophyllum saxicola ingår i släktet Dracophyllum och familjen ljungväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Градашничка река један је од хидрографких објеката у горњем понишављу и један од водотокова у сливу Пиротске котлине. Река пресеца северозападни део града Пирота и улива се у Нишаву са њене десне стране.

За време јаких киша и отапања снега има карактер бујице. Од села Градашнице до Пирота наталожила је огромну количину шљунка и блокова.

Једно време коришћена је за потребе старог погона фабрике "Тигар".

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Градашничка река — узводно од села Градашнице носи назив Добродолска река (по селу Добри До), док је низводно добила назив Градашничка река.

Географске карактеристике

Градашничка река са дужином речног тока од само 15,85 km и површином слива од 47,54 km² највећа је десна притока Нишаве на узводном делу тока од
готово 100 km. Њено ушће у Нишаву је у самом граду Пироту, на 106. речном километру.

Настаје на Видличу, на надморској висини од 847 метара, на споју неколико периодичних токова, северно од гребена Планинице (1.233 m н.в) и јужно од гребена Љиљак (1.190 m н.в). Токови ових потока извиру у терену изграђеном од пешчара, али и детритичник кречњака и лапораца.

Пад реке је доста велики на готово целом току и у просеку износи 30,54 m/km, а њен речни ток низводно има општи правац пружања ка југу.

Корито Градашничанске реке је стеновито, под крупним блоковима и џиновским лонцима, и наслагама еродираног материјала у доњем делу.

Део речне долине Градашничке реке у горњем току на свом путу пролази кроз преко 1 km дугу Бањичку клисуру усечену у кречњачке стене различите старости, а у доњем току кроз ерозивно проширење. Клисура има врло стрме скоро вертикалне одсеке, изражене нарочито на левој страни, и нешто блаже на десној. На изласку реке из клисуре налази се село Градашница, а дно долине се проширује у језерским седиментима.

Део речног тока у клисури који има већи пад, образује неколико слапова, од које је на више места локално становништво преградило ниским бедемима од камена и тиме изградило мала језерца која локалном становништву и туристима служе за купање у летњем периоду.

У долини ове реке јавља се неколико термалних извора, од којих су најпознатија три термоминерална извора и један термално крашки извор Даг бањице.

На Градашничкој реци некада је било мноштво воденица које су задовољавале потребе не само Пирота, већ и великог броја околних села. Најпознатија воденица била је Бегова кула подигнута почетком 19. века, која је потом до урушавања имала статус споменика културе.

Климатске карактеристике
Градашничка река тече кроз континентални део Србије који се одликује субпланинском климом. Затворена готово са свих страна, речна долина има низ климатских специфичности.

Градашничка река у време топљења снега и великих падавина, често набуја, али не угрожава насеља низводно од клисуре. Кроз Пирот направљен је насип који може да задржи и највеће воде, али и наслага еродираног материјала, што захтева њихово уклањање у време малих протицаја.

 Највише средње месечне температуре ваздуха су 11,3°C.  Најхладнији месец је јануар - 0,1°C, а најтоплији је јул 22,2°C.

 За разлику од хладних зимских месеци, пролеће наступа доста брзо (април 10,8 ºС). Средња годишња температура је 9—11 ºС. После топлог и сувог лета наступа дуга сунчана јесен, која је топлија од пролећа.

 Апсолутни максимум забележен је 17. августа 1952 године (40°C), а апсолутни минимум 17. и 2. децембра 1963. године (- 27 степени °C).

 Амплитуда екстремних вредности износи 67 ºС, што је јасна одлика континенталности подручја у којем се њен слив налази.

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 Мрђан М. Ђокић Нишава – потамолошка студија, докторска дисертација, Ниш, 2015

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José Gerlero (Río Tercero, Córdoba, 10 de febrero de 1996) es un baloncestista argentino que juega como escolta en 9 de Julio de Río Tercero de La Liga Federal. Es hermano del también baloncestista profesional Miguel Gerlero.

