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Q: Office Apps, how send copy of doc file with ajax to C# controller hello i have this problem:
I have a addins for office(word);
I want to send a copy of current file (.docx) to C# controller, i have this code now, at this stage of the code i get a array of chars or somethis in the "yourfile", how ca i get a .docx file?
JavaScript
function sendFile() {
    Office.context.document.getFileAsync("compressed",
        { sliceSize: 100000 },
        function (result) {

            if (result.status == Office.AsyncResultStatus.Succeeded) {
                var myFile = result.value;
                var state = {
                    file: myFile,
                    counter: 0,
                    sliceCount: myFile.sliceCount
                };

                getSlice(state);

            }
        });
            }

function getSlice(state) {

    state.file.getSliceAsync(state.counter, function (result) {
        if (result.status == Office.AsyncResultStatus.Succeeded) {

            sendSlice(result.value, state);
        }

    });
}

 function myEncodeBase64(str)

{
    return btoa(encodeURIComponent(str).replace(/%([0-9A-F]{2})/g, function (match, p1) {
            return String.fromCharCode('0x' + p1);
        }));
    }

 function sendSlice(slice, state) {
        var data = slice.data;

        if (data) {

           var fileData = myEncodeBase64(data);
           var _url = '../../api/file';

            useAjax(_url, 'Post', JSON.stringify(fileData), _contentType).done(function (data) {
                writeData(data);
                app.showNotification("Translation was successfully done!");
            });
        }

    }

And the C# CONTROLLER:
    public static string filemame = @"c:\yourfile";

    [Route("file")]
    [HttpPost]
    public void getFile([FromBody] string data)
    {

        Base64ToFile(data,filemame);

    }

 public static void Base64ToFile(string base64String, string filename)
        {

            byte[] fileByteArray = Convert.FromBase64String(base64String);
            // Instantiate FileStream to create a new file
            System.IO.FileStream writeFileStream = new System.IO.FileStream(filename, System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write);
            // Write converted base64String to newly created file
            writeFileStream.Write(fileByteArray, 0, fileByteArray.Length);
            // Clean up / disposal
            writeFileStream.Close();
        }

A: Late to the party, but I'm adding the answer here nonetheless, in case someone else will need it at some later date.
Instead of using myEncodeBase64 you should use
var fileData = OSF.OUtil.encodeBase64(data);

It's a function that is part of the Office API, so you don't have to define anything else.

A: I have been struggling to construct a correct pptx serverside. Eventually this is what I came up with.
Javascript
function sendSlice(slice, state) {
    var data = slice.data;
    if (data) {
        var isLastSlice = state.counter >= (state.sliceCount -1);
        var ajaxData = {
            isLastSlice: isLastSlice,
            counter: state.counter,
            documentData: btoa(data)
        }

        $.ajax({
            url: "/api/Constructpptx", method: "POST", data: ajaxData, success: function (result) {
                state.counter++;
                if (isLastSlice) {
                   closeFile(state);
                }
                else {
                    getSlice(state);
                }

            }, error: function (xhr, status, error) {
            }
        });
    }
}

And as an API backend I use this
C# ApiController
public class ConstructpptxController : ApiController
{
    public static List<byte> Document { get; set; } = new List<byte>();

    public string Post([FromBody]ConstructpptxPayload payload)
    {
        if (payload.counter == 0)
            Document.Clear();

        var payloadData = Convert.FromBase64String(payload.documentData);
        var pptBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(payloadData).Split(',').Select(byte.Parse).ToArray();
        Document.AddRange(pptBytes);
        if(payload.isLastSlice)
        {
            var path = @"C:/Some/Local/Path/Presentation.pptx";
            var fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
            fileStream.Write(Document.ToArray(), 0, Document.Count());
            fileStream.Close();

            Document.Clear();
        }
        return $"Counter: {payload.counter}, isLast: {payload.isLastSlice}, docLength: {Document.Count}";
    }
}

public class ConstructpptxPayload
{
    public bool isLastSlice { get; set; }
    public int counter { get; set; }
    public string documentData { get; set; }
}

Please note: only use this example as a quick starting point, as you don't want to save the bytes in a static List Document. Instead you want to make your webserver stateless.


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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A Turkish court handed jailed former Co-leader of the main Kurdish opposition party Selahattin Demirtas four years and eight months in prison in a terror-related trial on Friday for a speech he delivered at a 2013 Newroz (Kurdish New Year) celebration in Istanbul.
He made the speech just two days before the Turkish government and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced a now-broken ceasefire and plan of peace negotiations for a political settlement to the decades-long Turkish-Kurdish conflict.
A heavy penal court in Istanbul argued that Demirtas, the former Co-chair of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a two-time presidential candidate, disseminated propaganda for the outlawed PKK.
At the time, he praised efforts of the then Prime Minister and now President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and PKK's imprisoned founder Abdullah Ocalan to facilitate a political solution for Ankara and the Kurds.
In his defense via teleconference from a super-maximum security prison in Edirne province where Turkey has held him since late 2016, Demirtas said the Erdogan administration was "taking revenge from the peace process."
"I am not taking one step back from what I then said," Demirtas told a judge.
He requested more time to study the indictment against him, which he said he had received only two days earlier, but the court refused and proceeded with his conviction.
In total, prosecutors are asking for up to 142 years imprisonment for Demirtas in different probes, including one involving accusations of insulting Erdogan.
Former HDP MP Sirri Sureyya Onder, instrumental along with Demirtas in holding initially secret peace talks between the PKK and Erdogan, also got a prison sentence of three and a half years for "terrorist propaganda" in a speech.
Demirtas' lawyers made repeated requests for his release before June national elections in which he was a candidate, arguing that to do so would be in the interest of a free and fair democratic process, but he was forced to campaign from prison.


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The baby looked golden in the morning sunlight... Mom and Dad were loving the sight of their baby and amazed at the way he was created... pretty neat he looked, nestled in green cloak, he looked good enough to eat and they were proud.
Just few miles away, there was another cry and a baby girl was born and she looked sweet and cherubic. She was looking pretty with her peach and cream complexion.
He saw her and she saw him. But, that wasn't enough for him, he hated all those relations surrounding them. He had to wait for others to move, to get a glimpse of her. But, the first moment he set his eyes on her, he was sure he was made for her.
She just got a glimpse of him looking at her and she cursed for not being tall. It was love at first sight.
He decided she was for him and rehearsed on how to confess his love to her... determined to win her affection, quizzed what women love the most and it came to him, "jewellery"...! So, he bought the most beautiful silver necklace for her.
She was delighted at his gift for her and confessed her love for him too... he looked at her flushed face and thought he is the most luckiest guy on earth.
They broke the news to their parents, friends and relatives... They wanted to have an elaborate wedding and selected their wedding suits and rings.
I, take you to be my friend, my lover and my partner. I will be yours in times of plenty and in times of want, in times of sickness and in times of health, in times of joy and intimes of sorrow, in times of failure and in times of triumph. I promise to cherish and respect you, to care and protect you, to comfort and encourage you, and stay with you, for all eternity.
Then the wedding feast, cake and dance... Oh! how they danced...!
Their first night and full of fire works.
Years passed by and they grew old. He came in after a tiring day and under the sun, with out the sun screen and she mocked at him, calling him a 'skinned chicken" and he shouted, "SHUT UP"... After all the love and fights, they lived happily ever after.
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You can create visually rich report tooltips that appear when you hover over visuals, based on report pages you create in Power BI Desktop. By creating a report page that serves as your tooltip, your custom tooltips can include visuals, images, and any other collection of items you create in the report page.
You can create as many tooltip pages as you want. Each tooltip page can be associated with one or more fields in your report, so that when you hover over a visual that includes the selected field, the tooltip you created on your tooltip page appears when you hover over the visual, filtered by the datapoint over which your mouse is hovering.
There are all sorts of interesting things you can do with report tooltips. Let's take a look at how to create tooltips and what you must do to configure them.
To get started, create a new report page by clicking the + button, found along the bottom of the Power BI Desktop canvas, in the page tabs area. The button is located beside the last page in the report.
Your tooltip can be any size, but keep in mind that tooltips hover over the report canvas, so you might want to keep them reasonably small. In the Format pane in the Page Size card, you can see a new page size template called Tooltip. This provides a report page canvas size that's ready for your tooltip.
By default, Power BI Desktop fits your report canvas to the available space on the page. Often that's good, but not in the case of tooltips. To get a better sense and view of what your tooltip will look like when you're done, you can change the Page View to actual size.
To do that, select the View tab from the ribbon. From there, select Page View > Actual Size, as shown in the following image.
You can also name the report page so its purpose is clear. Just select the Page Information card in the Format pane, then type the name into the Name field you find there. In the following image the tooltip report name is Tooltip 1, but feel free to name yours something more inspired.
From there, you can create whatever visuals you would like to show up in your tooltip. In the following image, there are two cards and one clustered bar chart on the tooltip page, along with a background color for the page itself, and backgrounds for each of the visuals, to give it the look we wanted.
There are more steps to complete before your tooltip report page is ready to work as a tooltip. You need to configure the tooltip page in a few ways, as described in the next section.
Once you have the tooltip report page created, you need to configure the page in order for Power BI Desktop to register it as a tooltip, and to ensure it appears in over the right visuals.
To begin with, you need to turn the Tooltip slider to On, in the Page Information card, to make the page a tooltip.
Once that slider is set to on, you specify the fields for which you want the report tooltip to appear. For visuals in the report that include the field you specify, the tooltip will appear. You specify which field or fields apply by dragging them into the Tooltip fields bucket, found in the Fields section of the Visualizations pane. In the following image, the SalesAmount field has been dragged into the Tooltips fields bucket.
You can include both categorical and numerical fields in the Tooltips fields bucket, including measures.
Once completed, the tooltip report page you created will be used as a tooltip in visuals in the report that use any fields you placed into the Tooltips fields bucket, replacing the default Power BI tooltip.
In addition to creating a tooltip that automatically appears when hovering over a visual that contains the specified field, you can manually set a tooltip.
Any visual that supports report tooltips now has a Tooltip card in its Formatting pane.
To set a tooltip manually, select the visual for which you want to specify the manual tooltip, then in the Visualizations pane, select the Format section and expand the Tooltip card.
Then, in the Page dropdown, select the tooltip page you want to use for the selected visual. Note that only report pages that are specified as Tooltip pages show up in the dialog.
Being able to manually set a tooltip has many uses. You can set a blank page for a tooltip, and thereby override the default Power BI tooltip selection. Another use is when you don't want the tooltip that is automatically selected by Power BI to be the tooltip. For example, if you have a visual that includes two fields, and both of those fields have an associated tooltip, Power BI selects only one to show. You might not want that to be the case, so you could manually select which tooltip should be displayed.
If you create a manual tooltip for a visual but decide you want the default tooltip instead, you can always return to the default tooltip that Power BI provides. To do so, when a visual is selected and the Tooltip card is expanded, just select Auto from the Page dropdown to go back to the default.
There are a few considerations to keep in mind when your report tooltips are interacting with line chart visuals, and with visuals when cross-highlighting.
When a report tooltip is displayed for a line chart, only one tooltip for all lines in the chart is displayed. This is similar to the default tooltip behavior for line charts, which also displays only one tooltip.
This is because the field in the legend does not get passed through as a filter for the tooltip. In the following image, the tooltip being displayed is showing all units sold on that day across all three classes displayed in the report tooltip (in this example, Deluxe, Economy, and Regular).
When a visual is being cross-highlighted in a report, report tooltips always show the cross-highlighted data, even if you're hovering over the faded section of the data point. In the following image, the mouse is hovering over the faded section of the bar graph (the section that is not highlighted), but the report tooltip still shows data for the highlighted portion of that datapoint (the highlighted data).
There are a few limitations and considerations for tooltips to keep in mind.
Beginning with the December 2018 release of Power BI Desktop, Button visuals also support tooltips.
Report tooltips are not supported when viewing reports in mobile apps.
Report tooltips are not supported for custom visuals.
Clusters are not currently supported as fields that can be shown in report tooltips.
When choosing a field to be shown for report tooltips, when using a field versus a category, visuals that contain that field will only show the specified tooltip when summarization with the selected field matches.