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Home ‣ Cars & Bikes ‣ 1970s Cars: The 20 Greatest Cars of The Seventies
1970s Cars: The 20 Greatest Cars of The Seventies
By Vlad Craciun
Ferrari Dino 246 GT / classic-trader.com
The 1970s are part of the Golden Age of the automobile, a period of great innovations that by far exceeded any other decade before it, and even after.
Game-changing models that have set the stage for the automobile as we know it today, have almost all been born during or around that period. Everything, from better engines and groundbreaking mechanical features to iconic chassis designs and bold aesthetics, have propelled the automotive industry forward.
And among all those impressive vehicles, there are handful of models that have had a significant impact on the industry, acquiring praise and earning their place in history.
While choosing the greatest cars of a certain period is a subjective matter, we've strived to pick up the most influential ones, those that set the bar high for the rest of the world to follow.
So, let's take a look at the 20 greatest cars to come out of the '70s.
20. Honda Accord
19. Dodge Li'l Red Express
18. Land Rover's Range Rover
17. Mercedes-Benz W123
16. Datsun 240Z
15. Mazda RX-7
14. Plymouth Superbird
13. BMW M1 – 1978
12. Chevrolet Corvette C3
11. Aston Martin V8 Vantage
10. Ford Mustang Boss 302
9. Saab 99 Turbo
8. De Tomaso Pantera
7. Lancia Stratos
6. BMW 2002 Turbo
5. Pontiac Firebird Trans AM 2nd Gen
4. Porsche 911 Turbo
3. Ferrari Dino 246 GT
2. Lamborghini Countach
1. Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS
1976 Honda Accord / autopolis.wordpress.com
The year 1976 was the year when the first Honda Accord was born, a small hatchback that didn't impress so much with its looks. But when it came to sportiness, it did surprise everyone. It was fast enough and agile for such a small car.
Not only that, but the Accord proved to be a very reliable and practical car, which was an even more important factor, especially for the masses. And when it came in America, the Detroit Big Three started to feel threatened by this little sedan that proved the world that such a car is possible and comes in cheap as well.
1978 Dodge Li'l Red Express / raleighclassic.com
Coming out in 1978, the Dodge Li'l Red Express was the first high performance pickup truck that the world ever saw. And it was an impressive sight. The truck was capable of a 0 to 60 mph run in just 7.5 seconds and a 118 mph max speed thanks to the 5.9 liter V8 engine and its 225hp and 295ft-lbs of torque.
The exterior featured flashy chrome semi-truck type of exhaust stacks on both sides, and a classic silhouette that's in the memories of many people even today.
1970 Range Rover
The original prototype for the Range Rover was created in 1969, but the first generation entered production in 1970. It stayed in production until the '90s, when the second generation took over.
The off-road capable vehicle, called the "car for all reasons", came with a classic and timeless design that many Rover enthusiasts still love today, and it was the one that invented the luxury SUV category, perfect for taking it for a ride on the city streets and not only on muddy country roads.
1973 Mercedes-Benz W123
The Mercedes-Benz W123 is already a classic. It was in production since it came out in 1973, and all the way to 1986. But beyond its stunning looks, the W123 proved the world that it's possible to have a car that can go upwards of 100k miles without having any major service, both to the engine or other components.
It's easily one of the most well regarded cars in the entire automobile history. The W123 range included coupes, sedans, and station wagons, with over 2.7 million units sold during the period it was produced.
1971 Datsun 240Z / RM Sotheby's
A car that was to earn its place amongst the most significant sports cars of the era, the Datsun 240Z took by surprise every salesman, especially in the United States, becoming the best selling sports car of the 1970s.
It was pretty, it was fast, it was affordable, and all that went on to set a new world order in the automobile world.
The first generation Mazda RX-7 had its debut in 1978, and was retired from production in 1985, after doing justice to the Wankel rotary engine, and starting a craze in the world of drifting, where enthusiasts tuned it to perfection.
The RX-7 also came with a 1.1 liter engine, both in its simple and turbocharged form, and it was capable of 105hp in the beginning, later on upgraded to 115hp.
1970 Plymouth Superbird / Mecum Auctions
If you know about the Goodwood Festival of Speed, you surely know about the Plymouth Superbird, with its pointy, shark-like nose and a large rear wing that NASCAR demanded for better cutting through the air at high speed.
The powerful and peculiar car featured a range of V8 engine options, from the 375hp 7.2 liter to the legendary 7.0 liter "Hemi". And that only to compete and win.
1978 BMW M1 / bmw-m.com
Probably one of the greatest BMWs of all time, the BMW M1 that came out in 1978, was among the first supercars ever built, and a first for the Bavarian carmaker.
It was designed and built with racing in mind, and sported a 275hp 3.5 liter straight six M88 engine that put it on top. The wedge shape of the chassis made it somewhat of an oddity, but there was something beautiful about it. Until 1981, when production ended, only 453 units had been produced in total.
1970 Chevrolet Corvette C3 / corvsport.com
Though the Chevrolet Corvette C3 (third generation) was in production between 1967 and 1982, its full glory was during the 1970s. The C3 came with a brand new bodywork and a redesigned interior, but the chassis and engine platform were borrowed from its older brother, the C2.
Later on, the C3 was upgraded with better and more powerful engines, so the powertrain range finally included a 370 hp 5.7 liter, and the 425 hp 7.4 liter V8. Also new on the C3 model was the use of T-top removable roof panels, giving it a more unique allure.
1977 Aston Martin V8 Vantage / astonmartin.com
The Aston Martin V8 Vantage may have very well been the first high performance muscle car to come out from the British auto industry. The more precise description for this car though, was that of a luxury grand tourer. What made it special was the exterior. It looked similar to that of an American muscle car.
But it also had the much needed muscle under the hood, in the form of either a 5.3 liter, or a 6.3 liter V8. Later iterations of this model brought even more performance upgrades, and a convertible variant as well.
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 / hotcars.com
The Ford Mustang is a legend among legends, but the Boss 302 came with an even more aggressive looking body and upgraded powertrain and components. The Ford Mustang Boss 302 was only produced between 1969 and 1970, but it was enough to make a name for itself, as a high performance variant of the original Ford Mustang.
The engine was a 5.0 liter V8, producing 290hp, and 290ft-lbs of torque, plenty to make everybody want to drive it.
1978 Saab 99 Turbo / bringatrailer.com
The safe, dependable, family oriented Saab 99 didn't necessarily look like a supercar, but after being fitted with a turbocharger, it transformed into a little beast, the one to open the door for future generations of turbocharged Saabs.
The wacky looking Saab 99 Turbo proved to everyone that a family car could be a high performance one as well, with the two not being mutually exclusive. It first came out in 1968, and was in production throughout the entire 1970s, finally being retired in 1984.
1971 De Tomaso Pantera / classiccars.com
Probably one of the most influential cars of all time, De Tomaso Pantera came out in 1971 and stayed in production up until 1992. The astonishing bodywork was designed by the automotive design legend Marcello Gandini, and it inspired many modern supercars that came out afterwards.
With over two decades in production and more than 7,000 units sold, the Italian "Panther" passed the test of time and earned itself a spot among the best cars ever built.
1977 Lancia Stratos Stradale / carscoops.com
The Lancia Stratos was designed and built with only one mission in mind, to dominate the world of rallying. And that's precisely what this car did, eventually becoming one of the most celebrated rally cars in history.
Though the Stratos was in production for only 5 years, it managed to achieve world fame by winning several championships. It came with a 2.4 liter V6, and it was a phenomenal machine in the hands of a skilled driver. Only 492 units were produced from the total of 500 planned.
1974 BMW 2002 Turbo / RM Sotheby's
The BMW 2002 Turbo might have come in a tiny package, but it was a mighty racer, powered by a 2.0 liter M10 inline four engine capable of unleashing 170hp and 181ft-lbs of torque.