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Social media and medical professionalism : Commentary in Medicial Education February 2014
This is a pre-publication version of the following paper. Cunningham, A. (2014), Social media and medical professionalism. Medical Education, 48: 110–112. doi: 10.1111/medu.12404
In this issue, Jain et al. (1) are undoubtedly correct when they suggest that the focus on social media in the medical education literature to date has been a worry about threats to professionalism. In conducting their study, they set out to explore how students, faculty and university staff (presumed to represent the public) view the posting of certain materials to public Facebook profiles. They found agreement on the most serious transgressions such as breaching patient confidentiality. There was more disagreement, however, about other issues such as appearing in photographs with alcohol, or as part of what the authors described as 'same sex couples'. In general, students were more tolerant than their faculty or the public.
The focus on social media in the medical education literature has concerned threats to professionalism
What does this research on online professionalism tell us about our deeper uncertainties about what it means to be a doctor in the 21st century? Hafferty has described the confusion between the various conceptions of professionalism (2), indicating that to some professionalism is an identity and set of values, whereas to others it is a set of attitudes and behaviours. Medical students also employ different discourses when considering professionalism with some focussing on more superficial aspects such as how they act or appear, whilst other students have more complex and embodied understandings(3).
To some professionalism is an identity and set of values, whereas to others it is a set of attitudes and behaviours
Let us consider the portrayal of alcohol consumption by medical students in social media. We know that excessive alcohol consumption has a long history in the culture of medical schools. The Pithotomy Club, a John Hopkins Medical School student society formed in Sir William Osler's time(4), had a cherub on a beer keg as its emblem, and an annual revue, the Pithotomy Show, which ended in a 'beer slide'(5). (Forthcoming) research by Black and Monrouxe (6) finds that some medical students in the UK feel compelled or coerced by their fellow students to drink alcohol or take more than they had intended. Although there are concerns about the alcohol consumption of medical students and doctors (7-9), the culture in medical schools which facilitates this is rarely examined. An online survey of medical students in the UK in 2012(10) found that only 22% thought that their medical school promoted a healthy attitude to alcohol. Is it surprising that some of the students thought that medical schools were more concerned about image than student well-being given the preponderance of messages about not sharing images of alcohol consumption through social media combined with a tacit acceptance of a pro-alcohol culture? Students sensed that being seen to behave badly may be considered worse than actually behaving badly. That is, the portrayal of a 'professional demeanour'(11) was seen as more important that the actual behaviours of medical students. So when we consider the portrayal of alcohol by students in social media, might students have a more complex understanding of this than the restricted discourses often promulgated by their schools?
Is it surprising that some students think that medical schools are more concerned about image than about student well-being?
Next let us consider whether we should be concerned that personal information, not usually revealed in the consultation, may be self-disclosed through social media profiles. Thompson et el. (12) in their 2008 study of the Facebook profiles of medical students and residents in Florida were the first to postulate that the revealing of sexual orientation and political views through social media could be construed as unprofessional. Professional boundaries are normally seen as either crossed (when no harm is done to the patient) or violated (where harm does occur), but we have no evidence that online self-disclosure through social media profiles affects subsequent consultations (13). Still, the warnings persist. In the study reported this month, Jain et al. (1) looked at perceptions of the expression of sexual orientation. We know that homophobia exists within medical cultures (14, 15) and that young people use social media to form networks to support them in dealing with the homophobia they meet in offline life (16). It would, therefore, be quite concerning if we were to recommend without good reason that medical students should be cautious about expressing their sexual identity online.
We have no evidence that online self-disclosure through social media profiles affects subsequent consultations
More generally, discomfort over the disclosure of personal information is in keeping with the tensions Frost and Regehr (17) describe between the discourses of standardisation and diversity in medical professional identity. Is concern over releasing one's sexual orientation or other personal information evidence that those leading medical schools, implicitly or otherwise, believe we can (or desire to) produce 'neutral doctors' (18) or 'vanilla physicians'(19) who are able to leave behind their own personal values and socio-cultural backgrounds? If so, then it is no wonder that social media is seen as a threat to a process of socialisation which Beagan (18) describes as in part involving isolation from all wider networks who might remind students of their previous identities.
Discomfort over the disclosure of personal information is in keeping with tensions between the discourses of standardisation and diversity in medical professional identity
When we are online, just as when we are offline, we must always respect the dignity of our patients and colleagues. Beyond this, regulating and advising on behaviour in social media risks appearing, as Lerner states, 'alarmist'(20). There are alternatives. McCartney suggests that 'doctors, like other citizens, are entitled to express opinions online and one effect of the undoing of the medical god-complex has been to humanise medicine and populate it with doctors who are fallible but professional'(21). Ballick describes such an approach as 'rather thoughtful and subtle' and acknowledging of 'the complexity of online life' (22).
If we recognise that 'becoming a professional is an interpersonal and complex activity'(3) then we should aspire to research and guidance on social media and professionalism which reflects this.
So when we consider the portrayal of alcohol by students in social media, might students have a more complex understanding of this than the restricted discourses often promulgated by their schools?
It would, therefore, be quite concerning if we were to recommend without good reason that medical students should be cautious about expressing their sexual identity online.
Is concern over releasing one's sexual orientation or other personal information evidence that those leading medical schools, implicitly or otherwise, believe we can (or desire to) produce 'neutral doctors' (18) or 'vanilla physicians'(19) who are able to leave behind their own personal values and socio-cultural backgrounds?
When we are online, just as when we are offline, we must always respect the dignity of our patients and colleagues.
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I'm proud to be hacking the NHS. Come and help me.
In a few weeks James Morgan and I are hosting NHS Hack Day in Cardiff. Over 100 'geeks who love the NHS' will be coming together on January 25th and 26th to come up with tech solutions to the problems facing NHS patients and staff. Whoever you are, if you care about making the NHS better then you can help at NHS Hack Day. Sign up here.
Hacking the NHS? Isn't that a bad thing to do?
No! Hacking is a good thing. It's about making things better and solving problems.Back in the day people at MIT started using the word hack: "When one did something ingenious and clever and unthought of with some technology, it was known as a good hack." Hacking is NOT about breaking into databases and stealing your information (that's 'cracking' not hacking). We will be using databases of information at NHS Hack Day. But the databases will have been made freely available to all of us because people know that when you set data free then people can do great things with it. The databases won't be health records of individuals, but information about services so that we can figure out ways to solve problems. This is called "civic hacking"- and you can learn more about it in this short video and this article.
What is NHS Hack Day?
First of all, NHS Hack Days are two days- a Saturday and a Sunday. They happen 3 times a year. So far there have been hack days in London, Liverpool, Oxford and Cambridge. We are very proud that this is the first NHS Hack Day in Wales. NHS Hack Days are non-profit events. The people who attend are all giving up their time for free because they love the NHS and want to make things better for all of us who use the NHS.
Who should come to an NHS Hack Day?
Two kinds of people are needed. First of all we need people with IT skills- techies- people who can write computer programmes and make different computer programmes work together. You will hear these people being called coders or developers. We need people who can design. Designers make it easier for us to use things whether services or software.
But we also need people who know what kinds of problems we need to solve- people who understand the systems of the NHS. These people are 'domain experts'. Some of these people will be health professionals- nurses, physios, health care assistants, doctors, students. But there are other people who understand the systems of the NHS- the people who have to use it, patients and the public. We need you too. You are also a 'domain expert. You can tell us what problems we need to solve. And you can help to solve them as well.
What happens at NHS Hack Day?
There are three stages:
Pitches What do you think we could do better? What problem would you like us to solve in less than 2 days? You have 1 minute to tell others about it. So no slides. Just stand up and tell everyone what you want to do. Does that sound nerve-wracking? What happens if you are not sure if your idea might be achievable, or if someone has done it already (they might have- but that means you might be able to make their solution even better)?
All the people who come to NHS Hack Days are very nice and friendly but I think it can be a little bit scary to stand up in front of everyone and ask them to work on your idea so if you think you have an idea and you want to chat it over with some other people first why don't you come along to our 'Library Meeting'. It's in Canton Library at 7pm on Wednesday 22nd January. If you would like to come to this please sign up here
After the meeting we will be going to Chapter cafe bar at 8.30pm so you can come and join us there if 7pm is too early. We will be organising a pre-meet in London as well.
You can also join the email list and write about your idea or solution there.
The Hacking
From about 11am on Saturday until 3pm on Sunday people will be trying to solve these problems sitting around tables with laptops in front of them and chatting with each other. We will form teams - those who know what the problem is and those who can help to solve it- working together. This is a form of co-production.
The Presentations
From 3-5pm on Sunday teams will present the solutions to the problems they have been working on. This session is amazing because it is incredible what smart people can achieve in just over a day when they put their mind to it.
Below is a video made at the NHS Hack Day in Liverpool in 2012 that shows you what all of this looks like together. If you think that NHS Hack Day might be for you then you should come. Sign up here.
Any questions? Just ask!
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But I ain't gonna answer thats for sure.
I haven't updated in so long that I'm not sure how to start again.
Let's just plunge in. The main reason I haven't updated is so much is going on in my world that isn't my story to share. Someday, when all these things are resolved I'll have months worth of material, until then, well, we go with what I have.
My life really hasn't been that exciting. I'm stuck in a rut: Watch kids, play Kingdom of Loathing, write a little, chat a lot, sleep a tiny amount, then get up and do it all over again. I'll go with each of those broken down a bit.
The nephews, or 2 of them. Tre and Charlie. Tre is now almost 2 and just full of energy. Right now he's standing in the hall going "Baseball" and tossing his ball trying to convince all of us to play with him. He's also in need of a nap as he's cranky. He's still a bitty thing weighing only about 24 pounds and short.
Charlie is now 5 months old, weighs 16 or so pounds and is just the happiest baby on the planet. He will sit or play for quite some time, squealing his little lungs out in glee. He's lying on the bed now, asleep in just a diaper as it's hot and humid here.
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This is part of my KoL addiction, I've never been a big online chatter as I bore easily. If things aren't moving fast, I duck out. Well, on KoL I have found a multitude of people who are not only smart but, funny and just incredible. I've made a bunch of friends and I have chat open in the background almost all the time I'm online.
Yeah, still with the weird sleeping, insomnia thing. I fell asleep about 10 minutes to 6 this morning and was back up at 8AM. One of these days, I'm going to collapse in a heap and sleep for a month.
Not here, obviously, but, I was struck with some inspiration and I'm working on a novel. Actually, I'm working on the outline and have started a blog as the main character to work out parts of the story. That alone keeps my mind occupied quite a bit as the people in the story talk to me.
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Speaking of which, FBG is password protected until I completely redo the site. I'm tired of all the comments from men asking for naked pictures of me. Which, hello, I am so not the type of woman you'd expect to get things like that.
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Percy James Saunders
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Much Hadham Village Memorial
St Andrew's Church Memorial, Much Hadham
Stone Bench Plaque, Much Hadham
Congregational Church Memorial, Hadham CrossNot on the Standon memorials
Born in 1888 in Standon, Hertfordshire son of Augustus James and Abigail Agnes Saunders and was living in Camwell Hall, Much Hadham in 1891, 1901 and in 1911 when he was working as a carpenter. He married Elsie Maud Hodge in 1913 in Bishop's Stortford and they also lived at Camwell Hall, Much Hadham. Enlisted at Much Hadham. At the time of his death, he was married with two daughters.
He was killed in action on the Somme. 5th Northamptonshire War Diary Notes: During April 1918, the 516 Northampton Regiment were involved in creating and repairing trenches and manning a small part of the Corps line. Although it is recorded that the regiment lost 5 men on the 6th, the division history shows that things were quiet on that date. However, at 7am on the 5th the whole line (some 4,000 yards) came under heavy shelling of all calibres and gas at the back areas, followed at 7.30am with an attack by German troops. Fighting on this day was very severe and casualties were heavy although the enemy failed to break through. It seems likely that Percy and the other 4 men from the regiment who were reported to have died on the 6th became casualties as a result of the fighting on the 5th.
Malcolm Lennox, "Lest We Forget – Much Hadham 1914-18" by Richard Maddams (Much Hadham Forge Museum)