It was the first ever turbocharged production model for BMW, a high performance variant of the stock model, and came with specially made 13″ wheels, front and rear lips, and fender flares. It was a tiny machine that could compete with the best of the best.
One in good condition today can reach a six figure price tag.
1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM / Mecum Auctions
The second generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was a fascinating machine. Produced between 1970 and 1981, it featured a beasty 7.5 liter V8 as top spec and a styling that no one could ever forget once they saw one.
It's a car that has that American blood in its veins, also made famous by its appearance in the film Smokey and the Bandit, in 1977.
1975 Porsche 911 Turbo / favcars.com
Also known as the 930 Turbo, the turbocharged version of the Porsche 911 was revealed in 1974 at the Paris Motor Show, and once it was unleashed on the streets, it became clear it rivaled the Italian supercars of the era, with a 0 to 60 mph run in only 5.1 seconds.
It's also the best looking Porsche 911 ever, and a very sought after one even today, after so many decades. The 911 Turbo came with plenty of performance, and a stunning whale tail that became a 911 signature feature.
Ferrari Dino 246 GT / supercars.net
The Dino 246 GT came as an upgrade of the original 206 GT, of which many thought it was underpowered. The new Dino featured a larger 2.4 liter V6 that was capable of 192hp, 14 more than the original 2.0 liter mounted on the 206.
Though made by a sub-division of Ferrari and viewed as the black sheep of the family for a long time, the Dino 246 GT was a groundbreaking sports car and among the most beautiful in the automotive history.
It had a huge commercial success, since it came out in 1969 and until it was retired from production in 1974, with a high demand even afterwards.
1974 Lamborghini Countach / schaltkulisse.de
One of the most iconic Lamborghinis to ever come out from the Italian supercar manufacturer, is the Countach, a marvel of 1970s engineering that spanned multiple decades, staying in production between 1974 and 1990.
It's one of those cars than greatly influenced future supercar designs, with an aesthetic never before seen. The exotic bodywork of the Lamborghini Countach was so well-thought that the car looked fast even when parked.
When it came to performance, the 3.9 liter V12 under the hood of the Countach delivered, pushing the car to a 196 mph top speed, and a 5.4 second time for the 0 to 60 mph sprint.
1975 Ferrari 308 GTB / autoevolution.com
Probably the finest Ferraris that came out that decade, the 308 GTB Berlinetta and the Targa topped 308 GTS, the first launched in 1975, and the second in 1977, challenged everything, even the luxury automaker's lineage itself.
Sporting a mid mounted V8, instead of the usual V12, the Ferrari 308 GTB became the new paradigm for the prancing horse. It brought better performance, reliability, and fame.
But the 308 GTS with its Targa hard-top was the one to boost sales for Ferrari, especially after being made famous by Tom Selleck in Magnum P.I.
There probably isn't a better period in the history of the automobile, at least not in the great innovations and technological leaps that were seen during the 1970s.
And the cars that this period brought to the world are unlike anything that came before, setting a trend for all the automotive industry to follow.
These 20 cars from that era will stay in the hearts of automobile fans for decades to come. Have you seen our post with the best 1960s cars as well?
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Q: How to define the concept of capacity in ArrayLists? I understand that capacity is the number of elements or available spaces in an ArrayList that may or may not hold a value referencing an object. I am trying to understand more about the concept of capacity.
So I have three questions:
1) What are some good ways to define what capacity represents from a memory standpoint?
...the (contiguous?) memory allocated to the ArrayList?
...the ArrayLists's memory footprint on the (heap?)?
2) Then if the above is true, changing capacity requires some manner of memory management overhead?
3) Anyone have an example where #2 was or could be a performance concern? Aside from maybe a large number of large ArrayLists having their capacities continually adjusted?

A: *

*The class is called ArrayList because it's based on an array. The capacity is the size of the array, which requires a block of contiguous heap memory. However, note that the array itself contains only references to the elements, which are separate objects on the heap.

*Increasing the capacity requires allocating a new, larger array and copying all the references from the old array to the new one, after which the old one becomes eligible for garbage collection.

*You've cited the main case where performance could be a concern. In practice, I've never seen it actually become a problem, since the element objects usually take up much more memory (and possibly CPU time) than the list.

A: ArrayList is implemented like this:
class ArrayList {
  private Object[] elements;
}

the capacity is the size of that array.
Now, if your capacity is 10, and you're adding 11-th element, ArrayList will do this:
Object[] newElements = new Object[capacity * 1.5];
System.arraycopy(this.elements, newElements);
this.elements = newElements;

So if you start off with a small capacity, ArrayList will end up creating a bunch of arrays and copying stuff around for you as you keep adding elements, which isn't good.
On the other hand, if you specify a capacity of 1,000,000 and add only 3 elements to ArrayList, that also is kinda bad.
Rule of thumb: if you know the capacity, specify it. If you aren't sure but know the upper bound, specify that. If you just aren't sure, use the defaults.

A: Capacity is as you described it -- the contiguous memory allocated to an ArrayList for storage of values. ArrayList stores all values in an array, and automatically resizes the array for you. This incurs memory management overhead when resizing.
If I remember correctly, Java increases the size of an ArrayList's backing array from size N to size 2N + 2 when you try to add one more element than the capacity can take. I do not know what size it increases to when you use the insert method (or similar) to insert at a specific position beyond the end of the capacity, or even whether it allows this.
Here is an example to help you think about how it works. Picture each space between the |s as a cell in the backing array:
| | |

size = 0 (contains no elements), capacity = 2 (can contain 2 elements).
|1| |

size = 1 (contains 1 element), capacity = 2 (can contain 2 elements).
|1|2|

size = 2, capacity = 2. Adding another element:
|1|2|3| | | |

size increased by 1, capacity increased to 6 (2 * 2 + 2). This can be expensive with large arrays, as allocating a large contiguous memory region can require a bit of work (as opposed to a LinkedList, which allocates many small pieces of memory) because the JVM needs to search for an appropriate location, and may need to ask the OS for more memory. It is also expensive to copy a large number of values from one place to another, which would be done once such a region was found.
My rule of thumb is this: If you know the capacity you will require, use an ArrayList because there will only be one allocation and access is very fast. If you do not know your required capacity, use a LinkedList because adding a new value always takes the same amount of work, and there is no copying involved.

A:
1) What are some good ways to define what capacity represents from a memory standpoint?
...the (contiguous?) memory allocated to the ArrayList?

Yes, an ArrayList is backed up  by an array, to that represents the internal array size.

...the ArrayLists's memory footprint on the (heap?)?

Yes, the larget the array capacity, the more footprint used by the arraylist.

2) Then if the above is true, changing capacity requires some manner of memory management overhead?

It is. When the list grows large enough, a larger array is allocated and the contents copied. The previous array maybe discarded and marked for garbage collection.

3) Anyone have an example where #2 was or could be a performance concern? Aside from maybe a large number of large ArrayLists having their capacities continually adjusted?

Yes, if you create the ArrayList with initial capacity of 1 ( for instance ) and your list grows way beyond that.   If you know upfront the number of elements to store, you better request an initial capacity of that size.
However I think this should be low in your list of priorities, while array copy may happen very often, it is optimized since the early stages of Java, and should not be a concern. Better would be to choose a right algorithm, I think.  Remember: Premature optimization is the root of all evil
See also: When to use LinkedList over ArrayList