Sanders does best among voters ages 18-44, who back him 51 to 39 percent. Clinton holds solid leads among middle-aged and older voters. Those voters ages 45-64 back Clinton 64 to 28 percent, and she leads by an even greater margin among seniors.
This has been a turbulent political year, but the Florida Democratic primary looks like a blowout.
The poll was conducted Feb. 21-24 among 476 likely Democratic voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
Florida's primary is March 15, but voting by mail is already under way, and early voting starts next week — Miami-Dade on Monday, Broward on March 5.
Clinton has spent far more time in Florida than Sanders. The Vermont senator has come to Florida for just one event: the National Urban League national conference in Fort Lauderdale last July. Either Clinton or her husband, Bill, have come to South Florida for multiple fundraisers, and she held a public event at Broward College in October. Clinton also announced in Miami in July her support for ending the Cuban embargo and also spoke at the Urban League event.
Bill Clinton will speak in Miami Gardens on Sunday. The Sanders campaign has not announced any events for South Florida, but the two candidates are scheduled to face off at a debate in Miami on March 9.
A Quinnipiac poll released this week about the Republican primary in Florida showed Donald Trump leading Marco Rubio 44 to 28 percent.


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Kevin McGinty is Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service. Appointed in April 2015, he reports directly to the Attorney General and the Justice Committee of the House of Commons. His main responsibilities are the inspection of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
After 6 years at the criminal Bar, Mr McGinty joined the Fraud Division of the Crown Prosecution Service. Four years later he was seconded to the Attorney General's Office as a legal adviser on criminal matters, before joining the Bank of England. His work there included prosecutions and advising the regulatory committees of the Bank on their powers under the Banking Act 1987.
In December 1997 he returned to the Attorney General's Office to advise the Attorney General on all aspects of his role as Attorney General for Northern Ireland before becoming Director Criminal Law and Deputy Legal Secretary in 2011.