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Sam had brain surgery last week. It was an elective operation, in which electrodes were inserted into his brain. These are connected to a battery pack about the size of a cigarette packet on the right side of his tummy. The idea is to try to reduce his dystonia and therefore give him a bit more control over his body. It's called Deep Brain Stimulation.
Sam spent a week in hospital after the surgery. He was discharged yesterday and is now back at home – recovering well but still in discomfort. We are relying heavily on paracetamol and films.
We chose for Sam to have this surgery. We entered in to it open-eyed – we knew the risks and we knew it would be hard. We hope that the benefits of reducing Sam's dystonia, and therefore his disability, will outweigh the pain and disruption of the procedure. We thought hard about whether the gains would be enough to compensate for Sam never again being able to trampoline (in case the wires that now run down his neck snap), and not being able to swim for three months.
Having a child go through major surgery and recovery sends you into a hole. The intensity of the emotion and the level of care required is enormous and exceptional.
It feels all wrong to spend your child's life taking so much care over who looks after them – we have never previously left Sam with anyone except trusted family, carefully chosen carers, at nursery or at school – then leave them with a group of doctors and nurses who you have only just met, and who are going to do unthinkably invasive things to him while he is unconscious. These places are so weird – full of people for whom this is all in a days work, while James and I are reading Sam knock-knock jokes and trying to convince him and ourselves that everything is going to be okay.
The six hours that Sam was in surgery felt like being in the eye of a storm. Everything calm and controlled, but filled with anxiety and waiting for the call to say he was in recovery. I tried not to dwell on the thought that if Sam's brain was damaged for a second time I would never forgive myself. Then the call comes, and in we go, and the storm sweeps across us all.
We only really emerged from the swirl of hospitals, and cannulas, and exhaustion yesterday. Here are a few thoughts as we come into the light.
When Sam has been in hospital previously, we only had one child and this time we had two. This made a bigger difference to our ability to cope than we expected. Someone who knows Sam well needed to be with him all the time – partly because he was sensitive and sad, mainly because he can't communicate with anyone who doesn't know him beyond crying. I had created a rota on a geeky spreadsheet to ensure there was always someone with Sam and someone with Eli, but the reality of organising it was so tricky.
The easiest solution was to largely have me or James, or both of us, with Sam and for Eli be with family and carers. We knew he'd be confused and annoyed, but hoped new Playmobil pirate sets and promises of cake would get him through. And it did for the first few days. Then, he realised that he hadn't seen his dad for three days and Sam wasn't at home. He didn't understand why last week he'd been on holidays with the four of us hanging out all day, but now he never saw his parents in the same place, his brother was in this mysterious hospital place, and we kept trying to offload him on other people. He was so confused. At one point the fact that both of our kids were struggling nearly broke me. Things improved a bit once Eli started visiting Sam at hospital, realised he wasn't too far away and just looked like Mr Bump, and found out that hospitals have not only play rooms but also cafes that sell croissants.
I am raw to Eli's feelings about all of this. He shows such insight and accommodates so much. On the day before surgery, he asked where we were going to be while he was staying with my sister. We explained (again) that we would be at the hospital with Sam, that he was having brain surgery, that we hoped it would help Sam control his muscles. His first question was, 'Will Sam be able to eat after the surgery?'. No, he won't. But the three-year-old is asking all the sensible questions. Be still my heart.
Pulling together
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Our family is kept on the road by us all pulling together. For eight days I have spent up to 15 hours in a small room of a hospital. Sometimes with company, largely on my own with Sam, reading The Twits for the sixth time and eating fondant fancies for lunch because I can't leave Sam for long enough to buy a sandwich. It's not been that much fun.
But being James has been quantifiably less fun. James did six night shifts with Sam in a row. We were meant to alternate but the kindness of my husband and the frequency of my tears led to him doing every night. These were nights of Sam being miserable, almost no sleep, frequent observations and intravenous antibiotics. This last week, our family has been kept together by this man.
Sam and James developed an amazing kind of symbiosis from spending all of these hours together in adversity in a small room. By the end of last week James knew what Sam wanted or needed from the smallest facial gesture or the subtlest wriggle. He knew when Sam wanted to be held, or how to get him to sleep. Oh man, these boys of mine.
Meanwhile, our families have been at our beck and call. My sister Maddy has once again proved that her capacity to sit in hospital rooms for hours is one of her most valuable skills (photo below of Sam and her just before his surgery). Along with looking after Eli for days despite him almost continually insulting her.
It will be okay
So here we are. We're on Day 9 and Sam is well as he could be. It's all held together with Calpol and constant entertainment, but we're home.
A few weeks before the surgery we had a party to celebrate our new house and summer. It was our normal combination of friends, prosecco and semi-naked small children. Uncle George brought his decks and at some point before bedtime he played this song: Can't Do Without You by Caribou. James and I went to Latitude Festival in July and we arrived, via horrific food poisoning, an emotional final assembly at Sam's school and six hours of Ipswich traffic jams, to Caribou playing this song on the main stage. I love it.
As we then danced to this song in our garden at our party a few weeks later, with James holding Sam and Eli jumping around, I had a moment. A little bit of clarity that Everything Is Okay – Sam is happy, our family is amazing, and we can all dance together at a party with our friends on a summer evening. I imagined looking at us from the outside and thinking 'they look happy, that little family of four'.
As I sat in the hospital room when Sam was in surgery I listened to this song. As I stood in our kitchen at midnight during the last week, having just returned from the hospital but needing to make Sam's meals for the next day before I could go to bed, knowing that I needed to be up at 6.30am to get back to Sam and James, I played this song. I imagine that many people associate this song with taking drugs on dance floors, but it's become my anthem of Deep Brain Stimulation. I absolutely cannot do without my little gang of boys, we just need to get through this little patch of discomfort.


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