Invest Northern Ireland is increasing support for local food and drink companies wishing to develop business in Scotland. The new marketing drive includes the appointment of a dedicated trade advisor to help companies identify and exploit opportunities in Scotland.
In addition, Invest NI is linking up with the newly formed Scotland Food and Drink organisation and Scottish Enterprise in a number of mutually beneficial areas including licensing and packaging.
The initiatives follow meetings in Glasgow and Edinburgh between Maynard Mawhinney, Invest NI's Director of Food, Paul McLaughlin, Scotland Food and Drink Chief Executive and Maggie McGinlay, Director of Food at Scottish Enterprise. Scotland Food and Drink is an industry-led membership organisation which aims to provide a collective approach to strengthening the Scottish food and drinks industry.
Invest NI also works alongside Bord Bia, the Irish Republic's food board, and Food from Britain in developing opportunities for Northern Ireland food and drink.
Mr Mawhinney, Director of Food at Invest NI, speaking after the meetings, said "These discussions form an important part of our desire to forge West-East links, as well as those we already have North-South.
"There are significant opportunities for Invest NI, Scottish Enterprise and Scotland Food & Drink to work together for the mutual advantage of our respective food and drinks industries. As a result of these meetings we are now working on developing joint solutions to problems faced by the industry and I look forward to working with our Scottish colleagues.
Invest NI has two dedicated food market advisors in England and one focused on the Republic of Ireland market.
A new quality control scheme, SALSA, is also being introduced by Invest NI following the round of meetings. Invest NI is teaming up with quality organisation SFQC on SALSA to help local and regional food and drink producers to supply their products to national and regional buyers.


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River Birch
Betula nigra
Betulaceae (birches)
River birch is a medium-sized tree with an irregular, broad, spreading crown. It often has multiple trunks.
Leaves are alternate, simple, somewhat triangular to egg-shaped, 1½–3½ inches long, 1–2 inches wide; margins densely toothed; upper surface shiny dark green, lower surface whitish, very hairy.
Bark is distinctive: reddish-brown or grayish, peeling into conspicuous papery strips exposing a light pinkish-tan or cinnamon-brown inner bark; pores elongated.
Twigs on new growth are very hairy, gradually turning smooth; in the second year, dark red, slender, shiny, dull reddish-brown.
Flowering is in April–May, male catkins formed the year before, becoming 1–3½ inches long; female catkins formed from buds of the previous year, about ½ inch long, upright; flowering as the leaves appear; wind-pollinated.
Fruit mature in May–June, barrel-shaped, 1½ inches long, ½ inch wide, the nutlet about ⅛ inch long.
Height: to 80 feet.
Statewide.
Occurs in moist ground along streams and gravel bars. It is also used commonly in landscaping. Intolerant of competition. When shaded, stagnates and dies. It does not tolerate prolonged flooding and is not found on broad river bottoms of big rivers that are subject to flooding. River birch is the only spring seed-dispersing member of its family. The attractive bark and its resistance to borers make river birch good for landscaping.
Our only native birch; commonly used in landscaping and erosion control.
Native Americans and Europeans made birch beer from the sap of this species. The inner bark was used for dying fabric. The wood has been used for woodenware, furniture, and more. It has long been a favorite of landscapers, who commonly plant it in groupings in yards and along streams and ponds.
A pioneer species, it rapidly colonizes exposed, bare stream banks and gravel bars, stabilizing the soil and developing a forest for other trees to succeed. The seeds are eaten by songbirds and mice; the twigs are eaten by deer. Beavers use it to make their dens.
River birch (Betula nigra).
Jim Rathert
Common Alder
American Hornbeam (Musclewood)
Eastern Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood)
Common Hackberry
Where to See Species
Blackwater Bridge Access
Mint Spring Conservation Area
Mint Springs CA is across the highway from Mint Springs Access in Gasconade County. Forests in this area are dominated by white oak and hickory with dogwood and serviceberry in the understory.
Roselle Access


Wednesday, 07, (Pearl Harbor Day) and Thursday, 08 December, 2016, . After a pause for remembrance, work continued at Casa Winjama. Today, the welder showed up to work on the ramp railings. Bani, the electrician/plumber, was also there finishing up a bunch of little electrical things, like porch lights, speaker, outlets, switches, and so on.
Carlos the Welder showed up with his two-man crew to cut and welt the basic frame of each section of railing for the east-side ramp.
Once those are welded together, he'll take the frames back to his shop, and add the inside posts. After that, he'll apply Ospho to each surface of the frames, prime them, and finally coat them with Rustoleum Gloss Black.
Carlos' assistants positioning a sheet of aluminum they use to protect the deck from welding sparks, etc.
Bani ready to replace one of the porch lanterns. He took the trouble to clean off all the corrosion on each of them and give them a nice, new coat of gloss black. They look positively new.
Just an aside here. I think I'm getting the technique down with the bread machine. Here's my latest loaf cooling on the rack. Tastes as good as it looks.
Here's some of the sum of the Carlos the welder's labors - frames for the ramp railing. He'll take those back weld in the inside pieces, prime and paint everything, then bring them back and install them.
One of the lanterns all shiny, shiny, in place and working. Looking good too.
Most importantly, the stereo speaker is reinstalled and works great too. Nothing like being in the pool with some reggae pumping through the speakers.


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Home › adult education › Hayward School Board Vote to Cut Staff From Adult Program Fails
Hayward School Board Vote to Cut Staff From Adult Program Fails
By Steven Tavares on May 3, 2013 • ( 7 )
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | Hayward school board President William McGee claimed fellow board member Luis Reynoso was politically grandstanding by opposing cutting staff from the adult school program. The vote had failed with a 2-2 tie with the absence of board member John Taylor, who left prior to the vote being cast.
The adult school principal, Ryan Whetstone, and Executive Director of Classified Human Resources Kathryn Benson, proposed cutting four staff members, reducing the work time of six, and abolishing two vacant positions.
If the vote was approved a 60-day notice prior to the layoffs would have been sent out. "Basically this is a response to the school's spending in response to the projected $600,000 deficit," said Whetstone referring to the adult program's spending. "Drastic measures had to be taken…It requires an aggressive response and this is one way to do it." The cuts would have resulted in cutting summer school at the adult program this year as well. According to staff, the projected savings would be $211,000 for next year, but with addition of savings voted on earlier this year, the total amount would be $325,000.
Annette Walker, the board's vice president, stated that she was firm in her decision to cut staff. "Very sad we are here making cutbacks on adult school," said Walker, "but this could have been avoided. No one can point their fingers at the board and say, 'but we just got here, not our fault.' We didn't have to get here and I don't want to be here because I support the adult school."
Walker was referencing Whetstone's freshman status as a principal in Hayward school district. The principal only came to the district last year and inherited the program's budget issues but despite that McGee grilled the principal two meetings ago over not acting fast enough to pull back on the program's deficit.
The adult school program has been a hot button issue for the past few weeks as the board debated over cutting the program to help stave off further deficit spending. Last month the board voted to cut $375,000 that was allocated in the second interim budget to the adult program. McGee then held Whetstone accountable for not being prepared to make cuts to help keep the program afloat.
Reynoso left in frustration with the board prior to the vote that night but returned the next meeting to accuse board members of "attacking" the adult school's principal rather than holding the entirety of staff accountable over deficit spending..
McGee has accused Reynoso of playing politics for the past three meetings. McGee says that Reynoso stood for cutting the adult program, even getting rid of it, when he first entered office in 2010. Reynoso hasn't refuted McGee on this but says the board needs to pay attention to deficit spending at the district level rather than criticize one individual at the adult program.
"I really believe the changes we are to make are too abrupt," said Reynoso, "I am recommending to scratch this, continue with the funding. We have Measure G, we have a lot of flexibility with Measure G. I think it is time to use what voters approved.We should show people what we are capable of." Board member Lisa Brunner agreed with Reynoso thus stalemating the vote. With a 2-2 vote the funding to the adult school positions will continue.
"You are entitled to your vote. I think this is a tough one and there is a lot of political grand standing going on up here, I'm going to just call it like it is," said McGee in response to Reynoso. "Let's approve it and then come back to it." McGee said the approval of the layoffs would help restructure and then give the board opportunity to look at restoration. McGee referenced Hayward's common critic, public council attendee and character, Jim Drake, in defense of his decision, "In the words of Jim Drake," said McGee, "We will be just kicking the can down the road."
The only public comment to protest the cuts was Association of Educational Office Technical Employees President Jeff Bellaire. "There has been a lot of drama around this issue the last two meetings and the damage has already been done to the adult school. There is unlikely to be a summer school and services are going to be cut and they have been cut," said Bellaire. "I understand your point about having to make a decision but this comes late in the game and comes drastic. The district is not broke and it has a big fat reserve, maybe it is time to use that reserve." Bellaire also added that there is no distinct deadline and the board could return to this issue at any time in the year. Reynoso agree with Bellaire but both Walker and McGee were not swayed to change their votes.
Nevertheless, the measure failed the pass. Staff was directed to return with further information on the effects and budget impact on the proposed cuts.
Shane Bond is an East Bay Citizen contributor.
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Categories: adult education, budget, cuts, ed, hayward school board, Lisa Brunner, Luis Reynoso, William McGee
I was at the meeting when the vote took place and I want to thank Ms. Brunner and Dr. Reynoso for doing the right thing to save summer school for the Adult school. Make cuts but make them where the community of Sunset does not have to suffer.
William McGee should be very careful about how he criticizes Dr. Reynoso's comments and vote. i say this because he gives no credence to Dr. Reynoso reviewing and rethinking his stand on the Adult School in previous years. After careful consideration is he not entitled to change his mind about ending a program or closing a school?
Since when is having a change of heart grandstanding Mr.McGee? You better hope that you aren't caught changing your mind on an issue or a vote; you Might be accused of grandstanding! Then sir what will you do? How will you defend your accusations against Dr. Reynoso? Or will it be different because you are special? YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE WILLIAM MCGEE.
What kinds of services do adult schools offer. I don't know. Can't some of these people go to community college for some of these class? I'll admit I'm ignorant about these things.
The Hayward Adult School is wasting money with a Principal, that can't manage a budget, a guidance counselor that has a workload of a pt counselor,and program managers that are working full time hours and doing clerical work and being paid an hourly rate close to that of a VP. The school is closed during the summer and they are all still working. That 600k deficit is paying their salaries and is not being spent in the classroom. There is no oversight from the district.
The good news is that the program managers have been laid off for more than 3 years in a row, so they are not entitled to their tenured positions. Maybe someone from the district will say enough is enough, put them back in classroom and cut their hours. That will save about 200k right there. Then when the principal will say," I don't have an answer for that." He is clueless and getting paid maximum dollars.
He is not clueless. He inherited a truckload of problems and William McGee is unloading his wrath on the adult school.
He could not figure out the problems until 2 hours before a Board meeting in March. What was he doing from Sept-March to improve the budget?
You again. The same District Employee person who knows it all?


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Are investors right to worry about a bond market correction?
For equity investors of a certain age, the bursting of the dot.com bubble in 2000 is a persistent warning that market reversals can be scarily quick. For bond investors, the cold shower had come six years earlier in 1994, when an unexpected rise in interest rates wreaked havoc with fixed income portfolios. Veteran investors talk of the roar that swept across the trading floor at Salomon Brothers when the Fed blindsided investors with a rate hike out of left field. Investors were crushed in the panicky dash for the exit.


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Q: Why only some classes on jar are found does anyone know how can java find only part of the jar?
I created a lib that does some reporting and I'm integrating it into many different projects. This particular error only happens on those running inside tomcat.
Exception in thread "cron4j::scheduler[10f8a8a406870a5b0d2142230000014bdf89373949886ac4]::launcher[10f8a8a406870a5b3adcceb60000014be0e6d840729614e1]"
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: it/sauronsoftware/cron4j/DayOfMonthValueMatcher
    at it.sauronsoftware.cron4j.SchedulingPattern.match(Unknown Source)
    at it.sauronsoftware.cron4j.LauncherThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: it.sauronsoftware.cron4j.DayOfMonthValueMatcher
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1720)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)

I checked the jar and it has the class.
Also checked if there's more than one JAR on the classpath.

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Q: If $0\le f_n\to f$ a.e.where $\Vert f_n \Vert_{L^1(\mathbb{R})} = \Vert f \Vert_{L^1(\mathbb{R})}=1$ then $\int_Af_n\to\int_Af$ uniformly. Given $A\subset \mathbb{R}$ a measurable set. Let $g_n=\vert f_n-f \vert - \vert f_n\vert + \vert f \vert $. Then $\vert g_n \vert\le2 \vert f\vert$ and $2\vert f\vert\in L^1(A)$. Dominated convergence implies $\int_A g_n\to0$. This means $(\int_A\vert f_n-f\vert)-\int_A f_n+\int_A f\to 0.$ I want to show the term in parenthesis goes to $0$ (this is enough to prove the claim). It would help if the other terms cancel out but I am not sure how to show $\int_A f_n\to \int_Af$. Fatou implies $\int_A f\le \lim\int_Af_n$. How can I show the reverse inequality if it's not given that $f_n$ is monotonic?

A: $\def\R{\mathbb{R}}$
Your arguments with $A = \R$ show already
\begin{equation*}
 (\int_\R |f_n - f|) - \int_\R f_n + \int_\R f \to 0.
\end{equation*}
Since you integrate over all of $\R$, the last two terms cancel each other.
This yields
\begin{equation*}
 \int_\R |f_n - f| \to 0.
\end{equation*}
This gives for all $A \subset \R$
\begin{equation*}
 \int_A |f_n - f| \to 0.
\end{equation*}


The official Google blog has announced that after negotiations and much thought they will stop censoring results within China and that visitors to Google.cn will redirected to Google.com.hk ( interestingly, Google is using a 302 temporary redirect to achieve this). Sergey Brin has said, "There's a lot of lack of clarity. Our hope is that the newly begun Hong Kong service will continue to be available in mainland China." This is very much the aftermath of a hacking attempt on some of Google's properties within China, that the big G believes was carried out by people working on behalf of the Chinese government.
Now Hong Kong is essentially a part of China so it will be interesting to see how long the Chinese Government lets Google use this loophole. Google.com.hk has been running for many years now without censorship as Hong Kong is fairly autonomous within China and has a decent amount of freedom to rule itself. The language barrier also will not be a problem as Google.com.hk is available in simplified Chinese. So overall, it's an ingenious solution. However, the Chinese Government may also decide to block access to Google Hong Kong as it does have the ability to do this.
Most analysts believe this pullout of China won't materially impact Google or its profits, it was second best to Baidu ( whose shares soared after the Google announcement) in any case, in fact it is believed that Google.cn only accounted for about 2% of Google's overall revenue. But it does show that Google is willing to fight and take a stand for net neutrality and what it believes is right . It doesn't mean that all those sites currently unavailable to Chinese internet users will suddenly become available either. Youtube, Facebook, twitter etc will all still be blocked by the great Chinese firewall. Even some Google services may not be usable within China. Google has setup a page specifically to show what services are up and running.
Not surprisingly, the media in China has attacked Google on its stance, labelling the company to be heavily tied in with US intelligence. The Chinese media has also announced that China will prosper without Google and Google will be the only one to lose on their decision to pull out. This doesn't mean that Google is pulling out of China completely, they will still have an R&D department in addition to sales staff, this hints that Google still see's China as an important element in their future plans. Google has to be careful or China may wind up banning the company completely and it will be interesting to see how this situation will unfold in the coming months.


As gamers were cutting up mythical beasts in God of War and demons in Devil May Cry, the Xbox was getting its own special hack 'n' slasher with Ninja Gaiden in 2004. Perhaps the most difficult game to come out during the sixth-gen, gamers and critics alike praised its intense production values, challenging but satisfying gameplay and for being a faithful reimagining of the NES classic. Though an upgrade was released a year later, gamers would be forced to wait until 2008 to get their hands on the sequel. Bigger, bloodier and ball-crushingly hard, Ninja Gaiden II is a slick and energetic, if flawed, action game that reminds us that difficult games are fun when done right.
Taking place a year after the events of the original, Ninja Gaiden II again places gamers in the shoes of Ryu Hayabusa. Successfully preventing a kidnap attempt on a CIA agent, Ryu is later informed that his village is under attack, and it is clear that the Black Spider Clan is up to no good. They manage to steal a statue in an attempt to access its power, and along with a group known as the Greater Fiends, begin spreading chaos around the globe. Though backed by stylish and exciting cut-scenes, the story is mostly unengaging, serving to move you from one bloody fight to another. Moments of stiff, awkward dialogue don't add much either, but it never becomes offensive.
NGII takes place over 13 linear chapters, as you cut through anything standing in your way, alongside some rarer moments of platforming and simplistic puzzles. Combat seems pretty basic at first, as you have a strong and weak strike, as well as a block move. Some other aspects spice up the slashing though. Special Nimpo attacks allow you to throw fire, wind and wormholes at bad guys as well as create phoenixes to add protection. These are governed by red orbs however, so excessive use will mean you cannot use them for long. As you play through the game, you'll pick up new weaponry, the most extravagant being a hugely-oversized Scythe. Each weapon has its strengths and weaknesses, and enemies often will be easier to kill with different weaponry, though it manages to remain balanced despite some subtle differences.
Where NGII stands out is in its challenge. Make no mistake; this is easily one of the hardest games on the system. That being said, Team Ninja also realised that adding some accessibility increases the appeal, and so tweaks like restoring health at save points and checkpoints before boss fights are present to ease some of the pain. The lowest difficulty is flexible, though still harder than most easy difficulties. Things ramp up significantly on Warrior and above, as enemies are incredibly intelligent, often countering repetitive moves and spotting weaknesses before you can react, and their tendency to assault you in large groups often means your offence will be repeatedly cut off. Utilisation of combos and successful defence will reward you with progress and button mashing is punished with repeated death. It's hard, but also incredibly satisfying once you crack your way through.
Not content with just being one of the hardest in the business, Ninja Gaiden II may also be the bloodiest. Limbs are dismembered by the second, blood sprays all over the walls and violent finishers called Obliterations result in extremely gruesome decapitations. It does border on excessive, but it also plays a key role during gameplay. Dismembering enemies is both a blessing and a curse, as while cutting off a limb opens up an opportunity to perform an Obliteration move, it leaves you vulnerable as dismembered foes perform suicidal tactics which take off huge chunks of health. It's sometimes gimmicky and laugh-inducing, but Team Ninja cleverly utilise this excessive gore in order to add an extra wrinkle to the already intense combat.
That being said, NGII is not flawless, as some issues stop it from reaching the upper echelon of the genre. The main gripe comes from its bothersome camera. Zoomed-in in an attempt to fully capture Ryu's stylish moves, it often obscures enemies and gets stuck on walls, making for an irritating time. Boss fights are pretty top-notch, with some excellent and epic fights, but some can be prone to cheap tactics or despawning completely. And though NGII is often satisfying, there are moments where it just simply becomes cheap. Certain foes cause more headaches than others, such as rabid dogs, which repeatedly attack you with cheap moves such as explosive darts, and these intense situations can really raise your blood pressure.
Ninja Gaiden II is packed with content, which is impressive considering its single-player only aside from competitive leaderboards. The game will take you around 10 hours to finish on Acolyte, and the time just keeps adding on with every difficulty. Tests of Valor can be found around a majority of the levels, pitting you against a seemingly endless wave of certain foes. Often rewards come in the form of upgrades, making them worthwhile to finish. Outside of that, collectible skulls can be found during most levels, which increase your score multiplier across all difficulties, making them essential for leaderboard enthusiasts.
Ninja Gaiden was lauded for its technically excellent presentation, and while its sequel is not quite as advanced, it's pretty nonetheless. Most of the gorgeous moments come from the beautifully animated combat, which looks fluid and intense. The myriad of foes you face look good and decapitate nicely, though models have a tendency to repeat. The blood splatter is great considering how much there is, but its excessive nature can mean it awkwardly lands on invisible walls. Environments vary, as some look detailed such as a ruined New York, while repetitive tunnels of green look very unflattering. Audio is pretty good in its own right, and again combat shines in this regard with brutal decapitations, satisfying sword sounds and intense music which gets your blood pumping. The voice work and script ranges from serviceable to cheesy and wooden, but for the most part it moves the story along.
Ninja Gaiden II is not the revolution that its predecessor was, and those expecting that will undoubtedly come away disappointed. However, temper your expectations a bit, and it's still a top action game. It pushes you to the limits, but rewards the player with an intense feeling of satisfaction. Though its challenge isn't always fair, when you overcome any obstacle in Ninja Gaiden II, it's a great feeling. Other issues like a bothersome camera prevent it from entering the top tier of hack 'n' slashers, but it is still bloody good fun despite these flaws. Any action fan would do well to pick it up, just so long as they have the skills and patience needed to overcome the intense obstacles Team Ninja barrage players with.


Linea is a sketching app, not a full artist's toolbox. It won't replace a more complex app like Procreate, but that's not its purpose. Instead, Linea is focused on delivering the best possible sketching experience whether you are drawing, prototyping an app interface, storyboarding, taking notes, or something else. The point is to get visual ideas down with the least amount of fiddling, which is exactly what Linea delivers.
This will be my brainstorming and adding visual illustrations to my site app. Seems like the app for someone who isn't that great at drawing, but still wants to have a visualization of what he's thinking. At $9.99, Linea is the perfect compliment to the Apple Pencil.


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When purchasing a new home theatre to enjoy blockbuster movies on the smaller screen, a lot of people do not take into account the importance of having a high quality audio system to compliment the video. In the past, you could only enjoy the built-in sound coming from your television set, or by hooking up a cheap stereo hi-fi to your television that allowed the audio to be channeled through it.
There are many different types of audio products on the market to take your home theatre to the next level. These include various speaker systems to amplify the music and dialogue of your films, television and video games for deeper bass response and truer sounding vocal replication.
Many audio systems employ a series of cables to connect to your television, or DVD or Blu-Ray player to divert the audio going to your television instead to a set of speakers for better sound quality.
On the entry-level scale of home audio as part of a home entertainment system or home cinema is the basic two speaker system. This system simply replicates the two stereo speakers in your television and replaces them with higher quality speaker units designed to give more bass and treble to whatever you are watching or listening.
Many people use a micro hi-fi system in this way to boost their experience, and with the added CD player and MP3 or Bluetooth input, you can add very usable functions to your home entertainment system. Just simply connect the two RCA output cables of your television, cable box or games console to the input RCA sockets on the system and switch the mode to accept the audio, making it simple, cheap and effective in smaller rooms.
The next tier in the home entertainment audio is with a basic entry-level 2.1 audio system. Much like the micro hi-fi idea, a 2.1 audio system is made up of 2 regular full-range speakers and a single sub-woofer. Unlike the two stereo full-range speakers, the sub-woofer specialises in producing deep bass sounds coming from your music, television or video games.
In many cases, you may see "virtual surround" or "virtualsurround sound" written in the features of these units. In these cases, the system is not a full surround sound system, but there are certain algorithms and effects added to the audio as it exists the speakers to give the effect that the sound is all around you within a room. Sometimes this effect works well, especially with spoken audio in a film, but in most cases, music is affected negatively.
Surround sound is a way of feeding single tracks or channels of audio into individual speakers to give the effect that you are "in the room" when there is audio being played from the speakers. A series of speakers are positioned around a room and are facing the listener, and when for instance a rear left speaker plays a dog barking, the listener has the immersive effect of hearing a dog barking behind them. When this audio system is teamed up with a film, different audio tracks are sent to different speakers, in relation to what is being shown on the film and will allow a fully immersive audio experience.
There are a number of different standards of surround sound, some of which you may have heard of before. Features such as Dolby surround sound, 5.1 surround sound and 7.1 surround sound appear the most popular. In each of these cases a different technology is used to convert the audio signals from a media device such as a television or Blu-Ray player into audio that corresponds to a particular speaker, or mix of speakers.
The term 5.1 surround sound systems refers to a system of 6 speakers in total, which include four full-range speakers, a central speaker and a sub-woofer. In a 5.1 system, you generally have two front speakers, two rear speakers, a central speaker and the sub-woofer. These are marked so that the listener knows where to place each speaker.
They are generally hooked up to a separate surround sound decoder and amplifier, which takes information from the audio tracks of a Blu-Ray DVD, games console or television broadcast, converts these tracks to individual channels and then feeds each individual speaker.
5.1 surround sound has become one of the most popular systems to date, with tens of millions being sold around the world, and has increased the popularity of including the information on television broadcasts, all new films as well as games consoles and even home computers.
What Is 7.1 Surround Sound?
Much like the previous example of 5.1 surround sound, 7.1 surround sound systems employ extra speakers to provide even more depth of audio, with two left and right central speakers to add another dimension. The system still works on the same basis of decoding the signals, and an external decoder or amplifier is necessary unless a television or set top box already has outputs for all of the speakers.
A 5.1 surround sound system can easily be upgraded via the purchase of two extra side speakers and a 7.1 decoder/amplifier. This ability to upgrade is a great way of ensuring that you can keep the speakers that you know and love, as well as having a new sounding and bigger sounding experience to enjoy your films, media, music and video games.
Similar to a 5.1 system, 7.1 surround sound comes in a huge variety of designs and accessories to choose from and there is an added level of customisation to each room as many systems allow the use of fine local tuning of speakers to allow the system to work in optimum conditions in a less than optimum room.
Relatively new to the market has been the introduction of a 10.2 surround sound system. This new system includes 12 speakers and adds to the immersive effect that the previous systems bring with it. The extra speakers provide a more in-depth audio that allows extra single channels to be listened to, along with a mixing function depending on the media being played.
Film producers and television broadcasters decide which the best mix of audio channels is and which channels of audio they should be fed into.
In this way, the viewer gets a better sense of what is happened on screen via the speakers and immersive sound and allows the viewer to see and hear the film or broadcast exactly how the director intended, creating a truly stunning experience for the home viewer.
Surround sound systems come in all shapes and sizes and for all budgets, so choose wisely to allow your system to expand in the future. Choose a system that incorporates a known technology such as Blu-Ray into the system to give you more flexibility, allowing you to create a truly immersive home entertainment or home theatre system that comes within your budget.


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The concept of call tracking uses different phone numbers for each of your online and offline marketing campaigns. In other words, it's a system by which you use one number for your billboards, another for your radio spots and another for your online banner ads. Which number generates the most calls to your business? Call tracking is what will give you the answer!
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Quite obviously, when you discover which of your marketing campaigns are driving the most calls in to your business, you'll better determine how to spend your advertising dollars going forward. Tracking your returns on investment is huge in the saving/making money game. By ceasing certain ad campaigns that aren't particularly working and investing more into effective strategies, you will ultimately generate better profits.
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Call tracking doesn't just help you to figure out which of your advertising campaigns are the most effective. It also informs you of the times when the most amount of calls come in to your company. By knowing the times of each day when you receive the most calls, you can better schedule the shifts of your staff members. Clearly, manning your phone lines with an adequate number of phone agents is imperative to providing optimum customer service.
3. It helps you to better train your staff.
Call tracking services also provide call recording capabilities. This enables you to properly monitor calls in order to pinpoint areas of concern in the performances of your phone agents. Providing helpful feedback, as you're likely aware, is an incredibly important part of providing excellent customer service. Ensuring that each member of your team is fully equipped with the knowledge necessary to answer questions and quell concerns is of key importance to your company's overall success.
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